Sierra Sun Times

California Department of Education 2024–25 California Statewide Assessment Results Show Continued Progress Across All Student Groups

Image by cherylt23 from Pixabay October 10, 2025 - SACRAMENTO - The California Department of Education (CDE) released ...

Trump administration tries to gut special education department amid government shutdown

The layoffs wiped out the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which ensures children with disabilities ...

Federal cuts end program that trained California teachers to support children with disabilities. Here’s why

A $10.5M grant that trained California educators to better support children with disabilities has been abruptly canceled — 3 ...
Los Angeles Times

California, other states sue Trump for withholding $6.8 billion in critical education funds

California on Monday joined other states in suing the Trump administration for holding back an estimated $6.8 billion nationwide in education funding. The money was part of a federal budget approved ...

California Faculty Association pushes back on new classroom speech law: AB 715

California Govenor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 715 into law, a controversial measure aimed at combating ...
New York Post

Trump admin sues California after civil rights probe faulted state for ‘allowing males in girls’ sports’

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration sued California Wednesday after a Department of Education probe found the state had discriminated against women by “allowing males in girls’ sports and intimate ...
Los Angeles Times

Federal funding for sex education in California is cut over ‘radical gender ideology’

The Trump administration canceled a sexual education grant to California, accusing the state of promoting “radical gender ideology.” The funding helps pay for sex ed in juvenile justice facilities, ...