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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We can see that it’s actually coming out of where it should,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Su has repeatedly said no classroom teachers will be laid off as part of the significant spending reduction, she noted that all 114 teachers currently on special assignments — usually district veterans who focus on specialized small group instruction, reading intervention, or other targeted services for struggling students — have been asked to return to the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of those special positions will be eliminated, or at least remain vacant until the district fills 92% of its base staffing needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su’s plan for the central office also includes a new executive office structure meant to eliminate some of the “silos” she noticed between departments after taking over the superintendency last fall. Her plan shrinks her executive staff from eight to four positions and merges other high-ranking roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two top business and operations positions will be combined, and four positions heading educational services for different grade levels will be merged into two. The largest number of central office positions being cut are in curriculum and instruction, student and family services\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signs cover the fence in front of Spring Valley Science Elementary School in San Francisco during a press conference on Oct. 10, 2024, to push for city intervention in SFUSD’s school closure plans. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>and technology. Human resources and early education will also lose more than a dozen roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the district works to make $114 million in budget reductions, it is also shelling out nearly $30 million over four years to implement a new payroll system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though not ideal, Su said it’s a necessary expense after the district \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11908196/sfusd-teachers-protest-missed-paychecks-and-payroll-glitches-at-headquarters-overnight-sfusd\">tried and failed\u003c/a> to implement a new system in 2022 and 2023, which left employees with missing or incorrect paychecks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That cannot happen under my watch. It will not happen,” Su said. “It is unconscionable that it did happen, and we cannot allow that to be the case moving forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The fiasco \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sfusd-payroll-scandal-empower-teacher-pay-18698224.php\">cost the district $34 million\u003c/a> and a lot of trust from staff and families. Last March, the district committed to pivoting to Frontline, a payroll system used by more than 60% of districts across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It does take us a lot of money to stabilize the current system,” Su said. “However, when we do pivot to the new Frontline system, I believe that the amount will significantly reduce.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district is on track to present a balanced budget by the state’s deadline at the end of June, Su said, but the process will continue to require “lots of difficult decisions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“SFUSD is committed to ending our habit of deficit spending and avoiding future state oversight,” Su said Monday. “We have been living on a credit card and this cycle is not acceptable. Our students deserve better. Our staff deserves better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Last April, \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2024/bill-to-mandate-science-of-reading-in-california-classrooms-dies/709717\">Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas pulled a bill\u003c/a> on early literacy instruction and asked proponents and adversaries to reach a compromise on legislation for improving the reading skills of California students, which overall are dismal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That hasn’t happened. After several broad discussions yielding little, the three main opponents — the\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.cta.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> California Teachers Association\u003c/a>,\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://gocabe.org/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the California Association for Bilingual Education\u003c/a> (CABE), and\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://californianstogether.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Californians Together\u003c/a> — released statements within the past month opposing the latest version of the legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both sides say they are willing to keep talking. However, the April 30 deadline for an initial hearing of bills is fast approaching, and with it, the rising level of frustration of the revised bill’s author, Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, D-Baldwin Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The kids don’t have unions. They only have us. We can’t keep kicking the can down the road. Our kids are not achieving, and not doing anything different is not working,” Rubio said. “We have a great opportunity right now so we don’t keep falling behind.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like its\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2024 version\u003c/a>, Rubio’s \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill 1121\u003c/a> would require state-funded training of all K-5 teachers in reading instruction grounded in decades of evidence-based studies and brain research known as the science of reading. The bill would require the State Board of Education to approve a choice of textbooks and materials aligned to those practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The advocacy groups sponsoring AB 1121 —\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://decodingdyslexiaca.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Decoding Dyslexia CA\u003c/a>,\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://edvoice.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> EdVoice\u003c/a>,\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.familiesinschools.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Families In Schools\u003c/a>, and\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://cahinaacp.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the California NAACP\u003c/a> — insist that failure to approve the bill would stall the piecemeal progress by the Newsom administration and the Legislature. It would leave big holes vital to establish a coherent statewide system of teaching reading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teachers are doing their best with what they know and can’t figure out why their kids are not reading at grade level,” said Yolie Flores, president and CEO of Families in Schools, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that advocates for parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s approach of creating academic frameworks and letting districts implement them as they want is harming children, she said. “Guidance isn’t cutting it. This bill is about taking it to the next level and making sure that teachers get this training and have the right materials.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wide disparities in proficiency\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, the 41 percentage point gap in proficiency between economically and non-economically disadvantaged students was among the widest in the nation — and growing. Only 8% of Black and 23% of Hispanic\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt2024/pdf/2024220CA4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> fourth graders in California\u003c/a> were proficient in reading, compared with 56% of white and 67% of Asian students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the 2024 results from California’s standardized tests, only 43% of all students were proficient in English language arts in third grade, a critical predictor of future academic success; a third of low-income students were proficient, compared with 63% of non-low income students. Of the third-grade English learners taking the initial English Language Proficiency Assessments for California, 14% were proficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opposing groups say they share concern over low test scores but that AB 1121 is not the solution. Their disagreement appears deep-seated and perhaps unbridgeable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opponents are centering their criticism on phonics, a contentious issue for 40 years. They assert the bill overemphasizes decoding skills of phonics and phonemic awareness at the expense of developing other foundational skills needed by all children, but especially English learners: oral fluency, vocabulary, background knowledge, and comprehension. Phonics refers to explicit instruction on how to connect letters to sounds. Phonemic awareness refers to the ability to recognize elements of sound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rubio and the bill’s supporters say the opponents are mischaracterizing the intent of the bill and what it actually says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know anyone who advocates for just a phonics-based approach. That would be ridiculous,” said Leslie Zoroya, reading project director for the Los Angeles County of Education. “Why would you teach them just to decode and not work on vocabulary and background knowledge and fluency and all the other pieces that are included?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a $5 million state grant, more than 8,000 teachers have taken “\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://lacoe.edu/content/dam/lacoeedu/documents/curriculum-instruction/rla/GRR%20Flyer%20for%20Info%20Linked.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting Reading Right\u003c/a>,” a short course on the principles of the science of reading offered by Zoroya’s office; they include all K-2 teachers in Long Beach, the state’s fourth-largest district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not either-or. We do decoding work, vocabulary work, oral language, knowledge building, the whole kit and caboodle,” Zoroya said. “There’s been more of a heavier emphasis on phonics over the last couple of years in California because our teachers don’t understand it. They weren’t taught it in their teacher ed programs. I got a reading certificate from USC, and I didn’t get it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Goldberg, president of the California Teachers Association union, stated that the union opposed the bill in its current form because “it negatively impacts locally made decisions to set priorities that meet the instructional needs of their students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adding an unlikely precondition for supporting the bill, Goldberg insists that “any comprehensive, statewide approach to literacy must include fully funded and staffed schools with qualified educators and staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Californians Together, an organization that advocates for the spread of bilingual education as well as the needs of English learners — who make up a fifth of California’s students — wrote in \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://edsource.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AB1121-CalTog-let-oppose-033125.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its three-page opposition letter\u003c/a> that “without a clear emphasis on meeting the needs of multilingual learners, the bill’s professional development requirement is inadequate and misaligned with the needs of California’s diverse student population.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_12034679,news_11982920\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter also criticizes the bill for taking “an overly narrow approach that prioritizes foundational reading skills at the expense of other critical components of literacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An authority in English learner education who disagrees is Claude Goldenberg, a Professor of Education, emeritus, at Stanford University, \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"http://claudegoldenberg.substack.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who wrote\u003c/a> that passage of the bill would be “an important, even if modest, step forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact is that the research that applies to kids who know English already applies to kids who are learning English, it’s just that they also need English language development,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>State policy’s shift toward the science of reading\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Under Newsom, the state has implemented pieces of a coherent, evidence-based system of reading instruction that shifts from a “balanced” and “whole” language approach to reading instruction. Balanced language downplays phonics in favor of teaching words through looking at pictures and guessing based on a word’s context in a paragraph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Starting next fall, the state will require kindergarten through second grade teachers to test students for potential reading challenges like dyslexia with a multi-language screening tool.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Legislature passed a law that requires teacher credentialing programs to teach science of reading instruction.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using one-time money, Newsom appropriated $500 million to train reading coaches in lowest-income schools in the science of reading.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Department of Education is creating guides and instruction modules for a\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2023/newsom-proposes-literacy-roadmap-but-will-remain-hands-off-on-how-districts-teach-reading/686621\"> “literacy road map.”\u003c/a> It emphasizes “explicit instruction in phonics, phonemic awareness, and other decoding skills” in the early grades.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>While the new guidance is helpful, Zoroya said, “we have not put the same amount of effort into wide-scale professional learning for teachers. And that’s a disservice to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘It only makes sense, Rubio and allies argue, to take the next step and universally provide the same evidence-based instruction to all elementary school teachers and textbooks that support it. Otherwise, newly trained teachers face the confusing prospect of working in a “balanced language” district where instruction will contradict what they just learned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rubio and the sponsors had assumed they answered opponents’ main concerns in writing AB 1121. They deleted the previous bill’s numerous references to the “science of reading,” a source of contention. Instead, they tied the bill’s wording to the existing, but unenforced, requirements for evidence-based reading instruction in the state’s English Language Arts and English Language Development instructional frameworks and in the California \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=44259.&lawCode=EDC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education Code\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their opposition letters showed that the opponents were not at all mollified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sponsors said they have repeatedly asked CABE, Californians Together and CTA for further changes to AB 1121 but haven’t received any.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The author has been clear; the sponsors are clear. We are very open to improving the bill if there are improvements,” said Marshall Tuck, CEO of EdVoice, who has participated in the discussions with opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email responding to questions about her group’s opposition to the bill, Martha Hernandez, executive director of Californians Together, wrote, “We understand that amendments to AB 1121 may be forthcoming, and we remain committed to engaging in the process with a focus on ensuring that any policy advances equitable access to effective, research-based literacy instruction for English learners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rubio was blunt. “I can’t guess what they’re thinking. That’s the whole point of a negotiation. They have to bring something to the table. I can’t negotiate against myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rubio said she expects the bill to get a hearing before April 30 and will ask Speaker Rivas for a way forward, regardless of the continued opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Assembly Education Chair Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, is discussing a compromise with individuals he wouldn’t name through\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a separate bill\u003c/a> he is authoring. It would create incentives but not require school administrators to take similar early literacy training that teachers would receive under AB 1121. But, like CTA, he said he favors “local control of allowing local school districts to determine what works best for their kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rivas was noncommittal. Stating he was tracking negotiations, a statement from his office said, “The Speaker looks forward to legislation that reflects greater consensus on this issue, and one that supports all students, including multilingual learners.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The advocacy groups sponsoring AB 1121 —\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://decodingdyslexiaca.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Decoding Dyslexia CA\u003c/a>,\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://edvoice.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> EdVoice\u003c/a>,\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.familiesinschools.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Families In Schools\u003c/a>, and\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://cahinaacp.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the California NAACP\u003c/a> — insist that failure to approve the bill would stall the piecemeal progress by the Newsom administration and the Legislature. It would leave big holes vital to establish a coherent statewide system of teaching reading.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teachers are doing their best with what they know and can’t figure out why their kids are not reading at grade level,” said Yolie Flores, president and CEO of Families in Schools, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that advocates for parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s approach of creating academic frameworks and letting districts implement them as they want is harming children, she said. “Guidance isn’t cutting it. This bill is about taking it to the next level and making sure that teachers get this training and have the right materials.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Wide disparities in proficiency\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, the 41 percentage point gap in proficiency between economically and non-economically disadvantaged students was among the widest in the nation — and growing. Only 8% of Black and 23% of Hispanic\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/publications/stt2024/pdf/2024220CA4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> fourth graders in California\u003c/a> were proficient in reading, compared with 56% of white and 67% of Asian students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the 2024 results from California’s standardized tests, only 43% of all students were proficient in English language arts in third grade, a critical predictor of future academic success; a third of low-income students were proficient, compared with 63% of non-low income students. Of the third-grade English learners taking the initial English Language Proficiency Assessments for California, 14% were proficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opposing groups say they share concern over low test scores but that AB 1121 is not the solution. Their disagreement appears deep-seated and perhaps unbridgeable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opponents are centering their criticism on phonics, a contentious issue for 40 years. They assert the bill overemphasizes decoding skills of phonics and phonemic awareness at the expense of developing other foundational skills needed by all children, but especially English learners: oral fluency, vocabulary, background knowledge, and comprehension. Phonics refers to explicit instruction on how to connect letters to sounds. Phonemic awareness refers to the ability to recognize elements of sound.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rubio and the bill’s supporters say the opponents are mischaracterizing the intent of the bill and what it actually says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t know anyone who advocates for just a phonics-based approach. That would be ridiculous,” said Leslie Zoroya, reading project director for the Los Angeles County of Education. “Why would you teach them just to decode and not work on vocabulary and background knowledge and fluency and all the other pieces that are included?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With a $5 million state grant, more than 8,000 teachers have taken “\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://lacoe.edu/content/dam/lacoeedu/documents/curriculum-instruction/rla/GRR%20Flyer%20for%20Info%20Linked.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting Reading Right\u003c/a>,” a short course on the principles of the science of reading offered by Zoroya’s office; they include all K-2 teachers in Long Beach, the state’s fourth-largest district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not either-or. We do decoding work, vocabulary work, oral language, knowledge building, the whole kit and caboodle,” Zoroya said. “There’s been more of a heavier emphasis on phonics over the last couple of years in California because our teachers don’t understand it. They weren’t taught it in their teacher ed programs. I got a reading certificate from USC, and I didn’t get it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Goldberg, president of the California Teachers Association union, stated that the union opposed the bill in its current form because “it negatively impacts locally made decisions to set priorities that meet the instructional needs of their students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adding an unlikely precondition for supporting the bill, Goldberg insists that “any comprehensive, statewide approach to literacy must include fully funded and staffed schools with qualified educators and staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Californians Together, an organization that advocates for the spread of bilingual education as well as the needs of English learners — who make up a fifth of California’s students — wrote in \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://edsource.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/AB1121-CalTog-let-oppose-033125.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its three-page opposition letter\u003c/a> that “without a clear emphasis on meeting the needs of multilingual learners, the bill’s professional development requirement is inadequate and misaligned with the needs of California’s diverse student population.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The letter also criticizes the bill for taking “an overly narrow approach that prioritizes foundational reading skills at the expense of other critical components of literacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An authority in English learner education who disagrees is Claude Goldenberg, a Professor of Education, emeritus, at Stanford University, \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"http://claudegoldenberg.substack.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who wrote\u003c/a> that passage of the bill would be “an important, even if modest, step forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact is that the research that applies to kids who know English already applies to kids who are learning English, it’s just that they also need English language development,” he wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>State policy’s shift toward the science of reading\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Under Newsom, the state has implemented pieces of a coherent, evidence-based system of reading instruction that shifts from a “balanced” and “whole” language approach to reading instruction. Balanced language downplays phonics in favor of teaching words through looking at pictures and guessing based on a word’s context in a paragraph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>Starting next fall, the state will require kindergarten through second grade teachers to test students for potential reading challenges like dyslexia with a multi-language screening tool.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Legislature passed a law that requires teacher credentialing programs to teach science of reading instruction.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Using one-time money, Newsom appropriated $500 million to train reading coaches in lowest-income schools in the science of reading.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The Department of Education is creating guides and instruction modules for a\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2023/newsom-proposes-literacy-roadmap-but-will-remain-hands-off-on-how-districts-teach-reading/686621\"> “literacy road map.”\u003c/a> It emphasizes “explicit instruction in phonics, phonemic awareness, and other decoding skills” in the early grades.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>While the new guidance is helpful, Zoroya said, “we have not put the same amount of effort into wide-scale professional learning for teachers. And that’s a disservice to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘It only makes sense, Rubio and allies argue, to take the next step and universally provide the same evidence-based instruction to all elementary school teachers and textbooks that support it. Otherwise, newly trained teachers face the confusing prospect of working in a “balanced language” district where instruction will contradict what they just learned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rubio and the sponsors had assumed they answered opponents’ main concerns in writing AB 1121. They deleted the previous bill’s numerous references to the “science of reading,” a source of contention. Instead, they tied the bill’s wording to the existing, but unenforced, requirements for evidence-based reading instruction in the state’s English Language Arts and English Language Development instructional frameworks and in the California \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=44259.&lawCode=EDC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education Code\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their opposition letters showed that the opponents were not at all mollified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The sponsors said they have repeatedly asked CABE, Californians Together and CTA for further changes to AB 1121 but haven’t received any.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The author has been clear; the sponsors are clear. We are very open to improving the bill if there are improvements,” said Marshall Tuck, CEO of EdVoice, who has participated in the discussions with opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email responding to questions about her group’s opposition to the bill, Martha Hernandez, executive director of Californians Together, wrote, “We understand that amendments to AB 1121 may be forthcoming, and we remain committed to engaging in the process with a focus on ensuring that any policy advances equitable access to effective, research-based literacy instruction for English learners.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rubio was blunt. “I can’t guess what they’re thinking. That’s the whole point of a negotiation. They have to bring something to the table. I can’t negotiate against myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rubio said she expects the bill to get a hearing before April 30 and will ask Speaker Rivas for a way forward, regardless of the continued opposition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Assembly Education Chair Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance, is discussing a compromise with individuals he wouldn’t name through\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a separate bill\u003c/a> he is authoring. It would create incentives but not require school administrators to take similar early literacy training that teachers would receive under AB 1121. But, like CTA, he said he favors “local control of allowing local school districts to determine what works best for their kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Faculty and students at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State rallied on Thursday as part of a national day of action “to defend higher education,” amid the Trump administration’s attacks on academic freedoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The faculty-organized demonstrations come as the Trump administration, which has already slashed billions of dollars in federal funding for academic research programs across the country, threatens to withhold billions more from some of the nation’s top universities that refuse to comply with its political agenda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We came together because we felt like the administration needed both to be pressured and encouraged and supported … to stand up for the ongoing need for academic freedom,” Leslie Salzinger, chair of UC Berkeley’s Gender and Women’s Studies department, told KQED, as she stood among hundreds of colleagues and students at Sproul Plaza for the midday rally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That means the freedom to speak, to teach, to learn and to do research … without fear of reprisals,” said Salzinger, who helped organize Thursday’s action. “So our goal is to continue making sure that that’s possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has not yet directly threatened to withhold federal funding from the University of California system, as it has with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/nx-s1-5364829/trump-administration-freezes-funds-after-harvard-rejects-dei-demands\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/14/nx-s1-5364829/trump-administration-freezes-funds-after-harvard-rejects-dei-demands\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Harvard\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5327573/columbia-university-students-react-to-white-house-crackdown-on-protesters\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/18/nx-s1-5327573/columbia-university-students-react-to-white-house-crackdown-on-protesters\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Columbia\u003c/a> and a growing number of other prestigious universities around the country. Unlike Columbia, Harvard rejected the administration’s demands to overhaul its hiring, admissions and curriculum policies, walking away from $2.2 billion in federal funding — with the Internal Revenue Service now reportedly considering \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html\" data-stringify-link=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/politics/trump-irs-harvard.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">revoking the university’s tax-exempt status\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036504\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036504\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco State University students, faculty, and staff rally at Civic Center Plaza across from City Hall in San Francisco on April 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Justice is, however, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034707/federal-antisemitism-investigations-california-higher-education-explained\">currently investigating claims\u003c/a> of antisemitism at at least 17 colleges in the state — including UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Salzinger thinks it won’t be long until UC Berkeley also finds itself at risk of losing its federal funding, and said this rally is intended to pressure university officials to strengthen their resolve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that there are many people who are frightened, especially for our many non-citizen colleagues and students,” she said, referring to the administration’s ongoing efforts to revoke the visas of immigrant students across the country who have participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12018149 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241211-SFStateFacultyLosingJobs-13-BL-1020x679.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are many things [the UC Berkeley administration] could do better. Like, they should commit to funding students that get their visas revoked,” she said. “But I feel like they’re going in the right direction. So we just want them to keep that up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley English professor Poulomi Saha said they have already self-censored some of their teachings as a result of the Trump administration’s actions, and attended Thursday’s rally to form a united front against its onslaught of attacks on higher education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Saha had recently been preparing a classroom presentation that referenced the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, but ended up deleting the slides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For the first time in my career, I stopped not just because I was worried about my students’ experience or discomfort around the material, but because I was worried about the surveillance of the federal government on what I do and teach,” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the bay, at San Francisco State University, about 100 faculty and students gathered for a teach-in and demonstration on the campus’ Malcolm X Plaza. Part of the same day of action, the rally centered on recent state funding cuts to the university and other California State University schools, which have gutted various programs and departments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12036505\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036505\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250417-HIGHEREDPROTESTS-06-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco State University students, faculty, and staff rally at Civic Center Plaza across from City Hall in San Francisco on April 17, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An SF State spokesperson said the school would likely have to make \u003ca href=\"https://goldengatexpress.org/110863/campus/sfsu-braces-for-budget-cuts-plans-for-less-severe-impact/\">nearly $25 million in reductions\u003c/a> next year due to declining enrollment and the prospect of a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/2025/02/cal-state-budget-3/\">nearly 8% cut to the CSU budget\u003c/a> — roughly $375 million — if state lawmakers approve Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That comes on top of previous budget cuts that have forced SFSU to cancel classes and sports programs, and “lay off nearly all faculty on year-to-year contracts,” the school said in a statement this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sean Connolly, who attended Thursday’s rally, counts himself among the casualties of those cuts. A Humanities Department lecturer at SF State for 17 years, Connolly said his position was eliminated last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was gutting. I mean, it was like losing a friend. It was like a death,” he said. “We were just told that we were no longer needed and that was it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Connolly said he’s distressed that government officials, on both the federal and state levels, simply aren’t prioritizing funding for public education institutions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They think it’s too expensive,” he said. “And it’s immensely damaging to everybody. Not just to those who lose their jobs, not just to the students … but to the nation as a whole.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wendy Sanchez, an SF State communications student who also attended Thursday’s rally, said budget cuts have reduced course offerings and prevented her from being able to take the classes she needs to graduate — delaying her graduation by a semester.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt like I had the rug pulled out from under me,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Nisa Khan and Sara Hossaini contributed reporting.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 4:20 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leaders of the union representing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-unified-school-district\">Oakland\u003c/a> teachers called for a strike authorization vote Wednesday, claiming the district has failed to provide transparent and timely \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023461/ousd-on-track-run-out-of-cash-after-avoiding-hard-decisions-scathing-letter-says\">financial information\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If more than half of the union’s 3,000 members vote in favor, they will be authorized to hold a one-day walkout set for May 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union is currently bargaining with Oakland Unified School District leadership after it triggered escalated fiscal oversight in December and\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029001/oakland-school-board-approves-over-100-layoffs-a-day-after-similar-vote-in-sf\"> voted \u003c/a>to approve layoffs to help address a\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023461/ousd-on-track-run-out-of-cash-after-avoiding-hard-decisions-scathing-letter-says\"> $95 million budget deficit\u003c/a> in February.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve attempted to gather information all year. OUSD’s response to those requests has been delayed,” union president Kampala Taiz-Rancifer said. “They have cut members’ jobs, and we have to … understand what are the resources in the school district, along with whether or not the job losses are actually necessary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that union leaders’ recent discussions with the county superintendent and OUSD’s chief business officer seeking answers to budget questions have been unproductive and contributed to the call for a strike authorization vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029338\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/20241211-OUSDMergerVote-JY-026_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oakland Unified School District Board listens to public comment during a meeting at La Escuelita Elementary School in Oakland, California, on Dec. 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the meetings, Taiz-Rancifer said the union was given “data dumps” that were difficult to understand and parse through.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those are meant to confuse, meant to delay,” she told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district said it is committed to transparency and open communication with the union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are hopeful that we can work together to find solutions and ensure a strong finish to the school year for all Oakland students,” a spokesperson said in a statement.[aside postID=news_12035005 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS26222_IMG_2896-qut-1180x787.jpg']The move comes after Oakland’s school board certified a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027158/how-oakland-and-sf-ended-up-among-7-ca-school-districts-who-cant-pay-their-bills\">negative budget\u003c/a> — meaning it doesn’t have the funds to pay its bills over the next two years — but quickly reversed course last month. The union has called the move misleading and accused the district of “manufacturing” a $95 million budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“OUSD has a pattern of saying that they do not have resources, and then at the end of the school year, they are operating with a surplus,” Taiz-Rancifer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its second interim report released last month, the district’s deficit shrank to $12 million, and it pulled back the negative status. The significant improvement followed the school board’s approval of a laundry list of “budget balancing solutions” in December and hundreds of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029001/oakland-school-board-approves-over-100-layoffs-a-day-after-similar-vote-in-sf\">possible layoffs\u003c/a> in February, which could cost about 100 full-time positions and exclude some summer work for even more — resulting in a pay loss for many employees, according to union leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the union does strike, it will be the fourth time since 2019. Just two years ago, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949458/oakland-teachers-strike-ends-as-union-reaches-agreement-with-school-district\">work stoppage paused instruction\u003c/a> for more than a week, only ending after the district agreed to a retroactive 10% raise and continued salary increase between 11% and 23% for staffers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11726890\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland teachers march during an unsanctioned 'sick out' on Jan. 18, 2019. On Saturday, the teachers union announced that the teachers would go on strike starting Thursday, Jan. 21.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland teachers march during an unsanctioned “sickout” on Jan. 18, 2019. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In recent budget conversations, the district has cited those costs as part of the reason for its current financial struggle. The raises were paid for in part with one-time COVID-19 relief funds that have now dried up, and OUSD has been hesitant to make cuts elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, Oakland educators — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025440/schools-face-cuts-california-teachers-unions-band-together-demands\">in alignment with unions across the state\u003c/a> — kicked off contract negotiations with the district in February, demanding smaller class sizes, more resources and better wages and benefits for teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union members will have until April 25 to vote on the strike authorization, after which the organization will decide whether to stage a walkout. Labor leaders say they are continuing to bargain with OUSD and hope to avoid a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That can only happen if there is a transparent and accountable relationship between the District and teachers, students, families, and our community,” Taiz-Rancifer said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The move comes after Oakland’s school board certified a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027158/how-oakland-and-sf-ended-up-among-7-ca-school-districts-who-cant-pay-their-bills\">negative budget\u003c/a> — meaning it doesn’t have the funds to pay its bills over the next two years — but quickly reversed course last month. The union has called the move misleading and accused the district of “manufacturing” a $95 million budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“OUSD has a pattern of saying that they do not have resources, and then at the end of the school year, they are operating with a surplus,” Taiz-Rancifer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In its second interim report released last month, the district’s deficit shrank to $12 million, and it pulled back the negative status. The significant improvement followed the school board’s approval of a laundry list of “budget balancing solutions” in December and hundreds of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029001/oakland-school-board-approves-over-100-layoffs-a-day-after-similar-vote-in-sf\">possible layoffs\u003c/a> in February, which could cost about 100 full-time positions and exclude some summer work for even more — resulting in a pay loss for many employees, according to union leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the union does strike, it will be the fourth time since 2019. Just two years ago, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949458/oakland-teachers-strike-ends-as-union-reaches-agreement-with-school-district\">work stoppage paused instruction\u003c/a> for more than a week, only ending after the district agreed to a retroactive 10% raise and continued salary increase between 11% and 23% for staffers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11726890\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11726890\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland teachers march during an unsanctioned 'sick out' on Jan. 18, 2019. On Saturday, the teachers union announced that the teachers would go on strike starting Thursday, Jan. 21.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/02/RS34714_20190118-30-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland teachers march during an unsanctioned “sickout” on Jan. 18, 2019. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In recent budget conversations, the district has cited those costs as part of the reason for its current financial struggle. The raises were paid for in part with one-time COVID-19 relief funds that have now dried up, and OUSD has been hesitant to make cuts elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Separately, Oakland educators — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025440/schools-face-cuts-california-teachers-unions-band-together-demands\">in alignment with unions across the state\u003c/a> — kicked off contract negotiations with the district in February, demanding smaller class sizes, more resources and better wages and benefits for teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Union members will have until April 25 to vote on the strike authorization, after which the organization will decide whether to stage a walkout. Labor leaders say they are continuing to bargain with OUSD and hope to avoid a strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That can only happen if there is a transparent and accountable relationship between the District and teachers, students, families, and our community,” Taiz-Rancifer said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A judge has ordered \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sonoma-state\">Sonoma State University\u003c/a> to halt — for now — its plan to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034888/sonoma-state-charts-path-forward-after-huge-cuts-some-staff-are-skeptical\">suspend more than 20 academic programs and departments\u003c/a> at the end of the year to cure a massive budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The temporary restraining order issued Tuesday in Sonoma County Superior Court forces university leaders to pause the effort after student-athletes filed a petition alleging that its rollout violated campus policy. The order does not extend to athletics, despite the students’ related request to halt the elimination of the university’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024572/sonoma-state-coaches-call-federal-investigation-elimination-athletics\">entire NCAA Division II program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The order will be in place until May 1, when the case is scheduled for another hearing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Until that time, the school can take no further steps to eliminate or terminate the academic programs,” said attorney Ross Middlemiss, who is representing the student-athletes pro bono. “Finding and issuing a [temporary restraining order] really demonstrates the severity of the mistakes that have been made and continue to be made by the CSU and the Sonoma State administration. It’s very positive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma State administrators revealed their plans to cut 22 degree programs, six academic departments and all 11 NCAA teams through a university-wide email during the first week of the spring semester in January, citing a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025961/sonoma-state-1st-csu-slash-programs-likely-wont-be-last\">$24 million budget deficit\u003c/a> brought on by declines in enrollment and state funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024772/angry-sonoma-state-university-community-protests-wide-cuts\">angered professors, coaches and affected students\u003c/a>, who received no forewarning and felt the timing hurt their chances to transfer or find new jobs before next fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024033\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abbey Healy, left, and Carson Warfield, right, practice soccer at the soccer fields at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. Warfield, a junior, and Healy, a freshman, just transferred this semester to the university. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In response, seven student-athletes filed a lawsuit against the school and its leaders in March, alleging that the rollout also violated California State University policy on discontinuing academic programs, which requires holding academic senate hearings, “broad consultation with enrolled students” and specifying pathways for current students to complete their degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They have to show their work,” said Middlemiss, who was a four-year soccer athlete at Sonoma State in the 2000s. “These policies and regulations are in place to require that, and [the administrators] just blatantly ignored their own rules and went ahead and issued this really broad and harmful decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Sonoma State said that it followed established policies, including communicating with and considering feedback from programs affected by the proposed cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12025961 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-41-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “ruling set a later date when the court will more fully review the parties’ positions, including evidence from the university that SSU is complying with its academic discontinuation policy,” spokesperson Jeff Keating told KQED via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Middlemiss disagreed, saying the school is only now seeking out the required community engagement and laid out plans for students to finish their degrees or transfer after the fact. “They’re trying to backfill and go through those steps on the back end, which doesn’t really meet the nature and goal of these [requirements],” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday morning, interim Sonoma State President Emily Cutrer sent an email to the campus community asserting that the university had followed policy. Coming after the court order temporarily halting the cuts, the situation has been confusing, said technical theater student Sarah Sherod, whose program is on the chopping block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My thoughts kind of are, I don’t know what that [means]. We’re scared,” she said. “The students are kind of given false hope that the programs will be coming back, but my only plan is hoping that the programs do come back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four of the seven students who signed onto the suit only enrolled at Sonoma State this spring, days before the cuts were announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the suit, Vincent Lencioni turned down another offer to play soccer at a school in Iowa because he was from Santa Rosa and used to attend Sonoma State games as a child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>University officials, the suit alleges, were aware that students like Lencioni and women’s soccer player Abbey Healy would have attended other schools \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023999/sonoma-state-players-coaches-blindsided-by-elimination-of-ncaa-athletics\">if they knew their sport would be eliminated\u003c/a>, and intentionally put off informing students “to ensure that students would not drop out of Sonoma State or transfer prior to paying tuition and fees for the spring semester.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024035\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024035\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carson Warfield, left, and Abbey Healy, right, both athletes on Sonoma State’s soccer team, pose for a photo at the Sonoma State University soccer fields in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. Warfield, a junior, and Healy, a freshman, just transferred this semester to the university. Sonoma State is cutting its entire Athletic Department, eliminating majors and laying off faculty to address a budget deficit. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Healy, a first-year student, transferred from Cal State Monterey Bay ahead of the spring semester after deciding to study philosophy, a program that Monterey Bay doesn’t have but Sonoma State does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since philosophy is one of the majors being discontinued at the end of the year, “Healy is now forced to transfer for a second time in her first year of college, because both of her passions were extinguished,” according to the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although cuts to athletics programs don’t trigger the same community engagement requirements as academic cuts under Cal State policy, Middlemiss and lead counsel David Seidel — who were teammates at Sonoma State — argued they should also be stopped because of “fraudulent” justification by the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma State had estimated it would save $3.7 million by eliminating sports, a figure that Middlemiss called “bogus” and not backed by evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12030322 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20230822-SFSU-45-JY_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said it was a good sign for the students’ case that Judge Kenneth English issued the temporary restraining order, adding that not having the same directive extended to athletics “was by no means an indication that we will not be able to prevail with a more fulsome evidentiary hearing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What our lawsuit is going to ultimately demonstrate is that these decisions were absolutely erroneous and a change is needed at Sonoma State,” Middlemiss said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 1, Cutrer, Cal State Chancellor Mildred García and the Cal State Board of Trustees are expected to appear in court for a larger hearing of the students’ argument in favor of a preliminary injunction, which would pause the discontinuation of academic or athletic cuts until the case is fully decided. Any opposition the school hopes to present will need to be filed by Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until then, the art history, economics, geology, philosophy, women and gender studies and theater and dance departments will remain intact, along with the 22 academic degrees \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023790/sonoma-state-is-reeling-after-huge-cuts-where-does-the-school-go-from-here\">slated for cuts\u003c/a> — many of which are in the liberal arts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not clear how the ruling will affect dozens of staff members whose contracts the university doesn’t plan to renew next fall. During the hearing on Tuesday, English told Sonoma State’s lawyers that employment negotiations with the school’s unions and staff were separate and not before his court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “ruling set a later date when the court will more fully review the parties’ positions, including evidence from the university that SSU is complying with its academic discontinuation policy,” spokesperson Jeff Keating told KQED via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Middlemiss disagreed, saying the school is only now seeking out the required community engagement and laid out plans for students to finish their degrees or transfer after the fact. “They’re trying to backfill and go through those steps on the back end, which doesn’t really meet the nature and goal of these [requirements],” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday morning, interim Sonoma State President Emily Cutrer sent an email to the campus community asserting that the university had followed policy. Coming after the court order temporarily halting the cuts, the situation has been confusing, said technical theater student Sarah Sherod, whose program is on the chopping block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My thoughts kind of are, I don’t know what that [means]. We’re scared,” she said. “The students are kind of given false hope that the programs will be coming back, but my only plan is hoping that the programs do come back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four of the seven students who signed onto the suit only enrolled at Sonoma State this spring, days before the cuts were announced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the suit, Vincent Lencioni turned down another offer to play soccer at a school in Iowa because he was from Santa Rosa and used to attend Sonoma State games as a child.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>University officials, the suit alleges, were aware that students like Lencioni and women’s soccer player Abbey Healy would have attended other schools \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023999/sonoma-state-players-coaches-blindsided-by-elimination-of-ncaa-athletics\">if they knew their sport would be eliminated\u003c/a>, and intentionally put off informing students “to ensure that students would not drop out of Sonoma State or transfer prior to paying tuition and fees for the spring semester.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024035\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024035\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-51-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carson Warfield, left, and Abbey Healy, right, both athletes on Sonoma State’s soccer team, pose for a photo at the Sonoma State University soccer fields in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. Warfield, a junior, and Healy, a freshman, just transferred this semester to the university. Sonoma State is cutting its entire Athletic Department, eliminating majors and laying off faculty to address a budget deficit. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Healy, a first-year student, transferred from Cal State Monterey Bay ahead of the spring semester after deciding to study philosophy, a program that Monterey Bay doesn’t have but Sonoma State does.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since philosophy is one of the majors being discontinued at the end of the year, “Healy is now forced to transfer for a second time in her first year of college, because both of her passions were extinguished,” according to the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although cuts to athletics programs don’t trigger the same community engagement requirements as academic cuts under Cal State policy, Middlemiss and lead counsel David Seidel — who were teammates at Sonoma State — argued they should also be stopped because of “fraudulent” justification by the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma State had estimated it would save $3.7 million by eliminating sports, a figure that Middlemiss called “bogus” and not backed by evidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Swastika graffiti in a campus bathroom, chants of “death to Jews,” Hamas Hello Kitty stickers and the physical assault of Jewish students. These are among the incidents detailed in discrimination complaints against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/california\">California\u003c/a> universities since the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, at least 17 colleges in the state are in the crosshairs of multi-pronged federal investigations into antisemitism in higher education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Justice is \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029887/trump-doj-investigate-university-california-over-antisemitism-allegations\">investigating\u003c/a> whether the University of California system has allowed antisemitism to create a hostile work environment for Jewish employees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-educations-office-civil-rights-sends-letters-60-universities-under-investigation-antisemitic-discrimination-and-harassment\">investigations\u003c/a> into allegations that students of Jewish ancestry have been denied access to education at nearly a dozen schools in the state — including a handful of UCs, California State Universities at Sacramento and San Diego and private institutions such as the University of Southern California, Chapman University and Stanford University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Across the country, President Donald Trump’s administration has gone even further by withholding federal funds from schools, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/doj-hhs-ed-and-gsa-announce-initial-cancelation-of-grants-and-contracts-columbia-university-worth-400-million\">Columbia\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/g-s1-59090/trump-officials-halt-1-billion-in-funding-for-cornell-790-million-for-northwestern\">Northwestern and Cornell\u003c/a>. Immigration agents have arrested international students like \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tufts-student-detained-massachusetts-immigration-08d7f08e1daa899986b7131a1edab6d8\">Rumeysa Ozturk\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8\">Mahmoud Khalil\u003c/a> for their actions in support of Palestine. The latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism\">news\u003c/a> is that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is now monitoring the social media feeds of immigrants for evidence of antisemitism and “terrorist sympathizers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Federal Antisemitism Investigations in California Higher Ed\" aria-label=\"Map\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-P7BCl\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/P7BCl/7/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"794\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some in civil rights law and academia warn that the extraordinary and even extralegal tactics and disregard for existing discrimination protections point to the administration’s true ambition: Not to create an inclusive campus climate for all, but to stir up fear and extract concessions from traditionally left-leaning centers of learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past month, \u003ca href=\"https://chancellor.ucla.edu/messages/initiative-to-combat-antisemitism\">UCLA\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-848726\">UCSB\u003c/a> have announced new initiatives to address antisemitism, while some state \u003ca href=\"https://journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/document-view?collection=ac9da6d3c73d17a4&docid=fb2a1b12b6b3fe52_ac9da6d3c73d17a4&dapvm=1&highlight=e0218af7ac44146a&utm_source=highlight_deep_link\">lawmakers\u003c/a> and faculty groups have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034221/trump-administration-subpoenas-uc-faculty-information-antisemitism-investigation\">called on\u003c/a> university leaders to stand up to the federal government in order to protect privacy and free speech rights. With billions of dollars in federal research funding on the line, there’s no easy path forward: Columbia, which largely capitulated to the administration’s demands, \u003ca href=\"https://communications.news.columbia.edu/news/statement-federal-funding\">still hasn’t seen\u003c/a> its funding restored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we have from this new task force from the federal government is an unprecedented, unique, coalition of federal agencies and they’re operating absent law,” said Catherine Lhamon, assistant secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education under Biden and chair of the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Commission_on_Civil_Rights\">United States Commission on Civil Rights\u003c/a> between 2016 and 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal actions announced since January have also largely ignored the fact that many of these universities were already under scrutiny — and in some cases, had strict compliance agreements with the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was theater for the current administration to list University of California schools as schools that are somehow newly under investigation [for antisemitism],” Lhamon said. “They’re already subject to federal monitoring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Gutting the Office of Civil Rights\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel’s subsequent devastating war in Gaza, campuses across the country became freshly embroiled in widespread \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984636/violence-erupts-at-ucla-as-protests-over-israels-war-in-gaza-escalate-across-the-u-s\">protests\u003c/a>, labor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987499/academic-workers-at-ucla-davis-are-next-to-strike-over-response-to-protests\">strikes\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984645/photos-campus-protests-grow-across-bay-area\">encampments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lhamon said her office received “a huge influx of new cases” including antisemitic complaints like those listed above along with allegations that Palestinian and Muslim students had been doxxed, physically assaulted and greeted with signs reading “Hamas will kill and rape you all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993683\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The UC Berkeley pro-Palestinian encampment outside of Sproul Hall in Berkeley, California, on May 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In response, the OCR opened cases against more than a dozen higher education institutions in California, requesting voluminous responses including school policies, the names of witnesses and complainants and disciplinary actions taken by the schools. In those investigations, “what we saw, to my shock and horror, was that lots of schools in K–12 and in higher education had not understood their legal obligations under Title VI,” Lhamon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The OCR has jurisdiction under \u003ca href=\"https://www.justice.gov/crt/fcs/TitleVI\">Title VI\u003c/a> of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars the use of federal funds for programs that discriminate on the basis of “race, color, or national origin.” But Lhamon said Title VI also requires there be a process for the university to come into compliance before federal funds can be withheld — unlike the Trump administration’s move to withhold $400 million from Columbia without a full investigation or any kind of compliance process.[aside postID=news_12034742 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250129_UCBerkeleyRally_GC-72_qed-1020x680.jpg']To that end, the UC reached a resolution \u003ca href=\"https://journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/document-view?collection=ac9da6d3c73d17a4&docid=12292ad5a6780a_ac9da6d3c73d17a4&page=1&dapvm=1&highlight=634e6ffe678dfce1&utm_source=highlight_deep_link\">agreement\u003c/a> with the Department of Education in December to address discrimination against students with “Jewish, Israeli, Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim ancestry” and close nine open Title VI cases. While a March 10, 2025, letter from the incoming head of the OCR called resolutions like this toothless, it includes extensive reporting requirements, campus police training, and individual redress for specific students, including reimbursement of tuition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now, Lhamon wonders who is actually monitoring the agreement. On March 11, half of the OCR employees in the country were terminated, and the Office of Civil Rights in San Francisco, which had spearheaded investigations in California schools, was closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not a single investigator in the state of California anymore in the Office of Civil Rights,” Lhamon said. “Not a single person who was involved in those cases is still involved in those cases.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And many other cases investigating discrimination against students with disabilities, Black, Palestinian and Muslim students are also in limbo, court filings show. California is among the states \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031176/california-other-states-gear-up-fight-department-educations-dismantling\">suing\u003c/a> the department over the mass firings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED reached out to OCR attorneys named in complaint documents posted on the DOE website, but none agreed to be interviewed. DOE officials did not respond to multiple requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Denise Katz-Prober of the Brandeis Center, a Jewish advocacy nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., which has filed numerous administrative complaints on behalf of students, said many resolution agreements haven’t gone far enough to address the “root causes” of antisemitism on campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035691\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1409\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty-800x564.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty-1020x719.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty-1536x1082.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty-1920x1353.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A building at Scripps College through a corridor of trees in Claremont, California, on Aug. 13, 2022. Scripps College is one of 17 California colleges and universities under federal investigation. \u003ccite>(Jim Brown/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She said her group feels optimistic that the Trump administration is “ acting quite forcefully and vigorously to hold institutions, accountable.” So far, she doesn’t have concerns about the functioning of the OCR, which she said acted swiftly to open a new case after the center filed a complaint against Scripps College in February. Another case against Chapman, filed over a year ago, is still under investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Monica College, which has three pending complaints with the OCR, was among the 60 institutions that received letters from the Trump administration on March 10. A spokesperson said via email that the \u003ca href=\"https://admin.smc.edu/administration/campus-counsel/documents/OCR-3-10-2025.pdf\">letter\u003c/a> didn’t include any new information — or determination — about the three pending cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you actually care about kids, if you actually care about discrimination that’s occurring in school, you fully monitor the agreements that you have, and you look for the other places that need you,” Lhamon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the Trump administration has made no mention of enforcing the parts of the agreement crafted to address discrimination complaints filed by Palestinian students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035711\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestine protesters attempt to block a counter-protester with an Israeli flag at UCLA on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. Attendees rallied to protest ICE’s detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia University last year. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>UCLA distinguished professor Sherene Razack chairs the Task Force on Anti-Palestinian, Anti-Arab and Anti-Muslim Racism, which has submitted three \u003ca href=\"https://uclaracismtaskforce.com/\">reports\u003c/a> to university leaders. Razack said the consequences of this bias to faculty and students can be severe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Medical residents who even mention anything to do with the genocide are getting seriously doxxed,” she said. The consequences of doxxing range from death threats to people “writing to you and saying, ‘You’ll never get a job,’” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Razack said the administration has largely \u003ca href=\"https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46594/Open-Letter-to-Chancellor-Julio-Frenk-From-the-Ucla-Task-Force-on-Anti-Palestinian,-Anti-Muslim-and-Anti-Arab-Racism\">ignored\u003c/a> her task force’s recommendation, instead adopting recommendations from the \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.ucla.edu/ucla-announces-initiative-to-combat-antisemitism\">Antisemitism Task Force\u003c/a>, perhaps in “anticipatory compliance” to escape federal repercussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Distinguished Professor Stuart Gabriel of the UCLA Anderson School of Management — who has been tapped to lead the Initiative to Combat Antisemitism — did not respond to KQED’s emails requesting comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘False flag’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The DOJ investigation brought under \u003ca href=\"https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/title-vii-civil-rights-act-1964\">Title VII\u003c/a>, which prohibits workplace discrimination, has already begun contacting people, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/trump-administration-begins-interviewing-uc-faculty-as-part-of-antisemitism-probe-00282965\">reporting\u003c/a> by \u003cem>Politico\u003c/em>. Faculty unions had urged the administration to fight \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034221/trump-administration-subpoenas-uc-faculty-information-antisemitism-investigation\">the subpoena of the names and contact information\u003c/a> of hundreds of UC employees who signed letters in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A letter to members from the University Council — American Federation of Teachers, the union that represents almost 7,000 UC teaching faculty and librarians, called on university leaders to protect “worker privacy and due process of law at every turn,” and encouraged workers and students to “resist participating in investigations that are clearly motivated by politics and the intent to silence debate, dissent, and disagreement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035694\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Leigh Kimberg speaks during a press conference with UCSF medical professionals to call for a ceasefire in Gaza outside of the UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, on Oct. 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The UC Office of the President did not answer questions about the compliance agreement or the actions of the federal task force. In an email, a spokesperson said the institution “unequivocally condemns antisemitism in all forms” and ”is committed to responding to all inquiries in good faith as we continue to take important steps to foster a welcoming and safe environment for all.” A spokesperson for the DOJ declined to comment on the status of the workplace investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while some faculty members see a sharp divergence between the Biden administration’s approach to civil rights enforcement and the Trump administration’s, others, like Leigh Kimberg, a UCSF professor of medicine, feel this is merely a continuation of the ongoing suppression of legitimate protest and pro-Palestinian voices, which includes many Jewish voices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I have spoken out saying that actually the liberation of the Jewish people and the Palestinian people are inextricable,” Kimberg said.[aside postID=news_12034703 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250319-UCBerkeleyProtest-14-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']As a result, she said she has been accused of antisemitism. After speaking about Palestine during a talk about trauma-informed care, she said she was banned from speaking in public courses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kimberg said students have shown incredible bravery even in the face of potential discipline, arrest and immigration enforcement actions. In the past month, dozens of students and faculty at California universities, including Stanford, UCLA and UCSB, have had their visas revoked by the State Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Katz-Prober said she’s not an immigration expert, but said the Brandeis Center appreciates the Trump administration taking antisemitism seriously and “that there are consequences.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Poulomi Saha, a UC Berkeley associate professor of English who was faculty co-chair of an advisory committee on Muslim and Palestinian student life, sees these investigations as a “false flag mission” in an attempt by Trump to “control what happens on college campuses.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, it’s antisemitism. Tomorrow, it will be something else. This is an incursion into a project of free inquiry and free speech on college campuses,” they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Already, DOE has also \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/office-civil-rights-initiates-title-vi-investigations-institutions-of-higher-education-0\">set its sights\u003c/a> on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at universities and K–12 schools. Cal-Poly Humboldt, California State University San Bernardino and UC Berkeley have received notice that the OCR is investigating “race-exclusionary” practices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Department is working to reorient civil rights enforcement to ensure all students are protected from illegal discrimination,” wrote U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon in a press release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Immigration agents have arrested international students like \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tufts-student-detained-massachusetts-immigration-08d7f08e1daa899986b7131a1edab6d8\">Rumeysa Ozturk\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-ice-15014bcbb921f21a9f704d5acdcae7a8\">Mahmoud Khalil\u003c/a> for their actions in support of Palestine. The latest \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism\">news\u003c/a> is that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is now monitoring the social media feeds of immigrants for evidence of antisemitism and “terrorist sympathizers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Federal Antisemitism Investigations in California Higher Ed\" aria-label=\"Map\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-P7BCl\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/P7BCl/7/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"794\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some in civil rights law and academia warn that the extraordinary and even extralegal tactics and disregard for existing discrimination protections point to the administration’s true ambition: Not to create an inclusive campus climate for all, but to stir up fear and extract concessions from traditionally left-leaning centers of learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past month, \u003ca href=\"https://chancellor.ucla.edu/messages/initiative-to-combat-antisemitism\">UCLA\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-848726\">UCSB\u003c/a> have announced new initiatives to address antisemitism, while some state \u003ca href=\"https://journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/document-view?collection=ac9da6d3c73d17a4&docid=fb2a1b12b6b3fe52_ac9da6d3c73d17a4&dapvm=1&highlight=e0218af7ac44146a&utm_source=highlight_deep_link\">lawmakers\u003c/a> and faculty groups have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034221/trump-administration-subpoenas-uc-faculty-information-antisemitism-investigation\">called on\u003c/a> university leaders to stand up to the federal government in order to protect privacy and free speech rights. With billions of dollars in federal research funding on the line, there’s no easy path forward: Columbia, which largely capitulated to the administration’s demands, \u003ca href=\"https://communications.news.columbia.edu/news/statement-federal-funding\">still hasn’t seen\u003c/a> its funding restored.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we have from this new task force from the federal government is an unprecedented, unique, coalition of federal agencies and they’re operating absent law,” said Catherine Lhamon, assistant secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education under Biden and chair of the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Commission_on_Civil_Rights\">United States Commission on Civil Rights\u003c/a> between 2016 and 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federal actions announced since January have also largely ignored the fact that many of these universities were already under scrutiny — and in some cases, had strict compliance agreements with the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was theater for the current administration to list University of California schools as schools that are somehow newly under investigation [for antisemitism],” Lhamon said. “They’re already subject to federal monitoring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Gutting the Office of Civil Rights\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>After the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel’s subsequent devastating war in Gaza, campuses across the country became freshly embroiled in widespread \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984636/violence-erupts-at-ucla-as-protests-over-israels-war-in-gaza-escalate-across-the-u-s\">protests\u003c/a>, labor \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987499/academic-workers-at-ucla-davis-are-next-to-strike-over-response-to-protests\">strikes\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984645/photos-campus-protests-grow-across-bay-area\">encampments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lhamon said her office received “a huge influx of new cases” including antisemitic complaints like those listed above along with allegations that Palestinian and Muslim students had been doxxed, physically assaulted and greeted with signs reading “Hamas will kill and rape you all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11993683\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/L1005168_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The UC Berkeley pro-Palestinian encampment outside of Sproul Hall in Berkeley, California, on May 11, 2024. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In response, the OCR opened cases against more than a dozen higher education institutions in California, requesting voluminous responses including school policies, the names of witnesses and complainants and disciplinary actions taken by the schools. 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On March 11, half of the OCR employees in the country were terminated, and the Office of Civil Rights in San Francisco, which had spearheaded investigations in California schools, was closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s not a single investigator in the state of California anymore in the Office of Civil Rights,” Lhamon said. “Not a single person who was involved in those cases is still involved in those cases.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And many other cases investigating discrimination against students with disabilities, Black, Palestinian and Muslim students are also in limbo, court filings show. California is among the states \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031176/california-other-states-gear-up-fight-department-educations-dismantling\">suing\u003c/a> the department over the mass firings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED reached out to OCR attorneys named in complaint documents posted on the DOE website, but none agreed to be interviewed. DOE officials did not respond to multiple requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Denise Katz-Prober of the Brandeis Center, a Jewish advocacy nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., which has filed numerous administrative complaints on behalf of students, said many resolution agreements haven’t gone far enough to address the “root causes” of antisemitism on campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035691\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1409\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty-800x564.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty-1020x719.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty-160x113.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty-1536x1082.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ScrippsCollegeGetty-1920x1353.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A building at Scripps College through a corridor of trees in Claremont, California, on Aug. 13, 2022. Scripps College is one of 17 California colleges and universities under federal investigation. \u003ccite>(Jim Brown/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She said her group feels optimistic that the Trump administration is “ acting quite forcefully and vigorously to hold institutions, accountable.” So far, she doesn’t have concerns about the functioning of the OCR, which she said acted swiftly to open a new case after the center filed a complaint against Scripps College in February. Another case against Chapman, filed over a year ago, is still under investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Monica College, which has three pending complaints with the OCR, was among the 60 institutions that received letters from the Trump administration on March 10. A spokesperson said via email that the \u003ca href=\"https://admin.smc.edu/administration/campus-counsel/documents/OCR-3-10-2025.pdf\">letter\u003c/a> didn’t include any new information — or determination — about the three pending cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you actually care about kids, if you actually care about discrimination that’s occurring in school, you fully monitor the agreements that you have, and you look for the other places that need you,” Lhamon said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the Trump administration has made no mention of enforcing the parts of the agreement crafted to address discrimination complaints filed by Palestinian students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035711\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035711\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/UCLAProtestGetty-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestine protesters attempt to block a counter-protester with an Israeli flag at UCLA on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. 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The consequences of doxxing range from death threats to people “writing to you and saying, ‘You’ll never get a job,’” she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Razack said the administration has largely \u003ca href=\"https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46594/Open-Letter-to-Chancellor-Julio-Frenk-From-the-Ucla-Task-Force-on-Anti-Palestinian,-Anti-Muslim-and-Anti-Arab-Racism\">ignored\u003c/a> her task force’s recommendation, instead adopting recommendations from the \u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.ucla.edu/ucla-announces-initiative-to-combat-antisemitism\">Antisemitism Task Force\u003c/a>, perhaps in “anticipatory compliance” to escape federal repercussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Distinguished Professor Stuart Gabriel of the UCLA Anderson School of Management — who has been tapped to lead the Initiative to Combat Antisemitism — did not respond to KQED’s emails requesting comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘False flag’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The DOJ investigation brought under \u003ca href=\"https://www.eeoc.gov/statutes/title-vii-civil-rights-act-1964\">Title VII\u003c/a>, which prohibits workplace discrimination, has already begun contacting people, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/trump-administration-begins-interviewing-uc-faculty-as-part-of-antisemitism-probe-00282965\">reporting\u003c/a> by \u003cem>Politico\u003c/em>. Faculty unions had urged the administration to fight \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034221/trump-administration-subpoenas-uc-faculty-information-antisemitism-investigation\">the subpoena of the names and contact information\u003c/a> of hundreds of UC employees who signed letters in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A letter to members from the University Council — American Federation of Teachers, the union that represents almost 7,000 UC teaching faculty and librarians, called on university leaders to protect “worker privacy and due process of law at every turn,” and encouraged workers and students to “resist participating in investigations that are clearly motivated by politics and the intent to silence debate, dissent, and disagreement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035694\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/231031-UCSFGazaPresser-25-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Leigh Kimberg speaks during a press conference with UCSF medical professionals to call for a ceasefire in Gaza outside of the UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, on Oct. 31, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The UC Office of the President did not answer questions about the compliance agreement or the actions of the federal task force. In an email, a spokesperson said the institution “unequivocally condemns antisemitism in all forms” and ”is committed to responding to all inquiries in good faith as we continue to take important steps to foster a welcoming and safe environment for all.” A spokesperson for the DOJ declined to comment on the status of the workplace investigation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while some faculty members see a sharp divergence between the Biden administration’s approach to civil rights enforcement and the Trump administration’s, others, like Leigh Kimberg, a UCSF professor of medicine, feel this is merely a continuation of the ongoing suppression of legitimate protest and pro-Palestinian voices, which includes many Jewish voices.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ I have spoken out saying that actually the liberation of the Jewish people and the Palestinian people are inextricable,” Kimberg said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-unified-school-district\">Oakland’s school district\u003c/a> leadership looks headed for a shake up — though it’s unclear whether the move is par for the course or a backdoor effort to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035005/oakland-school-board-may-replace-superintendent-despite-contract-extension\">push the longtime superintendent\u003c/a> out early.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Oakland Unified’s school board discussed Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell’s transition out of the district during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday night, President Jennifer Brouhard reported to the public that no action had been taken.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Board member Mike Hutchinson \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/MikeHutchinson4SchoolBoard/posts/pfbid0EX8FCXghxQiQbmaDYwT5m7jN1u88gghXmVesqn5DSUcfXTjmt8Bd7Vu9cTryHhoSl\">quickly posted on social media\u003c/a> that the longtime superintendent was being ousted. Hutchinson said the board took two votes related to the matter: one to begin an immediate search for a new superintendent and another to start negotiations on a payout for Johnson-Trammell, who did not respond to request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12035577\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Image-4-10-25-at-5.33%E2%80%AFPM-scaled-e1744331803539.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1890\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Image-4-10-25-at-5.33 PM-scaled-e1744331803539.jpg 1890w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Image-4-10-25-at-5.33 PM-scaled-e1744331803539-800x432.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Image-4-10-25-at-5.33 PM-scaled-e1744331803539-1020x550.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Image-4-10-25-at-5.33 PM-scaled-e1744331803539-160x86.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Image-4-10-25-at-5.33 PM-scaled-e1744331803539-1536x829.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1890px) 100vw, 1890px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Last night, [the board] did not vote to give the Superintendent a 90-day notice, but they did take the other actions that clearly show it is violating her contract,” Hutchinson told KQED. “It’s a slight detail that I don’t think matters, and I am very disappointed that as of now, it has still not been reported out like it was supposed to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that the possibility of hiring a new superintendent who would begin this summer was first floated in a closed-door meeting two weeks ago. That talk wasn’t agendized, but Hutchinson said the board members took a straw vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson believes that searching for a new superintendent would violate Johnson-Trammell’s contract, which extends another two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The superintendent had originally planned to step down this year, according to former board president Sam Davis, but agreed to stay on in a somewhat limited capacity as the district weathered financial crisis and interpersonal strife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, Johnson-Trammell signed a three-year contract extension that included one more year leading OUSD’s day-to-day operations, followed by two years in a more hands-off role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12035005 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/RS26222_IMG_2896-qut-1180x787.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The contract said that before August 2025, she would present an “interim operations plan” to the school board, delegating most internal duties to senior staff. She would stay on through June 2027, focused on “special projects” and external work like networking with philanthropic and city and state partners, according to Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the contract language doesn’t mention a deputy or interim superintendent, Davis, who was board president at the time, said that in discussions between Johnson-Trammell and board leadership, it was assumed that when that interim operation plan was laid out this summer, one senior staff member might step into a temporary leadership role.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My theory on that was assuming that you’re shuffling around senior staff and promoting one of the senior staff to be the deputy [superintendent], because right now we have five network superintendents,” Davis told KQED. “One of those people could kind of bump into another senior role. And then you would actually not be increasing the number of human beings in the central office. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated, 3 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates and attorneys are scrambling to provide guidance for international students at universities across California after the Trump administration \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034742/california-students-visa-cancellations-sue-trump-administration\">revoked at least 96 student visas\u003c/a> last week, following several high-profile detentions of \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/us/what-we-know-college-activists-immigration-hnk/index.html\">college students and staff\u003c/a> by immigration authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>International students are being advised to get familiar with their legal rights, consider canceling any travel outside of the United States and pause their social media activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034703/what-should-international-students-on-visas-and-green-cards-know-right-now\">The federal government’s revocation of visas for students\u003c/a> at schools including Stanford, UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Irvine caught universities and students off guard. Some students have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034742/california-students-visa-cancellations-sue-trump-administration\">responded by suing the federal government\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These actions create an uncertain and challenging environment for our campus community,” UC Berkeley Chancellor Richard Lyons said \u003ca href=\"https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/04/07/a-message-about-recent-federal-visa-program-updates/\">in a statement on Monday\u003c/a>. “Your university supports, without reservation, the right and ability of immigrant and international students, staff, and faculty to participate fully in the campus experience.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration said last month that since January, officials had revoked \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/us/politics/rubio-immigration-students-ozturk-chung-khalil.html\">around 300 visas\u003c/a>, including those of students, because of their foreign policy views or criminal history. The administration has taken major steps \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/29/us/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-university-arrest-saturday/index.html\">targeting international students who had engaged in pro-Palestinian protests\u003c/a> and advocacy during the wave of demonstrations that has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12007970/1-year-later-the-impact-of-oct-7-siege-of-gaza-on-life-in-the-bay-area\">swept college campuses since October 2023\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Several international students \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/us/what-we-know-college-activists-immigration-hnk/index.html\">have been detained\u003c/a> recently, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031867/israels-renewed-assault-gaza-draws-hundreds-streets-san-francisco\">Mahmoud Khalil\u003c/a>’s detention being one of the most high-profile cases. Khalil, a green card holder and pro-Palestinian organizer at Columbia University, was arrested by federal authorities and moved to an immigration detention center in Louisiana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In some cases, the federal government claimed that the international students were taking part in “activities that are counter to our national interest, to our foreign policy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We gave you a visa to come and study and get a degree, not to become a social activist that tears up our university campuses,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-protesters-visas-green-cards-trump-ice-detentions-free-speech/\">said at a news conference in Guyana\u003c/a>, CBS reported. “And if we’ve given you a visa, and then you decide to do that, we’re going to take it away.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>A chilling effect\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As legal teams have moved \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/a-letter-from-palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil\">to support students\u003c/a>, pro-Palestinian advocacy groups say that the administration was “chilling speech” and curbing protest against the United States’ support of Israel \u003ca href=\"https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/resource/zionism/\">by conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12024332 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-2192874110-1020x680.png']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s becoming a very insecure and strange time for this republic,” said Ramsey Judah, a lawyer with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Los Angeles, who said that the chilling effect on speech was not confined to students or green card and visa holders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing it across the board because people now are scared to speak up, not just on Palestine,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://jcrc.org/blog/jcrc-statement-on-detentions-of-campus-protesters/\">a statement\u003c/a>, the Jewish Community Relations Council in the Bay Area said that despite disagreeing with the rhetoric of the campus protests, the group believes that it’s “incumbent upon law enforcement agencies to provide these protesters with transparency around their alleged violations and proper notice before commencing deportation proceedings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, if you’re an international student on a green card or a visa, what should you know about this moment?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke to Judah and other experts with advocacy groups about the guidance they provide to students, staff and faculty — particularly to students who have been active during pro-Palestinian protests over the past year and a half. Please bear in mind that this is not legal advice and advocates emphasize that students should consult with an immigration attorney about their individual situation. \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#A\">(Jump straight to: Where can international students find legal advice?)\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Should international students be traveling right now? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many schools are advising students, faculty and staff on \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/03/19/international-students-travel-trump/82527462007/\">visas or green cards\u003c/a> to reconsider international travel amid the looming uncertainty of an \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/03/31/trump-travel-ban-visa-restrictions-delayed/82744274007/\">anticipated travel ban\u003c/a> that could target visitors from countries like Venezuela, Haiti and Pakistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley’s International Office \u003ca href=\"https://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/home\">issued an advisory\u003c/a> stating that it “does not currently recommend” that international students “engage [in] international travel for personal or professional reasons” and that “current U.S. immigration policy is unpredictable and subject to rapid change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While acknowledging that “there have been no specific updates with respect to travel,” \u003ca href=\"https://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/immigration/immigration-policy-changes-faq\">UC Berkeley told international students\u003c/a> that it was “possible that international travel could include additional risks including delays in visa appointments and processing times, increased likelihood of visa denials, and heightened screening upon reentry to the U.S.”[aside postID=news_12026817 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/GettyImages-2197914000-1020x680.jpg']“We actually are telling everybody not to travel, especially if you are a student, because they’ve been denying people’s entry,” Judah said. He specifically referenced \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney\">the case of a Canadian woman\u003c/a> who was detained for two weeks after attempting to process a U.S. work visa at the San Diego border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while American citizens cannot be \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry\">denied reentry\u003c/a> into the U.S., Judah said that even they may need to reconsider visiting a country that appeared on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/trump-travel-ban.html\">the draft travel ban list\u003c/a> since it could “open you up to interrogations when you get back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judah said CAIR has been preparing visa and green card holders on what they can potentially expect when they reenter the country, including having their laptops and cellphones unlocked and searched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the border or an airport, an officer needs “some sort of reasonable suspicion to look through your phone,” said Judah, but “reasonable suspicion is completely subjective. It really comes down to who the officer is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley is \u003ca href=\"https://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/immigration/immigration-policy-changes-faq\">asking international students\u003c/a> to consider “leaving personal laptops and phones behind” if they do travel outside of the country, and if traveling with them, to “set all apps and social media accounts to private.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033720/what-green-card-and-visa-holders-should-know-before-traveling-abroad\">an article diving deeper\u003c/a> on what visa and green card holders should know before traveling abroad. According to NPR, some immigration attorneys have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033720/what-green-card-and-visa-holders-should-know-before-traveling-abroad\">warning some green card holders to avoid leaving the country if they have a criminal record\u003c/a>, no matter how minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based attorney Ghassan Shamieh said that as of Wednesday, he was not aware of any reports of domestic flights being impacted by this new climate, but warned that “things can change at a moment’s notice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shamieh, who has been consulting with students affected by the recent visa revocations, said students should be “monitoring trustworthy news sources,” and that “staying in touch with a trusted immigration attorney is going to be key for any student regardless of where they want to travel, how they want to travel or what they want to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035376\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"969\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed-800x388.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed-1020x494.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed-160x78.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed-1536x744.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed-1920x930.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent stands watch as a crowd of overseas visitors to the U.S. wait in line to pass through Customs on Jan. 5, 2004, at JFK airport in New York City. \u003ccite>(Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do California colleges work with immigration authorities? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has made broad moves to pressure universities to follow \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/harvard-investigation-antisemitism-trump-2ee1a2a9df6d09d155dac7a4e39b186c\">federal demands\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/us/cornell-northwestern-federal-funding-freeze/index.html\">changes to diversity, equity and inclusion programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice stated its intent to investigate the University of California over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029887/trump-doj-investigate-university-california-over-antisemitism-allegations\">antisemitism allegations\u003c/a>. The UC said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029887/trump-doj-investigate-university-california-over-antisemitism-allegations\">in an early March statement\u003c/a> that it “is unwavering in its commitment to combating antisemitism and protecting everyone’s civil rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/02/california-deportations-hit-people-with-deep-roots/\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can still operate in California\u003c/a>, state law \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclusocal.org/en/know-your-rights/california-values-act-sb-54\">bars the use of state or local resources\u003c/a> to assist in federal immigration enforcement — except when the person being sought has been “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/sb54_advisory-gr-20180208.pdf\">convicted of a serious or violent state prison felony\u003c/a>.”[aside postID=news_12025647 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-1243312873-1020x680.jpg']This law also means that public schools, including public colleges and universities, cannot assist immigration officers and provide information about a student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California universities have been encouraged by state Attorney General Rob Bonta to \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/immigration/higher-education-guidance.pdf\">develop policies\u003c/a> that make campus areas private from search without a warrant, although this does not bar ICE from entering campus. Most schools are also \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/immigration/higher-education-guidance.pdf\">required to let students know\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026817/ice-schools-and-children-what-families-should-know\">immigration authorities are on campus\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">December\u003c/a>, Bonta rolled out \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/immigration/higher-education-guidance.pdf\">guidance for schools and colleges to adopt\u003c/a> “in responding to immigration issues” and encouraged California residents \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company\">to report any suspicions\u003c/a> that a school or its staff are assisting ICE to his office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite California law, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-arrested-ice-massachusetts/\">international students are still fearful\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-asks-supreme-court-let-192827441.html\">immigration agents are ignoring due process. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/28/what-evidence-does-the-us-government-need-to-deport-green-card-holders\">green card can be revoked after certain serious criminal convictions\u003c/a>, international student and permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil was first detained \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/1239428600/columbia-mahmoud-khalil-law-arrest-international-students\">without a criminal charge\u003c/a>. The Trump administration said its decision to revoke Khalil’s green card was based on a provision of \u003ca href=\"https://www.aila.org/library/policy-brief-explaining-the-foreign-policy-ground-of-removability\">the Immigration and Nationality Act\u003c/a> related to foreign policy — a justification the American Immigration Lawyers Association called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.aila.org/library/policy-brief-explaining-the-foreign-policy-ground-of-removability\">obscure and constitutionally suspect\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[To] see it happen based on free speech with no charges, no crime, no anything — that’s kind of a shock to everybody who works in immigration and even people inside of the government, because this is something that’s really unheard of,” Judah said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What documentation is important for international students right now? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Attorney Shamieh said international students should immediately get in touch with their college campus’ international students office and make sure that team is checking their immigration status in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/sevis\">Student and Exchange Visitor Information System\u003c/a> (SEVIS) records regularly. Shamieh said some records have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034742/california-students-visa-cancellations-sue-trump-administration\">terminated without warning\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shamieh also advised that international students should check with an attorney before making any updates to immigration documents, like a visa renewal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really risky to travel right now. So if there are opportunities to renew documents while staying here in the United States, I definitely recommend doing that,” Shamieh said. “Always with the caveat of consulting with an immigration attorney, because they’ll best be able to analyze your specific situation and guide you accordingly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elif Koc, a student disciplinary legal fellow with CAIR-LA, said now would be a good time for students to “get your documents in order.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koc said students can make copies of passports or visas and make sure trusted people in their life have them on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because if, God forbid, something like [detention] does happen, I think it’s helpful for your attorneys and whoever is assisting to have all of that information organized and ready to go,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koc recommended that some students also consider asking for \u003ca href=\"https://manifestlaw.com/blog/immigration-letter-of-support-for-a-family-member/\">an immigration letter of support\u003c/a> from a professor they are close to or from an organization they are a part of. In case of a situation like \u003ca href=\"https://michiganimmigrant.org/sites/default/files/Writing%20letters%20for%20immigration%20purposes.pdf\">a possible deportation\u003c/a>, the letter — often addressed to an immigration judge — can detail the student’s role in the country, what they are studying and provide more perspective about them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to accessing support, students, staff and faculty should connect with legal organizations as a way of “arming yourself with knowledge and preparing yourself,” Koc said. “There are lots of people who are extremely concerned with protecting free speech rights and your rights as a student.” \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#A\">Jump straight to where international students can find legal support.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shamieh also advised that students have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024332/ice-raids-in-california-how-to-sort-fact-from-rumor-online\">the numbers of Rapid Response Networks\u003c/a> and trusted attorneys readily available for themselves and their friends and family in case they need help navigating encounters with ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What should international students know about using social media right now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism\">the Department of Homeland Security announced\u003c/a> that it would immediately begin screening immigrants’ social media for “antisemitic activity” as “grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.” In early March, \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/state-department-ai-revoke-foreign-student-visas-hamas\">Axios reported\u003c/a> that the State Department would launch an AI program to review the social media of student visa holders and cancel visas of those who the federal government deems as “pro-Hamas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the Consitution’s protection of free speech under \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/\">the First Amendment\u003c/a>, Koc said students who have taken part in any pro-Palestinian protests should consider limiting their posts on social media and setting their accounts to private if it is currently public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koc suggests that students consider what in their social media history “would make you an appealing target for the current administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just being really cautious about what you’re saying and how it could be construed or how it could be manipulated is a really good practice,” she advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley also \u003ca href=\"https://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/immigration/immigration-policy-changes-faq\">advises international students\u003c/a> to remove any content from their social media “related to political protests or statements that could be considered as somehow promoting unlawful, antisemitic, or terrorist support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What about students who continue to protest right now? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For future protests, Koc said it was vital for students to be aware of their campus’ code of conduct and student disciplinary process — and how these might change under the new administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools have been the subject of the federal government’s attention, especially after Columbia responded to President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/nyregion/columbia-response-trump-demands.html\">$400 million of federal funding\u003c/a> by agreeing to overhaul policies, including banning \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/columbia-university-funding-trump-demands\">face masks on campus\u003c/a>. The White House is also attempting to access the information of \u003ca href=\"https://ca.cair.com/press-release/cair-sfba-condemns-trump-administrations-demand-for-uc-berkeley-faculty-info-as-attack-on-academic-freedom-free-speech/\">UC Berkeley faculty who signed open letters\u003c/a> related to Gaza in 2023 and 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035377\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A march through the UC Berkeley campus in association with the national Stand Up for Science day of action in Berkeley on March 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Koc recommended that students, staff and faculty familiarize themselves with their school’s “\u003ca href=\"https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/time-place-and-manner-restrictions/\">time, place and manner” restrictions,\u003c/a> which govern protesting. The restrictions are “\u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/transparency-accountability/Pages/tpm-faqs.aspx\">content-neutral\u003c/a>,” meaning that the policies apply across all protests or demonstrations, regardless of the speaker’s message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it comes to campus protests, individual public campuses, they can restrict where and when and how you speak,” Koc explained. “When it comes to amplified noise, maybe they’ll say you can’t stand outside a classroom and protest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED has guides on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">how to safely document interactions with police\u003c/a> and what to know when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">attending a rally in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koc said she sees aspects of the federal government’s tactics against international students as an attempt to quell protesting and that U.S. citizens should not feel they should stop protesting. Nonetheless, international students on visas and green cards should consider “being really careful at this point” with their “level of participation” in protests right now, she advised. Visa holders, for example, could be forced to leave the United States if they are temporarily suspended from school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the time being, international students who wish to keep engaging in civil disobedience should “perhaps consider taking more of a removed role, even if no one is doing anything wrong,” Koc said. “Even as they’re following all their campuses’ rules and protesting in a completely legitimate way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"A\">\u003c/a>Where can you find support from immigration experts and advocates?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shamieh said international students who are engaged with political activism or have a criminal history — even a minor one — should preemptively reach out to an attorney “to devise a plan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can check with your university’s international students’ office on what support or guidance they are providing. If you are part of a union, your lawyer may also be able to provide assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other resources for immigration advice and advocacy include:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/home\">American Civil Liberties Union, Northern California\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://law.stanford.edu/immigrants-rights-clinic/community-resources/\">Stanford’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nilc.org/\">National Immigration Law Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/search?state=CA\">National Immigration Legal Services Directory\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ccrjustice.org/\">Center for Constitutional Rights\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://palestinelegal.org/\">Palestine Legal\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://mlfa.org/apply-for-help/\">Muslim Legal Fund of America\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/pro-bono-program/slps/current-slps-projects/palestine-advocacy-legal-assistance-project/\">Palestine Advocacy Legal Assistance Project\u003c/a> from UC Berkeley\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.araborganizing.org/page/immigration/\">Arab Resources and Organizing Center\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.thefire.org/defending-your-rights/legal-support/fire-legal-network\">Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/\">Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>You can also use the asylumadvocacy.org’s \u003ca href=\"https://help.asylumadvocacy.org/private-attorneys/\">database to look up a private immigration attorney\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s becoming a very insecure and strange time for this republic,” said Ramsey Judah, a lawyer with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Los Angeles, who said that the chilling effect on speech was not confined to students or green card and visa holders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re seeing it across the board because people now are scared to speak up, not just on Palestine,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://jcrc.org/blog/jcrc-statement-on-detentions-of-campus-protesters/\">a statement\u003c/a>, the Jewish Community Relations Council in the Bay Area said that despite disagreeing with the rhetoric of the campus protests, the group believes that it’s “incumbent upon law enforcement agencies to provide these protesters with transparency around their alleged violations and proper notice before commencing deportation proceedings.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, if you’re an international student on a green card or a visa, what should you know about this moment?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke to Judah and other experts with advocacy groups about the guidance they provide to students, staff and faculty — particularly to students who have been active during pro-Palestinian protests over the past year and a half. Please bear in mind that this is not legal advice and advocates emphasize that students should consult with an immigration attorney about their individual situation. \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#A\">(Jump straight to: Where can international students find legal advice?)\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Should international students be traveling right now? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many schools are advising students, faculty and staff on \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/03/19/international-students-travel-trump/82527462007/\">visas or green cards\u003c/a> to reconsider international travel amid the looming uncertainty of an \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/03/31/trump-travel-ban-visa-restrictions-delayed/82744274007/\">anticipated travel ban\u003c/a> that could target visitors from countries like Venezuela, Haiti and Pakistan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley’s International Office \u003ca href=\"https://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/home\">issued an advisory\u003c/a> stating that it “does not currently recommend” that international students “engage [in] international travel for personal or professional reasons” and that “current U.S. immigration policy is unpredictable and subject to rapid change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While acknowledging that “there have been no specific updates with respect to travel,” \u003ca href=\"https://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/immigration/immigration-policy-changes-faq\">UC Berkeley told international students\u003c/a> that it was “possible that international travel could include additional risks including delays in visa appointments and processing times, increased likelihood of visa denials, and heightened screening upon reentry to the U.S.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We actually are telling everybody not to travel, especially if you are a student, because they’ve been denying people’s entry,” Judah said. He specifically referenced \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney\">the case of a Canadian woman\u003c/a> who was detained for two weeks after attempting to process a U.S. work visa at the San Diego border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And while American citizens cannot be \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclunc.org/our-work/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-us-airports-and-ports-entry\">denied reentry\u003c/a> into the U.S., Judah said that even they may need to reconsider visiting a country that appeared on \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/trump-travel-ban.html\">the draft travel ban list\u003c/a> since it could “open you up to interrogations when you get back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Judah said CAIR has been preparing visa and green card holders on what they can potentially expect when they reenter the country, including having their laptops and cellphones unlocked and searched.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the border or an airport, an officer needs “some sort of reasonable suspicion to look through your phone,” said Judah, but “reasonable suspicion is completely subjective. It really comes down to who the officer is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley is \u003ca href=\"https://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/immigration/immigration-policy-changes-faq\">asking international students\u003c/a> to consider “leaving personal laptops and phones behind” if they do travel outside of the country, and if traveling with them, to “set all apps and social media accounts to private.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>NPR has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033720/what-green-card-and-visa-holders-should-know-before-traveling-abroad\">an article diving deeper\u003c/a> on what visa and green card holders should know before traveling abroad. According to NPR, some immigration attorneys have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033720/what-green-card-and-visa-holders-should-know-before-traveling-abroad\">warning some green card holders to avoid leaving the country if they have a criminal record\u003c/a>, no matter how minor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based attorney Ghassan Shamieh said that as of Wednesday, he was not aware of any reports of domestic flights being impacted by this new climate, but warned that “things can change at a moment’s notice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shamieh, who has been consulting with students affected by the recent visa revocations, said students should be “monitoring trustworthy news sources,” and that “staying in touch with a trusted immigration attorney is going to be key for any student regardless of where they want to travel, how they want to travel or what they want to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035376\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"969\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed-800x388.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed-1020x494.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed-160x78.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed-1536x744.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/2845795_qed-1920x930.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent stands watch as a crowd of overseas visitors to the U.S. wait in line to pass through Customs on Jan. 5, 2004, at JFK airport in New York City. \u003ccite>(Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Do California colleges work with immigration authorities? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Trump administration has made broad moves to pressure universities to follow \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/harvard-investigation-antisemitism-trump-2ee1a2a9df6d09d155dac7a4e39b186c\">federal demands\u003c/a>, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/us/cornell-northwestern-federal-funding-freeze/index.html\">changes to diversity, equity and inclusion programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice stated its intent to investigate the University of California over \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029887/trump-doj-investigate-university-california-over-antisemitism-allegations\">antisemitism allegations\u003c/a>. The UC said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029887/trump-doj-investigate-university-california-over-antisemitism-allegations\">in an early March statement\u003c/a> that it “is unwavering in its commitment to combating antisemitism and protecting everyone’s civil rights.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/02/california-deportations-hit-people-with-deep-roots/\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can still operate in California\u003c/a>, state law \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclusocal.org/en/know-your-rights/california-values-act-sb-54\">bars the use of state or local resources\u003c/a> to assist in federal immigration enforcement — except when the person being sought has been “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/sb54_advisory-gr-20180208.pdf\">convicted of a serious or violent state prison felony\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>This law also means that public schools, including public colleges and universities, cannot assist immigration officers and provide information about a student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California universities have been encouraged by state Attorney General Rob Bonta to \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/immigration/higher-education-guidance.pdf\">develop policies\u003c/a> that make campus areas private from search without a warrant, although this does not bar ICE from entering campus. Most schools are also \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/immigration/higher-education-guidance.pdf\">required to let students know\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026817/ice-schools-and-children-what-families-should-know\">immigration authorities are on campus\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/response-increased-threats-california-immigrant-communities-attorney-general\">December\u003c/a>, Bonta rolled out \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/immigration/higher-education-guidance.pdf\">guidance for schools and colleges to adopt\u003c/a> “in responding to immigration issues” and encouraged California residents \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company\">to report any suspicions\u003c/a> that a school or its staff are assisting ICE to his office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite California law, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-arrested-ice-massachusetts/\">international students are still fearful\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://uk.news.yahoo.com/trump-asks-supreme-court-let-192827441.html\">immigration agents are ignoring due process. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a \u003ca href=\"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/28/what-evidence-does-the-us-government-need-to-deport-green-card-holders\">green card can be revoked after certain serious criminal convictions\u003c/a>, international student and permanent resident Mahmoud Khalil was first detained \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/1239428600/columbia-mahmoud-khalil-law-arrest-international-students\">without a criminal charge\u003c/a>. The Trump administration said its decision to revoke Khalil’s green card was based on a provision of \u003ca href=\"https://www.aila.org/library/policy-brief-explaining-the-foreign-policy-ground-of-removability\">the Immigration and Nationality Act\u003c/a> related to foreign policy — a justification the American Immigration Lawyers Association called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.aila.org/library/policy-brief-explaining-the-foreign-policy-ground-of-removability\">obscure and constitutionally suspect\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[To] see it happen based on free speech with no charges, no crime, no anything — that’s kind of a shock to everybody who works in immigration and even people inside of the government, because this is something that’s really unheard of,” Judah said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What documentation is important for international students right now? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Attorney Shamieh said international students should immediately get in touch with their college campus’ international students office and make sure that team is checking their immigration status in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/sevis\">Student and Exchange Visitor Information System\u003c/a> (SEVIS) records regularly. Shamieh said some records have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034742/california-students-visa-cancellations-sue-trump-administration\">terminated without warning\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shamieh also advised that international students should check with an attorney before making any updates to immigration documents, like a visa renewal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really risky to travel right now. So if there are opportunities to renew documents while staying here in the United States, I definitely recommend doing that,” Shamieh said. “Always with the caveat of consulting with an immigration attorney, because they’ll best be able to analyze your specific situation and guide you accordingly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Elif Koc, a student disciplinary legal fellow with CAIR-LA, said now would be a good time for students to “get your documents in order.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koc said students can make copies of passports or visas and make sure trusted people in their life have them on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because if, God forbid, something like [detention] does happen, I think it’s helpful for your attorneys and whoever is assisting to have all of that information organized and ready to go,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koc recommended that some students also consider asking for \u003ca href=\"https://manifestlaw.com/blog/immigration-letter-of-support-for-a-family-member/\">an immigration letter of support\u003c/a> from a professor they are close to or from an organization they are a part of. In case of a situation like \u003ca href=\"https://michiganimmigrant.org/sites/default/files/Writing%20letters%20for%20immigration%20purposes.pdf\">a possible deportation\u003c/a>, the letter — often addressed to an immigration judge — can detail the student’s role in the country, what they are studying and provide more perspective about them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to accessing support, students, staff and faculty should connect with legal organizations as a way of “arming yourself with knowledge and preparing yourself,” Koc said. “There are lots of people who are extremely concerned with protecting free speech rights and your rights as a student.” \u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#A\">Jump straight to where international students can find legal support.\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shamieh also advised that students have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024332/ice-raids-in-california-how-to-sort-fact-from-rumor-online\">the numbers of Rapid Response Networks\u003c/a> and trusted attorneys readily available for themselves and their friends and family in case they need help navigating encounters with ICE.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What should international students know about using social media right now?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>This week, \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/dhs-to-begin-screening-aliens-social-media-activity-for-antisemitism\">the Department of Homeland Security announced\u003c/a> that it would immediately begin screening immigrants’ social media for “antisemitic activity” as “grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.” In early March, \u003ca href=\"https://www.axios.com/2025/03/06/state-department-ai-revoke-foreign-student-visas-hamas\">Axios reported\u003c/a> that the State Department would launch an AI program to review the social media of student visa holders and cancel visas of those who the federal government deems as “pro-Hamas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the Consitution’s protection of free speech under \u003ca href=\"https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/\">the First Amendment\u003c/a>, Koc said students who have taken part in any pro-Palestinian protests should consider limiting their posts on social media and setting their accounts to private if it is currently public.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koc suggests that students consider what in their social media history “would make you an appealing target for the current administration.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just being really cautious about what you’re saying and how it could be construed or how it could be manipulated is a really good practice,” she advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Berkeley also \u003ca href=\"https://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/immigration/immigration-policy-changes-faq\">advises international students\u003c/a> to remove any content from their social media “related to political protests or statements that could be considered as somehow promoting unlawful, antisemitic, or terrorist support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>What about students who continue to protest right now? \u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For future protests, Koc said it was vital for students to be aware of their campus’ code of conduct and student disciplinary process — and how these might change under the new administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools have been the subject of the federal government’s attention, especially after Columbia responded to President Donald Trump’s threat to withhold \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/nyregion/columbia-response-trump-demands.html\">$400 million of federal funding\u003c/a> by agreeing to overhaul policies, including banning \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/21/columbia-university-funding-trump-demands\">face masks on campus\u003c/a>. The White House is also attempting to access the information of \u003ca href=\"https://ca.cair.com/press-release/cair-sfba-condemns-trump-administrations-demand-for-uc-berkeley-faculty-info-as-attack-on-academic-freedom-free-speech/\">UC Berkeley faculty who signed open letters\u003c/a> related to Gaza in 2023 and 2024.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035377\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035377\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250307-BERKELEY-SCIENCE-PROTEST-MD-08_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A march through the UC Berkeley campus in association with the national Stand Up for Science day of action in Berkeley on March 7, 2025. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Koc recommended that students, staff and faculty familiarize themselves with their school’s “\u003ca href=\"https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/time-place-and-manner-restrictions/\">time, place and manner” restrictions,\u003c/a> which govern protesting. The restrictions are “\u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/transparency-accountability/Pages/tpm-faqs.aspx\">content-neutral\u003c/a>,” meaning that the policies apply across all protests or demonstrations, regardless of the speaker’s message.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When it comes to campus protests, individual public campuses, they can restrict where and when and how you speak,” Koc explained. “When it comes to amplified noise, maybe they’ll say you can’t stand outside a classroom and protest.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED has guides on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11871364/recording-the-police-what-to-know-and-how-to-stay-safe-doing-it\">how to safely document interactions with police\u003c/a> and what to know when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">attending a rally in the Bay Area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koc said she sees aspects of the federal government’s tactics against international students as an attempt to quell protesting and that U.S. citizens should not feel they should stop protesting. Nonetheless, international students on visas and green cards should consider “being really careful at this point” with their “level of participation” in protests right now, she advised. Visa holders, for example, could be forced to leave the United States if they are temporarily suspended from school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the time being, international students who wish to keep engaging in civil disobedience should “perhaps consider taking more of a removed role, even if no one is doing anything wrong,” Koc said. “Even as they’re following all their campuses’ rules and protesting in a completely legitimate way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca id=\"A\">\u003c/a>Where can you find support from immigration experts and advocates?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Shamieh said international students who are engaged with political activism or have a criminal history — even a minor one — should preemptively reach out to an attorney “to devise a plan.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can check with your university’s international students’ office on what support or guidance they are providing. 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"content": "\u003cp>When Humberto Estratalán’s daughter started transitional kindergarten last fall in the Coachella Valley city of La Quinta, he was surprised to hear she’d be in a combination class with kindergartners — with only one teacher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the classroom held about 30 kids but had no dedicated aide to help the teacher manage them. His daughter would come home, deflated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She was struggling emotionally. We could tell she was just a little, not herself, not as happy to be at school,” Estratalán said. “She said, ‘Who do I go to when [the teacher] is busy?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most upsetting moment was when he picked her up from school one day and noticed her sweatpants were inside out. He said when he asked the school about it, he was told his daughter had an accident and had been sent to an office to change by herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here we have a 4-year-old in the office restroom, sitting on the floor, naked, changing herself,” he said. “That was the last straw.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estratalán, who is an education policy advocate for the nonprofit UNITE-LA, said he knew that state rules require an adult for every 12 transitional kindergarten students. He complained to the Desert Sands Unified School District, and within two months, the school reassigned teachers from other grades and hired more staff to open up a new transitional kindergarten class with a teacher and aide, where he said his daughter is thriving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035275\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12035275 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bilingual exercises hang on a wall in a transitional kindergarten classroom in Oakland, California, on May 17, 2024. Beginning this fall, all California children who turn 4 by Sept. 1 will be eligible for transitional kindergarten, marking the final phase of the state’s four-year rollout of the expanded grade level. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rough start of the year, however, highlights the staffing challenges some school districts face as they try to keep up with California’s rapid expansion of transitional kindergarten. The state needs a lot more teachers and aides to fill TK classrooms, but advocates say early childhood educators who have the experience and desire to step into those jobs are being deterred by the state’s credentialing system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting this fall, any child who turns 4 by Sept. 1 can enroll in TK, marking the final phase of California’s four-year rollout of the new grade. A lot is riding on the success of universal TK: supporters hope that a year of learning through play will \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/10/05/governor-newsom-signs-early-childhood-legislation-highlights-transformative-investments-in-early-learning/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CEvery%20child%20deserves%20access%20to,Rivas%2C%20author%20of%20AB%201363.\">help give a boost to young kids who may not otherwise have access to preschool.\u003c/a> Districts facing declining enrollment hope that a surge of new students will improve their financial outlook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom, who made universal TK a focus of his education policy, is proposing to spend \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/2025-26/pdf/BudgetSummary/TK-12Education.pdf\">$3.9 billion in the 2025–26 budget \u003c/a>to fully implement the program. Part of that money would go toward lowering the student to teacher staffing ratio from 12-to-1 to 10-to-1. School districts that don’t comply could face a fine or risk losing funding.[aside postID=news_12031802 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF-1020x765.jpg']\u003ca href=\"https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/media/3724/download?inline&file=California_Transitional_Kindergarten_Workforce_REPORT.pdf\">Researchers estimate\u003c/a> that California schools will need 11,900 teachers and at least 16,000 aides to keep TK expansion on track. But amid a shortage of teachers at all levels of public education, some school districts struggle to hire or retain those who have the skills to support the physical, social-emotional, and cognitive development of 4-year-olds, said Naj Alikhan, a spokesman for the Association of California School Administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rural or smaller school districts have a hard time finding a qualified teacher from their local pool of candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desert Sands Unified, where Estratalán’s daughter is enrolled, has hosted job fairs and offered financial incentives to entice teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have, you know, five universities like the Bay Area right around all these school districts, and it’s difficult,” said Dennis Zink, senior director of certificated personnel at the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To grow the workforce, the state introduced a new credential for teachers who want to specialize in TK through third grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Alikhan said he’s heard anecdotally that not enough people are pursuing the PK–3 credential, and one reason may be the credential’s \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_-_qQGLGSU60cOR_RcZPPQrvEOc2Tk5/view\">stringent requirements\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035266\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students in the early education credential program make mini-lesson plans during their lecture at Cal State Dominguez Hills on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Julie Leopo/LAist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>Teachers may want to do it, but it’s the investment of time and investment of money that’s preventing some from moving forward with it,” he said.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree, complete coursework in child development or early childhood education, pass the state’s teacher performance assessment and undergo up to 600 hours of training in classrooms — typically without pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say those are tough barriers for at least \u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/data-snapshot/double-or-nothing-potential-tk-wages-for-californias-early-educators/\">17,000 early educators who already teach young kids and have a bachelor’s degree \u003c/a>but aren’t part of the state’s K–12 school system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelica Cardenas, who has a master’s degree in early childhood education and 13 years of experience teaching 2- to 5-year-olds in Head Start and state preschool programs in the Bay Area, would still need a credential to teach TK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12033002 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angelica Cardenas of Hayward poses for a portrait on the Cal State University East Bay campus in Hayward, March 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People tell me ‘I think you’d be a really good TK teacher,’ and I would love to, but right now, I don’t know if I have the energy to go back to school,” Cardenas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s credentialing program would also require her to jump through more hoops than a K–12 teacher at a private or public school with no experience teaching 4-year-olds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a preschool teacher with a bachelor’s degree and five years of work experience would still have to undergo classroom training to earn the credential. Those 600 hours amount to at least $10,000 in lost wages, according to researchers at the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at UC Berkeley and the California Budget and Policy Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By comparison, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/Single-Multiple-Subject-Credentials-(CL-834)\">private school\u003c/a> teachers, who are not required to hold a state-issued credential, can shift to TK without additional training or any experience teaching 4-year-olds. State law only requires them and K–12 public school teachers to complete six to eight classes of early childhood education or development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lea Austin, executive director of the CSCCE, argues that the separate pathways are inequitable for early educators, the majority of whom are women of color. A preschool teacher earns on average $17.66 per hour, which is less than half the salary of an elementary school teacher, according to an analysis of the most recent labor data for California workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t use your existing experience and education as evidence that you are a qualified teacher in the same way that anybody teaching kindergarten or older has the opportunity to do that,” Austin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035265\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assistant professor Yoonjin Esther Nam-Huh teaches early literacy and language trainings at Cal State Dominguez Hills on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Julie Leopo/LAist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Austin and other advocates have called on the state’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing to offer early educators the same pathway to teaching TK as private school teachers. She said if the state doesn’t improve access, it risks losing a valuable workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just feels sad and wrong to be losing such experienced educators when there’s a clear need for them and when there should be opportunities for them,” Austin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Vixie Sandy, director of the Commission, said that policy for private school teachers existed long before the PK–3 credential came along. She urged patience as teacher preparation programs train the first cohorts of PK–3 credential candidates to figure out what worked and what didn’t and consider changes in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not trying to keep a workforce out, not at all. We most certainly want the workforce in,” she said.[aside postID=news_12027906 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/250213-HEADSTARTFUNDINGINTERRUPTION-03-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']The CTC allows teacher training programs to waive up to 400 hours of training depending on a person’s preschool classroom experience, but requires 200 hours to prepare candidates to teach up to third grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The knowledge of someone whose complete experience has been with 3- and 4-year-olds may not be sufficient to be assigned to a third-grade classroom,” she said. “And if they have a credential that authorizes them to serve in those places, we have a fundamental obligation to the public to make sure the people we credential are prepared to do so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardenas, 38, considers herself a lifelong learner and said she would be willing to undergo more professional training, but she can’t afford to take time off work to pursue a credential, at least not without a scholarship or grant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It takes one to two years to complete a teacher preparation program, and the CTC is giving these programs some leeway to waive prior coursework in child development or early childhood education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has awarded \u003ca href=\"https://www.lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012#:~:text=Many%20Teacher%20Recruitment%20Grants%20Are%20Targeted%20to,are%20EL/LI%20is%2055%20percent%20or%20greater.\">millions of dollars in grants\u003c/a> to support aspiring TK teachers willing to work in classrooms as they earn their credential. California State University, Dominguez Hills, is \u003ca href=\"https://news.csudh.edu/ballmer-group-gift/\">offering up to $15,000 grants to students pursuing the credential\u003c/a> as part of an effort to increase the early childhood education workforce. It’s also trying to make returning to school easier for preschool teachers who have an associate’s degree by giving them three years to complete their bachelor’s degree and PK–3 credential if they attend full-time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007557\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1124\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1-1920x1079.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José State University’s Washington Square Hall located in downtown San José. \u003ccite>(Sundry Photography via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Jose State University offered to cover the full cost of tuition for up to 28 early educators who enrolled in its PK-3 credentialing program by April 1st, according to Maria Fusaro, a child and adolescent development professor at the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fusaro said going through the program takes “a big commitment,” but it’s up to early educators to decide whether the effort is worth the reward of working in a K–12 setting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A single mom of two boys, Cardenas said she’s attracted to the good salary, benefits and summer breaks that come with teaching in public schools. She said she was excited by the prospect of teaching TK when the state began expanding the grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She knows she has what it takes to teach 4-year-olds — the patience to see them through the potty training and other foundational skills so they’re ready for the next stage of learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It saddens me that after all the years of education that I have, all the years of experience, I wouldn’t be able to teach TK even though that’s my jam,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most upsetting moment was when he picked her up from school one day and noticed her sweatpants were inside out. He said when he asked the school about it, he was told his daughter had an accident and had been sent to an office to change by herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here we have a 4-year-old in the office restroom, sitting on the floor, naked, changing herself,” he said. “That was the last straw.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Estratalán, who is an education policy advocate for the nonprofit UNITE-LA, said he knew that state rules require an adult for every 12 transitional kindergarten students. He complained to the Desert Sands Unified School District, and within two months, the school reassigned teachers from other grades and hired more staff to open up a new transitional kindergarten class with a teacher and aide, where he said his daughter is thriving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035275\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12035275 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/240517-TKBilingualLearners-125-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bilingual exercises hang on a wall in a transitional kindergarten classroom in Oakland, California, on May 17, 2024. Beginning this fall, all California children who turn 4 by Sept. 1 will be eligible for transitional kindergarten, marking the final phase of the state’s four-year rollout of the expanded grade level. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The rough start of the year, however, highlights the staffing challenges some school districts face as they try to keep up with California’s rapid expansion of transitional kindergarten. The state needs a lot more teachers and aides to fill TK classrooms, but advocates say early childhood educators who have the experience and desire to step into those jobs are being deterred by the state’s credentialing system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting this fall, any child who turns 4 by Sept. 1 can enroll in TK, marking the final phase of California’s four-year rollout of the new grade. A lot is riding on the success of universal TK: supporters hope that a year of learning through play will \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/10/05/governor-newsom-signs-early-childhood-legislation-highlights-transformative-investments-in-early-learning/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CEvery%20child%20deserves%20access%20to,Rivas%2C%20author%20of%20AB%201363.\">help give a boost to young kids who may not otherwise have access to preschool.\u003c/a> Districts facing declining enrollment hope that a surge of new students will improve their financial outlook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom, who made universal TK a focus of his education policy, is proposing to spend \u003ca href=\"https://ebudget.ca.gov/2025-26/pdf/BudgetSummary/TK-12Education.pdf\">$3.9 billion in the 2025–26 budget \u003c/a>to fully implement the program. Part of that money would go toward lowering the student to teacher staffing ratio from 12-to-1 to 10-to-1. School districts that don’t comply could face a fine or risk losing funding.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/media/3724/download?inline&file=California_Transitional_Kindergarten_Workforce_REPORT.pdf\">Researchers estimate\u003c/a> that California schools will need 11,900 teachers and at least 16,000 aides to keep TK expansion on track. But amid a shortage of teachers at all levels of public education, some school districts struggle to hire or retain those who have the skills to support the physical, social-emotional, and cognitive development of 4-year-olds, said Naj Alikhan, a spokesman for the Association of California School Administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rural or smaller school districts have a hard time finding a qualified teacher from their local pool of candidates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Desert Sands Unified, where Estratalán’s daughter is enrolled, has hosted job fairs and offered financial incentives to entice teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have, you know, five universities like the Bay Area right around all these school districts, and it’s difficult,” said Dennis Zink, senior director of certificated personnel at the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To grow the workforce, the state introduced a new credential for teachers who want to specialize in TK through third grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Alikhan said he’s heard anecdotally that not enough people are pursuing the PK–3 credential, and one reason may be the credential’s \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_-_qQGLGSU60cOR_RcZPPQrvEOc2Tk5/view\">stringent requirements\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035266\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-10-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students in the early education credential program make mini-lesson plans during their lecture at Cal State Dominguez Hills on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Julie Leopo/LAist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>“\u003c/strong>Teachers may want to do it, but it’s the investment of time and investment of money that’s preventing some from moving forward with it,” he said.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree, complete coursework in child development or early childhood education, pass the state’s teacher performance assessment and undergo up to 600 hours of training in classrooms — typically without pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say those are tough barriers for at least \u003ca href=\"https://cscce.berkeley.edu/publications/data-snapshot/double-or-nothing-potential-tk-wages-for-californias-early-educators/\">17,000 early educators who already teach young kids and have a bachelor’s degree \u003c/a>but aren’t part of the state’s K–12 school system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Angelica Cardenas, who has a master’s degree in early childhood education and 13 years of experience teaching 2- to 5-year-olds in Head Start and state preschool programs in the Bay Area, would still need a credential to teach TK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12033002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12033002 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/20250325_TEACHERS-FOR-TK_DMB_00058-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angelica Cardenas of Hayward poses for a portrait on the Cal State University East Bay campus in Hayward, March 25, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“People tell me ‘I think you’d be a really good TK teacher,’ and I would love to, but right now, I don’t know if I have the energy to go back to school,” Cardenas said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s credentialing program would also require her to jump through more hoops than a K–12 teacher at a private or public school with no experience teaching 4-year-olds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, a preschool teacher with a bachelor’s degree and five years of work experience would still have to undergo classroom training to earn the credential. Those 600 hours amount to at least $10,000 in lost wages, according to researchers at the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at UC Berkeley and the California Budget and Policy Center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By comparison, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/Single-Multiple-Subject-Credentials-(CL-834)\">private school\u003c/a> teachers, who are not required to hold a state-issued credential, can shift to TK without additional training or any experience teaching 4-year-olds. State law only requires them and K–12 public school teachers to complete six to eight classes of early childhood education or development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lea Austin, executive director of the CSCCE, argues that the separate pathways are inequitable for early educators, the majority of whom are women of color. A preschool teacher earns on average $17.66 per hour, which is less than half the salary of an elementary school teacher, according to an analysis of the most recent labor data for California workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t use your existing experience and education as evidence that you are a qualified teacher in the same way that anybody teaching kindergarten or older has the opportunity to do that,” Austin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12035265\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12035265\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/ECED-CREDENTIALS-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assistant professor Yoonjin Esther Nam-Huh teaches early literacy and language trainings at Cal State Dominguez Hills on April 8, 2025. \u003ccite>(Julie Leopo/LAist)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Austin and other advocates have called on the state’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing to offer early educators the same pathway to teaching TK as private school teachers. She said if the state doesn’t improve access, it risks losing a valuable workforce.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just feels sad and wrong to be losing such experienced educators when there’s a clear need for them and when there should be opportunities for them,” Austin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Vixie Sandy, director of the Commission, said that policy for private school teachers existed long before the PK–3 credential came along. She urged patience as teacher preparation programs train the first cohorts of PK–3 credential candidates to figure out what worked and what didn’t and consider changes in the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not trying to keep a workforce out, not at all. We most certainly want the workforce in,” she said.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The CTC allows teacher training programs to waive up to 400 hours of training depending on a person’s preschool classroom experience, but requires 200 hours to prepare candidates to teach up to third grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The knowledge of someone whose complete experience has been with 3- and 4-year-olds may not be sufficient to be assigned to a third-grade classroom,” she said. “And if they have a credential that authorizes them to serve in those places, we have a fundamental obligation to the public to make sure the people we credential are prepared to do so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cardenas, 38, considers herself a lifelong learner and said she would be willing to undergo more professional training, but she can’t afford to take time off work to pursue a credential, at least not without a scholarship or grant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It takes one to two years to complete a teacher preparation program, and the CTC is giving these programs some leeway to waive prior coursework in child development or early childhood education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has awarded \u003ca href=\"https://www.lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012#:~:text=Many%20Teacher%20Recruitment%20Grants%20Are%20Targeted%20to,are%20EL/LI%20is%2055%20percent%20or%20greater.\">millions of dollars in grants\u003c/a> to support aspiring TK teachers willing to work in classrooms as they earn their credential. California State University, Dominguez Hills, is \u003ca href=\"https://news.csudh.edu/ballmer-group-gift/\">offering up to $15,000 grants to students pursuing the credential\u003c/a> as part of an effort to increase the early childhood education workforce. It’s also trying to make returning to school easier for preschool teachers who have an associate’s degree by giving them three years to complete their bachelor’s degree and PK–3 credential if they attend full-time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007557\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1124\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1-1020x573.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SanJoseStateUniversityGetty1-1920x1079.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José State University’s Washington Square Hall located in downtown San José. \u003ccite>(Sundry Photography via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>San Jose State University offered to cover the full cost of tuition for up to 28 early educators who enrolled in its PK-3 credentialing program by April 1st, according to Maria Fusaro, a child and adolescent development professor at the university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fusaro said going through the program takes “a big commitment,” but it’s up to early educators to decide whether the effort is worth the reward of working in a K–12 setting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A single mom of two boys, Cardenas said she’s attracted to the good salary, benefits and summer breaks that come with teaching in public schools. She said she was excited by the prospect of teaching TK when the state began expanding the grade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She knows she has what it takes to teach 4-year-olds — the patience to see them through the potty training and other foundational skills so they’re ready for the next stage of learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It saddens me that after all the years of education that I have, all the years of experience, I wouldn’t be able to teach TK even though that’s my jam,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-unified-school-district\">Oakland’s school board\u003c/a> could be considering a plan to hire a new interim superintendent at the end of the current school year, despite extending current Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell’s contract through 2027 last August.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move could push out Johnson-Trammell, according to board member Mike Hutchinson, who told KQED that during the board’s meeting Wednesday night, members plan to discuss changing the multi-year transition plan to make way for Johnson-Trammell’s successor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What the board now is trying to do is say, ‘Forget that plan, we want to try to bring in an outside interim superintendent starting on July 1,’” Hutchinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last August, OUSD gave Johnson-Trammell, whose tenure at the district is the longest in more than 50 years, a final three-year contract extension. It included one more year leading the district’s day-to-day operations, followed by two years during which she would begin transferring those duties to OUSD’s senior staff “to prepare for a transition to her successor.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The members of the district’s senior leadership team — a stable, strong group of leaders who know Oakland well — are expected to each take on additional responsibilities,” the contract reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12029603\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12029603\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/DSC06407_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Oakland School Board President Mike Hutchinson delivers a speech to the media with OUSD’s response to an ongoing teacher’s strike on May 4, 2023. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Johnson-Trammell is expected to provide the board with an interim operations plan by August, outlining which members of her senior leadership team will take on specific tasks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson believes that hiring an interim superintendent would violate Johnson-Trammell’s contract and therefore allow her to leave the district while still being paid out. He called the move “disrespectful” and said it could have big financial and personnel costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If our superintendent leaves, then also our chief business officer will leave and probably other senior staff,” he told KQED. “It would leave us in a situation with no leadership in place and probably no ability to bring in new leadership any time soon.”[aside postID=news_12034895 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/GettyImages-1321784533.jpg']The board’s closed session agenda for Wednesday’s meeting said it will be discussing a “public employment discipline/dismissal/release.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board President Jennifer Brouhard said she could not comment on what discussions were slated for closed session. Board member Rachel Latta declined to comment on specifics but said that the board would be “discussing the superintendent transition plan.” Other board members did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson-Trammell could not be reached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland NAACP released a statement Tuesday in advance of the meeting, saying it was “profoundly concerned and compelled to speak out” about the “potential premature removal of the current superintendent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization urged residents to contact Brouhard to voice support for Johnson-Trammell, saying any attempt to remove her would be “disruptive, unjust, and potentially politically motivated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board and district leadership have been at odds over OUSD’s tenuous budget situation for much of the academic year. 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"content": "\u003cp>Months after slashing dozens of academic and athletic programs, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sonoma-state\">Sonoma State University\u003c/a> officials are planning to increase enrollment by shifting focus to what they call career-oriented degree tracks and emphasizing community engagement, but some staff say the proposal is at odds with the cuts the school made.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma State announced in January that it would cut all NCAA Division II athletics, more than 20 degree programs and six academic departments in the face of a $24 million budget deficit, prompting \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024772/angry-sonoma-state-university-community-protests-wide-cuts\">outrage from students and faculty\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Interim President Emily Cutrer said at the time that the cuts, which will predominantly impact liberal arts departments, were necessary to offset declining enrollment and rising costs \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025961/sonoma-state-1st-csu-slash-programs-likely-wont-be-last\">across the CSU system\u003c/a>, which a reduction in state funding has exacerbated. Sonoma State’s enrollment has decreased by 38% since its peak in 2015, according to Cutrer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our recent budget decisions now need to become investment decisions,” the school said in a statement outlining the new plan. “Those investments are going to help recruit students, retain them, prepare them for careers, connect them to on-campus and regional employment and business opportunities, and keep them in the North Bay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new plan, dubbed “Bridge to the Future,” aims to increase enrollment by 20% in as few as five years, introduce four new career-oriented degree programs in the next three years and make huge gains in campus participation among students and surrounding neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034893\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034893\" 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department\u003c/a>, said the move will hurt efforts to improve community engagement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re going to cut [athletics], and then at the same time, they’re proposing a future plan that will build a campus environment, a college feel,” Ziemer told KQED. “It just doesn’t add up, and for us, it’s short-sighted. It’s reactive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan also hopes to increase revenue by renting out sporting fields and bringing back summer camps the school used to run for local kids. Ziemer said a lot of the student-athletes at the school worked those camps, and his brother Marcus, who is losing his job as the men’s head soccer coach, coordinated major tournaments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12024033 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abbey Healy, left, and Carson Warfield, right, practice soccer at the soccer fields at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We had at one time one of the largest soccer tournaments, a six-a-side tournament, in the country,” Ziemer told KQED. “If you look at the camps and clinics, the number of players that come into the region to go to school and then stick around and get involved in coaching and mentoring and teaching — absolutely there’s a connection between the sporting community and athletics at Sonoma State.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “Bridge to the Future” plan also consolidates some administrative operations between Sonoma State, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033333/as-cal-state-east-bay-slashes-budget-theater-students-push-to-save-their-program\">Cal State East Bay\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030322/sf-state-joins-wave-of-csu-campuses-making-deep-spending-cuts\">San Francisco State\u003c/a> to cut costs and reduce the cost per student on campus. But it comes with its own significant price tag: $10 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school said some of that will be one-time money, but that “costs linked to the hiring of faculty and staff require recurring funding.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s hard to see this administration take an ax to so many programs that have worked incredibly well at Sonoma State, only to come around and say that now they need $10 million for these new ideas,” Romesburg said. “It seems like this administration has an agenda to remake the curriculum through its own priorities and not necessarily in consultation or consideration of what the faculty think.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our recent budget decisions now need to become investment decisions,” the school said in a statement outlining the new plan. “Those investments are going to help recruit students, retain them, prepare them for careers, connect them to on-campus and regional employment and business opportunities, and keep them in the North Bay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new plan, dubbed “Bridge to the Future,” aims to increase enrollment by 20% in as few as five years, introduce four new career-oriented degree programs in the next three years and make huge gains in campus participation among students and surrounding neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12034893\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12034893\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-38_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-38_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-38_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-38_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-38_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-38_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20250130_SSUTownHall_GC-38_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hundreds of students, alumni and faculty gather for a rally and virtual town hall, protesting against the school’s budget cuts, at Sonoma State’s Seawolf Plaza, in Rohnert Park on Jan. 30, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The school said it plans to forge new dual and concurrent enrollment partnerships with high school districts and community colleges, create guaranteed and direct admissions pathways and increase marketing across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is also turning attention to the degree tracks that it offers, aiming to add at least four new “career-oriented” degree programs in the fields of health, clinical lab science, data science, computer engineering, business or social work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Don Romesburg, the chair of the women and gender studies department, which is set to be cut, said that increasing trades-based degrees and cutting liberal arts ones doesn’t help \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12025606/county-officials-urge-sonoma-state-to-rethink-huge-cuts-and-plan-for-universitys-future\">Sonoma State differentiate itself\u003c/a> with “unique” programs, as the plan states.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“You could have basically picked these categories out of a hat of the buzzwords of careers today,” he said. “It’s very generic, this vision, and I don’t think it speaks to Sonoma State’s strengths, and I don’t think that it shows any particular innovative vision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said that since finding out the women and gender studies department would be eliminated, alumni and professors have made a point to prove to the university that it is a career-focused program — especially for people who pursue social work in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He believes this contributed to the university adding social work as a degree focus area, but is disappointed that women and gender studies courses won’t be a part of that program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campus plan is also focused on increasing school spirit and community “through a comprehensive array of clubs and organizations, campus events, club sports and recreational activities, artistic endeavors, and community service initiatives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sonoma State said it will increase campus participation by 20% with an expanded weekly events calendar, revitalization work on its central outdoor plaza and development of a new outdoor park for working out and relaxing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024031\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024031\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-42.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-42-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-42-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-42-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-42-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-42-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The basketball courts, aka the Wolves Den, inside of Sonoma State’s gymnasium in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Benjamin Ziemer, who heads “Save Seawolves Athletics,” a group launched in January to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12024572/sonoma-state-coaches-call-federal-investigation-elimination-athletics\">fight against the elimination of the school’s entire athletics department\u003c/a>, said the move will hurt efforts to improve community engagement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re going to cut [athletics], and then at the same time, they’re proposing a future plan that will build a campus environment, a college feel,” Ziemer told KQED. “It just doesn’t add up, and for us, it’s short-sighted. 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Ziemer said a lot of the student-athletes at the school worked those camps, and his brother Marcus, who is losing his job as the men’s head soccer coach, coordinated major tournaments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024033\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12024033 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/20250123_SonomaStateFile_GC-44-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abbey Healy, left, and Carson Warfield, right, practice soccer at the soccer fields at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park on Jan. 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We had at one time one of the largest soccer tournaments, a six-a-side tournament, in the country,” Ziemer told KQED. “If you look at the camps and clinics, the number of players that come into the region to go to school and then stick around and get involved in coaching and mentoring and teaching — absolutely there’s a connection between the sporting community and athletics at Sonoma State.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “Bridge to the Future” plan also consolidates some administrative operations between Sonoma State, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033333/as-cal-state-east-bay-slashes-budget-theater-students-push-to-save-their-program\">Cal State East Bay\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12030322/sf-state-joins-wave-of-csu-campuses-making-deep-spending-cuts\">San Francisco State\u003c/a> to cut costs and reduce the cost per student on campus. 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