In September, the Trump administration began requiring American employers to pay a $100,000 sponsorship fee for new H-1B visas, on top of already required visa application fees that amount to $9,500 to $18,800, depending on various factors. These visas allow skilled and credentialed workers in multiple job sectors to stay in the U.S.

Most foreign workers on H-1Bs in California work in the tech sector. But California also relies on H-1B visas to address another issue: a nationwide teacher shortage and a high demand for staff in dual-language education and special education in K-12 districts.

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Until a student showed him the latest version of Google Lens.

Google had recently made the visual search tool easier to use on the company鈥檚 Chrome browser. When users click on an icon hidden in the tool bar, a moveable bubble pops up. Wherever the bubble is placed, a sidebar appears with an artificial intelligence answer, description, explanation or interpretation of whatever is inside the bubble. For students, it provides an easy way to cheat on digital tests without typing in a prompt or even leaving the page. All they have to do is click.

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Last week, California was asked to submit all educational materials from its federally funded聽聽to the 91看片istration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to a聽聽from the administration.

HHS provides $75 million in annual funding to PREP programs across the nation. The stated goal of these programs is to prevent adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

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To a parent, it鈥檚 a quick toddler playtime activity. But ask an early childhood educator about Play-Doh, and it鈥檚 a science experiment, an opportunity for sensory exploration, a fine motor skills activity, and an introduction to color mixing, all rolled into one squishy blob.

鈥淲e could do so much with two jars of Play-Doh and an hour,鈥� said Kaitlin Fullerton, who has been a preschool teacher and director for 14 years. 鈥淎n educator of older children would look at that very differently.鈥�

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So when William, a 17-year-old rising senior at Van Nuys High School, learned that cellphones would be banned across L.A. public schools, he instantly scoffed 鈥� like so many others.

Yet after the initial shock and an absolute 鈥渘o鈥� is voiced by many teenage students, more nuanced thoughts emerge: Maybe we are falling into social media and cellphone addiction. Maybe all the distractions and the obsession with 鈥渓ikes鈥� are bad for us. Maybe we need some relief.

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In a聽聽and other state officials, Beutner and the unions claim that some school districts are taking funding, approved by voters in November 2022, to expand arts education and are using it for other purposes. This year that funding totals $938 million.

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In a statement, the union said it 鈥渃ondemns all forms of oppression, including racism, sexism, antisemitism, anti-Blackness, Islamophobia, xenophobia and homophobia. 鈥�

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Four seats, a majority of the seven-member Board of Education 鈥� are on the ballot for the election that ends March 5. The top two finishers in each contest will be on the ballot in November.

Late campaign turbulence in two competitive races has complicated the picture.

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But in the early 2000s, those deaths began to surge, according to national data. Experts have struggled to explain why: Theories include Instagram and precocious puberty, easier access to guns, more stringent rules for prescribing antidepressants and increased use of hormonal contraceptives.

What they do know is that the age at which children kill themselves has been falling, while the ratio of girls to boys who die by suicide has climbed. In California, where teen suicide has been rising faster than in most states, the rate among Black and Asian youths is now higher than among white ones, according to California Department of Public Health data.

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Matthew Serafin, 31, was elected to the board of Val Verde Unified School District in 2016. The district had more than 19,000 students as of 2022 and covers portions of Moreno Valley, Perris and Mead Valley. He assumed the title of school board president, primarily a ceremonial position at Val Verde, at the beginning of 2023.

Serafin was arrested by Riverside deputies Aug. 27 after he allegedly crashed into an unoccupied parked car in the area of Redding Way and A Street in Perris. He was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor DUI and released from county jail the next day, according to jail records.

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