Austin Beutner

After being closed for nearly a year, it was announced that LA County has reached “that magic number” for schools to be allowed to reopen. Hetty Chang reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Feb. 15, 2021.

An effort to reopen California schools is foundering, stoking frustrations across America’s most populous state from parents eager to get their children back in classrooms and a governor who wants them there.

While classrooms across California remain empty and many students struggle with online learning and social isolation, politicians and union leaders are battling over how and when to reopen schools. Kim Baldonado reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Jan. 29, 2021.

While classrooms across California remain empty and many students struggle with online learning and social isolation, politicians and union leaders are battling over how and when to reopen schools.

The head of LA Unified says the key to reopening schools is getting teachers and staff vaccinated. That’s why he’s asking state officials to allow LAUSD schools to become vaccination sites. NBC4’s Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday Jan. 18, 2021

Los Angeles Unified School District campuses will remain off-limits to students when the new school year begins in January due to the continued community surge of COVID-19, Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday.

LAUSD started offering in person one on one tutoring after school and on weekends, but that program, along with free childcare for district employees, and school athletics are all coming to an end on Thursday. Kim Baldonado reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2020.

The Los Angeles Unified School District will launch an aggressive coronavirus testing and contact tracing program for all students, staff and their families as part of a broad plan to safely reopen campuses. No date has been set for reopening schools in the nation’s second-largest district. The academic year formally begins this week with distance learning. The spread of...

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday no decision has been made about students returning to school facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic when the academic year starts Aug. 18, but he said officials are working on a plan. Beutner’s statements were presented along with a survey from LAUSD that showed 59% of families said they would be…

As Los Angeles Unified conducts a budget review this summer, school police practices also are under the microscope as the nation’s second-largest school district does its part to address a nationwide issue of systemic bias and institutional racism, Superintendent Austin Beutner said today. “We cannot ignore legitimate concerns and criticism that students and other members in the school community...

LAUSD parents and teachers want those at the top to come together to find common ground and get students back in the classroom. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 5 Jan. 15, 2019.

Teachers join the picket line at outside Sotomayor Learning Academies. Michelle Valles reports for Today in LA on Monday Jan. 14, 2019.

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner Tuesday announced a new system intended to consolidate information about the district’s 600,000 students.

Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District Austin Beutner speaks with NBC4’s Conan Nolan about the challenges facing the district ahead of the new school year.

Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District students will return to class Tuesday, meaning drivers should expect more traffic on the roads and more people on sidewalks as kids walk to and from campuses.

The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted Tuesday to update its school dress code policy to better reflect student diversity and individualism.

The nation’s second-largest school district moved Tuesday to end random metal-detector searches of students at secondary schools, a daily procedure that critics called ineffective, intrusive and offensive.

A parcel tax to generate millions of dollars for the Los Angeles Unified School District was defeated in Tuesday’s election, failing to receive a majority when a two-thirds majority was needed.