Austin Beutner

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.

The fight for quality public education is in the hands of voters tonight.

A school parcel tax measure called Measure EE is on the ballot for Los Angeles Unified School District voters in LA County on Tuesday, June 4.

The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education is expected Thursday to vote to place a proposed parcel tax before voters in hopes of generating hundreds of millions of dollars for local schools.

All flags in the Los Angeles Unified School District will be flown at half-staff until Wednesday in honor of former district Superintendent Michelle King, who died of cancer Saturday at the age of 57, LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner announced Monday.

Los Angeles teachers returned to work Wednesday after contentious negotiations ended with a new contract and a commitment by the union and the district to work together to get more state money for schools in part by pushing to overhaul California’s property tax system.

Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers returned to work Wednesday after voting to ratify a contract deal between their union and school officials, ending a six-day strike for the nation’s second-largest district.