California will have to $2 billion in pandemic relief funds to combat learning loss, thanks to a lawsuit from parents, one of the largest education-related settlements in the country’s history.
A settlement was reached last week in Alameda County Superior Court between the state and a group of families in Los Angeles and Oakland who said their children suffered severe learning loss thanks to remote learning.
“Between March and June of 2020, neither of my children learned anything in school,” said one of the parents in the case, who is from the Los Angeles area.
The lawsuit argued that California had failed to make sure local school districts spent federal money meant for learning loss on the students who needed the most help catching up.
Under the settlement, California schools must spend the $2 billion on things like tutoring to help students who have fallen far behind.
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