LA Unified Superintendent Proposes $18.5 Billion Budget to Close Learning Gaps

A Los Angeles Unified School District bus in Los Angeles on Sept. 29, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is proposing an $18.5 billion budget for the upcoming school year, with $1.9 billion in targeted investments to close academic gaps.

Carvalho provided the district’s education board with an overview of the budget’s targeted investments June 14, calling the budget the “heart and fuel of our school system.”