Alberto Carvalho can tack on an addition to his title of Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) — “former.” The embattled chief of the second-largest school district in the nation resigned Sunday following an FBI raid and criminal investigation that had caused the school board to place him on leave in February.
Agents searched his San Pedro home, his LAUSD headquarters office, and Florida property linked to an associate. They have not detailed the reasons for their probe, but multiple reports indicate that it’s over LAUSD contracts linked to a failed AI chatbot project called AllHere, as well as kickbacks he allegedly received from a private business while serving in his previous gig as Superintendent in Miami.
He’s outta there:
🚨 LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Resigns Amid FBI Investigation — Close Ally of Mayor Bass
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) June 22, 2026
After months on paid leave following FBI raids on his home and district headquarters, the leader of the nation’s second-largest school district has stepped down.
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🚨 LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Resigns Amid FBI Investigation — Close Ally of Mayor Bass
After months on paid leave following FBI raids on his home and district headquarters, the leader of the nation’s second-largest school district has stepped down.
Carvalho, who pushed a controversial AI chatbot deal that quickly collapsed into fraud charges for the vendor, denied any wrongdoing—but the investigation continues.
Notable link: Carvalho publicly praised Mayor Karen Bass for her “access, support, and friendship.” Both appeared together at the failed AI chatbot launch event.
What did Bass know about what Carvalho was doing and what do you think needs to change in LA public schools?
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Carvalho was installed with great fanfare to his post in 2022 by the LAUSD Board of Education, but his departure marks another hit for the embattled school district, which faces a federal probe into allegations of sexual misconduct by teachers and a civil rights investigation over its racial preference (i.e., discrimination) efforts. His reign is coming to a quick end:
The resignation marks an unceremonious end to Carvalho’s tenure. The 61-year-old, who received a four-year contract extension last year, had been praised just months earlier by Gov. Gavin Newsom during the State of the State address for the district’s test score improvements.
Carvalho had also been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, pushing back on the administration’s efforts to ramp up immigration enforcement activity around schools.
Acting superintendent Andrés Chait reportedly will stay on the job until a permanent replacement is made.
FLASHBACK: Earlier this year, Gavin Newsom praised LA's criminal school chief Alberto Carvalho for doing a "remarkable job":
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) June 22, 2026
"You should be very proud of your project progress you're making, particularly proud of your leader, who's here, the Superintendent of Public Education,… https://t.co/7LvNIwhDDE pic.twitter.com/ctj9EaUsyU
FLASHBACK: Earlier this year, Gavin Newsom praised LA's criminal school chief Alberto Carvalho for doing a "remarkable job":
"You should be very proud of your project progress you're making, particularly proud of your leader, who's here, the Superintendent of Public Education, Alberto Cavallo, who's here with us today, who's just been doing a remarkable job... he's only been here a few years, but under his stewardship, the district is outpacing statewide progress... I say this all the time, you're nothing but a mirror of your consistent thoughts. Whatever you focus on, you'll find more of."
More criminal activity?
As RedState’s Jennifer Van Laar reported in February, Carvalho’s ties to a chatbot project were, shall we say, problematic:
Since AllHere's collapse, industry experts have wondered why the small company was selected for such an undertaking in a school district with more than 500,000 students and involving a rapidly-changing and unproven technology. It was a competitively-bid contract, but the price tag of $6.2 million to develop the tool and administer/maintain it for two years seems quite low and suggests that other factors might have been at play.
It’s yet another bad look for the struggling district, which has seen a 15 percent enrollment decline since the COVID pandemic, chronic absenteeism, and underperforming learning proficiency scores. Although Carvalho has worked closely with LA Mayor Karen Bass on several projects, including school safety, she does not have jurisdiction over the LAUSD and quickly washed her hands of the matter, saying in February, "LAUSD is an independent body not governed by the City of Los Angeles. The Mayor's Office has no information about this."
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