Los Angeles schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho resigns amid FBI probe

The embattled superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) resigned from his relation aft an FBI raid connected his location and bureau earlier this year.

Alberto Carvalho, who led the nation’s second-largest schoolhouse district, stepped down Sunday, saying his departure is intended to region distraction from pupil learning.

"Placing students archetypal has ever guided my work," Carvalho said successful a statement. "Because I judge our schools indispensable stay focused connected students and learning without distraction, I americium resigning arsenic Superintendent of LAUSD effectual today, June 21, 2026."

His resignation comes arsenic questions proceed to swirl astir an ongoing probe believed to beryllium tied to a failed multimillion-dollar AI schoolhouse declaration and imaginable conflict-of-interest concerns.

FBI RAIDS HOME AND OFFICES OF MAJOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT

Superintendent Alberto Carvalho speaks during an lawsuit astatine the LAUSD office successful downtown Los Angeles connected Oct. 30, 2025. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Carvalho's announcement brings an extremity to his four-year tenure astatine the district, wherever helium was appointed successful 2022 and unanimously reappointed successful autumn 2025.

In his resignation letter, Carvalho highlighted what helium described arsenic respective "historic" achievements during his tenure, including record-breaking graduation rates, improved world show compared to pre-pandemic levels, and gains successful what helium called "equitable" advancement for disadvantaged students.

"As the School Board stated, erstwhile it unanimously reappointed maine precocious past year, our District’s enforcement enactment squad valued accomplishment and equity and placed our astir susceptible students astatine the bosom of our agenda," helium said.

"I permission grateful — to our students and families, whose extortion we prioritized, for trusting us, to our exceptional and hard-working teachers, leaders, and unit astatine each level for their tireless dedication, to our valued partners, and to the assemblage for the privilege of serving. The successes we person achieved beryllium to you. I volition miss each of you and volition proceed to commune for the success, health, and wellbeing of each pupil and household successful our District."

LAUSD’s Board issued a connection successful effect to Carvalho’s resignation, saying it remains dedicated to maintaining nationalist trust.

"The Board remains steadfast successful its committedness to ensuring stability, continuity, and continued advancement done beardown leadership," the territory said. "Our absorption remains unchanged: providing each pupil with a high-quality education, supporting our dedicated workforce, and maintaining the spot of the communities we serve."

Acting superintendent Andrés E. Chait volition proceed to pb the territory until a imperishable determination is made, LAUSD added.

FBI RAID INVOLVING LA SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT POSSIBLY TIED TO FAILED $6M AI DEAL, POTENTIAL CONFLICT

FBI agents conducted a hunt warrant astatine a San Pedro location connected to Alberto Carvalho. (KTTV/Unknown)

Last February, video captured aggregate investigators executing what appeared to beryllium a hunt warrant astatine Carvalho’s home, carrying items successful and retired of the residence.

Fox 11 reported that unit members astatine LAUSD office were besides evacuated arsenic agents arrived to behaviour a akin search. In addition, a location linked to a longtime subordinate of Carvalho was besides searched, according to the section outlet, citing FBI Miami.

The location of Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, is shown successful San Pedro, California. (KTTV)

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While authorities person not commented connected the quality of the probe, the probe is believed to beryllium tied to AllHere, a now-defunct startup that was contracted to make a student-facing chatbot.

In 2023, Carvalho awarded the institution a $6 cardinal declaration for the project, including $3 cardinal upfront.

The inaugural yet collapsed successful 2024 aft the company’s founder, Joanna Smith-Griffith, was accused of embezzling funds amid information privateness concerns and whistleblower allegations.

The AllHere woody was reportedly facilitated with the assistance of Debra Kerr, an edtech salesperson who maintained a long-standing idiosyncratic relationship and nonrecreational relation with Carvalho dating backmost to the 2000s, according to nationalist records cited by the Los Angeles Times. Kerr’s Miami location was among those targeted during the broader LAUSD-related searches, according to reports.