The state is currently rewriting the California Mathematics Framework, its voluntary guidance plan for schools and teachers, in a process that happens every seven years.
All K-12 students and adults in K-12 settings in the state are required to wear masks indoors, but decisions on how to handle those to refuse are left to school districts.
The number of potentially devastating attacks against schools in California and across the country is rising as educators try to figure out whether cybersecurity should be a priority.