Alberto Carvalho Resigns as Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent

Alberto Carvalho resigned Sunday as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, effective immediately. He had held the position for four years. Carvalho, 61, stated in his resignation letter that he wished to avoid becoming a distraction to students.

He had been on paid administrative leave since February 27, when the LA Board of Education voted 7-0 to remove him from duties. FBI agents raided his $2.5 million home in San Pedro, California, LAUSD headquarters in downtown Los Angeles, and a location in Miami in February.

Agents seized cellphones, computers, and paper documents from the San Pedro residence, where Carvalho and his wife Maria Florio Borgia Carvalho were handcuffed and placed in a vehicle.

School board members and staff were ordered to leave headquarters during the search. CBS News reported that the investigation, which predates the Trump administration, concerns possible kickbacks from a business during Carvalho's prior tenure as superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Carvalho has not been charged with any crime.

In 2024, Carvalho promoted an AI chatbot named Ed developed by AllHere for LAUSD. The district paid AllHere $3 million before dropping the contract less than three months later. AllHere later filed for bankruptcy, and its founder Joanna Smith-Griffin was charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, and identity theft.

Carvalho was not named in those charges. Carvalho began a four-year, $1.7 million employment contract with LAUSD earlier this year. He previously served as superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools before joining LAUSD in 2022.