The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously to place Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on paid administrative leave following Feb. 25 FBI raids at his San Pedro home and district headquarters. Carvalho, who maintains an annual salary of $440,000, was removed from his daily duties as federal authorities intensify an investigation into a $6 million contract involving an artificial intelligence chatbot.
Andres Chait, a veteran administrator who has served the district since 1998 and most recently held the position of chief of school operations, was named acting superintendent effective immediately. The leadership change comes at a critical juncture for the nation’s second-largest school district, which provides education and services to approximately 500,000 students across Southern California.
The administrative action follows a dramatic series of events on February 25, 2026, when FBI agents executed multiple search warrants. According to federal reports, law enforcement searched Carvalho’s private residence in San Pedro as well as the central LAUSD headquarters. Simultaneously, federal agents conducted a raid at a residence in Southwest Ranches, Florida. That property belongs to Debra Kerr, a contractor associated with the education technology company AllHere…