LOS ANGELES — Former Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has resigned from his job as the superintendent for the public school district in Los Angeles following an FBI raid at his home earlier this year, the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education confirmed.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Carvalho resigned Sunday evening.
“Placing students first has always guided my work,” Carvalho wrote in his resignation letter. “Because I believe our schools must remain focused on students and learning without distraction, I am resigning as Superintendent of LAUSD effective today, June 21, 2026.”
The school board confirmed that it received a letter of resignation from Carvalho, noting that his resignation took effect on Sunday.
“The Board remains steadfast in its commitment to ensuring stability, continuity, and continued progress through strong leadership,” the school board said in a statement. “Our focus remains unchanged: providing every student with a high-quality education, supporting our dedicated workforce, and maintaining the trust of the communities we serve.”
The school said Andrés Chait would remain acting superintendent “until a permanent decision is made.”
The LA Times reported that it’s unclear whether Carvalho negotiated a settlement with the district as his “contract sets a minimum of a 12-month payout were the district to terminate his employment without cause.”
Following the Feb. 25 raid, the district said in a statement that it “is cooperating with the investigation and we do not have further information at this time.” The FBI also searched a third location Southwest Ranches.
Rukelt Dalberis, a spokesperson for the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, confirmed that agents were at the properties to serve warrants but declined to comment further because affidavits laying out details for the basis for the searches were under seal.
According to the LA Times, law enforcement sources later confirmed that the investigation was “tied at least in part to Carvalho’s interaction with a subcontractor that brought a failed AI chatbot venture to the district.”
Through attorneys, Carvalho issued a public statement after the raids, claiming that he committed no wrongdoing.
Before taking the helm of the Los Angeles district in 2022, Carvalho oversaw Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Florida’s largest school district, from 2008 to 2021. During his tenure, he was credited with improving graduation rates and academic performance. The national superintendents association named him Superintendent of the Year in 2014, and Spain knighted the Portugal-born administrator in 2021 for his work in expanding Spanish-language programs for Miami-Dade County schools.
In California, Carvalho has stood out as a harsh critic of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown, especially following raids in Los Angeles last year. When its 500,000 students returned to classes in the fall, Carvalho urged immigration authorities not to conduct enforcement activity within a two-block radius of schools.
Carvalho arrived in Los Angeles at a critical moment, as the district found itself flush with funding from state and federal COVID-19 relief money but still struggling with the impacts of the pandemic, including learning losses and declining enrollment. He previously sparred with Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis over his order that schools not require masks during the pandemic.
Officials with the Miami-Dade school system have not confirmed whether the FBI or other federal agencies have contacted them regarding Carvalho.
A spokesperson for Miami-Dade County Public Schools told Local 10 News in February that they were aware of the investigation and “have no comment” at this time.
The Feb. 25 search was the second time in a week that the Justice Department had taken action against the LA school district. On Feb. 19, the Trump administration joined a lawsuit alleging that the district discriminates against white students under its decades-old desegregation policy.
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