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Decades of underfunding have left California schools with an average of 527 students for each counselor, more than double the recommended ratio.

Despite a funding windfall, California still lags near the bottom nationally in student-to-counselor ratio, although some districts improve.

The Valencia lab, a public-private venture between the state and PerkinElmer, processed only 1 to 8% of all Californians’ COVID tests in the first 10 months of the contract. And the lab was riddled with dozens of problems, according to an inspection.

The Valencia lab, a public-private venture between the state and PerkinElmer, processed only 1 to 8% of all Californians’ COVID tests in the first 10 months of the contract. And the lab was riddled with dozens of problems, according to an inspection report.

The Valencia lab, a public-private venture between the state and PerkinElmer, processed only 1 to 8 percent of all Californians’ COVID tests in the first 10 months of the contract. And the lab was riddled with dozens of problems, according to an inspection report.

The Valencia lab, a public-private venture between the state and PerkinElmer, processed only 1 to 8% of all Californians’ COVID tests in the first 10 months of the contract. And the lab was riddled with dozens of problems, according to an inspection report.

The Valencia lab, a public-private venture between the state and PerkinElmer, was riddled with dozens of problems, according to an inspection report. Story from @CalMatters.

Safety and disinfection procedures were called into question.