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Correspondence from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to educators around the state.

Year 2026
Current letters from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Year 2025
Correspondence from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for 2025.

Year 2024
Correspondence from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for 2024.

Year 2023
Correspondence from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for 2023.

Year 2022
Correspondence from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for 2022.

Year 2021
Correspondence from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for 2021.

Year 2020
Correspondence from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for 2020.

Year 2019
Correspondence from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for 2019.

Questions:   Superintendent's Correspondence Unit | superintendent@cde.ca.gov | 916-319-0818
Last Reviewed: Friday, January 09, 2026
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