L.A. schools chief Alberto Carvalho placed on administrative leave amid FBI probe

After astir two days of closed-session meetings, the committee for the Los Angeles Unified School District placed Superintendent Alberto Carvalho on paid administrative permission amid a national probe into his clip arsenic the caput of Miami's schoolhouse district.

On Friday, the committee announced that they made the determination unanimously. The committee appointed its main of operations, Andres Chait, arsenic interim superintendent.

Carvalho began his newest declaration with LAUSD 2 weeks ago. It was a four-year, $1.7 cardinal deal. 

On Wednesday, the FBI served a bid of hunt warrants astatine Carvalho's location and the Los Angeles Unified School District's headquarters, officials said. Sources told CBS News that the FBI besides raided a Florida residence linked to Carvalho. The crushed for the warrants is chartless aft the FBI confirmed that the underlying affidavit remained nether seal.

Law enforcement sources told CBS News that the investigations successful some states are straight related to Carvalho. It's not wide what, if any, wrongdoing Carvalho is accused of. The FBI and the U.S. Attorney's bureau would not remark connected the investigation, which is modular until imaginable charges are filed.   

Prior to joining the LAUSD successful 2022, Carvalho antecedently served arsenic the superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

A root with nonstop cognition of the substance said the probe predates the Trump medication and is simply a probe into allegations that Carvalho whitethorn person received kickbacks from a concern portion still superintendent of the Miami schoolhouse district. The root added that the probe is not straight tied to the LAUSD oregon Carvalho's enactment astatine the district, and that determination is nary known culpability oregon transportation to LAUSD.  

Operations astatine the LAUSD look unaffected arsenic the probe continues. 

The LAUSD committee issued a connection astir the closed-session gathering aft recessing Thursday night. 

"The District continues mean operations crossed each schools and offices," LAUSD wrote successful a connection connected Thursday. "We are grateful to our dedicated employees, families, and students for their dependable absorption and committedness to our schoolhouse communities."

Matt Gutman contributed to this report.