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LAUSD: Pay cuts a must to avoid layoffs
- 03-10-2010
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By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
Los Angeles Unified officials said Tuesday that if the district's unions want to avoid up to 6,300 layoffs this summer, they will have to agree to concessions that include pay cuts of 10 percent and taking 12 furlough days over the next two years. The district is struggling to close a budget gap estimated at $640 million for the 2010-11 school year. "We need help ... or the draconian cuts I've recommended will have to take place," said LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines. Last week the Board of Education approved sending out about 5,200 layoff notices to teachers, administrators, nurses, counselors and librarians. (more...)
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