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LAUSD to rescind 522 more layoffs
- 05-26-2010
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By Connie Llanos/LA Daily News
The Los Angeles Unified school board Tuesday unanimously approved rescinding 522 layoff notices for elementary school teachers. The move drops the number of overall expected layoffs next year to about 1,000 - down from the initial decision earlier this year to send layoff notices to nearly 3,100 teachers, administrators, nurses, librarians and counselors. The number could be further reduced as officials continue to look for additional funding sources and savings. To date the district has rescinded pink slips for 1,802 elementary school teachers, 85 counselors and 56 nurses. It has also saved the jobs of 63 permanent librarians and expects additional savings from individual schools that are allowed to "buy back" teacher positions through shifts in their own budgets. (more...)
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