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LAUSD officials working on 'emergency budget plan' with unions
- 04-08-2011
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By Connie Llanos/Torrance Daily Breeze
In a bid to save thousands of jobs and preserve school programs, Los Angeles Unified officials this week began negotiating an "emergency budget plan" with employee unions that could save the district up to $304 million. Drafted by incoming LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy, the plan would ask most district employees to take up to 12 furlough days next year, a move that would require cutting the school calendar by a week for the third year in a row. The plan also suggests borrowing from other district accounts, including LAUSD's health and welfare benefits reserve and unused workers' compensation funds. The Los Angeles Board of Education is expected to discuss the plan Tuesday. Officially taking over as superintendent on April 15, Deasy said the plan is a temporary solution essential to keeping schools operating next year. (more...)
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