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L.A. Unified OKs 'doomsday budget'
- 02-16-2011
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By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
Thousands of employees would lose jobs, children would face larger classes, and magnet and preschool programs would experience sharp reductions under a worst-case $5-billion budget plan approved Tuesday by the Los Angeles Board of Education. But 45 new and low-performing schools could be spared entirely from teacher layoffs as a result of a recent legal settlement to protect campuses from extreme teacher turnover, overriding traditional teacher seniority protections. "This is our doomsday budget of what might happen," said board member Tamar Galatzan. "We don't want to do any of the things on there, but … our parents need to know what could happen if we don't get more funding.... Our employees need to know that, too." (more...)
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