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California budget leaves some San Francisco school district workers still in limbo
- 06-24-2011
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By Andrea Koskey/San Francisco Examiner
The San Francisco Unified School District’s improved budget outlook is giving officials the opportunity to retain 110 laid-off employees, but it’s insufficient to employ 39 other certified workers who lost their jobs. Fearing the worst, the school district prepared for a $27 million deficit earlier this year by issuing 300 teachers, aides and administrators their walking papers. But the governor’s revised May budget was kinder than expected to K-12 education. Though it’s a start, district officials say it is not enough. “They’re not increasing per pupil spending,” SFUSD Deputy Superintendent Myong Leigh said. “They’re not cutting, but we are still paying close attention to what happens with the state budget.” This week, California Controller John Chiang concluded that the Legislature failed to adopt a balanced budget by the June 15 deadline. As a result, districts and agencies throughout California are now budgeting based on assumptions. (more...)
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