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Teachers demand no furloughs, no layoffs
- 05-20-2011
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By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
With the state proposing to shift more revenue to schools, leaders of Los Angeles Unified's teachers union are demanding the district drop its plans for furlough days and layoffs next year. LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy on Thursday proposed cutting the number of furlough days in half, to six next year. Earlier he had also proposed only making about 1,000 layoffs, instead of the 5,000 initially planned. But United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents teachers, nurses, librarians, and counselors, said Thursday that increased state revenues and additional cost-cutting measures means he could go even further, keeping all staff targeted for layoffs and not requiring any furloughs. "We need to be convinced at this point of why there needs to be any furlough days at all," said UTLA President A.J. Duffy. (more...)
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