LAUSD schools open under $140M budget cloud - The Daily Breeze:
"Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles Unified students Wednesday head back to school, where they'll find crowded classrooms, fewer teachers and limited services thanks to a year of tough budget cuts.
And the students won't be the only ones with a homework assignment.
District officials say state lawmakers have given them a vexing math problem to start the year: Subtract about $140 million - the equivalent of closing down seven high schools - from this year's budget.
The hit, which looks certain unless emergency legislation proposed this week passes, comes as the district is still smarting from $869 million in cuts over the past year."
"Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles Unified students Wednesday head back to school, where they'll find crowded classrooms, fewer teachers and limited services thanks to a year of tough budget cuts.
And the students won't be the only ones with a homework assignment.
District officials say state lawmakers have given them a vexing math problem to start the year: Subtract about $140 million - the equivalent of closing down seven high schools - from this year's budget.
The hit, which looks certain unless emergency legislation proposed this week passes, comes as the district is still smarting from $869 million in cuts over the past year."
