LAUSD PRESENTS ONE-YEAR BUDGET PROPOSAL: The one-year plan could save 80 percent of expected layoffs + smf's 2¢
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April 12, 2011 - Los Angeles – A one-year budget proposal was presented to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education today that would preserve many school programs and save thousands of jobs as the District attempts to find ways to address its $408 million deficit as the deadline to rescind layoff notices to employees draws near.
The one-year temporary proposal, drafted by Superintendent-elect Dr. John Deasy, is a solution to stabilize LAUSD for the upcoming 2011-12 school year when the District faces the prospect of laying off up to 5,000 teachers and support staff, and thousands of classified personnel.
“This is a tourniquet to stop the bleeding; it’s not a Band-Aid anymore,” said Dr. Deasy. “We need to stabilize the District one year at a time.”
After budget negotiations broke down earlier this month in Sacramento, in which Governor Jerry Brown had lobbied to allow voters to decide whether to extend current