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5/20/2009 – Prop. Failures Force LAUSD Budget Cuts - NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KABC) – The Los Angeles Unified School District is already facing major budget problems. LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines said Tuesday night’s election results will only make a bad situation worse.
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5/02/2009 – Schools Already Making Plans With Stimulus Money – The more than $100 billion allocated for education in the administration’s stimulus package will take some time to trickle down to local school districts. In some cases, the money may not arrive soon enough to avert more layoffs and budget cuts. But that isn’t stopping superintendents and teachers from thinking about how to spend it.
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4/27/2009 - Weeding Out “Bad” Teachers - On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education may try to change legal protections that make firing bad teachers difficult. Currently teachers are laid off based on seniority, not performance. Should this change? Larry Mantle talks with LAUSD board member Tamar Galatzan and UTLA President A.J. Duffy.
4/22/2009 - Big Man on Campus - This month Patt asks the question that’s on everyone’s mind: when are the layoffs coming, from where, and how many? Also, California is the first state in the nation approved to receive education recovery act dollars, up to $3.1 billion for the state. As the largest school district in California, how much money will go to LAUSD?
4/15/2009 10:58AM – Callers sound off on imminent LA public school layoffs
4/15/2009 10:39AM - LAUSD approves plan to lay off thousands of employees
4/14/2009 8:08PM – LAUSD votes to move forward with thousands of layoffs
4/14/2009 9:37AM - LAUSD Superintendent releases plan to lay off fewer teachers
News Releases
4/18/2009 - Los Angeles School Board Approves Recision of Layoff, Saving Jobs of Permanent Elementary School Teachers - Read
3/30/2009 - Superintendent Ramon Cortines on the Federal Stimulus Funds - Read
In The News
5/21/2009 LA Times – Schools prepare for devastating losses of funding - Read
5/21/2009 CBS News – L.A. School Officials Mulling Drastic Budget Cuts – Read
5/20/2009 CBS News – Ballot Defeat Leaves Calif. In Deeper Budget Hole – Read
5/12/2009 ABC News – Restraining order granted to stop walkout – Read
5/04/2009 LA Times – Schools consider four-day weeks – Read
5/04/2009 LA Times – School officials call for legislation easing firing teachers - Read
5/03/2009 LA Times – Firing tenured teachers, costly and tortuous task – Read
5/01/2009 CBS News – Unionized L.A. county teachers plan May 15 walkout - Read
4/27/2009 LA Times – After debate, no progress in L.A. teacher layoff plans - Read
4/22/2009 Daily News – LAUSD targets teacher shields - Read
4/21/2009 Daily News – Mayor: Deep cuts will ‘Kill Education in L.A.’ - Read
4/21/2009 LA Times – Villaraigosa presses to avoid teacher layoffs - Read
Related Articles
The California Majority Report - Budget cuts hurt diversity in California’s public schools, impact vulnerable students - Read
California’s Capitol - Schwarzenegger Administration: Federal money enough to offset public school budget cuts - Read
The Modesto Bee - Special Ed is geared to fit: But schools can be left short by increasing costs for aides and equipment - Read
