• Font Size    

Slideshows

Celebrities With Swine Flu
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

LAUSD Could Lay Off 3,000 Non-Permanent Teachers

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
Jan 6, 2009 6:57 pm US/Pacific

LAUSD Could Lay Off 3,000 Non-Permanent Teachers

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Thousands of Los Angeles teachers and other employees could be laid off before the end of the school year.

Superintendent Ramon Cortines said Tuesday the Los Angeles Unified School District faces bankruptcy if it can't cut staff amid a $250 million budget deficit. Cortines says at least 2,000 untenured teachers who have taught for less than two years and are still on probation could lose their jobs if the state Legislature can't find funds to close the gap.

Officials say administrators could also lose their jobs or be reassigned to schools and classrooms.

The layoffs would take effect in March and would likely increase class sizes.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

You need the latest Flash player to view video content.
Click here to download.

Click here to bypass this detection if you already have the latest Flash Player.

School News

Top News Stories

© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.