Teacher layoff deferred

Los Angeles Unified teachers have been spared layoffs for now, but schools chief Ramon Cortines guaranteed Friday that massive cuts will hit the district next year. George B. Sanchez in the Daily News.

Less than two weeks after the LAUSD board authorized Cortines to lay off up to 2,290 teachers, he said midyear personnel cuts would be too disruptive to classrooms.

But he said he will present a plan for budget cuts next school year, including layoffs, to the board by the end of February.