LAUSD approves 6,500 layoffs
A divided Los Angeles Board of Education narrowly approved a plan Tuesday to lay off more than 6,500 temporary teachers, counselors and other district staff for the 2009-10 school year to help bridge a nearly $600 million budget gap.Connie Llanos and George B. Sanchez in the Daily News.
The 4-3 vote came just hours after the board agreed to save the jobs of nearly 2,000 permanent elementary school teachers.
Superintendent Ramon Cortines, who recommended the plan, said he would continue to look for more money and savings to keep some of the jobs.
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