Deasy looks for more freedom in spending

Los Angeles Unified Superintendent John Deasy is calling for the repeal of some new state education funding measures that he believes restrict districts' ability to control their own spending and calendar. Connie Llanos in the Daily News,

The controversial measures were part of the deal reached in Sacramento this summer that allowed the state budget to be passed on time.

AB 114, a one-year bill, requires school districts to maintain staffing levels in the 2011-12 school year equal to those they had this year, based on an assumption that state revenues will increase by $4 billion this year.
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