LAUSD Reduces Layoff Notices
The district was able to rescind layoffs because of adoption of furlough days and school-based purchases.
Wednesday, Jun 16, 2010 | Updated 3:45 PM PST
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Teachers and supporters demonstrate while the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education meets to discuss a proposal to eliminate thousands of jobs in hopes of closing a $718 million budget gap April 14, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The jobs of 1,996 elementary school teachers have been spared from the budget-cutting axe but about 6,000 employees, including more than 1,600 teachers, face pending layoffs. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)
The Los Angeles Unified School District Wednesday rescinded another 502 layoff notices to teachers, counselors and other support personnel under terms of its agreement with United Teachers Los Angeles.
The district was able to rescind the layoffs because of adoption of furlough days and school-based purchases, according to Superintendent Ramon C. Cortines.
Of the 3,090 layoff notices mailed out March 15 as required by state law, 2,445, 79 percent, have been rescinded, Cortines said.
United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents teachers, and Associated Administrators of Los Angeles, which represents administrators, agreed to the district's request to take 12 furlough days during the 2009-2010 school years, and shorten the school year by five days, both this school year and next, saving $140 million, Cortines said.
