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LAUSD Slashes 1.6 Billion Dollars over Three Years
Yesterday, the Los Angeles Unified School Board passed a $5.5 billion budget. That sounds like a lot, but the LAUSD is the nation’s second largest, and the operating budget’s been cut so much that 2200 teachers will have to be laid off, class sizes will increase and in coming years, it’s going to get worse.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readYesterday, the Los Angeles Unified School Board passed a $5.5 billion budget. That sounds like a lot, but the LAUSD is the nation’s second largest, and the operating budget’s been cut so much that 2200 teachers will have to be laid off, class sizes will increase and in coming years, it’s going to get worse.
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The full episode
3 of 4A Tale of Two Budgets- 0:00President Obama and the Search for Common Ground
- 28:10Anti-Gang Crusader Alex Sanchez Arrested
- 33:39LAUSD Slashes 1.6 Billion Dollars over Three YearsYou’re reading this
- 49:16GOP and Governor Reject Democrats' Partial Budget Fix