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$100M in Cuts May Save San Diego Teachers

MSNBC 03/11/2009 22:26
$100M in Cuts May Save San Diego Teachers - USA - education - San Diego - California


Cuts totaling $100 million have been approved for the next school year by San Diego District's Board of Trustees in hopes of saving teacher jobs.



The cuts made Tuesday night range from healthcare benefit reductions to increasing class size but include no projected teacher layoffs.

An employee furlough is also part of the plan.

"Today, we dealt with a problem created by the State of California" said Sheila Jackson, school board president. "They put our district in a position where we had no choice but to make budget cuts that hurt our schools."

Three days ago the board ratified $45 million in reductions for the current school year.

San Diego Unified and all other school districts are required on March 17, to submit a report to the state that they have enough funding for this school year and a plan for next school year.

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