L.A. and Unions at Impasse Over Budget Cutbacks
Negotiations between the Los Angeles Unified School District and its employee unions reached an impasse last week as the two sides haggled over a final budget containing the steepest cutbacks the schools there have seen in a decade.
Most of the cuts were determined Sept. 10 when the board of education passed a $3.9-billion final budget that eliminated more than 2,300 jobs and reduced funding for programs by $276 million.
The final budget assumes, however, that an additional $122 million in as-yet-unspecified spending...
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