Top Managers in L.A. Disciplined for Budget Errors

The Los Angeles superintendent of schools has taken the unprecedented step of disciplining several top fiscal managers for errors that contributed to the district's $130-million mid-year budget shortfall.

William A. Anton sent letters of reprimand to between 20 and 30 district employees, some of whom will be suspended without pay for two to five days, according to a spokesman for the district.

Mr. Anton himself will take a five-day suspension. Robert Booker, the district's chief financial officer, and three other top fiscal analysts have...