'Massive wave' of teacher layoffs predicted
Posted by Brandon Ortiz on Mar 15
More than 22,000 teachers and school employees across California recently received pinkslips -- notices that they may be laid off if the Legislature rubber stamps the governor's anti-education budget proposal, according to the Los Angeles Times.
"Our state budget crisis has forced districts to lay off thousands of teachers over the past few years," said Jack O'Connell, the state superintendent of public instruction. "The governor has proposed cutting another $2.4 billion from public education. While the education community opposes these cuts, our schools are forced to prepare for this potential outcome by issuing a massive wave of potential layoff notices."
