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LA school board to mull holding full academic year
Posted: Nov 12, 2012 3:41 PM by Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Unified schools superintendent plans to ask the board of education to rescind 10 furlough days and restore the district's 180-day academic year.
The school board is set to consider Superintendent John Deasy's request at its meeting Tuesday.
Deasy says in a statement that voters' approval of Proposition 30 staved off a $255 million funding cut, allowing the nation's second-largest district to fulfill the state-mandated instructional calendar.
The initiative called for a quarter-cent sales tax hike and higher income taxes on the wealthy to fund public education.
Warren Fletcher, president of teachers union United Teachers Los Angeles, hails the move in a statement and notes it would be the district's first full school year since 2008.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
11/12/2012 2:28:24 PM (GMT -8:00)
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