layoffs

California school districts are again turning to layoffs to shore up budgets shrunk by declining enrollment, expiring federal Covid relief funds and a leveling off of state funding.

David Celaya is one of about 30 staff members who learned last Thursday that his position was being eliminated due to budget cuts brought on by COVID-19.…

Friday is the deadline for California school districts to issue teachers layoff notices for the academic year that starts in the fall. As Ben Adler…

Last month, when California lawmakers passed a new state budget, they also passed a bill prohibiting local school districts from laying off teachers.…

Among the groups hit the hardest in the economic downturn are business professionals. From April 2010 to April 2011 the business and professional sectors…