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Oklahoma City Public Schools District announces teacher layoffs
Source: Reuters
World | Wed Mar 23, 2016 6:54pm EDT
Oklahoma City Public Schools District announces teacher layoffs
BY RORY CARROLL
The Oklahoma City Public Schools District will eliminate 208 classroom teaching positions to help grapple with a $30 million revenue shortfall, the district's top official said on Wednesday.
The layoffs are the latest impact of the state's declaration of "revenue failure" late last year amid a collapse in the price of oil and gas, which it relies on for tax revenues.
Eliminating the teaching positions will save the state's largest school district roughly $8 million, Superintendent Rob Neu said in a memo to teachers.
The layoffs are expected to increase class sizes when they are implemented during the 2016-2017 school year, but the district will not exceed state mandated classroom sizes, he said.
Most of the cuts will be absorbed through attrition and retirement, he said.
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Oklahoma City Public Schools District announces teacher layoffs
BY RORY CARROLL
The Oklahoma City Public Schools District will eliminate 208 classroom teaching positions to help grapple with a $30 million revenue shortfall, the district's top official said on Wednesday.
The layoffs are the latest impact of the state's declaration of "revenue failure" late last year amid a collapse in the price of oil and gas, which it relies on for tax revenues.
Eliminating the teaching positions will save the state's largest school district roughly $8 million, Superintendent Rob Neu said in a memo to teachers.
The layoffs are expected to increase class sizes when they are implemented during the 2016-2017 school year, but the district will not exceed state mandated classroom sizes, he said.
Most of the cuts will be absorbed through attrition and retirement, he said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-oklahoma-education-layoffs-idUSKCN0WP2YC