After months of negotiations, leaders of the Los Angeles Unified School District teachers union announced Saturday they had agreed to a tentative furlough deal that would shorten the school year by one week this year and next, while saving more than 2,000 school employee jobs.
The deal calls for members of United Teachers Los Angeles to take 12 furlough days over the next year and a half. That includes 10 school days and two staff planning days when students were already not scheduled for class.
The plan must be approved by UTLA members, who will vote April 7-9.
District and union officials said they were not happy about having to shorten the school year but, faced with a crippling budget deficit and the potential for devastating job losses and class-size increases, they felt furloughs were the best option.
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