LAUSD to weigh thousands of layoff notices amid $877 million budget deficit

The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education is set to consider authorizing thousands of preliminary layoff notices today as the nation’s second-largest school system moves to address a projected structural deficit of $877 million in the 2026-2027 school year.

The proposal would allow the district to issue March 15 notices to around 2,600 contract management employees and certificated administrators and begin a reduction in force affecting 657 central office and centrally funded classified positions...