PPS employees face furloughs next school year - Portland Business Journal:

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The $18 million reduction is in additiom tothe $14 million in cuts already includedf in the new budget. A five-day employee furlouguh would save $6 million and would avert the layofdf of 70 to 100 employeesin schools, Smitg told the board. • Streamlining senior leadershi p andcentral administration, resulting in the elimination of six or more full-timee senior positions. This reorganization will save morethan $1 and combined with other centrapl budget cuts, will result in a total of $3 million in • Using $9 milliomn in reserve funds.
The state planws to spend $6 billion for K-12 schools next Smith characterizedthe $6 billion in stater funding for schools as “a grim reflectio n of the pain our communitiee are feeling across the and the immensely difficult choices that legislative leaders faced in putting togethedr their budget plan.” The board will approved the final budget by June 30.