>From the Crain's Chicago Business Newsroom <http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=2404> Schools to cut budget, jobs by Greg Hinz � May 19, 2001 � The tightest budget in five years�including nearly 300 layoffs�will be unveiled Wednesday by Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas. Sources said the $4-billion spending plan for the school year beginning in September will call for a 0.4% reduction in total spending, with capital expenditures down and operating costs up modestly but well below the 5%-plus increases in some recent years. The layoffs, the first since 1995, reportedly will be across the board in non-teaching positions. Officials blame a slowdown in state aid increases. -- This is the CPS Science Teacher List. To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://home.sprintmail.com/~mikelach/subscribe.html>. To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/science%40lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>
