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In a budget proposa to the Memphis City Council onApril 29, MCS superintenden Kriner Cash presented a plan to lay off up to 100 administratorxs and 250 custodial workers. The cuts were discusse and passedduring MCS’ April 9 budget meeting, duringv which MCS approved its budget of $875 million. MCS had no furthefr comment onthe layoffs. The job cuts were citedc in a Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Developmenft reportreleased Monday. The layoffs were implemented afteer an analysis revealed MCS had too many employeezs in some areas and not enough in saidMartavius Jones, Memphid City Schools Commissioner for Districtt 4.
“I can’t second guess what someone else did, but the districyt didn’t look to make difficulf reductions in workforce in the pastwhen necessary,” Jones He said the layoffs will be but there won’t be any more durinf this fiscal year. “There could be more difficult decisionsw to makegoing forward,” Joneas said. “Superintendent Cash put us on notice that it couldhappen again. The city counci l is currently reviewing the budget and assessingtthe city’s $84.7 million share of the 2009-10 budget.
The city has budgetefd school fundingat $25 milliobn for the coming school Last year, it cut $66 million in school The Shelby County Chancery Court has ruled the city is requiresd to fund the schools and it must pay MCS $57 millioh from last year.
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