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March 19, 2010

Plan would cut 225 teacher jobs in Tulsa schools

TULSA (AP) — A plan by Tulsa Public Schools' chief financial officer would cut 225 teaching jobs to save nearly $9.7 million.



CFO Trish Williams says the district faces a 10 percent cut in state funding next year — a loss of about $13 to $15 million. The district has had about $7 million in state funding cut since August because of falling state revenue collections during the economic downturn.



The plan will be presented to the Tulsa school board. The board is already scheduled to vote Monday on a proposal to eliminate 173 central office and support jobs to save about $5.5 million.

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