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For many educators and support staff, this is a tense period of uncertainty as they wait to hear whether they will have jobs next school year. More than 2,400 preliminary layoff notices have been issued for teaching positions, according to the California Teachers Association, and more than 3,300 have been sent to classified positions represented by the California School Employees Association. Layoff notices apply to positions, not individuals — meaning a single notice could affect one full-time role or multiple part-time workers. Districts are expected to finalize layoff decisions by May 15.
2,447
the number of preliminary layoff notices issued to California Teachers Association-represented positions across 119 districts as of April 10.
3,328
the number of layoff notices issued to the California School Employees Association, representing classified employees for 2026-27, as of March 17.
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