Thursday, July 26, 2012

Alabama Education Association vows legal fight over layoffs at ...

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Lance Hyche, Birmingham representative for the?Alabama Education Association, said he's been in meetings today with lawyers who plan to fight many of the layoffs among the city school district's lowest-paid employees.

The Birmingham Board of Education rejected a financial plan Tuesday to demote or lay off nearly 200 employees, but Alabama state Superintendent Tommy Bice overruled the board's decision. The 118 employees who were terminated lost their jobs at the close of business Wednesday.

Hyche said he's heard from at least 50 members so far, and expects to hear from more, seeking advice and legal representation.

"With one exception, all of the employees terminated made $35,000 and under," Hyche said. "And the one exception made $55,000. That's the point we're trying to make -- this plan was sold originally as 'we're going to come in and chop?all the high paid administrators' and that's not what happened."

The plan cuts more than $12 million from the district's budget over the next two years, necessary to meet a state requirement that school systems keep a reserve fund equal to one month's worth of operating expenses. Birmingham has about $2 million of the $17 million required. It will also lose about $6 million in state funding because of declining enrollment.

Tuesday was the first meeting run by Bice since the state took over the Birmingham school system's finances last month.

Read more:?

List of Birmingham school employees laid off or demoted

Source: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/07/alabama_education_association_4.html

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