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LA School Board Votes Down Massive Budget Cut for Police Department

LA School Board Votes Down Massive Budget Cut for Police Department
LAPD officers keep watch during demonstrations following the death of George Floyd, in Los Angeles, Calif., on May 30, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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6/24/2020|Updated: 6/24/2020

Amid nationwide calls to “defund the police,” the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on Tuesday evening denied a trio of police reform proposals, one of which would have cut the district’s police department budget by 90 percent over the next three school years.

After a marathon hearing lasting nearly 12 hours, the LAUSD Board of Education, which administers the second largest public school district in the United States, did not reach consensus on any of the three resolutions.

Bill Pan
Bill Pan
Reporter
Bill Pan is an Epoch Times reporter covering education issues and New York news.
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