Santa Clara County's top education office is preparing for layoffs amid financial difficulties, attributing the need for firings to changes in funding and management structure. Employees will be notified of their terminations by March 15 as the agency aims to strengthen its resource allocation supporting classrooms and educational services. This transitional phase follows a controversial dismissal of former Superintendent Mary Ann Dewan, whose administration faced scrutiny over excessive salaries for executive staff. Interim Superintendent Charles Hinman stated the agency is working to streamline operations for more fiscal responsibility.
SCCOE leadership is assessing how to best strengthen its impact for children and families and ensure its staffing model is sustainable while maintaining efficiency and fiscal responsibility.
The agency is facing a "constricted financial future" in light of "dramatic change in priorities and funding" at the federal level.
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