BOARD ALLOTS $1.7 MILLION FOR CONSULTANTS.Byline: Kimberly Kimberly may refer to:
Noun pl -dies Austral & NZ informal a kindergarten Daily News Staff Writer The Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Board of Education approved a $1.7 million budget Monday for two consultants who will oversee a court-ordered reform of its special-education programs. The budget for 1996-1997 was reduced by $242,000 over the past week after board members said the tab was too high. Two board members - Julie Korenstein and David Tokofksy - still believed the budget needed further reductions and voted against the spending proposal. ``I think we are going way overboard o·ver·board adv. Over or as if over the side of a boat or ship. Idiom: go overboard To go to extremes, especially as a result of enthusiasm. ,'' said Korenstein. ``This blows me away.'' The budget pays two special-education experts $800 a day for their services, and also funds travel expenses, needed office supplies Office supplies is the generic term that refers to all supplies regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, from private citizens to governments, who works with the collection, refinement, and output of information (colloquially referred to as "paper work"). and support staff. The board has approved $6 million for the implementation of the special-education court settlement next school year. So far, attorney fees and consultant fees - even with the reductions - are expected to eat up half that budget. |
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