Bay Area school districts and colleges, which have already slashed millions of dollars from their programs this year, are bracing for more layoffs, unpaid vacation days and a shortened academic year as a result of California’s tentative budget deal. Crafted by top lawmakers on Monday to close the state’s $26 billion deficit, the agreement contains the deep cuts to public education that the governor proposed in late May. The new reductions will include an estimated $6.1 billion from school districts and community colleges – including cuts made retroactively for the 2008-09 academic year – and an additional $2.8 billion from the University of California and California State University systems.

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by Katy Murphy and Theresa Harrington, The San Jose Mercury News.

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