COMPTON : State Official Orders School Layoffs, Teacher Pay Cuts

The state administrator for the Compton school system has ordered 38 layoffs, demoted several administrators and proposed a 10.5% salary reduction for teachers as part of ongoing efforts to balance a $91.2-million budget.

All five financial managers and 33 part-time instructional assistants will lose their jobs in the Compton Unified School District. The financial managers controlled school accounts such as student council funds. All instructional assistants, who aided teachers, will be eliminated from the middle and high schools, except for those helping disabled students and limited English speakers.

The demotions of administrators will save about $90,000. Teachers union officials said they oppose any salary reduction for teachers.

In July, the district was placed under the control of a state-appointed administrator, Stanley G. Oswalt, as a condition for receiving an emergency loan.