WASHINGTON — While sequestration is not a sure thing yet, school districts are already asking for help dealing with the massive, imminent cuts, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Thursday morning.
“I was on a call yesterday, people are starting to give RIF [reduction in force] notes,” Duncan said in a meeting with reporters at the U.S. Education Department. “The sequestration stuff is very very worrying to me. I’m increasingly concerned that’s going to happen. Schools are already starting to give teachers notices.”
Decisions would be made on a district-by-district level, and cuts could include things like slashing after-school programs, firing teachers, curtailing pre-school and shortening the school day or school year — simply because money has run out sooner.
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