DC teachers brace for hundreds of job cuts after Bowser budget proposal

Teachers and staff in Washington, D.C.’s public schools fear there may be 200 positions cut due to Mayor Muriel Bowser’s new budget proposal.

While Bowser included in her city’s budget proposal a 12% increase to District of Columbia Public Schools’s funding formula, giving schools an additional $181 million, schools are still likely to fall short of meeting their budgetary needs. The shortfall comes as money from one-time federal pandemic aid depletes, teacher’s salaries have increased, and city revenue remains stagnated.