(THE EPOCH TIMES) – The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education on Tuesday approved a plan to cut one-third of its police budget and divert the money to a program that focuses on black students achievement.
The board voted to cut 133 school police positions from the Los Angeles School Police Department, including 70 sworn officers, 62 non-sworn officers, and one support staff member. The staff reductions reduce the annual budget of the district's police force from $77.5 million to $52.5 million.
Police officers stationed at all secondary schools will be replaced by new "climate coaches," who are trained to, according to the plan, implement "positive school culture and climate," use "de-escalation strategies" to resolve conflict, understand and address "implicit bias," and eliminate "racial disparity" in school discipline practices.
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