#budgetcuts

The Hackensack school system's budget deficit has increased to $17 million. This figure is $2 million higher than previously reported. District officials warned that up to 90 staff positions may be eliminated. An audit revealed years of financial mismanagement and improper practices. The Board of Education has sued former officials over their alleged role in the crisis.

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/hackensack-school-district-threatens-layoffs-amid-17m-budget-deficit/

Hackensack, New Jersey

Major Budget Cuts are Incoming!

School District 49 faces a significant budget deficit. The district cites state funding changes and rising expenses. Extensive cuts are planned across various departments and programs. These reductions include administrative, supplemental, and teacher positions. The board will consider adopting the exigency plan soon.

https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/education/we-are-stripping-the-district-down-to-absolute-essentials-school-district-49-grapples-with-budget-crisis

UNC-Chapel Hill Seeks $25 Million in Administrative Cuts

UNC-Chapel Hill leaders are requesting budget changes. They target $25 million in administrative cuts. These cuts should be implemented by summer. Layoffs are still a potential outcome. This decision impacts university administration.

https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2026/01/23/unc-chapel-hill-budget-cuts-administrative-staff.html

NSHE Regents Consider Tuition Increases to Prevent Layoffs

https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2026/01/23/nevada-tuition-jobs-regents/88296619007/

The Nevada System of Higher Education Regents are takin in consideration tuition and fee increases. This plan aims to prevent layoffs and service cuts across campuses. Temporary state bridge funding is set to expire in 2027. The proposed increases would phase in from fall 2026 through the 2028-29 school year. Without these increases, about 300 positions and services are at risk.

President Ed Seidel of UW spoke out against proposed budget cuts.

• Lawmakers' budgeting committee proposed a $40 million reduction to the university's block grant.

This reduction is almost 11% of the school's state block grant.

Seidel warned these significant reductions could lead to layoffs. The Wyoming Freedom Caucus supports these cuts, citing concerns over "woke education."

https://www.buffalobulletin.com/staring-down-possible-layoffs-university-of-wyoming-s-president-speaks-out-against-proposed-budget-cuts/article_a45361ab-b738-46b5-acbc-36e7d24732e9.html

Springfield Public Schools Approves Mid-Year Teacher Layoffs

https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/education/2026/01/23/what-we-know-springfield-teacher-layoffs/88306809007/

Springfield Public Schools approved mid-year teacher layoffs. The school board voted 3-2 on January 12. This decision addresses a $2.34 million budget shortfall. Three board members voted for the reduction in force. Two board members voted against the measure.

Los Angeles school officials warned this week of impending staff reductions — including likely layoffs — as they grapple with steadily falling enrollment and a three-year budget projection that ends with a deficit.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-01-22/falling-enrollment-budget-uncertainty-lausd-warns-of-layoffs-cuts

The Eugene School District 4J plans to close its Center for Applied Learning and Community Impact along with its online elementary school offerings, while scaling back multiple academic and student support programs and reducing funding for nutrition services. In addition, the district is cutting administrative and district-level staff across all departments.

https://lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/education/2026/01/15/4j-school-board-approves-up-to-127-layoffs-in-cuts-for-next-school-year/

bP writing down Billions in foolish investments and then will try to save money on bog rolls or changing the thermostat in offices

OK, here is the money crunch. There was ~$479,000,000 in cash or equivalents on the books on 9/30/25.

Great! (not really)

There are also 27,000 people on payroll. Divide the numbers and you get $17,740 per person. Great? No, not really.

Some people make a lot, some make terrible money. If the mean salary is $50,000/year and you divide that into $17,740, you get 35.4% of a year - or about 90 days of payroll.

Money is coming in still but this, and overhead, the cost of goods, and most importantly, the debt load, is too much to survive. The only way they can survive is to borrow money and they can't. It's too late to fire their way out of this, hence the lack of trying.

There are two smaller debt payments (both around $100 mil) due this year. Either one could end the ballgame.

Hi Folks its that time again, need more excuses for the Analysts, what if say we are expanding AI offices in Venezuela, Greenland, Eye rack, and Canada, or were now run by the blue flag office headquarters. I could reduce the pay raises budget so only the chosen ones get the pay and then use it for more buybacks. Help help this Qtr will be another $5 million in the bank for me amigos.

More than a third of the Agriculture Department’s food inspectors left government last year. Over a quarter of Social Security’s IT management is gone. The Treasury Department is down about 4,000 tax examiners, or about 26 percent.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/10/federal-cuts-trump-agencies-data/

I heard budget cuts are going on and layed off few subcons who are with Infosys. Seems like Verizon is not happy with this infosys as they don’t perform good with their employees and not giving option to sub contracts. Any ideas is infosys contracts are closing

The Douglas County School District is preparing to review a series of high stakes financial decisions at its upcoming special board meeting later today.

Among the key discussion items are proposed school consolidation scenarios, potential layoffs of classified employees, and a possible declaration of a Severe Financial Emergency under Nevada law.

https://www.kolotv.com/2026/01/07/douglas-county-school-district-consider-consolidations-layoffs-financial-emergency-declaration/

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/cvs-unitedhealth-cigna-accused-of-diverting-billions-via-shell-firms-93CH-4433238

Follow the money.

This begs the question of how budgets were managed in such a way to not only reduce bonuses and promotions but eventually cause mass layoffs.

There is a lot of internal chatter regarding the decision to have the CSTO lead LATAM Foods while maintaining the S&T lead. With a direct report structure of nearly 30 people already, many are asking how this serves the business rather than just consolidating power.

The Financial Questions

The S&T era under Athina’s direct leadership—along with Vikram and G-yatri—has seen a staggering level of spend.

• ROI Gap: Many within the org feel the billions spent on "transformation" haven't materialized into frontline efficiency.

• There is significant frustration over the lack of business justification for the heavy reliance on specific global tech and consulting partners.

The Offshore Oversight Issue

The "India and Mexico Hub" model - While local teams face budget freezes, we see:

• Lavish travel and spending from global hubs.

• A perceived lack of productivity, with local leads often picking up the slack for offshore teams working limited hours.

Culture & Leadership

Is the "PepsiCo Way" being applied at the top? The leadership style and treatment of partners during this spend-heavy era have been widely criticized internally. Instead of an audit into the financial results of S&T, we see a promotion to a CEO seat. How does this align with our goals of being a lean, accountable organization?

Thirteen staffers in two New Orleans municipal departments received pink slips this month under Mayor-elect Helena Moreno’s plan to balance the city’s budget, the first of multiple payroll cuts that are expected to claw back $37 million in savings.

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/new-orleans-layoffs-budget/article_cf2f6e88-bc75-4c80-acde-40a2a3e9c836.html

San Luis Coastal schools have approved substantial budget cuts totaling $5 million. This decision is directly setting the stage for impending layoffs within the district. The educational institution, located in San Luis, California, is facing significant financial restructuring. These budget reductions mean that job positions are at risk of being eliminated. Consequently, employees of San Luis Coastal schools can expect to be affected by these upcoming layoffs.

https://www.kcbx.org/education/2025-12-18/san-luis-coastal-schools-approve-5-million-in-budget-cuts-setting-stage-for-layoffs

Superintendent Frankie Alvarado will present a notice of potential administrator layoffs to the Douglas County School Board. Trustees will discuss and potentially act on this notice on Thursday. The district faces a significant deficit due to declining enrollment. The district also reported a negative ending fund balance in its 2025 audit. School Board President Yvonne Wagstaff will address past Open Meeting Law violations.

https://www.recordcourier.com/news/2025/dec/17/administrator-layoffs-on-the-table/

Not just because jobs are being shipped overseas. It’s also because AI simply isn’t delivering. They can paper over the AI flop for only so long, and we all know who will end up paying the price for the brilliant idea of throwing massive amounts of money at the latest tech fad, which is unsurprisingly turning out not to be the miracle it was sold as. Leadership seems to know only one solution to every problem imaginable, including bad judgment in spending - more layoffs.

DePaul University has cut 114 staff positions as it deals with ongoing financial pressures. School officials say the layoffs were driven by a drop in international graduate students, increased financial aid needs, and higher benefit expenses.

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/depaul-university-lays-off-114-staff/

there are layoffs every year usually before end of q1 and early q4 before the US holidays. q1 layoffs are always to tighten budgets after year end numbers and jan month end numbers. this year obviously layoffs are much more than just that but expect additional tightening before end of march next year

Bumping this for info from @rp+1kbwqk6k3.

The Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) is proposing layoffs impacting hundreds of its employees. Proposed cuts target teachers, school employees, librarians, media assistants, and various central office and site-level support roles. These actions are a response to an estimated $100 million budget deficit and a need to reduce expenses. The deficit is attributed to a 20% decline in student enrollment, reduced state and federal funding, and increased operating costs. Teachers and union members are actively protesting these potential layoffs, urging the district to consider alternative cuts.

https://sigtrib.com/no-layoffs-teachers-school-employees-unite-against-lbusd-budget-cuts/

The county approved its 2026 budget on Tuesday, but had to slash an extra $5 million first, mostly taken from staffing costs in multiple departments.

https://www.axios.com/local/boulder/2025/12/09/boulder-county-2026-budget-cuts-layoffs

Getting less money in your budget next year? Should be no surprise, but expect more or less in the development world because of it. It’s a simple formula that the budget pays for salaries and if you have less money than you will have less employees eventually. Get the résumé out now!

Layoffs, lean projects, slow attrition, all of it stretching into FY26. Budgets are down across teams, and even if you survive the cuts, raises and bonuses are going to be miniscule or won't even happen. Being kept on doesn’t mean things look brighter for any of us.

Anyone see demand walk or sales forecast yet? Most our district lost 1600 or more hours fa this year vs last, wonder if they are going to cut nire!?

Departments across the University may soon need to downsize or lay off employees to meet reduced budget targets as Yale cuts costs in preparation for the endowment tax hike set to take effect in July, administrators announced in a Wednesday message addressed to faculty and staff.

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/12/04/layoffs-may-come-as-yale-seeks-to-shrink-staff-amid-budget-cuts/

Keene State College is addressing a four-million-dollar budget shortfall by cutting dozens of jobs. Of the 25 positions eliminated, eight were vacant and 12 faculty members agreed to leave under a voluntary incentive plan. Most cuts take effect on January 2nd, with the remaining ones following early next year. The school’s deficit follows nearly 18 million dollars in cuts to the University System of New Hampshire.

https://thepulseofnh.com/keene-state-college-cuts-dozens-of-jobs/

Corporate office here. Our team cancelled our Holiday Party due to budgetary concerns after our recent acquisitions. Has anyone else experienced this issue?

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/pawtucket-school-departments-possible-budget-deficit-puts-100-jobs-at-risk/

New Orleans mayor-elect Helena Moreno warned there will be cuts and layoffs from city government as it battles a projected $222 million budget deficit in 2026.

Moreno posted a video discussing the deficit Sunday (Nov. 23). She vowed to prioritize essential services -- especially public safety -- before the Dec. 1 budget deadline.

https://www.fox8live.com/2025/11/25/new-orleans-mayor-elect-helena-moreno-warns-222-million-deficit-2026/

The district has already laid off staff, including counselors and teachers, because of budget cuts. Students and community members are pushing back against the reductions.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/school-district-cuts-dozens-of-jobs-before-thanksgiving-due-to-1-4m-budget-deficit/3844661

• Given the size of the deficit and scale of cuts, questions have been raised about financial oversight, budgeting practices, and how the shortfall developed.

• Students and families are worried about the impact on classroom support, counseling, paraprofessional services and overall student experience.

• The district acknowledges the cuts, but also suggests they are doing what they can to continue operations and maintain instructional quality.

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department is preparing to lay off 22 people in December.

The move comes in response to expected federal and state funding cuts, said Kenny Via, a spokesperson for the public health agency.

https://www.knkx.org/public-health/2025-11-20/tacoma-pierce-county-health-department-prepares-for-layoffs

A state report indicates dozens of Horry County employees may face layoffs. County leaders are reviewing which departments could see cuts as they rework the budget.

Now because Plano is going to close. They threw out a fig leaf. They want to keep flagship open..Taxpayers already bailed it out.

Hope the city council doesn't give more money to this debt ridden company . While legitimate things could occur...I know Nordstrom would never do such and I support them. Even if their stuff is tame. Bloomingdales is looking at this market as ripe besides panned store in Frisco.

Will Belk corporate throw their lavish holiday party again? While stores can’t budget for basic supplies, much needed maintenance and more than one or two fitting rooms open?

I walk the Vz br cafe and while I’m hearing the gloom and doom talk I am blasted by a 120 inch screen w Kevin heart as a ice cream cone, than Pete Davidson for a Vz commercial. Like are we fr? Why are we paying millions to these mo--ns? You think that having those guys in a commercial helps the bottom line even by .0000001 ? NO. Stop wasting millions on stupidity, Jesus

Santa Barbara County is aiming to avoid layoffs and focus on budget cuts instead, despite budget shortfalls in two departments.

Social Services will eliminate 58 unfilled roles, and County Health announced it has stopped transferring undocumented patients

https://www.noozhawk.com/santa-barbara-county-to-avoid-layoffs-but-will-eliminate-unfilled-positions/

there is 15% cuts coming for feb for gp2025, promise due AI efficency. list is being prepared/finalized now...followed by more coming as part of WP closure