THE LOS ANGELES SCHOOL BOARD unanimously voted Tuesday to dramatically restructure the Los Angeles Unified School District by creating 11 local districts designed to serve, what District officials are calling, a manageable number of students.

The local districts are intended to be largely autonomous, using a streamlined central administration for cost-effective support services, according to District officials. The central office would still set all instructional policy, allocate financial resources, monitor compliance, negotiate labor contracts and build schools. Cortines said the district superintendents would make decisions about budgeting, personnel and instruction and would be held accountable for improvements in student performance. The reorganization plan is slated to go into effect by July 1, 2000.

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