The Marana Unified School District governing board voted Thursday to cut 133 teaching, administrative and support positions in response to anticipated funding cuts.
The reduction includes 30 certified positions, 10 administrative positions and 93 support staff positions, according to a school district press release.
The cuts do not include any principal, counselor or librarian positions, the press release stated.
The district on the Northwest Side has about 1,800 employees and 13,000 students.
Programs such as fine arts and music, as well as full-day kindergarten, will continue to be provided throughout the district, the press release stated.
The district is anticipating a reduction in state funding for the next school year of $7.6 million. This comes on the heels of a reduction of $1.6 million in state revenue for the district this past January.
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Some of the employees could be rehired once the amount of state funding the district is to receive for next school year is finalized, according to the press release.
The decision came a couple of days after the Tucson Unified School District governing board voted to lay off more than 600 employees because of anticipated state funding cuts.
Meanwhile, the Sunnyside Unified School District issued 101 non-renewal notices to staffers working under temporary and emergency certified contracts.
