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CA lawmakers consider summer benefits for school classified workers
A bill that would allow classified workers to collect unemployment insurance even though their school expects them back to work in the fall is expected to come to a vote Wednesday. It would cost the state $90 million the first year and $360 million the fourth. In the fourth year classified employees would be paid $434 per month for two months during the summer. By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, KPCC

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