BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — State Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek says he plans to offer financial incentives to trim the work force at the state Department of Education.
Pastorek said Wednesday employee ranks at the 650-member agency will be reduced by 50 workers in the next six months, in part through retirement incentives for classified employees and possibly layoffs.
Pastorek said the reduction plan will save up to $3 million per year for the department, which has an annual budget of about $60 million.
Under the plan, education department employees who are retirement eligible will be offered one-time payments if they call it quits.
 
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