A handful of state lawmakers and Silicon Valley leaders are calling on the Santa Clara County Office of Education to reverse the layoffs of hundreds of teachers serving low-income preschoolers, migrants and special education students. The Monday letter — signed by state Sen. Dave Cortese and Assemblymembers Ash Kalra and Patrick Ahrens — questions the layoffs of as many as 300 full-time positions while accusing the county Board of Education of overspending on insurance, consulting and attorney fees. The board’s majority approved paying millions of dollars to three outside law firms as they tried to defend their controversial decision last year…
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