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LAUSD takeover plan run aground?

California state lawmakers have told Antonio Villaraigosa that it’s now or never:

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s attempt to take over the Los Angeles public schools is in serious jeopardy in the Legislature, according to one leading Democrat who urged the mayor Thursday to intervene in hopes of salvaging his plan.

Democrats and Republicans alike voiced doubt about Villaraigosa’s quest to overhaul the Los Angeles Unified School District, the centerpiece of his year-old administration that has prompted aggressive lobbying campaigns by district leaders and the powerful state teachers union.

School Me! has more (although it hasn’t consulted its highly-calibrated Predict-O-Meter^TM).