The changes to the communication and literacy skills tests could also yield another significant benefit, potentially reducing the racial and ethnic disparities in pass rates on the exams, which often keep Black and Latino educators out of public school classrooms.
About 70 percent of schools are set to lose at least some staff, with over one-third losing more than 5 percent of their workforce, according to a Globe review of next year's budget proposal that the School Committee is expected to vote on Wednesday night.
City councilors lambasted the plan and questioned Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's community engagement process at a hearing Tuesday evening on the viability of the proposal.