LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Deputy Superintendent Megan Reilly was offered the position of interim superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District Friday while the Board of Education searches for a replacement for Austin Beutner, who announced Thursday that he will step down when his contract expires June 30.

Who will be new Lausd superintendent?

Austin Beutner concludes 3-year contract term as LAUSD superintendent.

Is Austin Beutner leaving Lausd?

L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner, who has guided the nation's second-largest school district through a tumultuous year of coronavirus-forced campus closures and a disruptive teachers strike, will step down as the district's leader. Beutner announced his decision in a letter Wednesday to the Board of Education.