Announcement by the governor that the state has a massive budget surplus earmarked for California schools ended the third day of a teachers' strike that had begun with the first reports of minor violence.
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With attendance in the nation's second largest school district dwindling and the two sides still accusing each other of holding the students hostage to their own self-interest, a settlement of the strike apparently hinged on negotiations between Gov. George Deukmejian and legislative leaders on how to divvy up the unexpected $2.5 billion revenue surplus.The 594,000-student Los Angeles Unified School District could get up to $228 million in extra state money over the next two years, officials said.