As part of its effort to make up for a nearly $12-million deficit in the 2010-11 budget, Conejo Valley Unified School District will cut 19 classified jobs.

The eliminated positions include textbook clerks, administrative assistants, custodians and groundskeepers.

The CVUSD Board of Education approved the layoffs unanimously at its meeting last week.

“It is not a good resolution,” said board president Pat Phelps. “It is with heavy hearts that we vote for this, knowing this is what’s best for the district.”

The layoffs will go into effect on June 30.

In addition to the position eliminations, hours will be reduced for 30 employees, including 18 instructional media technicians and 20 intermediate clerk typists at various elementary school campuses.

The cuts come less than a month after the board approved the first round of reductions needed to balance the budget, which totaled $11.6 million.

The majority will come from the district’s $4.6 million “rainy day fund” reserve and $3.2 million in negotiated employee compensation reductions. Nearly $1.5 million was earmarked for cuts from school site programs and district office and support programs.

The adult school will be cut $300,000 in phase one.

The district’s budget committee is recommending an additional $2.2 million in salary reductions in phase two, including nearly $500,000 from the district office and $400,000 from school site programs. An additional $500,000 cut to the adult school is also proposed.