D.C. Public Schools is facing a projected $30 million budget gap due to special education overruns, reports Bill Turque — and you know what that kind of talk leads to: the threat of more teacher layoffs. “Using the budgeted average of $85,000 in salary and benefits per teacher, closing a $25 million gap would require a reduction of about 300 jobs,” writes Turque. Additionally, Michelle Rhee said on Wednesday that she was ready “to take any actions necessary” in order to balance the budget. Rut-roh. Vince Gray is scheduled to meet with DCPS officials today to figure out exactly how much the school district is over budget, since both schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee and District Chief Financial Officer Nat Gandhi don’t exactly agree (nothing new there) on the amount of money that’s been overspent.