

The former schools chief in Beverly Hills was sentenced Thursday to spend 60 days in jail for misappropriating public funds.

Jeffrey Hubbard, who was the schools superintendent in Beverly Hills before being hired to run the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, was ordered to serve his sentence in Los Angeles County Jail.

Hubbard, 55, was convicted in January on two felony counts of misappropriation of public money while he was running the Beverly Hills Unified School District.

Hubbard, who showed no emotion as he was sentenced by Judge Stephen A. Marcus in Los Angeles Superior Court, was immediately taken into custody, though he was not handcuffed. His wife wept openly in the courtroom.

Hubbard also was given three years' probation and ordered to pay a $6,000 fine and $23,500 in restitution to the Beverly Hills school district. The former superintendent was convicted of making more than $20,000 in unapproved payments to a subordinate.

His attorney vowed to appeal the conviction.

During the trial, prosecutors said Hubbard made illegal payments to a subordinate with whom he had a "special relationship."