State Budget; Delay Favors Wealthier Schools; Tardiness Leads to Credit Rather Than Aid, Which Gives Milwaukee $1.6 Million Less

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The delay in approving a budget in Wisconsin could end up benefiting residents in the state's wealthiest communities.

Legislators were unable to meet a Sept. 28 deadline set by the state Department of Public Instruction that would have allowed them to increase general aid to school districts by $79.3 million in the 2007-'08 school year in time to reduce next year's tax bills.

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State Budget; Delay Favors Wealthier Schools; Tardiness Leads to Credit Rather Than Aid, Which Gives Milwaukee $1.6 Million Less

So on Tuesday, when they approved the second-latest budget in state history, they did what some called the next best thing by putting the same amount into the school tax levy credit. The credit increase is expected to be signed into law by Go...

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