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Article: RECREATION PROGRAMS DANCE AROUND SCHOOL TAX LIMITS 'FUND 80' ALLOWS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO KEEP CERTAIN ACTIVITIES OUT OF REVENUE CAP RESTRICTIONS, AND NO DISTRICT DOES THAT BETTER THAN MADISON.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2007
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Byline: HEATHER LaROI hlaroi@madison.com 608-252-6143
Your daughter's dance class may be more expensive than you thought.
Community service taxes, which help pay for such recreation programs, have more than doubled statewide since 2001 as cash-strapped school districts shift costs from school budgets to these funds.
And the Madison School District leads the pack.
The district levied $9.9 million this school year for community service and recreation programs, triple what was levied in 2001-02. It also tops the levy in Milwaukee, which has roughly triple Madison's population.
In 2001-02, the state Legislature exempted from ...