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Article: State budget fight has schools bracing; Most districts are developing {ldquo}worst-case scenario{rdquo} forecasts for their finances
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 27, 2005
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As state Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle pump
up the volume over their dueling property tax freeze proposals,
school districts in Ozaukee and Washington counties are having
trouble discerning just how their budgets would be affected in the
fall.
Should they be planning for drastic cuts including laying off
teachers and slicing programs? Or should they expect to increase
their revenue by $248 per student, the amount allowed under current
law?
Doyle says that under the GOP plan, school districts in the two
counties would face potential revenue losses totaling nearly $23.8
million over the next two years.
The Republican plan, he and his aides point out, doesn't guarantee
any ...