Doyle Studies Budget for School Funds; Governor Says He Will Find More Money for Education, or Else

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › July 07, 2005

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MADISON (AP) - Gov. Jim Doyle pledged Wednesday to use his partial veto authority to find more money for schools in the budget Republican lawmakers crafted - or possibly reject the entire thing.

The Assembly voted Tuesday night to put the finishing touches on a budget that would fix the state's $1.6 billion shortfall while phasing out state taxes on Social Security benefits, cut the gas tax by a penny and strictly limit property tax increases over the next three years.

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Doyle Studies Budget for School Funds; Governor Says He Will Find More Money for Education, or Else

The Republican plan would also give schools an additional $458 million in state aid over the next two years on top of the almost $5.3 billion a year they now receive...

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