State aid cuts, bigger than expected, shock Madison schools
Barely a week after the Legislature approved a budget that local and state officials said would slash state aid to Madison schools by no more than 10 percent, new estimates show the cuts will actually top 15 percent.
Word of the $9.2 million cut in general state school aids next year came as a rude shock to lawmakers and district officials. That's because cuts approved by the Legislature's budget committee were estimated to be 13.1 percent, but the final budget was believed to limit the cuts to 10 percent.
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