Doyle wants state to pay for added school choice

Steven Walters & Stacy Forster:

Making good on a promise, Gov. Jim Doyle today will announce that he wants the state to pay all costs associated with last year's expansion of the school choice program - a change he said could save Milwaukee residents about $21 million in property taxes over the next two years.

It will be one component of what is expected to be a wide-ranging package that the governor is to unveil at Elm Creative Arts Elementary School to help revitalize Milwaukee. Last week, Doyle promised that the package would also include anti-crime and job-creation elements.

It will also include a "substantial commitment" to Milwaukee Public Schools, Doyle said Tuesday. He declined to give details of how his plan would help the troubled district, however.

Seth Zlotocha has more, as does Mark Belling.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 7, 2007 6:55 AM
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