Still time to fix Wisconsin school finance

Wisconsin State Journal Editorial:

School finance reform should be at the top of Gov. Jim Doyle's to-do list before he leaves office.

Reform won't be easy.

Yet fixing the state's broken system of paying for public education has always been a monumental task. That's why so many politicians -- Democrats and Republicans -- have largely ignored it for so long.

Doyle, who announced Monday he won't seek a third term, has advantages in pressing for major change now, even if he's viewed as a lame duck.

The Democratic governor won't have to fear the political repercussions of reform because he's leaving anyway. And his fellow Democrats who control the Legislature might be happy to let Doyle take ownership of the thorny and complicated issue. Then Doyle can be the fall guy if special and local interests balk at difficult yet necessary state decisions.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at August 18, 2009 1:03 AM
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