With the state budget unresolved, school district officials have turned to other measures to balance their budgets for the new fiscal year, which started July 1. Some have relied on promised federal money to avoid a tax increase, others raised taxes and some dipped into their fund balance in order to meet their June 30 deadline. The state deadline, meanwhile, has passed. Should state lawmakers be held to the same standards as school administrators when it comes to budget deadlines? [Read PG story.]
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