Uncertainty and budget cuts roiling Hudson schools

Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker's proposal to curb the collective bargaining rights of many state workers has sparked big protests.

The proposal is part of his plan to fix a big budget deficit. Also in the plan is a cut of state funding for K-12 schools by $834 million over the next two years. That's a nearly 8 percent reduction, and it's coupled with a measure that would limit the ability of local school districts to make up for the cut with property tax increases.

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Mary Bowen-Eggebraaten, the superintendent of the Hudson School District in Hudson, Wisconsin, to find out how all this might affect schools there.

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