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When the magic budget number finally comes in

Everyone under the gold dome is all like:

House and Senate negotiators at the Iowa Statehouse have reached a deal on a $6.483 billion budget for the 2014 fiscal year that should pave the way for  the end of 2013 legislative session this week, key lawmakers said Tuesday.

House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, and Sen. Robert Dvorsky, D-Coralville, chairman of the Iowa Senate Appropriations Committee,  confirmed the budget figures, which are expected to represent about a 3 percent increase over current state spending.

Paulsen said that for the coming school year, the budget provides a 2 percent increase in basic school aid, plus an additional one-time increase of 2 percent. For the second school year, the budget would raise basic school aid by 4 percent.

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