MADISON, Wis. -- Legislative leaders are planning to start a second week of closed meetings to work out the ongoing state budget impasse.

The budget is 13 weeks late. For the past week, some top lawmakers have been meeting in private to reach a deal.

Gov. Jim Doyle is traveling to Appleton on Monday where he's scheduled a news conference at a senior citizen center to talk about the impact the lack of a budget will have on the elderly.

Doyle has repeatedly warned that the longer the state goes without a budget, the more problems there could be. Those include delayed road projects, higher property taxes and cuts to the SeniorCare program.

Doyle spokesman Matt Canter said that the governor met with his cabinet on Monday morning and asked them to start planning for that possibility.

Meanwhile, Senate Republican Leader Scott Fitzgerald said that he isn't expecting the state budget impasse to be resolved until after Oct.15.

Fitzgerald continues to call on the Democratic-controlled state Senate to pass a separate school funding bill to avoid a possible property tax increase. The deadline for the state to tell schools how much money they're getting is Oct. 15.

State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster last Friday said she would use current aid levels to calculate how much individual districts would get, so they can set their budgets. That would shortchange districts about $80 million that they had promised.

Senate Majority Leader Judy Robson asked Burmaster last week to include the money in school budget plans.

Current aid levels could result in a $27 property tax increase on a median-valued home. A median-value home would be about $170,000.

Burmaster said that she's telling school districts not to count on extra money that lawmakers have promised, and that might mean higher property taxes.