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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes

The Company’s effective income tax rate for the three month period ended July 31, 2015 was 36.1%, compared with 29.2%, in the comparable period of the prior fiscal year.  The higher effective tax rate in fiscal 2016 was the result of a federal research and experimentation tax credit for fiscal years 2011 through 2014 of $1.1 million being recorded in the first quarter of fiscal 2015.