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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Income Tax Expense | Income tax expense was comprised of the following:
| FISCAL YEARS ENDED APRIL 30
(in thousands) | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
CURRENT EXPENSE |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 18,239 |  |  | $ | 12,663 |  |  | $ | 4,825 |
State | 3,195 |  |  | 1,890 |  |  | 406 |
Total current expense | 21,434 |  |  | 14,553 |  |  | 5,231 |
DEFERRED EXPENSE |  |  |  |  |
Federal | 10,179 |  |  | 3,024 |  |  | 6,076 |
State | 1,450 |  |  | 1,311 |  |  | 1,902 |
Total deferred expense | 11,629 |  |  | 4,335 |  |  | 7,978 |
Total expense | 33,063 |  |  | 18,888 |  |  | 13,209 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) | (4,110 | ) |  | (9,510 | ) |  | 3,944 |
Total comprehensive income tax expense | $ | 28,953 |  |  | $ | 9,378 |  |  | $ | 17,153 |
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation | The Company's effective income tax rate varied from the federal statutory rate as follows:
| FISCAL YEARS ENDED APRIL 30
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Federal statutory rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
Effect of: |  |  |  |  |
Research and experimentation tax credit | — | % |  | (2.3 | )% |  | — | %
Meals and entertainment | 0.3 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.8 |
Domestic production deduction | (2.5 | ) |  | (2.4 | ) |  | (1.8 | )
Other | (0.1 | ) |  | 0.1 |  |  | 0.7 |
Total | (2.3 | )% |  | (4.1 | )% |  | (0.3 | )%
Effective federal income tax rate | 32.7 | % |  | 30.9 | % |  | 34.7 | %
State income taxes, net of federal tax effect | 3.3 |  |  | 3.8 |  |  | 4.5 |
Effective income tax rate | 36.0 | % |  | 34.7 | % |  | 39.2 | %
Schedule Of Significant Components Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities | The significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
| APRIL 30
(in thousands) | 2016 |  | 2015
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |
Pension benefits | $ | 24,930 |  |  | $ | 23,074 |
Accounts receivable | 5,981 |  |  | 5,523 |
Product liability | 1,141 |  |  | 1,031 |
Employee benefits | 7,101 |  |  | 7,429 |
State tax credit carryforwards | 4,867 |  |  | — |
Other | 353 |  |  | 266 |
Gross deferred tax assets, before valuation allowance | 44,373 |  |  | 37,323 |
Valuation allowance | (3,061 | ) |  | — |
Gross deferred tax assets, after valuation allowance | 41,312 |  |  | 37,323 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |
Inventory | 440 |  |  | 451 |
Depreciation | 8,298 |  |  | 3,485 |
| 8,738 |  |  | 3,936 |
Net deferred tax asset | $ | 32,574 |  |  | $ | 33,387 |

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