Gov. Scott Walker will lay out his proposals for the state’s 2013-15 biennial budget at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Walker has given some insight into his plan to the press. He has said he’ll propose giving the UW–Madison chancellor the authority to set compensation plans at the campus, and giving the same power to the UW Board of Regents at other UW System campuses. Walker has also announced his plan for a $20 million grant program to support workforce and economic development at UW System schools, a block grant to provide flexibility to UW System schools, a plan to ease class credit transfers between UW System and Wisconsin technical colleges, and funding for the UW Flexible Degree option. The governor also proposes increasing block grants for the UW System by $110.7 million.
The budget address can be viewed online live Wednesday night at WisconsinEye.