University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: May 2013

Committee amends, approves UW budget provisions

The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) on Thursday recommended providing the UW System $89 million less in the next biennium than Gov. Scott Walker proposed in his amended budget, and delayed for two years the implementation of UW–Madison’s HR Design and the UW System’s overhaul of its personnel system. The budget plan for the UW System was …

UW System press release on Joint Finance Committee budget action

MADISON, Wis. – The legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance today advanced a budget that cuts state funding for the University of Wisconsin System by $66 million over two years and requires that UW reallocate $78 million for new initiatives and other expenses. In addition, the Committee voted to transfer $58 million of UW funds to …

Chancellor Ward statement on Joint Finance Committee’s budget action

Interim Chancellor David Ward has issued the following statement regarding the Joint Finance Committee’s action on the UW System budget: “The governor’s amended proposal for UW System funding was challenging but manageable.  While I understand and appreciate the concerns of the Legislature over tuition levels, fund balances and other issues, I am disappointed that the …

Committee takes up UW System budget Thursday

The state legislature’s Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to consider Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal for the UW System’s 2013-15 biennial budget on Thursday. The meeting is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau has papers analyzing the budget proposal can be viewed at the LFB’s publication page. WisconsinEye will carry the proceeding live.

UW System statement on Gov. Walker’s budget changes

The University of Wisconsin System released the following statement regarding proposed changes to the 2013-15 biennial state budget: MADISON, Wis. – Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch today asked legislative leaders to make changes to Governor Walker’s proposed 2013-2015 biennial state budget, including adding a two-year tuition freeze for all University of Wisconsin System schools. …

Updated Statement by Chancellor Ward on UW Fund Balances

Interim Chancellor David Ward issued the following statement on Monday, May 6, 2013. I have appreciated the discussion I have heard on campus regarding the fund balances carried by University of Wisconsin System schools. As I wrote in the April 25 email on this subject, the funds in these accounts are used to help UW–Madison …