University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: May 2015

Media coverage of Joint Finance action

Associated Press: Panel votes to cut UW budget by $250 million, eliminate tenure Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: GOP plan reduces cuts to UW System funding WISC-TV, Madison: UW budget cuts reduced, tenure eliminated from law Wisconsin State Journal: State budget committee approves letting UW System authorize charter schools

Statements of UW System on JFC motion

UW System President Ray Cross issued a statement Friday afternoon on the proposed Joint Finance motion being considered.  Cross and Regents Vice President Regina Millner issued a second statement on JFC proposed changes to shared governance and tenure. After the committee vote, Regent President Michael Falbo released a statement.  

Chamber presidents call for reduction of UW System cuts

Funding cuts to the University of Wisconsin System would stall a vital economic engine in Wisconsin, presidents from 10 Chambers of Commerce across Wisconsin said in a letter to the Joint Finance Committee. The letter, signed by chamber leaders from Madison, Milwaukee, Eau Claire, the Fox Cities, Green Bay, Kenosha, Menomonie, Oshkosh, Portage County and River Falls, …

UW System budget on Joint Finance agenda for May 29

The state legislature’s Joint Finance Committee is scheduled Friday to take up the UW System budget. The meeting is tentatively slated to begin at 10 a.m. Budget papers can be viewed here. The meeting can be viewed tomorrow on WisconsinEye. On Wednesday, the committee approved $86 million in bonding for the renovation and expansion of the UW–Madison Chemistry …

Legislative Fiscal Bureau says revenue will be flat

In a memo to the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee, Legislative Fiscal Bureau Director Bob Lang says that while 2014-15 tax collections may exceed earlier estimates, collections for the next two fiscal years are expected to grow more slowly than expected, meaning no extra revenue for the 2015-17 state budget. “On balance, we believe that the …

Joint Finance co-chair pronounces public authority dead

The co-chairs of the Wisconsin legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, said this morning that Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to create a UW System public authority will not be advanced out of committee. Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, and Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, also voiced support for lowering the $300 million cut to the UW System proposed …