The president of the UW System is calling on lawmakers to reduce the cuts to its campuses.
Under the proposed state budget, UW campuses would face up to $175 million in cuts. System President Kevin Reilly says that’s much greater than the $100 million in cuts they had originally been planning on.
Reilly called on the Legislature’s budget committee Tuesday to change those numbers, by reducing the governor’s requested one-percent across the board cut for state agencies. Reilly says it hits the UW System harder than most other agencies, due to the high number of non-GPR revenue sources they rely on for funding.