The co-chairs of the Legislature’s budget committee said Tuesday they planned to strip 21 policy items from the governor’s budget proposal….The committee left two provisions in the budget – for now – that were identified as policy items by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
Under current law, the University of Wisconsin System can remit part of the tuition bill paid by non-residents and then allow those students to pay the in-state rate to attend school. The system is currently limited in how much tuition it can remit to these students, but the governor proposed eliminating that ceiling.
The second provision would allow illegal immigrants who graduate from a Wisconsin high school to attend the system at in-state tuition rates. Currently those students have to pay out-of-state tuition.