MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch says he’s backing a major tuition increase at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse to pay for a campus expansion.
Huebsch, a Republican from West Salem, says the $1,000 increase will help the school, the community and the entire state.
The plan would allow the university to add 500 students and hire 95 more faculty and staff.
A committee of the UW System Board of Regents approved the plan today.