State budget – Page 14

Senate GOP still doesn’t have votes for delayed budget, Saturday session possible

Posted on 9/15/2017

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Noted: Kapenga, Nass and Stroebel’s hoped-for changes include requiring a referendum before local governments can impose wheel taxes; allowing local governments to continue to regulate quarries; prohibiting diversity training for University of Wisconsin System students, and speeding up the repeal of the state’s prevailing wage law that determines the minimum pay for those working on publicly funded infrastructure projects.

Vos calls Senate budget demands a ‘ransom list’

Posted on 9/15/2017

Wisconsin Radio Network

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is accusing some Senate Republicans of holding the state hostage with their opposition to the state budget.

Delayed State Budget Faces Uncertainty In Senate

Posted on 9/15/2017

Wisconsin Public Radio

Four Republican senators are holding up final approval of Wisconsin’s delayed state budget.

Highlights of Wisconsin’s proposed $76 billion budget

Posted on 9/14/2017

Madison.com

Noted: HIGHER EDUCATION: Tuition across the University of Wisconsin system would be frozen this year and next while increasing funding by $36 million, two years after their budget was cut by $250 million. UW would have to monitor teaching workloads and develop policies rewarding those who teach more than average. All UW campuses would be barred from requiring that only faculty members or those granted tenure be considered when hiring chancellors or president of the system.

Two months past deadline, Wisconsin Assembly approves state budget

Posted on 9/14/2017

Capital Times

Noted: Tuition at University of Wisconsin System schools will be frozen for another two years, but the budget will not include Walker’s proposal to cut tuition.

The UW budget also includes $26.3 million in performance-based funding to be tied to four goals for the UW System: student access, student progress and completion, contributions to the workforce and operational efficiency and effectiveness. The Board of Regents will be required to set metrics to measure schools’ progress toward those goals if they stay in the budget once it is formally adopted

Robin Vos to GOP Senate budget holdouts: ‘Not going to be held hostage’

Posted on 9/14/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

Noted: In addition to setting spending levels, the budget includes a few key policy measures. It scraps the state’s prevailing wage requirement for workers on public construction projects and imposes a new, controversial requirement to track how much time professors in the University of Wisconsin System spend teaching.

Assembly passes budget, Senate not on board

Posted on 9/14/2017

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Assembly Republicans passed the state budget after a 10-week delay Wednesday, sending the $76 billion spending plan to a Senate chamber paralyzed by GOP infighting.

UW pushes back against teaching language in state budget

Posted on 9/8/2017

WISC-TV 3

University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members are pushing back against Republican lawmakers’ decision to re-insert language in the state budget calling for tracking professors’ teaching loads.

Budget committee revives plan to track UW professors’ teaching hours

Posted on 9/8/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

Lawmakers on the state’s budget-writing committee have revived a controversial plan to track how much time professors in the University of Wisconsin System spend teaching — five months after they initially rejected the proposal.

Wisconsin budget heads to state assembly & senate for approval

Posted on 9/7/2017

Wisconsin’s $76 billion state budget, which sends more money to K-12 schools but does not come up with a long-term funding solution for dilapidated roads, cleared a legislative committee more than two months late Wednesday night, setting the stage for swift passage in the Republican-controlled Legislature.

Budget committee rejects Scott Walker’s income tax cut, credit for working poor, passes cuts for rich, business owners

Posted on 9/7/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

In this year’s omnibus motion, lawmakers adopted a Walker proposal to require the UW System to monitor teaching workloads and report that data to the governor and the Legislature; and to move up by a few months 2 percent raises for state employees.

Budget motion requires workload monitoring for University of Wisconsin faculty

Posted on 9/7/2017

Capital Times

University of Wisconsin schools would be required to monitor teaching workloads for faculty and other instructors under a budget provision passed Wednesday evening by the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee.

Joint Finance Committee completes work on overdue state budget

Posted on 9/7/2017

Wisconsin Radio Network

More than two months after it was supposed to have been signed by the governor, Wisconsin’s proposed biennial state budget passed a crucial hurdle Wednesday night as the Joint Finance Committee completed its work on the plan.

UW System got most of what it wanted for building projects in budget plan

Posted on 8/30/2017

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The University of Wisconsin System got more than half the bonding authority it wanted for capital projects by the time the Legislature’s budget-writing committee finished its work Monday, and it also got money for major maintenance, repairs and renovations to aging buildings that had been cut from the state’s last biennial budget.

Budget committee votes to increase Wisconsin school funding by $639 million over two years

Posted on 8/29/2017

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Noted: All technical college boards and UW chancellors could authorize a charter school under the proposal. Now, only the chancellors of UW-Milwaukee and UW-Parkside and the boards of Milwaukee Area Technical College and Gateway Technical College in Kenosha can do so.

UW-Madison campus to receive millions in funding to maintain buildings

Posted on 8/29/2017

Daily Cardinal

The state’s budget-writing committee unanimously voted Monday to approve a proposal that would give UW-Madison $60 million to repair and maintain buildings on campus.

Legislative panel OKs $1 billion for state facilities, including $60 million for UW-Madison

Posted on 8/29/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

The Legislature’s budget-writing committee has unanimously endorsed a $1 billion plan to build and maintain state facilities, including more than $60 million for the UW-Madison campus.

Walker: Budget Deal With Lawmakers Reached ‘In Principle’

Posted on 8/23/2017

Wisconsin Public Radio

Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday state lawmakers are nearing agreement on the delayed 2017-2019 state budget.

Universities need educators, not CEOs — Andrea Thalasinos

Posted on 7/13/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

Letter to the editor: Given the high status and high salaries of many of these positions, the new preferred hiring pool would likely be heads of major corporations, who would expect CEO-type salaries when they become provosts and chancellors. This is a dangerous path.

Wisconsin’s budget picture worsens due to Illinois tax hike

Posted on 7/12/2017

Madison.com

Wisconsin’s state budget impasse just got $51 million harder to solve thanks to the tax increases that neighboring Illinois enacted to finally pass its spending plan, state lawmakers learned Tuesday.

Wisconsin’s budget picture worsens because of Illinois tax hike

Posted on 7/12/2017

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s state budget impasse just got $51 million harder to solve thanks to the tax increases that Illinois enacted to finally pass its spending plan, state lawmakers learned Tuesday.

As PROFS seeks to remove qualification for university leaders in state budget, Behling pushes back

Posted on 7/11/2017

Daily Cardinal

Leaders at UW System schools could be recruited outside of academia if language in the 2017-2019 biennial budget remains, granting new Board of Regents President John Behling’s wish of recruiting leaders from the private sector.

University of Wisconsin Regents freeze tuition, OK student fee and housing increases

Posted on 7/7/2017

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The University of Wisconsin System Regents on Thursday approved a budget that will freeze resident undergraduate tuition for a fifth straight year but increase student fees and housing costs on all campuses.

Regents approve budget moving $6.5M from UW-Madison to other campuses

Posted on 7/7/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

UW-Madison did not have to make the deep staff and program reductions other University of Wisconsin System institutions faced through years of state budget cuts, supporters of those campuses say.

UW-Madison advocacy group blasts plan to give other campuses bigger share of funding

Posted on 7/6/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

A lobbying group made up of UW-Madison alumni and donors is criticizing the University of Wisconsin System’s plan to pull $6.5 million of new funding from the flagship campus and distribute it among smaller institutions.

Proposed UW System budget would send smaller slice of new funding to UW-Madison

Posted on 7/5/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

University of Wisconsin System officials are planning to give UW-Madison a smaller share of new state funding under an operating budget proposal released this week.

Without A New Budget, Practical, Political Pressures Build

Posted on 7/5/2017

Wisconsin Public Radio

The deadline to pass a new Wisconsin budget came and went over the weekend without any serious consequences for state government, but a mixture of practical and political pressure could build on lawmakers the longer they wait to act.

State fiscal year ends with no budget in sight

Posted on 7/3/2017

Wisconsin Radio Network

For the second budget in a row, Wisconsin will ends its fiscal year without a new two-year spending plan in place. The current biennium is set to end at midnight tonight, with majority Republicans in the state Assembly and Senate still far apart on finalizing details of a new budget.

Professors Object To Political Appointments At Proposed UW Think Tank

Posted on 6/29/2017

Wisconsin Public Radio

University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty want the state Legislature’s budget-writing committee to rework the leadership structure for the newly proposed Tommy Thompson Center, a conservative think tank on the campus.

Faculty ask panel to drop UW president, chancellor language

Posted on 6/29/2017

WISC-TV 3

A faculty group wants lawmakers to remove language from the state budget prohibiting the University of Wisconsin System regents from imposing strict qualifications for top administrative positions.

UW-Madison faculty calls for academic leadership of Tommy Thompson Center

Posted on 6/28/2017

Capital Times

Faculty at University of Wisconsin-Madison are asking the state Legislature’s budget-writing committee to change the leadership model of a proposed campus conservative think-tank named for former Gov. Tommy Thompson.

Chad Alan Goldberg: UW employees need a raise — and more

Posted on 6/26/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee should be commended for approving a much-needed raise for state employees — and for including University of Wisconsin System employees.

Matt Kussow: Don’t use general obligation bonds for transportation projects

Posted on 6/26/2017

Letter to the editor from Matt Kussow, executive director of Badger Advocates.

Panel votes to end domestic partner registry

Posted on 6/16/2017

Madison.com

The Legislature’s budget committee has voted to eliminate a same-sex domestic partner registry established in 2009.

Walker’s self-insurance plan rejected by budget committee

Posted on 6/16/2017

Madison.com

Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed switch to a self-insurance plan for state workers was rejected Thursday in a rare bipartisan vote by the Wisconsin Legislature’s budget-writing committee, a defeat for the governor who had lobbied hard to make the change.

Budget committee approves raises for state employees as stalemate continues

Posted on 6/16/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

Amid an ongoing stalemate over transportation and education funding, the Legislature’s budget committee voted unanimously Thursday to give state employees a 4 percent raise over the next two years.

Wisconsin budget panel to vote on Walker’s insurance plan

Posted on 6/15/2017

Madison.com

Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed switch to a self-insurance plan for state workers was expected to be rejected Thursday by the Wisconsin Legislature’s budget-writing committee, a defeat for the governor that would force lawmakers to find $60 million in savings elsewhere.

Wisconsin budget panel to vote on Walker’s insurance plan

Posted on 6/15/2017

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed switch to a self-insurance plan for state workers was expected to be rejected Thursday by the Wisconsin Legislature’s budget-writing committee, a defeat for the governor that would force lawmakers to find $60 million in savings elsewhere.

UW Regents Call On State Lawmakers To Invest In Faculty Pay, Facilities

Posted on 6/13/2017

Wisconsin Public Radio

As more professors from University of Wisconsin system leave for other institutions, the UW Regents are calling on lawmakers to invest more funding into faculty pay raises and updating facilities slow the exodus.

University of Wisconsin officials make pitch for employee raises, maintenance funding

Posted on 6/12/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

The chancellors of several UW campuses, along with System President Ray Cross, asked legislators during a meeting of the Board of Regents at UW-Milwaukee to increase funding for building maintenance and construction in the 2017-19 budget, and to provide $78 million to boost compensation for workers.

Parkside officials ‘cautiously optimistic’

Posted on 6/2/2017

Racine Journal Times

SOMERS — University of Wisconsin-Parkside officials are “cautiously optimistic” about the direction the state Legislature is moving in regarding state aid to the University of Wisconsin System, but there’s still a ways to go.

Scott Walker: Wisconsin lawmakers shouldn’t ‘walk away’ from projected self-insurance savings

Posted on 5/31/2017

Capital Times

Wisconsin lawmakers who favor increasing revenue for transportation projects should be willing to consider moving the state to a self-insurance system, Gov. Scott Walker said Tuesday.

GOP budget changes target rules for chancellors, UW-Oshkosh Foundation

Posted on 5/30/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

A slate of Republican-authored changes to the state budget includes new rules to ensure University of Wisconsin System chancellors can come from non-academic backgrounds and a requirement that lawmakers weigh in before any taxpayer money can be sent to UW- Oshkosh’s troubled private foundation.

GOP budget changes target rules for chancellors, UW-Oshkosh Foundation

Posted on 5/30/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

Potential segregated fee policy changes to ensure consistency across UW System

Posted on 5/30/2017

Daily Cardinal

UW System schools may have to change the way they use segregated fees after state lawmakers approved a measure Thursday requiring the Board of Regents to revise fee policies.

Walker Administration Continues Pushing Self-Insurance For State Employees

Posted on 5/30/2017

Wisconsin Public Radio

The Walker administration continued its push Friday for moving state employees to self-insurance, despite Republican lawmakers saying they plan to reject the change.

Lawmakers reject UW tuition cut, freeze to continue

Posted on 5/26/2017

WISC-TV 3

The Republican-controlled Legislature’s budget committee has rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s call to cut University of Wisconsin tuition by 5 percent.

Committee members vote to continue tuition freeze, slash UW budget

Posted on 5/26/2017

Daily Cardinal

Tuition at UW System schools will remain frozen for the next two years under a proposal approved by the state’s Joint Finance Committee setting the budget for the state’s public universities.

Budget panel rejects Walker tuition cut, maintains freeze

Posted on 5/26/2017

Madison.com

The Legislature’s budget-writing committee rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed University of Wisconsin System tuition cut Thursday, choosing instead to keep rates frozen for another two years.

Wisconsin lawmakers to freeze, not cut, UW System tuition

Posted on 5/26/2017

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Legislature’s budget committee on Thursday approved freezing resident tuition at University of Wisconsin schools for two more years, discarding Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to cut it.

Budget committee drops University of Wisconsin tuition cut, keeps freeze in place

Posted on 5/26/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

Students in the University of Wisconsin System will not get the tuition cut Gov. Scott Walker proposed but will have flat tuition bills for the next two years under changes the state’s budget committee approved Thursday.

Budget committee rejects University of Wisconsin tuition cut, extends freeze

Posted on 5/26/2017

Capital Times

The Legislature’s budget-writing committee on Thursday rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut tuition at University of Wisconsin schools, opting instead to extend a tuition freeze for the next two years.

State Journal editorial: Tommy Thompson center at UW-Madison is a fine idea

Posted on 5/26/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

A UW-Madison research center named after Wisconsin’s longest-serving governor will be well worth its $3 million price tag if it improves the university’s frayed relationship with the Legislature.

Budget panel rejects Walker tuition cut, maintains freeze

Posted on 5/26/2017

Beloit Daily News

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Legislature’s budget-writing committee rejected Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed University of Wisconsin System tuition cut Thursday, choosing instead to keep rates frozen for another two years.

Scott Walker: Splitting budget could delay road projects

Posted on 5/25/2017

Wisconsin State Journal

The comments come as Walker’s budget clashes with his GOP legislative colleagues are heating up. Another point of contention for the state’s next two-year budget is whether to cut tuition at UW System schools, as Walker proposes.

Wisconsin Democrats will press budget panel to fund two years of free college education

Posted on 5/25/2017

Capital Times

Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, said she and other Democrats will be advocating for some $500 million in additional investment and two years of free college education when the Joint Finance Committee takes up funding for the University of Wisconsin Thursday.

UW’s La Follette School director: Tommy Thompson Center a great idea

Posted on 5/25/2017

Capital Times

A new public policy center at University of Wisconsin-Madison named for former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson is a great idea, said Donald Moynihan, director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs on campus.

How Performance-Based Funding Could Impact Wisconsin’s Public Universities

Posted on 5/25/2017

WUWM

Wisconsin lawmakers are deciding whether to reward UW System schools based on how they perform. And experts say the idea has its share of pros and cons.

GOP expects to vote on UW budget Thursday

Posted on 5/24/2017

WISC-TV 3

Republicans who control the Legislature’s powerful finance committee are now saying they expect to vote on the University of Wisconsin System budget later this week.

How Performance-Based Funding Could Impact Wisconsin’s Public Universities

Posted on 5/24/2017

WUWM

In other words, funding models that encourage all universities to hit the same performance targets won’t be as successful. Rather, Snyder says, goals should be tailored to each individual school, because for instance, UW-Madison offers something different than UW-Milwaukee, than UW-Oshkosh.

The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee didn’t vote on the performance-based funding proposal as expected Tuesday, but it’s something they’ll need to address moving forward.

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