Walker was traveling the state Thursday to defend the state budget he introduced to the state Legislature on Wednesday. Republican legislative leaders have been lukewarm on several provisions, including the call to cut University of Wisconsin tuition by 5 percent starting in 2018.
At least one thing was clear in the hours after Gov. Scott Walker unveiled his plan for the state’s next budget: His Republican colleagues, who control the state Legislature, aim to dramatically reshape it.
The student fees Gov. Scott Walker would make optional pay for passes that give UW-Madison students unlimited rides on Metro Transit buses and a student government that has called for administrators to declare the university a “sanctuary campus” for undocumented immigrants.
The Group Insurance Board on Wednesday approved a plan to change the way Wisconsin pays for health insurance for nearly 210,000 state workers, retirees and dependents, many of whom live in Dane County.
For the first time, all UW System students may be allowed to opt-out of allocable segregated fees, due to a budget proposal from Gov. Scott Walker. Touted as increased freedom of choice, students from multiple system campuses are concerned about the outcome for student organizations.
Republicans are largely supportive of Walker’s higher education proposal, but Democrats say it doesn’t do enough to make up for past cuts.
Wisconsin will move to self-insure state workers beginning next year after the controversial plan was adopted Wednesday by the Group Insurance Board, but it still must be approved by the state Legislature’s budget committee.
College students would receive more need-based financial aid and those attending technical schools would have their tuition frozen under provisions announced Wednesday in Gov. Scott Walker’s executive budget.
Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget proposal would cut University of Wisconsin System tuition by 5 percent in the 2018-19 school year and provide $100 million in new funding for the System, the governor’s office announced Tuesday.
Recently, UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank proposed an initiative called the Badger Promise. The objective is to welcome more first-generation students who have completed programs at one of Wisconsin’s two-year campuses by providing free tuition at UW-Madison.
A nonprofit organization that treats sexual assault victims at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus is concerned about a portion of Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.
Gov. Scott Walker laid out his state biennial budget proposal Wednesday, calling for an increase in education funding and a tuition cut for University of Wisconsin in-state undergraduates.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a conservative Republican, put forward a surprisingly liberal budget Wednesday that includes a huge boost in funding for schools, sizable tuition cuts for college students and increased tax breaks for the working poor.
While majority Republicans in the state Legislature offered praise for much of Governor’s Scott Walker’s proposed state budget, many also said they do have concerns about some of the key initiatives he wants to pursue.
The state’s Group Insurance Board voted Wednesday to adopt a self-insurance model for state and local government employees, sending the controversial plan on to the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee for final approval.
Gov. Scott Walker unveiled a two-year $76 billion budget Wednesday that laid the blueprint for his likely 2018 re-election campaign, calling for a new round of tax cuts and a tuition cut, along with increased spending on public schools and the University of Wisconsin System.
Republican legislative leaders are showing where divisions will be with Gov. Scott Walker and his state budget proposal.
In-state undergraduate students at University of Wisconsin System schools would see a 5 percent tuition cut under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed 2017-19 budget, set to be unveiled in full on Wednesday.
After years of deep cuts, K-12 public schools and the University of Wisconsin stand to be big winners under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.
Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget proposal would cut University of Wisconsin System tuition by 5 percent in the 2018-19 school year and provide $100 million in new funding for the System, the governor’s office announced Tuesday.
Gov. Scott Walker’s executive budget would hand the University of Wisconsin System more than $100 million in new state aid. He also wants to cut University of Wisconsin System tuition by 5 percent, let students opt out of paying some fees and grant the system’s request for additional state aid.
After years of deep cuts, K-12 public schools and the University of Wisconsin stand to be big winners under Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student government arm is none too pleased with Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to let students opt out of paying certain fees.
A $100,000 funding stream the Dane County Rape Crisis Center receives from the University of Wisconsin-Madison could be in jeopardy under a proposal in Gov. Scott Walker’s 2017-19 budget.
Gov. Scott Walker is proposing a five percent tuition cut for in-state undergraduate students and more state money for the UW System as a whole in the 2017-19 state budget.
Governor Scott Walker’s latest budget proposal aims to support UW System students with tuition cuts and other degree options, but one measure could cut student programs and services.
Along with its call for a tuition cut and increased funding, Gov. Scott Walker’s executive budget for 2017-19 includes a range of new spending and policy changes for the University of Wisconsin System.
Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday his long-anticipated budget proposal for the University of Wisconsin System, which includes a 5 percent decrease for in-state tuition as well as the possibility for students to opt out of segregated fees.
After extending a tuition freeze into a fifth year for resident undergraduates at University of Wisconsin System campuses, Gov. Scott Walker announced Tuesday that he wants to cut tuition by 5% beginning in fall 2018.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker proposed Tuesday cutting the University of Wisconsin System’s resident undergraduate tuition by 5 percent, allowing students to opt out of paying some fees and handing the system $42.5 million in new state aid contingent upon meeting certain performance standards. Other UW proposals Walker unveiled include:
Governor Scott Walker’s proposed state budget will include a tuition cut for University of Wisconsin resident undergraduate students, while also increasing funding for the UW System
While Governor Scott Walker has been previewing parts of his two year spending plan for the past several weeks, lawmakers and the rest of the state will get their first full look at the proposal later today.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s proposal to offer first-generation transfer students free tuition has potential, but it faces some more hurdles, an analyst said.
Gov. Scott Walker wants to allow University of Wisconsin System students to opt out of some student fees, but opponents are warning of dire potential effects for campus services.
As Gov. Scott Walker’s state budget proposal nears its unveiling, the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Associated Students of Madison met to discuss the upcoming biennial budget.
Gov. Scott Walker is expected to announce tuition cuts for the UW System.
MADISON — Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he doesn’t see a “lot of excitement” for Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed tuition cut at the University of Wisconsin.
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: Walker promised to cut tuition for all in-state undergraduates in the UW System, but he hasn’t said by how much. Walker said he would give more details on Tuesday. He also hasn’t said whether he will fulfill UW’s request for $42.5 million in additional funding. But Walker has said any new money would be contingent upon the university meeting performance measurements not yet specified.
MADISON — Gov. Scott Walker has revealed some of the high points of the state budget he will release on Wednesday. But many of the details await, as do almost certainly a few surprises. Here is a look at what’s known and unknown about the two-year spending plan he will deliver to the state Legislature on Wednesday.
Officials of the University of Wisconsin-Madison have proposed to offer at least one year of free tuition to first-generation students transferring from one of the several two-year colleges in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker may be grabbing headlines with a call to lower tuition as part of a campaign to cut the cost of attending University of Wisconsin, but UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank has an ambitious proposal of her own.
UW-Madison is at a “crucial point” as Wisconsin prepares to debate its next state budget, and badly needs new public funding to stay competitive with its peers and reverse a slide in research rankings, Chancellor Rebecca Blank said Thursday.
Students in the state’s college system say they’re looking forward to the possibility of free tuition.
Students transferring to the University of Wisconsin Madison campus who are the first in their families to attend college would get a tuition-free year at the school, under a proposal outlined Thursday by Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) — Akstin Pasert is a first generation college student. She’s a sophomore at UW Marathon County studying special education. For her, college is more than just getting an education, it’s setting an example.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is looking at free tuition for certain students.
(WISC) — University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chancellor wants more first-generation students coming to campus and has announced an effort to offer some of them free tuition if they do.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials want to provide at least a year of free tuition to students who transfer from one of several two-year colleges and who would be the first in their family to get a degree.
The University of Wisconsin would offer one or two years of free tuition to academically strong, first-generation college students who transfer from UW colleges or technical college partners with associate’s degrees to UW-Madison, according to an announcement coming Thursday from Chancellor Rebecca Blank.
University of Wisconsin-Madison officials want to provide at least a year of free tuition to students who transfer from one of several two-year colleges and who would be the first in their family to get a degree.
Students who transfer from one of several two-year colleges to UW-Madison, and would be the first in their family to get a degree, will receive at least one year of free tuition at the flagship campus under a proposal officials will announce Thursday — but only if the state provides enough new funding to make it happen.
The governor highlighted an announcement made this fall that he said would give more student loan borrowers the opportunity to refinance their loans. UW Credit Union announced in September it would expand its membership eligibility to include any current or former college students who currently live in Wisconsin.
With Gov. Scott Walker’s biennial budget proposal on the horizon, a fresh group of future Badgers await letters from the financial aid office; funding is also on the university’s mind. UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank spoke candidly to the University Affairs committee Monday about her thoughts regarding state funding and scholarship disbursement.
Walker alerted lawmakers on Tuesday that he will unveil his two-year spending plan that day. The speech will be at 4 p.m., breaking with the tradition of nighttime addresses.
Governor Scott Walker plans to release his state budget plan early next month.
Two weeks after Gov. Scott Walker pledged to cut in-state tuition for all University of Wisconsin System undergraduates, some lawmakers, experts and university leaders wonder if a more targeted approach might be more beneficial.
Mildly dissing fellow Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to cut UW System tuition, Vos said he’d rather increase financial aid for needy students because “just cutting tuition across the board means you are going to give the same assistance to somebody who could write a check without even blinking.”
Assembly Republicans are calling for at least $300 million in tax cuts in the upcoming biennial budget to offset up to the same amount in new transportation revenue, including a possible gas tax increase.
A push to cut tuition at University of Wisconsin campuses could face resistance in the state Assembly.
