UW Regents float budget amendment to prevent UW-Madison from breaking off

The University of Wisconsin System is floating a proposed amendment to Gov. Scott Walker?s budget that would keep UW-Madison in the System and give all 26 campuses flexibility on tuition, purchasing and human resources. Calling it the Wisconsin Idea Partnership, it?s a counter-proposal to the language in Walker?s budget that makes UW-Madison a public authority and splits it from the System. At a UW Board of Regents meeting Thursday, UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin urged the Regents to not stand in UW-Madison?s way, saying there?s been “a certain amount of smug snottiness about Madison.”