Shortly after 7 pm Friday, the Joint Finance Committee voted 12-4 along party lines to approve an omnibus motion that would grant greater flexibility to all UW System campuses. The motion does not include public authority status for UW-Madison, but…
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Joint Finance Committee Hopes to Complete Work by Friday
The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance will meet today and tomorrow in an effort to complete its work on Governor Scott Walker’s 2011-13 biennial budget. They plan to begin at 1 pm each day, with the possibility that work will…
Fiscal Bureau Budget Papers Available
The non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau has released the budget papers that relate to UW-Madison’s proposed public authority status (papers 690 and 691) and the funding of UW System (papers 740-753). Several of the papers include opportunities for increased management flexibility:…
An End to the Wisconsin Covenant and Changes to Reciprocity
The Joint Finance Committee met on Tuesday and voted to support Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to do away with the Wisconsin Covenant. The program offers financial assistance to needy Wisconsin students who enter an agreement with the state in eighth…
Collective Bargaining Law Struck Down
Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi issued a permanent injunction against a law that would severely limit collective bargaining by most public employees in the state. Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has argued that Judge Sumi overstepped her authority. He…
Legislative Update
The Legislature acted on two bills mentioned last week: AB 7 (Voter ID) The Senate, after two days of rancorous debate, passed the proposal 19-5 on Thursday, May 19. Senator Fred Risser (D-Madison) was speaking against the bill when Senate…
Reschovsky: Revenue Limits Will Force School Districts to Cut Property Taxes
Andrew Reschovsky, a professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs and PROFS Steering Committee member, has found that more that three-quarters of school districts in the state will be forced to reduce the amount of revenue they can…
Legislative Update
While the state budget has been the focus of much of PROFS’ work recently, several bills have been introduced that have an impact on campus. Voter ID An amended version of AB 7 passed the Assembly 60 to 35 late…
PROFS Advocates in Support of Flexibilities
Last week, the Faculty Senate voted to support the legislative proposal that would transform UW-Madison into a public authority. The Senate also approved principles in support of key flexibilities for UW-Madison (Faculty Senate Document 2280). The faculty motion in support…
Pocan and Vos on the UW Public Authority
State Representatives Mark Pocan (D-Madison) and Robin Vos (R-Burlington) were recently interviewed by Steve Walters of WisconsinEye. Vos is co-chair of the Joint Finance Committee; Pocan served as co-chair last session. The pair discussed the proposed public authority status for…