Tag: 2015-17 state budget

First on the agenda is the University of Wisconsin System. The committee must decide if they will adopt Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to slash UW System funding by $300 million over the biennium. Legislative leaders have already said they oppose transforming UW System into a public authority.

Other UW System items on the agenda:

The committee will also discuss the Departments of Natural Resources, Transportation and Revenue and consider changes to sales and income taxes. Funding for the Milwaukee Bucks arena in Milwaukee rounds out the agenda.

PROFS is carefully monitoring the UW System budget discussion and continues to lobby members of the Joint Finance Committee for the best possible budget for the university and its faculty.

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Joint Finance Committee to Meet Wednesday, May 27

by Michelle Felber • May 26, 2015 • Comments Off

The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to meet tomorrow, Wednesday, May 27 in Room 412 East in the State Capitol. Livestream coverage is available on WisconsinEye. Links to Legislative Fiscal Bureau budget papers are here.

Executive action will be taken on the following topics:

Blood Withdrawals — Intoxicated and Reckless Flying Violations
Building Commission
Building Program
Program Supplements
Department of Administration
Department of Tourism
Department of Workforce Development — Worker’s Compensation and Unemployment Insurance
Department of Health Services — Long-Term Care Services

PROFS continues to lobby for the inclusion of the Chemistry Building project which may come up tomorrow as part of the State Building Commission/Building Program discussion.

Legislative Fiscal Bureau UW System Budget Papers

by Michelle Felber • May 26, 2015 • Comments Off

The Joint Finance Committee is scheduled to vote on motions relating to the University of Wisconsin System this week. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau has prepared budget papers with possible alternatives to those offered by Governor Scott Walker in his budget proposal:

University of Wisconsin System
Creation of the UW System Authority (Paper #675)
GPR Base Budget Reduction (Paper #676)
Resident Undergraduate Tuition Freeze (Paper #677)
Delete Segregated Fund Appropriations (Paper #678)
Delete Tribal Gaming Funding (Paper #679)
Future GPR Funding (Paper #680)
Compensation, GPR Position Authority, and Position Reports (Paper #681)
PR-Funded Building Projects and Self-Amortizing Bonding (Paper #682)
Procurement Authority (Paper #683)
Investment of Certain PR Balances (Paper #684)
PR Balance and Auxiliary Reserve Reporting (Paper #685)
State Laboratory of Hygiene Funding (Paper #686)
Wisconsin Bioenergy Initiative (Paper #486)
Wisconsin Environmental Education Board (Paper #488)
Extension Recycling Education and Solid Waste Research and Experiments (Paper #487)
Minnesota-Wisconsin Student Reciprocity (Paper #390)
End Sheet

The committee may decide to forego individual motions and instead vote on a single omnibus motion, as it did with K-12 last week.

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