The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance will meet next week to hear briefings from agency heads on the 2013-15 state budget. The committee will begin hearings on Tuesday, March 19 and conclude on March 26. The University of Wisconsin System…
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Joint Finance Committee to Vote on Lapse Proposal Today
The Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee will meet today at 1 pm to vote on the Department of Administration’s plan for a $174.3 million budget lapse. The lapse is part of Act 32, the 2011-13 biennial budget that passed last summer.…
Legislative Update
The Joint Finance Committee is meeting today in executive session at noon to consider two items — Senate Bill 93 (concealed carry) and Senate Bill 27 (2011-13 state budget). The committee is expected to add language to the proposed concealed…
WiscNet to Lose Funding Under Budget Proposal
Included in the budget bill that passed the Joint Finance Committee last Friday were several provisions affecting WiscNet, a non-profit association of more than 450 schools, libraries and units of government providing high-speed internet services to the state’s education and…
Joint Finance Committee Passes UW Budget
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…
JFC Announces Plans for UW
The chairs of the Joint Finance Committee announced today that while public authority status for UW-Madison is out of the budget, flexibilities for all UW System campuses are in. Representative Robin Vos (R-Caledonia) and Senator Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) said…
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…
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…