{"id":5240,"date":"2013-05-21T12:45:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T18:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=5240"},"modified":"2013-05-21T12:45:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T18:45:17","slug":"joint-finance-committee-to-discuss-uw-system-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=5240","title":{"rendered":"Joint Finance Committee to Discuss UW System Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Joint Finance Committee <a href=\"http:\/\/docs.legis.wi.gov\/raw\/cid\/971136\">will vote<\/a> on motions relating to the University of Wisconsin System on Thursday. The committee will also discuss the Departments of Financial Institutions, Justice, and Transportation; the Educational Communications Board; and the Higher Education Aids Board.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Governor Scott Walker <a href=\"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=5180\">released<\/a> an errata to his original budget proposal. The governor now favors a two-year tuition freeze along with a reduction in the amount of new money for UW System. The following budget papers were prepared in advance of Thursday&#8217;s meeting:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PR Appropriation Balances (<a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/lfb\/publications\/budget\/2013-15%20Budget\/Documents\/Budget%20Papers\/675.pdf\">Paper #675<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>GPR Funding Increase and Compensation Plans (<a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/lfb\/publications\/budget\/2013-15%20Budget\/Documents\/Budget%20Papers\/676.pdf\">Paper #676<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Incentive Grants (<a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/lfb\/publications\/budget\/2013-15%20Budget\/Documents\/Budget%20Papers\/677.pdf\">Paper #677<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Carbone Cancer Center (<a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/lfb\/publications\/budget\/2013-15%20Budget\/Documents\/Budget%20Papers\/678.pdf\">Paper #678<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Funding for Medical School Programs (<a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/lfb\/publications\/budget\/2013-15%20Budget\/Documents\/Budget%20Papers\/679.pdf\">Paper #679<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Flexible Option (<a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/lfb\/publications\/budget\/2013-15%20Budget\/Documents\/Budget%20Papers\/680.pdf\">Paper #680<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Core General Education Courses Transfer Agreement (<a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/lfb\/publications\/budget\/2013-15%20Budget\/Documents\/Budget%20Papers\/681.pdf\">Paper #681<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Eligibility of Veterans for Tuition and Fee Remissions (<a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/lfb\/publications\/budget\/2013-15%20Budget\/Documents\/Budget%20Papers\/682.pdf\">Paper #682<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Eligibility of Children and Spouses of Certain Veterans for Tuition and Fee Remissions (<a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/lfb\/publications\/budget\/2013-15%20Budget\/Documents\/Budget%20Papers\/683.pdf\">Paper #683<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Joint Finance Committee will consider faculty and staff compensation (<a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/lfb\/publications\/budget\/2013-15%20Budget\/Documents\/Budget%20Papers\/676.pdf\">Paper #676<\/a>). UW-System and UW-Madison were granted authority to create their own compensation plans as part of the 2011-13 budget, and Governor Walker proposed removing the requirement that compensation plans must be approved by the Joint Committee on\u00a0Employment\u00a0Relations as part of his 2013-15 budget proposal.<\/p>\n<p>The Fiscal Bureau offers four alternatives for the committee to consider Thursday:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Approve the governor&#8217;s recommendation.<\/li>\n<li>Modify the governor&#8217;s recommendation to require Board of Regent approval of a UW-Madison pay plan.<\/li>\n<li>Modify the governor&#8217;s recommendation to grant authority for a faculty-only pay plan. Transfer funds for academic staff and other university staff \u00a0(classified) \u00a0to the compensation reserve.<\/li>\n<li>Delete the provision and transfer all funds to the compensation reserve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">PR Appropriation Balances (Paper #675)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">GPR Funding Increase and Compensation Plans (Paper #676)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Incentive Grants (Paper #677)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Carbone Cancer Center (Paper #678)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Funding for Medical School Programs (Paper #679)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Flexible Option (Paper #680)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Core General Education Courses Transfer Agreement (Paper #681)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Eligibility of Veterans for Tuition and Fee Remissions (Paper #682)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Eligibility of Children and Spouses of Certain Veterans for Tuition and Fee Remissions (Paper #683PR Appropriation Balances (Paper #675)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">GPR Funding Increase and Compensation Plans (Paper #676)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Incentive Grants (Paper #677)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Carbone Cancer Center (Paper #678)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Funding for Medical School Programs (Paper #679)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Flexible Option (Paper #680)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Core General Education Courses Transfer Agreement (Paper #681)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Eligibility of Veterans for Tuition and Fee Remissions (Paper #682)<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;\">Eligibility of Children and Spouses of Certain Veterans for Tuition and Fee Remissions (Paper #683)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joint Finance Committee will vote on motions relating to the University of Wisconsin System on Thursday. The committee will also discuss the Departments of Financial Institutions, Justice, and Transportation; the Educational Communications Board; and the Higher Education Aids Board.&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=5240\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,13,17],"tags":[60],"class_list":["post-5240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-state","category-uw","category-uw-system","tag-2013-15-state-budget"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5240"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5253,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5240\/revisions\/5253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}