{"id":9613,"date":"2023-04-18T15:56:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=9613"},"modified":"2023-04-25T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T18:34:43","slug":"profs-state-budget-forum-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=9613","title":{"rendered":"PROFS and ASPRO State Budget Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1486\" src=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/education-building-doors1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"View of the red front door of the UW-Madison Education Building\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/education-building-doors1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/education-building-doors1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/education-building-doors1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>PROFS and ASPRO will host a campus forum on the state budget at 4 pm, Tuesday, May 2 in the Wisconsin Idea Room in the <a href=\"https:\/\/map.wisc.edu\/s\/j9qvebj6\">Education Building<\/a>, 1000 Bascom Mall. This event is open to the public and refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>Our panel:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2023\/legislators\/assembly\/2520\">State Representative Shelia Stubbs<\/a> (D-Madison), member Colleges &amp; Universities Committee<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2023\/legislators\/assembly\/2534\">State Representative Robert Wittke<\/a> (R-Racine), member Colleges &amp; Universities Committee<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staterelations.wisc.edu\/about-us\/\">Crystal Potts<\/a>, Director of State Relations, UW-Madison<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssc.wisc.edu\/~jmcollin\/\">UW Madison Professor J. Michael Collins<\/a> (School of Human Ecology and La Follette School of Public Affairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PROFS Legislative Representative <a href=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?page_id=2\">Jack O\u2019Meara<\/a> will moderate.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Governor Tony Evers <a href=\"https:\/\/pbswisconsin.org\/news-item\/highlights-from-the-2023-wisconsin-budget-plan-proposed-by-evers\/#:~:text=Tony%20Evers%20released%20his%202023,and%20a%20family%20leave%20program.&amp;text=MADISON%2C%20Wis.,AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Democratic%20Wisconsin%20Gov.\">announced<\/a> a $104 billion spending plan that reflected the state&#8217;s record $7.1 billion surplus. The governor&#8217;s budget focused on increased funding for K-12 education and aid to local governments, middle-class tax cuts, and seed funding for a paid parental leave program for most of the state&#8217;s workers, but Republican leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrumnews1.com\/wi\/milwaukee\/news\/2023\/03\/10\/gop-tossing-out-gov--evers--budget-proposal\">said<\/a> they plan to work off the current base budget and create their own plan in the Joint Finance Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/evers-proposes-3-8b-state-building-projects\">announced<\/a> a $3.8 billion capital budget, which directed $1.8 billion to UW System. Evers&#8217; plan included four major projects at UW-Madison: a new Engineering Building, a new Athletics practice facility, new space for the Art Department, and restoration of Music Hall, but his proposal was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/gop-state-building-commission-members-reject-evers-capital-budget\">deadlocked<\/a> in the State Building Commission, leaving the Republican-led Joint Finance Committee to determine the capital budget as well.<\/p>\n<p>Our panelists will offer insight on what a GOP-crafted budget may look like and how Governor Evers may use his veto authority once the bill reaches his desk later this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROFS and ASPRO will host a campus forum on the state budget at 4 pm, Tuesday, May 2 in the Wisconsin Idea Room in the Education Building, 1000 Bascom Mall. 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