“The governor’s proposal … continues this popular tuition freeze, but finally funds the freeze,” said Rep.
But GOP lawmakers went their own way Thursday, eliminating the tuition freeze altogether in addition to the governor’s funding.
Kooyenga, who was among the group of GOP lawmakers who first criticized the UW’s reserves eight years ago, said the decision by Republicans to eliminate the freeze reflected a change in approach from the University of Wisconsin System.
“The University of Wisconsin has dramatically increased their transparency,” Kooyenga said.
Kooyenga said there might be a bill introduced in the Legislature to put “guardrails” on any tuition increase, but there were no limits in the higher education budget plan passed by Republicans Thursday.