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Governorâs budget designed to help the university ‘bounce back’
Calling higher education an economic driver for Wisconsin, Governor Tony Evers proposed a major reinvestment in the University of Wisconsin System.
Evers unveiled his proposed 2021-23 biennial state budget on Tuesday evening, recommending an additional $191 million in funding for the UW System. Breaking a decades-long trend, the budget calls for spending more on colleges than prisons.
In addition to covering ongoing costs for current UW System operations, the governor would provide an additional $40 million in flexible block grant funding to the Board of Regents. Although the budget would extend the current tuition freeze for two years, it would provide $50 million in new funding to offset that lost revenue. The budget earmarks $2 million for additional positions at UW Extension and UWâMadisonâs College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and recommends enough funding to support 2% annual pay increas
The budget is the best way for Evers to try to drive his agenda for the second half of his term as he decides whether to run for re-election and Republicans try to take the governor's office in 2022.
The budget is the best way for Evers to try to drive his agenda for the second half of his term as he decides whether to run for re-election and Republicans try to take the governor's office in 2022.