UW-Madison's Student Government Not Pleased with Governor Walker's Fees Opt Out Plan
Thursday, February 9th, 2017 -- 8:00 AM
(AP) -The University of Wisconsin-Madison's student government arm is none too pleased with Gov. Scott Walker's plan to let students opt out of paying certain fees.UW System students pay fees that support student organizations as well as university operations. Walker announced Tuesday that his executive budget would allow students to opt out of paying fees to organizations, saying the move would give students a say in what they want to support.
Associated Students of Madison, UW-Madison's student government body, collects and divvies out fees to organizations. It also uses fees to buy students bus passes, bring events to campus and fund student radio and a rape crisis center. ASM issued a statement saying Walker's proposal undermines students' authority to distribute their own fees. ASM said the opt-out could especially hurt the 68 percent of UW-Madison students who rely on bus transportation.
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