New Group Forming to Push for More Funding for UW-System
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 -- 10:44 AM
(AP) -A new group is forming to push for ending a University of Wisconsin System tuition freeze and more state funding for UW-Madison.Badgers United launched Monday. The board of directors includes former Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, a UW-Madison alumnus. John and Tasha Morgridge, alumni who have donated millions of dollars to the campus, also sit on the board. Republican lawmakers have kept tuition rates for in-state students frozen since 2013.
The GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee in May approved a proposal in Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ budget that extends the freeze for another two years. Evers’ budget called for $127 million in additional state aid for the system but the committee cut that back to $58 million. System President Ray Cross called the reduction a “kick in the shins.”
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