UW proposals removed from Scott Walker's budget as part of policy purge
Members of the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee removed 83 policy items from the Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s budget Thursday.
Committee co-chairs Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills and John Nygren, R-Marinette, removed all items that were identified as policy by the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the Associated Press reported. That means they will have to take the more difficult route of passing as stand-alone bills rather than being a part of the massive $76 billion budget bill.
The items removed include several controversial items affecting the University of Wisconsin, including:
Allowing University of Wisconsin students to opt out of paying some fees.
Walker argued that would give students more of a voice in what they wanted to spend their fees on, but student groups pushed back saying it could reduce revenue used to buy student bus passes, bring events to campus and fund student organizations.
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