Millions in revenue and state aid dollars could bolster the Universities of Wisconsin`s budget as soon as February, if lawmakers take up two provisions of the deal struck between UW system officials and Republican legislative leadership that gave UW system about $800 million in exchange for changes to its diversity, equity and inclusion programs.One provision funds a $32 million workforce development plan that involves creating new programs and strengthening others in artificial intelligence and computer science, engineering, health care and finance. The Legislature`s budget committee initially held back $32 million in UW system funding — about how much legislators estimate the UW system spends on DEI staff and programming over two years — stating the UW system could only recoup the money if it reallocated those dollars to addressing workforce shortages in the state. It`s now up to the committee to approve funding for the plan the UW system devised...
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