Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, ignited debate after indicating on June 13 that he wanted the Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee (JFC) to completely cut diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) funding across the University of Wisconsin System.
“I hope we have the ability to eliminate that spending. The university should have already chosen to redirect it to something that is more productive and more broadly supported,” Vos said.
Vos later suggested that he’d consult with the Senate to see if cuts may go deeper than his suggested $32 million.
Governor Tony Evers pledged on June 14 to veto any budget not containing the DEI funding, as reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
The back-and-forth comes a week after $347 million in funding for a new UW-Madison engineering building was pulled from the 2023-2025 capital biennium budget, a move widely criticized by Democrats and UW-Madison officials.
According to the Journal Sentinel, JFC co-chair Mark Born, R-Beaver Dam, suggested a vote on UW funding could come as early as this week...
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