- Now for an update from the UW System.
UW Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank spoke this week about her
hopes for funding increases in the state budget.
The system lost $250 million dollars in state funding over
the last two years.
And Blank said funding has been cut in five of the last six
biannual budgets or ten of the last twelve years.
- That means we and the UW system's goals haven't been able
to invest in the way we need and that's really problematic
because our competitors are investing.
So Mark and I, the chancellors of the UW schools are really
making the argument in this budget year that it's time to
reinvest in Wisconsin.
- Governor Walker has proposed an increase in funding for the
UW System most of which will be tied to performance but Blank
said in her speech she's worried that could disappear if May
revenue projections are low.