The diversity funding for the University of Wisconsin is being put on hold by Republicans as they want to dissolve said funding.
Wisconsin State Capitol (Photo: Wisconsin.gov)
Diversity Funding in Danger
As reported by the Associated Press, Republicans in Wisconsin are currently putting the diversity funding of the University of Wisconsin since they aim to dissolve the funding. Robin Vos, the Assembly’s Speaker, stated that he expected that the diversity funding would be cut off by the budget-writing committee. He added that the cuts would amount to $32 million in total.
Vos added that the university should direct the funding to other areas that are “more supported” and “productive”, and that they hope they have the authority to remove the diversity funding. Governor Tony Evers and other Democrats are against the attempt to remove said funding.
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The Move of the Republicans Against the Bill
A new engineering facility in the Madison Campus is currently being denied funding by Republicans. Negotiations regarding the funding last Tuesday ended tragically and the measuring by the university’s budget was postponed.
As reported by The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Evers said that he would reject the appropriations bill if it included the $32 million budget for the university.
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