Rep. Dave Murphy, (R-Greenville), the chairman of the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee, and Sen. André Jacque, (R-De Pere), introduced a series of bills that affect the UW System. The bills were formally introduced in the Assembly and have been assigned as follows:
- AB-369 UW Tuition: This bill creates a cohort tuition model and limits future tuition increases to CPI for each incoming class.
- AB-373 UW Fees: This bill limits the use of seg fees and imposes restrictions on seg fees for athletics and capital building projects, while giving students responsibility for the disposition of all segregated fees (allocable and non-allocable)
- AB-372 UW-System Reporting: This bill streamlines or eliminates several reports we are required to submit to the state, and it allows graduate health science classes to start before September 1st.
- AB- 371 Course Numbering: This bill creates a universal course numbering system between UW System and WTCS, and it eliminates the statutory distinction between UW System and WTCS.
- AB-370 UW Debt Guarantees: This bill makes several changes to the governance of affiliated organizations, limits the authority of the Board of Regents to delegate powers, and fixes the statutes related to guaranties of public debt.