Both houses of the Wisconsin State Legislature approved the 2019-21 State Budget, and now it awaits action by the Governor. No major changes were made to what the Joint Finance Committee approved earlier relating to the UW System. Several items were changed during the negotiations between the two houses, and you can find a summary of those changes here. The Governor indicated he plans to act on the budget by next week. Visit the Wisconsin State Legislature web page for more information on the 2019-21 State Budget.

On June 17^th, UW-Stout Dean of Students, Sandi Scott, and UW-Parkside Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services, Tammy McGuckin, were invited to present to the Speaker’s Task Force on Suicide Prevention in Ripon on the state of student behavioral health across the UW System. This presentation was similar to the one they gave to the Board of Regents at the April meeting. We are in communication with Rep. Ballweg’s office, who is chairing the committee, and we will inform everyone if the committee has recommendations related to higher education. You can watch it here.