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UW System Statement about 2011-13 Budget Lapse (Oct 18, 2011)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 18, 2011
UW System Statement about 2011-13 Budget Lapse
The UW System learned late on Friday (Oct. 14) that all of our colleges, universities, and extension networks could lose $46 million in state taxpayer support during fiscal year 2011-12, plus an additional $19.6 million next fiscal year.
The 2011-13 State Budget provided for $174.3 million of “lapses” in state GPR funding, requiring state agencies to return funding already allocated in the budget. In a memo released Friday by the DOA Secretary, UW System would absorb $65.6 million of this cut. Although the UW System typically represents about 7% of the state’s GPR expenditures, it is being asked to absorb about 38% of this cut under the plan, subject to approval by the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance. It appears that the UW System is being asked to take a much larger share of the lapse compared to state government agencies.
This lapse will add to $250 million in cuts already allocated to the UW System in the biennial budget, coming at a time when UW institutions are well into the academic year. With near record enrollments, campuses have made firm commitments to students, faculty, and staff that cannot be reversed mid-semester.
We do not know how we can take these cuts without negatively affecting the education of our students and the expectations of their families for a quality experience. These disproportionately large cuts will hurt every UW institution’s ability to spur regional economic growth and to help all of Wisconsin emerge from a persistent economic recession.
In the coming days and weeks, UW leaders will appeal for a distribution of lapse amounts that will preserve the UW’s ability to meet the needs of its students and serve as an economic engine for Wisconsin.
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October 2011 Lapse Amounts by UW System Institution
FY 2012 |
FY 2013 |
2011-13 Total |
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UW-Madison* |
$18,106,065 |
$7,702,870 |
$25,808,935 |
UW-Milwaukee |
$6,207,319 |
$2,643,012 |
$8,850,331 |
UW-Eau Claire |
$2,345,863 |
$998,844 |
$3,344,707 |
UW-Green Bay |
$1,128,776 |
$480,621 |
$1,609,397 |
UW-La Crosse |
$1,899,341 |
$808,720 |
$2,708,061 |
UW-Oshkosh |
$2,257,640 |
$961,280 |
$3,218,920 |
UW-Parkside |
$1,066,609 |
$454,151 |
$1,520,760 |
UW-Platteville |
$1,305,136 |
$555,713 |
$1,860,849 |
UW-River Falls |
$1,306,120 |
$556,132 |
$1,862,252 |
UW-Stevens Point |
$1,929,202 |
$821,434 |
$2,750,636 |
UW-Stout |
$1,773,549 |
$755,159 |
$2,528,708 |
UW-Superior |
$700,290 |
$298,176 |
$998,466 |
UW-Whitewater |
$1,985,927 |
$845,587 |
$2,831,514 |
UW Colleges |
$1,749,461 |
$744,902 |
$2,494,363 |
UW-Extension |
$2,078,362 |
$884,945 |
$2,963,307 |
UW System Administration |
$295,417 |
$123,223 |
$418,640 |
$46,135,077 |
$19,634,769 |
$65,769,846 |
* UW-Madison lapse includes State Lab of Hygiene ($691,999) and Vet Diagnostic Lab ($370,337)
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David
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