2001-2003 Biennial Budget
UW-MADISON HIGHLIGHTS
Operating Budget
Madison Initiative
- $23.8 million GPR and tuition (original request was $28 million), which will be matched by $20 million in private funds from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and the UW Foundation
- 130 new positions
MS in BioTechnology
- $1,124,500 (compared to $3.3 million requested) in the first year
- Second year funding will be absorbed within Madison Initiative funding
Tuition
- Non-resident undergraduate tuition will be 5 percent higher than resident undergraduate tuition. (The additional tuition dollars are to be used to replace state tax money (GPR) that was cut from the UW System budget.)
Financial Aid
- 4.5 percent increase in Wisconsin Higher Education Grant funds
- 4.5 percent increase each for the Advanced Opportunity Program (AOP) and Lawton Minority Grant program
- $450,000 in 2002-03 for a Nursing Student Loan Program
Budget Cuts
- $2,428,409 base budget cut
- $151,400 cut to fleet vehicle garage and maintenance budget
- $110,000 cut to Pharmacy Internship Board
- $705,700 cut to Athletics budget (eliminates all state support for Athletics operating budget)
- Additional cuts to memberships and utilities budgets
Capital Budget
- $158 million in state funds over the next 10 years for the BioStar program (all four buildings were enumerated)
- $20.8 million in state supported borrowing (GFSB) for the Chamberlin Hall Renovation
- $99.8 million ($72.8 million program revenue supported borrowing (PRSB), $17 million in gift funds, $10 million GFSB) for the Camp Randall Stadium Renovation
- $5 million GFSB for Utility Distribution Systems Upgrade at UW-Madison
- Planning funds for the University Health Services/Student Activity Center to permit design during the 2001-03 biennium
- $15.6 million ($5.4 million gifts, $10.1 million PRSB) for the Phase 3 addition to the University Ridge Golf Course
- $1.2 million PRSB for large animal facilities at Arlington Bookhout Farm (Charmany Animal Facilities)
- $5 million gifts for the Weeks Hall Addition
- $30 million for Systemwide funding of facilities maintenance and repair projects
- $23.5 million (GFSB) and $10 million gift funds for the Mechanical Engineering Renovation and Addition project, with the planning and design to be done in 2001-2003 and the construction to be done in the 2003-05 biennium
- $20 million for the meat/muscle science laboratory in 2003-05
- $23.6 million for the veterinary diagnostic laboratory in 2003-05
- $175 million in bonding authority for the UW Hospitals and Clinics
Items Not Included
- Stem cell and fetal tissue research ban
- Additional funding for libraries, advising and information technology
- Consolidation of UW-Madison and Department of Administration vehicle maintenance operations
- Technical College System and UW credit transfer requirement
- A requirement that 70 percent of undergraduate majors be able to be completed in 124 credits or less
- Domestic abuse training requirements
- Sex offender notification requirements
- Various studies
- $5 per month minimum health insurance premium
Additional information about the 2001-03 biennial budget is available at the state relations web page at www.staterelations.wisc.edu/0103budget.html. Questions about the 2001-03 biennial budget can be directed to the State Relations staff in the Office of the Chancellor at 608/263-5510 or staterelations@bascom.wisc.edu.