After delaying his address by a week due to the upheaval at the Capitol, Gov. Scott Walker will announce the biennial budget Tuesday, and UW-Madison could be one of many state institutions facing drastic cuts and changes.
Walker was originally supposed to deliver his budget address from a warehouse in southeast Madison Feb. 22, but the announcement will instead take place in the Capitol, where protesters are being prevented from entering.
In a recent interview on ""Upfront with Mike Gousha,"" Walker said schools will see nearly $1 billion in cuts.
""That's all the more reason why the budget repair bill is directly connected to the budget that's going to come out,"" he said.
Walker also said that school districts that have already pushed through labor contracts will find out it was ""a really poor move.""
In addition to cuts, UW-Madison will see a proposed split from the UW System, which Chancellor Biddy Martin has come out publicly to support.
The university would no longer be controlled by the Board of Regents, but instead by a 21-member board of trustees with 11 of its members chosen by Walker.
The address will take place at 4 p.m.
