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State Building Commission approves UW System budget adjustments and construction authority
Summary
The State Building Commission approved two UW System comprehensive budget adjustment and authority-to-construct requests during a virtual meeting; one passed by voice without objection, the other passed on a roll-call vote after brief discussion about tracking graduate retention.
The State Building Commission on a virtual meeting approved two UW System comprehensive budget adjustments and requests for authority to construct, advancing planned campus projects and budget changes for the University of Wisconsin system.
The approvals matter because they clear institutional budget and construction steps that allow the UW System and campuses to move forward on capital projects and spending changes; commissioners also pressed the university for baseline data on graduate retention to measure the state return on its investment.
Representative Billings moved to approve the first item, described as “the UW System comprehensive budget adjustments and authority to construct part 1,” and Barb Wurster…
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