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2023-2025 Biennial Budget Update
By Dee Pettack | March 27, 2023
The Joint Finance Committee will meet next week to hear from the receive testimony from the following departments:
March 28, 2023 – Agency Briefings:
- Department of Corrections
- Department of Transportation
March 30, 2023 – Agency Briefings:
- Department of Administration
- Department of Safety and Professional Services
The hearings will be available on [wiseye.org]Wiseye. The Department of Public Instruction was not selected to offer testimony to the committee, however K-12 education funding may be brought up during the Department of Administration’s briefing.
DPI Budget Resources:
In addition to the talking points provided last week, DPI has created several resources that may be helpful in crafting letters to your legislators and the Joint Finance Committee members or your testimony for the upcoming public hearings.
They include one big-picture overview, and then five others that are more topic-specific, including mental health, nutrition, special education, academics, and teacher workforce.
https://dpi.wi.gov/policy-budget/2023-25-biennial-budget
FISCAL BUREAU SUMMARY OF GOVERNOR’S BUDGET PROPOSAL:
The Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a summary of Governor Evers’ 2023-25 budget proposal.
Statewide Public Hearings:
As a reminder the Joint Finance Committee announced four public hearings on the 2023-25 state budget. The public hearing schedule is:
- 10 am – 5 pm: Wednesday, April 5 – Waukesha
- Waukesha County Expo Center, Main Arena
- 1000 Northview Rd, Waukesha
- 10 am – 5 pm: Tuesday, April 11 – Eau Claire
- UW-Eau Claire, Davies Student Center
- Ojibwe Grand Ballroom (Third Floor)
- 77 Roosevelt Ave., Eau Claire
- 10 am – 5 pm: Wednesday, April 12 – Wisconsin Dells
- Wilderness Resort, Glacier Canyon Conference Center
- Sandstone Meeting Room
- 45 Hillman Road, Wisconsin Dells
- 10 am – 5 pm: Wednesday, April 26 – Minocqua
- Lakeland Union High School
- 9573 State Highway 70, Minocqua
Talking points from the SAA can be found here. They may be useful in crafting your testimony or letters to your legislators. You can find contact information for you legislators here.
Additionally, Wisconsinites may access the online portal to submit testimony which will be circulated to all 16 committee members:
https://legis.wisconsin.gov/topics/budgetcomments/ as well as a dedicated email address: budget.comments@legis.wisconsin.gov.
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