MADISON – Rep. Amanda Nedweski (R–Pleasant Prairie) voted in favor of Wisconsin’s biennial budget, which delivers a $1.5 billion tax cut for families and retirees, a historic investment in special education, regulatory relief for child care providers, and major reforms to the UW System. Nedweski released the following statement:
“This budget puts Wisconsin families first by addressing the issues that they care about most,” said Nedweski. “Legislative Republicans prioritized passing a $1.5 billion tax cut to help middle-class families combat Governor Evers’ 400-year property tax increase. We also secured a historic $500 million investment in special education to ensure students with the greatest needs receive the services they deserve. Additionally, we cut red tape in the child care industry, giving parents more options that align with their values.”
Nedweski, who chaired the bipartisan Legislative Study Committee on the Future of the UW System, highlighted transformative reforms included in the budget that hold the university system accountable to taxpayers and students alike. Reforms include guaranteed credit transfer across campuses, a position freeze to halt administrative bloat, a requirement that faculty teach at least 12 credits per semester, and a long-overdue overhaul of the UW’s imbalanced state funding distribution formula.
“For years, the UW System has operated from their ivory tower without any accountability to the public,” said Nedweski, who serves as Vice Chair of the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities. “Bloated DEI bureaucracies, skyrocketing administrative costs, and shrinking classroom instruction have created a system that’s failing both students and taxpayers. This budget brings real accountability—reforms that directly stem from the work of our UW Study Committee. Future funding will require more focus on results and less on political activism. The UW System needs to remember who pays the bills.”
“When this process began, Governor Evers gave us a high-spend wish list that raised taxes by over $3 billion, funded drivers licenses for illegal immigrants, and referred to mothers as ‘inseminated persons’ in state statute,” Nedweski added. “While this budget is far from perfect, Republican lawmakers took a budget that would put the state in a $4 billion hole and turned it into a responsible, pro-family budget—delivering over $1 billion in tax relief, historic investments in special education, and long-overdue reforms to higher education. That’s a win for Wisconsin.”
