MADISON, Wis. – Sen. Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) released the following statement after learning the Universities of Wisconsin is looking to raise the cost of tuition yet again:
“I cannot believe the members of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents have the gall to propose a 2 percent tuition hike when they just approved a 5 percent boost nearly a year ago. This is also on top of the $256 million funding increase that the Legislature included in the 2025-27 state budget for the UW for multi-year employee compensation adjustments and faculty recruitment efforts. When is it ever going to be enough?
“Furthermore, it is downright appalling that UW Board of Regents President Amy Blumenfeld Bogost and Regent Timothy Nixon straight up lied to all our faces when they testified in front of the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges in April and told us they were not going to be raising tuition again this early. Unfortunately, students and their families are the ones who will be paying the price for this dishonesty.
“At least we now know that we can no longer take the UW Board of Regents at their word. My Joint Finance Committee colleagues and I certainly will not forget this betrayal when the regents and UW officials come begging to us for more money during next year’s state budget deliberations. This is simply unacceptable.”
