{"id":2003,"date":"2019-05-09T13:08:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T18:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/?page_id=2003"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:40:05","slug":"weekly-update","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/weekly-update\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekly Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-2003\" class=\"cfct-build grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif\">Welcome to the Universities of Wisconsin Government Relations Newsletter. The Office of Government Relations provides legislative and political updates that impact the Universities of Wisconsin at the state and federal level. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif;background: white\">Subscribe below to receive weekly e-mail notifications <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif;background: white\">for<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif;background: white\"> state and federal legislative updates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-3 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-form\">\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\nvar 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role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <h3><strong>Wisconsin Civics Games<\/strong><\/h3><p>Last week, nearly 200 students from 33 schools across Wisconsin competed in the 2026 Wisconsin Civics Games showcasing their knowledge of government, history, and civic engagement. Sixteen teams advanced to the championship round taking place on May 1 at the State Capitol. The state finals will be open to the public and are scheduled to be broadcast on WisconsinEye.<\/p><p>You can access our press release and can learn more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/news\/archive\/sixteen-teams-advance-to-wisconsin-civics-games-finals\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">State Relations<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-tabs-accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"bs-accordion \">\n            <div class=\"accordion-all-buttons\">\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordions-showall btn btn-primary btn-xs\" role=\"button\" data-panel=\"8zugh\"><span class=\"uw-resize-full\">Open All<\/span><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div id=\"8zugh\" class=\"panel-group\">\n        \n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_state-recap\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_state-recap\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#state-recap\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"state-recap\">WEEK RECAP<\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"state-recap\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_state-recap\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <h3><strong>Governor\u2019s Bill Actions<\/strong><\/h3><p>Last week, the Governor took action on multiple bills. Below is one bill of note impacting the Universities of Wisconsin:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/WIGOV\/2026\/04\/08\/file_attachments\/3611105\/ab1034.pdf\">Assembly Bill 1034<\/a>, now 2025 WI Act 203, relating to the rights and obligations concerning the use of name, image, and likeness for UW System student athletes and athletic programs, was partially vetoed by the Governor.<\/p><p>You can view the Governor\u2019s Veto Message <a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/WIGOV\/2026\/04\/08\/file_attachments\/3611793\/Signed%20Veto%20Message%20-%20AB%201034.pdf\">here<\/a>, and full press release <a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/WIGOV\/bulletins\/41209e9\">here<\/a>.<\/p><h3><strong>Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges <\/strong><\/h3><p>Last week, the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges held a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/raw\/cid\/1987605\">public hearing<\/a>. At the hearing, members of the Board of Regents were invited to testify and answer any questions from committee members. An <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/raw\/cid\/1987606\">executive session<\/a> was also noticed to take place after the public hearing but did not occur.<\/p>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_state-lookahead\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_state-lookahead\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#state-lookahead\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"state-lookahead\">LOOK AHEAD<\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"state-lookahead\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_state-lookahead\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <p>Please check back for updates.<\/p>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">Federal Relations<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-tabs-accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"bs-accordion \">\n            <div class=\"accordion-all-buttons\">\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordions-showall btn btn-primary btn-xs\" role=\"button\" data-panel=\"fp40j\"><span class=\"uw-resize-full\">Open All<\/span><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div id=\"fp40j\" class=\"panel-group\">\n        \n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_fed-recap\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_fed-recap\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#fed-recap\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fed-recap\">WEEK RECAP<\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"fed-recap\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_fed-recap\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <h3><strong>Hearings on President Trump\u2019s FY27 Budget Request<\/strong><\/h3><p>This week the House Budget Committee and the Senate Budget Committee will hold hearings on the President\u2019s FY27 Budget Request. If interested in watching live, details follow below.<\/p><p><strong><em>House Budget Committee Hearing<\/em><\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Date:<\/strong> April 15, 2026<\/li><li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 9:15AM Central Time<\/li><li><strong>Witnesses:<\/strong> The Honorable Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget<\/li><li><strong>How to Watch:<\/strong> Hearings and markups are available on the Committee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/budget.house.gov\/hearings\">website\u00a0<\/a>or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/HouseBudgetGOP\">YouTube<\/a> pages.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><em>Senate Budget Committee Hearing <\/em><\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Date:<\/strong> April 16, 2026<\/li><li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 9:00AM Central Time<\/li><li><strong>Witnesses:<\/strong> The Honorable Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget<\/li><li><strong>How to Watch: <\/strong>Hearings are available on the Committee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.senate.gov\/hearings\/-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2027-budget-proposal\">website<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><p>In the background of these hearings, both the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations have begun to notice hearings on the agency budgets. For more, you can review the <a href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/schedule\">House Appropriations Committee Schedule<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/hearings\">Senate Appropriations Committee Schedule<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>Negotiated Rulemaking Update<\/strong><\/h3><p>The Department of Education has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ed.gov%2Flaws-and-policy%2Fhigher-education-laws-and-policy%2Fhigher-education-policy%2Fnegotiated-rulemaking-higher-education-2026&amp;data=05%7C02%7Candrew.preboski%40wisconsin.edu%7C1fab9cd9273042d62f3908de958a3a7b%7C18b1f8672df046a08ad305c86000c301%7C0%7C0%7C639112618109286744%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=z7LdsFMSy3IFqps3USmKt635DPkLY%2FbulN2oEIpVeu0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">released<\/a>\u00a0the dates the Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) Negotiated Rulemaking Committee will meet this week.<\/p><p>If interested in reading more, you can review the following materials, which as noted, were distributed by the Department prior to the session meeting:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/media\/document\/2026-neg-reg-aim-committee-list-113618.pdf\">Committee Member List<\/a>*\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/media\/document\/2026-aim-neg-reg-protocols-113617.pdf\">Committee Protocols<\/a>*<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/media\/document\/2026-negotiated-rulemaking-aim-initial-draft-regulations-discussion-113681.pdf\">Initial Draft Regulations for Discussion<\/a>*<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/media\/document\/2026-aim-neg-reg-summary-and-discussion-of-initial-draft-regulations-113620.pdf\">Summary and Discussion of Initial Draft Regulations<\/a>*<\/li><\/ul>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_fed-lookahead\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_fed-lookahead\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#fed-lookahead\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"fed-lookahead\">LOOK AHEAD<\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"fed-lookahead\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_fed-lookahead\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <h3 class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">Full House and Senate Hearing Schedule<\/span><\/h3><p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">If interested, you can see a full list of upcoming hearings on the Senate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.senate.gov%2Fcommittees%2Fhearings_meetings.htm&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnathan.cera%40wisconsin.edu%7C20f543c4f6f746a1cb7808de88e064db%7C18b1f8672df046a08ad305c86000c301%7C0%7C0%7C639098694524242771%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Hxy1wtyU5SynW4GZYJpLhnkeTY3ryWV%2FberiId%2BBtwg%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">Hearings &amp; Meetings Page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">. A review of the committee hearings in the House of Representatives is available via the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.house.gov%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnathan.cera%40wisconsin.edu%7C20f543c4f6f746a1cb7808de88e064db%7C18b1f8672df046a08ad305c86000c301%7C0%7C0%7C639098694524275042%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XPESmQAuut4oEWeBUhJINR2mr0q1xiYXkjUY8tskuGM%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">Committee Schedule<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">\u00a0within the House of Representatives Legislative Activity section on the Chamber\u2019s main page.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h3 class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">House and Senate Floor Schedules<\/span><\/h3><p class=\"xmsonormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">Both the House of Representatives and the Senate are scheduled to be in DC and voting this week. The anticipated schedule for the <\/span><a title=\"https:\/\/www.majorityleader.gov\/schedule\/weekly-schedule.htm\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.majorityleader.gov%2Fschedule%2Fweekly-schedule.htm&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnathan.cera%40wisconsin.edu%7C20f543c4f6f746a1cb7808de88e064db%7C18b1f8672df046a08ad305c86000c301%7C0%7C0%7C639098694524299159%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JmQnhbakA6JHXb2QfRiQlMTit6a3FTtbgVRDR%2BI1U8Q%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">House of Representatives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">\u00a0and the <\/span><a title=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/floor\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democrats.senate.gov%2Ffloor&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cnathan.cera%40wisconsin.edu%7C20f543c4f6f746a1cb7808de88e064db%7C18b1f8672df046a08ad305c86000c301%7C0%7C0%7C639098694524324035%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=1oFMLThjcuVcXk%2FcHcPGzQudo%2Bzjs7L%2BUYzeaG9TTFM%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">Senate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans',sans-serif\">\u00a0can be found on the preceding websites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>Links to external sites are provided for informational purposes and not meant to convey an endorsement of the Universities of Wisconsin.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2003","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cfct-can-haz-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2003"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6438,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2003\/revisions\/6438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}