{"id":5880,"date":"2024-11-05T11:10:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T17:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/?page_id=5880"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T16:08:44","slug":"wisconsins-budget-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wisconsins-budget-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin\u2019s Budget Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-5880\" 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\"><h3>Overview<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Wisconsin\u2019s budget is a biennial (two-year) budget that starts July 1 of each odd numbered year and concludes on June 30 of the next odd numbered year. The next biennial budget will start July 1, 2025, and end June 30, 2027.<\/li>\n<li>The process to create the next biennial budget goes through several stages of deliberation among the executive and legislative branches of state government before enactment.<\/li>\n<li>This webpage serves to provide general information on the state budget process and the UWs budget request. Be aware that legislative timelines can change.<\/li>\n<li>If you have specific questions on the state budget, do not hesitate to contact our state government relations staff.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/download\/WI-State-Budget-Overview_website_12_16_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">WI State Budget Overview PDF <span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Timeline<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"table-striped\" style=\"width: 1694px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 1690px\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>EVEN NUMBERED YEAR\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 222.703px\"><strong>Spring\/Summer<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1467.3px\">Universities of Wisconsin (UWs) and other state agencies prepare budget request proposals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 222.703px\"><strong>August<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1467.3px\">Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents (BOR) reviews and approves budget request.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 222.703px\"><strong>September 15<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1467.3px\">Universities of Wisconsin submits approved budget request to the Department of Administration (DOA).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 222.703px\"><strong>November<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1467.3px\">All agency budget requests submitted to the Governor (or Governor-elect). The Governor (or Governor-elect) reviews the requests and prepares budget proposal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"table-striped\" style=\"width: 1694px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 1690px\" colspan=\"2\"><strong>ODD NUMBERED YEAR\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 222.703px\"><strong>January\/February<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1467.3px\">Governor introduces budget proposal. <em>(<\/em><em>Governor is required to provide on or before the last Tuesday in January. The date can be extended if agreed to by the Governor and both houses of the legislature)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 222.703px\"><strong>February<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1467.3px\">Legislature\u2019s Joint Finance Committee starts review of Governor\u2019s budget proposal, including state agency budget briefings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 222.703px\"><strong>March<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1467.3px\">Governor releases capital budget. State Building Commission meets to provide recommendations to the Joint Finance Committee on capital budget.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 222.703px\"><strong>April \u2013 May<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1467.3px\">Joint Finance Committee modifies Governor\u2019s budget and capital budget.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 222.703px\"><strong>June<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1467.3px\">Assembly and Senate act on budget.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 222.703px\"><strong>July<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1467.3px\">Governor signs budgets; issues vetoes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/12\/Budget-timeline-stacked-11-25-24-002.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5985\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/12\/Budget-timeline-stacked-11-25-24-002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2075\" height=\"919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/12\/Budget-timeline-stacked-11-25-24-002.png 2075w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/12\/Budget-timeline-stacked-11-25-24-002-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/12\/Budget-timeline-stacked-11-25-24-002-1024x454.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/12\/Budget-timeline-stacked-11-25-24-002-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/12\/Budget-timeline-stacked-11-25-24-002-1536x680.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2024\/12\/Budget-timeline-stacked-11-25-24-002-2048x907.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2075px) 100vw, 2075px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\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 cfct-divider\">\n\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"\" \/>\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 cfct-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">Universities of Wisconsin 2025-27 Biennial Budget Request <\/h1>\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=\"fdtsh\"><span class=\"uw-resize-full\">Open All<\/span><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <div id=\"fdtsh\" class=\"panel-group\">\n        \n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_2025-2027-biennial-budget-request\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_2025-2027-biennial-budget-request\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#2025-2027-biennial-budget-request\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"2025-2027-biennial-budget-request\">2025-2027 Biennial Budget Request <\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"2025-2027-biennial-budget-request\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_2025-2027-biennial-budget-request\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <p>On August 22, 2024, the UW System Board of Regents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/news\/archive\/regents-approve-biennial-budget-request-to-help-uws-move-up-to-the-middle-day-1-news-summary\/\">voted to approve<\/a> the Universities of Wisconsin\u2019s operating budget request for the 2025-27 biennium. Highlights of the proposed $855 million budget request include:<\/p><ul><li>Emphasizes talent development through student success services.<\/li><li>Extends the Wisconsin Tuition Promise to students from families earning up to $71,000 in adjusted gross income.<\/li><li>Proposes 5 percent and 3 percent general wage increases for staff and faculty, and requests the state fully fund the increases while adding a merit and market pool.<\/li><li>Invests in innovation, including creation of a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hub.<\/li><li>Preserves accessibility while covering inflationary cost increases.<\/li><li>Support of several initiatives that address student success, including mental health services, academic and career advising, and civil dialogue training<\/li><\/ul><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/news\/download\/bor\/FY25-27-Biennial-Budget-BF-Presentation-FINAL.pdf\">2025-27 Biennial Budget Recommendations PowerPoint<\/a> (PDF)<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/news\/archive\/universities-of-wisconsin-president-jay-rothman-introduces-budget-request-to-get-wisconsin-up-to-the-middle\/\">Universities of Wisconsin President Introduction of the budget request\u00a0<\/a><\/p>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_2025-2027-capital-budget-request\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_2025-2027-capital-budget-request\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#2025-2027-capital-budget-request\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"2025-2027-capital-budget-request\">2025-2027 Capital Budget Request <\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"2025-2027-capital-budget-request\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_2025-2027-capital-budget-request\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <h3>Process<\/h3><p>The Department of Administration, Division of Facilities Development and Management receives budget requests from all state agencies and makes a single recommendation to the State of Wisconsin Building Commission. The Building Commission then makes a recommendation to the Legislature through the biennial budget process.<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h3>2025-27 Capital Budget Request<\/h3><p>On August 22, 2024, the UW System Board of Regents unanimously approved a proposed 2025-27 Capital Budget Request of $1,760,804,000. Key strategic elements of the Capital Budget recommendations include:<\/p><ul><li>Repairing Aging Facilities \u2013 The highest priority programs are designed to repair or renovate aging facilities and infrastructure, thereby reducing deferred maintenance backlogs. A recommended $260 million is proposed to address high priority needs in existing facilities ensuring their viability for the foreseeable future. These projects offset increasing operational costs due to the labor-intensive need to continually maintain the facilities to keep them functioning.<\/li><li>Replacing Obsolete Facilities \u2013 $467 million is requested to construct new facilities to replace existing ones that cannot be renovated cost-effectively to meet academic or program needs. Simultaneously, due to the enumeration of a Multi-Building Demolition project earlier this year, universities currently are on track to remove at least 12 facilities over the course of the next year.<\/li><li>Expanding STEM and Health Sciences Education \u2013 Requests for state funding focus on providing high-quality, up to date facilities that support workforce needs, attract, and retain Wisconsin students, and expand highly sought-after STEM and health sciences education.<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/news\/download\/bor\/2025-31_CapitalPlanOverview_BOR_Presentation_NoMovieClips.pdf\">2025-31 Capital Plan Overview PowerPoint<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            <div class=\"panel panel-default \" id=\"panel_resources\">\n    <div class=\"panel-heading\" id=\"heading_resources\">\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title\"><button href=\"#resources\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" class=\"collapsed panel-link\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"resources\">Resources <\/button><\/h4>    <\/div>\n    <div id=\"resources\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\"  role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"heading_resources\" role=\"region\">\n        <div class=\"panel-body copy\">            \n            \n        <ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/misc\/lc\/information_memos\/2020\/im_2020_17\">WI Legislative Council Memo\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/download\/WI-State-Budget-Overview_website_12_16_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">WI State Budget Overview PDF <span class=\"sr-only\"> pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li><li><span class=\"doc-icon\"><a class=\"doc-type png\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/download\/Budget-Timeline-Graphic.png\" target=\"_blank\">Budget Timeline Graphic<span class=\"sr-only\"> png<\/span><\/a><\/span>\r\n<\/li><\/ul>                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n            \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\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":2972,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5880","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cfct-can-haz-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5880","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\/2972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5880"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7444,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5880\/revisions\/7444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/government-relations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}