Greater Whitewater Committee Awards Legislator of the Year Awards

According to a press release from the Greater Whitewater Committee, Senator Duey Stroebel, Representative Don Vruwink, and Representative Cody Horlacher are all being awarded “Legislator of the Year” for their work authoring the General Purpose Revenue (GPR) Equity Bill. The release stated that the bill assists in the creation of an equitable GPR funding formula for the UW System, and that the current GPR funding formula allocates funding disproportionately within the UW System, with the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater receiving the least amount of funding. The new GPR Equity Bill requires the Board of Regents to allocate an equal amount of GPR funding to all UW institutions per full-time equivalent undergraduate student enrolled at the institution, with the exceptions of UW Madison and UW Milwaukee. As a result of this bill, the Board of Regents will create a task force, designed to address the disparities in the current funding formula.