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Title: 2015-2017 Biennium Budget
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that appropriates funds for the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium.
Highlights:
- Appropriates funds to the Department of Public Instruction, including $6.4 billion for fiscal year 2015-2016 and $6.67 billion for fiscal year 2016-2017 (Sec. 481).
- Prohibits members of the University of Wisconsin Authority or the Board of Regents from increasing academic fees for undergraduate students enrolled in the academic years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 (Sec. 9148).
- Requires a noncustodial parent to be screened for substance abuse in order to receive aid from certain services including, but not limited to, certain child support, work experience, and welfare services (Secs. 1739 & 1740).