Scott Walker said Tuesday his new executive budget would cut University of Wisconsin System tuition by 5 percent, allow students to opt out of some fees and restore millions of dollars cut from the system two years ago. The 2015-17 budget cut $250 million from the system and extended a tuition freeze for another two years. His budget would continue the tuition freeze for another year and apply the 5 percent cut in the budget's second year. Republican legislators have given the tuition cut a cool reception. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said Monday that he didn't sense a demand for a tuition cut.

Source: ABC News February 07, 2017 18:22 UTC