Budget Vetoes Eliminate Judicial Council, Education Board

Governor Scott Walker has eliminated state funds for the advisory Judicial Council, a board that regulates profit making colleges, and a new panel for state prosecutors. Those are some of the 99 vetoes Walker made to the massive two year, 76-billion dollar state budget package that he’ll sign into law today (Thursday) at a school in Neenah. Among other things, Walker vetoed limits on allocating new performance based state funds to U-W campuses, and the schools will not be allowed to decide their own metrics. The Republican Walker also vetoed having sex offenders placed near schools and day care centers to keep them in the communities where they committed their crimes. The governor also reduced the amount of tax breaks developers can get for restoring historic buildings, and he wiped out a one-million dollar tax break on broadcasters’ equipment.