The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents is including a request for a 3.5% increase in spending in the budget request sent to the governor.
Regents gave their approval to a $6.4 billion spending plan Thursday.
It includes a tuition freeze that has already lasted seven years.
It also includes a new program to cover the tuition for lower-income families and a request to be allowed to borrow up to a billion dollars to pay for losses sustained during the coronavirus pandemic.
