A new poll says the Wisconsin public doesn’t support the size of the Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed cuts to the University of Wisconsin System and public K-12 education.
A Marquette University survey taken last week of 800 registered Wisconsin voters found 78 percent don’t like the governor’s proposed $127 million cut to the K-12 public school budget. Only 18 percent back the plan. Meanwhile, 26 percent support Walker’s plan to cut $300 million from the UW System and 70 percent oppose it.
“The perception of politicians that these cuts might be too large and something should mitigate them is certainly borne out with the data,” said Marquette pollster Charles Franklin. “What they’d be satisfied with, that we don’t know.”
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According to the survey’s methodology statement, figures have a 3.5 percent margin of error.
The state Legislature’s budget committee is in the early stages of voting on the governor’s budget and may make some decisions on education funding soon.
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