MADISON — Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker is defending his decision to delay a bill that would increase financial aid at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Decker spokeswoman Carrie Lynch says the plan to transfer about $600,000 to use for financial aid must be reviewed by the Joint Finance Committee like other spending bills.
She denied that politics were behind the delay as some have suggested. She added that the measure could still pass.

The bill would allow UW-L to use all of the $664,800 for the financial aid portion of its Growth, Quality and Access plan.

The money originally was included in the budget, but only $225,400 was allocated for financial aid.

The Assembly voted Tuesday evening to allow the transfer.

It needs Senate approval to make it to the governor’s desk but can’t advance to the Senate without being passed out of the committee.

State Sen. Dan Kapanke, R-

La Crosse, earlier had claimed Decker sent the bill to the committee, which likely will not meet again before the session ends, “to die.”

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