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The chairman of the Assembly’s higher education committee says he won’t hold a hearing sought by Democrats on the impact of cuts to the University of Wisconsin System’s state funding.

Reps. Dianne Hesselbein and Terese Berceau, Madison-area Democrats on the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities, called last week for a public hearing on how UW institutions have been carrying out a $250 million reduction to higher education funding included in the 2015-17 state budget.

Sens. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, and Janet Bewley, D-Ashland, on Monday made a similar request for hearings by the Senate’s higher education committee on the budget cuts.

UW officials canceled presentations planned for last week’s meeting of the System’s Board of Regents on how the cuts have played out at each campus.

UW System President Ray Cross said he took the presentations off the Regents’ agenda for several reasons, including concern they could lead to accusations that UW was exaggerating the impact of the budget cuts.

The Legislature will soon consider the UW System’s funding request for the 2017-19 state budget.