Wisconsin audit reveals lack of tracking on DEI spending

The University of Wisconsin and several state agencies unable to monitor the initiatives for diversity, capital and inclusion (DEI), Wisconsin He recently discovered the legislative audit office (WLAB).

The audits included FY 2023-2024. As a result of this lack of monitoring, WLAB, the State Government Agency, was forced to assess what the institutions spent on these programs.

In his audit, WLAB stated that he estimated that the system had spent $ 12.5 million on salaries for employees with job titles related to Dei. In addition, WLAB estimated that the University had spent $ 40.2 million “on offices relating to diversity, equality and involvement”. However, WLAB explained that not all these funds were particularly dedicated to Dei.

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The university was already ready to reduce its efforts in Dei after in 2023 he made an agreement with the Republican legislators to limit positions related to Dei. When the agreement was concluded, the University had 123 permanent post for Dei. The auditors found that the number fell to 110 to May 2024, and now sits in 60.

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In January, the University removed its main diversity officer, Lavar Charleston, because of “significant backlog in judgment and fiscal responsibilities”, Fox 6reported a local branch. While Charleston was removed from his dei position, he remains a member of the Faculty of the University.

In his audits, the state agencies WLAB found that 12 agencies spent about $ 2.2 million on salaries for 47 positions related to Dei. WLAB also estimates that 23 agencies spent approximately $ 705,300 on salary costs for “time spent in attending diversity, capital and training training required by executive order 59 or DOA in 2023.”

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The challenge that WLAB noted in its reports was that both agencies and university had overlapping costs, which made it difficult to calculate exactly what was spent on Dei programs.

WLAB also revealed that agencies did not consistently report the efforts of the Ministry of Administration (DOA) to correct inconsistencies. However, at the same time, Doa did not consistently demand that agencies take measures on such issues. In addition, WLAB found that “most agencies” did not submit to DOAs of all annual necessary reports on the progress relating to Dei from 2021 to 2023.

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Audits were ordered by state Republicans who launched a comprehensive overview of consumption programs in May 2024 in May 2024. Associated Press. This follows the comments of the Republican Assembly President Robin Vos at the end of 2023 in which he vowed to end the Dei initiative. This move aligns with the efforts of Trump’s administration to extract Dei from all aspects of American life, including higher education.