After passage of budget, there is no thaw in this freeze

Running for re-election in 2014, Gov. Scott Walker promised to extend a two-year freeze he instituted on tuition in the University of Wisconsin System for at least two more years.

In February 2015, we rated his pledge In the Works.

At that point, a two-year freeze extension was included in his 2015-'17 state budget proposal. It applied to four-year UW universities and two-year UW Colleges, and would remain in effect through the 2016-'17 school year.

A memo on the proposal from the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau cited figures from The College Board that compared the average four-year tuition and fees in Wisconsin to those in other states in the Midwest and Northeast.

Wisconsin's average of $8,781 for 2014-'15 ranked eighth among the 11th states listed in the memo and below the national average of $9,139.

Walker signed the state budget into law in July 2015, the day before he formally announced his run for president.

It includes the two-year tuition freeze, so we revise our rating on this Walker pledge to Promise Kept.