This amendment does just the opposite though, taking control out of the hands of school officials, who know what is best for their students, and putting a cookie-cutter formula in charge of Wisconsin�s future. One especially dangerous element of the proposal is that tuition is not protected under TABOR�s restrictions for raising revenue, meaning that the cost of education for students will skyrocket, pricing many Wisconsin residents out of an education.

"This is the same amendment that ruined the higher education system in Colorado, and students will not stand by to see the same disaster happen in Wisconsin," said Melissa Cichantek, president of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Student Government Association.

"This is not a bill. It is a constitutional amendment," Cichantek said. "There is no room for error in this process. TABOR will seal into our state�s highest governing document the downfall of our higher education system."

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