MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A University of Wisconsin Board of Regents member says taxpayer money will not be tapped to cover debts of the financial troubled UW-Oshkosh Foundation.
Regent Michael M. Grebe said in a statement Tuesday that it would be inappropriate to use taxpayer dollars to cover debts caused by the foundation's inappropriate real estate projects. Grebe says university officials continue working with foundation leaders to "work through the financial realities" the foundation faces.
The state Department of Justice is investigating the real estate projects, which were the subject of a lawsuit the UW System filed in January against former Chancellor Richard Wells and his chief business officer.
The lawsuit alleges that they improperly funneled $11 million in university money into the projects through the private foundation.
