LRB-0917/1
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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
January 25, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives Shankland, Palmeri, Emerson,
J. Anderson, Baldeh, Clancy, Conley, Jacobson, Joers, Madison, Neubauer,
Ohnstad, Ratcliff, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs and Subeck, cosponsored by
Senators Smith, Spreitzer, Roys, Larson and Agard. Referred to Committee
on Colleges and Universities.
AB993,1,2
1An Act to create 36.27 (1m) of the statutes;
relating to: resident undergraduate
2tuition freezes for the University of Wisconsin System.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits from taking effect any limitation on the amount the Board
of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System may charge for resident
undergraduate tuition unless the limitation is offset by a corresponding increase in
the amount of general purpose revenues appropriated to the Board of Regents. The
prohibition first applies beginning in the 2024-25 academic year.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB993,1
3Section
1. 36.27 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB993,2,24
36.27
(1m) Resident undergraduate tuition freezes. Beginning in the
52024-25 academic year, no limitation on the amount the board may charge for
6resident undergraduate tuition for an institution or college campus may take effect
1unless the limitation is offset by a corresponding increase in the amount of general
2purpose revenues appropriated to the board.
