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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
May 3, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Brandtjen,
Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Edming, Horlacher, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez,
Steffen, VanderMeer and Wichgers, cosponsored by Senators Roth,
Darling, Felzkowski and Marklein. Referred to Committee on Colleges and
Universities.
AB294,1,3
1An Act to renumber and amend 38.24 (7) (a) 1p.; and
to create 38.24 (7) (a)
21p. b. of the statutes;
relating to: technical college fees covered by the
3Wisconsin GI Bill.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, eligible veterans, a spouse of an eligible veteran, an
unremarried surviving spouse of an eligible veteran, and a child of an eligible
veteran, if the child is at least 17 but not yet 26 years of age, may receive fee remission
to cover the cost of tuition and fees for their enrollment in the University of Wisconsin
System or Technical College System. These programs are collectively known as the
“Wisconsin GI Bill.” Under current law, an eligible individual receiving Wisconsin
GI Bill benefits from the University of Wisconsin System may receive full remission
of tuition and segregated fees. An eligible individual receiving Wisconsin GI Bill
benefits from the Technical College System may receive full remission of fees
established by the Technical College System board, but this remission does not
include remission of certain student activity and incidental fees set by the student's
technical college district.
This bill requires that a technical college district also remit to eligible
individuals under the Wisconsin GI Bill the student activity and incidental fees set
by the student's individual technical college district.
For further information see the state and local 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:
AB294,1
1Section
1. 38.24 (7) (a) 1p. of the statutes is renumbered 38.24 (7) (a) 1p.
2(intro.) and amended to read:
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38.24
(7) (a) 1p. (intro.) “Fees" means
the:
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4a. The amount charged to a resident student under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) to enroll
5in a course leading to an associate degree, collegiate transfer, or vocational diploma.
6c. In the case of a distance education, online, or other course for which the amount
7charged to enroll in the course equals at least 100 percent of the cost of offering the
8course, “fees" includes the regular fees charged to a resident student under sub. (1m)
9(a) to (c) to enroll in the course and any additional fees charged to that student under
10sub. (1m) (a) to (c) to enroll in that course.
AB294,2
11Section
2. 38.24 (7) (a) 1p. b. of the statutes is created to read:
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38.24
(7) (a) 1p. b. The amount charged to a resident student for activity,
13incidental, and vocational-adult seminar and workshop fees under s. 38.14 (9).
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14Section
3.
Initial applicability.
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(1) This act first applies to fees for the first semester or session beginning after
16the effective date of this subsection.
