2019 WISCONSIN ACT 147
An Act to renumber and amend 36.31 (4) and 38.12 (7) (b); and to create 36.31 (4) (bm) and 38.12 (7) (b) 2m. of the statutes; relating to: transferring academic credits from military transcripts to University of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 36.31 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 36.31 (4) (am), and 36.31 (4) (am) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
36.31 (4) (am) (intro.) Upon
Except as provided in par. (bm), upon receiving from the federal department of defense a student's official joint services transcript or Community College of the Air Force transcript, the institution or college campus in which the student is enrolled shall do the following:
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2. 36.31 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
36.31 (4) (bm) An institution or college campus may not award academic credit to a student under par. (am) for each course for which the student, upon consultation with the institution's or college campus's staff, objects to the awarding of credit for that course.
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3. 38.12 (7) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 38.12 (7) (b) 1m., and 38.12 (7) (b) 1m. (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
38.12 (7) (b) 1m. (intro.) Upon
Except as provided in subd. 2m., upon receiving from the federal department of defense a student's official joint services transcript or Community College of the Air Force transcript, the technical college in which the student is enrolled shall do the following:
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4. 38.12 (7) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
38.12 (7) (b) 2m. A technical college may not award academic credit to a student under subd. 1m. for each course for which the student, upon consultation with the technical college's staff, objects to the awarding of credit for that course.
