2019 WISCONSIN ACT 47
An Act to create 36.27 (7) and 38.24 (9) of the statutes; relating to: late payment of tuition benefits for student veterans enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 36.27 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
36.27 (7) Late receipt of student's veterans benefits. If a student receives federal veterans benefits that may be applied against the student's payment obligations for academic fees or nonresident tuition, the institution in which the student is enrolled may not take any adverse action against the student as a result of the institution's failure to receive payment of the federal veterans benefits by the deadline established by the institution for payment of tuition or fees.
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2. 38.24 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
38.24 (9) Late receipt of student's veterans benefits. If a student receives federal veterans benefits that may be applied against the student's payment obligations for any fees under sub. (1m), the technical college in which the student is enrolled may not take any adverse action against the student as a result of the district board's failure to receive payment of the federal veterans benefits by the deadline established by the district board for payment of the fees.
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Initial applicability.
(1) This act first applies in the first semester or session beginning after the effective date of this subsection.
