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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO SENATE BILL 165
May 1, 2019 - Offered by Senator Stroebel.
SB165-SSA1,1,5 1An Act to renumber and amend 36.31 (2m) (b); to amend 36.11 (3) (cm) 5. and
236.65 (3); and to create 36.31 (2m) (a) 2m., 36.31 (2m) (b) 2., 36.31 (2m) (b) 3.,
336.31 (2m) (b) 4. and 36.31 (2m) (bm) of the statutes; relating to:
4transferability of courses between the University of Wisconsin System,
5technical college system, and tribally controlled and private colleges.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill makes changes to requirements under current law regarding the
transferability of credits between certain institutions of higher education. Under
current law, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the
Technical College System Board are required to enter into an agreement for ensuring
that, beginning in the 2014-15 academic year, no fewer than 30 credits in core
general education courses identified in the agreement are transferable between UW
institutions and technical colleges. Current law also allows tribally controlled and
private nonprofit colleges in this state to participate in the agreement.
This bill eliminates the above agreement and requires instead that the Board
of Regents and TCS Board enter into an agreement that establishes policies for
ensuring that, beginning in the 2020-21 academic year, credits for courses that
satisfy credential requirements in different subject areas are transferable, which

may include core general education courses. The bill defines a “credential” as a
pathway certificate, one-year or two-year technical diploma, or associate or
bachelor degree. The agreement must specify the total number of course credits that
are transferable, which may not be fewer than 75 credits in the 2020-21 academic
year. The agreement must provide that the number of transferable credits annually
increases by nine in each subsequent academic year. Also, the agreement must
establish policies for faculty to periodically identify the courses with transferable
credits. In addition, the agreement must include procedures for revising the
agreement every year. As under current law, the bill allows tribally controlled and
private nonprofit colleges in this state to participate in the agreement.
The bill also includes a requirement for passive review by the Joint Committee
on Finance. No later than June 30, 2020, the Board of Regents and TCS Board must
submit to JCF the agreement and the list of courses with transferable credits that
are initially identified by faculty. If JCF does not schedule a meeting by a specified
deadline to review the agreement and list, the bill allows the agreement and list to
be implemented. However, if JCF schedules such a meeting, neither the agreement
nor the list may be implemented unless approved or modified by JCF.
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:
SB165-SSA1,1 1Section 1. 36.11 (3) (cm) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB165-SSA1,2,32 36.11 (3) (cm) 5. Core general education courses that are subject to Courses for
3which credits are transferable under
the agreement required under s. 36.31 (2m).
SB165-SSA1,2 4Section 2 . 36.31 (2m) (a) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB165-SSA1,2,65 36.31 (2m) (a) 2m. “Credential” means a pathway certificate, one-year or
62-year technical diploma, associate degree, or bachelor degree.
SB165-SSA1,3 7Section 3. 36.31 (2m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 36.31 (2m) (b) (intro.)
8and amended to read:
SB165-SSA1,3,29 36.31 (2m) (b) (intro.) Notwithstanding s. 36.09 (3) (a) and subject to par. (bm),
10the Board of Regents and the technical college system board shall, and the governing
11boards of tribally controlled colleges in this state and the association, on behalf of
12private colleges, may, enter into and implement an agreement that identifies core

1general education courses totaling not fewer than 30 credits and establishes
does all
2of the following:
SB165-SSA1,3,9 31. Establishes policies for ensuring that, beginning in the 2014-15 2020-21
4academic year, credits for completing the courses that satisfy credential
5requirements in different subject areas, which shall include core general education
6courses,
are transferable and would satisfy general education requirements at the
7receiving institution or college,
between and within each institution, college campus,
8and technical college, and each tribally controlled college and private college that
9elects to participate in the agreement.
SB165-SSA1,4 10Section 4. 36.31 (2m) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
SB165-SSA1,3,1411 36.31 (2m) (b) 2. Specifies the total number of course credits that are
12transferable under the policies established under subd. 1., which may not be fewer
13than 75 credits in the 2020-21 academic year and which shall annually increase by
149 credits in each subsequent academic year.
SB165-SSA1,5 15Section 5. 36.31 (2m) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
SB165-SSA1,3,1916 36.31 (2m) (b) 3. Establishes policies for institution and technical college
17faculty and faculty of tribally controlled and private colleges that elect to participate
18in the agreement to periodically identify the courses for which credits are
19transferable under the agreement.
SB165-SSA1,6 20Section 6. 36.31 (2m) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
SB165-SSA1,3,2121 36.31 (2m) (b) 4. Includes procedures for revising the agreement annually.
SB165-SSA1,7 22Section 7. 36.31 (2m) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB165-SSA1,4,923 36.31 (2m) (bm) No later than June 30, 2020, the Board of Regents and the
24technical college system board shall submit to the joint committee on finance the
25agreement required under par. (b) and the list of courses initially identified by faculty

1under par. (b) 3. If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify
2the board within 14 working days after the date of the submittal that the committee
3has scheduled a meeting to review the agreement and list, the agreement and list
4shall be implemented. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the
5cochairpersons of the committee notify the board that the committee has scheduled
6a meeting to review the agreement or list, neither the agreement nor list may be
7implemented unless the committee approves or modifies the agreement or list. If the
8committee modifies the agreement or list, the agreement and list may be
9implemented only as modified by the committee.
SB165-SSA1,8 10Section 8. 36.65 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB165-SSA1,4,1511 36.65 (3) Core general education credit Credit transfers. The board shall
12include in the report required under sub. (2) a description of the agreement entered
13into under s. 36.31 (2m) and a summary of the board's implementation of the
14agreement. This subsection first applies to the report required under sub. (2) that
15applies to the 2014-15 2020-21 academic year.
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