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AB370-ASA1,1 1Section 1 . 36.11 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB370-ASA1,3,22 36.11 (3) (a) The Subject to sub. (3m), the board shall establish the policies for
3admission within the system and within these policies each institution shall
4establish specific requirements for admission to its courses of instruction. No

1sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin of
2U.S. citizens or sex shall ever be allowed in the admission of students thereto.
AB370-ASA1,2 3Section 2 . 36.11 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB370-ASA1,3,44 36.11 (3m) Guaranteed admission program. (a) In this subsection:
AB370-ASA1,3,75 1. “College entrance examination” means the ACT examination or a similar
6examination designed to test a person's qualification or preparedness for college
7admission.
AB370-ASA1,3,98 2. “Home-based private educational program” has the meaning given in s.
9115.001 (3g).
AB370-ASA1,3,1310 (b) The board shall establish a guaranteed admission program under which an
11applicant for undergraduate admission shall be admitted to the institution of the
12applicant's choice if the requirements under par. (c) and, if applicable, under par. (d)
13are satisfied.
AB370-ASA1,3,1514 (c) An applicant is eligible for guaranteed admission to an institution if all of
15the following apply:
AB370-ASA1,3,1716 1. The applicant applies to the institution for admission as a first-year
17undergraduate student.
AB370-ASA1,3,1918 2. Except as provided in par. (d), the applicant satisfies any of the following
19criteria:
AB370-ASA1,3,2420 a. The applicant graduated from, or at the time of application expects to
21graduate from, a public, private, or tribal high school in this state and, at the time
22of application, the applicant is ranked in the top 10 percent of the applicant's high
23school class, as determined under s. 118.58, in the most recent class ranking for that
24class.
AB370-ASA1,4,4
1b. The applicant has been or expects to be granted a high school diploma by the
2administrator of a home-based private educational program in this state and the
3applicant achieves a composite score on a college entrance examination that places
4the applicant in the national 85th percentile ranking or higher.
AB370-ASA1,4,65 3. The applicant has submitted a complete application by the application
6deadline.
AB370-ASA1,4,87 (d) An applicant is eligible for guaranteed admission to the University of
8Wisconsin-Madison only if the applicant satisfies any of the following criteria:
AB370-ASA1,4,139 1. The applicant graduated from, or at the time of application expects to
10graduate from, a public, private, or tribal high school in this state and, at the time
11of application, the applicant is ranked in the top 5 percent of the applicant's high
12school class, as determined under s. 118.58, in the most recent class ranking for that
13class.
AB370-ASA1,4,1714 2. The applicant has been or expects to be granted a high school diploma by the
15administrator of a home-based private educational program in this state and the
16applicant achieves a composite score on a college entrance examination that places
17the applicant in the national 90th percentile ranking or higher.
AB370-ASA1,4,2018 (e) If an applicant applies for admission to more than one institution, the
19applicant is eligible for guaranteed admission under this subsection only to one
20institution, as designated by the applicant but subject to par. (d).
AB370-ASA1,5,221 (f) An institution may rely on information supplied by a school board, charter
22school operator, or governing body of a private school or tribal school, college entrance
23examination administrator, an applicant's high school transcript if class rank is
24noted on the transcript, an applicant's self-reported information, or other reliable

1information in determining an applicant's class rank or college entrance
2examination results for purposes of pars. (c) 2. and (d).
AB370-ASA1,5,43 (g) An institution may revoke an applicant's offer of admission extended under
4this subsection if any of the following applies:
AB370-ASA1,5,105 1. The applicant applied for admission before completing high school and the
6applicant failed to graduate from high school prior to the institution's scheduled
7enrollment date or, if the applicant is enrolled in a home-based private educational
8program, the applicant is not granted a high school diploma by the administrator of
9the home-based private educational program prior to the institution's scheduled
10enrollment date.
AB370-ASA1,5,1411 2. The applicant applied for admission before completing high school and, in
12any semester of the applicant's final year of high school, the applicant failed to
13maintain a level of academic achievement similar to the applicant's level of academic
14achievement at the time of application.
AB370-ASA1,5,1615 3. The applicant misrepresented to the institution the applicant's class rank
16or college entrance examination results.
AB370-ASA1,5,1817 (h) This subsection does not guarantee an applicant admission to any specific
18program offered by an institution.
AB370-ASA1,3 19Section 3. 118.58 of the statutes is created to read:
AB370-ASA1,5,22 20118.58 Class rankings. (1) In this section, “college entrance examination”
21means the ACT examination or a similar examination designed to test a person's
22qualification or preparedness for college admission.
AB370-ASA1,6,2 23(2) If a school board, operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x),
24or governing body of a private school or tribal school operates a high school that

1includes grades 11 and 12, the school board, charter school operator, or governing
2body shall do all of the following:
AB370-ASA1,6,43 (a) Establish a method for ranking pupils on the basis of academic achievement
4that satisfies all of the following requirements:
AB370-ASA1,6,65 1. Subject to subd. 2. and sub. (3) (c), the criteria for ranking pupils may only
6be any of the following:
AB370-ASA1,6,77 a. The pupil's grade point average.
AB370-ASA1,6,88 b. The pupil's score on a college entrance examination.
AB370-ASA1,6,109 c. A combination of the criteria in subd. 1. a. and 1. b., using a weighting
10formula determined by the school board, charter school operator, or governing body.
AB370-ASA1,6,1611 2. For pupils for whom application of the criteria under subd. 1. produces an
12identical ranking, the ranking method shall establish additional tiebreaker criteria
13to be considered, which may take into account the degree of academic rigor of the
14pupil's course work, any criteria under subd. 1. not previously considered, and any
15other measure of academic achievement or scholastic merit, but may not consider
16factors that are not academic or scholastic in nature.
AB370-ASA1,6,2117 (b) Using the ranking method established under par. (a), for each high school
18that includes grades 11 and 12, prepare a class ranking of pupils enrolled in the high
19school as of the class's completion of grade 11 and as of the class's completion of grade
2012. The school board, charter school operator, or governing body may also prepare
21a grade 12 mid-year class ranking.
AB370-ASA1,7,2 22(3) (a) Subject to pars. (b) and (c), each class ranking under sub. (2) (b) shall
23identify those pupils who rank in the top 5 percent of their high school class and those
24pupils who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class. The class ranking

1may also identify the class rank of pupils who do not rank in the top 10 percent of
2their high school class.
AB370-ASA1,7,103 (b) If a high school's class enrollment is less than 20 pupils, the school board,
4operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or governing body of the
5private school or tribal school shall identify the highest ranked and 2nd highest
6ranked pupils in the class using the ranking method established under sub. (2) (a).
7For purposes of par. (a) and sub. (4) and s. 36.11 (3m), but subject to par. (c), the
8highest ranked pupil shall be considered to be in the top 5 percent of the pupil's high
9school class and the 2nd highest ranked pupil shall be considered to be in the top 10
10percent of the pupil's high school class.
AB370-ASA1,7,1511 (c) 1. If the ranking method established under sub. (2) (a) uses the pupil's grade
12point average as a criteria under sub. (2) (a) 1., a pupil may not be ranked in the top
135 percent of the pupil's high school class unless the pupil has achieved a grade point
14average of 3.85 or higher and may not be ranked in the top 10 percent of the pupil's
15high school class unless the pupil has achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
AB370-ASA1,7,2216 2. If the ranking method established under sub. (2) (a) uses the pupil's score
17on a college entrance examination as a criteria under sub. (2) (a) 1., a pupil may not
18be ranked in the top 5 percent of the pupil's high school class unless the pupil has
19achieved a composite score on the examination that places the pupil in the national
2090th percentile ranking or higher and may not be ranked in the top 10 percent of the
21pupil's high school class unless the pupil has achieved a composite score on the
22examination that places the pupil in the national 85th percentile ranking or higher.
AB370-ASA1,8,3 23(4) After completing the grade 11 and grade 12 class rankings required under
24sub. (2) (b) and any mid-year class ranking allowed under sub. (2) (b), a school board,
25operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or governing body of a private

1school or tribal school shall notify each pupil ranked in the top 10 percent of the
2pupil's high school class that the pupil is ranked, as applicable, in the top 5 percent
3or in the top 10 percent of the pupil's high school class.
AB370-ASA1,4 4Section 4. 119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act 12, is
5amended to read:
AB370-ASA1,8,186 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
766.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
8115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366, 115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445,
9118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.124,
10118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164,
11118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and
12(10), 118.245, 118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293, 118.2935, 118.30
13to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51, 118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 118.58, 120.12 (2m),
14(4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26),
15(34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are
16applicable to a 1st class city school district and board but not, unless explicitly
17provided in this chapter or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any
18school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program.
AB370-ASA1,5 19Section 5. Initial applicability.
AB370-ASA1,8,2120 (1) High school class rankings. The treatment of ss. 118.58 and 119.04 (1) first
21applies in the 2024-25 school year.
AB370-ASA1,8,2322 (2) Guaranteed admissions. The treatment of s. 36.11 (3) (a) and (3m) first
23applies to applications for admission for the 2025-26 academic year.
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