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a
a.
Assess the causes of student debt and the challenges student debt creates for Wisconsinites, their families, and our state economy.
b
b.
Evaluate the effectiveness of current policies relating to student debt.
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c.
Research best practices from industry, academia, and other states on reducing the burden of student debt.
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d.
Provide recommendations regarding:
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i.
How the state can best address the student debt crisis for Wisconsinites and their families;
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ii.
Improving the State’s financial literacy education and academic and career planning offering and requirements that could help reduce the amount of debt taken on by Wisconsinites and their families;
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iii.
Strategies for borrowers that could help reduce loan and education-related defaults and other negative consequences for Wisconsinites;
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iv.
Strategies aimed at our most vulnerable populations struggling with student debt, including students of color, low-income students, first-generation students, women, veterans, and seniors;
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v.
The State’s role in preventing abusive practices and ensuring that loan companies do not take unreasonable advantage of borrowers;
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vi.
Improving data collection and sharing on when and why student loan borrowers default to help borrowers, regulators, and law enforcement officials spot emerging risks;
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vii.
The State’s role in maintaining affordable and high-quality higher education institutions in the State that are financially accessible to Wisconsin families, including effective state support to higher education institutions and state-based financial air;
viii
viii.
Other programmatic and budgetary recommendations for consideration by the Governor and Legislature; and
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ix.
Any other steps to address the student debt crisis in Wisconsin.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done in the City of Pewaukee this twenty-ninth day of January, in the year two thousand twenty.
TONY EVERS
Governor
By the Governor:
  DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
  Secretary of State
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Advice and Consent of the Senate
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 30, 2020
The Honorable, the Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint DAVID M. MAXWELL, of Westby, as a Non-Resident, Tourism Representative on the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2022.
Respectfully Submitted,
TONY EVERS
Governor
hist115214Read and referred to the committee on Natural Resources and Energy.
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