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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
May 8, 2019 - Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Marklein, Testin, Wanggaard,
Bewley, Smith and Bernier, cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz,
Sanfelippo, Kulp, Spiros, Skowronski, Kuglitsch, Ballweg, Thiesfeldt,
Tusler, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Sinicki, Horlacher, Wichgers and
VanderMeer. Referred to Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges,
Children and Families.
SB205,1,4 1An Act to renumber and amend 36.31 (4) and 38.12 (7) (b); and to create 36.31
2(4) (bm) and 38.12 (7) (b) 2m. of the statutes; relating to: transferring academic
3credits from military transcripts to University of Wisconsin System schools and
4technical colleges.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill allows a student enrolled in a University of Wisconsin System school
or technical college who served in the military to object to the transfer of academic
credit from the student's military transcript to the UW System school or technical
college.
Current law requires the Board of Regents of the UW System to establish
policies for transferring credits between UW System schools and to enter into an
agreement for the transfer of certain credits between UW System schools and
technical colleges. Current law also allows the Board of Regents to establish policies
for credit transfers with other educational institutions.
Also under current law, each UW System school and technical college must,
upon receiving from the federal Department of Defense a student's official joint
services transcript or Community College of the Air Force transcript, do the
following: 1) accept all American Council on Education credit recommendations
included in the official joint services transcript and award academic credit to the
student in accordance with these recommendations; and 2) accept all credits
included in the CCAF transcript and award academic credit to the student
accordingly.

Under this bill, if a student objects to the awarding of credit for any course
included in the official joint services transcript or CCAF transcript, the UW System
school or technical college may not award credit for that course.
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:
SB205,1 1Section 1. 36.31 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 36.31 (4) (am), and 36.31 (4)
2(am) (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB205,2,63 36.31 (4) (am) (intro.) Upon Except as provided in par. (bm), upon receiving
4from the federal department of defense a student's official joint services transcript
5or Community College of the Air Force transcript, the institution or college campus
6in which the student is enrolled shall do the following:
SB205,2 7Section 2. 36.31 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB205,2,118 36.31 (4) (bm) An institution or college campus may not award academic credit
9to a student under par. (am) for each course for which the student, upon consultation
10with the institution's or college campus's staff, objects to the awarding of credit for
11that course.
SB205,3 12Section 3. 38.12 (7) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 38.12 (7) (b) 1m., and
1338.12 (7) (b) 1m. (intro.), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SB205,2,1714 38.12 (7) (b) 1m. (intro.) Upon Except as provided in subd. 2m., upon receiving
15from the federal department of defense a student's official joint services transcript
16or Community College of the Air Force transcript, the technical college in which the
17student is enrolled shall do the following:
SB205,4 18Section 4. 38.12 (7) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
SB205,3,3
138.12 (7) (b) 2m. A technical college may not award academic credit to a student
2under subd. 1m. for each course for which the student, upon consultation with the
3technical college's staff, objects to the awarding of credit for that course.
SB205,3,44 (End)
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