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LRB-6040/1
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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
March 9, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Larson, Smith, Johnson, Ringhand, L.
Taylor
, Agard, Carpenter, Roys, Erpenbach and Bewley, cosponsored by
Representatives Pope, Spreitzer, Anderson, Andraca, Vining, Sinicki,
Brostoff, Goyke, Hesselbein, Shelton, B. Meyers, Cabrera, Snodgrass, L.
Myers
, Shankland, Drake, Emerson, S. Rodriguez, Hebl, Conley, Subeck,
Ohnstad, Stubbs, Milroy, Vruwink and Hong. Referred to Committee on
Education.
SB1063,1,4 1An Act to create 20.285 (1) (cm) and 36.615 of the statutes; relating to: creating
2a teacher pledge loan repayment program administered by the Board of
3Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, granting rule-making
4authority, and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a teacher pledge loan repayment program to be administered
by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. Under the program,
individuals may apply to have the board repay their educational loans. “ Educational
loan” is defined in the bill to mean an education loan obtained by an individual from
a public or private lending institution for education to cover the cost of attendance
of any semester in which the individual is enrolled in a UW System institution
teacher education program. To be eligible to participate in the loan repayment
program, an individual must do all of the following: 1) obtain a teacher license from
the Department of Public Instruction within one year of successful completion of a
teacher education program at a UW System institution; 2) hold at least a 75 percent
teaching position in a public elementary or secondary school in this state; and 3)
agree to hold at least a 75 percent teaching position in a public elementary or
secondary school in this state for five of the seven years following the individual's
completion of the teacher education program. The board may repay 25 percent of an
eligible participant's educational loan principal and interest after each full academic
year in which the individual held a 75 percent or greater teaching position in a public
elementary or secondary school in this state.

For further information see the state 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:
SB1063,1 1Section 1. 20.285 (1) (cm) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1063,2,32 20.285 (1) (cm) Teacher pledge loan repayment program. A sum sufficient for
3the teacher pledge loan repayment program under s. 36.615.
SB1063,2 4Section 2. 36.615 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1063,2,9 536.615 Teacher pledge loan repayment program. (1) Definition. In this
6section, “educational loan” means an educational loan obtained by an individual
7from a public or private lending institution for education to cover the cost of
8attendance of any semester in which the individual is enrolled in an institution's
9teacher education program.
SB1063,2,12 10(2) Creation; administration. The board shall create and administer a teacher
11pledge loan repayment program that repays, on behalf of an individual, any
12educational loans obtained by the individual.
SB1063,2,14 13(3) Eligibility. An individual is eligible to participate in the program if the
14individual meets all of the following requirements:
SB1063,2,1715 (a) The individual obtains a teacher license from the department of public
16instruction within one year of successful completion of a teacher education program
17at an institution.
SB1063,2,1918 (b) The individual holds at least a 75 percent teaching position in a public
19elementary or secondary school in this state.
SB1063,2,2020 (c) The individual enters into the agreement under sub. (4).
SB1063,3,5
1(4) Agreement. (a) The board shall enter into a written agreement with an
2individual in which the individual agrees to hold a 75 percent or greater teaching
3position in a public elementary or secondary school in this state for at least 5
4academic years within the 7 years following the individual's completion of his or her
5teacher education program at an institution.
SB1063,3,7 6(5) Loan repayment. Principal and interest due on educational loans, exclusive
7of any penalties, may be repaid by the board at the following rate:
SB1063,3,118 (a) Twenty-five percent of the principal and interest of the educational loan
9after the individual has entered into the agreement under sub. (4) and held a 75
10percent or greater teaching position in a public elementary or secondary school for
11one full academic year.
SB1063,3,1512 (b) Twenty-five percent of the principal and interest of the educational loan
13after the individual has entered into the agreement under sub. (4) and held a 75
14percent or greater teaching position in a public elementary or secondary school for
15a 2nd full academic year.
SB1063,3,1916 (c) Twenty-five percent of the principal and interest of the educational loan
17after the individual has entered into the agreement under sub. (4) and held a 75
18percent or greater teaching position in a public elementary or secondary school for
19a 3rd full academic year.
SB1063,3,2320 (d) Twenty-five percent of the principal and interest of the educational loan
21after the individual has entered into the agreement under sub. (4) and held a 75
22percent or greater teaching position in a public elementary or secondary school for
23a 4th full academic year.
SB1063,4,2 24(6) Right of action against the state. The obligation of the board to make
25payments under an agreement entered into under sub. (4) does not create a right of

1action against the state on the part of an individual or a lending institution for failure
2to make a payment.
SB1063,4,5 3(7) Penalty. The board shall, by rule, establish penalties to be assessed by the
4board against individuals who breach an agreement entered into under sub. (4). The
5rules shall do all of the following:
SB1063,4,66 (a) Specify what actions constitute a breach of agreement.
SB1063,4,77 (b) Provide specific penalty amounts for specific breaches.
SB1063,4,98 (c) Provide exceptions for certain actions, including breaches resulting from
9death or disability.
SB1063,4,11 10(8) Rules. The board shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
11section.
SB1063,4,1212 (End)
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