April 20, 2023 - Introduced by Joint Legislative Council. Referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities.
AB215,,22An Act to amend 15.67 (1) (intro.); and to create 15.67 (1) (d) of the statutes; relating to: the membership of the Higher Educational Aids Board. AB215,,33Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This is a preliminary draft. A complete Prefatory Note will be provided in a subsequent version of this draft.
This bill is explained in the Notes provided by the Joint Legislative Council in the bill.
AB215,,44The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Joint Legislative Council prefatory note: This bill was prepared for the Joint Legislative Council’s Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations.
Under current law, the Higher Educational Aids Board consists of 11 members representing public institutions of higher education; private, nonprofit institutions of higher education; and the general public. Members include the superintendent of public instruction, members of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the Technical College System Board, a member of the board of trustees of an independent college or university, financial aids administrators, students, and a member representing the general public. Members are appointed for three-year terms except that student members are appointed for two-year terms. Members are appointed by the governor without senate confirmation.
This bill adds one member to HEAB to represent the state’s tribal colleges. The HEAB member representing the state’s tribal colleges must be alternating appointees consisting of one member of the governing body of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University for a two-year term, followed by one member of the governing body of the College of Menominee Nation for the next two-year term, and continuing this alternation of two-year terms thereafter.
AB215,15Section 1. 15.67 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: AB215,,6615.67 (1) (intro.) There is created a higher educational aids board consisting of the state superintendent of public instruction and the following members appointed for 3-year terms, except that the members specified under pars. (a) 5. and 6. and, (b) 3., and (d) shall be appointed for 2-year terms: AB215,27Section 2. 15.67 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read: AB215,,8815.67 (1) (d) To represent the state’s tribal colleges, alternating appointees consisting of one member of the governing body of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University for a term, followed by one member of the governing body of the College of Menominee Nation for the next term, and continuing this alternation of terms thereafter.
