March 31, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives Zimmerman, Murphy, Petryk, Behnke, Brooks, Dallman, Edming, Green, Magnafici, Mursau, Oldenburg, Summerfield, Wichgers, Wittke and Rozar, cosponsored by Senators Stafsholt, Ballweg, Cowles, James, L. Johnson, Larson, Marklein, Pfaff, Roys, Smith and Spreitzer. Referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities.
AB140,,22An Act to amend 20.235 (1) (e) (title), 20.285 (1) (gb), 39.42, 39.47 (title), 39.47 (1), 39.47 (2), 45.20 (2) (a) 1., 45.20 (2) (c) 1., 45.20 (2) (d) 1. (intro.), 71.05 (6) (b) 28. (intro.) and 321.40 (1) (c) 2.; and to create 36.27 (2r) of the statutes; relating to: the Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement and making an appropriation. AB140,,33Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, the Higher Educational Aids Board administers and has authority to renegotiate the Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement. The agreement provides for the waiver of nonresident tuition for residents of either state who are enrolled in public vocational schools and for a reciprocal fee structure for residents of either state who are enrolled in public institutions of higher education located in the other state.
This bill requires the University of Wisconsin System to enter into, administer, and renegotiate with Minnesota a tuition reciprocity agreement that provides for the waiver of nonresident tuition and for a reciprocal fee structure for residents of either state who are enrolled in public institutions of higher education located in the other state. The bill requires that all the tuition paid by Minnesota students attending UW institutions under the agreement, including tuition commonly referred to as differential reciprocity tuition, be credited to a UW System appropriation account from which UW System expenditures are authorized. The bill requires the Board of Regents to ensure that each institution is allocated the amounts received under the tuition reciprocity agreement in proportion to the total amount each institution charged its students with Minnesota residence in tuition and fees.
This bill also requires HEAB to enter into, administer, and renegotiate with Minnesota a fee reciprocity agreement that provides for the waiver of nonresident fees for residents of either state who are enrolled in public vocational schools in the other state.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.