SB70-SSA2-SA3,9320 Section 9320. Initial applicability; Higher Educational Aids Board.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,18,23 (1) Wisconsin grant calculation for private nonprofit colleges. The treatment of s. 39.30 (3) first applies to grants awarded for the semester or session beginning after the effective date of this subsection.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,19,1 “ Section 44. 20.250 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,19,5 20.250 (1) (f) Psychiatry and behavioral health residency program. The amounts in the schedule for a psychiatry and behavioral health residency program to support the recruitment and training of psychiatry and behavioral health residents.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,19,7 “ Section 45. 36.11 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,19,12 36.11 (3) (a) The Subject to par. (am), the board shall establish the policies for admission within the system and within these policies each institution shall establish specific requirements for admission to its courses of instruction. No sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin of U.S. citizens or sex shall ever be allowed in the admission of students thereto.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,46 Section 46. 36.11 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,19,16 36.11 (3) (am) The board shall establish a direct admission program that provides Wisconsin high school graduates with conditional or guaranteed undergraduate admission to an institution based on established eligibility criteria.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,9147 Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System

SB70-SSA2-SA3,20,2 (1) Direct admission program. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall work with a consultant to develop the direct admission program under s. 36.11 (3) (am) and, in developing the program, shall also consult with the department of public instruction, the technical college system board, and other interested stakeholders. The Board of Regents shall implement the direct admission program under s. 36.11 (3) (am) no later than the beginning of the admissions cycle for the 2025-26 academic year.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,20,4 “ Section 47. 38.34 of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,20,13 38.34 Grant to support advanced manufacturing engineering technology and apprenticeship center. From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (f), the board shall award a grant of $250,000 to Mid-State Technical College in each fiscal year for an advanced manufacturing engineering technology and apprenticeship center to train and maintain a workforce to meet workforce needs for the state's paper, pulp, and converting mills. Grants may be used for the center's maintenance of capital equipment and supplies, information technology equipment, equipment for student learning infrastructure and student learning support, and the center's ongoing operations.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,20,15 “ Section 48. 20.285 (1) (bt) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,20,18 20.285 (1) (bt) Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project. As a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for the purposes specified in 2023 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), section 9147 (1a).

SB70-SSA2-SA3,9147 Section 9147. Nonstatutory provisions; University of Wisconsin System.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,20,22 (1a) Funding for the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,20,23 (a) In this subsection:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,20,24 1. “Board” means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,21,2 2. “MIA Recovery Project” means the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,21,5 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (bt), the board shall provide funding for the MIA Recovery Project to perform a mission for the recovery and identification of Wisconsin veterans who are missing in action.

SB70-SSA2-SA3,21,11 (c) The MIA Recovery Project, acting through its representative, shall submit at the conclusion of the mission for which the funds were expended, to the board, the joint committee on finance, the standing committees of each house of the legislature dealing with veterans matters, the governor, the department of veterans affairs, and the department of military affairs, a report on the mission's findings and an accounting of expenditures for the mission.”.

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SB70-SSA2-SA3,21,13 “ Section 49. 20.285 (1) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB70-SSA2-SA3,21,15 20.285 (1) (cr) Foster youth support programs. The amounts in the schedule to provide funding for former foster youth support programs under s. 36.25 (43).

SB70-SSA2-SA3,50 Section 50. 36.25 (43) of the statutes is created to read: