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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
March 7, 2022 - Introduced by Representatives Wittke,
Cabral-Guevara and
Moses, cosponsored by Senators Testin,
Nass and Feyen. Referred to
Committee on Colleges and Universities.
AB1082,1,3
1An Act to create 36.53 and 118.65 of the statutes;
relating to: reporting on, and
2charging high schools for the cost of, remedial courses at University of
3Wisconsin System institutions.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the University of Wisconsin System must determine and
report on high schools that have graduated more than six students who, on the basis
of their performance on placement tests in the preceding 12 months, are required to
take remedial coursework in English or mathematics. This bill requires the Board
of Regents to charge high schools that have graduated any student needing remedial
coursework in English or mathematics for the cost of providing that student remedial
coursework. The bill also requires the Board of Regents to complete and submit an
annual report to the legislature detailing the cost of providing remedial coursework.
The bill provides that, if a high school fails to pay the charges, the Department
of Public Instruction must reduce state aid or certain other amounts otherwise
payable to the high school by an amount equal to the unpaid charges.
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:
AB1082,1
1Section
1. 36.53 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1082,2,3
236.53 Remedial coursework reimbursement. (1) Definitions. In this
3section:
AB1082,2,64
(a) “High school” means a public or private school in this state in which a high
5school grade is taught, including a school classified as a senior high school under s.
6115.01 (2).