Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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5	5	March 6, 2024 - Introduced by Representatives SUBECK, EMERSON, JOERS, MOORE
6	6	OMOKUNDE, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, SINICKI and STUBBS, cosponsored by
7	7	Senators L. JOHNSON, SPREITZER and LARSON. Referred to Committee on
8	8	Colleges and Universities.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to create 20.235 (1) (fx), 20.437 (1) (ch), 36.27 (3g), 38.24 (5m), 39.52 and
11	11	48.543 of the statutes; relating to: University of Wisconsin System and
12	12	technical college tuition remissions for and grants to support foster care and
13	13	other out-of-home care placement students and making an appropriation.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	This bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
16	16	and technical college district boards to grant tuition remission to certain students
17	17	who were in foster care or other placement out of their parents' homes. This bill also
18	18	requires the Department of Children and Families to distribute to University of
19	19	Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges within the Technical College
20	20	System $120,000 in grants for programs that support former foster youth.
21	21	Under current law, if the juvenile court adjudges a child to be in need of
22	22	protection or services, the juvenile court may order the child to be removed from the
23	23	home of the child's parent and placed in an out-of-home care placement, such as the
24	24	home of a foster parent, guardian, relative other than a parent, or nonrelative or a
25	25	group home, residential care center for children and youth, or shelter care facility.
26	26	Under the bill, a student is eligible for institution or technical college tuition
27	27	remission if the student is a state resident to whom any of the following applies: 1)
28	28	the individual resided in an out-of-home care placement on his or her 18th birthday;
29	29	2) the individual resided in an out-of-home care placement and after his or her 13th
30	30	birthday the individual was adopted or appointed a nonagency guardian; or 3) the
31	31	individual resided in an out-of-home care placement for at least one year after his
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38	38	or her 13th birthday and then returned to live in the home of his or her parent after
39	39	termination of the order.
40	40	The bill requires the Board of Regents to grant an eligible student a tuition
41	41	remission for each semester or session that the student completes the federal Free
42	42	Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and is enrolled in an associate degree
43	43	or bachelor's degree program. A technical college district board must grant an
44	44	eligible student a tuition remission for each semester or session that the student
45	45	completes the FAFSA and is enrolled in a technical diploma or associate degree
46	46	program. The technical college district boards may not grant the tuition remission
47	47	after a technical college student is awarded the diploma or degree for the program
48	48	in which he or she is enrolled or attains the age of 25 years, whichever occurs first.
49	49	The Board of Regents may not grant the tuition remission after a student is awarded
50	50	a bachelor's degree or attains the age of 25, whichever occurs first. In addition, the
51	51	bill prohibits a student from receiving this tuition remission from either the Board
52	52	of Regents or a technical college district board for more than a total of 12 semesters
53	53	or sessions. The Board of Regents and technical college district boards must deduct
54	54	from a remission any federal scholarship, grant, or aid, other than a loan, awarded
55	55	for a student.
56	56	The bill also makes an appropriation to the Higher Educational Aids Board to
57	57	reimburse the Board of Regents and technical college district boards for remissions
58	58	granted under the bill. If the appropriation is not sufficient to make full
59	59	reimbursement, HEAB must prorate the reimbursements.
60	60	This bill also makes an appropriation to DCF for the purpose of distributing at
61	61	least four grants per biennium of up to $30,000 each to University of Wisconsin
62	62	institutions or technical colleges for the purpose of supporting programming for
63	63	former foster youth who are enrolled in the institution.
64	64	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
65	65	printed as an appendix to this bill.
66	66	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
67	67	enact as follows:
68	68	SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
69	69	the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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71	71	20.235 Higher educational aids board
72	72	(1) STUDENT SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
73	73	(fx)Foster care remissions GPR B 410,000 410,000
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81	81	SECTION 1
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83	83	20.437Children and families, department of
84	84	(1) CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
85	85	(ch)Grants to support former foster
86	86	youth in higher education GPR B -0- 120,000
87	87	SECTION 2. 20.235 (1) (fx) of the statutes is created to read:
88	88	20.235 (1) (fx) Foster care remissions. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule
89	89	to reimburse the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and
90	90	technical college district boards under s. 39.52 for fee remissions made under ss.
91	91	36.27 (3g) and 38.24 (5m).
92	92	SECTION 3. 20.437 (1) (ch) of the statutes is created to read:
93	93	20.437 (1) (ch) Grants to support former foster youth in higher education.
94	94	Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for grants under s. 48.543.
95	95	SECTION 4. 36.27 (3g) of the statutes is created to read:
96	96	36.27 (3g) FOSTER CARE REMISSIONS. (a) In this subsection:
97	97	1. “Eligible individual” means a state resident to whom any of the following
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99	99	a. He or she resided in an out-of-home care placement on his or her 18th
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101	101	b. He or she resided in an out-of-home care placement and subsequently, after
102	102	his or her 13th birthday, he or she was adopted or appointed a nonagency guardian
103	103	under s. 48.977 or 48.9795.
104	104	c. He or she resided in an out-of-home care placement for at least one year after
105	105	his or her 13th birthday and he or she returned to live in the home of his or her parent
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133	133	2. “Federal assistance” means any federal scholarship, grant, or aid, other than
134	134	a loan, provided to a student or to a student's educational institution on behalf of a
135	135	student.
136	136	3. “Out-of-home care placement” means the placement of a child out of his or
137	137	her home, in this state, under a court order under s. 48.355, 48.357, 48.365, 938.355,
138	138	938.357, or 938.365.
139	139	(b) Subject to par. (c), the board shall grant full remission of academic fees and
140	140	segregated fees to any eligible individual for a semester or session if the individual
141	141	satisfies each of the following:
142	142	1. The individual completes the federal Free Application for Federal Student
143	143	Aid, as described in 20 USC 1090 (a), for that semester or session.
144	144	2. The individual is enrolled in an associate degree or bachelor's degree
145	145	program in that semester or session.
146	146	(c) 1. The board shall deduct from a remission granted to an eligible individual
147	147	under par. (b) for a semester or session the amount of federal assistance awarded for
148	148	the individual for that semester or session.
149	149	2. The board may not grant a remission under par. (b) to an eligible individual
150	150	after the eligible individual is awarded a bachelor's degree or attains the age of 25
151	151	years, whichever occurs first.
152	152	3. An eligible student may receive a remission under par. (b) or s. 38.24 (5m)
153	153	(b) for no more than a total of 12 semesters. For purposes of this subdivision, a
154	154	session is counted as a semester.
155	155	SECTION 5. 38.24 (5m) of the statutes is created to read:
156	156	38.24 (5m) FOSTER CARE REMISSIONS. (a) In this subsection:
157	157	1. “Eligible individual” has the meaning given in s. 36.27 (3g) (a) 1.
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187	187	2. “Federal assistance” has the meaning given in s. 36.27 (3g) (a) 2.
188	188	(b) Subject to par. (c), a district board shall grant full remission of fees under
189	189	sub. (1m) (a) to (c) to any eligible individual for a semester or session if the individual
190	190	satisfies each of the following:
191	191	1. The individual completes the federal Free Application for Federal Student
192	192	Aid, as described in 20 USC 1090 (a), for that semester or session.
193	193	2. The individual is enrolled in a technical diploma or associate degree program
194	194	in that semester or session.
195	195	(c) 1. A district board shall deduct from a remission granted to an eligible
196	196	individual under par. (b) for a semester or session the amount of federal assistance
197	197	awarded for the individual for that semester or session.
198	198	2. An eligible individual may not receive a remission under par. (b) after the
199	199	eligible individual is awarded a diploma or degree in the program in which he or she
200	200	is enrolled or attains the age of 25 years, whichever occurs first.
201	201	3. An eligible student may receive a remission under par. (b) or s. 36.27 (3g) (b)
202	202	for no more than a total of 12 semesters. For purposes of this subdivision, a session
203	203	is counted as a semester.
204	204	SECTION 6. 39.52 of the statutes is created to read:
205	205	39.52 Foster care remissions. (1) UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM. At the
206	206	end of each semester, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
207	207	shall certify to the board the number of students enrolled in the University of
208	208	Wisconsin System to whom fees have been remitted under s. 36.27 (3g) and the
209	209	amount of fees remitted. Subject to sub. (3), if the board approves the information
210	210	certified under this subsection, the board, from the appropriation account under s.
211	211	20.235 (1) (fx), shall reimburse the Board of Regents for the full amount of fees
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239	239	remitted. The Board of Regents shall credit any amounts received under this
240	240	subsection to the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (k) and shall expend those
241	241	amounts received for degree credit instruction.
242	242	(2) TECHNICAL COLLEGES. At the end of each semester, each technical college
243	243	district board shall certify to the board the number of students enrolled in the
244	244	technical college governed by the district board to whom fees have been remitted
245	245	under s. 38.24 (5m) and the amount of those fees remitted. Subject to sub. (3), if the
246	246	board approves the information certified under this subsection, the board, from the
247	247	appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fx), shall reimburse the district board for
248	248	the full amount of fees remitted.
249	249	(3) PRORATED REIMBURSEMENT. In June of each fiscal year, the board shall
250	250	determine the total amount of fees remitted by the Board of Regents that are eligible
251	251	for reimbursement under sub. (1) and fees remitted by the district boards that are
252	252	eligible for reimbursement under sub. (2). If the moneys appropriated under s.
253	253	20.235 (1) (fx) are not sufficient to reimburse the Board of Regents and the district
254	254	boards for the full amount of those fees, the board shall prorate the reimbursement
255	255	paid under subs. (1) and (2) in the proportion that the moneys available bears to the
256	256	total amount eligible for reimbursement under subs. (1) and (2).
257	257	SECTION 7. 48.543 of the statutes is created to read:
258	258	48.543 Grants to support former foster youth in higher education. The
259	259	department shall award no fewer than 4 grants to University of Wisconsin System
260	260	institutions or technical colleges within the Wisconsin Technical College System for
261	261	the purpose of providing resources, programs, and activities for youth who were
262	262	formerly placed in out-of-home care and who are enrolled in the institution or
263	263	technical college. No grant under this section may exceed $30,000.
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293	293	SECTION 8.0Initial applicability.
294	294	(1) This act first applies to eligible individuals, as defined in s. 36.27 (3g) (a)
295	295	1., enrolled in a University of Wisconsin System institution or Technical College
296	296	System technical college in the first semester or session following the effective date
297	297	of this subsection.
298	298	SECTION 9.0Effective date.
299	299	(1) This act takes effect on the day after publication or on the 2nd day after
300	300	publication of the 2023 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
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