Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB12 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 12
5	5	February 7, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives KITCHENS, KURTZ, STEFFEN,
6	6	NOVAK, MYERS, SPIROS, ARMSTRONG, ORTIZ-VELEZ, ROZAR, MACCO, MURPHY,
7	7	GREEN, MURSAU, EDMING, DUCHOW and SHANKLAND, cosponsored by Senators
8	8	WIMBERGER, BALLWEG, COWLES and TAYLOR. Referred to Committee on Colleges
9	9	and Universities.
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to amend 36.27 (2) (b) 4., 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a., 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b., 36.27
12	12	(3n) (bd), 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. (intro.), 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. a., 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. b., 38.24
13	13	(7) (bd), 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. (intro.) and 39.49 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes; relating to:
14	14	tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents
15	15	enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private
16	16	nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin
17	17	System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans.
18	18	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
19	19	This bill modifies the residency requirement for the tuition and fee remission
20	20	program for certain veterans and their spouses and children enrolled in University
21	21	of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges. The bill makes a similar
22	22	change with respect to grant eligibility for certain veterans and their spouses and
23	23	children enrolled in private nonprofit colleges. The bill also modifies the UW System
24	24	nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans.
25	25	Under current law, if certain criteria are met, veterans and their spouses and
26	26	17- to 25-year-old children are eligible for full remission of tuition and fees at UW
27	27	System schools and technical colleges for up to eight semesters or 128 credits,
28	28	whichever is longer. Under the veterans fee remission program, the veteran must
29	29	be a resident of this state when he or she entered military service or be a resident of
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39	39	this state for at least five consecutive years immediately before the veteran registers
40	40	at a UW System school or technical college. Under the fee remission program for the
41	41	spouse or child of a veteran who suffered service-connected death or disability, the
42	42	veteran must have been a resident of this state when he or she entered military
43	43	service or one of the following must apply: 1) if the veteran, while a resident of this
44	44	state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected disability, or died
45	45	in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes, the veteran
46	46	must have resided in this state for at least five consecutive years while an adult, or
47	47	2) if the veteran received at least a 30 percent service-connected disability rating,
48	48	the veteran must have resided in this state for at least five consecutive years
49	49	immediately before the veteran's spouse or child registers at a UW System school or
50	50	technical college. In addition, if a veteran was not a resident of this state when he
51	51	or she entered military service, the veteran's spouse or child is eligible for tuition and
52	52	fee remission only if the spouse or child has resided in this state for at least five
53	53	consecutive years immediately before the spouse's or child's enrollment in a UW
54	54	System school or technical college.
55	55	The bill lowers from five years to three years the durational residency
56	56	requirement for veterans and their spouses and children under the tuition and fee
57	57	remission program under circumstances in which the veteran was not a resident of
58	58	this state when he or she entered military service.
59	59	Under current law, the Higher Educational Aids Board administers a grant
60	60	program under which HEAB makes grants to private nonprofit colleges to offset
61	61	tuition charged to enrolled veterans and their spouses and children who, if they had
62	62	been enrolled in a UW System institution or technical college, would qualify for
63	63	tuition remission as described above.
64	64	The bill also lowers from five years to three years the durational residency
65	65	requirement for veterans and their spouses and children for purposes of this HEAB
66	66	grant program.
67	67	Under current law, a person generally must be a Wisconsin resident for at least
68	68	12 months prior to registering at a UW System institution in order to be exempt from
69	69	paying nonresident tuition. Current law also includes nonresident tuition
70	70	exemptions, under which certain nonresident students pay resident tuition rates.
71	71	Under one exemption, a student is eligible for resident tuition if the student is a
72	72	veteran, is a resident of and living in Wisconsin at the time of registering at a UW
73	73	institution, and was a Wisconsin resident at the time of entry into active duty.
74	74	The bill eliminates the requirement that the student had been a Wisconsin
75	75	resident at the time of entry into active duty as a condition of eligibility for the
76	76	nonresident tuition exemption for veterans.
77	77	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
78	78	printed as an appendix to this bill.
79	79	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
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85	85	SECTION 1. 36.27 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
86	86	36.27 (2) (b) 4. A person who was a resident of this state at the time of entry
87	87	into active duty, who is a resident of and living in this state at the time of registering
88	88	at an institution, and who is a veteran, as defined in s. 45.01 (12), is entitled to the
89	89	exemption under par. (a).
90	90	SECTION 2. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
91	91	36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a. A person who has served on active duty under honorable
92	92	conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed
93	93	forces, in the national guard, or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces; who
94	94	was a resident of this state at the time of entry into that service or resided in this state
95	95	for at least 5 3 consecutive years after the person attained the age of 18; and who,
96	96	while a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a
97	97	service-connected disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive
98	98	duty for training purposes.
99	99	SECTION 3. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
100	100	36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b. A person who was a resident of this state at the time of
101	101	entry into service described in subd. 1m. a. or resided in this state for at least 5 3
102	102	consecutive years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session
103	103	for which the person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. registers at an
104	104	institution, and who the U.S. department of veteran affairs has awarded at least a
105	105	30 percent service-connected disability rating under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.
106	106	SECTION 4. 36.27 (3n) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read:
107	107	36.27 (3n) (bd) If an eligible veteran was not a resident of this state at the time
108	108	of entry into service described in par. (a) 1m. a., the board may grant a remission of
109	109	academic fees and segregated fees under this subsection only if the eligible veteran's
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137	137	spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. has resided in this state for at least
138	138	5 3 consecutive years immediately preceding the spouse's or child's enrollment in
139	139	an institution.
140	140	SECTION 5. 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
141	141	36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. (intro.) “Veteran" means a person who is verified by the
142	142	department of veterans affairs as being a resident of this state for purposes of
143	143	receiving benefits under ch. 45; as being a resident of this state at the time of his or
144	144	her entry into the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces
145	145	or as being a resident of this state for at least 5 3 consecutive years immediately
146	146	preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person registers at
147	147	an institution; and as meeting any of the following conditions:
148	148	SECTION 6. 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
149	149	38.24 (7) (a) 1m. a. A person who has served on active duty under honorable
150	150	conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed
151	151	forces, in the national guard, or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces; who
152	152	was a resident of this state at the time of entry into that service or resided in this state
153	153	for at least 5 3 consecutive years after the person attained the age of 18; and who,
154	154	while a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a
155	155	service-connected disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive
156	156	duty for training purposes.
157	157	SECTION 7. 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
158	158	38.24 (7) (a) 1m. b. A person who was a resident of this state at the time of entry
159	159	into service described in subd. 1m. a. or resided in this state for at least 5 3
160	160	consecutive years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session
161	161	for which the person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. registers at a
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191	191	technical college, and who the U.S. department of veteran affairs has awarded at
192	192	least a 30 percent service-connected disability rating under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.
193	193	SECTION 8. 38.24 (7) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read:
194	194	38.24 (7) (bd) If an eligible veteran was not a resident of this state at the time
195	195	of entry into service described in par. (a) 1m. a., the district board may grant a
196	196	remission of academic fees and segregated fees under this subsection only if the
197	197	eligible veteran's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. has resided in this
198	198	state for at least 5 3 consecutive years immediately preceding the spouse's or child's
199	199	enrollment in a technical college.
200	200	SECTION 9. 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
201	201	38.24 (8) (a) 1r. (intro.) “Veteran" means a person who is verified by the
202	202	department of veterans affairs as being a resident of this state for purposes of
203	203	receiving benefits under ch. 45; as being a resident of this state at the time of his or
204	204	her entry into the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces
205	205	or as being a resident of this state for at least 5 3 consecutive years immediately
206	206	preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person registers at
207	207	a technical college; and as meeting any of the following conditions:
208	208	SECTION 10. 39.49 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
209	209	39.49 (2) (a) 2. If a deceased veteran was not a resident of this state at the time
210	210	of entry into service, the board may not make a grant under subd. 1. for an eligible
211	211	student who is a dependent of the deceased veteran unless the dependent has resided
212	212	in this state for at least 5 3 consecutive years immediately preceding his or her
213	213	enrollment in a private institution.
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240	240	SECTION 11 ASSEMBLY BILL 12
241	241	(1) This act first applies to the first semester or session beginning after the
242	242	effective date of this subsection.
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