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| 2 | 2 | | ARG:amn |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 215 |
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| 5 | 5 | | April 20, 2023 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee |
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| 6 | 6 | | on Colleges and Universities. |
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| 7 | 7 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT to amend 15.67 (1) (intro.); and to create 15.67 (1) (d) of the statutes; |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to: the membership of the Higher Educational Aids Board. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 11 | 11 | | This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in |
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| 12 | 12 | | the bill. |
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| 13 | 13 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 14 | 14 | | enact as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the Joint |
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| 16 | 16 | | Legislative Council's Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Under current law, the Higher Educational Aids Board consists of 11 members |
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| 18 | 18 | | representing public institutions of higher education; private, nonprofit institutions of |
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| 19 | 19 | | higher education; and the general public. Members include the superintendent of public |
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| 20 | 20 | | instruction, members of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and |
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| 21 | 21 | | the Technical College System Board, a member of the board of trustees of an independent |
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| 22 | 22 | | college or university, financial aids administrators, students, and a member representing |
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| 23 | 23 | | the general public. Members are appointed for three-year terms except that student |
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| 24 | 24 | | members are appointed for two-year terms. Members are appointed by the governor |
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| 25 | 25 | | without senate confirmation. |
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| 26 | 26 | | This bill adds one member to HEAB to represent the state's tribal colleges. The |
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| 27 | 27 | | HEAB member representing the state's tribal colleges must be alternating appointees |
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| 28 | 28 | | consisting of one member of the governing body of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe |
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| 29 | 29 | | University for a two-year term, followed by one member of the governing body of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | College of Menominee Nation for the next two-year term, and continuing this alternation |
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| 31 | 31 | | of two-year terms thereafter. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 215 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 1. 15.67 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 15.67 (1) (intro.) There is created a higher educational aids board consisting |
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| 38 | 38 | | of the state superintendent of public instruction and the following members |
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| 39 | 39 | | appointed for 3-year terms, except that the members specified under pars. (a) 5. and |
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| 40 | 40 | | 6. and, (b) 3., and (d) shall be appointed for 2-year terms: |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2. 15.67 (1) (d) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15.67 (1) (d) To represent the state's tribal colleges, alternating appointees |
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| 43 | 43 | | consisting of one member of the governing body of the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe |
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| 44 | 44 | | University for a term, followed by one member of the governing body of the College |
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| 45 | 45 | | of Menominee Nation for the next term, and continuing this alternation of terms |
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| 46 | 46 | | thereafter. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (END) |
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