Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB234 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 234
5	5	April 28, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE,
6	6	BROOKS, DONOVAN, GREEN, KITCHENS, MURSAU and SUBECK, cosponsored by
7	7	Senators COWLES and FELZKOWSKI. Referred to Committee on Education.
8	8	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
9	9	AN ACT to create 20.235 (1) (cp) and 39.396 of the statutes; relating to: a school
10	10	psychologist loan program, and making an appropriation.
11	11	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
12	12	This bill creates a school psychologist loan program to be administered by the
13	13	Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB) for students who meet certain eligibility
14	14	criteria, including enrollment at an institution of higher education in a program of
15	15	study leading to a school psychologist career. Under the program, HEAB may award
16	16	to an eligible student a loan of up to $10,000 annually for up to three years. HEAB
17	17	must forgive 25 percent of the loan for each school year that the recipient is employed
18	18	as a school psychologist in an urbanized county or rural area, as defined in the bill.
19	19	“School psychologist” is defined in the bill as a licensed psychologist who practices
20	20	in a school-based setting or an individual who is licensed as a school psychologist
21	21	under rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction.
22	22	For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
23	23	an appendix to this bill.
24	24	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
25	25	enact as follows:
26	26	SECTION 1. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
27	27	the following amounts for the purposes indicated:
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35	35	20.235Higher Educational Aids Board
36	36	(1) STUDENT SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
37	37	(cp)School psychologist loan pro
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39	39	SECTION 2. 20.235 (1) (cp) of the statutes is created to read:
40	40	20.235 (1) (cp) School psychologist loan program. The amounts in the schedule
41	41	for the school psychologist loan program under s. 39.396.
42	42	SECTION 3. 39.396 of the statutes is created to read:
43	43	39.396 School psychologist loan program. (1) In this section:
44	44	(a) “Rural county” means a county that satisfies all of the following:
45	45	1. The county does not include any urbanized area.
46	46	2. Less than 25 percent of persons residing in the county are employed in
47	47	another county that includes an urbanized area.
48	48	3. Less than 25 percent of persons employed in the county reside in another
49	49	county that includes an urbanized area.
50	50	(b) “School psychologist” means a psychologist licensed under s. 455.04 (1) or
51	51	(2) who practices in a school-based setting, or an individual who is licensed as a
52	52	school psychologist under rules promulgated by the department of public
53	53	instruction.
54	54	(b) “Urbanized area" has the meaning given in 23 USC 134 (b) (7).
55	55	(2) The board shall establish a school psychologist loan program for students
56	56	who meet all of the following requirements:
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81	81	SECTION 3
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83	83	(a) Are residents of this state enrolled at least half-time as sophomores,
84	84	juniors, or seniors in an institution of higher education, as defined in 20 USC 1001
85	85	(a) and (b), located in this state.
86	86	(b) Are enrolled in programs of study leading to a school psychologist career.
87	87	(c) Have a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4-point scale or the
88	88	equivalent.
89	89	(3) A student eligible for a loan under sub. (2) may be awarded loans of up to
90	90	$10,000 annually for not more than 3 years, with a maximum of $30,000 in loans to
91	91	a student under this section.
92	92	(4) (a) Loans under sub. (2) shall be made from the appropriation under s.
93	93	20.235 (1) (cp). Except as provided in par. (b), loans under sub. (2) shall be repaid at
94	94	an annual interest rate of 5 percent.
95	95	(b) The board shall forgive 25 percent of the loan and 25 percent of the interest
96	96	on the loan for each school year the recipient is employed as a full-time school
97	97	psychologist by a public or private elementary or secondary school in an urbanized
98	98	area or in a school district in a rural county.
99	99	(5) The board shall deposit in the general fund as general purpose
100	100	revenue-earned all repayments of loans made under sub. (2) and the interest on the
101	101	loans.
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