Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 239
5	5	April 28, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives M AXEY, BEHNKE, BINSFELD,
6	6	CABRERA, DONOVAN, EDMING, GREEN, MYERS, MICHALSKI, MURPHY, MURSAU,
7	7	NEDWESKI, NOVAK, ORTIZ-VELEZ, SCHMIDT, SHANKLAND, SINICKI and WICHGERS,
8	8	cosponsored by Senators COWLES and TOMCZYK. Referred to Committee on
9	9	Colleges and Universities.
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to amend 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. (intro.), 36.27 (3n) (am), 36.27 (3n) (bd), 38.24
12	12	(7) (a) 1m. (intro.), 38.24 (7) (am) and 38.24 (7) (bd); and to create 36.27 (3n)
13	13	(a) 1m. c. and 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. c. of the statutes; relating to: tuition and fee
14	14	remission for eligible veterans' spouses and children enrolled in the University
15	15	of Wisconsin System or a technical college.
16	16	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
17	17	This bill expands the definition of “eligible veteran” for the purposes of a tuition
18	18	and fee remission program for eligible veterans' spouses and children.
19	19	Current law provides for full remission of tuition and fees at technical colleges
20	20	and UW System institutions for up to eight semesters or 128 credits for the spouse
21	21	and 17-to-25-year-old children of eligible veterans. Under current law, an “eligible
22	22	veteran” is a military service member who suffered service-connected death or
23	23	disability and who either was a resident of this state when he or she entered military
24	24	service or satisfies one of the following: 1) if the veteran, while a resident of this state,
25	25	died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected disability, or died in the
26	26	line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes, the veteran resided
27	27	in this state for at least five consecutive years while an adult; or 2) if the veteran
28	28	received at least a 30 percent service-connected disability rating, the veteran
29	29	resided in this state for at least five consecutive years immediately before the
30	30	veteran's spouse or child registers at a technical college or a UW System institution.
31	31	In addition, if a veteran was not a resident of this state when he or she entered
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39	39	military service, the veteran's spouse or child is eligible for tuition and fee remission
40	40	only if the spouse or child has resided in this state for at least five consecutive years
41	41	immediately before the spouse's or child's enrollment in a technical college or UW
42	42	System institution.
43	43	This bill expands the tuition and fee program's definition of “eligible veteran”
44	44	to include a person who has served on active duty for 20 or more years and who is on
45	45	active duty in the time immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or
46	46	session for which the person's spouse or child registers at a technical college or UW
47	47	System institution. In addition, the person must either have been a resident of this
48	48	state at the time of the person's entry into service or have resided in this state for at
49	49	least five consecutive years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or
50	50	session for which the person's spouse or child registers at an institution. If the person
51	51	was not a resident of this state when he or she entered military service, the person's
52	52	spouse or child is eligible for tuition and fee remission only if the spouse or child has
53	53	resided in this state for at least five consecutive years immediately preceding the
54	54	spouse's or child's enrollment in a technical college or UW System institution.
55	55	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
56	56	printed as an appendix to this bill.
57	57	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
58	58	enact as follows:
59	59	SECTION 1. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
60	60	36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. (intro.) “Eligible veteran" means a person verified by the
61	61	department of veterans affairs to be either any of the following:
62	62	SECTION 2. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. c. of the statutes is created to read:
63	63	36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. c. A person who has served on active duty for at least 20 years
64	64	in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces;
65	65	who is on active duty in service in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as
66	66	part of the U.S. armed forces in the time immediately preceding the beginning of any
67	67	semester or session for which the person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2.,
68	68	or 3. registers at an institution; and who was a resident of this state at the time of
69	69	the person's entry into service or resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive years
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85	85	immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the
86	86	person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. registers at an institution.
87	87	SECTION 3. 36.27 (3n) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
88	88	36.27 (3n) (am) In determining a person's residency at the time of entry into
89	89	service under par. (a) 1m. a., or b. or c., the state from which the person entered
90	90	service is irrelevant.
91	91	SECTION 4. 36.27 (3n) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read:
92	92	36.27 (3n) (bd) If an eligible veteran was not a resident of this state at the time
93	93	of entry into service described in par. (a) 1m. a. or c., the board may grant a remission
94	94	of academic fees and segregated fees under this subsection only if the eligible
95	95	veteran's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. has resided in this state for
96	96	at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the spouse's or child's enrollment
97	97	in an institution.
98	98	SECTION 5. 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
99	99	38.24 (7) (a) 1m. (intro.) “Eligible veteran" means a person verified by the
100	100	department of veterans affairs to be either any of the following:
101	101	SECTION 6. 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. c. of the statutes is created to read:
102	102	38.24 (7) (a) 1m. c. A person who has served on active duty for at least 20 years
103	103	in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces;
104	104	who is on active duty in service in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as
105	105	part of the U.S. armed forces in the time immediately preceding the beginning of any
106	106	semester or session for which the person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2.,
107	107	or 3. registers at a technical college; and who was a resident of this state at the time
108	108	of the person's entry into service or resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive
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135	135	years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the
136	136	person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. registers at a technical college.
137	137	SECTION 7. 38.24 (7) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
138	138	38.24 (7) (am) In determining a person's residency at the time of entry into
139	139	service under par. (a) 1m. a., or b., or c., the state from which the person entered
140	140	service is irrelevant.
141	141	SECTION 8. 38.24 (7) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read:
142	142	38.24 (7) (bd) If an eligible veteran was not a resident of this state at the time
143	143	of entry into service described in par. (a) 1m. a. or c., the district board may grant a
144	144	remission of academic fees and segregated fees under this subsection only if the
145	145	eligible veteran's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. has resided in this
146	146	state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the spouse's or child's
147	147	enrollment in a technical college.
148	148	SECTION 9.0Initial applicability.
149	149	(1) This act first applies to the first semester or session beginning after the
150	150	effective date of this subsection.
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