Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 7
5	5	February 7, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives M URPHY, ARMSTRONG,
6	6	BRANDTJEN, DONOVAN, MURSAU, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PLUMER, SHANKLAND, SINICKI,
7	7	TUSLER and WICHGERS, cosponsored by Senators JACQUE, BALLWEG and
8	8	CARPENTER. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.
9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to amend 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a., 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b., 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.),
11	11	36.27 (3n) (bd), 36.27 (3n) (bg), 36.27 (3n) (bm), 36.27 (3n) (c), 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r.
12	12	(intro.), 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. a., 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. b., 38.24 (7) (a) 1p., 38.24 (7) (b)
13	13	(intro.), 38.24 (7) (bd), 38.24 (7) (bg), 38.24 (7) (bm) and 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. (intro.);
14	14	and to create 36.27 (3n) (a) 1r. of the statutes; relating to: tuition and fee
15	15	remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University
16	16	of Wisconsin System or a technical college.
17	17	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
18	18	This bill modifies the residency requirement for the tuition and fee remission
19	19	program for certain veterans and their spouses and children enrolled in University
20	20	of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges.
21	21	Under current law, if certain criteria are met, veterans and their spouses and
22	22	17- to 25-year-old children are eligible for full remission of tuition and fees at UW
23	23	System schools and technical colleges for up to eight semesters or 128 credits,
24	24	whichever is longer. Under the veterans fee remission program, the veteran must
25	25	be a resident of this state when he or she entered military service or be a resident of
26	26	this state for at least five consecutive years immediately before the veteran registers
27	27	at a UW System school or technical college. Under the fee remission program for the
28	28	spouse or child of a veteran who suffered service-connected death or disability, the
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38	38	veteran must have been a resident of this state when he or she entered military
39	39	service or one of the following must apply: 1) if the veteran, while a resident of this
40	40	state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected disability, or died
41	41	in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes, the veteran
42	42	must have resided in this state for at least five consecutive years while an adult, or
43	43	2) if the veteran received at least a 30 percent service-connected disability rating,
44	44	the veteran must have resided in this state for at least five consecutive years
45	45	immediately before the veteran's spouse or child registers at a UW System school or
46	46	technical college. In addition, if a veteran was not a resident of this state when he
47	47	or she entered military service, the veteran's spouse or child is eligible for tuition and
48	48	fee remission only if the spouse or child has resided in this state for at least five
49	49	consecutive years immediately before the spouse's or child's enrollment in a UW
50	50	System school or technical college.
51	51	This bill eliminates the five-year durational residency requirement for
52	52	veterans and their spouses and children under the tuition and fee remission program
53	53	under circumstances in which the veteran was not a resident of this state when he
54	54	or she entered military service. Under the bill, if the veteran was not a resident of
55	55	this state when he or she entered military service, the veteran is still eligible for the
56	56	tuition and fee remission program if the veteran is a resident of this state
57	57	immediately before the veteran registers at a UW System school or technical college.
58	58	Also under the bill, if the veteran was not a resident of this state when he or she
59	59	entered military service, the veteran's spouse and children are still eligible for the
60	60	tuition and fee remission program if the spouse or child resided in this state
61	61	immediately before the spouse or child registers at a UW System school or technical
62	62	college and if the veteran, as described in 1), above, resided in this state at any time
63	63	while an adult or the veteran, as described in 2), above, resided in this state
64	64	immediately before the veteran's spouse or child registers at a UW System school or
65	65	technical college. If the applicable requirements for fee remission are met, the
66	66	veteran or the veteran's spouse or child is eligible for fee remission regardless of
67	67	whether the veteran or veteran's spouse or child would otherwise qualify as a
68	68	resident student for tuition or fee purposes.
69	69	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
70	70	printed as an appendix to this bill.
71	71	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
72	72	enact as follows:
73	73	SECTION 1. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
74	74	36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a. A person who has served on active duty under honorable
75	75	conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed
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85	85	was a resident of this state at the time of entry into that service or resided in this state
86	86	for at least 5 consecutive years after the person attained the age of 18; and who, while
87	87	a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected
88	88	disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training
89	89	purposes.
90	90	SECTION 2. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
91	91	36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b. A person who was a resident of this state at the time of
92	92	entry into service described in subd. 1m. a. or resided in this state for at least 5
93	93	consecutive years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session
94	94	for which the person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. registers at an
95	95	institution, and who the U.S. department of veteran affairs has awarded at least a
96	96	30 percent service-connected disability rating under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.
97	97	SECTION 3. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1r. of the statutes is created to read:
98	98	36.27 (3n) (a) 1r. “Nonresident tuition" has the meaning given in sub. (3p) (a)
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100	100	SECTION 4. 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
101	101	36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (bd) and (bg), the board shall
102	102	grant full remission of nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees for
103	103	128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or
104	104	semesters for which the person received remission of fees under s. 38.24 (7) or tuition
105	105	offsets under grants under s. 39.49 (2) (a) 1. and less the amount of any nonresident
106	106	tuition, academic fees, or segregated fees paid under 38 USC 3319, to any resident
107	107	student who maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and is also
108	108	any of the following:
109	109	SECTION 5. 36.27 (3n) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read:
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137	137	36.27 (3n) (bd) If an eligible veteran was not a resident of this state at the time
138	138	of entry into service described in par. (a) 1m. a., the board may grant a remission of
139	139	nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees under this subsection only
140	140	if the eligible veteran's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. has resided
141	141	in this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the spouse's or
142	142	child's enrollment in an institution.
143	143	SECTION 6. 36.27 (3n) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:
144	144	36.27 (3n) (bg) Before the Board of Regents may grant a remission of
145	145	nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees under par. (b), the Board of
146	146	Regents shall require the resident student to apply to the payment of those fees all
147	147	educational assistance to which the resident student is entitled under 38 USC 3319.
148	148	If that educational assistance covers 100 percent of those fees for a credit or semester,
149	149	that credit or semester shall not count against the 128 credit or 8 semester limit
150	150	provided in par. (b). If that educational assistance covers less than 100 percent of
151	151	those fees for a credit or semester and the remission under par. (b) covers the
152	152	remainder of those fees, the credit or semester shall count against that limit in the
153	153	proportion that the remission bears to the total nonresident tuition, academic fees,
154	154	and segregated fees charged for that credit or semester. This requirement applies
155	155	notwithstanding the fact that the resident student may be entitled to educational
156	156	assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 as well
157	157	as under 38 USC 3319, unless the resident student has 12 months or less of eligibility
158	158	remaining for educational assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10 USC 16163a, or 38
159	159	USC 3500 to 3566.
160	160	SECTION 7. 36.27 (3n) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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189	189	36.27 (3n) (bm) 1. For a resident student who is entitled to educational
190	190	assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 and under
191	191	38 USC 3319, if the amount of educational assistance, not including educational
192	192	assistance for tuition, to which the resident student is entitled under 10 USC 16132a,
193	193	10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 is greater than the amount of educational
194	194	assistance, not including educational assistance for tuition, that the resident
195	195	student received under 38 USC 3319, as determined by the higher educational aids
196	196	board, in the academic year the higher educational aids board shall reimburse the
197	197	resident student for the difference in those amounts of educational assistance, as
198	198	calculated by the higher educational aids board, from the appropriation account
199	199	under s. 20.235 (1) (fz). The higher educational aids board shall make that
200	200	determination and calculation in consultation with the Board of Regents.
201	201	2. If in any fiscal year there are insufficient moneys available in the
202	202	appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fz) to provide full reimbursement under
203	203	subd. 1. to all resident students who are eligible for that reimbursement, the higher
204	204	educational aids board and the Board of Regents shall reimburse those resident
205	205	students as provided in s. 39.50 (4).
206	206	SECTION 8. 36.27 (3n) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
207	207	36.27 (3n) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of
208	208	regents for all nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees remitted
209	209	under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (1) and (3m).
210	210	SECTION 9. 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
211	211	36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. (intro.) “Veteran" means a person who is verified by the
212	212	department of veterans affairs as being a resident of this state for purposes of
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241	241	her entry into the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces
242	242	or as being a resident of this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately
243	243	preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person registers at
244	244	an institution; and as meeting any of the following conditions:
245	245	SECTION 10. 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
246	246	38.24 (7) (a) 1m. a. A person who has served on active duty under honorable
247	247	conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed
248	248	forces, in the national guard, or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces; who
249	249	was a resident of this state at the time of entry into that service or resided in this state
250	250	for at least 5 consecutive years after the person attained the age of 18; and who, while
251	251	a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected
252	252	disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training
253	253	purposes.
254	254	SECTION 11. 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
255	255	38.24 (7) (a) 1m. b. A person who was a resident of this state at the time of entry
256	256	into service described in subd. 1m. a. or resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive
257	257	years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the
258	258	person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. registers at a technical college,
259	259	and who the U.S. department of veteran affairs has awarded at least a 30 percent
260	260	service-connected disability rating under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.
261	261	SECTION 12. 38.24 (7) (a) 1p. of the statutes is amended to read:
262	262	38.24 (7) (a) 1p. “Fees" means the amount charged to a resident student under
263	263	sub. (1m) (a) to (c) to enroll in a course leading to an associate degree, collegiate
264	264	transfer, or vocational diploma. In the case of a distance education, online, or other
265	265	course for which the amount charged to enroll in the course equals at least 100
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295	295	percent of the cost of offering the course, “fees" includes the regular fees charged to
296	296	a resident student under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) to enroll in the course and any additional
297	297	fees charged to that student under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) to enroll in that course.
298	298	SECTION 13. 38.24 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
299	299	38.24 (7) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (bd) and (bg), the district board
300	300	shall grant full remission of fees for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer,
301	301	less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of
302	302	fees from any other district board under this subsection and from the Board of
303	303	Regents under s. 36.27 (3n) (b) and for which the person received tuition offsets under
304	304	grants under s. 39.49 (2) (a) 1. and less the amount of any fees paid under 38 USC
305	305	3319, to any resident student who maintains a cumulative grade point average of at
306	306	least 2.0 and is also any of the following:
307	307	SECTION 14. 38.24 (7) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read:
308	308	38.24 (7) (bd) If an eligible veteran was not a resident of this state at the time
309	309	of entry into service described in par. (a) 1m. a., the district board may grant a
310	310	remission of academic fees and segregated fees under this subsection only if the
311	311	eligible veteran's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. has resided in this
312	312	state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the spouse's or child's
313	313	enrollment in a technical college.
314	314	SECTION 15. 38.24 (7) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:
315	315	38.24 (7) (bg) Before the district board may grant a remission of fees under par.
316	316	(b), the district board shall require the resident student to apply to the payment of
317	317	those fees all educational assistance to which the resident student is entitled under
318	318	38 USC 3319. If that educational assistance covers 100 percent of those fees for a
319	319	credit or semester, that credit or semester shall not count against the 128 credit or
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347	347	8 semester limit provided in par. (b). If that educational assistance covers less than
348	348	100 percent of those fees for a credit or semester and the remission under par. (b)
349	349	covers the remainder of those fees, the credit or semester shall count against that
350	350	limit in the proportion that the remission bears to the total fees charged for that
351	351	credit or semester. This requirement applies notwithstanding the fact that the
352	352	resident student may be entitled to educational assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10
353	353	USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 as well as under 38 USC 3319, unless the
354	354	resident student has 12 months or less of eligibility remaining for educational
355	355	assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566.
356	356	SECTION 16. 38.24 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
357	357	38.24 (7) (bm) 1. For a resident student who is entitled to educational
358	358	assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 and under
359	359	38 USC 3319, if the amount of educational assistance, other than educational
360	360	assistance for tuition, to which the resident student is entitled under 10 USC 16132a,
361	361	10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 is greater than the amount of educational
362	362	assistance, other than educational assistance for tuition, that the resident student
363	363	received under 38 USC 3319, as determined by the higher educational aids board,
364	364	in the academic year the higher educational aids board shall reimburse the resident
365	365	student for the difference in those amounts of educational assistance, as calculated
366	366	by the higher educational aids board, from the appropriation account under s. 20.235
367	367	(1) (fz). The higher educational aids board shall make that determination and
368	368	calculation in consultation with the board and district board.
369	369	2. If in any fiscal year there are insufficient moneys available in the
370	370	appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fz) to provide full reimbursement under
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401	401	educational aids board and the district board shall reimburse those resident
402	402	students as provided in s. 39.50 (4).
403	403	SECTION 17. 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
404	404	38.24 (8) (a) 1r. (intro.) “Veteran" means a person who is verified by the
405	405	department of veterans affairs as being a resident of this state for purposes of
406	406	receiving benefits under ch. 45; as being a resident of this state at the time of his or
407	407	her entry into the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces
408	408	or as being a resident of this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately
409	409	preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person registers at
410	410	a technical college; and as meeting any of the following conditions:
411	411	SECTION 18.0Initial applicability.
412	412	(1) This act first applies to the first semester or session beginning after the
413	413	effective date of this subsection.
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