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4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 16
5	5	January 27, 2023 - Introduced by Senators JACQUE, BALLWEG and CARPENTER,
6	6	cosponsored by Representatives MURPHY, ARMSTRONG, BRANDTJEN, DONOVAN,
7	7	MURSAU, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PLUMER, SINICKI, TUSLER and WICHGERS. Referred to
8	8	Committee on Universities and Revenue.
9	9	AN ACT to amend 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a., 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b., 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.),
10	10	36.27 (3n) (bd), 36.27 (3n) (bg), 36.27 (3n) (bm), 36.27 (3n) (c), 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r.
11	11	(intro.), 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. a., 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. b., 38.24 (7) (a) 1p., 38.24 (7) (b)
12	12	(intro.), 38.24 (7) (bd), 38.24 (7) (bg), 38.24 (7) (bm) and 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. (intro.);
13	13	and to create 36.27 (3n) (a) 1r. of the statutes; relating to: tuition and fee
14	14	remission for certain veterans and their dependents 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 modifies the residency requirement for the tuition and fee remission
18	18	program for certain veterans and their spouses and children enrolled in University
19	19	of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges.
20	20	Under current law, if certain criteria are met, veterans and their spouses and
21	21	17- to 25-year-old children are eligible for full remission of tuition and fees at UW
22	22	System schools and technical colleges for up to eight semesters or 128 credits,
23	23	whichever is longer. Under the veterans fee remission program, the veteran must
24	24	be a resident of this state when he or she entered military service or be a resident of
25	25	this state for at least five consecutive years immediately before the veteran registers
26	26	at a UW System school or technical college. Under the fee remission program for the
27	27	spouse or child of a veteran who suffered service-connected death or disability, the
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37	37	veteran must have been a resident of this state when he or she entered military
38	38	service or one of the following must apply: 1) if the veteran, while a resident of this
39	39	state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected disability, or died
40	40	in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes, the veteran
41	41	must have resided in this state for at least five consecutive years while an adult, or
42	42	2) if the veteran received at least a 30 percent service-connected disability rating,
43	43	the veteran must have resided in this state for at least five consecutive years
44	44	immediately before the veteran's spouse or child registers at a UW System school or
45	45	technical college. In addition, if a veteran was not a resident of this state when he
46	46	or she entered military service, the veteran's spouse or child is eligible for tuition and
47	47	fee remission only if the spouse or child has resided in this state for at least five
48	48	consecutive years immediately before the spouse's or child's enrollment in a UW
49	49	System school or technical college.
50	50	This bill eliminates the five-year durational residency requirement for
51	51	veterans and their spouses and children under the tuition and fee remission program
52	52	under circumstances in which the veteran was not a resident of this state when he
53	53	or she entered military service. Under the bill, if the veteran was not a resident of
54	54	this state when he or she entered military service, the veteran is still eligible for the
55	55	tuition and fee remission program if the veteran is a resident of this state
56	56	immediately before the veteran registers at a UW System school or technical college.
57	57	Also under the bill, if the veteran was not a resident of this state when he or she
58	58	entered military service, the veteran's spouse and children are still eligible for the
59	59	tuition and fee remission program if the spouse or child resided in this state
60	60	immediately before the spouse or child registers at a UW System school or technical
61	61	college and if the veteran, as described in 1), above, resided in this state at any time
62	62	while an adult or the veteran, as described in 2), above, resided in this state
63	63	immediately before the veteran's spouse or child registers at a UW System school or
64	64	technical college. If the applicable requirements for fee remission are met, the
65	65	veteran or the veteran's spouse or child is eligible for fee remission regardless of
66	66	whether the veteran or veteran's spouse or child would otherwise qualify as a
67	67	resident student for tuition or fee purposes.
68	68	For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
69	69	printed as an appendix to this bill.
70	70	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
71	71	enact as follows:
72	72	SECTION 1. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
73	73	36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a. A person who has served on active duty under honorable
74	74	conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed
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84	84	was a resident of this state at the time of entry into that service or resided in this state
85	85	for at least 5 consecutive years after the person attained the age of 18; and who, while
86	86	a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected
87	87	disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training
88	88	purposes.
89	89	SECTION 2. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
90	90	36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b. A person who was a resident of this state at the time of
91	91	entry into service described in subd. 1m. a. or resided in this state for at least 5
92	92	consecutive years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session
93	93	for which the person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. registers at an
94	94	institution, and who the U.S. department of veteran affairs has awarded at least a
95	95	30 percent service-connected disability rating under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.
96	96	SECTION 3. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1r. of the statutes is created to read:
97	97	36.27 (3n) (a) 1r. “Nonresident tuition" has the meaning given in sub. (3p) (a)
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99	99	SECTION 4. 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
100	100	36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (bd) and (bg), the board shall
101	101	grant full remission of nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees for
102	102	128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or
103	103	semesters for which the person received remission of fees under s. 38.24 (7) or tuition
104	104	offsets under grants under s. 39.49 (2) (a) 1. and less the amount of any nonresident
105	105	tuition, academic fees, or segregated fees paid under 38 USC 3319, to any resident
106	106	student who maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and is also
107	107	any of the following:
108	108	SECTION 5. 36.27 (3n) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read:
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136	136	36.27 (3n) (bd) If an eligible veteran was not a resident of this state at the time
137	137	of entry into service described in par. (a) 1m. a., the board may grant a remission of
138	138	nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees under this subsection only
139	139	if the eligible veteran's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. has resided
140	140	in this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the spouse's or
141	141	child's enrollment in an institution.
142	142	SECTION 6. 36.27 (3n) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:
143	143	36.27 (3n) (bg) Before the Board of Regents may grant a remission of
144	144	nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees under par. (b), the Board of
145	145	Regents shall require the resident student to apply to the payment of those fees all
146	146	educational assistance to which the resident student is entitled under 38 USC 3319.
147	147	If that educational assistance covers 100 percent of those fees for a credit or semester,
148	148	that credit or semester shall not count against the 128 credit or 8 semester limit
149	149	provided in par. (b). If that educational assistance covers less than 100 percent of
150	150	those fees for a credit or semester and the remission under par. (b) covers the
151	151	remainder of those fees, the credit or semester shall count against that limit in the
152	152	proportion that the remission bears to the total nonresident tuition, academic fees,
153	153	and segregated fees charged for that credit or semester. This requirement applies
154	154	notwithstanding the fact that the resident student may be entitled to educational
155	155	assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 as well
156	156	as under 38 USC 3319, unless the resident student has 12 months or less of eligibility
157	157	remaining for educational assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10 USC 16163a, or 38
158	158	USC 3500 to 3566.
159	159	SECTION 7. 36.27 (3n) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
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188	188	36.27 (3n) (bm) 1. For a resident student who is entitled to educational
189	189	assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 and under
190	190	38 USC 3319, if the amount of educational assistance, not including educational
191	191	assistance for tuition, to which the resident student is entitled under 10 USC 16132a,
192	192	10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 is greater than the amount of educational
193	193	assistance, not including educational assistance for tuition, that the resident
194	194	student received under 38 USC 3319, as determined by the higher educational aids
195	195	board, in the academic year the higher educational aids board shall reimburse the
196	196	resident student for the difference in those amounts of educational assistance, as
197	197	calculated by the higher educational aids board, from the appropriation account
198	198	under s. 20.235 (1) (fz). The higher educational aids board shall make that
199	199	determination and calculation in consultation with the Board of Regents.
200	200	2. If in any fiscal year there are insufficient moneys available in the
201	201	appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fz) to provide full reimbursement under
202	202	subd. 1. to all resident students who are eligible for that reimbursement, the higher
203	203	educational aids board and the Board of Regents shall reimburse those resident
204	204	students as provided in s. 39.50 (4).
205	205	SECTION 8. 36.27 (3n) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
206	206	36.27 (3n) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of
207	207	regents for all nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees remitted
208	208	under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (1) and (3m).
209	209	SECTION 9. 36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
210	210	36.27 (3p) (a) 1r. (intro.) “Veteran" means a person who is verified by the
211	211	department of veterans affairs as being a resident of this state for purposes of
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240	240	her entry into the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces
241	241	or as being a resident of this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately
242	242	preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person registers at
243	243	an institution; and as meeting any of the following conditions:
244	244	SECTION 10. 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
245	245	38.24 (7) (a) 1m. a. A person who has served on active duty under honorable
246	246	conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed
247	247	forces, in the national guard, or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces; who
248	248	was a resident of this state at the time of entry into that service or resided in this state
249	249	for at least 5 consecutive years after the person attained the age of 18; and who, while
250	250	a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected
251	251	disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training
252	252	purposes.
253	253	SECTION 11. 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
254	254	38.24 (7) (a) 1m. b. A person who was a resident of this state at the time of entry
255	255	into service described in subd. 1m. a. or resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive
256	256	years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the
257	257	person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. registers at a technical college,
258	258	and who the U.S. department of veteran affairs has awarded at least a 30 percent
259	259	service-connected disability rating under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.
260	260	SECTION 12. 38.24 (7) (a) 1p. of the statutes is amended to read:
261	261	38.24 (7) (a) 1p. “Fees" means the amount charged to a resident student under
262	262	sub. (1m) (a) to (c) to enroll in a course leading to an associate degree, collegiate
263	263	transfer, or vocational diploma. In the case of a distance education, online, or other
264	264	course for which the amount charged to enroll in the course equals at least 100
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294	294	percent of the cost of offering the course, “fees" includes the regular fees charged to
295	295	a resident student under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) to enroll in the course and any additional
296	296	fees charged to that student under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) to enroll in that course.
297	297	SECTION 13. 38.24 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
298	298	38.24 (7) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in pars. (bd) and (bg), the district board
299	299	shall grant full remission of fees for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer,
300	300	less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of
301	301	fees from any other district board under this subsection and from the Board of
302	302	Regents under s. 36.27 (3n) (b) and for which the person received tuition offsets under
303	303	grants under s. 39.49 (2) (a) 1. and less the amount of any fees paid under 38 USC
304	304	3319, to any resident student who maintains a cumulative grade point average of at
305	305	least 2.0 and is also any of the following:
306	306	SECTION 14. 38.24 (7) (bd) of the statutes is amended to read:
307	307	38.24 (7) (bd) If an eligible veteran was not a resident of this state at the time
308	308	of entry into service described in par. (a) 1m. a., the district board may grant a
309	309	remission of academic fees and segregated fees under this subsection only if the
310	310	eligible veteran's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. has resided in this
311	311	state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the spouse's or child's
312	312	enrollment in a technical college.
313	313	SECTION 15. 38.24 (7) (bg) of the statutes is amended to read:
314	314	38.24 (7) (bg) Before the district board may grant a remission of fees under par.
315	315	(b), the district board shall require the resident student to apply to the payment of
316	316	those fees all educational assistance to which the resident student is entitled under
317	317	38 USC 3319. If that educational assistance covers 100 percent of those fees for a
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346	346	8 semester limit provided in par. (b). If that educational assistance covers less than
347	347	100 percent of those fees for a credit or semester and the remission under par. (b)
348	348	covers the remainder of those fees, the credit or semester shall count against that
349	349	limit in the proportion that the remission bears to the total fees charged for that
350	350	credit or semester. This requirement applies notwithstanding the fact that the
351	351	resident student may be entitled to educational assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10
352	352	USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 as well as under 38 USC 3319, unless the
353	353	resident student has 12 months or less of eligibility remaining for educational
354	354	assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566.
355	355	SECTION 16. 38.24 (7) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
356	356	38.24 (7) (bm) 1. For a resident student who is entitled to educational
357	357	assistance under 10 USC 16132a, 10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 and under
358	358	38 USC 3319, if the amount of educational assistance, other than educational
359	359	assistance for tuition, to which the resident student is entitled under 10 USC 16132a,
360	360	10 USC 16163a, or 38 USC 3500 to 3566 is greater than the amount of educational
361	361	assistance, other than educational assistance for tuition, that the resident student
362	362	received under 38 USC 3319, as determined by the higher educational aids board,
363	363	in the academic year the higher educational aids board shall reimburse the resident
364	364	student for the difference in those amounts of educational assistance, as calculated
365	365	by the higher educational aids board, from the appropriation account under s. 20.235
366	366	(1) (fz). The higher educational aids board shall make that determination and
367	367	calculation in consultation with the board and district board.
368	368	2. If in any fiscal year there are insufficient moneys available in the
369	369	appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fz) to provide full reimbursement under
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400	400	educational aids board and the district board shall reimburse those resident
401	401	students as provided in s. 39.50 (4).
402	402	SECTION 17. 38.24 (8) (a) 1r. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
403	403	38.24 (8) (a) 1r. (intro.) “Veteran" means a person who is verified by the
404	404	department of veterans affairs as being a resident of this state for purposes of
405	405	receiving benefits under ch. 45; as being a resident of this state at the time of his or
406	406	her entry into the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces
407	407	or as being a resident of this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately
408	408	preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person registers at
409	409	a technical college; and as meeting any of the following conditions:
410	410	SECTION 18.0Initial applicability.
411	411	(1) This act first applies to the first semester or session beginning after the
412	412	effective date of this subsection.
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