Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

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1		-	Date of enactment: ~~February 20, 2024~~
2		-	2023 Senate Bill 367 Date of publication*: ~~February 21, 2024~~
3		-	2023 WISCONSIN ACT 95
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	2	+	2023 Senate Bill 367 Date of publication*:
	3	+	2023 WISCONSIN ACT
4	4		AN ACT to amend 36.11 (3) (a) and 119.04 (1); and to create 36.11 (3m) and 118.58 of the statutes; relating to:
5	5		guaranteed admission to University of Wisconsin System institutions and requiring high schools to prepare class
6	6		rankings for certain pupils.
7	7		The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
8	8		senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
9	9		SECTION 1. 36.11 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended
10	10		to read:
11	11		36.11 (3) (a) The Subject to sub. (3m), the board shall
12	12		establish the policies for admission within the system and
13	13		within these policies each institution shall establish spe-
14	14		cific requirements for admission to its courses of instruc-
15	15		tion. No sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon
16	16		race, religion, national origin of U.S. citizens or sex shall
17	17		ever be allowed in the admission of students thereto.
18	18		SECTION 2. 36.11 (3m) of the statutes is created to
19	19		read:
20	20		36.11 (3m) GUARANTEED ADMISSION PROGRAM. (a)
21	21		In this subsection:
22	22		1. “College entrance examination score” means a
23	23		composite ACT examination score resulting from a sin-
24	24		gle test date.
25	25		2. “Home−based private educational program” has
26	26		the meaning given in s. 115.001 (3g).
27	27		3. “Virtual private school” has the meaning given in
28	28		s. 118.58 (1).
29	29		(b) The board shall establish a guaranteed admission
30	30		program under which an applicant for undergraduate
31	31		admission shall be admitted to the institution of the appli-
32	32		cant’s choice if the applicant satisfies the requirements
33	33		under this subsection.
34	34		(c) An applicant is eligible for guaranteed admission
35	35		to an institution if all of the following apply:
36	36		1. The applicant applies to the institution for admis-
37	37		sion as a first−year undergraduate student during the
38	38		applicant’s 4th year of high school or final year of enroll-
39	39		ment in a home−based private educational program in
40	40		this state or in a virtual private school.
41	41		2. Except as provided in par. (d), the applicant satis-
42	42		fies any of the following criteria:
43	43		a. The applicant is enrolled in a public, private, or
44	44		tribal high school in this state and the applicant is ranked
45	45		in the top 10 percent of the applicant’s high school class,
46	46		as determined under s. 118.58.
47	47		b. The applicant is enrolled in a home−based private
48	48		educational program in this state, or in a virtual private
49	49		school and the applicant is a resident of this state, and the
50	50		applicant achieves a college entrance examination score
51	51		that places the applicant in the national 90th percentile
52	52		ranking or higher.
53	53		c. The applicant has been designated as a finalist in
54	54		the National Merit Scholarship Program administered by
55	55		the National Merit Scholarship Corporation or has
56	56		* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
57		-	partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act 95 2023 Senate Bill 367
	57	+	partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act 2023 Senate Bill 367
58	58		achieved an equivalent designation under a successor
59	59		program or by a successor organization.
60	60		3. The applicant has submitted a complete applica-
61	61		tion by the regular decision application deadline, except
62	62		that an applicant to the University of Wisconsin−Madi-
63	63		son shall submit the application by the early action dead-
64	64		line.
65	65		4. The applicant has completed any range of courses
66	66		that the board has established as required for admission
67	67		for all applicants, including those who do not apply under
68	68		this subsection.
69	69		(d) An applicant is eligible for guaranteed admission
70	70		to the University of Wisconsin−Madison only if the
71	71		applicant satisfies any of the following criteria:
72	72		1. The applicant is enrolled in a public, private, or
73	73		tribal high school in this state and the applicant is ranked
74	74		in the top 5 percent of the applicant’s high school class,
75	75		as determined under s. 118.58.
76	76		2. The applicant is enrolled in a home−based private
77	77		educational program in this state, or in a virtual private
78	78		school and the applicant is a resident of this state, and the
79	79		applicant achieves a college entrance examination score
80	80		that places the applicant in the national 98th percentile
81	81		ranking or higher.
82	82		3. The applicant has been designated as a finalist in
83	83		the National Merit Scholarship Program administered by
84	84		the National Merit Scholarship Corporation or has
85	85		achieved an equivalent designation under a successor
86	86		program or by a successor organization.
87	87		(e) If an applicant applies for admission to more than
88	88		one institution, the applicant is eligible for guaranteed
89	89		admission under this subsection to only one institution,
90	90		as designated by the applicant but subject to par. (d).
91	91		(f) An institution may verify information provided by
92	92		an applicant or appearing on an applicant’s high school
93	93		transcript in determining an applicant’s eligibility for
94	94		guaranteed admission under this subsection.
95	95		(g) An institution may revoke an offer of admission
96	96		the institution extended to an applicant under this subsec-
97	97		tion if any of the following applies:
98	98		1. The applicant is not granted a high school diploma
99	99		prior to the institution’s scheduled enrollment date.
100	100		2. The applicant engages in academic misconduct, or
101	101		the applicant experiences significantly declining grades
102	102		after the application is submitted, to an extent that would
103	103		justify, under the institution’s admissions policies, revok-
104	104		ing an offer of admission extended to an applicant who
105	105		has not applied for admission under this subsection.
106	106		3. The applicant misrepresented to the institution the
107	107		applicant’s class rank, college entrance examination
108	108		score, or status as a finalist in the National Merit Scholar-
109	109		ship Program.
110	110		(h) This subsection does not guarantee an applicant
111	111		admission to any specific program offered by an institu-
112	112		tion or to any specific college, school, or functional
113	113		equivalent within an institution.
114	114		SECTION 3. 118.58 of the statutes is created to read:
115	115		118.58 Class rankings. (1) In this section, “virtual
116	116		private school” means a private school in which all or a
117	117		portion of the instruction is provided through means of
118	118		the Internet, and the pupils enrolled in and instructional
119	119		staff employed by the school are geographically remote
120	120		from each other.
121	121		(2) If a school board, operator of a charter school, or
122	122		governing body of a private school or tribal school oper-
123	123		ates a high school that includes grades 11 and 12, the
124	124		school board, charter school operator, or governing body
125	125		shall, for each high school that includes grades 11 and 12,
126	126		prepare a class ranking of pupils enrolled in the high
127	127		school as of the class’s completion of grade 11 if there are
128	128		at least 15 pupils in the class. Pupils shall be ranked on
129	129		the basis of academic achievement and the sole criterion
130	130		for ranking pupils shall be the pupil’s grade point aver-
131	131		age.
132	132		(3) (a) Subject to par. (b), each class ranking under
133	133		sub. (2) shall identify those pupils who rank in the top 5
134	134		percent of their high school class and those pupils who
135	135		rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class. The
136	136		class ranking may also identify the class rank of pupils
137	137		who do not rank in the top 10 percent of their high school
138	138		class.
139	139		(b) If a high school’s class enrollment is at least 15
140	140		but less than 20 pupils, the school board, operator of the
141	141		charter school, or governing body of the private school or
142	142		tribal school shall identify the highest ranked and 2nd
143	143		highest ranked pupils in the class using the ranking
144	144		method under sub. (2). For purposes of par. (a) and sub.
145	145		(4) and s. 36.11 (3m), the highest ranked pupil shall be
146	146		considered to be in the top 5 percent of the pupil’s high
147	147		school class and the 2nd highest ranked pupil shall be
148	148		considered to be in the top 10 percent of the pupil’s high
149	149		school class.
150	150		(4) After completing the class ranking required under
151	151		sub. (2), a school board, operator of a charter school, or
152	152		governing body of a private school or tribal school shall
153	153		do all of the following:
154	154		(a) Notify each pupil ranked in the top 10 percent of
155	155		the pupil’s high school class that the pupil is ranked, as
156	156		applicable, in the top 5 percent or in the top 10 percent of
157	157		the pupil’s high school class.
158	158		(b) For each pupil notified under par. (a), include that
159	159		the pupil is ranked, as applicable, in the top 5 percent or
160	160		in the top 10 percent of the pupil’s high school class on
161	161		the pupil’s high school transcript as of the pupil’s com-
162	162		pletion of grade 11.
163	163		(5) This section does not apply to a virtual private
164	164		school.
165	165		SECTION 4. 119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by
166	166		2023 Wisconsin Act 12, is amended to read:
167	167		119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch.
168	168		121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c), 66.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01
169		-	(1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, − 3 − 2023 Wisconsin Act 95 2023 Senate Bill 367
	169	+	(1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343, − 3 − 2023 Wisconsin Act 2023 Senate Bill 367
170	170		115.345, 115.363, 115.364, 115.365 (3), 115.366,
171	171		115.367, 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001 to
172	172		118.04, 118.045, 118.06, 118.07, 118.075, 118.076,
173	173		118.10, 118.12, 118.124, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4),
174	174		118.15, 118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164,
175	175		118.18, 118.19, 118.196, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225,
176	176		118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245,
177	177		118.25, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292, 118.293,
178	178		118.2935, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.50, 118.51,
179	179		118.52, 118.53, 118.55, 118.56, 118.58, 120.12 (2m),
180	180		(4m), (5), and (15) to (27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to
181	181		(g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m),
182	182		and (38), 120.137, 120.14, 120.20, 120.21 (3), and
183	183		120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district and
184	184		board but not, unless explicitly provided in this chapter
185	185		or in the terms of a contract, to the commissioner or to any
186	186		school transferred to an opportunity schools and partner-
187	187		ship program.
188	188		SECTION 5.0Initial applicability.
189	189		(1) HIGH SCHOOL CLASS RANKINGS. The treatment of
190	190		ss. 118.58 and 119.04 (1) first applies in the 2024−25
191	191		school year.
192	192		(2) GUARANTEED ADMISSIONS. The treatment of s.
193	193		36.11 (3) (a) and (3m) first applies to applications for
194	194		admission for the 2025−26 academic year.