Wisconsin Legislature: 59,626

59,610m Section 610m. 36.25 (13i) of the statutes is created to read:

36.25 (13i) Precision Medicine Molecular Tumor Board. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the Board of Regents shall allocate $490,000 in each fiscal year to expand precision medicine at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center through the Precision Medicine Molecular Tumor Board by increasing access to precision medicine for cancer patients in this state, providing genomics resources to patients in need, and developing a precision medicine statewide database.

59,610p Section 610p. 36.25 (54) of the statutes is created to read:

36.25 (54) School of engineering at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The board may create a school of engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

59,612m Section 612m. 36.27 (2) (br) of the statutes is created to read:

36.27 (2) (br) 1. Subject to subd. 3., a student who meets all of the following requirements is entitled to the exemption under par. (a):

a. The student has resided in this state for 6 months immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session in which the student enrolls at an institution.

b. The student is a member of the Wisconsin national guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces when he or she enrolls in an institution and has been a member for the 6-month period under subd. 1. a.

c. While enrolled in an institution, the student continues to be a member of the Wisconsin national guard or reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, or is honorably discharged or released under honorable conditions from the national guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces.

2. If a student receiving the exemption under this paragraph withdraws from an institution during a semester or session because he or she is called into state active duty or into active service with the U.S. armed forces for at least 30 days, the student is entitled to the exemption under this paragraph if he or she reenrolls in an institution during the semester in which he or she is discharged, demobilized, or deactivated from active duty or in the next succeeding semester.

3. The exemption under this paragraph is limited to 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer.

59,613 Section 613 . 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a. A person who has served on active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, in the national guard, or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces; who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into that service or resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive years after the person attained the age of 18; and who, while a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes.

59,614 Section 614 . 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b. A person who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into service described in subd. 1m. a. or resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. registers at an institution, and who the U.S. department of veteran affairs has awarded at least a 30 percent service-connected disability rating under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.

59,614d Section 614d. 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in par. pars. (bd) and (bg), the board shall grant full remission of academic fees and segregated fees for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of fees under s. 38.24 (7) and less the amount of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under 38 USC 3319, to any resident student who maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and is also any of the following:

59,614h Section 614h. 36.27 (3n) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:

36.27 (3n) (bd) If an eligible veteran was not a resident of this state at the time of entry into service described in par. (a) 1m. a., the board may grant a remission of academic fees and segregated fees under this subsection only if the eligible veteran's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. has resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the spouse's or child's enrollment in an institution.

59,622m Section 622m. 36.31 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.31 (title) Coordination with other educational agencies; credit for military education.

59,623m Section 623m. 36.31 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

36.31 (4) Upon receiving from the federal department of defense a student's official joint services transcript or Community College of the Air Force transcript, the institution or college campus in which the student is enrolled shall do the following:

(a) Accept all American Council on Education credit recommendations included in the official joint services transcript and award academic credit to the student in accordance with these recommendations.

(b) Accept all credits included in the Community College of the Air Force transcript and award academic credit to the student accordingly.

59,623p Section 623p. 36.64 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 36.64 (5).

59,623q Section 623q. 36.64 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

59,625 Section 625 . 36.65 (2) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

36.65 (2) (dm) Teaching hours. Aggregate data on teaching hours reported under s. 36.115 (8) (a) 1.

59,626 Section 626 . 36.65 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

36.65 (6) Accountability dashboard. (a) In this subsection, “accountability dashboard” means the accountability dashboard that the board publishes on the system's Internet site.

(b) The board shall publish aggregate data on teaching hours reported under s. 36.115 (8) (a) 1. on the accountability dashboard. The board shall make accessible via links on the accountability dashboard the teaching hours reported by individual faculty and academic staff members under s. 36.115 (8) (a) 1.

59,626m Section 626m. 36.68 of the statutes is created to read:

36.68 The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership. (1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Board” means the public leadership board.

(b) “Center” means the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

(2) Mission. There is created at the University of Wisconsin-Madison the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership that has as its mission the facilitation of research, teaching, outreach, and needed policy reforms regarding effective public leadership that improves the practice of American government. The center shall endeavor to carry out its mission throughout all the universities of the system.

(3) Director. Upon the joint recommendation of the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the dean of the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the board shall appoint a director of the center for a 3-year term.

(4) Powers. The center may do any of the following:

(a) Make grants to support faculty research that objectively studies public leadership in American political and legal institutions, policy making, and policy implementation.

(b) Conduct an annual competitive grant contest for encouraging faculty research described in par. (a) that has direct and urgent relevance for the state of Wisconsin.

(d) Foster public debate over critical issues regarding effective public leadership and facilitate dialogue between academics and policy makers on those issues.

(e) Conduct and promote programs and events that bring timely political and policy issues to the attention of larger audiences.

(f) Take any other action that is consistent with the mission of the center.

(5) Speaking engagements. In each fiscal year, not less than $500,000 of the amount appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (b) shall be allocated by the board for speaking engagements sponsored by the center at campuses other than the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

(6) Expenditures. The director of the center shall propose an annual budget itemizing expenditures of the moneys appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (b), including expenditures for grants to proposed recipients, which shall be subject to the approval of the board. Upon approval by the board, the director may make substantive changes to the annual budget only with the subsequent approval of the board.

59,628m Section 628m. 38.04 (7m) of the statutes is amended to read:

38.04 (7m) Financial aids. By April 10, 1998, and annually thereafter February 10 of each year, the board shall develop and submit to the higher educational aids board for its review under s. 39.285 (1) a proposed formula for the awarding of grants under s. 39.435, except for grants awarded under s. 39.435 (2) or (5), for the upcoming academic next fiscal year to students enrolled in the technical colleges.

59,629 Section 629 . 38.04 (11) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

38.04 (11) (a) 2. In consultation with the state superintendent of public instruction, the board shall establish, by rule, a uniform format for district boards to use in reporting the number of pupils attending district schools under ss. 38.12 (14) and 118.15 (1) (b), (cm) , and (d) and 118.55 (7r) and in reporting pupil participation in technical preparation programs under s. 118.34, including the number of courses taken for advanced standing in the district's associate degree program and for technical college credit.

59,629m Section 629m. 38.04 (14) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

38.04 (14) (b) The Subject to s. 38.12 (7) (b), the board may direct the district boards to establish written policies relating to any matter not enumerated under par. (a).

59,630 Section 630 . 38.04 (21) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

38.04 (21) (a) The number of pupils who attended district schools under ss. 38.12 (14) and 118.15 (1) (b), (cm), and (d) and 118.55 (7r) in the previous school year.

59,631 Section 631 . 38.04 (21) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

38.04 (21) (c) The number of persons who applied for admission to a technical college in the previous school year, who previously earned technical college credit under s. 118.55 (7r) 38.12 (14) and who applied for admission within one year of graduating from high school.

59,632f Section 632f. 38.12 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 38.12 (7) (a).

59,632h Section 632h. 38.12 (7) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

38.12 (7) (b) Upon receiving from the federal department of defense a student's official joint services transcript or Community College of the Air Force transcript, the technical college in which the student is enrolled shall do the following:

1. Accept all American Council on Education credit recommendations included in the official joint services transcript and award academic credit to the student in accordance with these recommendations.

2. Accept all credits included in the Community College of the Air Force transcript and award academic credit to the student accordingly.

59,632m Section 632m. 38.14 (15) of the statutes is created to read:

38.14 (15) Scholarships. The district board may use funds received from participation in an auction of digital broadcast spectrum administered by the federal communications commission to provide scholarships that cover the fees established under s. 38.24 (1m) for students who meet eligibility criteria established by the district board.

59,632p Section 632p. 38.16 (3) (a) 2w. of the statutes is amended to read:

38.16 (3) (a) 2w. “Revenue" means the sum of the tax levy and, property tax relief aid under sub. (4), and payments received under s. 79.096.

59,633 Section 633 . 38.22 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

38.22 (1) (intro.) Except as provided in subs. (1m) and (1s) and s. 118.55 (7r) 38.12 (14), every person who is at least the age specified in s. 118.15 (1) (b) is eligible to attend a technical college if the person is:

59,636 Section 636 . 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

38.24 (7) (a) 1m. a. A person who has served on active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, in the national guard, or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces; who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into that service or resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive years after the person attained the age of 18; and who, while a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes.

59,637 Section 637 . 38.24 (7) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

38.24 (7) (a) 1m. b. A person who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into service described in subd. 1m. a. or resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. registers at a technical college, and who the U.S. department of veteran affairs has awarded at least a 30 percent service-connected disability rating under 38 USC 1114 or 1134.

59,637d Section 637d. 38.24 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

38.24 (7) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in par. pars. (bd) and (bg), the district board shall grant full remission of fees for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of fees from any other district board under this subsection and from the Board of Regents under s. 36.27 (3n) (b) and less the amount of any fees paid under 38 USC 3319, to any resident student who maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and is also any of the following:

59,637h Section 637h. 38.24 (7) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:

38.24 (7) (bd) If an eligible veteran was not a resident of this state at the time of entry into service described in par. (a) 1m. a., the district board may grant a remission of academic fees and segregated fees under this subsection only if the eligible veteran's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. has resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the spouse's or child's enrollment in a technical college.

59,639 Section 639 . 38.28 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 38.28 (1).

59,640 Section 640 . 38.28 (1) (b) and (c) of the statutes are repealed.

59,650i Section 650i. 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

38.28 (1m) (a) 1. “District aidable cost" means the annual cost of operating a technical college district, including debt service charges for district bonds and promissory notes for building programs or capital equipment, but excluding all expenditures relating to auxiliary enterprises and community service programs, all expenditures funded by or reimbursed with federal revenues, all receipts under ss. 38.12 (9) and (14), 38.14 (3) and (9), and 118.15 (2) (a), and 118.55 (7r), all receipts from grants awarded under ss. 38.04 (8), (28), and (31), 38.14 (11), 38.26, 38.27, 38.31, 38.33, 38.38, and 38.42, all fees collected under s. 38.24, and driver education and chauffeur training aids.

59,650j Section 650j. 38.28 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

38.28 (2) (b) 2. The most current equalized values certified by the department of revenue shall be used in aid determinations. Equalized determinations, except equalized values shall include the full value of property that is exempt under s. 70.11 (39) and (39m) as determined under s. 79.095 (3) for 2016.

59,650k Section 650k. 38.28 (2) (bm) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

38.28 (2) (bm) 2. d. In fiscal year 2016-17 and each fiscal year thereafter, the percentage is 30 percent.

59,663m Section 663m. 38.50 (title) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (title).

59,664 Section 664 . 38.50 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (1) (intro.).

59,665m Section 665m. 38.50 (1) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (1) (a) and amended to read:

440.52 (1) (a) Notwithstanding s. 38.01 (2), “board" “Board” means the educational approval board.

59,666 Section 666 . 38.50 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (1) (b).