Amendment ASA1-AB314

AB314-ASA1,9,18 39.41 (1m) (g) 2. Any designation under subd. 1. after the 2015-16 school year shall be made by the executive director.

AB314-ASA1,12 Section 12. 39.41 (1m) (h) of the statutes is repealed.

AB314-ASA1,13 Section 13. 39.41 (1m) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

AB314-ASA1,14 Section 14. 39.41 (1m) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB314-ASA1,9,25 39.41 (1m) (j) In the event that If 2 or more seniors from the same high school of at least 80 pupils have the same grade point average and score on the American college test and are otherwise eligible for designation under par. (a), the school board of the school district operating the high school or the governing body of the private or tribal high school shall make the designation of rank the seniors as determined and certified by the faculty of the high school for purposes of under par. (d) or (i).

AB314-ASA1,15 Section 15. 39.41 (1m) (k) of the statutes is created to read:

AB314-ASA1,10,8 39.41 (1m) (k) 1. Based on the numbers determined by the executive secretary under par. (d) 4., the executive secretary shall calculate the total number of scholars authorized to be designated under par. (a) but that could not be designated because of an insufficient number of eligible seniors who accept the designation, for all of the following:

AB314-ASA1,10,10 a. High schools with an enrollment of at least 80 pupils but fewer than 500 pupils.

AB314-ASA1,10,12 b. High schools with an enrollment of at least 500 pupils but fewer than 1,000 pupils.

AB314-ASA1,10,14 c. High schools with an enrollment of at least 1,000 pupils but fewer than 1,500 pupils.

AB314-ASA1,10,16 d. High schools with an enrollment of at least 1,500 pupils but fewer than 2,000 pupils.

AB314-ASA1,10,18 e. High schools with an enrollment of at least 2,000 pupils but fewer than 2,500 pupils.

AB314-ASA1,10,19 f. High schools with an enrollment of 2,500 or more pupils.

AB314-ASA1,11,10 2. After alternates on the list of rankings under par. (d) 1. are determined as provided in par. (d) 2., the executive secretary shall create a new list of rankings of alternates as provided in this subdivision. The executive secretary shall separate the lists of rankings received by the executive secretary under par. (d) 1. into 6 groups to correspond with the 6 groupings of high schools by size of enrollment under subd. 1. and shall include on these lists only seniors the executive secretary has determined to be alternates. Within each of these groups, the executive secretary shall consolidate the lists of rankings of alternates and reorder the rankings, from highest to lowest, according to the seniors' American college test scores. The executive secretary shall designate seniors as scholars under par. (c) 3m. based on the order of ranking, within each group, of seniors by American college test score. If 2 or more seniors have the same American college test score and the number of scholars authorized for designation under par. (c) 3m. is less than the number of seniors with the same American college test score, the executive secretary shall determine by lottery which senior or seniors, among those with the same American college test scores, are designated as scholars under par. (c) 3m.

AB314-ASA1,12,6 3. Upon receiving notice of his or her designation as a scholar under par. (c) 3m., a senior shall give notice to the executive secretary that the senior accepts or declines the designation or shall request an extension of time to accept or decline the designation, which extension may be granted only in writing, upon a showing of good cause, and may not exceed 30 days. The senior shall give this notice accepting or declining the designation, or requesting an extension, in writing and within 5 days of the date of the executive secretary's notice of designation, or by May 1 of the school year in which the senior receives notice of the designation, whichever is later. If the senior requests an extension of time to accept or decline the designation and the request is granted, the senior shall give notice in writing that he or she accepts or declines the designation by the end of the extension period. If a senior does not give timely notice under this subdivision, the designation is revoked and the executive secretary shall designate as a scholar the next senior on the executive secretary's applicable consolidated list of rankings under subd. 2. The executive secretary shall repeat this process as necessary until the executive secretary receives timely acceptance of the designation. The executive secretary shall follow this procedure until the executive secretary has made all designations authorized under par. (c) 3m. or until the executive secretary has exhausted the applicable consolidated list of rankings under subd. 2. A senior designated as a scholar under par. (c) 3m. is not considered to be a designated scholar for purposes of sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) unless the senior has accepted the designation as provided in this subdivision.

AB314-ASA1,16 Section 16. 39.41 (1m) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB314-ASA1,12,14 39.41 (1m) (m) Notwithstanding pars. (a), (b) and (d), if a high school ranks its seniors on the basis of grades in academic subjects, the school board of the school district operating the high school or the governing body of the private or tribal high school or, for purposes of par. (d), the faculty of the high school may request a waiver from the executive secretary in order to fulfill its requirements under par. (a), (b) or (d), and the executive secretary may fulfill the requirements under par. (a), on the basis of grade point averages in academic subjects.

AB314-ASA1,17 Section 17. 39.41 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB314-ASA1,12,25 39.41 (2) (a) If a designated scholar under sub. (1m) is admitted to and enrolls, on a full-time basis, by September 30 of the academic year immediately following the school year in which the senior was designated a scholar, in an institution within the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college district school that is participating in the program under this section, the scholar shall receive a higher education scholarship that exempts the scholar from 50 percent of all tuition and fees, including segregated fees, at the institution or district school for one year, except that the maximum scholarship for a scholar who receives an original scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any academic year thereafter may not exceed $2,250 per academic year.

AB314-ASA1,18 Section 18. 39.41 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB314-ASA1,13,13 39.41 (2) (b) For each year that a scholar who receives a scholarship under par. (a) is enrolled full time, maintains at least a 3.000 grade point average, or the equivalent as determined by the institution or district school, and makes satisfactory progress toward an associate degree, a bachelor's degree, or a vocational diploma, the student scholar shall be exempt from 50 percent of all tuition and fees, including segregated fees, in the subsequent year or, if the scholar does not enroll in a participating institution of higher education in the subsequent year, in the 2nd year following the year in which the scholar received the scholarship , except that the maximum scholarship for a scholar who receives an original scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any academic year thereafter may not exceed $2,250 per academic year. No scholar is eligible for an exemption for more than 4 years in the University of Wisconsin System or more than 3 years at a district school.

AB314-ASA1,19 Section 19. 39.41 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB314-ASA1,13,20 39.41 (2) (c) Subject to sub. (4), for each year the student that a scholar is exempt from tuition and fees under par. (a) or (b), the board shall pay the institution or district school, on behalf of the student scholar, an amount equal to 50% 25 percent of the student's scholar's tuition and fees, except that the maximum payment for a student who receives an original scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any academic year thereafter may not exceed $1,125 per academic year.

AB314-ASA1,20 Section 20. 39.41 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB314-ASA1,14,6 39.41 (3) (a) If a designated scholar under sub. (1m) is admitted to and enrolls, on a full-time basis, by September 30 of the academic year immediately following the school year in which the senior was designated a scholar, in a private institution of higher education that is located in this state and participating in the program under this section, the board shall pay the institution, on behalf of the pupil scholar, an amount equal to 50% 25 percent of the tuition and fees charged a resident undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the same academic year, except that the maximum payment for a pupil who receives an original scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any academic year thereafter may not exceed $1,125 per academic year.

AB314-ASA1,21 Section 21. 39.41 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB314-ASA1,14,16 39.41 (3) (b) For each year that a scholar who receives a scholarship under par. (a) is enrolled full time, maintains at least a 3.000 grade point average, or the equivalent as determined by the private institution, and makes satisfactory progress toward a bachelor's degree, the student scholar is eligible for a higher education scholarship as determined under par. (a) in the subsequent year or, if the scholar does not enroll in a participating institution of higher education in the subsequent year, in the 2nd year following the year in which the scholar received the scholarship. No scholar is eligible for a higher education scholarship for more than 4 years at a private institution of higher education.

AB314-ASA1,22 Section 22. 39.41 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB314-ASA1,15,2 39.41 (4) (a) The board shall make the payments under subs. (2) (c) and (3) only if the institution, district school, or private institution matches the amount of the payment from institutional funds, gifts, or grants and offers an internship to each enrolled scholar during one of the years of the scholar's enrollment. Beginning in the 1992-93 school year, the matching requirement under this paragraph for the institutions within the University of Wisconsin System shall be satisfied by payments of an amount equal to the total payments from the institutions made under this paragraph in the 1991-92 school year and, if such payments are insufficient to satisfy the matching requirement, by the waiver of academic fees established under s. 36.27.

AB314-ASA1,23 Section 23. 39.41 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB314-ASA1,15,10 39.41 (5) (a) 1. Each institution within the University of Wisconsin System, technical college district school and private institution of higher education that wishes to participate in the scholarship program under this section in an academic year 1999-2000 and thereafter shall notify the board by October 1, 1998, of the immediately preceding academic year that the institution wishes to participate. A notice of intent to participate given under this subdivision continues in effect for subsequent academic years, subject to any notice given under subd. 2.

AB314-ASA1,24 Section 24. Initial applicability.

AB314-ASA1,15,15 (1) Academic excellence higher education scholarships. This act first applies to students who enroll in an institution within the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college district school, or a private institution of higher education in the 2016-17 academic year.

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