AB360: Bill Text

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1997 - 1998 LEGISLATURE

1997 Assembly BILL 360

May 15, 1997 - Introduced by Representatives Otte, R. Young, Kreibich, Ott, Musser, Owens, Ainsworth, Gard, Hahn and Goetsch, cosponsored by Senator A. Lasee. Referred to Committee on Education.

AB360,1,3 An Act to repeal 118.37 (5) and 118.37 (6); and to amend 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes; relating to: the payment of tuition and fees under the postsecondary enrollment options program.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, under the postsecondary enrollment options program, a pupil enrolled in the 11th or 12th grade may enroll in an institution of higher education (a center or institution within the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college or a private, nonprofit institution of higher education located in this state) to take one or more courses under certain circumstances. If the course is taken for high school credit and is not comparable to a course offered in the pupil's school district, the school district must pay the UW System or the technical college the actual cost of tuition, fees and books for the course; if such a course is taken at a private institution, the school board must pay the cost of the tuition, fees and books for the course or the average statewide cost per pupil per high school credit multiplied by the number of high school credits awarded for the course, whichever is less.

Beginning in the 1998-99 school year, this bill eliminates the school district's obligation to pay an institution of higher education under the postsecondary enrollment options program.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB360, s. 1 Section 1. 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB360,2,10 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 subs. (6) and (7) and ss. 38.12 (9), 38.14 (3) and (9), 118.15 (2) (a), 118.37 and 146.55 (5), all receipts from grants awarded under ss. 38.04 (8) and (20), 38.14 (11), 38.26, 38.27 and 38.38, all fees collected under s. 38.24 and driver education and chauffeur training aids.

AB360, s. 2 Section 2. 118.37 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

AB360, s. 3 Section 3. 118.37 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

AB360, s. 4 Section 4. Initial applicability.

AB360,2,16 (1) This act first applies to pupils who attend an institution of higher education under section 118.37 of the statutes, as affected by this act, in the 1998-99 school year.

AB360,2,17 (End)