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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
October 23, 2003 - Introduced by Representatives Suder, Travis, Gronemus,
Musser, Schneider, Boyle, Kreibich, Nischke, Van Roy, Freese, Jeskewitz,
Albers, Nass, Black, Miller, J. Fitzgerald, Bies, Hines, Townsend,
McCormick, Hundertmark, J. Wood, Powers, Lothian, Towns, Huebsch,
Montgomery, Johnsrud, Gunderson, Friske, Petrowski, Owens, Vruwink,
Sherman, Ott, Vrakas and Plouff, cosponsored by Senators Jauch, Schultz,
Lassa, Chvala, Hansen, M. Meyer, Breske, Stepp, Roessler, Wirch, Welch,
Decker, Kanavas, Leibham and Harsdorf. Referred to Committee on Veterans
and Military Affairs.
AB609,1,2
1An Act to amend 21.49 (3) (a) of the statutes;
relating to: national guard tuition
2grants.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, as affected by
2003 Wisconsin Act 33, the 2003-05 budget
bill, eligible national guard members may receive reimbursement for the tuition paid
for a full-time or part-time course in a qualifying school. Under the budget bill, the
reimbursement is equal to the actual tuition charged by the school or 100% of the
average of the tuitions charged by the University of Wisconsin four-year institutions
for a comparable number of credits, whichever is lower. Before the budget bill, the
amount of the tuition reimbursement was equal to the actual tuition charged by the
school or 100% of the tuition charged by the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a
comparable number of credits, whichever was lower.
This bill reinstates the determination of the amount of national guard tuition
reimbursement as it existed before the passage of
2003 Wisconsin Act 33.
For further information see the state 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:
AB609,2,6
121.49
(3) (a) Any eligible guard member upon satisfactory completion of a
2full-time or part-time course in a qualifying school is eligible for a tuition grant
3equal to 100% of the actual tuition charged by the school or 100% of the
arithmetic
4average of maximum resident undergraduate
tuitions tuition charged by the
4-year
5institutions in the University of
Wisconsin System
Wisconsin-Madison for a
6comparable number of credits, whichever amount is less.
AB609,2,128
(1) Not later than March 1, 2004, the department of military affairs shall
9submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the
10manner provided under section 13.172 (3) of the statutes on the availability of
11moneys to provide reimbursement to national guard members under section 21.49
12of the statutes, as affected by this act.
