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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
February 20, 2020 - Introduced by Representatives Billings, Hebl, Stubbs,
Emerson, Crowley, Kolste, Subeck, Considine, Sargent, Pope, Ohnstad,
Sinicki, Brostoff and Vruwink, cosponsored by Senators Johnson,
Carpenter, Larson, Erpenbach and Smith. Referred to Committee on
Education.
AB938,1,6 1An Act to renumber 39.399 (3) (b) 2.; to renumber and amend 39.399 (1m)
2(b) and 39.399 (3) (b) 1.; to amend 20.235 (1) (ct), 39.399 (title), 39.399 (1m)
3(intro.) and 39.399 (3) (b) (intro.); and to create 39.399 (1m) (b) 2., 39.399 (3)
4(b) 1m. (intro.) and 39.399 (3) (b) 2m. of the statutes; relating to: allowing
5certain child care providers to participate in the teacher loan program and
6making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, students enrolled in programs leading to a bachelor's degree in
early childhood education are eligible for loans under a program under current law.
Current law requires the Higher Educational Aids Board to establish a
program for making loans to students enrolled in programs leading to teaching
licenses in disciplines that the federal Department of Education has identified as
teacher shortage areas. To be eligible for the loans, a student must be a state resident
who is enrolled at an in-state institution of higher education. In addition, the
student must maintain a specified minimum grade point average. Current law
requires HEAB to forgive 25 percent of a loan and interest for each year that a loan
recipient is employed full-time as a teacher in a high-demand area related to the
discipline identified by the federal Department of Education. In addition, to be
eligible for forgiveness, the loan recipient must be employed by a private or public
elementary or secondary school in a rural county or the city of Milwaukee.

Under this bill, a student enrolled in a program leading to a bachelor's degree
in early childhood education is also eligible for loans under the program, if he or she
is a state resident who is enrolled at an in-state institution of higher education and
he or she maintains the specified minimum grade point average. Also, the bill
requires HEAB to forgive 25 percent of a loan and interest for each year that the loan
recipient is employed full-time as a child care provider in the area of early childhood
education by a public or private school or a licensed child care center that provides
services to individuals who receive a child care subsidy under Wisconsin Shares,
without regard to the location of the school or center.
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:
AB938,1 1Section 1 . 20.235 (1) (ct) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB938,2,32 20.235 (1) (ct) Teacher and child care provider loan program. The amounts in
3the schedule for the teacher loan program under s. 39.399.
AB938,2 4Section 2 . 39.399 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB938,2,5 539.399 (title) Teacher and child care provider loan program.
AB938,3 6Section 3 . 39.399 (1m) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB938,2,87 39.399 (1m) (intro.) The board shall establish a teacher loan program for
8students who meet all of the following requirements:
AB938,4 9Section 4 . 39.399 (1m) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 39.399 (1m) (b) (intro.)
10and amended to read:
AB938,2,1211 39.399 (1m) (b) (intro.) Are enrolled in programs of study leading to a one of
12the following:
AB938,2,14 131. A teacher's license in a discipline identified as a teacher shortage area for
14this state by the federal department of education.
AB938,5 15Section 5 . 39.399 (1m) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
AB938,2,1616 39.399 (1m) (b) 2. A bachelor's degree in early childhood education.
AB938,6
1Section 6. 39.399 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB938,3,42 39.399 (3) (b) (intro.) The board shall forgive 25 percent of the loan and 25
3percent of the interest on the loan for each school year the recipient satisfies all one
4of the following:
AB938,7 5Section 7 . 39.399 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 39.399 (3) (b) 1m. a.
6and amended to read:
AB938,3,107 39.399 (3) (b) 1m. a. The recipient is employed, as a full-time teacher in a
8high-demand area related to the recipient's discipline under sub. (1m) (b) 1., by a
9public or private elementary or secondary school in the city of Milwaukee or in a
10school district in a rural county.
AB938,8 11Section 8 . 39.399 (3) (b) 1m. (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:
AB938,3,1312 39.399 (3) (b) 1m. (intro.) If the recipient satisfied the eligibility requirement
13under sub. (1m) (b) 1., the recipient satisfies all of the following:
AB938,9 14Section 9 . 39.399 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 39.399 (3) (b) 1m. b.
AB938,10 15Section 10 . 39.399 (3) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB938,3,1916 39.399 (3) (b) 2m. If the recipient satisfied the eligibility requirement under
17sub. (1m) (b) 2., the recipient is employed full-time as a child care provider in the area
18of early childhood education by a public or private school or a licensed child care
19center that participates in the program under s. 49.155.
AB938,11 20Section 11 . Fiscal changes.
AB938,3,2421 (1) In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the higher
22educational aids board under s. 20.235 (1) (ct), the dollar amount for fiscal year
232019-20 is increased by $100,000 and the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is
24increased by $100,000 for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.
AB938,3,2525 (End)
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