AB150, s. 1893 22Section 1893. 39.40 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,771,2423 39.40 (2) (intro.) The board department shall establish a loan program for
24minority students who meet all of the following requirements:
AB150, s. 1894 25Section 1894. 39.40 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,772,1
139.40 (2) (c) Meet academic criteria specified by the board department.
AB150, s. 1895 2Section 1895. 39.40 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,772,63 39.40 (3) Loans under sub. (2) shall be made from the appropriation under s.
420.235 (1) (cr). The board department shall forgive 25% of the loan and 25% of the
5interest on the loan for each school year the recipient teaches in a school district
6described under sub. (2) (d).
AB150, s. 1896 7Section 1896. 39.40 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,772,108 39.40 (4) The board department shall deposit in the general fund as general
9purpose revenue-earned all repayments of loans made under sub. (2) and the
10interest on the loans.
AB150, s. 1897 11Section 1897. 39.40 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,772,1312 39.40 (5) The board may not make any original loans under this section after
13the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date].
AB150, s. 1898 14Section 1898. 39.40 (5) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
15(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,772,1616 39.40 (5) The department may not make any original loans under this section.
AB150, s. 1899 17Section 1899. 39.41 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,772,19 1839.41 (title) Academic Governor's academic excellence higher
19education
scholarships scholarship program.
AB150, s. 1900 20Section 1900. 39.41 (1) (ae) of the statutes is repealed.
AB150, s. 1901 21Section 1901. 39.41 (1) (bg) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,772,2222 39.41 (1) (bg) "Secretary" means the secretary of education.
AB150, s. 1902 23Section 1902. 39.41 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,773,324 39.41 (1m) (b) By February 15 of each school year, the school board of each
25school district operating one or more high schools and the governing body of each

1private high school may, for each high school with an enrollment of less than 80
2pupils, nominate the senior with the highest grade point average in all subjects who
3may be designated as a scholar by the executive secretary under par. (c) 3.
AB150, s. 1903 4Section 1903. 39.41 (1m) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,773,55 39.41 (1m) (c) (intro.) The executive secretary shall:
AB150, s. 1904 6Section 1904. 39.41 (1m) (c) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,773,117 39.41 (1m) (c) 5. For each public or private high school with an enrollment of
8less than 80 pupils, notify the school board of the school district operating the public
9high school or the governing body of the private high school that the school board or
10governing body may nominate a senior under par. (b) who may be designated as a
11scholar by the executive secretary.
AB150, s. 1905 12Section 1905. 39.41 (1m) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,773,1313 39.41 (1m) (cm) The executive secretary may grant waivers under par. (m).
AB150, s. 1906 14Section 1906. 39.41 (1m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,774,215 39.41 (1m) (d) By February 15 of each school year, if 2 or more seniors from the
16same high school of at least 80 pupils have the same grade point average and, except
17for the limitation on the number of designated scholars, are otherwise eligible for
18designation under par. (a), the faculty of the high school shall select the applicable
19number of seniors for designation under par. (a) as scholars and shall certify, in order
20of priority, any remaining seniors as alternates for a scholar with the same grade
21point average. If a senior from that high school designated as a scholar under par.
22(a) does not qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), an
23alternate for the scholar with the same grade point average as any senior from that
24high school designated as a scholar under par. (a) shall be eligible for a higher

1education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship
2may be awarded by the board department.
AB150, s. 1907 3Section 1907. 39.41 (1m) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,774,174 39.41 (1m) (e) If 2 or more seniors from the same high school of less than 80
5pupils have the same grade point average and, except for the limitation of one
6nominated senior, are otherwise eligible for nomination under par. (b), the faculty of
7the high school shall select the senior who may be nominated by the school board of
8the school district operating the public high school or the governing body of the
9private high school for designation under par. (b) as a scholar by the executive
10secretary. If that senior is designated as a scholar by the executive secretary and does
11not qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), faculty of
12the high school shall select one or more of the remaining seniors with the same grade
13point average for certification as a scholar and the school board of the school district
14operating the high school or the governing body of the private high school shall
15certify to the board department one or more of these seniors as eligible for a higher
16education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship
17may be awarded by the board department.
AB150, s. 1908 18Section 1908. 39.41 (1m) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,775,219 39.41 (1m) (f) If 2 or more seniors from the Wisconsin school for the visually
20handicapped have the same grade point average and, except for the limitation of one
21designated senior, are otherwise eligible for designation under par. (c) 1., the
22executive secretary shall make the designation under par. (c) 1. of the senior who may
23be eligible for a higher education scholarship as a scholar and, if that senior does not
24qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), shall designate
25one or more of the remaining seniors with the same grade point average as eligible

1for a higher education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the
2scholarship may be awarded by the board department.
AB150, s. 1909 3Section 1909. 39.41 (1m) (fm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,775,124 39.41 (1m) (fm) If 2 or more seniors from the Wisconsin school for the deaf have
5the same grade point average and, except for the limitation of one designated senior,
6are otherwise eligible for designation under par. (c) 2., the executive secretary shall
7make the designation under par. (c) 2. of the senior who may be eligible for a higher
8education scholarship as a scholar and, if that senior does not qualify for a higher
9education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), shall designate one or more of the
10remaining seniors with the same grade point average as eligible for a higher
11education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship
12may be awarded by the board department.
AB150, s. 1910 13Section 1910. 39.41 (1m) (i) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,775,2414 39.41 (1m) (i) Notwithstanding par. (d), if the school board of a school district
15operating a high school or the governing body of a private high school has complied
16with s. 39.41 (1m) (d), 1991 stats., for the 1993-94 school year and a senior from that
17high school designated as a scholar under s. 39.41 (1m) (a), 1991 stats., and s. 39.41
18(1m) (d), 1991 stats., does not qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub.
19(2) (a) or (3) (a), the faculty of the high school shall select one or more of the remaining
20seniors with the same grade point average for certification as a scholar. The school
21board of the school district operating the high school or the governing body of the
22private high school shall certify to the board department one or more of these seniors
23as eligible for a higher education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a)
24until the scholarship may be awarded by the board department.
AB150, s. 1911 25Section 1911. 39.41 (1m) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,776,6
139.41 (1m) (m) Notwithstanding pars. (a), (b) and (d), if a high school ranks its
2seniors on the basis of grades in academic subjects, the school board of the school
3district operating the high school or the governing body of the private high school or,
4for purposes of par. (d), the faculty of the high school may request a waiver from the
5executive secretary in order to fulfill its requirements under par. (a), (b) or (d) on the
6basis of grade point averages in academic subjects.
AB150, s. 1912 7Section 1912. 39.41 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,776,158 39.41 (2) (a) If a designated scholar under sub. (1m) is admitted to and enrolls,
9on a full-time basis, by September 30 of the academic year immediately following the
10school year in which the senior was designated a scholar, in a center or institution
11within the university of Wisconsin system or in a technical college district school that
12is participating in the program under this section, the scholar shall receive a higher
13education scholarship that exempts the scholar from all tuition and fees, including
14segregated fees, at the center, institution or district school for one year, up to a
15maximum of $3,000,
subject to the availability of funds.
AB150, s. 1913 16Section 1913. 39.41 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,776,2417 39.41 (2) (b) For each year that a scholar who receives a scholarship under par.
18(a) is enrolled full time, maintains at least a 3.0 grade point average, or the
19equivalent as determined by the center, institution or district school, and makes
20satisfactory progress toward an associate or a bachelor's degree, the student shall be
21exempt from all tuition and fees, including segregated fees, in the subsequent year,
22up to a maximum of $3,000, subject to the availability of funds. No scholar is eligible
23for an exemption for more than 4 years at a center or institution or more than 3 years
24at a district school.
AB150, s. 1914 25Section 1914. 39.41 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,777,4
139.41 (2) (c) Subject to sub. (4), for each year the student is exempt from tuition
2and fees under par. (a) or (b), the board shall pay the center, institution or district
3school, on behalf of the student, an amount equal to 50% of the student's tuition and
4fees, up to a maximum of $1,500.
AB150, s. 1915 5Section 1915. 39.41 (2) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
6.... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,777,107 39.41 (2) (c) Subject to sub. (4), for each year the student is exempt from tuition
8and fees under par. (a) or (b), the department shall pay the center, institution or
9district school, on behalf of the student, an amount equal to 50% of the student's
10tuition and fees, up to a maximum of $1,500.
AB150, s. 1916 11Section 1916. 39.41 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,777,1912 39.41 (3) (a) If a designated scholar under sub. (1m) is admitted to and enrolls,
13on a full-time basis, by September 30 of the academic year immediately following the
14school year in which the senior was designated a scholar, in a private institution of
15higher education that is located in this state and participating in the program under
16this section, the board shall pay the institution, on behalf of the pupil, an amount
17equal to 50% of the tuition and fees charged a resident undergraduate at the
18university of Wisconsin-Madison in the same academic year, up to a maximum of
19$1,500
.
AB150, s. 1917 20Section 1917. 39.41 (3) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act
21.... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,778,422 39.41 (3) (a) If a designated scholar under sub. (1m) is admitted to and enrolls,
23on a full-time basis, by September 30 of the academic year immediately following the
24school year in which the senior was designated a scholar, in a private institution of
25higher education that is located in this state and participating in the program under

1this section, the department shall pay the institution, on behalf of the pupil, an
2amount equal to 50% of the tuition and fees charged a resident undergraduate at the
3university of Wisconsin-Madison in the same academic year, up to a maximum of
4$1,500.
AB150, s. 1918 5Section 1918. 39.41 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,778,146 39.41 (4) (a) The board department shall make the payments under subs. (2)
7(c) and (3) only if the center, institution, district school or private institution matches
8the amount of the payment from institutional funds, gifts or grants. Beginning in
9the 1992-93 school year, the matching requirement under this paragraph for the
10centers and institutions within the university of Wisconsin system shall be satisfied
11by payments of an amount equal to the total payments from the centers and
12institutions made under this paragraph in the 1991-92 school year and, if such
13payments are insufficient to satisfy the matching requirement, by the waiver of
14academic fees established under s. 36.27.
AB150,778,1915 (b) The board department shall make the payments under subs. (2) (c) and (3)
16from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fy) subject to the availability of funds.
17If the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fy) in any fiscal year is
18insufficient to fully make the payments, the amount of each payment shall be
19reduced proportionately.
AB150, s. 1919 20Section 1919. 39.41 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,778,2521 39.41 (5) (a) Each center or institution within the university of Wisconsin
22system, technical college district school and private institution of higher education
23that wishes to participate in the scholarship program under this section shall notify
24the board department by October 1 prior to the academic year in which the
25institution wishes to participate.
AB150,779,4
1(b) Each designated scholar who is eligible for a higher education scholarship
2under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) shall notify the board department as soon as practicable
3of the institution of higher education he or she will be attending in the next academic
4year.
AB150,779,75 (c) Annually, the board department shall notify each scholar who will be
6attending a participating institution of higher education in the next academic year
7of the amount of his or her higher education scholarship.
AB150, s. 1920 8Section 1920. 39.41 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,779,139 39.41 (7) By August 1, 1993, and annually thereafter, the board department
10shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance evaluating the success of the
11program under this section. The report shall specify the number and amount of the
12scholarships awarded in the current fiscal year and the institutions of higher
13education chosen by the scholarship recipients.
AB150, s. 1921 14Section 1921. 39.41 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,779,1615 39.41 (8) The executive secretary shall promulgate rules establishing criteria
16for the designation of scholars under sub. (1m) (c) 3.
AB150, s. 1922 17Section 1922. 39.41 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB150,779,2118 39.41 (9) In any printed material or other information disseminated or
19otherwise distributed by the board, the scholarship program under this section shall
20be referred to as the governor's academic excellence higher education scholarship
21program and scholars shall be referred to as governor's scholars.
AB150, s. 1923 22Section 1923. 39.41 (9) of the statutes, as created by 1995 Wisconsin Act ....
23(this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
AB150,780,224 39.41 (9) In any printed material or other information disseminated or
25otherwise distributed by the department, the scholarship program under this section

1shall be referred to as the governor's academic excellence higher education
2scholarship program and scholars shall be referred to as governor's scholars.
AB150, s. 1924 3Section 1924. 39.42 of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,780,14 439.42 Interstate agreements. The board department, with the approval of
5the joint committee on finance, or the governing boards of any publicly supported
6institution of post-high school education, with the approval of the board department
7and the joint committee on finance, may enter into agreements or understandings
8which include remission of nonresident tuition for designated categories of students
9at state institutions of higher education with appropriate state agencies and
10institutions of higher education in other states to facilitate use of public higher
11education institutions of this state and other states. Such agreements and
12understandings shall have as their purpose the mutual improvement of educational
13advantages for residents of this state and such other states or institutions of other
14states with which agreements are made.
AB150, s. 1925 15Section 1925. 39.435 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,780,2116 39.435 (1) There is established, to be administered by the board department
17a higher education grant program for postsecondary resident students enrolled at
18least half-time and registered as freshmen, sophomores, juniors or seniors in
19accredited institutions of higher education in this state. Except as authorized under
20sub. (5), such grants shall be made only to students enrolled in nonprofit public
21institutions in this state.
AB150, s. 1926 22Section 1926. 39.435 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,781,523 39.435 (2) The board department shall award talent incentive grants to
24uniquely needy students enrolled at least half-time as first-time freshmen at public
25and private nonprofit institutions located in this state and to sophomores, juniors

1and seniors who received such grants as freshmen. No grant under this subsection
2may exceed $1,800 for any academic year. The board department may not award a
3grant to the same student for more than 10 consecutive semesters or their
4equivalent. The board department shall promulgate rules establishing eligibility
5criteria for grants under this subsection.
AB150, s. 1927 6Section 1927. 39.435 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,781,137 39.435 (3) Grants under sub. (1) shall not be less than $250 during any one
8academic year, unless the joint committee on finance approves an adjustment in the
9amount of the minimum grant. Grants under sub. (1) shall not exceed $1,800 during
10any one academic year. The board department shall, by rule, establish a reporting
11system to periodically provide student economic data and shall promulgate other
12rules the board department deems necessary to assure uniform administration of the
13program.
AB150, s. 1928 14Section 1928. 39.435 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,781,1915 39.435 (4) (a) The board department shall promulgate rules establishing
16policies and procedures for determining dependent and independent status and for
17the calculation of expected parental and student contributions. The rules shall be
18consistent with generally accepted definitions and nationally approved needs
19analysis methodology.
AB150, s. 1929 20Section 1929. 39.435 (4) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
AB150,781,2321 39.435 (4) (b) 1. Annually, the board department shall establish equity award
22levels for students enrolled in the university of Wisconsin system and for students
23enrolled in technical colleges.
AB150,782,3
12. From the equity levels established under subd. 1., the board department
2shall subtract the amount of the expected parental contribution and the expected
3student contribution to determine the amount of the student's grant.
AB150, s. 1930 4Section 1930. 39.435 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,782,65 39.435 (4) (c) Grants paid to independent students shall be determined by the
6board department consistent with the rules and procedures under pars. (a) and (b).
AB150, s. 1931 7Section 1931. 39.435 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,782,148 39.435 (5) The board department shall ensure that grants under this section
9are made available to students attending private or public institutions in this state
10who are deaf or hard of hearing or visually handicapped and who demonstrate need.
11Grants may also be made available to such handicapped students attending private
12or public institutions in other states under criteria established by the board
13department. In determining the financial need of these students special
14consideration shall be given to their unique and unusual costs.
AB150, s. 1932 15Section 1932. 39.435 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,782,1816 39.435 (6) The board department may not make a grant under this section to
17a person if it the department receives a certification under s. 46.255 (7) that the
18person is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments.
AB150, s. 1933 19Section 1933. 39.44 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,782,2320 39.44 (1) (b) There is established, to be administered by the board department,
21the minority undergraduate retention grant program for minority undergraduates
22enrolled in private, nonprofit higher educational institutions in this state or in
23technical colleges in this state.
AB150, s. 1934 24Section 1934. 39.44 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,783,5
139.44 (2) Funds for the grants under this section shall be distributed from the
2appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fg) to the eligible institutions and from the
3appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fh) to the eligible technical colleges on the basis
4of full-time equivalent enrollments of students eligible for grants under sub. (1) (b).
5The board department shall audit the enrollment statistics annually.
AB150, s. 1935 6Section 1935. 39.44 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB150,783,87 39.44 (3) (b) Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board department that such
8funds do not replace institutional grants to the recipients.
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