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1255. 39.39 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1) (a) (intro.) There is established, to be administered by the
department 23board, a stipend loan program for resident students, including registered nurses,
24who are:
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(2) (intro.) The
department board shall:
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(2) (b) Promulgate rules to administer this section, including rules
4establishing loan amounts and the criteria and procedures for loan forgiveness and
5for selecting loan recipients. Loan recipients shall be selected on the basis of
6financial need, as determined by the
department board, using the needs analysis
7methodology used under s. 39.435.
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(4) The
department board may not make any original stipend loans
10under this section.
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(2) (intro.) The
department
board shall establish a loan program for
13minority students who meet all of the following requirements:
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(2) (c) Meet academic criteria specified by the
department board.
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(3) Loans under sub. (2) shall be made from the appropriation under s.
1820.235 (1) (cr). The
department board shall forgive 25% of the loan and 25% of the
19interest on the loan for each school year the recipient teaches in a school district
20described under sub. (2) (d).
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(4) The
department board shall deposit in the general fund as general
23purpose revenue-earned all repayments of loans made under sub. (2) and the
24interest on the loans.
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(5) The
department
board shall administer the repayment and
2forgiveness of loans made under s. 36.25 (16), 1993 stats. The
department board 3shall treat such loans as if they had been made under sub. (2).
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(1) (ae) "Executive secretary" means the executive secretary of the board.
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(1m) (b) By February 15 of each school year, the school board of each
9school district operating one or more high schools and the governing body of each
10private high school may, for each high school with an enrollment of less than 80
11pupils, nominate the senior with the highest grade point average in all subjects who
12may be designated as a scholar by the
executive secretary under par. (c) 3.
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1268. 39.41 (1m) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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(1m) (c) (intro.) The
executive secretary shall:
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(1m) (c) 5. For each public or private high school with an enrollment of
17less than 80 pupils, notify the school board of the school district operating the public
18high school or the governing body of the private high school that the school board or
19governing body may nominate a senior under par. (b) who may be designated as a
20scholar by the
executive secretary.
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(1m) (cm) The
executive secretary may grant waivers under par. (m).
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(1m) (d) By February 15 of each school year, if 2 or more seniors from the
25same high school of at least 80 pupils have the same grade point average and, except
1for the limitation on the number of designated scholars, are otherwise eligible for
2designation under par. (a), the faculty of the high school shall select the applicable
3number of seniors for designation under par. (a) as scholars and shall certify, in order
4of priority, any remaining seniors as alternates for a scholar with the same grade
5point average. If a senior from that high school designated as a scholar under par.
6(a) does not qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), an
7alternate for the scholar with the same grade point average as any senior from that
8high school designated as a scholar under par. (a) shall be eligible for a higher
9education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship
10may be awarded by the
department board.
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(1m) (e) If 2 or more seniors from the same high school of less than 80
13pupils have the same grade point average and, except for the limitation of one
14nominated senior, are otherwise eligible for nomination under par. (b), the faculty of
15the high school shall select the senior who may be nominated by the school board of
16the school district operating the public high school or the governing body of the
17private high school for designation under par. (b) as a scholar by the
executive 18secretary. If that senior is designated as a scholar by the
executive secretary and does
19not qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), faculty of
20the high school shall select one or more of the remaining seniors with the same grade
21point average for certification as a scholar and the school board of the school district
22operating the high school or the governing body of the private high school shall
23certify to the
department board one or more of these seniors as eligible for a higher
24education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship
25may be awarded by the
department board.
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(1m) (f) If 2 or more seniors from the Wisconsin school for the visually
3handicapped have the same grade point average and, except for the limitation of one
4designated senior, are otherwise eligible for designation under par. (c) 1., the
5executive secretary shall make the designation under par. (c) 1. of the senior who may
6be eligible for a higher education scholarship as a scholar and, if that senior does not
7qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), shall designate
8one or more of the remaining seniors with the same grade point average as eligible
9for a higher education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the
10scholarship may be awarded by the
department board.
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(1m) (fm) If 2 or more seniors from the Wisconsin school for the deaf have
13the same grade point average and, except for the limitation of one designated senior,
14are otherwise eligible for designation under par. (c) 2., the
executive secretary shall
15make the designation under par. (c) 2. of the senior who may be eligible for a higher
16education scholarship as a scholar and, if that senior does not qualify for a higher
17education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), shall designate one or more of the
18remaining seniors with the same grade point average as eligible for a higher
19education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship
20may be awarded by the
department board.
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(1m) (i) Notwithstanding par. (d), if the school board of a school district
23operating a high school or the governing body of a private high school has complied
24with s. 39.41 (1m) (d), 1991 stats., for the 1993-94 school year and a senior from that
25high school designated as a scholar under s. 39.41 (1m) (a), 1991 stats., and s. 39.41
1(1m) (d), 1991 stats., does not qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub.
2(2) (a) or (3) (a), the faculty of the high school shall select one or more of the remaining
3seniors with the same grade point average for certification as a scholar. The school
4board of the school district operating the high school or the governing body of the
5private high school shall certify to the
department
board one or more of these seniors
6as eligible for a higher education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a)
7until the scholarship may be awarded by the
department
board.
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(1m) (m) Notwithstanding pars. (a), (b) and (d), if a high school ranks its
10seniors on the basis of grades in academic subjects, the school board of the school
11district operating the high school or the governing body of the private high school or,
12for purposes of par. (d), the faculty of the high school may request a waiver from the
13executive secretary in order to fulfill its requirements under par. (a), (b) or (d) on the
14basis of grade point averages in academic subjects.
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(1m) (r) The board, in consultation with the department of public
17instruction, shall develop guidelines that may be used by the faculty of a high school
18to fulfill its requirements under par. (d) or (e). The guidelines shall include a method
19of weighting courses differently for purposes of the calculation of grade point
20averages.
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(2) (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 center or institution
25within the university of Wisconsin system or in a technical college district school that
1is participating in the program under this section, the scholar shall receive a higher
2education scholarship that exempts the scholar from all tuition and fees, including
3segregated fees, at the center, institution or district school for one year,
subject to the
4availability of funds, except that the maximum scholarship for a scholar who receives
5an original scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any academic year
6thereafter may not exceed $2,250 per academic year.
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(2) (b) For each year that a scholar who receives a scholarship under par.
9(a) is enrolled full time, maintains at least a 3.0 grade point average, or the
10equivalent as determined by the center, institution or district school, and makes
11satisfactory progress toward an associate or a bachelor's degree, the student shall be
12exempt from all tuition and fees, including segregated fees, in the subsequent year,
13subject to the availability of funds, except that the maximum scholarship for a
14scholar who receives an original scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any
15academic year thereafter may not exceed $2,250 per academic year. No scholar is
16eligible for an exemption for more than 4 years at a center or institution or more than
173 years at a district school.
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(2) (c) Subject to sub. (4), for each year the student is exempt from tuition
20and fees under par. (a) or (b), the
department board shall pay the center, institution
21or district school, on behalf of the student, an amount equal to 50% of the student's
22tuition and fees, except that the maximum payment for a student who receives an
23original scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any academic year
24thereafter may not exceed $1,125 per academic year.
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(3) (a) If a designated scholar under sub. (1m) is admitted to and enrolls,
2on a full-time basis, by September 30 of the academic year immediately following the
3school year in which the senior was designated a scholar, in a private institution of
4higher education that is located in this state and participating in the program under
5this section, the
department board shall pay the institution, on behalf of the pupil,
6an amount equal to 50% of the tuition and fees charged a resident undergraduate at
7the university of Wisconsin-Madison in the same academic year, except that the
8maximum payment for a pupil who receives an original scholarship for the 1996-97
9academic year or for any academic year thereafter may not exceed $1,125 per
10academic year.
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(4) (a) The
department board shall make the payments under subs. (2)
13(c) and (3) only if the center, institution, district school or private institution matches
14the amount of the payment from institutional funds, gifts or grants. Beginning in
15the 1992-93 school year, the matching requirement under this paragraph for the
16centers and institutions within the university of Wisconsin system shall be satisfied
17by payments of an amount equal to the total payments from the centers and
18institutions made under this paragraph in the 1991-92 school year and, if such
19payments are insufficient to satisfy the matching requirement, by the waiver of
20academic fees established under s. 36.27.
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(b) The
department board shall make the payments under subs. (2) (c) and (3)
22from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fy)
subject to the availability of funds.
23If the amount in the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fy) in any fiscal year is
24insufficient to fully make the payments, the amount of each payment shall be
25reduced proportionately.
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(5) (a) Each center or institution within the university of Wisconsin
3system, technical college district school and private institution of higher education
4that wishes to participate in the scholarship program under this section shall notify
5the
department board by October 1 prior to the academic year in which the
6institution wishes to participate.
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(b) Each designated scholar who is eligible for a higher education scholarship
8under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) shall notify the
department board as soon as practicable
9of the institution of higher education he or she will be attending in the next academic
10year.
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(c) Annually, the
department board shall notify each scholar who will be
12attending a participating institution of higher education in the next academic year
13of the amount of his or her higher education scholarship.
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(7) By August 1,
1993 1997, and annually thereafter, the
department 16board shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance evaluating the success
17of the program under this section. The report shall specify the number and amount
18of the scholarships awarded in the current fiscal year and the institutions of higher
19education chosen by the scholarship recipients.
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(8) The
executive secretary shall promulgate rules establishing criteria
22for the designation of scholars under sub. (1m) (c) 3.
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2439.42 Interstate agreements. The
department board, with the approval of
25the joint committee on finance, or the governing boards of any publicly supported
1institution of post-high school education, with the approval of the
department board 2and the joint committee on finance, may enter into agreements or understandings
3which include remission of nonresident tuition for designated categories of students
4at state institutions of higher education with appropriate state agencies and
5institutions of higher education in other states to facilitate use of public higher
6education institutions of this state and other states. Such agreements and
7understandings shall have as their purpose the mutual improvement of educational
8advantages for residents of this state and such other states or institutions of other
9states with which agreements are made.
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(1) There is established, to be administered by the
department board,
12a higher education grant program for postsecondary resident students enrolled at
13least half-time and registered as freshmen, sophomores, juniors or seniors in
14accredited institutions of higher education in this state. Except as authorized under
15sub. (5), such grants shall be made only to students enrolled in nonprofit public
16institutions in this state.
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(2) The
department board shall award talent incentive grants to
19uniquely needy students enrolled at least half-time as first-time freshmen at public
20and private nonprofit institutions located in this state and to sophomores, juniors
21and seniors who received such grants as freshmen. No grant under this subsection
22may exceed $1,800 for any academic year. The
department board may not award a
23grant to the same student for more than 10 consecutive semesters or their
24equivalent. The
department board shall promulgate rules establishing eligibility
25criteria for grants under this subsection.
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(3) Grants under sub. (1) shall not be less than $250 during any one
3academic year, unless the joint committee on finance approves an adjustment in the
4amount of the minimum grant. Grants under sub. (1) shall not exceed $1,800 during
5any one academic year. The
department board shall, by rule, establish a reporting
6system to periodically provide student economic data and shall promulgate other
7rules the
department board deems necessary to assure uniform administration of the
8program.
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(4) (a) The
department board shall promulgate rules establishing
11policies and procedures for determining dependent and independent status and for
12the calculation of expected parental and student contributions. The rules shall be
13consistent with generally accepted definitions and nationally approved needs
14analysis methodology.
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1291. 39.435 (4) (b) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to read:
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(4) (b) 1. Annually, the
department board shall establish equity award
17levels for students enrolled in the university of Wisconsin system and for students
18enrolled in technical colleges.
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2. From the equity levels established under subd. 1., the
department board 20shall subtract the amount of the expected parental contribution and the expected
21student contribution to determine the amount of the student's grant.
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(4) (c) Grants paid to independent students shall be determined by the
24department board consistent with the rules and procedures under pars. (a) and (b).
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(4) (d) The awarding of grants under this section is subject to any
2formula approved or modified by the
education commission board under s. 39.285 (1).
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(5) The
department board shall ensure that grants under this section
5are made available to students attending private or public institutions in this state
6who are deaf or hard of hearing or visually handicapped and who demonstrate need.
7Grants may also be made available to such handicapped students attending private
8or public institutions in other states under criteria established by the
department 9board. In determining the financial need of these students special consideration
10shall be given to their unique and unusual costs.
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(6) The
department board may not make a grant under this section to
13a person if the
department board receives a certification under s. 49.855 (7) that the
14person is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments or owes past support,
15medical expenses or birth expenses.
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(1) (b) There is established, to be administered by the
department board,
18the minority undergraduate retention grant program for minority undergraduates
19enrolled in private, nonprofit higher educational institutions in this state or in
20technical colleges in this state.
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(2) Funds for the grants under this section shall be distributed from the
23appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fg), with 50% distributed to the eligible private
24institutions and 50% distributed to the eligible technical colleges
, except as provided
1in 1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9127 (1et). The
department board shall audit the
2enrollment statistics annually.
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(3) (b) Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the
department board that such
5funds do not replace institutional grants to the recipients.