LRB-0191LRB-0191/1
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau, BB00248 - Maximum amount of a Wisconsin higher education grant
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Other educational and cultural agencies
Under current law, HEAB awards Wisconsin higher education grants (WHEG grants) to undergraduates enrolled at least half time at nonprofit public institutions of higher education or tribally controlled colleges in this state. Currently, a WHEG grant may not exceed $3,000 for an academic year. This bill sets that maximum grant amount during any academic year at 50 percent of the resident undergraduate academic fees charged to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the previous academic year.
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:
SECTION 1. 39.435 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.435 (3) Grants under sub. (1) shall not be less than $250 during any one academic year, unless the joint committee on finance approves an adjustment in the amount of the minimum grant. Grants under sub. (1) shall not exceed $3,000 during any one academic year shall not exceed 50 percent of the resident undergraduate academic fees charged to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the previous academic year. The board shall, by rule, establish a reporting system to periodically provide student economic data and shall promulgate other rules the board deems necessary to assure uniform administration of the program.
SECTION 9322. Initial applicability; Higher Educational Aids Board.
(1) WISCONSIN HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS. The treatment of section 39.435 (3) of the statutes first applies to Wisconsin higher education grants awarded by the higher educational aids board for the 2007-08 academic year.
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LRB-0192LRB-0192/3
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau, BB0260 - Veterans' tuition remission reimbursement
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Other educational and cultural agencies
Current law requires the Board of Regents of the UW System (board of regents) and each technical college district board (district board) to grant full remission of all academic fees charged for up to 128 credits or eight semesters, whichever is longer, to certain veterans who are residents of this state for veterans benefits purposes and to the spouse, unremarried surviving spouse, and children of a veteran who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into service and who either: 1) while a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes; or 2) incurred at least a 30 percent service-connected disability rating. In the case of a veteran enrolled in the UW System, "academic fees" includes nonresident tuition.
This bill appropriates to HEAB general purpose revenues to reimburse the board of regents and district boards for academic fees remitted under current law for veterans and their spouses, unremarried surviving spouses, and children. Under the bill, at the end of each semester, the board of regents and each district board must certify to HEAB the number of students enrolled in the UW System or in technical colleges governed by the district board to whom those fees have been remitted, the number of credits for which those fees have been remitted, and the amount of those fees remitted. If HEAB approves the information certified by the board of regents or district board, HEAB, from those general purpose revenues, must reimburse the board of regents or district board for the amount of fees remitted.
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:
SECTION 1. 20.235 (1) (fz) of the statutes is created to read:
20.235 (1) (fz) Remission of fees for veterans and dependents. Biennially, the amounts in the schedule to reimburse the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards under s. 39.50 for fee remissions made under ss. 36.27 (3n) or (3p) and 38.24 (7) or (8).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 36.27 (3n) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
36.27 (3n) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of regents for all academic fees and segregated fees remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (1).
SECTION 3. 36.27 (3p) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
36.27 (3p) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of regents for all nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (1).
SECTION 4. 38.24 (7) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
38.24 (7) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the district board for all fees under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (2).
SECTION 5. 38.24 (8) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
38.24 (8) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the district board for all fees under sub. (1m) (a) to (c) remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (2).
SECTION 6. 39.50 of the statutes is created to read:
39.50 Remission of fees for veterans and dependents. (1) UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM. At the end of each semester, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall certify to the board the number of students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System to whom any fees or nonresident tuition has been remitted under s. 36.27 (3n) or (3p), the number of credits for which those fees or that nonresident tuition has been remitted, and the amount of fees and nonresident tuition remitted. If the board approves the information certified under this subsection, the board, from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fz), shall reimburse the board of regents for the amount of fees and nonresident tuition remitted. The board of regents shall credit any amounts received under this subsection to the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (k) and shall expend those amounts received for degree credit instruction.
(2) TECHNICAL COLLEGES. At the end of each semester, each technical college district board shall certify to the board the number of students enrolled in the technical college governed by the district board to whom any fees have been remitted under s. 38.24 (7) or (8), the number of credits for which those fees have been remitted, and the amount of those fees remitted. If the board approves the information certified under this subsection, the board, from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fz), shall reimburse the district board for the amount of fees remitted.
SECTION 9322. Initial applicability; Higher Educational Aids Board.
(1) REMISSION OF FEES FOR VETERANS AND DEPENDENTS. The treatment of sections 20.235 (1) (fz), 36.27 (3n) (c) and (3p) (c), 38.24 (7) (c) and (8) (c), and 39.50 of the statutes first applies to students who enroll for classes in the 2007-08 academic year.
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LRB-0200LRB-0200/2
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Dombrowski, BB0067 - Approriation for off-duty peace officer liability
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
employment
Under current law, an annual sum certain appropriation is made to DOA for costs and judgments incurred by the state as a result of any civil or criminal liability or worker's compensation claim that may arise out of an off-duty peace officer arresting a person or providing aid or assistance outside of the officer's territorial jurisdiction, but in the state, if the officer is responding to an emergency, the officer's action would be authorized if done in the officer's jurisdiction, and the officer's action is in compliance with written policies adopted by the officer's supervising agency. This bill converts that appropriation to a sum sufficient to pay those costs and judgments. The bill also requires DOA, after the end of each calendar quarter, to submit a report to JCF detailing all moneys expended or encumbered from that appropriation during that calendar quarter.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 20.505 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.505 (2) (am) Costs and judgments. The amounts in the schedule A sum sufficient for costs and judgments under s. 175.40 (6m) (c) 1. or 2.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 175.40 (6m) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
175.40 (6m) (c) 4. By no later than 30 days after the end of each calender quarter, the department of administration shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance detailing all moneys expended or encumbered from the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (2) (am) during that calendar quarter for costs and judgments under subd. 1. or 2.
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LRB-0201LRB-0201/5
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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Binau, BB0311 - Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program
For 2007-09 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2007 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Other educational and cultural agencies
Under current law, HEAB awards various grants to resident students for higher education, including Wisconsin higher education grants to resident students enrolled at least half time and registered as freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors in accredited, nonprofit public institutions of higher education, i.e., in the UW System or the technical college system, or in tribally controlled colleges in this state; and tuition grants to resident students enrolled at least half time and registered as freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors in accredited, nonprofit post-high school, educational institutions, i.e., private institutions of higher education, in this state.
This bill establishes a Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program under which, beginning in the 2011-12 academic year, HEAB is directed to award a grant in an amount based on financial need, as determined by HEAB, to a resident student for no more than the equivalent of ten semesters of undergraduate education and for so long as the student meets acceptable academic standards, if the resident student meets all of the following criteria:
1. The student is enrolled at least half time and registered as a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior in a public or private, nonprofit, accredited institution of higher education or in a tribally controlled college in this state.
2. The student is eligible for a Federal Pell Grant, the federal adjusted gross income of a parent of the student, as shown on the student's application for student financial assistance, does not exceed the income guidelines prescribed for determining eligibility for reduced-price lunches under the federal National School Lunch Act (185 percent of the poverty line for a family the size of the parent's family), or, if the student is an independent student, the student's adjusted gross income does not exceed those income guidelines.
The bill also creates an Office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in DOA that is headed by a director appointed by the secretary of administration.
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:
SECTION 1. 15.01 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
15.01 (6) "Division," "bureau," "section" and "unit" means the subunits of a department or an independent agency, whether specifically created by law or created by the head of the department or the independent agency for the more economic and efficient administration and operation of the programs assigned to the department or independent agency. The office of justice assistance in the department of administration, the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration, and the office of credit unions in the department of financial institutions have the meaning of "division" under this subsection. The office of the long-term care ombudsman under the board on aging and long-term care and the office of educational accountability in the department of public instruction have the meaning of "bureau" under this subsection.
SECTION 2. 15.02 (3) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
15.02 (3) (c) 1. The principal subunit of the department is the "division". Each division shall be headed by an "administrator". The office of justice assistance in the department of administration, the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration, and the office of credit unions in the department of financial institutions have the meaning of "division" and the executive staff director of the office of justice assistance in the department of administration, the director of the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration, and the director of credit unions have the meaning of "administrator" under this subdivision.
SECTION 3. 15.104 of the statutes is created to read:
15.104 Same; offices. (1) OFFICE OF THE WISCONSIN COVENANT SCHOLARS PROGRAM. There is created an office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration. The director of the office shall be appointed by the secretary of administration.
SECTION 4. 20.235 (1) (fm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.235 (1) (fm) Wisconsin covenant scholars grants. The amounts in the schedule for Wisconsin covenant scholars grants under s. 39.437.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 5. 39.437 of the statutes is created to read:
39.437 Wisconsin covenant scholars grants. (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAM. There is established, to be administered by the board, a Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program to provide grants to students who meet the eligibility criteria specified in sub. (2).
(2) ELIGIBILITY. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a student is eligible for a grant under this section if the student meets all of the following criteria:
1. The student is a resident of this state and is enrolled at least half time and registered as a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior in a public or private, nonprofit, accredited institution of higher education or in a tribally controlled college in this state.
2. The student is eligible for a Federal Pell Grant under 20 USC 1070a, the federal adjusted gross income of a parent of the student, as shown on the student's application for student financial assistance, does not exceed the income guidelines prescribed under 42 USC 1758 (b) for determining eligibility for reduced-price lunches under the federal National School Lunch Act, 42 USC 1751 to 1769i, or, if the student is an independent student, as defined in 20 USC 1087vv, the federal adjusted gross income of the student, as shown on the student's application for student financial assistance, does not exceed those income guidelines.
(b) 1. The board may not make a grant under this section to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
2. No student shall be eligible for a grant under this section in more than the equivalent of 10 semesters of undergraduate education.
3. No student who fails to meet acceptable academic standards prescribed by the student's institution of higher education or tribally controlled college shall be or shall remain eligible for a grant under this section.
