LRB-1043/P2
JAM:kms&amn
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Mott, BB0124 - UWS Wisconsin Grants cap
For 2023-2025 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Higher education
Raising the maximum amount that may be awarded in a Wisconsin grant
This bill raises the maximum amount that may be awarded through a Wisconsin grant during one academic year.
Under current law, HEAB administers the Wisconsin grant program, which provides grants to resident undergraduate students enrolled at least half-time in various postsecondary institutions, including UW System schools, technical colleges, and tribal colleges in this state. A Wisconsin grant may not be less than $250 during any one academic year, and may not be more than $3,150 during any one academic year.
This bill raises the maximum amount of a Wisconsin grant for students enrolled in a UW System institution or college campus from $3,150 in an academic year to an amount not to exceed half of the in-state, undergraduate tuition and fees charged at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for an 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 $3,150 during any one academic year, except that beginning in academic year
2009-10 2023-24, grants under sub. (1) shall not exceed $3,150 during any one academic year for students enrolled in a University of Wisconsin System institution or college campus shall not exceed during any one academic year half of the in-state, undergraduate tuition and fees charged at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for an academic year corresponding to the academic year for which the grant is made. 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.
****Note: For ease of reading, in the course of making this edit I removed the old reference to “beginning in the year 2009-10,” since it relates to well over a decade ago. Please let me know if that's not consistent with your intent and you'd like it re-inserted.
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