27,1838
Section 1838
. 38.51 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.51 (10) (b) Application. Application for initial approval of a school or a course of instruction, approval of a teaching location, change of ownership or control of a school, renewal of approval of a school or reinstatement of approval of a school or course of instruction which has been revoked shall be made on a form furnished by the board department and shall be accompanied by a fee set by the board department under par. (c), and such other information as the board department deems necessary to evaluate the school in carrying out the purpose of this section.
27,1839
Section 1839
. 38.51 (10) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.51 (10) (c) Fees; rule making. (intro.) The board department shall promulgate rules to establish fees. In promulgating rules to establish fees, the board
department shall:
27,1840
Section 1840
. 38.51 (10) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
38.51 (10) (c) 1. Require that the amount of fees collected under this paragraph be sufficient to cover all costs that the board department incurs in examining and approving proprietary schools under this subsection.
27,1845
Section 1845
. 39.115 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
39.115 (3) Enter into a contract with any state agency, county, cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, municipality or school district for the educational communications board to furnish engineering and other services related to the construction or operation of telecommunications facilities.
27,1851j
Section 1851j. 39.155 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.155 (1) All Subject to sub. (3), all funds appropriated to the medical college of Wisconsin, inc., under s. 20.250 (1) (a) shall be based on a per capita formula for an amount for each Wisconsin resident enrolled at the college who is paying full tuition. A student's qualification as a resident of this state shall be determined by the higher educational aids board in accordance with s. 36.27, so far as applicable.
27,1851p
Section 1851p. 39.155 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 1995 Wisconsin Act .... (this act), is repealed and recreated to read:
39.155 (1) Subject to sub. (3), all funds appropriated to the medical college of Wisconsin, inc., under s. 20.250 (1) (a) shall be based on a per capita formula for an amount for each Wisconsin resident enrolled at the college who is paying full tuition. A student's qualification as a resident of this state shall be determined by the department of education in accordance with s. 36.27, so far as applicable.
27,1851t
Section 1851t. 39.155 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.155 (2) On or before January 15 and September 15 of each year, the medical college of Wisconsin, inc., shall submit to the higher educational aids board
department of education for its approval a list of the Wisconsin residents enrolled at the college who are paying full tuition. The state shall make semiannual payments to the medical college of Wisconsin, inc., from the appropriation under s. 20.250 (1) (a), upon approval of the list. If the appropriation under s. 20.250 (1) (a) is insufficient to pay the amount specified to be disbursed under s. 20.250 (1) (a), the payments shall be disbursed on a prorated basis for each student entitled to such aid. No more than 8 such payments may be made to the medical college of Wisconsin, inc., from the appropriation under s. 20.250 (1) (a), for any individual student.
27,1852
Section
1852. 39.155 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.155 (3) The medical college of Wisconsin, inc., may not assess tuition for a Wisconsin resident enrolled at the college in an amount that exceeds the difference between the tuition assessed a nonresident student enrolled at the college and the amount disbursed under s. 20.250 (1) (a) for each Wisconsin resident enrolled at the college. This subsection applies only to students enrolled in the class entering the college in the 1986-87 academic year and thereafter for whom payments are made to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., from the appropriation under s. 20.250 (1) (a).
27,1853
Section 1853
. Subchapter III (title) of chapter 39 [precedes 39.26] of the statutes is amended to read:
CHAPTER 39
SUBCHAPTER III
HIGHER EDUCATIONAL AIDS BOARD
27,1854
Section 1854
. 39.26 of the statutes is amended to read:
39.26 Definition. In this subchapter, “board" “department" means the higher educational aids board department of education.
27,1855m
Section 1855m. 39.27 of the statutes is repealed.
27,1856
Section 1856
. 39.28 (1) and (2) of the statutes are amended to read:
39.28 (1) The board department shall administer the programs under this subchapter and may promulgate such rules as are necessary to carry out its functions. It The department may accept and use any funds which it receives from participating institutions, lenders or agencies. It The department may enter into such contracts as are necessary to carry out its functions under this subchapter.
(2) The board department shall establish plans to be administered by the board department for participation by this state under any federal acts relating to higher education and submit them to the U.S. commissioner of education for the commissioner's approval. The board department may utilize such criteria for determination of priorities, participation or purpose as are delineated in the federal acts.
27,1857
Section 1857
. 39.28 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
27,1858
Section 1858
. 39.28 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.28 (4) The board department may assign, sell, convey or repurchase student loans made under s. 39.32 subject to prior approval by the joint committee on finance.
27,1859
Section 1859
. 39.28 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
27,1859m
Section 1859m. 39.285 of the statutes is created to read:
39.285 Education commission review of proposed formulae. (1) By May 1, 1996, and annually thereafter, the education commission shall approve, modify or disapprove any proposed formula for the awarding of grants for the upcoming academic year submitted under sub. (2) or s. 36.11 (6) (c) or 38.04 (7m).
(2) By April 10, 1996, and annually thereafter, the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities shall develop and submit to the education commission for its review under sub. (1) a proposed formula for the awarding of grants under s. 39.30 for the upcoming academic year to students enrolled at private institutions of higher education.
27,1860
Section 1860
. 39.29 of the statutes is repealed.
27,1861
Section 1861
. 39.30 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.30 (2) (e) The board department may not make a grant to a student if it the department receives a certification under s. 46.255 (7) that the student is delinquent in child support or maintenance payments.
27,1861m
Section 1861m. 39.30 (2) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
39.30 (2) (f) No grants may be awarded under this section unless the applicable formula submitted under s. 39.285 (2) is approved or modified by the education commission under s. 39.285 (1).
27,1862
Section 1862
. 39.30 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.30 (3) (e) The board department shall establish criteria for the treatment of financially independent students which are consistent with procedures in pars. (a) to (d).
27,1863
Section 1863
. 39.30 (3) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.30 (3) (f) The board department may not make initial awards of grants under this section for an academic year in an amount that exceeds 122% of the amount appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (b) for the fiscal year in which the grant may be paid.
27,1864
Section 1864
. 39.30 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.30 (4) Forms. The board department shall prescribe, furnish and make available, at locations in the state convenient to the public, application forms for grants under this section. Upon request, it
the department shall advise and assist applicants in making out such forms.
27,1865
Section 1865
. 39.31 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.31 Determination of student costs. (intro.) In determining a student's total cost of attending a postsecondary institution for the purpose of calculating the amount of a grant under s. 39.30, 39.38, 39.435 or 39.44 the board department shall include the following:
27,1866
Section 1866
. 39.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.31 (2) Miscellaneous expenses, as determined by the board department.
27,1867
Section 1867
. 39.31 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.31 (3) The cost of child care, as determined by the board department.
27,1868
Section 1868
. 39.32 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.32 (2) (intro.) The board
department shall:
27,1869
Section 1869
. 39.32 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.32 (3) (intro.) The board
department may make and authorize loans to be made to students if:
27,1870
Section 1870
. 39.32 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.32 (3) (b) The student's eligibility for a loan is certified to the board department by the institution of higher education in which the student is enrolled or has been accepted for enrollment.
27,1871
Section 1871
. 39.32 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.32 (3) (g) The student is not in default on any previous loan or the board department has determined that the student has made satisfactory arrangements to repay the defaulted loan.
27,1872
Section 1872
. 39.32 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.32 (5) The board department may collect any loans made or authorized to be made by the board
department pursuant to this section or made prior to July 1, 1966, under s. 49.42, 1963 stats.
27,1873
Section 1873
. 39.32 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.32 (6) The board department shall satisfy the loan of any student who obtained a loan under this section or s. 39.023, 1965 stats., between July 1, 1966, and December 15, 1968, where such student died or dies after July 1, 1966, and before completing repayment thereof, and shall write off the balance of principal and interest owing on the loan on the date it received confirmation of such student's death. Obligation to repay such a loan shall terminate on the date of the student's death and any payments made thereon to the board department after such date shall be refunded to the payor or the payor's heirs, executor or administrator from the appropriation in s. 20.235 (2) (ba) upon receipt by the board department of an application for refund.
27,1874
Section 1874
. 39.32 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.32 (7) The board department may write off defaulted student loans made pursuant to this section or made prior to July 1, 1966, under s. 49.42, 1963 stats., from moneys other than advances from the investment board originally appropriated for student loans, and from moneys other than moneys resulting from assignment, sale or conveyance of student loans.
27,1875
Section 1875
. 39.32 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.32 (8) The board department may use up to $150,000 annually of student revenue bond proceeds for the purpose of consolidating loans for needy students who have a state direct loan and one or more federally guaranteed student loans from one or more private lenders.
27,1876
Section 1876
. 39.32 (10) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.32 (10) (a) The board department may enter into contractual agreements with lenders in this state and lenders in other states which grant loans to residents of this state, and with institutions and agencies wherein the board department may provide and furnish to such lenders, institutions and agencies administrative services related to the operation of any programs involving the granting of loans to students including but not limited to any and all services and functions related to the granting, administering and collecting of any loans made to students.
(b) The board department shall have all powers as are reasonably appropriate to the provision of such services and the performance of such contracts and may include charges or fees to be paid by the lenders, institutions and agencies to the board department for the provision of such administrative services or any services or activities related to the collection of any student loans for which the board department may become responsible by operation of law or by contractual agreements under this paragraph, but such charges or fees, before being instituted by the board department, shall be approved by the secretary of the department of administration.
27,1877
Section 1877
. 39.32 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.32 (11) (a) In lieu of the procedure under ch. 812, the board department, on behalf of the corporation under s. 39.33, or the corporation, on its own behalf, may certify the department of administration to deduct money from a state employe's earnings. The board department shall specify an amount, not to exceed 25% of the employe's disposable earnings, as defined in s. 812.30 (6), to be deducted on a continuing basis until the amount certified by the board department or corporation has been paid. The department of administration shall remit moneys deducted to the board department or the corporation.
(b) The procedure in this section may be used only if the amount owed to the board department or corporation is reduced to a judgment. At least 30 days prior to certification, the board department or corporation shall notify the debtor under s. 879.05 (2) or (3) of the intent to certify the debt to the department of administration and of the debtor's right to a contested case hearing before the board department under s. 227.42. If the debtor requests a hearing within 20 days after receiving notice, the board
department shall notify the department of administration which shall not make deductions under par. (a) until a decision is reached under s. 227.47 or the case is otherwise concluded.
(c) The department of administration shall prescribe the manner and form for certification of debts by the board department or corporation under this subsection.
27,1878
Section 1878
. 39.325 of the statutes is amended to read:
39.325 Wisconsin health education loan program. (1) There is established, to be administered by the board department, a Wisconsin health education loan program under P.L. 94-484, on July 29, 1979, in order to provide financial aid to medical and dentistry students enrolled in the university of Wisconsin medical school, the medical college of Wisconsin or Marquette university school of dentistry.
(2) The board department shall lend to students who qualify under sub. (1) any moneys appropriated or authorized through the issuance of revenue obligations. The board department shall require a student borrowing moneys under this section to pay interest while in medical or dental school and during his or her residency training at the rate of at least 3% per year on the sum of the principal amount of the student's obligation and the accumulated interest, unless federal law provides otherwise as a condition of guaranteeing the loan. Principal and interest payable on maturing revenue obligations shall, when necessary, be paid from funded reserves, authorized under subch. II of ch. 18, or from moneys made available under chapter 20, laws of 1981, section 2022 (1).
(3) The board department shall promulgate rules and establish standards and methods of determining the amounts of loans, rates of interest and other administrative procedures consistent with P.L. 94-484, on July 29, 1979. The rates of interest shall be set as low as possible, but shall remain sufficient to cover all costs of the program under this section.
27,1879
Section 1879
. 39.33 of the statutes is amended to read:
39.33 Guaranteed student loan program. (1) The board department may organize and maintain a nonstock corporation under ch. 181 to provide for a guaranteed student loan program in this state under P.L. 89-287 and P.L. 89-329 as may from time to time be amended. The board department may make use of and pay for the use of the facilities and services of such corporation.
(2) The board department may provide administrative services for the nonstock corporation with which the board department has entered into a contractual agreement for purposes of providing for a guaranteed student loan program in this state. Services provided under this section shall be in accordance with the decision of the board department as to the type and scope of services requested and the civil service range of any employe assigned to them.
(3) The board department or the legislature or any person delegated by the legislature may inspect and examine or cause an inspection and examination of all records relating to all programs that are, or are to be, administered under contractual agreement between the board department and the corporation.
27,1880
Section 1880
. 39.34 of the statutes is amended to read:
39.34 Medical student loan program. Notwithstanding s. 39.34, 1991 stats., the board department shall terminate on August 12, 1993, any obligation to repay a loan awarded under this section.
27,1881
Section 1881
. 39.35 of the statutes is amended to read:
39.35 Repayment of scholarships for teachers in educationally disadvantaged areas. Notwithstanding s. 39.35, 1969 stats., and s. 39.35, 1991 stats., the board department shall terminate on August 12, 1993, any obligation to repay a student aid award made under this section.
27,1882
Section 1882
. 39.36 of the statutes is amended to read:
39.36 Repayment of stipends for teachers of the handicapped. Notwithstanding s. 39.36, 1969 stats., s. 39.37 (3) (b), 1969 stats., and s. 39.36, 1991 stats., the board department shall terminate on August 12, 1993, any obligation to repay a stipend awarded under this section.
27,1883
Section 1883
. 39.37 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.37 (2) There is created a separate nonlapsible trust fund designated the student loan repayment fund consisting of all revenues received in repayment of student loans funded under this section, and any other revenues dedicated to it by the board department. The board department may pledge revenues received or to be received by the fund to secure revenue obligations issued under this section, and shall have all other powers necessary and convenient to distribute the proceeds of the revenue obligations and loan repayments in accordance with subch. II of ch. 18.
27,1884
Section 1884
. 39.37 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
