Amendment ASA4-AB740

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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 4, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 740

February 16, 2016 - Offered by Representatives Shankland, Wachs, Danou, Hesselbein, Doyle, Mason, Goyke, Meyers, Kessler, Spreitzer, Pope, Johnson, Berceau, Stuck, Hebl, Kolste, Billings, Young, Subeck, C. Taylor, Sargent and Bowen.

AB740-ASA4,1,2 An Act relating to: funding for Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This substitute amendment increases the appropriation for Wisconsin grants for technical college students.

Under current law, the Wisconsin grant program, administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB), provides grants to postsecondary resident students enrolled at least half time and registered as freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors in specified postsecondary institutions, including technical colleges.

This substitute amendment increases HEAB's biennial appropriation for Wisconsin grants for technical college students by $27,849,500 in fiscal year 2015-16 and in fiscal year 2016-17.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB740-ASA4,1 Section 1. Fiscal changes.

AB740-ASA4,2,7 (1) Grants to technical college students. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the higher educational aids board under section 20.235 (1) (ff) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2015, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2015-16 is increased by $27,849,500 to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the higher educational aids board under section 20.235 (1) (ff) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2015, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2016-17 is increased by $27,849,500 to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

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