SB21-SSA1,1245r 24Section 1245r. 36.25 (29m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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136.25 (29m) (b) Assist the department of public instruction to periodically
2assess and report to the environmental education board on the environmental
3literacy of this state's teachers and students.
SB21-SSA1,1271c 4Section 1271c. 36.27 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,423,75 36.27 (3) Tuition remissions. (intro.) Within the limits established by s. 20.285
6(2) (d), the
The board may remit nonresident tuition either in whole or in part at each
7institution, but not other fees:
SB21-SSA1,1271g 8Section 1271g. 36.27 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,423,119 36.27 (3) (a) To a number of needy and worthy nonresident students upon the
10basis of merit, to be shown by suitable tests, examinations, or scholastic records and
11continued high standards of scholastic attainment.
SB21-SSA1,1271n 12Section 1271n. 36.27 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,423,1513 36.27 (3) (b) To additional individual students who, in the judgment of the
14board, are deserving of relief from the assessment of nonresident tuition because of
15extraordinary circumstances
.
SB21-SSA1,1271r 16Section 1271r. 36.27 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1271w 17Section 1271w. 36.27 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,423,2118 36.27 (3) (g) The board shall may remit nonresident tuition and fees, in whole
19or part, to resident and nonresident graduate students who are fellows or who are
20employed within the system as faculty, instructional academic staff , or assistants
21with an appointment equal to at least 33% of a full-time equivalent position.
SB21-SSA1,1272m 22Section 1272m. 36.27 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1275m 23Section 1275m. 36.29 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,423,2524 36.29 (8) This section does not apply to a private gift or grant made to the office
25of educational opportunity.
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1Section 1277m. 36.31 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,424,112 36.31 (2m) (b) Notwithstanding s. 36.09 (4) (3) (a), the Board of Regents and
3the technical college system board shall, and the governing boards of tribally
4controlled colleges in this state and the association, on behalf of private colleges, may,
5enter into and implement an agreement that identifies core general education
6courses totaling not fewer than 30 credits and establishes policies for ensuring that,
7beginning in the 2014-15 academic year, credits for completing the courses are
8transferable and would satisfy general education requirements at the receiving
9institution or college, between and within each institution, college campus, and
10technical college, and each tribally controlled college and private college that elects
11to participate in the agreement.
SB21-SSA1,1278 12Section 1278. 36.31 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1279 13Section 1279. 36.32 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1287 14Section 1287. 36.39 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1288 15Section 1288. 36.395 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1292 16Section 1292. 36.44 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 36.44.
SB21-SSA1,1293 17Section 1293. 36.44 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1294g 18Section 1294g. 36.45 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1294r 19Section 1294r. 36.45 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1295 20Section 1295. 36.46 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1296m 21Section 1296m. 36.48 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,425,3 2236.48 Alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and intervention
23programs.
The board shall appoint alcohol and other drug abuse prevention and
24intervention program counselors for the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the
25University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The counselors shall develop alcohol and other

1drug abuse prevention and intervention programs and train faculty, academic staff
2and classified university staff in the prevention of and early intervention in alcohol
3and other drug abuse.
SB21-SSA1,1300 4Section 1300. 36.53 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1301 5Section 1301. 36.54 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1308k 6Section 1308k. 36.59 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,425,187 36.59 (1) (b) 3. Following receipt of a proposed strategic plan from the system
8or an institution or college campus, the Board of Regents shall, before June 1, notify
9the system, institution, or college campus of any concerns that the Board of Regents
10may have regarding the plan and provide the system, institution, or college campus
11with its recommendations regarding the proposed plan. The Board of Regents may
12also submit any concerns or recommendations regarding any proposed plan to the
13information technology management board department of administration for its
14consideration. The information technology management board department of
15administration
shall then consider the proposed plan and provide the Board of
16Regents with its recommendations regarding the plan. The system, institution, or
17college campus may submit modifications to its proposed plan in response to any
18recommendations.
SB21-SSA1,1308m 19Section 1308m. 36.59 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,425,2320 36.59 (1) (b) 4. Before June 15, the Board of Regents shall consider any
21recommendations provided by the information technology management board
22department of administration under subd. 3. and shall then approve or disapprove
23the proposed plan in whole or in part.
SB21-SSA1,1325m 24Section 1325m. 36.64 of the statutes is created to read:
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136.64 Office of educational opportunity. (1) The board shall create the
2office of educational opportunity within the system.
SB21-SSA1,426,6 3(2) The office of educational opportunity shall evaluate proposals for contracts
4under s. 118.40 (2x), monitor pupil academic performance at charter schools
5authorized under s. 118.40 (2x), and monitor the overall operations of charter schools
6authorized under s. 118.40 (2x).
SB21-SSA1,426,8 7(3) The director of the office of educational opportunity is the special assistant
8to the president appointed under s. 36.09 (2) (c).
SB21-SSA1,426,10 9(4) The director of the office of educational opportunity may do any of the
10following:
SB21-SSA1,426,1111 (a) Appoint up to 2 associate directors.
SB21-SSA1,426,1312 (b) Form advisory councils to make recommendations related to authorizing
13charter schools under s. 118.40 (2x).
SB21-SSA1,426,1514 (c) Collaborate with chancellors, faculty, academic staff, and students within
15the system.
SB21-SSA1,426,1716 (d) Solicit private gifts and grants for charter schools established under s.
17118.40 (2x).
SB21-SSA1,426,20 18(5) (a) The director of the office of educational opportunity shall report to the
19board any private gift or grant received by the office of educational opportunity and
20how the director intends to use the private gift or grant.
SB21-SSA1,427,221 (b) If the office of educational opportunity receives a private gift or grant, the
22director shall use the gift or grant, or invest the same in the case of moneys, as the
23donor or grantor specifies. In the absence of any specific direction as to the use of the
24gift or grant, the director may, in his or her sole discretion, determine the use or
25investment of the gift or grant to support the office or any charter school established

1under s. 118.40 (2x). The board may not exercise control over a private gift or grant
2received by the office of educational opportunity.
SB21-SSA1,1334 3Section 1334. 38.04 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,427,94 38.04 (27) School safety. The board shall work with schools of education and
5other departments of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 36.11 (36m),

6school districts, private schools, tribal schools, and the department of public
7instruction to present to school districts, private schools, and tribal schools the
8results of research on models for and approaches to improving school safety and
9reducing discipline problems in schools and at school activities.
SB21-SSA1,1334d 10Section 1334d. 38.08 (1) (a) 1g. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,427,1911 38.08 (1) (a) 1g. a. Five persons representing employers. Three of the members
12shall represent employers with 15 or more employees, 2 of the members shall
13represent employers with 100 or more employees, and at least 2 of the members shall
14represent employers who are manufacturing businesses. A person representing an
15employer shall have at least 2 years of experience managing a business entity,
16nonprofit organization, credit union, or cooperative association with at least 15
17employees or at least 2 years of experience managing the finances or the hiring of
18personnel of a business entity, nonprofit organization, credit union, or cooperative
19association with at least 100 employees.
SB21-SSA1,1334g 20Section 1334g. 38.14 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,428,221 38.14 (9) Activity, incidental and vocational-adult seminar and workshop
22fees.
The Subject to s. 38.24 (1v), the district board may establish student activity
23and incidental fees to fund, in whole or in part, the cost of services and activities
24offered as support services for regular instruction. With the approval of the state
25director, the district board may establish fees for vocational-adult seminars and

1workshops, not to exceed the full cost of the seminar or workshop less the fee charged
2under s. 38.24 (1m).
SB21-SSA1,1334m 3Section 1334m. 38.22 (1s) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,428,74 38.22 (1s) (d) The individual will not be attending the district school during the
5hours of the normal school day established under s. 119.18 (7) or 120.12 (15). This
6paragraph does not apply to an individual enrolled in a home-based private
7educational program, as defined in s. 115.001 (3g).
SB21-SSA1,1334r 8Section 1334r. 38.24 (1v) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,428,109 38.24 (1v) Certain fees prohibited. No district board may charge a student
10a fee associated with accident insurance coverage if all of the following apply:
SB21-SSA1,428,1111 (a) The student requests that the fee be waived.
SB21-SSA1,428,1312 (b) The student provides evidence that the student is already insured under a
13policy providing equivalent accident insurance coverage.
SB21-SSA1,1336m 14Section 1336m. 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,428,2315 38.28 (1m) (a) 1. "District aidable cost" means the annual cost of operating a
16technical college district, including debt service charges for district bonds and
17promissory notes for building programs or capital equipment, but excluding all
18expenditures relating to auxiliary enterprises and community service programs, all
19expenditures funded by or reimbursed with federal revenues, all receipts under ss.
2038.12 (9), 38.14 (3) and (9), 118.15 (2) (a), and 118.55 (7r), all receipts from grants
21awarded under ss. 38.04 (8), (28), and (31), 38.14 (11), 38.26, 38.27, 38.31, 38.33, and
2238.38, all fees collected under s. 38.24, and driver education and chauffeur training
23aids.
SB21-SSA1,1339 24Section 1339. 38.28 (2) (be) 1. i. of the statutes is created to read:
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138.28 (2) (be) 1. i. The development and implementation of a policy to award
2course credit for relevant educational experience or training not obtained through
3an institution of higher education, including skills training received during military
4service.
SB21-SSA1,1340 5Section 1340. 38.28 (2) (be) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,429,106 38.28 (2) (be) 1m. Subject to modification by the joint committee on finance
7under subd. 2., allocations under the formula established under subd. 1. shall be
8based on a district's performance with respect to 7 of the 9 10 criteria specified in
9subd. 1. a. to h. i., and the board shall allow each district to designate the criteria used
10for the allocations.
SB21-SSA1,1341 11Section 1341. 38.28 (2) (be) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,429,1312 38.28 (2) (be) 3. b. The performance of each district with respect to each
13criterion specified in subd. 1. a. to h. i.
SB21-SSA1,1342 14Section 1342. 38.28 (2) (be) 3. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,429,1615 38.28 (2) (be) 3. d. The performance of the technical college system as a whole
16with respect to each criterion specified in subd. 1. a. to h. i.
SB21-SSA1,1343 17Section 1343. 38.28 (2) (be) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,429,2118 38.28 (2) (be) 5. The board shall include in its biennial budget request under
19s. 16.42 any legislative proposals that the board recommends that relate to the
20criteria specified in subd. 1. a. to h. i. or to the plan or formula approved or modified
21by the joint committee on finance under subd. 2.
SB21-SSA1,1343m 22Section 1343m. 38.28 (2) (bm) 2. d. of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,429,2423 38.28 (2) (bm) 2. d. In fiscal year 2016-17 and each fiscal year thereafter, the
24percentage is 30 percent.
SB21-SSA1,1348m 25Section 1348m. 38.31 of the statutes is created to read:
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138.31 Veteran grant jobs pilot program. (1) (a) The board shall establish
2a veteran grant jobs pilot program. Under this program, the board shall, subject to
3par. (b), award grants to district boards that request funding to support programs or
4services for veterans. Grants awarded under this section shall be awarded through
5a competitive grant process and paid from the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (r).
6No grant may be awarded under this section after June 30, 2017.
SB21-SSA1,430,107 (b) Before awarding any grant under par. (a), the board shall secure additional
8funding commitments of at least $500,000 to match grant awards by the board under
9par. (a). No new state moneys may be contributed toward the matching funds
10required under this paragraph.
SB21-SSA1,430,12 11(2) Programs or services eligible for a grant under sub. (1) include programs
12or services related to any of the following:
SB21-SSA1,430,1413 (a) Recruiting, training, or graduating veterans in high-demand fields, as
14identified by the department of workforce development.
SB21-SSA1,430,1915 (b) Providing specialized support services for veterans, including career
16pathway planning, case management, advising by experts in military education
17related to obtaining credit for prior learning, early alert interventions, and referrals
18to or subcontracting with external organizations to provide specialized support
19services.
SB21-SSA1,430,2020 (c) Collaborations with employers.
SB21-SSA1,430,2221 (d) Work-based learning activities, such as internships, service learning,
22mentoring, job coaching, and job shadowing.
SB21-SSA1,430,2423 (e) Specialized instructional methodologies that have been demonstrated to be
24helpful for veterans to enhance student retention and completion.
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1(f) Creating, expanding, or implementing innovative methods that provide
2direct services to veterans, with a goal to support students through specific
3completion points such as completion of courses, semesters, programs, or
4certificates.
SB21-SSA1,431,75 (g) Counseling or career services, which may include personal, educational,
6and career development support as well as proactive behavior and crisis intervention
7services.
SB21-SSA1,431,118 (h) Targeted services based on student need such as financial literacy, career
9assessment and planning services, career workshops, computer skills and study
10skills workshops, veterans peer support groups, or tutoring or supplemental
11instruction.
SB21-SSA1,431,1412 (i) Accommodation and transition services, including assistive technology such
13as adaptive equipment, instructional aids and devices, and related services for
14injured veterans.
SB21-SSA1,431,1615 (j) Providing access or referrals to emergency dependent care and
16transportation assistance.
SB21-SSA1,431,1717 (k) Any other program or service for veterans.
SB21-SSA1,431,19 18(3) Not later than September 1, 2017, the board shall submit a report to the
19joint committee on finance that includes all of the following information:
SB21-SSA1,431,2120 (a) The technical colleges that received grant funding under this section and
21the amount of funding received by each.
SB21-SSA1,431,2322 (b) The programs or services funded through the grant program under this
23section.
SB21-SSA1,431,2524 (c) The total number of veterans supported through the grant program under
25this section.
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