AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
veterans and military affairs
Currently, the Educational Approval Board (EAB) is authorized to inspect and approve private trade, correspondence, business, and technical schools to protect the students, prevent fraud, and encourage accepted educational standards at these schools. Under current law, all proprietary schools must be examined and approved by EAB before being allowed to operate in this state. Currently, these schools are required to pay fees sufficient to cover the costs of EAB examining and approving their operation in the state.
This bill requires EAB to collect a fee from these schools to cover the losses that students, parents, or sponsors incur if a school closes unexpectedly. The bill gives EAB authority to use the collected fees to pay all or part of the losses incurred by students, parents, or sponsors if a school closes unexpectedly.
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. 20.485 (5) (gm) of the statutes is created to read:
20.485 (5) (gm) Student protection. All moneys received from the fees received under s. 45.54 (10) (c) 4., for the purpose of indemnifying students, parents, or sponsors under s. 45.54 (10) (a).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 45.54 (10) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
45.54 (10) (a) Authority. All proprietary schools shall be examined and approved by the board before operating in this state. Approval shall be granted to schools meeting the criteria established by the board for a period not to exceed one year. No school may advertise in this state unless approved by the board. All approved schools shall submit quarterly reports, including information on enrollment, number of teachers and their qualifications, course offerings, number of graduates, number of graduates successfully employed, and such other information as the board deems necessary. If a school closure results in losses to students, parents, or sponsors, the board may authorize the full or partial payment of those losses from the appropriation under s. 20.485 (5) (gm).
SECTION 3. 45.54 (10) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
45.54 (10) (c) 4. Specify a student protection fee.
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LRB-0347LRB-0347/P1
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Uecker - BB0075, Distance learning centers rental
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
veterans and military affairs
This bill requires the adjutant general to cooperate with the federal government in the operation and maintenance of distance learning centers for the use of current and former members of the national guard and the U.S. Armed Forces. The bill permits the adjutant general to charge rent for nonmilitary or nonfederal users of the centers. The rent is used to pay for the operation and maintenance of the centers.
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. 20.465 (1) (i) of the statutes is created to read:
20.465 (1) (i) Distance learning centers. All moneys received from renting the distance learning centers, for the operation and maintenance of the centers under s. 21.19 (13).
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 21.19 (13) of the statutes is created to read:
21.19 (13) The adjutant general shall cooperate with the federal government in the operation and maintenance of distance learning centers for the use of current and former members of the national guard and the U.S. armed forces. The adjutant general may charge rent for the use of a center by a nonmilitary or nonfederal person. All moneys received under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.465 (1) (i).
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LRB-0348LRB-0348/2
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Uecker - BB0078, Tuition grant program
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Veterans and military affairs
Currently, members of the Wisconsin National Guard, except officers and members with baccalaureate degrees, are eligible for tuition grants for reimbursement of college or technical college tuition. The grant is equal to the lessor of 100% of the actual tuition charged or 100% of the maximum resident undergraduate tuition charged by the UW-Madison for a comparable number of credits. To receive a grant, the member must satisfactorily complete the course at the UW-Extension or a campus of the UW System, an accredited institution of higher education, or a technical college in this state (qualifying school).
This bill limits the amount of the tuition grant reimbursement to the lesser of the actual tuition charged by the school or 100% of the average resident undergraduate tuition charged by the institutions in the UW System for a comparable number of credits. Under the bill, the qualifying schools are expanded to include public institutions of higher education under the Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement or under an interstate agreement that the Educational Communications Board approves.
In addition, the bill limits the accredited institutions of higher education for which the national guard member may receive tuition reimbursement to those institutions that are located in this state and to those institutions that are subject to the interstate agreement or to the Minnesota-Wisconsin reciprocity agreement.
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. 21.49 (1) (b) 1g. of the statutes is created to read:
21.49 (1) (b) 1g. A public institution of higher education under the Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement under s. 39.47.
SECTION 2. 21.49 (1) (b) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
21.49 (1) (b) 1m. A public institution of higher education under an interstate agreement under s. 39.42.
SECTION 3. 21.49 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
21.49 (1) (b) 2. Any Except as provided in subds. 1g. and 1m., an accredited institution of higher education located in this state, as defined in 20 USC 1002.
SECTION 4. 21.49 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
21.49 (3) (a) Any eligible guard member upon satisfactory completion of a full-time or part-time course in a qualifying school is eligible for a tuition grant equal to 100% of the actual tuition charged by the school or 100% of the maximum average resident undergraduate tuition charged by the university of Wisconsin-Madison institutions in the University of Wisconsin System for a comparable number of credits, whichever amount is less.
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LRB-0350LRB-0350/2
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Uecker - BB0077, Transfer emergency management liability
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Veterans and military affairs
Under current law, DMA reimburses a local governmental unit that provides emergency management activities for worker's compensation benefits, indemnification for tort liability, and loss from destruction of equipment related to those activities for those costs in a calendar year that exceed $1 per capita of the local governmental unit's population. Currently, the funding for that reimbursement comes from DMA's sum certain general program operations appropriation account for the Division of Emergency Management.
This bill transfers the funding of that reimbursement to the state programs supplement appropriation account.
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. 20.865 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.865 (1) (a) Judgments and, legal expenses, and worker's compensation benefits. A sum sufficient to pay for legal expenses under s. 59.32 (3), for costs under ss. 227.485 and 814.245 and, for the costs of judgments, orders, and settlements of actions, appeals, and complaints under subch. II of ch. 111 or subch. II or III of ch. 230, and those judgments, awards, orders, and settlements under ss. 21.13, 165.25 (6), 775.04, and 895.46 that are not otherwise reimbursable as liability costs under par. (fm), and for payments made under s. 166.03 (8) (f). Release of moneys under this paragraph pursuant to any settlement agreement, whether or not incorporated into an order, is subject to approval of the attorney general.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 2. 166.03 (8) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
166.03 (8) (f) If the total liability for worker's compensation benefits under par. (d), indemnification under par. (e), and loss from destruction of equipment under sub. (9), incurred in any calendar year exceeds $1 per capita of the sponsor's population, the state shall reimburse the sponsor for the excess. Payment shall be made from the appropriation in s. 20.465 (3) (a) 20.865 (1) (a) on certificate of the adjutant general and, if appropriate, subject to the approval of the attorney general under s. 20.865 (1) (a).
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LRB-0356LRB-0356/3
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Uecker - BB0074, EDVEST college savings program
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
education
Higher education
Under current law, general purpose revenues (GPR) and segregated revenues (SEG) are appropriated to the state treasurer for the administrative expenses of the College Tuition and Expenses Program, which allows a person to purchase "tuition units" that can later be used to pay college tuition, room, board, and related expenses on behalf of a beneficiary, and the College Savings Program, which allows a person to make contributions to a college savings account to pay the college expenses of a beneficiary. This bill eliminates GPR funding for the administrative expenses of those programs.
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. 14.65 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
14.65 (1) The secretary of administration shall transfer from the tuition trust fund or the college savings program trust fund to the general fund an amount equal to the amount expended from the appropriations under s. 20.505 (9) (a), 1995 stats., and s. 20.585 (2) (a), 2001 stats., and s. 20.585 (2) (am), 2001 stats., when the secretary of administration determines that funds in the tuition trust fund or the college savings program trust fund are sufficient to make the transfer. The secretary of administration may make the transfer in installments.
SECTION 2. 20.585 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 3. 20.585 (2) (am) of the statutes is repealed.
****NOTE: This SECTION involves a change in an appropriation that must be reflected in the revised schedule in s. 20.005, stats.
SECTION 4. 20.585 (2) (tm) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.585 (2) (tm) Administrative expenses; college savings program. From the college savings program trust fund, all moneys received from the vendor of the college savings program under s. 16.255 (3) (a) for the administrative expenses of the college savings program under s. 14.64, including the expense of promoting the program.
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LRB-0357LRB-0357/1
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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Steinmetz - BB0087, Youth aids funding
For 2003-05 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
2003 BILL
AN ACT ...; relating to: the budget.