LRB-2149/1
MJL:hmh:cmh
2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE
February 22, 2001 - Introduced by Representatives Wasserman, Urban, Berceau,
Black, La Fave, M. Lehman, Morris-Tatum, Miller, Ryba, Schneider,
Staskunas, Turner, Young and Huber, cosponsored by Senators
Grobschmidt, M. Meyer, Moore and Burke. Referred to Committee on
Colleges and Universities.
AB148,1,2
1An Act to amend 36.11 (3) (a) of the statutes;
relating to: admission
2requirements for University of Wisconsin System institutions.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law requires school boards and charter schools that operate high school
grades to administer a high school graduation examination to all high school juniors
and seniors, beginning in the 2002-03 school year. Current law also allows parents
to excuse their children from taking this examination.
This bill prohibits the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin (UW)
System from requiring an applicant for admission to a UW System institution to
have taken the examination.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB148, s. 1
3Section
1. 36.11 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB148,2,34
36.11
(3) (a) The board shall establish the policies for admission within the
5system and within these policies each institution shall establish specific
6requirements for admission to its courses of instruction. No sectarian or partisan
7tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin of U.S. citizens
, or sex
1shall ever be allowed in the admission of students thereto.
The board may not
2establish a policy of admission that requires applicants for admission to have taken
3any high school graduation examination adopted under s. 118.30 (1g) (b).
