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2005 - 2006 LEGISLATURE
March 9, 2006 - Introduced by Representatives Black, Berceau, Fields, Grigsby,
Lehman, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Sinicki and Young, cosponsored by Senators
Miller, Coggs, Erpenbach, Lassa and Risser. Referred to Committee on
Colleges and Universities.
AB1105,1,3
1An Act to create 20.235 (1) (cw) and 39.385 of the statutes;
relating to: child
2care worker loan repayment assistance, granting rule-making authority, and
3making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a program of child care worker loan repayment assistance to
be administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB). Under the program,
HEAB reimburses a child care worker for 10 percent of the outstanding principal
amount of the child care worker's student loans or $1,000, whichever is less, after the
child care worker has been continuously employed full time in this state for at least
12 months as a child care worker and after each additional 12-month period of such
continuous full-time employment, subject to a maximum of five assistance
payments, if all of the following apply:
1. The child care worker graduated on or after May 1, 2005, with a degree in
an area relating to early childhood education.
2. The child care worker is currently repaying a student loan and is not in
default on repayment.
3. The child care worker has submitted to HEAB a statement by the lender
certifying that the child care worker is not in default on repayment and the
outstanding principal amount of the student loan.
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:
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3Section
2. 20.235 (1) (cw) of the statutes is created to read:
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20.235
(1) (cw)
Child care worker loan repayment assistance. Biennially, the
5amounts in the schedule for child care worker loan repayment assistance under s.
639.385.
AB1105, s. 3
7Section
3. 39.385 of the statutes is created to read:
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839.385 Child care worker loan repayment assistance. (1) Criteria. The
9board shall administer a loan repayment assistance program for resident child care
10workers. A child care worker is eligible for loan repayment assistance under the
11program if the child care worker meets all of the following requirements:
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(a) The child care worker has graduated on or after May 1, 2005, with a
13bachelor's degree from an institution of higher education, as defined in s. 39.32 (1)
14(a), located in this state or a degree under an associate degree program, as defined
15in s. 38.01 (1), in an area relating to early childhood education.
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1(b) The child care worker is currently repaying a student loan and are not in
2default on that loan, as determined by the applicable lender.
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(c) The child care worker submits to the board, on a form prescribed by the
4board, a statement certified by the lender, within 30 days previous to the filing of the
5submission, certifying that the loan repayment status of the borrower is not in
6default and the outstanding principal amount of the student loan.
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7(2) Loan repayment assistance. From the appropriation account under s.
820.235 (1) (cw), the board, subject to the availability of funds, shall reimburse a child
9care worker who is eligible under sub. (1) for 10 percent of the outstanding principal
10amount of the student loans of the child care worker or in the amount of $1,000,
11whichever is less, after the child care worker has been continuously employed full
12time in this state for at least 12 months as a child care worker and after each
13additional 12-month period of such continuous full-time employment, subject to a
14maximum of 5 loan repayment assistance payments under this section.
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15(3) Rules. The board shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this
16section, including rules establishing the criteria and procedures for loan repayment
17assistance and, after first consulting with the department of health and family
18services, rules defining "child care worker" for the purposes of this section. The
19definition of "child care worker" shall include any child care position specified in
20rules of the department of health and family services relating to child day care and
21family day care centers for children.
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(1)
Child care worker loan repayment assistance. In the schedule under
24section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the higher educational aids
25board under section 20.235 (2) (aa) of the statutes, as affected by the acts of 2005, the
1dollar amount is increased by $21,300 for fiscal year 2005-06 and the dollar amount
2is increased by $21,300 for fiscal year 2006-07 to increase the authorized FTE
3positions for the higher educational aids board by 0.5 position for the purpose of
4administering child care worker loan repayment assistance under section 39.385 of
5the statutes, as created by this act.
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(1)
This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after
8publication of the 2005-07 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
