AB40: Bill Text

AB40, s. 1111 Section 1111. 39.325 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,579,16 39.325 (1) There is established, to be administered by the board, a Wisconsin health education loan program under P.L. 94-484, on July 29, 1979, in order to provide financial aid to medical and dentistry students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin Medical School of Medicine and Public Health, the Medical College of Wisconsin, or the Marquette University School of Dentistry.

AB40, s. 1112 Section 1112. 39.40 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,579,18 39.40 (1) (c) A Hispanic, as defined in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (d).

AB40, s. 1113 Section 1113. 39.40 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,579,23 39.40 (2) (a) Are registered as juniors or seniors, or hold a bachelor's degree and are registered as special students, in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the University of Wisconsin System, or in an accredited, private institution of higher education located in this state.

AB40, s. 1114 Section 1114. 39.41 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,580,10 39.41 (2) (a) If a designated scholar under sub. (1m) is admitted to and enrolls, on a full-time basis, by September 30 of the academic year immediately following the school year in which the senior was designated a scholar, in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in an institution within the University of Wisconsin System, or in a technical college district school that is participating in the program under this section, the scholar shall receive a higher education scholarship that exempts the scholar from all tuition and fees, including segregated fees, at the that university, institution, or district school for one year, except that the maximum scholarship for a scholar who receives an original scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any academic year thereafter may not exceed $2,250 per academic year.

AB40, s. 1115 Section 1115. 39.41 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,580,24 39.41 (2) (b) For each year that a scholar who receives a scholarship under par. (a) is enrolled full time, maintains at least a 3.000 grade point average, or the equivalent as determined by the university, institution , or district school, and makes satisfactory progress toward an associate degree, a bachelor's degree, or a vocational diploma, the student shall be exempt from all tuition and fees, including segregated fees, in the subsequent year or, if the scholar does not enroll in a participating institution of higher education in the subsequent year, in the 2nd year following the year in which the scholar received the scholarship, except that the maximum scholarship for a scholar who receives an original scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any academic year thereafter may not exceed $2,250 per academic year. No scholar is eligible for an exemption for more than 4 years in the University of Wisconsin-Madison or the University of Wisconsin System or more than 3 years at a district school.

AB40, s. 1116 Section 1116. 39.41 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,581,6 39.41 (2) (c) Subject to sub. (4), for each year the student is exempt from tuition and fees under par. (a) or (b), the board shall pay the university, institution, or district school, on behalf of the student, an amount equal to 50% of the student's tuition and fees, except that the maximum payment for a student who receives an original scholarship for the 1996-97 academic year or for any academic year thereafter may not exceed $1,125 per academic year.

AB40, s. 1117 Section 1117. 39.41 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,581,21 39.41 (4) (a) The board shall make the payments under subs. (2) (c) and (3) only if the university, institution, district school, or private institution matches the amount of the payment from institutional funds, gifts, or grants. Beginning in the 1992-93 school year, the matching requirement under this paragraph for the institutions within the University of Wisconsin System shall be satisfied by payments of an amount equal to the total payments from the institutions made under this paragraph in the 1991-92 school year and, if such payments are insufficient to satisfy the matching requirement, by the waiver of academic fees established under s. 36.27. Beginning in the 2011-12 school year, the matching requirement under this paragraph for the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall be satisfied by payments of an amount equal to the total payments from the University of Wisconsin-Madison made under this paragraph in the 1991-92 school year and, if such payments are insufficient to satisfy the matching requirement, by the waiver of academic fees established under s. 37.27.

AB40, s. 1118 Section 1118. 39.41 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,582,6 39.41 (5) (a) 1. Each institution within the University of Wisconsin System, technical college district school and private institution of higher education that wishes to participate in the scholarship program under this section in academic year 1999-2000 and thereafter shall notify the board by October 1, 1998, that the institution wishes to participate. Notification as required under this subdivision provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison prior to the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], shall be considered notification that the University of Wisconsin-Madison wishes to participate in the scholarship program under this section.

AB40, s. 1119 Section 1119. 39.435 (7) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,582,11 39.435 (7) (a) 1. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2010-11 2012-13.

AB40, s. 1120 Section 1120. 39.435 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,582,16 39.435 (7) (a) 2. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14, "base amount" means the appropriation amount calculated under par. (b) for the previous fiscal year.

AB40, s. 1121 Section 1121. 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,582,20 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) Biennially, beginning on February 1, 2011 2013, the board shall calculate the amounts to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for the next biennium as follows:

AB40, s. 1122 Section 1122. 39.435 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,583,2 39.435 (7) (b) 1. The board shall determine the percentage by which the undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the next academic year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at each institution within the University of Wisconsin System, as estimated by the board, will increase or decrease from the undergraduate academic fees charged for the current academic year.

AB40, s. 1123 Section 1123. 39.435 (7) (b) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,583,9 39.435 (7) (b) 1m. The board shall determine the percentage by which the undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the academic year after the next academic year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at each institution within the University of Wisconsin System, as estimated by the board, will increase or decrease from the estimated undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the next academic year.

AB40, s. 1124 Section 1124. 39.435 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,583,13 39.435 (8) The board shall award grants under this section to University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin System students from the appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fe).

AB40, s. 1125 Section 1125. 39.437 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,583,19 39.437 (1) Establishment of grant program. There is established, to be administered by the board, with the assistance of the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration as provided in subs. (2) (a) 2., (4), and (5), a Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program to provide grants to students who meet the eligibility criteria specified in sub. (2).

AB40, s. 1126 Section 1126. 39.437 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,583,23 39.437 (2) (a) 2. The student has been designated as a Wisconsin covenant scholar by the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration board.

AB40, s. 1127 Section 1127. 39.437 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,584,17 39.437 (4) (a) By February 1 of each year, the Board of Trustees of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall provide to the board information relating to the resident undergraduate academic fees charged to attend that university for the current academic year, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall provide to the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration board information relating to the resident undergraduate academic fees charged to attend each of the institutions within that system for the current academic year, the technical college system board shall provide to that office the board information relating to the fees under s. 38.24 (1m) (a) to (c) charged to attend each of the technical colleges within that system for the current academic year, each tribally controlled college in this state shall provide to that office the board information relating to the tuition and fees charged to attend the tribal college for the current academic year, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities or a successor organization shall provide to that office the board information relating to tuition and fees charged to attend each of the private, nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in this state for the current academic year.

AB40, s. 1128 Section 1128. 39.437 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,585,4 39.437 (4) (b) By April 1 of each year, the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration board shall determine the average of the resident undergraduate academic fees charged for the current academic year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. the average of the resident undergraduate academic fees charged for the current academic year among the institutions within the University of Wisconsin System, the average of the fees under s. 38.24 (1m) (a) to (c) charged for the current academic year among the technical colleges in this state, the average of the tuition and fees charged for the current academic year among the tribally controlled colleges in this state, and the average of the tuition and fees charged for the current academic year among the private, nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in this state.

AB40, s. 1129 Section 1129. 39.437 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,585,10 39.437 (4) (c) To the extent permitted under 20 USC 1232g and 34 CFR part 99, the department of public instruction shall provide pupil information to the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration board as necessary for that office to fulfill its role in the administration of the grant program under this section.

AB40, s. 1130 Section 1130. 39.437 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,585,13 39.437 (5) Rules. (intro.) The department of administration board shall promulgate rules to implement this section, including all of the following:

AB40, s. 1131 Section 1131. 39.437 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,585,16 39.437 (5) (c) Any other rules the department of administration board considers necessary to assure the uniform administration of this section.

AB40, s. 1132 Section 1132. 39.437 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,585,21 39.437 (6) Sunset. No student may enroll in the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program after September 30, 2011. After that date, the board may designate a student as a Wisconsin covenant scholar under sub. (2) (a) 2. only if the student enrolled in the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program by that date.

AB40, s. 1133 Section 1133. 39.44 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,585,23 39.44 (1) (a) 3. Is a Hispanic, as defined in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (d).

AB40, s. 1134 Section 1134. 39.50 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,586,9 39.50 (1m) University of Wisconsin-Madison. At the end of each semester, the Board of Trustees of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall certify to the board the number of students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin-Madison to whom any fees or nonresident tuition has been remitted under s. 37.27 (3n) or (3p), the number of credits for which those fees or that nonresident tuition has been remitted, and the amount of fees and nonresident tuition remitted. Subject to sub. (3m), if the board approves the information certified under this subsection, the board, from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fz), shall reimburse the board of trustees for the full amount of fees and nonresident tuition remitted.

AB40, s. 1135 Section 1135. 39.50 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,586,21 39.50 (3m) Remission of fees; prorated reimbursement. In June of each fiscal year, the board shall determine the total amount of fees and nonresident tuition remitted by the board of regents Board of Regents and the Board of Trustees that are eligible for reimbursement under sub. subs. (1) and (1m) and fees remitted by the district boards that are eligible for reimbursement under sub. (2). If the moneys appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fz) are not sufficient to reimburse the board of regents Board of Regents and the Board of Trustees for the full amount of those fees and that nonresident tuition and each district board for the full amount of those fees, the board shall prorate the reimbursement paid under subs. (1), (1m), and (2) in the proportion that the moneys available bears to the total amount eligible for reimbursement under subs. (1), (1m), and (2).

AB40, s. 1136 Section 1136. 39.50 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,587,16 39.50 (4) Reimbursement of veterans and dependents; prorated reimbursement. In each fiscal year, the higher educational aids board shall determine the total amount of reimbursement due to students under ss. 36.27 (3n) (bm) 1. and (3p) (bm) 1., 37.27 (3n) (bm) 1. and (3p) (bm) 1., and 38.24 (7) (bm) 1. and (8) (bm) 1. If the moneys appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fz) are not sufficient to provide full reimbursement to those students, the higher educational aids board shall prorate the reimbursement paid to those students under ss. 36.27 (3n) (bm) 1. and (3p) (bm) 1., 37.27 (3n) (bm) 1. and (3p) (bm) 1., and 38.24 (7) (bm) 1. and (8) (bm) 1. in the proportion that the moneys available bears to the total amount eligible for reimbursement under ss. 36.27 (3n) (bm) 1. and (3p) (bm) 1., 37.27 (3n) (bm) 1. and (3p) (bm) 1., and 38.24 (7) (bm) 1. and (8) (bm) 1. If the higher educational aids board prorates reimbursement under this subsection, the Board of Regents shall reimburse a student who is eligible for reimbursement under s. 36.27 (3n) (bm) 1. or (3p) (bm) 1., the Board of Trustees shall reimburse a student who is eligible for reimbursement under s. 37.27 (3n) (bm) 1. or (3p) (bm) 1., and the appropriate technical college district board shall reimburse a student who is eligible for reimbursement under s. 38.24 (7) (bm) 1. or (8) (bm) 1., in an amount that is equal to the difference between the amount of reimbursement for which the student is eligible and the amount of reimbursement paid by the higher educational aids board.

AB40, s. 1137 Section 1137. 40.02 (22) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,588,2 40.02 (22) (em) For Wisconsin retirement system purposes only, for a member of the a faculty, as defined in s. 36.05 (8) or 37.01 (6), of a university who is on sabbatical leave under s. 36.11 (17) or 37.11 (17), means the compensation that would have been payable to the participant, at the participant's rate of pay immediately prior to beginning the sabbatical leave, for service that would have been rendered at the university during the period of the sabbatical leave if the participant had continued to render services for the participant's employer during that period. Contributions and premiums on earnings considered to be received under this paragraph shall be paid as required under s. 40.05.

AB40, s. 1138 Section 1138. 40.02 (25) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,588,7 40.02 (25) (b) 2. Any person employed as a graduate assistant and other employees-in-training as are designated by the board of regents Board of Regents or Board of Trustees of the university, who are employed on at least a one-third full-time basis.

AB40, s. 1139 Section 1139. 40.02 (25) (b) 2c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,588,9 40.02 (25) (b) 2c. A state employee described in s. 49.825 (4) or 49.826 (4).

AB40, s. 1140 Section 1140. 40.02 (48) (am) 22. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,588,12 40.02 (48) (am) 22. A person employed under s. 60.553 (1), 61.66 (1), or 62.13 (2e) (a).

AB40, s. 1141 Section 1141. 40.02 (48) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,589,2 40.02 (48) (c) In s. 40.65, "protective occupation participant" means a participating employee who is a police officer, fire fighter, an individual determined by a participating employer under par. (a) or (bm) to be a protective occupation participant, county undersheriff, deputy sheriff, state probation and parole officer, county traffic police officer, conservation warden, state forest ranger, field conservation employee of the department of natural resources who is subject to call for forest fire control or warden duty, member of the state traffic patrol, state motor vehicle inspector, University of Wisconsin Wisconsin–Madison or University of Wisconsin System full-time police officer, guard or any other employee whose principal duties are supervision and discipline of inmates at a state penal institution, excise tax investigator employed by the department of revenue, person employed under s. 60.553 (1), 61.66 (1), or 62.13 (2e) (a), or special criminal investigation agent employed by the department of justice.

AB40, s. 1142 Section 1142. 40.02 (54) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,589,4 40.02 (54) (hm) The University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB40, s. 1143 Section 1143. 40.02 (57) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,589,7 40.02 (57) "University" means the University of Wisconsin System under ch. 36 or the University of Wisconsin-Madison under ch. 37.

AB40, s. 1144 Section 1144. 40.03 (6) (h) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are consolidated, renumbered 40.03 (6) (h) and amended to read:

AB40,589,13 40.03 (6) (h) Shall, on behalf of the state, offer as provided in s. 40.55 long-term care insurance policies, subject to the following conditions: 2. For purposes of this section, the offering by the state of long-term health insurance policies shall constitute a group insurance plan under par. (a) 1.

AB40, s. 1145 Section 1145. 40.03 (6) (h) 1. of the statutes is repealed.

AB40, s. 1146 Section 1146. 40.05 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,590,23 40.05 (4) (b) Except as provided under pars. (bc) and (bp), accumulated unused sick leave under ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 37.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), and 757.02 (5) and subch. I, V, or VI of ch. 111 of any eligible employee shall, at the time of death, upon qualifying for an immediate annuity or for a lump sum payment under s. 40.25 (1) or upon termination of creditable service and qualifying as an eligible employee under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6. or 10., be converted, at the employee's highest basic pay rate he or she received while employed by the state, to credits for payment of health insurance premiums on behalf of the employee or the employee's surviving insured dependents. Any supplemental compensation that is paid to a state employee who is classified under the state classified civil service as a teacher, teacher supervisor, or education director for the employee's completion of educational courses that have been approved by the employee's employer is considered as part of the employee's basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The full premium for any eligible employee who is insured at the time of retirement, or for the surviving insured dependents of an eligible employee who is deceased, shall be deducted from the credits until the credits are exhausted and paid from the account under s. 40.04 (10), and then deducted from annuity payments, if the annuity is sufficient. The department shall provide for the direct payment of premiums by the insured to the insurer if the premium to be withheld exceeds the annuity payment. Upon conversion of an employee's unused sick leave to credits under this paragraph or par. (bf), the employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's surviving insured dependents may initiate deductions from those credits or may elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits, but only if the employee or surviving insured dependents are covered by a comparable health insurance plan or policy during the period beginning on the date of the conversion and ending on the date on which the employee or surviving insured dependents later elect to initiate deductions from those credits. If an employee or an employee's surviving insured dependents elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits, an employee or the employee's surviving insured dependents may only later elect to initiate deductions from those credits during the annual enrollment period under par. (be). A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance plan established under s. 40.52 (1).

AB40, s. 1147 Section 1147. 40.05 (4) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,591,14 40.05 (4) (bm) Except as provided under par. (bp), accumulated unused sick leave under ss. 36.30, 37.30, and 230.35 (2) or, 233.10, or 238.04 (8) of any eligible employee shall, upon request of the employee at the time the employee is subject to layoff under s. 40.02 (40), be converted at the employee's highest basic pay rate he or she received while employed by the state to credits for payment of health insurance premiums on behalf of the employee. Any supplemental compensation that is paid to a state employee who is classified under the state classified civil service as a teacher, teacher supervisor or education director for the employee's completion of educational courses that have been approved by the employee's employer is considered as part of the employee's basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The full amount of the required employee contribution for any eligible employee who is insured at the time of the layoff shall be deducted from the credits until the credits are exhausted, the employee is reemployed, or 5 years have elapsed from the date of layoff, whichever occurs first.

AB40, s. 1148 Section 1148. 40.05 (4) (bp) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,592,2 40.05 (4) (bp) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., for sick leave which accumulates beginning on August 1, 1987, conversion under par. (b) or (bm) of accumulated unused sick leave under s. 36.30 or 37.30 to credits for payment of health insurance premiums shall be limited to the annual amounts of sick leave specified in this subdivision. For faculty and academic staff personnel who are appointed to work 52 weeks per year, conversion is limited to 8.5 days of sick leave per year. For faculty and academic staff personnel who are appointed to work 39 weeks per year, conversion is limited to 6.4 days of sick leave per year. For faculty and academic staff personnel not otherwise specified, conversion is limited to a number of days of sick leave per year to be determined by the secretary by rule, in proportion to the number of weeks per year appointed to work.

AB40, s. 1149 Section 1149. 40.05 (4) (bp) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,592,13 40.05 (4) (bp) 2. The limits on conversion of accumulated unused sick leave which are specified under subd. 1. may be waived for nonteaching faculty who are appointed to work 52 weeks per year and nonteaching academic staff personnel if the secretary of administration determines that a sick leave accounting system comparable to the system used by the state for employees in the classified service is in effect at the University of Wisconsin-Madison or the institution, as defined in s. 36.05 (9), and if the University of Wisconsin-Madison or the institution regularly reports on the operation of its sick leave accounting system to the board of regents Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System or the Board of Trustees of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB40, s. 1150 Section 1150. 40.05 (4) (bp) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,592,18 40.05 (4) (bp) 3. The limits on conversion of accumulated unused sick leave which are specified under subd. 1. may be waived for teaching faculty or teaching academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison or any institution, as defined in s. 36.05 (9), if the secretary of administration determines all of the following:

AB40,592,22 a. That administrative procedures for the crediting and use of earned sick leave for teaching faculty and teaching academic staff on a standard comparable to a scheduled 40-hour work week are in operation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison or institution.

AB40,592,25 b. That a sick leave accounting system for teaching faculty and teaching academic staff comparable to the system used by state employees in the classified service is in effect at the University of Wisconsin-Madison or institution.

AB40,593,4 c. That the University of Wisconsin-Madison or institution regularly reports on the operation of its sick leave accounting system to the board of regents Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System or the Board of Trustees of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

AB40, s. 1151 Section 1151. 40.05 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,593,8 40.05 (4) (e) The Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority shall not be required to pay any contributions related to benefits authorized under pars. (b), (bc), (bm), and (bw) and subch. IX.