AB64,689 14Section 689. 38.50 (10) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10)
15(c) (intro.) and amended to read:
AB64,405,1916 440.52 (10) (c) Fees; rule making. (intro.) The board department shall
17promulgate rules to establish the fees paid to the board department under this
18subsection
. In promulgating rules to establish the fees, the board department shall
19do all of the following:
AB64,690 20Section 690. 38.50 (10) (c) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (c) 1.
21and amended to read:
AB64,405,2422 440.52 (10) (c) 1. Require that the amount of fees collected under this
23paragraph be sufficient to cover all costs that the board department incurs in
24examining and approving proprietary schools under this subsection.
AB64,691 25Section 691. 38.50 (10) (c) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (c) 2.
AB64,692
1Section 692. 38.50 (10) (c) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (c) 3.
AB64,693 2Section 693. 38.50 (10) (c) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (c) 4.
AB64,694 3Section 694. 38.50 (10) (cm) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (cm) and
4amended to read:
AB64,406,75 440.52 (10) (cm) Limit on student protection fee. The board department shall
6discontinue collecting annual student protection fees under par. (c) 4. during the
7period that the balance in the fund created by those fees exceeds $1,000,000.
AB64,695 8Section 695. 38.50 (10) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (d).
AB64,696 9Section 696. 38.50 (10) (e) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (e).
AB64,697 10Section 697. 38.50 (10) (f) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (10) (f).
AB64,698 11Section 698. 38.50 (11) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (11) (title).
AB64,699 12Section 699. 38.50 (11) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (11) (a).
AB64,700 13Section 700. 38.50 (11) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (11) (b), and
14440.52 (11) (b) 1., as renumbered, is amended to read:
AB64,406,2215 440.52 (11) (b) 1. If a school operating in this state discontinues its operations,
16proposes to discontinue its operations, or is in imminent danger of discontinuing its
17operations as determined by the board department, if the student records of the
18school are not taken into possession under subd. 2., and if the board department
19determines that the student records of the school are in danger of being destroyed,
20secreted, mislaid, or otherwise made unavailable to the persons who are the subjects
21of those student records or the authorized representatives of those persons, the board
22department may take possession of those student records.
AB64,701 23Section 701. 38.50 (11) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (11) (c) and
24amended to read:
AB64,407,5
1440.52 (11) (c) If necessary to protect student records from being destroyed,
2secreted, mislaid, or otherwise made unavailable to the persons who are the subjects
3of those student records or the authorized representatives of those persons, the board
4department or association may seek a court order authorizing the board department
5or association to take possession of those student records.
AB64,702 6Section 702. 38.50 (11) (d) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (11) (d) and
7amended to read:
AB64,407,198 440.52 (11) (d) The board department or association shall preserve a student
9record that comes into the possession of the board department or association under
10par. (b) 1. or 2. and shall keep the student record confidential as provided under 20
11USC 1232g
and 34 CFR part 99. A student record in the possession of the board
12department is not open to public inspection or copying under s. 19.35 (1). Upon
13request of the person who is the subject of a student record or an authorized
14representative of that person, the board department or association shall provide a
15copy of the student record to the requester. The board department or association may
16charge a fee for providing a copy of a student record. The fee shall be based on the
17administrative cost of taking possession of, preserving, and providing the copy of the
18student record. All fees collected by the board department under this paragraph
19shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.292 (2) (i) 20.165 (1) (jv).
AB64,703 20Section 703 . 38.50 (12) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (12), and 440.52
21(12) (a) (intro.) and 1. and (b), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB64,408,422 440.52 (12) (a) (intro.) No person that holds itself out to the public in any way
23as a legitimate institution of higher education may use the term “college" or
24“university" in the person's name unless the person provides an educational program
25for which the person awards an associate or higher degree and the person has

1accreditation recognized by the U.S. secretary of education, has the foreign
2equivalent of that accreditation, as determined by the board department, or has
3accreditation recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. This
4paragraph does not apply to any of the following:
AB64,408,65 1. A school that was doing business in this state with the approval of the
6educational approval board under s. 38.50, 2007 stats., prior to May 27, 2010.
AB64,408,147 (b) No school, including a school described in sub. (1) (e) 1. to 8., may use the
8term “state" or “Wisconsin" in its name if the use of that term operates to mislead the
9public into believing that the school is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin
10System or the technical college system, unless the school actually is so affiliated.
11This paragraph does not apply to a school described in sub. (1) (e) 1. that has
12accreditation recognized by the U.S. secretary of education, has the foreign
13equivalent of that accreditation, as determined by the board department, or has
14accreditation recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
AB64,704 15Section 704 . 38.50 (13) of the statutes is renumbered 440.52 (13), and 440.52
16(13) (a) 2. a., b. and e. and (d), as renumbered, are amended to read:
AB64,408,2017 440.52 (13) (a) 2. a. Has accreditation recognized by the U.S. secretary of
18education; has the foreign equivalent of that accreditation, as determined by the
19board department; or has accreditation recognized by the Council for Higher
20Education Accreditation.
AB64,408,2121 b. Is approved by the board department to operate in this state.
AB64,408,2522 e. Has been found by the board department to meet standards of academic
23quality comparable to those of an educational institution located in the United States
24that has accreditation recognized by the U.S. secretary of education or by the Council
25for Higher Education Accreditation to offer credentials of the type and level claimed.
AB64,409,5
1(d) The board department may charge a fee for evaluating an educational
2institution under par. (a) 2. e. in an amount that is sufficient to cover all costs that
3the board department incurs in evaluating the institution. All fees collected by the
4board department under this paragraph shall be credited to the appropriation
5account under s. 20.292 (2) (g) 20.165 (1) (jr).
AB64,705 6Section 705 . 40.02 (8) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,409,87 40.02 (8) (b) 3. For purposes of a deferred compensation plan, a surviving
8domestic partner.
AB64,706 9Section 706. 40.02 (21d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,409,1310 40.02 (21d) (intro.) “Domestic partnership" means a relationship between 2
11individuals, who submitted an affidavit of domestic partnership to the department
12before the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date],
that satisfies all of
13the following:
AB64,707 14Section 707 . 40.02 (25) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,409,1915 40.02 (25) (b) 3. The surviving spouse or domestic partner of an employee, or
16of a retired employee, who is currently covered by health insurance at the time of
17death of the employee or retired employee. The spouse or domestic partner shall
18have the same right to health insurance coverage as the deceased employee or retired
19employee, but without state contribution, under rules promulgated by the secretary.
AB64,708 20Section 708 . 40.51 (2m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,410,821 40.51 (2m) (a) In addition to the restriction under par. (b), neither a domestic
22partner of an eligible employee nor a stepchild of a current domestic partnership may
23not become be covered under a group health insurance plan under this subchapter
24unless the eligible employee submits an affidavit, designed by the group insurance
25board, attesting that the eligible employee and his or her domestic partner satisfy

1the requirements for a domestic partnership under s. 40.02 (21d). The eligible
2employee shall submit this affidavit to his or her employer at the time the eligible
3employee first enrolls in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter or at
4the time the eligible employee requests a change in dependent status while the
5eligible employee is enrolled in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter.
6Upon the dissolution of a domestic partnership, the eligible employee shall submit
7in a timely manner to his or her employer an affidavit, designed by the group
8insurance board, attesting to the dissolution of the domestic partnership
.
AB64,709 9Section 709 . 40.51 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,410,1310 40.51 (2m) (b) If an eligible employee is divorced or was a domestic partner in
11a dissolved domestic partnership, the eligible employee may not enroll a new spouse
12or domestic partner in a group health insurance plan under this subchapter until 6
13months have elapsed since the date of the divorce or dissolved domestic partnership.
AB64,710 14Section 710. 40.513 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,410,1615 40.513 (3) (b) The employee's spouse or domestic partner is receiving health
16care coverage under s. 40.51 (6).
AB64,711 17Section 711. 40.52 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,411,518 40.52 (2) Health insurance benefits under this subchapter shall be integrated,
19with exceptions determined appropriate by the group insurance board, with benefits
20under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged and disabled.
21Exclusions and limitations with respect to benefits and different rates may be
22established for persons eligible under federal plans for hospital and health care for
23the aged and disabled in recognition of the utilization by persons within the age
24limits eligible under the federal program. The plan may include special provisions
25for spouses, domestic partners, and other dependents covered under a plan

1established under this subchapter where one spouse or domestic partner is eligible
2under federal plans for hospital and health care for the aged but the others are not
3eligible because of age or other reasons. As part of the integration, the department
4may, out of premiums collected under s. 40.05 (4), pay premiums for the federal
5health insurance.
AB64,712 6Section 712. 40.55 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,411,137 40.55 (1) Except as provided in sub. (5), the state shall offer, through the group
8insurance board, to eligible employees under s. 40.02 (25) (bm) and to state
9annuitants long-term care insurance policies which have been filed with the office
10of the commissioner of insurance and which have been approved for offering under
11contracts established by the group insurance board. The state shall also allow an
12eligible employee or a state annuitant to purchase those policies for his or her spouse,
13domestic partner,
or parent.
AB64,713 14Section 713 . 40.65 (2) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,714 15Section 714 . 40.65 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB64,715 16Section 715 . 40.65 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 40.65 (2) (am).
AB64,716 17Section 716 . 40.65 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 40.65 (2) (bm) and
18amended to read:
AB64,411,2219 40.65 (2) (bm) The department shall determine whether or not the applicant
20is eligible for benefits under this section on the basis of the evidence in subd. 2 par.
21(am)
. An applicant may appeal a determination under this subdivision paragraph
22to the division of hearings and appeals in the department of administration.
AB64,717 23Section 717 . 40.65 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 40.65 (2) (cm) and
24amended to read:
AB64,412,3
140.65 (2) (cm) In hearing an appeal under subd. 3. par. (bm), the division of
2hearings and appeals in the department of administration shall follow the
3procedures under ss. 102.16 to 102.26.
AB64,718 4Section 718 . 40.65 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is renumbered 40.65 (2) (dm) and
5amended to read:
AB64,412,86 40.65 (2) (dm) The department shall be an interested party in an appeal under
7subd. 3. par. (bm), and the department shall receive legal assistance from the
8department of justice, as provided under s. 165.25 (4).
AB64,719 9Section 719 . 40.65 (7) (am) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,412,1410 40.65 (7) (am) (intro.) This paragraph applies to benefits based on applications
11filed on or after May 3, 1988. If a protective occupation participant dies as a result
12of an injury or a disease for which a benefit is paid or would be payable under sub.
13(4), and the participant is survived by a spouse, domestic partner, or an unmarried
14child under the age of 18, a monthly benefit shall be paid as follows:
AB64,720 15Section 720 . 40.65 (7) (am) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,412,2216 40.65 (7) (am) 1. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the
17surviving spouse remarries or the surviving domestic partner enters into a new
18domestic partnership or marries
, if the spouse was married to the participant on the
19date that the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in
20a domestic partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was
21disabled under sub. (4)
, 50 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of
22death, but reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB64,721 23Section 721 . 40.65 (7) (am) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,413,424 40.65 (7) (am) 2. To a guardian for each of that guardian's wards who is an
25unmarried surviving child under the age of 18, 10 percent of the participant's

1monthly salary at the time of death, payable until the child marries, dies or reaches
2the age of 18, whichever occurs first. The marital or domestic partnership status of
3the surviving spouse or domestic partner shall have has no effect on the payments
4under this subdivision.
AB64,722 5Section 722 . 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,413,116 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. (intro.) This paragraph applies to benefits based on
7applications filed on or after May 12, 1998. If a protective occupation participant,
8who is covered by the presumption under s. 891.455, dies as a result of an injury or
9a disease for which a benefit is paid or would be payable under sub. (4), and the
10participant is survived by a spouse, domestic partner, or an unmarried child under
11the age of 18, a monthly benefit shall be paid as follows:
AB64,723 12Section 723 . 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,413,1913 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. a. To the surviving spouse or domestic partner until the
14surviving spouse or domestic partner remarries or enters into a new domestic
15partnership
, if the surviving spouse was married to the participant on the date that
16the participant was disabled under sub. (4) or the domestic partner was in a domestic
17partnership with the participant on the date that the participant was disabled under
18sub. (4)
, 70 percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, but
19reduced by any amount payable under sub. (5) (b) 1. to 6.
AB64,724 20Section 724 . 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,413,2521 40.65 (7) (ar) 1. b. If there is no surviving spouse or domestic partner or the
22surviving spouse or domestic partner subsequently dies, to a guardian for each of
23that guardian's wards who is an unmarried surviving child under the age of 18, 10
24percent of the participant's monthly salary at the time of death, payable until the
25child marries, dies or reaches the age of 18, whichever occurs first.
AB64,725
1Section 725. 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,414,52 40.80 (2r) (a) 2. Assigns all or part of a participant's accumulated assets held
3in a deferred compensation plan under this subchapter to a spouse, former spouse,
4domestic partner, former domestic partner, child, or other dependent to satisfy a
5family support or marital property obligation.
AB64,726 6Section 726 . 41.41 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,414,117 41.41 (10) (b) Each year, the department shall ascertain from the clerk of each
8taxation district in which the reserve or any land acquired by the board is located the
9aggregate gross general property tax rate for the taxation district, exclusive of the
10rate that applies under s. 70.58 and
without respect to the school levy tax credit
11under s. 79.10.
AB64,727 12Section 727 . 41.41 (10) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,414,2113 41.41 (10) (c) 1. Except as provided in par. (d), on or before each January 31,
14the department shall pay to the treasurer of each taxation district specified in par.
15(b), with respect to all land in the Kickapoo valley reserve and all land acquired by
16the board on or before January 1 of the preceding year, an amount determined by
17multiplying the estimated value of the land equated to the average level of
18assessment in the taxation district by the aggregate gross general property tax rate,
19exclusive of the rate that applies under s. 70.58 and without respect to the school levy
20tax credit under s. 79.10, that would apply to the land in that taxation district for that
21year if it were taxable.
AB64,728 22Section 728. 44.16 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,414,23 2344.16 (title) Circus World Museum Foundation.
AB64,729 24Section 729. 44.16 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,415,5
144.16 (1) The Except as provided in sub. (3), the historical society may enter
2into a lease agreement with the Circus World Museum Foundation, Inc., for the
3purpose of operating Circus World Museum, located in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The
4lease agreement shall not include any provision for the payment of a percentage of
5gross admissions income at Circus World Museum to the historical society.
AB64,730 6Section 730. 44.16 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,415,107 44.16 (3) If a lease agreement under sub. (1) is in effect on the effective date
8of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the lease agreement shall terminate on
9January 1, 2018, or on the date that any termination occurs as provided under the
10lease agreement, whichever is earlier.
AB64,731 11Section 731. 44.20 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 44.20 (1) (a).
AB64,732 12Section 732. 44.20 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB64,415,1613 44.20 (1) (b) The historical society shall operate and maintain Circus World
14Museum. If a lease agreement under s. 44.16 (1) is in effect on the effective date of
15this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], this paragraph does not apply until the
16termination date of the lease agreement that is specified in s. 44.16 (3).
AB64,733 17Section 733 . 45.20 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,415,2318 45.20 (1) (d) “Tuition," when referring to the University of Wisconsin System,
19means academic fees and segregated fees; when referring to the technical colleges,
20means “program fees" and “additional fees" as described in s. 38.24 (1m) and (1s); and
21when referring to a high school, a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or a
22proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, means the charge for the
23courses for which a person is enrolled.
AB64,734 24Section 734 . 45.20 (2) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,416,7
145.20 (2) (a) 1. The department shall administer a tuition reimbursement
2program for eligible veterans enrolling as undergraduates in any institution of
3higher education in this state, enrolling in a school that is approved under s. 45.03
4(11), enrolling in a proprietary school that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52,
5enrolling in a public or private high school, enrolling in a tribal school, as defined in
6s. 115.001 (15m), in any grade from 9 to 12, or receiving a waiver of nonresident
7tuition under s. 39.47.
AB64,735 8Section 735 . 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,416,149 45.20 (2) (a) 2. (intro.) A veteran who is a resident of this state and otherwise
10qualified to receive benefits under this subsection may receive the benefits under
11this subsection upon the completion of any correspondence courses or part-time
12classroom study from an institution of higher education located outside this state,
13from a school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), or from a proprietary school that
14is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, if any of the following applies:
AB64,736 15Section 736 . 45.20 (2) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB64,417,316 45.20 (2) (c) 1. A veteran who meets the eligibility requirements under par. (b)
171. may be reimbursed upon satisfactory completion of an undergraduate semester in
18any institution of higher education in this state, or upon satisfactory completion of
19a course at any school that is approved under s. 45.03 (11), any proprietary school
20that is approved under s. 38.50 440.52, any public or private high school, any tribal
21school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), that operates any grade from 9 to 12, or any
22institution from which the veteran receives a waiver of nonresident tuition under s.
2339.47. Except as provided in par. (e), the amount of reimbursement may not exceed
24the total cost of the veteran's tuition minus any grants or scholarships that the
25veteran receives specifically for the payment of the tuition, or, if the tuition is for an

1undergraduate semester in any institution of higher education, the standard cost of
2tuition for a state resident for an equivalent undergraduate semester at the
3University of Wisconsin-Madison, whichever is less.
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