2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
November 14, 2017 - Introduced by Representatives Zamarripa, Mason, Anderson,
Berceau, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Fields, Goyke, Hebl,
Hesselbein, Hintz, Kolste, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Spreitzer, Subeck, C.
Taylor
, Vruwink, Young and Zepnick, cosponsored by Senators Carpenter,
Larson, Johnson, Miller, Ringhand and Vinehout. Referred to Committee on
Colleges and Universities.
AB645,1,2 1An Act to create 36.27 (2) (cr) and 38.22 (6) (e) of the statutes; relating to:
2University of Wisconsin and technical college nonresident tuition exemptions.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill creates a nonresident tuition exemption for certain technical college
and University of Wisconsin System students.
Current law allows the Board of Regents of the UW System to charge different
tuition rates to resident and nonresident students. Current law also includes
nonresident tuition exemptions, under which certain nonresident students pay
resident tuition rates. This bill creates an additional exemption for an alien who is
not a legal permanent resident of the United States and who: 1) graduated from a
Wisconsin high school or received a declaration of equivalency of high school
graduation from Wisconsin; 2) was continuously present in Wisconsin for at least
three years following the first day of attending a Wisconsin high school or
immediately preceding receipt of a declaration of equivalency of high school
graduation; and 3) enrolls in a UW System institution and provides the institution
with an affidavit stating that he or she has filed or will file an application for
permanent residency with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the
person is eligible to do so.
The bill also provides that an alien described above is considered a resident of
this state for purposes of admission to and payment of fees at a technical college.

For further information see the state and local 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:
AB645,1 1Section 1. 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:
AB645,2,42 36.27 (2) (cr) A person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States
3is entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if that person meets all of the following
4requirements:
AB645,2,65 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a
6declaration of equivalency of high school graduation from this state.
AB645,2,97 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least 3 years
8following the first day of attending a high school in this state or immediately
9preceding receipt of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation.
AB645,2,1210 3. The person enrolls in an institution and provides that institution with proof
11that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa with
12U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so.
AB645,2 13Section 2. 38.22 (6) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB645,2,1514 38.22 (6) (e) Any person who is a citizen of a country other than the United
15States if that person meets all of the following requirements:
AB645,2,1716 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a
17declaration of equivalency of high school graduation from this state.
AB645,2,2018 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least 3 years
19following the first day of attending a high school in this state or immediately
20preceding receipt of a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation.
AB645,3,4
13. The person enrolls in a district school and provides the district board with
2proof that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa
3with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to
4do so.
AB645,3 5Section 3. Initial applicability.
AB645,3,76 (1) The treatment of section 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes first applies to persons
7who enroll for the semester or session following the effective date of this subsection.
AB645,3,98 (2) The treatment of section 38.22 (6) (e) of the statutes first applies to persons
9who enroll for the semester or session following the effective date of this subsection.
AB645,3,1010 (End)
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