AB966: Bill Text

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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE

2017 Assembly BILL 966

February 16, 2018 - Introduced by Representatives Shankland, Anderson, Barca, Berceau, Crowley, Fields, Genrich, Hesselbein, Kolste, Novak, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vruwink, Zamarripa and Zepnick, cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Larson, Ringhand, Risser and Vinehout. Referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities.

AB966,1,2 An Act relating to: funding for Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making an appropriation.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill increases the appropriation for Wisconsin grants for technical college students.

Under current law, the Wisconsin grant program, administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board, provides grants to postsecondary resident students enrolled at least half time and registered as freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors in specified postsecondary institutions, including technical colleges.

This bill increases HEAB's biennial appropriation for Wisconsin grants for technical college students by $9,578,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.

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:

AB966,1 Section 1. Fiscal changes.

AB966,2,3 (1) Grants to technical college students. In the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes for the appropriation to the higher educational aids board under section 20.235 (1) (ff) of the statutes, the dollar amount for fiscal year 2018-19 is increased by $9,578,000 to increase funding for the purpose for which the appropriation is made.

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