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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
February 23, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Testin, Nass and Feyen, cosponsored
by Representatives Wittke, Cabral-Guevara and Moses. Referred to
Committee on Education.
SB1016,1,3 1An Act to create 36.53 and 118.65 of the statutes; relating to: reporting on, and
2charging high schools for the cost of, remedial courses at University of
3Wisconsin System institutions.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the University of Wisconsin System must determine and
report on high schools that have graduated more than six students who, on the basis
of their performance on placement tests in the preceding 12 months, are required to
take remedial coursework in English or mathematics. This bill requires the Board
of Regents to charge high schools that have graduated any student needing remedial
coursework in English or mathematics for the cost of providing that student remedial
coursework. The bill also requires the Board of Regents to complete and submit an
annual report to the legislature detailing the cost of providing remedial coursework.
The bill provides that, if a high school fails to pay the charges, the Department
of Public Instruction must reduce state aid or certain other amounts otherwise
payable to the high school by an amount equal to the unpaid charges.
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:
SB1016,1
1Section 1. 36.53 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1016,2,3 236.53 Remedial coursework reimbursement. (1) Definitions. In this
3section:
SB1016,2,64 (a) “High school” means a public or private school in this state in which a high
5school grade is taught, including a school classified as a senior high school under s.
6115.01 (2).
SB1016,2,87 (b) “Placement test” means an English or mathematics placement or
8proficiency test that is required upon a student's admission to the system.
SB1016,2,109 (c) “Student” means an incoming freshman undergraduate student who has
10graduated high school within the previous 5 years.
SB1016,2,12 11(2) Remedial charges. By September 1 of each year the board shall do all of
12the following:
SB1016,2,1513 (a) Identify the graduating high school of any student whose score on a
14placement test indicates a low probability of success in college-level courses in
15English or mathematics.
SB1016,2,1816 (b) Identify the graduating high school of any student who is required to take
17any credit or noncredit course that is designed for students needing a remedial
18course.
SB1016,2,2219 (c) Submit a charge to each high school identified in pars. (a) and (b) for the cost
20of providing a remedial course to a student who graduated from the high school. The
21charge shall include a deadline for the high school to pay that is no more than 3
22months after which students are required to pay undergraduate tuition.
SB1016,3,2 23(3) Student privacy. The system administration may not disclose the identity
24of any student who is required to take a remedial course or whose score on a
25placement test indicates a low probability of success in college-level courses in

1English or mathematics, except that the name of a student may be disclosed to the
2student's former high school.
SB1016,3,6 3(4) Annual remedial report. By September 1 of each year, the board shall
4submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s.
513.172 (3) and the state superintendent of public instruction that identifies all of the
6following:
SB1016,3,107 (a) The number of students, and from which high schools the students
8graduated and which institutions the students attend, whose scores on placement
9tests indicate a low probability of success in college-level courses in English or
10mathematics.
SB1016,3,1411 (b) The number of students, and from which high schools the students
12graduated and which institutions the students attended, who, on the basis of their
13performance on placement tests in the preceding 12 months, are required to take a
14remedial course in English or mathematics.
SB1016,3,1615 (c) Any institution that has not provided English or mathematics remedial
16courses to students in the preceding 12 months.
SB1016,3,2117 (d) An accounting of each institution's costs in the preceding 12 months relating
18to the institution's provision of courses and services for students needing remedial
19courses, including the percent of the board's and each institution's annual operating
20budget that goes towards remedial education, and including costs related to all of the
21following:
SB1016,3,2322 1. Remedial courses, including the creation of new remedial courses, staffing
23of remedial courses, and the space used to provide remedial courses.
SB1016,3,2424 2. The reduction of class or laboratory sizes.
SB1016,3,2525 3. Additional testing to students needing remedial courses.
SB1016,4,1
14. Tutoring to students needing remedial courses.
SB1016,4,32 5. The creation and administration of bridge programs and campus readiness
3programs for students needing remedial courses.
SB1016,4,54 (e) The amount of each high school's charges under sub. (2) (c) that are unpaid
5from charges assessed in previous years.
SB1016,2 6Section 2. 118.65 of the statutes is created to read:
SB1016,4,11 7118.65 Reimbursement for college remedial education costs. (1) A
8school board, the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), or the
9governing body of a private school that is charged an amount under s. 36.53 (2) (c)
10shall pay that amount to the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System
11no later than the deadline specified in the submission under s. 36.53 (2) (c).
SB1016,4,13 12(2) For any high school identified in a report submitted under s. 36.53 (4) (e)
13as having unpaid charges, the department shall do the following:
SB1016,4,1914 (a) If the high school is a public school, other than a charter school under s.
15118.40 (2r) or (2x), in a school district, decrease the school district's state aid payment
16under s. 121.08 for the next school year by an amount equal to the amount of unpaid
17charges. If the school district's state aid payment under s. 121.08 is insufficient to
18cover the reduction, the department shall decrease other state aid payments made
19by the department to the school district by the remaining amount.
SB1016,4,2320 (b) If the high school is a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), withhold
21from the next installments payable to the operator of the charter school under s.
22118.40 (2r) (e), (f), or (fm) or (2x) (e) or (em) an amount equal to the amount of unpaid
23charges.
SB1016,5,524 (c) If the high school is a private school, decrease state aid payments made by
25the department to the governing body of the private school by an amount equal to the

1amount of unpaid charges. If the private school is participating in a program under
2s. 115.7915, 118.60, or 119.23, the department may instead withhold from the next
3installments payable to the governing body of the private school under s. 115.7915
4(4m) or (4p), 118.60 (4) or (4m), or 119.23 (4) or (4m) an amount equal to the amount
5of unpaid charges.
SB1016,3 6Section 3. Nonstatutory provisions.
SB1016,5,77 (1) Twenty-year remedial report.
SB1016,5,88 (a) In this subsection, “institution” has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (9).
SB1016,5,169 (b) No later than the 2nd September 1 following the effective date of this
10paragraph, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall prepare
11and submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under
12s. 13.172 (3) that provides an accounting of each institution's costs in the preceding
1320 years relating to the institution's provision of courses and services for students
14needing remedial courses, including the percent of the board's and each institution's
15annual operating budget that went towards remedial education each year, and
16including costs related to all of the following:
SB1016,5,18 171. Remedial courses, including the creation of new remedial courses, staffing
18of remedial courses, and the space used to provide remedial courses.
SB1016,5,19 192. The reduction of class or laboratory sizes.
SB1016,5,20 203. Additional testing to students needing remedial courses.
SB1016,5,21 214. Tutoring to students needing remedial courses.
SB1016,5,23 225. The creation and administration of bridge programs and campus readiness
23programs for students needing remedial courses.
SB1016,5,2424 (End)
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