39.41(2)(a)(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 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 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.
39.41(2)(b)
(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 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 System or more than 3 years at a district school.
39.41(2)(c)
(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 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.
39.41(3)(a)(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 a private institution of higher education that is located in this state and participating in the program under this section, the board shall pay the institution, on behalf of the pupil, an amount equal to 50% of the tuition and fees charged a resident undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the same academic year, except that the maximum payment for a pupil 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.
39.41(3)(b)
(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 private institution, and makes satisfactory progress toward a bachelor's degree, the student is eligible for a higher education scholarship as determined under
par. (a) 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. No scholar is eligible for a higher education scholarship for more than 4 years at a private institution of higher education.
39.41(4)(a)(a) The board shall make the payments under
subs. (2) (c) and
(3) only if the 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.
39.41(5)(a)1.1. 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.
39.41(5)(a)2.
2. If an institution of higher education that has notified the board under
subd. 1. subsequently wishes to no longer participate in the scholarship program under this section, the institution of higher education shall notify the board of this fact in writing by October 1 prior to the academic year in which the institution will no longer participate.
39.41(5)(b)
(b) Each designated scholar who is eligible for an original higher education scholarship under
sub. (2) (a) or
(3) (a) shall notify the board as soon as practicable of the institution of higher education he or she will be attending in the next academic year. Each designated scholar who is eligible for a subsequent higher education scholarship under
sub. (2) (a) or
(3) (a) shall notify the board as soon as practicable whether he or she will be enrolling in a participating institution of higher education in the academic year immediately following the academic year in which he or she received an original or subsequent scholarship under
sub. (2) (a) or
(3) (a), or in the 2nd academic year, following that academic year and of the institution of higher education in which he or she will be enrolling.
39.41(5)(c)
(c) Annually, the board shall notify each scholar who will be attending a participating institution of higher education in the next academic year of the amount of his or her higher education scholarship.
39.41(6)
(6) A scholarship under this section shall not be used to replace any other grant for which a student is eligible.
39.41(7)
(7) By August 1, 1997, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance evaluating the success of the program under this section. The report shall specify the number and amount of the scholarships awarded in the current fiscal year and the institutions of higher education chosen by the scholarship recipients.
39.41(8)
(8) The executive secretary shall promulgate rules establishing criteria for the designation of scholars under
sub. (1m) (c) 3.
39.41 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
HEA 9, Wis. adm. code.
39.42
39.42
Interstate agreements. The board, with the approval of the joint committee on finance, or the governing boards of any publicly supported institution of post-high school education, with the approval of the board and the joint committee on finance, may enter into agreements or understandings which include remission of nonresident tuition for designated categories of students at state institutions of higher education with appropriate state agencies and institutions of higher education in other states to facilitate use of public higher education institutions of this state and other states. Such agreements and understandings shall have as their purpose the mutual improvement of educational advantages for residents of this state and such other states or institutions of other states with which agreements are made.
39.435
39.435
Wisconsin higher education grants and talent incentive grants. 39.435(1)(1) There is established, to be administered by the board, a higher education grant program for postsecondary resident students enrolled at least half-time and registered as freshmen, sophomores, juniors or seniors in accredited institutions of higher education or in tribally controlled colleges in this state. Except as authorized under
sub. (5), such grants shall be made only to students enrolled in nonprofit public institutions or tribally controlled colleges in this state.
39.435(2)
(2) The board shall award talent incentive grants to uniquely needy students enrolled at least half-time as first-time freshmen at public and private nonprofit institutions located in this state and to sophomores, juniors and seniors who received such grants as freshmen. No grant under this subsection may exceed $1,800 for any academic year. The board may not award a grant to the same student for more than 10 consecutive semesters or their equivalent. The board shall promulgate rules establishing eligibility criteria for grants under this subsection.
39.435(3)
(3) Grants under
sub. (1) shall not be less than $250 during any one academic year, unless the joint committee on finance approves an adjustment in the amount of the minimum grant. Grants under
sub. (1) shall not exceed $3,000 during any one academic year, except that beginning in academic year 2009-10, grants under
sub. (1) shall not exceed $3,150 during any one academic year. The board shall, by rule, establish a reporting system to periodically provide student economic data and shall promulgate other rules the board deems necessary to assure uniform administration of the program.
39.435(4)(a)(a) The board shall award grants under this section based on a formula that accounts for expected parental and student contributions and is consistent with generally accepted definitions and nationally approved needs analysis methodology.
39.435(4)(d)
(d) The awarding of grants under this section is subject to any formula approved or modified by the board under
s. 39.285 (1).
39.435(5)
(5) The board shall ensure that grants under this section are made available to students attending private or public institutions in this state who are deaf or hard of hearing or visually handicapped and who demonstrate need. Grants may also be made available to such handicapped students attending private or public institutions in other states under criteria established by the board. In determining the financial need of these students special consideration shall be given to their unique and unusual costs.
39.435(6)
(6) The board may not make a grant under this section to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under
s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under
s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under
s. 49.858 (2) (a).
39.435(7)(a)1.
1. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under
s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for fiscal year 2011-12, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under
s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2010-11.
39.435(7)(a)2.
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, "base amount" means the appropriation amount calculated under
par. (b) for the previous fiscal year.
39.435(7)(b)
(b) Biennially, beginning on February 1, 2011, the board shall calculate the amounts to be appropriated under
s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for the next biennium as follows:
39.435(7)(b)1.
1. The board shall determine the percentage by which the undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the next academic year 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.
39.435(7)(b)1m.
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 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.
39.435(7)(b)2.
2. The appropriation for the first fiscal year of the next biennium shall be the result obtained by increasing, to the nearest $100, the base amount by the average of the percentage increases determined under
subd. 1., except that, if the undergraduate academic fees for the next academic year are estimated to decrease or not change from the undergraduate academic fees charged for the current academic year at each institution specified in
subd. 1., the appropriation shall be the base amount.
39.435(7)(b)2m.
2m. The appropriation for the 2nd fiscal year of the next biennium shall be the result obtained by increasing, to the nearest $100, the base amount by the average of the percentage increases determined under
subd. 1m., except that, if the undergraduate academic fees for the academic year after the next academic year are estimated to decrease or not change from the estimated undergraduate academic fees charged for the next academic year at each institution specified in
subd. 1m., the appropriation shall be the base amount.
39.435(8)
(8) The board shall award grants under this section to University of Wisconsin System students from the appropriation under
s. 20.235 (1) (fe).
39.435 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
HEA 5, Wis. adm. code.
39.437
39.437
Wisconsin covenant scholars grants. 39.437(1)(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).
39.437(2)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), a student is eligible for a grant under this section if the student meets all of the following criteria:
39.437(2)(a)1.
1. The student is a resident of this state and is enrolled at least half time and registered as a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior in a public or private, nonprofit, accredited institution of higher education or in a tribally controlled college in this state.
39.437(2)(a)2.
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.
39.437(2)(b)1.1. The board may not make a grant under this section to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under
s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under
s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under
s. 49.858 (2) (a).
39.437(2)(b)2.
2. No student shall be eligible for a grant under this section in more than the equivalent of 10 semesters of undergraduate education.
39.437(2)(b)3.
3. No student who fails to meet acceptable academic standards prescribed by the student's institution of higher education or tribally controlled college shall be or shall remain eligible for a grant under this section.
39.437(3)
(3) Amount of grant. The amount of a grant shall be determined by the board, and shall be paid from the appropriation account under
s. 20.235 (1) (fm).
39.437(4)
(4) Administration of grant program. 39.437(4)(a)(a) By February 1 of each 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 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 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 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 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.
39.437(4)(b)
(b) By April 1 of each year, the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration shall determine 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.
39.437(4)(c)
(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 as necessary for that office to fulfill its role in the administration of the grant program under this section.
39.437(5)
(5) Rules. The department of administration shall promulgate rules to implement this section, including all of the following:
39.437(5)(a)
(a) Rules establishing a reporting system to periodically provide student economic data.
39.437(5)(b)
(b) Rules establishing eligibility criteria for designation as a Wisconsin covenant scholar under
sub. (2) (a) 2.
39.437(5)(c)
(c) Any other rules the department of administration considers necessary to assure the uniform administration of this section.
39.437 History
History: 2007 a. 20;
2009 a. 28.
39.437 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
Adm 80, Wis. adm. code.
39.44
39.44
Minority undergraduate grants. 39.44(1)(a)(a) In this section "minority undergraduate" means an undergraduate student who:
39.44(1)(a)4.
4. Is a person who is admitted to the United States after December 31, 1975, and who either is a former citizen of Laos, Vietnam or Cambodia or whose ancestor was or is a citizen of Laos, Vietnam or Cambodia.
39.44(1)(b)
(b) There is established, to be administered by the board, the minority undergraduate retention grant program for minority undergraduates enrolled in private, nonprofit higher educational institutions in this state or in technical colleges in this state.
39.44(2)
(2) Funds for the grants under this section shall be distributed from the appropriation under
s. 20.235 (1) (fg), with 50% distributed to the eligible private institutions and 50% distributed to the eligible technical colleges. The board shall audit the enrollment statistics annually.
39.44(3)
(3) An institution or school receiving funds under
sub. (2) shall:
39.44(3)(a)
(a) Award grants to eligible students on the basis of financial need.
39.44(3)(b)
(b) Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the board that such funds do not replace institutional grants to the recipients.
39.44(3)(c)
(c) Annually report to the board the number of awards made, the amount of each award, the minority status of each recipient, other financial aid awards made to each recipient and the total amount of financial aid made available to the eligible students.
39.44(4)
(4) The board shall notify an institution or school receiving funds under
sub. (2) if a student's name appears on the statewide support lien docket under
s. 49.854 (2) (b). An institution or school may not award a grant under this section to a student if it receives a notification under this subsection concerning that student, unless the student provides to the institution or school a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under
s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under
s. 49.858 (2) (a).
39.44(5)
(5) By November 1, 2001, and annually thereafter, the board shall report to the department of administration on the effectiveness of the program under this section.
39.44 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
HEA 12, Wis. adm. code.
39.45
39.45
Independent student grants. 39.45(1)(a)
(a) "Institution of higher education" means a public or private nonprofit educational institution meeting the requirements of
s. 39.30 or
39.435 for the purpose of awarding grants under those sections.
39.45(2)
(2) There is established, to be determined by the board, a grant program for resident students who are current recipients of aid to families with dependent children under
s. 49.19.
39.45(3)
(3) Grants under this section shall be awarded on the basis of financial need, as determined by the board, to resident students enrolled for at least 6 academic credits in the 2nd or 3rd year in programs leading to an associate degree or the 3rd, 4th or 5th year in programs leading to a bachelor's degree. Except as provided in
sub. (5), no grant may exceed $4,000 per academic year. Students may apply for grants, upon a form prepared and furnished by the board, on or after February 1 of any year for the fall semester or session of the upcoming academic year. No student is eligible to receive a grant under this section for more than 3 academic years.
39.45(4)
(4) The board shall give preference, as much as practicable, in awarding grants under this section to students enrolled in courses likely to increase the immediate employment opportunities of such students. The board shall publish a list of such courses and shall include courses that have an occupational or vocational objective in areas with existing labor needs.
39.45(5)
(5) The board may award supplemental grants of between $500 and $1,000 per child per semester or session to students for the cost of child care for preschool children of the students. The student shall demonstrate, as determined by the board, financial need for the supplemental grant. In awarding grants under this subsection, the board may not exceed 20% of the appropriation for a given fiscal year for the grant program.
