SB1, s. 732x Section 732x. 36.25 (47) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,459,6 36.25 (47) Discovery farm grants. (a) In this subsection, "discovery farm" means an operating commercial farm that conducts on-farm research under the Wisconsin agricultural stewardship initiative.

SB1,459,9 (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (qr), the board shall make grants through the extension to operators of discovery farms for research and outreach activities under the Wisconsin agricultural stewardship initiative.

SB1, s. 733 Section 733. 36.27 (2) (cr) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,459,13 36.27 (2) (cr) A person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States is entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if that person meets all of the following requirements:

SB1,459,15 1. The person graduated from a high school in this state or received a high school graduation equivalency from this state.

SB1,459,17 2. The person was continuously present in this state for at least one year following the first day of attending a high school in this state.

SB1,459,21 3. The person enrolls in an institution and provides that institution with an affidavit stating that the person has filed or will file an application for a permanent resident visa with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as the person is eligible to do so.

SB1, s. 733mr Section 733mr. 36.27 (3n) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,459,25 36.27 (3n) (b) 2. An Except as provided in subd. 2m., an unremarried surviving spouse of an eligible veteran. The remission under this subdivision applies only during the first 10 years after the veteran died.

SB1, s. 733mw Section 733mw. 36.27 (3n) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,460,6 36.27 (3n) (b) 2m. An unremarried surviving spouse of an eligible veteran who had a child with the eligible veteran. The remission under this subdivision applies only until 10 years after the youngest child that the spouse had with the eligible veteran reaches or would have reached 18 years of age, or during the first 10 years after the veteran died, whichever is longer.

SB1, s. 734 Section 734. 36.27 (3n) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB1,460,9 36.27 (3n) (b) 3. A child of an eligible veteran, if the child is at least 18 17 but not yet 26 years of age and is a full-time student at an institution.

SB1, s. 735 Section 735. 36.27 (3n) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,460,13 36.27 (3n) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of regents for all academic fees and segregated fees remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (1) and (3m).

SB1, s. 736 Section 736. 36.27 (3p) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,460,17 36.27 (3p) (c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of regents for all nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (1) and (3m).

SB1, s. 736e Section 736e. 36.27 (5) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 36.27 (5) (b) 1.

SB1, s. 736m Section 736m. 36.27 (5) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 36.27 (5) (b) 2. and amended to read:

SB1,460,24 36.27 (5) (b) 2. The board shall calculate the average subsidy for the purpose of the fee statement under par. (b) subd. 1. by dividing state funds in the appropriate fiscal year by the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in the system in the most recent fall semester.

SB1, s. 736s Section 736s. 36.27 (5) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,461,6 36.27 (5) (d) 1. The board shall ensure that the segregated fees applicable at each institution and college campus are posted on the Internet Web site of the institution or college campus. The board shall also ensure that detailed information on the organizations and activities for which allocable segregated fees are expended at each institution and college campus are posted on the Internet Web site of the institution or college campus.

SB1,461,8 2. The board shall ensure that each student's bill for academic fees or nonresident tuition for a semester or session includes each of the following:

SB1,461,10 a. The total amount of academic fees or nonresident tuition assessed on the student, which shall be listed separately from the amount specified in .subd. 2. b.

SB1,461,12 b. The total amount of segregated fees assessed on the student, which shall be listed separately from the amount specified in subd. 2. a.

SB1,461,14 c. The Internet Web site address specified in subd. 1. for the institution or college campus at which the student is enrolled.

SB1, s. 736x Section 736x. 36.59 of the statutes is created to read:

SB1,461,21 36.59 Information technology. (1) Strategic plan. (a) The Board of Regents shall require the system and each institution and college campus to adopt and submit to the board, in a form specified by the board, no later than March 1 of each year, a strategic plan for the utilization of information technology to carry out the functions of the system, institution, or college campus in the succeeding fiscal year for review and approval under par. (b).