Wisconsin Legislature: 36.34

36.34 36.34 Minority student programs.

36.34(1)(1) Ben R. Lawton minority undergraduate grant program.

36.34(1)(a) (a) In this subsection “minority undergraduate" means an undergraduate student who:

36.34(1)(a)1. 1. Is a Black American.

36.34(1)(a)2. 2. Is an American Indian.

36.34(1)(a)3. 3. Is a Hispanic, as defined in s. 16.287 (1) (d).

36.34(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.

36.34(1)(b) (b) The board shall establish a grant program for minority undergraduates enrolled in the system. The board shall designate all grants under this subsection as Lawton grants. The board may not make a grant under this subsection 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).

36.34 History History: 1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 27 ss. 666g, 666i, 670 to 673, 675; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 404; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 109; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25, 254; 2009 a. 28; 2011 a. 32.