SB 18

Current law requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin (UW)

System to grant full remission of fees to resident undergraduate students who are

spouses or children of the following who are killed in the line of duty or die as a result

of a qualifying disability: ambulance drivers, correctional officers, fire fighters,

emergency medical services technicians, and law enforcement officers. The fee

remission remains in effect until the student completes a sufficient number of credits

for a bachelor's degree, except that the student may not receive a remission for more

than five consecutive years. Similar requirements apply to resident technical college

students. The fee remission for a technical college student remains in effect until

completion of a sufficient number of credits to complete the program in which the

student is enrolled, except that a student may not receive a remission for more than

three consecutive years.

Under current law, the UW and technical college remissions described above for

children are limited to a student whose parent is killed or dies as a result of a

disability when the student was under the age of 21 or before the student was born.

This bill repeals that limitation. However, the bill also provides that the UW

remission for children applies only to students who are not older than 30 years of age.

The bill makes another change to the UW remission for spouses and children.

The bill eliminates the restriction under current law that provides that the remission

remains in effect until completion of a sufficient number of credits for a bachelor's

degree, but for no more than five consecutive years. Instead, the bill provides that

the remission remains in effect for 128 credits or eight semesters, whichever period

is longer.