SB 85

Current law provides remission of tuition for certain students attending the

University of Wisconsin (UW) System and technical college campuses. Under that

law, certain veterans and the spouses, children, or surviving spouses of certain

veterans are eligible for a full remission of tuition at the UW System and at the

technical colleges for 128 credits or eight semesters. For a veteran to be eligible, he

or she must have served under honorable conditions in certain types of active duty,

be a resident, and have entered service while a resident of this state. For the spouse,

surviving spouse, or child to be eligible, the veteran must have entered service while

a resident of this state and either died while on duty or have a service-connected

disability that is rated as 30 percent or more while a resident of this state.

This bill adds eligibility for the tuition remission for a veteran, and for the

spouse, surviving spouse, or child of a disabled or deceased veteran, if the veteran

was a resident of this state for at least ten continuous years after entering service

and before the student registers for college.