SB 178

Current law generally prohibits the Board of Regents (board) of the University

of Wisconsin (UW) System from charging resident undergraduates enrolled in the

2011-12 or 2012-13 academic year academic fees that are more than 5.5 percent

greater than the academic fees charged in the previous academic year. However, the

prohibition does not apply to differential tuition approved by the board before June

1, 2011. Any differential tuition approved after that date is subject to the prohibition.

Although current law does not define differential tuition, the board adopted a policy

prior to June 1, 2011, that describes differential tuition as tuition that is added to the

base tuition level for the purpose of supplementing services and programming for

students within an institution of the UW System. The policy also establishes

procedures for institutions to submit proposals for differential tuition to the board

for approval.

Under this bill, the prohibition does not apply to differential tuition for students

at UW-Stevens Point, UW-Green Bay, UW-Parkside, or the two-year UW colleges

that is approved by the board pursuant to the policy described above, even if the

board approves the differential tuition after June 1, 2011.