AB 929

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

System to charge different tuition rates to resident and nonresident students.

Current law also includes nonresident tuition exemptions, under which certain

nonresident students pay resident tuition rates. This bill creates an additional

exemption for an alien who is not a legal permanent resident of the United States and

who: 1) graduated from a Wisconsin high school or received a declaration of

equivalency of high school graduation from Wisconsin; 2) was continuously present

in Wisconsin for at least three years following the first day of attending a Wisconsin

high school or immediately preceding receipt of a declaration of equivalency of high

school graduation; and 3) enrolls in a UW System institution and provides the

institution with an affidavit stating that he or she has filed or will file an application

for permanent residency with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as soon as

the person is eligible to do so.

The bill also provides that an alien described above is considered a resident of

this state for purposes of admission to and payment of fees at a technical college.