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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 188

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Relating to: the transfer of credits to University of Wisconsin System institutions. (FE)

Military personnel Military service University of wisconsin — Courses University of wisconsin — Regents Veteran — Education

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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

System to establish policies for transferring credits between UW System institutions

and allows the Board of Regents to establish policies for credit transfers with other

educational institutions. The Board of Regents and the Technical College System

Board must also enter into an agreement, which private colleges may join, for

transferring credits for core general education courses.

This bill requires the Board of Regents to accept all foreign language credits

transferred from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

(Institute) on behalf of a student who is a current or former member of the U.S. armed

forces or of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces and who successfully completed

a course of study at the Institute.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Hansen (D) , Harris Dodd (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Ringhand (D) , Shilling (D) , Wirch (D)

22 cosponsors

Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Bernier (R) , Considine (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Johnson (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kessler (D) , Kolste (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Wachs (D) , Zamarripa (D)

Full history

  1. Jun 2, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lassa, Carpenter, Wirch, Hansen, Shilling, Harris Dodd, L. Taylor and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Hesselbein, Thiesfeldt, Riemer, Goyke, Milroy, Subeck, Bernier, Kolste, Ohnstad, Wachs, Sinicki, Johnson, Pope, Considine, Zamarripa, Berceau, Hebl, Shankland, Spreitzer, Kessler, Barca and Jorgensen

  2. Jun 2, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

  3. Jun 16, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 7, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1