AB 645

This bill creates a nonresident tuition exemption for certain technical college

and University of Wisconsin System students.

Current law allows the Board of Regents of the 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.