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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 966

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Relating to: funding for Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making an appropriation. (FE)

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  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, 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

This bill increases the appropriation for Wisconsin grants for technical college

students.

Under current law, the Wisconsin grant program, administered by the Higher

Educational Aids Board, provides grants to postsecondary resident students

enrolled at least half time and registered as freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or

seniors in specified postsecondary institutions, including technical colleges.

This bill increases HEAB's biennial appropriation for Wisconsin grants for

technical college students by $9,578,000 in fiscal year 2018-19.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Crowley (D) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Kolste (D) , Novak (R) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vruwink (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

7 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Erpenbach (D) , Hansen (D) , Larson (D) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Shankland, Anderson, Barca, Berceau, Crowley, Fields, Genrich, Hesselbein, Kolste, Novak, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vruwink, Zamarripa and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Larson, Ringhand, Risser and Vinehout

  2. Feb 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Mar 8, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1