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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 205

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Relating to: transferring academic credits from military transcripts to University of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges. (FE)

Military training Technical college University of wisconsin — Courses Veteran — Education

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill allows a student enrolled in a University of Wisconsin System school

or technical college who served in the military to object to the transfer of academic

credit from the student's military transcript to the UW System school or technical

college.

Current law requires the Board of Regents of the UW System to establish

policies for transferring credits between UW System schools and to enter into an

agreement for the transfer of certain credits between UW System schools and

technical colleges. Current law also allows the Board of Regents to establish policies

for credit transfers with other educational institutions.

Also under current law, each UW System school and technical college must,

upon receiving from the federal Department of Defense a student's official joint

services transcript or Community College of the Air Force transcript, do the

following: 1) accept all American Council on Education credit recommendations

included in the official joint services transcript and award academic credit to the

student in accordance with these recommendations; and 2) accept all credits

included in the CCAF transcript and award academic credit to the student

accordingly.

Under this bill, if a student objects to the awarding of credit for any course

included in the official joint services transcript or CCAF transcript, the UW System

school or technical college may not award credit for that course.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Bewley (D) , Kooyenga (R) , Marklein (R) , Smith (D) , Testin (R) , Wanggaard (R)

17 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Carpenter (D) , Dittrich (R) , Horlacher (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Oct 16, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 62–35 Feb 20, 2020 official source full page

Aye · 62

Not voting · 2

Full history

  1. May 8, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Marklein, Testin, Wanggaard, Bewley, Smith and Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Sanfelippo, Kulp, Spiros, Skowronski, Kuglitsch, Ballweg, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Sinicki, Horlacher, Wichgers and VanderMeer

  2. May 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families

  3. May 23, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. May 23, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 25, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Oct 15, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Oct 16, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  8. Oct 16, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  11. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  13. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Nov 5, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  16. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. Jan 30, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Wittke added as a cosponsor

  18. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  19. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:31 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  20. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Swearingen

  22. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  23. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Shankland

  24. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Amendment 2 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  25. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  26. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 62, Noes 35

  27. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  29. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  30. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  32. Feb 25, 2020 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  33. Feb 28, 2020 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020

  34. Mar 4, 2020 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 147

  35. Mar 4, 2020 · Senate

    Published 3-4-2020