SB 343

Beginning in the 2021-22 academic year, this bill prohibits the Board of

Regents of the University of Wisconsin System from increasing resident

undergraduate tuition for students in two-year and four-year institutions by more

than the increase in the consumer price index for the previous year. The bill defines

CPI as the consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S. city average, as

determined by the U.S. department of labor. Also, for purposes of the bill, “resident

undergraduate tuition” is defined to include any differential tuition charged to a

resident undergraduate.

The bill also freezes the amount of resident undergraduate tuition charged to

an individual student as follows. First, for a student who first enrolls in an

institution in the 2021-22 academic year or thereafter, the amount of resident

undergraduate tuition charged in the first year of enrollment is subject to the

prohibition described above. In addition, the amount of resident undergraduate

tuition charged to the student must remain constant while the student continues his

or her enrollment in the institution, or for four consecutive academic years,

whichever is less. The foregoing applies regardless of whether the student was

previously enrolled in another UW institution or a non-UW institution of higher

education.

Second, for a student who continues his or her enrollment in a UW institution

in the 2021-22 academic year, the amount of resident tuition charged to the student

for the 2021-22 academic year is subject to the prohibition described above. In

addition, the amount of resident undergraduate tuition charged to the student must

remain constant while the student continues his or her enrollment in the institution,

or through the 2024-25 academic year, whichever is less.