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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 294

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Relating to: technical college fees covered by the Wisconsin GI Bill. (FE)

Technical college Veteran — Education Veteran — Relief

  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

Under current law, eligible veterans, a spouse of an eligible veteran, an

unremarried surviving spouse of an eligible veteran, and a child of an eligible

veteran, if the child is at least 17 but not yet 26 years of age, may receive fee remission

to cover the cost of tuition and fees for their enrollment in the University of Wisconsin

System or Technical College System. These programs are collectively known as the

“Wisconsin GI Bill.” Under current law, an eligible individual receiving Wisconsin

GI Bill benefits from the University of Wisconsin System may receive full remission

of tuition and segregated fees. An eligible individual receiving Wisconsin GI Bill

benefits from the Technical College System may receive full remission of fees

established by the Technical College System board, but this remission does not

include remission of certain student activity and incidental fees set by the student's

technical college district.

This bill requires that a technical college district also remit to eligible

individuals under the Wisconsin GI Bill the student activity and incidental fees set

by the student's individual technical college district.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Horlacher (R) , Mursau (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wichgers (R)

4 cosponsors

Darling (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Marklein (R) , Roth (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Feb 1, 2022 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. May 3, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Edming, Horlacher, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Steffen, VanderMeer and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Darling, Felzkowski and Marklein

  2. May 3, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. May 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 24, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  7. Feb 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1