SB 717

Under current law, the Higher Educational Aids Board administers and has

authority to renegotiate the Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement.

The agreement provides for the waiver of nonresident tuition for residents of either

state who are enrolled in public vocational schools and for a reciprocal fee structure

for residents of either state who are enrolled in public institutions of higher

education located in the other state.

This bill requires the University of Wisconsin System to enter into, administer,

and renegotiate with Minnesota a tuition reciprocity agreement that provides for the

waiver of nonresident tuition and for a reciprocal fee structure for residents of either

state who are enrolled in public institutions of higher education located in the other

state. This bill requires that all the tuition paid by Minnesota students attending

UW institutions under the agreement, including tuition commonly referred to as

differential reciprocity tuition, be credited to a UW System appropriation account

from which UW System expenditures are authorized. The bill requires the Board of

Regents to ensure that each institution is allocated the amounts received under the

tuition reciprocity agreement in proportion to the total amount each institution

charged its students with Minnesota residence in tuition and fees.

This bill also requires HEAB to enter into, administer, and renegotiate with

Minnesota a fee reciprocity agreement that provides for the waiver of nonresident

fees for residents of either state who are enrolled in public vocational schools in the

other state.