AB 370

This bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

and technical college district boards to establish a guaranteed admission program

for applicants ranked in the top 5 percent of their high school class and requires an

annual class ranking of some high school pupils at the end of 11th and 12th grade.

The bill requires school boards, charter school operators, and governing bodies

of private schools and tribal schools that operate high schools to 1) establish a method

for ranking pupils on the basis of academic achievement, which may take into

account the pupil's grade point average, ACT examination score, course work, and

other measures of academic achievement or scholastic merit; and 2) using this

ranking method, annually prepare a class ranking of pupils at the end of 11th grade

and 12th grade. The class ranking must identify pupils who rank in the top 5 percent

of their high school class and may include the class ranking of other pupils as well.

The school board, charter school operator, or governing body must provide notice of

ranking to each pupil ranked in the top 5 percent of the pupil's high school class. If

a high school's class enrollment is less than 20 pupils, the highest ranked pupil in

the class is considered to be in the top 5 percent.

The bill provides that, under the UW System and technical college guaranteed

admission programs, an applicant is eligible for guaranteed admission to the UW

System institution or technical college of the applicant's choice if the applicant

satisfies any of the following criteria: 1) the applicant graduated from, or expects to

graduate from, a public, private, or tribal high school in Wisconsin and is ranked in

the top 5 percent of the applicant's high school class at the time of application; 2) the

applicant is homeschooled, has been or expects to be granted a high school diploma,

and achieves an ACT examination score in the top 5 percent of all scores statewide.

For UW System institutions, the program applies only to applicants for admission

as first-year undergraduate students. An applicant for admission under the

guaranteed admission program must also submit a timely and complete application.

A UW System institution or technical college may revoke an offer of admission if the

applicant later fails to graduate from high school, fails in the final year of high school

to maintain a level of academic achievement similar to the applicant's level of

academic achievement at the time of application, or misrepresents the applicant's

class rank or ACT examination score.