Bills by subject

Higher Educational Aids Board

42 bills and resolutions. 8 became law, 2 were vetoed, and 17 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 166 Academic and career planning services provided to pupils and requiring the reporting of certain data on college student costs and outcomes. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 652 Race-based higher education programs and requirements. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 501 Creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program.
Became law. Last action Apr 6, 2026
AB 659 Tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 2, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 25

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 13, 2026
AB 166: Academic and career planning services provided to pupils and requiring the reporting of certain data on college student costs and outcomes. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 198: Emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 270: A school psychologist loan program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 505: Creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 591: Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 659: Tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 669: Race-based higher education programs and requirements. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 835: Grants for students enrolled in teacher education programs, school district revenue limits, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 857: Climate change scholarships and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 971: Tuition and materials reimbursement for community paramedics and community emergency medical services practitioners. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1079: Creating an undergraduate assistance grant program for students enrolled in private nonprofit postsecondary institutions and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 1223: A tuition program for higher education students seeking careers in teaching, firefighting, or law enforcement, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Oct 22, 2025
SB 182: Emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 199: Academic and career planning services provided to pupils and requiring the reporting of certain data on college student costs and outcomes. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 269: A school psychologist loan program. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 501: Creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 587: Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 640: Tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 652: Race-based higher education programs and requirements. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 828: Grants for students enrolled in teacher education programs, school district revenue limits, the reimbursement rate for special education costs, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 856: Climate change scholarships and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 974: Tuition and materials reimbursement for community paramedics and community emergency medical services practitioners. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1031: Creating an undergraduate assistance grant program for students enrolled in private nonprofit postsecondary institutions and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 10

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 133: Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 141: The Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement, the Wisconsin higher education grant program, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 142: Enrollment requirements for recipients of talent incentive grants.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 143: The Wisconsin higher education grant program, tuition grant program, Lawton minority undergraduate grant program, minority undergraduate retention grant program, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 5, 2012
AB 144: Creating a commission on financial aid consolidation and modernization.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 619: Grants for dental students, and loan assistance for dentists, who agree to practice in dental health shortage areas, or to provide services to Medical Assistance recipients, in this state, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 53: Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 494: Grants for dental students, and loan assistance for dentists, who agree to practice in dental health shortage areas, or to provide services to Medical Assistance recipients, in this state, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 7

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject