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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 210
April 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Green
,
Brill
,
B. Jacobson
,
Knodl
,
Kreibich
,
O'Connor
,
Spiros
,
Swearingen
,
Snyder
and
Wittke
, cosponsored by Senators
Tomczyk
,
James
,
Quinn
and
Marklein
. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB210,1,5
1
An Act
to repeal
39.41 (1m) (b), 39.41 (1m) (c) 3., 39.41 (1m) (c) 5., 39.41 (1m)
2
(e) and 39.41 (8);
to amend
39.41 (1) (bm), 39.41 (1m) (a) 1., 39.41 (1m) (c) 4.,
3
39.41 (1m) (d), 39.41 (1m) (g), 39.41 (1m) (h), 39.41 (1m) (j) and 39.41 (1m) (m)
4
of the statutes;
relating to:
changes to amount of, and criteria for designating
5
recipients of, academic excellence higher education scholarships.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, certain high school seniors who have the highest grade point average in their class may be eligible to receive an “academic excellence higher education scholarship” (scholarship) amounting to not more than $2,250 per academic year in relief of the individual’s future tuition and fees assessed at participating technical colleges, University of Wisconsin System institutions, and private institutions of higher education. The criteria used to determine the selection of the individuals who will receive the scholarship differs by the number of pupils enrolled in each high school. The school board or governing body of a high school with enrollment of less than 80 pupils may nominate one senior from that high school, and the executive secretary of the Higher Educational Aids Board may designate not more than 10 individuals statewide who were so nominated under that category who may receive the scholarship. However, if the high school has more than 80 but less than 500 pupils, the school board or governing body of the high school may designate one senior to receive the scholarship with no required nomination process or designation from HEAB, and the school boards or governing bodies of high schools with even larger enrollment sizes may designate multiple seniors to receive the scholarship relief.
Under this bill, the school board or governing body of a high school with enrollment of at least one pupil but less than 500 pupils may designate one senior to receive the scholarship with no nomination process or designation from HEAB. The bill also clarifies that a senior eligible to receive the scholarship relief does not include a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB210,1
1
Section
1
.
39.41 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB210,2,7
2
39.41
(1)
(bm) “Senior” means a pupil enrolled in the 12th grade in a public or
3
private high school, a tribal school, the school operated by the Wisconsin
4
Educational Services Program for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, or the school
5
operated by the Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
“Senior”
6
does not include a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program, as
7
defined in s.115.001 (3g).
AB210,2
8
Section
2
.
39.41 (1m) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB210,2,11
9
39.41
(1m)
(a) 1. For each high school with an enrollment of at least
80 pupils
10
one pupil
but less than 500 pupils, designate the senior with the highest grade
11
point average in all subjects as a scholar.
AB210,3
12
Section
3
.
39.41 (1m) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB210,4
13
Section
4
.
39.41 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
AB210,5
14
Section
5
.
39.41 (1m) (c) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB210,3,2
15
39.41
(1m)
(c) 4. For each public, private, or tribal high school with an
16
enrollment of at least
80 pupils,
one pupil,
notify the school board of the school
1
district operating the public high school or the governing body of the private or
2
tribal high school of the number of scholars to be designated under par. (a).
AB210,6
3
Section
6
.
39.41 (1m) (c) 5. of the statutes is repealed.
AB210,7
4
Section
7
.
39.41 (1m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB210,3,24
5
39.41
(1m)
(d) By February 25 of each school year, if 2 or more seniors from
6
the same high school of at least
80 pupils
one pupil
have the same grade point
7
average and, except for the limitation on the number of designated scholars, are
8
otherwise eligible for designation under par. (a), the faculty of the high school shall
9
select the applicable number of seniors for designation under par. (a) as scholars
10
and shall certify, in order of priority, any remaining seniors with the same grade
11
point average as alternates for the scholars or, if there is no remaining senior with
12
the same grade point average, any remaining seniors with the next highest grade
13
point average, but not less than 3.800 or the equivalent, as alternates for the
14
scholars. If a senior from that high school designated as a scholar under par. (a)
15
does not qualify for a higher education scholarship under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), an
16
alternate for the scholar with the same grade point average as any senior from that
17
high school designated as a scholar under par. (a) shall be eligible for a higher
18
education scholarship as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship
19
may be awarded by the board. If an alternate with the same grade point average as
20
a scholar under par. (a) does not qualify for a higher education scholarship under
21
sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a), an alternate with the next highest grade point average, but not
22
less than 3.800 or the equivalent, shall be eligible for a higher education scholarship
23
as a scholar under sub. (2) (a) or (3) (a) until the scholarship may be awarded by the
24
board.
AB210,8
1
Section
8
.
39.41 (1m) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
AB210,9
2
Section
9
.
39.41 (1m) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB210,4,11
3
39.41
(1m)
(g) Notwithstanding par. (a), if a high school of at least
80 pupils
4
one pupil
closes or merges in the 1991-92 school year or in any school year
5
thereafter, the school board of the school district operating the high school or the
6
governing body of the private or tribal high school shall, subject to par. (d), for each
7
of the 2 school years following the closure or merger, designate the same number of
8
scholars from among the pupils enrolled in the high school at the time of closure or
9
merger as the number of scholars designated for that high school in the school year
10
the high school closed or merged. Any seniors designated under this paragraph
11
shall be eligible for an original scholarship under this section.
AB210,10
12
Section
10
.
39.41 (1m) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB210,4,23
13
39.41
(1m)
(h) Notwithstanding par. (a), if a public high school of at least
80
14
pupils
one pupil
closed following the 1989-90 school year and a pupil from the closed
15
high school was designated a scholar under this section for either of the 2 school
16
years following the closure by the school board of a school district operating a high
17
school that enrolled pupils from the closed high school, such school board shall
18
designate the senior with the next highest grade point average for that school year
19
as a scholar. Any scholar designated under this paragraph shall be eligible for a
20
higher education scholarship under sub. (2) (b) or (3) (b) as determined under par.
21
(a), notwithstanding that the scholar did not receive a higher education scholarship
22
for the academic year immediately following the school year in which the pupil from
23
the closed high school was designated a scholar under this section.
AB210,11
24
Section
11
.
39.41 (1m) (j) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB210,5,6
1
39.41
(1m)
(j) In the event that 2 or more seniors from the same high school of
2
at least
80 pupils
one pupil
have the same grade point average and are otherwise
3
eligible for designation under par. (a), the school board of the school district
4
operating the high school or the governing body of the private or tribal high school
5
shall make the designation of the faculty of the high school for purposes of par. (d) or
6
(i).
AB210,12
7
Section
12
.
39.41 (1m) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB210,5,13
8
39.41
(1m)
(m) Notwithstanding pars.
(a), (b)
(a)
and (d), if a high school
9
ranks its seniors on the basis of grades in academic subjects, the school board of the
10
school district operating the high school or the governing body of the private high
11
school
or, for purposes of par. (d), the faculty of the high school
may request a waiver
12
from the executive secretary in order to fulfill its requirements under par.
(a), (b)
(a)
13
or (d) on the basis of grade point averages in academic subjects.
AB210,13
14
Section
13
.
39.41 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
AB210,5,15
15
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