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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 591
October 24, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Billings
,
Sinicki
,
Palmeri
,
Ortiz-Velez
,
DeSmidt
,
Tenorio
,
Arney
,
Miresse
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Goodwin
,
Subeck
,
Stubbs
,
Joers
,
Fitzgerald
,
Roe
,
Sheehan
,
Bare
,
Snodgrass
,
Stroud
,
Johnson
,
Andraca
and
Tucker
, cosponsored by Senators
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Pfaff
,
Roys
,
Ratcliff
,
Spreitzer
,
Wirch
,
Hesselbein
,
Smith
,
Carpenter
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Keyeski
,
Larson
,
Drake
and
L. Johnson
. Referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities.
AB591,1,7
1
An Act
to repeal
36.27 (3n) (bm) 2., 36.27 (3p) (bm) 2., 38.24 (7) (bm) 2., 38.24
2
(8) (bm) 2. and 39.50 (3m);
to renumber
36.27 (3n) (bm) 1., 38.24 (7) (bm) 1.
3
and 38.24 (8) (bm) 1.;
to amend
20.235 (1) (fz), 36.27 (3n) (c), 36.27 (3p) (c),
4
38.24 (7) (c), 38.24 (8) (c), 39.50 (1), 39.50 (2) and 39.50 (4) of the statutes;
5
relating to:
remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in
6
the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an
7
appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, eligible veterans and their eligible dependents may receive full tuition and fee remission from UW System institutions and technical college districts, minus tuition relief offsets under other state or federal programs, for up to 128 credits or eight semesters, whichever is longer. This tuition remission program is commonly referred to as the Wisconsin GI Bill. Also under current law, a sum certain of general program revenue is appropriated to the Higher Educational Aids Board to reimburse the Board of Regents and technical college district boards for the amount of tuition and fees remitted under the program. HEAB is required to prorate the reimbursements if the moneys appropriated are not sufficient to fully reimburse the Board of Regents and each district board.
This bill converts the sum certain appropriation supporting this veteran tuition remission program into a sum sufficient appropriation and repeals provisions of law that refer to insufficient funds available in the sum certain appropriation. The bill first applies to eligible students enrolled in the fall 2026 semester.
For further information see the state and local 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:
AB591,1
1
Section
1
.
20.235 (1) (fz) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB591,2,7
2
20.235
(1)
(fz)
Remission of fees and reimbursement for veterans and
3
dependents.
Biennially, the amounts in the schedule
A sum sufficient
to reimburse
4
the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college
5
district boards under s. 39.50 for fee remissions made under ss. 36.27 (3n) (b) or (3p)
6
(b) and 38.24 (7) (b) or (8) (b) and to reimburse veterans and dependents as provided
7
in ss. 36.27 (3n) (bm) or (3p) (bm) and 38.24 (7) (bm) or (8) (bm).
AB591,2
8
Section
2
.
36.27 (3n) (bm) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 36.27 (3n) (bm).
AB591,3
9
Section
3
.
36.27 (3n) (bm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB591,4
10
Section
4
.
36.27 (3n) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB591,2,13
11
36.27
(3n)
(c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of
12
regents for all academic fees and segregated fees remitted under par. (b) as provided
13
in s. 39.50 (1)
and (3m)
.
AB591,5
14
Section
5
.
36.27 (3p) (bm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB591,6
15
Section
6
.
36.27 (3p) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB591,3,2
16
36.27
(3p)
(c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the board of
1
regents for all nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees remitted
2
under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (1)
and (3m)
.
AB591,7
3
Section
7
.
38.24 (7) (bm) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 38.24 (7) (bm).
AB591,8
4
Section
8
.
38.24 (7) (bm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB591,9
5
Section
9
.
38.24 (7) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB591,3,7
6
38.24
(7)
(c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the district
7
board for all fees remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (2)
and (3m)
.
AB591,10
8
Section
10
.
38.24 (8) (bm) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 38.24 (8) (bm).
AB591,11
9
Section
11
.
38.24 (8) (bm) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
AB591,12
10
Section
12
.
38.24 (8) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB591,3,12
11
38.24
(8)
(c) The higher educational aids board shall reimburse the district
12
board for all fees remitted under par. (b) as provided in s. 39.50 (2)
and (3m)
.
AB591,13
13
Section
13
.
39.50 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB591,4,2
14
39.50
(1)
University of Wisconsin System.
At the end of each semester, the
15
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall certify to the board
16
the number of students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System to whom any
17
fees or nonresident tuition has been remitted under s. 36.27 (3n) or (3p), the
18
number of credits for which those fees or that nonresident tuition has been
19
remitted, and the amount of fees and nonresident tuition remitted.
Subject to sub.
20
(3m), if
If
the board approves the information certified under this subsection, the
21
board, from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fz), shall reimburse the
22
board of regents for the full amount of fees and nonresident tuition remitted. The
23
board of regents shall credit any amounts received under this subsection to the
1
appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (k) and shall expend those amounts received for
2
degree credit instruction.
AB591,14
3
Section
14
.
39.50 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB591,4,11
4
39.50
(2)
Technical colleges.
At the end of each semester, each technical
5
college district board shall certify to the board the number of students enrolled in
6
the technical college governed by the district board to whom any fees have been
7
remitted under s. 38.24 (7) or (8), the number of credits for which those fees have
8
been remitted, and the amount of those fees remitted.
Subject to sub. (3m), if
If
the
9
board approves the information certified under this subsection, the board, from the
10
appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fz), shall reimburse the district board for
11
the full amount of fees remitted.
AB591,15
12
Section
15
.
39.50 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
AB591,16
13
Section
16
.
39.50 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB591,5,6
14
39.50
(4)
Reimbursement of veterans and dependents; prorated
15
reimbursement.
In each fiscal year, the higher educational aids board shall
16
determine the total amount of reimbursement due to students under ss. 36.27 (3n)
17
(bm)
1.
and (3p) (bm)
1.
and 38.24 (7) (bm)
1.
and (8) (bm)
1. If
and, from
the moneys
18
appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fz)
are not sufficient to provide full
19
reimbursement to those students, the higher educational aids board shall prorate
20
the reimbursement paid to those students under ss. 36.27 (3n) (bm) 1. and (3p) (bm)
21
1. and 38.24 (7) (bm) 1. and (8) (bm) 1. in the proportion that the moneys available
22
bears to the total amount eligible for reimbursement under ss. 36.27 (3n) (bm) 1.
23
and (3p) (bm) 1. and 38.24 (7) (bm) 1. and (8) (bm) 1. If the higher educational aids
24
board prorates reimbursement under this subsection, the Board of Regents shall
1
reimburse a student who is eligible for reimbursement under s. 36.27 (3n) (bm) 1. or
2
(3p) (bm) 1., and the appropriate technical college district board
,
shall reimburse a
3
student who is eligible for
the
reimbursement
under s. 38.24 (7) (bm) 1. or (8) (bm)
4
1.,
in an amount that is equal to
the difference between
the amount of
5
reimbursement for which the student is eligible
and the amount of reimbursement
6
paid by the higher educational aids board
.
AB591,17
7
Section
17
. Initial applicability.
AB591,5,10
8
(
1
)
This act first applies to an eligible student enrolled in a Technical College
9
System technical college or University of Wisconsin System institution in the fall
10
2026 semester.
AB591,5,11
11
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