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2025 Senate Bill 652
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2025 WISCONSIN ACT
An Act
to repeal
36.34 (title) and (1) (title) and (a), 38.04 (8) (a), 38.26 (1), 39.15 (1) (c), 39.44 (1) (a) and 39.46 (2) (g);
to renumber and amend
36.34 (1) (b), 38.04 (8) (b), 39.26 and 39.44 (1) (b);
to amend
36.25 (14), 36.25 (14m) (title), 36.25 (14m) (a), 36.25 (14m) (b), 36.25 (14m) (c) 2., 38.04 (8) (title), 38.26 (title), 38.26 (2) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e), 38.27 (1) (a), 39.40 (title), 39.40 (2) (intro.), 39.40 (3) (b) 1. and 39.44 (3) (c);
to repeal and recreate
39.40 (1) and 39.44 (title);
to create
36.05 (6r), 38.01 (4m) and 39.26 (2) of the statutes;
relating to:
race-based higher education programs and requirements.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB652,1
Section
1
.
36.05 (6r) of the statutes is created to read:
36.05
(6r)
(a) Subject to par. (b), “disadvantaged,” with respect to a student, means having demonstrated social and economic disadvantage affirmatively based on the student’s own experiences and circumstances within American society and without regard to race or sex.
(b) To satisfy the requirement to be a disadvantaged student and ensure all determinations of disadvantage are not based in whole or in part on race or sex, a student shall do all of the following:
1. Provide a personal narrative that establishes the existence of disadvantage by a preponderance of the evidence based on individualized proof regarding specific instances of economic hardship, systemic barriers, and denied opportunities that impeded the student’s progress or success in education. The personal narrative must state how and to what extent the impediments caused the student economic harm, including a full description of type and magnitude, and must establish the student is economically disadvantaged in fact relative to similarly situated non-disadvantaged individuals.
2. Attach to the personal narrative under subd. 1. a current personal net worth statement and any other financial information the student considers relevant.
SB652,2
Section
2
.
36.25 (14) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.25
(14)
Graduate student financial aid.
The board shall establish a grant program for
minority and
disadvantaged graduate students enrolled in the system. The board shall give preference in awarding grants under this subsection to residents of this state. The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
SB652,3
Section
3
.
36.25 (14m) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.25
(14m)
(title)
Minority and disadvantaged
Disadvantaged student
programs.
SB652,4
Section
4
.
36.25 (14m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.25
(14m)
(a) The board shall fund programs for recruiting
minority and
disadvantaged students and for
minority and
disadvantaged students enrolled in the system.
SB652,5
Section
5
.
36.25 (14m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.25
(14m)
(b) By April 15, 1992, and annually thereafter, the board shall adopt a precollege, recruitment and retention plan for
minority and
disadvantaged students enrolled in the system.
SB652,6
Section
6
.
36.25 (14m) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
36.25
(14m)
(c) 2. All financial aid distributed to students, categorized by
ethnic group,
class level and dependency status. The report shall include information on financial need, percentage of need satisfied by loan, percentage of need satisfied by grant
,
and the percentage remaining unsatisfied.
SB652,7
Section
7
.
36.34 (title) and (1) (title) and (a) of the statutes are repealed.
SB652,8
Section
8
.
36.34 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 36.34 and amended to read:
36.34
Ben R. Lawton grant program.
The board shall establish a grant program for
minority undergraduates
disadvantaged undergraduate students
enrolled in the system. The board shall designate all grants under this
subsection
section
as Lawton grants. The board may not make a grant under this
subsection
section
to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under s. 49.858 (2) (a).
SB652,9
Section
9
.
38.01 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
38.01
(4m)
“Disadvantaged,” with respect to a student, has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (6r).
SB652,10
Section
10
.
38.04 (8) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.04
(8)
(title)
Minority
Disadvantaged
student participation and retention plan.
SB652,11
Section
11
.
38.04 (8) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB652,12
Section
12
.
38.04 (8) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 38.04 (8) and amended to read:
38.04
(8)
Annually by January 1, the board shall develop a plan to increase
minority group member
participation and retention in the technical college system
of disadvantaged students
. The plan shall specify each district board’s goals and objectives for
minority group member
participation and retention
of disadvantaged students
. The plan shall outline activities and programs that enhance
minority group member
participation and retention
of disadvantaged students
and shall review the progress made by the board and by district boards in the previous school year.
SB652,13
Section
13
.
38.26 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.26
(title)
Minority
Disadvantaged
student participation and retention grants.
SB652,14
Section
14
.
38.26 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB652,15
Section
15
.
38.26 (2) (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the statutes are amended to read:
38.26
(2)
(a) The creation or expansion of programs that provide counseling and tutoring services for
minority
disadvantaged
students.
(b) Programs that demonstrate innovative approaches to increasing
minority
disadvantaged
student placement and retention in technical education programs that have a high earning potential for their graduates.
(c) Providing internships to
minority
disadvantaged
students enrolled in programs that prepare their graduates for admission to a teacher education program at an institution within the University of Wisconsin System.
(d) Programs that combine basic skills and occupational training as a means of expediting basic skills remediation and increasing retention of
minority
disadvantaged
students.
(e) Programs that use community-based organizations to assist in the recruitment, training and retention of
minority
disadvantaged
students.
SB652,16
Section
16
.
38.27 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
38.27
(1)
(a) The creation or expansion of adult high school, adult basic education
,
and English as a 2nd language courses. The board shall give priority to courses serving students with disabilities or
minority,
unemployed
,
or disadvantaged students.
SB652,17
Section
17
.
39.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB652,18
Section
18
.
39.26 of the statutes is renumbered 39.26 (intro.) and amended to read:
39.26
Definition
Definitions
.
(intro.) In this subchapter
, “board”
:
(1)
“Board”
means the higher educational aids board.
SB652,19
Section
19
.
39.26 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
39.26
(2)
“Disadvantaged,” with respect to a student, has the meaning given in s. 36.05 (6r).
SB652,20
Section
20
.
39.40 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.40
(title)
Minority teacher
Teacher
loan program
for disadvantaged students
.
SB652,21
Section
21
.
39.40 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
39.40
(1)
In this section, “economically disadvantaged pupil” has the meaning given in s. 115.43 (1).
SB652,22
Section
22
.
39.40 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
39.40
(2)
(intro.) The board shall establish a loan program for
minority
disadvantaged
students who meet all of the following requirements:
SB652,23
Section
23
.
39.40 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
39.40
(3)
(b) 1. The recipient is employed as provided in subd. 1m. by a public or private elementary or secondary school, or by a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m), located in a school district in this state in which
minority students
economically disadvantaged pupils
constitute at least
40
60
percent of the membership, as defined in s. 121.004 (5).
SB652,24
Section
24
.
39.44 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
39.44
(title)
Grants for disadvantaged undergraduate students.
SB652,25
Section
25
.
39.44 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB652,26
Section
26
.
39.44 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 39.44 (1) and amended to read:
39.44
(1)
There is established, to be administered by the board,
the minority undergraduate retention
a
grant program for
minority undergraduates
the retention of disadvantaged undergraduate students
enrolled in private, nonprofit higher educational institutions in this state or in technical colleges in this state.
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