Higher Education Bills

The following is a list of bills that were introduced in the legislature this past session relating to issues of higher education. To view the full bill histories and voting records for these and other bills, visit the Wisconsin Legislature Data page.

As with many bills that are introduced in the legislature, not all of them make it to a vote. Below you will find first the bills that were voted on, along with an indication as to whether or not they were passed, and then a list of proposals that were introduced but never reached a vote.

Voted On

AB559 relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for sales tax paid for the right to purchase season admission to athletic events sponsored by an institution of higher education. (Not passed).

SB168 relating to: eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships. (Not passed).

SB238 relating to: accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in UW System or technical college system. (Not passed).

SB254 relating to: allowing an individual income tax deduction for certain amounts contributed by a divorced or legally separated parent to his/her child's college savings account or college tuition and expenses program and limiting the deductions that may be claimed by a married person who files separately. (Not passed).

SB286 relating to: fee remissions for certain UW System and technical college students. (Not passed).

SB291 relating to: UW System tution gift certificate program. (Not passed).

SB353 relating to: collective bargaining process for UW System faculty and academic staff and making appropriations. (Not passed).

SB510 relating to: requiring the combined reporting of corporate income and franchise taxes; supplemental funding for renewable energy grant/loan program; Wisconsin higher education grants for technical college students... (Not passed).

SB516 relating to: providing financial aid at UW-La Crosse. (Not passed).

SB581 relating to: ratification of an agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Education Association Council for the 2007-2009 biennium, covering employees in professional education collective bargaining unit and authorized expenditure of funds. (Passed).

Introduced

AB252 relating to: maximum amount of Wisconsin Higher Education Grant.

AB389 relating to: maximum amount of academic excellence higher education scholarship.

AB439 relating to: technical college adult basic education programs, eligibility for Wisconsin higher education grants, granting rule-making authority.

AB658 relating to: eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships.

AB780 relating to: the method by which the amount to be appropriated for higher education grants, tuition grants and Lawton minority undergraduate grants are calculated and making appropriations.

AB883 relating to: requiring textbook publishers to provide certain information to instructors at institutions of higher education.

AB979 relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the state of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Education Association Counil for the 2007-2009 biennium, covering employees in the professional education collective bargaining unit.

SB100 relating to: eligibility for tuition fee remission for certain veterans and their spouses, surviving spouses and children.

SB313 relating to: an income and franchise tax credit for sales tax paid for the right to purchase season admission to athletic events sponsored by an institution of higher education.

SB333 relating to: increasing appropriations for nanoscience positions/equipment at UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stout and Chippewa Valley Technical College.

SB392 relating to: non-resident tuition exceptions.

SB450 relating to: the method by which the amount to be appropriated for higher education grants, tuition grants and Lawton minority undergraduate grants are calculated and making appropriations.

SB539 relating to: tuition fee remission for certain spouses of eligible veterans.