AB40,582,118 39.435 (7) (a) 1. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated
9under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14, "base amount" means the
10amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year
112010-11 2012-13.
AB40, s. 1120 12Section 1120. 39.435 (7) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,582,1613 39.435 (7) (a) 2. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated
14under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2011-12 2013-14, "base
15amount" means the appropriation amount calculated under par. (b) for the previous
16fiscal year.
AB40, s. 1121 17Section 1121. 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,582,2018 39.435 (7) (b) (intro.) Biennially, beginning on February 1, 2011 2013, the board
19shall calculate the amounts to be appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fe) for the next
20biennium as follows:
AB40, s. 1122 21Section 1122. 39.435 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,583,222 39.435 (7) (b) 1. The board shall determine the percentage by which the
23undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the next academic year at the
24University of Wisconsin-Madison and at
each institution within the University of

1Wisconsin System, as estimated by the board, will increase or decrease from the
2undergraduate academic fees charged for the current academic year.
AB40, s. 1123 3Section 1123. 39.435 (7) (b) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,583,94 39.435 (7) (b) 1m. The board shall determine the percentage by which the
5undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the academic year after the
6next academic year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at each institution
7within the University of Wisconsin System, as estimated by the board, will increase
8or decrease from the estimated undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for
9the next academic year.
AB40, s. 1124 10Section 1124. 39.435 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,583,1311 39.435 (8) The board shall award grants under this section to University of
12Wisconsin-Madison and
University of Wisconsin System students from the
13appropriation under s. 20.235 (1) (fe).
AB40, s. 1125 14Section 1125. 39.437 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,583,1915 39.437 (1) Establishment of grant program. There is established, to be
16administered by the board, with the assistance of the office of the Wisconsin
17Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration as provided in
18subs. (2) (a) 2., (4), and (5),
a Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program to provide grants
19to students who meet the eligibility criteria specified in sub. (2).
AB40, s. 1126 20Section 1126. 39.437 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,583,2321 39.437 (2) (a) 2. The student has been designated as a Wisconsin covenant
22scholar by the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department
23of administration
board.
AB40, s. 1127 24Section 1127. 39.437 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,584,17
139.437 (4) (a) By February 1 of each year, the Board of Trustees of the
2University of Wisconsin-Madison shall provide to the board information relating to
3the resident undergraduate academic fees charged to attend that university for the
4current academic year,
the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
5shall provide to the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the
6department of administration
board information relating to the resident
7undergraduate academic fees charged to attend each of the institutions within that
8system for the current academic year, the technical college system board shall
9provide to that office the board information relating to the fees under s. 38.24 (1m)
10(a) to (c) charged to attend each of the technical colleges within that system for the
11current academic year, each tribally controlled college in this state shall provide to
12that office the board information relating to the tuition and fees charged to attend
13the tribal college for the current academic year, and the Wisconsin Association of
14Independent Colleges and Universities or a successor organization shall provide to
15that office the board information relating to tuition and fees charged to attend each
16of the private, nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in this state for
17the current academic year.
AB40, s. 1128 18Section 1128. 39.437 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,585,419 39.437 (4) (b) By April 1 of each year, the office of the Wisconsin Covenant
20Scholars Program in the department of administration
board shall determine the
21average of the resident undergraduate academic fees charged for the current
22academic year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
the average of the resident
23undergraduate academic fees charged for the current academic year among the
24institutions within the University of Wisconsin System, the average of the fees under
25s. 38.24 (1m) (a) to (c) charged for the current academic year among the technical

1colleges in this state, the average of the tuition and fees charged for the current
2academic year among the tribally controlled colleges in this state, and the average
3of the tuition and fees charged for the current academic year among the private,
4nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in this state.
AB40, s. 1129 5Section 1129. 39.437 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,585,106 39.437 (4) (c) To the extent permitted under 20 USC 1232g and 34 CFR part
799, the department of public instruction shall provide pupil information to the office
8of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration

9board as necessary for that office to fulfill its role in the administration of the grant
10program under this section.
AB40, s. 1130 11Section 1130. 39.437 (5) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,585,1312 39.437 (5) Rules. (intro.) The department of administration board shall
13promulgate rules to implement this section, including all of the following:
AB40, s. 1131 14Section 1131. 39.437 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,585,1615 39.437 (5) (c) Any other rules the department of administration board
16considers necessary to assure the uniform administration of this section.
AB40, s. 1132 17Section 1132. 39.437 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,585,2118 39.437 (6) Sunset. No student may enroll in the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars
19Program after September 30, 2011. After that date, the board may designate a
20student as a Wisconsin covenant scholar under sub. (2) (a) 2. only if the student
21enrolled in the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program by that date.
AB40, s. 1133 22Section 1133. 39.44 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,585,2323 39.44 (1) (a) 3. Is a Hispanic, as defined in s. 560.036 490.04 (1) (d).
AB40, s. 1134 24Section 1134. 39.50 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,586,9
139.50 (1m) University of Wisconsin-Madison. At the end of each semester,
2the Board of Trustees of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shall certify to the
3board the number of students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin-Madison to
4whom any fees or nonresident tuition has been remitted under s. 37.27 (3n) or (3p),
5the number of credits for which those fees or that nonresident tuition has been
6remitted, and the amount of fees and nonresident tuition remitted. Subject to sub.
7(3m), if the board approves the information certified under this subsection, the
8board, from the appropriation account under s. 20.235 (1) (fz), shall reimburse the
9board of trustees for the full amount of fees and nonresident tuition remitted.
AB40, s. 1135 10Section 1135. 39.50 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,586,2111 39.50 (3m) Remission of fees; prorated reimbursement. In June of each fiscal
12year, the board shall determine the total amount of fees and nonresident tuition
13remitted by the board of regents Board of Regents and the Board of Trustees that are
14eligible for reimbursement under sub. subs. (1) and (1m) and fees remitted by the
15district boards that are eligible for reimbursement under sub. (2). If the moneys
16appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fz) are not sufficient to reimburse the board of
17regents
Board of Regents and the Board of Trustees for the full amount of those fees
18and that nonresident tuition and each district board for the full amount of those fees,
19the board shall prorate the reimbursement paid under subs. (1), (1m), and (2) in the
20proportion that the moneys available bears to the total amount eligible for
21reimbursement under subs. (1), (1m), and (2).
AB40, s. 1136 22Section 1136. 39.50 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,587,1623 39.50 (4) Reimbursement of veterans and dependents; prorated
24reimbursement.
In each fiscal year, the higher educational aids board shall
25determine the total amount of reimbursement due to students under ss. 36.27 (3n)

1(bm) 1. and (3p) (bm) 1., 37.27 (3n) (bm) 1. and (3p) (bm) 1., and 38.24 (7) (bm) 1. and
2(8) (bm) 1. If the moneys appropriated under s. 20.235 (1) (fz) are not sufficient to
3provide full reimbursement to those students, the higher educational aids board
4shall prorate the reimbursement paid to those students under ss. 36.27 (3n) (bm) 1.
5and (3p) (bm) 1., 37.27 (3n) (bm) 1. and (3p) (bm) 1., and 38.24 (7) (bm) 1. and (8) (bm)
61. in the proportion that the moneys available bears to the total amount eligible for
7reimbursement under ss. 36.27 (3n) (bm) 1. and (3p) (bm) 1., 37.27 (3n) (bm) 1. and
8(3p) (bm) 1.,
and 38.24 (7) (bm) 1. and (8) (bm) 1. If the higher educational aids board
9prorates reimbursement under this subsection, the Board of Regents shall reimburse
10a student who is eligible for reimbursement under s. 36.27 (3n) (bm) 1. or (3p) (bm)
111., the Board of Trustees shall reimburse a student who is eligible for reimbursement
12under s. 37.27 (3n) (bm) 1. or (3p) (bm) 1.,
and the appropriate technical college
13district board shall reimburse a student who is eligible for reimbursement under s.
1438.24 (7) (bm) 1. or (8) (bm) 1., in an amount that is equal to the difference between
15the amount of reimbursement for which the student is eligible and the amount of
16reimbursement paid by the higher educational aids board.
AB40, s. 1137 17Section 1137. 40.02 (22) (em) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,588,218 40.02 (22) (em) For Wisconsin retirement system purposes only, for a member
19of the a faculty, as defined in s. 36.05 (8) or 37.01 (6), of a university who is on
20sabbatical leave under s. 36.11 (17) or 37.11 (17), means the compensation that would
21have been payable to the participant, at the participant's rate of pay immediately
22prior to beginning the sabbatical leave, for service that would have been rendered at
23the university during the period of the sabbatical leave if the participant had
24continued to render services for the participant's employer during that period.

1Contributions and premiums on earnings considered to be received under this
2paragraph shall be paid as required under s. 40.05.
AB40, s. 1138 3Section 1138. 40.02 (25) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,588,74 40.02 (25) (b) 2. Any person employed as a graduate assistant and other
5employees-in-training as are designated by the board of regents Board of Regents
6or Board of Trustees
of the university, who are employed on at least a one-third
7full-time basis.
AB40, s. 1139 8Section 1139. 40.02 (25) (b) 2c. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,588,99 40.02 (25) (b) 2c. A state employee described in s. 49.825 (4) or 49.826 (4).
AB40, s. 1140 10Section 1140. 40.02 (48) (am) 22. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,588,1211 40.02 (48) (am) 22. A person employed under s. 60.553 (1), 61.66 (1), or 62.13
12(2e) (a)
.
AB40, s. 1141 13Section 1141. 40.02 (48) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,589,214 40.02 (48) (c) In s. 40.65, "protective occupation participant" means a
15participating employee who is a police officer, fire fighter, an individual determined
16by a participating employer under par. (a) or (bm) to be a protective occupation
17participant, county undersheriff, deputy sheriff, state probation and parole officer,
18county traffic police officer, conservation warden, state forest ranger, field
19conservation employee of the department of natural resources who is subject to call
20for forest fire control or warden duty, member of the state traffic patrol, state motor
21vehicle inspector, University of Wisconsin Wisconsin–Madison or University of
22Wisconsin
System full-time police officer, guard or any other employee whose
23principal duties are supervision and discipline of inmates at a state penal institution,
24excise tax investigator employed by the department of revenue, person employed

1under s. 60.553 (1), 61.66 (1), or 62.13 (2e) (a), or special criminal investigation agent
2employed by the department of justice.
AB40, s. 1142 3Section 1142. 40.02 (54) (hm) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,589,44 40.02 (54) (hm) The University of Wisconsin-Madison.
AB40, s. 1143 5Section 1143. 40.02 (57) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,589,76 40.02 (57) "University" means the University of Wisconsin System under ch.
736 or the University of Wisconsin-Madison under ch. 37.
AB40, s. 1144 8Section 1144. 40.03 (6) (h) (intro.) and 2. of the statutes are consolidated,
9renumbered 40.03 (6) (h) and amended to read:
AB40,589,1310 40.03 (6) (h) Shall, on behalf of the state, offer as provided in s. 40.55 long-term
11care insurance policies, subject to the following conditions: 2. For purposes of this
12section, the offering by the state of long-term health insurance policies shall
13constitute a group insurance plan under par. (a) 1.
AB40, s. 1145 14Section 1145. 40.03 (6) (h) 1. of the statutes is repealed.
AB40, s. 1146 15Section 1146. 40.05 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,590,2316 40.05 (4) (b) Except as provided under pars. (bc) and (bp), accumulated unused
17sick leave under ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 37.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), and 757.02
18(5) and subch. I, V, or VI of ch. 111 of any eligible employee shall, at the time of death,
19upon qualifying for an immediate annuity or for a lump sum payment under s. 40.25
20(1) or upon termination of creditable service and qualifying as an eligible employee
21under s. 40.02 (25) (b) 6. or 10., be converted, at the employee's highest basic pay rate
22he or she received while employed by the state, to credits for payment of health
23insurance premiums on behalf of the employee or the employee's surviving insured
24dependents. Any supplemental compensation that is paid to a state employee who
25is classified under the state classified civil service as a teacher, teacher supervisor,

1or education director for the employee's completion of educational courses that have
2been approved by the employee's employer is considered as part of the employee's
3basic pay for purposes of this paragraph. The full premium for any eligible employee
4who is insured at the time of retirement, or for the surviving insured dependents of
5an eligible employee who is deceased, shall be deducted from the credits until the
6credits are exhausted and paid from the account under s. 40.04 (10), and then
7deducted from annuity payments, if the annuity is sufficient. The department shall
8provide for the direct payment of premiums by the insured to the insurer if the
9premium to be withheld exceeds the annuity payment. Upon conversion of an
10employee's unused sick leave to credits under this paragraph or par. (bf), the
11employee or, if the employee is deceased, the employee's surviving insured
12dependents may initiate deductions from those credits or may elect to delay
13initiation of deductions from those credits, but only if the employee or surviving
14insured dependents are covered by a comparable health insurance plan or policy
15during the period beginning on the date of the conversion and ending on the date on
16which the employee or surviving insured dependents later elect to initiate
17deductions from those credits. If an employee or an employee's surviving insured
18dependents elect to delay initiation of deductions from those credits, an employee or
19the employee's surviving insured dependents may only later elect to initiate
20deductions from those credits during the annual enrollment period under par. (be).
21A health insurance plan or policy is considered comparable if it provides hospital and
22medical benefits that are substantially equivalent to the standard health insurance
23plan established under s. 40.52 (1).
AB40, s. 1147 24Section 1147. 40.05 (4) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,591,14
140.05 (4) (bm) Except as provided under par. (bp), accumulated unused sick
2leave under ss. 36.30, 37.30, and 230.35 (2) or, 233.10, or 238.04 (8) of any eligible
3employee shall, upon request of the employee at the time the employee is subject to
4layoff under s. 40.02 (40), be converted at the employee's highest basic pay rate he
5or she received while employed by the state to credits for payment of health
6insurance premiums on behalf of the employee. Any supplemental compensation
7that is paid to a state employee who is classified under the state classified civil
8service as a teacher, teacher supervisor or education director for the employee's
9completion of educational courses that have been approved by the employee's
10employer is considered as part of the employee's basic pay for purposes of this
11paragraph. The full amount of the required employee contribution for any eligible
12employee who is insured at the time of the layoff shall be deducted from the credits
13until the credits are exhausted, the employee is reemployed, or 5 years have elapsed
14from the date of layoff, whichever occurs first.
AB40, s. 1148 15Section 1148. 40.05 (4) (bp) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,592,216 40.05 (4) (bp) 1. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3., for sick leave which
17accumulates beginning on August 1, 1987, conversion under par. (b) or (bm) of
18accumulated unused sick leave under s. 36.30 or 37.30 to credits for payment of
19health insurance premiums shall be limited to the annual amounts of sick leave
20specified in this subdivision. For faculty and academic staff personnel who are
21appointed to work 52 weeks per year, conversion is limited to 8.5 days of sick leave
22per year. For faculty and academic staff personnel who are appointed to work 39
23weeks per year, conversion is limited to 6.4 days of sick leave per year. For faculty
24and academic staff personnel not otherwise specified, conversion is limited to a

1number of days of sick leave per year to be determined by the secretary by rule, in
2proportion to the number of weeks per year appointed to work.
AB40, s. 1149 3Section 1149. 40.05 (4) (bp) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,592,134 40.05 (4) (bp) 2. The limits on conversion of accumulated unused sick leave
5which are specified under subd. 1. may be waived for nonteaching faculty who are
6appointed to work 52 weeks per year and nonteaching academic staff personnel if the
7secretary of administration determines that a sick leave accounting system
8comparable to the system used by the state for employees in the classified service is
9in effect at the University of Wisconsin-Madison or the institution, as defined in s.
1036.05 (9), and if the University of Wisconsin-Madison or the institution regularly
11reports on the operation of its sick leave accounting system to the board of regents
12Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System or the Board of Trustees of
13the University of Wisconsin-Madison
.
AB40, s. 1150 14Section 1150. 40.05 (4) (bp) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,592,1815 40.05 (4) (bp) 3. The limits on conversion of accumulated unused sick leave
16which are specified under subd. 1. may be waived for teaching faculty or teaching
17academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison or any institution, as defined
18in s. 36.05 (9), if the secretary of administration determines all of the following:
AB40,592,2219 a. That administrative procedures for the crediting and use of earned sick leave
20for teaching faculty and teaching academic staff on a standard comparable to a
21scheduled 40-hour work week are in operation at the University of
22Wisconsin-Madison or
institution.
AB40,592,2523 b. That a sick leave accounting system for teaching faculty and teaching
24academic staff comparable to the system used by state employees in the classified
25service is in effect at the University of Wisconsin-Madison or institution.
AB40,593,4
1c. That the University of Wisconsin-Madison or institution regularly reports
2on the operation of its sick leave accounting system to the board of regents Board of
3Regents
of the University of Wisconsin System or the Board of Trustees of the
4University of Wisconsin-Madison
.
AB40, s. 1151 5Section 1151. 40.05 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
AB40,593,86 40.05 (4) (e) The Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan Authority shall not be
7required to pay any contributions related to benefits authorized under pars. (b), (bc),
8(bm), and (bw) and subch. IX.
AB40, s. 1152 9Section 1152. 40.05 (5) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,593,1610 40.05 (5) (a) For teachers in the unclassified service of the state employed by
11the board of regents of the university Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin
12System or for teachers employed by the Board of Trustees of the University of
13Wisconsin-Madison
, no contribution if the teacher has less than one year of state
14creditable service and an amount equal to the gross premium for coverage subject to
15a 130-day waiting period if the teacher has one year or more of state creditable
16service.
AB40, s. 1153 17Section 1153. 40.05 (5) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,593,2018 40.05 (5) (b) 4. The accrual and crediting of sick leave shall be determined in
19accordance with ss. 13.121 (4), 36.30, 37.30, 230.35 (2), 233.10, 238.04 (8), and 757.02
20(5) and subch. I, V, or VI of ch. 111.
AB40, s. 1154 21Section 1154. 40.22 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,594,322 40.22 (2) (g) The employee is appointed by the university Board of Regents of
23the University of Wisconsin System
under s. 36.19, by the Board of Trustees of the
24University of Wisconsin-Madison under s. 37.19 (1),
or by the University of
25Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority, as a student assistant or employee in

1training or is appointed by a school or other education system in which the person
2is regularly enrolled as a student and is attending classes to perform services
3incidental to the person's course of study at that school or education system.
AB40, s. 1155 4Section 1155. 40.22 (2) (h) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,594,125 40.22 (2) (h) The employee is teaching while on leave from an educational
6institution not a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison or University of
7Wisconsin System, if the person is a visiting professor, visiting associate professor,
8visiting assistant professor or visiting lecturer at the university and if the
9employment at the university is all within 12 consecutive calendar months. If the
10employment at the university is continued beyond the 12-month period the person
11shall, at the start of the 13th consecutive calendar month of employment, come under
12the system for future service.
AB40, s. 1156 13Section 1156. 40.22 (2) (m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,594,2114 40.22 (2) (m) Notwithstanding sub. (3m), the employee was formerly employed
15by Milwaukee County, is a state employee described in s. 49.825 (4) , 2009 stats., or
16s. 49.826 (4), and elects to remain a covered employee under the retirement system
17established under chapter 201, laws of 1937, pursuant to s. 49.825 (4) (c), 2009 stats.,
18or s. 49.826 (4) (c). This paragraph shall not apply if the employee remains a state
19employee, but is no longer performing services for the Milwaukee County enrollment
20services unit under s. 49.825, 2009 stats., or the child care provider services unit
21under s. 49.826.
AB40, s. 1157 22Section 1157. 40.51 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,595,223 40.51 (8) Every health care coverage plan offered by the state under sub. (6)
24shall comply with ss. 631.89, 631.90, 631.93 (2), 631.95, 632.72 (2), 632.746 (1) to (8)

1and (10), 632.747, 632.748, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855,
2632.87 (3) to (6), 632.885, 632.89, 632.895 (5m) and (8) to (17) (16m), and 632.896.
AB40, s. 1158 3Section 1158. 40.51 (8m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB40,595,74 40.51 (8m) Every health care coverage plan offered by the group insurance
5board under sub. (7) shall comply with ss. 631.95, 632.746 (1) to (8) and (10), 632.747,
6632.748, 632.798, 632.83, 632.835, 632.85, 632.853, 632.855, 632.885, 632.89, and
7632.895 (11) to (17) (16m).
AB40, s. 1159 8Section 1159. 40.52 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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