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36.34

36.34 Minority student programs.

36.34(1)

(1) Ben R. Lawton minority undergraduate grant program.

36.34(1)(a)

(a) In this subsection "minority undergraduate" means an undergraduate student who:

36.34(1)(a)1.

1. Is a Black American.

36.34(1)(a)2.

2. Is an American Indian.

36.34(1)(a)3.

3. Is a Hispanic, as defined in s. 560.036 (1) (d).

36.34(1)(a)4.

4. Is a person who is admitted to the United States after December 31, 1975, and who either is a former citizen of Laos, Vietnam or Cambodia or whose ancestor was or is a citizen of Laos, Vietnam or Cambodia.

36.34(1)(b)

(b) The board shall establish a grant program for minority undergraduates enrolled in the system. The board shall designate all grants under this subsection as Lawton grants. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriation under s. 20.285 (4) (dd). 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).

36.34(1)(c)

(c)

36.34(1)(c)1.

1. In this paragraph:

36.34(1)(c)1.a.

a. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for fiscal year 2011-12, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2010-11.

36.34(1)(c)1.b.

b. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2011-12, "base amount" means the appropriation determined under subd. 2. for the previous fiscal year.

36.34(1)(c)2.

2. Beginning in 2011, biennially, by February 1, the board shall calculate the amounts to be appropriated under s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for the next biennium as follows:

36.34(1)(c)2.a.

a. The board shall determine the percentage by which the undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the next academic year at each institution within the University of Wisconsin System, as estimated by the board, will increase or decrease from the undergraduate academic fees charged for the current academic year.

36.34(1)(c)2.am.

am. The board shall determine the percentage by which the undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the academic year after the next academic year at each institution within the University of Wisconsin System, as estimated by the board, will increase or decrease from the estimated undergraduate fees that will be charged for the next academic year.

36.34(1)(c)2.b.

b. The appropriation for the first fiscal year of the next biennium shall be the result obtained by increasing, to the nearest $100, the base amount by the average of the percentage increases determined under subd. 2. a., except that, if the undergraduate academic fees for the next academic year are estimated to decrease or not change from the undergraduate academic fees charged for the current academic year at each institution specified in subd. 2. a., the appropriation shall be the base amount.

36.34(1)(c)2.bm.

bm. The appropriation for the 2nd fiscal year of the next biennium shall be the result obtained by increasing, to the nearest $100, the base amount by the average of the percentage increases determined under subd. 2. am., except that, if the undergraduate academic fees for the academic year after the next academic year are estimated to decrease or not change from the estimated undergraduate academic fees charged for the next academic year at each institution specified under subd. 2. am., the appropriation shall be the base amount.

36.34 - ANNOT.

History: 1985 a. 29; 1987 a. 27 ss. 666g, 666i, 670 to 673, 675; 1989 a. 31; 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 16; 1995 a. 404; 1999 a. 9; 2001 a. 109; 2003 a. 33; 2005 a. 25, 254; 2009 a. 28.