39.48 Armed forces. If a student who is a member of a national guard or a member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces withdraws from a private nonprofit college or university located in this state, or from a school approved by the department of safety and professional services under s. 440.52 or the educational approval board under s. 38.50, 2015 stats., or authorized by the distance learning authorization board under s. 39.86, after September 11, 2001, because he or she is called into state active duty or into active service with the U.S. armed forces, the college, university, or school shall do all of the following:
(1) Reenroll the student beginning in the semester in which he or she is discharged, demobilized, or deactivated from active duty or the next succeeding semester, whichever the student prefers.
(1m) Give the student the same priority in registering for courses that the student would have had if he or she had registered for courses at the beginning of the registration period.
(2m) At the student's request, do one of the following for all courses from which the student had to withdraw:
(a) Reimburse the student all tuition and fees paid for all the courses and a prorated portion of room and board payments.
(b) Grant the student an incomplete in all of the courses from which the student had to withdraw and permit the student to complete the courses, within 6 months after leaving state service or active service, without paying additional tuition or fees.
(3) Ensure that the student is provided a reasonable opportunity to complete final projects and final examinations for all courses in which the scheduled end date of the course is not more than 30 days after the date of the order calling the student into active duty or service unless such an accommodation cannot be reasonably made.
History: 2001 a. 22; 2003 a. 69; 2005 a. 324, 470; 2019 a. 75.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 39 - Higher educational agencies and education compacts.
39.11 - Educational communications board; duties.
39.115 - Educational communications board; powers.
39.14 - Affiliation agreement.
39.15 - Aid for medical education.
39.155 - Medical College of Wisconsin; state aid policies.
39.16 - Medical education review committee.
39.285 - Board review of proposed formulae.
39.30 - Wisconsin grants; private, nonprofit college students.
39.31 - Determination of student costs.
39.325 - Wisconsin health education loan program.
39.33 - Guaranteed student loan program.
39.34 - Medical student loan program.
39.35 - Repayment of scholarships for teachers in educationally disadvantaged areas.
39.36 - Repayment of stipends for teachers of the impaired.
39.374 - Wisconsin health education loan program funding.
39.38 - Indian student assistance.
39.382 - Tribal college payments.
39.385 - Primary care and psychiatry shortage grant program.
39.39 - Nursing student stipend loans.
39.393 - Nursing student loan program.
39.397 - School leadership loan program.
39.398 - Teachers and orientation and mobility instructors of visually impaired pupils loan program.
39.399 - Teacher loan program.
39.40 - Minority teacher loan program.
39.41 - Academic excellence higher education scholarships.
39.415 - Technical excellence higher education scholarships.
39.42 - Interstate agreements.
39.435 - Wisconsin grants and talent incentive grants.
39.437 - Wisconsin covenant scholars grants.
39.44 - Minority undergraduate grants.
39.45 - Independent student grants.
39.46 - Contract for dental education.
39.47 - Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement.
39.49 - Private institution grants for veterans and dependents.
39.50 - Remission of fees for veterans and dependents.
39.51 - Dual enrollment credential grants.
39.53 - Information for students relating to higher education costs.
39.54 - Information on student identification cards.
39.75 - Compact for education.
39.76 - Compact commission delegation.
39.80 - Midwestern higher education compact.