321.40 Educational benefits.
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321.40 Educational benefits.
(1)Definitions. In this section:
(a)“Full-time study” means a credit load of 12 or more academic credits in an academic term.
(b)“Guard member” means any person who is a member of the national guard.
(c)“Qualifying school” means any of the following:
1. The extension division and any campus of the University of Wisconsin System.
2. A public institution of higher education under the Minnesota-University of Wisconsin System student reciprocity agreement under s. 36.27
(2r)or a public vocational school under the Minnesota-Wisconsin public vocational school reciprocity agreement under s. 39.47 .
3. A public institution of higher education under an interstate agreement under s. 39.42 .
4. Except as provided in subds. 2. and 3. , an accredited institution of higher education located in this state, as defined in 20 USC 1002 .
5. Any technical college established under ch. 38 .
(d)“Tuition grant” means any tuition cost payment made by the department under sub.
(3).
(2)Eligible guard member. Eligibility for a tuition grant under this section is limited to a guard member who is not:
(a)An officer.
(b)An individual with a baccalaureate degree or its equivalent.
(c)Failing to meet the national guard duty eligibility criteria established by the department or absent without leave for more than 9 unit training assemblies.
(d)Delinquent in child support or maintenance payments and who does not owe past support, medical expenses or birth expenses, as established by the appearance of the guard member’s name on the statewide support lien docket under s. 49.854
(b), unless the guard member provides to the department 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
(a).
(e)Failing to achieve satisfactory academic progress in a qualifying school when the tuition grant is applied for.