Happy Dairy Month! June is a special time to discover, taste and celebrate the living legacy of Wisconsin dairy. It is also a time to celebrate the dedicated dairy farmers who make a major impact in their communities, from supporting more than 157,000 jobs and contributing more than $45.6 billion to Wisconsin’s economy, to creating nutrient-rich dairy products and caring for land that will be passed on to future generations.
Appleton Flag Day Parade Tomorrow!
The Appleton Flag Day Parade is tomorrow, June 10th! Click on the image above to learn more.
I’ll see you in the parade!
Colleges & Universities Committee Meeting
This week the Colleges and Universities Committee, which I chair, met and held a public hearing on a number of bills. Here are the bills we heard and a brief summary of each one.
Assembly Bill 12: Currently, qualifying veterans and their spouses are eligible for full remission of tuition and fees at UW- System schools and technical colleges. To qualify for this, a veteran must be a resident of this state for at least five consecutive years immediately before registering at a tech college or university. AB 12 lowers the five-year requirement to three years.
Assembly Bill 86: Addresses the unfair practice of scholarship displacement, which is the situation where a student has their college financial aid package reduced due to receiving a private scholarship. This bill bans the practice of scholarship displacement for “last-dollar” scholarships by the UW system, tech colleges, and private, non-profit colleges with a few exceptions.
Assembly Bill 91: Creates an application fee exemption for veterans and members of the U.S. armed forces applying for admission to University of Wisconsin System schools or technical colleges.
Assembly Bill 140: States that extra revenue generated by an individual UW campus under the Wisconsin-Minnesota tuition reciprocity agreement will remain with that campus and not just go into the State’s general fund.
Upcoming Events
Appleton Flag Day Parade
Downtown Appleton
June 10
Outagamie County Breakfast on the Farm
June 11
WIAA State Basketball Tournament
Neuroscience Group Field
at Fox Cities Stadium
Grand Chute
June 13-15
Communityfest
Riverside Park, Neenah
July 3-4
Greenville Lions Club Catfish Weekend
July 7-8
Brats, Beer & Beethoven
Neuroscience Group Field
at Fox Cities Stadium
Grand Chute
July 15
Paperfest
Sunset Park, Kimberly
July 13-16
Outagamie County Fair
Outagamie County Fairgrounds, Seymour
July 19-23
Art at the Park
City Park, Appleton
July 22-23
EAA Airventure
EAA Grounds, Oshkosh
July 24-30
Winnebago County Fair
Oshkosh
August 2-6
Greenville Summer Send Off
August 26
