SB 199 — Relating to: academic and career planning services provided to pupils and requiring the reporting of certain data on college student costs and outcomes. (FE)

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Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires University of Wisconsin System institutions, technical colleges, and private nonprofit colleges in this state (higher education institutions) to report cost and student outcome data that are ultimately made available as part of the academic and career planning services provided to high school juniors and seniors.

The bill requires higher education institutions to collect and annually report to the Higher Educational Aids Board all of the following information relating to their undergraduate degree programs:

1) the average salary of the institution’s graduates six months and, every fifth year, five years after graduation, in the aggregate and broken down by major;

2) the average debt of the institution’s students upon graduation or discontinuation of studies, in the aggregate and broken down by major;

3) the institution’s graduation rate, in the aggregate and broken down by major;

4) the institution’s annual total cost of attendance and average net cost;

5) the financial aid available to students;

and 6) the 10 most popular degree programs offered by the institution.

HEAB must incorporate the data from these reports into an electronic document formatted in a manner that - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-2709/1 FFK&ARG:ajk&emw SENATE BILL 199 S ECTION 1 facilitates comparison of information among higher education institutions.

HEAB must annually provide this electronic document to the Department of Public Instruction with a list, prepared in cooperation with the Department of Workforce Development, of the 50 most in-demand jobs in this state, including the average starting salary and required education level for each job.

Under current law, the state superintendent of public instruction must ensure that each school board provides academic and career planning services to pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 12.

Beginning in the 2027–28 school year, the bill requires the superintendent to provide the electronic document described above to school boards and requires school boards to provide the electronic document to high school juniors and seniors as part of the academic and career planning services provided to the pupils.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

39.535 of the statutes is created to read:

39.535 Reporting data related to student costs and outcomes.

(1) D EFINITION .

In this section, “institution of higher education” means any of the following:

(a) An institution, as defined in s.

36.05 (9), including all branch campuses associated with the institution.

(b) A technical college under ch.

38, including all campuses governed by the same technical college district board.

(c) A private institution, as defined in s.

39.49 (1) (e).

(2) ANNUAL REPORTING BY INSTITUTIONS .

(a) An institution of higher education shall collect and, by July 1, 2027, and each July 1 thereafter, report to the board all of the following information relating to its undergraduate degree programs:

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The average salary of the institution’s graduates 6 months after graduation, stated both in the aggregate and segregated by major.

In addition, every 5th year, beginning no later than July 1, 2032, the annual report shall include the average salary of the institution's graduates 5 years after graduation, stated both in the aggregate and segregated by major.

The institution, to the best of its ability, shall further identify every 5th year, for each major, the percentage of graduates in the major who are employed 5 years after graduation in the field of their major, the average salary of these graduates employed in the field of their major, and the average salary of the graduates not employed in the field of their major.

2.

The average debt of the institution’s students upon the student’s graduation or discontinuation of studies at the institution for reasons other than transfer, stated both in the aggregate and segregated by major.

3.

The institution’s graduation rate, stated both in the aggregate and segregated by major.