Emergency Medical Service Education Reimbursement Program
Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB)
Wisconsin reimburses the tuition and materials you paid for a technical-college EMS or emergency medical responder program once you're licensed or certified.
- How much
- reimbursement of tuition and material costs paid
- Who qualifies
- Completed a Wisconsin technical college EMS/EMR program; initial license or certification on or after Oct 22, 2025; personally paid the costs.
- For trade school students, adults going back to school
- For emergency medical services students
- When to apply
- Apply any time Apply within one year of completing the program; initial licensure on or after Oct 22, 2025.
- How to apply
- Apply online through HEAB's GLASS portal, then email the required documents (copy of license, transcript showing completion, tuition bill, proof of payment, receipts for materials) to cassie.weisensel@wisconsin.gov
- What you'll need
- state application + transcript
- Last checked
- October 5, 2026, against the official page (heab.wi.gov) and page 2
The details
Created by 2025 Wisconsin Act 35. Reimburses tuition and materials costs a Wisconsin resident personally paid to complete a Wisconsin technical college program needed for an initial EMS practitioner license or initial emergency medical responder certification (or reimburses the employer that paid). You must have completed the course, passed required exams and received the initial license/certification from the Department of Health Services on or after October 22, 2025, and apply within a year of program completion.
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