36.25(29m)(a) (a) Assist the environmental education board in addressing statewide teacher training needs in environmental education and in administering grants under s. 36.54 (2).
36.25(29m)(b) (b) Assist the department of public instruction to periodically assess and report to the environmental education board on the environmental literacy of this state's teachers and students.
36.25(29m)(c) (c) Develop, offer and evaluate environmental education courses for teachers.
36.25(29m)(d) (d) Select and train natural resource and environmental education specialists with teaching experience to assist in providing environmental education courses and programs to teachers in this state.
36.25(29m)(e) (e) Assist the department of public instruction and cooperative educational service agencies to assist school districts in conducting environmental education needs assessments.
36.25(29m)(f) (f) Provide environmental education workshops and consulting services to teacher educators from teacher training institutions located in this state.
36.25(29m)(g) (g) Establish an environmental education curriculum and materials center for use by school teachers, faculty of teacher training institutions located in this state and others in educational programs who need such materials.
36.25(29m)(h) (h) Assist the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources in providing opportunities for teachers to complete advanced training in environmental education through the college's master's degree program.
36.25(29r) (29r)Study on the reintroduction of elk.
36.25(29r)(a)(a) The board shall direct the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of reintroducing elk into the northern part of the state and to formulate a management plan for the reintroduction of elk if the conclusions of the study demonstrate that the reintroduction is feasible.
36.25(29r)(b) (b) The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point shall conduct the study by monitoring the behavior of an experimental herd that the university shall bring into the state. The university shall also assess the herd's compatibility with other resources in the area where the study is conducted.
36.25(30) (30)Pollution prevention. The board shall maintain in the extension a solid and hazardous waste education center to promote pollution prevention, as defined in s. 299.13 (1) (dm). In cooperation with the department of natural resources and the department of commerce, the center shall conduct an education and technical assistance program to promote pollution prevention in this state.
36.25(30g) (30g)Recycling market development program. The board shall establish in the extension a program of education and technical assistance related to recycling market development. The program shall serve waste generators; solid waste scrap brokers, dealers and processors; business entities that use or could use recovered materials or that produce or could produce products from recovered materials and persons who provide support services to those business entities; and the general public.
36.25(30m) (30m)Agricultural technology and family farm programs. The board may establish agricultural technology and family farm programs in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
36.25(31) (31)Biotechnology education; consumers. The board shall establish extension programs to educate consumers about biotechnology processes and products and risk assessment techniques.
36.25(32) (32)Agricultural Safety and Health Center.
36.25(32)(a)(a) The board shall establish an Agricultural Safety and Health Center in the extension. The center shall do all of the following:
36.25(32)(a)1. 1. Develop curriculum and materials for a tractor and machine operation safety training course for persons who are at least 12 years of age but under 18 years of age that is equivalent to the requirements, other than age, specified under 29 CFR 570.70 to 570.72.
36.25(32)(a)2. 2. Perform instructor training and coordination necessary to provide a statewide program of tractor and machinery operation safety training to persons who are at least 12 years of age but under 18 years of age and certification of persons successfully completing such training.
36.25(32)(a)3. 3. Develop and disseminate educational and informational materials and present programs on farm safety and health topics.
36.25(32)(b) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (fs), the board shall award grants totaling not more than $500 annually per county to sponsors of farm safety education, training or information programs. To be eligible for a grant, a sponsor shall:
36.25(32)(b)1. 1. Secure or provide equal matching funds from private or public sources.
36.25(32)(b)2. 2. Demonstrate the need for the program.
36.25(32)(b)3. 3. Demonstrate that the program for which a grant is sought was developed in consultation with extension personnel, public health personnel, vocational agriculture instructors or other persons with expertise or interest in farm safety topics.
36.25(33) (33)Quality improvement awards. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the board annually may award up to $500 each to no more than 10 system employees who make suggestions that result in significant quality improvements for the system relating to supplies and expenses. The board shall appoint a council under s. 15.04 (1) (c) to nominate recipients for the awards. The board shall not make more than one award to an employee in the same fiscal year. An award is not part of an employee's base pay.
36.25(34) (34)Center for urban land economics research. The board shall establish a center for urban land economics research in the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to conduct research and undertake educational, public outreach and grant activities related to real estate and urban land economics.
36.25(35m) (35m)Herbarium. The board shall maintain an herbarium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to be known as the "Wisconsin State Herbarium".
36.25(36) (36)Higher education location program. The board shall maintain in the extension a higher education location program to provide information on undergraduate admission requirements, degree programs, enrollment, student financial aid, student housing and admission forms.
36.25(37) (37)Area Health Education Center. The board shall maintain at the University of Wisconsin-Madison an area health education center to support community-based primary care training programs.
36.25(38) (38)Educational technology projects.
36.25(38)(a)(a) In this subsection, "educational technology" has the meaning given in s. 16.99 (3).
36.25(38)(b) (b) The board shall use the moneys appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (cm) for the following purposes:
36.25(38)(b)1. 1. The student information system.
36.25(38)(b)2. 2. The development of system technology infrastructure.
36.25(38)(b)3. 3. The development of curricula to train students enrolled in the schools of education in the use of educational technology in primary and secondary schools.
36.25(38)(b)4. 4. To provide professional development in the use of educational technology for primary and secondary school teachers.
36.25(38)(b)5. 5. To provide faculty with educational technology and to train faculty in its use.
36.25(38)(b)6. 6. To pay the department of administration for telecommunications services provided under s. 16.972 (1).
36.25(39) (39)Institute for Excellence in Urban Education. There is established an Institute for Excellence in Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The institute shall engage in research, public service and educational activities pertaining to issues in urban public education.
36.25(42) (42)Distinguished chair of military history. The board shall establish a distinguished chair of military history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
36.25(44) (44)International business development. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee shall collaborate with other institutions to develop and implement programs and training for Wisconsin businesses and University of Wisconsin System faculty in the area of international business development.
36.25(46) (46)Meningococcal disease and hepatitis B.
36.25(46)(a)(a) The board shall do all of the following:
36.25(46)(a)1. 1. Annually, provide detailed information on the risks associated with meningococcal disease and hepatitis B and the availability and effectiveness of vaccines against the diseases to each enrolled student, if he or she is at least 18 years old, or to the student's parent or guardian, if the student is a minor.
36.25(46)(a)2. 2. Require a student who resides in a dormitory or residence hall, or the student's parent or guardian if the student is a minor, to affirm that the student received the information under subd. 1.
36.25(46)(a)3. 3. Require a student who resides in a dormitory or residence hall to affirm whether he or she has received the vaccination against meningococcal disease and to provide the date of the vaccination, if any.
36.25(46)(a)4. 4. Require a student who resides in a dormitory or residence hall to affirm whether he or she has received the vaccination against hepatitis B and to provide the date of the vaccination, if any.
36.25(46)(a)5. 5. Maintain a confidential record of the affirmations and the dates of the vaccinations of each student under subds. 3. and 4.
36.25(46)(b) (b) Nothing in this subsection requires the board to provide or pay for vaccinations against meningococcal disease or hepatitis B.
36.25(47) (47)Discovery farm grants.
36.25(47)(a)(a) In this subsection, "discovery farm" means an operating commercial farm that conducts on-farm research under the Wisconsin agricultural stewardship initiative.
36.25(47)(b) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (qr), the board shall make grants through the extension to operators of discovery farms for research and outreach activities under the Wisconsin agricultural stewardship initiative.
36.25(48) (48)Lumber grading training program.
36.25(48)(a)(a) In this subsection:
36.25(48)(a)1. 1. "Department" means the department of natural resources.
36.25(48)(a)2. 2. "Department employee" means an employee of the department who is knowledgeable in the marketing of forest products and who is selected by the secretary to act under this subsection.
36.25(48)(b) (b) The forest products outreach program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, in cooperation with the department, shall establish a basic lumber grading training program for individuals and establish the general requirements for successfully completing the training program, including requirements for initial certification and recertification. The training program shall be offered in the extension on an annual basis. The faculty at the forestry outreach program, in cooperation with the department employee, shall develop and establish the content of the training program and shall determine the certification requirements for instructors teaching the training program. Instructors shall be certified by the department.
36.25(48)(c) (c) The department, in cooperation with the board, shall establish a procedure under which the department determines successful completion of the training program and issues certifications of accomplishment to the individuals who are certified or recertified as having successfully completed the training program. Under the procedure, the department employee may delegate to the program instructors the process of determining successful completion and issuing certificates of accomplishment.
36.25(48)(d) (d) An individual holding an initial certificate of accomplishment shall be recertified under the training program every 5 years.
36.25(48)(e) (e) The department employee may exempt from the training program an individual who has any of the following:
36.25(48)(e)1. 1. A bachelor's or postgraduate degree in forest products or wood science and technology.
36.25(48)(e)2. 2. A degree that is equivalent to a degree specified in subd. 1.
36.25(48)(e)3. 3. A level of experience or background in understanding wood properties, construction, and design that the department employee determines to be equivalent to the level of understanding held by an individual who successfully completes the training program.
36.25(48)(f) (f) The department employee shall issue a certificate of accomplishment to each individual who meets the requirement under par. (e). A certificate of accomplishment issued under this subdivision applies only to the initial certification requirement and an individual receiving such a certificate must be recertified as required under par. (d).
36.25 Note NOTE: Sub. (48) was created as sub. (47) by 2007 Wis. Act 208 and renumbered by the legislative reference bureau under s. 13.92 (1) (bm) 2.
36.27 36.27 Tuition.
36.27(1)(1)Board of regents to establish.
36.27(1)(a)(a) Subject to pars. (am), (b) and (c), the board may establish for different classes of students differing tuition and fees incidental to enrollment in educational programs or use of facilities in the system. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board may charge any student who is not exempted by this section a nonresident tuition. The board may establish special rates of tuition and fees for the extension and summer sessions and such other studies or courses of instruction as the board deems advisable.
36.27(1)(am) (am) The board may not increase academic fees for resident undergraduate students beyond an amount sufficient to fund all of the following:
36.27(1)(am)1. 1. In a fiscal year beginning in an even-numbered year, the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.285 (1) (im) for that fiscal year and in a fiscal year beginning in an odd-numbered year, the highest amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.285 (1) (im) for that fiscal year in the substitute amendment, offered by the joint committee on finance, to the biennial budget bill; the engrossed biennial budget bill; or the enrolled biennial budget bill.
36.27(1)(am)2. 2. The approved recommendations of the director of the office of state employment relations for compensation and fringe benefits for classified staff, for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (1) (a) 1. b., and for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (3) (e). If these recommendations have not been approved by the joint committee on employment relations by the time the board sets academic fees, the board may raise academic fees for resident undergraduate students by an amount sufficient to fund the recommendations of the director of the office of state employment relations for compensation and fringe benefits for classified staff and for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (1) (a) 1. b. and the board's recommendations for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (3) (e). If the director of the office of state employment relations has not made recommendations by the time the board sets academic fees, the board may raise academic fees for resident undergraduate students by an amount sufficient to fund the board's estimate of compensation and fringe benefits for classified staff and for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (1) (a) 1. b. and the board's recommendations for unclassified employees specified in s. 230.12 (3) (e). If the board sets academic fees based upon the board's estimate and the board's unapproved recommendations, and the recommendations of the board and the director of the office of state employment relations as finally approved by the joint committee on employment relations call for a lower rate of compensation and fringe benefits than the board's estimate and unapproved recommendations, the board shall lower academic student fees for resident undergraduate students for the next academic year by an amount equal to the difference between the academic fees charged and an amount sufficient to fund the approved recommendations. If the board sets academic fees based upon the board's estimate and unapproved recommendations, and the recommendations of the board and the director of the office of state employment relations as finally approved by the joint committee on employment relations call for a higher rate of compensation and fringe benefits than the board's estimate and unapproved recommendations, the board may raise academic student fees for resident undergraduate students for the next academic year by an amount equal to the difference between the academic fees charged and an amount sufficient to fund the approved recommendations.
36.27(1)(am)3. 3. The projected loss in revenue caused by a change in the number of enrolled undergraduate, graduate, resident and nonresident students from the previous academic year.
36.27(1)(am)4. 4. State-imposed costs not covered by general purpose revenue, as determined by the board. Beginning on December 15, 2000, and annually thereafter, the board shall report costs under this subdivision to the secretary of administration.
36.27(1)(am)5. 5. Distance education, nontraditional courses and intersession courses.
36.27(1)(am)6. 6. Differential tuition that is approved by the board and that is not included in the amount shown in the schedule under s. 20.285 (1) (im).
36.27(1)(b) (b) The board shall permit a person who is 60 years of age or older to audit a course without paying an auditor's fee if the person is a resident of this state, as determined under sub. (2) (e), space is available in the course and the instructor approves.
36.27(1)(bm) (bm) Beginning on December 15, 2000, and annually thereafter, the board shall submit a report to the legislature under s. 13.172 (2) containing the amount by which expenditures from s. 20.285 (1) (im) in the previous fiscal year exceeded the amount shown in the schedule for that appropriation in the previous fiscal year, the purposes for which the additional revenues were spent and the amount spent for each purpose.
36.27(1)(c) (c) The board may not charge a student registered as a master's level business school student prior to the first semester of the 1989-90 academic year higher fees than other graduate students at the same institution.
36.27(2) (2)Nonresident tuition exceptions.
36.27(2)(a)(a) Students qualifying under any of the following categories, while they continue to be residents of this state, are entitled to exemption from nonresident tuition but not from incidental or other fees:
36.27(2)(a)1. 1. Any adult student who has been a bona fide resident of the state for 12 months next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which such student registers at an institution.
36.27(2)(a)2. 2. Any minor student, if one or both of the student's parents have been bona fide residents of this state for at least 12 months next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the student registers at an institution.
36.27(2)(a)3. 3. Any adult student who is a dependent of his or her parents under 26 USC 152 (a), if one or both of the student's parents have been bona fide residents of this state for at least 12 months next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the student registers at an institution.
36.27(2)(a)4. 4. Any minor student who has resided substantially in this state during the years of minority and at least 12 months next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which such student registers at an institution.
36.27(2)(a)5. 5. Any minor student under guardianship in this state whose legal guardian has been a bona fide resident of this state for at least 12 months next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which such student registers at an institution.
36.27(2)(a)6. 6. Any adult student who has been employed as a migrant worker for at least 2 months each year for 3 of the 5 years next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the student registers at an institution, or for at least 3 months each year for 2 of the 5 years next preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the student registers at an institution, any adult student whose parent or legal guardian has been so employed while the student was a minor and any minor student whose parent or legal guardian has been so employed. In this subdivision, "migrant worker" has the meaning specified in s. 103.90 (5).
36.27(2)(am) (am) Any person who is a refugee, as defined under 8 USC 1101 (a) (42), who moved to this state immediately upon arrival in the United States and who has resided in this state continuously since then is entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if he or she demonstrates an intent to establish and maintain a permanent home in Wisconsin according to the criteria under par. (e).
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