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Section 585r. 32.51 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
32.51 (1) Purposes. (intro.) In addition to the powers granted under subch. I and subject to the limitations under s. 32.015, any city may condemn or otherwise acquire property under this subchapter for:
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Section
586. 34.045 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
34.045 (title) Secretary of administration.
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Section 587
. 34.045 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
34.045 (1) (intro.) The depository selection board secretary of administration or his or her designee shall:
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Section 588
. 34.045 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
34.045 (1) (bm) Direct the secretary of administration to maintain Maintain compensating balances, or direct the investment board to pay bank service costs as allocated by the secretary of administration under s. 25.19 (3) directly from the income account of the state investment fund, or by a combination of such methods.
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Section 589
. 34.045 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
34.045 (2) In the exercise of its authority, the depository selection board The secretary of administration or his or her designee shall require any state department or agency to submit to it him or her for prior review, elimination, consolidation, renegotiation, or confirmation any existing service contract or service proposed by the department or agency.
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Section 590
. 34.045 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
34.045 (3) The board secretary of administration or his or her designee may, for cause, disapprove any contract submitted to it under sub. (2) if it he or she finds the proposed contract to be in violation of the guidelines established under sub. (1), or to have been improperly negotiated or to be otherwise illegal. If the board
secretary of administration or his or her designee fails to disapprove a proposed contract within 60 days after it is submitted by the department or agency, the contract shall be deemed approved. The board secretary of administration or his or her designee shall provide written justification for disapproving a contract proposed by a state agency or department. A disapproval is subject to judicial review under ch. 227.
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Section 591
. 34.045 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
34.045 (4) State agencies and departments shall provide the board secretary of administration or his or her designee with a written justification for any proposed contract award for service.
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Section 594g. 36.09 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.09 (1) (e) The Subject to par. (em), the board shall appoint a president of the system; a chancellor for each institution; a dean for each college campus; the state geologist; the director of the laboratory of hygiene; the director of the psychiatric institute; the state cartographer; and the requisite number of officers, other than the vice presidents, associate vice presidents, and assistant vice presidents of the system; faculty; academic staff; and other employees and fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and s. 230.12 (3) (e), the duties and the term of office for each. The board shall fix the salaries, subject to the limitations under par. (j) and s. 230.12 (3) (e), and the duties for each chancellor, vice president, associate vice president, and assistant vice president of the system. No sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin, or sex shall ever be allowed or exercised in the appointment of the employees of the system.
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Section 594r. 36.09 (1) (em) of the statutes is created to read:
36.09 (1) (em) Neither the board nor any institution may adopt any policy or promulgate any rule that requires the board to consider for appointment as president of the system, chancellor, or vice chancellor only those individuals who are faculty members of the system or another institution of higher education, who have been granted tenure within the system or another institution of higher education, or who hold the highest level of academic degree in a field of study or profession.
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Section 600m. 36.11 (6) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.11 (6) (c) By April 10, 1998, and annually thereafter February 10 of each year, the board shall develop and submit to the higher educational aids board for its review under s. 39.285 (1) a proposed formula for the awarding of grants under s. 39.435, except for grants awarded under s. 39.435 (2) or (5), for the upcoming academic next fiscal year to students enrolled in the system.
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Section 602m. 36.11 (56) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.11 (56) Travel policies. Effective July 1, 2013, the board shall establish travel policies for system employees and a schedule for the reimbursement of system employees for travel expenses. Beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], except with respect to contracts in effect on that date, this schedule may not provide for reimbursement of system employees for lodging expenses incurred in this state at a rate that exceeds the maximum rate for lodging expenses incurred in the same location in this state under the approved uniform travel schedule incorporated under s. 20.916 (8) (b) into the current compensation plan under s. 230.12 (1).
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Section 602p. 36.11 (57) of the statutes is created to read:
36.11 (57) Classification of segregated fees. (a) The board shall revise its policies regarding student segregated fees to ensure that the classification of those fees as allocable or nonallocable is consistent across institutions.
(b) The board shall submit the revised policies under par. (a) to the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the revised policies within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the revised policies are considered approved and may be implemented. If, within 14 working days after the date of the submittal, the cochairpersons of the committee notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the revised policies, the revised policies may be implemented only upon approval of the committee.
(c) Notwithstanding s. 36.27 (1), the board may not approve an increase in the allocable portion of segregated fees at any institution until the joint committee on finance has approved the board's revised policies in the manner provided in par. (b).
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Section 602r. 36.11 (58) of the statutes is created to read:
36.11 (58) Transfers to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Foundation. The board may not transfer funds to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Foundation, Inc., unless the transfer is first approved by legislative enactment.
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Section 603m. 36.112 of the statutes is created to read:
36.112 Performance funding; innovation fund. (1) Definition. In this section, “
institution” includes the extension.
(2) Goals; metrics. (a) The legislature hereby establishes the following goals for the system:
1. Growing and ensuring student access.
2. Improving and excelling at student progress and completion.
3. Expanding contributions to the workforce.
4. Enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness.
(b) For each goal specified in par. (a), the Board of Regents shall identify at least 4 metrics to measure an institution's progress toward meeting the goal. As the Board of Regents determines is appropriate, the board may specify different metrics for the extension.
For each goal, each institution shall select one of the metrics for improving its performance and one of the metrics for maintaining excellence.
(3) Outcomes-based funding formula. (a) The Board of Regents shall develop a formula for distributing under par. (b) the amount allocated under sub. (4) among the institutions based on each institution's performance with respect to the metrics
the institution selects under sub. (2) (b) , except that no more than 30 percent of the amount allocated in a fiscal year may be distributed based on the metrics selected for maintaining excellence .
(b) By no later than February 15, 2018, the Board of Regents shall submit the formula developed under par. (a) to the joint committee on finance.
If the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance do not notify the Board of Regents within 14 working days after the date of submittal that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the formula, the Board of Regents shall use the
formula to distribute the amount allocated under sub. (4) among the institutions. If, within 14 working days after the date of submittal, the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance notify the Board of Regents that the committee has scheduled a meeting to review the formula, the Board of Regents may use the formula to distribute the amount allocated under sub. (4) among the institutions only as modified or approved by the committee. The joint committee on finance shall consult with the appropriate standing committee in each house before modifying or approving the formula.
(4) Allocation. In each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, the Board of Regents shall allocate $26,250,000 of the amount appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (a) to distribute to institutions under the formula under sub. (3) (b).
(5) Report. (a) Beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, the Board of Regents shall submit an annual report to the joint committee on finance that describes how the Board of Regents distributed in the fiscal year the amount allocated under (4) to the institutions under the formula under sub. (3) (b). The report shall describe all of the following:
1. The amount distributed to each institution under the formula in the fiscal year.
2. The performance of each institution with respect to all the metrics identified by the Board of Regents under sub. (2) (b).
3. The methodology used to make the distributions based on each institution's performance with respect to the metrics
selected by the institution .
4. The performance of the system as a whole with respect to all the metrics identified by the Board of Regents under sub. (2) (b).
5. Any other information used to administer the requirements of this section.
(b) The Board of Regents shall make the report required under par. (a) available to the public, and each institution shall post the report on its Internet site.
(6) Innovation fund. In fiscal year 2017-18, the Board of Regents shall allocate $5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under s. 20.285 (1) (a) for the board to distribute to institutions to increase enrollments in high-demand degree programs
identified under sub. (7) (b) . The Board of Regents shall make the distribution through a competitive process involving a request for proposals from the institutions.
(7) Other duties. The Board of Regents shall do all of the following:
(a) Identify baseline data sets for the goals specified in sub. (2) (a).
(b) Identify degree programs that qualify as high demand for each institution.
(c) Approve a peer group for each institution that includes institutions of higher education with comparable missions and service populations.
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Section
604. 36.115 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.115 (2) The Except as provided in sub. (8), the board shall develop a personnel system that is separate and distinct from the personnel system under ch. 230 for all system employees except system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Section 605
. 36.115 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.115 (3) The Except as provided in sub. (8), the chancellor shall develop a personnel system that is separate and distinct from the personnel system under ch. 230 for all system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Section 606
. 36.115 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.115 (5) (b) The board may not implement the personnel system developed under sub. (2) unless it has been approved by the joint committee on employment relations. This paragraph does not apply to revisions made under sub. (8) (b).
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Section 607
. 36.115 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.115 (5) (c) The chancellor may not implement the personnel system developed under sub. (3) unless it has been approved by the joint committee on employment relations. This paragraph does not apply to revisions made under sub. (8) (b).
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Section 608
. 36.115 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.115 (7) The Except as provided in sub. (8), the board shall establish and maintain consistent employment relations policies and practices for all system employees except system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The, and the chancellor shall establish and maintain consistent employment relations policies and practices for all system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Section 609
. 36.115 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
36.115 (8) (a) No later than January 1, 2018, the board shall develop and implement a plan that includes all of the following for each institution within the system, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison:
1. Policies for monitoring teaching workloads of faculty and instructional academic staff, including requirements for individual faculty and instructional academic staff members to report the number of hours spent teaching to the system administration.
2. Policies for rewarding faculty and instructional academic staff who teach more than a standard academic load.
(b) The board and the chancellor shall revise the personnel systems developed under subs. (2) and (3) and the employment relations policies and practices established under sub. (7) as necessary to ensure that the systems, policies, and practices are consistent with the plan required under par. (a).
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Section 610m. 36.25 (13i) of the statutes is created to read:
36.25 (13i) Precision Medicine Molecular Tumor Board. From the appropriation under s. 20.285 (1) (a), the Board of Regents shall allocate $490,000 in each fiscal year to expand precision medicine at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center through the Precision Medicine Molecular Tumor Board by increasing access to precision medicine for cancer patients in this state, providing genomics resources to patients in need, and developing a precision medicine statewide database.
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Section 610p. 36.25 (54) of the statutes is created to read:
36.25 (54) School of engineering at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The board may create a school of engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
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Section 612m. 36.27 (2) (br) of the statutes is created to read:
36.27 (2) (br) 1. Subject to subd. 3., a student who meets all of the following requirements is entitled to the exemption under par. (a):
a. The student has resided in this state for 6 months immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session in which the student enrolls at an institution.
b. The student is a member of the Wisconsin national guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces when he or she enrolls in an institution and has been a member for the 6-month period under subd. 1. a.
c. While enrolled in an institution, the student continues to be a member of the Wisconsin national guard or reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces, or is honorably discharged or released under honorable conditions from the national guard or a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces.
2. If a student receiving the exemption under this paragraph withdraws from an institution during a semester or session because he or she is called into state active duty or into active service with the U.S. armed forces for at least 30 days, the student is entitled to the exemption under this paragraph if he or she reenrolls in an institution during the semester in which he or she is discharged, demobilized, or deactivated from active duty or in the next succeeding semester.
3. The exemption under this paragraph is limited to 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer.
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Section 613
. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a. A person who has served on active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, in the national guard, or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces; who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into that service or resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive years after the person attained the age of 18; and who, while a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes.
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Section 614
. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
36.27
(3n) (a) 1m. b. A person who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into service described in subd. 1m. a.
or resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. registers at an institution, and who the U.S. department of veteran affairs has awarded at least a 30 percent service-connected disability rating under
38 USC 1114 or
1134.
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Section 614d. 36.27 (3n) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.27
(3n) (b) (intro.) Except as provided in
par. pars. (bd) and (bg), the board shall grant full remission of academic fees and segregated fees for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the number of credits or semesters for which the person received remission of fees under s. 38.24 (7) and less the amount of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under
38 USC 3319, to any resident student who maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 and is also any of the following:
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Section 614h. 36.27 (3n) (bd) of the statutes is created to read:
36.27 (3n) (bd) If an eligible veteran was not a resident of this state at the time of entry into service described in par. (a) 1m. a., the board may grant a remission of academic fees and segregated fees under this subsection only if the eligible veteran's spouse or child described in par. (b) 1., 2., or 3. has resided in this state for at least 5 consecutive years immediately preceding the spouse's or child's enrollment in an institution.
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Section 622m. 36.31 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
36.31 (title) Coordination with other educational agencies; credit for military education.
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Section 623m. 36.31 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
36.31 (4) Upon receiving from the federal department of defense a student's official joint services transcript or Community College of the Air Force transcript, the institution or college campus in which the student is enrolled shall do the following:
