AB64: Bill Text

AB64,378,14 3. The percentage of students awarded degrees in the prior fiscal year who completed the degree requirements within 3 years.

AB64,378,16 4. The percentage of students awarded degrees in the prior fiscal year who completed the degree requirements within 4 years.

AB64,378,18 5. The percentage of students awarded degrees in the prior fiscal year who completed the degree requirements within 6 years.

AB64,378,20 6. The percentage of students awarded degrees in the prior fiscal year in healthcare, science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.

AB64,378,22 7. The graduation rate of low-income students for the prior fiscal year as determined in a manner specified by the board.

AB64,378,23 8. Faculty instructional hours during the prior fiscal year.

AB64,379,3 (b) Work readiness. For each fiscal year, the board shall rank each institution's performance regarding all of the following criteria and establish a formula for distributing 15 percent of the performance funding based on an institution's ranking so that an institution receives a distribution that is greater than any other institution with a lower ranking:

AB64,379,6 1. The average number of high-impact practices experienced at any time during undergraduate enrollment by students who graduated with undergraduate degrees in the prior fiscal year.

AB64,379,8 2. The percentage of students who participated in internships at any time during their undergraduate enrollment.

AB64,379,13 (c) Student success in state workforce. For each fiscal year, the board shall rank each institution's performance regarding all of the following criteria and establish a formula for distributing 30 percent of the performance funding based on an institution's ranking so that an institution receives a distribution that is greater than any other institution with a lower ranking:

AB64,379,15 1. The percentage of students awarded degrees in the prior fiscal year who obtained full-time postgraduate employment.

AB64,379,18 2. The percentage of students awarded degrees in the prior fiscal year who obtained full-time postgraduate employment in a field related to the degree awarded.

AB64,379,20 3. The percentage of the state workforce who graduated from the institution in the 5 prior fiscal years.

AB64,379,22 4. The percentage of students awarded degrees in the prior fiscal year who are employed or continuing their education within one year of graduation.

AB64,380,2 5. The number of degrees awarded by the institution in the prior fiscal year that are in high-demand fields. The department of workforce development shall determine what constitutes high-demand fields and revise the determination as necessary.

AB64,380,8 (d) Efficiency. For each fiscal year, the board shall rank each institution's performance in minimizing expenditures for supplies, services, personnel, and other administrative expenses during the prior fiscal year and establish a formula for distributing 10 percent of the performance funding based on an institution's ranking so that an institution receives a distribution that is greater than any other institution with a lower ranking.

AB64,380,13 (e) Service. For each fiscal year, the board shall rank each institution's performance regarding all of the following criteria and establish a formula for distributing 5 percent of the performance funding based on an institution's ranking so that an institution receives a distribution that is greater than any other institution with a lower ranking:

AB64,380,16 1. The number of state residents served by the University of Wisconsin-Extension and outreach programs at the institution during the prior fiscal year.

AB64,380,18 2. Expenditures at the institution during the prior fiscal year on student community service programs that do not award academic credit.

AB64,380,24 (f) Additional criteria. For each fiscal year, the board shall rank each institution's performance during the prior fiscal year regarding 2 criteria specified by the board that are in addition to the criteria under pars. (a) to (e) and establish a formula for distributing 10 percent of the performance funding based on an institution's ranking so that an institution receives a distribution that is greater than any other institution with a lower ranking.

AB64,381,4 (4) Enrollment size. In ranking performance and establishing formulas under sub. (3), the board shall control for the number of students enrolled at each institution so that institutions with larger enrollments are not advantaged over institutions with smaller enrollments.

AB64,381,9 (5) University of Wisconsin Colleges. (a) In establishing formulas under sub. (3), the Board of Regents may substitute different criteria to apply to the University of Wisconsin Colleges if the board determines that the different criteria are appropriate for evaluating the performance of the University of Wisconsin Colleges.

AB64,381,13 (b) The Board of Regents may exempt the University of Wisconsin Colleges from any ranking and distribution under sub. (3) if the board determines that the criteria related to that ranking and distribution should not apply to the University of Wisconsin Colleges.

AB64,381,21 (6) Approval. No later than January 1, 2018, the board shall submit to the secretary of administration a plan for making the distributions under sub. (3). The plan shall include the board's method for ranking performance regarding each set of criteria under sub. (3). Within 30 days after receipt of the plan, the secretary of administration shall approve the plan or require the board to resubmit the plan. Within 30 days of receipt of a resubmitted plan, the secretary of administration shall approve the plan or require additional resubmittal. The board may not implement a plan until approved by the secretary of administration.

AB64,381,23 (7) Report card. In each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2018-19, the board shall require each institution to do all of the following:

AB64,381,25 (a) Prepare an evaluation designated “Performance Funding Report Card” in a single-page format specified by the board that does all of the following:

AB64,382,3 1. Summarizes the institution's performance during the prior fiscal year with respect to the criteria specified in sub. (3) and other metrics specified by the board. If the board specifies other metrics, those metrics shall apply to all institutions.

AB64,382,5 2. Compares the performance summarized under subd. 1. with the performance of the other institutions.

AB64,382,7 3. Includes any additional information the board may require, including any information specified in s. 36.65 (2) (a), (c), (d), (e), or (f).

AB64,382,9 (b) Prominently link to the evaluation under par. (a) on the home page of the institution's Internet site.

AB64,382,11 (c) Update the evaluation under par. (a) as necessary at the end of each semester.

AB64,382,16 (8) Accountability dashboard. The board shall publish on the University of Wisconsin System Accountability Dashboard that the board maintains on the system's Internet site data regarding each institution's performance with respect to the criteria specified in sub. (3) and any other metrics specified by the board under sub. (7) (a) 1.

AB64,604 Section 604 . 36.115 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,382,21 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.

AB64,605 Section 605 . 36.115 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,382,25 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.

AB64,606 Section 606. 36.115 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,383,4 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).

AB64,607 Section 607 . 36.115 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,383,9 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).

AB64,608 Section 608 . 36.115 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,383,16 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.

AB64,609 Section 609. 36.115 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,383,20 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:

AB64,383,24 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.

AB64,384,2 2. Policies for rewarding faculty and instructional academic staff who teach more than a standard academic load.

AB64,384,6 (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, polices, and practices are consistent with the plan required under par. (a).

AB64,610 Section 610. 36.25 (1) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,384,14 36.25 (1) Three-year baccalaureate degrees. (a) Subject to par. (b), each university shall submit to the board and post on the university's Internet site a statement describing how each major for which the university offers a baccalaureate degree may be completed within 3 academic years. The chronology of the statement shall begin with the fall semester of a student's first year of the baccalaureate program. The statement may include any of the following methods for contributing to earning a baccalaureate degree in 3 academic years:

AB64,384,15 1. Advanced placement credit.

AB64,384,16 2. International baccalaureate program credit.

AB64,384,19 3. Satisfaction of degree and credit-hour requirements by completing courses that are widely available at technical colleges or through online programs offered by institutions or private nonprofit institutions of higher education.

AB64,384,20 4. Postsecondary credit under s. 118.52 or 118.55.

AB64,384,21 5. Completion of course work during summer sessions.

AB64,384,23 6. Waiver of foreign language degree requirements based on a proficiency examination specified by the university.

AB64,384,24 7. Any other method specified by the university.

AB64,385,5 (b) Not later than January 1, 2018, each university shall submit statements under par. (a) for at least 10 percent of all baccalaureate degree programs offered by the university. Not later than June 30, 2020, each university shall submit statements under par. (a) for at least 60 percent of all baccalaureate degree programs offered by the university.

AB64,385,12 (c) Upon receipt of statements submitted under par. (a), the board shall provide copies to the state superintendent of public instruction, who shall distribute copies to school boards that operate high school grades, operators of charter schools under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that operate high school grades, and governing bodies of private schools that operate high school grades and that participate in a program under s. 115.7915, 118.60, or 119.23, who shall make the copies available to high school principals, guidance counselors, or equivalent positions.

AB64,385,15 (d) Nothing in this subsection requires a university to take any action that would violate the requirements of any independent association accrediting baccalaureate degree programs.

AB64,611 Section 611. 36.27 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,385,17 36.27 (title) Tuition and fees.

AB64,612 Section 612. 36.27 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,385,25 36.27 (1) (a) Subject to par. (b) and sub. (6) (am), 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 Subject to sub. (6) (am), 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.

AB64,613 Section 613. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. a. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,386,9 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 immediately preceding the beginning of any semester or session for which the person registers at an institution; 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.

AB64,614 Section 614. 36.27 (3n) (a) 1m. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,386,16 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 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.

AB64,615 Section 615. 36.27 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 36.27 (5) (a) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB64,386,19 36.27 (5) (a) (intro.) In this subsection, “ state:

AB64,386,21 2. “State funds" means the total amount of general purpose revenue appropriated under s. 20.285 in any fiscal year.

AB64,616 Section 616 . 36.27 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,386,25 36.27 (5) (a) 1. “Allocable segregated fees" means segregated fees that provide substantial support for campus student activities and that students are responsible for allocating in accordance with s. 36.09 (5).

AB64,617 Section 617. 36.27 (5) (d) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 36.27 (5) (d) 1. (intro.) and amended to read:

AB64,387,6 36.27 (5) (d) 1. (intro.) The board shall ensure that the segregated fees applicable at each institution and college campus are posted on the Internet Web site of the institution or college campus. The board shall also ensure that detailed with all of the following:

AB64,387,9 a. Detailed information on the organizations and activities for which allocable segregated fees are expended at each the institution and or college campus are posted on the Internet Web site of the institution or college campus.

AB64,618 Section 618 . 36.27 (5) (d) 1. b. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,387,13 36.27 (5) (d) 1. b. A statement that allocable segregated fees are optional and that a student may decline to pay all allocable segregated fees charged by the institution or college campus.

AB64,619 Section 619. 36.27 (5) (d) 2. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,387,17 36.27 (5) (d) 2. b. The Subject to subd. 2. d., the total amount of segregated fees assessed on the student, which shall be listed separately from the amount specified in subd. 2. a.

AB64,620 Section 620. 36.27 (5) (d) 2. c. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,387,20 36.27 (5) (d) 2. c. The Internet Web site address specified in subd. 1. for the institution or college campus at which the student is enrolled.

AB64,621 Section 621 . 36.27 (5) (d) 2. d. of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,387,24 36.27 (5) (d) 2. d. A statement that allocable segregated fees are optional and that a student may decline to pay all allocable segregated fees charged by the institution or college campus, along with instructions on how to decline payment.

AB64,622 Section 622 . 36.27 (6) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

AB64,388,4 36.27 (6) (am) The board shall ensure that each student, at the time the student pays academic fees or nonresident tuition for a semester, session, or academic year, has the opportunity to decline to pay all allocable segregated fees, as defined in sub. (5) (a) 1., for that semester, session, or academic year.

AB64,623 Section 623 . 36.31 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB64,388,18 36.31 (2m) (b) Notwithstanding s. 36.09 (3) (a), the Board of Regents and the technical college system board shall, and the governing boards of tribally controlled colleges in this state and the association, on behalf of private colleges, may, enter into and implement an agreement that identifies core general education courses, including a core general education course completed by a high school pupil enrolled in an educational institution inside or outside the system under the program under s. 118.55 if the high school pupil earns postsecondary credits for completing the core general education course, totaling not fewer than 30 60 credits and establishes policies for ensuring that, beginning in the 2014-15 2018-19 academic year, credits for completing the courses are transferable and would satisfy general education requirements at the receiving institution or college, between and within each institution, college campus, and technical college, and each tribally controlled college and private college that elects to participate in the agreement.

AB64,624 Section 624 . 36.65 (2) (de) of the statutes is created to read: