2017 Wisconsin Act 59

59,602p 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).

59,602r 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.

59,603m 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.

59,604 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.

59,605 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.

59,606 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).

59,607 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).

59,608 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.

59,609 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).

59,610m 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.

59,610p 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.

59,612m 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.

59,613 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.

59,614 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.

59,614d 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:

59,614h 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.

59,622m Section 622m. 36.31 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:

36.31 (title) Coordination with other educational agencies; credit for military education.

59,623m 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:

(a) Accept all American Council on Education credit recommendations included in the official joint services transcript and award academic credit to the student in accordance with these recommendations.

(b) Accept all credits included in the Community College of the Air Force transcript and award academic credit to the student accordingly.

59,623p Section 623p. 36.64 (5) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 36.64 (5).

59,623q Section 623q. 36.64 (5) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

59,625 Section 625 . 36.65 (2) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:

36.65 (2) (dm) Teaching hours. Aggregate data on teaching hours reported under s. 36.115 (8) (a) 1.

59,626 Section 626 . 36.65 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

36.65 (6) Accountability dashboard. (a) In this subsection, “accountability dashboard” means the accountability dashboard that the board publishes on the system's Internet site.

(b) The board shall publish aggregate data on teaching hours reported under s. 36.115 (8) (a) 1. on the accountability dashboard. The board shall make accessible via links on the accountability dashboard the teaching hours reported by individual faculty and academic staff members under s. 36.115 (8) (a) 1.

59,626m Section 626m. 36.68 of the statutes is created to read:

36.68 The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership. (1) Definitions. In this section:

(a) “Board” means the public leadership board.

(b) “Center” means the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

(2) Mission. There is created at the University of Wisconsin-Madison the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership that has as its mission the facilitation of research, teaching, outreach, and needed policy reforms regarding effective public leadership that improves the practice of American government. The center shall endeavor to carry out its mission throughout all the universities of the system.

(3) Director. Upon the joint recommendation of the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the dean of the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the board shall appoint a director of the center for a 3-year term.

(4) Powers. The center may do any of the following:

(a) Make grants to support faculty research that objectively studies public leadership in American political and legal institutions, policy making, and policy implementation.

(b) Conduct an annual competitive grant contest for encouraging faculty research described in par. (a) that has direct and urgent relevance for the state of Wisconsin.

(c) Publicize the findings of the research that is supported by the center.

(d) Foster public debate over critical issues regarding effective public leadership and facilitate dialogue between academics and policy makers on those issues.

(e) Conduct and promote programs and events that bring timely political and policy issues to the attention of larger audiences.

(f) Take any other action that is consistent with the mission of the center.