SB21-SSA1,414,2424 2. By rank, and within rank according to total years of service in the institution.
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13. By rank, and within rank, according to length of service in the institution
2at that rank.
SB21-SSA1,415,6 3(4) Notification. (a) Each faculty member who is to be laid off shall receive
4prompt written notification from the chancellor. Prior to issuing a layoff notification,
5the chancellor shall offer to consult with, and seek advice from, a faculty committee
6designated or created by the faculty of the institution.
SB21-SSA1,415,77 (b) The notification under par. (a) shall include all of the following:
SB21-SSA1,415,88 1. A summary of the reasons supporting the need for the layoff.
SB21-SSA1,415,109 2. A statement of the basis on which the individual position was selected for
10elimination and one of the following:
SB21-SSA1,415,1211 a. If the position was selected for elimination on the basis of seniority, the
12criterion used and data supporting the choice.
SB21-SSA1,415,1413 b. If the position was selected for elimination on a basis other than seniority,
14the data and reasons supporting that choice.
SB21-SSA1,415,1515 3. A statement of the date on which the layoff is to be effective.
SB21-SSA1,415,1816 4. A copy of the statutes regarding layoff of faculty due to a budget or program
17decision requiring a program change and such other information or procedural
18regulations as the chancellor deems appropriate.
SB21-SSA1,415,21 19(5) Notification period. (a) In the case of the layoff of faculty due to a budget
20or program decision requiring a program change, notification must be given at least
2112 months in advance of the effective date.
SB21-SSA1,415,2422 (b) During the 12-month period under par. (a), and prior to entering layoff
23status, the chancellor may offer as appropriate, and the faculty member may accept,
24any of the following:
SB21-SSA1,415,2525 1. Terminal leave and early retirement.
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12. Relocation leave accompanied by resignation.
SB21-SSA1,416,32 (c) Acceptance of either option under par. (b) terminates the faculty member's
3association with the system at the end of the leave period.
SB21-SSA1,416,10 4(6) Faculty hearing committee. (a) The faculty of each institution shall
5establish a committee or designate an existing committee to serve as a hearing
6committee for the purposes of this section. The committee shall consist of faculty
7members of the institution chosen by the faculty in a manner to be determined by the
8faculty. This standing faculty committee shall conduct the hearing, make a verbatim
9record of the hearing, prepare a summary of the evidence, and transmit the record
10and summary along with its recommended findings of law and decision to the board.
SB21-SSA1,416,15 11(7) Review hearing. (a) A faculty member who has been notified of layoff is
12entitled to a hearing before the faculty hearing committee as to the appropriateness
13of the decision to lay off that particular individual. The budget or program decisions
14made to discontinue, curtail, modify, or redirect a program are not subject to review
15in the hearing.
SB21-SSA1,416,2116 (b) A hearing must be requested within 20 days of the receipt by the faculty
17member of notification of layoff. The request shall state with particularity the
18grounds to be relied upon in establishing the impropriety of the decision. Relevant
19information supplementary to that contained in the notification statement may be
20requested. The question to be considered in the review is whether one or more of the
21following improper factors entered into the decision to lay off:
SB21-SSA1,416,2322 1. Conduct, expressions, or beliefs on the faculty member's part that are
23constitutionally protected, or protected by the principles of academic freedom.
SB21-SSA1,416,2524 2. Factors proscribed by applicable state or federal law regarding fair
25employment practices.
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13. Improper selection of the individual to be laid off.
SB21-SSA1,417,32 (c) For purposes of par. (b), "improper selection" has occurred if material
3prejudice resulted from any of the following:
SB21-SSA1,417,44 1. The procedures required by the board were not followed.
SB21-SSA1,417,65 2. Available data bearing materially on the role of the faculty member in the
6institution were not considered.
SB21-SSA1,417,77 3. Unfounded or arbitrary assumptions of fact were made.
SB21-SSA1,417,98 4. Immaterial or improper factors other than those specified in par. (b) entered
9into the decision.
SB21-SSA1,417,1610 (d) The committee shall determine whether one or more of the improper factors
11under par. (b) entered significantly into and affected the layoff decision on the basis
12of the evidence presented. If the committee believes that one or more improper
13factors may have entered into the layoff decision but is convinced that the same
14decision would have been reached had the error or errors not occurred, the committee
15shall find the layoff decision to have been proper. The committee shall report its
16findings and recommendations to the chancellor and the faculty member.
SB21-SSA1,417,20 17(8) Hearing procedure. (a) If the faculty hearing committee requests, the
18chancellor shall provide legal counsel to the committee for a hearing under sub. (7).
19The hearing shall be closed unless the faculty member who has been notified of layoff
20requests an open hearing, in which case it shall be open.
SB21-SSA1,418,421 (b) The faculty hearing committee may, on motion of either party, disqualify any
22one of its members for cause by a majority vote. If one or more of the faculty hearing
23committee members disqualify themselves or are disqualified, the remaining
24members may select a number of other members of the faculty equal to the number
25who have been disqualified to serve, except that alternative methods of replacement

1may be specified in the rules and procedures adopted by the faculty establishing the
2hearing committee under sub. (6). No faculty member who participated in the
3decision to lay off or who is a material witness may sit in on the faculty hearing
4committee.
SB21-SSA1,418,85 (c) The faculty member shall be given at least 10 days' notice of the hearing.
6The hearing shall be held not later than 20 days after the request for hearing except
7that this time limit may be extended by mutual consent of the parties or by order of
8the faculty hearing committee.
SB21-SSA1,418,119 (d) The faculty member shall have access to the evidence on which the
10administration intends to rely to support the decision to lay off, and shall be
11guaranteed all of the following minimal procedural safeguards at the hearing:
SB21-SSA1,418,1212 1. A right to be heard on his or her own behalf.
SB21-SSA1,418,1313 2. A right to counsel or other representatives or both, and to offer witnesses.
SB21-SSA1,418,1414 3. A right to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses.
SB21-SSA1,418,1615 4. A verbatim record of the hearing, which might be a sound recording, provided
16at no cost.
SB21-SSA1,418,1717 5. Written findings of fact and decision based on the hearing record.
SB21-SSA1,418,1818 6. Admissibility of evidence as described in s. 227.45 (1) to (4).
SB21-SSA1,418,2019 (e) Adjournments shall be granted to enable either party to investigate
20evidence as to which a valid claim of surprise is made.
SB21-SSA1,418,23 21(9) Recommendations and review by the board. The layoff decision of the
22chancellor and the recommendations, if any, of the faculty hearing committee, shall
23be transmitted to the president and to the board and acted upon as follows:
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1(a) If the faculty member has not requested a hearing before the faculty hearing
2committee, the chancellor's decision shall be deemed proper and shall be reported for
3information to the president and the board.
SB21-SSA1,419,104 (b) If the faculty member has requested a hearing and the faculty hearing
5committee has found the decision to be proper, the report of the faculty hearing
6committee shall be forwarded to the president and board by the chancellor with a
7recommendation. The faculty member may request a review by the board, and the
8board review panel may at its option grant a review. Unless the board review panel
9grants the request for review, the recommended findings of fact and decision of the
10faculty hearing committee shall be the final decision of the board.
SB21-SSA1,419,2211 (c) If after a hearing, the faculty hearing committee's recommended findings
12of fact and decision are that the initial decision was improper, the chancellor shall
13review the matter and give careful consideration to the committee's finding. If the
14chancellor accepts the committee's findings, the chancellor's decision shall be final.
15If the chancellor contests the recommended findings that the decision was improper,
16the verbatim record, a summary of the evidence, and the recommended findings of
17law and decision shall be forwarded to the board review panel. The chancellor and
18the faculty member shall be furnished with copies of this material and shall have a
19reasonable opportunity to file written exceptions to the summary and proposed
20findings and decision and to argue with respect to them orally and in writing before
21the board review panel. The board review panel shall hear and decide the case and
22the decision of the board review panel shall be final.
SB21-SSA1,420,6 23(10) Board review. A review panel shall be appointed by the president of the
24board, and shall include 3 members of the board, and 2 nonvoting staff members from
25the academic affairs office of the system. The panel shall review the criteria and

1reasoning of the chancellor and the findings and recommendations of the faculty
2hearing committee in each case forwarded for its review, and shall reach a decision
3on the recommendation to be approved. The decision shall be final and binding upon
4the chancellor and the faculty member affected unless one or more of the board
5members of the review panel request that the decision be reviewed by the full board,
6in which case the record shall be reviewed and a decision reached by the full board.
SB21-SSA1,420,10 7(11) Layoff status. (a) A faculty member whose position has been eliminated
8or reduced in accordance with the provisions of this section shall, at the end of the
9appropriate notice period, be placed on layoff status, unless the layoff notice has been
10rescinded prior to that time.
SB21-SSA1,420,1211 (b) The faculty member whose notice period has expired, and who is placed on
12layoff status, shall remain on layoff status until any of the following occurs:
SB21-SSA1,420,1413 1. The period of the faculty member's appointment has expired under its own
14terms.
SB21-SSA1,420,1715 2. The faculty member is reappointed to the position from which he or she was
16laid off. Failure to accept a reappointment terminates the faculty member's
17association with the system.
SB21-SSA1,420,2018 3. The faculty member accepts an alternative continuing position in the
19system. Failure to accept an alternate appointment does not terminate the faculty
20member's association with the system.
SB21-SSA1,420,2121 4. The faculty member resigns.
SB21-SSA1,420,2522 5. The faculty member, while on layoff status, fails to notify the chancellor by
23December 1 of each year as to his or her location, employment status, and desire to
24remain on layoff status. Failure to provide this notice of desire to remain on layoff
25status terminates the faculty member's association with the system.
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1(12) Alternative employment. Each institution shall devote its best efforts to
2securing alternative appointments within the institution in positions for which
3faculty laid off under this section are qualified under existing criteria. In addition,
4the system shall provide financial assistance for one year for faculty who are
5designated for layoff to readapt within the department or within another department
6of the institution, where readaptation is feasible. Further, the system shall devote
7its best efforts to ensure that faculty members laid off or terminated in any
8institution are made aware of openings within the system.
SB21-SSA1,421,16 9(13) Reappointment rights. Each institution shall establish administrative
10procedures and policies to ensure that where layoffs or terminations occur due to a
11budget or program decision requiring a program change, no person may be employed
12at that institution within 3 years to perform reasonably comparable duties to those
13of the faculty member laid off or terminated without first offering the laid off or
14terminated faculty member reappointment without loss of seniority and other rights.
15The 3-year period shall be computed from the effective date of layoff as specified in
16the original notice.
SB21-SSA1,421,22 17(14) Retention of rank and salary. Any faculty member reappointed within
183 years after layoff or termination shall be reappointed with a rank and salary at
19least equivalent to the rank and salary when laid off or terminated, together with
20such other rights and privileges that may have accrued at that time. Any faculty
21member relocated within an institution or within the system shall not have either
22rank or salary adversely affected except by consent at the time of relocation.
SB21-SSA1,421,25 23(15) Rights of faculty members on layoff. A faculty member on layoff status
24in accord with the provisions of this section has the reemployment rights guaranteed
25by subs. (13) and (14), and has all of the following minimal rights:
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1(a) The right to participate in fringe benefit programs as is allowed by state
2statutes and rules governing rights of laid off state employees.
SB21-SSA1,422,43 (b) The right to continued use of campus facilities as is allowed by policies and
4procedures established by the department and institution.
SB21-SSA1,422,65 (c) The right to participate in departmental and institutional activities as is
6allowed by guidelines established by the department and institution.
SB21-SSA1,422,10 7(16) Systemwide tenure. The commitment to systemwide tenure within the
8institutions formerly governed under ch. 37, 1971 stats., shall be honored by those
9institutions for those eligible under s. 36.13 (4), 1973 Stats., in the event of layoff or
10termination under the provisions of this section.
SB21-SSA1,422,13 11(17) Lack of faculty action. If the faculty of an institution is given due notice
12but does not establish or designate a hearing committee under sub. (6) (a), the
13chancellor may appoint a committee of faculty members to provide this function.
SB21-SSA1,1218 14Section 1218. 36.25 (3m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1225m 15Section 1225m. 36.25 (11) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,422,2116 36.25 (11) (e) The technical staff and other employees necessary to the
17operation of the laboratory shall be employed under the classified service by the
18director. The board, upon the recommendation of the chancellor of the University of
19Wisconsin-Madison, with the approval of the laboratory of hygiene board, shall
20appoint the director of the laboratory and such other members of its professional staff
21as are required for the administration of the laboratory.
SB21-SSA1,1244 22Section 1244. 36.25 (29) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1245g 23Section 1245g. 36.25 (29m) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1245r 24Section 1245r. 36.25 (29m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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136.25 (29m) (b) Assist the department of public instruction to periodically
2assess and report to the environmental education board on the environmental
3literacy of this state's teachers and students.
SB21-SSA1,1271c 4Section 1271c. 36.27 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,423,75 36.27 (3) Tuition remissions. (intro.) Within the limits established by s. 20.285
6(2) (d), the
The board may remit nonresident tuition either in whole or in part at each
7institution, but not other fees:
SB21-SSA1,1271g 8Section 1271g. 36.27 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,423,119 36.27 (3) (a) To a number of needy and worthy nonresident students upon the
10basis of merit, to be shown by suitable tests, examinations, or scholastic records and
11continued high standards of scholastic attainment.
SB21-SSA1,1271n 12Section 1271n. 36.27 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,423,1513 36.27 (3) (b) To additional individual students who, in the judgment of the
14board, are deserving of relief from the assessment of nonresident tuition because of
15extraordinary circumstances
.
SB21-SSA1,1271r 16Section 1271r. 36.27 (3) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1271w 17Section 1271w. 36.27 (3) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,423,2118 36.27 (3) (g) The board shall may remit nonresident tuition and fees, in whole
19or part, to resident and nonresident graduate students who are fellows or who are
20employed within the system as faculty, instructional academic staff , or assistants
21with an appointment equal to at least 33% of a full-time equivalent position.
SB21-SSA1,1272m 22Section 1272m. 36.27 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1275m 23Section 1275m. 36.29 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
SB21-SSA1,423,2524 36.29 (8) This section does not apply to a private gift or grant made to the office
25of educational opportunity.
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1Section 1277m. 36.31 (2m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB21-SSA1,424,112 36.31 (2m) (b) Notwithstanding s. 36.09 (4) (3) (a), the Board of Regents and
3the technical college system board shall, and the governing boards of tribally
4controlled colleges in this state and the association, on behalf of private colleges, may,
5enter into and implement an agreement that identifies core general education
6courses totaling not fewer than 30 credits and establishes policies for ensuring that,
7beginning in the 2014-15 academic year, credits for completing the courses are
8transferable and would satisfy general education requirements at the receiving
9institution or college, between and within each institution, college campus, and
10technical college, and each tribally controlled college and private college that elects
11to participate in the agreement.
SB21-SSA1,1278 12Section 1278. 36.31 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1279 13Section 1279. 36.32 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1287 14Section 1287. 36.39 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1288 15Section 1288. 36.395 of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1292 16Section 1292. 36.44 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 36.44.
SB21-SSA1,1293 17Section 1293. 36.44 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1294g 18Section 1294g. 36.45 (1) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1294r 19Section 1294r. 36.45 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB21-SSA1,1295 20Section 1295. 36.46 of the statutes is repealed.
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