SB21: Bill Text

SB21,1284 Section 1284. 36.35 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,569,18 36.35 (1) Power to suspend; rules. The board may delegate the power to suspend or expel students for misconduct or other cause prescribed by the board. The board shall promulgate rules under ch. 227 adopt policies and procedures governing student conduct and procedures for the administration of violations.

SB21,1285 Section 1285. 36.36 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1286 Section 1286. 36.37 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1287 Section 1287. 36.39 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1288 Section 1288. 36.395 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1289 Section 1289. 36.40 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1290 Section 1290. 36.43 (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,570,5 36.43 Accommodation of religious beliefs. (intro.) The board shall promulgate rules adopt policies and procedures providing for the reasonable accommodation of a student's sincerely held religious beliefs with regard to all examinations and other academic requirements. The rules policies and procedures shall include all of the following:

SB21,1291 Section 1291. 36.43 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,570,8 36.43 (1) Written and timely notification of all students and instructors of the rules policies and procedures and complaint process.

SB21,1292 Section 1292. 36.44 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 36.44.

SB21,1293 Section 1293. 36.44 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1294 Section 1294. 36.45 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1295 Section 1295. 36.46 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1296 Section 1296. 36.48 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1297 Section 1297. 36.49 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1298 Section 1298. 36.51 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,570,17 36.51 (9) The board shall adopt reasonable rules policies and procedures necessary to implement this section.

SB21,1299 Section 1299. 36.52 of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32, is repealed.

SB21,1300 Section 1300. 36.53 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1301 Section 1301. 36.54 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1302 Section 1302. 36.55 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1303 Section 1303. 36.56 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1304 Section 1304. 36.58 of the statutes is renumbered 93.13, and 93.13 (2) (a) 3. and (c), (3) (b), (3m) and (4), as renumbered, are amended to read:

SB21,571,3 93.13 (2) (a) 3. Provides the testing and diagnostic services needed by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection to discharge the department's responsibilities related to disease control and animal health.

SB21,571,7 (c) In cooperation with the school of veterinary medicine and the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, participate in research and in the provision of field services, consultation services and education as determined to be appropriate by the veterinary diagnostic laboratory board.

SB21,571,12 (3) (b) The veterinary diagnostic laboratory may not charge a fee for any testing or diagnostic service conducted for the subunit of the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection that is responsible for animal health or for the subunit of the federal department of agriculture that is responsible for animal health.

SB21,571,17 (3m) Appointment of director. After consultation with the veterinary diagnostic laboratory board, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall appoint an individual who has received the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine as the director of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.

SB21,571,22 (4) Submission of budget. Notwithstanding s. 15.03, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection shall process and forward to the department of administration all personnel and biennial budget requests of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory board without change.

SB21,1305 Section 1305. 36.585 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,572,5 36.585 (3) (a) The third-party entity or other person does not offer, resell, or provide telecommunications services that it did not offer, resell, or provide on June 15, 2011, and the third-party entity or other person does not offer, resell, or provide telecommunications services to a private entity, to the general public, or to a public entity other than a university or a university-affiliated research facility or a facility approved by the joint committee on finance under sub. (4), that the third-party entity was not serving on June 15, 2011.

SB21,1306 Section 1306. 36.585 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1307 Section 1307. 36.59 (title) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1308 Section 1308. 36.59 (1) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1309 Section 1309. 36.59 (2) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1310 Section 1310. 36.59 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1311 Section 1311. 36.59 (4) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1312 Section 1312. 36.59 (5) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1313 Section 1313. 36.59 (6) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1314 Section 1314. 36.59 (7) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 36.59 (intro.) and amended to read:

SB21,572,22 36.59 Reports Information technology reports. (intro.) No later than March 1 and September 1 of each year, the Board of Regents shall submit to the joint committee on information policy and technology a report that documents for each information technology project within the system with that is funded with general purpose revenue and that has an actual or projected cost greater than $1,000,000 or that the board has identified as a large, high-risk information technology project under sub. (2) (a) all of the following:

SB21,1315 Section 1315. 36.59 (7) (a) and (b) of the statutes are renumbered 36.59 (1m) and (2m).

SB21,1316 Section 1316. 36.59 (7) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 36.59 (3m) and amended to read:

SB21,573,4 36.59 (3m) An explanation for any variation between the original and updated costs and completion dates under pars. (a) and (b) subs. (1m) and (2m).

SB21,1317 Section 1317. 36.59 (7) (d) and (e) of the statutes are renumbered 36.59 (4m) and (5m).

SB21,1318 Section 1318. 36.59 (7) (f) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1319 Section 1319. 36.59 (7) (g) and (h) of the statutes are renumbered 36.59 (6m) and (7g).

SB21,1320 Section 1320. 36.59 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1321 Section 1321. 36.59 (8) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1322 Section 1322. 36.60 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1323 Section 1323. 36.61 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1324 Section 1324. 36.62 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1325 Section 1325. 36.63 of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1326 Section 1326. 36.65 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,573,21 36.65 (2) (a) Performance. The graduation rate, the total number of graduates, the time needed to graduate, the number of credits needed to obtain a degree, the number of degrees awarded in fields specified in s. 36.25 (52) (a) 2. a., retention rates, placement of graduates, and the percentage of residents and nonresidents who reside in this state 10 years after graduation.

SB21,1327 Section 1327. 36.65 (2) (g) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,574,8 36.65 (2) (g) Economic development. The amount and source of research funds and other new revenue brought into the state, the number of government contracts received, the number of research projects in progress or completed, the number of patents and licenses for system inventions, the number of new businesses created or spun off, the number of secondary businesses affiliated with the system or system-sponsored research projects, support provided to existing industries throughout the state, job growth from support to existing industries and new businesses, the number of jobs created in campus areas, the number of jobs created statewide, and a comparison of economic indicators for campus and other areas, and a description of the economic development programs, as defined in s. 36.11 (29r) (a), that have been undertaken.

SB21,1328 Section 1328. 36.65 (2) (i) of the statutes is repealed.

SB21,1329 Section 1329. 38.04 (1m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,574,13 38.04 (1m) (b) (intro.) The board, in consultation with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority, shall do all of the following for each economic development program administered by the board:

SB21,1330 Section 1330. 38.04 (8) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,574,16 38.04 (8) (a) In this subsection, "minority group member" has the meaning given in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (f).

SB21,1331 Section 1331. 38.04 (10m) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,574,20 38.04 (10m) (a) The board shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority.

SB21,1332 Section 1332. 38.04 (10m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,575,4 38.04 (10m) (b) Annually, no later than October 1, the board shall submit to the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic development programs, as defined in sub. (1m) (a), administered by the board. The report shall include all of the information required under s. 238.07 235.016 (2). The board shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation Forward Wisconsin Development Authority to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.

SB21,1333 Section 1333. 38.04 (19) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,575,11 38.04 (19) Cooperative research on education programs. The board shall enter into a written agreement with the department of public instruction, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System Authority, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to cooperatively conduct research on preschool through postsecondary education programs under s. 115.297, except as provided in s. 115.297 (5) (b).

SB21,1334 Section 1334. 38.04 (27) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,575,18 38.04 (27) School safety. The board shall work with schools of education and other departments of the University of Wisconsin System under s. 36.11 (36m), school districts, private schools, tribal schools, and the department of public instruction to present to school districts, private schools, and tribal schools the results of research on models for and approaches to improving school safety and reducing discipline problems in schools and at school activities.

SB21,1335 Section 1335. 38.24 (9) of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,575,24 38.24 (9) High-demand fields. Notwithstanding sub. (1m), the board may not establish program fees for a course that exceed the program fees for the same course in the same district in the most recent school year in which the course was offered if the course substantially relates to a high-demand field identified in the most recent report received by the board under s. 106.34 (2) (b).

SB21,1336 Section 1336. 38.26 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,576,2 38.26 (1) In this section, "minority student" means a student enrolled in a district school who is a minority group member, as defined in s. 16.287 203.07 (1) (f).

SB21,1337 Section 1337. 38.28 (2) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 38.28 (2) (b) 1m., and 38.28 (2) (b) 1m. a., as renumbered, is amended to read:

SB21,576,10 38.28 (2) (b) 1m. a. The district's aidable cost shall be multiplied by the applicable percentage and this product shall be multiplied by the equalization index to determine state aids. In this subdivision subd. 1m. a., the "applicable percentage" is the percentage sufficient to generate total aid under this section that will fall within the range of 0.999 and 1.001 of the amount appropriated under s. 20.292 (1) (d), as determined by the board.

SB21,1338 Section 1338. 38.28 (2) (b) 2m. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,576,12 38.28 (2) (b) 2m. This paragraph does not apply beginning July 1, 2019.

SB21,1339 Section 1339. 38.28 (2) (be) 1. i. of the statutes is created to read:

SB21,576,17 38.28 (2) (be) 1. i. The development and implementation of a policy to award course credit for relevant educational experience or training not obtained through an institution of higher education, including skills training received during military service.

SB21,1340 Section 1340. 38.28 (2) (be) 1m. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,576,23 38.28 (2) (be) 1m. Subject to modification by the joint committee on finance under subd. 2., allocations under the formula established under subd. 1. shall be based on a district's performance with respect to 7 of the 9 10 criteria specified in subd. 1. a. to h. i., and the board shall allow each district to designate the criteria used for the allocations.

SB21,1341 Section 1341. 38.28 (2) (be) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,577,2 38.28 (2) (be) 3. b. The performance of each district with respect to each criterion specified in subd. 1. a. to h. i.

SB21,1342 Section 1342. 38.28 (2) (be) 3. d. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,577,5 38.28 (2) (be) 3. d. The performance of the technical college system as a whole with respect to each criterion specified in subd. 1. a. to h. i.

SB21,1343 Section 1343. 38.28 (2) (be) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB21,577,10 38.28 (2) (be) 5. The board shall include in its biennial budget request under s. 16.42 any legislative proposals that the board recommends that relate to the criteria specified in subd. 1. a. to h. i. or to the plan or formula approved or modified by the joint committee on finance under subd. 2.