(2) Funds shall be returned to the board, using the board's established Return of Funds policy HEA 1.07 for scholars who withdraw, drop out or fail to enroll.
(3) To help make the Wisconsin Covenant a reality for Wisconsin students and their families, the University of Wisconsin System, the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Wisconsin Technical College System, and the Department of Public Instruction shall work together to ensure:
(a) There is a place for each Covenant Scholar in higher education. The respective systems will work to prioritize the entrance of the Covenant Scholars into their systems and identify a place for each Scholar in the higher education system of their choice.
(b) Covenant Scholars can access available financial resources including but not limited to scholarships, grants, loans, and work that will put higher education within reach for each Covenant Scholar.
(c) Support for the Covenant Scholars in middle and high school to help them achieve their goals through the continuation, expansion, or establishment of pre-college programming, mentoring, tutoring, and other local supports.
(4) The University of Wisconsin System, the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Wisconsin Technical College System, and the Department of Public Instruction will report annually to the office detailing the nature of support the system is providing for the Covenant Scholars as well the outcomes of this support. This report is intended to connect college access programs with students who have signed the pledge or students who have been designated Wisconsin Covenant Scholars and to highlight best practices of college access programming statewide. The office will work in conjunction with the reporting agencies regarding the annual goals and substance of the report.
Adm 80.09 Wisconsin Covenant College Access Network Council. (1) Pursuant to s. 16.257, the office shall establish a Wisconsin Covenant College Access Network Council charged with coordinating statewide college access programs and organizations in an effort to minimize duplication of effort and maximize student pursuit of postsecondary education.
(a) The members of this council shall include:
1. Director, Office of the Wisconsin Covenant;
2. President, University of Wisconsin System;
3. President, Wisconsin Technical College System;
4. President, Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities;
5. Superintendent, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction;
6. Executive Secretary, Higher Education Aids Board
(b) In addition, the council shall appoint associate members representing the following each of the following:
1. A non-profit organization with significant college access programming; and
2. A non-profit organization that provides significant funding for college access programming; and
3. A representative from the business community
Adm 80.10 Reporting System. (1) The reporting system contemplated by s. 39.437 (5) (a), Stats., is established under s. HEA 1.02 and administered by the board. The board will share this information on an annual basis with the office.
Agency Contact Person
Shannon Loredo
Office of the Wisconsin Covenant
101 E. Wilson Street
P.O. Box 7869
Madison, WI 53707-7869
Phone: 608-261-8652
Notice of Hearing
Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to authority vested in the Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board in ss. 15.08 (5) (b), 227.11 (2) and 454.06 (2) (c), (3) (d), (4) (c), (5) (c) and (6) (c), Stats., the Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board will hold a public hearing at the time and place indicated below to consider an order to revise Chapter BC 7, relating to examinations for barbers and cosmetologists, aestheticians, electrologists, manicurists, and managers.
Hearing Information
Date:   May 3, 2010
Time:   10:00 AM
Location:   1400 East Washington Avenue
  Room 121A
  Madison, Wisconsin
Appearances at the Hearing and Submission of Written Comments
Interested persons are invited to present information at the hearing. Persons appearing may make an oral presentation but are urged to submit facts, opinions and argument in writing as well. Facts, opinions and argument may also be submitted in writing without a personal appearance by mail addressed to Pamela Haack, Paralegal, Department of Regulation and Licensing, 1400 East Washington Avenue, Room 152, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708-8935, or by email to pamela.haack@wisconsin.gov. Comments must be received on or before May 3, 2010, to be included in the record of rule-making proceedings.
Copies of Proposed Rule
Copies of this proposed rule are available upon request to Pamela Haack, Paralegal, Department of Regulation and Licensing, Division of Board Services, 1400 East Washington Avenue, P.O. Box 8935, Madison, Wisconsin 53708, or by email at pamela.haack@wisconsin.gov.
Analysis Prepared by the Department of Regulation and Licensing
Statutes interpreted
Section 454.06 (2) (c), (3) (d), (4) (c), (5) (c) and (6) (c), Stats.
Statutory authority
Explanation of agency authority
The Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board is granted the authority under ss. 454.06 (2) (c), (3) (d), (4) (c), (5) (c) and (6) (c), and 454.07, Stats., to conduct examinations as a requirement for licensure.
Plain language analysis
This proposed rule-making amends ch. BC 7, Examinations, to modify some of the provisions to conform to current practice and to clean up redundant language to make the rules easier to read and use.
SECTION 1 repeals a section that specified detailed requirements for the scheduling and administration of the required examinations. The section is recreated to allow the board to prepare, administer and grade examinations or to approve an examination prepared, administered and graded by a test service provider. The section also requires the board to ensure there is an appeal process for applicants who fail the examination.
SECTION 2 repeals a provision that simply said examinations shall test for entry level competence. It is recreated to require the board to determine the subject matters that will be tested and to design the test for minimum competence.
SECTION 3 amends the current requirement that the board furnish upon request information describing the competencies that will be tested. The board will now be required to make that information generally available.
SECTION 4 combines into one provision the requirement that an applicant for a barber or cosmetologist, aesthetician, electrologist, or manicurist license is required to take a written and practical examination. This section also amends a provision to make it clear that a manager must only complete a written examination.
SECTION 5 repeals the provisions that became unnecessary after its substance was combined into one section in SECTION 4.
SECTION 6 combines into one provision the requirement that a passing score shall be based on the board's determination of what is minimum competence.
SECTION 7 repeals the provisions that became unnecessary after its substance was combined into one section in SECTION 6.
SECTION 8 amends a provision to grant the board the authority to deny a license or to withhold an examination score to an applicant who gives or receives unauthorized assistance during the examination.
SECTION 9 repeals a provision that requires two examiners to confer before issuing a failing score in the practical examination and that required the board to provide the examinee with a written description of the reasons for that failure. This section is recreated to require the board to provide an applicant a report of the reasons for failure.
SECTION 10 repeals two provisions, the first of which is the section that contained specific requirements to be followed when an applicant requested a review of a failed examination. The provision provided that applicants could review the examination and write comments, questions or claims of error regarding any question in the examination. Those notes had to remain with the proctor to be used later at a potential hearing. The board was required to review the applicant's claims. The second repealed provision contained the process by which an applicant would appeal and ultimately request a hearing on a claim of error. The right to request an appeal was moved to s. BC 7.01 (2).
The provisions allowing review of examination questions had to be repealed because the questions themselves are proprietary intellectual property under law.
SECTION 11 renumbers a provision to make the order of the rule provisions follow in a logical manner.
SECTION 12 repeals a provision that conflicted with the current s. BC 7.09 (3).
SECTION 13 clarifies that the rule that scores of retake examinations be combined with examination parts previously posted is applicable to all applicants and not just barbers and cosmetologists. This includes the substance of the provision repealed in SECTION 12.
Comparison with federal regulations
There is no existing or proposed federal regulation.
Comparison with rules in adjacent states
Illinois:
Statutes and rules for barbering and cosmetology are found in Illinois Administrative Code Title 168 Part 1175 (see: http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/0680117sections.html). The provisions are silent on the issues outlined herein.
Iowa:
Statutes and rules for barbering and cosmetology are found in Iowa Code Chapter 157 Cosmetology and Chapter 158 Barbering:
Iowa Administrative Code Chapter 21 Barbering & Chapter 60 Cosmetology:
There are no provisions regarding the means by which passing scores shall be determined, failure of practical examinations or examination review.
Michigan:
Statutes and rules for Barbering and Cosmetology are found in:
Cosmetology Law Book:
Barbering Law Book:
There are no provisions regarding the means by which passing scores shall be determined, failure of practical examinations or examination review.
Minnesota:
Statutes and rules for Barbering and Cosmetology are found in:
Minnesota Statutes 2007 Chapter 154.003-154.26 Barbers & 154.40-154.54 Cosmetology.
Barber Rules Chapter 2100 & Cosmetology Rules Chapters 2105 and 2110:
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