EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD
39.11
39.11
Educational communications board; duties. The educational communications board shall:
39.11(1)
(1) Receive and disburse state, federal and private funds and engage or contract for such personnel and facilities as it deems necessary to carry out the purpose of this section.
39.11(2)
(2) Plan, construct and develop a state system of radio broadcasting for the presentation of educational, informational and public service programs and formulate policies regulating the operation of such a state system.
39.11(3)
(3) Protect the public interest in educational television by making application to the federal communications commission for educational television channels reserved for Wisconsin, and take such action as is necessary to preserve such channels to Wisconsin for educational use.
39.11(4)
(4) Initiate, develop and maintain a comprehensive state plan for the orderly operation of a statewide television system for the presentation of noncommercial instructional programs which will serve the best interests of the people of the state now and in the future;
39.11(5)
(5) Work with the educational agencies and institutions of the state as reviewer, adviser and coordinator of their joint efforts to meet the educational needs of the state through radio and television.
39.11(6)
(6) Furnish leadership in securing adequate funding for statewide joint use of radio and television for educational and cultural purposes, including funding for media programming for broadcast over the state networks. The educational communications board may submit joint budget requests with state agencies and other nonstate organizations or corporations for the purposes stated above;
39.11(7)
(7) Lease, purchase or construct radio and television facilities for joint use, such as network interconnection or relay equipment, mobile units, or other equipment available for statewide use;
39.11(8)
(8) Apply for, construct and operate radio and television transmission equipment in order to provide broadcast service to all areas of this state;
39.11(9)
(9) Establish and maintain a continuing evaluation of the effectiveness of the joint efforts of all participating educational institutions in terms of jointly-established goals in the area of educational radio and television.
39.11(10)
(10) Act as a central clearing house and source of information concerning educational radio and television activities in this state, including the furnishing of such information to legislators, offices of government, educational institutions and the general public.
39.11(11)
(11) If appropriate funds are made available, file applications after appropriate engineering studies and feasibility surveys for the construction and operation of noncommercial educational radio and television transmitters in the vicinities of Wausau, Colfax, La Crosse and Appleton and translators in the Platteville and Ashland area.
39.11(12)
(12) Establish and operate, as soon as practicable, an interconnection between the broadcast facilities and higher education campuses to facilitate statewide use of closed circuit and broadcast radio and television for educational purposes. Additional facilities may be authorized by the educational communications board if deemed necessary and if funds are available for such purposes.
39.11(13)
(13) Throughout this development, seek to cooperate with similar bodies in other states and participate in regional and national network planning so as to insure maximum educational benefits for the people of this state.
39.11(14)
(14) Coordinate the radio activities of the various educational and informational agencies, civic groups, and citizens having contributions to make to the public interest and welfare.
39.11(15)
(15) Manage, operate and maintain broadcasting station WLBL.
39.11(16)
(16) When appropriate and related to the programs of the state educational radio and television network, procure or publish instructional material. A reasonable handling charge may be established to cover the costs of providing such material.
39.11(16g)
(16g) Expend at least $140,200 in fiscal year 1994-95 and every fiscal year thereafter for the development and periodic update of instructional television programs that are specific to this state for use in schools. Funds may be expended for the programs from the appropriation under
s. 20.225 (1) (f),
(g),
(h) or
(m).
39.11(16m)
(16m) Give priority in the development of instructional television programs to programs specific to this state.
39.11(17)
(17) Assist any state agency, upon its request, in the development and review of plans for the utilization of educational radio and television to include, but not be limited to, equipment, personnel, facilities and programming.
39.11(17m)
(17m) Maintain annual records of its expenditures for programming purposes by type of programming and by source of revenue. By December 1, 1981, and annually thereafter, the educational communications board shall submit to the governor and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the legislature under
s. 13.172 (2), a report on all of the board's sources of revenue by source and amount.
39.11(18)
(18) Use the funds appropriated under
s. 20.225 (1) (d) to contract with Milwaukee area technical college for television facilities access or programs of statewide interest produced by the technical college, or both.
39.11(20)
(20) Provide leadership in securing appropriate funding for regional educational telecommunications networks maintained by schools and other educational institutions, coordinate the development of the networks and establish technical standards for the networks and their interconnections.
39.11 Annotation
Board's relationship with support organizations discussed. 70 Atty. Gen. 163.
39.115
39.115
Educational communications board; powers. The educational communications board may:
39.115(1)
(1) Copyright in its own name or acquire copyrights by assignment and charge for their use.
39.115(2)
(2) Review capital equipment purchases related to public broadcasting made by any state agency.
39.115(3)
(3) Enter into a contract with any state agency, county, cooperative educational service agency, technical college district, municipality or school district for the educational communications board to furnish engineering and other services related to the construction or operation of telecommunications facilities.
39.115 History
History: 1985 a. 29 ss.
711g,
711r;
1995 a. 27.
39.12
39.12
Nonstock corporation. 39.12(1)
(1) The educational communications board may organize and maintain a nonstock nonprofit corporation under
ch. 181 for the exclusive purpose of raising funds for the educational communications board to support the activities of the educational communications board. Any funds raised by the corporation shall be expended to carry out the purposes for which received.
39.12(2)
(2) The educational communications board shall enter into a contract with the corporation under
sub. (1). The contract shall provide that the educational communications board may make use of the services of the corporation and that the educational communications board may provide administrative services to the corporation. The type and scope of any administrative services provided by the educational communications board to the corporation and the educational communications board employes assigned to perform the services shall be determined by the educational communications board. The corporation may neither employ staff nor engage in political activities.
39.12(2m)
(2m) The corporation under
sub. (1) shall donate any real property to the state within 5 years after acquiring the property unless holding the property for more than 5 years is consistent with sound business and financial practices and is approved by the joint committee on finance.
39.12(3)
(3) The educational communications board, the department of administration, the legislative fiscal bureau, the legislative audit bureau and the appropriate committee of each house of the legislature, as determined by the presiding officer, may examine all records of the corporation.
39.12(4)
(4) The board of directors of any corporation established under this section shall consist of 5 members, including the executive director of the educational communications board and 4 members of the educational communications board, elected by the educational communications board, of which one shall be a legislator. No 2 members of the board of directors may be from the same category of educational communications board members under
s. 15.57 (1) to
(7).
39.12(5)
(5) Any corporation established under this section shall be organized so that contributions to it will be deductible from adjusted gross income under section
170 of the internal revenue code and so that the corporation will be exempt from taxation under section
501 of the internal revenue code and
ss. 71.26 (1) (a) and
71.45 (1).
39.13(1)(1) The educational communications board shall appoint an executive director outside the classified service. The executive director shall coordinate the activities and execute the program and orders of the board, maintain liaison with the various federal and state agencies interested in the system of state radio and television broadcasting and exercise such further powers, functions and duties as the board prescribes.
39.13(2)
(2) The executive director may employ a deputy director, the number of division administrators specified in
s. 230.08 (2) (e) and 12 professional staff members outside the classified service. Subject to authorization under
s. 16.505, the executive director may employ additional professional staff members for development and grant projects outside the classified service or for other purposes within the classified service.
39.13(3)
(3) The educational communications board may provide a plan for bonus compensation for employes appointed in the unclassified service whose principal responsibility is fund raising, whereby the employes may qualify for an annual bonus for meritorious performance. No bonus awarded by the board to any individual employe for any fiscal year may exceed a total of 25% of the annual salary of the employe at the beginning of the fiscal year. In awarding bonus compensation for a given period, the board shall award no more than 3% of the amount of private funding raised during the preceding fiscal year which is in excess of the amount of private funding raised during the 2nd preceding fiscal year. The board shall provide for a portion of the bonus compensation awarded under this subsection to be distributed to employes over a 3-year period conditioned upon continuation of employment to the time of distribution.
39.14
39.14
Affiliation agreement. 39.14(1)
(1) The educational communications board may enter into an affiliation agreement with broadcast radio and television licensees for the purpose of furthering its responsibilities under
s. 39.11 (2),
(4),
(7),
(13) and
(14). An affiliation agreement shall include the minimum amount of programming of the Wisconsin educational radio or television network to be carried by the affiliated radio and television station.
39.14(2)
(2) Any amendment to an agreement under
sub. (1) in the amount of programming to be carried by the affiliated licensee which is offered by the Wisconsin educational radio or television network may be made by mutual agreement between the affiliated licensee and the educational communications board.
39.14(3)
(3) Any nonprofit affiliated licensee of the Wisconsin educational radio or television network shall be required to submit to the educational communications board an annual report of their operating and capital budgets, plans for future development and expansion, schedules of weekly broadcast programming, and all other information deemed reasonable and appropriate by the contracting parties.
39.14(4)
(4) The educational communications board shall negotiate an affiliation agreement under
s. 36.25 (5) with the university of Wisconsin system.
39.14 History
History: 1973 c. 333;
1975 c. 41 s.
52.
39.145
39.145
Distance education projects. 39.145(1)(a)(a) A school board, the board of control of a cooperative educational service agency, a technical college district board or an institution or center within the university of Wisconsin system may individually or in any combination request the educational communications board to assist in funding the development of a distance education project using fiber optics or other appropriate technologies.
39.145(1)(b)
(b) The request shall describe how the services provided by the distance education project will be used in cooperation with other educational institutions within the coverage area of the system's facilities.
39.145(2)(a)(a) The educational communications board shall give preference in funding projects under this section to those projects that meet all of the following criteria:
39.145(2)(a)1.
1. Promote cooperation with other educational institutions.
39.145(2)(a)3.
3. Demonstrate connectivity to other instructional telecommunications systems.
39.145(2)(a)4.
4. Use technologies consistent with the technology architecture specified in the statewide information technology plan.
39.145(3)(a)(a) Projects shall be funded from the appropriation under
s. 20.225 (1) (e). A project may not be funded for more than one year.
39.145(3)(b)
(b) No project may be funded unless there is a matching fund contribution from the applicant of at least 50% of the cost of the project. Private funds and in-kind contributions may be used to meet the matching fund requirement.
39.145(3)(c)
(c) No project may be funded unless the educational communications board determines that all of the following conditions have been met:
39.145(3)(c)1.
1. The funding will not supplant funds otherwise available for the project.
39.145(3)(c)2.
2. The application describes the method that will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the project.
39.145(3)(c)3.
3. There is a local commitment to maintain the project beyond the funded period.
39.145(3)(c)4.
4. The applicant authorizes the educational communications board to disseminate information about the results of the project.
39.145(4)
(4) By August 1 following the fiscal year for which a project is funded, the applicant shall submit a report to the educational communications board evaluating the effectiveness of the funded project. The report shall include an accounting of all expenditures made on behalf of the project.
39.145(5)
(5) The board shall promulgate rules to implement and administer this section.
39.145 History
History: 1989 a. 31;
1993 a. 16,
399,
491.
MEDICAL EDUCATION
39.15
39.15
Aid for medical education. 39.15(1)(a)
(a) One-third of the members of the board of trustees of the medical college of Wisconsin, inc., shall be nominated by the governor, and with the advice and consent of the senate appointed, for staggered 6-year terms expiring on May 1.
39.15(1)(b)
(b) The medical college of Wisconsin, inc., shall give first preference in admissions to residents of this state.
39.15(1)(c)
(c) The medical college of Wisconsin, inc., shall make every effort to ensure that at least 5% of the total enrollment of the college consists of minority students.
39.15(2)
(2) The legislative audit bureau shall biennially postaudit expenditures under
s. 20.250 so as to assure the propriety of expenditures and compliance with legislative intent. State affirmative action policies, rules and practices shall be applied to the medical college of Wisconsin, inc., consistent with their application to state agencies.
39.155
39.155
Medical college of Wisconsin; state aid policies. 39.155(1)(1) Subject to
sub. (3), all funds appropriated to the medical college of Wisconsin, inc., under
s. 20.250 (1) (a) shall be based on a per capita formula for an amount for each Wisconsin resident enrolled at the college who is paying full tuition. A student's qualification as a resident of this state shall be determined by the department of education in accordance with
s. 36.27, so far as applicable.
39.155(2)
(2) On or before January 15 and September 15 of each year, the medical college of Wisconsin, inc., shall submit to the department of education for its approval a list of the Wisconsin residents enrolled at the college who are paying full tuition. The state shall make semiannual payments to the medical college of Wisconsin, inc., from the appropriation under
s. 20.250 (1) (a), upon approval of the list. If the appropriation under
s. 20.250 (1) (a) is insufficient to pay the amount specified to be disbursed under
s. 20.250 (1) (a), the payments shall be disbursed on a prorated basis for each student entitled to such aid. No more than 8 such payments may be made to the medical college of Wisconsin, inc., from the appropriation under
s. 20.250 (1) (a), for any individual student.
39.155(3)
(3) The medical college of Wisconsin, inc., may not assess tuition for a Wisconsin resident enrolled at the college in an amount that exceeds the difference between the tuition assessed a nonresident student enrolled at the college and the amount disbursed under
s. 20.250 (1) (a) for each Wisconsin resident enrolled at the college. This subsection applies only to students enrolled in the class entering the college in the 1986-87 academic year and thereafter for whom payments are made to the Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., from the appropriation under
s. 20.250 (1) (a).
39.16
39.16
Medical education review committee. There is created a medical education review committee consisting of 9 members as follows. Seven members shall be appointed by the governor for staggered 5-year terms, and shall be selected from citizens with broad knowledge of medical education who are currently not associated with either of the medical schools of this state. The remaining members of the committee shall be the president of the university of Wisconsin system or a designee, and the president of the medical college of Wisconsin, inc. or a designee.
