38.14(6)
(6) Transportation. The district board may provide transportation for students within the district, but no state aid may be paid for this service.
38.14(7)
(7) Sale of articles. The district board may sell at market value articles manufactured in district schools. The proceeds from such sales shall be paid to the district treasurer.
38.14(9)
(9) Activity, incidental and vocational-adult seminar and workshop fees. The district board may establish student activity and incidental fees to fund, in whole or in part, the cost of services and activities offered as support services for regular instruction. With the approval of the state director, the district board may establish fees for vocational-adult seminars and workshops, not to exceed the full cost of the seminar or workshop less the fee charged under
s. 38.24 (1m).
38.14(10)
(10) Bonds for officers and employes. The district board may require an officer or employe of the district board to give security for the faithful performance of his or her duties in such form and amount as the district board determines, and may require at any time additional bonds and sureties of any officer or employe.
38.14(11)
(11) Displaced homemakers' program. The district board may apply for and spend grant funds from the board for displaced homemakers' programs. The district board may spend those grant funds for contracts with local community organizations.
38.14(12)
(12) Integrated service programs for children with severe disabilities. If the county board of supervisors establishes an integrated service program for children with severe disabilities under
s. 59.53 (7), the district board may participate in an integrated service program for children with severe disabilities under
s. 59.53 (7) and may enter into written interagency agreements or contracts under the program.
38.14(13)
(13) Parking regulations and fees. The district board may adopt resolutions regulating the parking of motor vehicles on property under its jurisdiction. The resolutions may establish a fee for the parking of motor vehicles by students, faculty, staff and visitors and fines for the violation of any parking regulation. Nothing in this subsection requires that all users of the parking facilities be charged a parking fee.
38.14(14)
(14) Student identification numbers. The district board may assign to each student enrolled in the district a unique identification number. The district board shall not assign to any student an identification number that is identical to or incorporates the student's social security number. This subsection does not prohibit a district board from requiring a student to disclose his or her social security number, nor from using a student's social security number if such use is required by a federal or state agency or private organization in order for the district board or the student to participate in a particular program.
38.14 Annotation
The Milwaukee technical college may acquire and operate a retail service station as a part of a vocational training program. 58 Atty. Gen. 23.
38.14 Annotation
A vocational, technical and adult education (technical college) district has authority to purchase buildings for administration purposes or student dormitory housing, and in doing so would not violate the constitutional ban on works of internal improvement. 60 Atty. Gen. 231.
38.14 Annotation
VTAE (technical college) districts and the state board of vocational, technical and adult education do not have the power of eminent domain and, therefore, are not subject to ss. 32.19 to 32.27, the relocation act. 63 Atty. Gen. 367.
38.14 Annotation
A VTAE (technical college) board may subsidize public bus lines to provide transportation under sub. (6). 65 Atty. Gen. 305.
38.145
38.145
Responsibilities of students. The students of each district, subject to the responsibilities and powers of the board, the state director, the district board, the district director and the faculty, shall be active participants in the immediate governance of and policy development for the district and may participate in all matters affecting student interests to the extent not in conflict with the terms of any collective bargaining agreement. As such, students have primary responsibility for the formulation and review of policies concerning student life and services. Students in consultation with the district director and subject to the final confirmation of the district board have the responsibility for the disposition of student activity and incidental fees under
s. 38.14 (9). The students of each district may organize themselves in a manner that they determine and select their representatives to participate in district governance. This section does not prohibit the board, the state director, the district board, the district director or the faculty from selecting students to participate in district governance but any students selected by those bodies or persons shall not be considered to be representatives of the students for the purposes of the students' right to select their representatives to participate in district governance.
38.145 History
History: 1993 a. 101.
38.15
38.15
Financing of capital expenditures. 38.15(1)
(1) Subject to
sub. (3), if the district board intends to make a capital expenditure in excess of $500,000, excluding moneys received from gifts, grants or federal funds, for the acquisition of sites, purchase or construction of buildings, the lease/purchase of buildings if costs exceed $500,000 for the lifetime of the lease, building additions or enlargements or the purchase of fixed equipment relating to any such activity, it shall adopt a resolution stating its intention to do so and identifying the anticipated source of revenue for each project and shall submit the resolution to the electors of the district for approval. The referendum shall be noticed, called and conducted as provided in
s. 67.05 (3) insofar as applicable. For the purposes of this section, all projects located on a single campus site within one district which are bid concurrently or which are approved by the board under
s. 38.04 (10) within a 2-year period shall be considered as one capital expenditure project.
38.15(2)
(2) No more than $500,000 in reserve funds, consisting of property tax revenues and investment earnings on those revenues, may be utilized by the district board to finance capital expenditures in excess of $500,000 for the purposes under
sub. (1).
38.15(3)
(3) This section applies to building program actions approved by the board after January 31, 1980. This section does not apply to building remodeling or improvement projects.
38.15(5)
(5) This section does not apply to the acquisition of a building as a result of a lease under
s. 38.14 (2) (d) 2. if the district makes no cash expenditure to acquire the building.
38.15(6)
(6) For a building acquired as a result of a lease under
s. 38.14 (2) (d) 2., the purchase price is a capital expenditure under
sub. (1) in the fiscal year commencing on the 2nd July 1 following the acquisition of the building.
38.15 Annotation
This section requires approval by referendum of a general building plan and the source of funding, not a specific project proposal which is definite as to cost, location and campus configuration. Ball v. District No. 4, Area Board, 117 W (2d) 529, 345 NW (2d) 389 (1984).
38.16
38.16
District tax levy. 38.16(1)(1) Annually by October 31, or within 10 days after receipt of the equalized valuations from the department of revenue, whichever is later, the district board may levy a tax, not exceeding 1.5 mills on the full value of the taxable property of the district, for the purpose of making capital improvements, acquiring equipment and operating and maintaining the schools of the district, except that the mill limitation is not applicable to taxes levied for the purpose of paying principal and interest on valid bonds or notes now or hereafter outstanding as provided in
s. 67.035. The district board secretary shall file with the clerk of each city, village and town, any part of which is located in the district, a certified statement showing the amount of the levy and the proportionate amount of the tax to be spread upon the tax rolls for collection in each city, village and town. Such proportion shall be ascertained on the basis of the ratio of full value of the taxable property of that part of the city, village or town located in the district to the full value of all taxable property in the district, as certified to the district board secretary by the department of revenue. Upon receipt of the certified statement from the district board secretary, the clerk of each city, village and town shall spread the amounts thereof upon the tax rolls for collection. When the taxes are collected, such amounts shall be paid by the treasurer of each city, village and town to the district board treasurer.
38.16(2)
(2) The district board may borrow money and levy taxes to be used for the purchase or construction of buildings and for additions, enlargements and improvements to buildings and for the acquisition of sites and equipment. In financing activities under this subsection, the district may issue its bonds or promissory notes under
ch. 67 to pay the cost thereof.
38.16 Annotation
Board power to levy taxes is constitutional. West Milwaukee v. Area Bd. Vocational, T. & A. Ed. 51 W (2d) 356, 187 NW (2d) 387.
38.18
38.18
Contracts and bidding. All contracts made by a district board for public construction in a district, the estimated cost of which exceeds $10,000, shall be let by the district board to the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with
s. 62.15 (1) to
(11) and
(14). For purposes of this section, the district board shall possess the powers conferred by
s. 62.15 on the board of public works and the common council. All contracts made under this section shall be made in the name of the district and shall be executed by the district board chairperson and district board secretary.
38.20
38.20
Adjustment of assets and liabilities. 38.20(1)
(1) Except as provided in
sub. (2), upon the creation of a district the property, assets, claims, contracts, obligations, rights, duties and liabilities relating and pertaining to the existing technical colleges in the territory included in the district shall become the property, assets, claims, contracts, obligations, rights, duties and liabilities of the district.
38.20(2)(a)(a) Upon the creation of a district the property, assets, claims, contracts, obligations, rights, duties and liabilities relating and pertaining to the existing technical college operated in a city, village or town located in the territory included in the district shall remain the property, assets, claims, contracts, obligations, rights, duties and liabilities of such city, village or town, unless the governing body of such city, village or town transfers the whole or any portion thereof to the district under an agreement between such city, village or town and the district as to the use, obligation and ownership thereof.
38.20(2)(b)
(b) The purchase price of such property, except as otherwise agreed upon under
par. (a), shall be the fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser selected jointly by the governing body of the city or village and the district board, less any outstanding obligations against the property which shall be assumed by the district.
38.20(2)(c)
(c) In financing the purchase of property transferred to the district under this subsection, the district may issue its bonds or promissory notes under
ch. 67 to pay the cost thereof including assumption of outstanding obligations.
38.20(2)(d)
(d) The city or village shall deposit the proceeds of the sale of technical college property in the debt service fund, if any, created for payment of existing technical college obligations. The indebtedness of such city or village shall, for purposes of computing its legal debt limit, be deemed reduced by the amount of such deposit. The city or village may invest these debt service fund moneys under
s. 66.04 (2) or
67.11 (2) and
(3). Bonds and notes issued by districts for purposes of this subsection shall not be subject to referendum. The purchase agreement shall include an irrevocable clause providing that the district shall pay annually to the city or village a sum of money equal to the amount in which the interest received by the city or village upon investments authorized hereunder is less than the amount of interest paid by the city or village on the bonds of the city or village for technical college purposes.
38.20(2)(e)
(e) The district purchasing property under this subsection may, with approval of the city council or village board involved, pay the purchase price by issuing and delivering directly to the city or village the general obligation promissory notes or the notes of the district under
s. 67.12 (12), except that no referendum may be held and the 10-year limitation on such notes shall be inapplicable to such notes issued under this paragraph. Such notes shall mature and be payable at such times, in such amounts and at such rate of interest as will amortize and pay when due the principal and interest on the outstanding obligations of the city or village for technical college purposes. All such notes, upon execution and delivery to the city or village, shall in all respects be held and considered as an authorized investment under
s. 66.04 (2) or
67.11 (2) and
(3) of the debt service fund created for payment of the city or village obligations issued for technical college purposes and shall be offset against city or village indebtedness in computing legal debt limit to the same extent as other authorized investments of the debt service fund and such notes may be sold and hypothecated. If the offset against city or village indebtedness under this paragraph is determined to be invalid in any respect, such city or village immediately may require the district issuing the promissory notes to such city or village to comply with
pars. (c) and
(d) to the extent necessary to cure such invalidity.
38.22
38.22
Admission requirements. 38.22(1)(d)
(d) A nonresident of this state, and if the district board of attendance approves the enrollment.
38.22(1m)
(1m) Notwithstanding
sub. (1) (intro.), a person who is at least 15 years and 6 months of age, who satisfies the other requirements for admission under
sub. (1) and who obtains a letter from his or her high school principal recommending that the person be permitted to attend the schools of a district in order to take a course in motorcycle safety is eligible to attend the schools of a district for the purpose of taking a course in motorcycle safety. A person under the age of 16 years who takes a course in motorcycle safety under this subsection may not use in the course a motorcycle other than a motorcycle provided by the school of the district for the course.
38.22(1s)
(1s) Notwithstanding
sub. (1) (intro.), an individual under the age of 16 is eligible to attend the schools of a district if all of the following apply:
38.22(1s)(a)
(a) The district board agrees to admit the individual.
38.22(1s)(b)
(b) The individual satisfies the other requirements for admission under
sub. (1).
38.22(1s)(c)
(c) The individual has the written permission of his or her parent or guardian.
38.22(3)
(3) Nonresident students shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as resident students.
38.22(4)
(4) The board shall establish procedures to determine the residence of students attending district schools. In the case of any disagreement as to the residence of any student, the board shall make the final determination.
38.22(5)
(5) The board shall promulgate rules establishing the priority to be given by a district board in admitting students who are residents of the district, students who are not residents of the district but are residents of this state and students who are not residents of this state.
38.22(6)
(6) The following persons are residents of this state for the purposes of this section and
s. 38.24:
38.22(6)(a)
(a) Any person who has been employed as a migrant worker for at least 2 months each year for 3 of the 5 years next preceding the beginning of the semester or session for which the person wishes to enroll at a district school, or for at least 3 months each year for 2 of the 5 years next preceding the beginning of the semester or session for which the person wishes to enroll at a district school, any adult whose parent or legal guardian has been so employed while the adult was a minor, and any minor whose parent or legal guardian has been so employed. In this paragraph, "migrant worker" has the meaning specified in
s. 103.90 (5).
38.22(6)(b)
(b) Any minor, or adult who is a dependent of his or her parents or guardian under
26 USC 152 (a), whose natural parents are divorced or legally separated, if one or both of the person's parents have been bona fide residents of this state for at least 12 months next preceding the beginning of the semester or session for which the person wishes to enroll at a district school.
38.22(6)(c)
(c) Any person continuously employed full time in this state, who was relocated to this state by his or her current employer or who moved to this state for employment purposes and accepted his or her current employment before applying for admission to a district school and before moving, and the spouse and dependents of any such person, if the student demonstrates an intent to establish and maintain a permanent home in Wisconsin. In this paragraph, "dependents" has the meaning given in
26 USC 152 (a).
38.22(6)(d)
(d) Any person who is a refugee, as defined under
8 USC 1101 (a) (42), who moved to this state immediately upon arrival in the United States and who has resided in this state continuously since then, if he or she demonstrates an intent to establish and maintain a permanent home in Wisconsin.
38.22 Annotation
A district may not refuse to admit nonresident Wisconsin students to approved apprenticeship programs because the district of the student's residence fails to reimburse the district, unless state board adopts rules sanctioning refusal. 69 Atty. Gen. 257.
38.23
38.23
Student discrimination prohibited. 38.23(1)
(1) No student may be denied admission to, participation in or the benefits of, or be discriminated against in any service, program, course or facility of the board or any district because of the student's race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status or parental status.
38.23(2)(a)(a) Each district board shall establish policies and procedures to protect students from discrimination under
sub. (1). The policies and procedures shall do all of the following:
38.23(2)(a)1.
1. Provide criteria for determining whether
sub. (1) has been violated.
38.23(2)(a)3.
3. Require a complainant to file a complaint with the district director within 300 days of the alleged violation of
sub. (1).
38.23(2)(a)4.
4. Provide periods within which the complainant and the district director must act for each procedural step leading to the issuance of a final decision and for appeal of the final decision to the district board.
38.23(2)(b)
(b) The policies and procedures established under
par. (a) are subject to review and approval by the board.
38.23(3)
(3) By September 1, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994, the board shall submit a report to the chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under
s. 13.172 (3). The report shall specify the number of complaints received by each district board in the previous school year alleging a violation of
sub. (1) and the disposition of each such complaint.
38.23(4)
(4) Nothing in this section or
s. 36.12 prevents institutions from segregating students in dormitories based on sex.
38.23 History
History: 1989 a. 186.
38.24
38.24
Fees and tuition. 38.24(1)(1)
Definition. In this section, "operational cost" means costs funded by general purpose revenue, property taxes and uniform fees established under
sub. (1m) (a) and
(b).
38.24(1g)
(1g) Operational costs. Annually, by January 1, the board shall estimate the statewide operational cost per full-time equivalent student in collegiate transfer programs and postsecondary and vocational-adult programs for the next fiscal year. The board shall furnish each district board with definitions of statewide operational costs per full-time equivalent student and shall establish procedures for determining operational cost per full-time equivalent student.
38.24(1m)
(1m) Program fees. The district boards shall charge students the fees established by the state board under this subsection. Annually, the board shall establish:
38.24(1m)(a)
(a)
Liberal arts collegiate transfer programs. Uniform fees based on not less than 31% of the statewide average operational costs of liberal arts collegiate transfer programs in district schools.
38.24(1m)(b)
(b)
Postsecondary and vocational-adult programs. Uniform fees based on not less than 14% of the combined estimated statewide operational cost of postsecondary, exclusive of collegiate transfer, and vocational-adult programs. The board shall maintain statewide uniformity in the program fees charged for postsecondary and vocational-adult credits. Students 62 years old and over shall be exempted from program fees under this paragraph in vocational-adult programs. Students enrolled in adult high school, including students enrolled under
s. 118.15 (1) (cm) 3., adult basic education and English as a 2nd language courses shall be exempted from program fees under this paragraph. The board shall establish fees under this paragraph as if students exempt from fees under
sub. (4) were not exempt.
38.24(1m)(c)
(c)
Materials fees. Establish uniform fees against all students, including tuition exempted students under
par. (b), to cover the cost of consumable materials in addition to program fees. The board shall establish fees under this paragraph as if students exempt from fees under
sub. (4) were not exempt.
38.24(1m)(d)
(d) Programs for inmates. Uniform fees, for vocational programs or courses offered to state prison inmates at a district facility by the department of corrections or the department of health and family services in cooperation with a district board, equal to the fees established under
par. (b).
38.24(1s)
(1s) Additional fees. A district board may establish and charge a fee in addition to the fees under
sub. (1m) for any of the following:
38.24(1s)(b)
(b) A short-term, professional development, vocational-adult seminar or workshop offered to individuals who are employed in a related field. The additional fee may not exceed an amount equal to the full cost of the seminar or workshop less the fee under
sub. (1m). Annually the district board shall report to the board the courses for which an additional fee was charged under this paragraph and the amount of the additional fee.
38.24(1s)(c)
(c) A vocational-adult course intended to improve an individual's skills beyond the entry level if the course is required by state or federal law, rule or regulation, or by a professional organization, to maintain licensure or certification in the individual's field of employment and the state director approves. The additional fee may not exceed an amount equal to the full cost of the course less the fee under
sub. (1m).
38.24(2)
(2) Refunds. The board shall establish fee and tuition refund policies.
38.24(3)
(3) Nonresident fees and liabilities; remissions. 38.24(3)(a)(a) For all students who are not residents of this state, nor subject to reciprocal agreements with the board, annually the board shall establish a fee based on 100% of the statewide cost per full-time equivalent student for operating the programs in which they are enrolled.
38.24(3)(b)
(b) Notwithstanding
par. (a), the state director may authorize the district board to charge a student who is not a resident of this state and who is subject to a contract with a federal agency under
s. 38.14 (3) (a) a fee equal to the contracting district board's direct cost per full-time equivalent student for operating the program in which he or she is enrolled plus an amount equal to the district board's indirect costs per full-time equivalent student attributable to the contract.
38.24(3)(c)
(c) The state director may authorize a district board to remit the fees under
par. (a), but not the fees under
sub. (1m), to any of the following:
