36.27(3m)(a)1m.
1m. "Fire fighter" means any person employed by this state or any political subdivision of this state as a member or officer of a fire department whose duties include fire fighting or fire fighting training or a member of a volunteer fire department whose duties include fire fighting or fire fighting training.
36.27(3m)(b)
(b) The board shall grant full remission of fees to any resident undergraduate student who is enrolled in a bachelor's degree program and who is any of the following:
36.27(3m)(b)1.
1. The child of an ambulance driver, correctional officer, fire fighter, emergency medical services technician or law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty in this state or who qualified for a duty disability benefit, as defined in
s. 40.65 (4), under the Wisconsin Retirement System, the Employees' Retirement System of the city of Milwaukee, or the Milwaukee County Employee's Retirement System and died as a result of the qualifying disability. The student must be the child of an ambulance driver, correctional officer, fire fighter, emergency medical services technician or law enforcement officer who was so killed or who died as a result of the qualifying disability when the child was under the age of 21 or before the child was born.
36.27(3m)(b)2.
2. The surviving spouse of an ambulance driver, correctional officer, fire fighter, emergency medical services technician or law enforcement officer who was killed in the line of duty in this state or who qualified for a duty disability benefit, as defined in
s. 40.65 (4), under the Wisconsin Retirement System, the Employees' Retirement System of the city of Milwaukee, or the Milwaukee County Employee's Retirement System and died as a result of the qualifying disability.
36.27(3m)(c)
(c) The fee remission under
par. (b) shall remain in effect until completion of a sufficient number of credits to be awarded a bachelor's degree in the student's major field of study, except that a student must be in good academic standing to receive the remission for the next semester and may not receive a remission for more than 5 consecutive years.
36.27(3m)(d)
(d) If the appropriation under
s. 20.285 (1) (bm) in any fiscal year is insufficient to fully fund the fee remissions under
par. (b), the board shall notify the joint committee on finance.
36.27(3n)
(3n) Fee remission for spouse, surviving spouse, and children of certain veterans. 36.27(3n)(a)(a) In this subsection, "eligible veteran" means a person verified by the department of veterans affairs to be either of the following:
36.27(3n)(a)1.
1. A person who has served on active duty under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces, in the national guard, or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed forces; who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into that service; and who, while a resident of this state, died on active duty, died as the result of a service-connected disability, or died in the line of duty while on active or inactive duty for training purposes.
36.27(3n)(a)2.
2. A person who was a resident of this state at the time of entry into service described in
subd. 1. and who the U.S. department of veteran affairs has awarded at least a 30 percent service-connected disability rating under
38 USC 1114 or
1134.
36.27(3n)(b)
(b) Except as provided in
subds. 1. to
3., the board shall grant full remission of academic fees and segregated fees for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, to any resident student who is also any of the following:
36.27(3n)(b)1.
1. A spouse of an eligible veteran. The remission under this subdivision applies only during the first 10 years after the eligible veteran received the service-connected disability rating.
36.27(3n)(b)2.
2. An unremarried surviving spouse of an eligible veteran. The remission under this subdivision applies only during the first 10 years after the veteran died.
36.27(3n)(b)3.
3. A child of an eligible veteran, if the child is at least 18 but not yet 26 years of age and is a full-time student at an institution.
36.27(3p)(a)(a) In this subsection, "veteran" means a person who is verified by the department of veterans affairs as being a resident of this state for purposes of receiving benefits under
ch. 45, as being a resident at the time of his or her entry into the U.S. armed forces or forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces, and as meeting any of the following conditions:
36.27(3p)(a)1.
1. The person has served on active duty for at least one qualifying term of service under
subds. 2. to
4. under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces during a war period or in a crisis zone.
36.27(3p)(a)2.
2. The person has served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces under honorable conditions, for 2 continuous years or more or for the full period of his or her initial service obligation, whichever is less.
36.27(3p)(a)3.
3. The person has served on active duty for 90 days or more under honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces during a war period or for any period of service under section 1 of
executive order 10957 dated August 10, 1961.
36.27(3p)(a)4.
4. The term of service in the U.S. armed forces or in forces incorporated as part of the U.S. armed forces under honorable conditions entitled the person to receive the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, established by
executive order 10977 on December 4, 1961, the Vietnam Service Medal established by
executive order 11231 on July 8, 1965, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, or an equivalent expeditionary or service medal.
36.27(3p)(a)5.
5. The person was honorably discharged from the U.S. armed forces or from forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces for a service-connected disability, for a disability subsequently adjudicated to have been service connected, or for reasons of hardship.
36.27(3p)(a)6.
6. The person was released under honorable conditions from the U.S. armed forces or from forces incorporated in the U.S. armed forces due to a reduction in the U.S. armed forces.
36.27(3p)(b)
(b) The board shall grant full remission of nonresident tuition, academic fees, and segregated fees charged for 128 credits or 8 semesters, whichever is longer, less the amount of any academic fees or segregated fees paid under
10 USC 2107 (c) or
38 USC 3104 (a) (7) (A), to any student who is a veteran.
36.27(3r)
(3r) Fee remissions for funeral assistants. The board shall grant a $25 remission of nonresident tuition or academic fees to any student enrolled in the system as an undergraduate for each valid voucher issued to the student under
s. 45.60 (3).
36.27(4)(a)(a) The board may annually exempt from nonresident tuition, but not from incidental or other fees, up to 200 students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside as juniors or seniors in programs identified by that institution as having surplus capacity and up to 150 students enrolled at the University of Wisconsin-Superior in programs identified by that institution as having surplus capacity.
36.27(4)(b)
(b) A student who received an exemption from nonresident tuition under
1987 Wisconsin Act 27, section 3054 (2g) (a) during the 1987-88 and 1988-89 academic years, or who receives an exemption from nonresident tuition under
par. (a), shall continue to receive an exemption from nonresident tuition until the completion of his or her degree program.
36.27(4)(d)
(d) The University of Wisconsin-Parkside and the University of Wisconsin-Superior shall give preference in admissions to residents of this state over nonresidents who would be exempt from nonresident tuition under
par. (a).
36.27(5)(a)(a) In this subsection, "state funds" means the total amount of general purpose revenue appropriated under
s. 20.285 in any fiscal year.
36.27(5)(b)
(b) The board shall ensure that every student's bill for academic fees or nonresident tuition includes the following statement: "The legislature and the governor have authorized $.... in state funds for the University of Wisconsin System during the .... academic year. This amount represents an average subsidy of $.... from the taxpayers of Wisconsin for each student enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System."
36.27(5)(c)
(c) The board shall calculate the average subsidy for the purpose of the fee statement under
par. (b) by dividing state funds in the appropriate fiscal year by the number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in the system in the most recent fall semester.
36.27 History
History: 1973 c. 333 ss.
68g,
68k,
201f (2);
1973 c. 335;
1975 c. 39,
199;
1977 c. 29;
1981 c. 20;
1983 a. 407;
1985 a. 51,
192;
1987 a. 399;
1989 a. 31 ss.
709p to
710,
2908;
1989 a. 67,
181,
359;
1991 a. 39,
168,
169;
1993 a. 16;
1995 a. 27,
228;
1997 a. 27,
163,
237;
1999 a. 9,
130,
154,
186;
2001 a. 16,
38;
2003 a. 33 ss.
936,
9160;
2003 a. 42,
185,
320;
2005 a. 22,
25,
320,
387,
404,
468.
36.27 Annotation
A student who challenges his or her nonresident status unsuccessfully must reapply before the beginning of any new semester when he or she claims that status has changed. Hancock v. Regents of UW,
61 Wis. 2d 484,
213 N.W.2d 45 (1973).
36.27 Annotation
The 11th Amendment to the U.S. constitution, which bars private litigants' suits against nonconsenting states in federal courts barred a nonresident student's action asserting that the University violated his constitutional rights to equal protection by charging him out-of-state tuition. Joseph v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.,
432 F.3d 746 (2005).
36.27 Annotation
The Board of Regents may only charge student fees for activities that relate to a legitimate educational purpose. 61 Atty. Gen. 120.
36.29
36.29
Gifts; golf course. 36.29(1)(1) All gifts, grants, and bequests for the benefit or advantage of the system or any of its institutions, departments, or facilities or to provide any means of instruction, illustration, or knowledge in connection therewith, whether made to trustees or otherwise, shall be valid notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter except as otherwise provided in this subsection and shall be executed and enforced according to the provisions of the instrument making the same, including all provisions and directions in any such instrument for accumulation of the income of any fund or rents and profits of any real estate without being subject to the limitations and restrictions provided by law in other cases; but no such income accumulation shall be allowed to produce a fund more than 20 times as great as that originally given. No investment of the funds of such gifts, grants, or bequests shall knowingly be made in any company, corporation, subsidiary, or affiliate that practices or condones through its actions discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, or sex. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the board may invest not to exceed 85% of trust funds held and administered by the board in common stocks. This subsection does not apply to a gift, grant, or bequest that the board declines to accept or that the board is not authorized to accept under this section.
36.29(2)
(2) All gifts, grants, or bequests under
sub. (1) may be made to the board, the president, a chancellor, or any officer, or to any person as trustee, or may be charged upon any personal representative, trustee, heir, devisee, or legatee, or made in any other manner indicating an intention to create a trust, and may be made as well for the benefit of the system or any of its institutions, colleges, schools, departments, or facilities to provide any means of instruction, illustration, or knowledge in connection therewith, or for the benefit of any students or any class or group of students whether by way of scholarship, fellowship, or otherwise, or whether for the benefit of students or any class or group of students in any course, subcourse, special course, postgraduate course, summer school or teachers course, oratorical or debating course, laboratory, shop, lectureship, drill, gymnasium or any other like division or department of study, experiment, research, observation, travel, or mental or physical improvement in any manner connected with the system, or to provide for the voluntary retirement of any of the faculty.
36.29(3)
(3) It shall not be necessary for a gift, grant, devise or bequest to exactly or particularly describe the members of a class or group of students intended to be the beneficiaries, but it shall be sufficient to describe the class or group. In such case, the board shall divide, graduate or otherwise categorize the students into such classes or groups as are necessary to select and determine those students belonging to the class or group intended.
36.29(4)
(4) Any grant, contract, gift, endowment, trust or segregated funds bequeathed or assigned to an institution or its component parts for any purpose whatsoever shall not be commingled or reassigned.
36.29(5)(a)(a) Except as provided in
par. (b), the board may not acquire or make a commitment to operate any golf course not owned by the board prior to July 2, 1983, without specific authorization by the legislature.
36.29(5)(b)
(b) Notwithstanding
s. 20.924 (1), the board may accept a gift of a golf course for the University of Wisconsin-Madison if no general purpose revenues are used in the acquisition, development or operation of that golf course.
36.29(6)
(6) The board may not accept any gift, grant or bequest of real property with a value in excess of $30,000 except as provided in
s. 13.48 (2) (b) 1m.
36.29(7)
(7) The board may not accept any gift, grant or bequest of a building or structure that is constructed for the benefit of the system or any institution unless acceptance is first approved by the building commission, or unless the plans and specifications for the building or structure are reviewed and approved by the department of administration and the building or structure is inspected as provided in
s. 16.85 (12).
36.29 Annotation
Student loan funds established by gift for the benefit of students are trust funds. 62 Atty. Gen. 109.
36.29 Annotation
Sub. (1), which prohibits investment of university funds in companies that practice or condone discrimination, is not unconstitutional. 67 Atty. Gen. 20.
36.29 Annotation
Constitutionality of the no discrimination clause regulating University of Wisconsin investments. Guynn, 1978 WLR 1059.
36.30
36.30
Sick leave. Leave of absence for persons holding positions under
s. 20.923 (4g) and
(5), faculty and academic staff personnel with pay, owing to sickness, shall be regulated by rules of the board, except that unused sick leave shall accumulate from year to year.
36.31
36.31
Coordination with other educational agencies. 36.31(1)(1) The board shall not, without the approval of the technical college system board, broaden the system's post-high school training mission to include the preparation of persons for semiprofessional or skilled-trade occupations beyond those offered during the 1972-73 academic year. The technical college system board shall not, without the approval of the board of regents, broaden its system's collegiate transfer program offerings beyond those in existence during the 1972-73 academic year. In this section, "collegiate transfer program" has the meaning given in
s. 38.01 (3).
36.31(2)
(2) The technical college system board, in agreement with the board may designate courses other than those covered under
sub. (1) as transferable for collegiate credit between the 2 systems.
36.31(3)
(3) The fees for services charged in the national direct student loan servicing contract to the board by the higher education aids board must be approved by the secretary of administration.
36.32
36.32
Student identification numbers. 36.32(1)
(1) In this section, "institution of higher education" means an institution within the system or a private educational institution located in this state that awards a bachelor's or higher degree or provides a program that is acceptable toward such a degree.
36.32(2)
(2) An institution of higher education may assign to each student enrolled in the institution a unique identification number. An institution of higher education 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 an institution of higher education 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 institution or the student to participate in a particular program.
36.32 History
History: 2003 a. 282 ss.
1 to
3.
36.33
36.33
Sale and relocation of agricultural lands. 36.33(1)(1)
Legislative intent. The legislature finds and determines that, because of the problems resulting from the development of the city of Madison around certain agricultural lands of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the desirability of consolidating lands used for agricultural instruction, research and extension purposes, the desirability of disposing of agricultural lands no longer needed by the university and the need for land of better quality and of greater quantity for the purpose of improving and expanding agricultural research, it is in the public interest for the board to sell or lease, in whole or in part, the agricultural lands and improvements thereon owned by the board and located in sections 19, 20 and 30, township 7 north, range 9 east, Dane County; sections 25 and 27, township 7 north, range 8 east, Dane County; sections 34 and 35, township 38 north, range 11 east, Oneida County; and section 22, township 22 north, range 8 east, Portage County; and to purchase other agricultural lands outside of the Madison urban area and to construct thereon the necessary buildings and improvements. The foregoing policy determination is made without reference to or intention of limiting the powers which the board may otherwise have.
36.33(2)
(2) Method of sale; assessments. 36.33(2)(a)(a) The board, in selling or leasing any part of the agricultural lands and improvements thereon, mentioned in
sub. (1), shall sell or lease on the basis of either of the following:
36.33(2)(a)1.
1. Public bids, with the board reserving the right to reject any or all bids in the best interest of the state.
36.33(2)(b)
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the lands in Dane County mentioned in
sub. (1) shall be subject to special assessments for public improvements by the city of Madison, in the same manner and to the same extent as privately owned lands, if the public improvements are of direct and substantial benefit to the lands that have been platted for sale.
36.33(3)
(3) Building commission approval. The sale, lease and purchase of agricultural lands mentioned in
sub. (1) shall be subject to the approval of the building commission.
36.33(4)
(4) Proceeds. The net proceeds from the sale of agricultural lands and improvements authorized by this section shall be devoted to the purchase of land and construction of improvements contemplated in
sub. (1) but of any excess of revenue beyond the amount required for this purpose a sum not to exceed $7,200,000 shall constitute a nonlapsible fund for the purpose of erecting facilities for research and instruction in animal husbandry, agricultural engineering and agricultural and life sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and such funds shall become available upon consent and recommendation of the board and authorization by the building commission.
36.33(5)
(5) Local taxes. The lands mentioned in
sub. (1) which are located in the city of Madison shall be subject to all general property taxes levied by the city of Madison in the event that they are used for commercial purposes. "Commercial purposes" does not include official use by the state or any of its agencies.
36.34
36.34
Minority student programs. 36.34(1)
(1)
Ben R. Lawton minority undergraduate grant program. 36.34(1)(a)(a) In this subsection "minority undergraduate" means an undergraduate student who:
36.34(1)(a)4.
4. Is a person who is admitted to the United States after December 31, 1975, and who either is a former citizen of Laos, Vietnam or Cambodia or whose ancestor was or is a citizen of Laos, Vietnam or Cambodia.
36.34(1)(b)
(b) The board shall establish a grant program for minority undergraduates enrolled in the system. The board shall designate all grants under this subsection as Lawton grants. Grants shall be awarded from the appropriation under
s. 20.285 (4) (dd). The board may not make a grant under this subsection to a person whose name appears on the statewide support lien docket under
s. 49.854 (2) (b), unless the person provides to the board a payment agreement that has been approved by the county child support agency under
s. 59.53 (5) and that is consistent with rules promulgated under
s. 49.858 (2) (a).
36.34(1)(c)1.a.
a. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under
s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for fiscal year 2007-08, "base amount" means the amount shown in the schedule under
s. 20.005 for that appropriation for fiscal year 2006-07.
36.34(1)(c)1.b.
b. For purposes of calculating the amount to be appropriated under
s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2007-08, "base amount" means the appropriation determined under
subd. 2. for the previous fiscal year.
36.34(1)(c)2.
2. Beginning in 2007, biennially, by February 1, the board shall calculate the amounts to be appropriated under
s. 20.285 (4) (dd) for the next biennium as follows:
36.34(1)(c)2.a.
a. The board shall determine the percentage by which the undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the next academic year at each institution within the University of Wisconsin System, as estimated by the board, will increase or decrease from the undergraduate academic fees charged for the current academic year.
36.34(1)(c)2.am.
am. The board shall determine the percentage by which the undergraduate academic fees that will be charged for the academic year after the next academic year at each institution within the University of Wisconsin System, as estimated by the board, will increase or decrease from the estimated undergraduate fees that will be charged for the next academic year.
