36.11(40)
(40) Center for cooperatives. The board shall maintain a center for cooperatives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
36.11(43)
(43) Programming at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. The board shall ensure that the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay implements programming that is jointly developed by the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the Oneida Tribe.
36.11(44)
(44) Report on courses. By October 31, 2001, and annually by October 31 thereafter, the board shall submit a report to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance that contains the number and type of, and the number of students enrolled in, each course offered by the system for which the academic fees or tuition charged equals at least 100% of the cost of offering the course.
36.11(46)
(46) Fond du Lac Avenue corridor study. The board shall ensure that the Center for Economic Development at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee completes an economic development study of the Fond du Lac Avenue corridor from North Avenue to Capitol Drive in Milwaukee.
36.11(47)
(47) Armed forces. If a student who is a member of a national guard or a member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces withdraws from school after September 11, 2001, because he or she is called into state active duty or into active service with the U.S. armed forces for at least 30 days, the board shall reenroll the student beginning in the semester in which he or she is discharged, demobilized, or deactivated from active duty or the next succeeding semester, whichever the student prefers, shall give the student the same priority in registering for courses that the student would have had if he or she had registered for courses at the beginning of the registration period, and, at the student's request, do one of the following for all courses from which the student had to withdraw:
Effective date text
(47) Armed forces. If a student who is a member of a national guard or a member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces withdraws from school after September 11, 2001, because he or she is called into state active duty or into active service with the U.S. armed forces for at least 30 days, the board shall reenroll the student beginning in the semester following his or her discharge from active duty or the next succeeding semester, whichever the student prefers, and, at the student's request, do one of the following for all courses from which the student had to withdraw:
36.11(47)(a)
(a) Reimburse the student all tuition and fees paid for all the courses and a prorated portion of room and board payments.
36.11(47)(b)
(b) Grant the student an incomplete in all the courses and permit the student to complete the courses, within 6 months after leaving state service or active service, without paying additional tuition or fees.
36.11(47m)
(47m) Service members; priority registration. 36.11(47m)(a)(a) In this subsection, "service member" means a person who has served or is serving 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.
36.11(47m)(b)
(b) The board shall ensure that a student who is a service member is given priority in registering for courses at any college campus or institution.
36.11(48)
(48) Report on utility charges; assessment of certain utility charges. The board shall ensure that the University of Wisconsin-Madison reports annually to the department of administration on utility charges in the following fiscal year to fund principal and interest costs incurred in purchasing the Walnut Street steam and chilled-water plant enumerated under
2003 Wisconsin Act 33, section 9106 (1) (g) 2. and in renovating and adding an addition to the Charter Street heating and cooling plant enumerated under
2009 Wisconsin Act 28, section 9106 (1) (g) 3., and the methodology used to calculate those charges. The board may not assess the utility charges until the charges are approved by the department of administration.
36.11(50)
(50) Reserve officer training corps. The board may not allocate general purpose revenue for the operation of an institution or college campus that prohibits the reserve officer training corps from operating on its campus.
36.11(51)
(51) Automobile allowance. The board may not use general purpose revenue, tuition, or academic fees for the president's or the chancellors' automobile allowance.
36.11(52)
(52) Midwestern Higher Education Compact dues. The board shall make full annual payments of membership dues to the Midwestern Higher Education Compact.
36.11(53)
(53) Bidding procedures; building projects. The board shall prescribe bidding procedures to be used by the system for building projects that are exempted from compliance with
s. 16.855. Prior to the implementation of any such procedures or changes thereto, the board shall submit a copy of the proposed procedures or changes thereto in final form to the department of administration, for transmittal to the building commission. If the building commission does not approve the procedures or changes thereto, the board shall not implement the procedures or changes. If the building commission approves the proposed procedures or changes thereto, the department shall transmit the proposed procedures or changes thereto to the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance. If the cochairpersons of the committee do not notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed procedures or changes thereto within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal to the cochairpersons, the board may implement the proposed procedures or changes thereto if otherwise authorized to do so. If, within 14 working days after the date of the department's submittal, the cochairpersons notify the board that the committee has scheduled a meeting for the purpose of reviewing the proposed procedures or changes thereto, the board shall not implement the proposed procedures or changes without the approval of the committee.
36.11(53m)
(53m) Designation of building projects. The board shall not designate any part of a state building project that is subject to approval under
s. 13.48 (10) (a) as a separate building project.
36.11(54)(a)(a) In this subsection, "backup position" means a position that the board is contractually required to provide for an employee who resigns or is terminated from his or her current position.
36.11(54)(b)
(b) Annually, the board shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under
s. 13.172 (3) and to the governor that identifies the number of employees with limited appointments under
s. 36.17 and rules promulgated thereunder, the number of employees with concurrent appointments, and the number of employees with employment contracts that require backup positions but who have not yet resigned or been terminated from their current positions.
36.11(55)
(55) Review of system contracts with research companies. The board shall review any contract submitted by the system under
s. 946.13 (12) (b) 2. b. to determine whether entering into the contract would constitute a violation of
s. 946.13 (1). The board shall complete the review and, if the board determines that entering into the contract would constitute a violation of
s. 946.13 (1), notify the system of its determination within 45 days after the date of submittal.
36.11(55m)
(55m) Classified research. The board may accept research contracts involving government security classifications or other similar restrictions on participation in research or access to or dissemination of research results, if all of the following are satisfied:
36.11(55m)(a)
(a) The research furthers national security interests.
36.11(55m)(b)
(b) The educational interests of all participating students are adequately protected.
36.11(55m)(c)
(c) Appropriate facilities, infrastructure, and administrative resources are available for the research, either on campus or at off-campus locations.
36.11(55m)(d)
(d) The sponsors of the research cover all additional costs associated with the security requirements of the research.
36.11(55m)(e)
(e) The conditions for accepting the contracts and conducting the research are established pursuant to a process approved by the chancellor, in consultation with the faculty, of the institution at which the research is to be conducted.
36.11(56)
(56) Travel policies. Effective July 1, 2013, the board shall establish travel policies for system employees and a schedule for the reimbursement of system employees for travel expenses.
36.11(57)
(57) General purpose revenue block grants. The board shall allocate moneys appropriated to the board under
s. 20.285 (1) (a) to the institutions, college campuses, and extension as block grants.
36.11 History
History: 1973 c. 335;
1975 c. 39,
41,
224,
400;
1977 c. 29,
418;
1979 c. 32 s.
92 (8);
1979 c. 221;
1981 c. 20;
1983 a. 27,
366;
1983 a. 435 s.
7;
1983 a. 484;
1985 a. 62,
120;
1985 a. 332 ss.
47,
49,
50;
1985 a. 332 s.
251 (1);
1987 a. 27,
287;
1989 a. 31,
56,
121,
177,
359;
1991 a. 39,
203,
250,
269,
285,
315;
1993 a. 16,
213,
227,
399;
1995 a. 27 ss.
1757 to
1762y,
9130 (4);
1995 a. 201,
404,
448;
1997 a. 3,
27,
128,
237;
1999 a. 9,
29;
1999 a. 150 ss.
7,
351;
2001 a. 16,
22;
2003 a. 33,
69,
149,
282;
2005 a. 25,
253,
324,
470;
2007 a. 20,
85,
125;
2009 a. 28,
59,
302;
2011 a. 32,
175;
2013 a. 20,
56,
289.
36.11 Annotation
The Board of Regents has the power to make reasonable rules governing student use of automobiles on university property and can enforce them by imposing reasonable monetary penalties and withholding records. A student court can be designated by the board of regents as an auxiliary enterprise. Moneys collected must be paid into the general fund. By regent action, they may be appropriated therefrom for operation of that activity. 59 Atty. Gen. 82.
36.11 Annotation
The University of Wisconsin System may sell a dormitory that no longer is needed for educational purposes upon terms that are agreeable to the Wisconsin state agencies building corporation and H.U.D. to guarantee the payment of the bonds issued for the initial construction of the building. 63 Atty. Gen. 252.
36.11 Annotation
Campus police have jurisdiction under sub. (2) to arrest only on campuses unless deputized by a sheriff. Local ordinances are not applicable on campus. 68 Atty. Gen. 67.
36.115
36.115
Personnel systems. 36.115(1)(1) In this section, "chancellor" means the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
36.115(2)
(2) The board shall develop a personnel system that is separate and distinct from the personnel system under
ch. 230 for all system employees except system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
36.115(3)
(3) The chancellor shall develop a personnel system that is separate and distinct from the personnel system under
ch. 230 for all system employees assigned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
36.115(3m)
(3m) The board shall set the salary ranges for all of the following positions:
36.115(3m)(ae)
(ae) Each of the vice chancellors who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin System campuses at Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior, and Whitewater and each of the vice chancellors who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
36.115(3m)(am)
(am) The vice presidents of the University of Wisconsin System.
36.115(3m)(ar)
(ar) The chancellors at the University of Wisconsin System campuses at Eau Claire, Green Bay, La Crosse, Oshkosh, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout, Superior, and Whitewater and the chancellors of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension.
36.115(3m)(b)
(b) The vice chancellor who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
36.115(3m)(bm)
(bm) The senior vice presidents of the University of Wisconsin System.
36.115(3m)(c)
(c) The vice chancellor who is serving as deputy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
36.115(3m)(d)
(d) The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
36.115(3m)(e)
(e) The chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
36.115(3m)(f)
(f) The president of the University of Wisconsin System.
36.115(3m)(g)
(g) The associate and assistant vice presidents, vice chancellors not identified in
pars. (ae),
(b), or
(c), assistant chancellors, associate and assistant vice chancellors, and administrative directors and associate directors of physical plant, general operations and services, and auxiliary enterprises activities or their equivalent, of each University of Wisconsin institution, the University of Wisconsin-Extension, and the University of Wisconsin System administration.
36.115(4)
(4) The personnel systems developed under
subs. (2) and
(3) shall include a civil service system, a grievance procedure that addresses employee terminations, and provisions that address employee discipline and workplace safety. The grievance procedure shall include all of the following elements:
36.115(4)(a)
(a) A written document specifying the process that a grievant and an employer must follow.
36.115(4)(b)
(b) A hearing before an impartial hearing officer.
36.115(4)(c)
(c) An appeal process in which the highest level of appeal is the board.
36.115(5)(a)(a) The personnel systems developed under
subs. (2) and
(3) shall be implemented on July 1, 2015.
36.115(5)(b)
(b) The board may not implement the personnel system developed under
sub. (2) unless it has been approved by the joint committee on employment relations.
36.115(5)(c)
(c) The chancellor may not implement the personnel system developed under
sub. (3) unless it has been approved by the joint committee on employment relations.
36.115(6)
(6) All system employees holding positions in the classified or unclassified service of the civil service system under
ch. 230 on June 30, 2015, shall be included in the personnel systems developed under
subs. (2) and
(3). System employees holding positions in the classified service on June 30, 2015, who have achieved permanent status in class on that date, shall retain, while serving in the positions in the system, those protections afforded employees in the classified service under
ss. 230.34 (1) (a) and
230.44 (1) (c) relating to demotion, suspension, discharge, layoff, or reduction in base pay. Such employees shall also have reinstatement privileges to the classified service as provided under
s. 230.31 (1). System employees holding positions in the classified service on June 30, 2015, who have not achieved permanent status in class on that date are eligible to receive the protections, privileges, and rights preserved under this subsection if they successfully complete service equivalent to the probationary period required in the classified service for the positions which they hold on that date.
36.115 History
History: 2011 a. 32;
2013 a. 20.
36.12
36.12
Student discrimination prohibited. 36.12(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 system or its institutions because of the student's race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, disability, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status or parental status.
36.12(2)(a)(a) The board shall direct each institution to establish policies and procedures to protect students from discrimination under
sub. (1). The policies and procedures shall do all of the following:
36.12(2)(a)1.
1. Provide criteria for determining whether
sub. (1) has been violated.
36.12(2)(a)3.
3. Require a complainant to file a complaint with the institution within 300 days of the alleged violation of
sub. (1).
36.12(2)(a)4.
4. Provide periods within which the complainant and the institution must act for each procedural step leading to the issuance of a final decision and for appeal of the final decision to the chancellor of the institution.
36.12(2)(b)
(b) The board shall establish policies and procedures for the appeal of the chancellor's or dean's decision to the board.
36.12(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 all of the following for the previous academic year:
36.12(3)(a)
(a) The number of complaints received at each institution alleging a violation of
sub. (1) and the disposition of each such complaint.
36.12(3)(b)
(b) The number of requests for review received by the board and the disposition of each such request.
36.12 History
History: 1989 a. 186;
1997 a. 237.
36.12 Annotation
The exclusion of contraceptives from an employer or college or university sponsored benefits program that otherwise provides prescription drug coverage violates Wisconsin law prohibiting sex discrimination in employment and in higher education, ss. 111.31 to 111.395, 36.12, and 38.23.
OAG 1-04.
36.12 Annotation
Student body diversity is a compelling state interest that can justify the use of race in university admissions. A race-conscious admissions program cannot use a quota system, but may consider race or ethnicity as a plus factor for an applicant, without insulating the individual from comparison with all other candidates for the available seats. An admissions program must be flexible enough to consider all pertinent elements of diversity in light of the particular qualifications of each applicant, and to place them on the same footing for consideration, although not necessarily according them the same weight. Race-conscious admissions policies must be limited in time. Grutter v. Bollinger,
539 U.S. 306,
123 S. Ct. 2325 (2003). See also Gratz v. Bollinger,
539 U.S. 244,
156 L. Ed. 2d 304,
123 S. Ct. 2411 (2003).
36.12 Annotation
Under
Grutter, strict scrutiny must be applied to any university admissions program using racial categories or classifications. Once the university has established that its goal of diversity is consistent with strict scrutiny, however, there must still be a further judicial determination that the admissions process meets strict scrutiny in its implementation. The university must prove that the means chosen by the university to attain diversity are narrowly tailored to that goal. Strict scrutiny imposes on the university the ultimate burden of demonstrating, before turning to racial classifications, that available, workable race-neutral alternatives do not suffice.
Grutter did not hold that good faith would forgive an impermissible consideration of race. Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin,
570 U.S. ___, 133 S. Ct. 2411, 186 L. Ed. 2d 474 (2013).
36.13
36.13
Faculty tenure and probationary appointments. 36.13(1)(1)
Definitions. In this section:
36.13(1)(a)
(a) "Probationary appointment" means an appointment by the board held by a faculty member during the period which may precede a decision on a tenure appointment.
36.13(1)(b)
(b) "Tenure appointment" means an appointment for an unlimited period granted to a ranked faculty member by the board.
36.13(2)(a)(a) Except as provided under
par. (b), the board may grant a tenure appointment only upon the affirmative recommendation of the appropriate chancellor and the appropriate academic department or its functional equivalent. Neither the chancellor nor the academic department or its functional equivalent may base a tenure recommendation upon impermissible factors, as defined by the board by rule.
36.13(2)(b)
(b) The board may grant a tenure appointment without the affirmative recommendation of the appropriate academic department or its functional equivalent if all of the following apply:
36.13(2)(b)1.
1. The board has the affirmative recommendation of the appropriate chancellor.
36.13(2)(b)2.
2. A faculty committee authorized by the board by rule to review the negative recommendation of the academic department or its functional equivalent finds that the decision of the academic department or its functional equivalent was based upon impermissible factors, as defined by the board by rule.
36.13(2)(b)3.
3. The board has the affirmative recommendation of a committee appointed according to the policies and procedures of the appropriate institution to review the individual's record with reference to criteria for tenure published by the institution under procedures established by the board by rule. No person may be appointed to the committee under this subdivision unless the person is knowledgeable or experienced in the individual's academic field or in a substantially similar academic field. No member of the committee appointed under this subdivision may be a member of the academic department, or its functional equivalent, that made the negative recommendation. The committee appointed under this subdivision may not base its tenure recommendation upon impermissible factors, as defined by the board by rule.
36.13(2)(c)
(c) A tenure appointment may be granted to any ranked faculty member who holds or will hold a half-time appointment or more. The proportion of time provided for in the appointment may not be diminished nor increased without the mutual consent of the faculty member and the institution subject only to
sub. (5) and
s. 36.21.
36.13(2)(d)
(d) A probationary appointment shall not exceed 7 consecutive academic years in a full-time position in an institution. A leave of absence, sabbatical or a teacher improvement assignment does not constitute a break in continuous service and shall not be included in the 7-year period. The board may promulgate rules specifying additional circumstances that do not constitute a break in continuous service and that shall not be included in the 7-year period.
36.13(3)
(3) Rules. The board and its several faculties after consultation with appropriate students shall promulgate rules for tenure and probationary appointments, for the review of faculty performance and for the nonretention and dismissal of faculty members. Such rules shall be promulgated under
ch. 227.
36.13(4)
(4) Continuation of appointment.
