36.11(1)(cm)
(cm) The board shall promulgate rules under
ch. 227 prescribing the times, places, and manner in which political literature may be distributed and political campaigning may be conducted in state-owned residence halls. No such rule may authorize any activity prohibited under
s. 11.1207 (3) or
(4).
36.11(1)(d)
(d) All fines imposed and collected under this subsection shall be transmitted to the county treasurer for disposition in accordance with
s. 59.25 (3) (f) and
(j). All forfeitures, including forfeitures of posted bail if any, imposed and collected under this subsection shall be transmitted to the county treasurer for disposition in accordance with
ss. 778.13 and
778.17.
36.11(1)(e)
(e) Subject to prior action under
s. 13.48 (14) (am) or
16.848 (1), the board, with the approval of the building commission, may sell or lease state-owned residence halls to another state agency or nonstate nonprofit agency for purposes of alternate use.
36.11 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also chs.
UWS 18 and
21, Wis. adm. code.
36.11(2)(a)(a) The board shall have concurrent police power, with other authorized peace officers, over all property subject to its jurisdiction, and all property contiguous to such property at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside if owned by a nonprofit corporation the primary purpose of which, as determined by the board, is to benefit the system. Such concurrent police authority shall not be construed to reduce or lessen the authority of the police power of the community or communities in which a campus may be located. All campus police officers shall cooperate with and be responsive to the local police authorities as they meet and exercise their statutory responsibilities. The designated agents of the board may arrest, with or without warrant, any person on such property who they have reasonable grounds to believe has violated a state law or any rule promulgated under this chapter and deliver such person to any court having jurisdiction over the violation and execute a complaint charging such person with the violation. This subsection does not impair the duty of any other peace officers within their jurisdictions to arrest and take before the proper court persons found violating any state law on such property.
36.11(2)(b)
(b) The board may employ police for the institutions and chiefs to head such police, or contract for police, all of whom shall be deemed peace officers under
s. 939.22 (22) under the supervision and control of the appropriate chancellor or the chancellor's designees. Such police officers shall meet the minimum standards established for other police officers by the law enforcement standards board or a comparable agency. Such police shall preserve the peace on all property described under
par. (a), enforce all rules promulgated under this chapter and all other laws, and for that purpose the chancellor or the chancellor's designee may call for aid from such other persons as is deemed necessary.
36.11 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also ch.
UWS 18, Wis. adm. code.
36.11(3)(a)(a) The board shall establish the policies for admission within the system and within these policies each institution shall establish specific requirements for admission to its courses of instruction. No sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin of U.S. citizens or sex shall ever be allowed in the admission of students thereto.
36.11(3)(b)
(b) Subject to
s. 36.31 (2m), the board shall establish policies for the appropriate transfer of credits between institutions within the system, including the designation of those courses which shall be transferable between and within institutions without loss of credit toward graduation or toward completion of a specific course of study.
36.11(3)(c)
(c) Subject to
s. 36.31 (2m), the board may establish policies for the appropriate transfer of credits with other educational institutions outside the system.
36.11(3)(cm)
(cm) The board shall establish and maintain a computer-based credit transfer system that shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
36.11(3)(cm)1.
1. All transfers of credit between institutions within the system.
36.11(3)(cm)4.
4. Other courses for which the transfer of credits is accepted under
par. (b) or
(c).
36.11(3)(d)
(d) Each institution that has any of the following applicants shall charge a uniform application fee to that group of applicants:
36.11(4)
(4) Injunctive relief. The board may obtain injunctive relief to enforce this chapter or any rules promulgated under this chapter.
36.11(5)(a)(a) The board may procure liability insurance covering the members of the board, any officer, employee, or agent, or such students whose activities may constitute an obligation or responsibility of the system.
36.11(5)(b)
(b) The board may procure insurance to cover injuries sustained by students as a result of their participation in intercollegiate athletics. With respect to any of the risks to be covered by the insurance, the board may contract for the services of a claims administrator and may obtain coverage by any combination of self-insurance, excess or stop-loss insurance or blanket insurance.
36.11(6)(a)1.
1. Make grants to students from funds budgeted to or controlled by the system and formulate policies and promulgate rules for the grants.
36.11(6)(a)2.
2. Make grants equivalent in value to the payment of incidental fees to disabled residents of the state who are recommended and supervised by the department of workforce development under
s. 47.02.
36.11(6)(b)
(b) The board may not make a grant under
par. (a) 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).
36.11(6)(c)
(c) By April 10, 1998, and annually thereafter, the board shall develop and submit to the higher educational aids board for its review under
s. 39.285 (1) a proposed formula for the awarding of grants under
s. 39.435, except for grants awarded under
s. 39.435 (2) or
(5), for the upcoming academic year to students enrolled in the system.
36.11(7)
(7) Confer degrees. The board may confer such degrees and grant such diplomas as are usual in universities or as it deems appropriate.
36.11(8)(a)(a) The board may make general policies and shall authorize the chancellors to adopt rules regulating the parking of motor vehicles on property under their jurisdiction. Such rules shall not be subject to
ch. 227.
36.11(8)(b)
(b) The board shall establish fines for the violation of any rule made under
par. (a). The institutions are authorized to collect such fines together with moneys collected from the sale of parking permits and other fees established under
par. (a), to be used for the purpose of developing and operating parking or other transportation facilities, or campus safety or transportation-related programs, at the institution at which collected or for enforcing parking rules under
par. (a).
36.11 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
UWS 18.05, Wis. adm. code.
36.11(8e)
(8e) Parking fees. The board shall direct each institution within the system to charge a parking fee for the parking of motor vehicles by students, faculty, academic and university staff, and visitors at campus. The board shall require the fee to be sufficient to recover the costs of the construction and maintenance necessary for the parking facilities. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to require the recovery of the costs of land for parking facilities. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to require that all users of the parking facilities be charged a parking fee. College campus facilities owned by a county are not required to charge a parking fee.
36.11 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See also s.
UWS 18.05, Wis. adm. code.
36.11(9)
(9) Condemnation. The board may acquire by condemnation proceedings under
ch. 32 such parcels of land as it deems necessary for the use of any institution whenever the board is unable to agree with the owner upon the compensation therefor, or whenever the absence or legal incapacity of such owner, or other cause, prevents or unreasonably delays, such agreement.
36.11(10)
(10) University fund. The board may expend such portion of the income of the university fund on or at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as is appropriated by the legislature for the erection of buildings and the purchase of equipment or books.
36.11(11m)(a)(a) The board may invest revenues from gifts, grants, donations by doing any of the following:
36.11(11m)(a)1.
1. Directly employing a financial manager to oversee the investment of these funds.
36.11(11m)(a)2.
2. Contracting with the investment board to manage the investment of these funds.
36.11(11m)(a)3.
3. Selecting a private investment firm using the competitive sealed proposal process described in
s. 16.75 (2m).
36.11(11m)(b)
(b) Notwithstanding
ss. 25.14 (1) (a) and
25.17 (1) (g), the board is not required to deposit revenues from gifts, grants, donations in the state investment fund if the board invests these moneys as provided in
par. (a).
36.11(15)
(15) Tax deferred annuities. The board may continue all salary reduction agreements with its employees pursuant to section
403 (b) of the internal revenue code. The board may enter into new salary reduction agreements with its employees pursuant to section
403 (b) of the internal revenue code or other applicable federal law and may purchase annuities for its employees pursuant to these agreements from such annuity providers, both public and private, as the board deems appropriate.
36.11(16)
(16) Commencement of fall semester. The board shall ensure that no fall semester classes at any institution, except medical school classes and 4th year classes at the school of veterinary medicine, commence until after September 1.
36.11(17)
(17) Sabbatical leave for instructional faculty. The board may grant sabbatical leave of up to one year to instructional faculty, in order to recognize and enhance teaching efforts and excellence, under rules and procedures adopted by the board, subject to the following conditions:
36.11(17)(a)
(a) Sabbatical leave may be granted only to those faculty members who have completed 6 or more years, or the equivalent, of full-time instructional service in the system.
36.11(17)(b)
(b) Only one sabbatical leave may be granted for each 6 years of full-time instructional service in the system with preference given to those who have been making significant contributions to teaching and have not had a leave of absence except under
s. 103.10, regardless of source of funding, in the previous 4 years.
36.11(17)(c)
(c) Sabbatical leave shall be granted for the purposes of enhancing teaching, course and curriculum development or conducting research or any other scholarly activities related to instructional programs within the field of expertise of the faculty member taking such leave.
36.11(17)(d)
(d) Sabbatical leave shall be approved by appropriate faculty and administrative committees.
36.11(17)(e)
(e) A faculty member shall receive compensation while on sabbatical leave, but such compensation, when combined with outside compensation earned while on leave, shall not exceed the full compensation normally received from the system.
36.11(17)(f)
(f) The faculty member taking a sabbatical leave shall agree to return to the institution from which leave was granted for at least one year after the termination of the sabbatical or return any compensation received from the system during the sabbatical.
36.11(17)(g)
(g) Funding for the sabbatical leave program shall be provided from the existing general operations appropriation for the system.
36.11(19)
(19) Furnishing of services to school districts. 36.11(19)(a)(a) The board may furnish, and school districts may accept, services for educational study and research projects and they may enter into contracts under
s. 66.0301 for that purpose.
36.11(19)(b)
(b) A group of school districts, if authorized by each school board, may form a nonprofit-sharing corporation to contract with the state or the board for the furnishing of the services specified in
par. (a).
36.11(19)(c)
(c) The corporation shall be organized under
ch. 181 and shall have the powers there applicable. Members of the school boards specified in
par. (b) may serve as incorporators, directors and officers of the corporation.
36.11(19)(d)
(d) The property of the corporation shall be exempt from taxation.
36.11(19)(e)
(e) The corporation may receive gifts and grants and be subject to their use, control and investment as provided in
s. 118.27, and the transfer of the property to the corporation shall be exempt from income, franchise and death taxes.
36.11(21)
(21) Controlled substances and controlled substance analogs; discipline. Any student who engages in an activity, on campus or at an event sponsored by a college campus or institution or by the system, that constitutes a violation of
ch. 961 is subject to nonacademic misconduct disciplinary sanctions, as provided by the board by rule. In determining the appropriate sanction, the board or its designee shall consider those penalties, including suspension and expulsion, that will contribute most effectively to maintaining a system environment that is free from controlled substances, as defined in
s. 961.01 (4), and controlled substance analogs, as defined in
s. 961.01 (4m).
36.11(22)
(22) Orientation program; information on sexual assault and sexual harassment. 36.11(22)(a)(a) The board shall direct each institution and college campus to:
36.11(22)(a)1.
1. Incorporate in its orientation program for newly entering students oral and written or electronic information on sexual assault and sexual harassment, as defined in
s. 111.32 (13), including information on sexual assault by acquaintances of the victims and on all of the following:
36.11(22)(a)1.b.
b. Generally available national and state statistics, and campus statistics as compiled under
par. (c) and as reported under
par. (d), on sexual assaults and on sexual assaults by acquaintances of the victims.
36.11(22)(a)1.c.
c. The rights of victims under
ch. 950 and the services available at the institution or college campus and in the community to assist a student who is the victim of sexual assault or sexual harassment.
36.11(22)(a)1.d.
d. Protective behaviors, including methods of recognizing and avoiding sexual assault and sexual harassment and locations in the community where courses on protective behaviors are provided.
36.11(22)(a)2.
2. Annually supply to all students enrolled in the institution or college campus printed or electronic material that includes all of the information under
par. (a).
36.11(22)(b)
(b) Annually, 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 indicate the methods each institution and college campus have used to comply with
par. (a).
36.11(22)(c)
(c) Any person employed at an institution who witnesses a sexual assault on campus or receives a report from a student enrolled in the institution that the student has been sexually assaulted shall report to the dean of students of the institution. The dean of students shall compile reports for the purpose of disseminating statistical information under
par. (a) 1. b.
36.11(22)(d)
(d) Annually, each institution shall report to the department of justice statistics on sexual assaults and on sexual assaults by acquaintances of the victims that occurred on each campus of the institution in the previous year. The department of justice shall include the statistics in appropriate crime reports published by the department.
36.11(27)
(27) Condition on financial assistance. The board may not provide any state financial assistance under this chapter to any person during the period that the person is required to register with the selective service system under 50 USC, Appendix, sections 451 to 473 if the person has not so registered.
36.11(28)
(28) Lease agreement with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Subject to
1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9159 (2) (k), and subject to any prior lease entered into under
s. 13.48 (14) (am) or
16.848 (1), the board shall negotiate and enter into a lease agreement with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority that meets the requirements under
s. 233.04 (7) and shall comply with
s. 233.04 (7g).
36.11(28m)
(28m) Affiliation agreement with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. Subject to
1995 Wisconsin Act 27, section 9159 (2) (k), the board shall negotiate and enter into an affiliation agreement with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority that meets the requirements under
s. 233.04 (7m) and shall comply with
s. 233.04 (7p).
36.11(29)
(29) Other agreements with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. The board may enter into joint purchasing contracts and other contracts, rental agreements and cooperative agreements and other necessary arrangements with the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority which may be necessary and convenient for the missions, objects and uses of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority authorized by law.
36.11(29r)
(29r) Economic development assistance reporting. 36.11(29r)(a)(a) In this subsection, “economic development program" means a program or activity having the primary purpose of encouraging the establishment and growth of business in this state, including the creation and retention of jobs, and that satisfies all of the following:
36.11(29r)(a)1.
1. The program receives funding from the state or federal government that is allocated through an appropriation under
ch. 20.
36.11(29r)(a)2.
2. The program provides financial assistance, tax benefits, or direct services to specific industries, businesses, local governments, or organizations.
36.11(29r)(b)1.1. The board shall coordinate any economic development assistance with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
36.11(29r)(b)2.
2. Annually, no later than October 1, the board shall submit to the joint legislative audit committee and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under
s. 13.172 (3) a comprehensive report assessing economic development programs administered by the board. The report shall include all of the information required under
s. 238.07 (2). The board shall collaborate with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to make readily accessible to the public on an Internet-based system the information required under this subsection.
36.11(36)
(36) Aquaculture demonstration facility. The board, in consultation with representatives of the aquaculture industry, shall operate the aquaculture demonstration facility authorized under
1999 Wisconsin Act 9, section 9107 (1) (i) 3.
36.11(40)
(40) Center for cooperatives. The board shall maintain a center for cooperatives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
