Effective date text (2) Appointments. Appointments under this section shall be made by the board, or by an appropriate official authorized by the board, under policies and procedures established by the board. The policies for indefinite appointments shall provide for a probationary period, permanent status and such other conditions of appointment as the board establishes.

36.15(2m) (2m) Librarian appointments. If in any institution all professional librarians with appropriate graduate degrees as determined in accordance with that institution's policies, have formerly been ranked faculty, all present and future appointments of professional librarians with appropriate graduate degrees in such institution shall be as ranked faculty, except in those institutions where the chancellor and faculty designate that such appointments shall be as academic staff.

36.15(3) (3) Procedural guarantees. A person having an academic staff appointment for a term may be dismissed prior to the end of the appointment term only for just cause and only after due notice and hearing. A person having an academic staff appointment for an indefinite term who has attained permanent status may be dismissed only for just cause and only after due notice and hearing. In such matters the action and decision of the board, or the appropriate official authorized by the board, shall be final, subject to judicial review under ch. 227. The board shall develop procedures for notice and hearing which shall be promulgated as rules under ch. 227.

36.15 History History: 1973 c. 335 and Supp; 1985 a. 332; 1989 a. 31; 2011 a. 32; 2013 a. 20 ss. 2365m, 9448.

36.15 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also ch. UWS 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 19, Wis. adm. code.

36.17 36.17  Limited appointments.

36.17(1) (1) An appointment to a position listed in sub. (2) shall be a limited appointment and the appointment shall be at the pleasure of the board. A person holding a tenured or academic staff appointment under ss. 36.13 and 36.15 shall not lose that appointment by accepting a limited appointment.

36.17(2) (2) Limited appointments apply to the following positions: president, provost, vice president, associate vice president, assistant vice president, chancellor, vice chancellor, associate chancellor, assistant chancellor, associate vice chancellor, assistant vice chancellor, college campus dean, secretary of the board, associate secretary of the board, assistant secretary of the board, trust officer and assistant trust officer and such other administrative positions as the board determines at the time of the appointment.

36.17 History History: 1973 c. 335; 1997 a. 237.

36.17 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also chs. UWS 15 and 19, Wis. adm. code.

36.19 36.19  Other appointments. The board may make or authorize fixed term appointments for student assistants and employees in training, such as residents, interns, post-doctoral fellows or trainees or associates. Appointments made under this section shall not be subject to ss. 36.13 and 36.15.

36.19 History History: 1973 c. 335.

36.19 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also ch. UWS 16, Wis. adm. code.

36.21 36.21  Lapse of appointments. Notwithstanding ss. 36.13 (4) and 36.15, the board may, with appropriate notice, terminate any faculty or academic staff appointment when a financial emergency exists. No person may be employed at the institution within 2 years to perform reasonably comparable duties to those of the person whose appointment was terminated without first offering such person a reappointment. The board, after consultation with the faculty and chancellor of each institution, shall adopt procedures to be followed in the event of termination under this section.

36.21 History History: 1973 c. 335.

36.23 36.23  Conflict of interest. No regent or officer or other person appointed or employed in any position in the system may at any time act as agent for any person or organization where such act would create a conflict of interest with the terms of the person's service in the system. The board shall define conflicts of interest and promulgate rules related thereto.

36.23 History History: 1973 c. 335; 1985 a. 332 s. 251 (1).

36.23 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also ch. UWS 8, Wis. adm. code.

36.23 Annotation A regent of the University of Wisconsin is not precluded by law from attending the university as a student or from receiving a degree from the university, but he must guard against and refrain from any possible conflict of interest. 58 Atty. Gen. 158.

36.25 36.25  Special programs.

36.25(2) (2)  Wisconsin residents preference in housing. Preference as to rooming, boarding and apartment facilities in the use of living units operated by any university shall, for the following school year, be given to students who are residents of this state and who apply before March 15, unless a later date is set by the board. Such preference shall be granted in accordance with categories of priority established by the board. Leases or other agreements for occupancy of such living units shall not exceed a term of one calendar year. The board may promulgate rules for the execution of this subsection.

36.25(3) (3) Agricultural demonstration stations, experiments, demonstrations.

36.25(3)(a) (a) The board may establish through the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison demonstration stations for the purpose of aiding in agricultural development. The location of the stations shall be determined by the board which shall consider the opportunities for agricultural development in various regions of the state.

36.25(3)(b) (b) The board may authorize experimental work in agriculture at points within the state and carry on demonstrations and such other extension work as it deems advisable for the improvement of agricultural knowledge. The board may conduct extension schools and courses and provide for the compensation and traveling fees of instructors whose functions shall be to assist in the improvement of agricultural education and the dissemination of agricultural knowledge.

36.25(3)(c) (c) The board shall, under the supervision of the dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, foster research and experimentation in the control of bovine brucellosis, which is also known as Bang's disease, at various points within this state that the board considers advisable. To facilitate the bovine brucellosis research and experimentation, contracts may be entered into with owners of bovine animals of various classes for the supervised control of the animals and for the purchase of animals under conditions to be specified in contracts that shall be retained for control purposes.

36.25(3)(d) (d) The board may establish such agriculturally related research and instructional programs at any institution as it deems advisable so long as such programs are compatible with a single statewide integrated research and extension program.

36.25(3m) (3m) Solid waste experiment centers.

36.25(3m)(a) (a) In this subsection, "solid waste disposal" has the meaning given in s. 289.01 (34).

36.25(3m)(b) (b) The board may establish one or more solid waste experiment centers for the purpose of developing, demonstrating, promoting and assessing the costs and environmental effects of alternatives to solid waste disposal. The board shall determine the location of the solid waste experiment centers. In making the determination, the board shall consider the solid waste disposal needs of the various regions of the state. The board may establish, through cooperative agreements, solid waste experiment centers at existing publicly owned or privately owned storage, treatment or disposal facilities.