230.22230.22 Entry professional selection. 230.22(1)(1) The administrator may establish by rule an entry professional class program for use in a wide range of entry professional positions. 230.22(2)(2) In connection with this program the administrator may establish separate classifications and corresponding pay provisions to provide agencies an entry professional program, through which they can compete on campuses and in the labor market for the best available applicants. 230.22(3)(3) Subject to s. 230.275, the director may establish separate recruitment, evaluation and certification procedures for certain entry professional positions. Vacancies in entry professional positions may be limited to persons with a degree from an institution of higher education, as defined in s. 108.02 (18), or a degree under an associate degree program, as defined in s. 38.01 (1). 230.22(4)(4) The director may provide for cooperative programs leading to eligibility for permanent appointment in order to enable institutions of higher education and agencies to attract and train the highest caliber of undergraduate or graduate students for government employment. 230.22 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also s. ER-MRS 8.20, Wis. adm. code. 230.24230.24 Career executive selection. 230.24(1)(1) The administrator may by rule develop a career executive program that emphasizes excellence in administrative skills in order to provide agencies with a pool of highly qualified executive candidates, to provide outstanding administrative employees a broad opportunity for career advancement, and to provide for the mobility of such employees among the agencies and units of state government for the most advantageous use of their managerial and administrative skills. To accomplish the purpose of this program, the director may provide policies and standards for recruitment, probation, employment register control, certification, transfer, promotion, and reemployment, and the director may provide policies and standards for classification and salary administration, separate from procedures established for other employment. The administrator shall determine the positions which may be filled from career executive employment registers. 230.24(1m)(1m) The policy established by the director under sub. (1) that deals with probation shall provide the option of extending the probationary period for individuals with disabilities, as defined in s. 111.32 (8), who are employees in a manner consistent with s. 230.28 (1) (bm). 230.24(2)(2) An appointing authority shall fill a vacancy in a career executive position using an open competitive process, with due consideration given to affirmative action. 230.24(3)(3) No rule may be adopted after September 15, 1979 which provides for an open enrollment period in the career executive program for incumbents who had an option to enter the program and who exercised the option of remaining outside of the program. 230.24(4)(4) An appointing authority may reassign an employee in a career executive position to a career executive position in any agency if the appointing authority in the agency to which the employee is to be reassigned approves of the reassignment. 230.24 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also chs. ER 30 and ER-MRS 30, Wis. adm. code. 230.25230.25 Certification, appointments and registers. 230.25(1)(1) Appointing authorities shall give written notice to the director of any vacancy to be filled in any position in the classified service. The director shall certify, under this subchapter and the rules of the director, from the register of eligibles appropriate for the kind and type of employment, the grade and class in which the position is classified, any number of names at the head thereof. In determining the number of names to certify, the director shall use statistical methods and personnel management principles that are designed to maximize the number of certified names that are appropriate for filling the specific position vacancy. Up to 2 persons considered for appointment 3 times and not selected may be removed from the register for each 3 appointments made. 230.25(1g)(1g) After certifying names under sub. (1), the director shall additionally certify the names of the 3 highest ranked disabled veterans whose disability is at least 70 percent and the 3 highest ranked individuals each of whom is the spouse of a disabled veteran whose disability is at least 70 percent. 230.25(1m)(1m) After certifying names under sub. (1), the director shall additionally certify the names of all of the following: 230.25(1m)(b)(b) The 3 highest ranked disabled veterans who are not certified under par. (a). 230.25(1m)(c)(c) The 3 highest ranked individuals each of whom is an unremarried spouse of a veteran who was killed in action. 230.25(1m)(d)(d) The 3 highest ranked individuals each of whom is an unremarried spouse of a veteran who died of a service-connected disability. 230.25(1n)(a)(a) After certifying names under subs. (1), (1g) and (1m), the director may engage in expanded certification by doing one or more of the following: 230.25(1n)(a)1.1. Certifying up to 3 names of persons belonging to at least one of one or more specified racial or ethnic groups. 230.25(1n)(a)2.2. Certifying up to 3 names of persons of a specified gender. 230.25(1n)(b)(b) The director may certify names under par. (a) 1. or 2. only if an agency requests expanded certification in order to comply with an approved affirmative action plan or program. The director may certify names under par. (a) 3. only if an agency requests expanded certification in order to hire persons with a disability.