Wisconsin Administrative Code

Trans 8.04 Reporting requirements. All eligible recipients receiving a grant of federal section 5307 funds shall maintain books and records in the manner required by the department and shall submit periodic and special reports as required by the department or by applicable federa…

UWS 1.01 Academic staff. XAcademic staffY means professional and administrative personnel, other than faculty and university staff, with duties and types of appointments that are primarily associated with higher education institutions or their administration. History: Cr. Registe…

UWS 1.02 Board of Regents or board. XBoard of RegentsY or XboardY means the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. History: Cr. Register, January, 1975, No. 229, eff. 2-1-75; 2015 Wis. Act 330 s.

UWS 1.03 Department. XDepartmentY means a group of faculty members recognized by the faculty and chancellor of the institution, and the Board of Regents, as dealing with a common field of knowledge or as having a common or closely related disciplinary or interdisciplinary interes…

UWS 1.04 Faculty. XFacultyY means persons who hold the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor in an academic department or its functional equivalent in an institution. The appointment of a member of the academic staff may be converted to a facu…

UWS 1.05 Faculty status. By action of the appropriate faculty body and chancellor of an institution, members of the academic staff may be designated as having Xfaculty status.Y XFaculty statusYmeans a right to participate in faculty governance of an institution in accordance with…

UWS 1.06 Institution. XInstitutionY means any university, or an organizational equivalent designated by the board. History: Cr. Register, January, 1975, No. 229, eff. 2-1-75.

UWS 1.07 University. XUniversityY means any baccalaureate or graduate degree granting institution. History: Cr. Register, January, 1975, No. 229, eff. 2-1-75.

UWS 1.08 Notice periods. (1) When an act is required by these rules to be done within a specified number of days: (a) Day shall mean calendar day, (b) The first day shall be the day after the event, such as receipt of a notice or conclusion of a hearing, (c) Each day after the fi…

UWS 10.01 Types of appointments. Academic staff appointments may be fixed term, probationary, or indefinite. Several probationary academic staff appointments may precede the granting of an indefinite appointment. Each institution shall develop guidelines concerning the categories…

UWS 10.02 Recruitment and letter of appointment. (1) Each institution shall develop procedures relating to recruitment of members of the academic staff. The procedures shall be consistent with board policy and state and federal laws with respect to nondiscriminatory and affirmati…

UWS 10.03 Appointments policies. (1) FIXED TERM APPOINTMENTS. Each institution of the system may employ academic staff members on fixed term appointments. Such appointments shall be for a fixed term to be specified in the letter of appointment, are renewable solely at the option …

UWS 10.04 Nonrenewal of probationary academic staff appointments. (1) Each institution shall establish procedures for dealing with instances where probationary academic staff are not renewed. Nonrenewal is not a dismissal under ch. UWS 11. A nonrenewed member of the academic staf…

UWS 10.05 Notice. (1) Written notice that a fixed term or probationary academic staff appointment will not be renewed shall be given to the appointee in advance of the expiration of the appointment as follows: (a) Fixed term appointments: At least 3 months before the end of the a…

UWS 11.01 Dismissal for cause-indefinite academic staff appointments.

UWS 11.015 Definitions. Subchapter II — Procedures for Academic Staff Dismissal in Non-Title IX Cases

UWS 11.016 Subchapter II definitions.

UWS 11.02 Responsibility for charges.

UWS 11.03 Hearing body.

UWS 11.04 Hearing.

UWS 11.05 Adequate due process.

UWS 11.06 Procedural guarantees.

UWS 11.07 Recommendations: to the chancellor.

UWS 11.08 Suspension from duties.

UWS 11.09 Date of dismissal.

UWS 11.10 Board review.

UWS 11.11 Dismissal for cause-fixed term or probationary academic staff appointments.

UWS 11.12 Dismissal for cause-teaching members of the academic staff. Subchapter III — Procedures for Academic Staff Dismissal and Discipline in Title IX Cases

UWS 11.13 Subchapter III definitions.

UWS 11.14 Dismissal for cause or lesser discipline for Title IX misconduct. Subchapter I — General UWS 11.01 Dismissal for cause-indefinite academic staff appointments. (1) A member of the academic staff holding an indefinite appointment may be dismissed only for just cause under…

UWS 11.15 Application of Title IX misconduct disciplinary procedure. This disciplinary procedure for Title IX misconduct will be used only when all of the following requirements are met: (1) There is a formal Title IX complaint alleging Title IX misconduct on the basis of sex. (2…

UWS 11.16 Dismissal of formal Title IX complaint and related appeal. (1) The university shall dismiss formal Title IX complaints consisting of allegations that meet any of the following conditions: (a) The alleged conduct would not constitute Title IX misconduct if proved. (b) Th…

UWS 11.17 Investigation of Title IX misconduct allegations. (1) Unless the university dismisses a formal complaint, the university shall appoint an investigator to conduct an investigation of the allegations in the formal complaint. (2) The investigator shall provide the academic…

UWS 11.18 Review of evidence. (1) Prior to completion of the final investigative report, the investigator shall send to the academic staff member and complainant and their respective advisors, if any, the evidence gathered during the investigation for inspection and review by the…

UWS 11.19 Final investigative report. The investigator shall create a final investigative report that fairly summarizes relevant evidence and send the report to the academic staff member, the complainant, and their advisors, if any, for their review and response at least 10 days …

UWS 11.20 Standing academic staff committee and hearing examiner. (1) The chancellor of each university, in consultation with academic staff representatives, shall adopt policies providing for the designation of a Title IX misconduct hearing examiner. The chancellor shall select …

UWS 11.21 Adequate due process. (1) A fair hearing for an academic staff member against whom dismissal or other discipline is sought shall include all of the following: (a) Service of written notice of a live hearing on the allegations in the formal complaint at least 10 days pri…

UWS 11.22 Procedural guarantees. (1) Any hearing held shall comply with the requirements set forth in UWS 11.21. All of the following requirements shall also be observed: (a) The burden of proof of the existence of just cause to support dismissal, or of grounds to support other d…

UWS 11.23 Hearing committee or hearing examiner findings and recommendations to the chancellor. The hearing committee or hearing examiner shall simultaneously send to the chancellor, to the complainant, and to the academic staff member concerned, within 30 days after the conclusi…

UWS 11.24 Chancellor[s decision. (1) After reviewing the matter on record and considering any arguments submitted by the parties, the chancellor shall issue a decision. The chancellor may adopt the hearing committee or hearing examiner[s findings and recommendations as the chance…

UWS 11.25 Appeal to the board. (1) The academic staff member or complainant may file an appeal of the chancellor[s decision to the board. Any appeal must be made within 30 days of the date of the decision of the chancellor to dismiss. The board shall provide the academic staff me…

UWS 11.26 Suspension from duties in Title IX misconduct dismissal cases. Pending the final decision as to the chapter was last published. 9 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM dismissal, an academic staff member with an indefinite appointment may not be relieved of duties, except wher…

UWS 11.27 Subchapter IV definition.

UWS 11.28 Dismissal for cause in special cases - indefinite academic staff appointments.

UWS 11.29 Serious criminal misconduct.

UWS 11.30 Reporting responsibility.

UWS 11.31 Expedited process.

UWS 11.32 Temporary suspension from duties without pay.

UWS 11.33 Board review. tion in this section. A person is unable to give consent if the person is in a state of incapacitation because of drugs, alcohol, physical or intellectual disability, or unconsciousness. (4) XConsultY or XconsultingY means thoroughly reviewing and discussi…

UWS 12.01 General. Notwithstanding s. 36.15, Stats., and chs. UWS 10 and 11, the chancellor of each institution or designee may layoff a member of the academic staff holding an indefinite appointment, or may layoff a member of the academic staff holding either a fixed term or a p…