Wisconsin Administrative Code

UWS 12.02 Layoff. For the purpose of this chapter, XlayoffY is the suspension of an academic staff member[s employment by the University of Wisconsin System during the appointment period, for reasons of budget or program. A laid-off academic staff member retains the rights specif…

UWS 12.03 Individual layoff decision. When a reduction in program of a particular operational area is required, layoffs of academic staff members with indefinite, fixed term, or probationary appointments should normally follow seniority. This presumption in favor of seniority may…

UWS 12.04 Hearing body. The chancellor of each institution shall provide for a hearing body for the purposes of this chapter. Throughout this chapter the term Xhearing bodyY is used to indicate either a hearing committee or a hearing examiner as designated in the institutional pr…

UWS 12.05 Review and hearing for indefinite appointments. (1) An academic staff member with an indefinite appointment whose position is to be eliminated shall be notified in writing and shall, upon request made within 20 days after such notification, be given a written statement …

UWS 12.06 Review for fixed term and probationary academic staff members. Each institution shall establish procedures for an impartial review of the layoffs for reasons of budget or program of academic staff members with fixed term and probationary appointments. Nonrenewal is not …

UWS 12.07 Layoff status. (1) An academic staff member whose position has been eliminated according to the provisions of this chapter may, at the end of the appropriate notice period, be placed on layoff status, unless the layoff notice has been rescinded prior to that time. The a…

UWS 12.08 Alternative employment. Each institution shall devote its best efforts to securing alternative appointments within the institution in positions for which staff laid off under this chapter are qualified under existing criteria. Each institution should seek to provide fin…

UWS 12.09 Reappointment rights. Each institution shall establish administrative procedures and policies to insure compliance with s. 36.21, Stats., in providing that where layoffs occur for reasons of budget or program, no person may be employed in that operational area at that i…

UWS 12.10 Retention of salary. Any academic staff member reappointed within 3 years after layoff to reasonably comparable duties within the operational area shall be reappointed with a salary rate at least equivalent to the salary rate when laid off, together with such other righ…

UWS 12.11 Rights of academic staff members on layoff. An academic staff member on layoff status in accord with the provisions of this chapter has the reemployment rights guaranteed by s. UWS 12.09 or 12.10, and has the following minimal rights: (1) Such voluntary participation in…

UWS 13.01 Complaints. Each institution shall establish policies and procedures to deal with allegations by persons other than the academic staff member[s supervisor(s), including administrators, students, other academic staff, faculty, university staff, or members of the public c…

UWS 13.02 Grievances. Each institution shall establish policies and procedures for adjudicating grievances involving members of the academic staff. Such procedures shall include the designation of an individual or body with the power and authority to investigate and to recommend …

UWS 14.01 Statement of principles. The Board of Regents, administrators, faculty, academic staff and students of the University of Wisconsin System believe that academic honesty and integrity are fundamental to the mission of higher education and of the University of Wisconsin Sy…

UWS 14.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XAcademic misconductY means an act described in s. UWS 14.03. (2) XAcademic misconduct hearing committeeY means the committee or hearing examiner appointed pursuant to s. UWS 14.15 to conduct hearings under s. UWS 14.08. (3) XChancellor…

UWS 14.03 Academic misconduct subject to disciplinary action. (1) Academic misconduct is an act in which a student: (a) Seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of another without authorization or citation; (b) Uses unauthorized materials or fabricated data in any academic e…

UWS 14.04 Disciplinary sanctions. (1) The following are the disciplinary sanctions that may be imposed for aca- the chapter was last published. UWS 14.04 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE demic misconduct in accordance with the procedures of s. UWS 14.05, 14.06 or 14.07: (a) An oral …

UWS 14.05 Disciplinary sanction imposed at the discretion of the instructor. (1) Where an instructor concludes that a student enrolled in one of his or her courses has engaged in academic misconduct in the course, the instructor for that course may impose one or more of the follo…

UWS 14.06 Disciplinary sanction imposed following a report of academic misconduct by the instructor. Where an instructor believes that a student enrolled in one of his or her courses has engaged in academic misconduct and the sanctions listed under s. UWS 14.04 (1) (a) through (c…

UWS 14.07 Disciplinary sanction imposed following a report of academic misconduct by the investigating officer. The investigating officer may proceed in accordance with this section to impose, subject to hearing and appeal rights, one or more of the disciplinary sanctions listed …

UWS 14.08 Hearing. (1) If a student requests a hearing, or a hearing is required to be scheduled under s. UWS 14.07 (5) (c) 2., the student affairs officer shall take the necessary steps to convene the academic misconduct hearing committee and shall schedule the hearing within 10…

UWS 14.09 Appeal to the chancellor. (1) Where the sanction prescribed by the hearing committee is suspension or expulsion, the student may appeal to the chancellor to review the decision of the hearing committee on the record. In such a case, the chapter was last published. UWS 1…

UWS 14.10 Discretionary appeal to the Board of Regents. Institutional decisions under ss. UWS 14.05 through 14.09 shall be final, except that the Board of Regents may, at its discretion, grant a review upon the record. History: Cr. Register, February, 1989, No. 398, eff. 3-1-89; …

UWS 14.11 Settlement. The procedures set forth in this chapter do not preclude a student from agreeing that academic misconduct occurred and to the imposition of a sanction, after proper notice has been given. Required written reports, however, may not be waived. History: Cr. Reg…

UWS 14.12 Effect of discipline within the university system. Suspension or expulsion shall be systemwide in effect. (1) A student who is suspended or expelled from one institution in the University of Wisconsin System may not enroll in another institution in the system unless the…

UWS 14.13 Right to petition for readmission. A student who has been expelled may petition for readmission, and a student who has been suspended may petition for readmission prior to the expiration of the suspension period. The petition for readmission must be in writing and direc…

UWS 14.14 Investigating officer. The chancellor of each institution, in consultation with faculty, academic staff, and student representatives, shall designate an investigating officer or officers for student academic misconduct. The investigating officer shall have responsibilit…

UWS 14.15 Academic misconduct hearing committee: institutional option. The chancellor of each institution, in consultation with faculty, academic staff, and student representatives, shall adopt policies providing for the establishment of a student academic misconduct hearing comm…

UWS 14.16 Notice to students. Each institution shall publish and make freely available to students copies of ch. UWS 14 and any institutional policies implementing ch. UWS 14. History: Cr. Register, February, 1989, No. 398, eff. 3-1-89.

UWS 14.17 Notice to instructors. Each institution shall adopt procedures to ensure that instructors are familiar with these policies. Each institution shall provide instructors with copies of ch. UWS 14 and any institutional policies implementing ch. UWS 14 upon employment with t…

UWS 14.18 Consistent institutional policies. Each institution is authorized to adopt policies consistent with this chapter. A copy of such policies shall be filed with the Board of Regents and the University of Wisconsin System office of academic affairs. History: Cr. Register, F…

UWS 15.01 Limited appointments. (1) A limited appointment under s. 36.17, Stats., is a special appointment to a designated administrative position. A person in this type of appointment serves at the pleasure of the authorized official who made the appointment. A member of the aca…

UWS 16.01 Other appointments. The board may make or authorize appointments of specified terms for student assistants and employees in training, such as residents, interns, postdoctoral fellows or trainees or associates. Appointments made pursuant to this section shall not be subj…

UWS 17.01 Policy statement. The missions of the University of Wisconsin System and its individual institutions can be realized only if the university[s teaching, learning, research and service activities occur in living and learning environments that are safe and free from violen…

UWS 17.02 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XChief administrative officerY means the chancellor of an institution or the chancellor[s designees. (2) XClear and convincing evidenceY means information that would persuade a reasonable person to have a firm belief that a proposition …

UWS 17.03 Consistent institutional policies. Each institution is authorized to adopt policies consistent with this chapter. A copy of such policies shall be filed with the Board of 2 Regents and the University of Wisconsin System office of academic affairs.

UWS 17.04 Notice to students. Each institution shall publish ch. UWS 17 on its website and shall make ch. UWS 17 and any institutional policies implementing ch. UWS 17 freely available to students through the website or other means.

UWS 17.05 Designation of investigating officer. The chief administrative officer of each institution shall designate an investigating officer or officers for allegations of student nonacademic misconduct. The investigating officer shall investigate student nonacademic misconduct …

UWS 17.06 Nonacademic misconduct hearing examiner. (1) The chief administrative officer of each institution, in consultation with faculty, academic staff, and student representatives, shall adopt policies providing for the designation of a student nonacademic misconduct hearing e…

UWS 17.07 Nonacademic misconduct hearing committee. (1) The chief administrative officer of each institution, in consultation with faculty, academic staff, and student representatives, shall adopt policies providing for the establishment of a student nonacademic misconduct hearin…

UWS 17.08 Nonacademic misconduct occurring on or outside of university lands. (1) MISCONDUCT ON UNIVERSITY LANDS. Except as provided in s. UWS 17.08 (2), the provisions contained in this chapter shall apply to the student conduct described in ss. UWS 17.09 and 17.151 that occurs …

UWS 17.085 Disciplinary sanctions. Subchapter II - Procedures for Student Nonacademic Discipline in Nonsexual Misconduct Cases UWS 17.09 Conduct subject to disciplinary action. UWS 17.11 Disciplinary procedure. UWS 17.12 Hearing. UWS 17.13 Appeal to the chancellor. UWS 17.14 Disc…

UWS 17.09 Conduct subject to disciplinary action. In accordance with s. UWS 17.08, the university may discipline a student for engaging in, attempting to engage in, or assisting others to engage in any of the following types of nonacademic misconduct. Conduct defined in s. UWS 17…

UWS 17.11 Disciplinary procedure. (1) PROCESS. The investigating officer may proceed in accordance with this section to impose, subject to hearing and appeal rights, one or more of the disciplinary sanctions listed in s. UWS 17.085 (1) for conduct defined in s. UWS 17.09. (2) CON…

UWS 17.12 Hearing. (1) A respondent who requests a hearing, or for whom a hearing is scheduled under s. UWS 17.11 (4) (c) 2., for conduct defined in s. UWS 17.09, shall have the right to decide whether the matter shall be heard by a hearing examiner or a hearing committee. (2) If…

UWS 17.13 Appeal to the chancellor. (1) For conduct defined in s. UWS 17.09, where the sanction prescribed by the hearing examiner or committee is one of those listed in s. UWS 17.085 (1) (h) to (j), the respondent may appeal in writing to the chief administrative officer within …

UWS 17.14 Discretionary appeal to the Board of Regents. For conduct defined in s. UWS 17.09, institutional decisions under ss. UWS 17.11 to 17.13 shall be final, except that the board of regents may, at its discretion, grant a review upon the UWS 17.151 record, upon written reque…

UWS 17.15 Settlement. For conduct defined in s. UWS 17.09, the procedures set forth in this chapter allow the university and a respondent to enter into a settlement agreement regarding the alleged misconduct, after proper notice has been given. Any such agreement and its terms sh…

UWS 17.151 Sexual misconduct subject to disciplinary action under ss. UWS 17.152 to 17.156.

UWS 17.152 Sexual misconduct disciplinary procedure.

UWS 17.153 Sexual misconduct hearing.