329 Relating to: faculty development grant programs for technical colleges, the technical college instructor occupational competency program, modifying certain rules of the Technical College System Board, and eliminating outdated rules of the board.  

  •   Date of enactment: March 30, 2016
    2015 Assembly Bill 842   Date of publication*: March 31, 2016
    * Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication."
    2015 WISCONSIN ACT 329
    An Act to repeal 38.32 (4) and 38.33 (2); and to amend 38.33 (title) and 38.33 (1) (intro.) of the statutes; relating to: faculty development grant programs for technical colleges, the technical college instructor occupational competency program, modifying certain rules of the Technical College System Board, and eliminating outdated rules of the board.
    The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
    Section 1 . 38.32 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
    Section 2 . 38.33 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
    38.33 (title) Faculty Professional development grants.
    Section 3 . 38.33 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
    38.33 (1) (intro.) From the appropriation under s. 20.292 (1) (f), the board may award grants to district boards to establish faculty professional development programs. The programs shall promote all of the following:
    Section 4 . 38.33 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
    Section 5 . TCS 4.01 (2) of the administrative code is repealed.
    Section 6 . TCS 4.02 (1) of the administrative code is amended to read:
    TCS 4.02 (1) All written communications and documents, submitted pursuant to this chapter, should be addressed to the State Director, Wisconsin Technical College System Board , 310 Price Place, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, and not to individual members of the staff . All documents and communications delivered at the office of the state director are officially received.
    Section 7 . TCS 4.03 of the administrative code is amended to read:
    TCS 4.03 Location of hearing . Unless otherwise ordered in the notice of hearing or specifically provided by law, all hearings shall be held at the office of the board , 310 Price Place, P.O. Box 7874, Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7874 .
    Section 8 . TCS 4.25 of the administrative code is repealed.
    Section 9 . TCS 5.09 (1) of the administrative code is amended to read:
    TCS 5.09 (1) Remodeling of existing facilities where project costs for a fiscal year do not exceed 100,000 $100,000 per single campus site, as determined by the board under s. TCS 7.07 (6), are considered minor remodeling and are exempt from board review and approval under s. 38.04 (10) (a), Stats., and this chapter.
    Section 10 . TCS 7.07 (intro.) of the administrative code is amended to read:
    TCS 7.07 Capital expenditure projects under s. 38.15, Stats. (intro.) In determining whether capital expenditures for the acquisition of sites, purchase or construction of buildings or the lease/purchase of buildings exceeds $500,000 $1,500,000 , the following shall apply:
    Section 11 . TCS 7.07 (6) of the administrative code is amended to read:
    TCS 7.07 (6) Annually, the The board shall designate what constitutes each single campus site.
    Section 12 . Chapter TCS 11 of the administrative code is repealed.
    Section 13 . Chapter TCS 13 of the administrative code is repealed.
    Section 14 . TCS 14.02 (8) of the administrative code is amended to read:
    TCS 14.02 (8) "Instructor" means a person certified under s. TCS 3.02 hired under s. 38.12 (3), Stats., to teach courses .
    Section 15 . Chapter TCS 15 of the administrative code is repealed.
    Section 16 . Chapter TCS 16 of the administrative code is repealed.

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