The February Board of Regents was held in Madison on Thursday, February 7 and Friday, February 8.

On Thursday, the Regents heard an excellent series of presentations focused on exploring the achievement gap and campus, community and UW System strategies that might be employed to narrow the gap. You can read more about these presentations on the UW System news release. The Business and Finance Committee approved changes to nonresident and graduate student tuition at several institutions including UW-Oshkosh. On Friday, the Regents approved a proposal to revise a recently approved Regent Policy for “Contracts with Research Companies,” to comply with the recently enacted 2019 Act 36. The Regents also approved guidelines for the first-time administration of the Wisconsin Merit Scholarship program, which was created by 2017 Act 314.  See the news summary for a full summary.

With respect to Ch. UWS 17, Wis. Admin. Code, “Nonacademic Student Misconduct,” and Ch. UWS 18, Wis Admin. Code, “Conduct on University Lands,” the Board of Regents approved (1) rule orders containing the proposed rule language and plain language analyses; (2) economic impact analyses/fiscal estimates on the rules; (3) notices of submittal to the legislative council of the proposed rules; and (4) notices of public hearings on the proposed rules. A public comment period is now open (use the links in the text above to access the comment page – the comment period is open until March 12).