A-100 District Legal Status
| Authority | District Board |
| Effective Date | February 20, 1974 |
| Revision Date | January 19, 2011 |
| Reviewed Date | November 15, 2023 |
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Chapter 292, Laws of Wisconsin of 1965 Chapter 327, Laws of Wisconsin of 1967 Wisconsin Act 399 of 1993 Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 38 |
The Wisconsin State Legislature in 1965 adopted Chapter 292, Laws of 1965, which stated, “In order to broaden the educational opportunities for the youth and adults of Wisconsin, the State District Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education shall establish a program of instruction at institutions throughout the State which will equip all this State’s people to find their place in the competitive labor market of today. This act is to be construed as an enactment of statewide concern for the purpose of establishing a statewide system of vocational, technical, and adult education.”
The core of the implementation was the requirement of Chapter 292 that “by July 1, 1970, the State District Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education shall act to include all areas in such school districts of vocational, technical and adult education as the State District Board designates.”
In the fall of 1966, the State District Board and the former Coordinating Council on Higher Education conducted a series of public hearings throughout the State on how the State plan should be implemented.
As a result of these hearings, Rock and Green Counties were designated as District 5 of the State Plan, and by the action of the county District Boards of Rock and Green Counties, in 1967, Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education District Five (5) was formed on July 1, 1968.
Subsequently, by State District Board action, the name was changed to Blackhawk Vocational, Technical and Adult Education District on September 26, 1972.
On July 29, 1987, by State District Board action, “technical institute” was changed to “technical college” for all the schools within the Wisconsin Technical College System. On July 21, 1994, the legal titles of the Colleges within the System were changed. “Blackhawk Vocational, Technical and Adult Education District” became “Blackhawk Technical College District.”
The District constitutes a corporate body that possesses all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes and, in that name, may sue and be sued, purchase, hold, and sell personal property and real estate, and enter such obligations as are authorized by law.