A-220 District Board Powers and Duties

The District Board governs on behalf of the citizens of the District per the authority granted to it by state law. The District Board is committed to fulfilling its responsibilities to:

• Represent the public interest.

• Establish policies that define the institutional mission and set prudent, ethical, and legal standards for college operations.

• Hire and evaluate the President/District Director.

• Delegate power and authority to the President/District Director to effectively lead the College.

• Assure fiscal health and stability.

• Monitor institutional performance and educational quality.

• Advocate and protect the College.

The District Board is committed to fulfilling its duties in the following areas as described in Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 38.12:

• Control of District Schools: Except as otherwise provided by statute, the district establishes exclusive control of the District schools and acquires property for the use of such schools.

• District Funds and Treasurer: The District Board shall deposit all money received with the District Board Treasurer, who shall be accountable for such funds. The district board shall approve all expenditures exceeding $2,500.

• District Director and Employees: The District Board shall employ and fix the compensation of the President/District Director and Employees as necessary.

• Publication of Proceedings-Open Records: The District Board shall publish the proceedings of the District Board meetings within 45 days after the meeting in the officially designated newspaper of the District.

• Annual Audit: The District Board shall authorize an annual audit of the District and submit the audit report to the District Board no later than six (6) months following the end of each fiscal year.

• Annual Budget: The District Board shall prepare its annual budget in compliance with rules promulgated by the State District Board under Wis. Stats. 38.04 (11) (a). It shall submit an approved copy to the State District Board by July 1 of each year and shall report any subsequent budget modification to the State District Board within 30 days of approval by the District Board.

• Transportation Planning: The District Board shall work with regional planning commissions and local authorities to develop a transportation plan for the District schools.

• District Policies: The District Board shall establish specific written policies on District matters, including all those enumerated under Wis. Stats. 38.04 (14).

• Cooperation With Other State Agencies: The District Board shall actively coordinate, with the Department of Public Instruction and public school district boards, the responsibility for providing vocational training to pupils attending high school and providing education to persons who have dropped out of high school. Annually, by July 1, the District Board shall report to the school District Boards of every district within the boundaries of the District on the steps the District Board has taken in the previous year to satisfy this responsibility. The District Board shall actively coordinate with institutions within the University of Wisconsin System sharing programs and facilities, including the collegiate transfer program, adult education and evening courses, and part-time Student and associate degree programs to reduce the duplication of such programs and facilities.

• Firefighter Training Programs: The District Board shall make a firefighter training program available to members of volunteer and paid fire departments maintained by cities, villages, and towns located in the District. The District Board may not charge a fee for this training.

• Controlled Substance and Controlled Substance Analogs; Discipline: The District Board shall adopt rules providing nonacademic misconduct disciplinary sanctions for any Student who engages in an activity, on district premises or at a district-sponsored event, that constitutes a violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

• Orientation Program-Information on Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment: The District Board shall incorporate information on sexual assault and sexual harassment in its orientation program for newly entering Students.

• Armed Forces: The District Board shall ensure that a Student who is a service member, as identified in s. 36.11 (47M) (a), is given priority in registering for courses at the College.

Suppose a Student must withdraw from school because of being called into active service with the Wisconsin National Guard, a reserve unit of the U. S. Armed Forces, for at least 30 days. In that case, the District Board shall reenroll the Student beginning in the semester in which they are discharged, demobilized, or deactivated from active duty or the next succeeding semester, whichever the Student prefers, shall give the Student the same priority in registering for courses that the Student would have had if they had registered for courses at the beginning of the registration period, and, at the Student’s request, do one of the following for all courses from which the Student had to withdraw reimburse the Student all tuition and fees paid for all courses or grant the Student an incomplete in all the courses and permit the Student to complete the courses within six (6) months after leaving state service or active service without paying additional tuition and fees.