Section 22.03. Accommodation of religious beliefs.

 

(1)  A student shall be permitted to make up an examination or other academic requirement at another time or by an alternative method, without any prejudicial effect, where:

(a) There is a scheduling conflict between the student's sincerely held religious beliefs and taking the examination or meeting the academic requirements; and

(b) The student has notified the instructor, within the first 3 weeks of the beginning of classes (within the first week of summer session and short courses), of the specific days or dates on which he or she will request relief from an examination or academic requirement.

(2)  Instructors may schedule a make-up examination or other academic requirement before or after the regularly scheduled examination or other academic requirement.

(3)  Instructors shall accept, at face value, the sincerity of students' religious beliefs.

(4)  Student notification of instructors and requests for relief under sub. (1) shall be kept confidential.

(5)  Complaints of failure to provide reasonable accommodation of a student's sincerely held religious beliefs as required by this rule may be filed under institutional complaint and grievance procedures adopted pursuant to chs. UWS 6 and 13 .

(6)  The chancellor of each institution shall, through appropriate institutional publications (to include at a minimum the timetable and catalog), provide notification to students and instructors of the rules for accommodation of religious beliefs, and of the procedure and appropriate office for filing complaints.

History: Cr. Register, August, 1993, No. 452 , eff. 9-1-93.