Section 5.14. Recommendations and review by the board.

  The recommendations of the chancellor and the recommendations, if any, of the faculty hearing committee, shall be transmitted to the president of the University of Wisconsin System and to the board and acted upon as follows:

(1)  If the faculty member has not requested a hearing before the faculty hearing committee, the recommendation shall be deemed proper and shall be reported for information to the system president and the board.

(2)  If the faculty member has requested a hearing and the faculty hearing committee has found the decision to be proper, the report of the faculty hearing committee shall be forwarded to the system president and board by the chancellor with a recommendation. The faculty member may request a review by the board, and the board review panel may at its option grant a review. Unless the board review panel grants the request for review, the recommended findings of fact and decision of the standing faculty committee shall be the final decision of the Board of Regents.

(3)  If after a hearing, the faculty hearing committee's recommended findings of fact and decision are that the initial decision was improper, the chancellor shall review the matter and give careful consideration to the committee's finding. If the chancellor accepts the committee's findings the chancellor's decision shall be final. If the chancellor contests the recommended findings that the decision was improper, the verbatim record, a summary of the evidence and the recommended findings of law and decision shall be forwarded to the board review panel (see s. UWS 5.15 ). The chancellor and the faculty member shall be furnished with copies of this material and shall have a reasonable opportunity to file written exceptions to such summary and proposed findings and decision and to argue with respect to them orally and in writing before the board review panel. The board review panel shall hear and decide the case in accordance with s. 227.46 (4) , Stats. The decision of the board review panel shall be final.

History: Cr. Register, January, 1975, No. 229 , eff. 2-1-75, correction in (3) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, June, 1995, No. 474 ; correction in (3) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register May 2007 No. 617 ; 2015 Wis. Act 330 s. 20 : am. (intro.), (2) Register April 2016 No. 724 , eff. 5-1-16.