Various University of Wisconsin System reporting requirements and commencement of the system's fall semester for graduate health science classes

In addition, the bill repeals requirements for the UW System to submit the following reports: 1) a biennial financial report to the governor and JCF by the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School; 2) an annual report to DOA and JCF on created and abolished positions; 3) an annual report to the governor and JCF on federal funding expenditures; 4) an annual report to JCF and DOA on salary increases; 5) an annual report to the legislature and governor regarding employees with limited or concurrent appointments and employees requiring backup positions; 6) a biennial report to JCF on industrial and economic development research projects; 7) a biennial report to the governor and JCF on research funded with general purpose revenue; 8) a semiannual report to the Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology on certain information technology projects; 9) an annual report to JCF and the Joint Legislative Audit Committee on fee increases; 10) an annual report to JCF on course dropout rates; and 11) an annual report by UW System administration to the Board of Regents on consultants.

The bill also does the following:

1. Prohibits DOA from requiring the Board of Regents to submit to DOA reports on accounts receivable or moving expenses if substantially similar information is included in other reports submitted by the Board of Regents or is accessible through DOA's statewide accounting system.

2. Exempts the Board of Regents from submitting annual reports to the Department of Natural Resources relating to its local program for construction site erosion control and storm water management.

3. Eliminates a requirement for the Board of Regents to submit an annual report to the legislature on sexual assault and sexual harassment and requires instead that each UW institution submit to JCF and the legislature and post on its Internet site an annual campus security report required under federal law.

Fall semester.

This bill allows graduate health science classes at the UW System to commence before September 1. Under current law, only medical school and fourth year veterinary school classes may commence before that date.