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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 404 - Approval Of Schools › Section SPS 404.06 - Financial stability and student protection

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) SURETY BONDS.
(a) As a condition of obtaining and retaining
				approval, a school shall provide a surety bond on a form specified by the
				department. Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), the amount of surety shall
				be the lesser of $25,000 or 125% of unearned tuition.
(b) No surety bond may be less than $1,000 or
				an amount equal to $2,000 for each representative the school employs.
(c) The bonding requirements set forth in
				this section may be reduced upon a determination that they are excessive in
				relation to the risk of economic loss to which Wisconsin residents are exposed
				in the case of any particular school, based upon evidence of a stable fiscal
				history, satisfactory completion and placement rates, accreditation by a
				recognized accrediting body or other stability criteria the schools may offer
				for department review.
(d) The bond
				shall be executed by the school as principal and by a surety company qualified
				and authorized to do business in the state of Wisconsin as a surety.
(e) A surety on a bond may be released after
				the surety has provided written notice directed to the department at least 30
				days prior to the release.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 404 - Approval Of Schools › Section SPS 404.07 - Agent for service of process

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) All schools
				seeking approval must provide the name and Wisconsin address of a designated
				agent upon whom any process, notice, or demand may be served.
(2) If during any period a school fails to
				appoint or maintain in this state an agent for service of process, such failure
				shall be cause for revocation of approval.
(3) Nothing herein contained shall limit or
				affect the right to serve any process, notice or demand required or permitted
				by law to be served upon a foreign corporation in any other manner now or
				hereafter permitted by law.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 404 - Approval Of Schools › Section SPS 404.08 - Investigation and review

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PERIODIC
				REVIEW. The department shall investigate and evaluate all approved schools and
				programs. The method of review shall include:
(a) Information from the following: federal
				trade commission, better business bureaus, the Wisconsin department of justice,
				other state or other official approval agencies, local school officials or
				interested persons.
(b) Review of
				reports and statements from the school involved.
(c) Conferences with officials or
				representatives of the school involved or with interested persons including
				former students or parents of former students.
(d) Investigation by visitation of the school
				involved.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 404 - Approval Of Schools › Section SPS 404.10 - Fees

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				FEES FOR INITIAL SCHOOL APPROVAL.
(a) A
				school which is not approved to operate or do business in this state and which
				is applying for approval shall pay a fee of:
1. $2,000, if the school is applying for
				approval of one program which does not lead to a degree.
2. $2,500, if the school is applying for
				approval of one program which leads to an associate degree.
3. $3,300, if the school is applying for
				approval of one program which leads to a baccalaureate degree.
4. $3,900, if the school is applying for
				approval of one program which leads to a master's degree.
5. $5,100, if the school is applying for
				approval of one program which leads to a doctoral degree.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 405 - Unfair Trade Practices In Advertising And Promotional Material › Section SPS 405.01 - General principles

Current through June 24, 2024
Each school shall maintain high ethical standards in the
				  conduct of its operations, solicitation of its students, and in its advertising
				  and promotional material. The use of any unfair, substandard, fraudulent or
				  deceptive trade practice or making any false, misleading or deceptive
				  statements in any advertising or promotional material shall be cause for the
				  refusal or revocation of approval.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 405 - Unfair Trade Practices In Advertising And Promotional Material › Section SPS 405.02 - Deceptive trade or business names

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No school shall
				use a trade or business name which may mislead or deceive prospective
				students.
(2) A school shall not
				falsely represent that:
(a) It is a part of or
				connected with the federal or state government.
(b) It is connected with public or private
				religious or charitable organizations or any public or private university,
				college or other institution of higher learning.
(c) It is an employment agency or an
				employment agent or authorized training facility for an industry or member of
				such industry, or otherwise conceal the fact that it is a school.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 405 - Unfair Trade Practices In Advertising And Promotional Material › Section SPS 405.03 - Misrepresentation of extent or nature of accreditation or approval

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A school shall
				not falsely represent any approval it may have received from a state agency or
				the extent or nature of its accreditation.
(2) A school shall not falsely represent that
				students successfully completing a program may transfer credit therefor to an
				accredited institution of higher education.
(3) A school shall not falsely represent that
				a program has been approved by a particular industry, or that successful
				completion thereof qualifies the student for admission to a labor union,
				similar organization, or apprenticeship program, or for the receipt of a state
				or federal license to perform certain functions.
(4) A school shall not falsely represent that
				its programs are recommended by a third-party.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 405 - Unfair Trade Practices In Advertising And Promotional Material › Section SPS 405.04 - Misrepresentation of facilities, services, qualifications of instructors and status

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A school shall not falsely represent in
				its advertising materials its size, location, facilities, equipment, or the
				number of years of educational experience and the qualifications of its
				faculty.
(2) A school shall not
				represent that it is a nonprofit organization unless it submits evidence that
				it has secured status as a non-profit organization from the United States
				internal revenue service.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 405 - Unfair Trade Practices In Advertising And Promotional Material › Section SPS 405.05 - Misrepresentation of enrollment qualifications or limitations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A school shall
				not falsely represent its prerequisites for enrollment in a program.
(2) A school shall not represent that the
				lack of a high school education or prior training or experience will not reduce
				the likelihood of successful completion of a program.
(3) A school shall not enroll a student when
				it is clear that the student is unlikely to complete a program of study, or is
				unlikely to qualify for employment in the field for which the education is
				designed, unless this fact is disclosed to the student in the
				writing.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 405 - Unfair Trade Practices In Advertising And Promotional Material › Section SPS 405.06 - Deceptive use of diplomas, degrees or certificates

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A school's
				degree, diploma, certificate, or any similar document must accurately describe
				the subject matter, substance or content of the program for which it was
				awarded.
(2) A school shall not
				offer or confer a high school diploma.
(3) A school shall only offer high school
				courses if such courses are equivalent to those offered by a secondary school
				approved by the state superintendent of public instruction, and the student is
				informed in writing prior to the student's enrollment, that the school cannot
				guarantee or otherwise control the recognition which will be accorded such
				programs by other schools or prospective employers.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 405 - Unfair Trade Practices In Advertising And Promotional Material › Section SPS 405.07 - Deceptive sales practices

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DECEPTIVE "HELP
				WANTED" ADVERTISING. A school shall not use "help wanted" advertising, or other
				techniques to conceal that it is an educational institution.
(2) BLIND ADVERTISING. A school shall not use
				"blind" advertisements or sales literature which conceals the fact that a
				program for fee is being offered to attract prospective students.
(3) FALSE REPRESENTATION AS TO EARNINGS. A
				school shall not make false or deceptive statements which have the tendency to
				mislead regarding earnings or opportunities in any vocation or field of
				activity.
(4) FALSE REPRESENTATION
				OF OPPORTUNITY. A school shall not make false or deceptive statements which
				have the tendency to mislead regarding any opportunities in any vocation or
				field of activity as a result of the completion of a program.
(5) A school shall not falsely claim that it
				is conducting a talent hunt, contest, or similar test.
(6) FALSE REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE STUDENT'S
				OBLIGATION TO PAY. A school shall not make false or deceptive statements
				regarding the amount or nature of the student's financial obligation to the
				school or to third parties.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 405 - Unfair Trade Practices In Advertising And Promotional Material › Section SPS 405.08 - Required disclosures

Current through June 24, 2024
A school shall disclose in all advertising and promotional
				  material used in Wisconsin:
(1) The
				school name and address and, if different from the address, the teaching
				location of the school.
(2) The
				fact that the school is offering educational services or vocational training
				for sale.
(3) The total cost of the
				program or term, if the school makes in that material any representations as to
				the cost of the program or term.
(4) Whether any endorsements or
				recommendations in that material are paid testimonials.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 406 - Enrollment › Section SPS 406.01 - Enrollment agreements

Current through June 24, 2024
If a school chooses to use an enrollment agreement it shall
				  contain the following: (s.
				  440.52(7)
				  (f), Stats.)
(1) The name and address of the
				school;
(2) Disclosure that the
				enrollment agreement is a legally binding contract upon acceptance of the
				student by the school unless the student cancels the enrollment agreement
				within 3-business days of acceptance by the school day cancellation
				period;
(3) Disclosure of the
				3-business-day cancellation privilege;
(4) The total cost of the program;
(5) The name of the program, the number of
				hours or units of instruction or lessons and the date the program is to begin
				and end;
(6) Whether the school
				offers any placement service, and the nature and extent of the
				service;
(7) The school's refund
				policy in compliance with ch. SPS 408; and,
(8) A clear and conspicuous disclosure of
				truth-in-lending requirements where the tuition is paid in
				installments.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 406 - Enrollment › Section SPS 406.02 - Enrollment applications

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A school may
				use an enrollment application in lieu of an enrollment agreement. (s.
				440.52(7)
				(f), Stats.)
(2) If a school uses an enrollment
				application, it must include language providing equal opportunity for all
				persons regardless of age, race, creed, disability, sex, religion, sexual
				preference, or political affiliation.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 406 - Enrollment › Section SPS 406.04 - Claims and defenses

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Every assignee of an enrollment agreement
				takes it subject to all claims and defenses of the student or successors in
				interest under the enrollment agreement. (s.
				440.52(7)
				(d), Stats.)
(2) No school may enter into any enrollment
				agreement in which the student waives the right to assert against the school or
				any assignee any claim or defense the student may have against the school
				arising under the enrollment agreement. Any provision in an enrollment
				agreement by which the student agrees to a waiver is void.
(3)
(a) No
				school may use a promissory note or instrument, other than a check, unless it
				bears the following statement in contrasting boldface type: This is an
				enrollment agreement instrument and is non-negotiable. Every holder takes it
				subject to all other claims and defenses of the maker or obligor.
(b) Compliance with requirements of federal
				and state statutes, regulations and rules governing the form of notice of
				preservation of consumers' claims and defenses shall be deemed to satisfy the
				requirements of par. (a).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 407 - Records › Section SPS 407.02 - Records retention

Current through June 24, 2024
Each school shall maintain, for a minimum of 6 years from
				  graduation or last date of attendance, student records that shall include at
				  least the following:
(1) A copy of the
				enrollment agreement and other instruments relating to payment for educational
				services.
(2) Student information,
				including student name; permanent or other address at which the student may be
				reached; records relating to financial payments and refunds; and, record of
				attendance.
(3) Date of completion
				or termination and the reason(s) thereof.
(4) Record of any student grievance and
				subsequent resolution.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 407 - Records › Section SPS 407.03 - Transcripts

Current through June 24, 2024
Each school shall provide upon request a transcript to the
				  student who has satisfied all financial obligations currently due and payable
				  to the school. A school shall permanently retain original transcripts for all
				  students. The transcript must provide at least the following:
(1) Name of the student.
(2) Title of the program, including total
				number of credit or hours of instruction received and dates of
				enrollment.
(3) Grade record for
				each course, lesson or unit of instruction and the cumulative grade for the
				program.
(4) Explanation of the
				grading system on the transcript.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 407 - Records › Section SPS 407.04 - Change in status

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) In the event of merger, consolidation,
				change of ownership, or dissolution of a school, the school owner or designee
				shall:
(a) Notify the department at the time
				the decision is made to merge, consolidate, sell, or close, but at a minimum,
				seventy-two hours before such action.
(b) Submit a plan to provide for the
				retention and disposition of records. If necessary, the department may seize
				the records and negotiate for assignment of said records to another school or
				agency.
(c) Provide a record of the
				names, addressees and financial records of students currently enrolled whose
				programs have not been completed.
(d) Surrender the school's SPS certificate of
				approval.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 407 - Records › Section SPS 407.05 - Access to records

Current through June 24, 2024
The department shall maintain and make available records in
				  its possession in accordance with retention and disposition authorization
				  procedures established by the public records board and the federal family
				  educational rights and privacy act (FERPA) of 1974 under 34 CFR Part
				  99.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 408 - Refund Standards › Section SPS 408.01 - Philosophy and principles

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department
				shall approve only those schools which publish and adhere to refund provisions
				consistent with the standards below.
(2) The refund standards required by this
				rule are based upon these principles:
(a)
				Students make numerous "false starts" in their education. It is important to
				preserve for the student the right to a change of mind (recognition of a false
				start) without too serious a penalty, since this action itself may be important
				in the student's growth, maturation and learning.
(b) It is the responsibility of the school,
				through pre-enrollment counseling, to make reasonably certain before enrollment
				is completed that the student has the ability to profit from the program under
				consideration.
(c) Since it is the
				responsibility of the school to select its students carefully, charges to the
				student upon cancellation or withdrawal before the program begins should be a
				smaller portion of the total cost of the course of instruction than upon
				withdrawal after partial completion.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 408 - Refund Standards › Section SPS 408.03 - Full refund

Current through June 24, 2024
A school's refund policy shall provide for a full refund of
				  all money paid by the student if:
(1)
				The student cancels enrollment within 3 business days under s. SPS
				406.04;
(2) The student accepted
				was unqualified, and the school did not secure a disclaimer under s. SPS
				409.04;
(3) The school procured the
				student's enrollment as the result of any false representations in the written
				materials used by the school or in oral representations made by or on behalf of
				the school.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 408 - Refund Standards › Section SPS 408.04 - No refund in programs which have fixed class schedules, are shorter than 6 class days and cost less than $150

Current through June 24, 2024
If for any reason a student withdraws or is dismissed by the
				  school from a program which has a fixed class schedule, is shorter than 6 class
				  days, is less than $150 in total cost and is not one of a sequence of programs,
				  the student is not entitled to any refund, except that the student is entitled
				  to a full refund in the following instances:
(1) The student accepted was unqualified, and
				the school did not secure a disclaimer under s. SPS 408.04;
(2) The student's enrollment was procured as
				the result of false representations.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 408 - Refund Standards › Section SPS 408.05 - Partial refunds

Current through June 24, 2024
A student who withdraws or is dismissed after the period of
				  time identified under s. SPS 408.03(1) has passed, but before completing 60% of
				  the potential units of instruction in the current enrollment period, shall be
				  entitled to a pro rata refund, as calculated below, less any amounts owed by
				  the student for the current enrollment period, less a one-time application fee
				  of $100.
(1) Pro rata refund shall be
				determined as the number of units remaining after the last unit completed by
				the student, divided by the total number of units in the enrollment period,
				rounded downward to the nearest ten percent. Pro rata refund is the resulting
				per cent applied to the total tuition and other required costs paid by the
				student for the current enrollment period.
(2) All efforts will be made to refund
				prepaid amounts for books, supplies and other charges unless the student has
				consumed or used those items and they can no longer be used or sold to new
				students, or returned by the school to the supplier.
(3) Refunds shall be paid within 40 days
				after the effective date of termination.
(4) After the student's first period of
				enrollment, if a student withdraws or is dismissed in a subsequent enrollment
				period, the school may also retain an administrative fee of 15% of the total
				cost of a resident program, or $400, whichever is less.
(5) No refund is required for any student who
				withdraws or is dismissed after completing 60% of the potential units of
				instruction in the current enrollment period unless a student withdraws due to
				mitigating circumstances, which are those that directly prohibit pursuit of a
				program and which are beyond the student's control.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 408 - Refund Standards › Section SPS 408.06 - Good faith effort

Current through June 24, 2024
A school is considered to have made a good faith effort to
				  make a refund, if the student's file contains evidence of the following
				  attempts:
(1) Certified mail to
				student's last known address;
(2)
				Certified mail to the student's permanent address;
(3) Certified mail to the address of the
				student's parent or listed next of kin, if different from the permanent
				address.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 408 - Refund Standards › Section SPS 408.07 - Notice of withdrawal

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) A school may not require that notice of
				withdrawal be in writing, on or in any particular form, or delivered in a
				specific manner.
(2) The school
				shall honor any valid notice of withdrawal given after the 3-business-day
				cancellation period and, within 30 calendar days after dismissal of the student
				or receipt of notice of withdrawal, shall refund to the student any amounts due
				and arrange for a termination of the student's obligation to pay any sum in
				excess of that permitted under the refund standards.
(2m) All schools shall have a constructive
				notice of an intention to withdraw policy.
(3) For students receiving funds under Title
				IV, schools shall comply with applicable federal guidelines for providing
				constructive notice of an intention to withdraw.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 408 - Refund Standards › Section SPS 408.09 - Distribution of refunds to financial aid sponsors

Current through June 24, 2024
All or a portion of any refunds due may be paid to sponsors
				  furnishing grants, loans, scholarships or other financial aids to students, in
				  conformity with federal and state laws, regulations and rules and requirements
				  of financial aid sponsors. After any disbursements to financial aid sponsors
				  have been made, the student shall receive the balance, if any, of the amount
				  due under the school's refund policy.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 409 - Placement Services › Section SPS 409.02 - Minimum requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
When a placement service is offered or advertised by a
				  school, the following minimum requirements must be observed:
(1) Student referrals must result from direct
				contact between the school placement service and prospective employer
				representatives.
(2) Documented
				evidence of student referrals must be maintained and should include, but not be
				limited to the following:
(a) Number of
				referrals by company per individual student.
(b) The results of referrals.
(c) Final placement.
(d) Percent of graduates placed.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 409 - Placement Services › Section SPS 409.03 - Student understanding of placement service representations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No
				communications, either oral or written, between school representatives and
				prospective students shall state or imply job guarantees as a result of any
				placement service offered.
(2) It
				must be made clear to the student that the placement service provided by the
				school is offered as an assistance in working out the student's placement, but
				is not offered as an assumption of the responsibility for finding the student a
				job.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 409 - Placement Services › Section SPS 409.04 - Disclaimer

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Whenever a school knows or has reason to
				know that a prospective student is unlikely to successfully complete a program
				or is unlikely to qualify for employment in the vocation or field for which the
				training is designed to prepare a student, this fact must be disclosed to the
				prospective student. If a prospective student expresses a desire to enroll
				after such disclosure, a disclaimer may be obtained by the school. A valid
				disclaimer shall only consist of a statement, separately signed by the student,
				that the student is fully aware that it is unlikely he or she will be able to
				successfully complete the program and/or fully aware of the improbability or
				impossibility that he or she will qualify for employment in the vocation or
				field for which the program was designed to prepare the student.
(2) This waiver provision does not alleviate
				a school's responsibility to make reasonable accommodations consistent with the
				Americans with Disabilities Act.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 409 - Placement Services › Section SPS 409.05 - Employment advisory services

Current through June 24, 2024
Whenever a school offers employment counseling or placement
				  services not meeting the minimum requirements of s. SPS 409.02 or furnishes
				  employment referrals not the result of direct contact between the school and
				  prospective employer representatives, such counseling shall only be designated
				  as "Employment Advisory Services."
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 410 - Representatives' Permits › Section SPS 410.01 - Permit necessary

Current through June 24, 2024
No individual representing any school shall secure
				  enrollment of students in this state for a consideration or remuneration,
				  except upon the actual business premises of the school, unless he or she first
				  secures a permit. If the individual represents more than one school, a separate
				  permit shall be obtained for each school. A permit shall be valid for one year
				  from the date issued.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 410 - Representatives' Permits › Section SPS 410.02 - Application for permit

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) ORIGINAL APPLICATION. An individual shall
				apply for a permit on department forms and shall submit with the application a
				$200 fee and evidence of coverage for that representative of $2,000 denoted on
				the school's bond. The school for which the individual requests a permit shall
				concur in the individual's application.
(2) RENEWAL APPLICATIONS. An individual shall
				apply for renewal of a permit on department forms and shall submit with the
				application a $200 fee and evidence of coverage for that representative of
				$2,000 denoted on the school's bond.
(3) APPROVAL REQUIRED. Before any permit
				shall be issued, the school to be represented and the program to be sold must
				be approved by the department.
(4)
				ISSUANCE. Where the application requirements set forth above have been met and
				there is no showing that any of the grounds for refusal or revocation as set
				forth in s.
				440.52(8)
				(c), Stats., exist, the permit shall be
				issued.
(5) REVISED APPLICATIONS.
				An individual or school shall pay a fee of $75 each time a submittal requires
				revision or amending.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 410 - Representatives' Permits › Section SPS 410.03 - Enrollment agreement

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) INFORMATION REQUIRED. Every enrollment
				agreement used by a representative shall conform to the requirements of the ch.
				SPS 406.
(2) COPY TO STUDENT. Every
				representative shall deliver a copy of the enrollment agreement and 2 copies of
				the Notice of Cancellation to each student at the time the agreement is
				signed.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 410 - Representatives' Permits › Section SPS 410.04 - Refusal or revocation of a permit

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) GROUNDS. The
				department may refuse to issue or renew, or may revoke any permit upon one or
				any combination of the grounds set forth in s.
				440.52(8)
				(c), Stats.
(2) NOTICE. Notice of refusal to issue or
				renew a permit or of the revocation of a permit shall be sent by certified
				mail, return receipt requested, to the last address of the applicant or permit
				holder shown in the records of the department. Revocation of a permit shall be
				effective 10 days after notice of revocation has been mailed to the permit
				holder.
(3) REQUEST FOR APPEARANCE.
				Within 20 days of the receipt of notice of the department's refusal to issue or
				renew a permit or of the revocation of a permit, the applicant or holder of the
				permit may request to appear before the department in person, with or without
				counsel, to present reasons why the permit should be issued or reinstated. Upon
				receipt of such request, the department shall grant a hearing to the applicant
				or holder of the permit within 30 days, giving the person at least 10 days
				notice of the date, time and place.
(4) ISSUANCE OR REINSTATEMENT. The department
				may, upon hearing and after any further investigation it deems necessary,
				issue, renew or reinstate a permit which it refused to issue or renew or which
				it revoked, where it determines that all of the requirements for permit set
				forth in s. SPS 410.02 have been complied with.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 411 - Distance Learning › Section SPS 411.01 - Principles

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The department acknowledges that distance
				learning, especially via the Internet, presents a materially new context for
				the state's responsibility to protect consumers by regulating private,
				postsecondary schools.
(2) The
				department believes the following principles should guide its regulation of
				private, postsecondary schools offering programs primarily through distance
				learning:
(a) The department's regulatory
				process ought to encourage schools offering programs through distance learning
				to become approved since the department's consumer protection role works best
				when schools are approved.
(b) The
				department's regulatory process must be rigorous and standards-based so only
				quality schools are approved to provide options to Wisconsin
				residents.
(c) While the
				department's regulatory process must be rigorous and consistent with the basic
				school approval process, it should also be user-friendly to schools using
				distance learning and honor other rigorous state approval processes so schools
				do not have to duplicate effort and incur unreasonable costs.
(d) The department's regulatory process
				should include a fee structure that pays for itself, is fair to the other
				approved schools, and is not cost prohibitive to schools using distance
				learning.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 411 - Distance Learning › Section SPS 411.03 - Standards for distance learning programs

Current through June 24, 2024
A private, postsecondary school delivering distance learning
				  programs shall meet the following standards:
(1) The program shall be consistent with the
				school's mission.
(2) The learning
				outcomes promised to students shall be achievable with the technology
				used.
(3) The school shall use
				appropriate and effective instructional materials and teaching methods to
				ensure active student involvement.
(4) The program shall be developed by
				qualified faculty, administrators and technologists.
(5) Accepted students shall have the
				background, knowledge and technical skills needed to complete the
				program.
(6) The school shall
				provide for assessment and documentation of student achievement during the
				program and at its completion.
(7)
				The school shall ensure appropriate learning resources are available to
				students.
(8) The school shall
				provide adequate support services for students.
(9) The school shall demonstrate it has
				adequate financial resources to support the program.
(10) The school shall demonstrate the
				educational effectiveness of its programs including assessment of student
				learning outcomes, student retention, student completion, and student and
				employer satisfaction, where relevant.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 411 - Distance Learning › Section SPS 411.04 - Application for approval

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Except as
				provided under s.
				440.52(1)
				(e) 8, Stats., a school that delivers a
				distance learning program shall apply for approval upon department forms
				meeting the requirements of s.
				SPS
				404.03.
(2) If a school has approval from another
				state, which is substantially equivalent to the requirements of s.
				SPS
				404.03 and meets the standards of s.
				SPS
				411.03, the department may accept that state's
				approval as fulfilling all or parts of the approval process.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 400 - Educational Approval › Chapter SPS 411 - Distance Learning › Section SPS 411.05 - Fees

Current through June 24, 2024
(1)
				For a school that delivers a distance learning program, it shall pay the
				highest applicable fee specified in s. SPS 404.10(1) (a) 1. to 5. and $500 for
				each additional or new program.
(2)
				Except as provided for in sub. (1), schools approved under this section shall
				be subject to all other fees under s. SPS 404.10.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Tourism › Chapter Tour 1 - Joint effort marketing › Section Tour 1.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1)
			 "Council" means the council on tourism created under s.
			 41.12(1),
			 Stats.
(2) "Department" means the
			 department of tourism.
(2m)
			 "Eligible advertising" means advertising that will appear outside of the local
			 area where the project will occur.
(3) "Eligible applicant" means any Wisconsin
			 public or private organization not organized or incorporated for
			 profit.
(3m) "Event" means an
			 activity or group of activities sponsored by a non-profit organization that
			 occur within an identified period of limited duration and which are likely to
			 attract the interest of visitors from outside of the local area where the
			 activities are conducted.[DOUBLE DAGGER]
(4) "Joint effort marketing committee" means
			 the group selected by the council to review joint effort marketing
			 applications.
(6) "Project" means
			 an activity the purpose of which is to increase tourism. "Project" includes the
			 development of publicity, the development and media placement of advertising,
			 or direct mail, which is a part of the advertising plan of the applicant, and
			 which accomplishes any of the following:
(a)
			 The project publicizes an event which has never before been held in the
			 community or area, which the applicant intends to repeat regularly and which is
			 beyond the scope of the daily operations of the applicant.
(b) The project involves the placement of
			 advertising in a geographic area where advertising for the event has not
			 previously been placed or the placement of advertising which reaches a
			 demographic audience not previously reached.
(c) The project involves the placement of
			 advertising in a media where advertising for the event has not previously been
			 placed.
(d) The project involves a
			 sales promotion that offers a significant incentive during a limited period of
			 time intended to persuade the targeted customer to visit the community or
			 area.
(e) The project publicizes a
			 one-time one of a kind event of major significance that has the potential to
			 generate media coverage at least throughout the midwest.
(f) The project involves the placement of
			 advertising in a geographic area identified in the statewide marketing strategy
			 as regional or extended regional, or involves the attraction of meeting and
			 convention or motorcoach business. For a project under this paragraph to
			 receive funding it shall also have the following features:
1. The advertising shall be placed during a
			 time that the applicant evidences has not traditionally received substantial
			 numbers of tourists in the area.
2.
			 The project proposed in the application shall serve an area that includes not
			 less than 3 municipalities.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Tourism › Chapter Tour 1 - Joint effort marketing › Section Tour 1.03 - Use of funds

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Grant funds received by an eligible
			 applicant may only be used for those project costs related to the development
			 of publicity and the production, and media placement of advertising and direct
			 mail campaigns, except that for projects described under s.
			 Tour 1.02(6)
			 (f), grant funds may also be used for booth
			 space, standard booth equipment, photographs and material shipment expenses
			 related to attendance at sports shows.
(2) The use of grant funds are also subject
			 to the limitations under s.
			 41.17(4) (a) to
			 (f), Stats.
(3) The total grant amount that may be
			 awarded to any project during a fiscal year is limited to all of the following:
(a) For projects described in s.
			 Tour 1.02(6) (a) to
			 (d), no more than 7% of the applicable joint
			 effort marketing fiscal year budget. For a project described in s.
			 Tour 1.02(6)
			 (f), no more than $10,000 for each
			 municipality served by the project and no more than a total of the lesser of
			 $40,000 or 7% of the applicable joint effort marketing fiscal year
			 budget.
(b) No more than 50% of the
			 related event's fiscal year budget.
(c) No more than 75% of the eligible
			 advertising expense for the first year a project receives funds under this
			 chapter.
(d) For projects described
			 in s.
			 Tour 1.02(6) (a) to (d) and
			 (f), no more than 50% of the eligible
			 advertising expenses for the second year a project receives funds under this
			 chapter.
(e) For a project
			 described in s.
			 Tour 1.02(6) (a) or
			 (f), no more than 25% of the eligible
			 advertising expenses for the third year a project receives funds under this
			 chapter.
(f) For a project
			 described in s.
			 Tour 1.02(6)
			 (e) no more than one time funding for not
			 more than 5% of the joint effort marketing fiscal year budget.
(g) For projects described in s.
			 Tour 1.02(6)
			 (f), the department may grant no more than
			 50% of the funding for joint effort marketing during each fiscal year unless
			 the secretary determines that there is insufficient demand for the funds under
			 the other grant categories contained in this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Tourism › Chapter Tour 1 - Joint effort marketing › Section Tour 1.04 - Application procedures

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) An eligible applicant may submit an
			 application no less than 90 days prior to the first date advertising supported
			 by funds under this chapter is scheduled to begin.
(2) An application for funding under this
			 chapter shall be in such form as the department may require and shall include
			 all of the following:
(a) The name, address,
			 telephone number and contact person for the applicant, its advertising agency,
			 if any, and its federal employer identification number.
(b) A description of the project including
			 the market to be reached, the media to be used, the date or dates during which
			 the advertising will appear in the media and the size or length of the
			 advertising.
(c) An advertising
			 plan, a budget for the project and an income and expense statement for the year
			 of the project and the previous year, if applicable.
(d) An explanation of how the proposed
			 project coordinates with the marketing plan.
(e) A timetable for the project.
(f) A description of the project goals and
			 methods to measure their attainment.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Tourism › Chapter Tour 1 - Joint effort marketing › Section Tour 1.05 - Department determination

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) The joint effort marketing committee
			 shall review all applications and make funding recommendations to the
			 department.
(3) Before awarding a
			 grant under this chapter, the department shall determine the following:
(a) That the applicant has developed an
			 advertising plan and a budget for the project.
(b) That [the project] is consistent with the
			 statewide marketing plan strategy.
(c) That the project has broad appeal and
			 targets markets beyond the local area.
(d) That the proposed project will generate
			 increased visitors into or within the state, and, if the project relates to an
			 existing event, that the increase is substantial in comparison to the visitors
			 previously generated by the event.
(e) That the applicant has the ability to
			 finance its share of the cost of the project, and all income generated by the
			 event publicized by the project is being used to finance the event.
(f) That the project will make a positive
			 economic impact in the local area, and, if the project relates to an existing
			 event, that the impact is substantial in comparison to the impact previously
			 produced by the event.
(g) That the
			 project, except for a project that is a one time unique event, has the
			 potential to be self-sufficient within 3 years.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Tourism › Chapter Tour 1 - Joint effort marketing › Section Tour 1.06 - Contracts

Current through June 24, 2024
Each successful applicant shall enter into a contract with the
				department. The contract shall be signed by the secretary of the department and
				the chief executive officer of the applicant or by their authorized
				representatives, shall specify at a minimum the items contained in s.
				41.17(3) (a) to
				(d), Stats., and incorporate the limitations
				contained in s. 41.17(4) (a) to
				(f), Stats.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Tourism › Chapter Tour 1 - Joint effort marketing › Section Tour 1.07 - Reporting and record keeping

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Each successful
			 applicant shall submit a written evaluation of the project within 45 days of
			 completion of all project activity in such form as the department may
			 require.
(2) Each successful
			 applicant shall maintain those records necessary for the department to
			 determine that grant funds were expended in accordance with the terms of the
			 contract required under s.
			 Tour
			 1.06.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Tourism › Chapter Tour 3 - Tourist Information Center Grants › Section Tour 3.04 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this chapter:
(1) 
			 "Department" means the Wisconsin department of tourism.
(2)  "Eligible applicant" means any of the
			 following and any combination of any of the following:
(a)
			  A nonprofit organization, as defined in s.
			 106.13(3m)
			 "(a)"1r., Stats., whose purposes include tourism to or within the state or a
			 particular region in the state.
(b)
			  An organization, including an elected governing body, of a
			 federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state.
(c)  A city, village, town, or
			 county.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Tourism › Chapter Tour 3 - Tourist Information Center Grants › Section Tour 3.05 - Use of funds

Current through June 24, 2024
Grant funds received by an eligible applicant may only be used
				for costs to staff the regional tourist information center, standard display
				equipment and promotional materials such as signage or equipment to promote the
				region. An eligible applicant may be reimbursed for up to $15,000 per
				organization per year. Applications will be reviewed twice a year, July and
				January. The application deadline is July 1 and January 1.