TCS 10.07(4)
(4)
Non-state residents. Non-state residents shall be admitted to district programs, after district and non-district state residents, as spaces remain available.
TCS 10.07(5)(a)(a) Waiting lists shall be maintained by districts for admission to all district programs.
TCS 10.07(5)(b)
(b) District and non-district state residents who are not admitted because of program capacity limitations shall be notified of their non- admission in writing and of the option to be included on a waiting list if they inform the district, in writing, that they wish to exercise the option. Those exercising the option shall be placed on a waiting list for the next available program admission.
TCS 10.07(5)(c)
(c) Waiting list applicants shall have priority over all other applicants for admission in subsequent terms and shall be admitted in the order of their original application for admission. Applicants not exercising the option to be placed on a waiting list at the time they are first informed of the option, who later apply for admission, shall be placed on a waiting list with admission priority determined by the date of such placement.
TCS 10.07(5)(d)
(d) Waiting list applicants may renew their waiting list status for each subsequent term until admission is achieved.
TCS 10.07(5m)
(5m)
Special circumstances. Each district board may adopt a policy to reserve a reasonable number of program spaces to accommodate admission for students in special circumstances. Factors which may be considered for special circumstance admissions include, but are not limited to, hardship, school-to-work program participation, special need, and enrollment diversity. District special circumstances' policies are subject to state board review and approval.
TCS 10.07(6)
(6)
Joint programs. If a program is jointly sponsored by two or more districts, the participating districts may agree on the number of students from each sponsoring district who are to be treated as district residents of the district at which the program is offered.
TCS 10.07(7)
(7)
Collegiate transfer programs. Applicants for collegiate transfer programs, as defined in s.
38.01 (3), Stats., shall be considered for admission without respect to their residence category.
TCS 10.07(8)
(8)
Reciprocity agreements. Students who apply for district admission under s.
39.42, Stats., interstate reciprocity agreements shall be considered for program admission based on the residence category established for students by the terms of the reciprocity agreement.
TCS 10.07 Note
Note: It is the intent of the board that the provisions of s.
TCS 10.07 apply initially for fall admissions in 1995.
TCS 10.07 History
History: Cr.
Register, June, 1994, No. 462, eff. 7-1-94.
TCS 10.08(1)(1)
General provision. In this section, all refund provisions may be superseded by federal law.
TCS 10.08(2)
(2)
Course cancellation refunds. A student shall receive 100% refund of program fees, material fees and out-of-state tuition for courses which are canceled by a district.
TCS 10.08(2m)
(2m)
Course section drop/adds. A student who drops one section of a course and, at the same time, enrolls in an equivalent section of the same course shall not receive a refund of course fees for the dropped section or be charged course fees for the added section. The student may be charged a processing fee as allowed under sub.
(3) (g). For the purpose of this subsection, an equivalent section is one offered for the same credit value, is subject to the same dollar amount of student fees and is at substantially the same point in the course curriculum at the time of the drop/add.
TCS 10.08(3)(a)(a) A student shall receive 100% refund of program fees, material fees and out-of-state tuition for a course, if application for refund is made by the student prior to the first scheduled meeting of the course and the student does not add another course.
TCS 10.08(3)(b)
(b) A student who drops one or more courses and prior to the issuance of a refund for the dropped course or courses adds one or more courses shall have the program fees, material fees and tuition for the dropped course or courses applied to the tuition and fee charges of the added course or courses, subject to the following:
TCS 10.08(3)(b)1.
1. Where the fees for an added course or courses exceed applicable fees for the dropped course or courses, students will be assessed the additional amount.
TCS 10.08(3)(b)2.
2. Where the fees for a dropped course or courses exceed applicable fees for an added course or courses, students will receive a refund pursuant to par.
(c).
TCS 10.08(3)(c)1.
1. 80% of program fees, material fees and out-of-state tuition if application for refund is made before or at the time 10% of the course's total hours of instruction have been completed.
TCS 10.08(3)(c)2.
2. 60% of program fees, materials fees and out-of-state tuition if application for refund is made after 10% but before more than 20% of the course's potential hours of instruction have been completed.
TCS 10.08(3)(e)
(e) No refund shall be granted if application is made after 20% of the course's total potential hours of instruction have been completed.
TCS 10.08(3)(f)
(f) Districts may adopt policies to waive the time limitations of this section for special circumstances involving unforeseen student hardship.
TCS 10.08(3)(g)
(g) Districts may adopt policies to establish a reasonable charge to defray processing costs which may be deducted from the refund otherwise due under this section.
TCS 10.08 Note
Note: Higher Education Amendments of 1992, Pub. L. 102-325, Title IV, Sec. 485 (a), July 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 619, codified at
20 USC 1091b (a)-(c) (1993).
TCS 10.08(5)
(5) Districts shall establish procedures for students to appeal refund decisions.
TCS 10.08 History
History: Cr.
Register, June, 1994, No. 462, eff. 7-1-94;
CR 01-137: am. (1), (3) (b) (intro.), 2., (c) (intro.), 1. 2., and (3), cr. (2m), r. (3) (d) and (4);
correction in (2m) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register August 2021.
