(5)
APPROVAL. Requirements for approval of hours, subject areas, instructors and
certification of attendance at programs are as follows:
(a) Credit program approved upon the
following conditions:
1. Courses offered by
accredited institutions in appraisal instruction and in property tax law or
management instruction are automatically approved.
2. Individuals attending the course shall
provide evidence of satisfactory completion to the department within 30 days of
conclusion of this course.
(b) Noncredit program approval may be
requested by a school or a program sponsor by following the procedures
indicated below:
1. An application for
approval shall be submitted at least 30 days prior to the commencement of the
program on a form provided by the department. The department shall require the
following information and materials:
a. The
program title.
b. Name and
qualifications of instructor.
c.
The name of the sponsoring organization.
d. Detailed outlines of each course with
specific allocation of hours to each topic.
2. Instructors shall be experienced in the
subject which they are teaching; the department may limit its approval to
specific content areas set forth in sub. (1)(b) and (i). As a minimum, the
instructor shall be a person who, in the judgment of the department is
qualified by experience or education, or both to supervise a course of study
within the legislative intent of this section.
3. Where the department deems it appropriate,
initial approval of noncredit programs may be given without specific
information concerning dates, times, locations and instructors, but this
information shall be provided no later than 30 days prior to the beginning of
the approved program. These approvals shall expire on the first September 30
occurring three or more months from the date of initial approval. Applications
for reapproval shall be submitted to the department prior to July 30 each
year.
4. Additional criteria for
approval and reapproval of noncredit programs are as follows:
a. Applicants for approval shall not
discriminate against anyone on the basis of sex, race, religion, age, physical
disability or national origin in their education programs.
b. The department shall approve only those
programs whose primary emphasis is in the area of appraisal, property tax law,
or management instruction. The amount of continuing education approved for a
course will be only the actual amount of instruction time which deals directly
with appraisal, property tax law, or management areas.
c. The department may refuse approval if, in
its judgment, the attendance at the program cannot be adequately
monitored.
5. The
sponsor or school shall provide evidence of attendance as follows:
a. Certificates of attendance on forms
prescribed by the department, signed by authorized persons whose signatures are
on file with the department and dated on the last class attended by the
student, shall be given to all currently certified personnel who meet
attendance requirements. This shall be completed within 10 days after the last
class.
b. The approved instructor
or the sponsor shall submit to the department a list of those persons
satisfactorily completing noncredit education programs which also certifies
that the named students personally attended the minimum required instruction.
The list shall be furnished within 10 days following completion of the program.
A school or sponsor shall maintain records to establish the attendance record
submitted for continuing education programs for five years.
6. Students shall register for the
complete educational program, attend the whole program, and receive a
certificate for the time for which the program was approved, except that a
student who is forced by an emergency to leave a program may be given a
certificate for the time actually attended, but not for less than 0.5 hours.
Sponsors may make arrangements for make-up classes to enable students to meet
attendance requirements.
7. It
shall be misconduct under s.
73.09(7),
Stats., for certified assessors or assessment personnel who are involved as
instructors or sponsors of noncredit courses to advertise or represent to the
public that programs and instructors have been approved by the department when
such approval has not been granted in writing by the department.
8. The school or program sponsor submitting a
completed application as described in par. (b) 1. shall be notified of the
department's decision to approve or refuse to approve the application not less
than 5 days prior to the commencement of the program.