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Construction of the academic calendar is subject to various rules and guidelines prescribed by the Board of Regents, the Faculty Senate, and State of Wisconsin legislation. This is an accordion element with a series of buttons that open and close related content panels. Please do not schedule exams and other mandatory academic requirements on days when religious observances may cause substantial numbers of students to be absent. Despite a long-standing faculty policy to avoid such conflicts and to make reasonable accommodations for individual cases, students continue to report conflicts in our courses that have not been addressed.

Please advise your teaching assistants to adhere to this policy. Unfortunately, the first day of classes this academic year, September 8, coincides with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The first day of classes is a significant occasion and especially so this year as we return to in-person instruction.

No affected student should be penalized for their absence from class on September 8. We are also asking instructors to plan ahead and exercise flexibility with students through the following actions:. State law mandates that any student with a conflict between an academic requirement and any religious observance must be given an alternative for meeting the academic requirement. The law also stipulates that students be given a mechanism by which they can conveniently and confidentially notify an instructor of the conflict.

A great variety of valid claims exist for religious groups, and there is no practical, dignified, and legal means to assess the validity of individual claims. The following three guidelines that have been developed to provide clarity for both students and instructors: 1 Announce early in the semester that your students must notify you within the first two weeks of class of the specific days or dates on which they request relief.

Including this information on your course syllabus is encouraged, to make sure your students are informed of the policy. Published: Sep. Share on Facebook. Email This Link. Share on Twitter. Share on Pinterest. Share on LinkedIn. Most Read. Dodge County locates missing woman, suspect in custody.

Undefeated Edgewood High football to forfeit all games, out of playoffs. Beloit school district cancels all classes over planned protest, cites safety. Undefeated Edgewood loses in court; out of playoffs. Rock Co. Latest News. Chancellor Rebecca Blank defended the decision to open the campus this fall during a video conference with reporters, saying students were coming back to off-campus housing regardless and they learn better in person.

She said she would make the same decision again. This is their home. The deadline for a full tuition refund expired Friday, but Blank said the university was considering extending that window. Blank reiterated the points she made during her conference with reporters, insisting that students wanted to come back and she would make the decision to reopen again.

State health officials on Sunday confirmed 1, new cases of the coronavirus, for a total of 89, positive tests. One new death was reported, increasing the number of fatalities from the disease to 1, This story has been updated to correct the number of students referred to university officials for COVID policy violations to instead of nearly Sections U.