Extension Specialists Can Now Count On-Farm Educational Obligations Towards Teaching Hours

Monday, March 29th, 2021 -- 1:01 PM

(Wisconsin Ag Connection) A bill that would allow University of Wisconsin-Extension specialists the ability to count their on-farm educational obligations toward their contract teaching hours has been signed into law.

According to the Wisconsin Ag Connection, on Friday, Gov. Tony Evers passed SB79, which farm groups supported because Extension workers do much of their teaching on the farm or in the field instead of the classroom.

Under previous law, UW specialists who teach farmers outside of the traditional college setting were not able to count these efforts toward their teaching time on the university's accountability dashboard.

The rule change applies to specialists at UW-Platteville, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, and UW-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.

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