AB641

AB641 AB641
Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Education Reform

Assembly Bill 641
Relating to: public hearings on school starting dates.
By Representatives Nass, Kestell, Rhoades, J. Lehman, Ward, Gundrum, F. Lasee, Kedzie, Plouff, Ainsworth, Staskunas, Ladwig, Musser, Black, Stone, Walker, Brandemuehl, Huebsch, Urban, M. Lehman, Klusman, Duff, Jeskewitz, Pettis, Hahn and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Decker, Huelsman, Moen, Roessler, Farrow, Darling, Lazich, Baumgart and Rosenzweig.

January 11, 2000 Referred to committee on Education Reform.

January 19, 2000 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (8) Representatives Nass, Olsen, Underheim, Grothman, Gundrum, Williams, Cullen and Sinicki.
Absent: (1) Representative Stone (Excused).

Appearances for
· Rep. Steve Nass, Author, 31st Assembly District
· Gerry Edwards, Hartford Union High School, Hartford
· Sondra Pope-Roberts, WI Parents and Teachers Assoc., Verona
· Mickey Beil, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee

Appearances against
· Chet Gerlach, WI Tourism Federation, Madison
· Trisha Pugal, WI Innkeepers Assoc., Brookfield
· Barbara Linton, WI Innkeepers Assoc., Madison
· George Hennerley, Burlington
· Steve Davis, WI Restaurant Assoc., Oshkosh
· Dan Lange, Lyndon Station
· Barney Bernander, WI Assoc. of Campground Owners, Pardeeville
· Morris Andrews, Wisconsin Dells Convention and Visitors Bureau, Madison
· Kathi Kilgore, WI Restaurant Assoc., Madison
· Bill Geist, WI Assoc. of Convention and Visitors Bureaus, Madison


Appearances for Information Only
· None.

Registrations for
· Keith Pollock, Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison
· Rep. Steve Kestell, 27th Assembly District
· Sen. Alberta Darling, 8th Senate District
· Rep. Dave Ward, 37th Assembly District
· Rep. John Ainsworth, 6th Assembly District
· Sen. Carol Roessler, 18th Senate District

Registrations against
· Katie Boyce, Petroleum Marketers Assoc, of WI
· Bill Smith, National Federation of Independent Businesses, Madison
· Tony Studt, Outdoor Advertising Assoc. of WI, Madison
· George Wiesner, Madison
· Paul Podehl, Madison
· Connie Agrello, Baraboo Hills Campground, Baraboo
· Mike Dricken, Lake Lenwood Beach and Campground, West Bend
· Jim Kersten, Hidden Valley RV Resort, Janesville
· Michelle Kussow, WI Grocers Assoc., Madison
· Scott Smith, Madison
· Dick Roellie, Golf Course Owners of WI, Mauston
· Chad Slaney, Madison
· Eric Rottier, Madison
· Mark Brown, Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, Blue Mounds
· Dan Lawrence, Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, Waunakee
· Tom Ziarnik, Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, Madison

January 19, 2000 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (8) Representatives Nass, Olsen, Underheim, Grothman, Gundrum, Williams, Cullen and Sinicki.
Absent: (1) Representative Stone (Excused).

Moved by Representative Gundrum, seconded by Representative Cullen, that Assembly Bill 641 be recommended for passage.

Ayes: (6) Representatives Nass, Grothman, Gundrum, Williams, Cullen and Sinicki.
Noes: (2) Representatives Olsen and Underheim.
Absent: (1) Representative Stone (Excused).

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 6, Noes 2, Absent 1





Mike Mikalsen
Committee Clerk



***Representative Jeff Stone was absent due to illness. Representative Stone would have voted aye on passage of AB 641.