AB706

AB706 AB706
Assembly
Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Children and Families

Assembly Bill 706
Relating to: eligibility for kinship care or long-term kinship care payments of a relative who is providing care and maintenance for a person 18 years of age or over, but under 19 years of age, who is a full-time student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete his or her program of study and be granted a high school or high school equivalency diploma.
By Representatives Albers, La Fave, Stone, Ladwig, Bock, Seratti, Kestell, Musser, Rhoades, Brandemuehl, Sykora, Kreuser, Owens, Ziegelbauer, Waukau, Pettis, J. Lehman, Gronemus, Miller, Spillner, Lassa, Berceau, Klusman and Gunderson; cosponsored by Senators Moore, Rosenzweig, Schultz, Darling, Grobschmidt, Plache, George and A. Lasee.

February 1, 2000 Referred to committee on Children and Families.

February 22, 2000 PUBLIC HEARING HELD

Present: (10) Representatives Ladwig, Jeskewitz, Kreibich, Freese, Grothman, Kestell, Miller, Coggs, Colon and Sinicki.
Absent: (0) None.

Appearances for
· State Representative Sheryl Albers, 50th Assembly District
· Ken Cady, Sauk County Department of Human Services
· Mickey Beil, Milwaukee Public Schools
· Carol Medaris, Wisconsin Council on Children and Families

Appearances against
· None.

Appearances for Information Only
· None.

Registrations for
· Rev. Sue Moline Larson, Lutheran Office for Public Policy in Wisconsin
· State Senator Alberta Darling, 8th Senate District
· State Representative Steve Freese, 51st Assembly District

Registrations against
· None.

March 2, 2000 EXECUTIVE SESSION

Present: (9) Representatives Ladwig, Jeskewitz, Kreibich, Freese, Grothman, Kestell, Miller, Colon and Sinicki.
Absent: (1) Representative Coggs.

Moved by Representative Freese, seconded by Representative Jeskewitz, that Assembly Bill 706 be recommended for passage.

Ayes: (8) Representatives Ladwig, Jeskewitz, Kreibich, Freese, Kestell, Miller, Colon and Sinicki.
Noes: (1) Representative Grothman.
Absent: (1) Representative Coggs.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 8, Noes 1, Absent 1





Janine Hale
Committee Clerk