The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date:
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The committee on Education Reform reports and recommends:
Relating to prorating under the Milwaukee parental choice program.
Objection:
Ayes: 8 - Representatives Vukmir, Nass, Wieckert, J. Fitzgerald, McCormick, Towns, J. Wood and Nischke.
Noes: 2 - Representatives Sinicki and J. Lehman.
To joint committee for review of Administrative Rules
.
leah vukmir
Chairperson
Committee on Education Reform
The committee on Labor reports and recommends:
Relating to prevailing wage rates on public works projects and affecting small business.
Objection:
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Nass, Vrakas, Grothman, Wieckert and Hundertmark.
Noes: 1 - Representative W. Wood.
To joint committee for review of Administrative Rules
.
Stephen Nass
Chairperson
Committee on Labor
The committee on Transportation reports and recommends:
Relating to the Wisconsin scenic byways program.
Modifications requested:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Ainsworth, Petrowski, Ott, Hahn, Friske, McCormick, Gottlieb, Van Roy, Honadel, Vruwink and Hebl.
Noes: 0.
Modifications requested:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Ainsworth, Petrowski, Ott, Hahn, Friske, McCormick, Gottlieb, Van Roy, Honadel, Vruwink and Hebl.
Noes: 0.
Modifications requested:
Ayes: 11 - Representatives Ainsworth, Petrowski, Ott, Hahn, Friske, McCormick, Gottlieb, Van Roy, Honadel, Vruwink and Hebl.
Noes: 0.
Modifications requested:
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Ainsworth, Ott, Hahn, Friske, McCormick, Gottlieb, Van Roy, Honadel, Vruwink and Hebl.
Noes: 1 - Representative Petrowski.
John Ainsworth
Chairperson
Committee on Transportation
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Speaker's Appointments
October 14, 2004
Mr. Patrick Fuller, Chief Clerk
Wisconsin State Assembly
Room 208, Risser Justice Center
17 West Main Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Patrick:
I have appointed Representative Nass as the vice-chair of the Assembly Committee on Education Reform.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker
October 14, 2004
Representative Leah Vukmir
307 North
State Capitol
Madison, Wisconsin
Dear Representative Vukmir:
Representative Jeff Fitzgerald will be replacing Representative Luther Olsen at the October 20th meeting of the Education Reform Committee.
Sincerely,
John G. Gard
Speaker
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
October 6, 2004
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Recently Governor Doyle announced his KidsFirst agenda, which prioritizes a number of initiatives to improve the lives of our state's children. A major component of KidsFirst is to ensure that kids are safe at home through comprehensive efforts to recruit and support quality foster and adoptive homes, improve child welfare services, and reduce family violence. As part of these efforts the Department of Health and Family Services will establish a statewide system of quality assurance and accountability and conduct proactive reviews of child protective services. These reviews will be designed to promote best practices that result in successful outcomes for children and families.
High quality data and reporting on child abuse and neglect is a key component of an effective statewide quality assurance system. Reports like the attached Child Abuse and Neglect Report for CY 2002 provide the Department with statistical data that improves our ability to analyze statewide performance outcomes in child welfare. In addition DHFS has rolled out a statewide automated child welfare information system that expands the type of child welfare data collected and improves the timeliness and accuracy of the data. The data in the attached report reflects the partial implementation of WiSACWIS in CY 2002. For future reports, WiSACWIS will provide more robust information on child safety and enhance the Department's ability to provide in-depth child abuse and neglect reports.
In addition to the KidsFirst initiatives, the Department is beginning its two-year Program Enhancement Plan to enhance Wisconsin's child welfare program. This is a comprehensive plan for child welfare in Wisconsin in response to findings from the federal Child and Family Services Review conducted in August 2003. Developed in close collaboration with key stakeholders, including county child welfare agency representatives, the plan addresses factors contributing to child safety, permanency and well being. It includes 20 action steps that will further enhance child welfare program outcomes, child welfare program capacity and state performance on national standards.
The Department is aggressively working to advance all of our initiatives to protect Wisconsin's children and intervene when they are abused and/or neglected. You can find additional information on other initiatives related to child safety and KidsFirst on our website at
www.dhfs.state.wi.us. For the complete KidsFirst agenda visit the Governors website at
www.wisgov.state.wi us.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Children and Families.
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State of Wisconsin
Public Service Commission
Madison
October 13, 2004
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The enclosed audit report on Alliant Energy Corporation and its impact on the operations of Wisconsin Power Company and Wisconsin Gas Company was prepared as required by Wis. Stat. §
196.795 (7)(ar) for distribution to the Legislature under Wis. Stat. §
13.172 (2).
If you have any questions or comments about the report please contact Ms. Jodee Bartels of the Commission staff at (608) 267-9859.
Sincerely,
