We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by DOA and the other agencies we visited.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
March 4, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
As required by s.
118.153(6), Wis. Stats., we have completed an evaluation of the Children At Risk program, which is administered by the Department of Public Instruction. The program is intended to increase the number of students earning high school diplomas by improving services to those at risk of failing in or dropping out of school. It was created in 1985, and it has been appropriated $3.5 million in general purpose revenue annually since fiscal year 1990-91.
The program was last modified by
1999 Wisconsin Act 123 in response to recommendations from the Joint Legislative Council Special Committee on Children At Risk. Since these changes were implemented, the number of participating school districts has increased from 13 to 21. In the 2003-04 academic year, these 21 districts identified 29,669 students as being at risk of not graduating from high school.
We found that districts have not fully complied with requirements to allocate funding to specific programs and have not collected data linking students who meet performance objectives to specific district programs. Therefore, we cannot isolate the effect Children At Risk funding has had on at-risk students. Graduation and dropout rates improved in participating districts, but when we analyzed district-wide at-risk student performance, we found that the number of students in participating school districts who met at least three statutory performance objectives - such as remaining in school, having an attendance rate of at least 70 percent, and demonstrating reading and math gains - decreased from 46.8 percent in 1999-2000 to 40.2 percent in 2003-04.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by Department of Public Instruction staff and participating school districts. The agency's response follows the appendices.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representatives Stone and Underheim. Granted.
Representative Turner asked unanimous consent for a leave of absence for part of today's session for Representative A. Williams. Granted.
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Representative Vrakas asked unanimous consent that the Assembly stand recessed. Granted.
The Assembly stood recessed.
11:47 A.M.
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2:35 P.M.
The Assembly reconvened.
Speaker Gard in the chair.
Representative Stone asked unanimous consent to have his leave of absence lifted. Granted.
Representative Underheim asked unanimous consent to have his leave of absence lifted. Granted.
Representative A. Williams asked unanimous consent to have her leave of absence lifted. Granted.
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Assembly Joint Resolution 5
Relating to: the life and public service of Alex C. Ruffing.
The question was: Shall Assembly Joint Resolution
5 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Representative Fitzgerald asked unanimous consent that all members of the Assembly be made coauthors of Assembly Joint Resolution 5. Granted.
Representative Fitzgerald asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Joint Resolution 5 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese in the chair.
Assembly Bill 36
Relating to: classification of jail prisoners for determining prisoner housing assignments, the type of prisoner supervision, and the delivery of services and programs to prisoners.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 36 offered by Representative Richards.
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Point of Order
Representative Friske rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 1 to
Assembly Bill
36 was not germane under Assembly Rule
54.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order
well taken.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 36 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Representative Schneider asked unanimous consent that the Assembly move to the 13th order of business.
Representative Huebsch objected.
Representative Huebsch asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 36 be given a third reading. Granted.
The question was: Assembly Bill 36 having been read three times, shall the bill be passed?
Motion carried.
Representative Huebsch asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 36 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Granted.
Representative Huebsch asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 99 be withdrawn from today's calendar and taken up at this time. Granted.
Assembly Bill 99
Relating to: individuals registered as sex offenders based upon a juvenile delinquency adjudication.
Representatives Albers and Vrakas asked unanimous consent to be made coauthors of Assembly Bill 99. Granted.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 99 be adopted?
Motion carried.
Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 99 offered by Representative Sheridan.
Representative Friske moved that Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 99 be laid on the table.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 99 be laid on the table?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Ballweg, Bies, Davis, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Friske, Gielow, Gottlieb, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Honadel, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Lamb, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, McCormick, Meyer, Montgomery, Moulton, Mursau, Musser, Nass, Nerison, Nischke, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Pridemore, Rhoades, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Towns, Townsend, Underheim, Van Roy, Vos, Vrakas, Vukmir, Ward, Wieckert, M. Williams, Ziegelbauer and Speaker Gard - 59.
Noes - Representatives Benedict, Berceau, Black, Boyle, Colon, Cullen, Fields, Grigsby, Gronemus, Hebl, Hubler, Kessler, Kreuser, Krusick, Lehman, Molepske, Nelson, Parisi, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Toles, Turner, Van Akkeren, Vruwink, Wasserman, A. Williams, Young and Zepnick - 37.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Hines, Travis and Wood - 3.
Motion carried.
Representative Richards asked unanimous consent that Assembly Bill 99 be laid on the table. Granted.
Assembly Bill 37
Relating to: an exemption from the witness exclusion rule for a law enforcement investigator designated by the state in criminal and delinquency proceedings.
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 37 offered by Representative Sheridan.
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Point of Order
Representative Friske rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to
Assembly Bill 37 was not germane under Assembly Rule
54.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order
well taken.
Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 37 offered by Representatives Kessler, Sherman, Staskunas and Turner.
Representative Friske moved that Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 37 be laid on the table.
The question was: Shall Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 37 be laid on the table?
The roll was taken.
The result follows:
Ayes - Representatives Ainsworth, Albers, Ballweg, Benedict, Berceau, Bies, Davis, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Friske, Gielow, Gottlieb, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hahn, Honadel, Huebsch, Hundertmark, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krawczyk, Kreibich, Lamb, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Loeffelholz, Lothian, McCormick, Meyer, Montgomery, Moulton, Mursau, Musser, Nass, Nerison, Nischke, Ott, Owens, Petrowski, Pettis, Pridemore, Rhoades, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Towns, Townsend, Underheim, Van Roy, Vos, Vrakas, Vukmir, Ward, Wieckert, M. Williams and Speaker Gard - 60.
Noes - Representatives Black, Boyle, Colon, Cullen, Fields, Grigsby, Gronemus, Hebl, Hubler, Kessler, Kreuser, Krusick, Lehman, Molepske, Nelson, Parisi, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Richards, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Toles, Turner, Van Akkeren, Vruwink, Wasserman, A. Williams, Young, Zepnick and Ziegelbauer - 36.
Absent or not voting - Representatives Hines, Travis and Wood - 3.
The question was: Shall Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 37 be adopted?
Motion carried.
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 37 be ordered engrossed and read a third time?
Motion carried.
Representative Huebsch asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 37 be given a third reading. Granted.
