Department of Revenue
April 18, 2005
The Honorable, The Legislature:
I am submitting the quarterly report of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarter ending March 31, 2005. As required by s.
565.37(3), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain unaudited Wisconsin Lottery year to date revenue and expenditure information.
Total operating revenues for the year, as of the quarter ending March 31, 2005, were $331.7 million, down $33.9 million from the same period last year. Powerball sales alone account for $27.9 million, or 82 percent of the decline. Powerball sales are lower than projected due to the absence of any large jackpots. Instant ticket sales, which were down the first two quarters, were up $2.0 million for the third quarter.
The information reported here is a summary and is not intended to be a complete financial accounting of Wisconsin Lottery operations.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please feel free to contact me at (608) 266-6466.
Sincerely,
MICHAEL L. MORGAN
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
University System
April 14, 2005
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Each April, the UW System submits the Annual Minority and Disadvantaged Student Report to the Governor and the Chief Clerk of each house of the Legislature, as required by Wisconsin Statutes. The 2003-04 Minority and Disadvantaged Student Annual Report fulfills the requirement in Section
36.25 (14m)(c) of the Wisconsin State Statutes that the Board of Regents report annually by April 15 on its pre-college, recruitment, and retention plan for multicultural and economically disadvantaged students. This is the sixth minority and disadvantaged student annual report under the Board of Regents-approved Plan 2008:
Educational Quality Through Racial and Ethnic Diversity. The information contained in this report responds to the statutory requirement, and reflects some, but not all, of the initiatives and activities in Plan 2008. The report includes the following information:
• Summary information on pre-college initiatives and activities;
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Expenditures for student-of-color and disadvantaged- student programs; and
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Student financial assistance data.
At its meeting on April 8, 2005, the Board of Regents accepted the attached report for submission to the Governor and the Chief Clerk of each house of the Legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172(3). The attached report fulfills the requirements of this statute.
As the UW System submits the 2003-04 report, we want to make some additional comments regarding both the content and the context of this document. The UW System takes very seriously its responsibility to provide access to quality public education for all Wisconsin citizens. This is especially true for the ethnic, racial, and financially disadvantaged groups who have historically been most excluded from the opportunity to pursue postsecondary education. Such exclusion has not only denied them the advantages of higher education, but it has also deprived the State of Wisconsin of additional educated citizens who contribute to the state. Improving access and opportunity for minority and disadvantaged students is not only the right thing to do; it is also in the best interests of a state that lags behind its neighbors in terms of baccalaureate degree-holders, who contribute to the economic, social and cultural well-being of the state.
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It is in this context that we would like to point out two areas of concern as we fulfill our statutory responsibility and submit the M & D report to the Governor and the Legislature:
1. Funding constraints due to state budget cuts; and
2. Uncertainty of federal funding for TRIO, Gear-Up and financial aid.
We recognize that the Governor and both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature have expressed their abiding commitment to funding core functions of the UW System. Yet we also know that continuous declines in state funding over the past several biennia have had a severe impact on UW institutions. That impact extends to our most vulnerable student and prospective student populations: students of color and economically disadvantaged students. Simultaneously, the threat of decreases in federal financial aid programs exacerbates the situation by posing greater challenges to UW institutions to provide access to all Wisconsin students and foster persistence, particularly for students of color and economically disadvantaged students. For the first time in decades, several UW institutions have lost their federal TRIO funding, and we worry about this ominous precedent. We are further concerned that other financial aid programs, most notably the Lawton and the AOP programs, on which the UW System institutions depend to support their most under-represented students are also vulnerable.
As our nation and our state engage in debates about the role of government in the funding of higher education, we should not lose sight of the goals of American higher education to be a public good, funded by society as a whole, and not just available as a private good to only those who can afford it.
If you need additional information regarding this report, please contact Cora B. Marrett, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, at 262-3826. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
KEVIN P. REILLY
President
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 14, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Boyle
, Patrick,
of Madison, as a member of the UW Hospitals and Clinics Authority and UW Hospitals and Clinics Board, for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 14, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Clark
, Mary Ann,
of Cumberland, as a member of the Nursing Home Administrator Examining Board, for the term ending July 1, 2009.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 15, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Ferrall, Victor,
of Orfordville, as a member of the Wisconsin Historical Society Board of Curators, for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 14, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Foster
, Gregory,
of Neillsville, as a member of the Optometry Examining Board, for the term ending July 1, 2009.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 15, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Hamberger, L. Kevin,
of Franklin, as a member of the Council on Domestic Abuse, for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
April 14, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Murphy
, Rosalie,
of Lena, as a member of the Funeral Directors Examining Board, for the term ending July 1, 2009.
Sincerely,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
