Sincerely,
Cate Zueske
Secretary
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
September 20, 2000
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Enclosed is a copy of the Child Abuse and Neglect Report, 1997 and 1998 data, pursuant to s.
48.981. The report includes a statistical analysis of suspected child abuse and neglect reports received and investigated by county child protective services (CPS) agencies in 1997 and by the county CPS agencies and the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare 1998. The report also contains information on child fatalities due to child abuse or neglect.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
Referred to committee on Children and Families.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
September 20, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the report of the Department of Administration, Division of Gaming (Gaming), for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000. As required by s.
562.02(1)(g), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain pari-mutuel wagering and racing statistical information, as well as the revenues for the program areas of Racing, Charitable Gaming and Indian Gaming. Please note that Bingo revenues are now captured in a new appropriation (836) and therefore are shown on a separate chart from the rest of Charitable Gaming.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact me at (608) 270-2560.
Sincerely,
F. Scott Scepaniak
Administrator
Referred to committee on State Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
TEACH Wisconsin
Madison
September 25, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
I am writing to report to you the activities of the TEACH Wisconsin Board as required by Wis. Stats. s.
44.71(2)(a)6.
The current members of the TEACH Board are:
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* Raymond Allen (Chair), Public Member
* Jonathan Barry, University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
* James M. Bowen, Public Member
* Richard Chandler, for Secretary George Lightbourn,
Department of Administration
* Rodney G. Pasch, Public Member
* Calvin Potter, for State Superintendent John Benson, Department of Public Instruction
* L. Anne Reid (Secretary), Wisconsin Technical College System
* Darylann Whitemarsh, Educational Communications Board
* Gus W. Wirth, Jr. (Vice-Chair), Public Member
Since the TEACH Board's biennial report of October 1998, significant progress has been made in the deployment of educational technologies across the state. The data line program has grown by almost 65%, the video link program by 45%, and the Existing Contract Grant program is holding steady. The Board hopes to provide either Internet access or full motion video services to most of the presently eligible institutions by the close of Fiscal Year 2003.
Progress still needs to be made in training teachers to use educational technologies effectively in the classroom to have an impact on student achievement and performance. A comprehensive educational technology training plan developed by TEACH is in place and will be implemented in January 2001. However, a continued commitment to staff development needs to be made by the state.
Finally, new and exciting opportunities are on the horizon with the TEACH Board expanding its efforts to the Governor's Reading Literacy Initiative and his Foreign Language Distance Education Pilot for K-6, as well as continued strengthening of collaborative activities among the state's educational institutions in delivering educational technologies and promoting staff development in those technologies. A detailed explanation of the status of each statutory program, an update on the TEACH Board's collaborative activities, and a description of new TEACH initiatives is attached.
Thank you for your continued support of TEACH Wisconsin. Please contact me if you have questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Doris J. Hanson
Executive Director
Referred to committee on Education.
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State of Wisconsin
Director of State Courts
Madison
September 29, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
A high priority for the Court System for more than a decade has been to obtain a more equitable per diem for reserve judges who serve on a temporary basis for elected judges who are unavailable. To achieve this, the courts have proposed various initiatives in their biennial budget requests to increase the per diem from 70% of the daily rate for a sitting judge to a more appropriate level.
During the executive session held by the Joint Finance Committee on the Courts' FY 99-01 biennial budget request, the following provision was approved, and later signed by the Governor as part of
1999 Wisconsin Act 9:
Section 9146. Nonstatutory provisions; supreme court.
(1w) REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING RESERVE JUDGES. The director of state courts shall, by October 1, 2000, submit a report to the governor, to the members of the joint committee on finance, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature in the manner provided under section
13.172(3) of the statutes, regarding the recruitment, retention and compensation of reserve judges.
This report, in response to the above provision, contains the following information:
* Definitions, statutory, constitutional and Supreme Court rule reference, and other background information
* Availability and use of reserve judges in Wisconsin
* Compensation of reserve judges in Wisconsin
* National comparisons
* American Bar Association standards for judicial
retirement
* Discussion
Referred to committee on Judiciary and Personal Privacy.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Administration
Madison
September 29, 2000
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Attached to this letter is the Environmental Improvement Fund Biennial Finance Plan for the 2001-2003 biennium.
Environmental Improvement Fund legislation (s.
281.59(3), Wis. Stats.) requires the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration to submit the first version of the Biennial Finance Plan to the Legislature and to the State Building Commission. The purpose of the plan is to provide information on loan, loan subsidy, and bonding levels for program operations in the 2001-2003 biennium.
If you have any questions regarding the Biennial Finance Plan, please contact Kathryn A. Curtner at 266-0860 or Frank Hoadley at 266-2305.
Sincerely,
Kathryn A. Curtner, Director
Bureau of Community Financial Assistance,
Department of Natural Resources
Frank R. Hoadley
Capitol Finance Director
Department of Administration
Referred to committee on Natural Resources.
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State of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin - Health
Madison
September 29, 2000
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Re: Annual Report of University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority
As required by s.
233.04(1), Wisconsin Statutes, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority is pleased to present the enclosed annual report, including an audited financial statement.
Sincerely,
Donna K. Sollenberger
President and CEO
Referred to committee on Health.
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Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Director of State Courts
Madison
October 1, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Pursuant to s.
758.19(5)(i), Wis Stats., the information reported to the Director of State Courts under s.
758.19 (5)(e), Wis. Stats., by Wisconsin's counties has been compiled and is herein submitted. Under s.
758.19 (5)(e), Wis. Stats., each county is required to submit an annual report to the Director of State Courts which provides information on the actual amount expended in the previous calendar year for court costs relating to the circuit court support and the guardian ad litem payment programs.
Sincerely,
J. Denis Moran
Director of State Courts
Referred to committee on Children and Families.
