Chairperson
Committee on Health
The committee on Judiciary reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 620
Relating to: a mandatory minimum sentence for a juvenile who is convicted of throwing a bodily substance at or toward a person while placed in a secured correctional facility, a secure detention facility, a secured child caring institution, or a secured group home and providing a penalty.
Assembly amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Gundrum, McCormick, Grothman, Montgomery, Starzyk, Colon and Staskunas.
Noes: 0.
Passage as amended:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Gundrum, McCormick, Grothman, Montgomery, Starzyk, Colon and Staskunas.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Mark Gundrum
Chairperson
Committee on Judiciary
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By Donald J. Schneider, Senate Chief Clerk.
Mr. Speaker:
I am directed to inform you that the Senate has
Passed and asks concurrence in:
Senate Bill 17
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Senate Bill 17
Relating to: the priority of a wage claim lien.
By
Senators
Robson, Moen, Erpenbach, Wirch, Plache, Moore, Decker, Hansen and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Riley, Schooff, Carpenter, Richards, Berceau, Gronemus, Ryba, Sinicki, Bock, Coggs, Olsen, Williams, Miller, Powers, Sykora, Pettis, Staskunas, Turner, Nass, Cullen, Wood, Black, Balow, Young, Pocan, Musser, F. Lasee, J. Lehman, Plouff, Kreuser and Meyerhofer.
To committee on Financial Institutions.
Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
February 21, 2002
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
We have completed a review of the activities of the Technology for Educational Achievement in Wisconsin (TEACH) Board, as requested by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. In fiscal year (FY) 2000-01, the TEACH Board spent $61.3 million, including $44.4 million in general purpose revenue, on programs to invest in educational technology equipment and to train teachers and others in the use of educational technology.
The TEACH Board is following its statutory mandate to support the development of educational technology in Wisconsin. TEACH Board programs are strongly supported by K-12 school districts and other educational agencies, and the TEACH Board has provided a significant amount of funding since its creation in the 1997-1999 biennial budget. Despite TEACH Board efforts to increase reporting, limited information is available on how funds have been used and on program effectiveness. We have included a number of questions the Legislature may wish to address as it considers reporting requirements for K-12 school districts, the effect of new technology on TEACH Board programs, and the level of support to be provided for the programs in the future.
We appreciate the cooperation and courtesy extended to us by TEACH Board management and staff. The response of the TEACH Board's Executive Director is Appendix 4.
Respectfully submitted,
Janice Mueller
State Auditor
