Chairperson
The committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 55
Relating to: limits on the designation of enterprise development zones.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Kanavas, Zien, Lassa and Decker.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Reynolds.
Ted Kanavas
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
March 3, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46(2)(c), I am writing to direct that Assembly Bill 4 be withdrawn from the committee on
Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs and rereferred to the committee on
Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
I have obtained the consent of the appropriate chairperson.
Sincerely,
ALAN LASEE
Senate President
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
March 4, 2005
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.
Sincerely,
JANICE MUELLER
State Auditor
Department of Corrections
February 28, 2005
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As required under Section
301.03 (6r) of the Wisconsin State Statutes, I am submitting information relative to the number of prisoners that the Department of Corrections considers violent and the total number of prisoners.
On November 30, 2004 the Department had 22,957 adult inmates assigned to Type "1" prisons in state and in contract facilities out of state. Out of the 22,957 inmates, 13,979 or 65.0 percent had violent offenses.
Sincerely,
MATTHEW J. FRANK
Secretary
Referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Privacy.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Department of Natural Resources
February 25, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
Environmental Improvement Fund (EIF) program legislation (s.281.59(3), Wis. Stats.) requires the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration to submit to the Legislature and to the State Building Commission any amendments to the EIF Biennial Finance Plan that were made by the Governor for inclusion in the budget. The purpose of the Plan is to provide information on loan, loan subsidy, and bonding levels for program operations in the 2005-2007 biennium. The governor's budget made no changes to the recommendations made in the first version of the Plan that was prepared and distributed in September 2004.
A third, and final version of the Biennial Finance Plan will be distributed after the biennial budget is enacted.
If you have any questions regarding the Biennial Finance Plan, please contact Robert Ramharter at 266-3915 or Frank Hoadley at 266-2305.
Sincerely,
MICHELE YOUNG
Director, Bureau of Community Financial Assistance
Department of Natural Resources
FRANK HOADLEY
Director, Capital Finance
Department of Administration
Referred to committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
To the Honorable, the Senate:
Joint Enrolled
Resolution Number Publication Date
SJR 4
3
Not Published
Sincerely,
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 1:00 P.M.
10:05 A.M.
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1:00 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator A. Lasee in the chair.
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Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, requested a quorum call.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Senator Risser, with unanimous consent, asked that the prayer and pledge from the Assembly State of the Tribes Address be applied to the Senate.
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Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked that the appointments be taken up en masse.
Baier
, Bruce,
of Brown Deer, as a member of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Egan
, David,
of Kenosha, as a member of the Nursing Home Administrator Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Fisher
, Thomas E.,
of Wausau, as a member of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Gottfredsen, Eugene,
of Beloit, as a member of the Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board, to serve the term ending July 1, 2008.
Holmes
, Robert,
of Tomah, as a member of the Savings Institutions Review Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2009.
Nitzke
, Susan,
of Cottage Grove, as a member of the Dietitians Affiliated Credentialing Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Patterson, Jeffrey,
of Madison, as a member of the Barbering and Cosmetology Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Workinger, Marilyn,
of Marshfield, as a member of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Read.
The question was: Confirmation?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 33; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
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Ayes - Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor, Wirch, Zien - 33.
