Assembly Bill 30395December 15, 1995
Assembly Bill 36796December 15, 1995
Assembly Bill 52098December 15, 1995
Assembly Bill 64099December 15, 1995
Assembly Bill 264106December 15, 1995
Assembly Bill 138107December 20, 1995
Assembly Bill 222108December 20, 1995
Assembly Bill 676109December 20, 1995
Assembly Bill 557113December 20, 1995
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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December 15, 1995
Assembly Speaker David Prosser
Room 211 West, State Capitol
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Speaker Prosser:
On December 12, 1995, I was elected Senator for the 7th Senate District. I will be taking the Oath of Office for this position on January 2, 1996. I hereby resign as Representative to the 21st Assembly District effective January 2, 1996.
Sincerely,
Richard Grobschmidt
State Representative
21st Assembly District
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EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison
Executive Order Number 266
Relating to a Special Election for the
Twenty-First Assembly District
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WHEREAS, State Representative Richard A. Grobschmidt submitted his resignation as a State Representative for the twenty-first Assembly District, effective upon being sworn into the State Senate;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TOMMY G. THOMPSON, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, pursuant to section 8.50(4) of the Wisconsin Statutes, order that a special election be held on March 19, 1996 to fill the vacancy in the twenty-first Assembly District. A description of the boundaries of the twenty-first Assembly District as created in Prosser et. al. v. Election Board et. al., Civil Action 92-C0078-C (W.D. Wis. 1992) is set out in the 1993-94 Wisconsin Statutes following section 4.005. The term will expire on the first Monday in January, 1997 and, if a primary is neccessary, it shall be held on February 6, 1996. Circulation of nomination papers for candidates may begin on the date of this order and nomination papers may be filed no later than 5:00 P.M., January 2, 1996. This election shall be held, conducted, canvassed and returned in accordance with law.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the City of Madison this fifteenth day of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
By the Governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Madison
November 30, 1995
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
As required by s.
115.38, Wis. Stats., I am transmitting the 1993-94 School Performance Report. Under the law, school districts are required to prepare and distribute reports to parents and guardians each year, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction is required to prepare a statewide summary and submit it to the legislature on an annual basis.
Wisconsin law divides information in the School Performance Report into three categories:
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Indicators of academic achievement, including results of the Eighth and Tenth Grade Knowledge and Concepts Examinations, Third Grade Reading Test, the Advanced Placement examination, and the Enhanced ACT.
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Other indicators of school and district performance, including information about dropouts, attendance, retention in grade, graduation, suspensions, expulsions, habitual truancy, participation in extra-/co-curricular and school-sponsored community activities, advanced coursework, and postsecondary intentions.
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Staffing and financial information to be determined by the state superintendent.
Although the information contained in this report is an important element of educational accountability, it is not a complete picture. The School Performance Report is a starting point for the public discussion that is vital to understanding students and schools.
The efforts of many people throughout the state made the 1993-94 School Performance Report an excellent collection of statistics and information. Those same people will continue to work on this project in the months and years ahead. It is my hope that, as we link the data to Wisconsin's educational goals, this document will become a tool to measure the efforts of young people and schools.
Pursuing educational excellence is long journey. If we are to persevere and stay the course, we must be child-centered. We need to work as a community, and we need to be aware of the successes and the problems we will confront along the way. Hopefully, the School Performance Report will help illuminate that journey.
Sincerely,
John T. Benson
State Superintendent, DPI
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
October 13, 1995
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
This report presents statements of fund condition and operations (budgetary basis) of the State of Wisconsin for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995. This satisfies the requirements of sec. 16.40(3), Wisconsin Statutes. Displayed are major sources of revenues and major categories of expenditures for the General Fund and other funds compared to the prior year.
The General Fund has an undesignated balance of $400.9 million as of the end of the fiscal year. This is $307.5 million higher than the $93.4 million estimate that was projected in the final Chapter
20 fund condition statement compiled in July of 1994, and $63.7 million higher than the $337.2 million estimate that was projected in the fund condition statement compiled in July of 1995 at the time
1995 Wisconsin Act 27 (the biennial state budget bill) was passed.
General purpose revenue taxes were $7.807 billion compared to $7.288 billion in the prior year, an increase of $519 million or 7.1 percent. General purpose revenue expenditures were $7.818 billion compared to $7.287 billion in the prior year, an increase of $531 million or 7.3 percent. This increase is primarily attributable to increased school and local assistance.
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General purpose revenue spending increases in fiscal year 1995 were largely driven by increases in four areas: school aids increased by $275.5 million, Corrections increased by $45.8 million, shared revenues increased by $43.6 million and the UW System increased by $39.7 million. These increases accounted for over 78 percent of the total increase in general purpose revenue spending.
In fiscal year 1995, the State of Wisconsin continued to devote the major share of state tax collections to assistance to local school districts, municipalities and counties. Local assistance accounted for 57.4 percent of total general purpose revenue spending. Aid payments to individuals and organizations represented 19.1 percent of total general purpose revenue expenditures. The University of Wisconsin accounted for 10.8 percent of total general purpose revenue spending and state operations spending for all other state agencies accounted for 12.7 percent of the total.
The State of Wisconsin expects to publish its comprehensive annual financial report in March of 1996. The report will be prepared under generally accepted accounting principles.
Sincerely,
James R. Klauser
Secretary, DOA
William J. Raftery, CPA
State Controller
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
Madison
December 4, 1995
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed in an Order of the Department of Revenue Adopting an Emergency Rule relating to the assessment of agricultural property as affected by
1995 Act 27. A copy of this emergency rule is being sent to you pursuant to the requirements specified in s.
227.24(3), Stats. A certified copy of the order has been filed in the Office of the Secretary of State and the Office of the Revisor of Statutes as required by s.
227.20, Stats.
This emergency rule will become effective on December 6, 1995 upon publication in the official state newspaper. It will remain in effect for 150 days after publication, when a permanent rule should be in place.
Copies of this letter and the emergency rule order are also hereby being transmitted to the Chief Clerk of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly with the request that the order, or a notice of it, be published in the Journal of each House to make the rule known to persons who will be affected by it.
The Department's fiscal estimate of the rule is also enclosed.
Sincerely,
Mark D. Bugher
Secretary of Revenue
