The committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs reports and recommends:
MCCOSHEN, WILLIAM J.,
of Madison, as the Secretary of the Department of Development, effective December 19, 1994, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Confirmation:
Ayes, 5 - Senators Petak, Buettner, Darling, Plewa and Moore.
Noes, 0 - None.
NUERNBERG, CHRISTINE,
of Mequon, as a member of the Real Estate Examining Board, to serve for the interim term ending July 1, 1997.
Confirmation:
Ayes, 5 - Senators Petak, Buettner, Darling, Plewa and Moore.
Noes, 0 - None.
PORTER, SHARON,
of Brookfield, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Geologists, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the interim term ending July 1, 1998.
Confirmation:
Ayes, 5 - Senators Petak, Buettner, Darling, Plewa and Moore.
Noes, 0 - None.
ROSLANSKY, ROGER D.,
of La Crosse, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 1997.
Confirmation:
Ayes, 5 - Senators Petak, Buettner, Darling, Plewa and Moore.
Noes, 0 - None.
George Petak
Chairperson
The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 40
Relating to: fees for admission to historic sites.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
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Ayes, 15 - Senators Leean, Weeden, Cowles, Schultz, Panzer, George, Chvala; Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf, Linton and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 2.
Ayes, 9 - Senators Leean, Weeden, Cowles, Panzer, George; Representatives Foti, Porter, Ourada and Harsdorf.
Noes, 6 - Senators Schultz, Chvala; Representatives Brancel, Schneiders, Linton and Coggs.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 14 - Senators Leean, Weeden, Cowles, Schultz, Panzer, George, Chvala; Representatives Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf and Linton.
Noes, 1 - Representative Coggs.
Joseph Leean
Co-Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
February 7, 1995
The Honorable, The Legislature:
We have completed an evaluation of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program as directed by
1989 Wisconsin Act 336. The choice program provides public funding for low-income students from Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) to attend private schools. In the 1994-95 school year, 830 program participants are attending 12 private schools that will receive $3,209 for each student enrolled. In the first five years of the program, 1,636 students have attended choice schools at a cost of approximately $8.4 million.
Although scores on academic achievement tests have been collected for choice students and two comparison groups of MPS students each year, too few students have taken the tests or have participated in the program for enough years to draw meaningful conclusions about the program's effect on academic achievement. In the 1993-94 school year, only 145 of 733 participants had participated since the program's second year or earlier, participants had been in the program an average of 1.8 years, and the average annual rate of attrition (participants not returning) was 30.3 percent. However, surveys show that parents of participants are more satisfied with choice schools than they were with MPS schools.
The Legislature will need to consider how the various proposals to modify or expand the choice program will address numerous questions, including whether additional children will be permitted to participate; how MPS program offerings and finances will be affected; to what extent more seats in existing or potentially new private schools, including sectarian schools, will be available to choice students; and whether adequate accountability for the use of public funds can be provided without creating unnecessary administrative burdens.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by officials of all the participating schools; other private schools in the Milwaukee area; the Department of Public Instruction; Milwaukee Public Schools; and University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor John Witte and his staff.
Sincerely,
dale cattanach
Sate Auditor
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
February 7, 1995
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of s.
13.685(7), Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Academic Staff Public Representation Organization (ASPRO)
Subjects: Any legislative or administrative rule that may affect academic staff in the University of Wisconsin system.
Coenen, Tom
Swandby, Janet
AFLAC
Subjects: Any matters relating to health insurance.
Christianson, Pete
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc
Subjects: All matters pertaining to corporate business practices, including business development, transportation, environmental regulations, and employment relations.
Gerrard, Bill
Tenuta, James
Brewers Assn, Wisconsin State
Subjects: All areas affecting the brewing industry.
Krajewski, Thomas
McDowell, Kelly
Schreiber, Martin
Brown County
Subjects: Brown County will attempt to influence legislation and administrative rules in the following areas: administration, public safety; transportation; health and human services; education, culture and recreation; and planning and development. A further breakdown of these major areas is provided on Exhibit A.
Grondin, Jennifer
Building Owners & Managers Assn of Milwaukee, Inc
Subjects: Energy conservation, rental practices, taxation of leases and other property.
Driessen, Tony
CARE CPA
Subjects: State regulations which unnecessarily restrict entry into the Certified Public Accounting profession, commonly referred to as the '150 Hour Law'.
Earl, Anthony
Theo, Peter
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Center for Public Representation, Inc
Subjects: The Center will work on behalf of consumers, families and the low income community in the areas of access to health care, privacy, telecommunication policy, open government and on issues of public benefits and family support before the legislature, the courts and various administrative agencies.
Meili, Steve
Pritchard, Michael Gregg
Trubek, Louise
Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, Inc, American
Subjects: All subject areas concerning civil liberties and civil rights.
Ahmuty, Christopher
Clinical & Consulting Psychologists, Inc, Society of
Subjects: Delivery of and access to behavioral health services of psychologists. Qualifications of providers and protection of consumers of psychological services. Regulation of the health care industry and third party payers.
Bowen, Sarah
Gundermann, Robert
Hilbert, Lisa
Wagner, Burton
Dairyland Greyhound Park, Inc
Subjects: All areas pertaining to pari-mutuel Greyhound racing and betting.
Hanson, Thomas
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States
Subjects: Any legislation or regulation concerning alcoholic beverages, including but not limited to, sales tax, alcohol beverage trade practices, drunk driving, and excise taxes.
Essie, Patrick
Envirotest Systems Corp
Subjects: Matters relating to ozone regulations and Clean Air Act issues.
Cook, Sharon
Mitchell, Brian
FMN Management Services
Subjects: Same as above [IIA].
Swandby, Janet
Gas Co, Wisconsin
Subjects: All issues of potential impact to utility customers, employees or stockholders, including but not limited to human resource, tax, environmental, tort and regulatory issues. Company is particularly interested in pending utility deregulation proposals and WISDOT rules and policies related to utility facilities, rights of way issues and erosion control requirements in construction projects.
Lemmer, Carl
Lundgren, Jon
Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Subjects: Tort reform, economic development, education, environmental issues, labor issues, health care and issues affecting small business. Other issues may include taxation, the state budget, telecommunications and all other issues of interest to Green Bay area businesses.
Herner, Dianne
Schillinger, Patrick
Swift, Duanne
GTE Telephone Operations North Area
Subjects: State legislation and administrative rules that would impact GTE North's ability to do business as a telecommunications utility, primarily taxation, Workers' Compensation, labor regulation, insurance, transportation, regulation of utilities, environment.
Bohling, Richard
