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Speaker's appointments
June 3, 1998
Representative Joan Spillner
Room 21 North, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Joan:
As Assembly Speaker, it is my pleasure to appoint you to the Wisconsin's Design for Transition Success Steering Committee. You will be replacing Representative Johnsrud, who has resigned. This appointment is effective immediately.
Thank you for your service.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Jensen
Assembly Speaker
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June 3, 1998
Representative Carol Kelso
Room 16 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Carol:
As Assembly Speaker, it is my pleasure to appoint you to the Women's Council. This appointment is effective immediately.
Thank you for your service.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Jensen
Assembly Speaker
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June 3, 1998
Representative Bonnie Ladwig
Room 113 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Bonnie:
As Assembly Speaker, it is my pleasure to appoint you to the Women's Council. This appointment is effective immediately.
Thank you for your service.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Jensen
Assembly Speaker
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June 3, 1998
Representative Al Ott
Room 318 North, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Al:
As Assembly Speaker, it is my pleasure to appoint you to the World Dairy Center Authority. This appointment is effective immediately.
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Thank you for your service.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Jensen
Assembly Speaker
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June 3, 1998
Representative Frank Urban
Room 13 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Frank:
As Assembly Speaker, it is my pleasure to reappoint you as Chair of the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions. This appointment is effective immediately.
Thank you for your service.
Sincerely,
Scott R. Jensen
Assembly Speaker
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Executive Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison
June 1, 1997
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
RE: Stripper XVIII 1998 Oil Overcharge Plan
I am pleased to transmit my Stripper XVIII 1998 Oil Overcharge Plan for consideration by the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) at the next s.13.10, Wis. Stats., meeting. As required by s.
14.065, Wis. Stats., I am also forwarding a copy to the Chief Clerk of the Senate.
This plan allocates $1,590,426 ($745,244 of new Stripper monies and $845,182 of reallocated monies); helps low income citizens stay warm; develops Wisconsin's renewable energy resource base; makes our buildings and homes more energy efficient; protects the environment; and, educates our children regarding the wise use of energy. This Plan also modifies the Stripper XIV Small Business Energy Efficiency Program to make it accessible to more small businesses.
In addition to the JCF's action, the U.S. Department of Energy must also conduct a review to determine if Wisconsin's Plan conforms with Federal requirements and established definitions of restitution. The Department of Administration staff will be available to provide additional information that may be required. I appreciate your usual support.
Sincerely,
Tommy G. Thompson
Governor
Referred to committee on Utilities Oversight.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Claims Board
Madison
May 27, 1997
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Enclosed is the report of the State Claims Board covering the claims heard on May 14, 1998.
The amounts recommended for payment under $5,000 on claims included in this report have, under the provision of s.
16.007, Stats., been paid directly by the Board.
The Board is preparing the bill(s) on the recommended award(s) over $5,000, if any, and will submit such to the Joint Finance Committee for legislative introduction.
This report is for the information of the Legislature. The Board would appreciate your acceptance and spreading of it upon the Journal to inform the members of the Legislature.
Sincerely,
Edward D. Main
Secretary, Claims Board
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
June 2, 1997
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
As directed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, we have completed a review of differing approaches to reading instruction, a survey of the approaches used by Wisconsin classroom teachers and school district curriculum professionals, and an evaluation of the process used to develop the curriculum guides published by the Department of Public Instruction for districts to use when creating their reading curricula.
Reading instruction is a contentious topic, as school districts debate the merits of phonics instruction-a skills approach that emphasizes letter and sound combinations within words-versus whole language instruction-an approach that teaches words within the context of literature. Because there is research supporting both skills and context approaches to reading instruction, education professionals nationwide are beginning to support the use of a mixture of approaches that combines the strengths of phonics and whole language instruction.
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We surveyed kindergarten through third-grade classroom teachers in Wisconsin and found that over 90 percent use a mixture of approaches to reading instruction, although approximately 40.6 percent of surveyed teachers reported a skills (phonics-related) emphasis, 33.1 percent reported a context (whole language-related) emphasis, and 20.8 percent reported no specific emphasis. Despite reporting different emphases within their approaches to reading instruction, teachers and districts reported little difference in the types of instructional resources and techniques they use in the classroom.
