Monday, May 18, 1998
10:00 A.M.
April 1998 Special Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Brian Rude.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Lazich, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Plache, C. Potter, Risser, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch, Wineke, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for a moment of silent meditation.
The Senate remained standing and Senators C. Potter and Wineke led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 2
Relating to: the composition and method of election of members of the board of school directors in 1st class city school systems; contract negotiation meetings between a board of school directors for a 1st class city school system and any labor organization recognized or certified to represent school district professional employes under the municipal employment relations act; reorganizing schools in a 1st class city school system and prohibiting collective bargaining with respect to reassignment of employes of a 1st class city school system; conversion of private schools to charter schools; educational service contracts between the board of school directors for a 1st class city school system and private schools and agencies; requiring the Milwaukee Public Schools to meet certain educational criteria, abolishing the board of school directors of the Milwaukee Public Schools and creating the Milwaukee Public Schools governing commission; the use of intradistrict transfer aid to build or lease public schools; contracts with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee to improve attendance at selected schools; the amount appropriated as general school aid; aid to the Milwaukee Public Schools for after-school programs; and making an appropriation.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 2.
Ayes, 12 - Senators
Weeden, Farrow, Cowles, Panzer, Schultz and Rosenzweig.
Representatives Gard, Ourada, Harsdorf, Albers, Porter and Kaufert.
Noes, 4 - Senators
Burke and Decker. Representatives Linton and Coggs.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 12 - Senators
Weeden, Farrow, Cowles, Panzer, Schultz and Rosenzweig.
Representatives Gard, Ourada, Harsdorf, Albers, Porter and Kaufert.
Noes, 4 - Senators
Burke and Decker. Representatives Linton and Coggs.
Timothy Weeden
Senate Chairperson
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executive order #332
Relating toAmending Executive Order No. 329
I, Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, pursuant to Article IV, Section 11 and Article V, Section 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution, do hereby amend Executive Order No. 329 and require the Legislature to consider and act upon the following legislation in addition to the legislation set forth in Executive Order No. 329, as amended:
9. Legislation relating to the method of election of members of the board of school directors in 1st class city school systems; contract negotiation meetings between a baord of school directors for a 1st class city school system and any labor organization recognized or certified to represent school district professional employes under the municipal employment relations act; reorganizing schools in a 1st class city school system and prohibiting collective bargaining with respect to reassignment of employes of a 1st class city school system; conversion of private schools to charter schools; educational service contracts between the board of school directors for a 1st class city school system and private schools and agencies; measuring whether schools in the Milwaukee Public Schools meet certain educational criteria; creating local reform councils for certain schools int he Milwaukee Public Schools; the use of intradistrict transfer aid to build or lease neighborhood schools; contracts with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee to improve attendance at selected schools; aid to the Milwaukee Public Schools for after-school programs; aid to the Milwaukee Public Schools for summer school; achievement guarantee contracts for the Milwaukee Public Schools; and making appropriations.
IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, 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 May in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight.
TOMMY G. THOMPSON
Governor
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 5 be laid on the table.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, introduced Fedir Rachek, Ludmyla Lesyk, Oleksandr Klimovych, Sergiy Tarasyuk, Svyatoslav Mazurets, Tetyana Chyruk, Victor Makarov, Volodymyr Chepurnoy eight government officials from Lutsk, Ukraine and two translators George Rychtytzkyj and Vitaliy Pechenuk as well as Jennifer Sydow from Northcentral Technical College in Wausau is the delegations coordinator.
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Senator Drzewiecki, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess until 1:00 P.M..
10:19 A.M.
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1:00 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Rude in the chair.
Quorum Call
Thehe Chair noted a possible lack of a quorum.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Lazich, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Plache, C. Potter, Risser, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch, Wineke, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 2 be withdrawn and taken up at this time.
