The enclosed abbreviated report provides a list of the 38 state-aided bilingual-bicultural/ESL education programs during the 1998 fiscal year (July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998) qualifying for reimbursement, their approved costs for bilingual/ESL instructional services rendered, and the amounts they were actually reimbursed.
The complete annual report includes details on: the state's administration and funding of bilingual education in Wisconsin and factors contributing to program expansion; the continuously lower annual reimbursement rates for school districts; the number of pupils served from minority languages, the locations of the state-aided programs during the 1998 fiscal year (July1, 1997, through June 30, 1998), and staff-related data.
If you have any questions on any aspect of this abbreviated report, please contact Barbara A. Bitters, director, equity mission team, 266-9609. She will be happy to discuss these at your convenience.
Sincerely,
Juanita S. Pawlisch, ph.d.
Administrator, Division for Learning Support: Equity and Advocacy
Referred to committee on Education.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
December 30, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
On behalf of the Commission on the Use of Electronic Signatures and pursuant to Section
13.172(2), Wis. Stats., I am transmitting this report on the use of electronic signatures. Pursuant to section
8 of
1997 Wisconsin Act 306, the Commission on the Use of Electronic Signatures is to report to the Legislature and the Department of Administration on the use of electronic signatures and the submission of written documents in electronic format to governmental units by January 1, 1999. The report is submitted below in electronic form as a Microsoft Word document. It is recommended that the report be reviewed in page layout view in order to see and easily access footnotes. The report is also available on the Commission's website at
www.esignatures.org. If you are unable to access this document, please contact me at (608)267-1718 to obtain a paper copy.
Sincerely,
James o. huff
Co-Chair, Commission on the Use of Electronic Signatures
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DATE: January 4, 1999
TO: Charles Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
FROM: Katherine C. Lyall, President
The University of Wisconsin System
RE: 1999 Salary Group/Range Assignment Report
Required under Section
20.923(5), Wis. Stats.
Section
20.923(5), Wis. Stats., requires that the Board of Regents assign specified titled positions to salary ranges in whatever manner the board determines. The board is required to file a report annually with the Governor and Legislature.
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The board has directed that all positions referenced in s.
20.923(5) be assigned to either a State Executive Salary Group or to a UW System salary range based on the following assignment criteria:
I. Positions subject to State Executive Salary Group Assignment:
A. All positions referenced in s.
20.923(5) which carry the following titles regardless of annual salary:
Associate Vice Presidents
Assistant Vice Presidents
Associate Chancellors
Assistant Chancellors
Associate Vice Chancellors
Assistant Vice Chancellors
B. All positions carrying the director or associate director title with over 50 percent of their activities coded as physical plant, general operations and services, and auxiliary enterprises whose fiscal year annual salary rate exceeds the maximum of pay range 1-17 (1998-99 maximum is $64,155) of the general non-represented pay schedule #1.
II. Positions subject to UWS Salary Range Assignment:
All directors or associate directors with over 50 percent of their position assigned to an enumerated activity code in the statute whose annual salary does not exceed the maximum of pay range 1-17.
Part A of the attached report designates those positions assigned to State Executive Salary Groups and Part B provides the minimum and maximum for those positions assigned to a UWS Salary Range. The report is dated January 1, 1999 and serves to fulfill this calendar year's reporting requirement.
Referred to committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
December, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Attached is the Department of Administration's annual report to the Council on Small Business, Veteran-owned and Minority Business Opportunities as required by s.
16.75(4)(a)5, Wis. Stats.
The report evaluates the performance of Wisconsin's small businesses in submitting bids or proposals to the state and identifies the department's initiatives to encourage small, veteran-owned and minority businesses to participate in the state's purchasing program.
The report shows that the dollars the state spends with Wisconsin small businesses continues to increase.
* The dollars awarded to Wisconsin small businesses increased to $325,322,893 up $2,080,584 (.6%) from 1996-97.
* The number of purchase orders placed decreased to 74,650 down 17,098 (18.6%) from 1996-97.
* The percent of dollars awarded to Wisconsin small businesses, of all state awards, decreased slightly to 39.9% from 40.8% for 1996-97.
* The number of Wisconsin small businesses decreased by 538 (.4%) to 120,371.
The report excludes purchase orders to other state agencies as well as orders that are exempt from the purchasing prices. It also excludes orders for postage, memberships, telephones, electric power, steam, water, and sewer, as no known Wisconsin small businesses exist to provide these commodities.
The Department of Administration remains strongly committed to working with Wisconsin's small, veteran-owned and minority businesses to increase their competitiveness and participation in the state purchasing program. This commitment is shown by the outreach and assistance activities identified in the report and in the increased share of state dollars ($2 million) awarded to small businesses.
Sincerely,
mark d. bugher
Secretary
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
December 30, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Section
46.03(26) of the statutes requires the Department of Health and Family Services to report annually on information systems projects under development. The attached report is a summary of the departmental systems currently under development.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
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