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Communications
March 26, 2004
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
208 Risser Justice Center
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I am writing to you to be removed as a co-sponsor from an Assembly bill. I would like to be removed from Assembly Bill 766, relating to authority of University of Wisconsin System police to make arrests off campus. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Rob Kreibich
State Representative
93rd Assembly District
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Madison
March 30, 2004
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
In accordance with s.
115.38 (3), Wis. Stats., the Department of Public Instruction submits this summary of the School Performance Report (SPR). The SPR provides a review of school and school district performance and can be found at the SPR website,
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/spr (click on "Search Data"). The data are also available through the Wisconsin Network for Successful Schools (WINSS) website http//
www.dpi.state.wi.us/sig/index.html (click on "Data Analysis"). Information specific to students with disabilities is part of the Special Education Plan website at http//
www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een/seplan.html (click on "Special Education Plan Reports").
The enclosed tables provide additional information about graduates and dropouts and other performance indicators. If you have any questions regarding this document, please contact Kay Ihlenfeldt, School Performance Report Team Leader, at (608) 266-3108.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Burmaster
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education Reform.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Madison
March 2004
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Department of Public Instruction is submitting the 2001, 2002, and 2003 annual reports on the status of bilingual-bicultural education programs as required under s.
115.96, Wis. Stats. The reports provide data from the state-aided bilingual-bicultural/ESL education programs for the 2002 through 2004 fiscal years (July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2003).
These annual reports include 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 from minority languages served, the locations of the state-aided programs during the 2002 and 2004 fiscal years, and staff-related data.
If you have questions on any aspect of this report, please contact Joseph F. Donovan, DPI Communications Director
(joseph.donovan@dpi.state.wi.us or 608-266-3559).
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Burmaster
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education.
