To committee on Transportation and Information Infrastructure.
Senate Bill 236
Relating to: repair of motor vehicle air conditioners and truck trailer refrigeration equipment that contains ozone-depleting refrigerant.
By
Senator
Reynolds
; cosponsored by Representatives F. Lasee, Ott, Hines, Hahn, Petrowski and Ladwig.
To committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Senate Bill 237
Relating to: limiting the reasons for which a local government may withhold approval of a conditional use permit.
By
Senators
S. Fitzgerald, M. Meyer, Brown and Zien; cosponsored by Representatives McCormick, Musser, Montgomery, Rhoades, Hines, Gunderson, Seratti, Bies, Van Roy, Albers, Friske and Krawczyk.
To committee on Homeland Security, Veterans and Military Affairs and Government Reform.
Senate Bill 238
Relating to: the purpose and integrity of the patients compensation fund and changing its name to the injured patients and families compensation fund.
By
Senators
Schultz, Roessler, Brown, Darling, S. Fitzgerald, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Panzer, Reynolds, Stepp, Zien and Welch; cosponsored by Representatives Ladwig, Gielow, Weber, Albers, Bies, J. Fitzgerald, Freese, Gunderson, Jensen, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Krawczyk, Kreibich, M. Lehman, LeMahieu, Lothian, McCormick, D. Meyer, Montgomery, Nischke, Olsen, Petrowski, Pettis, Seratti, Stone, Suder, Towns, Townsend, Van Roy, Vukmir and Wasserman.
To committee on Agriculture, Financial Institutions and Insurance.
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The committee on Environment and Natural Resources reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 109
Relating to: the use by the Department of Natural Resources of seized, confiscated, or unclaimed property for educational hunting, fishing, trapping, and other conservation activities; hunting of antlerless deer by holders of certificates of accomplishment issued under the hunter education program and the bow hunter education program; certificates of hunter safety issued by provinces and other countries; possession of firearms and hunting with firearms by persons under 16 years of age; issuance of resident small game hunting licenses to certain nonresidents under 16 years of age; use of firearms in schools under the hunter education program; use of certain types of arrow tips on crossbows; proceeds received by the Department of Natural Resources for skins of fur-bearing animals that are prepared as part of the course of instruction under the trapper education program; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Zien and Wirch.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Risser.
Relating to: the newspaper recycling fee and the recycled content of newsprint used in newspapers.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Zien and Wirch.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Risser.
Assembly Bill 228
Relating to: environmental compliance audits, environmental management systems, providing incentives for improving environmental performance, providing immunity from civil penalties for certain violations of environmental requirements, access to certain information, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp and Zien.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Risser and Wirch.
Assembly Bill 235
Relating to: failure to pay owners of raw forest products and providing a penalty.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Zien and Wirch.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Risser.
Assembly Bill 9
Relating to: authorizing the establishment of a program for the suppression of gypsy moths, specifying areas eligible for aerial insecticide treatment for the suppression of gypsy moths, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Kedzie, Stepp, Zien, Risser and Wirch.
Noes, 0 - None.
Neal Kedzie
Chairperson
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executive order #22
Relating to the Creation of the Governor's Task Force on Educational Excellence
WHEREAS, a high-quality public education system is an essential public good and the pathway to opportunity in a challenging and complex world; and
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has declared that every child in Wisconsin has a constitutional right to a sound, basic education, and Wisconsin aspires to provide an outstanding education to every child; and
WHEREAS, Wisconsin's citizens must balance many legitimate competing interests in order to provide our children the greatest educational opportunities possible, including the desire of parents to have the best education for their children, the concerns of taxpayers who fund the public educational system, and the need for education to spur economic growth; and
WHEREAS, the most important ingredient of a great education and high student achievement is a great teacher, and, while Wisconsin public schools employ many of the best and brightest teachers in the world, many Wisconsin teachers are leaving the profession, many prospective teachers leave Wisconsin to go to other states, many of our state's most difficult teaching assignments are being handled by our least experienced teachers, and current Wisconsin laws hinder our ability to attract and retain many more world class educators; and
WHEREAS, the refusal of the federal government to live up to its commitment to fund forty percent of special education costs has created significant financial challenges for all school districts, particularly smaller school districts with smaller budgets and districts that establish outstanding special education programs and attract more families with special needs children; and
WHEREAS, while Wisconsin students are nationally renowned for academic attainment, an unacceptable number of students, particularly those in low income areas, perform below state and national standards and fail to graduate from high school; and
WHEREAS, research clearly demonstrates that high-quality early childhood education yields significant results throughout children's lives, including improved academic performance, reduced special education placements, higher graduation rates, and reduced involvement with the criminal justice system.
NOW, THEREFORE, I , JIM DOYLE, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of this state, and specifically by Section
14.019 of the Wisconsin Statutes, do hereby:
Create the Governor's Task Force on Educational Excellence ("Task Force"); and
2.
Provide that the Task Force shall consist of not more than thirty one members appointed by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor; and
3.
Provide that the Governor shall designate one member of the Task Force as chairperson to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor; and
4.
Provide that the Task Force shall have the following mission in reviewing the state of education in Wisconsin and identifying measures to positively reform Wisconsin's education delivery system:.
a.
Study and make recommendation regarding the cost of providing a great education to every child in Wisconsin and determine the level at which Wisconsin citizens are prepared to fund that education; and
b.
Review how the state funds education through a combination of state and local taxes, and make recommendations regarding what proportion of these two taxes is fair and reasonable to fund public education. In making recommendations, consider the constitutional requirement for equal opportunity, local control in decision making, and the effect of financing systems on property and other tax rates; and
c.
Study and make recommendations on how to improve the state's ability to attract, recruit, train, and retain high quality teachers so that every child and every classroom has a highly qualified teacher, including ways to increase compensation to attract our best young students to the profession, keep our experienced teachers in the profession, and align our best teachers with the toughest challenges; and
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d.
Consider and recommend ways to adequately fund special education, including ways to share special education costs more evenly across the state, while assuring that public education is available to all; and
e.
Review existing barriers to academic achievements in Wisconsin and make recommendations to ensure that every student has an equal opportunity to a great education, regardless of location, disability, language barriers, and economic situation; and
f.
Study Wisconsin's current investments in early childhood education and recommend ways to make other early investments in education to increase student achievement and accomplish other positive long-term results.
5.
Direct the Department of Administration, the Department of Revenue, the Department of Public Instruction, and other state agencies to assist the Task Force with administrative and support services; and
6.
Direct the Department of Administration to provide the Task Force with such sums of money as are necessary for travel and operating expenses in accordance with Section
20.505(4)(ba) of the Wisconsin Statutes; and
7.
Require the Task Force to submit a final report on its findings and recommendations to the Governor and that the Task Force shall dissolve when its final report is accepted by the Governor.
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 twenty-second day of August, 2003.
JIM DOYLE
Governor
By the governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
August 20, 2003
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
Jim Doyle
Governor
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
To the Honorable, the Senate:
Sincerely,
Douglas La follette
Secretary of State
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
To the Honorable, the Senate: