Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Madison
March 21, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The annual report on the status of the Preschool-to-Grade Five (P-5) has been submitted to the Joint Committee on Finance and is submitted to you for referral to the appropriate standing committees pursuant to s.
115.45 (6), Wis. Stats.
All P-5 school district evaluation reports for 2003-04 are contained herein, reporting on the academic progress for all schools funded by the P-5 program. If you have any questions, please contact my office or Sandra J. Dercole in the DPI Office of Urban Education (414-227-4942).
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Burmaster
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education.
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State of Wisconsin
Building Commission
Madison
April 5, 2005
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
As required under s 13.48 (7), the State of Wisconsin Building Commission must submit its Biennial State Building Program Recommendations to the Joint Committee on Finance by the first Tuesday in April of each odd-numbered year.
The Building Commission adopted recommendations on March 18, 2005. Attached is a PDF file with the Building Commission's 2005-07 Recommendations. Please distribute this file to Members of the Assembly.
Also attached is the report required under Section
13.48 (2)(e)1which should also be distributed to Members of the Assembly.
The statutory language required to include the recommendations in the Biennial Budget Bill has been forwarded to the Joint Committee on Finance. Thank you for distributing these reports and please contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Peter Maternowski
Division of State Facilities
Referred to committee on Government Operations and Spending Limitations.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
April 13, 2005
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
1999 Wis. Act 113 established requirements intended to strengthen protections for children from harmful lead exposures in their homes. The provisions require, among other things, that the Department develop and maintain a statewide registry of lead-free and lead-safe housing, develop the standards that properties must meet to be certified lead-free or lead-safe, and implement the voluntary and mandatory provisions of the registry.
Attached is the final report to the legislature, as required by
1999 Wisconsin Act 113, Section
32, (9c)(a), that provides the required facts about activities related to reducing lead-based paint hazards in residential property. The report includes evaluates the successes or failures of Act 113 and rules promulgated under Act 113, in reducing the incidence of lead poisoning in children. The report also provides recommendations for statutory language changes needed to further the goal of eliminating childhood lead poisoning in Wisconsin.
Questions about this report may be referred to Shelley Bruce with the Division of Public Health, at 608-267-0928.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Housing.
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State of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin System
Madison
DATE: April 14, 2005
TO: Patrick E. Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
FROM: Kevin P. Reilly, President
RE: Annual Minority and Disadvantaged Student
Report, pursuant to Section
36.25 (14m)(c) of the Wisconsin Statutes
Each April, the UW System submits the Annual Minority and Disadvantaged Student Report to the Governor and the Chief Clerk of each house of the Legislature, as required by Wisconsin Statutes. The 2003-04 Minority and Disadvantaged Student Annual Report fulfills the requirement in Section
36.25 (14m)(c) of the Wisconsin State Statutes that the Board of Regents report annually by April 15 on its pre-college, recruitment, and retention plan for multicultural and economically disadvantaged students. This is the sixth minority and disadvantaged student annual report under the Board of Regents-approved
Plan 2008: Educational Quality through Racial and Ethnic Diversity. The information contained in this report responds to the statutory requirement, and reflects some, but not all, of the initiatives and activities in Plan 2008.
At its meeting on April 8, 2005, the Board of Regents accepted the attached report for submission to the Governor and the Chief Clerk of each house of the Legislature for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172 (3). The attached report fulfills the requirements of this statute.
Referred to committee on Colleges and Universities.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
April 15, 2005
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
The Department of Health and Family Services is pleased to submit to the Governor and the Legislature the Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention and Control Program 2005 Annual Report. The report is required by
2003 Wisconsin Act 33, Senate Bill 44, Section 2462, 255.15 (4).
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health.