The committee on Housing reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 231
Relating to: rules requiring that certain buildings be superinsulated.
Passage:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Wieckert, Stone, Townsend, Honadel, Hebl, Young and A. Williams.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Senate Bill 28
Relating to: exemption from construction standards for certain load-bearing dimension lumber.
Assembly Amendment 1 adoption:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Wieckert, Stone, Townsend, Honadel, Hebl, Young and A. Williams.
Noes: 0.
Concurrence as amended:
Ayes: 7 - Representatives Wieckert, Stone, Townsend, Honadel, Hebl, Young and A. Williams.
Noes: 0.
To committee on Rules.
Steve Wieckert
Chairperson
Committee on Housing
A473
Reference Bureau Corrections
Assembly Bill 740
1. Page 5, line 21: delete “Fiscal changes" and substitute “Nonstatutory provisions".
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Communications
January 28, 2008
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
I was unable to cast my votes during legislative session on January 15, 2008.
Therefore, I would like to be recorded in the Assembly Journal as follows:
In support of:
Assembly Bill 259
Assembly Bill 309
Assembly Bill 338
Assembly Bill 410
Senate Bill 280
Assembly Bill 582
Assembly Bill 625
Assembly Bill 69
Assembly Bill 51
Assembly Bill 96
Assembly Bill 500
Senate Joint Resolution 5
Opposed to:
Assembly Bill 446
Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Jim Kreuser
State Representative
64th Assembly District
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Secretary of State
Madison
To Whom It May Concern:
Acts, Joint Resolutions and Resolutions deposited in this office have been numbered and published as follows:
Jt. Res. Number Enrolled Number
Publication Date
Assembly Joint Res. 82 22 Not Published
Assembly Joint Res. 86 23 Not Published
Assembly Joint Res. 88 24 Not Published
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
January 18, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Please find enclosed the Service Award Program 2007 Annual Report. The Service Award Board developed the report with support from Department of Administration staff. The report provides an overview of the program and outlines the accomplishments for the program year.
Wisconsin State Statute 16.25(6) requires the Department to submit the report to the Chief Clerk of each house annually describing the activities of the board.
If you have any questions regarding the report, please contact Terri Lenz at the Department of Administration, Division of Enterprise Operations, at 608‐261‐6580.
Sincerely,
James M. Langdon
Secretary, Service Award Board
Referred to committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
January 28, 2008
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Wis. Stats. s.
46.03(26) requires the Department of Health and Family Services to report annually on information systems projects under development including the implementation schedule, an estimate of costs, and proposed methods of determining charges where applicable.
The Department currently has the following three systems under development: (1) Public Health Information Network ‐Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS), (2) the Vital Records Reengineering Project, and (3) the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and related subsystems. The required information is provided in the attached report.
With warm regards,
Kevin R. Hayden
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health and Health Care Reform.
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
January 22, 2008
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
I write in response to questions raised by several legislators concerning the content and timing of our statutorily required analysis of the standardized test score data received from the School Choice Demonstration Project. Section
119.23 (7)(e) 2, Wis. Stats., requires the Bureau to report to the Legislature, in 2007 and annually thereafter until 2011, on the results of the standardized tests administered to pupils participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and those who attend Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). As you are aware, our first report to the Legislature will be delayed because we did not receive the baseline test score data from the Project until December 28, 2007.
We have completed a preliminary examination of the baseline test score data, which contain the results of the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination tests that were administered during the 2006‐07 school year to a sample of 2,727 pupils who attended, schools participating in the Choice program, a sample of 2,727 MPS pupils who were selected based on their similarity to the sample of Choice pupils, and a random sample of 2,727 MPS pupils. Demographic and other information was also provided for these pupils.
With the data given to us, we anticipate that we can provide the Legislature with a report that analyzes the average baseline test score data, for reading and mathematics at each grade level, for each of the three groups of pupils and determine whether any differences in average test scores are statistically significant. We also anticipate providing summary demographic information for the three groups. However, because the test score data do not identify individual pupils or the schools where they were enrolled, we will be unable to report on the average test scores of pupils at individual Choice schools or determine whether pupils at some Choice schools scored significantly differently than those at other schools.
We will begin analyzing the test score data in earnest in the weeks ahead and anticipate releasing our first report to the Legislature later in 2008.
We appreciate the cooperation of the School Choice Demonstration Project in providing us with the baseline test score data and explaining its research methodology. Please contact me if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Janice Mueller
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State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
January 29, 2008
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
