By
Senators
Taylor and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Grigsby, Fields, Kessler, Mason, Parisi, Sinicki, Toles, Turner and Ballweg.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
Senate Bill 413
Relating to: markers for military memorial highways and bridges.
By
Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Hansen, Leibham, Roessler and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Murtha, Sheridan, Gunderson, Mursau, Musser, Nerison, Owens, Suder, Tauchen, Townsend and Turner.
To committee on Transportation and Tourism.
Senate Bill 414
Relating to: preparation and legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill.
By
Senators
Leibham, Kanavas, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, Grothman, Harsdorf, Kapanke, Lazich, Roessler and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Zipperer, Vukmir, Roth, Ballweg, Bies, Davis, Gunderson, Hahn, Honadel, Jeskewitz, Kerkman, Kleefisch, Kramer, F. Lasee, LeMahieu, Lothian, Moulton, Musser, Nass, Nygren, Owens, Petersen, Pridemore, Strachota, Townsend, Van Roy, Vos and Wood.
To joint committee on Finance.
Relating to: permitting a researcher, under certain conditions, access to cancer information reported to the Department of Health and Family Services, prohibiting certain other use or redisclosure of the information, creating civil liability for violation of the prohibitions, making an appropriation, and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Sullivan, Kreitlow, Schultz, Robson, Miller, Cowles, Lehman, Kapanke, Olsen, Risser, Roessler, Plale, Hansen, Lassa, Darling, Taylor and Coggs; cosponsored by Representatives Shilling, Wieckert, Vruwink, Sheridan, Musser, Richards, Davis, Van Akkeren, Suder, Hebl, Jeskewitz, Black, Pope-Roberts, Mason, Murtha, Grigsby, Hilgenberg, Young, Seidel, Moulton, Benedict, Bies, Townsend, Boyle, Parisi, Newcomer, Berceau, Mursau, Soletski, A. Ott, A. Williams, Fields, Gunderson, Nelson, Nerison, Sinicki, Garthwaite, Owens, Hixson, Wood, Kaufert and Wasserman.
To committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long Term Care and Privacy.
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 23, 2008
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Naylor, Daniel,
of Waupaca, as a member of the Board of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2013.
Respectfully submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology and Financial Institutions.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 24, 2008
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Berg
, Scott,
of Appleton, as a member of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Land Surveyors, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011.
Respectfully submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Economic Development.
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 24, 2008
The Honorable, The Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint Mattila, Amy,
of Washburn, as a member of the Pharmacy Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2011.
Respectfully submitted,
JIM DOYLE
Governor
Read and referred to committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
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The committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 390
Relating to: increasing the size of the city of Milwaukee Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, authorizing a panel of the board to decide certain cases, and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against an officer.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 3 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan and Vinehout.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Lazich and Grothman.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Taylor, Sullivan, Vinehout and Grothman.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Lazich.
Lena Taylor
Chairperson
The committee on Transportation and Tourism reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 181
Relating to: prohibiting an insurer from requiring a certain vendor for repairing a motor vehicle, requiring adjusters to inspect motor vehicle damage, and insurance payments for motor vehicle repair costs.
Introduction of Senate Substitute Amendment 3.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Plale, Kapanke, Schultz and Leibham.
Noes, 3 - Senators
Breske, Erpenbach and Hansen.
Adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 3.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Plale, Kapanke, Schultz and Leibham.
Noes, 3 - Senators
Breske, Erpenbach and Hansen.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Breske, Plale, Erpenbach, Hansen, Kapanke, Schultz and Leibham.
Noes, 0 - None.
Roger Breske
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
January 18, 2008
The Honorable, 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
Legislative Audit Bureau
January 22, 2008
The Honorable, Legislature:
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.
