To committee on Ways and Means.
Referred on July 21, 1997
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Relating to the administration of the forest crop law and the managed forest law.
Submitted by Department of Natural Resources.
Report received from Agency, July 16, 1997.
To committee on Rural Affairs.
Referred on July 21, 1997
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Relating to standards for vehicle equipment.
Submitted by Department of Transportation.
Report received from Agency, July 9, 1997.
To committee on Highways and Transportation
.
Referred on July 21, 1997
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Relating to an increase in 1997-98 premium rates for the health insurance risk-sharing plan.
Submitted by Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.
Report received from Agency, July 15, 1997.
To committee on Insurance, Securities and Corporate Policy.
Referred on July 21, 1997
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Read first time and referred:
Assembly Bill 460
Relating to: instalment payments of certain refunds of property taxes and to appeals of manufacturing property taxes.
By
Representatives M. Lehman, Goetsch, Kaufert, Turner, Grothman, Urban, R. Young, Owens, Staskunas and Duff; cosponsored by Senator A. Lasee
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To committee on Ways and Means.
Assembly Bill 461
Relating to: the regulation of massage therapists and bodyworkers, creating a massage therapy and bodywork examining board, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
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By
Representatives Harsdorf, Schafer, Robson, Urban, Wasserman, Nass, Baldwin, Kaufert, Murat, Hanson, Sykora, Porter and J. Lehman; cosponsored by Senators Plache, Wirch, Weeden, Roessler, George, C. Potter, Farrow, Burke, Huelsman and A. Lasee.
To committee on Consumer Affairs
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Communications
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:
Bill Number Act Number Publication Date
Assembly Bill 24811July 28, 1997
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
Madison
July 18, 1997
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
We have completed an evaluation of the Children At Risk program, as directed by s.
118.153(6), Wis. Stats. Created in 1985, the program is intended to increase the number of students attaining high school diplomas by improving services to those at risk of failing in, or dropping out of, school. The program, which is administered by the Department of Public Instruction, has been appropriated $3.5 million in general purpose revenue for each fiscal year since 1990-91.
As a result of changes made by
1993 Wisconsin Act 16, the program has lost its statewide focus. Since the 1993-94 school year, only those school districts that apply for program aid are required to provide a program for at-risk students; no more than 19 districts were deemed eligible to apply for program funding in any given year because of stricter eligibility requirements; and one district—Milwaukee Public Schools—has received two-thirds of the $8.6 million distributed during the past three school years.
Within those districts that have received funds for each school year since 1993-94, it is difficult to generalize as to whether the program has had any effect. It may not, however, be reasonable to expect a connection between student performance and the program. Consequently, the program appears to have become little more than a means of passing state general purpose revenues through to a limited number of school districts.
In reviewing the delivery of programs, we found that Milwaukee Public Schools is the only district that contracts with private, nonprofit, nonsectarian education agencies, called partnership schools, to provide at-risk programs. A larger percentage of at-risk students enrolled in the partnership schools meet the State's performance criteria under the Children At Risk program than do at-risk students enrolled in programs administered directly by the district.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by department and school district staff. The Department of Public Instruction's response is the Appendix.
Respectfully submitted,
Dale Cattanach
State Auditor
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Communications
DATE: July 17, 1997
TO: Charles R. Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
FROM: Michael R. Duckett, Executive Director
Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball
Park District
RE: Miller Park Monthly Progress Report
Enclosed is your copy of the July, 1997 Miller Park Monthly Progress Report. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Thanks for your consideration and input in the Miller Park project.
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Representative Kaufert moved that the Assembly stand adjourned until 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, July 24.
The question was: Shall the Assembly stand adjourned?
Motion carried.
The Assembly stood adjourned.
10:01 A.M.
