State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
March 1, 1997
The Honorable, The Senate:
Wisconsin School Laws included the following provision in Section
115.45(6)(b) &
(c):
SECTION 115.45 Grants for preschool to grade 5 programs.
(6) The state superintendent shall:
(b) By March 1, 1986, and annually thereafter, submit to the joint committee on finance and the chief clerk of each house of the legislature, for distribution to the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172(3), a budget report detailing the grants he or she intends to award under this section in the next fiscal year. The report shall provide summary data on the results of the annual testing required under sub. (4)(b) and include a description of the guidelines used to determine the individual schools and private service providers that will receive funds under this section and the types of expenditures eligible for such funds.
(c) Annually submit to the legislature under s.13.172(2) a report on the academic progress made by pupils enrolled in preschool to grade 5 programs under this section.
This is to inform you that all Preschool to grade 5 Evaluation Reports are contained herein. A report on the academic progress for all schools funded by the Preschool to Grade 5 Program Grant is also enclosed.
Sincerely,
john t. benson
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Revenue
February 25, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Included with this correspondence, I am submitting the quarterly reports of the Wisconsin Lottery for the quarters ending September 30, 1996 and December 31, 1996. As required by s.565.37(3), Wis. Stats., the attached materials contain Wisconsin Lottery year to date sales and financial information.
If you have any questions or comments regarding this report, please do not hesitate to contact me at (608)266-6466.
Sincerely,
cate zeuske
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Department of Workforce Development
February 20, 1997
The Honorable, The Legislature:
Pursuant to Chapter
109 of Wisconsin Statutes I hereby submit the department's 1996 annual report on business closings and/or mass layoffs to you. This report lists all businesses which notified the department in 1996 of planned closings/mass layoffs and complaints the department received of alleged notification violations. The report indicates the businesses involved, location, date complaint received, determination issued and disposition of each case. Beyond complaints filed in 1996, the list updates the disposition of cases pending at the end of 1995 and also lists cases filed early in 1997.
One case filed with the department in 1994 remained open through 1996. That case in Con-Agra, Inc. formerly doing business as Northern States Beef in Edgar, Wisconsin. The department had completed its investigation of this matter in 1994 and referred the matter to the Department of Justice for litigation. On November 1, 1996 the circuit court in Marathon County issued its final ruling in this case awarding approximately 346 employees a total penalty wage (plus interest) of $985,000.00 and also ordered the employer to pay the state a $30,000.00 surcharge. These payments have been received by the department and nearly all of the penalty wages have been distributed to the appropriate parties at this time.
S96
Five 1995 complaints remained under investigation at the beginning of 1996. In four of these cases, the department concluded the employer had not violated Wisconsin's notification requirements. In the fifth case, the department determined the business violated the law and referred the matter to the Department of Justice for litigation to collect the penalty wages found due.
The department received twenty-one plant closing complaints in 1996. The department determined eleven of these complaints did not involve violations and two involved violations of the law. The remaining eight complaints remain under investigation at this time.
Should you have any questions regarding the information in this report, please contact me immediately.
Sincerely,
Linda Stewart
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
Marc 4, 1997
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of s.
13.685(7),
Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
Landscape Federation, Wisconsin
Subject(s): The Federation is interested in the operations of State-owned nurseries, government competition as well as pesticide usage and limitations, tax exemptions provided to agricultural (horticultural) entities and all bills and proposed rules relating to small business or the "green" industry.
Christianson, Peter
Phillips, Joe
Leaf Tobacco Dealers & Growers Assn, Wisconsin
Subject(s): Any legislative or administrative action pertaining to farmers or the regulation of tobacco.
O'Connor, Alice
Onsite Waste Disposal Assn, Wisconsin
Subject(s): We are interested in any state code that pertains to private onsite or large scale septic systems and any agency that deals with these codes.
Essie, Patrick
Teachers, Wisconsin Federation of
Subject(s): Education, Health; Social Services; State Government; Taxation; Trust Funds; Employment Relations; Personnel Commission; Public Defenders Board; DPI; UW System; Voc Tech & Adult Education Board.
Braithwaite, Mary
Muzik, Edward
Opin, Kenneth
Plaisted, Mike
Taranto, Mindy
Timber Producers Assn of Michigan & Wisconsin, Inc
Subject(s): All areas impacting on the Forest Products industry including initiatives relating to property owner rights, taxation and use of state forests.
Gerlach, Chester
Upper Mississippi Waterway Assn
Subject(s): Any legislation or administrative rules which affect the economic, commercial and agricultural interests of the upper Mississippi valley.
Fassbender, Robert I.
Osborne, Patrick
Water Well Assn, Wisconsin
Subject(s): Legislation and rules affecting the construction of wells, licensing or registration of individuals engaged in the business, ground water protection and issues which affect land use policies that impact rural development. The association monitors legislation affecting weight limits and hours of operations for individuals driving drilling rigs.
Robinson, John
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board have authorized to act on their behalf these additional licensed lobbyists:
District Attorneys Assn Inc Wisconsin
Wiswell, Sr., Jeffrey
Electric Power Co, Wisconsin
Katzman, William
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
Katzman, William
Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Assn, Wisconsin
Klauser, David
Tavern League of Wisconsin
Madland, Pete
Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc
Katzman, William
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by the organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
R. Roth Judd
Executive Director
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