State of Wisconsin
Revisor of Statutes Bureau
Madison
DATE: January 1, 1999
TO: Charles Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
Donald J. Schneider
Senate Chief Clerk
FROM: Gary L. Poulson
Deputy Revisor of Statutes
SUBJECT: Rules published in the December 31, 1998,
Wisconsin Administrative
Register, No. 516.
The following rules have been published:
part eff. 12-31-99
part eff. 1-1-00
Omitted from previous reports:
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
December 21, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Pursuant to s.
46.76(4), The Department of Health and Family Services is required to develop an annual plan that documents areas of hunger and populations experiencing hunger within this state and recommends strategies and state and federal policy changes to address hunger in these areas. The statute further indicates that this plan be submitted by December 31, annually to the Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction and the appropriate standing committees under s.
13.172(3).
The enclosed Hunger Prevention Plan Update for 1998 is being submitted to you in accordance with this requirement. This plan update should be considered an addendum to the Wisconsin Board on Hunger's April 1997-1998 report (also enclosed) that provided a comprehensive and thorough review of key trends and strategies on the impact of hunger in the state of Wisconsin.
Please contact my office if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Madison
December 23, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
The department is pleased to submit an abbreviated 1998 Annual Report on the Status of Bilingual-Bicultural Education programs, as required under s.
115.96, Wisconsin Statutes. The abbreviated report is necessary at this time because we are in the process of moving to an electronic collection of all limited-English speaking (LES) related data. Staff are working on the data base and reporting formats that will allow us to provide the complete report to you in the very near future. We expect to submit the complete 1998 Annual Report no later than February 15, 1999.
The enclosed abbreviated report provides a list of the 38 state-aided bilingual-bicultural/ESL education programs during the 1998 fiscal year (July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998) qualifying for reimbursement, their approved costs for bilingual/ESL instructional services rendered, and the amounts they were actually reimbursed.
The complete annual report includes details on: the state's administration and funding of bilingual education in Wisconsin and factors contributing to program expansion; the continuously lower annual reimbursement rates for school districts; the number of pupils served from minority languages, the locations of the state-aided programs during the 1998 fiscal year (July1, 1997, through June 30, 1998), and staff-related data.
If you have any questions on any aspect of this abbreviated report, please contact Barbara A. Bitters, director, equity mission team, 266-9609. She will be happy to discuss these at your convenience.
Sincerely,
Juanita S. Pawlisch, ph.d.
Administrator, Division for Learning Support: Equity and Advocacy
Referred to committee on Education.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
December 30, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
On behalf of the Commission on the Use of Electronic Signatures and pursuant to Section
13.172(2), Wis. Stats., I am transmitting this report on the use of electronic signatures. Pursuant to section
8 of
1997 Wisconsin Act 306, the Commission on the Use of Electronic Signatures is to report to the Legislature and the Department of Administration on the use of electronic signatures and the submission of written documents in electronic format to governmental units by January 1, 1999. The report is submitted below in electronic form as a Microsoft Word document. It is recommended that the report be reviewed in page layout view in order to see and easily access footnotes. The report is also available on the Commission's website at
www.esignatures.org. If you are unable to access this document, please contact me at (608)267-1718 to obtain a paper copy.
Sincerely,
James o. huff
Co-Chair, Commission on the Use of Electronic Signatures
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DATE: January 4, 1999
TO: Charles Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
FROM: Katherine C. Lyall, President
The University of Wisconsin System
RE: 1999 Salary Group/Range Assignment Report
Required under Section
20.923(5), Wis. Stats.
Section
20.923(5), Wis. Stats., requires that the Board of Regents assign specified titled positions to salary ranges in whatever manner the board determines. The board is required to file a report annually with the Governor and Legislature.
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The board has directed that all positions referenced in s.
20.923(5) be assigned to either a State Executive Salary Group or to a UW System salary range based on the following assignment criteria:
I. Positions subject to State Executive Salary Group Assignment:
A. All positions referenced in s.
20.923(5) which carry the following titles regardless of annual salary:
Associate Vice Presidents
Assistant Vice Presidents
Associate Chancellors
Assistant Chancellors
Associate Vice Chancellors
Assistant Vice Chancellors
B. All positions carrying the director or associate director title with over 50 percent of their activities coded as physical plant, general operations and services, and auxiliary enterprises whose fiscal year annual salary rate exceeds the maximum of pay range 1-17 (1998-99 maximum is $64,155) of the general non-represented pay schedule #1.
II. Positions subject to UWS Salary Range Assignment:
All directors or associate directors with over 50 percent of their position assigned to an enumerated activity code in the statute whose annual salary does not exceed the maximum of pay range 1-17.
Part A of the attached report designates those positions assigned to State Executive Salary Groups and Part B provides the minimum and maximum for those positions assigned to a UWS Salary Range. The report is dated January 1, 1999 and serves to fulfill this calendar year's reporting requirement.
Referred to committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Administration
Madison
December, 1998
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Attached is the Department of Administration's annual report to the Council on Small Business, Veteran-owned and Minority Business Opportunities as required by s.
16.75(4)(a)5, Wis. Stats.
The report evaluates the performance of Wisconsin's small businesses in submitting bids or proposals to the state and identifies the department's initiatives to encourage small, veteran-owned and minority businesses to participate in the state's purchasing program.
The report shows that the dollars the state spends with Wisconsin small businesses continues to increase.
* The dollars awarded to Wisconsin small businesses increased to $325,322,893 up $2,080,584 (.6%) from 1996-97.
* The number of purchase orders placed decreased to 74,650 down 17,098 (18.6%) from 1996-97.
* The percent of dollars awarded to Wisconsin small businesses, of all state awards, decreased slightly to 39.9% from 40.8% for 1996-97.
