Assembly Bill 55130February 25, 2000
Sincerely,
Douglas La Follette
Secretary of State
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State of Wisconsin
Joint Legislative Council
Madison
February 29, 2000
Mr. Charles R. Sanders
Assembly Chief Clerk
1 East Main Street, Suite 402
Madison, WI 53702
Dear Charles:
I am pleased to transmit to you the following report to the 1999 Legislature on legislation introduced by the Joint Legislative Council:
RL 99-18 Legislation on Economic Development
(1999 Senate Bills 393 and 394)
I would appreciate your including this letter in the Journal for the information of the membership. Additional copies of this report are available at the Legislative Council Staff offices, One East Main, Suite 401, or from our web page at
www.legis.state.wi.us/lc/jlc99recs.htm.
Sincerely,
Laura D. Rose
Interim Director
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
February 28, 2000
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
The biennial budget bill,
1983 Wisconsin Act 27, created s.
46.275, Community Integration Program (CIP) for Residents of State Centers. The intent of this program "is to relocate persons from the state centers for the developmentally disabled into appropriate community settings with the assistance of home and community-based services and with continuity of care. The intent of the program is also to minimize its impact on state employees through redeployment of employees into vacant positions." S.
46.275(5m) requires the Department to submit a report to the Joint Committee on Finance and to the Chief Clerk of each house of the Legislature describing the program's impact during the preceding calendar year on state employees, including the Department's efforts to redeploy employees into vacant positions and the number of employees laid off.
For the period of January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999, there were 59 placements of center residents into the community. For fiscal year 1999, reductions of $3,569,650 and 82.63 FTE were made in the budget for the purpose of CIP placements. For the period July 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999, sufficient reductions will be made in the fiscal year 2000 operating budget to reflect reductions for CIP placements. Reductions of positions and dollars have been made for calendar year 1999 with no employees being laid off during the year. Only six layoffs have occurred at the centers due to the CIP program since the program began in 1983. All other reductions have been absorbed through attrition of employees.
Sincerely,
Joe Leean
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health.
State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Madison
February 28, 2000
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed is a copy of "The 1998-99 Full-Time Inter-District Public School Open Enrollment Program: A Report to the Governor and the Legislature." This report is required by sec. 118.51(15)(c), Wis. Stats. The report has been submitted to the chief clerks of each house of the legislature as required by sec. 13.172(3), Wis. Stats.
Sec. 118.51(15)(c), Wis. Stats., requires the Department of Public Instruction to:
Annually submit a report to the governor, and to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s.
13.172 (3), on the number of pupils who applied to attend public school in a nonresident school district under this section [the full-time inter-district public school open enrollment program], the number of applications denied and the bases for the denials, and the number of pupils attending public school in a nonresident school district under this section.
This report provides more than the basic information required by the statute, including appendices with district-by-district lists of applications to transfer in and out of the district, the number of students who transferred, and the amount of the state aid adjustment for regular education students who transferred under the program.
We hope that this report provides useful information to the legislature.
Sincerely,
John T. Benson
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction
Madison
March 1, 2000
To the Honorable, the Assembly:
Wisconsin school laws include the following provision in s.
115.45 (6)(b) and
(c), Wis. Stats.:
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.
All Preschool-to-Grade-5 (P-5) evaluation reports for 1998-99 are contained herein as well as a report on the academic progress for all schools funded by the P-5 program. If you have any questions, please contact my office or Sandra Dercole in the DPI Office of Urban Education (414-227-4942).
Sincerely,
John T. Benson
State Superintendent
Referred to committee on Education.
