Noes, 0 - None.
Carter
, Lorraine,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the Wisconsin Technical College System Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2009.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Harsdorf, Kedzie, Kapanke, Breske and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
Clifford, Linda,
of Madison, as a member of the State Historical Society Board of Curators, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2006.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Harsdorf, Kedzie, Kapanke, Breske and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
Crane
, Sue,
of Burlington, as a member of the State Fair Park Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Harsdorf, Kedzie, Kapanke, Breske and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
Ferrall, Victor E.,
of Orfordville, as a member of the State Historical Society Board of Curators, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2005.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Harsdorf, Kedzie, Kapanke, Breske and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
Gale
, Rick,
of West Allis, as a member of the State Fair Park Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2009.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Harsdorf, Kedzie, Kapanke, Breske and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
Joyner
, Bennie,
of Milwaukee, as a member of the State Fair Park Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2009.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Harsdorf, Kedzie, Kapanke, Breske and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
McPike
, Milton,
of Mazomanie, as a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2011.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Harsdorf, Kedzie, Kapanke, Breske and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
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Wegenke, Rolf,
of Madison, as a member of the Educational Communications Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2007.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Harsdorf, Kedzie, Kapanke, Breske and Plale.
Noes, 0 - None.
Sheila Harsdorf
Chairperson
The committee on Housing and Financial Institutions reports and recommends:
Bablitch, Steve,
of Whitefish Bay, as a member of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2005.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Stepp, Harsdorf, Brown, Reynolds, Plale, Lassa and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Geertsen, David M.,
of Racine, as a member of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2005.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Stepp, Harsdorf, Brown, Reynolds, Plale, Lassa and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Greco
, Lisa M.,
of Brookfield, as a member of the Credit Union Review Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2007.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Stepp, Harsdorf, Brown, Reynolds, Plale, Lassa and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Lins
, Debra R.,
of Prairie du Sac, as a member of the Banking Review Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2009.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Stepp, Harsdorf, Brown, Reynolds, Plale, Lassa and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Olson
, James,
of Appleton, as a member of the Savings Institutions Review Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2009.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Stepp, Harsdorf, Brown, Reynolds, Plale, Lassa and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 83
Relating to: technical changes to the tax incremental financing law.
Passage.
Ayes, 7 - Senators
Stepp, Harsdorf, Brown, Reynolds, Plale, Lassa and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Cathy Stepp
Chairperson
The committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 55
Relating to: limits on the designation of enterprise development zones.
Passage.
Ayes, 4 - Senators
Kanavas, Zien, Lassa and Decker.
Noes, 1 - Senator
Reynolds.
Ted Kanavas
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
March 3, 2005
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46(2)(c), I am writing to direct that Assembly Bill 4 be withdrawn from the committee on
Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs and rereferred to the committee on
Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
I have obtained the consent of the appropriate chairperson.
Sincerely,
ALAN LASEE
Senate President
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Audit Bureau
March 4, 2005
The Honorable, The Legislature:
As required by s.
118.153(6), Wis. Stats., we have completed an evaluation of the Children At Risk program, which is administered by the Department of Public Instruction. The program is intended to increase the number of students earning high school diplomas by improving services to those at risk of failing in or dropping out of school. It was created in 1985, and it has been appropriated $3.5 million in general purpose revenue annually since fiscal year 1990-91.
The program was last modified by
1999 Wisconsin Act 123 in response to recommendations from the Joint Legislative Council Special Committee on Children At Risk. Since these changes were implemented, the number of participating school districts has increased from 13 to 21. In the 2003-04 academic year, these 21 districts identified 29,669 students as being at risk of not graduating from high school.
We found that districts have not fully complied with requirements to allocate funding to specific programs and have not collected data linking students who meet performance objectives to specific district programs. Therefore, we cannot isolate the effect Children At Risk funding has had on at-risk students. Graduation and dropout rates improved in participating districts, but when we analyzed district-wide at-risk student performance, we found that the number of students in participating school districts who met at least three statutory performance objectives-such as remaining in school, having an attendance rate of at least 70 percent, and demonstrating reading and math gains-decreased from 46.8 percent in 1999-2000 to 40.2 percent in 2003-04.
We appreciate the courtesy and cooperation extended to us by Department of Public Instruction staff and participating school districts. The agency's response follows the appendices.
Sincerely,
