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Assembly Bill 535
1. Page 2, line 7: delete "subdivision" and substitute "paragraph".
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Speaker's Communications
February 17, 2012
Representative Don Pridemore
Room 318 North, State Capitol
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, Wisconsin 53708
Dear Representative Pridemore:
Pursuant to Assembly Rule
42 (3)(c), with your approval I am withdrawing Assembly Bill 271 from the Children and Families committee and referring the bill to the Health committee.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jeff Fitzgerald
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
February 17, 2012
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please remove my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 570, relating to investment activities in Iran, state procurement and construction contracts, and providing penalties.
Sincerely,
Daniel LeMahieu
State Representative
59th Assembly District
February 17, 2012
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add Senator Frank Lasee as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 571, relating to regulating certain service contracts and granting rule-making authority. Senator Lasee will be the lead author for the Senate companion of this bill.
Sincerely,
John Nygren
State Representative
89th Assembly District
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February 17, 2012
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Unfortunately, I was unable to attend yesterday's session of the State Assembly. I would like to submit the votes I would have cast on the motions below for inclusion in the Assembly Journal.
In favor of suspension of the rules to withdraw Assembly Resolution 14
In favor of suspension of the rules to withdraw Assembly Joint Resolution 52
In favor of suspension of the rules to withdraw Assembly Bill 90
Against tabling of Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 450
In favor of passage of Assembly Bill 450
In favor of suspension of the rules to withdraw Senate Bill 174
In favor of passage of Assembly Bill 377
Against suspension of the rules for 3rd reading of Senate Bill 202
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Best wishes,
John Steinbrink
State Representative
65th Assembly District
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February 17, 2012
Patrick Fuller
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Fuller:
Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 572, relating to tax credit programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
Sincerely,
Joseph Leibham
State Senator
9th Senate District
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
February 15, 2012
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Medical College of Wisconsin respectfully submits a revised 2009-2011 Biennial Student Enrollment Report. This report should replace the 2009-2011 Biennial Student Enrollment Report submitted on October 19, 2011.
Prepared according to the statutory requirement under section 13.106, this report covers the period ending June 30, 2011.
In November 2011, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau brought to our attention a precipitous decline in the number of Wisconsin resident students who have been accepted to MCW since 2005 and requested an explanation of this trend. Though the Medical College had recognized this decline as an inevitable result of reduced capitation, we appreciated attention placed on a particularly sharp decline in the 2010 census reporting numbers. Therefore, when preparing our response to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, we conducted a comprehensive internal examination of admission data, reports and processes.
Through a coordinated approach with our Office of Internal Audit, with leadership from our Office of Academic Affairs, the audit did find some discrepancies between the data we provided in the October Biennial Student Enrollment Report. On December 1, we notified the Legislative Fiscal Bureau of this examination and pending revised report.
The revised final report is now enclosed and submitted for record with the following changes:
2009-2010 Reporting - Reasons for change to Page 4
• Reported Native Hawaiian in the Native American group versus the Pacific Islander group
• Typo (extra digit) in the Pacific Islander Table
• Report for calculating Total Applicants was miscalculated by one - Corporate IT rectifying data
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2010-2011 Reporting - Reasons for change to Page 5
• Reported Native Hawaiian in the Native American group versus the Pacific Islander group
• Report for calculating Total Applicants was miscalculated by one
• Residents Active group: one foreign student was double counted
• Accepted In-State totals: initial report missed some groups in the original count; manual tracking and system generated reports have been reconciled and revised count of 140 has been verified and approved by Director of Admissions. Revised process includes a reconciliation step between the report produced from the system and the manual reporting procedures.
The Medical College is committed to encourage and incentivize Wisconsin students to stay in Wisconsin for their medical training. Significant process improvements are being implemented to ensure accuracy for future reporting, and the Medical College is embarking on new models of community medical education expansion that will, we believe, be an innovative and exciting opportunity for Wisconsin medical students.
Thank you for your attention to this revised report and please do contact me if additional information or explanation is required.
Sincere regards,
