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  Because this opinion may have a bearing on legislative action on AB 517, I am sharing it with the bill’s authors and Assembly leadership for their information.

            Sincerely,

            J.B. Van Hollen

            Attorney General

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c:   The Honorable Stephen Nass

  The Honorable Scott Suder

  The Honorable Gary Tauchen

  The Honorable John Nygren

  The Honorable Garey Bies

  The Honorable Robin Vos

  The Honorable Eugene Hahn

  The Honorable Carol Owens

  The Honorable Daniel LeMahieu

  The Honorable Jeffrey Mursau

  The Honorable Don Pridemore

  The Honorable Alvin Ott

  The Honorable Suzanne Jeskewitz

  The Honorable Sheryl Albers

  The Honorable Michael Huebsch

  The Honorable James Kreuser

1

  This Informational Paper is available on the Legislative Fiscal Bureau’s website, http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lfb/Informationalpapers/28.pdf (last accessed, December 20, 2007).

2

  District ethnicity data is from DPI’s website, http://dpi.wi.gov/lbstat/pubdata2.html, and in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for Public Enrollment by District by Ethnicity, http://dpi.wi.gov.lbstat.xls/pede07.xls (last accessed, December 20, 2007). As of the third Friday in September 2007, the date on which enrollments must be reported to DPI, 4.5% of MPS students were of Asian or Pacific Island origin, 57.5% were non-Hispanic black, 21% were Hispanic, 0.8% were Native American or Alaskan Native, and 16% were white. Id., row 225 (MPS).

3

  MPS’s Suburban School Opportunities for the 2007-08 school year is available on the  MPS website, http://www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/supt/portal/220-07.pdf (last accessed, December 20, 2007).