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Special Committee on Affirmative Action

Chair: Sen. Glenn Grothman
Legislative Council Staff: Scott Grosz and Mary Matthias
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The Special Committee is directed to review state and local government affirmative action policies, including policies in student admission to the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Technical College System and state contracting and hiring, to determine:  (a) whether those policies are uniform in content and administration throughout state and local government; (b) the effect of those policies on the public, and (c) whether these policies are cost-effective.

Report to the Legislature
Recommendations to the Joint Legislative Council (June 12, 2007)
  • Results of the JLC Meeting
  • Proposed Report to the Legislature 2007-19, Special Committee on Affirmative Action (June 5, 2007)
Additional (Revised) Materials for the June 4, 2007 Meeting
  • Memo No. 1, Summary of Additional Material in WLC: 0110/2, WLC: 0112/2, and WLC: 0116/2 (June 1, 2007)
  • WLC: 0110/2, relating to certification of businesses, financial advisers, and investment firms as minority businesses, minority financial advisers, and minority investment firms
  • WLC: 0112/2, relating to affirmative action practices in state and local government contracting and state and local government hiring, and the consideration of race or ethnicity in the University of Wisconsin System and by the higher educational aids board
  • WLC: 0116/2, relating to affirmative action practices in state and local government contracting and state and local government hiring, and the consideration of race or ethnicity in the University of Wisconsin System and by the higher educational aids board
  • WLC: 0121/1, relating to creating minority business outreach requirements
  • WLC: 0122/1, relating to creating minority business subcontracting requirements applicable to the department of administration
June 4, 2007 Meeting
  • WLC: 0110/1, relating to certification of businesses, financial advisers, and investment firms as minority businesses, minority financial advisers, and minority investment firms
  • WLC: 0112/1, relating to affirmative action practices in state contracting and state hiring, and the consideration of race or ethnicity in the University of Wisconsin System and by the higher educational aids board
  • WLC: 0111/1, relating to the consideration of race or ethnicity in the University of Wisconsin System and by the higher educational aids board
  • WLC: 0114/1, relating to qualifications of students admitted to the University of Wisconsin system for purposes of student body diversity
  • WLC: 0118/1, relating to University of Wisconsin admission policies
  • WLC: 0115/1, relating to information on state contracts with minority businesses
  • WLC: 0116/1, relating to affirmative action practices in state contracting and state hiring, and the consideration of race or ethnicity in the University of Wisconsin System and by the higher educational aids board
  • WLC: 0109/1, relating to affirmative action requirements applicable to state contracting
  • WLC: 0117/1, relating to discrimination by the state or its political subdivisions (first consideration)
  • Proposal No. 1, Submitted by Public Member Robert Gregg
  • Proposal No. 4, Submitted by Public Member Robert Gregg
  • Letter from Public Member Robert Gregg to the Special Committee
  •  State of Wisconsin Minority Business Report, Fiscal Year 2006 Annual Report
  • Memorandum from Senator Glenn Grothman to Members of the Special Committee
  • Letter from Frank Wu, Wayne State University Law School
May 4, 2007 Meeting
  • Chart, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Summer/Fall 2006 New Freshmen Targeted Minority Admits and Non-Admits
  • Chart, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Summer/Fall 2006 New Freshmen Female Admits and Non-Admits
  • Chart, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Summer/Fall 2006 New Freshmen Male Admits and Non-Admits
  • Packet of letters from the business community to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin System relating to diversity policy:
  • Memorandum, State Agency Positions Related to Affirmative Action, from Bob Lang, Director, Legislative Fiscal Bureau (April 30, 2007)
January 11, 2007 Meeting
  • Handout, submitted by Hanna Buck, ASM, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Testimony, submitted by Maria Monteagudo, Employee Relations Director, City of Milwaukee
  • Suggestions, by Public Member Vicki Washington
  • Handout, The Relationship between Academic Preparation Indicators and First-Year GPA at UW-Madison
  • Handout, Freshman Admission Expectations (2007-08)
  • Chart, University of Wisconsin-Madison Fall 2006 New Freshmen Non-Minority Admits and Minority Admits
  • Chart, University of Wisconsin-Madison Fall 2006 New Freshmen Non-Minority Non-Admits and Minority Admits
  • 350-203 Diversity, Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
December 19, 2006 Meeting
  • Handout, submitted by Matt Nelson and Carlo Albano
  • Handout, submitted by the Teaching Assistant's Association (TAA) Diversity Committee
  • Handout, submitted by Azliza  Asri, Multicultural & Diversity Issues Director, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
  • Handout, submitted by Jennifer Knox, Board Member, United States Student Association; Alex Buchner and Hannah Buck, ASM Diversity Committee Members
  • Testimony, submitted by Mayor David J. Cieslewicz
  • PowerPoint, presented by Lucia Nunez, Director, Department of Civil Rights, City of Madison
    • Handout, submitted by Lucia Nunez, Director, Department of Civil Rights, City of Madison
    • Handout, submitted by Lucia Nunez, Director, Department of Civil Rights, City of Madison
    • Handout, Small Business Profile:  Wisconsin
  • Remarks, submitted by Police Officer Jamar Gary, City of Madison
  • Letter, John Kubica, President United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers (December 21, 2006)
  • Memorandum, from James Greer, Coordinator, Madison Area Joint Apprenticeship Committee (December 20, 2006)
  • Letter, from John A. Scocos, Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs (October 12, 2006)
October 4, 2006 Meeting
  • Presentation, by Demetri Fisher, Administrator, Division of Affirmative Action, Office of State Employment Relations
  • Presentation, by Michele Carter-Rutledge, Program Manager, Department of Transportation
    • Handout, Fact Sheets on Highway Provisions
    • Table, WisDOT AA-EEO Programs Listing