State Legislative Update

UW Task Force Meeting

The Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 9.  A number of UW System students, faculty, and academic and classified staff testified at the meeting. An in-depth discussion on institutional governing and advisory boards, articulation and credit transfer, and required reports followed in the afternoon.

UW System President Kevin Reilly along with UW System Vice President David Miller participated in the afternoon discussion, found in Part 2 of the video coverage below.

Watch full Wisconsin Eye video coverage of the meeting using the links below:
UW Task Force, May 9 (Part 1)  3 hr. 19 min.
UW Task Force, May 9 (Part 2)  2 hr. 17 min.

Announcing the 2012 ESEA Wisconsin Improving Teacher Quality (WITQ) Higher Education Grant Competition

The Request for Proposals and Application Guidelines are now available online at - http://www.uwsa.edu/acss/esea/

Proposal Deadlines:
August 17, 2012 - Intent to submit proposal email
September 2, 2011 - Final proposals submitted via email by 4:30 PM

This is a competitive grants program for increasing student achievement in the arts, civics and government, economics, English, foreign languages, geography, history, mathematics, reading or language arts, and science, by improving the teaching and principal quality at the PreK-12 level in Wisconsin's public and private schools. The funds will provide grants to eligible partnerships. One year projects will begin in March 2013 and end July 31, 2014.

A 2012 priority for WITQ is for projects that propose to help PreK-12 teachers understand and implement the Common Core Standards that have been adopted by Wisconsin.

The funds for this program are part of a large block grant from the U.S. Department of Education which is awarded to each state. 2.5% of the Wisconsin block grant is made to the Wisconsin Agency for Higher Education (University of Wisconsin System) to make competitive subgrants.

For additional information contact Phil Makurat. E-mail makuratp@mail.uww.edu

Phil Makurat
Higher Education Grants Coordinator
Wisconsin ESEA Improving Teacher Quality Program
UW-System Administration
262-215-4616 Cell
www.uwsa.edu/acss/esea/

Announcing the 2012 ESEA Wisconsin Improving Teacher Quality (WITQ) Higher Education Grant Competition

The Request for Proposals and Application Guidelines are now available online at - http://www.uwsa.edu/acss/esea/

Proposal Deadlines:
August 17, 2012 - Intent to submit proposal email
September 2, 2011 - Final proposals submitted via email by 4:30 PM

This is a competitive grants program for increasing student achievement in the arts, civics and government, economics, English, foreign languages, geography, history, mathematics, reading or language arts, and science, by improving the teaching and principal quality at the PreK-12 level in Wisconsin's public and private schools. The funds will provide grants to eligible partnerships. One year projects will begin in March 2013 and end July 31, 2014.

A 2012 priority for WITQ is for projects that propose to help PreK-12 teachers understand and implement the Common Core Standards that have been adopted by Wisconsin.

The funds for this program are part of a large block grant from the U.S. Department of Education which is awarded to each state. 2.5% of the Wisconsin block grant is made to the Wisconsin Agency for Higher Education (University of Wisconsin System) to make competitive subgrants.

For additional information contact Phil Makurat. E-mail makuratp@mail.uww.edu

Phil Makurat
Higher Education Grants Coordinator
Wisconsin ESEA Improving Teacher Quality Program
UW-System Administration
262-215-4616 Cell
www.uwsa.edu/acss/esea/

State Legislative Update

UW Task Force

The Special Task Force on UW Restructuring and Operational Flexibilities will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, May 9. Students, faculty, and representatives for academic staff and classified staff from various UW System campuses will provide testimony and recommendations to members of the Task Force. A question and answer session will follow. In the afternoon, there will be discussion on a number of topics including Institutional Advisory and Governing Boards. View the agenda and supplemental materials for Wednesday's meeting.

Another Legislator Announces Retirement

Representative Louis Molepske (D-Stevens Point) has announced that he will be retiring from the State Assembly at the conclusion of his term in January. He joins a number of other legislators who have recently announced retirement from state office. Rep. Molepske currently serves on the Assembly Colleges and Universities Committee.