The Badger Herald (Wisconsin)
By Pam SelmanThursday, November 3, 2011 12:12 a.m.
Updated Thursday, November 3, 2011 2:28:31 a.m.
Democrats in the state Assembly managed to temporarily stall a vote on a controversial surprise amendment on affirmative action brought into Tuesday night’s floor meeting, which flowed into the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The original bill provides grants to students who are in poverty and are non-traditional. For a student to qualify as non-traditional, he or she must either be in prison, a first generation college attendee or black, Indian, Hispanic or Hmong.
The amendment, introduced by Rep. Peggy Krusick, D-Milwaukee, proposes eliminating race as a factor in college grant applications that consider minority status as a qualification.
Full Story: http://badgerherald.com/news/2011/11/03/affirmative_action_l.php
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Monday, September 22, 2008
NAACP files OFCCP complaint against SEWRPC
JS Online
By TOM HELD
theld@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Sept. 20, 2008
A complaint filed against the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission accuses the agency of failing to follow federal affirmative action rules and threatens to bar the agency from receiving millions of dollars in federal contracts.
The Milwaukee Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed its complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor and asked for an investigation into hiring practices at the agency and enforcement of rules covering recruitment, hiring and accommodation of minorities.
The complaint was drafted by lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union in Milwaukee, which targeted SEWRPC last month for allegedly violating civil rights rules in recommending development of an interchange to serve the Pabst Farms development off I-94 in Oconomowoc.
Both complaints build off charges that the region’s primary planning agency favors suburban interests and ignores the transportation needs of minorities and low-income residents in Milwaukee.
SEWRPC officials have countered that its regional plans recommend significant expansion of public transit, and that the burden for putting in more rail and bus service rests with the state and local governments. [To read the entire story, go to: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=797173 ]
By TOM HELD
theld@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Sept. 20, 2008
A complaint filed against the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission accuses the agency of failing to follow federal affirmative action rules and threatens to bar the agency from receiving millions of dollars in federal contracts.
The Milwaukee Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People filed its complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor and asked for an investigation into hiring practices at the agency and enforcement of rules covering recruitment, hiring and accommodation of minorities.
The complaint was drafted by lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union in Milwaukee, which targeted SEWRPC last month for allegedly violating civil rights rules in recommending development of an interchange to serve the Pabst Farms development off I-94 in Oconomowoc.
Both complaints build off charges that the region’s primary planning agency favors suburban interests and ignores the transportation needs of minorities and low-income residents in Milwaukee.
SEWRPC officials have countered that its regional plans recommend significant expansion of public transit, and that the burden for putting in more rail and bus service rests with the state and local governments. [To read the entire story, go to: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=797173 ]
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Legislator: Ban affirmative action (Wisconsin)
The Badger Herald
by Beth Mueller
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
A state lawmaker said Monday he will aim to ban the practice of considering race for hiring or admissions.
Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, plans to introduce legislation that would lead to a constitutional amendment banning affirmative action in Wisconsin.
“As time goes on, it becomes more and more apparent that the forces of affirmative action are trying to expand the role of preferences in Wisconsin,” Grothman said. “It is time to go back the other way.”
Grothman cited one state agency he is involved with that requires law firms to list the number of “so-called minorities” they employ before considering doing business with them.
“I think [affirmative action] is incredibly divisive and will eventually destroy this country,” Grothman said. “We cannot keep telling people to view themselves as members of an ethnic group; they have to be Americans first.”
The issue of affirmative action was debated at length in the Legislature last session in a special committee.
Rep. Tamara Grigsby, D-Milwaukee, worked with Grothman then and said the two could not disagree more on the issue.
“I’ve tried to make it very clear that I’m vehemently against a constitutional amendment or any other proposal that would limit affirmative action,” Grigsby said.
Grigsby added she does not think such a proposal would make much progress in the Democratic state Senate. [To read the entire article, go to: http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/02/05/legislator_ban_affir.php]
by Beth Mueller
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
A state lawmaker said Monday he will aim to ban the practice of considering race for hiring or admissions.
Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, plans to introduce legislation that would lead to a constitutional amendment banning affirmative action in Wisconsin.
“As time goes on, it becomes more and more apparent that the forces of affirmative action are trying to expand the role of preferences in Wisconsin,” Grothman said. “It is time to go back the other way.”
Grothman cited one state agency he is involved with that requires law firms to list the number of “so-called minorities” they employ before considering doing business with them.
“I think [affirmative action] is incredibly divisive and will eventually destroy this country,” Grothman said. “We cannot keep telling people to view themselves as members of an ethnic group; they have to be Americans first.”
The issue of affirmative action was debated at length in the Legislature last session in a special committee.
Rep. Tamara Grigsby, D-Milwaukee, worked with Grothman then and said the two could not disagree more on the issue.
“I’ve tried to make it very clear that I’m vehemently against a constitutional amendment or any other proposal that would limit affirmative action,” Grigsby said.
Grigsby added she does not think such a proposal would make much progress in the Democratic state Senate. [To read the entire article, go to: http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/02/05/legislator_ban_affir.php]
Monday, July 30, 2007
State Official Upholds Race-Conscious Admissions at U. of Wisconsin
July 27, 2007
The Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog
State Official Upholds Race-Conscious Admissions at U. of Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s attorney general has issued an informal legal opinion to state legislators concluding that a race-conscious freshman-admissions policy adopted by the University of Wisconsin’s Board of Regents for the entire university system does not conflict with a state law intended to prevent the system’s campuses from engaging in discrimination.
Soon after the board adopted the policy, in February, 15 state representatives and four state senators sent Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen a letter challenging the legality of the policy, which calls for system campuses to consider race and ethnicity as part of a comprehensive review of applicants. Specifically, their letter alleged that the new policy conflicted with a 1973 law prohibiting the system from making admissions decisions using “sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin of U.S. citizens, or sex.”
[For the entire story, go to: http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=2757?=atnb&commented=0#txpCommentInputForm ]
The Chronicle of Higher Education News Blog
State Official Upholds Race-Conscious Admissions at U. of Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s attorney general has issued an informal legal opinion to state legislators concluding that a race-conscious freshman-admissions policy adopted by the University of Wisconsin’s Board of Regents for the entire university system does not conflict with a state law intended to prevent the system’s campuses from engaging in discrimination.
Soon after the board adopted the policy, in February, 15 state representatives and four state senators sent Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen a letter challenging the legality of the policy, which calls for system campuses to consider race and ethnicity as part of a comprehensive review of applicants. Specifically, their letter alleged that the new policy conflicted with a 1973 law prohibiting the system from making admissions decisions using “sectarian or partisan tests or any tests based upon race, religion, national origin of U.S. citizens, or sex.”
[For the entire story, go to: http://chronicle.com/news/index.php?id=2757?=atnb&commented=0#txpCommentInputForm ]
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