Stateline

Vol. 28, No. 8 • September 2019

MidwestTHE MIDWESTERN OFFICE OF THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS

INSIDE CSG Midwest Issue Briefs 2-3 No shortage of ideas • Health & Human Services: Illinois requires coverage for postpartum depression • Midwest-Canada Relations: Minnesota, In recent years, states have adopted many new policies to Manitoba offer students tuition reciprocity • Agriculture & Natural Resources: Minnesota, attract new teachers — and keep them in the classroom Wisconsin seek help for struggling dairy farmers • Great Lakes: Record-high water levels by Tim Anderson ([email protected]) challenging communities across basin s a library media specialist in a Taken together, the list of recent ac- Around the Region 4 Minnesota middle school, Rep. tions in the Midwest (see page 7 for the For Midwest states, new challenges may come % change in number of people Mary Kunesh-Podein comes across full state-by-state rundown) reflects the with new plans to ship spent nuclear fuel A completing teacher preparation potential teachers all the time. It’s the kind of comprehensive approach needed programs in state: MLC Chair’s Initiative 5 students themselves. to address teacher shortages over the long 2016-’17 vs. 2014-’15 Saskatchewan’s ‘Day in the Legislative Assembly’ “At our school, students are often term, says Ryan Saunders, a policy adviser builds knowledge of provincial government mentoring other students, and we are at the Learning Policy Institute. flabbergasted at what we see,” she says. “Pay alone isn’t going to get you all the -5.4% Question of the Month 5 “They have the patience. They have the way there,” he says, and neither is simply -9.8% How have states in the Midwest sought understanding. They connect well with increasing the supply of licensed teachers. +8.5% -18.9% -27.3% to address the problem of wage theft? that other student. “It’s also about how we keep the -1.8% -12.8% “And we think, ‘This kid would make teachers we have — how to prevent the -17.0% -9.9% -12.7% Profile 8 such a great teacher.’ ” revolving door we see now because of high -3.4% South Dakota Senate Majority Leader Kris Langer As a legislator, Rep. Kunesh-Podein attrition rates,” Saunders adds. also thinks about this: What state policies Annual teacher attrition across the Source: U.S. Department of Education FirstPerson 9 could expose more of these young people country is about 8 percent, according Iowa Rep. Joel Fry on his state’s creation of a new to the profession, and get them on a path to the institute, and two-thirds of these mental health system for children to becoming a teacher? individuals leave the profession for CSG News & Events 10 One idea, part of a legislative proposal reasons other than retirement. Among In ation-adjusted change in in Minnesota this year (HF 824/SF 1012), new teachers, an October 2018 national teacher pay: 1999-’00 to The Midwestern Legislative Conference’s newest officer is Kansas Sen. Carolyn McGinn is to bring college-level, credit-bearing study by the University of Pennsylvania 2017-’18 Introduction to Education classes into the found, 44 percent leave within five years. BILLD News 11 state’s high schools; another is to identify +24.3% Bipartisan group of 36 legislators from Midwest and eliminate barriers (financial or other- Leadership opportunities, pay -1.0% completes five-day leadership program wise) that stand in the way of lower-income +12.5% -7.3% grow for teachers in Iowa -12.8% individuals getting certified to teach. +8.6% In an August 2018 report of the Learning +9.8% Capitol Clips 12 Attracting more teachers, as well as -4.5% Policy Institute, Saunders and his co-authors -3.5% -10.6% • Kansas, Missouri end tax-incentive ‘border war’ retaining them, has been on the minds of highlight strategies at the leading edge of • Minnesota limits cell-phone use by drivers many state policymakers in the Midwest, -1.7% • Ohio invests in school-based mental health as evidenced by the burst of new legisla- efforts to strengthen the educator workforce. • Wisconsin, Ohio cut income-tax rates tive proposals, laws and investments over One of the states singled out multiple Source: National Center for Education Statistics, “Digest of Education Statistics” the past few years. A few examples: times: Iowa. Since passage of a law in 2001, that state has required (and helped) • Iowa is now spending $160 million Stateline Midwest is published 11 times a year annually on what it says is the most exten- PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 6 by the Midwestern Office of sive teacher leadership and compensation The Council of State Governments. system in the country. Annual subscription rate: $60. • Kansas and Minnesota are providing Loan forgiveness, higher To order, call 630.925.1922. help for school paraprofessionals inter- pay, incentives to teach ested in pursuing teacher certifications. CSG Midwestern Office Staff in high-need geographic Michael H. McCabe, Director • South Dakota recently raised its or subject areas, stronger Tim Anderson, Publications Manager state sales tax for the purpose of boosting induction programs and Mitch Arvidson, Policy Analyst teacher pay, and in Illinois, lawmakers compensated career ladders Cindy Calo Andrews, Assistant Director this year set a minimum annual salary for Jon Davis, Assistant Editor/Policy Analyst are among the strategies Ilene K. Grossman, Assistant Director teachers (it gradually reaches $40,000 by being used by legislatures Lisa R. Janairo, Program Director the 2023-24 school year). in the Midwest to address Laura Kliewer, Senior Policy Analyst • In Indiana, legislators passed bills states’ shortages of teachers. Laura A. Tomaka, Senior Program Manager Kathy Treland, Administrative Coordinator and Meeting Planner this year that provide for new teacher- residency programs and career ladders for instructors in select school districts. CSG MIDWEST ISSUE BRIEFS

Issue Briefs cover topics of interest to the various groups and policy committees of CSG Midwest, which provides staff support to the Midwestern Legislative Conference, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus, Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission and Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee. Health & Human Services

Illinois requires health insurance director of Postpartum Support International, a 33-year-old organization working to increase policies to cover maternal mental public and professional awareness of postpartum health, postpartum depression depression. ealth insurance policies in Illinois must N/A* Illinois is also the only state where postpar- tum depression is a reason to review criminal cover maternal mental health issues, includ- 9.0% convictions. Hing postpartum depression, under a new law N/A* 9.9% signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in August. 14.1% “Illinois really just leads the way in [address- ing] postpartum mental disorders,” Davis says. While Illinois’ existing health insurance law 8.8% 11.9% talks about mental health coverage, it “didn’t specify 16.1% Other Midwestern states, though, have taken steps 9.4% N/A* clearly enough for me” that pregnancy-related issues in recent years to address maternal mental health: and postpartum depression should be included, says N/A* • Indiana screens mothers in its Maternal, Rep. Mary Flowers, who sponsored HB 2438. Infant, & Early Childhood Home Visiting Program. Flowers says the legislation came about due to • Iowa’s Bureau of Family Health maintains * Data was not available because the Pregnancy Risk Assessment a newspaper story about a new father who, after Monitoring System requires a threshold response rate to release maternal health services including postpartum his wife had given birth, noticed she was acting state-level data. That threshold was not met in Indiana, Kansas, assessments of babies and mothers, either in clin- strangely; when a doctor told him to wait for an North Dakota and South Dakota. ics or at home, and the state’s Perinatal Depression examination until her next scheduled checkup, Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Project has also drawn applause from Postpartum Monitoring System he didn’t wait, but put her in a mental health Support International. facility — an act that saved her life. • Minnesota requires hospitals to give all moth- Flowers says her bill drew language from a 2018 (A related Flowers-sponsored bill signed into ers information about postpartum depression and California law (AB 2193) that requires private and law in August, HB 2895, requires the Illinois anxiety. The final report of the Governor’s Task public health plans and health insurers to create Department of Public Health to provide continu- Force on Mental Health, issued in November 2016, maternal mental health programs. It also requires ing education for staff working with pregnant or recommended that the state increase options for obstetric providers to confirm that screening for postpartum women, starting next year.) postpartum mental health treatment or consider maternal depression has occurred or to screen “There is a huge gap in care for perinatal creating inpatient mother-baby postpartum units women directly, at least once during pregnancy mental illness, and having a law like this makes as in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, or the postpartum period. a big difference,” says Wendy Davis, executive Belgium and the United Kingdom.

Brief written by Jon Davis, CSG Midwest staff liaison to the Midwestern Legislative Conference Health & Human Services Committee. He can be reached at [email protected]. The committee’s co-chairs are Kansas Rep. Susan Concannon and Iowa Rep. Shannon Lundgren; its vice chair is Minnesota Rep. Jennifer Schultz. Midwest-Canada Relations

In Minnesota, tuition reciprocity to home, thus providing a better chance for them reaches across international, as Participation in Minnesota’s tuition to attend a “best-fit institution.” well as state, borders reciprocity programs Students in Minnesota paid an average tuition of just under $3,000 last year in Manitoba for an # of students f a Minnesota student wants to have the experi- Agreement participating arts and sciences degree, a substantial savings over ence of attending college in another country, the approximately $15,000 tuition at the University 13,504 from Minnesota; he or she doesn’t have to go far — and the cost Minnesota-Wisconsin I 8,296 from Wisconsin of Minnesota-Twin Cities. can be much less than the tuition paid at a public, As a smaller province in population, Manitoba 11,917 from Minnesota; in-state university. Minnesota-North Dakota is able to give its students the chance to take ad- That is because Minnesota has a tuition- 4,024 from North Dakota vantage of programs at nearby Minnesota schools reciprocity agreement with its northern neighbor, 3,439 from Minnesota; Minnesota-South Dakota that may not be available to them in the province. the Canadian province of Manitoba. 1,181 from South Dakota State and provincial officials say, too, that this Manitoba students take advantage of this 145 from Minnesota; Minnesota-Iowa* cross-border movement of students can enhance program as well, paying the same tuition as a 91 from Iowa Minnesota resident would to attend one of the economic, cultural and educational ties between 127 from Minnesota; state’s many public colleges or universities. Minnesota-Manitoba the two jurisdictions. 31 from Manitoba In place since 1989, the exchange program All of Minnesota’s reciprocity agreements date attracts a relatively small number of participants * The tuition reciprocity agreement between Iowa and Minnesota is back decades: Manitoba, 1989; South Dakota, limited to one community college on each side of the border. 1978; North Dakota, 1975; and Wisconsin, 1969. compared to Minnesota’s reciprocity agreements Source: Minnesota Office of Higher Education with the neighboring states of North Dakota, South The state also is part of the Midwest Student Dakota and Wisconsin (see table). Exchange Program. Run by the Midwestern Higher Under each of these agreements, Minnesota ex- Sandy Connolly, director of communications Education Compact, this program allows in-state periences a net outflow of students — for example, for the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, says students to attend select universities in nine other 127 left for a Manitoba school vs. 31 Manitobans the exchange program gives the state’s students states at a tuition rate equal to 150 percent of what who come to the state for school. more choices of schools that are relatively close in-state students pay.

Brief written by Ilene Grossman, CSG Midwest staff liaison to the Midwestern Legislative Conference Midwest-Canada Relations Committee. She can be reached at [email protected]. The committee’s co-chairs are Ohio Rep. Bob Cupp and Manitoba Minister Kelvin Goertzen; the co-vice chairs are Michigan Sen. Jim Stamas and Saskatchewan Speaker Mark Docherty.

2 STATELINE MIDWEST SEPTEMBER 2019 Agriculture & Natural Resources

New programs in Minnesota, during the state’s 2019 legislative session, Minnesota is appropriating $8 million for a Dairy Assistance, Wisconsin seek to help struggling dairy industry, farmers Investment and Relief Initiative. This program is targeted for small and medium-sized operations ick the indicator, and it points to troubling (those producing less than 16 million pounds of milk a year) enrolled in the federal Dairy Margin No change times for the Midwest’s dairy industry. (80) Wisconsin, which has led the nation in Coverage program. -7.2% P (2,980) State payments under the Minnesota initia- farm bankruptcies three straight years, lost 450 -4.4% -6.5% dairy farms in the first half of 2019 alone — on top tive are based on an operation’s amount of milk (215) (8,500) -13.1% (1,520) of the 590 that closed in 2018. In all of this region’s production in 2018. For example, if a dairy farmer -6.7% No change (1,120) major dairy-producing states, too, the number of produced 5 million pounds of milk, he or she is (155) -4.8% -7.6% -9.8% (2,200) licensed dairy herds is falling, by as much as 13 eligible for two payments of $2,500 each. (The (600) (965) percent in Michigan (see map). payment is 10 cents per cwt, up to the first 5 -3.5% (280) A worldwide surplus of milk, combined with million pounds of production.)

the impact of tariffs, has led to multiple years of In Wisconsin, over the next biennium, the state Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture unfavorable market conditions for dairy farmers: will put $8.8 million toward a Dairy Innovation Hub Farmgate prices dropped precipitously in 2014, in order “to hire faculty and fund the research infra- to below $17 cwt, and have remained down and structure necessary to grow the dairy industry,” says “Fresh thinking and innovative ideas from below the cost of production, $20 cwt. (Cwt is a Rep. Travis Tranel, a leading legislative proponent of the University of Wisconsin are what made us unit measurement equal to 100 pounds of milk). the idea. That research will be conducted at three of the Dairy State,” the report says. “Sustaining Can states help turn around, or at least stabi- the state’s university campuses. Wisconsin’s dairy industry requires a rededication lize, the situation for dairy farmers? The Dairy Innovation Hub was among 51 recom- to that history of innovation.” This year, legislators in two of the nation’s top mendations made in June by a state task force that met The task force (created by the University of dairy-producing states have sought ways to help, for nearly a year to explore ways to maintain a viable, Wisconsin and state Department of Agriculture, including putting new dollars into price supports profitable dairy industry in Wisconsin. Investing more Trade and Consumer Protection) also singles out (Minnesota) and research (Wisconsin). in research was one of six recommendations listed as the need for more state-funded research into new Through two separate budget bills passed a “very high” priority in the task force’s final report. and value-added dairy products.

Brief written by Carolyn Orr, staff liaison to the Midwestern Legislative Conference Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee. She can be reached at [email protected]. The committee’s co-chairs are Minnesota Rep. Paul Anderson and Illinois Rep. Norine Hammond; its vice chair is North Dakota Sen. Jim Dotzenrod.

Great Lakes Caucus hears options for dealing with shoreline erosion caused by High water marks: Mean water levels in Great Lakes for August 2019 near record-high lake levels Lake Mean water level (feet) Historical comparisons ith water levels in the Great Lakes surging to or above record high levels, coastal • tied record-high water level from August 1952 Superior 603.22 • 8 inches above water level from August 2018 communities along all five lakes are W • 13 inches above long-term monthly average for August scrambling to deal with erosion and flooding woes. During a September 6 web meeting, members of • 3 inches below record-high level from August 1986 the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus heard Michigan-Huron 581.76 • 15 inches above level from August 2018 from David Hart, assistant director for extension at the • 30 inches above long-term monthly average for August University of Wisconsin’s Sea Grant Institute, about the • 2 inches above previous record-high level from August 1986 impact of high water levels in the Great Lakes and what St. Clair 577.30 • 13 inches above level from August 2018 communities can do to mitigate its effects. • 31 inches above long-term monthly average for August Based on his work with a shoreline stabiliza- • 3 inches above previous record-high level from August 1986 tion effort in Milwaukee and Ozaukee counties in Erie 574.21 • 12 inches above level from August 2018 Wisconsin, Hart said myriad options have been • 30 inches above long-term monthly average for August developed, or are available for state and local officials • 2 inches below previous record-high level from August 1947 to use: Ontario 247.80 • 24 inches above level from August 2018 • Options for erosion control and bluff stability • 25 inches above long-term monthly average for August include relocation of buildings, “green” infrastructure Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District and mandating low-impact development on blufftops. • Options for bluff stability practices include blufftop stormwater management, bluff “dewatering,” • Options for nature-based shore protection He also singled out state legislation from 2018, use of vegetation and green infrastructure, regrading include incorporating vegetation into revetments and including Indiana’s SB 178, which requires companies and/or terracing. breakwaters, building artificial beaches, and beach removing sand for port and industrial water intake • Options for structural shore protection include sand replenishment. pipes to deposit that sand onto regional beaches building revetments (slopes built to absorb the energy Hart said policy coordination can help local rather than offshore; and Ohio’s HB 709, which lets of incoming water), sea walls, breakwaters, or groins governments manage erosion problems; they could homeowners on impacted coasts create a “special (structures that look like a small breakwater and coordinate land use ordinances or blufftop manage- improvement district” to use an additional property create or maintain beaches on their updrift sides). ment programs, or engage in cost-sharing efforts. tax levy to pay for shoreline improvements.

Brief written by Jon Davis, who helps CSG Midwest staff the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus. He can be reached at [email protected]. The caucus’s chair is Indiana Sen. Ed Charbonneau; its vice chair is Illinois Rep. Robyn Gabel.

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AROUNDAROUNDTHE THE REGION REGION

After decades of delay, shipments of Spent nuclear fuel being stored on-site at nuclear power plants in spent fuel from Midwest’s nuclear Midwest* # of plants Amount of waste (metric State storing tons of initial uranium) plants may take different route waste Illinois 7 9,698 tate governments have lots of experience Iowa 1 566 coordinating and planning shipments of Sradioactive waste with the federal govern- Kansas 1 810 ment, but little to none working directly with the Michigan 4 3,102 nuclear industry on shipments. That may change in the not-so-distant future. Minnesota 2 1,428 The reason: For decades, the federal government Missouri 1 850 has been unable to find a permanent repository to Nebraska 2 999 store the nation’s spent fuel from nuclear power plants, and the industry is now trying to take matters into The Zion Nuclear Power Plant in northern Illinois — Ohio 2 1,384 its own hands. pictured above in 2013, as it was undergoing the Wisconsin 3 1,519 decommissioning process — is one of the plants Private-sector plans to create consolidated, * Five of the Midwest’s plants have been permanently shut down interim storage facilities in New Mexico and Texas are in the Midwest where reactors have been shut but still store spent nuclear fuel: Zion in Illinois; Big Rock Point in down but nuclear fuel is still being stored on-site. Michigan; Fort Calhoun in Nebraska; and Kewaunee and La Crosse now before the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. in Wisconsin. With licensing approval from the commission, the Source: U.S. Department of Energy, “Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level owners of these facilities could begin to receive protecting the health and safety of the public and Radioactive Waste Inventory Report” shipments of spent nuclear fuel from nuclear plants the environment,” notes Kelly Horn of the Illinois owned by their subsidiaries as well as other utilities Emergency Management Agency and a member until a permanent federal repository is completed. of The Council of State Governments’ Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee. Potential of private-sector shipments To date, states have met this responsibility in S partnership with the federal government. M Across the Midwest (Missouri included), as of the In the Midwest, for example, through the end of 2017, more than 20,300 metric tons of spent work of CSG’s Midwestern Radioactive Materials nuclear fuel was being stored at 23 operating or Transportation Project, states have a great deal of decommissioned nuclear power plants in nine states. experience working with the Department of Energy The plan always has been to get this highly on large-scale shipments of radioactive waste (mostly radioactive waste off-site. waste being moved from the nation’s defense sites and In 1987, the U.S. Congress designated Nevada’s from domestic and foreign research reactors). Yucca Mountain as the permanent repository site for “For transportation of spent nuclear fuel [from the spent fuel from the nation’s power plants. But a power plants], the work of training emergency- mix of factors — including years of opposition from response personnel, monitoring shipments, Nevada and the Obama administration’s decision to conducting inspections, enforcing state-specific reject the Yucca site in 2010 — means a storage solu- regulations, and providing escorts becomes the tion from the federal government is nowhere in sight. responsibility of the states,” Horn notes. For utilities, as long as the spent fuel is left at their Under federal law, for large-scale shipments of S facilities, they must provide 24/7 security and cannot spent fuel from nuclear power plants to a federally M finish the work of cleaning up the sites of decommis- operated repository, the Department of Energy would sioned plants that no longer generate electricity. In have to provide training funds and technical assistance Source: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission northern Illinois, for example, a decommissioned to states and tribes affected by the shipments. plant keeps a state beach park on the shores of Lake However, no such legal obligations apply to Michigan divided in two. The Big Rock Point plant in private-sector shipments. Michigan was decommissioned more than 20 years Some states in the region may be able to recoup S M ago; its land cannot be redeveloped until there is a some of their shipment-related activities through fees place for the spent fuel to be sent. (see map). However, these fees would only be collected Private-sector shipments to the New Mexico and when shipments begin; as a result, no funds would Texas facilities could resolve this problem of spent fuel be available for advance preparations and training. being stranded at shutdown sites, but also create new Earlier this year, members of the CSG Midwestern challenges for states. Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee par- “States bear the primary responsibility for ticipated in an industry-led “tabletop exercise” at the Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant in Minnesota. The About CSG's Midwestern Radioactive event helped to begin a dialogue between the industry Materials Transportation Committee and state, tribal and local stakeholders regarding private-sector shipments of spent nuclear fuel.  Includes governor’s appointees from the execu- In November, the committee will host an exercise tive branches of 12 Midwestern states; state legislators of its own. “Communication [between states and industry] also can be appointed by the chair of CSG’s Midwestern has to occur early and often to ensure the shipping S Legislative Conference strategy is complete and thorough,” Horn says.  Brings states together to identify, prioritize and Article written by Mitch Arvidson, who provides staff support work with the U.S. Department of Energy on regional to The Council of State Governments’ Midwestern Radioactive issues related to the transport of radioactive waste Materials Transportation Project. He can be reached at and materials, including spent nuclear fuel [email protected].

4 STATELINE MIDWEST SEPTEMBER 2019 CAPITAL CLOSEUP

Saskatchewan students get unique, inside look at provincial government by Jon Davis ([email protected])

ou want to teach schoolchildren something The second program the Charles Knight Youth depending on applications, is also included. about your state or provincial government, Mentorship, is for northern Saskatchewan students “It is very important that we have programs Ybut how to do that with a population of one in grades nine through 12 (generally between 14 that give youth the opportunity and encourage- million living across a quarter-million square and 18 years of age). ment to become active in both the political system ­­ miles? Through the program, students learn about the — whether it’s at the local, provincial or national Two programs in Saskatchewan provide differ- democratic process, explore postsecondary educa- level — and in the area of policy development,” ent, yet related answers. tion opportunities and careers in government, and says Sasktachewan MLA Randy Weekes. The A Day in the Legislative Assembly program learn about Saskatchewan’s history. The programs focus on provincial government, gives eighth-grade students (generally 13- and Charles Knight Mentorship participants come but not the province’s role vis-à-vis the federal 14-year-olds) from southern to Regina for several days of activi- government in Ottawa, Cuddington says. Saskatchewan the opportunity ties, including meeting the lieu- “Just doing this alone is very educational and gives them more of a grasp on what goes on [in to tour the Legislative Building MLC Chair’s Initiative: tenant governor, cabinet ministers the Legislative Assembly]. That’s enough for them in Regina and learn about the State Strategies to Build and members of the Legislative Civic Engagement to take in at the time,” she says. province’s system of government. Assembly and participating in a According to its website, the Provincial Capital Students are introduced during mock parliamentary session inside Commission, which has no precise analog among the Legislative Assembly’s daily the province’s legislative chamber. state governments, is mandated “to enhance qual- session and invited to watch the The program includes tours ity of life for our citizens through the celebration proceedings. of the Legislative Building and and creation of opportunities, stewardship of the The first A Day in the Government House (the lieutenant land, and engagement of our youth about our Legislative Assembly in 2010 got governor’s official residence), the democracy and provincial history.” a great response from teachers, University of Regina, the First The commission also “promotes, preserves so the Provincial Capital Commission sought and Nations University of Canada, Saskatchewan and strengthens our diverse heritage and culture got permission to make it a permanent program, Polytechnic-Regina Campus, and the Royal to ensure that [Regina] is a source of provincial says Donna Cuddington, the commission’s senior Canadian Mounted Police’s Depot Division. pride and significance.” executive coordinator. All expenses to participate in the program After a year off to redesign the program for a are covered through the Provincial Capital This year’s Midwestern Legislative Conference Chair’s permanent footing, the commission relaunched it Commission. Transportation from either La Ronge Initiative of Illinois Sen. Elgie Sims Jr. is “State Strategies in 2012. A Day in the Legislative Assembly is now or Prince Albert (respectively a First Nations to Build Civic Engagement.” Articles on this topic will offered twice a year, during Saskatchewan’s fall and community, and the province’s third-largest city, appear throughout the year in Stateline Midwest. spring legislative sessions, she says. both located in north-central Saskatchewan),

QUESTION OF THE MONTH

M QUESTION: What are Midwestern states doing about wage theft?

$9.86* Minnesota passed a new wage-theft law during the Indiana’s SB 465 (from 2009) requires employers to $9.10* spring legislative session. HF 2 (an omnibus jobs, eco- post minimum-wage requirements and provides for $9.25** nomic development, energy and commerce finance the sharing of information about classification of con- bill) includes appropriations of nearly $2 million a struction workers between the state’s Department of $9.00 $8.55* year for wage theft prevention, doubles the number Labor, Department of Revenue, Workforce Develop- $8.25** of investigators, and makes certain wage-theft viola- ment agency and Worker’s Compensation Board. tions a felony. SF 2416 (from 2008) requires the labor commissioner Wage-theft violations can cover minimum wage, in Iowa’s Department of Workforce Development to overtime, forcing employees to work off-the-clock, investigate alleged violations and to file an annual 2 meal breaks, pay stub and illegal deductions, tipped report on the administration of the state’s wage-theft laws. That law also established civil penalties and minimum wage, and misclassification of employees. specified which employer actions are considered According to a 2017 study by the Economic Policy simple, serious or aggravated misdemeanors. Institute, 2.4 million workers in the 10 most populous * Minimum wage is adjusted annually for in ation. U.S. states lose $8 billion a year in minimum-wage Nebraska’s LB 560 (from 2014) requires employ- ** Illinois’ minimum wage will increase incrementally to $15 per hour by ers to give each employee an itemized statement 2025. Michigan’s minimum wage will increase incrementally to $12.05 violations alone. listing their wages and deductions each payday. per hour by 2030. The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry It also provides whistleblower protections to Source: U.S. Department of Labor estimates that 39,000 workers in the state lose nearly employees and criminal penalties for employers $12 million per year. who violate the law. the misclassification of employees in the con- Minnesota is not the only state in the region to ad- The Ohio Fair Minimum Wage Amendment, struction industry. dress this issue. approved by voters in 2006, forces employers In Illinois, SB 161 takes effect in January. It creates a found in violation of wage laws to pay the em- Question of the Month response by Mitch Arvidson, Worker Protection Unit within the attorney general’s ployee’s back wages and damages, as well as the CSG Midwest policy analyst. He can be reached at office. It will work with the Illinois Department of employee’s costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. [email protected]. Question of the Month highlights an Labor to detect unlawful conduct and sue violators Wisconsin Act 292 of 2009 allows the state De- inquiry sent to the CSG Midwest Information Help Line: of several laws, including the Prevailing Wage Act and partment of Workforce Development to issue [email protected] or 630.925.1922. the Employee Classification Act. stop-work orders and impose penalties due to

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 More than 10,000 Iowa teachers now in ‘compensated’ leadership roles

school districts provide more mentoring and created a $3.5 million grant program (HB 1008) support for first- and second-year teachers. And for select school districts that create new “career D starting with a law enacted in 2013, Iowa has ladders” and leadership and compensation op- implemented a $160 million Teacher Leadership portunities for teachers. and Compensation System. That new initiative was one of several legisla- That law raised pay for beginning teachers, tive actions taken in Indiana, where teacher pay while also establishing a process for school and shortages were two of the most talked-about districts to reward veteran, effective instructors. policy issues of 2019. “We now have more than 10,000 teachers in Legislators, for example, included $150 million compensated, defined leadership roles,” Iowa in Indiana’s biennial budget to help school districts Department of Education Director Ryan Wise pay down their pension liabilities, with the idea says. That is equal to about one-quarter of Iowa’s that districts would then have more money to raise educator workforce. teacher pay. Under another new law (HB 1003), Subject to approval by the state (based on the legislature also set a new goal for every school standards set out in the law), every Iowa school district — have at least 85 percent of its spending district has established its own leadership system. go to the classroom. Teachers, for example, may get more pay for Lastly, Indiana will begin investing state becoming schoolwide instructional coaches, dollars in teacher residencies (HB 1009), one of P serving as mentors to newer teachers, helping the evidence-based strategies highlighted in the integrate technology into every school classroom Learning Policy Institute’s 2018 report. These or designing professional-learning opportunities. residencies give prospective teachers a full year of * “Explicitly supports” refers to speci c policy language that either allocates funding or Along with giving teachers the opportunity intensive, preservice experience under the guidance de nitively states that districts may dedicate resources to provide additional compensation for teachers in high-need schools and/or shortage subject areas to earn more pay, Wise says, the new system has of a mentor teacher. They also typically provide fostered more teamwork among teachers — a Source: National Council on Teacher uality, “Strategic Teacher Compensation” compensation for the prospective and mentor May 201 change that can not only help the work climate in teacher. The hope, Raatz says, is that a stronger a school building, but also improve instruction induction system will lead to greater success in the through the sharing of best practices. classroom among new teachers and “prevent them with higher numbers of low-income families and “All the [classroom] doors are open, teachers from walking away after the first year.” students of color. are constantly working together,” Wise says about The appropriate policy response from states, the shift in culture brought about by Iowa’s Teacher Teacher shortages: ‘Not distributed then, may be to establish targeted induction, com- Leadership and Compensation System. “Students equitably or evenly’ pensation and incentive programs. In Nebraska, never bat an eye when they see a bunch of adults for example, a state-funded initiative offers loan walking into their classrooms, because that’s just tates not only should be comprehensive in forgiveness to individuals who teach in high-need how their buildings function now.” their policy approach (meaning they address subject areas, higher-poverty schools and rural In his home state of Indiana, Sen. Jeff Raatz Severything from teacher recruitment and parts of the state. has visited schools that have implemented retention, to compensation, school climate and li- Some states also provide incentives for teachers systems similar to Iowa’s, and he liked what he censure), Saunders says, they also should be strategic. with National Board Certification (a voluntary, ad- saw —­ particularly the chance for providing more “[Teacher] shortages are not distributed vanced teaching credential) to teach in higher-need supports for incoming teachers and additional equitably or evenly,” he says. schools. Illinois Sen. Andy Manar says that was opportunities for established instructors. Instead, shortages tend to be most acute in one of the approaches that his state took this year. This year, the Indiana General Assembly sparsely populated areas, as well as in schools “We went a little a deeper than just invest-

Recent study urges states to take nuanced, targeted approach to teacher shortages

Every year, based on reporting from states around the country, the U.S. Department of Education develops a listing of teacher shortage areas, by subject and geographic area. In January 2019, researchers at the nonprofit Bellwether Education Partners took a closer look at those numbers and found what it calls “nuance in the noise” — the “noise” being the nationwide talk of shortages, the “nuance” being that the problem isn’t a lack of overall certified teachers, but rather a “perpetual misalignment of teacher supply and demand.” “There isn’t really a generic national teacher shortage,” says Justin Trinidad, co-author of the study. Vacancies in special education, mathematics, science, foreign languages and English as a second language, he notes, tend to be much harder to fill than openings for elementary- school or social studies teachers. The nature of shortages also can vary significantly between states, and within an individual state’s borders, he says. To understand these nuances, Trinidad and co-author Kaitlin Pennington McVey recommend that every state have a “robust data system” that allows for precise forecasts of the magnitude of shortages among different schools, subject areas and geographic regions. Other recom- mendations in “Nuance in the Noise: The Complex Reality of Teacher Shortages” include: • working with the institutions that prepare teachers to better align the supply of teacher candidates with what schools need; and • establishing research-backed policies that attract and retain teachers in high-demand subject and geographic areas. Examples include targeted loan forgiveness and grants, differential pay, multiple tiers of licensure, teacher residencies, and “Grow Your Own” programs in which districts help paraprofessionals become teachers or encourage current students to pursue teaching as a career. See page 7 for examples of how many of these research-backed policies have been implemented in the Midwest.

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ing more in our budget for the National Board Certification Program,” he says. “We said that we want that certification to Strengthening the educator workforce: Examples of happen first in our Tier 1 [underfunded or lower- performing] schools. We want to provide incen- policies in place in 11-state Midwest tives to teachers in those schools to go beyond their bachelor’s degree, and then encourage them Illinois sets minimum salary for teachers — $40,000 by 2023 to stay in their school because it’s where they are Starting next year, school districts in Illinois will have to pay teachers at least needed the most.” $32,076 a year. That minimum salary goes up to $40,000 by the 2023-’24 school Over the past two years, Manar and other year (HB 2078). Other legislative actions this year will allow student teachers to be legislators have adopted a series of new laws paid and remove a requirement that teachers pass a basic skills test to be licensed. that he says were needed to “lift up the teaching profession” in Illinois. None were more important, Indiana invests in career ladders for teachers he adds, than establishment of a new minimum Legislators took several steps in 2019 to bolster the education workforce. In the area of teacher salary (HB 2078). teacher pay, the state established a pilot program for career ladders for teachers (HB “We have teachers in Illinois that would qualify 1008), appropriated $150 million to pay down school districts’ pension liabilities, and for Medicaid; that’s a grave injustice,” he says. set a goal that 85 percent of each district’s spending go to the classroom (HB 1003). Starting in 2020, annual teacher pay must be at least $32,076; the minimum salary rises to Iowa putting more teachers in school-based leadership positions $40,000 by 2023. Six years ago, with passage of HF 215, Iowa legislators launched what has since “Now a young person has a guaranteed salary, become the nation’s most extensive teacher-leadership system. About one-quarter no matter where he or she teaches,” Manar says. of Iowa teachers now hold compensated, leadership positions in their school build- “That does so much for the psychology of how ings — for example, serving as instructional coaches or as mentors to new teachers. decisions are made for prospective teachers.” Kansas program helps paraprofessionals become teachers ‘Grow Your Own’ programs help Under a two-year pilot program of the Kansas Department of Education, school schools build workforce from within districts identify paraprofessionals and others “with great potential,” and then help these individuals become teachers via an accelerated licensure pathway created Illinois law also now permits student-teachers by the state. The initiative is for elementary-school and special-education teachers. to be paid (SB 1952), a move that could help individuals transition into teaching from an- Michigan partners with school districts to offer teacher residencies other profession. Sen. Manar gives the example Michigan’s plans under the U.S. Every Student Succeeds Act include developing of paraprofessionals already working in a school teacher residencies in partnership with higher-poverty districts. These residencies and interested in becoming a certified teacher. pair a prospective teacher with a veteran teacher for one year of intensive training. “They can’t quit their job in order to come back (Both are often compensated for participation in the residency.) as a licensed teacher,” he says. Providing some kind of pay or stipend for Minnesota takes multipronged approach to teacher shortage the stint as a student-teacher removes a financial Individuals who teach in a state-defined “shortage area” may now be eligible for up obstacle, and it’s one component of another emerg- to $5,000 in student loan repayments. Minnesota legislators also have established ing state strategy referred to as “Grow Your Own.” new grant programs to recruit teachers of color, and two years ago, they revamped Kansas has been experimenting with this ap- and simplified the state’s teacher licensure system (HF 140). proach by offering a “limited apprentice license” to individuals identified by a school district. Nebraska uses portion of lottery proceeds to help teachers with loans For example, someone working in a school as a Using lottery proceeds, Nebraska offers a loan-forgiveness program for individuals special-education paraprofessional now has an who major in a subject area with a shortage of teachers. They receive $3,000, for up to five years, for each year of teaching. Those teachers working in a sparsely accelerated, alternative pathway to becoming a populated or higher-poverty school are eligible for up to $6,000 a year. special-education teacher. While continuing his or her work as a paraprofessional, the individual is North Dakota fosters development of high-quality principals paired in the fall with a mentor teacher while taking coursework on special-education instruction. By the According to the Learning Policy Institute, North Dakota is among the states using new funding opportunities under the Every Student Succeeds Act to foster the develop- spring, he or she can be hired as a special-education ment of high-quality principals — an important factor in school climate and teacher teacher while taking more coursework. retention. The state also has a State Teacher Shortage Loan Forgiveness Program. In Minnesota, the state funds a $1.5 million Grow Your Own grant program that school districts Ohio emphasizes importance of mentoring, induction programs can use in one of two ways: 1) provide tuition During their first four years in the classroom, Ohio teachers take part in a Resident scholarships or stipends to paraprofessionals who Educator Program that includes intensive support from trained mentors. The Learning are employed by the district and seeking a teaching Policy Institute also notes that Ohio is among the states leveraging new federal funds license; or 2) encourage high school students to (under the Every Student Succeeds Act) to strengthen teacher induction programs. pursue teaching. The second option includes offering the kind of South Dakota raises state sales tax to boost pay for teachers credit-bearing, Introduction to Education course that Three years ago, with the passage of HB 1182, the South Dakota Legislature Rep. Kunesh-Podein wants more Minnesota high increased the state’s sales tax rate from 4.0 percent to 4.5 percent in order to schools to be able to offer. increase the salaries of public school teachers. During the first year of the new With both options, the grants are limited to law, average teacher pay in the state increased by nearly $5,000. school districts with more than 30 percent minority students, and Minnesota also has a separate program Wisconsin offers grants to highly qualified teachers in high-poverty schools to help American Indians become teachers. Wisconsin offers an incentive for teachers with advanced, national certification to “We want more teachers of color so that the teach in high-poverty schools — annual state grants of $5,000 for nine years. To be kids have somebody in the front of the room who eligible, individuals must be certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching looks like them and understands their culture or the Standards. Legislators created the incentive program more than a decade ago. struggles that they go through,” Kunesh-Podein says. “The teacher, the student and the entire school benefit.”

STATELINE MIDWEST SEPTEMBER 2019 7 STATELINE PROFILE South Dakota Sen. Kris Langer Elected majority leader in her second term, her dual goals are to keep her supermajority caucus united and the Senate running smoothly

by Jon Davis ([email protected])

f the timing had been better, Kris Langer might have joined the South Dakota Legislature much Bio-sketch of Sen. Kris Langer Iearlier than 2013, when then-Gov. Dennis Daugaard tapped her to complete the term of a  elected Senate majority leader in late 2018 departing legislator.  Not surprisingly, it wasn’t the first time the previously served as Senate majority whip local civic and business leader — known for her (2017-’18) and House majority whip (2015-’17) work on the City Council and as a Realtor — had  appointed to fill South Dakota House vacancy been asked. in 2013; won election to House in 2014 and to “My kids were pretty young,” she says about turning down previous opportunities. “Then, my Senate in 2016 and 2018 youngest was going to be a senior in high school,  served four terms on the Dell Rapids City so the timing just kind of lined up.” Council, including as president Fast forward six years, and Langer has won three elections — one to the House seat, and  works as a Realtor then two successful Senate races — and emerged  lives in Dell Rapids with her husband, Tracy, as one of the state’s top legislative leaders. In a and their sons, Cole and Grant recent interview with CSG Midwest, she reflected on her time in the South Dakota Legislature, her approach to leadership, and her overarching policy goals for the state. “I really enjoy working on good policy and making What do you recall about the transition from a difference, feeling like you actually do create Q: local to state government? something that really makes a difference for people, It definitely was very different than what A: I anticipated. You go in thinking that you for your constituents’ lives, their well-being.” at least know something, being on a city council, but things were very different. It was much more term as majority leader. I worked hard to get her as much as I can about what we’re going to take on formal, and in some ways, things move quickly elected and we work well together, so that was one the floor that day, what they need to be prepared because we only have up to a 40-day session. But of the driving forces of me wanting that leadership for. I try to keep them as informed as I can. in other ways, like anything in government, it can spot, hoping that we could do some great things move kind of slow and be kind of painful. So I together. I look forward to that continuing. What would you say have been your biggest think you just get better at it and realize that you legislative accomplishments? can make a difference, and that’s why you continue Q: How would you describe your leadership style to serve. Or, at least that’s why I do. Probably just keeping South Dakota such Q: or philosophy? A: a business-friendly state; balancing our budget; keeping our conservative values right at Six years into your legislative career, what do It’s not my job to stand up and tell my the forefront. We passed a bill this session to place you like best about the work? A: caucus what they need to do. It’s more Q: following what I see happening and where I think the “In God We Trust” in our schools. You know it’s I really enjoy working on good policy Senate as a whole needs to go. I’m kind of laid back, on our currency, and now it’s out there in all of A: and making a difference, feeling like you I guess, as far as that goes, but I want to make sure our schools. Having our young people see that actually do create something that makes a differ- everybody feels equipped to handle what they’re up is really what we wanted. [Editor’s Note: The new ence for people, for your constituents’ lives, their against. That’s one of my goals as the leader — that our South Dakota law, SB 55 of 2019, requires that the well-being. That’s why you do it, that’s why you go members have the right information to make the best motto “be located in a prominent location within into public service: to really feel like you do make decisions that they can. And especially for the new each public school.”] We want to keep South Dakota a difference and that you need to be there for that senators coming in, I want to help them know where family-friendly, and we want to keep our kids in particular purpose, to ensure that we continue our they need to be, what are important things for them the state, really make it a good place to be. We’re way of life in South Dakota the way it is. to attend — just kind of those types of organizational working now on some mental health issues that things. And I’m also big on the decorum. I like to start are hopefully going to be very helpful to the public. You became Senate majority leader in late things on time and make sure that the Senate looks Q: 2018. What appealed to you about holding like the respected body that it is. What are the biggest challenges for your state that leadership position? Q: in the next five years? I think trying to steer things in the right Your caucus has such a large majority of A challenge for us is always funding. We’re A: direction and get the sort of policy that Q: members, 30 of the 35 total seats. What is A: a low-tax state; we don’t have a lot of extra you want, that you want to make sure you’re your approach to dealing with the minority party? revenue laying around. It’s always a challenge: driving everything in the right direction. And I would say, for the most part, we have a where those dollars are going to be appropriated. there’s also kind of an organizational philosophy A: really good working relationship with our Everybody’s always fighting for the last penny of making sure that everybody is on the same page counterparts. We work across the aisle well. There’s on the bottom line, so that’s kind of where we’re or at least trying to go for the same common goals. obviously the big, hot-button issues we disagree always driven: How do we best use those dollars We had a new governor [Kristi Noem] coming in, with and kind of just know that that’s going to be a and make sure that we’re not growing government so it was her first term as governor and my first sticking point, but I try to communicate with them and raising taxes for unnecessary things?

8 STATELINE MIDWEST SEPTEMBER 2019 FIRST PERSON A FORUM FOR LEGISLATORS AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS A first for Iowa’s children: New mental health system devoted to them 2019 law is based on input from experts in the field, reforms of adult system by Iowa Rep. Joel Fry ([email protected])

e have all seen the heartbreaking news stories of a young person taking his or her [Regional] children’s Wown life due to depression, other mental services coordinators illnesses or bullying. .08% Many of us, too, have been directly impacted will ensure that children 1.3% 3.4% by knowing someone personally who has faced are able to access crisis 1.7% mental health issues. 6.6% Teen suicide and mental illness are issues that services, in-patient 11 9.1% plague not only Iowa families, but communities all 6.1% across the Midwest and nation. Unfortunately, it has treatment and outpatient 10.5% 121 become all too common for a parent to recognize 7.5% that his or her child is suffering from mental illness, therapy. but then struggle to find an on-ramp into the system 0 2 10 12 and access treatment. children’s mental health system.” That is why this year, Iowa lawmakers and Gov. Kim Reynolds worked across the aisle to pass a Improving access to services historic children’s mental health legislative package. hroughout the summer and fall of 2018, the B Our goal: ensure that Iowa parents and young people board met to develop recommendations with Source: The ournal of Pediatrics March 2019, “Prevalence and Treatment of have a place to turn for help. Tinput from providers, educators, parents, Depression, Aniety and Conduct Problems in U.S. Children” As a licensed independent social worker, I was state agencies and advocates, with a focus on local especially proud to be the floor manager for HF 690, access and care coordination of mental health ser- million to provide mental health awareness training the governor’s bill to create a children’s mental health vices for children. After examining all the options, for educators and schools, along with $750,000 to system. the board recommended that the children’s system develop additional ways for schools to meet mental be built upon the existing adult MHDS regions. Its Changes in funding, governance health needs and strengthen community supports strategic plan became the basis for this year’s HF for students. The May 2019 signing of HF 690 marked a 690 and related budget recommendations. This legislative package was the product of significant milestone in Iowa, but it also was the Under the new law, a state board will implement many folks working together. I would credit bring- continuation of a multi-year effort to reform mental and manage Iowa’s new mental health system for ing together so many professionals, experts and health services for people of all ages. children. Made up of 17 voting members appointed advocates in the mental health field to craft the In our state, adult mental health had been by the governor (including Iowans with experience best legislation possible. Throughout the develop- delivered through county-based services until in education, mental health, child welfare and ment of the legislation and appropriation process, 2015, when the Legislature switched to a regional juvenile justice), the board will provide guidance lawmakers of both parties collaborated to do what governance structure. Iowa’s 99 counties were to Iowa’s MHDS regions. was best for Iowa’s children. formed into 14 Mental Health and Disability Each region, in turn, will have a dedicated Parents should always have a place to turn when Services (MHDS) regions. This move allowed children’s services coordinator who will focus seeking treatment for their child. This year’s legisla- counties to pool their resources and offer a core set solely on the development of children’s mental health tion was a big step forward and builds a foundation of services that met statewide standards. services in that area. The coordinator will ensure that for future advancements. The voting membership in each of these regions children are able to access crisis services, inpatient By April, we will receive implementation reports consists of one elected supervisor from each county, treatment and outpatient therapy — closer to home from each of the MHDS regions to see how they thus keeping the decisions local and accountable. and their families. HF 690 also expanded voting plan on advancing children’s mental health services Every year since this change in governance membership of these regional boards to include not in their area, and I look forward to addressing this structure, we have made adjustments in funding for only county supervisors, but also a representative bipartisan priority in the years to come. the 14 MHDS regions or to the core-service require- from the education system and a parent of a child who utilizes children’s behavioral health services. ments. Most significantly, in 2018, the Legislature Rep. Joel Fry has been a member of the Iowa House since In the Iowa House, I serve as chairman of the Health unanimously passed HF 2456, which made sweeping 2011. He also is a 2012 graduate of CSG Midwest’s Bowhay and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, reforms to how our regional systems address and help Institute for Legislative Leadership Development (BILLD). adults with complicated mental health needs. which included all the budget recommendations We sought to fill the gaps in Iowa’s adult system from the governor and the Children’s Mental Health with additional crisis services and long-term treat- Board. We provided significant state investment to Submissions welcome ment options, ensuring that those with mental illness eliminate a waiting list of about 1,000 kids to access This page is designed to be a forum for legislators and can access services near their families and in their the Children’s Mental Health Home and Community constitutional officers. The opinions expressed on this page home communities. Based Services Waiver. These new state dollars will The next step: Improve services for children. allow these children and their families to immediately do not reflect those of The Council of State Governments or Soon after last year’s signing of HF 2456, Gov. receive much-needed services close to home. the Midwestern Legislative Conference. Responses to any Reynolds established a Children’s Mental Health We also funded a statewide, 24-hour crisis hot FirstPerson article are welcome, as are pieces written on Board. Its task: “Take a comprehensive look at what line for all ages, as well as new psychiatric residen- other topics. For more information, contact Tim Anderson resources are currently in place and develop a strategic cies to bring providers to rural communities. In at 630.925.1922 or [email protected]. plan with specific recommendations to implement a our state’s budget for education, we invested $1.2

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Sen. Carolyn McGinn elected officer of Midwestern Legislative Conference CALENDAR OF Kansas legislator will formally join MLC’s leadership team in late 2019 UPCOMING EVENTS he Midwestern Legislative Conference’s Henry Toll Fellowship Leadership Program, Sen. newest officer is a respected veteran of McGinn also is second vice president of State Ag MIDWEST INTERSTATE PASSENGER Tthe Kansas Legislature who also and Rural Leaders — a national group of RAIL COMMISSION MEETING has considerable experience with The state and provincial legislators working to October 21-24, 2019 ~ Washington, D.C. Council of State Governments. address key issues in agriculture. Kansas Sen. Carolyn McGinn officially The current officers of the MLC are Event details joins the MLC’s four-member officer team Illinois Sen. Elgie Sims, chair; Michigan • Meeting of compact commission of state later this year, putting her in line to become Sen. Ken Horn, first vice chair; South legislators and gubernatorial designees the nonpartisan group’s chair in 2022 — Dakota Sen. Gary Cammack, sec- • Committee promotes growth and development the same year that her home state hosts ond vice chair; and Indiana Sen. Ed of passenger rail services in the Midwest the MLC Annual Meeting. She will serve Kansas Sen. Charbonneau, immediate past chair. • Visit miprc.org or contact Laura Kliewer at Carolyn McGinn as second vice chair in 2020. A rotation of officers occurs every [email protected] for more information A member of the Kansas Legislature year based on elections that take place since 2005, McGinn serves as chair of the Senate Ways at the MLC Annual Meeting. The MLC includes MIDWESTERN RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS and Means Committee. She lives with her husband, all legislators from the 11 Midwestern states and TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Mark, on a family farm outside the town of Sedgwick. the Canadian province of Saskatchewan; three FALL MEETING Her involvement with CSG has included serv- other Canadian provinces are affiliate members. November 13-14, 2019 ~ Indianapolis, Indiana ing as financial officer for the Midwest Interstate The Midwestern Office of The Council of State Event details Passenger Rail Commission. A 2010 graduate of CSG’s Governments provides staff support to the MLC. • Meeting of committee of representatives from executive and legislative branches of state government CSG releases first-of-kind study on prison admissions • Committee helps states plan and prepare for U.S. Department of Energy shipments of radioactive materials through Midwest n a groundbreaking report issued in June, The Nationwide, nearly one-quarter of admissions • Visit csgmidwest.org or contact Lisa Janairo at Council of State Governments Justice Center are the result of technical violations of parole or [email protected] for more information I provides a state-by-state analysis on the extent probation. These are often minor offenses such as to which probation and parole violations contrib- failed drug tests or missed curfews. CSG NATIONAL CONFERENCE ute to prison populations. The report, titled “Confined and Costly: December 4-7, 2019 ~ San Juan, Puerto Rico In the Midwest, for example, supervision How Supervision Violations Are Filling Prisons violations (technical and nontechnical) account and Burdening Budgets,” can be found at Event details for more than half of all prison admissions in seven csgjusticecenter.org/confinedandcostly. It includes a • Meeting for legislators and other U.S. state Midwestern states: Wisconsin, Kansas, South list of seven questions to guide state leaders as they officials to explore myriad issues in state Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Indiana and Michigan. craft policies on parole and probation violations. government • Visit csg.org for more information

75TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE Congratulations to 2019 CSG Toll Fellows from Midwest MIDWESTERN LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE In August, 11 legislators and other state July 19-22, 2020 ~ Detroit, Michigan officials from the Midwest completed one of the nation’s premier leadership development Event details programs for state government officials • Premier meeting for the Midwest’s state and — The Council of State Governments provincial legislators Henry Toll Fellowship Program. • Mix of sessions on public policy and professional Front row (left to right): North Dakota Rep. development, as well as renowned speakers Brandy Pyle, Minnesota Rep. Jamie Becker- • Visit csgmidwest.org or call CSG Midwest at Finn, Kansas Rep. Brenda Dietrich and Minnesota District Court Judge Jamie Cork 630.925.1922 for more information Middle row (left to right): South Dakota Secretary of Human Services Secretary Shawnie Rechtenbaugh, Michigan Sen. Adam Hollier and North Dakota Southeast Judicial District Judge Cherie Clark Top row (left to right): Indiana Sen. Michael Crider, Nebraska Sen. Tony Vargas, Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals Judge Gene Zmuda and Kansas Rep. Jarrod Ousley

The Council of State Governments was founded in 1933 as a national, nonpartisan organization to assist and advance state government. The headquarters office, in Lexington, Ky., is responsible for a variety of national programs and services, including research, reference publications, innovations transfer, suggested state legislation and interstate consulting services. The Midwestern Office supports several groups of state officials, including the Midwestern Legislative Conference, an association of all legislators representing 11 states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin) and the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario are MLC affiliate members.

10 STATELINE MIDWEST SEPTEMBER 2019 CSG MIDWEST’S BILLD PROGRAM

The Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development, or BILLD, provides annual training on leadership and professional development for newer state legislators from 1995 2019 the Midwest. This page regularly provides information about the BILLD program and 25 includes news about BILLD alumni. BILLD Alumni Notes

36 legislators complete leadership training During South Dakota’s 2019 legislative session, Rep. Jamie Smith (BILLD class of 2017) was selected to serve as House minor- he 2019 class of BILLD fellows gathered in Minneapolis in August for five days of rigor- ity leader. The Democrat ous training to improve their leadership and from Sioux Falls was first T elected to the House in 2016. policymaking skills. This year’s Bowhay Institute for Legislative Smith also serves on the Leadership Development included participation House Health and Human from 36 legislators from 11 Midwestern states Services, State Affairs, and three Canadian provinces. Now in its 25th Legislative Procedure, and year, BILLD has trained more than 875 lawmakers Joint Legislative Procedure from the Midwest. Many graduates have gone on Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, South committees. to hold high-ranking leadership positions in their Dakota Senate Assistant Majority Leader Jim Bolin He is joined by two other BILLD fellows who legislatures, as well as serve in executive agencies, and Michigan House Minority Leader Christine Greig serve as leaders of the House minority caucus: discuss strategies for becoming effective legislators statewide offices, the U.S. Congress and the judiciary. minority whips Rep. Orin Lesmeister (class and leaders at a session of this year’s BILLD program. Designed for legislators in their first four years of of 2018) and Rep. Erin Healy (class of 2019). service, the highly interactive curriculum includes a In the South Dakota series of leadership-training courses, policy seminars sions on the economy and workforce, cybersecurity, Senate, Sen. Jim Bolin and professional development workshops. Midwest-Canada trade relations and health care. (BILLD class of 2012) cur- The Council of State Governments’ Midwestern The institute’s faculty also includes professional rently serves as assistant ma- Legislative Conference conducts the annual development experts and legislative leaders from jority leader. The Republican program in partnership with the Center for the the Midwest who lead seminars in areas such as: from Canton was first elected Study of Politics and Governance at the University • consensus building and negotiation, to the Senate in 2016, after of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. • communication and speechmaking, having served in the House This collaboration allows the institute to tap into • time and focus management, for eight years. Bolin also the expertise of top scholars in a variety of policy • effective lawmaking, and is vice chair of the Senate Retirement Laws areas. This year’s BILLD fellows explored policy ses- • civil discourse Committee. Sen. Reynold Nesiba (class of 2018) also serves in leadership in the South Dakota Senate, The 2019 Class of BILLD Fellows as minority whip.

In August, several BILLD alumni took park in the 2019 Toll Fellowship Program — a national leadership program conducted by The Council of State Governments. • Indiana Sen. Mike Crider (class of 2015) • Kansas Rep. Brenda Dietrich (class of 2018) • Kansas Rep. Jarrod Ousley (class of 2018) • North Dakota Rep. Brandy Pyle (class of 2017) • Nebraska Sen. Tony Vargas (class of 2017)

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NONPROFIT region.ment City intheKansas work together to boosteconomic develop Gov. Kelly says, will andMissouri Kansas Instead of competing through tax incentives, states, rather governments. thanlocal Eagle about $330million.According to between thetwo states, at anincentive cost of Its findings:An estimated 10,000jobsmoved andotte) county (Jackson). andoneMissouri tween twocounties Kansas and (Johnson Wy movement ofjobsover be thepastdecade based philanthropic group, analyzed the HallFamilyThe Foundation, City- aKansas abatements to lure businesses. and counties tax could stilloffer property executive order law, ornewMissouri cities theyareBecause notboundby theKansas the border needto follow thestates’ lead. reports, governments local onbothsidesof For thewar to truly end, region. City nies intheKansas states from offering taxincentives to compa thisyearMissouri (SB182),stops thetwo combined with legislationaction, passedin war” between herstate Her andMissouri. the endofalongstanding “economic border gust, With hersigningofanexecutive order inAu state tax incentives end border war over andMissouri Kansas ORGANIZATION , mostofthoseincentives from came the U.S. POSTAGE PAID Kansas FOX VALLEY, IL Stateline PERMIT NO. 441 Gov. Laura Kelly pronounced The Wichita Eagle The Wichita

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The Council of State Governments - - - - - Midwestern Office and 29percent involved alcohol impairment. cent ofthesecrashes were speeding-related, phone useasadistraction. Twenty-six per thosecrashes,Of 1.2percent involved cell crashes occurred intheUnited States in2017. Administration,Safety atotal of34,247fatal According to theNational Highway Traffic text-messaging by drivers. zones. Every Midwestern state alsooutlaws a hand-heldbanthat appliesinroadwork use by school bus drivers, and nesota and drivers. Inaddition,Illinois, all useofcell phonesby someorallnovice Every state inthisregion haslaws that ban without any othertraffic offense taking place. meaning apolice officer cite can adriver for it offense,a hand-heldcell phoneisaprimary in place. Ineachofthesestates, theuseof nois Association, 18otherstates, including to theGovernors According Highway Safety is $275for repeat violations. be ticketed fees; thepenalty $50,pluscourt lators ofthestate’s “hands-free” statute will on theirphonesto make andtexts. calls Vio voice activation commands orsingle-touch (HF 50),drivers in Under anewlaw that inAugust took effect phones by alldrivers of hand-heldcell Minnesota bansuse 701 E. 22nd Street, Suite 110 in theMidwest, have hands-free bans Lombard, IL 60148-5095 Phone: 630.925.1922 Nebraska Fax: 630.925.1930 Email: [email protected] Minnesota

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CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Wisconsin can onlyuse can , Min Illi has - - - - sales taxto hire mental healthprofessionals. county 1-cent to usealocal-option, districts • dren to receive mental healthservices. and familiesdevelop plansfor at-risk chil • examples from thisyear include: Otherschool-based mental healthservices. have inrecent beenenacted years to boost trend across theMidwest, where many laws Ohio’s recent legislative a reflect actions achievement for mental healthadvocates.” ment marksa “once inageneration of type on Mental Illness, the$675millioninvest chapterthe Ohio oftheNational Alliance these wraparound According services. to zations andtreatment providers to deliver organi withlocal care. willpartner Schools and training inthearea oftrauma-informed helpfor homelessyouths,nutrition services, mentoring andafter-school programs, child — for example, mental healthcounseling, beusedby166) can schoolsinseveral ways ofthestateThis budget, money(part HB to students. provides nonacademic, wraparound services $675 millioninanewlycreated fundthat two years,Over thenext wraparound services heavily inschools’ Ohio’s budgetinvests Illinois’ Indiana’ HB 1561, whichallows school1561, HB s SB325,whichwillhelpschools Ohio willinvest - - - million in income-tax reliefmillion inincome-tax willbeprovided cording to Gov. Tony Evers, a total of$518 graduated system hasfour taxbrackets.) Ac brackets.tom two income-tax (Wisconsin’s arereductions beingmadeto thestate’s bot In step thisyear toward amajortaxoverhaul. while inathird state, legislators took thefirst least two Midwestern states this biennium, Income taxrelief iscoming to residents inat statewide vote inIllinois Ohio,big Wisconsin; Tax talk:Rate in cuts Assembly. General the by amendment approved thisyear vote willoccur astheresult ofaconstitutional in favora graduated of system. Thestatewide ditch theconstitutionally mandated flat tax In 2020,Illinoisvoters willdecidewhetherto and kota ta income taxsystem: western states have someform ofagraduated Along with Wisconsin andOhio, fiveMid other in Ohio’s remaining five taxbrackets. cludes across-the-board rate of4percent cuts (which were for income upto $21,750)andin 166 eliminates thestate’s two bottom brackets income taxes would by becut $668million.HB budget, over thebiennium.Insigninghisstate’s new , Wisconsin Nebraska Michigan hasnoincome tax,and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine saidpersonal , underAB56and251,rate and have aflat income tax. North Dakota North Iowa , Kansas Illinois . , South Da South Minneso , Indiana ------