DOCUMENT VSUME ED 222 .139 HE 015 552 AUTHOR Fernandez, Ricardo R.; And Others TITLE Report on State Services to the HispanicPopulation, of Wisconsin. INSTITUTION , Wisconsin Governor's Council for Spansh Speaking People, Madison. PUB DATE Nov 76 (") NOTE , 135p. EDRS PRICE MF01/Pg06 PlUs Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Education; Affirmative ACtion;4 Bilingual Education; Bilingualism; Delivery Systems; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Employment Practices; Graduate Study; *Higher Education; *Hispanic Americans; Multicultural Education; Needs Assessment; Personnel Policy; *Public Policy; Spanish; *Spanish Speaking; *State Agencies; State Surveys;, Student Financial Aid;. Technical Education; Undergraduate Study; Vocational Education IDENTIFIERS *Blue Ribbon Commissions; *Wisconsin ABSTRACT The scope and quality of services provided to Hispanic persons in Wisconsin were investigated in 1976 by the GoveTnor's Council for Spanish Speaking People andcomparisons were made to findings of 1971 and 1974 reviews. Detaile0questionnaires were developed for each state agency,and five hea'rings were held in different locations within the state. For each of thefollowing agencies, information is provided on their functions,questionnaire responses, and council recommendations:Educational Communications Board; Higher Educational Aids Board; Department ofPublic Instruction; State Historical Society; University ofWiiconsin System; Vocational, Technidal, and Adult Education System;Department of Administration; Department of Agriculture; Departmentof Industry, Labor, and Human Relations; Department of Regulation andLicensing; State Manpower Council; Department of Health andSocial Services; Department of Justice; Wisconsin Council on CriminalJustice; Department of Business Development; Office of theCommissioner of Credit Unions; Department of Local Affairs and Development; Department,of Natural Resources; Department of Revenue; and Department of Transportation. The following problem areas are identified: Histnics are too often identified withmigrant workers; Hispanics are fr quently combined with other groups under thebroader category of "minorities"; policy that is set at upperadministrative levels is often not implemented at the lower and middle administrative levels; and token efforts to meet responsibilisties to the Hispanic population often subs'ititute for permanentchangi within the agency. (SW) *********************************************************************** * * ReproduCtions svpplied by EDR5 are the best that'can be made * * from the original document. *********************************************************************** # REP6RTON STATE SERVICES TO THE HISPANIC POPULATION OF WISCONSIN L as 'GOVERNORS-COUNCIL FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE \flr\-2 NOVEMBER 1976 v-) "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY C) U.S.OEPANTNIENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAt. INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION 14.1%.".2 /7 LA. .4e2A,Cess FDU A TONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER IERICI That donaonot ha bean tatu'odocod IT% nhasi nom tho parson on orpansfatIon orsprialing II TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Minot I Wows have boon mado to moose INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." roprodi. Hon qualify Points of slaw or poinams %lanai in Ono docu mom do not nocassanly raotasant official NIE p09111011 08 policy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" The Council wishes to acknowledge the assistance of several individuals whose cooperation made this report possible: Philip E. Lerman Judith Temby The staff of the State Manpower Council, wherethe.Council was housed during this study,provided needed help promptly, and we thank them all for their efforts. 4. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1 I. Introduction 8 ,II. Methodology 12 III, Publit HeA.ings 14 A. Fond du Lac (May 10,106) 22 B. Racine/Kenosha/Walworth (May 11, 1976) 29 C. Milwaukee, northeast side (May 12, 1976) 33 D. Jefferson (May 12, 1976) 39 E. Milwaukee, south side (May 13, 1976) 45 IV. Recommendations A. Report of the Education Committee 47 1. Educational Communications Board 54 2. Higher Educational Aids Board 58 3. Department of Public Instruction 63 4. State Historical Society 66, , -5. University of Wisconsin System 6. Vocational, Technical and Adult Education 78 System B. Report of the Employment, Manpower and Affirmative Action Committee 84 1. Department of Administration DepartMent'of Agficutture , . 96 3. Department of Industry, Labor and Human I Relations 98 4. Department of Regulation and Licensing 108 110 5. State Manpower Council C. Report of the Health and Social Services Committee 117 1. Department of Health and Social Services 2, Department of Justice 131 134 3. Wisconsin Council on Criminal Justice iii 5 Table. of Contents Contd. Page D. Report of the Housing and Economic Development Committee 1. Department of Business Development 138 2. Office of the Commissioner of Credit Unions . 143 3. Department,of Local Affairs and Development 144 4. Department of'Natural Resources 148 5. Department of Revenue 0 152 a 6. Department-of-Transportation 154 V: Concluding Remarks 0 158 iv INTRODUCTION, The Governor's Councilfor Spanish Speaking People of Wisconsin was established On January 29, by ExecutiveOrder No. 23, issued by Governor Patrick J. Lucey 1976. Initial appointees to he Council were elevencitizens and two legislators: Luis Antonio BSez (Milwaukee) Rev. Jaime E. Davila (Milwaukee) Lucio Fuentez (Belgium) Manuel Garcia NORez radisol A. Armando Orellana Madison Juanita Renteria (Milwaukee) Pedro Rodriguez (Waukesha) Rev. Roberto Rodriguez (Kenosha) Carlos A. Sevilla (Appleton) Francisco A. Urbina (Milwaukee) Dr. Clemente S. Villarreal (Milwaukee) State Senator Timothy Cullen (D-Janesville) State Representative Edward Jackamonis (D-Waukesha) The resignation of Mr. Orellanain 'Mlii.Ch-was followed by theappointment of three additional citizens to the Council: Arturo Gonzales (Burlington), Francisco Rodriguez (Madison), and Maria Anita Sanchez(Stoughton). Council , membership now stands at fifteen. The Council was 'ordered by Governor Lucey to "study the effect ofselected state laws and policies on Latin residents of Wisconsin, identify problems and recommend state government measures to alleviate them." In order to facilitate its task, Dr. Ricardo Fernandez, Assistant Professorat the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Educati40 and the University of Wtsconsin-Extension Center for Urban Community Development, was appointed Coordinator of the work to be performed by the Council. At its initial meeting in February, Council members elected Carlos A. Sevilla to serve as Chairperson and organized themselves into fourstanding committees grouped into broad categories based on related issue areas.Additionally, there . was an attempt to distribute the workloadevenly a this resulted in a few agencies being assigned someWhat arbitrarily to ccklttees. These committees and the agencies assigned to them are listed below n alphabetical-order: 4 A. Education Educational Commuhications Board Higher Educational Aids Board Department of Public Instruction State Historical Society University of Wisconsin System Vocational, Technical and Adult Education System B. Employment, Manpower and Affirmative-Action Department of Administration Department of Agriculture Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations Department of Regulation and Licensing State Manpower Council C. Health and Social Services Department of Health and Soctal Services Department of,Justice. Wisconsin Council on Criminal"Justice D. Housing and Economic Development Department of Business Development Commissioner of Credit Unions (Office of the) Department of Local Affairs and Development Department of Natural Resources Department of Revenue Department of Transportation Monthly meetings were decided uponas necessary to complete.the work as soon asl. possible. Special meetigigs were to be calledas needed. (Minutes of all Council meetings are contained in the Appendix, Volume 2,of this report.)1 1Copies of the Appendix, Volume 2,may be consuTted in the Executive Office, the Department of Administration, the Legislative ReferenceBureau, the State Historical Society, and the General Referenceand Loan Library of the Department of Public Instruction. Historical Background Prior to the establishment of the Governor's Council for Spanish Speaking People, there had been two attempts by state government to assess the needs of Hispanic2 residents. In March 1971, Governor Lucey appointed a "Task Forceon Problems of the Spanish-Speaking," made up of citizens and state officials.After a'series of public hearings and in-person visits to agenciesr4W-1;arious Citiesin the state to study the problems faced by Hispanic persons, the Task Forcereported its recommendations to the GoVernor )n June of thatyear. This wa), followed by requests made by the Governor for state and local agencies terimplementthese recommendations; Copies of the Task Force. Report were disseminatedas well among agencies serving the Hispanic community. However, response from state agencies was uneven and, although some goals were met, the peed for,additional follow-up continued to exist. In the Spring of 1974, .0 the request of the Governor, JohnKostishak, then an . examiner in the Depaetment of .Industry, Labor and.Human Relations'Equal Rights Division; and,Avelardo Valdez, a former employee of the'UW-ExtensionsCenter. for Community Leadership Development, conducted a review of*all state'agencies 2,The term Hispanic (or Hispano), as used in this report,means a Spanish=origin person (Mexican American or Chicano,