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The JFC is informal to discuss an amendment introduced by Sen. Bob Jauch to divert $80,000 from the Youth Apprenticeship Program in the second year of the biennium for the Crex Meadows Youth Conservation Camp. To receive the funds, the camp must raise $20,000.
The Burnett County camp serves at-risk students in Northern Wisconsin. About 60 students participate each year, and Jauch said students who attend the camp have an 86 percent high school graduation rate.
Assembly Republicans on the committee balked at the earmark, but Sen. Luther Olsen, R-Ripon, had a word withthe GOP Republicans just before they could take a vote. Co-chair Rep. Kitty Rhoades, R-Hudson, then called for the committee to stand informal.
Labels: DWD, Jauch, Youth Apprenticeship Program
