1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,368 >>> AGREEING ON A SPENDING PLAN. 2 00:00:03,371 --> 00:00:05,536 LAWMAKERS AND THE GOVERNOR. 3 00:00:05,539 --> 00:00:07,939 >> THIS BUDGET IS A REAL WINNER 4 00:00:07,942 --> 00:00:09,307 FOR K-12 EDUCATION, FOR OUR 5 00:00:09,310 --> 00:00:10,475 UNIVERSITIES, FOR OUR KIDS, FOR 6 00:00:10,478 --> 00:00:12,210 OUR TEACHERS. 7 00:00:12,213 --> 00:00:14,212 >> A BUDGET THAT PUMPS MORE 8 00:00:14,215 --> 00:00:15,480 MONEY INTO EDUCATION, BUT IT 9 00:00:15,483 --> 00:00:17,415 DOESN'T SATISFY EVERYONE. 10 00:00:17,418 --> 00:00:20,151 >> WE ARE CONSISTENTLY DENYING 11 00:00:20,154 --> 00:00:20,451 OUR SCHOOLS $1 BILLION EVERY 12 00:00:20,454 --> 00:00:23,354 YEAR. 13 00:00:23,357 --> 00:00:23,721 >>> PLUS AN UNLIKELY PATH TO THE 14 00:00:23,724 --> 00:00:26,224 CLASSROOM. 15 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:36,100 >>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING 16 00:00:36,103 --> 00:00:39,604 US. 17 00:00:39,607 --> 00:00:41,272 THIS WEEK, ARIZONA LAWMAKERS END 18 00:00:41,275 --> 00:00:43,541 THE 2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 19 00:00:43,544 --> 00:00:44,609 APE $9.8 BILLION PLAN FOR NEXT 20 00:00:44,612 --> 00:00:46,244 YEAR. 21 00:00:46,247 --> 00:00:47,912 AMONG THE BIG TICKET ITEMS, 22 00:00:47,915 --> 00:00:49,580 EDUCATION FUNDING. 23 00:00:49,583 --> 00:00:51,115 ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA'S 24 00:00:51,118 --> 00:00:53,785 CHRISTOPHER CANOVER TRAVELED TO 25 00:00:53,788 --> 00:00:54,419 PHOENIX THIS WEEK FOR A 26 00:00:54,422 --> 00:00:55,286 ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW WITH 27 00:00:55,289 --> 00:00:57,555 GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY. 28 00:00:57,558 --> 00:00:59,257 >> THIS BUDGET IS A REAL WINNER 29 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:02,460 FOR K-12 EDUCATION, FOR OUR 30 00:01:02,463 --> 00:01:03,061 UNIVERSITIES, FOR OUR KIDS, FOR 31 00:01:03,064 --> 00:01:04,762 OUR TEACHERS. 32 00:01:04,765 --> 00:01:05,096 WE TOOK ALL OF THE AVAILABLE 33 00:01:05,099 --> 00:01:06,664 DOLLARS. 34 00:01:06,667 --> 00:01:07,865 I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET 35 00:01:07,868 --> 00:01:09,400 JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS AGO WE 36 00:01:09,403 --> 00:01:11,102 WERE IN A DEFICIT AS A STATE. 37 00:01:11,105 --> 00:01:13,037 WE HAD A $1 BILLION DEFICIT. 38 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:14,305 WE HAD TO MAKE SOME VERY 39 00:01:14,308 --> 00:01:15,640 DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT FIRST 40 00:01:15,643 --> 00:01:18,643 YEAR TO BALANCE THAT BUDGET. 41 00:01:18,646 --> 00:01:19,510 NOW WE'RE INVESTING AGAIN. 42 00:01:19,513 --> 00:01:22,380 WE'RE SPENDING AGAIN, AND WE'VE 43 00:01:22,383 --> 00:01:23,848 GOT NEARLY $170 MILLION 44 00:01:23,851 --> 00:01:26,551 ADDITIONAL FOR K-12 EDUCATION 45 00:01:26,554 --> 00:01:28,086 OVER AND ABOVE INFLATION, 46 00:01:28,089 --> 00:01:28,753 $63 MILLION COMMITTED DIRECTLY 47 00:01:28,756 --> 00:01:30,755 TO TEACHERS. 48 00:01:30,758 --> 00:01:34,092 THIS IS ALL ON TOP OF 49 00:01:34,095 --> 00:01:35,093 PROPOSITION 123, WHICH WAS 50 00:01:35,096 --> 00:01:35,993 $3.5 BILLION GUARANTEED OVER THE 51 00:01:35,996 --> 00:01:38,329 NEXT TEN YEARS. 52 00:01:38,332 --> 00:01:39,697 AND KWEEF BEEN ABLE TO DO ALL OF 53 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:40,932 THIS ADDITIONAL SPENDING AND 54 00:01:40,935 --> 00:01:43,267 INVESTING WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. 55 00:01:43,270 --> 00:01:43,701 IT'S GOING TO BE VERY POSITIVE 56 00:01:43,704 --> 00:01:45,403 FOR EDUCATION. 57 00:01:45,406 --> 00:01:47,371 IT'S GOING TO BE VERY POSITIVE 58 00:01:47,374 --> 00:01:48,506 FOR OUR KIDS, OUR TEACHERS, AND 59 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:49,240 THAT DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH ON 60 00:01:49,243 --> 00:01:52,143 UNIVERSITIES YET. 61 00:01:52,146 --> 00:01:53,377 >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET, 62 00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:53,711 YOU MENTIONED UNIVERSITY 63 00:01:53,714 --> 00:01:55,480 FUNDING. 64 00:01:55,483 --> 00:01:56,714 IT SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS THE BIG 65 00:01:56,717 --> 00:01:58,049 STICKING POINT. 66 00:01:58,052 --> 00:01:59,484 YOU STUCK TO YOUR GUNS. 67 00:01:59,487 --> 00:02:00,985 YOU WANTED THAT MONEY. 68 00:02:00,988 --> 00:02:01,986 THE LEGISLATURE CAME UP WITH IT 69 00:02:01,989 --> 00:02:03,788 IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 70 00:02:03,791 --> 00:02:04,889 IS IT THE RIGHT SOLUTION, OR IS 71 00:02:04,892 --> 00:02:06,290 IT JUST A COMPROMISE SOLUTION? 72 00:02:06,293 --> 00:02:06,757 >> NO, I WOULD SAY IT'S THE 73 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,694 RIGHT SOLUTION. 74 00:02:09,697 --> 00:02:11,996 FOR ME, THIS WAS ABOUT RESOURCES 75 00:02:11,999 --> 00:02:13,498 AND DOLLARS TO OUR UNIVERSITIES. 76 00:02:13,501 --> 00:02:13,898 WE HAVE GREAT UNIVERSITIES IN 77 00:02:13,901 --> 00:02:15,933 THIS STATE. 78 00:02:15,936 --> 00:02:18,202 YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSITY OF 79 00:02:18,205 --> 00:02:22,406 ARIZONA, ASU, NAU. 80 00:02:22,409 --> 00:02:23,274 WE ARE AMONG THE FASTEST GROWING 81 00:02:23,277 --> 00:02:24,842 STATES IN THE COUNTRY. 82 00:02:24,845 --> 00:02:26,110 WE HAVE THE FASTEST GROWING 83 00:02:26,113 --> 00:02:26,410 COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY IN OUR 84 00:02:26,413 --> 00:02:27,545 STATE. 85 00:02:27,548 --> 00:02:27,879 AND THESE UNIVERSITIES ARE 86 00:02:27,882 --> 00:02:28,980 GROWING. 87 00:02:28,983 --> 00:02:31,315 SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING 88 00:02:31,318 --> 00:02:32,617 THESE KIDS THROUGH THE K-12 89 00:02:32,620 --> 00:02:35,186 SYSTEM THAT'S EVER IMPROVING AND 90 00:02:35,189 --> 00:02:35,887 THEY'RE GETTING BETTER RESULTS, 91 00:02:35,890 --> 00:02:37,321 WE WANT TO HAVE UNIVERSITIES 92 00:02:37,324 --> 00:02:38,256 THAT CAN BRING THEM IN, AND WE 93 00:02:38,259 --> 00:02:40,892 WANT TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE 94 00:02:40,895 --> 00:02:43,794 THAT CAN ADDRESS 21st CENTURY 95 00:02:43,797 --> 00:02:44,562 NEEDS IN TERMS OF RESEARCH, 96 00:02:44,565 --> 00:02:44,896 LABORATORY INVESTMENT, ET 97 00:02:44,899 --> 00:02:48,132 CETERA. 98 00:02:48,135 --> 00:02:48,399 AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GOING TO 99 00:02:48,402 --> 00:02:49,600 DO. 100 00:02:49,603 --> 00:02:50,601 IT'S GOING TO ALLOW OUR 101 00:02:50,604 --> 00:02:51,669 UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS TO PLAN 102 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:52,803 AHEAD, TO FOCUS ON THE 103 00:02:52,806 --> 00:02:54,172 EXCELLENCE OF THEIR ENTERPRISE, 104 00:02:54,175 --> 00:02:55,907 TO KEEP DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING 105 00:02:55,910 --> 00:02:58,943 BUT TO DO MORE OF IT AND FASTER. 106 00:02:58,946 --> 00:03:00,344 >> WHEN IT COMES TO K-12 107 00:03:00,347 --> 00:03:02,113 TEACHERS, IN YOUR STATE OF THE 108 00:03:02,116 --> 00:03:03,581 STATE ADDRESS, YOU ASKED FOR A 109 00:03:03,584 --> 00:03:11,255 RAISE OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS. 110 00:03:11,258 --> 00:03:14,859 THE LEGISLATURE MOVED UP THAT S. 111 00:03:14,862 --> 00:03:17,495 HOW DO WE GET TEACHERS TO STAY 112 00:03:17,498 --> 00:03:19,363 IN THE STATE? 113 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:19,664 >> WE WANT TO GET THEM EVEN MORE 114 00:03:19,667 --> 00:03:20,831 MONEY. 115 00:03:20,834 --> 00:03:22,233 ARIZONA IS IMPROVING FASTER THAN 116 00:03:22,236 --> 00:03:23,267 ANY OTHER STATE IN MATH, 117 00:03:23,270 --> 00:03:24,535 READING, AND SCIENCE. 118 00:03:24,538 --> 00:03:26,070 WE'RE MAKING LARGER GAINS THAN 119 00:03:26,073 --> 00:03:27,271 OTHER STATES IN THE COUNTRY, AND 120 00:03:27,274 --> 00:03:29,473 THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY 121 00:03:29,476 --> 00:03:30,841 OF OUR TEACHERS. 122 00:03:30,844 --> 00:03:31,409 WE'RE HAVING A TEACHER SHORTAGE 123 00:03:31,412 --> 00:03:32,243 IN ARIZONA. 124 00:03:32,246 --> 00:03:34,111 IT'S NOT JUST ARIZONA. 125 00:03:34,114 --> 00:03:34,478 THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS 126 00:03:34,481 --> 00:03:36,948 AMERICA. 127 00:03:36,951 --> 00:03:39,617 PEOPLE THAT ARE MY AGE, MANY OF 128 00:03:39,620 --> 00:03:40,351 THEM CAME OUT OF SCHOOL AND WENT 129 00:03:40,354 --> 00:03:42,086 INTO TEACHING. 130 00:03:42,089 --> 00:03:42,620 THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR ABOUT 131 00:03:42,623 --> 00:03:44,355 30-PLUS YEARS. 132 00:03:44,358 --> 00:03:46,324 THEY WANT TO GO INTO RETIREMENT. 133 00:03:46,327 --> 00:03:47,525 THEY'VE EARNED THAT RETIREMENT. 134 00:03:47,528 --> 00:03:48,593 WE WANT TO KEEP OUR GOOD 135 00:03:48,596 --> 00:03:49,927 TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM. 136 00:03:49,930 --> 00:03:50,695 WE WANT TO ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE 137 00:03:50,698 --> 00:03:52,330 INTO THE CLASSROOM. 138 00:03:52,333 --> 00:03:53,531 WE DID ANOTHER GOOD THING IN 139 00:03:53,534 --> 00:03:55,032 TERMS OF ACCREDITATION. 140 00:03:55,035 --> 00:03:56,234 WE LET SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS 141 00:03:56,237 --> 00:03:59,003 THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE THAT ARE IN 142 00:03:59,006 --> 00:04:00,171 THE PRIVATE SECTOR, COME IN AND 143 00:04:00,174 --> 00:04:01,606 AT LEAST PRESENT THEMSELVES TO A 144 00:04:01,609 --> 00:04:03,507 PRINCIPAL OR A SUPERINTENDENT TO 145 00:04:03,510 --> 00:04:05,042 HELP FILL THAT NEED, TO TEACH 146 00:04:05,045 --> 00:04:05,977 CLASSES AT BOTH THE GRADE SCHOOL 147 00:04:05,980 --> 00:04:07,578 AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. 148 00:04:07,581 --> 00:04:08,946 SO WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS. 149 00:04:08,949 --> 00:04:10,748 THERE'S MORE WE CAN DO. 150 00:04:10,751 --> 00:04:11,649 WE ALSO WANT TO FORGIVE DEBT FOR 151 00:04:11,652 --> 00:04:13,184 STUDENTS THAT ARE IN COLLEGE AND 152 00:04:13,187 --> 00:04:13,551 WANT TO PUT THEIR CAREER INTO 153 00:04:13,554 --> 00:04:15,286 TEACHING. 154 00:04:15,289 --> 00:04:16,887 SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD DIFFERENT 155 00:04:16,890 --> 00:04:18,990 TOOLS TO THE TOOLBOX ALONG WITH 156 00:04:18,993 --> 00:04:20,224 RAISES AND RESOURCES THAT WE 157 00:04:20,227 --> 00:04:20,558 THINK WILL HELP MITIGATE THIS 158 00:04:20,561 --> 00:04:21,792 PROBLEM. 159 00:04:21,795 --> 00:04:23,894 >> IN YOUR STATE OF THE STATE, 160 00:04:23,897 --> 00:04:24,562 THE TEACHERS ACADEMY, THAT WAS 161 00:04:24,565 --> 00:04:27,131 PART OF THE BUDGET. 162 00:04:27,134 --> 00:04:28,332 THE LEGISLATURE PASSED IT. 163 00:04:28,335 --> 00:04:29,300 IT'S THE THREE UNIVERSITIES 164 00:04:29,303 --> 00:04:30,701 WORKING TOGETHER TO GET TEACHERS 165 00:04:30,704 --> 00:04:31,969 OUT AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION. 166 00:04:31,972 --> 00:04:34,038 >> ABSOLUTELY. 167 00:04:34,041 --> 00:04:35,706 I MEAN WE WENT TO THE 168 00:04:35,709 --> 00:04:36,374 UNIVERSITIES AND WE SAID, WE 169 00:04:36,377 --> 00:04:39,677 EDUCATE THESE CHILDREN. 170 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:40,411 MANY OF THEM GO INTO LAW OR 171 00:04:40,414 --> 00:04:41,946 MEDICINE OR BUSINESS, AND IN A 172 00:04:41,949 --> 00:04:42,813 SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, THEY'RE 173 00:04:42,816 --> 00:04:44,649 MAKING A SIGNIFICANT SALARY. 174 00:04:44,652 --> 00:04:46,050 WE WANT TO IMPROVE TEACHER 175 00:04:46,053 --> 00:04:50,221 SALARIES, BUT WE ALSO -- THERE'S 176 00:04:50,224 --> 00:04:50,821 A BURDEN IN TERMS OF ROOM AND 177 00:04:50,824 --> 00:04:52,023 BOARD AND TUITION AND DEBT 178 00:04:52,026 --> 00:04:52,757 BOARD AND TUITION AND DEBT 179 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,258 THAT'S TAKEN ON. 180 00:04:54,261 --> 00:04:56,060 WHAT CAN WE WORK TOGETHER ON TO 181 00:04:56,063 --> 00:04:57,428 HELP LESSEN THAT BURDEN. 182 00:04:57,431 --> 00:04:58,696 IF THEY HAVE THAT PASSION, YOU 183 00:04:58,699 --> 00:05:00,097 KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO 184 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:00,998 TEACHING FOR THE MONEY, BUT THEY 185 00:05:01,001 --> 00:05:02,466 WORK INCREDIBLY HARD. 186 00:05:02,469 --> 00:05:04,068 THEY DESERVE TO BE REWARDED. 187 00:05:04,071 --> 00:05:06,570 AND IF WE CAN TAKE THAT DEBT OR 188 00:05:06,573 --> 00:05:07,638 SOME OF THAT DEBT AWAY FROM THE 189 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:09,940 TUITION PERSPECTIVE, PERHAPS WE 190 00:05:09,943 --> 00:05:11,609 CAN ATTRACT EVEN MORE GOOD 191 00:05:11,612 --> 00:05:12,009 PEOPLE TO COME INTO THAT 192 00:05:12,012 --> 00:05:13,644 PROFESSION. 193 00:05:13,647 --> 00:05:16,147 >> EARLY IN THE SESSION, WE HAD 194 00:05:16,150 --> 00:05:18,115 THE EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP BILL 195 00:05:18,118 --> 00:05:18,482 FILED, WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL 196 00:05:18,485 --> 00:05:19,917 VOUCHERS. 197 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,453 IT'S EXPANDED IT PRETTY MUCH TO 198 00:05:22,456 --> 00:05:23,788 ALL KIDS DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT 199 00:05:23,791 --> 00:05:25,823 OF MONEY AVAILABLE. 200 00:05:25,826 --> 00:05:29,327 CRITICS SAY IT'S ONLY GOING TO 201 00:05:29,330 --> 00:05:30,428 GO TO THE RICH KIDS WHO ARE 202 00:05:30,431 --> 00:05:31,329 ALREADY IN PRIVATE SCHOOL, 203 00:05:31,332 --> 00:05:32,530 ESPECIALLY BECAUSE A LOT OF 204 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:34,298 PRIVATE SCHOOLS COST MORE THAN 205 00:05:34,301 --> 00:05:35,933 THE $5,000 THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 206 00:05:35,936 --> 00:05:36,467 IS THAT A VALID ARGUMENT? 207 00:05:36,470 --> 00:05:37,968 >> NO. 208 00:05:37,971 --> 00:05:41,238 I THINK THAT'S INACCURATE. 209 00:05:41,241 --> 00:05:41,572 THIS IS A LAW THAT EXISTED SINCE 210 00:05:41,575 --> 00:05:42,940 2011. 211 00:05:42,943 --> 00:05:45,042 IT'S HELPING FOSTER KIDS. 212 00:05:45,045 --> 00:05:48,245 IT'S HELPING DISABLED KIDS. 213 00:05:48,248 --> 00:05:50,314 IT'S HELPING KIDS ON TRIBAL 214 00:05:50,317 --> 00:05:50,681 NATIONS AND CHILDREN OF MILITARY 215 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:52,383 FAMILIES. 216 00:05:52,386 --> 00:05:54,118 THERE'S LESS THAN 5,000 CHILDREN 217 00:05:54,121 --> 00:05:55,653 THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 218 00:05:55,656 --> 00:05:57,955 THIS, BUT THEY NEED THIS. 219 00:05:57,958 --> 00:05:59,690 THEIR PARENTS NEED THIS CHOICE. 220 00:05:59,693 --> 00:06:01,325 THERE'S OTHER KIDS THAT AREN'T 221 00:06:01,328 --> 00:06:02,860 IN THOSE SAME SITUATIONS THAT 222 00:06:02,863 --> 00:06:04,895 ALSO NEED THIS CHOICE. 223 00:06:04,898 --> 00:06:07,331 THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. 224 00:06:07,334 --> 00:06:08,566 IT'S A VERY SMALL REFORM. 225 00:06:08,569 --> 00:06:09,734 BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED IT, IT 226 00:06:09,737 --> 00:06:12,470 CAN BE A LIFE SAVER. 227 00:06:12,473 --> 00:06:15,940 THIS CAN BE FOR TUITION, FOR 228 00:06:15,943 --> 00:06:16,540 TEXTBOOKS, FOR TUTORING, FOR 229 00:06:16,543 --> 00:06:19,343 EDUCATIONAL THERAPY. 230 00:06:19,346 --> 00:06:20,311 THE BEST WAY TO THINK OF IT IS 231 00:06:20,314 --> 00:06:21,946 IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS 232 00:06:21,949 --> 00:06:23,114 ACCOUNT THAT GIVES THE POWER TO 233 00:06:23,117 --> 00:06:25,383 THE PARENT SO THAT THEY CAN 234 00:06:25,386 --> 00:06:25,683 ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THEIR 235 00:06:25,686 --> 00:06:26,350 CHILD. 236 00:06:26,353 --> 00:06:28,786 IT'S SOMETHING ARIZONA HAS 237 00:06:28,789 --> 00:06:29,420 REALLY SHINED IN, IN TERMS OF 238 00:06:29,423 --> 00:06:30,921 EDUCATIONAL CHOICE. 239 00:06:30,924 --> 00:06:32,423 AND TUCSON WAS THE FOUNDING OF 240 00:06:32,426 --> 00:06:33,991 THE BASIS SCHOOL. 241 00:06:33,994 --> 00:06:35,659 U.S. NEWS AND WORLD RECORD SAYS 242 00:06:35,662 --> 00:06:37,595 THAT ARIZONA HAS FIVE OF THE TOP 243 00:06:37,598 --> 00:06:37,928 TEN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE 244 00:06:37,931 --> 00:06:40,264 NATION. 245 00:06:40,267 --> 00:06:40,931 SO WE KNOW HOW TO EDUCATE A 246 00:06:40,934 --> 00:06:41,966 CHILD HERE. 247 00:06:41,969 --> 00:06:43,033 OUR SCHOOL CHOICE HAS BEEN GOOD 248 00:06:43,036 --> 00:06:44,769 FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA. 249 00:06:44,772 --> 00:06:46,637 WE NEED TO DO THIS MORE OFTEN IN 250 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,073 MORE AREAS WITH THE SAME AMOUNT 251 00:06:49,076 --> 00:06:50,641 OF ATTENTION TO OUR DISTRICT 252 00:06:50,644 --> 00:06:53,077 SCHOOLS, OUR PUBLIC CHARTER 253 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:55,246 SCHOOLS, AND WHEN A PARENT HAS A 254 00:06:55,249 --> 00:06:55,546 SPECIAL SITUATION, ESAs CAN 255 00:06:55,549 --> 00:06:57,515 HELP. 256 00:06:57,518 --> 00:06:58,816 >> I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT THE 257 00:06:58,819 --> 00:07:00,351 EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIPS, 258 00:07:00,354 --> 00:07:01,952 ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL 259 00:07:01,955 --> 00:07:04,255 NEEDS, THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF 260 00:07:04,258 --> 00:07:06,190 IT, IF YOU WILL, REALLY IN SOME 261 00:07:06,193 --> 00:07:07,525 WAYS IS A CONDEMNATION OF PUBLIC 262 00:07:07,528 --> 00:07:08,959 SCHOOLS, THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS 263 00:07:08,962 --> 00:07:09,493 CAN'T EDUCATE KID WHO'S ARE OUT 264 00:07:09,496 --> 00:07:11,028 OF THE NORM. 265 00:07:11,031 --> 00:07:12,363 IS IT A CONDEMNATION? 266 00:07:12,366 --> 00:07:15,166 >> NO, NOT AT ALL. 267 00:07:15,169 --> 00:07:16,934 AND THIS IS -- I THINK THIS IS 268 00:07:16,937 --> 00:07:19,503 THE PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT 269 00:07:19,506 --> 00:07:20,538 EVERYONE WANTS TO POLARIZE THIS 270 00:07:20,541 --> 00:07:21,605 DEBATE, THAT EVERYTHING IS 271 00:07:21,608 --> 00:07:23,140 EITHER RIGHT OR WRONG. 272 00:07:23,143 --> 00:07:24,175 HOW ABOUT LEAVING THIS DECISION 273 00:07:24,178 --> 00:07:26,110 TO THE PARENT? 274 00:07:26,113 --> 00:07:26,877 AND WE HAVE OPTIONS IN THE STATE 275 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,713 OF ARIZONA. 276 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:30,981 HOW CAN YOU SAY TO A PARENT OF A 277 00:07:30,984 --> 00:07:32,583 DISABLED CHILD THAT WHEN YOU 278 00:07:32,586 --> 00:07:34,385 GIVE THEM FLEXIBILITY IN THE 279 00:07:34,388 --> 00:07:35,619 DOLLARS, KNOWING THE NEEDS OF 280 00:07:35,622 --> 00:07:37,321 THEIR CHILD, THAT THAT WOULD BE 281 00:07:37,324 --> 00:07:37,688 A CONDEMNATION OF PUBLIC 282 00:07:37,691 --> 00:07:39,690 EDUCATION? 283 00:07:39,693 --> 00:07:41,992 THE IDEA OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IS 284 00:07:41,995 --> 00:07:43,694 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, YET OUR 285 00:07:43,697 --> 00:07:45,396 KIDS COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPES 286 00:07:45,399 --> 00:07:45,830 AND SIZES AND DIFFERENT 287 00:07:45,833 --> 00:07:48,232 CIRCUMSTANCES. 288 00:07:48,235 --> 00:07:49,934 AND WHAT WE DO IN ARIZONA IS WE 289 00:07:49,937 --> 00:07:51,902 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND WE GIVE AS 290 00:07:51,905 --> 00:07:54,738 MUCH POWER AS WE CAN TO THE 291 00:07:54,741 --> 00:07:55,372 PARENT TO MAKE THE RIGHT 292 00:07:55,375 --> 00:07:57,174 DECISION FOR THEIR CHILD. 293 00:07:57,177 --> 00:07:58,609 >> YOUR PREDECESSOR, GOVERNOR 294 00:07:58,612 --> 00:07:59,677 BREWER, RECENTLY CAME OUT AND 295 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:00,711 SAID MAYBE SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE 296 00:08:00,714 --> 00:08:02,213 SIGNED SOME OF THE TAX CUTS THAT 297 00:08:02,216 --> 00:08:03,314 SHE DID, AND MAYBE THE STATE 298 00:08:03,317 --> 00:08:05,616 NEEDS THAT MONEY. 299 00:08:05,619 --> 00:08:05,983 YOU'VE PUT FORWARD A LOT OF TAX 300 00:08:05,986 --> 00:08:09,086 CUTS. 301 00:08:09,089 --> 00:08:10,721 YOU'RE A BUSINESSMAN BEFORE YOU 302 00:08:10,724 --> 00:08:11,822 WERE HERE IN STATE GOVERNMENT. 303 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:12,823 WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT ON THE 304 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:14,291 FORMER GOVERNOR'S FEELINGS ON 305 00:08:14,294 --> 00:08:16,994 TAX CUTS? 306 00:08:16,997 --> 00:08:18,195 >> WELL, MY FOCUS IS HOW DO I 307 00:08:18,198 --> 00:08:20,097 BRING BUSINESS TO OUR STATE? 308 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:20,397 HOW DO I BRING COMPANIES TO OUR 309 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:21,632 STATE? 310 00:08:21,635 --> 00:08:23,467 HOW DO I MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE 311 00:08:23,470 --> 00:08:26,971 THAT WANTS TO GET A JOB IN THE 312 00:08:26,974 --> 00:08:28,239 STATE OF ARIZONA CAN FIND A JOB? 313 00:08:28,242 --> 00:08:29,440 IN THIS VERY OFFICE, THIS IS 314 00:08:29,443 --> 00:08:31,008 WHERE I MEET WITH A LOT OF 315 00:08:31,011 --> 00:08:32,843 BUSINESS PEOPLE FROM OTHER 316 00:08:32,846 --> 00:08:33,777 STATES, OFTENTIMES FROM 317 00:08:33,780 --> 00:08:36,280 CALIFORNIA AND ILLINOIS THAT ARE 318 00:08:36,283 --> 00:08:37,348 LOOKING TO RELOCATE OR EXPAND OR 319 00:08:37,351 --> 00:08:39,250 BRING THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN. 320 00:08:39,253 --> 00:08:40,451 THEY ALL WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE 321 00:08:40,454 --> 00:08:41,685 TAX CLIMATE IS IN THE STATE AND 322 00:08:41,688 --> 00:08:42,486 WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 323 00:08:42,489 --> 00:08:44,188 THE FUTURE. 324 00:08:44,191 --> 00:08:46,290 WE'VE WON MORE THAN OUR FAIR 325 00:08:46,293 --> 00:08:47,858 SHARE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND 326 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:48,192 NEGOTIATIONS IN THE LAST 28 327 00:08:48,195 --> 00:08:50,694 MONTHS. 328 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:52,363 THE FACT THAT WE'RE A LOW-TAX, 329 00:08:52,366 --> 00:08:54,331 LIGHT REGULATION STATE THAT'S 330 00:08:54,334 --> 00:08:55,833 IMPROVING IN K-12 EDUCATION HAS 331 00:08:55,836 --> 00:08:56,967 ALLOWED ME TO REALLY PITCH TO 332 00:08:56,970 --> 00:08:57,568 THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING 333 00:08:57,571 --> 00:08:59,036 THOSE DECISIONS. 334 00:08:59,039 --> 00:09:00,771 I THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR 335 00:09:00,774 --> 00:09:02,673 STATE MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR 336 00:09:02,676 --> 00:09:03,874 BUSINESS AND CONTINUE TO INVEST 337 00:09:03,877 --> 00:09:06,443 IN EDUCATION AS LONG AS WE'RE 338 00:09:06,446 --> 00:09:08,145 GROWING IN TERMS OF POPULATION 339 00:09:08,148 --> 00:09:08,979 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND 340 00:09:08,982 --> 00:09:12,249 THAT'S MY PLAN. 341 00:09:12,252 --> 00:09:13,284 >> YOU MENTIONED UNEMPLOYMENT. 342 00:09:13,287 --> 00:09:15,753 NUMBERS ARE LOOKING BETTER. 343 00:09:15,756 --> 00:09:16,253 WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BEHIND THE 344 00:09:16,256 --> 00:09:16,787 NATIONAL AVERAGE. 345 00:09:16,790 --> 00:09:17,855 HOW DO WE FIX THIS? 346 00:09:17,858 --> 00:09:18,622 >> WELL, WE KEEP DOING WHAT 347 00:09:18,625 --> 00:09:20,391 WE'RE DOING. 348 00:09:20,394 --> 00:09:21,825 YOU KNOW, WE'RE A GROWTH STATE. 349 00:09:21,828 --> 00:09:23,761 SO WHEN THE ECONOMY IS GOING 350 00:09:23,764 --> 00:09:24,762 GOOD IN THE COUNTRY, IT'S BETTER 351 00:09:24,765 --> 00:09:26,830 IN ARIZONA. 352 00:09:26,833 --> 00:09:28,265 WHEN THE ECONOMY SUFFERS A 353 00:09:28,268 --> 00:09:29,199 DOWNTURN NATIONALLY, IT HURTS 354 00:09:29,202 --> 00:09:30,534 ARIZONA MORE. 355 00:09:30,537 --> 00:09:32,169 BUT WE'RE OUT OF THE JOB LOSSES 356 00:09:32,172 --> 00:09:32,536 THAT WE HAD SINCE THE GREAT 357 00:09:32,539 --> 00:09:35,205 RECESSION. 358 00:09:35,208 --> 00:09:37,508 NOW WE'RE ADDING JOBS, GROWING 359 00:09:37,511 --> 00:09:39,076 FASTER THAN WE HAVE OR THAN 360 00:09:39,079 --> 00:09:40,144 ANYONE ELSE IS IN THE COUNTRY. 361 00:09:40,147 --> 00:09:40,578 THAT'S WHAT WILL BRING THE 362 00:09:40,581 --> 00:09:44,014 ECONOMY BACK. 363 00:09:44,017 --> 00:09:45,549 YOU KNOW, IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA, 364 00:09:45,552 --> 00:09:46,850 COMCAST, CATERPILLAR, WHAT WE'VE 365 00:09:46,853 --> 00:09:49,019 BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE 366 00:09:49,022 --> 00:09:52,690 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IN TERMS 367 00:09:52,693 --> 00:09:55,025 OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THE 368 00:09:55,028 --> 00:09:55,392 RELATIONSHIP WITH DAVIS AND 369 00:09:55,395 --> 00:09:57,161 RAYTHEON. 370 00:09:57,164 --> 00:09:58,529 ALL REAL POSITIVES, ALL FOCUSED 371 00:09:58,532 --> 00:10:00,664 ON THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BIGGER 372 00:10:00,667 --> 00:10:01,365 THAN ONE COUNTY IN THIS STATE OR 373 00:10:01,368 --> 00:10:03,233 ONE CITY. 374 00:10:03,236 --> 00:10:03,901 I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THE VISITS 375 00:10:03,904 --> 00:10:07,871 TO SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 376 00:10:07,874 --> 00:10:08,606 I THINK I'VE BEEN THERE 30-PLUS 377 00:10:08,609 --> 00:10:10,741 TIMES THIS WEEK. 378 00:10:10,744 --> 00:10:12,276 MUCH OF OUR BUDGET, MUCH OF OUR 379 00:10:12,279 --> 00:10:13,844 FOCUS HAS COME FROM LISTENING TO 380 00:10:13,847 --> 00:10:16,280 THE CITIZENS AROUND THE STATE, 381 00:10:16,283 --> 00:10:17,281 AND WE'VE REALLY HAD A FOCUS ON 382 00:10:17,284 --> 00:10:17,615 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN 383 00:10:17,618 --> 00:10:20,684 ARIZONA. 384 00:10:20,687 --> 00:10:22,853 >> WRAPPING UP HERE, THIRD 385 00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:23,287 LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS GOVERNOR. 386 00:10:23,290 --> 00:10:25,089 WHAT'S LEFT? 387 00:10:25,092 --> 00:10:26,724 WE ASSUME YOU'RE RUNNING AGAIN, 388 00:10:26,727 --> 00:10:29,059 BUT WHAT'S LEFT ON THE HORIZON? 389 00:10:29,062 --> 00:10:34,031 >> THESE CAMPAIGN CYCLES ARE FAR 390 00:10:34,034 --> 00:10:34,698 TOO LONG. 391 00:10:34,701 --> 00:10:35,399 WE HAVE ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE 392 00:10:35,402 --> 00:10:36,133 AGENDA IN JANUARY THAT WE'LL 393 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:38,936 HAVE ANOTHER STATE OF THE STATE, 394 00:10:38,939 --> 00:10:39,903 AND THEN THERE IS A DATE FOR 395 00:10:39,906 --> 00:10:41,171 DECISIONS IN 2018. 396 00:10:41,174 --> 00:10:41,772 I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO TALK 397 00:10:41,775 --> 00:10:42,706 ABOUT THAT. 398 00:10:42,709 --> 00:10:43,207 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE 399 00:10:43,210 --> 00:10:45,509 APPROPRIATE TIME. 400 00:10:45,512 --> 00:10:47,011 WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CLOSE UP 401 00:10:47,014 --> 00:10:48,245 THIS SESSION, SIGN THIS BUDGET, 402 00:10:48,248 --> 00:10:50,014 AND BEGIN TO PUT THE PLANS 403 00:10:50,017 --> 00:10:52,082 TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE 404 00:10:52,085 --> 00:10:52,816 ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL LEGISLATIVE 405 00:10:52,819 --> 00:10:55,986 SESSION AND STATE OF THE STATE 406 00:10:55,989 --> 00:10:57,655 IN JANUARY. 407 00:10:57,658 --> 00:10:59,123 >>> DESPITE ADDITIONAL PAY FOR 408 00:10:59,126 --> 00:11:01,091 TEACHERS AND MONEY FOR THE 409 00:11:01,094 --> 00:11:02,760 CLASSROOMS, MORE THAN A DOZEN 410 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:04,595 EDUCATION ADVOCACY GROUPS SAY 411 00:11:04,598 --> 00:11:05,829 LAWMAKERS FAILED THE MORE THAN 1 412 00:11:05,832 --> 00:11:06,163 MILLION CHILDREN IN ARIZONA 413 00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:07,965 SCHOOLS. 414 00:11:07,968 --> 00:11:09,600 ARIZONA CONTINUES TO RANK AMONG 415 00:11:09,603 --> 00:11:11,235 THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY FOR 416 00:11:11,238 --> 00:11:12,836 SCHOOL FUNDING. 417 00:11:12,839 --> 00:11:13,303 JEN DARLAND REPRESENTS ARIZONA 418 00:11:13,306 --> 00:11:14,738 SCHOOLS NOW. 419 00:11:14,741 --> 00:11:16,540 >> THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT 420 00:11:16,543 --> 00:11:17,875 THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE 421 00:11:17,878 --> 00:11:19,743 STATUS QUO. 422 00:11:19,746 --> 00:11:22,246 WE HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE IN THE 423 00:11:22,249 --> 00:11:24,815 BUDGET TO DO A BIG, BOLD 424 00:11:24,818 --> 00:11:26,450 INVESTMENT, AND WHAT WE DO KNOW 425 00:11:26,453 --> 00:11:28,318 REALLY DRIVES RESULTS IN THE 426 00:11:28,321 --> 00:11:29,620 CLASSROOM WHICH IS HAVING A 427 00:11:29,623 --> 00:11:31,221 QUALIFIED, CERTIFIED TEACHER IN 428 00:11:31,224 --> 00:11:32,456 FRONT OF THE STUDENTS. 429 00:11:32,459 --> 00:11:33,624 UNFORTUNATELY THE PRIORITIES IN 430 00:11:33,627 --> 00:11:34,692 THIS BUDGET DON'T SUPPORT 431 00:11:34,695 --> 00:11:35,059 KEEPING TEACHERS IN THE 432 00:11:35,062 --> 00:11:36,393 CLASSROOM. 433 00:11:36,396 --> 00:11:37,494 SO WE'RE REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN 434 00:11:37,497 --> 00:11:38,696 THAT, THAT THAT WASN'T 435 00:11:38,699 --> 00:11:41,165 NECESSARILY THE BIG, BOLD NEXT 436 00:11:41,168 --> 00:11:44,034 STEP THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED 437 00:11:44,037 --> 00:11:44,301 FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF PROP 438 00:11:44,304 --> 00:11:46,403 123. 439 00:11:46,406 --> 00:11:47,738 >> IT SEEMED BEFORE THE BUDGET 440 00:11:47,741 --> 00:11:49,473 PASSED, THERE WAS SOME HOPE THAT 441 00:11:49,476 --> 00:11:51,308 PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING 442 00:11:51,311 --> 00:11:52,443 THAT ADVOCACY GROUPS LIKE YOU'RE 443 00:11:52,446 --> 00:11:53,610 INVOLVED WITH WOULD BE HAPPY 444 00:11:53,613 --> 00:11:54,044 WITH OR HAPPIER WITH. 445 00:11:54,047 --> 00:11:56,380 >> YES. 446 00:11:56,383 --> 00:11:58,615 WE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF HOPE. 447 00:11:58,618 --> 00:12:01,018 IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO 448 00:12:01,021 --> 00:12:01,819 HAVE A BUDGET PROPOSAL WHICH WE 449 00:12:01,822 --> 00:12:03,420 PUT FORWARD, WHICH FOUND THE 450 00:12:03,423 --> 00:12:04,588 AVAILABLE DOLLARS AND FOUND 451 00:12:04,591 --> 00:12:06,323 THREE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES THAT 452 00:12:06,326 --> 00:12:08,625 DID NOT REQUIRE A TAX INCREASE. 453 00:12:08,628 --> 00:12:10,094 WE HAD HOPED THAT WHAT IT WOULD 454 00:12:10,097 --> 00:12:11,462 DO IS PROVIDE A MODERATING 455 00:12:11,465 --> 00:12:13,897 COMPONENT, RIGHT, SO THAT IT 456 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:15,599 WOULD PUSH FROM THE 0.4% AS THE 457 00:12:15,602 --> 00:12:16,600 GOVERNOR HAD PROPOSED, NOT 458 00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:17,835 NECESSARILY A FULL 4%. 459 00:12:17,838 --> 00:12:21,004 WE WERE REALLY KIND OF HOPING 460 00:12:21,007 --> 00:12:22,873 FOR A BOLDER, CLOSE TO A 2% THIS 461 00:12:22,876 --> 00:12:24,408 YEAR, BUT REALLY HAD HOPED THAT 462 00:12:24,411 --> 00:12:25,576 THE 4% WOULD HAVE COME THROUGH 463 00:12:25,579 --> 00:12:26,844 IN THE END. 464 00:12:26,847 --> 00:12:28,812 WE THOUGHT THAT WE HAD -- WE 465 00:12:28,815 --> 00:12:33,884 KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC 466 00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:36,153 SUPPORT BEHIND THIS. 467 00:12:36,156 --> 00:12:38,088 BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE IDN'T HAVE 468 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:38,822 THE CHAMPIONS IN EITHER CHAMBERS 469 00:12:38,825 --> 00:12:40,157 TO SEE THAT THROUGH. 470 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:41,725 >> WE OFTEN HERE THAT MONEY 471 00:12:41,728 --> 00:12:43,594 CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS. 472 00:12:43,597 --> 00:12:43,861 IS THAT WHAT ARIZONA NEEDS RIGHT 473 00:12:43,864 --> 00:12:46,597 NOW? 474 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:47,131 >> I WOULD SAY MONEY IS THE 475 00:12:47,134 --> 00:12:47,865 SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. 476 00:12:47,868 --> 00:12:48,465 WE HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM IN THE 477 00:12:48,468 --> 00:12:51,268 STATE OF ARIZONA. 478 00:12:51,271 --> 00:12:52,603 EVEN AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY IN 479 00:12:52,606 --> 00:12:53,871 REPORTS, EVEN GOVERNOR BREWER 480 00:12:53,874 --> 00:12:55,005 FEELS LIKE SOME OF THE TAX CUTS 481 00:12:55,008 --> 00:12:56,740 ARE A LITTLE TOO EXTREME. 482 00:12:56,743 --> 00:12:59,143 WE ARE CONSISTENTLY DENYING OUR 483 00:12:59,146 --> 00:13:01,378 SCHOOLS $1 BILLION EVERY YEAR, 484 00:13:01,381 --> 00:13:03,447 FUNDING THAT THEY NEED FOR 21st 485 00:13:03,450 --> 00:13:05,015 CENTURY TOOLS AND RESOURCES AS 486 00:13:05,018 --> 00:13:06,250 WELL AS SAFE CLASSROOMS. 487 00:13:06,253 --> 00:13:08,685 WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ALSO 488 00:13:08,688 --> 00:13:10,454 IMPACTING THE ABILITY FOR OUR 489 00:13:10,457 --> 00:13:13,657 SCHOOL GOVERNING BOARDS TO MAKE 490 00:13:13,660 --> 00:13:14,792 DECISIONS OVER PROVIDING TEACHER 491 00:13:14,795 --> 00:13:16,026 RAISES OR KEEPING AN HVAC SYSTEM 492 00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:16,560 WORKING OR HAVING DOORS THAT 493 00:13:16,563 --> 00:13:19,696 ACTUALLY LOCK. 494 00:13:19,699 --> 00:13:21,131 WE HEARD FROM A TEACHER ACTUALLY 495 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:22,933 IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA AT ONE OF 496 00:13:22,936 --> 00:13:24,968 OUR BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT 497 00:13:24,971 --> 00:13:25,302 HER CLASSROOM DOOR DOES NOT 498 00:13:25,305 --> 00:13:26,537 LOCK. 499 00:13:26,540 --> 00:13:29,139 SO IN A LOCKDOWN SITUATION, SHE 500 00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:30,374 HAS TO TAKE HER CLASS OF 30 501 00:13:30,377 --> 00:13:32,576 STUDENTS INTO HER COLLEAGUE'S 502 00:13:32,579 --> 00:13:34,278 CLASSROOM TO LOCK THE DOOR. 503 00:13:34,281 --> 00:13:35,712 AND WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE 504 00:13:35,715 --> 00:13:37,281 BASICS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO 505 00:13:37,284 --> 00:13:40,150 ENSURE THAT OUR CLASSROOMS ARE 506 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:41,118 SECURE, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 507 00:13:41,121 --> 00:13:42,486 SO OUR PERSPECTIVE IS THAT 508 00:13:42,489 --> 00:13:44,788 THERE'S A REVENUE PROBLEM, BUT 509 00:13:44,791 --> 00:13:47,257 THERE'S ALSO JUST SORT OF A 510 00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:48,826 PRIORITIZATION OF WAYS TO 511 00:13:48,829 --> 00:13:49,893 STRATEGICALLY INVEST TO ENSURE 512 00:13:49,896 --> 00:13:51,028 THAT WE HAVE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL 513 00:13:51,031 --> 00:13:52,529 PROGRAMS FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR 514 00:13:52,532 --> 00:13:53,330 OUR FAMILIES. 515 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:54,832 >> WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? 516 00:13:54,835 --> 00:13:56,433 SHOULD MORE ATTENTION BE GIVEN 517 00:13:56,436 --> 00:13:58,135 TO THE SCHOOL BOARDS TO SAY, 518 00:13:58,138 --> 00:13:59,369 DISTRIBUTE THIS MONEY FOR FAIRLY 519 00:13:59,372 --> 00:14:01,705 BECAUSE IT CAN'T NECESSARILY ALL 520 00:14:01,708 --> 00:14:04,208 BE PLACED ON THE STATE? 521 00:14:04,211 --> 00:14:06,510 >> WELL, RESPECTFULLY, GOVERNING 522 00:14:06,513 --> 00:14:07,477 BOARDS ARE GIVEN THE BUDGETS 523 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,446 FROM THE LEGISLATURE. 524 00:14:09,449 --> 00:14:10,214 GOVERNING BOARDS DO NOT HAVE THE 525 00:14:10,217 --> 00:14:12,616 POWER OF THE PURSE. 526 00:14:12,619 --> 00:14:15,152 THAT IS A POWER ENTRUSTED TO OUR 527 00:14:15,155 --> 00:14:15,586 ELECTED LEADERS BY OUR STATE 528 00:14:15,589 --> 00:14:19,022 CONSTITUTION. 529 00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:21,358 GOVERNING BOARDS ARE STRICTLY 530 00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:22,793 BEHOLDEN TO APPROPRIATE ATING 531 00:14:22,796 --> 00:14:24,628 FUNDS FOR THEIR DISTRICTS AND 532 00:14:24,631 --> 00:14:26,029 THEY ARE ELECTED AND ENTRUSTED 533 00:14:26,032 --> 00:14:27,030 BY LOCAL CITIZEN BODY TO 534 00:14:27,033 --> 00:14:29,399 PROPERLY AND STRATEGICALLY 535 00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:30,500 INVEST TO MATCH THE PRIORITIES 536 00:14:30,503 --> 00:14:32,035 OF THEIR COMMUNITY. 537 00:14:32,038 --> 00:14:34,371 I THINK THAT IT IS PASSING A 538 00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:37,040 BUCK FOR ELECTED LEADERS TO 539 00:14:37,043 --> 00:14:38,742 PLACE BLAME ON ELECTED GOVERNING 540 00:14:38,745 --> 00:14:40,510 BOARDS WHO ARE NOT PAID. 541 00:14:40,513 --> 00:14:41,678 THEY ARE THERE AS VOLUNTEERS. 542 00:14:41,681 --> 00:14:43,647 AND THEY WANT NOTHING MORE THAN 543 00:14:43,650 --> 00:14:44,781 TO PROPERLY COMPENSATE TEACHERS, 544 00:14:44,784 --> 00:14:47,618 AND THEY WANT NOTHING MORE THAN 545 00:14:47,621 --> 00:14:50,487 TO ENSURE THAT THEIR FACILITIES 546 00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:50,854 ARE SAFE AND 21st CENTURY 547 00:14:50,857 --> 00:14:52,389 EQUIPPED. 548 00:14:52,392 --> 00:14:54,157 BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THEY'RE 549 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:57,127 FACING THE BUDGET WHERE WE HAVE 550 00:14:57,130 --> 00:14:58,729 EITHER ROLLED OVER $900 MILLION 551 00:14:58,732 --> 00:15:01,531 ANNUALLY OR WE HAVE SUSPENDED 552 00:15:01,534 --> 00:15:02,666 OVER $300 MILLION FOR K-12, WHAT 553 00:15:02,669 --> 00:15:03,834 ARE THEY LEFT TO DO? 554 00:15:03,837 --> 00:15:04,902 THEY'RE DOING THE VERY BEST THAT 555 00:15:04,905 --> 00:15:06,637 THEY CAN. 556 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,071 >> WHAT DOES ARIZONA LOOK LIKE 557 00:15:08,074 --> 00:15:08,639 IF MORE MONEY WERE PUMPED INTO 558 00:15:08,642 --> 00:15:10,073 THE CLASSROOMS? 559 00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:12,442 >> I THINK THAT ARIZONA STARTS 560 00:15:12,445 --> 00:15:12,843 TO LOOK LIKE A TRUE ECONOMIC 561 00:15:12,846 --> 00:15:14,578 POWERHOUSE. 562 00:15:14,581 --> 00:15:16,780 I THINK THAT WE HAVE THREE 563 00:15:16,783 --> 00:15:18,582 AMAZING UNIVERSITIES. 564 00:15:18,585 --> 00:15:23,720 WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CLIMATE IN 565 00:15:23,723 --> 00:15:24,755 WHICH WE CAN BE EXPERIMENTING ON 566 00:15:24,758 --> 00:15:25,989 RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR, WHICH 567 00:15:25,992 --> 00:15:26,356 SEEMS TO BE EVEN A GROWING 568 00:15:26,359 --> 00:15:27,291 INTEREST. 569 00:15:27,294 --> 00:15:27,824 I THINK PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO 570 00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:29,092 INVEST IN THAT. 571 00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:30,093 I THINK WE HAVE A PERFECT 572 00:15:30,096 --> 00:15:32,195 CLIMATE FOR FAMILIES. 573 00:15:32,198 --> 00:15:33,330 I THINK THAT WE COULD ATTRACT -- 574 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:34,131 AND I DON'T EVEN THINK IT. 575 00:15:34,134 --> 00:15:36,333 I KNOW IT. 576 00:15:36,336 --> 00:15:37,768 I KNOW BUSINESS LEADERS HAVE 577 00:15:37,771 --> 00:15:39,369 COMMUNICATED TO LOCAL 578 00:15:39,372 --> 00:15:41,338 ORGANIZATIONS AND CHAMBERS AND 579 00:15:41,341 --> 00:15:42,839 FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT 580 00:15:42,842 --> 00:15:44,474 THEM HERE SAYING, LISTEN, YOU'VE 581 00:15:44,477 --> 00:15:45,575 GOT THE PERFECT GOLF COURSES. 582 00:15:45,578 --> 00:15:45,909 YOU'VE GOT THE GREAT TAX 583 00:15:45,912 --> 00:15:47,144 CLIMATE. 584 00:15:47,147 --> 00:15:49,012 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF 585 00:15:49,015 --> 00:15:50,580 YOU DON'T HAVE A PROPERLY FUNDED 586 00:15:50,583 --> 00:15:52,316 EDUCATION SYSTEM, I CAN'T BRING 587 00:15:52,319 --> 00:15:53,483 PEOPLE HERE, AND I DON'T -- I 588 00:15:53,486 --> 00:15:54,051 WANT ASK PEOPLE TO RAISE THEIR 589 00:15:54,054 --> 00:15:55,485 CHILDREN HERE. 590 00:15:55,488 --> 00:15:57,321 I THINK THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY 591 00:15:57,324 --> 00:15:59,022 BE ON THE VERGE OF BEING A 592 00:15:59,025 --> 00:16:00,691 LEADER IN THE MISSION. 593 00:16:00,694 --> 00:16:02,459 >> THE BUDGETARY PLAN PRESENTS A 594 00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:03,126 CHALLENGE FOR THE PIMA COUNTY 595 00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:05,062 SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. 596 00:16:05,065 --> 00:16:07,064 MANAGING RESOURCES AND NEEDS ARE 597 00:16:07,067 --> 00:16:08,665 TWO OF THE TOP CONCERNS. 598 00:16:08,668 --> 00:16:10,067 HERE'S RICKY HERNANDEZ, THE 599 00:16:10,070 --> 00:16:11,802 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 600 00:16:11,805 --> 00:16:12,936 >> IN PIMA COUNTY, WHEN IT COMES 601 00:16:12,939 --> 00:16:14,671 TO JUST SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALONE, 602 00:16:14,674 --> 00:16:15,138 WE'RE TALKING WELL OVER 200 603 00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:16,406 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 604 00:16:16,409 --> 00:16:17,975 THAT INCLUDES EVEN OUR CHARTER 605 00:16:17,978 --> 00:16:19,443 SCHOOLS HERE IN PIMA COUNTY. 606 00:16:19,446 --> 00:16:21,778 SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 607 00:16:21,781 --> 00:16:23,580 SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF KIDS, WELL 608 00:16:23,583 --> 00:16:25,215 OVER 140,000 KIDS JUST IN PUBLIC 609 00:16:25,218 --> 00:16:25,549 SCHOOL ALONE HERE IN PIMA 610 00:16:25,552 --> 00:16:27,451 COUNTY. 611 00:16:27,454 --> 00:16:29,720 >> A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WONDER 612 00:16:29,723 --> 00:16:32,689 HOW SCHOOLS IN THE NORTH 613 00:16:32,692 --> 00:16:34,391 FOOTHILLS OR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY 614 00:16:34,394 --> 00:16:35,192 HAVE THINGS THAT KIDS ON THE 615 00:16:35,195 --> 00:16:36,560 SOUTH SIDE DON'T HAVE. 616 00:16:36,563 --> 00:16:36,860 CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT REALLY 617 00:16:36,863 --> 00:16:38,395 WORKS? 618 00:16:38,398 --> 00:16:38,762 I MEAN THE TAX BASE, IT'S ALL 619 00:16:38,765 --> 00:16:40,030 DIFFERENT. 620 00:16:40,033 --> 00:16:41,631 >> AND THAT'S PART OF IT IS THAT 621 00:16:41,634 --> 00:16:43,133 A LOT OF -- WE HAVE A LOT OF 622 00:16:43,136 --> 00:16:44,301 DIFFERENT ELEMENTS GOING ON 623 00:16:44,304 --> 00:16:45,869 THROUGHOUT PIMA COUNTY. 624 00:16:45,872 --> 00:16:47,604 I MEAN FROM LIKE YOU ALLUDED TO 625 00:16:47,607 --> 00:16:50,307 THE CATALINA FOOTHILLS AREA AND 626 00:16:50,310 --> 00:16:51,108 THE EASTERN PART OF TUCSON. 627 00:16:51,111 --> 00:16:53,010 YOU HAVE CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES 628 00:16:53,013 --> 00:16:53,944 AND YOU HAVE A TAX BASE THAT IS 629 00:16:53,947 --> 00:16:55,946 VERY DIFFERENT TO PEOPLE WHO 630 00:16:55,949 --> 00:16:57,848 LIVE MAYBE OUT IN THREE POINTS 631 00:16:57,851 --> 00:16:59,182 OR DOWN ON SOUTH 12th AVENUE IN 632 00:16:59,185 --> 00:17:00,817 THE SUNNYSIDE AREA. 633 00:17:00,820 --> 00:17:02,919 SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS 634 00:17:02,922 --> 00:17:04,121 AS A COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR 635 00:17:04,124 --> 00:17:05,355 ELECTED GOVERNING BOARDS ON WHAT 636 00:17:05,358 --> 00:17:07,624 ARE THE PRIORITIES FOR THEIR 637 00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:09,059 KIDS AND THEIR SCHOOLS IN THOSE 638 00:17:09,062 --> 00:17:10,293 AREAS OF TOWN TO REALLY THINK 639 00:17:10,296 --> 00:17:11,495 ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO 640 00:17:11,498 --> 00:17:12,863 ACCOMPLISH IN TERMS OF THE 641 00:17:12,866 --> 00:17:13,530 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE 642 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:15,265 STUDENTS THERE. 643 00:17:15,268 --> 00:17:16,900 >> HELP ME UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I 644 00:17:16,903 --> 00:17:19,936 KNOW THE STATE CONSTITUTION 645 00:17:19,939 --> 00:17:20,737 REQUIRES ONE THING, AND THEN 646 00:17:20,740 --> 00:17:22,639 INDIVIDUALLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 647 00:17:22,642 --> 00:17:23,006 HAVE VERY IMPORTANT DECISIONS TO 648 00:17:23,009 --> 00:17:24,741 MAKE. 649 00:17:24,744 --> 00:17:25,308 SO WHO ULTIMATELY IS THE 650 00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:27,377 DECIDING FACTOR? 651 00:17:27,380 --> 00:17:28,912 >> REALLY THE ULTIMATE DECIDING 652 00:17:28,915 --> 00:17:29,579 FACTOR IS OUR LOCALLY CONTROLLED 653 00:17:29,582 --> 00:17:30,680 SCHOOL BOARDS. 654 00:17:30,683 --> 00:17:32,115 THEY ARE ELECTED BY THEIR 655 00:17:32,118 --> 00:17:33,050 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BY THEIR 656 00:17:33,053 --> 00:17:35,619 VOTERS, BY THEIR PEERS TO 657 00:17:35,622 --> 00:17:36,019 REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THOSE 658 00:17:36,022 --> 00:17:37,454 COMMUNITIES. 659 00:17:37,457 --> 00:17:38,989 OUR STATE-ELECTED LEADERS 660 00:17:38,992 --> 00:17:40,891 OBVIOUSLY SET A DIRECTION AND A 661 00:17:40,894 --> 00:17:42,426 TONE FOR WHAT PUBLIC EDUCATION 662 00:17:42,429 --> 00:17:43,827 SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE STATE, 663 00:17:43,830 --> 00:17:45,429 BUT ULTIMATELY THE 664 00:17:45,432 --> 00:17:46,963 RESPONSIBILITY IS FOR OUR LOCAL 665 00:17:46,966 --> 00:17:48,432 ELECTED OFFICIALS TO REALLY MAKE 666 00:17:48,435 --> 00:17:50,767 THAT DECISION ON WHAT THEY WANT 667 00:17:50,770 --> 00:17:52,202 TO HAVE HAPPEN IN THEIR 668 00:17:52,205 --> 00:17:52,536 PARTICULAR COMMUNITY IN PIMA 669 00:17:52,539 --> 00:17:54,604 COUNTY. 670 00:17:54,607 --> 00:17:56,006 >> WHERE IS THE BOUNDARY, THE 671 00:17:56,009 --> 00:17:57,174 BALANCE, THEN, WITH WHAT THE 672 00:17:57,177 --> 00:17:59,042 STATE CONSTITUTION MANDATES 673 00:17:59,045 --> 00:18:00,110 BECAUSE IT IS VERY CLEAR AND 674 00:18:00,113 --> 00:18:01,178 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A LAWSUIT 675 00:18:01,181 --> 00:18:03,780 THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK. 676 00:18:03,783 --> 00:18:05,749 >> AND I THINK THAT BOUNDARY 677 00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:07,717 REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT IS THAT 678 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:08,552 LINE IN THE SAND IS KIND OF THE 679 00:18:08,555 --> 00:18:10,387 WAY WE LOOK AT IT. 680 00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:11,188 IT'S REALLY SET BY OUR STATEWIDE 681 00:18:11,191 --> 00:18:12,322 ELECTED LEADERS. 682 00:18:12,325 --> 00:18:13,090 LOCALLY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE 683 00:18:13,093 --> 00:18:14,858 DECISIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO 684 00:18:14,861 --> 00:18:16,293 OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR KIDS, OUR 685 00:18:16,296 --> 00:18:17,928 TEACHERS, OUR SCHOOLS. 686 00:18:17,931 --> 00:18:19,129 BUT IF WE RECEIVE SPECIFIC 687 00:18:19,132 --> 00:18:19,996 DIRECTION FROM OUR STATE 688 00:18:19,999 --> 00:18:20,864 LEGISLATURE, FROM OUR GOVERNOR 689 00:18:20,867 --> 00:18:22,265 THAT SAYS THESE ARE THE 690 00:18:22,268 --> 00:18:24,267 PRIORITIES AND THIS IS WHAT WE 691 00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:25,635 THINK YOU SHOULD BE DOING, WE'RE 692 00:18:25,638 --> 00:18:27,304 GOING TO FOLLOW THOSE TO THE 693 00:18:27,307 --> 00:18:29,172 BEST OF OUR ABILITY WITHIN THE 694 00:18:29,175 --> 00:18:29,906 CONFINES OF THE RESOURCES THAT 695 00:18:29,909 --> 00:18:33,410 WE HAVE. 696 00:18:33,413 --> 00:18:35,212 MAKING A DECISION OVER TEACHER 697 00:18:35,215 --> 00:18:36,780 PAY VERSUS CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY, 698 00:18:36,783 --> 00:18:38,915 FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A STUDENT, 699 00:18:38,918 --> 00:18:39,282 THOSE THINGS ARE NOT MUTUALLY 700 00:18:39,285 --> 00:18:40,484 EXCLUSIVE. 701 00:18:40,487 --> 00:18:42,119 I MEAN THEY'RE JUST AS EQUALLY 702 00:18:42,122 --> 00:18:44,721 IMPORTANT TO HAVE A HIGHLY 703 00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:45,822 EFFECTIVE AND WELL-PAID, 704 00:18:45,825 --> 00:18:49,960 WELL-COMPENSATED TEACHER JUST AS 705 00:18:49,963 --> 00:18:52,362 MUCH AS A WELL-RESOURCED STUDENT 706 00:18:52,365 --> 00:18:53,530 TO BE ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL. 707 00:18:53,533 --> 00:18:55,699 >> THERE'S SOME TOUGH DECISIONS 708 00:18:55,702 --> 00:18:56,366 YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOMETIMES. 709 00:18:56,369 --> 00:18:57,267 >> THERE ARE VERY DIFFICULT 710 00:18:57,270 --> 00:18:59,069 DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE. 711 00:18:59,072 --> 00:19:00,403 LIKE I ALLUDED TO BEFORE, 712 00:19:00,406 --> 00:19:01,171 SOMETIMES WE GET INTO THE 713 00:19:01,174 --> 00:19:04,474 CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT 714 00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:05,642 IS IT TO GIVE A TEACHER A 1% 715 00:19:05,645 --> 00:19:09,246 VERSUS A 4% RAISE WHILE WE HAVE 716 00:19:09,249 --> 00:19:11,181 A CRUMBLING SCHOOL BUILDING OR 717 00:19:11,184 --> 00:19:12,382 MAYBE WE HAVE A LACK OF A 718 00:19:12,385 --> 00:19:13,717 TEXTBOOK OR COMPUTER LAB, FOR 719 00:19:13,720 --> 00:19:14,818 EXAMPLE, IN ANY ONE OF THE 720 00:19:14,821 --> 00:19:17,420 SCHOOLS IN PIMA COUNTY. 721 00:19:17,423 --> 00:19:19,289 AND THOSE DECISIONS ARE VERY 722 00:19:19,292 --> 00:19:20,524 DIFFICULT TO MAKE BECAUSE HOW DO 723 00:19:20,527 --> 00:19:23,260 YOU MAKE -- HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM 724 00:19:23,263 --> 00:19:24,995 IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN SAY, WE 725 00:19:24,998 --> 00:19:26,163 VALUE X VERSUS Y? 726 00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:26,997 AND THAT'S THE TOUGHEST PART OF 727 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,532 THE JOB. 728 00:19:28,535 --> 00:19:30,200 >> WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS 729 00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:32,536 THAT YOU FACTOR INTO THOSE TOUGH 730 00:19:32,539 --> 00:19:32,903 DECISIONS, LIKE TEACHER RAISE OR 731 00:19:32,906 --> 00:19:34,704 TEXTBOOKS? 732 00:19:34,707 --> 00:19:36,139 >> SO WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT 733 00:19:36,142 --> 00:19:38,575 OBVIOUSLY -- YOU KNOW, WHEN IT 734 00:19:38,578 --> 00:19:39,743 COMES TO TEXTBOOKS, FOR EXAMPLE, 735 00:19:39,746 --> 00:19:41,945 AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, WE 736 00:19:41,948 --> 00:19:42,312 HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT CHANGING 737 00:19:42,315 --> 00:19:44,314 STANDARDS. 738 00:19:44,317 --> 00:19:45,882 IF WE ARE MOVE AGO WAY FROM 739 00:19:45,885 --> 00:19:47,017 SPECIFIC STANDARDS, DO OUR 740 00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:48,685 MATERIALS ALIGN PROPERLY TO 741 00:19:48,688 --> 00:19:49,386 THOSE STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE OUR 742 00:19:49,389 --> 00:19:50,954 STUDENTS ARE LEARNING WHAT 743 00:19:50,957 --> 00:19:51,688 THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AND 744 00:19:51,691 --> 00:19:52,489 ACHIEVING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED 745 00:19:52,492 --> 00:19:54,424 TO BE DOING. 746 00:19:54,427 --> 00:19:55,091 AT THE SAME TIME, TRYING TO 747 00:19:55,094 --> 00:19:56,526 RETAIN TEACHERS. 748 00:19:56,529 --> 00:19:58,028 YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM 749 00:19:58,031 --> 00:19:59,462 RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH 750 00:19:59,465 --> 00:20:00,697 TEACHERS IS NOT JUST RECRUITMENT 751 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:04,768 BUT RETENTION OF THE TEACHERS 752 00:20:04,771 --> 00:20:08,138 THAT WE DO HAVE. 753 00:20:08,141 --> 00:20:08,838 AND WHAT DO WE DO IN ORDER TO 754 00:20:08,841 --> 00:20:11,641 MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING THOSE 755 00:20:11,644 --> 00:20:12,342 TEACHERS WELL COMPENSATED, WELL 756 00:20:12,345 --> 00:20:13,176 PREPARED AND MAKING SURE THEY 757 00:20:13,179 --> 00:20:14,144 CONTINUE TO BE WELL SUPPORTED IN 758 00:20:14,147 --> 00:20:16,146 THE CLASSROOM. 759 00:20:16,149 --> 00:20:18,215 >> AMONG THE BILLS PASSED AND 760 00:20:18,218 --> 00:20:19,583 SIGNED THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 761 00:20:19,586 --> 00:20:22,052 LOOSENING REQUIREMENTS TO GET 762 00:20:22,055 --> 00:20:22,419 QUALIFIED PEOPLE TEACHING IN THE 763 00:20:22,422 --> 00:20:23,486 CLASSROOM. 764 00:20:23,489 --> 00:20:25,021 IT'S REPORTED THERE ARE 765 00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:26,790 APPROXIMATELY 2,000 TEACHER 766 00:20:26,793 --> 00:20:28,024 VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 767 00:20:28,027 --> 00:20:29,059 GOVERNOR DUCEY SAYS SCHOOL 768 00:20:29,062 --> 00:20:30,860 DISTRICTS, NOT THE STATE BOARD 769 00:20:30,863 --> 00:20:31,861 OF EDUCATION, SHOULD DECIDE 770 00:20:31,864 --> 00:20:33,230 WHO'S QUALIFIED. 771 00:20:33,233 --> 00:20:35,632 AT ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL, 772 00:20:35,635 --> 00:20:36,833 THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF TEACHERS 773 00:20:36,836 --> 00:20:38,068 WITH OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES WHO 774 00:20:38,071 --> 00:20:41,004 ARE TEACHING. 775 00:20:41,007 --> 00:20:42,872 DAVID OBOYSKI TEACHES AND SERVES 776 00:20:42,875 --> 00:20:43,440 AS THE ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR AND 777 00:20:43,443 --> 00:20:47,143 MARKETING COORDINATOR. 778 00:20:47,146 --> 00:20:49,913 >> I GRADUATED FROM CLAJ BACK IN 779 00:20:49,916 --> 00:20:51,314 '90 AND I WORKED FOR THE CIA AS 780 00:20:51,317 --> 00:20:52,616 AN INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, AN 781 00:20:52,619 --> 00:20:53,817 INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, AND I DID 782 00:20:53,820 --> 00:20:55,485 THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND 783 00:20:55,488 --> 00:20:58,355 WENT INTO MARKETING AND PUBLIC 784 00:20:58,358 --> 00:20:59,856 RELATIONS AFTER GETTING MY 785 00:20:59,859 --> 00:21:01,458 EDUCATION DEGREE, AND DID THAT 786 00:21:01,461 --> 00:21:03,560 FOR ABOUT 15, 20 YEARS, AND 787 00:21:03,563 --> 00:21:03,860 FOUND MY WAY BACK TO EDUCATION 788 00:21:03,863 --> 00:21:05,528 AGAIN. 789 00:21:05,531 --> 00:21:07,897 >> HOW DID THOSE CAREERS HELP 790 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:10,267 YOU BECOME A TEACHER? 791 00:21:10,270 --> 00:21:13,937 >> I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE THINGS 792 00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:15,138 THAT CIA DID THAT HELPED ME 793 00:21:15,141 --> 00:21:15,472 TREMENDOUSLY WAS PRESENTATION 794 00:21:15,475 --> 00:21:17,107 SKILLS. 795 00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:18,375 I WAS TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO 796 00:21:18,378 --> 00:21:19,643 DIGEST INFORMATION VERY QUICKLY, 797 00:21:19,646 --> 00:21:21,511 ORGANIZE IT IN MY HEAD, AND THEN 798 00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:24,748 PRESENT IT OFF THE TOP OF MY 799 00:21:24,751 --> 00:21:26,116 HEAD TO TOP-LEVEL POLICYMAKERS, 800 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:27,751 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES. 801 00:21:27,754 --> 00:21:29,953 I DID BRIEFINGS FOR TWO PEOPLE 802 00:21:29,956 --> 00:21:31,621 TO 100 PEOPLE, AND THAT HELPED A 803 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:32,822 LOT WHEN I GOT INTO EDUCATION, 804 00:21:32,825 --> 00:21:34,691 ESPECIALLY WITH WORKING WITH 805 00:21:34,694 --> 00:21:36,092 HIGH SCHOOLERS. 806 00:21:36,095 --> 00:21:36,660 TOUGHEST AUDIENCE THAW CAN EVER 807 00:21:36,663 --> 00:21:38,328 DEAL WITH. 808 00:21:38,331 --> 00:21:40,096 >> HOW DID YOU HANDLE COLLEAGUES 809 00:21:40,099 --> 00:21:41,531 IN SCHOOL WHO WERE A LITTLE, YOU 810 00:21:41,534 --> 00:21:43,233 KNOW, WONDERING CAN YOU DO WHAT 811 00:21:43,236 --> 00:21:43,833 I DO GIVEN THAT YOUR BACKGROUND 812 00:21:43,836 --> 00:21:46,269 IS DIFFERENT? 813 00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:46,703 >> THAT ONE -- THAT'S A TOUGH 814 00:21:46,706 --> 00:21:50,407 ONE. 815 00:21:50,410 --> 00:21:53,610 MOST PEOPLE WERE OPEN TO IT OR 816 00:21:53,613 --> 00:21:54,711 AT LEAST SKEPTICAL IN A HIDDEN 817 00:21:54,714 --> 00:21:55,045 WAY BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T 818 00:21:55,048 --> 00:21:57,580 KNOW. 819 00:21:57,583 --> 00:22:00,583 THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO OR 820 00:22:00,586 --> 00:22:02,118 WHAT YOU DID. 821 00:22:02,121 --> 00:22:04,054 THEY HAVE -- I'D LIKE TO SAY 822 00:22:04,057 --> 00:22:05,755 THAT IT'S TRUE CONCEPTION OF 823 00:22:05,758 --> 00:22:08,024 YOU'RE LIKE SUPERMAN BECAUSE YOU 824 00:22:08,027 --> 00:22:09,159 WORKED FOR CIA, WHICH IS NOT THE 825 00:22:09,162 --> 00:22:11,294 CASE. 826 00:22:11,297 --> 00:22:13,663 MOST TEACHERS WANT FIRST TO KNOW 827 00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:14,364 THAT THEIR COLLEAGUES ARE GOING 828 00:22:14,367 --> 00:22:15,332 TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE CLASS 829 00:22:15,335 --> 00:22:16,199 BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT KEEPING 830 00:22:16,202 --> 00:22:17,634 CONTROL OF YOUR CLASS, 831 00:22:17,637 --> 00:22:18,702 ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL 832 00:22:18,705 --> 00:22:19,769 LEVEL, YOU'RE PASSING THEM ALONG 833 00:22:19,772 --> 00:22:20,070 OUT OF CONTROL TO THE NEXT 834 00:22:20,073 --> 00:22:21,471 CLASS. 835 00:22:21,474 --> 00:22:24,908 IF YOU CAN DO THAT AND THEN YOU 836 00:22:24,911 --> 00:22:25,508 CAN TEACH ON TOP OF IT, THEN 837 00:22:25,511 --> 00:22:26,843 THEY LOVE YOU. 838 00:22:26,846 --> 00:22:27,744 AND THAT WAS JUST A MATTER OF 839 00:22:27,747 --> 00:22:29,245 TIME, SHOWING THAT I WAS 840 00:22:29,248 --> 00:22:30,613 COMPETENT, THAT I WAS ABLE TO 841 00:22:30,616 --> 00:22:31,815 TEACH, THAT I WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE 842 00:22:31,818 --> 00:22:32,382 THE STUDENTS AND MAKE 843 00:22:32,385 --> 00:22:34,284 CONNECTIONS WITH THEM. 844 00:22:34,287 --> 00:22:36,319 >> YOU LEFT THE CIA AND 845 00:22:36,322 --> 00:22:37,554 MARKETING FOR THE CLASSROOM. 846 00:22:37,557 --> 00:22:39,389 >> I DID. 847 00:22:39,392 --> 00:22:42,125 GOD MADE ME IS HOW I TALK ABOUT 848 00:22:42,128 --> 00:22:43,893 IT AS A CATHOLIC SCHOOLTEACHER 849 00:22:43,896 --> 00:22:46,696 AND AN ADMINISTRATOR. 850 00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:47,430 I WAS DOING VERY WELL, MAKING 851 00:22:47,433 --> 00:22:49,299 VERY GOOD MONEY. 852 00:22:49,302 --> 00:22:51,468 I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IF I 853 00:22:51,471 --> 00:22:52,802 COULD GET A GOOD NEST EGG AND 854 00:22:52,805 --> 00:22:54,237 RETIRE A LITTLE EARLY, I'D LOVE 855 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:54,738 TO GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM 856 00:22:54,741 --> 00:22:56,906 AGAIN. 857 00:22:56,909 --> 00:22:57,474 BUT I THINK WE CALLED IT THE 858 00:22:57,477 --> 00:22:59,275 GOLDEN HANDCUFF. 859 00:22:59,278 --> 00:23:00,844 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST TOO MUCH 860 00:23:00,847 --> 00:23:03,079 OF A DROP TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 861 00:23:03,082 --> 00:23:04,447 MY FAMILY TO LEAVE. 862 00:23:04,450 --> 00:23:05,582 BUT FORTUNATELY GOD HAD A 863 00:23:05,585 --> 00:23:06,616 RECESSION IN MIND, AND I GOT 864 00:23:06,619 --> 00:23:07,317 LAID OFF RIGHT AT THE START OF 865 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:09,219 THE RECESSION. 866 00:23:09,222 --> 00:23:11,888 I WAS OUT OF WORK FOR FIVE 867 00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:13,256 YEARS, AND IT WAS DEVASTATING TO 868 00:23:13,259 --> 00:23:14,357 MY FAMILY, BUT I HAD TO FIND 869 00:23:14,360 --> 00:23:15,825 SOME WAYS TO MAKE MONEY. 870 00:23:15,828 --> 00:23:18,995 SO I HAD AN EDUCATION DEGREE. 871 00:23:18,998 --> 00:23:23,066 I WENT BACK AND SUBBED, AND 872 00:23:23,069 --> 00:23:24,401 FUNNY GIVEN THE TOPIC WE'RE 873 00:23:24,404 --> 00:23:25,268 DISCUSSING, CERTIFICATION WAS 874 00:23:25,271 --> 00:23:26,636 ONE OF THE ISSUES. 875 00:23:26,639 --> 00:23:26,936 WE WERE LIVING IN KANSAS AT THE 876 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:28,304 TIME. 877 00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:28,605 I HAD BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 20 878 00:23:28,608 --> 00:23:31,241 YEARS. 879 00:23:31,244 --> 00:23:31,574 I HAD BEEN A CIA INTELLIGENCE 880 00:23:31,577 --> 00:23:32,542 OFFICER. 881 00:23:32,545 --> 00:23:34,043 HI A DEGREE IN EDUCATION. 882 00:23:34,046 --> 00:23:35,311 I HAD BEEN ELIGIBLE TO BE 883 00:23:35,314 --> 00:23:37,013 CERTIFIED WHEN I GRADUATED BUT 884 00:23:37,016 --> 00:23:39,649 NEVER GOT TO DO IT BECAUSE I 885 00:23:39,652 --> 00:23:41,151 DIDN'T LAND A JOB. 886 00:23:41,154 --> 00:23:42,352 BUT IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET 887 00:23:42,355 --> 00:23:43,486 CERTIFIED TO BE A FULL-TIME 888 00:23:43,489 --> 00:23:44,788 TEACHER OTHER THAN A SUBSTITUTE 889 00:23:44,791 --> 00:23:46,523 IN KANSAS, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO 890 00:23:46,526 --> 00:23:47,657 GO BACK TO SCHOOL FOR ANOTHER 891 00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:49,659 YEAR TO GET CERTIFIED. 892 00:23:49,662 --> 00:23:49,959 I COULDN'T AFFORD THAT AT THE 893 00:23:49,962 --> 00:23:52,495 TIME. 894 00:23:52,498 --> 00:23:52,796 AND SO I COULD ONLY SUBSTITUTE 895 00:23:52,799 --> 00:23:54,464 TEACH. 896 00:23:54,467 --> 00:23:57,567 SO WHEN WE CAME OUT TO ARIZONA, 897 00:23:57,570 --> 00:23:59,135 I WAS ABLE TO GET A SUB 898 00:23:59,138 --> 00:24:01,237 CERTIFICATE HERE, AND THEN I WAS 899 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,806 ABLE TO TAKE JUST A COUPLE OF 900 00:24:02,809 --> 00:24:04,808 TESTS AND ONE OR TWO COURSES 901 00:24:04,811 --> 00:24:06,910 THAT I COULD TAKE THROUGH PIMA 902 00:24:06,913 --> 00:24:09,012 OR SOMEWHERE ELSE JUST TO PLUG A 903 00:24:09,015 --> 00:24:10,380 COUPLE OF GAPS, AND ABLE TO GET 904 00:24:10,383 --> 00:24:11,347 BACK AND GET MY CERTIFICATION SO 905 00:24:11,350 --> 00:24:13,183 I COULD TEACH AGAIN. 906 00:24:13,186 --> 00:24:14,651 BUT IT WAS A LOT OF HOOPS TO 907 00:24:14,654 --> 00:24:16,052 JUMP THROUGH, AND I'D LOVE TO 908 00:24:16,055 --> 00:24:17,353 TELL YOU THAT BY DOING THAT, I 909 00:24:17,356 --> 00:24:19,722 WAS A MUCH BETTER TEACHER. 910 00:24:19,725 --> 00:24:22,725 BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE 911 00:24:22,728 --> 00:24:24,794 CORRELATION BETWEEN 912 00:24:24,797 --> 00:24:26,095 CERTIFICATION AND QUALITY -- I'M 913 00:24:26,098 --> 00:24:29,065 BIASED, I THINK I'M PRETTY GOOD. 914 00:24:29,068 --> 00:24:29,899 BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT ADDED 915 00:24:29,902 --> 00:24:31,267 THAT MUCH. 916 00:24:31,270 --> 00:24:32,635 BUT THOSE WERE THE HOOPS WE HAD 917 00:24:32,638 --> 00:24:33,870 TO JUMP THROUGH, AND I DID, AND 918 00:24:33,873 --> 00:24:35,472 I GOT TO TEACH. 919 00:24:35,475 --> 00:24:36,473 >> WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN A SHAME 920 00:24:36,476 --> 00:24:38,208 IF SOMEONE WITH YOUR BACKGROUND 921 00:24:38,211 --> 00:24:39,108 AND EXPERIENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN 922 00:24:39,111 --> 00:24:40,677 DISCOURAGED BY ALL THOSE HOOPS 923 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:41,644 AND NEVER BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM 924 00:24:41,647 --> 00:24:42,212 TO SHARE YOUR RICH EXPERIENCE 925 00:24:42,215 --> 00:24:43,446 WITH THESE STUDENTS? 926 00:24:43,449 --> 00:24:45,381 >> I THINK WE'RE MISSING OUT. 927 00:24:45,384 --> 00:24:49,986 I THINK WHEN WE PUT THOSE 928 00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:51,154 BARRIERS TO ENTRY -- I TAUGHT 929 00:24:51,157 --> 00:24:55,391 ECONOMICS FOR A WHILE -- WE'RE 930 00:24:55,394 --> 00:24:57,994 NOT ALLOWING OURSELVES A RICH 931 00:24:57,997 --> 00:24:58,962 ENOUGH GENE POOL OF EDUCATION 932 00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:00,430 AND EDUCATORS. 933 00:25:00,433 --> 00:25:01,297 IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANYBODY CAN 934 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:03,299 WALK IN THE CLASSROOM. 935 00:25:03,302 --> 00:25:04,767 THAT'S OBVIOUSLY TRUE. 936 00:25:04,770 --> 00:25:06,803 BUT IT ALSO MEANS THERE ARE 937 00:25:06,806 --> 00:25:10,039 PEOPLE WHO HAVE THOSE GIFTS THAT 938 00:25:10,042 --> 00:25:13,109 WITH SOME SHAPING, SOME 939 00:25:13,112 --> 00:25:14,277 STRUCTURE, SOME GUIDANCE DON'T 940 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,613 NECESSARILY NEED TO GO THROUGH 941 00:25:16,616 --> 00:25:20,717 ALL OF THE PEDAGOGICAL ROUTINE 942 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:21,818 OF COLLEGE COURSES AND TEACHING 943 00:25:21,821 --> 00:25:22,118 INTERNSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE 944 00:25:22,121 --> 00:25:23,286 THAT. 945 00:25:23,289 --> 00:25:25,255 THEY COULD DO THAT ON THE JOB. 946 00:25:25,258 --> 00:25:27,457 THERE'S WAYS TO STRUCTURE THAT. 947 00:25:27,460 --> 00:25:29,025 BUT WITH CERTIFICATION RIGHT 948 00:25:29,028 --> 00:25:30,260 NOW, THAT'S NOT -- YOU KNOW, I'M 949 00:25:30,263 --> 00:25:31,961 GLAD TO SEE THAT THE GOVERNOR 950 00:25:31,964 --> 00:25:33,429 AND THE LEGISLATURE DECIDE TO 951 00:25:33,432 --> 00:25:34,764 MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT EASIER. 952 00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:36,299 AND I DON'T THINK THEY'VE 953 00:25:36,302 --> 00:25:36,599 WATERED THE STANDARDS DOWN SO 954 00:25:36,602 --> 00:25:38,935 MUCH. 955 00:25:38,938 --> 00:25:40,603 I MEAN FIVE YEARS ON THE JOB IN 956 00:25:40,606 --> 00:25:41,804 A PROFESSION RELATED TO WHAT 957 00:25:41,807 --> 00:25:42,205 YOU'RE TEACHING IS PRETTY 958 00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:43,907 SUBSTANTIAL. 959 00:25:43,910 --> 00:25:44,173 IT WOULD HAVE KEPT ME OUT FROM 960 00:25:44,176 --> 00:25:45,742 CIA. 961 00:25:45,745 --> 00:25:47,277 I WAS ONLY THERE FOR TWO YEARS. 962 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:48,611 NOW, I PROBABLY HAD ENOUGH 963 00:25:48,614 --> 00:25:50,980 BACKGROUND IN OTHER AREAS THAT I 964 00:25:50,983 --> 00:25:52,582 COULD COME IN AS A SOCIAL 965 00:25:52,585 --> 00:25:53,683 STUDIES TEACHER ON THE ECONOMICS 966 00:25:53,686 --> 00:25:55,285 AND OTHER SIDE OF THAT, BUT I 967 00:25:55,288 --> 00:25:58,621 THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. 968 00:25:58,624 --> 00:25:59,923 AND I THINK WE'RE -- WE GIVE 969 00:25:59,926 --> 00:26:02,458 STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY AT THE 970 00:26:02,461 --> 00:26:04,127 LEVEL OF SECONDARY LEVEL, MIDDLE 971 00:26:04,130 --> 00:26:05,762 SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, HAVING 972 00:26:05,765 --> 00:26:06,496 PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A LOT OF 973 00:26:06,499 --> 00:26:08,765 REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE IS A NICE 974 00:26:08,768 --> 00:26:10,567 THING TO ADD TO THE MIX. 975 00:26:10,570 --> 00:26:11,367 >>> OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK. 976 00:26:11,370 --> 00:26:14,304 PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FIRING 977 00:26:14,307 --> 00:26:15,805 FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY. 978 00:26:15,808 --> 00:26:17,240 A SURPRISE TO MANY INCLUDING 979 00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:18,508 CONGRESSMAN RAUL GRIJALVA. 980 00:26:18,511 --> 00:26:19,342 HE'S IN ARIZONA THIS WEEK 981 00:26:19,345 --> 00:26:23,646 MEETING WITH CONSTITUENTS. 982 00:26:23,649 --> 00:26:25,715 >> I THINK THE INVOLVEMENT OF 983 00:26:25,718 --> 00:26:28,918 SESSIONS, TRUMP, AND THIS 984 00:26:28,921 --> 00:26:30,787 DISMISSAL OF COMEY BEGINS TO 985 00:26:30,790 --> 00:26:31,154 SMELL VERY BADLY LIKE A 986 00:26:31,157 --> 00:26:32,655 COVER-UP. 987 00:26:32,658 --> 00:26:35,024 IT BEGINS TO SMELL VERY BADLY OF 988 00:26:35,027 --> 00:26:40,463 PEOPLE TRYING TO COVER THEIR 989 00:26:40,466 --> 00:26:41,364 TRACKS AND TO PUT ALL THEIR 990 00:26:41,367 --> 00:26:42,398 PROSECUTORIAL AUTHORITY IN THE 991 00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:43,866 HANDS OF SESSIONS SO THAT 992 00:26:43,869 --> 00:26:47,236 NOTHING ELSE MOVES. 993 00:26:47,239 --> 00:26:50,239 THIS IS NOW WHY THE CALL IS FOR 994 00:26:50,242 --> 00:26:50,907 INDEPENDENT COUNSEL TO 995 00:26:50,910 --> 00:26:51,741 INVESTIGATE, AN INDEPENDENT 996 00:26:51,744 --> 00:26:53,142 PROSECUTOR TO PROSECUTE. 997 00:26:53,145 --> 00:26:54,844 IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE 998 00:26:54,847 --> 00:26:55,712 BOTTOM OF THIS, I THINK THAT'S 999 00:26:55,715 --> 00:26:56,613 GOING TO BE THE ONLY WAY. 1000 00:26:56,616 --> 00:26:58,381 THE REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE 1001 00:26:58,384 --> 00:26:58,715 AND THE HOUSE ARE DRAGGING THEIR 1002 00:26:58,718 --> 00:27:00,183 FEET. 1003 00:27:00,186 --> 00:27:01,851 THEY WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW 1004 00:27:01,854 --> 00:27:03,186 THE PRESS GOT A HOLD OF THE 1005 00:27:03,189 --> 00:27:05,989 INFORMATION, A LEAK, THAN THEY 1006 00:27:05,992 --> 00:27:09,659 WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE REAL 1007 00:27:09,662 --> 00:27:14,831 ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, WHICH IS 1008 00:27:14,834 --> 00:27:16,199 THE POTENTIAL OF TRUMP 1009 00:27:16,202 --> 00:27:17,300 CAMPAIGNING AND ASSOCIATES 1010 00:27:17,303 --> 00:27:19,102 WORKING WITH RUSSIA TO INFLUENCE 1011 00:27:19,105 --> 00:27:21,270 AND TO TRY TO TWIST OUR ELECTION 1012 00:27:21,273 --> 00:27:23,773 IN A CERTAIN WAY. 1013 00:27:23,776 --> 00:27:26,242 I THINK WE HAVE TO PURSUE THAT 1014 00:27:26,245 --> 00:27:28,011 DILIGENTLY BECAUSE IT SMELLS. 1015 00:27:28,014 --> 00:27:29,245 >> MORE ANALYSIS WITH 1016 00:27:29,248 --> 00:27:30,647 CONGRESSMAN GRIJALVA ON NEXT 1017 00:27:30,650 --> 00:27:32,515 WEEK'S PROGRAM AS WE EXPLORE HOW 1018 00:27:32,518 --> 00:27:34,183 THE POSSIBLE REPEAL OF THE 1019 00:27:34,186 --> 00:27:34,584 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT COULD IMPACT 1020 00:27:34,587 --> 00:27:36,285 ARIZONA. 1021 00:27:36,288 --> 00:27:38,221 AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. 1022 00:27:38,224 --> 00:27:38,988 FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC 1023 00:27:38,991 --> 00:27:39,922 MEDIA, I'M LORRAINE RIVERA. 1024 00:27:39,925 --> 00:27:44,627 THANKS FOR JOINING US.