WEBVTT 00:00.200 --> 00:03.368 align:start >>> AGREEING ON A SPENDING PLAN. 00:03.371 --> 00:05.536 align:start LAWMAKERS AND THE GOVERNOR. 00:05.539 --> 00:07.939 align:start >> THIS BUDGET IS A REAL WINNER 00:07.942 --> 00:09.307 align:start FOR K-12 EDUCATION, FOR OUR 00:09.310 --> 00:10.475 align:start UNIVERSITIES, FOR OUR KIDS, FOR 00:10.478 --> 00:12.210 align:start OUR TEACHERS. 00:12.213 --> 00:14.212 align:start >> A BUDGET THAT PUMPS MORE 00:14.215 --> 00:15.480 align:start MONEY INTO EDUCATION, BUT IT 00:15.483 --> 00:17.415 align:start DOESN'T SATISFY EVERYONE. 00:17.418 --> 00:20.151 align:start >> WE ARE CONSISTENTLY DENYING 00:20.154 --> 00:20.451 align:start OUR SCHOOLS $1 BILLION EVERY 00:20.454 --> 00:23.354 align:start YEAR. 00:23.357 --> 00:23.721 align:start >>> PLUS AN UNLIKELY PATH TO THE 00:23.724 --> 00:26.224 align:start CLASSROOM. 00:33.533 --> 00:36.100 align:start >>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING 00:36.103 --> 00:39.604 align:start US. 00:39.607 --> 00:41.272 align:start THIS WEEK, ARIZONA LAWMAKERS END 00:41.275 --> 00:43.541 align:start THE 2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 00:43.544 --> 00:44.609 align:start APE $9.8 BILLION PLAN FOR NEXT 00:44.612 --> 00:46.244 align:start YEAR. 00:46.247 --> 00:47.912 align:start AMONG THE BIG TICKET ITEMS, 00:47.915 --> 00:49.580 align:start EDUCATION FUNDING. 00:49.583 --> 00:51.115 align:start ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA'S 00:51.118 --> 00:53.785 align:start CHRISTOPHER CANOVER TRAVELED TO 00:53.788 --> 00:54.419 align:start PHOENIX THIS WEEK FOR A 00:54.422 --> 00:55.286 align:start ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW WITH 00:55.289 --> 00:57.555 align:start GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY. 00:57.558 --> 00:59.257 align:start >> THIS BUDGET IS A REAL WINNER 00:59.260 --> 01:02.460 align:start FOR K-12 EDUCATION, FOR OUR 01:02.463 --> 01:03.061 align:start UNIVERSITIES, FOR OUR KIDS, FOR 01:03.064 --> 01:04.762 align:start OUR TEACHERS. 01:04.765 --> 01:05.096 align:start WE TOOK ALL OF THE AVAILABLE 01:05.099 --> 01:06.664 align:start DOLLARS. 01:06.667 --> 01:07.865 align:start I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE FORGET 01:07.868 --> 01:09.400 align:start JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS AGO WE 01:09.403 --> 01:11.102 align:start WERE IN A DEFICIT AS A STATE. 01:11.105 --> 01:13.037 align:start WE HAD A $1 BILLION DEFICIT. 01:13.040 --> 01:14.305 align:start WE HAD TO MAKE SOME VERY 01:14.308 --> 01:15.640 align:start DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT FIRST 01:15.643 --> 01:18.643 align:start YEAR TO BALANCE THAT BUDGET. 01:18.646 --> 01:19.510 align:start NOW WE'RE INVESTING AGAIN. 01:19.513 --> 01:22.380 align:start WE'RE SPENDING AGAIN, AND WE'VE 01:22.383 --> 01:23.848 align:start GOT NEARLY $170 MILLION 01:23.851 --> 01:26.551 align:start ADDITIONAL FOR K-12 EDUCATION 01:26.554 --> 01:28.086 align:start OVER AND ABOVE INFLATION, 01:28.089 --> 01:28.753 align:start $63 MILLION COMMITTED DIRECTLY 01:28.756 --> 01:30.755 align:start TO TEACHERS. 01:30.758 --> 01:34.092 align:start THIS IS ALL ON TOP OF 01:34.095 --> 01:35.093 align:start PROPOSITION 123, WHICH WAS 01:35.096 --> 01:35.993 align:start $3.5 BILLION GUARANTEED OVER THE 01:35.996 --> 01:38.329 align:start NEXT TEN YEARS. 01:38.332 --> 01:39.697 align:start AND KWEEF BEEN ABLE TO DO ALL OF 01:39.700 --> 01:40.932 align:start THIS ADDITIONAL SPENDING AND 01:40.935 --> 01:43.267 align:start INVESTING WITHOUT RAISING TAXES. 01:43.270 --> 01:43.701 align:start IT'S GOING TO BE VERY POSITIVE 01:43.704 --> 01:45.403 align:start FOR EDUCATION. 01:45.406 --> 01:47.371 align:start IT'S GOING TO BE VERY POSITIVE 01:47.374 --> 01:48.506 align:start FOR OUR KIDS, OUR TEACHERS, AND 01:48.509 --> 01:49.240 align:start THAT DOESN'T EVEN TOUCH ON 01:49.243 --> 01:52.143 align:start UNIVERSITIES YET. 01:52.146 --> 01:53.377 align:start >> WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET, 01:53.380 --> 01:53.711 align:start YOU MENTIONED UNIVERSITY 01:53.714 --> 01:55.480 align:start FUNDING. 01:55.483 --> 01:56.714 align:start IT SEEMED LIKE THAT WAS THE BIG 01:56.717 --> 01:58.049 align:start STICKING POINT. 01:58.052 --> 01:59.484 align:start YOU STUCK TO YOUR GUNS. 01:59.487 --> 02:00.985 align:start YOU WANTED THAT MONEY. 02:00.988 --> 02:01.986 align:start THE LEGISLATURE CAME UP WITH IT 02:01.989 --> 02:03.788 align:start IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 02:03.791 --> 02:04.889 align:start IS IT THE RIGHT SOLUTION, OR IS 02:04.892 --> 02:06.290 align:start IT JUST A COMPROMISE SOLUTION? 02:06.293 --> 02:06.757 align:start >> NO, I WOULD SAY IT'S THE 02:06.760 --> 02:09.694 align:start RIGHT SOLUTION. 02:09.697 --> 02:11.996 align:start FOR ME, THIS WAS ABOUT RESOURCES 02:11.999 --> 02:13.498 align:start AND DOLLARS TO OUR UNIVERSITIES. 02:13.501 --> 02:13.898 align:start WE HAVE GREAT UNIVERSITIES IN 02:13.901 --> 02:15.933 align:start THIS STATE. 02:15.936 --> 02:18.202 align:start YOU KNOW, THE UNIVERSITY OF 02:18.205 --> 02:22.406 align:start ARIZONA, ASU, NAU. 02:22.409 --> 02:23.274 align:start WE ARE AMONG THE FASTEST GROWING 02:23.277 --> 02:24.842 align:start STATES IN THE COUNTRY. 02:24.845 --> 02:26.110 align:start WE HAVE THE FASTEST GROWING 02:26.113 --> 02:26.410 align:start COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY IN OUR 02:26.413 --> 02:27.545 align:start STATE. 02:27.548 --> 02:27.879 align:start AND THESE UNIVERSITIES ARE 02:27.882 --> 02:28.980 align:start GROWING. 02:28.983 --> 02:31.315 align:start SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING 02:31.318 --> 02:32.617 align:start THESE KIDS THROUGH THE K-12 02:32.620 --> 02:35.186 align:start SYSTEM THAT'S EVER IMPROVING AND 02:35.189 --> 02:35.887 align:start THEY'RE GETTING BETTER RESULTS, 02:35.890 --> 02:37.321 align:start WE WANT TO HAVE UNIVERSITIES 02:37.324 --> 02:38.256 align:start THAT CAN BRING THEM IN, AND WE 02:38.259 --> 02:40.892 align:start WANT TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE 02:40.895 --> 02:43.794 align:start THAT CAN ADDRESS 21st CENTURY 02:43.797 --> 02:44.562 align:start NEEDS IN TERMS OF RESEARCH, 02:44.565 --> 02:44.896 align:start LABORATORY INVESTMENT, ET 02:44.899 --> 02:48.132 align:start CETERA. 02:48.135 --> 02:48.399 align:start AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GOING TO 02:48.402 --> 02:49.600 align:start DO. 02:49.603 --> 02:50.601 align:start IT'S GOING TO ALLOW OUR 02:50.604 --> 02:51.669 align:start UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS TO PLAN 02:51.672 --> 02:52.803 align:start AHEAD, TO FOCUS ON THE 02:52.806 --> 02:54.172 align:start EXCELLENCE OF THEIR ENTERPRISE, 02:54.175 --> 02:55.907 align:start TO KEEP DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING 02:55.910 --> 02:58.943 align:start BUT TO DO MORE OF IT AND FASTER. 02:58.946 --> 03:00.344 align:start >> WHEN IT COMES TO K-12 03:00.347 --> 03:02.113 align:start TEACHERS, IN YOUR STATE OF THE 03:02.116 --> 03:03.581 align:start STATE ADDRESS, YOU ASKED FOR A 03:03.584 --> 03:11.255 align:start RAISE OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS. 03:11.258 --> 03:14.859 align:start THE LEGISLATURE MOVED UP THAT S. 03:14.862 --> 03:17.495 align:start HOW DO WE GET TEACHERS TO STAY 03:17.498 --> 03:19.363 align:start IN THE STATE? 03:19.366 --> 03:19.664 align:start >> WE WANT TO GET THEM EVEN MORE 03:19.667 --> 03:20.831 align:start MONEY. 03:20.834 --> 03:22.233 align:start ARIZONA IS IMPROVING FASTER THAN 03:22.236 --> 03:23.267 align:start ANY OTHER STATE IN MATH, 03:23.270 --> 03:24.535 align:start READING, AND SCIENCE. 03:24.538 --> 03:26.070 align:start WE'RE MAKING LARGER GAINS THAN 03:26.073 --> 03:27.271 align:start OTHER STATES IN THE COUNTRY, AND 03:27.274 --> 03:29.473 align:start THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY 03:29.476 --> 03:30.841 align:start OF OUR TEACHERS. 03:30.844 --> 03:31.409 align:start WE'RE HAVING A TEACHER SHORTAGE 03:31.412 --> 03:32.243 align:start IN ARIZONA. 03:32.246 --> 03:34.111 align:start IT'S NOT JUST ARIZONA. 03:34.114 --> 03:34.478 align:start THIS IS HAPPENING ACROSS 03:34.481 --> 03:36.948 align:start AMERICA. 03:36.951 --> 03:39.617 align:start PEOPLE THAT ARE MY AGE, MANY OF 03:39.620 --> 03:40.351 align:start THEM CAME OUT OF SCHOOL AND WENT 03:40.354 --> 03:42.086 align:start INTO TEACHING. 03:42.089 --> 03:42.620 align:start THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR ABOUT 03:42.623 --> 03:44.355 align:start 30-PLUS YEARS. 03:44.358 --> 03:46.324 align:start THEY WANT TO GO INTO RETIREMENT. 03:46.327 --> 03:47.525 align:start THEY'VE EARNED THAT RETIREMENT. 03:47.528 --> 03:48.593 align:start WE WANT TO KEEP OUR GOOD 03:48.596 --> 03:49.927 align:start TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM. 03:49.930 --> 03:50.695 align:start WE WANT TO ATTRACT YOUNG PEOPLE 03:50.698 --> 03:52.330 align:start INTO THE CLASSROOM. 03:52.333 --> 03:53.531 align:start WE DID ANOTHER GOOD THING IN 03:53.534 --> 03:55.032 align:start TERMS OF ACCREDITATION. 03:55.035 --> 03:56.234 align:start WE LET SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS 03:56.237 --> 03:59.003 align:start THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE THAT ARE IN 03:59.006 --> 04:00.171 align:start THE PRIVATE SECTOR, COME IN AND 04:00.174 --> 04:01.606 align:start AT LEAST PRESENT THEMSELVES TO A 04:01.609 --> 04:03.507 align:start PRINCIPAL OR A SUPERINTENDENT TO 04:03.510 --> 04:05.042 align:start HELP FILL THAT NEED, TO TEACH 04:05.045 --> 04:05.977 align:start CLASSES AT BOTH THE GRADE SCHOOL 04:05.980 --> 04:07.578 align:start AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. 04:07.581 --> 04:08.946 align:start SO WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS. 04:08.949 --> 04:10.748 align:start THERE'S MORE WE CAN DO. 04:10.751 --> 04:11.649 align:start WE ALSO WANT TO FORGIVE DEBT FOR 04:11.652 --> 04:13.184 align:start STUDENTS THAT ARE IN COLLEGE AND 04:13.187 --> 04:13.551 align:start WANT TO PUT THEIR CAREER INTO 04:13.554 --> 04:15.286 align:start TEACHING. 04:15.289 --> 04:16.887 align:start SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD DIFFERENT 04:16.890 --> 04:18.990 align:start TOOLS TO THE TOOLBOX ALONG WITH 04:18.993 --> 04:20.224 align:start RAISES AND RESOURCES THAT WE 04:20.227 --> 04:20.558 align:start THINK WILL HELP MITIGATE THIS 04:20.561 --> 04:21.792 align:start PROBLEM. 04:21.795 --> 04:23.894 align:start >> IN YOUR STATE OF THE STATE, 04:23.897 --> 04:24.562 align:start THE TEACHERS ACADEMY, THAT WAS 04:24.565 --> 04:27.131 align:start PART OF THE BUDGET. 04:27.134 --> 04:28.332 align:start THE LEGISLATURE PASSED IT. 04:28.335 --> 04:29.300 align:start IT'S THE THREE UNIVERSITIES 04:29.303 --> 04:30.701 align:start WORKING TOGETHER TO GET TEACHERS 04:30.704 --> 04:31.969 align:start OUT AND IN THE SAME DIRECTION. 04:31.972 --> 04:34.038 align:start >> ABSOLUTELY. 04:34.041 --> 04:35.706 align:start I MEAN WE WENT TO THE 04:35.709 --> 04:36.374 align:start UNIVERSITIES AND WE SAID, WE 04:36.377 --> 04:39.677 align:start EDUCATE THESE CHILDREN. 04:39.680 --> 04:40.411 align:start MANY OF THEM GO INTO LAW OR 04:40.414 --> 04:41.946 align:start MEDICINE OR BUSINESS, AND IN A 04:41.949 --> 04:42.813 align:start SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, THEY'RE 04:42.816 --> 04:44.649 align:start MAKING A SIGNIFICANT SALARY. 04:44.652 --> 04:46.050 align:start WE WANT TO IMPROVE TEACHER 04:46.053 --> 04:50.221 align:start SALARIES, BUT WE ALSO -- THERE'S 04:50.224 --> 04:50.821 align:start A BURDEN IN TERMS OF ROOM AND 04:50.824 --> 04:52.023 align:start BOARD AND TUITION AND DEBT 04:52.026 --> 04:52.757 align:start BOARD AND TUITION AND DEBT 04:52.760 --> 04:54.258 align:start THAT'S TAKEN ON. 04:54.261 --> 04:56.060 align:start WHAT CAN WE WORK TOGETHER ON TO 04:56.063 --> 04:57.428 align:start HELP LESSEN THAT BURDEN. 04:57.431 --> 04:58.696 align:start IF THEY HAVE THAT PASSION, YOU 04:58.699 --> 05:00.097 align:start KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T GO INTO 05:00.100 --> 05:00.998 align:start TEACHING FOR THE MONEY, BUT THEY 05:01.001 --> 05:02.466 align:start WORK INCREDIBLY HARD. 05:02.469 --> 05:04.068 align:start THEY DESERVE TO BE REWARDED. 05:04.071 --> 05:06.570 align:start AND IF WE CAN TAKE THAT DEBT OR 05:06.573 --> 05:07.638 align:start SOME OF THAT DEBT AWAY FROM THE 05:07.641 --> 05:09.940 align:start TUITION PERSPECTIVE, PERHAPS WE 05:09.943 --> 05:11.609 align:start CAN ATTRACT EVEN MORE GOOD 05:11.612 --> 05:12.009 align:start PEOPLE TO COME INTO THAT 05:12.012 --> 05:13.644 align:start PROFESSION. 05:13.647 --> 05:16.147 align:start >> EARLY IN THE SESSION, WE HAD 05:16.150 --> 05:18.115 align:start THE EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP BILL 05:18.118 --> 05:18.482 align:start FILED, WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL 05:18.485 --> 05:19.917 align:start VOUCHERS. 05:19.920 --> 05:22.453 align:start IT'S EXPANDED IT PRETTY MUCH TO 05:22.456 --> 05:23.788 align:start ALL KIDS DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT 05:23.791 --> 05:25.823 align:start OF MONEY AVAILABLE. 05:25.826 --> 05:29.327 align:start CRITICS SAY IT'S ONLY GOING TO 05:29.330 --> 05:30.428 align:start GO TO THE RICH KIDS WHO ARE 05:30.431 --> 05:31.329 align:start ALREADY IN PRIVATE SCHOOL, 05:31.332 --> 05:32.530 align:start ESPECIALLY BECAUSE A LOT OF 05:32.533 --> 05:34.298 align:start PRIVATE SCHOOLS COST MORE THAN 05:34.301 --> 05:35.933 align:start THE $5,000 THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 05:35.936 --> 05:36.467 align:start IS THAT A VALID ARGUMENT? 05:36.470 --> 05:37.968 align:start >> NO. 05:37.971 --> 05:41.238 align:start I THINK THAT'S INACCURATE. 05:41.241 --> 05:41.572 align:start THIS IS A LAW THAT EXISTED SINCE 05:41.575 --> 05:42.940 align:start 2011. 05:42.943 --> 05:45.042 align:start IT'S HELPING FOSTER KIDS. 05:45.045 --> 05:48.245 align:start IT'S HELPING DISABLED KIDS. 05:48.248 --> 05:50.314 align:start IT'S HELPING KIDS ON TRIBAL 05:50.317 --> 05:50.681 align:start NATIONS AND CHILDREN OF MILITARY 05:50.684 --> 05:52.383 align:start FAMILIES. 05:52.386 --> 05:54.118 align:start THERE'S LESS THAN 5,000 CHILDREN 05:54.121 --> 05:55.653 align:start THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 05:55.656 --> 05:57.955 align:start THIS, BUT THEY NEED THIS. 05:57.958 --> 05:59.690 align:start THEIR PARENTS NEED THIS CHOICE. 05:59.693 --> 06:01.325 align:start THERE'S OTHER KIDS THAT AREN'T 06:01.328 --> 06:02.860 align:start IN THOSE SAME SITUATIONS THAT 06:02.863 --> 06:04.895 align:start ALSO NEED THIS CHOICE. 06:04.898 --> 06:07.331 align:start THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. 06:07.334 --> 06:08.566 align:start IT'S A VERY SMALL REFORM. 06:08.569 --> 06:09.734 align:start BUT FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED IT, IT 06:09.737 --> 06:12.470 align:start CAN BE A LIFE SAVER. 06:12.473 --> 06:15.940 align:start THIS CAN BE FOR TUITION, FOR 06:15.943 --> 06:16.540 align:start TEXTBOOKS, FOR TUTORING, FOR 06:16.543 --> 06:19.343 align:start EDUCATIONAL THERAPY. 06:19.346 --> 06:20.311 align:start THE BEST WAY TO THINK OF IT IS 06:20.314 --> 06:21.946 align:start IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL SAVINGS 06:21.949 --> 06:23.114 align:start ACCOUNT THAT GIVES THE POWER TO 06:23.117 --> 06:25.383 align:start THE PARENT SO THAT THEY CAN 06:25.386 --> 06:25.683 align:start ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THEIR 06:25.686 --> 06:26.350 align:start CHILD. 06:26.353 --> 06:28.786 align:start IT'S SOMETHING ARIZONA HAS 06:28.789 --> 06:29.420 align:start REALLY SHINED IN, IN TERMS OF 06:29.423 --> 06:30.921 align:start EDUCATIONAL CHOICE. 06:30.924 --> 06:32.423 align:start AND TUCSON WAS THE FOUNDING OF 06:32.426 --> 06:33.991 align:start THE BASIS SCHOOL. 06:33.994 --> 06:35.659 align:start U.S. NEWS AND WORLD RECORD SAYS 06:35.662 --> 06:37.595 align:start THAT ARIZONA HAS FIVE OF THE TOP 06:37.598 --> 06:37.928 align:start TEN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE 06:37.931 --> 06:40.264 align:start NATION. 06:40.267 --> 06:40.931 align:start SO WE KNOW HOW TO EDUCATE A 06:40.934 --> 06:41.966 align:start CHILD HERE. 06:41.969 --> 06:43.033 align:start OUR SCHOOL CHOICE HAS BEEN GOOD 06:43.036 --> 06:44.769 align:start FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA. 06:44.772 --> 06:46.637 align:start WE NEED TO DO THIS MORE OFTEN IN 06:46.640 --> 06:49.073 align:start MORE AREAS WITH THE SAME AMOUNT 06:49.076 --> 06:50.641 align:start OF ATTENTION TO OUR DISTRICT 06:50.644 --> 06:53.077 align:start SCHOOLS, OUR PUBLIC CHARTER 06:53.080 --> 06:55.246 align:start SCHOOLS, AND WHEN A PARENT HAS A 06:55.249 --> 06:55.546 align:start SPECIAL SITUATION, ESAs CAN 06:55.549 --> 06:57.515 align:start HELP. 06:57.518 --> 06:58.816 align:start >> I HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT THE 06:58.819 --> 07:00.351 align:start EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIPS, 07:00.354 --> 07:01.952 align:start ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL 07:01.955 --> 07:04.255 align:start NEEDS, THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF 07:04.258 --> 07:06.190 align:start IT, IF YOU WILL, REALLY IN SOME 07:06.193 --> 07:07.525 align:start WAYS IS A CONDEMNATION OF PUBLIC 07:07.528 --> 07:08.959 align:start SCHOOLS, THAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS 07:08.962 --> 07:09.493 align:start CAN'T EDUCATE KID WHO'S ARE OUT 07:09.496 --> 07:11.028 align:start OF THE NORM. 07:11.031 --> 07:12.363 align:start IS IT A CONDEMNATION? 07:12.366 --> 07:15.166 align:start >> NO, NOT AT ALL. 07:15.169 --> 07:16.934 align:start AND THIS IS -- I THINK THIS IS 07:16.937 --> 07:19.503 align:start THE PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT 07:19.506 --> 07:20.538 align:start EVERYONE WANTS TO POLARIZE THIS 07:20.541 --> 07:21.605 align:start DEBATE, THAT EVERYTHING IS 07:21.608 --> 07:23.140 align:start EITHER RIGHT OR WRONG. 07:23.143 --> 07:24.175 align:start HOW ABOUT LEAVING THIS DECISION 07:24.178 --> 07:26.110 align:start TO THE PARENT? 07:26.113 --> 07:26.877 align:start AND WE HAVE OPTIONS IN THE STATE 07:26.880 --> 07:29.713 align:start OF ARIZONA. 07:29.716 --> 07:30.981 align:start HOW CAN YOU SAY TO A PARENT OF A 07:30.984 --> 07:32.583 align:start DISABLED CHILD THAT WHEN YOU 07:32.586 --> 07:34.385 align:start GIVE THEM FLEXIBILITY IN THE 07:34.388 --> 07:35.619 align:start DOLLARS, KNOWING THE NEEDS OF 07:35.622 --> 07:37.321 align:start THEIR CHILD, THAT THAT WOULD BE 07:37.324 --> 07:37.688 align:start A CONDEMNATION OF PUBLIC 07:37.691 --> 07:39.690 align:start EDUCATION? 07:39.693 --> 07:41.992 align:start THE IDEA OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IS 07:41.995 --> 07:43.694 align:start TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, YET OUR 07:43.697 --> 07:45.396 align:start KIDS COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPES 07:45.399 --> 07:45.830 align:start AND SIZES AND DIFFERENT 07:45.833 --> 07:48.232 align:start CIRCUMSTANCES. 07:48.235 --> 07:49.934 align:start AND WHAT WE DO IN ARIZONA IS WE 07:49.937 --> 07:51.902 align:start ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, AND WE GIVE AS 07:51.905 --> 07:54.738 align:start MUCH POWER AS WE CAN TO THE 07:54.741 --> 07:55.372 align:start PARENT TO MAKE THE RIGHT 07:55.375 --> 07:57.174 align:start DECISION FOR THEIR CHILD. 07:57.177 --> 07:58.609 align:start >> YOUR PREDECESSOR, GOVERNOR 07:58.612 --> 07:59.677 align:start BREWER, RECENTLY CAME OUT AND 07:59.680 --> 08:00.711 align:start SAID MAYBE SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE 08:00.714 --> 08:02.213 align:start SIGNED SOME OF THE TAX CUTS THAT 08:02.216 --> 08:03.314 align:start SHE DID, AND MAYBE THE STATE 08:03.317 --> 08:05.616 align:start NEEDS THAT MONEY. 08:05.619 --> 08:05.983 align:start YOU'VE PUT FORWARD A LOT OF TAX 08:05.986 --> 08:09.086 align:start CUTS. 08:09.089 --> 08:10.721 align:start YOU'RE A BUSINESSMAN BEFORE YOU 08:10.724 --> 08:11.822 align:start WERE HERE IN STATE GOVERNMENT. 08:11.825 --> 08:12.823 align:start WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHT ON THE 08:12.826 --> 08:14.291 align:start FORMER GOVERNOR'S FEELINGS ON 08:14.294 --> 08:16.994 align:start TAX CUTS? 08:16.997 --> 08:18.195 align:start >> WELL, MY FOCUS IS HOW DO I 08:18.198 --> 08:20.097 align:start BRING BUSINESS TO OUR STATE? 08:20.100 --> 08:20.397 align:start HOW DO I BRING COMPANIES TO OUR 08:20.400 --> 08:21.632 align:start STATE? 08:21.635 --> 08:23.467 align:start HOW DO I MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE 08:23.470 --> 08:26.971 align:start THAT WANTS TO GET A JOB IN THE 08:26.974 --> 08:28.239 align:start STATE OF ARIZONA CAN FIND A JOB? 08:28.242 --> 08:29.440 align:start IN THIS VERY OFFICE, THIS IS 08:29.443 --> 08:31.008 align:start WHERE I MEET WITH A LOT OF 08:31.011 --> 08:32.843 align:start BUSINESS PEOPLE FROM OTHER 08:32.846 --> 08:33.777 align:start STATES, OFTENTIMES FROM 08:33.780 --> 08:36.280 align:start CALIFORNIA AND ILLINOIS THAT ARE 08:36.283 --> 08:37.348 align:start LOOKING TO RELOCATE OR EXPAND OR 08:37.351 --> 08:39.250 align:start BRING THEIR SUPPLY CHAIN. 08:39.253 --> 08:40.451 align:start THEY ALL WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE 08:40.454 --> 08:41.685 align:start TAX CLIMATE IS IN THE STATE AND 08:41.688 --> 08:42.486 align:start WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 08:42.489 --> 08:44.188 align:start THE FUTURE. 08:44.191 --> 08:46.290 align:start WE'VE WON MORE THAN OUR FAIR 08:46.293 --> 08:47.858 align:start SHARE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND 08:47.861 --> 08:48.192 align:start NEGOTIATIONS IN THE LAST 28 08:48.195 --> 08:50.694 align:start MONTHS. 08:50.697 --> 08:52.363 align:start THE FACT THAT WE'RE A LOW-TAX, 08:52.366 --> 08:54.331 align:start LIGHT REGULATION STATE THAT'S 08:54.334 --> 08:55.833 align:start IMPROVING IN K-12 EDUCATION HAS 08:55.836 --> 08:56.967 align:start ALLOWED ME TO REALLY PITCH TO 08:56.970 --> 08:57.568 align:start THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING 08:57.571 --> 08:59.036 align:start THOSE DECISIONS. 08:59.039 --> 09:00.771 align:start I THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR 09:00.774 --> 09:02.673 align:start STATE MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR 09:02.676 --> 09:03.874 align:start BUSINESS AND CONTINUE TO INVEST 09:03.877 --> 09:06.443 align:start IN EDUCATION AS LONG AS WE'RE 09:06.446 --> 09:08.145 align:start GROWING IN TERMS OF POPULATION 09:08.148 --> 09:08.979 align:start AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND 09:08.982 --> 09:12.249 align:start THAT'S MY PLAN. 09:12.252 --> 09:13.284 align:start >> YOU MENTIONED UNEMPLOYMENT. 09:13.287 --> 09:15.753 align:start NUMBERS ARE LOOKING BETTER. 09:15.756 --> 09:16.253 align:start WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BEHIND THE 09:16.256 --> 09:16.787 align:start NATIONAL AVERAGE. 09:16.790 --> 09:17.855 align:start HOW DO WE FIX THIS? 09:17.858 --> 09:18.622 align:start >> WELL, WE KEEP DOING WHAT 09:18.625 --> 09:20.391 align:start WE'RE DOING. 09:20.394 --> 09:21.825 align:start YOU KNOW, WE'RE A GROWTH STATE. 09:21.828 --> 09:23.761 align:start SO WHEN THE ECONOMY IS GOING 09:23.764 --> 09:24.762 align:start GOOD IN THE COUNTRY, IT'S BETTER 09:24.765 --> 09:26.830 align:start IN ARIZONA. 09:26.833 --> 09:28.265 align:start WHEN THE ECONOMY SUFFERS A 09:28.268 --> 09:29.199 align:start DOWNTURN NATIONALLY, IT HURTS 09:29.202 --> 09:30.534 align:start ARIZONA MORE. 09:30.537 --> 09:32.169 align:start BUT WE'RE OUT OF THE JOB LOSSES 09:32.172 --> 09:32.536 align:start THAT WE HAD SINCE THE GREAT 09:32.539 --> 09:35.205 align:start RECESSION. 09:35.208 --> 09:37.508 align:start NOW WE'RE ADDING JOBS, GROWING 09:37.511 --> 09:39.076 align:start FASTER THAN WE HAVE OR THAN 09:39.079 --> 09:40.144 align:start ANYONE ELSE IS IN THE COUNTRY. 09:40.147 --> 09:40.578 align:start THAT'S WHAT WILL BRING THE 09:40.581 --> 09:44.014 align:start ECONOMY BACK. 09:44.017 --> 09:45.549 align:start YOU KNOW, IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA, 09:45.552 --> 09:46.850 align:start COMCAST, CATERPILLAR, WHAT WE'VE 09:46.853 --> 09:49.019 align:start BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH THE 09:49.022 --> 09:52.690 align:start UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA IN TERMS 09:52.693 --> 09:55.025 align:start OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THE 09:55.028 --> 09:55.392 align:start RELATIONSHIP WITH DAVIS AND 09:55.395 --> 09:57.161 align:start RAYTHEON. 09:57.164 --> 09:58.529 align:start ALL REAL POSITIVES, ALL FOCUSED 09:58.532 --> 10:00.664 align:start ON THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BIGGER 10:00.667 --> 10:01.365 align:start THAN ONE COUNTY IN THIS STATE OR 10:01.368 --> 10:03.233 align:start ONE CITY. 10:03.236 --> 10:03.901 align:start I'VE REALLY ENJOYED THE VISITS 10:03.904 --> 10:07.871 align:start TO SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 10:07.874 --> 10:08.606 align:start I THINK I'VE BEEN THERE 30-PLUS 10:08.609 --> 10:10.741 align:start TIMES THIS WEEK. 10:10.744 --> 10:12.276 align:start MUCH OF OUR BUDGET, MUCH OF OUR 10:12.279 --> 10:13.844 align:start FOCUS HAS COME FROM LISTENING TO 10:13.847 --> 10:16.280 align:start THE CITIZENS AROUND THE STATE, 10:16.283 --> 10:17.281 align:start AND WE'VE REALLY HAD A FOCUS ON 10:17.284 --> 10:17.615 align:start ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN 10:17.618 --> 10:20.684 align:start ARIZONA. 10:20.687 --> 10:22.853 align:start >> WRAPPING UP HERE, THIRD 10:22.856 --> 10:23.287 align:start LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS GOVERNOR. 10:23.290 --> 10:25.089 align:start WHAT'S LEFT? 10:25.092 --> 10:26.724 align:start WE ASSUME YOU'RE RUNNING AGAIN, 10:26.727 --> 10:29.059 align:start BUT WHAT'S LEFT ON THE HORIZON? 10:29.062 --> 10:34.031 align:start >> THESE CAMPAIGN CYCLES ARE FAR 10:34.034 --> 10:34.698 align:start TOO LONG. 10:34.701 --> 10:35.399 align:start WE HAVE ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE 10:35.402 --> 10:36.133 align:start AGENDA IN JANUARY THAT WE'LL 10:36.136 --> 10:38.936 align:start HAVE ANOTHER STATE OF THE STATE, 10:38.939 --> 10:39.903 align:start AND THEN THERE IS A DATE FOR 10:39.906 --> 10:41.171 align:start DECISIONS IN 2018. 10:41.174 --> 10:41.772 align:start I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO TALK 10:41.775 --> 10:42.706 align:start ABOUT THAT. 10:42.709 --> 10:43.207 align:start WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE 10:43.210 --> 10:45.509 align:start APPROPRIATE TIME. 10:45.512 --> 10:47.011 align:start WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS CLOSE UP 10:47.014 --> 10:48.245 align:start THIS SESSION, SIGN THIS BUDGET, 10:48.248 --> 10:50.014 align:start AND BEGIN TO PUT THE PLANS 10:50.017 --> 10:52.082 align:start TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE 10:52.085 --> 10:52.816 align:start ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL LEGISLATIVE 10:52.819 --> 10:55.986 align:start SESSION AND STATE OF THE STATE 10:55.989 --> 10:57.655 align:start IN JANUARY. 10:57.658 --> 10:59.123 align:start >>> DESPITE ADDITIONAL PAY FOR 10:59.126 --> 11:01.091 align:start TEACHERS AND MONEY FOR THE 11:01.094 --> 11:02.760 align:start CLASSROOMS, MORE THAN A DOZEN 11:02.763 --> 11:04.595 align:start EDUCATION ADVOCACY GROUPS SAY 11:04.598 --> 11:05.829 align:start LAWMAKERS FAILED THE MORE THAN 1 11:05.832 --> 11:06.163 align:start MILLION CHILDREN IN ARIZONA 11:06.166 --> 11:07.965 align:start SCHOOLS. 11:07.968 --> 11:09.600 align:start ARIZONA CONTINUES TO RANK AMONG 11:09.603 --> 11:11.235 align:start THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTRY FOR 11:11.238 --> 11:12.836 align:start SCHOOL FUNDING. 11:12.839 --> 11:13.303 align:start JEN DARLAND REPRESENTS ARIZONA 11:13.306 --> 11:14.738 align:start SCHOOLS NOW. 11:14.741 --> 11:16.540 align:start >> THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT 11:16.543 --> 11:17.875 align:start THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE 11:17.878 --> 11:19.743 align:start STATUS QUO. 11:19.746 --> 11:22.246 align:start WE HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE IN THE 11:22.249 --> 11:24.815 align:start BUDGET TO DO A BIG, BOLD 11:24.818 --> 11:26.450 align:start INVESTMENT, AND WHAT WE DO KNOW 11:26.453 --> 11:28.318 align:start REALLY DRIVES RESULTS IN THE 11:28.321 --> 11:29.620 align:start CLASSROOM WHICH IS HAVING A 11:29.623 --> 11:31.221 align:start QUALIFIED, CERTIFIED TEACHER IN 11:31.224 --> 11:32.456 align:start FRONT OF THE STUDENTS. 11:32.459 --> 11:33.624 align:start UNFORTUNATELY THE PRIORITIES IN 11:33.627 --> 11:34.692 align:start THIS BUDGET DON'T SUPPORT 11:34.695 --> 11:35.059 align:start KEEPING TEACHERS IN THE 11:35.062 --> 11:36.393 align:start CLASSROOM. 11:36.396 --> 11:37.494 align:start SO WE'RE REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN 11:37.497 --> 11:38.696 align:start THAT, THAT THAT WASN'T 11:38.699 --> 11:41.165 align:start NECESSARILY THE BIG, BOLD NEXT 11:41.168 --> 11:44.034 align:start STEP THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED 11:44.037 --> 11:44.301 align:start FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF PROP 11:44.304 --> 11:46.403 align:start 123. 11:46.406 --> 11:47.738 align:start >> IT SEEMED BEFORE THE BUDGET 11:47.741 --> 11:49.473 align:start PASSED, THERE WAS SOME HOPE THAT 11:49.476 --> 11:51.308 align:start PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE SOMETHING 11:51.311 --> 11:52.443 align:start THAT ADVOCACY GROUPS LIKE YOU'RE 11:52.446 --> 11:53.610 align:start INVOLVED WITH WOULD BE HAPPY 11:53.613 --> 11:54.044 align:start WITH OR HAPPIER WITH. 11:54.047 --> 11:56.380 align:start >> YES. 11:56.383 --> 11:58.615 align:start WE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF HOPE. 11:58.618 --> 12:01.018 align:start IF FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN TO 12:01.021 --> 12:01.819 align:start HAVE A BUDGET PROPOSAL WHICH WE 12:01.822 --> 12:03.420 align:start PUT FORWARD, WHICH FOUND THE 12:03.423 --> 12:04.588 align:start AVAILABLE DOLLARS AND FOUND 12:04.591 --> 12:06.323 align:start THREE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES THAT 12:06.326 --> 12:08.625 align:start DID NOT REQUIRE A TAX INCREASE. 12:08.628 --> 12:10.094 align:start WE HAD HOPED THAT WHAT IT WOULD 12:10.097 --> 12:11.462 align:start DO IS PROVIDE A MODERATING 12:11.465 --> 12:13.897 align:start COMPONENT, RIGHT, SO THAT IT 12:13.900 --> 12:15.599 align:start WOULD PUSH FROM THE 0.4% AS THE 12:15.602 --> 12:16.600 align:start GOVERNOR HAD PROPOSED, NOT 12:16.603 --> 12:17.835 align:start NECESSARILY A FULL 4%. 12:17.838 --> 12:21.004 align:start WE WERE REALLY KIND OF HOPING 12:21.007 --> 12:22.873 align:start FOR A BOLDER, CLOSE TO A 2% THIS 12:22.876 --> 12:24.408 align:start YEAR, BUT REALLY HAD HOPED THAT 12:24.411 --> 12:25.576 align:start THE 4% WOULD HAVE COME THROUGH 12:25.579 --> 12:26.844 align:start IN THE END. 12:26.847 --> 12:28.812 align:start WE THOUGHT THAT WE HAD -- WE 12:28.815 --> 12:33.884 align:start KNOW THAT WE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC 12:33.887 --> 12:36.153 align:start SUPPORT BEHIND THIS. 12:36.156 --> 12:38.088 align:start BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE IDN'T HAVE 12:38.091 --> 12:38.822 align:start THE CHAMPIONS IN EITHER CHAMBERS 12:38.825 --> 12:40.157 align:start TO SEE THAT THROUGH. 12:40.160 --> 12:41.725 align:start >> WE OFTEN HERE THAT MONEY 12:41.728 --> 12:43.594 align:start CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS. 12:43.597 --> 12:43.861 align:start IS THAT WHAT ARIZONA NEEDS RIGHT 12:43.864 --> 12:46.597 align:start NOW? 12:46.600 --> 12:47.131 align:start >> I WOULD SAY MONEY IS THE 12:47.134 --> 12:47.865 align:start SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM. 12:47.868 --> 12:48.465 align:start WE HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM IN THE 12:48.468 --> 12:51.268 align:start STATE OF ARIZONA. 12:51.271 --> 12:52.603 align:start EVEN AS RECENTLY AS YESTERDAY IN 12:52.606 --> 12:53.871 align:start REPORTS, EVEN GOVERNOR BREWER 12:53.874 --> 12:55.005 align:start FEELS LIKE SOME OF THE TAX CUTS 12:55.008 --> 12:56.740 align:start ARE A LITTLE TOO EXTREME. 12:56.743 --> 12:59.143 align:start WE ARE CONSISTENTLY DENYING OUR 12:59.146 --> 13:01.378 align:start SCHOOLS $1 BILLION EVERY YEAR, 13:01.381 --> 13:03.447 align:start FUNDING THAT THEY NEED FOR 21st 13:03.450 --> 13:05.015 align:start CENTURY TOOLS AND RESOURCES AS 13:05.018 --> 13:06.250 align:start WELL AS SAFE CLASSROOMS. 13:06.253 --> 13:08.685 align:start WE KNOW THAT THAT'S ALSO 13:08.688 --> 13:10.454 align:start IMPACTING THE ABILITY FOR OUR 13:10.457 --> 13:13.657 align:start SCHOOL GOVERNING BOARDS TO MAKE 13:13.660 --> 13:14.792 align:start DECISIONS OVER PROVIDING TEACHER 13:14.795 --> 13:16.026 align:start RAISES OR KEEPING AN HVAC SYSTEM 13:16.029 --> 13:16.560 align:start WORKING OR HAVING DOORS THAT 13:16.563 --> 13:19.696 align:start ACTUALLY LOCK. 13:19.699 --> 13:21.131 align:start WE HEARD FROM A TEACHER ACTUALLY 13:21.134 --> 13:22.933 align:start IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA AT ONE OF 13:22.936 --> 13:24.968 align:start OUR BUDGET PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT 13:24.971 --> 13:25.302 align:start HER CLASSROOM DOOR DOES NOT 13:25.305 --> 13:26.537 align:start LOCK. 13:26.540 --> 13:29.139 align:start SO IN A LOCKDOWN SITUATION, SHE 13:29.142 --> 13:30.374 align:start HAS TO TAKE HER CLASS OF 30 13:30.377 --> 13:32.576 align:start STUDENTS INTO HER COLLEAGUE'S 13:32.579 --> 13:34.278 align:start CLASSROOM TO LOCK THE DOOR. 13:34.281 --> 13:35.712 align:start AND WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THE 13:35.715 --> 13:37.281 align:start BASICS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO 13:37.284 --> 13:40.150 align:start ENSURE THAT OUR CLASSROOMS ARE 13:40.153 --> 13:41.118 align:start SECURE, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM. 13:41.121 --> 13:42.486 align:start SO OUR PERSPECTIVE IS THAT 13:42.489 --> 13:44.788 align:start THERE'S A REVENUE PROBLEM, BUT 13:44.791 --> 13:47.257 align:start THERE'S ALSO JUST SORT OF A 13:47.260 --> 13:48.826 align:start PRIORITIZATION OF WAYS TO 13:48.829 --> 13:49.893 align:start STRATEGICALLY INVEST TO ENSURE 13:49.896 --> 13:51.028 align:start THAT WE HAVE QUALITY EDUCATIONAL 13:51.031 --> 13:52.529 align:start PROGRAMS FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR 13:52.532 --> 13:53.330 align:start OUR FAMILIES. 13:53.333 --> 13:54.832 align:start >> WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? 13:54.835 --> 13:56.433 align:start SHOULD MORE ATTENTION BE GIVEN 13:56.436 --> 13:58.135 align:start TO THE SCHOOL BOARDS TO SAY, 13:58.138 --> 13:59.369 align:start DISTRIBUTE THIS MONEY FOR FAIRLY 13:59.372 --> 14:01.705 align:start BECAUSE IT CAN'T NECESSARILY ALL 14:01.708 --> 14:04.208 align:start BE PLACED ON THE STATE? 14:04.211 --> 14:06.510 align:start >> WELL, RESPECTFULLY, GOVERNING 14:06.513 --> 14:07.477 align:start BOARDS ARE GIVEN THE BUDGETS 14:07.480 --> 14:09.446 align:start FROM THE LEGISLATURE. 14:09.449 --> 14:10.214 align:start GOVERNING BOARDS DO NOT HAVE THE 14:10.217 --> 14:12.616 align:start POWER OF THE PURSE. 14:12.619 --> 14:15.152 align:start THAT IS A POWER ENTRUSTED TO OUR 14:15.155 --> 14:15.586 align:start ELECTED LEADERS BY OUR STATE 14:15.589 --> 14:19.022 align:start CONSTITUTION. 14:19.025 --> 14:21.358 align:start GOVERNING BOARDS ARE STRICTLY 14:21.361 --> 14:22.793 align:start BEHOLDEN TO APPROPRIATE ATING 14:22.796 --> 14:24.628 align:start FUNDS FOR THEIR DISTRICTS AND 14:24.631 --> 14:26.029 align:start THEY ARE ELECTED AND ENTRUSTED 14:26.032 --> 14:27.030 align:start BY LOCAL CITIZEN BODY TO 14:27.033 --> 14:29.399 align:start PROPERLY AND STRATEGICALLY 14:29.402 --> 14:30.500 align:start INVEST TO MATCH THE PRIORITIES 14:30.503 --> 14:32.035 align:start OF THEIR COMMUNITY. 14:32.038 --> 14:34.371 align:start I THINK THAT IT IS PASSING A 14:34.374 --> 14:37.040 align:start BUCK FOR ELECTED LEADERS TO 14:37.043 --> 14:38.742 align:start PLACE BLAME ON ELECTED GOVERNING 14:38.745 --> 14:40.510 align:start BOARDS WHO ARE NOT PAID. 14:40.513 --> 14:41.678 align:start THEY ARE THERE AS VOLUNTEERS. 14:41.681 --> 14:43.647 align:start AND THEY WANT NOTHING MORE THAN 14:43.650 --> 14:44.781 align:start TO PROPERLY COMPENSATE TEACHERS, 14:44.784 --> 14:47.618 align:start AND THEY WANT NOTHING MORE THAN 14:47.621 --> 14:50.487 align:start TO ENSURE THAT THEIR FACILITIES 14:50.490 --> 14:50.854 align:start ARE SAFE AND 21st CENTURY 14:50.857 --> 14:52.389 align:start EQUIPPED. 14:52.392 --> 14:54.157 align:start BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN THEY'RE 14:54.160 --> 14:57.127 align:start FACING THE BUDGET WHERE WE HAVE 14:57.130 --> 14:58.729 align:start EITHER ROLLED OVER $900 MILLION 14:58.732 --> 15:01.531 align:start ANNUALLY OR WE HAVE SUSPENDED 15:01.534 --> 15:02.666 align:start OVER $300 MILLION FOR K-12, WHAT 15:02.669 --> 15:03.834 align:start ARE THEY LEFT TO DO? 15:03.837 --> 15:04.902 align:start THEY'RE DOING THE VERY BEST THAT 15:04.905 --> 15:06.637 align:start THEY CAN. 15:06.640 --> 15:08.071 align:start >> WHAT DOES ARIZONA LOOK LIKE 15:08.074 --> 15:08.639 align:start IF MORE MONEY WERE PUMPED INTO 15:08.642 --> 15:10.073 align:start THE CLASSROOMS? 15:10.076 --> 15:12.442 align:start >> I THINK THAT ARIZONA STARTS 15:12.445 --> 15:12.843 align:start TO LOOK LIKE A TRUE ECONOMIC 15:12.846 --> 15:14.578 align:start POWERHOUSE. 15:14.581 --> 15:16.780 align:start I THINK THAT WE HAVE THREE 15:16.783 --> 15:18.582 align:start AMAZING UNIVERSITIES. 15:18.585 --> 15:23.720 align:start WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CLIMATE IN 15:23.723 --> 15:24.755 align:start WHICH WE CAN BE EXPERIMENTING ON 15:24.758 --> 15:25.989 align:start RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR, WHICH 15:25.992 --> 15:26.356 align:start SEEMS TO BE EVEN A GROWING 15:26.359 --> 15:27.291 align:start INTEREST. 15:27.294 --> 15:27.824 align:start I THINK PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO 15:27.827 --> 15:29.092 align:start INVEST IN THAT. 15:29.095 --> 15:30.093 align:start I THINK WE HAVE A PERFECT 15:30.096 --> 15:32.195 align:start CLIMATE FOR FAMILIES. 15:32.198 --> 15:33.330 align:start I THINK THAT WE COULD ATTRACT -- 15:33.333 --> 15:34.131 align:start AND I DON'T EVEN THINK IT. 15:34.134 --> 15:36.333 align:start I KNOW IT. 15:36.336 --> 15:37.768 align:start I KNOW BUSINESS LEADERS HAVE 15:37.771 --> 15:39.369 align:start COMMUNICATED TO LOCAL 15:39.372 --> 15:41.338 align:start ORGANIZATIONS AND CHAMBERS AND 15:41.341 --> 15:42.839 align:start FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT 15:42.842 --> 15:44.474 align:start THEM HERE SAYING, LISTEN, YOU'VE 15:44.477 --> 15:45.575 align:start GOT THE PERFECT GOLF COURSES. 15:45.578 --> 15:45.909 align:start YOU'VE GOT THE GREAT TAX 15:45.912 --> 15:47.144 align:start CLIMATE. 15:47.147 --> 15:49.012 align:start BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF 15:49.015 --> 15:50.580 align:start YOU DON'T HAVE A PROPERLY FUNDED 15:50.583 --> 15:52.316 align:start EDUCATION SYSTEM, I CAN'T BRING 15:52.319 --> 15:53.483 align:start PEOPLE HERE, AND I DON'T -- I 15:53.486 --> 15:54.051 align:start WANT ASK PEOPLE TO RAISE THEIR 15:54.054 --> 15:55.485 align:start CHILDREN HERE. 15:55.488 --> 15:57.321 align:start I THINK THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY 15:57.324 --> 15:59.022 align:start BE ON THE VERGE OF BEING A 15:59.025 --> 16:00.691 align:start LEADER IN THE MISSION. 16:00.694 --> 16:02.459 align:start >> THE BUDGETARY PLAN PRESENTS A 16:02.462 --> 16:03.126 align:start CHALLENGE FOR THE PIMA COUNTY 16:03.129 --> 16:05.062 align:start SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. 16:05.065 --> 16:07.064 align:start MANAGING RESOURCES AND NEEDS ARE 16:07.067 --> 16:08.665 align:start TWO OF THE TOP CONCERNS. 16:08.668 --> 16:10.067 align:start HERE'S RICKY HERNANDEZ, THE 16:10.070 --> 16:11.802 align:start CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 16:11.805 --> 16:12.936 align:start >> IN PIMA COUNTY, WHEN IT COMES 16:12.939 --> 16:14.671 align:start TO JUST SCHOOL DISTRICTS ALONE, 16:14.674 --> 16:15.138 align:start WE'RE TALKING WELL OVER 200 16:15.141 --> 16:16.406 align:start PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 16:16.409 --> 16:17.975 align:start THAT INCLUDES EVEN OUR CHARTER 16:17.978 --> 16:19.443 align:start SCHOOLS HERE IN PIMA COUNTY. 16:19.446 --> 16:21.778 align:start SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A 16:21.781 --> 16:23.580 align:start SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF KIDS, WELL 16:23.583 --> 16:25.215 align:start OVER 140,000 KIDS JUST IN PUBLIC 16:25.218 --> 16:25.549 align:start SCHOOL ALONE HERE IN PIMA 16:25.552 --> 16:27.451 align:start COUNTY. 16:27.454 --> 16:29.720 align:start >> A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WONDER 16:29.723 --> 16:32.689 align:start HOW SCHOOLS IN THE NORTH 16:32.692 --> 16:34.391 align:start FOOTHILLS OR EASTERN PIMA COUNTY 16:34.394 --> 16:35.192 align:start HAVE THINGS THAT KIDS ON THE 16:35.195 --> 16:36.560 align:start SOUTH SIDE DON'T HAVE. 16:36.563 --> 16:36.860 align:start CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT REALLY 16:36.863 --> 16:38.395 align:start WORKS? 16:38.398 --> 16:38.762 align:start I MEAN THE TAX BASE, IT'S ALL 16:38.765 --> 16:40.030 align:start DIFFERENT. 16:40.033 --> 16:41.631 align:start >> AND THAT'S PART OF IT IS THAT 16:41.634 --> 16:43.133 align:start A LOT OF -- WE HAVE A LOT OF 16:43.136 --> 16:44.301 align:start DIFFERENT ELEMENTS GOING ON 16:44.304 --> 16:45.869 align:start THROUGHOUT PIMA COUNTY. 16:45.872 --> 16:47.604 align:start I MEAN FROM LIKE YOU ALLUDED TO 16:47.607 --> 16:50.307 align:start THE CATALINA FOOTHILLS AREA AND 16:50.310 --> 16:51.108 align:start THE EASTERN PART OF TUCSON. 16:51.111 --> 16:53.010 align:start YOU HAVE CERTAIN OPPORTUNITIES 16:53.013 --> 16:53.944 align:start AND YOU HAVE A TAX BASE THAT IS 16:53.947 --> 16:55.946 align:start VERY DIFFERENT TO PEOPLE WHO 16:55.949 --> 16:57.848 align:start LIVE MAYBE OUT IN THREE POINTS 16:57.851 --> 16:59.182 align:start OR DOWN ON SOUTH 12th AVENUE IN 16:59.185 --> 17:00.817 align:start THE SUNNYSIDE AREA. 17:00.820 --> 17:02.919 align:start SO THEY HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS 17:02.922 --> 17:04.121 align:start AS A COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR 17:04.124 --> 17:05.355 align:start ELECTED GOVERNING BOARDS ON WHAT 17:05.358 --> 17:07.624 align:start ARE THE PRIORITIES FOR THEIR 17:07.627 --> 17:09.059 align:start KIDS AND THEIR SCHOOLS IN THOSE 17:09.062 --> 17:10.293 align:start AREAS OF TOWN TO REALLY THINK 17:10.296 --> 17:11.495 align:start ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO 17:11.498 --> 17:12.863 align:start ACCOMPLISH IN TERMS OF THE 17:12.866 --> 17:13.530 align:start EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE 17:13.533 --> 17:15.265 align:start STUDENTS THERE. 17:15.268 --> 17:16.900 align:start >> HELP ME UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I 17:16.903 --> 17:19.936 align:start KNOW THE STATE CONSTITUTION 17:19.939 --> 17:20.737 align:start REQUIRES ONE THING, AND THEN 17:20.740 --> 17:22.639 align:start INDIVIDUALLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS 17:22.642 --> 17:23.006 align:start HAVE VERY IMPORTANT DECISIONS TO 17:23.009 --> 17:24.741 align:start MAKE. 17:24.744 --> 17:25.308 align:start SO WHO ULTIMATELY IS THE 17:25.311 --> 17:27.377 align:start DECIDING FACTOR? 17:27.380 --> 17:28.912 align:start >> REALLY THE ULTIMATE DECIDING 17:28.915 --> 17:29.579 align:start FACTOR IS OUR LOCALLY CONTROLLED 17:29.582 --> 17:30.680 align:start SCHOOL BOARDS. 17:30.683 --> 17:32.115 align:start THEY ARE ELECTED BY THEIR 17:32.118 --> 17:33.050 align:start COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BY THEIR 17:33.053 --> 17:35.619 align:start VOTERS, BY THEIR PEERS TO 17:35.622 --> 17:36.019 align:start REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THOSE 17:36.022 --> 17:37.454 align:start COMMUNITIES. 17:37.457 --> 17:38.989 align:start OUR STATE-ELECTED LEADERS 17:38.992 --> 17:40.891 align:start OBVIOUSLY SET A DIRECTION AND A 17:40.894 --> 17:42.426 align:start TONE FOR WHAT PUBLIC EDUCATION 17:42.429 --> 17:43.827 align:start SHOULD LOOK LIKE IN THE STATE, 17:43.830 --> 17:45.429 align:start BUT ULTIMATELY THE 17:45.432 --> 17:46.963 align:start RESPONSIBILITY IS FOR OUR LOCAL 17:46.966 --> 17:48.432 align:start ELECTED OFFICIALS TO REALLY MAKE 17:48.435 --> 17:50.767 align:start THAT DECISION ON WHAT THEY WANT 17:50.770 --> 17:52.202 align:start TO HAVE HAPPEN IN THEIR 17:52.205 --> 17:52.536 align:start PARTICULAR COMMUNITY IN PIMA 17:52.539 --> 17:54.604 align:start COUNTY. 17:54.607 --> 17:56.006 align:start >> WHERE IS THE BOUNDARY, THE 17:56.009 --> 17:57.174 align:start BALANCE, THEN, WITH WHAT THE 17:57.177 --> 17:59.042 align:start STATE CONSTITUTION MANDATES 17:59.045 --> 18:00.110 align:start BECAUSE IT IS VERY CLEAR AND 18:00.113 --> 18:01.178 align:start THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A LAWSUIT 18:01.181 --> 18:03.780 align:start THAT CAME OUT LAST WEEK. 18:03.783 --> 18:05.749 align:start >> AND I THINK THAT BOUNDARY 18:05.752 --> 18:07.717 align:start REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT IS THAT 18:07.720 --> 18:08.552 align:start LINE IN THE SAND IS KIND OF THE 18:08.555 --> 18:10.387 align:start WAY WE LOOK AT IT. 18:10.390 --> 18:11.188 align:start IT'S REALLY SET BY OUR STATEWIDE 18:11.191 --> 18:12.322 align:start ELECTED LEADERS. 18:12.325 --> 18:13.090 align:start LOCALLY WE'RE GOING TO MAKE 18:13.093 --> 18:14.858 align:start DECISIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO 18:14.861 --> 18:16.293 align:start OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR KIDS, OUR 18:16.296 --> 18:17.928 align:start TEACHERS, OUR SCHOOLS. 18:17.931 --> 18:19.129 align:start BUT IF WE RECEIVE SPECIFIC 18:19.132 --> 18:19.996 align:start DIRECTION FROM OUR STATE 18:19.999 --> 18:20.864 align:start LEGISLATURE, FROM OUR GOVERNOR 18:20.867 --> 18:22.265 align:start THAT SAYS THESE ARE THE 18:22.268 --> 18:24.267 align:start PRIORITIES AND THIS IS WHAT WE 18:24.270 --> 18:25.635 align:start THINK YOU SHOULD BE DOING, WE'RE 18:25.638 --> 18:27.304 align:start GOING TO FOLLOW THOSE TO THE 18:27.307 --> 18:29.172 align:start BEST OF OUR ABILITY WITHIN THE 18:29.175 --> 18:29.906 align:start CONFINES OF THE RESOURCES THAT 18:29.909 --> 18:33.410 align:start WE HAVE. 18:33.413 --> 18:35.212 align:start MAKING A DECISION OVER TEACHER 18:35.215 --> 18:36.780 align:start PAY VERSUS CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY, 18:36.783 --> 18:38.915 align:start FOR EXAMPLE, FOR A STUDENT, 18:38.918 --> 18:39.282 align:start THOSE THINGS ARE NOT MUTUALLY 18:39.285 --> 18:40.484 align:start EXCLUSIVE. 18:40.487 --> 18:42.119 align:start I MEAN THEY'RE JUST AS EQUALLY 18:42.122 --> 18:44.721 align:start IMPORTANT TO HAVE A HIGHLY 18:44.724 --> 18:45.822 align:start EFFECTIVE AND WELL-PAID, 18:45.825 --> 18:49.960 align:start WELL-COMPENSATED TEACHER JUST AS 18:49.963 --> 18:52.362 align:start MUCH AS A WELL-RESOURCED STUDENT 18:52.365 --> 18:53.530 align:start TO BE ACADEMICALLY SUCCESSFUL. 18:53.533 --> 18:55.699 align:start >> THERE'S SOME TOUGH DECISIONS 18:55.702 --> 18:56.366 align:start YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOMETIMES. 18:56.369 --> 18:57.267 align:start >> THERE ARE VERY DIFFICULT 18:57.270 --> 18:59.069 align:start DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE. 18:59.072 --> 19:00.403 align:start LIKE I ALLUDED TO BEFORE, 19:00.406 --> 19:01.171 align:start SOMETIMES WE GET INTO THE 19:01.174 --> 19:04.474 align:start CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT 19:04.477 --> 19:05.642 align:start IS IT TO GIVE A TEACHER A 1% 19:05.645 --> 19:09.246 align:start VERSUS A 4% RAISE WHILE WE HAVE 19:09.249 --> 19:11.181 align:start A CRUMBLING SCHOOL BUILDING OR 19:11.184 --> 19:12.382 align:start MAYBE WE HAVE A LACK OF A 19:12.385 --> 19:13.717 align:start TEXTBOOK OR COMPUTER LAB, FOR 19:13.720 --> 19:14.818 align:start EXAMPLE, IN ANY ONE OF THE 19:14.821 --> 19:17.420 align:start SCHOOLS IN PIMA COUNTY. 19:17.423 --> 19:19.289 align:start AND THOSE DECISIONS ARE VERY 19:19.292 --> 19:20.524 align:start DIFFICULT TO MAKE BECAUSE HOW DO 19:20.527 --> 19:23.260 align:start YOU MAKE -- HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM 19:23.263 --> 19:24.995 align:start IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN SAY, WE 19:24.998 --> 19:26.163 align:start VALUE X VERSUS Y? 19:26.166 --> 19:26.997 align:start AND THAT'S THE TOUGHEST PART OF 19:27.000 --> 19:28.532 align:start THE JOB. 19:28.535 --> 19:30.200 align:start >> WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THINGS 19:30.203 --> 19:32.536 align:start THAT YOU FACTOR INTO THOSE TOUGH 19:32.539 --> 19:32.903 align:start DECISIONS, LIKE TEACHER RAISE OR 19:32.906 --> 19:34.704 align:start TEXTBOOKS? 19:34.707 --> 19:36.139 align:start >> SO WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT 19:36.142 --> 19:38.575 align:start OBVIOUSLY -- YOU KNOW, WHEN IT 19:38.578 --> 19:39.743 align:start COMES TO TEXTBOOKS, FOR EXAMPLE, 19:39.746 --> 19:41.945 align:start AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, WE 19:41.948 --> 19:42.312 align:start HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT CHANGING 19:42.315 --> 19:44.314 align:start STANDARDS. 19:44.317 --> 19:45.882 align:start IF WE ARE MOVE AGO WAY FROM 19:45.885 --> 19:47.017 align:start SPECIFIC STANDARDS, DO OUR 19:47.020 --> 19:48.685 align:start MATERIALS ALIGN PROPERLY TO 19:48.688 --> 19:49.386 align:start THOSE STANDARDS TO MAKE SURE OUR 19:49.389 --> 19:50.954 align:start STUDENTS ARE LEARNING WHAT 19:50.957 --> 19:51.688 align:start THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AND 19:51.691 --> 19:52.489 align:start ACHIEVING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED 19:52.492 --> 19:54.424 align:start TO BE DOING. 19:54.427 --> 19:55.091 align:start AT THE SAME TIME, TRYING TO 19:55.094 --> 19:56.526 align:start RETAIN TEACHERS. 19:56.529 --> 19:58.028 align:start YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM 19:58.031 --> 19:59.462 align:start RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH 19:59.465 --> 20:00.697 align:start TEACHERS IS NOT JUST RECRUITMENT 20:00.700 --> 20:04.768 align:start BUT RETENTION OF THE TEACHERS 20:04.771 --> 20:08.138 align:start THAT WE DO HAVE. 20:08.141 --> 20:08.838 align:start AND WHAT DO WE DO IN ORDER TO 20:08.841 --> 20:11.641 align:start MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING THOSE 20:11.644 --> 20:12.342 align:start TEACHERS WELL COMPENSATED, WELL 20:12.345 --> 20:13.176 align:start PREPARED AND MAKING SURE THEY 20:13.179 --> 20:14.144 align:start CONTINUE TO BE WELL SUPPORTED IN 20:14.147 --> 20:16.146 align:start THE CLASSROOM. 20:16.149 --> 20:18.215 align:start >> AMONG THE BILLS PASSED AND 20:18.218 --> 20:19.583 align:start SIGNED THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 20:19.586 --> 20:22.052 align:start LOOSENING REQUIREMENTS TO GET 20:22.055 --> 20:22.419 align:start QUALIFIED PEOPLE TEACHING IN THE 20:22.422 --> 20:23.486 align:start CLASSROOM. 20:23.489 --> 20:25.021 align:start IT'S REPORTED THERE ARE 20:25.024 --> 20:26.790 align:start APPROXIMATELY 2,000 TEACHER 20:26.793 --> 20:28.024 align:start VACANCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 20:28.027 --> 20:29.059 align:start GOVERNOR DUCEY SAYS SCHOOL 20:29.062 --> 20:30.860 align:start DISTRICTS, NOT THE STATE BOARD 20:30.863 --> 20:31.861 align:start OF EDUCATION, SHOULD DECIDE 20:31.864 --> 20:33.230 align:start WHO'S QUALIFIED. 20:33.233 --> 20:35.632 align:start AT ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL, 20:35.635 --> 20:36.833 align:start THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF TEACHERS 20:36.836 --> 20:38.068 align:start WITH OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES WHO 20:38.071 --> 20:41.004 align:start ARE TEACHING. 20:41.007 --> 20:42.872 align:start DAVID OBOYSKI TEACHES AND SERVES 20:42.875 --> 20:43.440 align:start AS THE ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR AND 20:43.443 --> 20:47.143 align:start MARKETING COORDINATOR. 20:47.146 --> 20:49.913 align:start >> I GRADUATED FROM CLAJ BACK IN 20:49.916 --> 20:51.314 align:start '90 AND I WORKED FOR THE CIA AS 20:51.317 --> 20:52.616 align:start AN INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, AN 20:52.619 --> 20:53.817 align:start INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, AND I DID 20:53.820 --> 20:55.485 align:start THAT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND 20:55.488 --> 20:58.355 align:start WENT INTO MARKETING AND PUBLIC 20:58.358 --> 20:59.856 align:start RELATIONS AFTER GETTING MY 20:59.859 --> 21:01.458 align:start EDUCATION DEGREE, AND DID THAT 21:01.461 --> 21:03.560 align:start FOR ABOUT 15, 20 YEARS, AND 21:03.563 --> 21:03.860 align:start FOUND MY WAY BACK TO EDUCATION 21:03.863 --> 21:05.528 align:start AGAIN. 21:05.531 --> 21:07.897 align:start >> HOW DID THOSE CAREERS HELP 21:07.900 --> 21:10.267 align:start YOU BECOME A TEACHER? 21:10.270 --> 21:13.937 align:start >> I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE THINGS 21:13.940 --> 21:15.138 align:start THAT CIA DID THAT HELPED ME 21:15.141 --> 21:15.472 align:start TREMENDOUSLY WAS PRESENTATION 21:15.475 --> 21:17.107 align:start SKILLS. 21:17.110 --> 21:18.375 align:start I WAS TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO 21:18.378 --> 21:19.643 align:start DIGEST INFORMATION VERY QUICKLY, 21:19.646 --> 21:21.511 align:start ORGANIZE IT IN MY HEAD, AND THEN 21:21.514 --> 21:24.748 align:start PRESENT IT OFF THE TOP OF MY 21:24.751 --> 21:26.116 align:start HEAD TO TOP-LEVEL POLICYMAKERS, 21:26.119 --> 21:27.751 align:start FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES. 21:27.754 --> 21:29.953 align:start I DID BRIEFINGS FOR TWO PEOPLE 21:29.956 --> 21:31.621 align:start TO 100 PEOPLE, AND THAT HELPED A 21:31.624 --> 21:32.822 align:start LOT WHEN I GOT INTO EDUCATION, 21:32.825 --> 21:34.691 align:start ESPECIALLY WITH WORKING WITH 21:34.694 --> 21:36.092 align:start HIGH SCHOOLERS. 21:36.095 --> 21:36.660 align:start TOUGHEST AUDIENCE THAW CAN EVER 21:36.663 --> 21:38.328 align:start DEAL WITH. 21:38.331 --> 21:40.096 align:start >> HOW DID YOU HANDLE COLLEAGUES 21:40.099 --> 21:41.531 align:start IN SCHOOL WHO WERE A LITTLE, YOU 21:41.534 --> 21:43.233 align:start KNOW, WONDERING CAN YOU DO WHAT 21:43.236 --> 21:43.833 align:start I DO GIVEN THAT YOUR BACKGROUND 21:43.836 --> 21:46.269 align:start IS DIFFERENT? 21:46.272 --> 21:46.703 align:start >> THAT ONE -- THAT'S A TOUGH 21:46.706 --> 21:50.407 align:start ONE. 21:50.410 --> 21:53.610 align:start MOST PEOPLE WERE OPEN TO IT OR 21:53.613 --> 21:54.711 align:start AT LEAST SKEPTICAL IN A HIDDEN 21:54.714 --> 21:55.045 align:start WAY BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T 21:55.048 --> 21:57.580 align:start KNOW. 21:57.583 --> 22:00.583 align:start THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DO OR 22:00.586 --> 22:02.118 align:start WHAT YOU DID. 22:02.121 --> 22:04.054 align:start THEY HAVE -- I'D LIKE TO SAY 22:04.057 --> 22:05.755 align:start THAT IT'S TRUE CONCEPTION OF 22:05.758 --> 22:08.024 align:start YOU'RE LIKE SUPERMAN BECAUSE YOU 22:08.027 --> 22:09.159 align:start WORKED FOR CIA, WHICH IS NOT THE 22:09.162 --> 22:11.294 align:start CASE. 22:11.297 --> 22:13.663 align:start MOST TEACHERS WANT FIRST TO KNOW 22:13.666 --> 22:14.364 align:start THAT THEIR COLLEAGUES ARE GOING 22:14.367 --> 22:15.332 align:start TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE CLASS 22:15.335 --> 22:16.199 align:start BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT KEEPING 22:16.202 --> 22:17.634 align:start CONTROL OF YOUR CLASS, 22:17.637 --> 22:18.702 align:start ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL 22:18.705 --> 22:19.769 align:start LEVEL, YOU'RE PASSING THEM ALONG 22:19.772 --> 22:20.070 align:start OUT OF CONTROL TO THE NEXT 22:20.073 --> 22:21.471 align:start CLASS. 22:21.474 --> 22:24.908 align:start IF YOU CAN DO THAT AND THEN YOU 22:24.911 --> 22:25.508 align:start CAN TEACH ON TOP OF IT, THEN 22:25.511 --> 22:26.843 align:start THEY LOVE YOU. 22:26.846 --> 22:27.744 align:start AND THAT WAS JUST A MATTER OF 22:27.747 --> 22:29.245 align:start TIME, SHOWING THAT I WAS 22:29.248 --> 22:30.613 align:start COMPETENT, THAT I WAS ABLE TO 22:30.616 --> 22:31.815 align:start TEACH, THAT I WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE 22:31.818 --> 22:32.382 align:start THE STUDENTS AND MAKE 22:32.385 --> 22:34.284 align:start CONNECTIONS WITH THEM. 22:34.287 --> 22:36.319 align:start >> YOU LEFT THE CIA AND 22:36.322 --> 22:37.554 align:start MARKETING FOR THE CLASSROOM. 22:37.557 --> 22:39.389 align:start >> I DID. 22:39.392 --> 22:42.125 align:start GOD MADE ME IS HOW I TALK ABOUT 22:42.128 --> 22:43.893 align:start IT AS A CATHOLIC SCHOOLTEACHER 22:43.896 --> 22:46.696 align:start AND AN ADMINISTRATOR. 22:46.699 --> 22:47.430 align:start I WAS DOING VERY WELL, MAKING 22:47.433 --> 22:49.299 align:start VERY GOOD MONEY. 22:49.302 --> 22:51.468 align:start I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT IF I 22:51.471 --> 22:52.802 align:start COULD GET A GOOD NEST EGG AND 22:52.805 --> 22:54.237 align:start RETIRE A LITTLE EARLY, I'D LOVE 22:54.240 --> 22:54.738 align:start TO GO BACK TO THE CLASSROOM 22:54.741 --> 22:56.906 align:start AGAIN. 22:56.909 --> 22:57.474 align:start BUT I THINK WE CALLED IT THE 22:57.477 --> 22:59.275 align:start GOLDEN HANDCUFF. 22:59.278 --> 23:00.844 align:start IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST TOO MUCH 23:00.847 --> 23:03.079 align:start OF A DROP TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 23:03.082 --> 23:04.447 align:start MY FAMILY TO LEAVE. 23:04.450 --> 23:05.582 align:start BUT FORTUNATELY GOD HAD A 23:05.585 --> 23:06.616 align:start RECESSION IN MIND, AND I GOT 23:06.619 --> 23:07.317 align:start LAID OFF RIGHT AT THE START OF 23:07.320 --> 23:09.219 align:start THE RECESSION. 23:09.222 --> 23:11.888 align:start I WAS OUT OF WORK FOR FIVE 23:11.891 --> 23:13.256 align:start YEARS, AND IT WAS DEVASTATING TO 23:13.259 --> 23:14.357 align:start MY FAMILY, BUT I HAD TO FIND 23:14.360 --> 23:15.825 align:start SOME WAYS TO MAKE MONEY. 23:15.828 --> 23:18.995 align:start SO I HAD AN EDUCATION DEGREE. 23:18.998 --> 23:23.066 align:start I WENT BACK AND SUBBED, AND 23:23.069 --> 23:24.401 align:start FUNNY GIVEN THE TOPIC WE'RE 23:24.404 --> 23:25.268 align:start DISCUSSING, CERTIFICATION WAS 23:25.271 --> 23:26.636 align:start ONE OF THE ISSUES. 23:26.639 --> 23:26.936 align:start WE WERE LIVING IN KANSAS AT THE 23:26.939 --> 23:28.304 align:start TIME. 23:28.307 --> 23:28.605 align:start I HAD BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 20 23:28.608 --> 23:31.241 align:start YEARS. 23:31.244 --> 23:31.574 align:start I HAD BEEN A CIA INTELLIGENCE 23:31.577 --> 23:32.542 align:start OFFICER. 23:32.545 --> 23:34.043 align:start HI A DEGREE IN EDUCATION. 23:34.046 --> 23:35.311 align:start I HAD BEEN ELIGIBLE TO BE 23:35.314 --> 23:37.013 align:start CERTIFIED WHEN I GRADUATED BUT 23:37.016 --> 23:39.649 align:start NEVER GOT TO DO IT BECAUSE I 23:39.652 --> 23:41.151 align:start DIDN'T LAND A JOB. 23:41.154 --> 23:42.352 align:start BUT IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET 23:42.355 --> 23:43.486 align:start CERTIFIED TO BE A FULL-TIME 23:43.489 --> 23:44.788 align:start TEACHER OTHER THAN A SUBSTITUTE 23:44.791 --> 23:46.523 align:start IN KANSAS, I WOULD HAVE HAD TO 23:46.526 --> 23:47.657 align:start GO BACK TO SCHOOL FOR ANOTHER 23:47.660 --> 23:49.659 align:start YEAR TO GET CERTIFIED. 23:49.662 --> 23:49.959 align:start I COULDN'T AFFORD THAT AT THE 23:49.962 --> 23:52.495 align:start TIME. 23:52.498 --> 23:52.796 align:start AND SO I COULD ONLY SUBSTITUTE 23:52.799 --> 23:54.464 align:start TEACH. 23:54.467 --> 23:57.567 align:start SO WHEN WE CAME OUT TO ARIZONA, 23:57.570 --> 23:59.135 align:start I WAS ABLE TO GET A SUB 23:59.138 --> 24:01.237 align:start CERTIFICATE HERE, AND THEN I WAS 24:01.240 --> 24:02.806 align:start ABLE TO TAKE JUST A COUPLE OF 24:02.809 --> 24:04.808 align:start TESTS AND ONE OR TWO COURSES 24:04.811 --> 24:06.910 align:start THAT I COULD TAKE THROUGH PIMA 24:06.913 --> 24:09.012 align:start OR SOMEWHERE ELSE JUST TO PLUG A 24:09.015 --> 24:10.380 align:start COUPLE OF GAPS, AND ABLE TO GET 24:10.383 --> 24:11.347 align:start BACK AND GET MY CERTIFICATION SO 24:11.350 --> 24:13.183 align:start I COULD TEACH AGAIN. 24:13.186 --> 24:14.651 align:start BUT IT WAS A LOT OF HOOPS TO 24:14.654 --> 24:16.052 align:start JUMP THROUGH, AND I'D LOVE TO 24:16.055 --> 24:17.353 align:start TELL YOU THAT BY DOING THAT, I 24:17.356 --> 24:19.722 align:start WAS A MUCH BETTER TEACHER. 24:19.725 --> 24:22.725 align:start BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE 24:22.728 --> 24:24.794 align:start CORRELATION BETWEEN 24:24.797 --> 24:26.095 align:start CERTIFICATION AND QUALITY -- I'M 24:26.098 --> 24:29.065 align:start BIASED, I THINK I'M PRETTY GOOD. 24:29.068 --> 24:29.899 align:start BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT ADDED 24:29.902 --> 24:31.267 align:start THAT MUCH. 24:31.270 --> 24:32.635 align:start BUT THOSE WERE THE HOOPS WE HAD 24:32.638 --> 24:33.870 align:start TO JUMP THROUGH, AND I DID, AND 24:33.873 --> 24:35.472 align:start I GOT TO TEACH. 24:35.475 --> 24:36.473 align:start >> WOULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN A SHAME 24:36.476 --> 24:38.208 align:start IF SOMEONE WITH YOUR BACKGROUND 24:38.211 --> 24:39.108 align:start AND EXPERIENCE WOULD HAVE BEEN 24:39.111 --> 24:40.677 align:start DISCOURAGED BY ALL THOSE HOOPS 24:40.680 --> 24:41.644 align:start AND NEVER BEEN IN THE CLASSROOM 24:41.647 --> 24:42.212 align:start TO SHARE YOUR RICH EXPERIENCE 24:42.215 --> 24:43.446 align:start WITH THESE STUDENTS? 24:43.449 --> 24:45.381 align:start >> I THINK WE'RE MISSING OUT. 24:45.384 --> 24:49.986 align:start I THINK WHEN WE PUT THOSE 24:49.989 --> 24:51.154 align:start BARRIERS TO ENTRY -- I TAUGHT 24:51.157 --> 24:55.391 align:start ECONOMICS FOR A WHILE -- WE'RE 24:55.394 --> 24:57.994 align:start NOT ALLOWING OURSELVES A RICH 24:57.997 --> 24:58.962 align:start ENOUGH GENE POOL OF EDUCATION 24:58.965 --> 25:00.430 align:start AND EDUCATORS. 25:00.433 --> 25:01.297 align:start IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANYBODY CAN 25:01.300 --> 25:03.299 align:start WALK IN THE CLASSROOM. 25:03.302 --> 25:04.767 align:start THAT'S OBVIOUSLY TRUE. 25:04.770 --> 25:06.803 align:start BUT IT ALSO MEANS THERE ARE 25:06.806 --> 25:10.039 align:start PEOPLE WHO HAVE THOSE GIFTS THAT 25:10.042 --> 25:13.109 align:start WITH SOME SHAPING, SOME 25:13.112 --> 25:14.277 align:start STRUCTURE, SOME GUIDANCE DON'T 25:14.280 --> 25:16.613 align:start NECESSARILY NEED TO GO THROUGH 25:16.616 --> 25:20.717 align:start ALL OF THE PEDAGOGICAL ROUTINE 25:20.720 --> 25:21.818 align:start OF COLLEGE COURSES AND TEACHING 25:21.821 --> 25:22.118 align:start INTERNSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE 25:22.121 --> 25:23.286 align:start THAT. 25:23.289 --> 25:25.255 align:start THEY COULD DO THAT ON THE JOB. 25:25.258 --> 25:27.457 align:start THERE'S WAYS TO STRUCTURE THAT. 25:27.460 --> 25:29.025 align:start BUT WITH CERTIFICATION RIGHT 25:29.028 --> 25:30.260 align:start NOW, THAT'S NOT -- YOU KNOW, I'M 25:30.263 --> 25:31.961 align:start GLAD TO SEE THAT THE GOVERNOR 25:31.964 --> 25:33.429 align:start AND THE LEGISLATURE DECIDE TO 25:33.432 --> 25:34.764 align:start MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT EASIER. 25:34.767 --> 25:36.299 align:start AND I DON'T THINK THEY'VE 25:36.302 --> 25:36.599 align:start WATERED THE STANDARDS DOWN SO 25:36.602 --> 25:38.935 align:start MUCH. 25:38.938 --> 25:40.603 align:start I MEAN FIVE YEARS ON THE JOB IN 25:40.606 --> 25:41.804 align:start A PROFESSION RELATED TO WHAT 25:41.807 --> 25:42.205 align:start YOU'RE TEACHING IS PRETTY 25:42.208 --> 25:43.907 align:start SUBSTANTIAL. 25:43.910 --> 25:44.173 align:start IT WOULD HAVE KEPT ME OUT FROM 25:44.176 --> 25:45.742 align:start CIA. 25:45.745 --> 25:47.277 align:start I WAS ONLY THERE FOR TWO YEARS. 25:47.280 --> 25:48.611 align:start NOW, I PROBABLY HAD ENOUGH 25:48.614 --> 25:50.980 align:start BACKGROUND IN OTHER AREAS THAT I 25:50.983 --> 25:52.582 align:start COULD COME IN AS A SOCIAL 25:52.585 --> 25:53.683 align:start STUDIES TEACHER ON THE ECONOMICS 25:53.686 --> 25:55.285 align:start AND OTHER SIDE OF THAT, BUT I 25:55.288 --> 25:58.621 align:start THINK IT'S A GOOD THING. 25:58.624 --> 25:59.923 align:start AND I THINK WE'RE -- WE GIVE 25:59.926 --> 26:02.458 align:start STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY AT THE 26:02.461 --> 26:04.127 align:start LEVEL OF SECONDARY LEVEL, MIDDLE 26:04.130 --> 26:05.762 align:start SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, HAVING 26:05.765 --> 26:06.496 align:start PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A LOT OF 26:06.499 --> 26:08.765 align:start REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE IS A NICE 26:08.768 --> 26:10.567 align:start THING TO ADD TO THE MIX. 26:10.570 --> 26:11.367 align:start >>> OTHER NEWS THIS WEEK. 26:11.370 --> 26:14.304 align:start PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP FIRING 26:14.307 --> 26:15.805 align:start FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY. 26:15.808 --> 26:17.240 align:start A SURPRISE TO MANY INCLUDING 26:17.243 --> 26:18.508 align:start CONGRESSMAN RAUL GRIJALVA. 26:18.511 --> 26:19.342 align:start HE'S IN ARIZONA THIS WEEK 26:19.345 --> 26:23.646 align:start MEETING WITH CONSTITUENTS. 26:23.649 --> 26:25.715 align:start >> I THINK THE INVOLVEMENT OF 26:25.718 --> 26:28.918 align:start SESSIONS, TRUMP, AND THIS 26:28.921 --> 26:30.787 align:start DISMISSAL OF COMEY BEGINS TO 26:30.790 --> 26:31.154 align:start SMELL VERY BADLY LIKE A 26:31.157 --> 26:32.655 align:start COVER-UP. 26:32.658 --> 26:35.024 align:start IT BEGINS TO SMELL VERY BADLY OF 26:35.027 --> 26:40.463 align:start PEOPLE TRYING TO COVER THEIR 26:40.466 --> 26:41.364 align:start TRACKS AND TO PUT ALL THEIR 26:41.367 --> 26:42.398 align:start PROSECUTORIAL AUTHORITY IN THE 26:42.401 --> 26:43.866 align:start HANDS OF SESSIONS SO THAT 26:43.869 --> 26:47.236 align:start NOTHING ELSE MOVES. 26:47.239 --> 26:50.239 align:start THIS IS NOW WHY THE CALL IS FOR 26:50.242 --> 26:50.907 align:start INDEPENDENT COUNSEL TO 26:50.910 --> 26:51.741 align:start INVESTIGATE, AN INDEPENDENT 26:51.744 --> 26:53.142 align:start PROSECUTOR TO PROSECUTE. 26:53.145 --> 26:54.844 align:start IF WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE 26:54.847 --> 26:55.712 align:start BOTTOM OF THIS, I THINK THAT'S 26:55.715 --> 26:56.613 align:start GOING TO BE THE ONLY WAY. 26:56.616 --> 26:58.381 align:start THE REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE 26:58.384 --> 26:58.715 align:start AND THE HOUSE ARE DRAGGING THEIR 26:58.718 --> 27:00.183 align:start FEET. 27:00.186 --> 27:01.851 align:start THEY WANT TO TALK MORE ABOUT HOW 27:01.854 --> 27:03.186 align:start THE PRESS GOT A HOLD OF THE 27:03.189 --> 27:05.989 align:start INFORMATION, A LEAK, THAN THEY 27:05.992 --> 27:09.659 align:start WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE REAL 27:09.662 --> 27:14.831 align:start ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, WHICH IS 27:14.834 --> 27:16.199 align:start THE POTENTIAL OF TRUMP 27:16.202 --> 27:17.300 align:start CAMPAIGNING AND ASSOCIATES 27:17.303 --> 27:19.102 align:start WORKING WITH RUSSIA TO INFLUENCE 27:19.105 --> 27:21.270 align:start AND TO TRY TO TWIST OUR ELECTION 27:21.273 --> 27:23.773 align:start IN A CERTAIN WAY. 27:23.776 --> 27:26.242 align:start I THINK WE HAVE TO PURSUE THAT 27:26.245 --> 27:28.011 align:start DILIGENTLY BECAUSE IT SMELLS. 27:28.014 --> 27:29.245 align:start >> MORE ANALYSIS WITH 27:29.248 --> 27:30.647 align:start CONGRESSMAN GRIJALVA ON NEXT 27:30.650 --> 27:32.515 align:start WEEK'S PROGRAM AS WE EXPLORE HOW 27:32.518 --> 27:34.183 align:start THE POSSIBLE REPEAL OF THE 27:34.186 --> 27:34.584 align:start AFFORDABLE CARE ACT COULD IMPACT 27:34.587 --> 27:36.285 align:start ARIZONA. 27:36.288 --> 27:38.221 align:start AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. 27:38.224 --> 27:38.988 align:start FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC 27:38.991 --> 27:39.922 align:start MEDIA, I'M LORRAINE RIVERA. 27:39.925 --> 27:44.627 align:start THANKS FOR JOINING US.