1 00:00:05,071 --> 00:00:09,240 >>> COVERING MORE OF ARIZONA'S 2 00:00:09,243 --> 00:00:13,044 KIDS IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET. 3 00:00:13,047 --> 00:00:13,778 >> 30,000 TO 40,000 KIDS WILL BE 4 00:00:13,781 --> 00:00:16,214 COVERED WHO DIDN'T HAVE COVERAGE 5 00:00:16,217 --> 00:00:16,848 BEFORE, AND THAT WILL EFFECT 6 00:00:16,851 --> 00:00:18,616 EXPONENTIALLY THE WHOLE 7 00:00:18,619 --> 00:00:20,718 POPULATION BECAUSE IT WILL HELP 8 00:00:20,721 --> 00:00:21,953 THEIR FAMILIES, IT WILL HELP 9 00:00:21,956 --> 00:00:24,255 THESE KIDS SUCCEED IN LIFE. 10 00:00:24,258 --> 00:00:24,655 >> FROM HEALTH CARE TO 11 00:00:24,658 --> 00:00:25,490 CLASSROOMS. 12 00:00:25,493 --> 00:00:27,558 >> AS FAR AS THE SLICE OF THE 13 00:00:27,561 --> 00:00:28,926 PIE THAT EDUCATION GETS, IT'S 14 00:00:28,929 --> 00:00:32,263 HALF OF THE BUDGET. 15 00:00:32,266 --> 00:00:33,798 SO WE DO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. 16 00:00:33,801 --> 00:00:34,532 >> STATE LAWMAKERS WORKING 17 00:00:34,535 --> 00:00:36,534 OVERNIGHT TO AGREE ON A BUDGET. 18 00:00:46,913 --> 00:00:51,249 >>> THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR 19 00:00:51,252 --> 00:00:52,350 STATE LAWMAKERS TO REACH A DEAL 20 00:00:52,353 --> 00:00:54,585 ON ARIZONA'S BUDGET. 21 00:00:54,588 --> 00:00:56,287 THURSDAY I TRAVELLED TO THE 22 00:00:56,290 --> 00:00:57,422 STATE CAPITOL FOR A LOOK AT THE 23 00:00:57,425 --> 00:00:58,489 BIGGEST TALKING POINTS. 24 00:00:58,492 --> 00:00:59,991 HEALTH CARE FOR SOME OF 25 00:00:59,994 --> 00:01:00,992 ARIZONA'S POOREST FAMILIES IS 26 00:01:00,995 --> 00:01:05,129 AMONG THE SUBJECTS. 27 00:01:05,132 --> 00:01:09,400 HERE IS DR. ELIZABETH McKENNA. 28 00:01:09,403 --> 00:01:09,767 >> ARIZONA HAS 160,000 UNINSURED 29 00:01:09,770 --> 00:01:11,269 CHILDREN. 30 00:01:11,272 --> 00:01:12,036 THE SECOND HIGHEST RATE OF 31 00:01:12,039 --> 00:01:15,973 UNINSURED IN THE NATION. 32 00:01:15,976 --> 00:01:18,309 WE ARE THE LARGEST PROPORTIONATE 33 00:01:18,312 --> 00:01:21,145 OF THOSE KIDS ARE IN THE RANGE 34 00:01:21,148 --> 00:01:21,446 OF 138 TO 200% OF THE POVERTY 35 00:01:21,449 --> 00:01:23,715 LEVEL. 36 00:01:23,718 --> 00:01:24,782 SO THE NEED IS VERY, VERY GREAT 37 00:01:24,785 --> 00:01:26,117 IN ARIZONA. 38 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:27,618 >> WHAT HAPPENS IF THESE KIDS 39 00:01:27,621 --> 00:01:27,919 DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH 40 00:01:27,922 --> 00:01:29,354 CARE? 41 00:01:29,357 --> 00:01:31,556 >> WHEN A CHILD DOESN'T HAVE 42 00:01:31,559 --> 00:01:33,224 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, WHEN 43 00:01:33,227 --> 00:01:34,826 THEY'RE SICK THEY CAN'T GO IN TO 44 00:01:34,829 --> 00:01:35,827 BE SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN OR A 45 00:01:35,830 --> 00:01:39,464 HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. 46 00:01:39,467 --> 00:01:41,165 SO A MINOR ILLNESS LIKE A COLD 47 00:01:41,168 --> 00:01:44,369 OR BRONCHITIS CAN TURN INTO A 48 00:01:44,372 --> 00:01:46,404 MAJOR ILLNESS LIKE PNEUMONIA, 49 00:01:46,407 --> 00:01:47,939 OFTENTIMES NEEDING EMERGENCY 50 00:01:47,942 --> 00:01:50,008 ROOM CARE AS WELL AS MANY TIMES 51 00:01:50,011 --> 00:01:52,477 HOSPITAL ADMISSION. 52 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,079 THIS OFTEN IS UNCOMPENSATED CARE 53 00:01:55,082 --> 00:01:55,947 AND IS EXTREMELY COSTLY TO THE 54 00:01:55,950 --> 00:01:57,448 STATE AND HOSPITALS. 55 00:01:57,451 --> 00:01:58,216 >> HAVE YOU SEEN THIS FIRSTHAND 56 00:01:58,219 --> 00:01:59,183 IN YOUR PRACTICE? 57 00:01:59,186 --> 00:02:01,586 >> OH, YEAH. 58 00:02:01,589 --> 00:02:03,021 I HAD A MOM JUST LAST WEEK -- 59 00:02:03,024 --> 00:02:05,990 WHEN KIDS DON'T HAVE HEALTH 60 00:02:05,993 --> 00:02:06,324 INSURANCE THEY CAN'T GO INTO THE 61 00:02:06,327 --> 00:02:07,658 DOCTOR. 62 00:02:07,661 --> 00:02:08,326 SO THEY HAVE PERSIST INCIDENT 63 00:02:08,329 --> 00:02:10,194 PROLONGED ILLNESS. 64 00:02:10,197 --> 00:02:11,529 THEY MISS A LOT OF SCHOOL AND 65 00:02:11,532 --> 00:02:12,797 THEIR PARENTS MISS WORK. 66 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,365 ONE PATIENT LAST WEEK, THE MOM 67 00:02:14,368 --> 00:02:17,402 CALLED ME AND ASKED ME TO WRITE 68 00:02:17,405 --> 00:02:18,770 A LETTER BECAUSE HER TWO -- TWO 69 00:02:18,773 --> 00:02:20,304 OF HER KIDS HAD BEEN REALLY, 70 00:02:20,307 --> 00:02:21,806 REALLY SICK, AND THEY HADN'T 71 00:02:21,809 --> 00:02:23,975 BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL. 72 00:02:23,978 --> 00:02:24,842 SO THE SCHOOL WAS GOING TO SEND 73 00:02:24,845 --> 00:02:26,244 HER TO THE COURT BECAUSE THEY 74 00:02:26,247 --> 00:02:27,945 HAD MISSED SO MUCH SCHOOL. 75 00:02:27,948 --> 00:02:29,080 BUT THE REASON WHY THEY HAD 76 00:02:29,083 --> 00:02:31,082 MISSED SO MUCH SCHOOL IS BECAUSE 77 00:02:31,085 --> 00:02:33,117 SHE LOST HER HEALTH INSURANCE 78 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,621 AND WERE UNABLE TO BRING THEM TO 79 00:02:36,624 --> 00:02:37,288 THE DOCTOR'S BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T 80 00:02:37,291 --> 00:02:37,655 HAVE INSURANCE AND COULDN'T 81 00:02:37,658 --> 00:02:40,191 AFFORD IT. 82 00:02:40,194 --> 00:02:42,160 WE HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. 83 00:02:42,163 --> 00:02:44,028 I HAVE -- WHEN TEMPORARY KIDS 84 00:02:44,031 --> 00:02:45,496 CARE TWO ENDED IN 2014 MANY 85 00:02:45,499 --> 00:02:46,664 CHILDREN OF ARIZONA'S WORKING 86 00:02:46,667 --> 00:02:47,031 POOR LOST THEIR HEALTH 87 00:02:47,034 --> 00:02:49,367 INSURANCE. 88 00:02:49,370 --> 00:02:51,769 AND THESE ARE HARD-WORKING 89 00:02:51,772 --> 00:02:53,604 FAMILIES WHO PAY TAXES, THEY 90 00:02:53,607 --> 00:02:55,006 MAKE TOO MUCH FOR ACCESS BUT TOO 91 00:02:55,009 --> 00:02:55,807 LITTLE FOR PRIVATE HEALTH 92 00:02:55,810 --> 00:02:57,342 INSURANCE PREMIUMS. 93 00:02:57,345 --> 00:02:58,609 AND WE THOUGHT INITIALLY THAT 94 00:02:58,612 --> 00:03:01,479 MANY OF THOSE KIDS WOULD BE 95 00:03:01,482 --> 00:03:03,281 COVERED BY THE ACA MARKETPLACE 96 00:03:03,284 --> 00:03:05,116 PLANS BUT IT RAPIDLY BECAME 97 00:03:05,119 --> 00:03:08,186 CLEAR THAT THE CO-PAYS AND THE 98 00:03:08,189 --> 00:03:09,087 PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES WERE 99 00:03:09,090 --> 00:03:11,589 PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE. 100 00:03:11,592 --> 00:03:13,858 I HAVE A FAMILY IN MY PRACTICE, 101 00:03:13,861 --> 00:03:17,528 AND THERE ARE FIVE KIDS. 102 00:03:17,531 --> 00:03:19,697 THE FATHER IS A GROCER AND HE 103 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:22,300 MADE $20 TOO MUCH FOR ACCESS. 104 00:03:22,303 --> 00:03:26,070 SO THEY COULDN'T GET ACCESS. 105 00:03:26,073 --> 00:03:27,105 ONE OF THEIR KIDS WILL A SERIOUS 106 00:03:27,108 --> 00:03:30,475 NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE AND WHEN 107 00:03:30,478 --> 00:03:31,676 THEIR FIFTH CHILD WAS BORN IT 108 00:03:31,679 --> 00:03:33,378 BECAME CLEAR HE MOST LIKELY HAD 109 00:03:33,381 --> 00:03:36,347 IT AS WELL, HOWEVER, THE PARENTS 110 00:03:36,350 --> 00:03:37,081 COULD NOT AFFORD TO BRING HIM TO 111 00:03:37,084 --> 00:03:38,516 THE SPECIALIST FOR THE FULL 112 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:40,184 EVALUATION AND WORKUP, AND SO 113 00:03:40,187 --> 00:03:41,786 THE KID WAS NOT DIAGNOSED FOR A 114 00:03:41,789 --> 00:03:43,888 LONG TIME AND HE MISSED REALLY 115 00:03:43,891 --> 00:03:45,723 NECESSARY SERVICES, PROVISION OF 116 00:03:45,726 --> 00:03:46,457 SERVICES, EVALUATIONS, 117 00:03:46,460 --> 00:03:47,091 MEDICINES, THAT WERE IMPORTANT 118 00:03:47,094 --> 00:03:50,194 TO HIM. 119 00:03:50,197 --> 00:03:52,463 THEY HAD ANOTHER CHILD THAT WAS 120 00:03:52,466 --> 00:03:54,632 A CHILD WITH SPEECH DELAY, AND 121 00:03:54,635 --> 00:03:55,900 THIS WASN'T DIAGNOSED UNTIL 122 00:03:55,903 --> 00:03:57,535 REALLY LATE BECAUSE THEY WERE 123 00:03:57,538 --> 00:03:59,303 UNABLE TO BRING THEIR CHILD IN 124 00:03:59,306 --> 00:04:00,405 FOR THEIR ROUTINE HEALTH CARE 125 00:04:00,408 --> 00:04:01,205 VISITS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T 126 00:04:01,208 --> 00:04:03,875 AFFORD IT. 127 00:04:03,878 --> 00:04:06,944 SO THE CHILD WENT REALLY LATE 128 00:04:06,947 --> 00:04:07,879 WITHOUT BEING GIVEN LIKE PERFECT 129 00:04:07,882 --> 00:04:11,249 THERAPY AND EVERYTHING. 130 00:04:11,252 --> 00:04:11,649 SO I SEE A LOT OF IT IN OUR 131 00:04:11,652 --> 00:04:12,817 PRACTICES. 132 00:04:12,820 --> 00:04:14,285 >> LEGISLATORS ARE WRESTLING 133 00:04:14,288 --> 00:04:16,120 OVER PROGRAMS LIKE KID CARE. 134 00:04:16,123 --> 00:04:17,221 WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM ABOUT 135 00:04:17,224 --> 00:04:18,690 THESE STORIES AND WHAT THE 136 00:04:18,693 --> 00:04:21,326 OVERALL IMPACT COULD BE ON OUR 137 00:04:21,329 --> 00:04:25,997 STATE IF IT'S NOT CONFRONTED? 138 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:26,731 >> KIDS CARE IS GOING TO BE 100% 139 00:04:26,734 --> 00:04:27,432 PAID FOR BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT 140 00:04:27,435 --> 00:04:28,366 OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 141 00:04:28,369 --> 00:04:31,469 THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY 142 00:04:31,472 --> 00:04:32,770 COST TO THE STATE AT ALL FOR -- 143 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:34,906 UNTIL OCTOBER 2017. 144 00:04:34,909 --> 00:04:37,542 AND LIKELY FOR A FEW YEARS AFTER 145 00:04:37,545 --> 00:04:41,879 THAT THROUGH 2019. 146 00:04:41,882 --> 00:04:44,682 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE 147 00:04:44,685 --> 00:04:44,982 HEALTH OF ARIZONA TO HELP THESE 148 00:04:44,985 --> 00:04:47,819 KIDS. 149 00:04:47,822 --> 00:04:48,252 THE KIDS ARE NOT RECEIVING 150 00:04:48,255 --> 00:04:51,756 SERVICES. 151 00:04:51,759 --> 00:04:54,559 THEY HAVE SCHOOL DIFFICULTIES. 152 00:04:54,562 --> 00:04:57,428 THEY HAVE PROBLEMS IN, YOU KNOW, 153 00:04:57,431 --> 00:04:59,464 BEING ABLE TO GO TO SPECIALISTS 154 00:04:59,467 --> 00:05:01,332 AND GET APPROPRIATE MEDICINES. 155 00:05:01,335 --> 00:05:03,067 AND IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE 156 00:05:03,070 --> 00:05:06,471 FAMILIES BECAUSE, WHEN THE KIDS 157 00:05:06,474 --> 00:05:08,172 DON'T HAVE HEALTH CARE, THE 158 00:05:08,175 --> 00:05:09,173 WHOLE FAMILY IS DISRUPTED. 159 00:05:09,176 --> 00:05:12,243 THE PARENTS CAN'T GO TO WORK. 160 00:05:12,246 --> 00:05:13,311 IN ADDITION, WHEN THERE IS NO -- 161 00:05:13,314 --> 00:05:14,846 THESE KIDS CARE IS REALLY 162 00:05:14,849 --> 00:05:16,414 IMPORTANT FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL 163 00:05:16,417 --> 00:05:18,649 HEALTH CARE NEEDS AS WELL 164 00:05:18,652 --> 00:05:20,852 BECAUSE THOSE KIDS HAVE REALLY 165 00:05:20,855 --> 00:05:23,855 HIGH EXPENSES. 166 00:05:23,858 --> 00:05:26,824 SOMETIMES LIKE, YOU KNOW, 15% OF 167 00:05:26,827 --> 00:05:27,125 THEIR INCOME GOES TO HEALTH 168 00:05:27,128 --> 00:05:29,360 CARE. 169 00:05:29,363 --> 00:05:32,430 SO -- AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 170 00:05:32,433 --> 00:05:32,764 THAT THESE KIDS GET TAKEN CARE 171 00:05:32,767 --> 00:05:34,065 OF. 172 00:05:34,068 --> 00:05:35,266 THE CHILDREN -- ARIZONA NEEDS TO 173 00:05:35,269 --> 00:05:37,535 TAKE CARE OF ITS CHILDREN 174 00:05:37,538 --> 00:05:39,837 BECAUSE THEY ARE ITS FUTURE. 175 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:42,807 SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT 176 00:05:42,810 --> 00:05:45,343 ARIZONA PASS THIS KIDS CARE. 177 00:05:45,346 --> 00:05:47,111 30,000 TO 40,000 KIDS WILL GET 178 00:05:47,114 --> 00:05:48,646 COVERED WHO DIDN'T HAVE COVERAGE 179 00:05:48,649 --> 00:05:49,380 BEFORE, AND THAT WILL AFFECT 180 00:05:49,383 --> 00:05:51,349 EXPONENTIALLY THE WHOLE 181 00:05:51,352 --> 00:05:53,618 POPULATION BECAUSE IT WILL HELP 182 00:05:53,621 --> 00:05:55,253 THEIR FAMILIES, IT WILL HELP 183 00:05:55,256 --> 00:05:58,823 THESE KIDS SUCCEED IN LIFE. 184 00:05:58,826 --> 00:06:00,158 AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR 185 00:06:00,161 --> 00:06:03,194 ARIZONA'S FUTURE IS A HEALTHY 186 00:06:03,197 --> 00:06:04,495 POPULATION OF KIDS WHO HAVE 187 00:06:04,498 --> 00:06:06,230 GROWN UP, BEEN ABLE TO GO TO 188 00:06:06,233 --> 00:06:07,265 SCHOOL AND BEEN ABLE TO THRIVE. 189 00:06:07,268 --> 00:06:09,534 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TAKE 190 00:06:09,537 --> 00:06:11,102 CARE OF THE CHILDREN IN ARIZONA. 191 00:06:11,105 --> 00:06:12,804 IT'S NOT A DEMOCRATIC ISSUE, 192 00:06:12,807 --> 00:06:13,971 IT'S NOT A REPUBLICAN ISSUE. 193 00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:15,073 IT'S JUST PLAIN RIGHT TO TAKE 194 00:06:15,076 --> 00:06:16,774 CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN. 195 00:06:16,777 --> 00:06:18,309 >> THE CHILDREN'S ACTION 196 00:06:18,312 --> 00:06:19,610 ALLIANCE IS LEADING THE PUSH FOR 197 00:06:19,613 --> 00:06:22,413 WHAT'S KNOWN AS KIDS CARE. 198 00:06:22,416 --> 00:06:24,015 HERE IS PRESIDENT AND CEO DANA 199 00:06:24,018 --> 00:06:25,516 WOLF NAMARK. 200 00:06:25,519 --> 00:06:26,718 >> WE HAVE HAD REALLY A 201 00:06:26,721 --> 00:06:28,986 STATEWIDE EFFORT OF SO MANY 202 00:06:28,989 --> 00:06:31,456 PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO SPEAK 203 00:06:31,459 --> 00:06:33,124 UP, ASKING OUR LAWMAKERS TO LIFT 204 00:06:33,127 --> 00:06:35,126 THE FREEZE ON KIDS CARE. 205 00:06:35,129 --> 00:06:35,760 WE'VE HAD ENROLLMENT FROZEN 206 00:06:35,763 --> 00:06:37,295 SINCE 2010. 207 00:06:37,298 --> 00:06:41,065 AND NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 208 00:06:41,068 --> 00:06:42,600 TO BRING KIDS CARE BACK TO GIVE 209 00:06:42,603 --> 00:06:43,134 AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE OPTIONS 210 00:06:43,137 --> 00:06:44,669 TO 30,000 CHILDREN. 211 00:06:44,672 --> 00:06:48,039 AND IT WOULD BE PAID FOR WITH 212 00:06:48,042 --> 00:06:49,007 THE FEDERAL TAXES ARIZONANS HAVE 213 00:06:49,010 --> 00:06:50,942 ALREADY PAID. 214 00:06:50,945 --> 00:06:52,844 SO, IF WE DON'T DO THAT, OUR TAX 215 00:06:52,847 --> 00:06:54,145 DOLLARS ACTUALLY GO TO CHILDREN 216 00:06:54,148 --> 00:06:56,114 IN OTHER STATES, WHEN THE NEED 217 00:06:56,117 --> 00:06:58,916 HERE IS SO GREAT AND SO HIGH. 218 00:06:58,919 --> 00:07:00,451 WE WANT THOSE RESOURCES AND THAT 219 00:07:00,454 --> 00:07:01,953 HELP AND THAT HEALTH CARE TO 220 00:07:01,956 --> 00:07:03,855 STAY RIGHT HERE IN ARIZONA. 221 00:07:03,858 --> 00:07:05,289 >> IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH 222 00:07:05,292 --> 00:07:05,623 LAWMAKERS, WHAT HAVE YOU 223 00:07:05,626 --> 00:07:07,525 LEARNED? 224 00:07:07,528 --> 00:07:08,726 BECAUSE AS YOU HAVE SAID THERE 225 00:07:08,729 --> 00:07:10,328 ARE SOME WHO BELIEVED IN IT OR 226 00:07:10,331 --> 00:07:12,063 WHO DIDN'T AND NOW THEY DO. 227 00:07:12,066 --> 00:07:13,631 >> WE HAVE LEARNED THAT 228 00:07:13,634 --> 00:07:14,032 CONSTITUENT VOICES REALLY MAKE A 229 00:07:14,035 --> 00:07:15,700 DIFFERENCE. 230 00:07:15,703 --> 00:07:18,036 AND WE HAVE BEEN SO INSPIRED TO 231 00:07:18,039 --> 00:07:20,271 HAVE PEDIATRICIANS AND NURSES 232 00:07:20,274 --> 00:07:22,473 AND TEACHERS AND WORKING PARENTS 233 00:07:22,476 --> 00:07:26,511 AND BUSINESS LEADERS AND FAITH 234 00:07:26,514 --> 00:07:28,913 LEADERS ALL AROUND THIS STATE, 235 00:07:28,916 --> 00:07:30,048 PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS AS WELL 236 00:07:30,051 --> 00:07:31,883 SPEAKING UP AND JOINING TOGETHER 237 00:07:31,886 --> 00:07:32,850 SAYING WE NEED TO LIFT THE 238 00:07:32,853 --> 00:07:34,452 FREEZE ON KIDS CARE. 239 00:07:34,455 --> 00:07:36,254 WE'VE SEEN IT MAKE AN IMPACT. 240 00:07:36,257 --> 00:07:38,056 AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS 241 00:07:38,059 --> 00:07:39,891 LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN JANUARY 242 00:07:39,894 --> 00:07:41,793 WHEN THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED HIS 243 00:07:41,796 --> 00:07:42,093 BUDGET, NEVER MENTIONED KIDS 244 00:07:42,096 --> 00:07:44,162 CARE. 245 00:07:44,165 --> 00:07:44,562 WHEN ASKED, HE REALLY WASN'T 246 00:07:44,565 --> 00:07:46,497 INTERESTED. 247 00:07:46,500 --> 00:07:48,399 WE WERE VERY NERVOUS THAT WE 248 00:07:48,402 --> 00:07:50,435 DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CHANCE. 249 00:07:50,438 --> 00:07:50,735 BUT WE KNEW HOW IMPORTANT IT 250 00:07:50,738 --> 00:07:53,871 WAS. 251 00:07:53,874 --> 00:07:55,773 AND SO WE INVITED ARIZONANS TO 252 00:07:55,776 --> 00:07:56,574 JOIN IN THE EFFORT, AND BOY, DID 253 00:07:56,577 --> 00:07:58,810 PEOPLE RESPOND. 254 00:07:58,813 --> 00:08:06,351 AND ALSO, STATE REPRESENTATIVE 255 00:08:06,354 --> 00:08:09,287 REGINA COBB, WHO IS A REPUBLICAN 256 00:08:09,290 --> 00:08:10,388 FROM LAKE HAVA SU CITY, SHE IS A 257 00:08:10,391 --> 00:08:11,155 DENTIST, SHE RECOGNIZED 258 00:08:11,158 --> 00:08:12,757 IMMEDIATELY THE CRITICAL 259 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,859 IMPORTANCE OF KIDS CARE. 260 00:08:14,862 --> 00:08:16,227 SHE HAS SEEN PATIENTS WHO LOST 261 00:08:16,230 --> 00:08:18,062 THEIR KIDS CARE COVERAGE, DIDN'T 262 00:08:18,065 --> 00:08:19,931 HAVE DENTAL COVERAGE, DIDN'T 263 00:08:19,934 --> 00:08:21,299 HAVE CHECKUPS AND HOW IT 264 00:08:21,302 --> 00:08:23,701 AFFECTED THEIR HEALTH. 265 00:08:23,704 --> 00:08:24,736 SHE HAS BEEN A PASSIONATE, 266 00:08:24,739 --> 00:08:27,005 DETERMINED, FEARLESS CHAMPION OF 267 00:08:27,008 --> 00:08:29,140 KIDS CARE AND SPONSORED THE BILL 268 00:08:29,143 --> 00:08:30,241 THAT PASSED THE HOUSE AND SHE 269 00:08:30,244 --> 00:08:32,243 HAS CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR KIDS 270 00:08:32,246 --> 00:08:33,845 CARE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 271 00:08:33,848 --> 00:08:35,313 >> DEMOCRATIC ERIC MEYER IS 272 00:08:35,316 --> 00:08:36,414 HOUSE MINORITY LEADER AND HE IS 273 00:08:36,417 --> 00:08:38,116 ALSO A PHYSICIAN. 274 00:08:38,119 --> 00:08:38,983 REPRESENTATIVE MEYER SAYS 275 00:08:38,986 --> 00:08:40,718 LAWMAKERS ARE WRESTLING OVER 276 00:08:40,721 --> 00:08:43,521 NUMBERS IN THE BUDGET. 277 00:08:43,524 --> 00:08:44,422 >> WELL, I THINK THE HANGUP 278 00:08:44,425 --> 00:08:45,556 ESSENTIALLY HAS BEEN THE SENATE 279 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:46,557 PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T WANT TO 280 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:48,359 SEE IT HAPPEN. 281 00:08:48,362 --> 00:08:50,428 WE PASSED A BILL OUT OF THE 282 00:08:50,431 --> 00:08:52,130 HOUSE WEEKS AGO WITH BIPARTISAN 283 00:08:52,133 --> 00:08:53,364 SUPPORT, I THINK AROUND 50 OF 284 00:08:53,367 --> 00:08:53,631 THE REPRESENTATIVES VOTED FOR 285 00:08:53,634 --> 00:08:56,367 IT. 286 00:08:56,370 --> 00:08:57,535 I DIDN'T SUPPORT THE CUT THAT WE 287 00:08:57,538 --> 00:08:59,003 MADE WHEN WE MADE IT. 288 00:08:59,006 --> 00:09:00,138 WE'RE THE ONLY STATE IN THE 289 00:09:00,141 --> 00:09:02,707 COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE 290 00:09:02,710 --> 00:09:03,908 KIDS CARE PROGRAM. 291 00:09:03,911 --> 00:09:05,243 AND AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE 292 00:09:05,246 --> 00:09:06,811 PHYSICIAN I SEE WHAT HAPPENS 293 00:09:06,814 --> 00:09:07,145 WHEN KIDS DON'T HAVE HEALTH 294 00:09:07,148 --> 00:09:09,313 CARE. 295 00:09:09,316 --> 00:09:10,448 THIS WILL RESTORE HEALTH CARE TO 296 00:09:10,451 --> 00:09:10,882 30,000 KIDS IN OUR STATE 297 00:09:10,885 --> 00:09:12,850 APPROXIMATELY. 298 00:09:12,853 --> 00:09:14,819 SO WE NEED TO RESTORE THAT IF WE 299 00:09:14,822 --> 00:09:17,255 WANT TO ATTRACT PEDIATRICIANS TO 300 00:09:17,258 --> 00:09:18,990 OUR STATE AND ACTUALLY SAVE 301 00:09:18,993 --> 00:09:20,491 TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY ALLOWING 302 00:09:20,494 --> 00:09:22,160 KIDS TO GET PRIMARY CARE AND NOT 303 00:09:22,163 --> 00:09:23,661 ENDING UP IN THE E.R. 304 00:09:23,664 --> 00:09:25,196 IT WOULD BE A GREAT INVESTMENT. 305 00:09:25,199 --> 00:09:26,264 >> AS A PHYSICIAN AND AS A 306 00:09:26,267 --> 00:09:27,865 POLITICIAN YOU'RE PROBABLY 307 00:09:27,868 --> 00:09:29,400 PRETTY HOPEFUL THIS WILL PASS. 308 00:09:29,403 --> 00:09:30,668 >> I ACTUALLY AM HOPEFUL. 309 00:09:30,671 --> 00:09:32,003 THIS YEAR. 310 00:09:32,006 --> 00:09:36,641 I HAVEN'T BEEN IN PAST YEARS. 311 00:09:36,644 --> 00:09:37,842 BUT I THINK THERE IS A 312 00:09:37,845 --> 00:09:39,444 GROUNDSWELL AMONG RANK AND FILE 313 00:09:39,447 --> 00:09:41,112 MEMBERS AND I THINK WE'LL SEE AN 314 00:09:41,115 --> 00:09:41,479 AMENDMENT TO RESTORE THE 315 00:09:41,482 --> 00:09:43,715 PROGRAM. 316 00:09:43,718 --> 00:09:44,482 >> THE BUDGET IS REALLY CAUSING 317 00:09:44,485 --> 00:09:46,017 SOME TURMOIL HERE. 318 00:09:46,020 --> 00:09:48,152 WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THIS 319 00:09:48,155 --> 00:09:48,753 WRAPPING UP THIS WEEK? 320 00:09:48,756 --> 00:09:49,554 >> THERE IS A CHANCE. 321 00:09:49,557 --> 00:09:51,923 I NEVER KNOW. 322 00:09:51,926 --> 00:09:53,091 IT'S WHENEVER YOU GET THE 31 AND 323 00:09:53,094 --> 00:09:54,325 16 VOTES AND THE GOVERNOR ON 324 00:09:54,328 --> 00:09:54,659 BOARD, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL 325 00:09:54,662 --> 00:09:57,295 HAPPEN. 326 00:09:57,298 --> 00:09:58,997 AND WE COULD DO IT -- THE TIMING 327 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,631 IS SO THAT WE COULD FINISH BY 328 00:10:00,634 --> 00:10:02,834 TOMORROW MORNING IF WE START 329 00:10:02,837 --> 00:10:06,270 VOTING AT 12:01 FRIDAY MORNING 330 00:10:06,273 --> 00:10:08,306 AND WRAP IT UP. 331 00:10:08,309 --> 00:10:09,240 THAT IS AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT 332 00:10:09,243 --> 00:10:14,712 WAY TO DO THINGS. 333 00:10:14,715 --> 00:10:16,180 I JUST LEFT A MEETING WITH A 334 00:10:16,183 --> 00:10:17,281 NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE 335 00:10:17,284 --> 00:10:18,716 MANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUDGET 336 00:10:18,719 --> 00:10:19,951 BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE 337 00:10:19,954 --> 00:10:21,152 LEADERSHIP AND THE GOVERNOR HAVE 338 00:10:21,155 --> 00:10:23,321 CHOSEN TO DO THIS. 339 00:10:23,324 --> 00:10:24,322 IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR OPENNESS, 340 00:10:24,325 --> 00:10:25,757 TRANSPARENCY AND DOING THE RIGHT 341 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:30,461 THING FOR THE STATE. 342 00:10:30,464 --> 00:10:31,329 >> WHAT DOES THAT DO TO TAXPAYER 343 00:10:31,332 --> 00:10:31,796 ARIZONANS TRUST OF OUR 344 00:10:31,799 --> 00:10:33,731 GOVERNMENT? 345 00:10:33,734 --> 00:10:35,133 >> I THINK TRUST IS AT AN 346 00:10:35,136 --> 00:10:36,567 ALL-TIME LOW OF POLITICIANS, FOR 347 00:10:36,570 --> 00:10:40,438 GOOD REASONS. 348 00:10:40,441 --> 00:10:41,806 WHEN YOU DON'T INVOLVE THE 349 00:10:41,809 --> 00:10:43,374 PUBLIC IN MAKING DECISIONS THAT 350 00:10:43,377 --> 00:10:45,309 IMPACT THEM, THEY GET MAD. 351 00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:46,544 WE SAW THAT WITH THE ELECTIONS 352 00:10:46,547 --> 00:10:47,945 KIND OF DEBACLE. 353 00:10:47,948 --> 00:10:51,149 THEN WE ASKED PEOPLE TO COME 354 00:10:51,152 --> 00:10:53,718 DOWN AND THEN DIDN'T WANT TO 355 00:10:53,721 --> 00:10:56,087 HEAR WHAT THEY WANTED TO SAY AND 356 00:10:56,090 --> 00:10:58,256 THEY GOT ANGRY. 357 00:10:58,259 --> 00:10:59,390 >> HOW BIG A PART OF EDUCATION 358 00:10:59,393 --> 00:11:03,127 IN THE BUDGET? 359 00:11:03,130 --> 00:11:04,395 >> WE'RE NOT FUNDING THAT. 360 00:11:04,398 --> 00:11:05,596 WE'RE FUNDING DCS. 361 00:11:05,599 --> 00:11:07,098 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO 362 00:11:07,101 --> 00:11:07,999 UNIVERSITIES WE'RE GIVING $5 363 00:11:08,002 --> 00:11:11,669 MILLION FOR A FREEDOM SCHOOL, 364 00:11:11,672 --> 00:11:13,404 WHICH IS JUST, YOU KNOW, A THINK 365 00:11:13,407 --> 00:11:15,640 TANK THAT ESPOUSES GETTING RID 366 00:11:15,643 --> 00:11:17,175 OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. 367 00:11:17,178 --> 00:11:19,377 IT MAKES NO SENSE. 368 00:11:19,380 --> 00:11:21,312 WE SHOULD BE DIRECTLY FOCUSING 369 00:11:21,315 --> 00:11:23,514 ON THINGS THAT HAVE REDUCED 370 00:11:23,517 --> 00:11:27,118 COLLEGE TUITION FOR OUR STUDENTS 371 00:11:27,121 --> 00:11:29,354 ACROSS THE STATE AND THEN INVEST 372 00:11:29,357 --> 00:11:29,921 IN K-12 SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE 373 00:11:29,924 --> 00:11:31,489 CLASS SIZE. 374 00:11:31,492 --> 00:11:32,623 WE HAVE A TEACHER RETENTION 375 00:11:32,626 --> 00:11:33,124 PROBLEM THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED 376 00:11:33,127 --> 00:11:36,327 TO ADDRESS. 377 00:11:36,330 --> 00:11:37,829 >> THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH MORE 378 00:11:37,832 --> 00:11:39,630 MONEY TO PUT INTO K THROUGH 12 379 00:11:39,633 --> 00:11:42,433 FUNDING AND WHAT WILL THE 380 00:11:42,436 --> 00:11:45,103 NUMBERS LOOK LIKE IF PROPOSITION 381 00:11:45,106 --> 00:11:45,470 123 PASSES IN MAY'S SPECIAL 382 00:11:45,473 --> 00:11:46,437 ELECTION. 383 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:47,905 THE REPUBLICAN CHAIR OF THE 384 00:11:47,908 --> 00:11:50,708 HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 385 00:11:50,711 --> 00:11:51,909 >> IT'S FOUR COMPONENTS. 386 00:11:51,912 --> 00:11:53,077 SMALL SCHOOL WEIGHT OR 387 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:56,647 ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR 388 00:11:56,650 --> 00:11:56,981 SCHOOLS THAT ARE SMALLER ON 389 00:11:56,984 --> 00:11:57,882 PURPOSE. 390 00:11:57,885 --> 00:11:59,384 DISTRICT SPONSORED CHARTER 391 00:11:59,387 --> 00:12:00,651 SCHOOLS, CURRENT-YEAR FUNDING. 392 00:12:00,654 --> 00:12:02,253 THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE. 393 00:12:02,256 --> 00:12:03,454 THEN INVISIBLE SPACE. 394 00:12:03,457 --> 00:12:04,922 THOSE FOUR COMPONENTS ARE REALLY 395 00:12:04,925 --> 00:12:05,957 WHAT'S HOLDING UP THE BUDGET 396 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,260 PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 397 00:12:09,263 --> 00:12:10,695 >> HOW DOES PROP 123 PLAY A 398 00:12:10,698 --> 00:12:12,664 ROLE, IF ANY, IN THE BUDGET? 399 00:12:12,667 --> 00:12:13,931 >> I THINK IT'S MORE OF A 400 00:12:13,934 --> 00:12:16,267 PERCEPTION FROM THOSE WHO ARE, 401 00:12:16,270 --> 00:12:16,634 YOU KNOW, ON THE OUTSIDE PAYING 402 00:12:16,637 --> 00:12:17,468 ATTENTION. 403 00:12:17,471 --> 00:12:20,505 FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE I THINK 404 00:12:20,508 --> 00:12:23,941 THEY BOTH NEED TO PASS. 405 00:12:23,944 --> 00:12:26,044 JUST BECAUSE THE K-12 APPROACH 406 00:12:26,047 --> 00:12:26,611 AT THE LEGISLATURE IS A HOLD 407 00:12:26,614 --> 00:12:28,112 HARMLESS APPROACH. 408 00:12:28,115 --> 00:12:29,380 WE DON'T WANT TO HURT EDUCATION. 409 00:12:29,383 --> 00:12:31,182 SOME OF THE CUTS IMPLEMENTED 410 00:12:31,185 --> 00:12:33,251 FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WE DON'T 411 00:12:33,254 --> 00:12:34,085 WANT TO SEE PHASED INTO THIS 412 00:12:34,088 --> 00:12:35,820 YEAR'S BUDGET. 413 00:12:35,823 --> 00:12:37,422 THEN, OF COURSE, PROP 123. 414 00:12:37,425 --> 00:12:38,923 I THINK FOLKS LOOK FROM THE 415 00:12:38,926 --> 00:12:40,591 OUTSIDE AND SAY WE'LL VOTE ON 416 00:12:40,594 --> 00:12:42,560 PROP 123 BASED ON WHAT YOU DO ON 417 00:12:42,563 --> 00:12:43,428 THIS BUDGET. 418 00:12:43,431 --> 00:12:44,829 BECAUSE, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, 419 00:12:44,832 --> 00:12:46,798 MAY 17th IS THE ELECTION. 420 00:12:46,801 --> 00:12:47,932 IF WE VOTE ON A BUDGET THAT 421 00:12:47,935 --> 00:12:49,934 DOESN'T PROTECT K-12 EDUCATION 422 00:12:49,937 --> 00:12:52,437 THERE IS A FEAR, IN SOME CASES 423 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:54,505 IT MIGHT BE LEGITIMATE, THAT THE 424 00:12:54,508 --> 00:12:55,106 LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE DOESN'T 425 00:12:55,109 --> 00:12:56,774 PRIORITIZE EDUCATION. 426 00:12:56,777 --> 00:12:58,176 I WANT TO MAKE SURE NOT ONLY TO 427 00:12:58,179 --> 00:12:59,877 CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE BUT ALSO 428 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,380 TO CHANGE THE POLICY AND MAKE 429 00:13:02,383 --> 00:13:02,780 SURE THAT WE DO PROTECT K-12 430 00:13:02,783 --> 00:13:03,614 EDUCATION. 431 00:13:03,617 --> 00:13:04,282 >> YOU'RE ALSO A TEACHER. 432 00:13:04,285 --> 00:13:05,750 >> YEAH. 433 00:13:05,753 --> 00:13:07,085 >> SO PERSONALLY THERE IS A 434 00:13:07,088 --> 00:13:07,385 CONNECTION TO THIS ISSUE FOR 435 00:13:07,388 --> 00:13:07,919 YOU. 436 00:13:07,922 --> 00:13:09,854 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 437 00:13:09,857 --> 00:13:11,055 >> WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT THAT 438 00:13:11,058 --> 00:13:12,290 THIS PASS AND THAT EDUCATION 439 00:13:12,293 --> 00:13:13,558 CONTINUE TO GET THE FUNDING THAT 440 00:13:13,561 --> 00:13:15,526 YOU SAY IT NEEDS? 441 00:13:15,529 --> 00:13:15,860 >> WELL, I THINK IT DOES TWO 442 00:13:15,863 --> 00:13:17,895 THINGS. 443 00:13:17,898 --> 00:13:19,998 NOT ONLY DOES IT PROVIDE 444 00:13:20,001 --> 00:13:20,865 $3.5 BILLION OVER TEN YEARS FOR 445 00:13:20,868 --> 00:13:23,634 K-12 EDUCATION THAT GOES INTO 446 00:13:23,637 --> 00:13:27,772 THE BASE SO WE LET EACH DISTRICT 447 00:13:27,775 --> 00:13:28,906 AND CHARTER DECIDE THIS IS WHERE 448 00:13:28,909 --> 00:13:30,942 THE MONEY WILL GO. 449 00:13:30,945 --> 00:13:32,043 WE'RE NOT DICTATING IT HAS TO BE 450 00:13:32,046 --> 00:13:32,377 EAR MARKED FOR A PARTICULAR 451 00:13:32,380 --> 00:13:34,012 PURPOSE. 452 00:13:34,015 --> 00:13:36,247 IT ALSO RESOLVES THE LAURT. 453 00:13:36,250 --> 00:13:37,382 THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING 454 00:13:37,385 --> 00:13:40,284 LAWSUIT SINCE 2010 WHERE A JUDGE 455 00:13:40,287 --> 00:13:41,819 SAID THAT THE STATE OF ARIZONA 456 00:13:41,822 --> 00:13:44,288 OWES $3.8 BILLION. 457 00:13:44,291 --> 00:13:45,857 IT RESOLVES THAT, PROVIDES 458 00:13:45,860 --> 00:13:46,791 CERTAINTY AND GETS THE 459 00:13:46,794 --> 00:13:48,760 MUCH-NEEDED MONEY INTO SCHOOLS. 460 00:13:48,763 --> 00:13:49,927 >> WHAT SORTS OF THINGS DO YOU 461 00:13:49,930 --> 00:13:51,329 ENVISION HAPPENING IF THIS 462 00:13:51,332 --> 00:13:52,664 EDUCATION FUNDING GOES THROUGH 463 00:13:52,667 --> 00:13:54,599 AND THEN PROP 123? 464 00:13:54,602 --> 00:13:54,966 DOES IT CHANGE ARIZONA'S FACE OF 465 00:13:54,969 --> 00:13:58,169 EDUCATION? 466 00:13:58,172 --> 00:13:59,570 >> WELL, PERSONALLY I'LL BE 467 00:13:59,573 --> 00:14:01,272 DOING CARTWHEELS. 468 00:14:01,275 --> 00:14:02,106 NO, I THINK THERE IS STILL WORK 469 00:14:02,109 --> 00:14:04,142 WE NEED TO DO. 470 00:14:04,145 --> 00:14:05,276 I THINK WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE A 471 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:07,812 LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE THAT WE 472 00:14:07,815 --> 00:14:09,213 REALLY WANT TO PROTECT K-12 AND 473 00:14:09,216 --> 00:14:10,882 UNIVERSITY FUNDING AS WELL BUT 474 00:14:10,885 --> 00:14:13,785 IN PARTICULAR K-12 EDUCATION. 475 00:14:13,788 --> 00:14:14,352 AND THAT MEANS PROP 301 EXPIRES 476 00:14:14,355 --> 00:14:16,454 IN 2021. 477 00:14:16,457 --> 00:14:18,356 WE NEED A LONG-TERM, SERIOUS 478 00:14:18,359 --> 00:14:19,557 CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE 479 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:20,525 EDUCATION COMMUNITY, WITH THE 480 00:14:20,528 --> 00:14:22,327 LEADERSHIP, WITH THE GOVERNOR, 481 00:14:22,330 --> 00:14:24,729 ON ARE WE GOING TO EXTEND IT, 482 00:14:24,732 --> 00:14:26,597 ARE WE GOING TO EXPAND IT, WHAT 483 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:27,598 CAN WE DO TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE 484 00:14:27,601 --> 00:14:29,167 CERTAINTY TO SCHOOLS. 485 00:14:29,170 --> 00:14:30,535 >> IS THIS REALLY A QUESTION OF 486 00:14:30,538 --> 00:14:33,304 HOW ARIZONA VALUES EDUCATION? 487 00:14:33,307 --> 00:14:33,971 >> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE HAVE 488 00:14:33,974 --> 00:14:34,572 1.2 MILLION STUDENTS IN THE 489 00:14:34,575 --> 00:14:35,940 STATE OF ARIZONA. 490 00:14:35,943 --> 00:14:38,876 WE ARE A GROWTH STATE. 491 00:14:38,879 --> 00:14:40,545 SO WE DO SPEND 43% OF ALL STATE 492 00:14:40,548 --> 00:14:42,313 SPENDING ON K-12 EDUCATION. 493 00:14:42,316 --> 00:14:43,715 IT'S THE SINGLE LARGEST 494 00:14:43,718 --> 00:14:45,116 BUDGETARY ITEM IN STATE 495 00:14:45,119 --> 00:14:46,084 SPENDING, SO THERE IS CERTAINLY 496 00:14:46,087 --> 00:14:47,685 A PRIORITY THERE. 497 00:14:47,688 --> 00:14:49,320 BUT I BELIEVE WE CAN DO MORE. 498 00:14:49,323 --> 00:14:51,622 >> YOU'RE IN A CLASSROOM. 499 00:14:51,625 --> 00:14:52,757 WHAT SORTS OF THINGS DO TEACHERS 500 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:53,558 AND STUDENTS NEED TO CONTINUE TO 501 00:14:53,561 --> 00:14:54,892 BE SUCCESSFUL? 502 00:14:54,895 --> 00:14:58,963 >> THEY NEED A FEW THINGS. 503 00:14:58,966 --> 00:14:59,797 THE SALARY, OF COURSE, IS 504 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,033 SOMEWHAT ARGUE NUMBER ONE. 505 00:15:02,036 --> 00:15:03,468 THEY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED. 506 00:15:03,471 --> 00:15:06,237 THEY NEED GOOD ADMINISTRATORS, 507 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:06,637 GOOD PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT 508 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,339 PRINCIPALS. 509 00:15:08,342 --> 00:15:11,109 THEY NEED TO KNOW THEIR VOICES 510 00:15:11,112 --> 00:15:11,943 MATTER WHEN THEY RAISE THEM TO 511 00:15:11,946 --> 00:15:14,045 THEIR PRINCIPALS. 512 00:15:14,048 --> 00:15:14,846 FOR MY SCHOOL I NEED MAPS. 513 00:15:14,849 --> 00:15:16,280 I TEACH HISTORY. 514 00:15:16,283 --> 00:15:18,683 BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT. 515 00:15:18,686 --> 00:15:24,155 WE JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT -- I 516 00:15:24,158 --> 00:15:24,856 THINK TO COMMUNICATE A CERTAINTY 517 00:15:24,859 --> 00:15:25,323 THAT THE LEGISLATURE, THAT WE 518 00:15:25,326 --> 00:15:26,290 HAVE YOUR BACK. 519 00:15:26,293 --> 00:15:28,626 >> DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE 520 00:15:28,629 --> 00:15:28,993 SPLIT WHEN IT COMES TO 521 00:15:28,996 --> 00:15:31,162 EDUCATION. 522 00:15:31,165 --> 00:15:33,197 I SPOKE WITH REPUBLICAN 523 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,933 REPRESENTATIVE TJ SHOPE, HE IS 524 00:15:35,936 --> 00:15:38,670 ALSO A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. 525 00:15:38,673 --> 00:15:40,872 >> YOU ARE PUSHING FOR MORE 526 00:15:40,875 --> 00:15:42,340 K-THROUGH 12 EDUCATION FUNDING. 527 00:15:42,343 --> 00:15:43,574 >> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS 528 00:15:43,577 --> 00:15:44,542 THERE IS ACTUALLY A MAJORITY OF 529 00:15:44,545 --> 00:15:46,944 THE CAUCUS IN THE REPUBLICAN 530 00:15:46,947 --> 00:15:48,079 SIDE IN THE HOUSE THAT'S PUSHING 531 00:15:48,082 --> 00:15:49,414 FOR MORE K-$12. 532 00:15:49,417 --> 00:15:50,782 I THINK WE'VE LOOKED AT THE 533 00:15:50,785 --> 00:15:53,718 BUDGET THIS YEAR, AT LEAST 534 00:15:53,721 --> 00:15:54,252 LEADERSHIP HAS, AND I AM NOT 535 00:15:54,255 --> 00:15:55,586 GOING TO KNOCK THEM. 536 00:15:55,589 --> 00:15:57,155 THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY THINK 537 00:15:57,158 --> 00:15:59,223 THEY NEED TO DO, HOWEVER, I 538 00:15:59,226 --> 00:16:01,326 THINK THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 539 00:16:01,329 --> 00:16:02,994 THAT AT THE VERY LEAST K-12 IS 540 00:16:02,997 --> 00:16:03,661 HELD HARMLESS FOR THIS YEAR'S 541 00:16:03,664 --> 00:16:04,796 BUDGET. 542 00:16:04,799 --> 00:16:06,397 LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S. 543 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,665 >> A LEGISLATURE ALWAYS TAKES 544 00:16:07,668 --> 00:16:09,600 HEAT FROM THE PUBLIC WHEN IT 545 00:16:09,603 --> 00:16:11,102 COMES TO FUNDING FOR EDUCATION. 546 00:16:11,105 --> 00:16:12,103 WHAT DON'T MOST MEMBERS OF THE 547 00:16:12,106 --> 00:16:13,371 PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S 548 00:16:13,374 --> 00:16:13,705 HAPPENING HERE DURING THIS 549 00:16:13,708 --> 00:16:14,072 SESSION? 550 00:16:14,075 --> 00:16:16,441 >> RIGHT. 551 00:16:16,444 --> 00:16:18,343 FIRST OFF, I THINK, YES, YOU'RE 552 00:16:18,346 --> 00:16:19,510 ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 553 00:16:19,513 --> 00:16:22,980 LEGISLATURE OFTEN DOES TAKE HEAT 554 00:16:22,983 --> 00:16:23,348 FOR K-12 OR FOR ANY KIND OF 555 00:16:23,351 --> 00:16:24,449 EDUCATION. 556 00:16:24,452 --> 00:16:26,384 WHAT MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, 557 00:16:26,387 --> 00:16:27,919 WHEN I SPEAK TO FOLKS, AND I GO 558 00:16:27,922 --> 00:16:30,021 OUT ALL THE TIME -- IS IT'S 559 00:16:30,024 --> 00:16:33,758 ABOUT HALF OF THE BUDGET. 560 00:16:33,761 --> 00:16:36,427 SO WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THE PIE 561 00:16:36,430 --> 00:16:40,531 SIZE, PERHAPS, AND THAT IS 562 00:16:40,534 --> 00:16:43,835 PROBABLY RIPE FOR DISCUSSION 563 00:16:43,838 --> 00:16:45,069 ACROSS MANY SPECTRES OF THOUGHT. 564 00:16:45,072 --> 00:16:46,304 AS FAR AS THE SLICE OF THE PAY 565 00:16:46,307 --> 00:16:50,308 THAT EDUCATION GETS, IT'S HALF 566 00:16:50,311 --> 00:16:50,675 OF THE BUDGET, SO WE DO TAKE IT 567 00:16:50,678 --> 00:16:52,110 SERIOUSLY. 568 00:16:52,113 --> 00:16:54,112 I TAKE IT SERIOUSLY PERSONALLY. 569 00:16:54,115 --> 00:16:55,713 I DOUBLE AS A SCHOOL BOARD 570 00:16:55,716 --> 00:16:56,981 PRESIDENT IN COOLIDGE. 571 00:16:56,984 --> 00:16:58,016 IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS A 572 00:16:58,019 --> 00:16:59,150 TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR MOST 573 00:16:59,153 --> 00:17:01,886 OF THE MEMBERS BECAUSE WE KNOW 574 00:17:01,889 --> 00:17:04,055 THAT IT IS THE LARGEST SINGLE 575 00:17:04,058 --> 00:17:05,123 ISSUE IN THE STATE BUDGET ON A 576 00:17:05,126 --> 00:17:07,191 YEAR BY YEAR BASIS. 577 00:17:07,194 --> 00:17:07,492 >> WHAT IF PROP 123 DOES NOT 578 00:17:07,495 --> 00:17:08,893 PASS? 579 00:17:08,896 --> 00:17:10,595 HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THINGS? 580 00:17:10,598 --> 00:17:12,230 >> WOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE A 581 00:17:12,233 --> 00:17:14,499 VERY AWFUL THING TO HAPPEN TO 582 00:17:14,502 --> 00:17:14,999 EDUCATION IN THIS STATE IF 123 583 00:17:15,002 --> 00:17:16,768 DOESN'T PASS. 584 00:17:16,771 --> 00:17:17,869 I HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF 585 00:17:17,872 --> 00:17:21,606 MAKING SURE THAT IT DOES. 586 00:17:21,609 --> 00:17:23,408 I BELIEVE IN IT WHOLE HEARTEDLY. 587 00:17:23,411 --> 00:17:25,043 AS A GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER, AS 588 00:17:25,046 --> 00:17:26,344 I MENTIONED, OF A SCHOOL 589 00:17:26,347 --> 00:17:26,644 DISTRICT, WE ARE COUNTING ON 590 00:17:26,647 --> 00:17:27,545 THAT. 591 00:17:27,548 --> 00:17:29,113 MY SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS ONE OF 592 00:17:29,116 --> 00:17:31,449 THE ONES LAST YEAR THAT WAS ABLE 593 00:17:31,452 --> 00:17:33,284 TO GIVE A 5% RAISE TO TEACHERS. 594 00:17:33,287 --> 00:17:34,686 WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, WHETHER 595 00:17:34,689 --> 00:17:37,288 IT'S CONSERVATIVES, WHETHER IT'S 596 00:17:37,291 --> 00:17:38,556 FOLKS ON THE LIBERAL SIDE OF THE 597 00:17:38,559 --> 00:17:39,824 EQUATION, WE WANT DOLLARS TO GO 598 00:17:39,827 --> 00:17:41,159 INTO THE CLASSROOM TO MAKE SURE 599 00:17:41,162 --> 00:17:41,492 THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE GETTING 600 00:17:41,495 --> 00:17:43,795 PAID. 601 00:17:43,798 --> 00:17:45,330 THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO 602 00:17:45,333 --> 00:17:46,831 ACTUALLY DO THAT, PAY THE STAFF 603 00:17:46,834 --> 00:17:50,168 THAT'S THERE TEACHING OUR KIDS. 604 00:17:50,171 --> 00:17:53,671 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE 605 00:17:53,674 --> 00:17:55,073 THAT 123 IN THE FALL AS ENTICING 606 00:17:55,076 --> 00:17:57,575 FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS POSSIBLE 607 00:17:57,578 --> 00:17:58,776 BY MAKING SURE THAT THERE WERE 608 00:17:58,779 --> 00:18:00,978 NO STRINGS ATTACHED. 609 00:18:00,981 --> 00:18:02,080 THEY WILL GET TO DETERMINE. 610 00:18:02,083 --> 00:18:03,781 THE GENERAL PUBLIC THEN WILL 611 00:18:03,784 --> 00:18:06,918 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, BY 612 00:18:06,921 --> 00:18:08,486 INFLUENCING THEIR LOCAL ELECTED 613 00:18:08,489 --> 00:18:09,854 GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS, OF 614 00:18:09,857 --> 00:18:12,090 WHERE THOSE DOLLARS SHOULD GO. 615 00:18:12,093 --> 00:18:13,424 I HAVE A STRANGE HUNCH THAT MOST 616 00:18:13,427 --> 00:18:16,194 OF THOSE DOLLARS WILL GO INTO 617 00:18:16,197 --> 00:18:17,795 THE CLASSROOM IN THE FORM OF 618 00:18:17,798 --> 00:18:20,064 WHETHER IT'S TEACHER SALAIES OR 619 00:18:20,067 --> 00:18:23,134 MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS IN 620 00:18:23,137 --> 00:18:25,269 SOME DISTRICTS THAT I REPRESENT 621 00:18:25,272 --> 00:18:26,704 MAYBE HAVE HAD TO TAKE ON ADDED 622 00:18:26,707 --> 00:18:28,206 COSTS OF HEALTH INSURANCE, 623 00:18:28,209 --> 00:18:29,841 THINGS LIKE THAT, SO MAYBE SOME 624 00:18:29,844 --> 00:18:31,476 OF THOSE FEES WILL BE WAIVED AND 625 00:18:31,479 --> 00:18:33,478 THINGS LIKE THAT. 626 00:18:33,481 --> 00:18:35,279 YEAH, IF 123 DOESN'T PASS, THEN 627 00:18:35,282 --> 00:18:36,981 WE'RE BACK IN COURT TWO TO THREE 628 00:18:36,984 --> 00:18:38,850 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD UNTIL THERE 629 00:18:38,853 --> 00:18:40,718 IS A RESOLUTION. 630 00:18:40,721 --> 00:18:41,419 I WANT THE MONEY TO GO TO THE 631 00:18:41,422 --> 00:18:43,221 KIDS RIGHT NOW. 632 00:18:43,224 --> 00:18:45,123 >> ANOTHER BUDGET ITEM IS FOR 633 00:18:45,126 --> 00:18:49,627 THE BORDER STRIKE FORCE, MORE 634 00:18:49,630 --> 00:18:51,062 MONEY FOR BORDER ENFORCEMENT. 635 00:18:51,065 --> 00:18:52,964 A FEW WEEKS AGO SENATOR JOHN 636 00:18:52,967 --> 00:18:53,698 CAVANAUGH FROM THE SENATE 637 00:18:53,701 --> 00:18:55,099 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND I 638 00:18:55,102 --> 00:18:55,667 TALKED ABOUT THE $30 MILLION 639 00:18:55,670 --> 00:18:57,402 PRICE TAG. 640 00:18:57,405 --> 00:18:59,337 >> IT WILL BE FUNDED. 641 00:18:59,340 --> 00:19:00,972 I'M NOT SURE IF IT WILL GET THE 642 00:19:00,975 --> 00:19:04,575 FULL $31.5 MILLION. 643 00:19:04,578 --> 00:19:06,310 THE RECENT RESTORATION OF THE 644 00:19:06,313 --> 00:19:08,880 J-TED MONEY BASICALLY TOOK THE 645 00:19:08,883 --> 00:19:10,181 BUDGET NUMBER FOR THAT FROM 10 646 00:19:10,184 --> 00:19:12,183 MILLION TO 30 MILLION. 647 00:19:12,186 --> 00:19:13,685 THE OTHER 20 MILLION HAS TO BE 648 00:19:13,688 --> 00:19:15,653 FOUND SOMEWHERE, AND WE ARE NOT 649 00:19:15,656 --> 00:19:16,888 INCREASING TAXES, SO I SUSPECT 650 00:19:16,891 --> 00:19:18,189 THAT IT WILL BE WHITTLED FROM 651 00:19:18,192 --> 00:19:21,125 DIFFERENT PLACES. 652 00:19:21,128 --> 00:19:21,459 THIS IS A PRETTY BIG ASK, $31 653 00:19:21,462 --> 00:19:22,193 MILLION. 654 00:19:22,196 --> 00:19:23,861 IT'S MAYBE SOMETHING THAT COULD 655 00:19:23,864 --> 00:19:26,397 BE PHASED IN OVER TWO YEARS 656 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:27,665 INSTEAD OF ONE, SO I SUSPECT A 657 00:19:27,668 --> 00:19:27,965 LITTLE BIT MIGHT BE CHIPPED OFF 658 00:19:27,968 --> 00:19:29,834 THIS. 659 00:19:29,837 --> 00:19:30,702 >> SOME OF THE CRITICISM THAT WE 660 00:19:30,705 --> 00:19:32,170 HEAR IS THAT THERE ARE OTHER 661 00:19:32,173 --> 00:19:33,638 BORDER RESOURCES IN THE STATE, 662 00:19:33,641 --> 00:19:34,272 WHY SHOULD THE STATE BE FUNDING 663 00:19:34,275 --> 00:19:35,873 SO MUCH OF THIS. 664 00:19:35,876 --> 00:19:38,009 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? 665 00:19:38,012 --> 00:19:39,811 >> WELL, THERE ACTUALLY ARE NOT 666 00:19:39,814 --> 00:19:40,178 TOO MANY ORGANIZED BORDER 667 00:19:40,181 --> 00:19:43,948 RESOURCES. 668 00:19:43,951 --> 00:19:46,184 WE HAVE SEEN A TSUNAMI OF DRUGS 669 00:19:46,187 --> 00:19:47,785 AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND 670 00:19:47,788 --> 00:19:48,119 SMUGGLERS COMING OVER THE 671 00:19:48,122 --> 00:19:51,789 BORDER. 672 00:19:51,792 --> 00:19:52,724 SO IT'S A TERRIBLY POROUS, UNDER 673 00:19:52,727 --> 00:19:54,625 PATROLLED BORDER. 674 00:19:54,628 --> 00:19:55,660 YOU PROBABLY NEED $100 MILLION 675 00:19:55,663 --> 00:19:57,161 TO PROPERLY POLICE IT. 676 00:19:57,164 --> 00:19:58,429 EVEN WITH THIS FULL FUNDING, WE 677 00:19:58,432 --> 00:19:59,063 WOULDN'T BE ALL THE WAY TO A 678 00:19:59,066 --> 00:20:01,666 SECURE BORDER. 679 00:20:01,669 --> 00:20:02,967 >> SOME OF THE CRITICS HAVE SAID 680 00:20:02,970 --> 00:20:04,335 THAT THIS MONEY COULD BE BETTER 681 00:20:04,338 --> 00:20:05,470 SPENT ON THINGS LIKE EDUCATION. 682 00:20:05,473 --> 00:20:07,939 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS THERE? 683 00:20:07,942 --> 00:20:09,140 >> WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS SAY YOU 684 00:20:09,143 --> 00:20:11,809 CAN SPEND MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE. 685 00:20:11,812 --> 00:20:13,811 BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IF 686 00:20:13,814 --> 00:20:14,512 YOU'RE NOT SAFE, THEN AN 687 00:20:14,515 --> 00:20:15,980 EDUCATION DOESN'T HELP YOU 688 00:20:15,983 --> 00:20:17,582 BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE DEAD. 689 00:20:17,585 --> 00:20:19,217 SO WE HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC SAFETY 690 00:20:19,220 --> 00:20:21,219 AS A PRIORITY IN ADDITION TO 691 00:20:21,222 --> 00:20:22,453 EDUCATION AS A PRIORITY. 692 00:20:22,456 --> 00:20:22,854 >> YOUR BACKGROUND IS IN LAW 693 00:20:22,857 --> 00:20:23,654 ENFORCEMENT. 694 00:20:23,657 --> 00:20:26,224 THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT 695 00:20:26,227 --> 00:20:27,792 TO YOU AND SOME LEGISLATORS, 696 00:20:27,795 --> 00:20:28,793 THOUGH YOU SAID YOU DON'T HAVE 697 00:20:28,796 --> 00:20:29,694 TO HAVE A BACKGROUND IN LAW 698 00:20:29,697 --> 00:20:30,928 ENFORCEMENT TO UNDERSTAND THE 699 00:20:30,931 --> 00:20:32,230 GRAVITY OF THIS SITUATION. 700 00:20:32,233 --> 00:20:33,665 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 701 00:20:33,668 --> 00:20:34,499 I SUPPOSE SOMEBODY WITH A LAW 702 00:20:34,502 --> 00:20:36,467 ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND, HAVING 703 00:20:36,470 --> 00:20:38,336 SEEN THE VICTIMS OF CRIME, IS A 704 00:20:38,339 --> 00:20:39,971 BIT MORE SENSITIVE TO THE NEED 705 00:20:39,974 --> 00:20:43,141 TO CONTROL CRIME. 706 00:20:43,144 --> 00:20:44,742 BUT EVERYONE REALIZES THAT -- 707 00:20:44,745 --> 00:20:45,510 WE'RE NOT TALKING JUST ABOUT 708 00:20:45,513 --> 00:20:47,478 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HERE. 709 00:20:47,481 --> 00:20:50,248 WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 710 00:20:50,251 --> 00:20:52,550 PRIMARILY FROM THIS STRIKE FORCE 711 00:20:52,553 --> 00:20:54,485 IS DRUG SMUGGLING. 712 00:20:54,488 --> 00:20:54,819 THE DRUGS KILL OUR CHILDREN AND 713 00:20:54,822 --> 00:20:55,887 ADULTS. 714 00:20:55,890 --> 00:20:56,320 HUMAN SMUGGLING. 715 00:20:56,323 --> 00:20:58,723 PROSTITUTION. 716 00:20:58,726 --> 00:21:02,226 THERE IS A LOT OF MISERY THAT 717 00:21:02,229 --> 00:21:05,196 COMES ACROSS THIS BORDER BY 718 00:21:05,199 --> 00:21:05,630 ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS AND 719 00:21:05,633 --> 00:21:08,066 DRUG CARTELS. 720 00:21:08,069 --> 00:21:09,334 >> WE'VE HEARD THAT ARIZONA IS 721 00:21:09,337 --> 00:21:11,536 GROUND ZERO WHEN IT COMES TO 722 00:21:11,539 --> 00:21:13,471 DRUG AND HUMAN SMUGGLING. 723 00:21:13,474 --> 00:21:14,972 WHAT ARE YOU HEARING THAT'S MOST 724 00:21:14,975 --> 00:21:15,907 STRIKING IN THE BRIEFINGS ABOUT 725 00:21:15,910 --> 00:21:16,240 WHAT'S HAPPENING ALONG OUR 726 00:21:16,243 --> 00:21:18,242 BORDER? 727 00:21:18,245 --> 00:21:20,144 >> THE OPEN DOOR THAT IT IS. 728 00:21:20,147 --> 00:21:20,812 THERE IS LITERALLY NO STOPPING 729 00:21:20,815 --> 00:21:22,613 THESE PEOPLE. 730 00:21:22,616 --> 00:21:25,817 AND THAT THEY WALK ACROSS THE 731 00:21:25,820 --> 00:21:27,885 DESERT ALL THE WAY UP. 732 00:21:27,888 --> 00:21:30,054 WE LITERALLY HAVE NO CONTROL 733 00:21:30,057 --> 00:21:31,589 OVER WHAT'S GOING ON OR VERY 734 00:21:31,592 --> 00:21:32,890 LITTLE CONTROL OVER WHAT'S GOING 735 00:21:32,893 --> 00:21:35,226 ON. 736 00:21:35,229 --> 00:21:36,427 PARTS OF -- THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN 737 00:21:36,430 --> 00:21:37,495 HALF OF THE STATE THERE ARE 738 00:21:37,498 --> 00:21:38,629 DANGER ZONES THAT PEOPLE DON'T 739 00:21:38,632 --> 00:21:40,598 WANT TO GO INTO. 740 00:21:40,601 --> 00:21:41,466 SO WE NEED TO GET CONTROL BACK 741 00:21:41,469 --> 00:21:42,467 OF OUR STATE. 742 00:21:42,470 --> 00:21:43,167 PEOPLE NEED TO BE SAFE. 743 00:21:43,170 --> 00:21:45,837 AND WE NEED TO KEEP THE DRUGS 744 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,139 OUT. 745 00:21:48,142 --> 00:21:49,340 >> SENATOR CAVANAUGH SAYS THE 746 00:21:49,343 --> 00:21:51,009 BORDER STRIKE FORCE WILL MOSTLY 747 00:21:51,012 --> 00:21:52,877 BE FUNDED BUT IT'S STILL UNCLEAR 748 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:54,645 WHAT THE FINAL FIGURE IS. 749 00:21:54,648 --> 00:22:00,952 A LEGISLATIVE WRAP-UP NOW IN THE 750 00:22:00,955 --> 00:22:03,021 BUZZ. 751 00:22:03,024 --> 00:22:04,088 >>> THE ARIZONA CAPITAL TIMES, 752 00:22:04,091 --> 00:22:05,123 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 753 00:22:05,126 --> 00:22:06,824 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 754 00:22:06,827 --> 00:22:08,926 >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS REALLY 755 00:22:08,929 --> 00:22:09,293 THE STORY OF THIS LEGISLATIVE 756 00:22:09,296 --> 00:22:10,428 SESSION. 757 00:22:10,431 --> 00:22:10,795 >> IT'S ALL ABOUT SCHOOL 758 00:22:10,798 --> 00:22:11,996 FUNDING. 759 00:22:11,999 --> 00:22:13,865 ALL ABOUT K-12 EDUCATION. 760 00:22:13,868 --> 00:22:14,198 AND THE MONEY THAT GOES TO 761 00:22:14,201 --> 00:22:15,033 SCHOOLS. 762 00:22:15,036 --> 00:22:18,202 OR WILL GO TO SCHOOLS. 763 00:22:18,205 --> 00:22:18,536 OR THE MONEY THAT MAY NOT GO TO 764 00:22:18,539 --> 00:22:21,272 SCHOOL. 765 00:22:21,275 --> 00:22:22,674 THAT REALLY IS THE -- THE GIST 766 00:22:22,677 --> 00:22:24,509 OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 767 00:22:24,512 --> 00:22:26,010 >> SO ARE LAWMAKERS TRAINING TO 768 00:22:26,013 --> 00:22:27,979 SOLVE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WITH 769 00:22:27,982 --> 00:22:30,114 RESPECT TO WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN 770 00:22:30,117 --> 00:22:31,382 MAY'S SPECIAL ELECTION? 771 00:22:31,385 --> 00:22:32,417 >> IT CERTAINLY IS A BIG PART OF 772 00:22:32,420 --> 00:22:34,519 THIS BUDGET. 773 00:22:34,522 --> 00:22:35,987 THIS BUDGET PRESUMES, FOR 774 00:22:35,990 --> 00:22:38,690 EXAMPLE, THAT THE VOTERS WILL 775 00:22:38,693 --> 00:22:40,625 APPROVE PROPOSITION 123. 776 00:22:40,628 --> 00:22:44,262 THERE IS ABOUT $50 MILLION IN 777 00:22:44,265 --> 00:22:45,630 FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT -- 778 00:22:45,633 --> 00:22:49,000 THAT PRESUMES THAT THE VOTERS 779 00:22:49,003 --> 00:22:50,635 WILL SAY YES, GO AHEAD, THIS 780 00:22:50,638 --> 00:22:50,968 PROPOSITION THAT SETTLES THIS 781 00:22:50,971 --> 00:22:52,737 LAWSUIT. 782 00:22:52,740 --> 00:22:55,206 IT'S A GOOD THING, AND YOU CAN 783 00:22:55,209 --> 00:22:57,642 GO AHEAD AND TAKE MONEY OUT OF 784 00:22:57,645 --> 00:23:00,078 THE STATE LAND TRUST. 785 00:23:00,081 --> 00:23:01,946 >> SO KIDS CARE, EDUCATION 786 00:23:01,949 --> 00:23:02,980 CONTINUE TO BE SOME OF THE MAIN 787 00:23:02,983 --> 00:23:03,348 STICKING POINTS OUT OF THIS 788 00:23:03,351 --> 00:23:04,549 SESSION. 789 00:23:04,552 --> 00:23:06,551 WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT WHAT'S 790 00:23:06,554 --> 00:23:07,652 HAPPENING IN THE STATE AND WHAT 791 00:23:07,655 --> 00:23:08,519 LAWMAKERS NEED TO CONSIDER AS 792 00:23:08,522 --> 00:23:10,555 THEY MAKE DECISIONS? 793 00:23:10,558 --> 00:23:13,725 >> EDUCATION HAS BEEN, OF 794 00:23:13,728 --> 00:23:15,460 COURSE, A VERY BIG ISSUE IN THE 795 00:23:15,463 --> 00:23:17,495 STATE FOR ETERNITY, IF YOU WILL, 796 00:23:17,498 --> 00:23:20,298 FOR A LONG TIME. 797 00:23:20,301 --> 00:23:22,300 BUT LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS OR SO 798 00:23:22,303 --> 00:23:24,736 WE HAVE SEEN THE STATE REALLY 799 00:23:24,739 --> 00:23:26,371 TAKE A LOOK AT EDUCATION AND SAY 800 00:23:26,374 --> 00:23:28,206 WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE IT. 801 00:23:28,209 --> 00:23:29,040 THE REASON FOR THAT ARE A 802 00:23:29,043 --> 00:23:32,276 COMBINATION OF THINGS. 803 00:23:32,279 --> 00:23:34,979 ONE IS THAT WE HAVE HAD REPORTS 804 00:23:34,982 --> 00:23:38,016 ABOUT RANKINGS OF PUPIL FUNDING 805 00:23:38,019 --> 00:23:40,118 THAT SHOW THAT THE STATE IS 806 00:23:40,121 --> 00:23:43,187 LAGGING BEHIND 48 STATES OR 47 807 00:23:43,190 --> 00:23:43,488 STATES OR 49 STATES IF YOU ASK 808 00:23:43,491 --> 00:23:44,455 SOME. 809 00:23:44,458 --> 00:23:46,557 THAT'S ONE PART OF IT. 810 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:49,127 THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THAT THE 811 00:23:49,130 --> 00:23:50,128 ECONOMY IS IMPROVING. 812 00:23:50,131 --> 00:23:51,162 THERE IS MORE MONEY THAT THE 813 00:23:51,165 --> 00:23:56,934 STATE IS GETTING. 814 00:23:56,937 --> 00:23:57,669 WE'RE ANTICIPATING GETTING ABOUT 815 00:23:57,672 --> 00:24:00,204 $620 MILLION, $630 MILLION MORE 816 00:24:00,207 --> 00:24:01,572 IN WHAT WE CALL CASH BALANCES 817 00:24:01,575 --> 00:24:03,508 FOR FISCAL YEAR '17. 818 00:24:03,511 --> 00:24:04,042 THAT'S MONEY WE CAN USE AS A 819 00:24:04,045 --> 00:24:05,843 ONE-TIME AMOUNT. 820 00:24:05,846 --> 00:24:06,577 SOME OF IT COULD BE USED FOR 821 00:24:06,580 --> 00:24:08,446 ONGOING SPENDING. 822 00:24:08,449 --> 00:24:11,416 SO THERE IS THAT PART OF IT. 823 00:24:11,419 --> 00:24:13,217 THE BIGGEST PART, I THINK, IS 824 00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:14,919 THE GOVERNOR THIS YEAR IN HIS 825 00:24:14,922 --> 00:24:16,754 STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS 826 00:24:16,757 --> 00:24:19,590 SAYING, LOOK, WE HAVE TO SETTLE 827 00:24:19,593 --> 00:24:22,327 THIS K-12 INFLATION LITIGATION 828 00:24:22,330 --> 00:24:26,798 THAT WE HAVE. 829 00:24:26,801 --> 00:24:28,299 THE SENSE THAT HE GAVE IS THAT 830 00:24:28,302 --> 00:24:31,169 THERE IS THIS NARRATIVE THAT 831 00:24:31,172 --> 00:24:31,969 WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR THE 832 00:24:31,972 --> 00:24:33,604 SCHOOLS. 833 00:24:33,607 --> 00:24:35,206 LET'S PUT A STOP TO THAT. 834 00:24:35,209 --> 00:24:36,107 THAT WAS THE SENSE, THAT WAS THE 835 00:24:36,110 --> 00:24:38,076 IMPRESSION THAT HE GAVE. 836 00:24:38,079 --> 00:24:40,478 AS A RESULT OF THAT WE NOW HAVE, 837 00:24:40,481 --> 00:24:42,447 AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS 838 00:24:42,450 --> 00:24:44,315 SETTLEMENT IN PROPOSITION 123. 839 00:24:44,318 --> 00:24:46,851 >> ARE LAWMAKERS SORT OF WAITING 840 00:24:46,854 --> 00:24:48,186 TO SEE WHAT THE FEELING IS, THE 841 00:24:48,189 --> 00:24:49,921 GENERAL SENSE IN ARIZONA WHEN IT 842 00:24:49,924 --> 00:24:51,589 COMES TO PROP 123? 843 00:24:51,592 --> 00:24:53,324 BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE 844 00:24:53,327 --> 00:24:54,525 TO WAIT AND SEE BUT THEY CAN'T 845 00:24:54,528 --> 00:24:55,660 WAIT UNTIL THE END OF MAY. 846 00:24:55,663 --> 00:24:58,930 >> RIGHT. 847 00:24:58,933 --> 00:25:00,331 THE BUDGET IS TYPICALLY PASSED 848 00:25:00,334 --> 00:25:02,133 BETWEEN MARCH AND FIRST COUPLE 849 00:25:02,136 --> 00:25:04,635 OF WEEKS OF APRIL. 850 00:25:04,638 --> 00:25:06,104 AND WE ARE NOW GETTING INTO THE 851 00:25:06,107 --> 00:25:10,141 END OF THE MONTH. 852 00:25:10,144 --> 00:25:12,276 WE STILL DON'T HAVE A BUDGET. 853 00:25:12,279 --> 00:25:13,544 WE AVOID PASSING THE BUDGET 854 00:25:13,547 --> 00:25:15,013 EARLY FOR MANY REASONS. 855 00:25:15,016 --> 00:25:16,814 AGENCIES HAVE TO MAKE THEIR 856 00:25:16,817 --> 00:25:18,082 BUDGETS, AND IF THEY HAVE THE 857 00:25:18,085 --> 00:25:19,117 NUMBERS FIRMED UP EARLY ON, 858 00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:20,451 THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM. 859 00:25:20,454 --> 00:25:21,652 BUT ALSO IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR 860 00:25:21,655 --> 00:25:23,654 THE SCHOOLS TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE 861 00:25:23,657 --> 00:25:25,123 GOING TO GET, EARLY. 862 00:25:25,126 --> 00:25:27,125 THAT'S WHY EACH YEAR THEY TRY TO 863 00:25:27,128 --> 00:25:29,060 PASS THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, AS 864 00:25:29,063 --> 00:25:30,361 FAST AS WE THEY CAN. 865 00:25:30,364 --> 00:25:33,131 OF COURSE, THE BUDGET IS THE 866 00:25:33,134 --> 00:25:35,366 ONLY THING THEY REALLY IS 867 00:25:35,369 --> 00:25:37,068 CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED TO DO. 868 00:25:37,071 --> 00:25:37,969 EVERY OTHER LAW IS -- THEY DON'T 869 00:25:37,972 --> 00:25:40,505 HAVE TO DO ANY OF THOSE. 870 00:25:40,508 --> 00:25:41,706 >> YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING THE 871 00:25:41,709 --> 00:25:42,940 LEGISLATURE FOR A WHILE NOW. 872 00:25:42,943 --> 00:25:44,375 WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS SET 873 00:25:44,378 --> 00:25:46,177 OF LAWMAKERS THAT YOU HAVEN'T 874 00:25:46,180 --> 00:25:47,578 SEEN IN THE PAST? 875 00:25:47,581 --> 00:25:52,950 >> THIS YEAR THERE IS NOT A 876 00:25:52,953 --> 00:25:55,186 WHOLE LOT OF CONTROVERSY THAT 877 00:25:55,189 --> 00:25:56,821 EMANATES FROM BILLS DEALING WITH 878 00:25:56,824 --> 00:25:59,023 IMMIGRATION OR SOCIAL 879 00:25:59,026 --> 00:26:02,860 CONSERVATIVE ISSUES. 880 00:26:02,863 --> 00:26:03,227 THIS YEAR HAS BEEN MORE POLICY 881 00:26:03,230 --> 00:26:06,864 ORIENTED. 882 00:26:06,867 --> 00:26:08,533 THAT'S A RESULT OF THE CONSENSUS 883 00:26:08,536 --> 00:26:10,401 IS CHANGING AND WE'VE HAD MORE 884 00:26:10,404 --> 00:26:11,903 OF A CHANCE TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE 885 00:26:11,906 --> 00:26:13,771 WANT TO DO FOR KIDS, FOR 886 00:26:13,774 --> 00:26:14,972 EXAMPLE, EVEN FOR KIDS CARE, BUT 887 00:26:14,975 --> 00:26:16,841 SPECIFICALLY K-12 EDUCATION 888 00:26:16,844 --> 00:26:19,377 BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD MORE MONEY 889 00:26:19,380 --> 00:26:19,677 COMING IN THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE 890 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,112 PAST. 891 00:26:21,115 --> 00:26:23,748 AND ANOTHER REASON FOR THAT IS 892 00:26:23,751 --> 00:26:25,917 THAT I THINK THE STATE HAS DONE 893 00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,052 OR HAS TRIED TO DO WHAT IT COULD 894 00:26:28,055 --> 00:26:29,454 ON THE IMMIGRATION FRONT, FOR 895 00:26:29,457 --> 00:26:31,456 EXAMPLE, WITH 1070. 896 00:26:31,459 --> 00:26:32,757 AND THE COURT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE 897 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:34,359 CAN'T REALLY DO A WHOLE LOT. 898 00:26:34,362 --> 00:26:35,827 AND I THINK THERE IS AN 899 00:26:35,830 --> 00:26:39,330 UNDERSTANDING AMONG LAWMAKERS, 900 00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:41,532 EVEN AMONG THOSE WHO SUPPORT 901 00:26:41,535 --> 00:26:44,402 1070 TYPE OF MEASURES, THAT 902 00:26:44,405 --> 00:26:46,704 WE'VE DONE WHAT WE COULD, AND 903 00:26:46,707 --> 00:26:51,009 EITHER WE END UP IN LITIGATION 904 00:26:51,012 --> 00:26:52,543 AGAIN AND LOSE OR SOME OF THE 905 00:26:52,546 --> 00:26:53,945 MEMBERS PROBABLY WON'T GO ALONG. 906 00:26:53,948 --> 00:26:55,813 AND THOSE BILLS WILL PROBABLY 907 00:26:55,816 --> 00:26:57,281 JUST DIE, YOU KNOW, ON THE 908 00:26:57,284 --> 00:26:57,582 SENATE FLOOR OR ON THE HOUSE 909 00:26:57,585 --> 00:26:59,183 FLOOR. 910 00:26:59,186 --> 00:27:00,485 SO THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF 911 00:27:00,488 --> 00:27:00,852 APPETITE FOR THOSE KINDS OF 912 00:27:00,855 --> 00:27:02,754 MEASURES. 913 00:27:02,757 --> 00:27:04,389 AND OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED, 914 00:27:04,392 --> 00:27:07,091 THE GOVERNOR IS REALLY FOCUSED 915 00:27:07,094 --> 00:27:07,392 ON IMPROVING THE IMAGE OF THE 916 00:27:07,395 --> 00:27:08,893 STATE. 917 00:27:08,896 --> 00:27:11,362 I THINK TO A CERTAIN EXTENT HE 918 00:27:11,365 --> 00:27:13,398 HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO 919 00:27:13,401 --> 00:27:15,033 PREVENT THOSE TYPES OF BILLS 920 00:27:15,036 --> 00:27:17,201 FROM REACHING HIS DESK, WHICH IS 921 00:27:17,204 --> 00:27:17,568 ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE JOB OF THE 922 00:27:17,571 --> 00:27:20,471 GOVERNOR. 923 00:27:20,474 --> 00:27:22,840 IF HE DOESN'T WANT SOMETHING, HE 924 00:27:22,843 --> 00:27:24,008 DOES HIS BEST TO KILL IT BEFORE 925 00:27:24,011 --> 00:27:26,177 REACHING HIS DESK. 926 00:27:26,180 --> 00:27:27,378 >> AS OF OUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON 927 00:27:27,381 --> 00:27:31,816 RECORDING, ARIZONA LAWMAKERS 928 00:27:31,819 --> 00:27:33,284 STILL HAD NOT SUBMITTED A FINAL 929 00:27:33,287 --> 00:27:33,918 BUDGET. 930 00:27:33,921 --> 00:27:36,721 ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA WILL 931 00:27:36,724 --> 00:27:37,989 CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE 932 00:27:37,992 --> 00:27:39,657 LEGISLATURE'S PROGRESS AND ANY 933 00:27:39,660 --> 00:27:40,058 UPDATES WILL BE POSTED ON OUR 934 00:27:40,061 --> 00:27:41,492 WEBSITE. 935 00:27:41,495 --> 00:27:41,859 NEXT WEEK AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 936 00:27:41,862 --> 00:27:43,494 GOVERNOR. 937 00:27:43,497 --> 00:27:44,195 FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC 938 00:27:44,198 --> 00:27:44,696 MEDIA I'M LORRAINE RIVERA.