WEBVTT 00:05.071 --> 00:09.240 align:start >>> COVERING MORE OF ARIZONA'S 00:09.243 --> 00:13.044 align:start KIDS IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET. 00:13.047 --> 00:13.778 align:start >> 30,000 TO 40,000 KIDS WILL BE 00:13.781 --> 00:16.214 align:start COVERED WHO DIDN'T HAVE COVERAGE 00:16.217 --> 00:16.848 align:start BEFORE, AND THAT WILL EFFECT 00:16.851 --> 00:18.616 align:start EXPONENTIALLY THE WHOLE 00:18.619 --> 00:20.718 align:start POPULATION BECAUSE IT WILL HELP 00:20.721 --> 00:21.953 align:start THEIR FAMILIES, IT WILL HELP 00:21.956 --> 00:24.255 align:start THESE KIDS SUCCEED IN LIFE. 00:24.258 --> 00:24.655 align:start >> FROM HEALTH CARE TO 00:24.658 --> 00:25.490 align:start CLASSROOMS. 00:25.493 --> 00:27.558 align:start >> AS FAR AS THE SLICE OF THE 00:27.561 --> 00:28.926 align:start PIE THAT EDUCATION GETS, IT'S 00:28.929 --> 00:32.263 align:start HALF OF THE BUDGET. 00:32.266 --> 00:33.798 align:start SO WE DO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. 00:33.801 --> 00:34.532 align:start >> STATE LAWMAKERS WORKING 00:34.535 --> 00:36.534 align:start OVERNIGHT TO AGREE ON A BUDGET. 00:46.913 --> 00:51.249 align:start >>> THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR 00:51.252 --> 00:52.350 align:start STATE LAWMAKERS TO REACH A DEAL 00:52.353 --> 00:54.585 align:start ON ARIZONA'S BUDGET. 00:54.588 --> 00:56.287 align:start THURSDAY I TRAVELLED TO THE 00:56.290 --> 00:57.422 align:start STATE CAPITOL FOR A LOOK AT THE 00:57.425 --> 00:58.489 align:start BIGGEST TALKING POINTS. 00:58.492 --> 00:59.991 align:start HEALTH CARE FOR SOME OF 00:59.994 --> 01:00.992 align:start ARIZONA'S POOREST FAMILIES IS 01:00.995 --> 01:05.129 align:start AMONG THE SUBJECTS. 01:05.132 --> 01:09.400 align:start HERE IS DR. ELIZABETH McKENNA. 01:09.403 --> 01:09.767 align:start >> ARIZONA HAS 160,000 UNINSURED 01:09.770 --> 01:11.269 align:start CHILDREN. 01:11.272 --> 01:12.036 align:start THE SECOND HIGHEST RATE OF 01:12.039 --> 01:15.973 align:start UNINSURED IN THE NATION. 01:15.976 --> 01:18.309 align:start WE ARE THE LARGEST PROPORTIONATE 01:18.312 --> 01:21.145 align:start OF THOSE KIDS ARE IN THE RANGE 01:21.148 --> 01:21.446 align:start OF 138 TO 200% OF THE POVERTY 01:21.449 --> 01:23.715 align:start LEVEL. 01:23.718 --> 01:24.782 align:start SO THE NEED IS VERY, VERY GREAT 01:24.785 --> 01:26.117 align:start IN ARIZONA. 01:26.120 --> 01:27.618 align:start >> WHAT HAPPENS IF THESE KIDS 01:27.621 --> 01:27.919 align:start DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTH 01:27.922 --> 01:29.354 align:start CARE? 01:29.357 --> 01:31.556 align:start >> WHEN A CHILD DOESN'T HAVE 01:31.559 --> 01:33.224 align:start ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, WHEN 01:33.227 --> 01:34.826 align:start THEY'RE SICK THEY CAN'T GO IN TO 01:34.829 --> 01:35.827 align:start BE SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN OR A 01:35.830 --> 01:39.464 align:start HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. 01:39.467 --> 01:41.165 align:start SO A MINOR ILLNESS LIKE A COLD 01:41.168 --> 01:44.369 align:start OR BRONCHITIS CAN TURN INTO A 01:44.372 --> 01:46.404 align:start MAJOR ILLNESS LIKE PNEUMONIA, 01:46.407 --> 01:47.939 align:start OFTENTIMES NEEDING EMERGENCY 01:47.942 --> 01:50.008 align:start ROOM CARE AS WELL AS MANY TIMES 01:50.011 --> 01:52.477 align:start HOSPITAL ADMISSION. 01:52.480 --> 01:55.079 align:start THIS OFTEN IS UNCOMPENSATED CARE 01:55.082 --> 01:55.947 align:start AND IS EXTREMELY COSTLY TO THE 01:55.950 --> 01:57.448 align:start STATE AND HOSPITALS. 01:57.451 --> 01:58.216 align:start >> HAVE YOU SEEN THIS FIRSTHAND 01:58.219 --> 01:59.183 align:start IN YOUR PRACTICE? 01:59.186 --> 02:01.586 align:start >> OH, YEAH. 02:01.589 --> 02:03.021 align:start I HAD A MOM JUST LAST WEEK -- 02:03.024 --> 02:05.990 align:start WHEN KIDS DON'T HAVE HEALTH 02:05.993 --> 02:06.324 align:start INSURANCE THEY CAN'T GO INTO THE 02:06.327 --> 02:07.658 align:start DOCTOR. 02:07.661 --> 02:08.326 align:start SO THEY HAVE PERSIST INCIDENT 02:08.329 --> 02:10.194 align:start PROLONGED ILLNESS. 02:10.197 --> 02:11.529 align:start THEY MISS A LOT OF SCHOOL AND 02:11.532 --> 02:12.797 align:start THEIR PARENTS MISS WORK. 02:12.800 --> 02:14.365 align:start ONE PATIENT LAST WEEK, THE MOM 02:14.368 --> 02:17.402 align:start CALLED ME AND ASKED ME TO WRITE 02:17.405 --> 02:18.770 align:start A LETTER BECAUSE HER TWO -- TWO 02:18.773 --> 02:20.304 align:start OF HER KIDS HAD BEEN REALLY, 02:20.307 --> 02:21.806 align:start REALLY SICK, AND THEY HADN'T 02:21.809 --> 02:23.975 align:start BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND SCHOOL. 02:23.978 --> 02:24.842 align:start SO THE SCHOOL WAS GOING TO SEND 02:24.845 --> 02:26.244 align:start HER TO THE COURT BECAUSE THEY 02:26.247 --> 02:27.945 align:start HAD MISSED SO MUCH SCHOOL. 02:27.948 --> 02:29.080 align:start BUT THE REASON WHY THEY HAD 02:29.083 --> 02:31.082 align:start MISSED SO MUCH SCHOOL IS BECAUSE 02:31.085 --> 02:33.117 align:start SHE LOST HER HEALTH INSURANCE 02:33.120 --> 02:36.621 align:start AND WERE UNABLE TO BRING THEM TO 02:36.624 --> 02:37.288 align:start THE DOCTOR'S BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T 02:37.291 --> 02:37.655 align:start HAVE INSURANCE AND COULDN'T 02:37.658 --> 02:40.191 align:start AFFORD IT. 02:40.194 --> 02:42.160 align:start WE HAVE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND. 02:42.163 --> 02:44.028 align:start I HAVE -- WHEN TEMPORARY KIDS 02:44.031 --> 02:45.496 align:start CARE TWO ENDED IN 2014 MANY 02:45.499 --> 02:46.664 align:start CHILDREN OF ARIZONA'S WORKING 02:46.667 --> 02:47.031 align:start POOR LOST THEIR HEALTH 02:47.034 --> 02:49.367 align:start INSURANCE. 02:49.370 --> 02:51.769 align:start AND THESE ARE HARD-WORKING 02:51.772 --> 02:53.604 align:start FAMILIES WHO PAY TAXES, THEY 02:53.607 --> 02:55.006 align:start MAKE TOO MUCH FOR ACCESS BUT TOO 02:55.009 --> 02:55.807 align:start LITTLE FOR PRIVATE HEALTH 02:55.810 --> 02:57.342 align:start INSURANCE PREMIUMS. 02:57.345 --> 02:58.609 align:start AND WE THOUGHT INITIALLY THAT 02:58.612 --> 03:01.479 align:start MANY OF THOSE KIDS WOULD BE 03:01.482 --> 03:03.281 align:start COVERED BY THE ACA MARKETPLACE 03:03.284 --> 03:05.116 align:start PLANS BUT IT RAPIDLY BECAME 03:05.119 --> 03:08.186 align:start CLEAR THAT THE CO-PAYS AND THE 03:08.189 --> 03:09.087 align:start PREMIUMS AND DEDUCTIBLES WERE 03:09.090 --> 03:11.589 align:start PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE. 03:11.592 --> 03:13.858 align:start I HAVE A FAMILY IN MY PRACTICE, 03:13.861 --> 03:17.528 align:start AND THERE ARE FIVE KIDS. 03:17.531 --> 03:19.697 align:start THE FATHER IS A GROCER AND HE 03:19.700 --> 03:22.300 align:start MADE $20 TOO MUCH FOR ACCESS. 03:22.303 --> 03:26.070 align:start SO THEY COULDN'T GET ACCESS. 03:26.073 --> 03:27.105 align:start ONE OF THEIR KIDS WILL A SERIOUS 03:27.108 --> 03:30.475 align:start NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE AND WHEN 03:30.478 --> 03:31.676 align:start THEIR FIFTH CHILD WAS BORN IT 03:31.679 --> 03:33.378 align:start BECAME CLEAR HE MOST LIKELY HAD 03:33.381 --> 03:36.347 align:start IT AS WELL, HOWEVER, THE PARENTS 03:36.350 --> 03:37.081 align:start COULD NOT AFFORD TO BRING HIM TO 03:37.084 --> 03:38.516 align:start THE SPECIALIST FOR THE FULL 03:38.519 --> 03:40.184 align:start EVALUATION AND WORKUP, AND SO 03:40.187 --> 03:41.786 align:start THE KID WAS NOT DIAGNOSED FOR A 03:41.789 --> 03:43.888 align:start LONG TIME AND HE MISSED REALLY 03:43.891 --> 03:45.723 align:start NECESSARY SERVICES, PROVISION OF 03:45.726 --> 03:46.457 align:start SERVICES, EVALUATIONS, 03:46.460 --> 03:47.091 align:start MEDICINES, THAT WERE IMPORTANT 03:47.094 --> 03:50.194 align:start TO HIM. 03:50.197 --> 03:52.463 align:start THEY HAD ANOTHER CHILD THAT WAS 03:52.466 --> 03:54.632 align:start A CHILD WITH SPEECH DELAY, AND 03:54.635 --> 03:55.900 align:start THIS WASN'T DIAGNOSED UNTIL 03:55.903 --> 03:57.535 align:start REALLY LATE BECAUSE THEY WERE 03:57.538 --> 03:59.303 align:start UNABLE TO BRING THEIR CHILD IN 03:59.306 --> 04:00.405 align:start FOR THEIR ROUTINE HEALTH CARE 04:00.408 --> 04:01.205 align:start VISITS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T 04:01.208 --> 04:03.875 align:start AFFORD IT. 04:03.878 --> 04:06.944 align:start SO THE CHILD WENT REALLY LATE 04:06.947 --> 04:07.879 align:start WITHOUT BEING GIVEN LIKE PERFECT 04:07.882 --> 04:11.249 align:start THERAPY AND EVERYTHING. 04:11.252 --> 04:11.649 align:start SO I SEE A LOT OF IT IN OUR 04:11.652 --> 04:12.817 align:start PRACTICES. 04:12.820 --> 04:14.285 align:start >> LEGISLATORS ARE WRESTLING 04:14.288 --> 04:16.120 align:start OVER PROGRAMS LIKE KID CARE. 04:16.123 --> 04:17.221 align:start WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM ABOUT 04:17.224 --> 04:18.690 align:start THESE STORIES AND WHAT THE 04:18.693 --> 04:21.326 align:start OVERALL IMPACT COULD BE ON OUR 04:21.329 --> 04:25.997 align:start STATE IF IT'S NOT CONFRONTED? 04:26.000 --> 04:26.731 align:start >> KIDS CARE IS GOING TO BE 100% 04:26.734 --> 04:27.432 align:start PAID FOR BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT 04:27.435 --> 04:28.366 align:start OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. 04:28.369 --> 04:31.469 align:start THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY 04:31.472 --> 04:32.770 align:start COST TO THE STATE AT ALL FOR -- 04:32.773 --> 04:34.906 align:start UNTIL OCTOBER 2017. 04:34.909 --> 04:37.542 align:start AND LIKELY FOR A FEW YEARS AFTER 04:37.545 --> 04:41.879 align:start THAT THROUGH 2019. 04:41.882 --> 04:44.682 align:start IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE 04:44.685 --> 04:44.982 align:start HEALTH OF ARIZONA TO HELP THESE 04:44.985 --> 04:47.819 align:start KIDS. 04:47.822 --> 04:48.252 align:start THE KIDS ARE NOT RECEIVING 04:48.255 --> 04:51.756 align:start SERVICES. 04:51.759 --> 04:54.559 align:start THEY HAVE SCHOOL DIFFICULTIES. 04:54.562 --> 04:57.428 align:start THEY HAVE PROBLEMS IN, YOU KNOW, 04:57.431 --> 04:59.464 align:start BEING ABLE TO GO TO SPECIALISTS 04:59.467 --> 05:01.332 align:start AND GET APPROPRIATE MEDICINES. 05:01.335 --> 05:03.067 align:start AND IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE 05:03.070 --> 05:06.471 align:start FAMILIES BECAUSE, WHEN THE KIDS 05:06.474 --> 05:08.172 align:start DON'T HAVE HEALTH CARE, THE 05:08.175 --> 05:09.173 align:start WHOLE FAMILY IS DISRUPTED. 05:09.176 --> 05:12.243 align:start THE PARENTS CAN'T GO TO WORK. 05:12.246 --> 05:13.311 align:start IN ADDITION, WHEN THERE IS NO -- 05:13.314 --> 05:14.846 align:start THESE KIDS CARE IS REALLY 05:14.849 --> 05:16.414 align:start IMPORTANT FOR KIDS WITH SPECIAL 05:16.417 --> 05:18.649 align:start HEALTH CARE NEEDS AS WELL 05:18.652 --> 05:20.852 align:start BECAUSE THOSE KIDS HAVE REALLY 05:20.855 --> 05:23.855 align:start HIGH EXPENSES. 05:23.858 --> 05:26.824 align:start SOMETIMES LIKE, YOU KNOW, 15% OF 05:26.827 --> 05:27.125 align:start THEIR INCOME GOES TO HEALTH 05:27.128 --> 05:29.360 align:start CARE. 05:29.363 --> 05:32.430 align:start SO -- AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 05:32.433 --> 05:32.764 align:start THAT THESE KIDS GET TAKEN CARE 05:32.767 --> 05:34.065 align:start OF. 05:34.068 --> 05:35.266 align:start THE CHILDREN -- ARIZONA NEEDS TO 05:35.269 --> 05:37.535 align:start TAKE CARE OF ITS CHILDREN 05:37.538 --> 05:39.837 align:start BECAUSE THEY ARE ITS FUTURE. 05:39.840 --> 05:42.807 align:start SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT 05:42.810 --> 05:45.343 align:start ARIZONA PASS THIS KIDS CARE. 05:45.346 --> 05:47.111 align:start 30,000 TO 40,000 KIDS WILL GET 05:47.114 --> 05:48.646 align:start COVERED WHO DIDN'T HAVE COVERAGE 05:48.649 --> 05:49.380 align:start BEFORE, AND THAT WILL AFFECT 05:49.383 --> 05:51.349 align:start EXPONENTIALLY THE WHOLE 05:51.352 --> 05:53.618 align:start POPULATION BECAUSE IT WILL HELP 05:53.621 --> 05:55.253 align:start THEIR FAMILIES, IT WILL HELP 05:55.256 --> 05:58.823 align:start THESE KIDS SUCCEED IN LIFE. 05:58.826 --> 06:00.158 align:start AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT FOR 06:00.161 --> 06:03.194 align:start ARIZONA'S FUTURE IS A HEALTHY 06:03.197 --> 06:04.495 align:start POPULATION OF KIDS WHO HAVE 06:04.498 --> 06:06.230 align:start GROWN UP, BEEN ABLE TO GO TO 06:06.233 --> 06:07.265 align:start SCHOOL AND BEEN ABLE TO THRIVE. 06:07.268 --> 06:09.534 align:start IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TAKE 06:09.537 --> 06:11.102 align:start CARE OF THE CHILDREN IN ARIZONA. 06:11.105 --> 06:12.804 align:start IT'S NOT A DEMOCRATIC ISSUE, 06:12.807 --> 06:13.971 align:start IT'S NOT A REPUBLICAN ISSUE. 06:13.974 --> 06:15.073 align:start IT'S JUST PLAIN RIGHT TO TAKE 06:15.076 --> 06:16.774 align:start CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN. 06:16.777 --> 06:18.309 align:start >> THE CHILDREN'S ACTION 06:18.312 --> 06:19.610 align:start ALLIANCE IS LEADING THE PUSH FOR 06:19.613 --> 06:22.413 align:start WHAT'S KNOWN AS KIDS CARE. 06:22.416 --> 06:24.015 align:start HERE IS PRESIDENT AND CEO DANA 06:24.018 --> 06:25.516 align:start WOLF NAMARK. 06:25.519 --> 06:26.718 align:start >> WE HAVE HAD REALLY A 06:26.721 --> 06:28.986 align:start STATEWIDE EFFORT OF SO MANY 06:28.989 --> 06:31.456 align:start PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO SPEAK 06:31.459 --> 06:33.124 align:start UP, ASKING OUR LAWMAKERS TO LIFT 06:33.127 --> 06:35.126 align:start THE FREEZE ON KIDS CARE. 06:35.129 --> 06:35.760 align:start WE'VE HAD ENROLLMENT FROZEN 06:35.763 --> 06:37.295 align:start SINCE 2010. 06:37.298 --> 06:41.065 align:start AND NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 06:41.068 --> 06:42.600 align:start TO BRING KIDS CARE BACK TO GIVE 06:42.603 --> 06:43.134 align:start AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE OPTIONS 06:43.137 --> 06:44.669 align:start TO 30,000 CHILDREN. 06:44.672 --> 06:48.039 align:start AND IT WOULD BE PAID FOR WITH 06:48.042 --> 06:49.007 align:start THE FEDERAL TAXES ARIZONANS HAVE 06:49.010 --> 06:50.942 align:start ALREADY PAID. 06:50.945 --> 06:52.844 align:start SO, IF WE DON'T DO THAT, OUR TAX 06:52.847 --> 06:54.145 align:start DOLLARS ACTUALLY GO TO CHILDREN 06:54.148 --> 06:56.114 align:start IN OTHER STATES, WHEN THE NEED 06:56.117 --> 06:58.916 align:start HERE IS SO GREAT AND SO HIGH. 06:58.919 --> 07:00.451 align:start WE WANT THOSE RESOURCES AND THAT 07:00.454 --> 07:01.953 align:start HELP AND THAT HEALTH CARE TO 07:01.956 --> 07:03.855 align:start STAY RIGHT HERE IN ARIZONA. 07:03.858 --> 07:05.289 align:start >> IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH 07:05.292 --> 07:05.623 align:start LAWMAKERS, WHAT HAVE YOU 07:05.626 --> 07:07.525 align:start LEARNED? 07:07.528 --> 07:08.726 align:start BECAUSE AS YOU HAVE SAID THERE 07:08.729 --> 07:10.328 align:start ARE SOME WHO BELIEVED IN IT OR 07:10.331 --> 07:12.063 align:start WHO DIDN'T AND NOW THEY DO. 07:12.066 --> 07:13.631 align:start >> WE HAVE LEARNED THAT 07:13.634 --> 07:14.032 align:start CONSTITUENT VOICES REALLY MAKE A 07:14.035 --> 07:15.700 align:start DIFFERENCE. 07:15.703 --> 07:18.036 align:start AND WE HAVE BEEN SO INSPIRED TO 07:18.039 --> 07:20.271 align:start HAVE PEDIATRICIANS AND NURSES 07:20.274 --> 07:22.473 align:start AND TEACHERS AND WORKING PARENTS 07:22.476 --> 07:26.511 align:start AND BUSINESS LEADERS AND FAITH 07:26.514 --> 07:28.913 align:start LEADERS ALL AROUND THIS STATE, 07:28.916 --> 07:30.048 align:start PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS AS WELL 07:30.051 --> 07:31.883 align:start SPEAKING UP AND JOINING TOGETHER 07:31.886 --> 07:32.850 align:start SAYING WE NEED TO LIFT THE 07:32.853 --> 07:34.452 align:start FREEZE ON KIDS CARE. 07:34.455 --> 07:36.254 align:start WE'VE SEEN IT MAKE AN IMPACT. 07:36.257 --> 07:38.056 align:start AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS 07:38.059 --> 07:39.891 align:start LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN JANUARY 07:39.894 --> 07:41.793 align:start WHEN THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED HIS 07:41.796 --> 07:42.093 align:start BUDGET, NEVER MENTIONED KIDS 07:42.096 --> 07:44.162 align:start CARE. 07:44.165 --> 07:44.562 align:start WHEN ASKED, HE REALLY WASN'T 07:44.565 --> 07:46.497 align:start INTERESTED. 07:46.500 --> 07:48.399 align:start WE WERE VERY NERVOUS THAT WE 07:48.402 --> 07:50.435 align:start DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CHANCE. 07:50.438 --> 07:50.735 align:start BUT WE KNEW HOW IMPORTANT IT 07:50.738 --> 07:53.871 align:start WAS. 07:53.874 --> 07:55.773 align:start AND SO WE INVITED ARIZONANS TO 07:55.776 --> 07:56.574 align:start JOIN IN THE EFFORT, AND BOY, DID 07:56.577 --> 07:58.810 align:start PEOPLE RESPOND. 07:58.813 --> 08:06.351 align:start AND ALSO, STATE REPRESENTATIVE 08:06.354 --> 08:09.287 align:start REGINA COBB, WHO IS A REPUBLICAN 08:09.290 --> 08:10.388 align:start FROM LAKE HAVA SU CITY, SHE IS A 08:10.391 --> 08:11.155 align:start DENTIST, SHE RECOGNIZED 08:11.158 --> 08:12.757 align:start IMMEDIATELY THE CRITICAL 08:12.760 --> 08:14.859 align:start IMPORTANCE OF KIDS CARE. 08:14.862 --> 08:16.227 align:start SHE HAS SEEN PATIENTS WHO LOST 08:16.230 --> 08:18.062 align:start THEIR KIDS CARE COVERAGE, DIDN'T 08:18.065 --> 08:19.931 align:start HAVE DENTAL COVERAGE, DIDN'T 08:19.934 --> 08:21.299 align:start HAVE CHECKUPS AND HOW IT 08:21.302 --> 08:23.701 align:start AFFECTED THEIR HEALTH. 08:23.704 --> 08:24.736 align:start SHE HAS BEEN A PASSIONATE, 08:24.739 --> 08:27.005 align:start DETERMINED, FEARLESS CHAMPION OF 08:27.008 --> 08:29.140 align:start KIDS CARE AND SPONSORED THE BILL 08:29.143 --> 08:30.241 align:start THAT PASSED THE HOUSE AND SHE 08:30.244 --> 08:32.243 align:start HAS CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR KIDS 08:32.246 --> 08:33.845 align:start CARE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 08:33.848 --> 08:35.313 align:start >> DEMOCRATIC ERIC MEYER IS 08:35.316 --> 08:36.414 align:start HOUSE MINORITY LEADER AND HE IS 08:36.417 --> 08:38.116 align:start ALSO A PHYSICIAN. 08:38.119 --> 08:38.983 align:start REPRESENTATIVE MEYER SAYS 08:38.986 --> 08:40.718 align:start LAWMAKERS ARE WRESTLING OVER 08:40.721 --> 08:43.521 align:start NUMBERS IN THE BUDGET. 08:43.524 --> 08:44.422 align:start >> WELL, I THINK THE HANGUP 08:44.425 --> 08:45.556 align:start ESSENTIALLY HAS BEEN THE SENATE 08:45.559 --> 08:46.557 align:start PRESIDENT WHO DOESN'T WANT TO 08:46.560 --> 08:48.359 align:start SEE IT HAPPEN. 08:48.362 --> 08:50.428 align:start WE PASSED A BILL OUT OF THE 08:50.431 --> 08:52.130 align:start HOUSE WEEKS AGO WITH BIPARTISAN 08:52.133 --> 08:53.364 align:start SUPPORT, I THINK AROUND 50 OF 08:53.367 --> 08:53.631 align:start THE REPRESENTATIVES VOTED FOR 08:53.634 --> 08:56.367 align:start IT. 08:56.370 --> 08:57.535 align:start I DIDN'T SUPPORT THE CUT THAT WE 08:57.538 --> 08:59.003 align:start MADE WHEN WE MADE IT. 08:59.006 --> 09:00.138 align:start WE'RE THE ONLY STATE IN THE 09:00.141 --> 09:02.707 align:start COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE 09:02.710 --> 09:03.908 align:start KIDS CARE PROGRAM. 09:03.911 --> 09:05.243 align:start AND AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE 09:05.246 --> 09:06.811 align:start PHYSICIAN I SEE WHAT HAPPENS 09:06.814 --> 09:07.145 align:start WHEN KIDS DON'T HAVE HEALTH 09:07.148 --> 09:09.313 align:start CARE. 09:09.316 --> 09:10.448 align:start THIS WILL RESTORE HEALTH CARE TO 09:10.451 --> 09:10.882 align:start 30,000 KIDS IN OUR STATE 09:10.885 --> 09:12.850 align:start APPROXIMATELY. 09:12.853 --> 09:14.819 align:start SO WE NEED TO RESTORE THAT IF WE 09:14.822 --> 09:17.255 align:start WANT TO ATTRACT PEDIATRICIANS TO 09:17.258 --> 09:18.990 align:start OUR STATE AND ACTUALLY SAVE 09:18.993 --> 09:20.491 align:start TAXPAYER DOLLARS BY ALLOWING 09:20.494 --> 09:22.160 align:start KIDS TO GET PRIMARY CARE AND NOT 09:22.163 --> 09:23.661 align:start ENDING UP IN THE E.R. 09:23.664 --> 09:25.196 align:start IT WOULD BE A GREAT INVESTMENT. 09:25.199 --> 09:26.264 align:start >> AS A PHYSICIAN AND AS A 09:26.267 --> 09:27.865 align:start POLITICIAN YOU'RE PROBABLY 09:27.868 --> 09:29.400 align:start PRETTY HOPEFUL THIS WILL PASS. 09:29.403 --> 09:30.668 align:start >> I ACTUALLY AM HOPEFUL. 09:30.671 --> 09:32.003 align:start THIS YEAR. 09:32.006 --> 09:36.641 align:start I HAVEN'T BEEN IN PAST YEARS. 09:36.644 --> 09:37.842 align:start BUT I THINK THERE IS A 09:37.845 --> 09:39.444 align:start GROUNDSWELL AMONG RANK AND FILE 09:39.447 --> 09:41.112 align:start MEMBERS AND I THINK WE'LL SEE AN 09:41.115 --> 09:41.479 align:start AMENDMENT TO RESTORE THE 09:41.482 --> 09:43.715 align:start PROGRAM. 09:43.718 --> 09:44.482 align:start >> THE BUDGET IS REALLY CAUSING 09:44.485 --> 09:46.017 align:start SOME TURMOIL HERE. 09:46.020 --> 09:48.152 align:start WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THIS 09:48.155 --> 09:48.753 align:start WRAPPING UP THIS WEEK? 09:48.756 --> 09:49.554 align:start >> THERE IS A CHANCE. 09:49.557 --> 09:51.923 align:start I NEVER KNOW. 09:51.926 --> 09:53.091 align:start IT'S WHENEVER YOU GET THE 31 AND 09:53.094 --> 09:54.325 align:start 16 VOTES AND THE GOVERNOR ON 09:54.328 --> 09:54.659 align:start BOARD, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL 09:54.662 --> 09:57.295 align:start HAPPEN. 09:57.298 --> 09:58.997 align:start AND WE COULD DO IT -- THE TIMING 09:59.000 --> 10:00.631 align:start IS SO THAT WE COULD FINISH BY 10:00.634 --> 10:02.834 align:start TOMORROW MORNING IF WE START 10:02.837 --> 10:06.270 align:start VOTING AT 12:01 FRIDAY MORNING 10:06.273 --> 10:08.306 align:start AND WRAP IT UP. 10:08.309 --> 10:09.240 align:start THAT IS AN OPEN AND TRANSPARENT 10:09.243 --> 10:14.712 align:start WAY TO DO THINGS. 10:14.715 --> 10:16.180 align:start I JUST LEFT A MEETING WITH A 10:16.183 --> 10:17.281 align:start NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE 10:17.284 --> 10:18.716 align:start MANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUDGET 10:18.719 --> 10:19.951 align:start BUT THAT'S THE WAY THE 10:19.954 --> 10:21.152 align:start LEADERSHIP AND THE GOVERNOR HAVE 10:21.155 --> 10:23.321 align:start CHOSEN TO DO THIS. 10:23.324 --> 10:24.322 align:start IT'S UNFORTUNATE FOR OPENNESS, 10:24.325 --> 10:25.757 align:start TRANSPARENCY AND DOING THE RIGHT 10:25.760 --> 10:30.461 align:start THING FOR THE STATE. 10:30.464 --> 10:31.329 align:start >> WHAT DOES THAT DO TO TAXPAYER 10:31.332 --> 10:31.796 align:start ARIZONANS TRUST OF OUR 10:31.799 --> 10:33.731 align:start GOVERNMENT? 10:33.734 --> 10:35.133 align:start >> I THINK TRUST IS AT AN 10:35.136 --> 10:36.567 align:start ALL-TIME LOW OF POLITICIANS, FOR 10:36.570 --> 10:40.438 align:start GOOD REASONS. 10:40.441 --> 10:41.806 align:start WHEN YOU DON'T INVOLVE THE 10:41.809 --> 10:43.374 align:start PUBLIC IN MAKING DECISIONS THAT 10:43.377 --> 10:45.309 align:start IMPACT THEM, THEY GET MAD. 10:45.312 --> 10:46.544 align:start WE SAW THAT WITH THE ELECTIONS 10:46.547 --> 10:47.945 align:start KIND OF DEBACLE. 10:47.948 --> 10:51.149 align:start THEN WE ASKED PEOPLE TO COME 10:51.152 --> 10:53.718 align:start DOWN AND THEN DIDN'T WANT TO 10:53.721 --> 10:56.087 align:start HEAR WHAT THEY WANTED TO SAY AND 10:56.090 --> 10:58.256 align:start THEY GOT ANGRY. 10:58.259 --> 10:59.390 align:start >> HOW BIG A PART OF EDUCATION 10:59.393 --> 11:03.127 align:start IN THE BUDGET? 11:03.130 --> 11:04.395 align:start >> WE'RE NOT FUNDING THAT. 11:04.398 --> 11:05.596 align:start WE'RE FUNDING DCS. 11:05.599 --> 11:07.098 align:start BUT WHEN IT COMES TO 11:07.101 --> 11:07.999 align:start UNIVERSITIES WE'RE GIVING $5 11:08.002 --> 11:11.669 align:start MILLION FOR A FREEDOM SCHOOL, 11:11.672 --> 11:13.404 align:start WHICH IS JUST, YOU KNOW, A THINK 11:13.407 --> 11:15.640 align:start TANK THAT ESPOUSES GETTING RID 11:15.643 --> 11:17.175 align:start OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. 11:17.178 --> 11:19.377 align:start IT MAKES NO SENSE. 11:19.380 --> 11:21.312 align:start WE SHOULD BE DIRECTLY FOCUSING 11:21.315 --> 11:23.514 align:start ON THINGS THAT HAVE REDUCED 11:23.517 --> 11:27.118 align:start COLLEGE TUITION FOR OUR STUDENTS 11:27.121 --> 11:29.354 align:start ACROSS THE STATE AND THEN INVEST 11:29.357 --> 11:29.921 align:start IN K-12 SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE 11:29.924 --> 11:31.489 align:start CLASS SIZE. 11:31.492 --> 11:32.623 align:start WE HAVE A TEACHER RETENTION 11:32.626 --> 11:33.124 align:start PROBLEM THAT WE ABSOLUTELY NEED 11:33.127 --> 11:36.327 align:start TO ADDRESS. 11:36.330 --> 11:37.829 align:start >> THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH MORE 11:37.832 --> 11:39.630 align:start MONEY TO PUT INTO K THROUGH 12 11:39.633 --> 11:42.433 align:start FUNDING AND WHAT WILL THE 11:42.436 --> 11:45.103 align:start NUMBERS LOOK LIKE IF PROPOSITION 11:45.106 --> 11:45.470 align:start 123 PASSES IN MAY'S SPECIAL 11:45.473 --> 11:46.437 align:start ELECTION. 11:46.440 --> 11:47.905 align:start THE REPUBLICAN CHAIR OF THE 11:47.908 --> 11:50.708 align:start HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE. 11:50.711 --> 11:51.909 align:start >> IT'S FOUR COMPONENTS. 11:51.912 --> 11:53.077 align:start SMALL SCHOOL WEIGHT OR 11:53.080 --> 11:56.647 align:start ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR 11:56.650 --> 11:56.981 align:start SCHOOLS THAT ARE SMALLER ON 11:56.984 --> 11:57.882 align:start PURPOSE. 11:57.885 --> 11:59.384 align:start DISTRICT SPONSORED CHARTER 11:59.387 --> 12:00.651 align:start SCHOOLS, CURRENT-YEAR FUNDING. 12:00.654 --> 12:02.253 align:start THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE. 12:02.256 --> 12:03.454 align:start THEN INVISIBLE SPACE. 12:03.457 --> 12:04.922 align:start THOSE FOUR COMPONENTS ARE REALLY 12:04.925 --> 12:05.957 align:start WHAT'S HOLDING UP THE BUDGET 12:05.960 --> 12:09.260 align:start PROCESS RIGHT NOW. 12:09.263 --> 12:10.695 align:start >> HOW DOES PROP 123 PLAY A 12:10.698 --> 12:12.664 align:start ROLE, IF ANY, IN THE BUDGET? 12:12.667 --> 12:13.931 align:start >> I THINK IT'S MORE OF A 12:13.934 --> 12:16.267 align:start PERCEPTION FROM THOSE WHO ARE, 12:16.270 --> 12:16.634 align:start YOU KNOW, ON THE OUTSIDE PAYING 12:16.637 --> 12:17.468 align:start ATTENTION. 12:17.471 --> 12:20.505 align:start FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE I THINK 12:20.508 --> 12:23.941 align:start THEY BOTH NEED TO PASS. 12:23.944 --> 12:26.044 align:start JUST BECAUSE THE K-12 APPROACH 12:26.047 --> 12:26.611 align:start AT THE LEGISLATURE IS A HOLD 12:26.614 --> 12:28.112 align:start HARMLESS APPROACH. 12:28.115 --> 12:29.380 align:start WE DON'T WANT TO HURT EDUCATION. 12:29.383 --> 12:31.182 align:start SOME OF THE CUTS IMPLEMENTED 12:31.185 --> 12:33.251 align:start FROM LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WE DON'T 12:33.254 --> 12:34.085 align:start WANT TO SEE PHASED INTO THIS 12:34.088 --> 12:35.820 align:start YEAR'S BUDGET. 12:35.823 --> 12:37.422 align:start THEN, OF COURSE, PROP 123. 12:37.425 --> 12:38.923 align:start I THINK FOLKS LOOK FROM THE 12:38.926 --> 12:40.591 align:start OUTSIDE AND SAY WE'LL VOTE ON 12:40.594 --> 12:42.560 align:start PROP 123 BASED ON WHAT YOU DO ON 12:42.563 --> 12:43.428 align:start THIS BUDGET. 12:43.431 --> 12:44.829 align:start BECAUSE, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, 12:44.832 --> 12:46.798 align:start MAY 17th IS THE ELECTION. 12:46.801 --> 12:47.932 align:start IF WE VOTE ON A BUDGET THAT 12:47.935 --> 12:49.934 align:start DOESN'T PROTECT K-12 EDUCATION 12:49.937 --> 12:52.437 align:start THERE IS A FEAR, IN SOME CASES 12:52.440 --> 12:54.505 align:start IT MIGHT BE LEGITIMATE, THAT THE 12:54.508 --> 12:55.106 align:start LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE DOESN'T 12:55.109 --> 12:56.774 align:start PRIORITIZE EDUCATION. 12:56.777 --> 12:58.176 align:start I WANT TO MAKE SURE NOT ONLY TO 12:58.179 --> 12:59.877 align:start CHANGE THAT NARRATIVE BUT ALSO 12:59.880 --> 13:02.380 align:start TO CHANGE THE POLICY AND MAKE 13:02.383 --> 13:02.780 align:start SURE THAT WE DO PROTECT K-12 13:02.783 --> 13:03.614 align:start EDUCATION. 13:03.617 --> 13:04.282 align:start >> YOU'RE ALSO A TEACHER. 13:04.285 --> 13:05.750 align:start >> YEAH. 13:05.753 --> 13:07.085 align:start >> SO PERSONALLY THERE IS A 13:07.088 --> 13:07.385 align:start CONNECTION TO THIS ISSUE FOR 13:07.388 --> 13:07.919 align:start YOU. 13:07.922 --> 13:09.854 align:start >> THAT'S RIGHT. 13:09.857 --> 13:11.055 align:start >> WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT THAT 13:11.058 --> 13:12.290 align:start THIS PASS AND THAT EDUCATION 13:12.293 --> 13:13.558 align:start CONTINUE TO GET THE FUNDING THAT 13:13.561 --> 13:15.526 align:start YOU SAY IT NEEDS? 13:15.529 --> 13:15.860 align:start >> WELL, I THINK IT DOES TWO 13:15.863 --> 13:17.895 align:start THINGS. 13:17.898 --> 13:19.998 align:start NOT ONLY DOES IT PROVIDE 13:20.001 --> 13:20.865 align:start $3.5 BILLION OVER TEN YEARS FOR 13:20.868 --> 13:23.634 align:start K-12 EDUCATION THAT GOES INTO 13:23.637 --> 13:27.772 align:start THE BASE SO WE LET EACH DISTRICT 13:27.775 --> 13:28.906 align:start AND CHARTER DECIDE THIS IS WHERE 13:28.909 --> 13:30.942 align:start THE MONEY WILL GO. 13:30.945 --> 13:32.043 align:start WE'RE NOT DICTATING IT HAS TO BE 13:32.046 --> 13:32.377 align:start EAR MARKED FOR A PARTICULAR 13:32.380 --> 13:34.012 align:start PURPOSE. 13:34.015 --> 13:36.247 align:start IT ALSO RESOLVES THE LAURT. 13:36.250 --> 13:37.382 align:start THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING 13:37.385 --> 13:40.284 align:start LAWSUIT SINCE 2010 WHERE A JUDGE 13:40.287 --> 13:41.819 align:start SAID THAT THE STATE OF ARIZONA 13:41.822 --> 13:44.288 align:start OWES $3.8 BILLION. 13:44.291 --> 13:45.857 align:start IT RESOLVES THAT, PROVIDES 13:45.860 --> 13:46.791 align:start CERTAINTY AND GETS THE 13:46.794 --> 13:48.760 align:start MUCH-NEEDED MONEY INTO SCHOOLS. 13:48.763 --> 13:49.927 align:start >> WHAT SORTS OF THINGS DO YOU 13:49.930 --> 13:51.329 align:start ENVISION HAPPENING IF THIS 13:51.332 --> 13:52.664 align:start EDUCATION FUNDING GOES THROUGH 13:52.667 --> 13:54.599 align:start AND THEN PROP 123? 13:54.602 --> 13:54.966 align:start DOES IT CHANGE ARIZONA'S FACE OF 13:54.969 --> 13:58.169 align:start EDUCATION? 13:58.172 --> 13:59.570 align:start >> WELL, PERSONALLY I'LL BE 13:59.573 --> 14:01.272 align:start DOING CARTWHEELS. 14:01.275 --> 14:02.106 align:start NO, I THINK THERE IS STILL WORK 14:02.109 --> 14:04.142 align:start WE NEED TO DO. 14:04.145 --> 14:05.276 align:start I THINK WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE A 14:05.279 --> 14:07.812 align:start LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE THAT WE 14:07.815 --> 14:09.213 align:start REALLY WANT TO PROTECT K-12 AND 14:09.216 --> 14:10.882 align:start UNIVERSITY FUNDING AS WELL BUT 14:10.885 --> 14:13.785 align:start IN PARTICULAR K-12 EDUCATION. 14:13.788 --> 14:14.352 align:start AND THAT MEANS PROP 301 EXPIRES 14:14.355 --> 14:16.454 align:start IN 2021. 14:16.457 --> 14:18.356 align:start WE NEED A LONG-TERM, SERIOUS 14:18.359 --> 14:19.557 align:start CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE 14:19.560 --> 14:20.525 align:start EDUCATION COMMUNITY, WITH THE 14:20.528 --> 14:22.327 align:start LEADERSHIP, WITH THE GOVERNOR, 14:22.330 --> 14:24.729 align:start ON ARE WE GOING TO EXTEND IT, 14:24.732 --> 14:26.597 align:start ARE WE GOING TO EXPAND IT, WHAT 14:26.600 --> 14:27.598 align:start CAN WE DO TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE 14:27.601 --> 14:29.167 align:start CERTAINTY TO SCHOOLS. 14:29.170 --> 14:30.535 align:start >> IS THIS REALLY A QUESTION OF 14:30.538 --> 14:33.304 align:start HOW ARIZONA VALUES EDUCATION? 14:33.307 --> 14:33.971 align:start >> YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, WE HAVE 14:33.974 --> 14:34.572 align:start 1.2 MILLION STUDENTS IN THE 14:34.575 --> 14:35.940 align:start STATE OF ARIZONA. 14:35.943 --> 14:38.876 align:start WE ARE A GROWTH STATE. 14:38.879 --> 14:40.545 align:start SO WE DO SPEND 43% OF ALL STATE 14:40.548 --> 14:42.313 align:start SPENDING ON K-12 EDUCATION. 14:42.316 --> 14:43.715 align:start IT'S THE SINGLE LARGEST 14:43.718 --> 14:45.116 align:start BUDGETARY ITEM IN STATE 14:45.119 --> 14:46.084 align:start SPENDING, SO THERE IS CERTAINLY 14:46.087 --> 14:47.685 align:start A PRIORITY THERE. 14:47.688 --> 14:49.320 align:start BUT I BELIEVE WE CAN DO MORE. 14:49.323 --> 14:51.622 align:start >> YOU'RE IN A CLASSROOM. 14:51.625 --> 14:52.757 align:start WHAT SORTS OF THINGS DO TEACHERS 14:52.760 --> 14:53.558 align:start AND STUDENTS NEED TO CONTINUE TO 14:53.561 --> 14:54.892 align:start BE SUCCESSFUL? 14:54.895 --> 14:58.963 align:start >> THEY NEED A FEW THINGS. 14:58.966 --> 14:59.797 align:start THE SALARY, OF COURSE, IS 14:59.800 --> 15:02.033 align:start SOMEWHAT ARGUE NUMBER ONE. 15:02.036 --> 15:03.468 align:start THEY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED. 15:03.471 --> 15:06.237 align:start THEY NEED GOOD ADMINISTRATORS, 15:06.240 --> 15:06.637 align:start GOOD PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT 15:06.640 --> 15:08.339 align:start PRINCIPALS. 15:08.342 --> 15:11.109 align:start THEY NEED TO KNOW THEIR VOICES 15:11.112 --> 15:11.943 align:start MATTER WHEN THEY RAISE THEM TO 15:11.946 --> 15:14.045 align:start THEIR PRINCIPALS. 15:14.048 --> 15:14.846 align:start FOR MY SCHOOL I NEED MAPS. 15:14.849 --> 15:16.280 align:start I TEACH HISTORY. 15:16.283 --> 15:18.683 align:start BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT. 15:18.686 --> 15:24.155 align:start WE JUST NEED TO KNOW THAT -- I 15:24.158 --> 15:24.856 align:start THINK TO COMMUNICATE A CERTAINTY 15:24.859 --> 15:25.323 align:start THAT THE LEGISLATURE, THAT WE 15:25.326 --> 15:26.290 align:start HAVE YOUR BACK. 15:26.293 --> 15:28.626 align:start >> DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE 15:28.629 --> 15:28.993 align:start SPLIT WHEN IT COMES TO 15:28.996 --> 15:31.162 align:start EDUCATION. 15:31.165 --> 15:33.197 align:start I SPOKE WITH REPUBLICAN 15:33.200 --> 15:35.933 align:start REPRESENTATIVE TJ SHOPE, HE IS 15:35.936 --> 15:38.670 align:start ALSO A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. 15:38.673 --> 15:40.872 align:start >> YOU ARE PUSHING FOR MORE 15:40.875 --> 15:42.340 align:start K-THROUGH 12 EDUCATION FUNDING. 15:42.343 --> 15:43.574 align:start >> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS 15:43.577 --> 15:44.542 align:start THERE IS ACTUALLY A MAJORITY OF 15:44.545 --> 15:46.944 align:start THE CAUCUS IN THE REPUBLICAN 15:46.947 --> 15:48.079 align:start SIDE IN THE HOUSE THAT'S PUSHING 15:48.082 --> 15:49.414 align:start FOR MORE K-$12. 15:49.417 --> 15:50.782 align:start I THINK WE'VE LOOKED AT THE 15:50.785 --> 15:53.718 align:start BUDGET THIS YEAR, AT LEAST 15:53.721 --> 15:54.252 align:start LEADERSHIP HAS, AND I AM NOT 15:54.255 --> 15:55.586 align:start GOING TO KNOCK THEM. 15:55.589 --> 15:57.155 align:start THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY THINK 15:57.158 --> 15:59.223 align:start THEY NEED TO DO, HOWEVER, I 15:59.226 --> 16:01.326 align:start THINK THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 16:01.329 --> 16:02.994 align:start THAT AT THE VERY LEAST K-12 IS 16:02.997 --> 16:03.661 align:start HELD HARMLESS FOR THIS YEAR'S 16:03.664 --> 16:04.796 align:start BUDGET. 16:04.799 --> 16:06.397 align:start LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S. 16:06.400 --> 16:07.665 align:start >> A LEGISLATURE ALWAYS TAKES 16:07.668 --> 16:09.600 align:start HEAT FROM THE PUBLIC WHEN IT 16:09.603 --> 16:11.102 align:start COMES TO FUNDING FOR EDUCATION. 16:11.105 --> 16:12.103 align:start WHAT DON'T MOST MEMBERS OF THE 16:12.106 --> 16:13.371 align:start PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S 16:13.374 --> 16:13.705 align:start HAPPENING HERE DURING THIS 16:13.708 --> 16:14.072 align:start SESSION? 16:14.075 --> 16:16.441 align:start >> RIGHT. 16:16.444 --> 16:18.343 align:start FIRST OFF, I THINK, YES, YOU'RE 16:18.346 --> 16:19.510 align:start ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 16:19.513 --> 16:22.980 align:start LEGISLATURE OFTEN DOES TAKE HEAT 16:22.983 --> 16:23.348 align:start FOR K-12 OR FOR ANY KIND OF 16:23.351 --> 16:24.449 align:start EDUCATION. 16:24.452 --> 16:26.384 align:start WHAT MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, 16:26.387 --> 16:27.919 align:start WHEN I SPEAK TO FOLKS, AND I GO 16:27.922 --> 16:30.021 align:start OUT ALL THE TIME -- IS IT'S 16:30.024 --> 16:33.758 align:start ABOUT HALF OF THE BUDGET. 16:33.761 --> 16:36.427 align:start SO WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THE PIE 16:36.430 --> 16:40.531 align:start SIZE, PERHAPS, AND THAT IS 16:40.534 --> 16:43.835 align:start PROBABLY RIPE FOR DISCUSSION 16:43.838 --> 16:45.069 align:start ACROSS MANY SPECTRES OF THOUGHT. 16:45.072 --> 16:46.304 align:start AS FAR AS THE SLICE OF THE PAY 16:46.307 --> 16:50.308 align:start THAT EDUCATION GETS, IT'S HALF 16:50.311 --> 16:50.675 align:start OF THE BUDGET, SO WE DO TAKE IT 16:50.678 --> 16:52.110 align:start SERIOUSLY. 16:52.113 --> 16:54.112 align:start I TAKE IT SERIOUSLY PERSONALLY. 16:54.115 --> 16:55.713 align:start I DOUBLE AS A SCHOOL BOARD 16:55.716 --> 16:56.981 align:start PRESIDENT IN COOLIDGE. 16:56.984 --> 16:58.016 align:start IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS A 16:58.019 --> 16:59.150 align:start TOPIC OF CONVERSATION FOR MOST 16:59.153 --> 17:01.886 align:start OF THE MEMBERS BECAUSE WE KNOW 17:01.889 --> 17:04.055 align:start THAT IT IS THE LARGEST SINGLE 17:04.058 --> 17:05.123 align:start ISSUE IN THE STATE BUDGET ON A 17:05.126 --> 17:07.191 align:start YEAR BY YEAR BASIS. 17:07.194 --> 17:07.492 align:start >> WHAT IF PROP 123 DOES NOT 17:07.495 --> 17:08.893 align:start PASS? 17:08.896 --> 17:10.595 align:start HOW DOES THAT CHANGE THINGS? 17:10.598 --> 17:12.230 align:start >> WOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE A 17:12.233 --> 17:14.499 align:start VERY AWFUL THING TO HAPPEN TO 17:14.502 --> 17:14.999 align:start EDUCATION IN THIS STATE IF 123 17:15.002 --> 17:16.768 align:start DOESN'T PASS. 17:16.771 --> 17:17.869 align:start I HAVE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF 17:17.872 --> 17:21.606 align:start MAKING SURE THAT IT DOES. 17:21.609 --> 17:23.408 align:start I BELIEVE IN IT WHOLE HEARTEDLY. 17:23.411 --> 17:25.043 align:start AS A GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER, AS 17:25.046 --> 17:26.344 align:start I MENTIONED, OF A SCHOOL 17:26.347 --> 17:26.644 align:start DISTRICT, WE ARE COUNTING ON 17:26.647 --> 17:27.545 align:start THAT. 17:27.548 --> 17:29.113 align:start MY SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS ONE OF 17:29.116 --> 17:31.449 align:start THE ONES LAST YEAR THAT WAS ABLE 17:31.452 --> 17:33.284 align:start TO GIVE A 5% RAISE TO TEACHERS. 17:33.287 --> 17:34.686 align:start WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME, WHETHER 17:34.689 --> 17:37.288 align:start IT'S CONSERVATIVES, WHETHER IT'S 17:37.291 --> 17:38.556 align:start FOLKS ON THE LIBERAL SIDE OF THE 17:38.559 --> 17:39.824 align:start EQUATION, WE WANT DOLLARS TO GO 17:39.827 --> 17:41.159 align:start INTO THE CLASSROOM TO MAKE SURE 17:41.162 --> 17:41.492 align:start THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE GETTING 17:41.495 --> 17:43.795 align:start PAID. 17:43.798 --> 17:45.330 align:start THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO 17:45.333 --> 17:46.831 align:start ACTUALLY DO THAT, PAY THE STAFF 17:46.834 --> 17:50.168 align:start THAT'S THERE TEACHING OUR KIDS. 17:50.171 --> 17:53.671 align:start YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRIED TO MAKE 17:53.674 --> 17:55.073 align:start THAT 123 IN THE FALL AS ENTICING 17:55.076 --> 17:57.575 align:start FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AS POSSIBLE 17:57.578 --> 17:58.776 align:start BY MAKING SURE THAT THERE WERE 17:58.779 --> 18:00.978 align:start NO STRINGS ATTACHED. 18:00.981 --> 18:02.080 align:start THEY WILL GET TO DETERMINE. 18:02.083 --> 18:03.781 align:start THE GENERAL PUBLIC THEN WILL 18:03.784 --> 18:06.918 align:start HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, BY 18:06.921 --> 18:08.486 align:start INFLUENCING THEIR LOCAL ELECTED 18:08.489 --> 18:09.854 align:start GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERS, OF 18:09.857 --> 18:12.090 align:start WHERE THOSE DOLLARS SHOULD GO. 18:12.093 --> 18:13.424 align:start I HAVE A STRANGE HUNCH THAT MOST 18:13.427 --> 18:16.194 align:start OF THOSE DOLLARS WILL GO INTO 18:16.197 --> 18:17.795 align:start THE CLASSROOM IN THE FORM OF 18:17.798 --> 18:20.064 align:start WHETHER IT'S TEACHER SALAIES OR 18:20.067 --> 18:23.134 align:start MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS IN 18:23.137 --> 18:25.269 align:start SOME DISTRICTS THAT I REPRESENT 18:25.272 --> 18:26.704 align:start MAYBE HAVE HAD TO TAKE ON ADDED 18:26.707 --> 18:28.206 align:start COSTS OF HEALTH INSURANCE, 18:28.209 --> 18:29.841 align:start THINGS LIKE THAT, SO MAYBE SOME 18:29.844 --> 18:31.476 align:start OF THOSE FEES WILL BE WAIVED AND 18:31.479 --> 18:33.478 align:start THINGS LIKE THAT. 18:33.481 --> 18:35.279 align:start YEAH, IF 123 DOESN'T PASS, THEN 18:35.282 --> 18:36.981 align:start WE'RE BACK IN COURT TWO TO THREE 18:36.984 --> 18:38.850 align:start YEARS DOWN THE ROAD UNTIL THERE 18:38.853 --> 18:40.718 align:start IS A RESOLUTION. 18:40.721 --> 18:41.419 align:start I WANT THE MONEY TO GO TO THE 18:41.422 --> 18:43.221 align:start KIDS RIGHT NOW. 18:43.224 --> 18:45.123 align:start >> ANOTHER BUDGET ITEM IS FOR 18:45.126 --> 18:49.627 align:start THE BORDER STRIKE FORCE, MORE 18:49.630 --> 18:51.062 align:start MONEY FOR BORDER ENFORCEMENT. 18:51.065 --> 18:52.964 align:start A FEW WEEKS AGO SENATOR JOHN 18:52.967 --> 18:53.698 align:start CAVANAUGH FROM THE SENATE 18:53.701 --> 18:55.099 align:start APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND I 18:55.102 --> 18:55.667 align:start TALKED ABOUT THE $30 MILLION 18:55.670 --> 18:57.402 align:start PRICE TAG. 18:57.405 --> 18:59.337 align:start >> IT WILL BE FUNDED. 18:59.340 --> 19:00.972 align:start I'M NOT SURE IF IT WILL GET THE 19:00.975 --> 19:04.575 align:start FULL $31.5 MILLION. 19:04.578 --> 19:06.310 align:start THE RECENT RESTORATION OF THE 19:06.313 --> 19:08.880 align:start J-TED MONEY BASICALLY TOOK THE 19:08.883 --> 19:10.181 align:start BUDGET NUMBER FOR THAT FROM 10 19:10.184 --> 19:12.183 align:start MILLION TO 30 MILLION. 19:12.186 --> 19:13.685 align:start THE OTHER 20 MILLION HAS TO BE 19:13.688 --> 19:15.653 align:start FOUND SOMEWHERE, AND WE ARE NOT 19:15.656 --> 19:16.888 align:start INCREASING TAXES, SO I SUSPECT 19:16.891 --> 19:18.189 align:start THAT IT WILL BE WHITTLED FROM 19:18.192 --> 19:21.125 align:start DIFFERENT PLACES. 19:21.128 --> 19:21.459 align:start THIS IS A PRETTY BIG ASK, $31 19:21.462 --> 19:22.193 align:start MILLION. 19:22.196 --> 19:23.861 align:start IT'S MAYBE SOMETHING THAT COULD 19:23.864 --> 19:26.397 align:start BE PHASED IN OVER TWO YEARS 19:26.400 --> 19:27.665 align:start INSTEAD OF ONE, SO I SUSPECT A 19:27.668 --> 19:27.965 align:start LITTLE BIT MIGHT BE CHIPPED OFF 19:27.968 --> 19:29.834 align:start THIS. 19:29.837 --> 19:30.702 align:start >> SOME OF THE CRITICISM THAT WE 19:30.705 --> 19:32.170 align:start HEAR IS THAT THERE ARE OTHER 19:32.173 --> 19:33.638 align:start BORDER RESOURCES IN THE STATE, 19:33.641 --> 19:34.272 align:start WHY SHOULD THE STATE BE FUNDING 19:34.275 --> 19:35.873 align:start SO MUCH OF THIS. 19:35.876 --> 19:38.009 align:start WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? 19:38.012 --> 19:39.811 align:start >> WELL, THERE ACTUALLY ARE NOT 19:39.814 --> 19:40.178 align:start TOO MANY ORGANIZED BORDER 19:40.181 --> 19:43.948 align:start RESOURCES. 19:43.951 --> 19:46.184 align:start WE HAVE SEEN A TSUNAMI OF DRUGS 19:46.187 --> 19:47.785 align:start AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND 19:47.788 --> 19:48.119 align:start SMUGGLERS COMING OVER THE 19:48.122 --> 19:51.789 align:start BORDER. 19:51.792 --> 19:52.724 align:start SO IT'S A TERRIBLY POROUS, UNDER 19:52.727 --> 19:54.625 align:start PATROLLED BORDER. 19:54.628 --> 19:55.660 align:start YOU PROBABLY NEED $100 MILLION 19:55.663 --> 19:57.161 align:start TO PROPERLY POLICE IT. 19:57.164 --> 19:58.429 align:start EVEN WITH THIS FULL FUNDING, WE 19:58.432 --> 19:59.063 align:start WOULDN'T BE ALL THE WAY TO A 19:59.066 --> 20:01.666 align:start SECURE BORDER. 20:01.669 --> 20:02.967 align:start >> SOME OF THE CRITICS HAVE SAID 20:02.970 --> 20:04.335 align:start THAT THIS MONEY COULD BE BETTER 20:04.338 --> 20:05.470 align:start SPENT ON THINGS LIKE EDUCATION. 20:05.473 --> 20:07.939 align:start WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS THERE? 20:07.942 --> 20:09.140 align:start >> WELL, YOU CAN ALWAYS SAY YOU 20:09.143 --> 20:11.809 align:start CAN SPEND MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE. 20:11.812 --> 20:13.811 align:start BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IF 20:13.814 --> 20:14.512 align:start YOU'RE NOT SAFE, THEN AN 20:14.515 --> 20:15.980 align:start EDUCATION DOESN'T HELP YOU 20:15.983 --> 20:17.582 align:start BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE DEAD. 20:17.585 --> 20:19.217 align:start SO WE HAVE TO TAKE PUBLIC SAFETY 20:19.220 --> 20:21.219 align:start AS A PRIORITY IN ADDITION TO 20:21.222 --> 20:22.453 align:start EDUCATION AS A PRIORITY. 20:22.456 --> 20:22.854 align:start >> YOUR BACKGROUND IS IN LAW 20:22.857 --> 20:23.654 align:start ENFORCEMENT. 20:23.657 --> 20:26.224 align:start THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT 20:26.227 --> 20:27.792 align:start TO YOU AND SOME LEGISLATORS, 20:27.795 --> 20:28.793 align:start THOUGH YOU SAID YOU DON'T HAVE 20:28.796 --> 20:29.694 align:start TO HAVE A BACKGROUND IN LAW 20:29.697 --> 20:30.928 align:start ENFORCEMENT TO UNDERSTAND THE 20:30.931 --> 20:32.230 align:start GRAVITY OF THIS SITUATION. 20:32.233 --> 20:33.665 align:start >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. 20:33.668 --> 20:34.499 align:start I SUPPOSE SOMEBODY WITH A LAW 20:34.502 --> 20:36.467 align:start ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND, HAVING 20:36.470 --> 20:38.336 align:start SEEN THE VICTIMS OF CRIME, IS A 20:38.339 --> 20:39.971 align:start BIT MORE SENSITIVE TO THE NEED 20:39.974 --> 20:43.141 align:start TO CONTROL CRIME. 20:43.144 --> 20:44.742 align:start BUT EVERYONE REALIZES THAT -- 20:44.745 --> 20:45.510 align:start WE'RE NOT TALKING JUST ABOUT 20:45.513 --> 20:47.478 align:start ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HERE. 20:47.481 --> 20:50.248 align:start WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20:50.251 --> 20:52.550 align:start PRIMARILY FROM THIS STRIKE FORCE 20:52.553 --> 20:54.485 align:start IS DRUG SMUGGLING. 20:54.488 --> 20:54.819 align:start THE DRUGS KILL OUR CHILDREN AND 20:54.822 --> 20:55.887 align:start ADULTS. 20:55.890 --> 20:56.320 align:start HUMAN SMUGGLING. 20:56.323 --> 20:58.723 align:start PROSTITUTION. 20:58.726 --> 21:02.226 align:start THERE IS A LOT OF MISERY THAT 21:02.229 --> 21:05.196 align:start COMES ACROSS THIS BORDER BY 21:05.199 --> 21:05.630 align:start ORGANIZED CRIMINAL GROUPS AND 21:05.633 --> 21:08.066 align:start DRUG CARTELS. 21:08.069 --> 21:09.334 align:start >> WE'VE HEARD THAT ARIZONA IS 21:09.337 --> 21:11.536 align:start GROUND ZERO WHEN IT COMES TO 21:11.539 --> 21:13.471 align:start DRUG AND HUMAN SMUGGLING. 21:13.474 --> 21:14.972 align:start WHAT ARE YOU HEARING THAT'S MOST 21:14.975 --> 21:15.907 align:start STRIKING IN THE BRIEFINGS ABOUT 21:15.910 --> 21:16.240 align:start WHAT'S HAPPENING ALONG OUR 21:16.243 --> 21:18.242 align:start BORDER? 21:18.245 --> 21:20.144 align:start >> THE OPEN DOOR THAT IT IS. 21:20.147 --> 21:20.812 align:start THERE IS LITERALLY NO STOPPING 21:20.815 --> 21:22.613 align:start THESE PEOPLE. 21:22.616 --> 21:25.817 align:start AND THAT THEY WALK ACROSS THE 21:25.820 --> 21:27.885 align:start DESERT ALL THE WAY UP. 21:27.888 --> 21:30.054 align:start WE LITERALLY HAVE NO CONTROL 21:30.057 --> 21:31.589 align:start OVER WHAT'S GOING ON OR VERY 21:31.592 --> 21:32.890 align:start LITTLE CONTROL OVER WHAT'S GOING 21:32.893 --> 21:35.226 align:start ON. 21:35.229 --> 21:36.427 align:start PARTS OF -- THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN 21:36.430 --> 21:37.495 align:start HALF OF THE STATE THERE ARE 21:37.498 --> 21:38.629 align:start DANGER ZONES THAT PEOPLE DON'T 21:38.632 --> 21:40.598 align:start WANT TO GO INTO. 21:40.601 --> 21:41.466 align:start SO WE NEED TO GET CONTROL BACK 21:41.469 --> 21:42.467 align:start OF OUR STATE. 21:42.470 --> 21:43.167 align:start PEOPLE NEED TO BE SAFE. 21:43.170 --> 21:45.837 align:start AND WE NEED TO KEEP THE DRUGS 21:45.840 --> 21:48.139 align:start OUT. 21:48.142 --> 21:49.340 align:start >> SENATOR CAVANAUGH SAYS THE 21:49.343 --> 21:51.009 align:start BORDER STRIKE FORCE WILL MOSTLY 21:51.012 --> 21:52.877 align:start BE FUNDED BUT IT'S STILL UNCLEAR 21:52.880 --> 21:54.645 align:start WHAT THE FINAL FIGURE IS. 21:54.648 --> 22:00.952 align:start A LEGISLATIVE WRAP-UP NOW IN THE 22:00.955 --> 22:03.021 align:start BUZZ. 22:03.024 --> 22:04.088 align:start >>> THE ARIZONA CAPITAL TIMES, 22:04.091 --> 22:05.123 align:start THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 22:05.126 --> 22:06.824 align:start >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 22:06.827 --> 22:08.926 align:start >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS REALLY 22:08.929 --> 22:09.293 align:start THE STORY OF THIS LEGISLATIVE 22:09.296 --> 22:10.428 align:start SESSION. 22:10.431 --> 22:10.795 align:start >> IT'S ALL ABOUT SCHOOL 22:10.798 --> 22:11.996 align:start FUNDING. 22:11.999 --> 22:13.865 align:start ALL ABOUT K-12 EDUCATION. 22:13.868 --> 22:14.198 align:start AND THE MONEY THAT GOES TO 22:14.201 --> 22:15.033 align:start SCHOOLS. 22:15.036 --> 22:18.202 align:start OR WILL GO TO SCHOOLS. 22:18.205 --> 22:18.536 align:start OR THE MONEY THAT MAY NOT GO TO 22:18.539 --> 22:21.272 align:start SCHOOL. 22:21.275 --> 22:22.674 align:start THAT REALLY IS THE -- THE GIST 22:22.677 --> 22:24.509 align:start OF THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 22:24.512 --> 22:26.010 align:start >> SO ARE LAWMAKERS TRAINING TO 22:26.013 --> 22:27.979 align:start SOLVE THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WITH 22:27.982 --> 22:30.114 align:start RESPECT TO WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN 22:30.117 --> 22:31.382 align:start MAY'S SPECIAL ELECTION? 22:31.385 --> 22:32.417 align:start >> IT CERTAINLY IS A BIG PART OF 22:32.420 --> 22:34.519 align:start THIS BUDGET. 22:34.522 --> 22:35.987 align:start THIS BUDGET PRESUMES, FOR 22:35.990 --> 22:38.690 align:start EXAMPLE, THAT THE VOTERS WILL 22:38.693 --> 22:40.625 align:start APPROVE PROPOSITION 123. 22:40.628 --> 22:44.262 align:start THERE IS ABOUT $50 MILLION IN 22:44.265 --> 22:45.630 align:start FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT -- 22:45.633 --> 22:49.000 align:start THAT PRESUMES THAT THE VOTERS 22:49.003 --> 22:50.635 align:start WILL SAY YES, GO AHEAD, THIS 22:50.638 --> 22:50.968 align:start PROPOSITION THAT SETTLES THIS 22:50.971 --> 22:52.737 align:start LAWSUIT. 22:52.740 --> 22:55.206 align:start IT'S A GOOD THING, AND YOU CAN 22:55.209 --> 22:57.642 align:start GO AHEAD AND TAKE MONEY OUT OF 22:57.645 --> 23:00.078 align:start THE STATE LAND TRUST. 23:00.081 --> 23:01.946 align:start >> SO KIDS CARE, EDUCATION 23:01.949 --> 23:02.980 align:start CONTINUE TO BE SOME OF THE MAIN 23:02.983 --> 23:03.348 align:start STICKING POINTS OUT OF THIS 23:03.351 --> 23:04.549 align:start SESSION. 23:04.552 --> 23:06.551 align:start WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT WHAT'S 23:06.554 --> 23:07.652 align:start HAPPENING IN THE STATE AND WHAT 23:07.655 --> 23:08.519 align:start LAWMAKERS NEED TO CONSIDER AS 23:08.522 --> 23:10.555 align:start THEY MAKE DECISIONS? 23:10.558 --> 23:13.725 align:start >> EDUCATION HAS BEEN, OF 23:13.728 --> 23:15.460 align:start COURSE, A VERY BIG ISSUE IN THE 23:15.463 --> 23:17.495 align:start STATE FOR ETERNITY, IF YOU WILL, 23:17.498 --> 23:20.298 align:start FOR A LONG TIME. 23:20.301 --> 23:22.300 align:start BUT LAST THREE, FOUR YEARS OR SO 23:22.303 --> 23:24.736 align:start WE HAVE SEEN THE STATE REALLY 23:24.739 --> 23:26.371 align:start TAKE A LOOK AT EDUCATION AND SAY 23:26.374 --> 23:28.206 align:start WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE IT. 23:28.209 --> 23:29.040 align:start THE REASON FOR THAT ARE A 23:29.043 --> 23:32.276 align:start COMBINATION OF THINGS. 23:32.279 --> 23:34.979 align:start ONE IS THAT WE HAVE HAD REPORTS 23:34.982 --> 23:38.016 align:start ABOUT RANKINGS OF PUPIL FUNDING 23:38.019 --> 23:40.118 align:start THAT SHOW THAT THE STATE IS 23:40.121 --> 23:43.187 align:start LAGGING BEHIND 48 STATES OR 47 23:43.190 --> 23:43.488 align:start STATES OR 49 STATES IF YOU ASK 23:43.491 --> 23:44.455 align:start SOME. 23:44.458 --> 23:46.557 align:start THAT'S ONE PART OF IT. 23:46.560 --> 23:49.127 align:start THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THAT THE 23:49.130 --> 23:50.128 align:start ECONOMY IS IMPROVING. 23:50.131 --> 23:51.162 align:start THERE IS MORE MONEY THAT THE 23:51.165 --> 23:56.934 align:start STATE IS GETTING. 23:56.937 --> 23:57.669 align:start WE'RE ANTICIPATING GETTING ABOUT 23:57.672 --> 24:00.204 align:start $620 MILLION, $630 MILLION MORE 24:00.207 --> 24:01.572 align:start IN WHAT WE CALL CASH BALANCES 24:01.575 --> 24:03.508 align:start FOR FISCAL YEAR '17. 24:03.511 --> 24:04.042 align:start THAT'S MONEY WE CAN USE AS A 24:04.045 --> 24:05.843 align:start ONE-TIME AMOUNT. 24:05.846 --> 24:06.577 align:start SOME OF IT COULD BE USED FOR 24:06.580 --> 24:08.446 align:start ONGOING SPENDING. 24:08.449 --> 24:11.416 align:start SO THERE IS THAT PART OF IT. 24:11.419 --> 24:13.217 align:start THE BIGGEST PART, I THINK, IS 24:13.220 --> 24:14.919 align:start THE GOVERNOR THIS YEAR IN HIS 24:14.922 --> 24:16.754 align:start STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS 24:16.757 --> 24:19.590 align:start SAYING, LOOK, WE HAVE TO SETTLE 24:19.593 --> 24:22.327 align:start THIS K-12 INFLATION LITIGATION 24:22.330 --> 24:26.798 align:start THAT WE HAVE. 24:26.801 --> 24:28.299 align:start THE SENSE THAT HE GAVE IS THAT 24:28.302 --> 24:31.169 align:start THERE IS THIS NARRATIVE THAT 24:31.172 --> 24:31.969 align:start WE'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH FOR THE 24:31.972 --> 24:33.604 align:start SCHOOLS. 24:33.607 --> 24:35.206 align:start LET'S PUT A STOP TO THAT. 24:35.209 --> 24:36.107 align:start THAT WAS THE SENSE, THAT WAS THE 24:36.110 --> 24:38.076 align:start IMPRESSION THAT HE GAVE. 24:38.079 --> 24:40.478 align:start AS A RESULT OF THAT WE NOW HAVE, 24:40.481 --> 24:42.447 align:start AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS 24:42.450 --> 24:44.315 align:start SETTLEMENT IN PROPOSITION 123. 24:44.318 --> 24:46.851 align:start >> ARE LAWMAKERS SORT OF WAITING 24:46.854 --> 24:48.186 align:start TO SEE WHAT THE FEELING IS, THE 24:48.189 --> 24:49.921 align:start GENERAL SENSE IN ARIZONA WHEN IT 24:49.924 --> 24:51.589 align:start COMES TO PROP 123? 24:51.592 --> 24:53.324 align:start BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE 24:53.327 --> 24:54.525 align:start TO WAIT AND SEE BUT THEY CAN'T 24:54.528 --> 24:55.660 align:start WAIT UNTIL THE END OF MAY. 24:55.663 --> 24:58.930 align:start >> RIGHT. 24:58.933 --> 25:00.331 align:start THE BUDGET IS TYPICALLY PASSED 25:00.334 --> 25:02.133 align:start BETWEEN MARCH AND FIRST COUPLE 25:02.136 --> 25:04.635 align:start OF WEEKS OF APRIL. 25:04.638 --> 25:06.104 align:start AND WE ARE NOW GETTING INTO THE 25:06.107 --> 25:10.141 align:start END OF THE MONTH. 25:10.144 --> 25:12.276 align:start WE STILL DON'T HAVE A BUDGET. 25:12.279 --> 25:13.544 align:start WE AVOID PASSING THE BUDGET 25:13.547 --> 25:15.013 align:start EARLY FOR MANY REASONS. 25:15.016 --> 25:16.814 align:start AGENCIES HAVE TO MAKE THEIR 25:16.817 --> 25:18.082 align:start BUDGETS, AND IF THEY HAVE THE 25:18.085 --> 25:19.117 align:start NUMBERS FIRMED UP EARLY ON, 25:19.120 --> 25:20.451 align:start THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM. 25:20.454 --> 25:21.652 align:start BUT ALSO IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR 25:21.655 --> 25:23.654 align:start THE SCHOOLS TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE 25:23.657 --> 25:25.123 align:start GOING TO GET, EARLY. 25:25.126 --> 25:27.125 align:start THAT'S WHY EACH YEAR THEY TRY TO 25:27.128 --> 25:29.060 align:start PASS THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, AS 25:29.063 --> 25:30.361 align:start FAST AS WE THEY CAN. 25:30.364 --> 25:33.131 align:start OF COURSE, THE BUDGET IS THE 25:33.134 --> 25:35.366 align:start ONLY THING THEY REALLY IS 25:35.369 --> 25:37.068 align:start CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED TO DO. 25:37.071 --> 25:37.969 align:start EVERY OTHER LAW IS -- THEY DON'T 25:37.972 --> 25:40.505 align:start HAVE TO DO ANY OF THOSE. 25:40.508 --> 25:41.706 align:start >> YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING THE 25:41.709 --> 25:42.940 align:start LEGISLATURE FOR A WHILE NOW. 25:42.943 --> 25:44.375 align:start WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS SET 25:44.378 --> 25:46.177 align:start OF LAWMAKERS THAT YOU HAVEN'T 25:46.180 --> 25:47.578 align:start SEEN IN THE PAST? 25:47.581 --> 25:52.950 align:start >> THIS YEAR THERE IS NOT A 25:52.953 --> 25:55.186 align:start WHOLE LOT OF CONTROVERSY THAT 25:55.189 --> 25:56.821 align:start EMANATES FROM BILLS DEALING WITH 25:56.824 --> 25:59.023 align:start IMMIGRATION OR SOCIAL 25:59.026 --> 26:02.860 align:start CONSERVATIVE ISSUES. 26:02.863 --> 26:03.227 align:start THIS YEAR HAS BEEN MORE POLICY 26:03.230 --> 26:06.864 align:start ORIENTED. 26:06.867 --> 26:08.533 align:start THAT'S A RESULT OF THE CONSENSUS 26:08.536 --> 26:10.401 align:start IS CHANGING AND WE'VE HAD MORE 26:10.404 --> 26:11.903 align:start OF A CHANCE TO FOCUS ON WHAT WE 26:11.906 --> 26:13.771 align:start WANT TO DO FOR KIDS, FOR 26:13.774 --> 26:14.972 align:start EXAMPLE, EVEN FOR KIDS CARE, BUT 26:14.975 --> 26:16.841 align:start SPECIFICALLY K-12 EDUCATION 26:16.844 --> 26:19.377 align:start BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD MORE MONEY 26:19.380 --> 26:19.677 align:start COMING IN THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE 26:19.680 --> 26:21.112 align:start PAST. 26:21.115 --> 26:23.748 align:start AND ANOTHER REASON FOR THAT IS 26:23.751 --> 26:25.917 align:start THAT I THINK THE STATE HAS DONE 26:25.920 --> 26:28.052 align:start OR HAS TRIED TO DO WHAT IT COULD 26:28.055 --> 26:29.454 align:start ON THE IMMIGRATION FRONT, FOR 26:29.457 --> 26:31.456 align:start EXAMPLE, WITH 1070. 26:31.459 --> 26:32.757 align:start AND THE COURT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE 26:32.760 --> 26:34.359 align:start CAN'T REALLY DO A WHOLE LOT. 26:34.362 --> 26:35.827 align:start AND I THINK THERE IS AN 26:35.830 --> 26:39.330 align:start UNDERSTANDING AMONG LAWMAKERS, 26:39.333 --> 26:41.532 align:start EVEN AMONG THOSE WHO SUPPORT 26:41.535 --> 26:44.402 align:start 1070 TYPE OF MEASURES, THAT 26:44.405 --> 26:46.704 align:start WE'VE DONE WHAT WE COULD, AND 26:46.707 --> 26:51.009 align:start EITHER WE END UP IN LITIGATION 26:51.012 --> 26:52.543 align:start AGAIN AND LOSE OR SOME OF THE 26:52.546 --> 26:53.945 align:start MEMBERS PROBABLY WON'T GO ALONG. 26:53.948 --> 26:55.813 align:start AND THOSE BILLS WILL PROBABLY 26:55.816 --> 26:57.281 align:start JUST DIE, YOU KNOW, ON THE 26:57.284 --> 26:57.582 align:start SENATE FLOOR OR ON THE HOUSE 26:57.585 --> 26:59.183 align:start FLOOR. 26:59.186 --> 27:00.485 align:start SO THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT OF 27:00.488 --> 27:00.852 align:start APPETITE FOR THOSE KINDS OF 27:00.855 --> 27:02.754 align:start MEASURES. 27:02.757 --> 27:04.389 align:start AND OF COURSE, AS I MENTIONED, 27:04.392 --> 27:07.091 align:start THE GOVERNOR IS REALLY FOCUSED 27:07.094 --> 27:07.392 align:start ON IMPROVING THE IMAGE OF THE 27:07.395 --> 27:08.893 align:start STATE. 27:08.896 --> 27:11.362 align:start I THINK TO A CERTAIN EXTENT HE 27:11.365 --> 27:13.398 align:start HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO 27:13.401 --> 27:15.033 align:start PREVENT THOSE TYPES OF BILLS 27:15.036 --> 27:17.201 align:start FROM REACHING HIS DESK, WHICH IS 27:17.204 --> 27:17.568 align:start ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE JOB OF THE 27:17.571 --> 27:20.471 align:start GOVERNOR. 27:20.474 --> 27:22.840 align:start IF HE DOESN'T WANT SOMETHING, HE 27:22.843 --> 27:24.008 align:start DOES HIS BEST TO KILL IT BEFORE 27:24.011 --> 27:26.177 align:start REACHING HIS DESK. 27:26.180 --> 27:27.378 align:start >> AS OF OUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON 27:27.381 --> 27:31.816 align:start RECORDING, ARIZONA LAWMAKERS 27:31.819 --> 27:33.284 align:start STILL HAD NOT SUBMITTED A FINAL 27:33.287 --> 27:33.918 align:start BUDGET. 27:33.921 --> 27:36.721 align:start ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA WILL 27:36.724 --> 27:37.989 align:start CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE 27:37.992 --> 27:39.657 align:start LEGISLATURE'S PROGRESS AND ANY 27:39.660 --> 27:40.058 align:start UPDATES WILL BE POSTED ON OUR 27:40.061 --> 27:41.492 align:start WEBSITE. 27:41.495 --> 27:41.859 align:start NEXT WEEK AN INTERVIEW WITH THE 27:41.862 --> 27:43.494 align:start GOVERNOR. 27:43.497 --> 27:44.195 align:start FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC 27:44.198 --> 27:44.696 align:start MEDIA I'M LORRAINE RIVERA.