1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,712 STATE OF ARIZONA DISAPPOINTS MANY. 2 00:00:13,714 --> 00:00:14,680 MANY. >> THAT'S LIKE PENALIZING 3 00:00:14,682 --> 00:00:16,515 >> THAT'S LIKE PENALIZING SOMEBODY FOR DOING THE RIGHT 4 00:00:16,517 --> 00:00:16,815 SOMEBODY FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. 5 00:00:16,817 --> 00:00:18,484 THING. THE CUTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. 6 00:00:18,486 --> 00:00:19,985 THE CUTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. WE'RE PAST THE FAT. 7 00:00:19,987 --> 00:00:21,520 WE'RE PAST THE FAT. WE'RE FAST CUTTING MUSCLE. 8 00:00:21,522 --> 00:00:22,454 WE'RE FAST CUTTING MUSCLE. WE'RE CUTTING BONE. 9 00:00:22,456 --> 00:00:25,524 WE'RE CUTTING BONE. >> CUTS TO K-12 EDUCATION AND 10 00:00:25,526 --> 00:00:26,425 >> CUTS TO K-12 EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION. 11 00:00:26,427 --> 00:00:29,194 HIGHER EDUCATION. WHAT'S THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD. 12 00:00:29,196 --> 00:00:31,230 WHAT'S THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD. >> THESE ARE NOT CATASTROPHIC 13 00:00:31,232 --> 00:00:33,866 >> THESE ARE NOT CATASTROPHIC CUTS BY ANY STRETCH AND WE DON'T 14 00:00:33,868 --> 00:00:34,900 CUTS BY ANY STRETCH AND WE DON'T CHARACTERIZE THEM THAT WAY. 15 00:00:34,902 --> 00:00:37,202 CHARACTERIZE THEM THAT WAY. THE POINT IS ITS REALLY THE 16 00:00:37,204 --> 00:00:38,470 THE POINT IS ITS REALLY THE ACCUMULATION OF THE CUTS THAT 17 00:00:38,472 --> 00:00:40,773 ACCUMULATION OF THE CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE OVER 18 00:00:40,775 --> 00:00:41,073 HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE OVER TIME. 19 00:00:41,075 --> 00:01:02,194 TIME. >> THIS IS ARIZONA WEEK. 20 00:01:02,196 --> 00:01:07,599 >> THIS IS ARIZONA WEEK. >>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING 21 00:01:07,601 --> 00:01:10,436 >>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. 22 00:01:10,438 --> 00:01:11,136 US. EARLIER THIS WEEK HE RELEASED 23 00:01:11,138 --> 00:01:15,407 EARLIER THIS WEEK HE RELEASED THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 2015-1016 24 00:01:15,409 --> 00:01:15,741 THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 2015-1016 YEAR. 25 00:01:15,743 --> 00:01:17,543 YEAR. AN ESTIMATED $77 MILLION. 26 00:01:17,545 --> 00:01:19,645 AN ESTIMATED $77 MILLION. JOINING ME IS PRESIDENT OF THE 27 00:01:19,647 --> 00:01:23,816 JOINING ME IS PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS. 28 00:01:23,818 --> 00:01:24,783 ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS. ILENE JOINS US. 29 00:01:24,785 --> 00:01:26,018 ILENE JOINS US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS 30 00:01:26,020 --> 00:01:26,418 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. 31 00:01:26,420 --> 00:01:27,286 MORNING. >> GLAD TO BE WITH YOU. 32 00:01:27,288 --> 00:01:29,321 >> GLAD TO BE WITH YOU. >> 77 MILLION YOU SAID IS ABOUT 33 00:01:29,323 --> 00:01:32,524 >> 77 MILLION YOU SAID IS ABOUT A 10% CUT FROM YOUR OPERATING 34 00:01:32,526 --> 00:01:32,858 A 10% CUT FROM YOUR OPERATING BUDGET. 35 00:01:32,860 --> 00:01:34,193 BUDGET. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN IT 36 00:01:34,195 --> 00:01:35,461 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO NUMBERS? 37 00:01:35,463 --> 00:01:39,398 COMES TO NUMBERS? >> SO TODAY THE STATE IS ABOUT A 38 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,468 >> SO TODAY THE STATE IS ABOUT A 25% THUNDER ON OUR HIGHER 39 00:01:42,470 --> 00:01:43,369 25% THUNDER ON OUR HIGHER EDUCATION ENTERPRISE. 40 00:01:43,371 --> 00:01:45,237 EDUCATION ENTERPRISE. QUITE DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE THE 41 00:01:45,239 --> 00:01:45,604 QUITE DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE THE DOWNTURN. 42 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:48,574 DOWNTURN. SO THESE CUTS REPRESENT A 43 00:01:48,576 --> 00:01:50,142 SO THESE CUTS REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION TO OUR 44 00:01:50,144 --> 00:01:51,276 SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION TO OUR OPERATING BUDGET. 45 00:01:51,278 --> 00:01:53,512 OPERATING BUDGET. 77 MILLION IS ABOUT 10% OF OUR 46 00:01:53,514 --> 00:01:56,081 77 MILLION IS ABOUT 10% OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS AND IT'S TO US A 47 00:01:56,083 --> 00:01:57,516 OPERATING FUNDS AND IT'S TO US A POINT WHERE WE THINK WE NEED TO 48 00:01:57,518 --> 00:01:58,884 POINT WHERE WE THINK WE NEED TO START A SERIOUS CONVERSATION 49 00:01:58,886 --> 00:02:00,185 START A SERIOUS CONVERSATION WITH THE STATE ABOUT THE FUTURE 50 00:02:00,187 --> 00:02:01,186 WITH THE STATE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. 51 00:02:01,188 --> 00:02:02,654 OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. >> OVER THE YEARS THE 52 00:02:02,656 --> 00:02:03,622 >> OVER THE YEARS THE UNIVERSITIES HAVE CONTINUED TO 53 00:02:03,624 --> 00:02:04,456 UNIVERSITIES HAVE CONTINUED TO TAKE CUTS. 54 00:02:04,458 --> 00:02:06,325 TAKE CUTS. SO MOVING FORWARD I THINK PEOPLE 55 00:02:06,327 --> 00:02:08,994 SO MOVING FORWARD I THINK PEOPLE MIGHT WONDER WHAT DOES THIS DO 56 00:02:08,996 --> 00:02:12,164 MIGHT WONDER WHAT DOES THIS DO TO TUITION BECAUSE IN THE PAST 57 00:02:12,166 --> 00:02:14,433 TO TUITION BECAUSE IN THE PAST TUITION HAS GONE UP. 58 00:02:14,435 --> 00:02:15,234 TUITION HAS GONE UP. >> CORRECT. 59 00:02:15,236 --> 00:02:17,736 >> CORRECT. THE UNIVERSITIES LOST OVER $400 60 00:02:17,738 --> 00:02:18,537 THE UNIVERSITIES LOST OVER $400 MILLION IN FUNDING. 61 00:02:18,539 --> 00:02:20,973 MILLION IN FUNDING. THE REDUCTIONS TO ARIZONA PUBLIC 62 00:02:20,975 --> 00:02:22,007 THE REDUCTIONS TO ARIZONA PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES WERE AMONG THE 63 00:02:22,009 --> 00:02:24,243 UNIVERSITIES WERE AMONG THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY AND WITH 64 00:02:24,245 --> 00:02:26,645 LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY AND WITH THAT CAME CORRESPONDING 65 00:02:26,647 --> 00:02:28,247 THAT CAME CORRESPONDING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN 66 00:02:28,249 --> 00:02:28,580 SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN TUITION. 67 00:02:28,582 --> 00:02:29,948 TUITION. AGAIN THE LARGEST INCREASES IN 68 00:02:29,950 --> 00:02:31,350 AGAIN THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE COUNTRY. 69 00:02:31,352 --> 00:02:33,519 THE COUNTRY. ULTIMATELY WE KNOW THAT REDUCING 70 00:02:33,521 --> 00:02:35,220 ULTIMATELY WE KNOW THAT REDUCING THE STATE BUDGET FUNDS AND 71 00:02:35,222 --> 00:02:36,522 THE STATE BUDGET FUNDS AND REPLACING THAT WITH TUITION IS 72 00:02:36,524 --> 00:02:37,556 REPLACING THAT WITH TUITION IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE COURSE. 73 00:02:37,558 --> 00:02:39,892 NOT A SUSTAINABLE COURSE. THAT CAN'T BE THE SOLUTION AND 74 00:02:39,894 --> 00:02:41,193 THAT CAN'T BE THE SOLUTION AND TUITION CAN'T BE THE BACKSTOP 75 00:02:41,195 --> 00:02:45,898 TUITION CAN'T BE THE BACKSTOP FOR THE STATE'S FISCAL 76 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:46,298 FOR THE STATE'S FISCAL CHALLENGES. 77 00:02:46,300 --> 00:02:47,833 CHALLENGES. HOW DO WE GO FORWARD AND MAKE 78 00:02:47,835 --> 00:02:49,835 HOW DO WE GO FORWARD AND MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP OUR PUBLIC 79 00:02:49,837 --> 00:02:51,136 SURE WE CAN KEEP OUR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AFFORDABLE? 80 00:02:51,138 --> 00:02:55,574 UNIVERSITIES AFFORDABLE? I DON'T ANTICIPATE THESE 81 00:02:55,576 --> 00:02:56,942 I DON'T ANTICIPATE THESE REDUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN DOLLAR 82 00:02:56,944 --> 00:02:58,510 REDUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN DOLLAR BY DOLLAR REPLACEMENT BUT THAT'S 83 00:02:58,512 --> 00:03:00,245 BY DOLLAR REPLACEMENT BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH TO 84 00:03:00,247 --> 00:03:01,814 WHAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH TO DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPACTS WILL 85 00:03:01,816 --> 00:03:02,081 DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPACTS WILL BE. 86 00:03:02,083 --> 00:03:03,649 BE. >> A LOT OF STUDENTS MIGHT BE 87 00:03:03,651 --> 00:03:05,184 >> A LOT OF STUDENTS MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS UNFOLD AND THEN 88 00:03:05,186 --> 00:03:06,785 WATCHING THIS UNFOLD AND THEN THEY HEAR YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO 89 00:03:06,787 --> 00:03:08,587 THEY HEAR YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS. 90 00:03:08,589 --> 00:03:10,756 HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS. WHAT DO THE CONVERSATIONS ENTAIL 91 00:03:10,758 --> 00:03:12,591 WHAT DO THE CONVERSATIONS ENTAIL AND HOW QUICKLY WILL WE SEE 92 00:03:12,593 --> 00:03:14,760 AND HOW QUICKLY WILL WE SEE RESOLUTION TO ALL OF THIS? 93 00:03:14,762 --> 00:03:17,029 RESOLUTION TO ALL OF THIS? >> SO WE HAVE STARTED SOME 94 00:03:17,031 --> 00:03:18,430 >> SO WE HAVE STARTED SOME CONVERSATIONS, THE REGENTS AND 95 00:03:18,432 --> 00:03:19,698 CONVERSATIONS, THE REGENTS AND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT WITH OUR 96 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:21,967 UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT WITH OUR NEW GOVERNOR AND WITH OUR NEW 97 00:03:21,969 --> 00:03:23,235 NEW GOVERNOR AND WITH OUR NEW LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO TALK 98 00:03:23,237 --> 00:03:24,436 LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO TALK ABOUT EXACTLY THAT. 99 00:03:24,438 --> 00:03:26,105 ABOUT EXACTLY THAT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN 100 00:03:26,107 --> 00:03:28,107 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET OUR UNIVERSITIES ON A 101 00:03:28,109 --> 00:03:29,375 GET OUR UNIVERSITIES ON A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING COURSE. 102 00:03:29,377 --> 00:03:30,976 SUSTAINABLE FUNDING COURSE. SO DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF 103 00:03:30,978 --> 00:03:32,244 SO DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE WERE VERY PLEASED 104 00:03:32,246 --> 00:03:33,779 YEARS WE WERE VERY PLEASED BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE WAS 105 00:03:33,781 --> 00:03:35,781 BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE WAS BEGINNING TO ADD DOLLARS BACK TO 106 00:03:35,783 --> 00:03:37,116 BEGINNING TO ADD DOLLARS BACK TO OUR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES. 107 00:03:37,118 --> 00:03:38,751 OUR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES. SO THESE REDUCTIONS, WHILE 108 00:03:38,753 --> 00:03:41,020 SO THESE REDUCTIONS, WHILE THEY'RE NOT CATASTROPHIC THEY 109 00:03:41,022 --> 00:03:47,726 THEY'RE NOT CATASTROPHIC THEY SIGNAL A CHALLENGE FOR US. 110 00:03:47,728 --> 00:03:49,294 SIGNAL A CHALLENGE FOR US. AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO COVER 111 00:03:49,296 --> 00:03:51,397 AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO COVER AND IT'S NOT RECOVERING AS 112 00:03:51,399 --> 00:03:55,401 AND IT'S NOT RECOVERING AS RAPIDLY AS WE WOULD LIKE, WE'RE 113 00:03:55,403 --> 00:03:59,238 RAPIDLY AS WE WOULD LIKE, WE'RE CONCERNED THEY'RE SEEING A LAPSE 114 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,740 CONCERNED THEY'RE SEEING A LAPSE IN FUNDING. 115 00:04:01,742 --> 00:04:03,075 IN FUNDING. THE TREND IS TOWARD DEFUNDING 116 00:04:03,077 --> 00:04:03,809 THE TREND IS TOWARD DEFUNDING OUR UNIVERSITIES. 117 00:04:03,811 --> 00:04:05,244 OUR UNIVERSITIES. THE STATE IS AN IMPORTANT 118 00:04:05,246 --> 00:04:07,046 THE STATE IS AN IMPORTANT PARTNER AND CONTRIBUTOR AND 119 00:04:07,048 --> 00:04:09,148 PARTNER AND CONTRIBUTOR AND THEY'RE CONSTITUTIONAL ENTITIES. 120 00:04:09,150 --> 00:04:12,651 THEY'RE CONSTITUTIONAL ENTITIES. WE NEED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 121 00:04:12,653 --> 00:04:14,219 WE NEED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS 122 00:04:14,221 --> 00:04:15,821 EXACTLY WHAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE IN TERMS OF REAL DOLLARS 123 00:04:15,823 --> 00:04:18,023 WILL BE IN TERMS OF REAL DOLLARS AND HOW WE GET THOSE DOLLARS 124 00:04:18,025 --> 00:04:19,024 AND HOW WE GET THOSE DOLLARS DISTRIBUTED TO THE UNIVERSITIES. 125 00:04:19,026 --> 00:04:21,160 DISTRIBUTED TO THE UNIVERSITIES. IT'S A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT 126 00:04:21,162 --> 00:04:22,461 IT'S A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT REFORM THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. 127 00:04:22,463 --> 00:04:24,129 REFORM THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. >> WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE 128 00:04:24,131 --> 00:04:27,299 >> WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 129 00:04:27,301 --> 00:04:30,135 NUMBERS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 10% OPERATING CUT. 130 00:04:30,137 --> 00:04:31,537 10% OPERATING CUT. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE ARE WATCHING 131 00:04:31,539 --> 00:04:33,505 MAYBE SOME PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS AND SAYING THAT'S NOT TOO 132 00:04:33,507 --> 00:04:35,574 THIS AND SAYING THAT'S NOT TOO BAD BUT IT IS SIGNIFICANT. 133 00:04:35,576 --> 00:04:36,041 BAD BUT IT IS SIGNIFICANT. >> CORRECT. 134 00:04:36,043 --> 00:04:38,143 >> CORRECT. SO IT'S CERTAINLY -- AGREED. 135 00:04:38,145 --> 00:04:43,716 SO IT'S CERTAINLY -- AGREED. SO THESE ARE NOT SATS TRCATASTR 136 00:04:43,718 --> 00:04:45,317 SO THESE ARE NOT SATS TRCATASTR CUTS BY ANY STRETCH AND WE DON'T 137 00:04:45,319 --> 00:04:46,585 CUTS BY ANY STRETCH AND WE DON'T CHARACTERIZE THEM THAT WAY. 138 00:04:46,587 --> 00:04:48,420 CHARACTERIZE THEM THAT WAY. IT'S REALLY THE ACCUMULATION OF 139 00:04:48,422 --> 00:04:50,422 IT'S REALLY THE ACCUMULATION OF THE CUTS TAKING PLACE OVER TIME 140 00:04:50,424 --> 00:04:52,458 THE CUTS TAKING PLACE OVER TIME AND THE CONTINUED RELIANCE ON 141 00:04:52,460 --> 00:04:52,791 AND THE CONTINUED RELIANCE ON TUITION. 142 00:04:52,793 --> 00:04:54,259 TUITION. THAT'S THE TREND THAT NEEDS TO 143 00:04:54,261 --> 00:04:54,593 THAT'S THE TREND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. 144 00:04:54,595 --> 00:04:57,596 CHANGE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS 145 00:04:57,598 --> 00:04:58,998 SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS CLEARLY FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN 146 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,499 CLEARLY FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE REDUCTIONS THOUGHTFULLY AND 147 00:05:00,501 --> 00:05:06,271 MAKE REDUCTIONS THOUGHTFULLY AND IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT IMPACT 148 00:05:06,273 --> 00:05:08,674 IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT IMPACT ACCESS OR AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR 149 00:05:08,676 --> 00:05:09,041 ACCESS OR AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS. 150 00:05:09,043 --> 00:05:10,609 STUDENTS. AND ULTIMATELY IF THE STATE 151 00:05:10,611 --> 00:05:12,745 AND ULTIMATELY IF THE STATE CAN'T CONTRIBUTE AT THE SAME 152 00:05:12,747 --> 00:05:14,480 CAN'T CONTRIBUTE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS BEFORE WHAT WILL THE 153 00:05:14,482 --> 00:05:15,180 LEVEL AS BEFORE WHAT WILL THE ANSWER BE? 154 00:05:15,182 --> 00:05:17,449 ANSWER BE? OUR PROPOSAL IS WE WORK ON A 155 00:05:17,451 --> 00:05:19,018 OUR PROPOSAL IS WE WORK ON A PERFORMANCE BASED FUNDING MODEL 156 00:05:19,020 --> 00:05:20,586 PERFORMANCE BASED FUNDING MODEL WHERE THE UNIVERSITIES ARE 157 00:05:20,588 --> 00:05:21,887 WHERE THE UNIVERSITIES ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR 158 00:05:21,889 --> 00:05:23,122 RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMY WHETHER 159 00:05:23,124 --> 00:05:25,424 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMY WHETHER THAT BE IN TERMS OF RESEARCH OR 160 00:05:25,426 --> 00:05:26,825 THAT BE IN TERMS OF RESEARCH OR THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES BUT 161 00:05:26,827 --> 00:05:28,827 THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES BUT SOMETHING THAT GIVES A 162 00:05:28,829 --> 00:05:29,962 SOMETHING THAT GIVES A DEFINITIVE WAY AND CONCRETE SET 163 00:05:29,964 --> 00:05:31,997 DEFINITIVE WAY AND CONCRETE SET OF EXPECTATIONS AND A CERTAIN 164 00:05:31,999 --> 00:05:33,098 OF EXPECTATIONS AND A CERTAIN FUNDING LEVEL THAT THE STATE 165 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:34,333 FUNDING LEVEL THAT THE STATE WILL CONTRIBUTE AT. 166 00:05:34,335 --> 00:05:36,669 WILL CONTRIBUTE AT. THAT NEEDS TO BE COUPLED WITH 167 00:05:36,671 --> 00:05:38,070 THAT NEEDS TO BE COUPLED WITH SERIOUS REGULATORY REFORM FOR 168 00:05:38,072 --> 00:05:38,937 SERIOUS REGULATORY REFORM FOR OUR UNIVERSITIES. 169 00:05:38,939 --> 00:05:40,773 OUR UNIVERSITIES. TODAY WE'RE REALLY LARGELY TIED 170 00:05:40,775 --> 00:05:42,307 TODAY WE'RE REALLY LARGELY TIED TO THE STATE'S ARCHITECTURE 171 00:05:42,309 --> 00:05:44,176 TO THE STATE'S ARCHITECTURE WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH BENEFITS 172 00:05:44,178 --> 00:05:49,348 WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH BENEFITS DESIGN OR REPORTING OR A HOST OF 173 00:05:49,350 --> 00:05:50,849 DESIGN OR REPORTING OR A HOST OF OTHER REGULATIONS THAT DON'T 174 00:05:50,851 --> 00:05:52,718 OTHER REGULATIONS THAT DON'T MATCH WITH THE CURRENT OPERATING 175 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:53,152 MATCH WITH THE CURRENT OPERATING MODEL. 176 00:05:53,154 --> 00:05:55,421 MODEL. WE NEED TO MAKE ADVANCES EVER 177 00:05:55,423 --> 00:05:57,690 WE NEED TO MAKE ADVANCES EVER AND COMBINE THESE TWO THOUGHTS. 178 00:05:57,692 --> 00:06:00,292 AND COMBINE THESE TWO THOUGHTS. REVAMPING OUR FUNDING MODEL AND 179 00:06:00,294 --> 00:06:03,896 REVAMPING OUR FUNDING MODEL AND RESTRUCTURING OUR REGULATIONS SO 180 00:06:03,898 --> 00:06:06,799 RESTRUCTURING OUR REGULATIONS SO THAT WE ARE FREED UP TO BEING 181 00:06:06,801 --> 00:06:08,400 THAT WE ARE FREED UP TO BEING STRONGER AND MORE 182 00:06:08,402 --> 00:06:10,235 STRONGER AND MORE ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTERPRISES. 183 00:06:10,237 --> 00:06:12,237 ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTERPRISES. >> ON AVERAGE IT COSTS AN IN 184 00:06:12,239 --> 00:06:14,006 >> ON AVERAGE IT COSTS AN IN STATE STUDENT HERE ABOUT $10,000 185 00:06:14,008 --> 00:06:14,640 STATE STUDENT HERE ABOUT $10,000 A YEAR. 186 00:06:14,642 --> 00:06:15,908 A YEAR. FOR THE STUDENTS WATCHING THIS 187 00:06:15,910 --> 00:06:17,476 FOR THE STUDENTS WATCHING THIS AND BECOMING DISCOURAGED ABOUT 188 00:06:17,478 --> 00:06:19,745 AND BECOMING DISCOURAGED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE AND FINISHING THEIR 189 00:06:19,747 --> 00:06:22,014 THEIR FUTURE AND FINISHING THEIR DEGREE AND STARTING AN EDUCATION 190 00:06:22,016 --> 00:06:23,582 DEGREE AND STARTING AN EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM? 191 00:06:23,584 --> 00:06:24,383 PROGRAM, WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM? >> RIGHT. 192 00:06:24,385 --> 00:06:26,118 >> RIGHT. WELL, CERTAINLY, THE AVERAGE 193 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:28,253 WELL, CERTAINLY, THE AVERAGE PRICE THAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE FOR 194 00:06:28,255 --> 00:06:33,826 PRICE THAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE FOR TUITION ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT 195 00:06:33,828 --> 00:06:35,094 TUITION ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT ANYBODY ULTIMATELY PAID BECAUSE 196 00:06:35,096 --> 00:06:36,528 ANYBODY ULTIMATELY PAID BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITIES WORK VERY HARD 197 00:06:36,530 --> 00:06:38,097 THE UNIVERSITIES WORK VERY HARD TO CREATE FINANCIAL AID 198 00:06:38,099 --> 00:06:39,365 TO CREATE FINANCIAL AID OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND 199 00:06:39,367 --> 00:06:40,966 OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT OUR MOST 200 00:06:40,968 --> 00:06:42,634 REALLY MAKE SURE THAT OUR MOST NEEDY STUDENTS HAVE THE FUNDING 201 00:06:42,636 --> 00:06:44,436 NEEDY STUDENTS HAVE THE FUNDING THAT THEY NEED AVAILABLE TO THEM 202 00:06:44,438 --> 00:06:47,272 THAT THEY NEED AVAILABLE TO THEM SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR 203 00:06:47,274 --> 00:06:47,606 SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES. 204 00:06:47,608 --> 00:06:51,243 STUDIES. THAT COMMITMENT WON'T CHANGE. 205 00:06:51,245 --> 00:06:53,879 THAT COMMITMENT WON'T CHANGE. OUR BOARD IS CONCERNED WITH 206 00:06:53,881 --> 00:06:56,281 OUR BOARD IS CONCERNED WITH TRYING TO TURN THE TIDE AND 207 00:06:56,283 --> 00:07:00,686 TRYING TO TURN THE TIDE AND WORKING HARD ON EFFICIENT SYS TO 208 00:07:00,688 --> 00:07:01,920 WORKING HARD ON EFFICIENT SYS TO KEEP COSTS DOWN. 209 00:07:01,922 --> 00:07:06,625 KEEP COSTS DOWN. THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO IMPROVE 210 00:07:06,627 --> 00:07:10,095 THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO IMPROVE YOUR POSSIBILITIES THAN HIGHER 211 00:07:10,097 --> 00:07:10,462 YOUR POSSIBILITIES THAN HIGHER EDUCATION. 212 00:07:10,464 --> 00:07:12,831 EDUCATION. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR 213 00:07:12,833 --> 00:07:14,767 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR UNIVERSITIES ARE STRONG, THEY'RE 214 00:07:14,769 --> 00:07:15,501 UNIVERSITIES ARE STRONG, THEY'RE AFFORDABLE, AND THEY'RE 215 00:07:15,503 --> 00:07:17,536 AFFORDABLE, AND THEY'RE POSITIONED TO PROVIDE THE HIGH 216 00:07:17,538 --> 00:07:24,343 POSITIONED TO PROVIDE THE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION THAT OUR 217 00:07:24,345 --> 00:07:24,843 QUALITY EDUCATION THAT OUR ARIZONIANS NEED. 218 00:07:24,845 --> 00:07:26,045 ARIZONIANS NEED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 219 00:07:26,047 --> 00:07:26,345 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 220 00:07:26,347 --> 00:07:28,180 TIME. THE BUDGET CUTS ARE HIKELY TO 221 00:07:28,182 --> 00:07:30,115 THE BUDGET CUTS ARE HIKELY TO HEADLINE DISCUSSION IN THE STATE 222 00:07:30,117 --> 00:07:30,516 HEADLINE DISCUSSION IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. 223 00:07:30,518 --> 00:07:32,418 LEGISLATURE. THE REPRESENTATIVE IS ON THE 224 00:07:32,420 --> 00:07:33,719 THE REPRESENTATIVE IS ON THE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND 225 00:07:33,721 --> 00:07:35,254 HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND BEFORE TAKING PUBLIC OFFICE 226 00:07:35,256 --> 00:07:40,092 BEFORE TAKING PUBLIC OFFICE WORKED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 227 00:07:40,094 --> 00:07:40,459 WORKED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. 228 00:07:40,461 --> 00:07:41,360 ARIZONA. >> WHAT WERE YOUR INITIAL 229 00:07:41,362 --> 00:07:43,762 >> WHAT WERE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS WHEN YOU SAW THE BUDGET 230 00:07:43,764 --> 00:07:46,799 THOUGHTS WHEN YOU SAW THE BUDGET AND 75 MILLION CUTS TO HIGHER 231 00:07:46,801 --> 00:07:47,199 AND 75 MILLION CUTS TO HIGHER EDUCATION. 232 00:07:47,201 --> 00:07:49,468 EDUCATION. >> A LOT OF CONCERN. 233 00:07:49,470 --> 00:07:51,337 >> A LOT OF CONCERN. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT 234 00:07:51,339 --> 00:07:52,738 WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AMOUNT OF CAP TO THE UNIVERSITY 235 00:07:52,740 --> 00:07:54,440 AMOUNT OF CAP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WHICH MEANS RIGHT 236 00:07:54,442 --> 00:07:57,142 OF ARIZONA WHICH MEANS RIGHT AWAY WHAT I THINK, IT'S THE 237 00:07:57,144 --> 00:08:01,347 AWAY WHAT I THINK, IT'S THE TUITION GOING UP AGAIN. 238 00:08:01,349 --> 00:08:05,818 TUITION GOING UP AGAIN. AND THAT'S GOING BY A LOT OF 239 00:08:05,820 --> 00:08:06,185 AND THAT'S GOING BY A LOT OF STUDENTS. 240 00:08:06,187 --> 00:08:07,953 STUDENTS. THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD BE 241 00:08:07,955 --> 00:08:09,822 THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN EDUCATION. 242 00:08:09,824 --> 00:08:12,024 INVESTING IN EDUCATION. INVESTING IN A FUTURE TO ATTRACT 243 00:08:12,026 --> 00:08:16,595 INVESTING IN A FUTURE TO ATTRACT BETTER EMPLOYERS TO ARIZONA. 244 00:08:16,597 --> 00:08:18,630 BETTER EMPLOYERS TO ARIZONA. AND THAT'S JUST COUNTER 245 00:08:18,632 --> 00:08:19,898 AND THAT'S JUST COUNTER PRODUCTIVE IN MY WAY OF LOOKING 246 00:08:19,900 --> 00:08:21,433 PRODUCTIVE IN MY WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. 247 00:08:21,435 --> 00:08:23,502 AT IT. THE UNIVERSITY HAS ALWAYS 248 00:08:23,504 --> 00:08:25,004 THE UNIVERSITY HAS ALWAYS DONE -- NOT BECAUSE I WORKED 249 00:08:25,006 --> 00:08:26,772 DONE -- NOT BECAUSE I WORKED THERE -- BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A 250 00:08:26,774 --> 00:08:28,307 THERE -- BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND 251 00:08:28,309 --> 00:08:32,845 LEADER IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THAT ATTRACTS AND TRANSFERS INTO 252 00:08:32,847 --> 00:08:33,879 THAT ATTRACTS AND TRANSFERS INTO TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL ATTRACT 253 00:08:33,881 --> 00:08:35,280 TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL ATTRACT EMPLOYMENT, ET CETERA, AND 254 00:08:35,282 --> 00:08:35,681 EMPLOYMENT, ET CETERA, AND DEVELOPMENT. 255 00:08:35,683 --> 00:08:37,082 DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP IT. 256 00:08:37,084 --> 00:08:40,152 THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP IT. WE NEED SOME SUPPORT AT THE 257 00:08:40,154 --> 00:08:40,552 WE NEED SOME SUPPORT AT THE UNIVERSITY. 258 00:08:40,554 --> 00:08:41,954 UNIVERSITY. AT ALL THREE INSTITUTIONS. 259 00:08:41,956 --> 00:08:44,089 AT ALL THREE INSTITUTIONS. >> YOUR BACKGROUND IS IN HIGHER 260 00:08:44,091 --> 00:08:44,490 >> YOUR BACKGROUND IS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 261 00:08:44,492 --> 00:08:45,124 EDUCATION. >> YES IT IS. 262 00:08:45,126 --> 00:08:46,525 >> YES IT IS. >> YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE HERE 263 00:08:46,527 --> 00:08:48,260 >> YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE HERE AT THE LEGISLATURE SO WHAT CAN 264 00:08:48,262 --> 00:08:52,364 AT THE LEGISLATURE SO WHAT CAN YOU DO RIGHT NOW AS OF THE STATE 265 00:08:52,366 --> 00:08:54,867 YOU DO RIGHT NOW AS OF THE STATE LEGISLATOR TO TRY TO CHANGE 266 00:08:54,869 --> 00:08:55,167 LEGISLATOR TO TRY TO CHANGE THIS? 267 00:08:55,169 --> 00:08:55,901 THIS? WHAT DO YOU DO? 268 00:08:55,903 --> 00:08:58,270 WHAT DO YOU DO? >> WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO -- 269 00:08:58,272 --> 00:09:00,339 >> WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO -- THROUGH OUR COMMITTEES, FOR 270 00:09:00,341 --> 00:09:01,874 THROUGH OUR COMMITTEES, FOR EXAMPLE, SPEAK TO THE MAJORITY 271 00:09:01,876 --> 00:09:04,576 EXAMPLE, SPEAK TO THE MAJORITY IN CONTROL AT THIS POINT AND 272 00:09:04,578 --> 00:09:07,279 IN CONTROL AT THIS POINT AND CONVINCE THEM THAT LET'S TRY TO 273 00:09:07,281 --> 00:09:10,082 CONVINCE THEM THAT LET'S TRY TO DO MORE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND 274 00:09:10,084 --> 00:09:12,918 DO MORE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE BECAUSE 275 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:17,489 COMMUNITY COLLEGE BECAUSE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ALSO GOT A 276 00:09:17,491 --> 00:09:20,192 COMMUNITY COLLEGES ALSO GOT A CUT AND NOW THAT'S ANOTHER AREA 277 00:09:20,194 --> 00:09:21,760 CUT AND NOW THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WE SHOULD BE CUTTING BECAUSE AT 278 00:09:21,762 --> 00:09:26,265 WE SHOULD BE CUTTING BECAUSE AT THIS POINT THEY NEED ALL THE 279 00:09:26,267 --> 00:09:32,137 THIS POINT THEY NEED ALL THE SUPPORT THEY CAN GET TO IMPROVE 280 00:09:32,139 --> 00:09:33,272 SUPPORT THEY CAN GET TO IMPROVE THE GLOBAL TRAINING. 281 00:09:33,274 --> 00:09:35,140 THE GLOBAL TRAINING. WE TALKED ON MANY ASPECTS. 282 00:09:35,142 --> 00:09:36,709 WE TALKED ON MANY ASPECTS. BOTH PARTIES ARE OBVIOUSLY 283 00:09:36,711 --> 00:09:40,379 BOTH PARTIES ARE OBVIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE 284 00:09:40,381 --> 00:09:42,114 TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE TRAINING FOR GLOBAL SOCIETY. 285 00:09:42,116 --> 00:09:43,916 TRAINING FOR GLOBAL SOCIETY. FOR A VERY COMPETITIVE SOCIETY. 286 00:09:43,918 --> 00:09:46,919 FOR A VERY COMPETITIVE SOCIETY. WE TALK ABOUT MEXICO HAVING SUCH 287 00:09:46,921 --> 00:09:49,688 WE TALK ABOUT MEXICO HAVING SUCH A GIGANTIC ROLE NOW RELATED TO 288 00:09:49,690 --> 00:09:50,322 A GIGANTIC ROLE NOW RELATED TO OUR ECONOMY. 289 00:09:50,324 --> 00:09:56,595 OUR ECONOMY. THIS IS A TIME TO BEGIN TO 290 00:09:56,597 --> 00:09:59,331 THIS IS A TIME TO BEGIN TO PROMOTE PROGRAMS THAT WILL 291 00:09:59,333 --> 00:10:00,899 PROMOTE PROGRAMS THAT WILL IMPROVE THOSE CONDITIONS. 292 00:10:00,901 --> 00:10:02,735 IMPROVE THOSE CONDITIONS. I MYSELF WOULD BE LOOKING AT AND 293 00:10:02,737 --> 00:10:04,336 I MYSELF WOULD BE LOOKING AT AND AM LOOKING AT FOR EXAMPLE THE 294 00:10:04,338 --> 00:10:07,606 AM LOOKING AT FOR EXAMPLE THE REPEAL OF RESOLUTION 203 WHICH 295 00:10:07,608 --> 00:10:09,375 REPEAL OF RESOLUTION 203 WHICH MAKES IT AGAINST THE LAW TO USE 296 00:10:09,377 --> 00:10:11,677 MAKES IT AGAINST THE LAW TO USE SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS WHO 297 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,812 SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH ENGLISH BUT 298 00:10:13,814 --> 00:10:15,948 HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH ENGLISH BUT THE IDEA IS TO PROMOTE LANGUAGES 299 00:10:15,950 --> 00:10:18,917 THE IDEA IS TO PROMOTE LANGUAGES FOR BOTH CULTURES TO COME OUT 300 00:10:18,919 --> 00:10:25,891 FOR BOTH CULTURES TO COME OUT WORLD VIEWS FOR THE ONES WE'RE 301 00:10:25,893 --> 00:10:26,759 WORLD VIEWS FOR THE ONES WE'RE PREPARING AT THE COMMUNITY 302 00:10:26,761 --> 00:10:27,893 PREPARING AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES. 303 00:10:27,895 --> 00:10:29,428 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES. >> COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAVE GROWN 304 00:10:29,430 --> 00:10:31,330 >> COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAVE GROWN OVER THE LAST DECADES. 305 00:10:31,332 --> 00:10:34,767 OVER THE LAST DECADES. MORE SITES, MORE AVAILABLE, MORE 306 00:10:34,769 --> 00:10:35,300 MORE SITES, MORE AVAILABLE, MORE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE. 307 00:10:35,302 --> 00:10:36,268 OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE. EVEN WITH FAMILIES. 308 00:10:36,270 --> 00:10:38,037 EVEN WITH FAMILIES. PERHAPS THE SYSTEM GOT TOO BIG 309 00:10:38,039 --> 00:10:40,406 PERHAPS THE SYSTEM GOT TOO BIG AND THE STATE CAN'T SUSTAIN IT? 310 00:10:40,408 --> 00:10:41,573 AND THE STATE CAN'T SUSTAIN IT? IS THAT A VIABLE ARGUMENT? 311 00:10:41,575 --> 00:10:42,708 IS THAT A VIABLE ARGUMENT? >> I DON'T THINK SO. 312 00:10:42,710 --> 00:10:44,977 >> I DON'T THINK SO. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S TOO BIG OF A 313 00:10:44,979 --> 00:10:45,310 IT'S NOT THAT IT'S TOO BIG OF A SYSTEM. 314 00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:50,916 SYSTEM. IT'S BEEN A VERY POPULAR SYSTEM 315 00:10:50,918 --> 00:10:53,118 IT'S BEEN A VERY POPULAR SYSTEM THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT 316 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:54,787 THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ORDINARILY, MANY TIMES 317 00:10:54,789 --> 00:10:55,654 ORDINARILY, MANY TIMES NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS, 318 00:10:55,656 --> 00:10:57,623 NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS, SOMETIMES STUDENTS WOULD HAVE 319 00:10:57,625 --> 00:11:02,227 SOMETIMES STUDENTS WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY GOING STRAIGHT TO A 320 00:11:02,229 --> 00:11:04,430 DIFFICULTY GOING STRAIGHT TO A UNIVERSITY BUT IT OPENED A DOOR 321 00:11:04,432 --> 00:11:05,764 UNIVERSITY BUT IT OPENED A DOOR AND THAT DOOR GAME OPEN AND WE 322 00:11:05,766 --> 00:11:07,866 AND THAT DOOR GAME OPEN AND WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS 323 00:11:07,868 --> 00:11:08,300 HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING. 324 00:11:08,302 --> 00:11:09,568 PARTICIPATING. THAT IS GOOD. 325 00:11:09,570 --> 00:11:11,136 THAT IS GOOD. LET'S SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. 326 00:11:11,138 --> 00:11:12,971 LET'S SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE 327 00:11:12,973 --> 00:11:15,074 LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THEM THE TYPE OF EDUCATION WHERE 328 00:11:15,076 --> 00:11:16,141 THEM THE TYPE OF EDUCATION WHERE THEY WILL BE GOING INTO A 329 00:11:16,143 --> 00:11:17,443 THEY WILL BE GOING INTO A UNIVERSITY AND THEY'RE GOING 330 00:11:17,445 --> 00:11:19,678 UNIVERSITY AND THEY'RE GOING INTO A PROFESSION THAT REQUIRED 331 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:20,045 INTO A PROFESSION THAT REQUIRED TRAINING. 332 00:11:20,047 --> 00:11:22,481 TRAINING. IT'S A GOOD THING. 333 00:11:22,483 --> 00:11:24,216 IT'S A GOOD THING. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE EVEN 334 00:11:24,218 --> 00:11:28,187 >> THERE ARE PEOPLE EVEN CONSTITUENTS PROBABLY SAYING 335 00:11:28,189 --> 00:11:33,359 CONSTITUENTS PROBABLY SAYING THIS HAD TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT'S 336 00:11:33,361 --> 00:11:35,060 THIS HAD TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT'S SO STRAINED. 337 00:11:35,062 --> 00:11:39,598 SO STRAINED. >> WE NEED TO IMPROVE IN MANY 338 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:40,532 >> WE NEED TO IMPROVE IN MANY STATES. 339 00:11:40,534 --> 00:11:43,469 STATES. THEY'RE PROVIDING -- YOU'RE 340 00:11:43,471 --> 00:11:44,737 THEY'RE PROVIDING -- YOU'RE INVESTING SOME IN A DIFFICULT 341 00:11:44,739 --> 00:11:46,105 INVESTING SOME IN A DIFFICULT TIME BUT THIS IS THE TIME TO 342 00:11:46,107 --> 00:11:47,940 TIME BUT THIS IS THE TIME TO MAKE THE INVESTMENTS SO THAT WE 343 00:11:47,942 --> 00:11:51,477 MAKE THE INVESTMENTS SO THAT WE CAN COMPETE WITH OTHER STATES. 344 00:11:51,479 --> 00:11:53,412 CAN COMPETE WITH OTHER STATES. IT'S THAT WE HAVE LEFT IT ASIDE 345 00:11:53,414 --> 00:11:57,249 IT'S THAT WE HAVE LEFT IT ASIDE FOR SO LONG AND IT'S TIME TO 346 00:11:57,251 --> 00:12:02,021 FOR SO LONG AND IT'S TIME TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE MOVE, 347 00:12:02,023 --> 00:12:08,293 TAKE, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE MOVE, THE HARD MOVE AND INVEST AND 348 00:12:08,295 --> 00:12:09,094 THE HARD MOVE AND INVEST AND MAKE THE RETURNS. 349 00:12:09,096 --> 00:12:10,396 MAKE THE RETURNS. THE RETURNS ARE ALREADY COMING 350 00:12:10,398 --> 00:12:12,965 THE RETURNS ARE ALREADY COMING THROUGH FOR ASU AND NORTHERN 351 00:12:12,967 --> 00:12:15,167 THROUGH FOR ASU AND NORTHERN ARIZONA ARE PROVIDING NEW 352 00:12:15,169 --> 00:12:27,379 ARIZONA ARE PROVIDING NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW, NEW ADVENTURES. 353 00:12:27,381 --> 00:12:29,348 TECHNOLOGY, NEW, NEW ADVENTURES. NEW DIRECTIONS AND FOR THE LAST 354 00:12:29,350 --> 00:12:31,483 NEW DIRECTIONS AND FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IT'S HAD AN IMPACT. 355 00:12:31,485 --> 00:12:33,886 FEW YEARS IT'S HAD AN IMPACT. >> COMMUNITY COLLEGES FALL UNDER 356 00:12:33,888 --> 00:12:35,187 >> COMMUNITY COLLEGES FALL UNDER HIGHER EDUCATION. 357 00:12:35,189 --> 00:12:36,321 HIGHER EDUCATION. COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS SIX 358 00:12:36,323 --> 00:12:38,023 COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS SIX CAMPUSES AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 359 00:12:38,025 --> 00:12:40,025 CAMPUSES AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A $3 MILLION CUT FROM THE STATE. 360 00:12:40,027 --> 00:12:41,560 A $3 MILLION CUT FROM THE STATE. HERE'S MY INTERVIEW WITH 361 00:12:41,562 --> 00:12:43,696 HERE'S MY INTERVIEW WITH CHANCELLOR HEWY LAMBERT. 362 00:12:43,698 --> 00:12:48,534 CHANCELLOR HEWY LAMBERT. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STATE 363 00:12:48,536 --> 00:12:53,806 >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STATE AID BUDGET BASED ON OUR FTE, 364 00:12:53,808 --> 00:12:55,007 AID BUDGET BASED ON OUR FTE, CALCULATION AND STEM COMPONENT, 365 00:12:55,009 --> 00:13:01,080 CALCULATION AND STEM COMPONENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 366 00:13:01,082 --> 00:13:02,815 WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $6.6 MILLION THAT ALL OF THAT 367 00:13:02,817 --> 00:13:04,750 $6.6 MILLION THAT ALL OF THAT EQUATES TO AND WHEN YOU TAKE 50% 368 00:13:04,752 --> 00:13:07,186 EQUATES TO AND WHEN YOU TAKE 50% OF THAT WHICH IS THE GOVERNOR'S 369 00:13:07,188 --> 00:13:08,387 OF THAT WHICH IS THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL FOR US WHICH WOULD MEAN 370 00:13:08,389 --> 00:13:11,156 PROPOSAL FOR US WHICH WOULD MEAN WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE BUDGET BY 371 00:13:11,158 --> 00:13:11,590 WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE BUDGET BY $3.3 MILLION. 372 00:13:11,592 --> 00:13:13,992 $3.3 MILLION. >> SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. 373 00:13:13,994 --> 00:13:14,827 >> SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. HOW DO YOU MANAGE? 374 00:13:14,829 --> 00:13:16,128 HOW DO YOU MANAGE? >> THIS HAS TO BE THOUGHT OF IN 375 00:13:16,130 --> 00:13:17,363 >> THIS HAS TO BE THOUGHT OF IN A LARGER CONTEXT. 376 00:13:17,365 --> 00:13:19,131 A LARGER CONTEXT. JUST A FEW YEARS BACK THE 377 00:13:19,133 --> 00:13:22,067 JUST A FEW YEARS BACK THE COLLEGE TOOK CLOSE TO $9 MILLION 378 00:13:22,069 --> 00:13:23,002 COLLEGE TOOK CLOSE TO $9 MILLION STATE AID REDUCTION. 379 00:13:23,004 --> 00:13:26,505 STATE AID REDUCTION. NOW THIS IS COMING ON TOP OF 380 00:13:26,507 --> 00:13:26,805 NOW THIS IS COMING ON TOP OF THAT. 381 00:13:26,807 --> 00:13:30,209 THAT. SO IT'S SIGNIFICANT AND WHEN YOU 382 00:13:30,211 --> 00:13:31,677 SO IT'S SIGNIFICANT AND WHEN YOU ADJUST IT FOR THE EARLIER 383 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:33,212 ADJUST IT FOR THE EARLIER AMOUNT, THAT MEANS THERE'S 384 00:13:33,214 --> 00:13:34,446 AMOUNT, THAT MEANS THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU DID BACK THEN 385 00:13:34,448 --> 00:13:35,914 THINGS THAT YOU DID BACK THEN THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR 386 00:13:35,916 --> 00:13:41,253 THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR US TO TRIM AROUND NOW. 387 00:13:41,255 --> 00:13:43,922 US TO TRIM AROUND NOW. SO AS YOU TAKE A SERIES OF CUTS 388 00:13:43,924 --> 00:13:45,257 SO AS YOU TAKE A SERIES OF CUTS YOU'RE MOVING MORE AND MORE 389 00:13:45,259 --> 00:13:46,792 YOU'RE MOVING MORE AND MORE AGAINST THE MUSCLE AND THE HEART 390 00:13:46,794 --> 00:13:49,294 AGAINST THE MUSCLE AND THE HEART OF THE INSTITUTION IN SOME 391 00:13:49,296 --> 00:13:49,695 OF THE INSTITUTION IN SOME CASES. 392 00:13:49,697 --> 00:13:52,331 CASES. SOME OF YOUR OPTIONS ARE NOT 393 00:13:52,333 --> 00:13:53,032 SOME OF YOUR OPTIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE THAT WERE AVAILABLE 394 00:13:53,034 --> 00:13:53,365 AVAILABLE THAT WERE AVAILABLE BEFORE. 395 00:13:53,367 --> 00:13:54,533 BEFORE. >> DO STUDENTS PICK UP THE COSTS 396 00:13:54,535 --> 00:13:56,168 >> DO STUDENTS PICK UP THE COSTS OR DO YOU REDUCE SERVICES? 397 00:13:56,170 --> 00:13:57,036 OR DO YOU REDUCE SERVICES? WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? 398 00:13:57,038 --> 00:13:58,537 WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 399 00:13:58,539 --> 00:14:00,839 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS. 400 00:14:00,841 --> 00:14:01,473 DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU CAN CONTROL IT ON THE 401 00:14:01,475 --> 00:14:02,608 YOU CAN CONTROL IT ON THE EXPENSE SIDE. 402 00:14:02,610 --> 00:14:09,048 EXPENSE SIDE. MEANING LOOK AT YOUR CURRENT 403 00:14:09,050 --> 00:14:11,650 MEANING LOOK AT YOUR CURRENT EXPENDITURES AND TRY TO ADJUST 404 00:14:11,652 --> 00:14:13,018 EXPENDITURES AND TRY TO ADJUST ON THAT SIDE OR YOU CAN LOOK AT 405 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:14,720 ON THAT SIDE OR YOU CAN LOOK AT THE REVENUE SIDE ONLY AND SAY 406 00:14:14,722 --> 00:14:16,321 THE REVENUE SIDE ONLY AND SAY ARE THERE OTHER SOURCES OF 407 00:14:16,323 --> 00:14:17,423 ARE THERE OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE WHERE WE CAN MAKE UP 408 00:14:17,425 --> 00:14:18,957 REVENUE WHERE WE CAN MAKE UP THAT REDUCTION. 409 00:14:18,959 --> 00:14:20,859 THAT REDUCTION. SO TUITION AND FEES. 410 00:14:20,861 --> 00:14:22,394 SO TUITION AND FEES. CERTAINLY ONE OF THE OPTIONS 411 00:14:22,396 --> 00:14:24,430 CERTAINLY ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AND 412 00:14:24,432 --> 00:14:32,604 THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AND CERTAINLY LOOKING AT OUR 413 00:14:32,606 --> 00:14:42,748 CERTAINLY LOOKING AT OUR PROPERTY TAX AND THOSE TWO 414 00:14:42,750 --> 00:14:44,717 PROPERTY TAX AND THOSE TWO REVENUES COULD OFFSET THE 415 00:14:44,719 --> 00:14:47,586 REVENUES COULD OFFSET THE REDUCTIONS BUT IT DOESN'T ALLOW 416 00:14:47,588 --> 00:14:53,292 REDUCTIONS BUT IT DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO -- YOU'RE JUST TREADING 417 00:14:53,294 --> 00:14:53,592 YOU TO -- YOU'RE JUST TREADING WATER. 418 00:14:53,594 --> 00:14:55,094 WATER. YOU'RE TAKING IT FROM HERE AND 419 00:14:55,096 --> 00:14:56,195 YOU'RE TAKING IT FROM HERE AND PLACING IT OVER THERE BUT YOU'RE 420 00:14:56,197 --> 00:14:58,230 PLACING IT OVER THERE BUT YOU'RE NOT GROWING OR INNOVATING. 421 00:14:58,232 --> 00:14:59,932 NOT GROWING OR INNOVATING. YOU'RE TRANSFERRING MONEY FROM 422 00:14:59,934 --> 00:15:01,867 YOU'RE TRANSFERRING MONEY FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND BY 423 00:15:01,869 --> 00:15:05,170 ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND BY SHIFTING THAT COST BURDEN TO THE 424 00:15:05,172 --> 00:15:07,373 SHIFTING THAT COST BURDEN TO THE STUDENTS FOR EXAMPLE SUE IS 425 00:15:07,375 --> 00:15:07,873 STUDENTS FOR EXAMPLE SUE IS GOING TO PAY MORE. 426 00:15:07,875 --> 00:15:09,475 GOING TO PAY MORE. SO YOU HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. 427 00:15:09,477 --> 00:15:14,213 SO YOU HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. HOW IS THAT GOING TO EFFECT 428 00:15:14,215 --> 00:15:14,546 HOW IS THAT GOING TO EFFECT ACCESS? 429 00:15:14,548 --> 00:15:15,481 ACCESS? IT'S AFFORDABLE THEN THAT'S 430 00:15:15,483 --> 00:15:18,417 IT'S AFFORDABLE THEN THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOUR ASSESS AND 431 00:15:18,419 --> 00:15:20,419 GOING TO IMPACT YOUR ASSESS AND YOUR ENROLEMENT DOWNSTREAM WHICH 432 00:15:20,421 --> 00:15:22,121 YOUR ENROLEMENT DOWNSTREAM WHICH WILL HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. 433 00:15:22,123 --> 00:15:24,023 WILL HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. >> RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE ABOUT 434 00:15:24,025 --> 00:15:25,457 >> RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE ABOUT 60,000 STUDENTS BUT ENROLLMENT 435 00:15:25,459 --> 00:15:26,625 60,000 STUDENTS BUT ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING YOU SAY. 436 00:15:26,627 --> 00:15:29,828 IS DECLINING YOU SAY. >> YEAH, SO REMEMBER THAT 60,000 437 00:15:29,830 --> 00:15:32,798 >> YEAH, SO REMEMBER THAT 60,000 ROUGHLY NUMBER IS ALL COMBINED 438 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:33,132 ROUGHLY NUMBER IS ALL COMBINED EFFORT. 439 00:15:33,134 --> 00:15:35,668 EFFORT. BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE 440 00:15:35,670 --> 00:15:38,637 BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE ARE USUALLY TALKING 441 00:15:38,639 --> 00:15:40,906 BUDGET, WE ARE USUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FTE SIDE, THE FOR 442 00:15:40,908 --> 00:15:42,174 ABOUT THE FTE SIDE, THE FOR CREDIT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND 443 00:15:42,176 --> 00:15:43,575 CREDIT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THAT NUMBER IS CERTAINLY SMALLER 444 00:15:43,577 --> 00:15:48,147 THAT NUMBER IS CERTAINLY SMALLER THAN THAT NUMBER OVERALL AND 445 00:15:48,149 --> 00:15:51,150 THAN THAT NUMBER OVERALL AND THAT'S SOMETHING NOT TO LOSE 446 00:15:51,152 --> 00:15:51,684 THAT'S SOMETHING NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF. 447 00:15:51,686 --> 00:15:52,985 SIGHT OF. SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT SIDE 448 00:15:52,987 --> 00:15:53,986 SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT SIDE OF THE EQUATION. 449 00:15:53,988 --> 00:15:55,988 OF THE EQUATION. THAT'S WHAT DRIVES OUR FUNDING 450 00:15:55,990 --> 00:15:57,122 THAT'S WHAT DRIVES OUR FUNDING AND REVENUE. 451 00:15:57,124 --> 00:15:58,824 AND REVENUE. IF WE CAN'T KEEP NUMBERS IN A 452 00:15:58,826 --> 00:16:01,393 IF WE CAN'T KEEP NUMBERS IN A CERTAIN PLACE IT WILL HAVE OTHER 453 00:16:01,395 --> 00:16:01,827 CERTAIN PLACE IT WILL HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. 454 00:16:01,829 --> 00:16:03,962 IMPLICATIONS. >> YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR, YOU 455 00:16:03,964 --> 00:16:04,897 >> YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR, YOU SAID, 18 MONTHS. 456 00:16:04,899 --> 00:16:06,765 SAID, 18 MONTHS. BUT THIS IS NOT NEW TO YOU IN 457 00:16:06,767 --> 00:16:08,767 BUT THIS IS NOT NEW TO YOU IN THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE 458 00:16:08,769 --> 00:16:09,902 THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AT COLLEGE 459 00:16:09,904 --> 00:16:10,536 EXPERIENCED THIS AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES BEFORE. 460 00:16:10,538 --> 00:16:11,136 CAMPUSES BEFORE. >> RIGHT. 461 00:16:11,138 --> 00:16:12,338 >> RIGHT. >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO RALLY 462 00:16:12,340 --> 00:16:14,206 >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO RALLY THE TROOPS SURROUNDING YOU TO 463 00:16:14,208 --> 00:16:15,474 THE TROOPS SURROUNDING YOU TO ENCOURAGE THEM THAT WE CAN 464 00:16:15,476 --> 00:16:16,008 ENCOURAGE THEM THAT WE CAN HANDLE THIS. 465 00:16:16,010 --> 00:16:17,910 HANDLE THIS. >> FIRST OF ALL IS TO 466 00:16:17,912 --> 00:16:19,445 >> FIRST OF ALL IS TO COMMUNICATE WHAT'S GOING ON. 467 00:16:19,447 --> 00:16:21,146 COMMUNICATE WHAT'S GOING ON. TO BE AS OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT 468 00:16:21,148 --> 00:16:25,951 TO BE AS OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE 469 00:16:25,953 --> 00:16:26,285 THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING. 470 00:16:26,287 --> 00:16:30,122 FACING. SECO 471 00:16:30,124 --> 00:16:31,657 SECO SECONDLY PUT TOGETHER A GROUP 472 00:16:31,659 --> 00:16:33,258 SECONDLY PUT TOGETHER A GROUP THAT WILL START TO DEVELOP A 473 00:16:33,260 --> 00:16:36,528 THAT WILL START TO DEVELOP A PROCESS ALONG WITH A CRITERIA 474 00:16:36,530 --> 00:16:38,597 PROCESS ALONG WITH A CRITERIA AND TIME FRAME WHEN WE CAN START 475 00:16:38,599 --> 00:16:40,065 AND TIME FRAME WHEN WE CAN START TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 476 00:16:40,067 --> 00:16:41,767 TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT 477 00:16:41,769 --> 00:16:43,936 WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT AREAS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO 478 00:16:43,938 --> 00:16:45,771 AREAS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO REENGINEER IF YOU WILL IN SOME 479 00:16:45,773 --> 00:16:46,071 REENGINEER IF YOU WILL IN SOME CASES. 480 00:16:46,073 --> 00:16:49,208 CASES. SO INVOLVING EMPLOYEES IN THAT 481 00:16:49,210 --> 00:16:49,541 SO INVOLVING EMPLOYEES IN THAT PROCESS. 482 00:16:49,543 --> 00:16:52,411 PROCESS. INVOLVING STUDENTS THAT MAYBE 483 00:16:52,413 --> 00:16:55,314 INVOLVING STUDENTS THAT MAYBE HAVE A WAY TO INPUT INTO THE 484 00:16:55,316 --> 00:16:55,647 HAVE A WAY TO INPUT INTO THE PROCESS. 485 00:16:55,649 --> 00:16:56,715 PROCESS. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 486 00:16:56,717 --> 00:16:59,418 SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO AS PART OF THIS, WHAT WE DID, 487 00:16:59,420 --> 00:17:01,020 SO AS PART OF THIS, WHAT WE DID, LONG BEFORE THE BUDGET -- THE 488 00:17:01,022 --> 00:17:02,821 LONG BEFORE THE BUDGET -- THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED HIS BUDGET, 489 00:17:02,823 --> 00:17:07,059 GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED HIS BUDGET, WE WERE ALREADY BEGINNING THE 490 00:17:07,061 --> 00:17:08,494 WE WERE ALREADY BEGINNING THE PLANNING BECAUSE I'M THE KIND OF 491 00:17:08,496 --> 00:17:10,029 PLANNING BECAUSE I'M THE KIND OF PERSON I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO TRY 492 00:17:10,031 --> 00:17:11,330 PERSON I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO TRY TO ANTICIPATE WHAT'S GOING ON 493 00:17:11,332 --> 00:17:13,465 TO ANTICIPATE WHAT'S GOING ON AND LOOKING AT THE TRENDS AND SO 494 00:17:13,467 --> 00:17:15,601 AND LOOKING AT THE TRENDS AND SO FORTH AND WE WERE GETTING EARLY 495 00:17:15,603 --> 00:17:16,001 FORTH AND WE WERE GETTING EARLY INDICATIONS. 496 00:17:16,003 --> 00:17:17,336 INDICATIONS. WE HEARD ABOUT THE CHALLENGES 497 00:17:17,338 --> 00:17:19,071 WE HEARD ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WITH K-12 AND ALL OF THAT. 498 00:17:19,073 --> 00:17:21,440 WITH K-12 AND ALL OF THAT. SO JUST TAKING THAT AS AN 499 00:17:21,442 --> 00:17:22,908 SO JUST TAKING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO 500 00:17:22,910 --> 00:17:24,476 EXAMPLE I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR THAT THE 501 00:17:24,478 --> 00:17:26,111 BE A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR THAT THE NEW GOVERNOR WAS GOING TO FACE. 502 00:17:26,113 --> 00:17:27,446 NEW GOVERNOR WAS GOING TO FACE. SO WE WENT TO THE BOARD BEFORE 503 00:17:27,448 --> 00:17:32,351 SO WE WENT TO THE BOARD BEFORE THE END OF LAST YEAR AND HAD 504 00:17:32,353 --> 00:17:41,827 THE END OF LAST YEAR AND HAD THEM APPROVE THREE DOLLAR 505 00:17:41,829 --> 00:17:42,194 THEM APPROVE THREE DOLLAR SCENARIOS. 506 00:17:42,196 --> 00:17:46,732 SCENARIOS. WE START TO DEVELOP THREE 507 00:17:46,734 --> 00:17:49,068 WE START TO DEVELOP THREE SCENARIOS THAT ARE NOT REDUCING 508 00:17:49,070 --> 00:17:51,270 SCENARIOS THAT ARE NOT REDUCING OUR BUDGET BY 5 OR 15 MILLION OR 509 00:17:51,272 --> 00:17:53,005 OUR BUDGET BY 5 OR 15 MILLION OR HOW DO YOU MIX IN A REVENUE AS 510 00:17:53,007 --> 00:17:54,673 HOW DO YOU MIX IN A REVENUE AS PART OF THE OVERALL MIX. 511 00:17:54,675 --> 00:17:56,809 PART OF THE OVERALL MIX. WE'RE WELL INTO THAT PROCESS. 512 00:17:56,811 --> 00:17:58,610 WE'RE WELL INTO THAT PROCESS. >> YOU SOUND OPTIMISTIC BUT 513 00:17:58,612 --> 00:18:00,412 >> YOU SOUND OPTIMISTIC BUT YOU'RE ALSO USING WORDS LIKE 514 00:18:00,414 --> 00:18:02,448 YOU'RE ALSO USING WORDS LIKE REENGINEER OR ADJUSTMENTS WHICH 515 00:18:02,450 --> 00:18:04,650 REENGINEER OR ADJUSTMENTS WHICH MIGHT SIGNAL POTENTIAL CUTS ON 516 00:18:04,652 --> 00:18:05,818 MIGHT SIGNAL POTENTIAL CUTS ON YOUR END. 517 00:18:05,820 --> 00:18:06,485 YOUR END. LAYOFFS PERHAPS. 518 00:18:06,487 --> 00:18:09,788 LAYOFFS PERHAPS. >> WELL, SEE, AT THIS EARLY 519 00:18:09,790 --> 00:18:11,357 >> WELL, SEE, AT THIS EARLY STAGE OF THE GAME IT'S HARD TO 520 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:12,791 STAGE OF THE GAME IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICS BUT YOU 521 00:18:12,793 --> 00:18:14,059 TALK ABOUT SPECIFICS BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE TOOLS 522 00:18:14,061 --> 00:18:14,793 HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU. 523 00:18:14,795 --> 00:18:16,862 AVAILABLE TO YOU. THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE TO GO INTO 524 00:18:16,864 --> 00:18:17,162 THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE TO GO INTO THIS. 525 00:18:17,164 --> 00:18:18,630 THIS. REMEMBER THIS IS AGAIN IN THE 526 00:18:18,632 --> 00:18:19,765 REMEMBER THIS IS AGAIN IN THE LARGER CONTEXT. 527 00:18:19,767 --> 00:18:22,167 LARGER CONTEXT. CUTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE 528 00:18:22,169 --> 00:18:22,735 CUTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE YEARS PRIOR. 529 00:18:22,737 --> 00:18:24,336 YEARS PRIOR. AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT OUR 530 00:18:24,338 --> 00:18:26,038 AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT OUR ENROLLMENTS HAVE DROPPED 531 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:26,472 ENROLLMENTS HAVE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. 532 00:18:26,474 --> 00:18:28,407 SIGNIFICANTLY. SO HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT? 533 00:18:28,409 --> 00:18:39,084 SO HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT? ESPECIALLY FROM A STEWARDSHIP 534 00:18:39,086 --> 00:18:41,387 ESPECIALLY FROM A STEWARDSHIP STANDPOINT BUT DO YOU HAVE THE 535 00:18:41,389 --> 00:18:42,221 STANDPOINT BUT DO YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE COMING TO YOU THAT NEED 536 00:18:42,223 --> 00:18:44,356 PEOPLE COMING TO YOU THAT NEED YOUR SERVICES AND EDUCATION. 537 00:18:44,358 --> 00:18:46,358 YOUR SERVICES AND EDUCATION. YOU HAVE TO ADAPT TO THAT 538 00:18:46,360 --> 00:18:48,227 YOU HAVE TO ADAPT TO THAT REGARDLESS OF YOUR FINANCIAL 539 00:18:48,229 --> 00:18:48,560 REGARDLESS OF YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTH. 540 00:18:48,562 --> 00:18:50,396 HEALTH. BY THE WAY, THE FINANCIAL HEALTH 541 00:18:50,398 --> 00:18:51,997 BY THE WAY, THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE COLLEGE IS VERY STRONG. 542 00:18:51,999 --> 00:18:54,066 OF THE COLLEGE IS VERY STRONG. WE'RE IN A STRONG FINANCIAL 543 00:18:54,068 --> 00:18:54,433 WE'RE IN A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION. 544 00:18:54,435 --> 00:18:55,834 POSITION. THAT'S ALWAYS THE PLACE YOU WANT 545 00:18:55,836 --> 00:18:57,469 THAT'S ALWAYS THE PLACE YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WANT TO ENTER 546 00:18:57,471 --> 00:19:02,141 TO BE WHEN YOU WANT TO ENTER INTO THE MORE DIFFICULT 547 00:19:02,143 --> 00:19:05,411 INTO THE MORE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND HAVING TO 548 00:19:05,413 --> 00:19:08,013 CONVERSATIONS AND HAVING TO RETHINK, REENGINEER, REIMAGINE 549 00:19:08,015 --> 00:19:08,414 RETHINK, REENGINEER, REIMAGINE EDUCATION. 550 00:19:08,416 --> 00:19:10,416 EDUCATION. >> THE K-12 EDUCATION NOW, THE 551 00:19:10,418 --> 00:19:13,252 >> THE K-12 EDUCATION NOW, THE GOVERNOR PROPOSING 100 $16 552 00:19:13,254 --> 00:19:14,820 GOVERNOR PROPOSING 100 $16 MILLION IN NEW SYSTEM WIDE 553 00:19:14,822 --> 00:19:16,922 MILLION IN NEW SYSTEM WIDE FUNDING BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE 554 00:19:16,924 --> 00:19:19,024 FUNDING BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 555 00:19:19,026 --> 00:19:21,026 ARIZONA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SAYS THE NEW FUNDING COMES WITH 556 00:19:21,028 --> 00:19:28,934 SAYS THE NEW FUNDING COMES WITH CUTS THAT WILL RUN DEEP. 557 00:19:28,936 --> 00:19:36,241 CUTS THAT WILL RUN DEEP. >> YOU WILL DO ANYTHING TO KEEP 558 00:19:36,243 --> 00:19:37,676 >> YOU WILL DO ANYTHING TO KEEP YOUR STUDENTS OUT. 559 00:19:37,678 --> 00:19:39,244 YOUR STUDENTS OUT. AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS DID 560 00:19:39,246 --> 00:19:40,512 AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS DID WHATEVER THEY COULD TO DEFLECT 561 00:19:40,514 --> 00:19:42,781 WHATEVER THEY COULD TO DEFLECT THE IMPACT OF THE CUTS AWAY FROM 562 00:19:42,783 --> 00:19:44,650 THE IMPACT OF THE CUTS AWAY FROM STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. 563 00:19:44,652 --> 00:19:47,619 STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. AS A RESULT, THEY CUT A LOT OF 564 00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:52,191 AS A RESULT, THEY CUT A LOT OF THE VERY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 565 00:19:52,193 --> 00:19:53,792 THE VERY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED 566 00:19:53,794 --> 00:19:55,427 THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET SEEMS TO ASSUME ARE STILL 567 00:19:55,429 --> 00:19:55,728 BUDGET SEEMS TO ASSUME ARE STILL THERE. 568 00:19:55,730 --> 00:19:57,296 THERE. THE FACT IS ARIZONA IS ONE OF 569 00:19:57,298 --> 00:20:00,799 THE FACT IS ARIZONA IS ONE OF THE LEANEST, MOST EFFICIENT 570 00:20:00,801 --> 00:20:02,835 THE LEANEST, MOST EFFICIENT STATES IN TERMS OF 571 00:20:02,837 --> 00:20:03,969 STATES IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN OUR K-12 572 00:20:03,971 --> 00:20:04,303 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN OUR K-12 SYSTEM. 573 00:20:04,305 --> 00:20:05,871 SYSTEM. WE HAVE SOME OF THE LOWEST 574 00:20:05,873 --> 00:20:06,171 WE HAVE SOME OF THE LOWEST COSTS. 575 00:20:06,173 --> 00:20:07,840 COSTS. THEY ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE 576 00:20:07,842 --> 00:20:09,241 THEY ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE SMALLEST BUDGET PERCENTAGES OF 577 00:20:09,243 --> 00:20:10,676 SMALLEST BUDGET PERCENTAGES OF ANY STATE IN THE COUNTRY. 578 00:20:10,678 --> 00:20:12,678 ANY STATE IN THE COUNTRY. THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO 579 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:13,645 THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR THE 580 00:20:13,647 --> 00:20:14,947 DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR THE GOVERNOR IDENTIFY THOSE COSTS 581 00:20:14,949 --> 00:20:16,181 GOVERNOR IDENTIFY THOSE COSTS FOR A MANDATORY CUT. 582 00:20:16,183 --> 00:20:17,616 FOR A MANDATORY CUT. THAT'S LIKE PENALIZING SOMEBODY 583 00:20:17,618 --> 00:20:19,351 THAT'S LIKE PENALIZING SOMEBODY FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING 584 00:20:19,353 --> 00:20:21,186 FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE THOSE CUTS HAVE LARGELY 585 00:20:21,188 --> 00:20:21,920 BECAUSE THOSE CUTS HAVE LARGELY ALREADY BEEN MADE. 586 00:20:21,922 --> 00:20:23,022 ALREADY BEEN MADE. WE'RE PAST THE FAT. 587 00:20:23,024 --> 00:20:24,556 WE'RE PAST THE FAT. WE'RE PAST CUTTING MUSCLE. 588 00:20:24,558 --> 00:20:25,557 WE'RE PAST CUTTING MUSCLE. WE'RE CUTTING BONE. 589 00:20:25,559 --> 00:20:27,893 WE'RE CUTTING BONE. >> THE GOVERNOR IS PUTTING SOME 590 00:20:27,895 --> 00:20:29,061 >> THE GOVERNOR IS PUTTING SOME MONEY TOWARD EDUCATION. 591 00:20:29,063 --> 00:20:29,862 MONEY TOWARD EDUCATION. SOME MORE MONEY. 592 00:20:29,864 --> 00:20:31,096 SOME MORE MONEY. DOES THAT HELP OR HURT? 593 00:20:31,098 --> 00:20:33,365 DOES THAT HELP OR HURT? DOES IT MATTER ANYMORE. 594 00:20:33,367 --> 00:20:35,134 DOES IT MATTER ANYMORE. >> WELL THEN THAT GAIN MEANS 595 00:20:35,136 --> 00:20:37,002 >> WELL THEN THAT GAIN MEANS ALMOST NOTHING IN LIGHT OF THE 596 00:20:37,004 --> 00:20:37,302 ALMOST NOTHING IN LIGHT OF THE CUTS. 597 00:20:37,304 --> 00:20:38,971 CUTS. THE LOSS OF INFLATION FUNDING 598 00:20:38,973 --> 00:20:41,840 THE LOSS OF INFLATION FUNDING FOR A FOUR YEAR PERIOD. 599 00:20:41,842 --> 00:20:43,676 FOR A FOUR YEAR PERIOD. DEEPER CUTS EVEN THAN THAT TO 600 00:20:43,678 --> 00:20:44,943 DEEPER CUTS EVEN THAN THAT TO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. 601 00:20:44,945 --> 00:20:47,513 THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT 602 00:20:47,515 --> 00:20:53,085 IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGE 603 00:20:53,087 --> 00:20:53,619 IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGE F 604 00:20:53,621 --> 00:20:55,054 F -- BUDGET, FOR EVERY DOLLAR 605 00:20:55,056 --> 00:20:56,321 -- BUDGET, FOR EVERY DOLLAR BEING FUNDED WELL OVER HALF OF 606 00:20:56,323 --> 00:20:57,890 BEING FUNDED WELL OVER HALF OF THAT IS COMING BACK OUT IN THE 607 00:20:57,892 --> 00:20:58,924 THAT IS COMING BACK OUT IN THE FORM OF CUTS. 608 00:20:58,926 --> 00:21:00,426 FORM OF CUTS. >> YOU MENTIONED WAITING LISTS 609 00:21:00,428 --> 00:21:02,161 >> YOU MENTIONED WAITING LISTS AND THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT 610 00:21:02,163 --> 00:21:03,729 AND THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT WAITING LISTS BUT YOU SEE 611 00:21:03,731 --> 00:21:05,597 WAITING LISTS BUT YOU SEE WAITING LISTS DIFFERENTLY THAN 612 00:21:05,599 --> 00:21:06,365 WAITING LISTS DIFFERENTLY THAN PROBABLY HIS ADMINISTRATION 613 00:21:06,367 --> 00:21:06,665 PROBABLY HIS ADMINISTRATION DOES. 614 00:21:06,667 --> 00:21:08,267 DOES. >> ARIZONA HAS A WAITING LIST 615 00:21:08,269 --> 00:21:10,102 >> ARIZONA HAS A WAITING LIST THAT IS LARGER THAN ANY FOUND IN 616 00:21:10,104 --> 00:21:11,070 THAT IS LARGER THAN ANY FOUND IN ANY OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEM. 617 00:21:11,072 --> 00:21:17,509 ANY OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE HAVE A WAITING LIST CONSI 618 00:21:17,511 --> 00:21:19,211 WE HAVE A WAITING LIST CONSI CONSISTING OF EVERY STUDENT 619 00:21:19,213 --> 00:21:20,646 CONSISTING OF EVERY STUDENT THAT'S GONE THROUGH ARIZONA 620 00:21:20,648 --> 00:21:21,980 THAT'S GONE THROUGH ARIZONA PUBLIC SCHOOLS UP THROUGH THE 621 00:21:21,982 --> 00:21:22,448 PUBLIC SCHOOLS UP THROUGH THE 6th GRADE. 622 00:21:22,450 --> 00:21:24,183 6th GRADE. THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FULLY 623 00:21:24,185 --> 00:21:25,918 THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FULLY FUNDED CLASSROOMS. 624 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:27,353 FUNDED CLASSROOMS. ARIZONA HAS NEVER FULLY FUNDED 625 00:21:27,355 --> 00:21:29,221 ARIZONA HAS NEVER FULLY FUNDED IT'S CLASSROOMS FOR A STUDENT IN 626 00:21:29,223 --> 00:21:30,989 IT'S CLASSROOMS FOR A STUDENT IN THE 6th GRADE OR LOWER. 627 00:21:30,991 --> 00:21:33,325 THE 6th GRADE OR LOWER. THAT'S A WAITING LIST OF 628 00:21:33,327 --> 00:21:35,194 THAT'S A WAITING LIST OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 629 00:21:35,196 --> 00:21:35,561 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. 630 00:21:35,563 --> 00:21:37,329 STUDENTS. THE OTHER LIST I HEAR ABOUT 631 00:21:37,331 --> 00:21:39,832 THE OTHER LIST I HEAR ABOUT CONNECTED TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, 632 00:21:39,834 --> 00:21:41,533 CONNECTED TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM, I DON'T 633 00:21:41,535 --> 00:21:42,968 I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS SEEN THE MATH 634 00:21:42,970 --> 00:21:44,503 THINK ANYBODY HAS SEEN THE MATH BEHIND THEM, I WOULD TELL THOSE 635 00:21:44,505 --> 00:21:46,071 BEHIND THEM, I WOULD TELL THOSE THAT PUT SO MUCH WEIGHT ON THOSE 636 00:21:46,073 --> 00:21:49,575 THAT PUT SO MUCH WEIGHT ON THOSE SO SHOW THEIR WORK, OFFER UP THE 637 00:21:49,577 --> 00:21:50,442 SO SHOW THEIR WORK, OFFER UP THE WAITI 638 00:21:50,444 --> 00:21:53,045 WAITI WAITING LISTS TO THE PUBLIC EYE 639 00:21:53,047 --> 00:21:54,480 WAITING LISTS TO THE PUBLIC EYE BUT I KNOW A WAITING LIST THAT 640 00:21:54,482 --> 00:21:56,015 BUT I KNOW A WAITING LIST THAT IS REAL AND IT'S THE HUNDREDS OF 641 00:21:56,017 --> 00:21:57,616 IS REAL AND IT'S THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN 642 00:21:57,618 --> 00:21:59,651 THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN ARIZONA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAITING 643 00:21:59,653 --> 00:22:00,819 ARIZONA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAITING FOR PUBLIC FUNDING. 644 00:22:00,821 --> 00:22:03,022 FOR PUBLIC FUNDING. >> BEING A TEACHER AND AMONG THE 645 00:22:03,024 --> 00:22:06,158 >> BEING A TEACHER AND AMONG THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WHAT ARE THE 646 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:08,694 BOOTS ON THE GROUND WHAT ARE THE REPERCUSSIONS THAT THE STATE 647 00:22:08,696 --> 00:22:11,530 REPERCUSSIONS THAT THE STATE CONTINUES TO CUT FOR EDUCATION. 648 00:22:11,532 --> 00:22:14,166 CONTINUES TO CUT FOR EDUCATION. >> EVERYOMPTY CLASSROOMS. 649 00:22:14,168 --> 00:22:15,801 >> EVERYOMPTY CLASSROOMS. WE FACE ONE OF THE LARGEST 650 00:22:15,803 --> 00:22:17,703 WE FACE ONE OF THE LARGEST TEACHER SHORTAGES THAT WE HAVE 651 00:22:17,705 --> 00:22:18,771 TEACHER SHORTAGES THAT WE HAVE EVER DOCUMENTED. 652 00:22:18,773 --> 00:22:21,573 EVER DOCUMENTED. PEOPLE LEAVING IN DOVES AND 653 00:22:21,575 --> 00:22:23,208 PEOPLE LEAVING IN DOVES AND LEAVING IN TEARS BECAUSE THEY 654 00:22:23,210 --> 00:22:24,376 LEAVING IN TEARS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BE IN THIS 655 00:22:24,378 --> 00:22:25,778 CAN'T AFFORD TO BE IN THIS PROFESSION THE WAY THEY THOUGHT 656 00:22:25,780 --> 00:22:26,178 PROFESSION THE WAY THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD. 657 00:22:26,180 --> 00:22:27,479 THEY COULD. THEY REALLY DON'T FEEL THAT THE 658 00:22:27,481 --> 00:22:29,081 THEY REALLY DON'T FEEL THAT THE STATE IS A WILLING PARTNER 659 00:22:29,083 --> 00:22:30,315 STATE IS A WILLING PARTNER INVESTING IN THEIR SUPPORT AND 660 00:22:30,317 --> 00:22:32,484 INVESTING IN THEIR SUPPORT AND THEY FEEL THAT THE EVALUATION 661 00:22:32,486 --> 00:22:33,752 THEY FEEL THAT THE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE OTHER 662 00:22:33,754 --> 00:22:35,454 SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE OTHER LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED 663 00:22:35,456 --> 00:22:37,156 LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED IRONICALLY AT THE SAME TIME THE 664 00:22:37,158 --> 00:22:38,424 IRONICALLY AT THE SAME TIME THE CUTS CAME WE'RE ALMOST SETTING 665 00:22:38,426 --> 00:22:40,159 CUTS CAME WE'RE ALMOST SETTING THEM UP FOR FAILURE. 666 00:22:40,161 --> 00:22:43,562 THEM UP FOR FAILURE. AND IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME AS AN 667 00:22:43,564 --> 00:22:44,830 AND IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME AS AN EDUCATOR TO UNDERSTAND HOW 668 00:22:44,832 --> 00:22:46,432 EDUCATOR TO UNDERSTAND HOW POLITICAL PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS 669 00:22:46,434 --> 00:22:46,765 POLITICAL PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS BECOME. 670 00:22:46,767 --> 00:22:48,233 BECOME. I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. 671 00:22:48,235 --> 00:22:49,968 I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. I JUST THOUGHT EVERYBODY WOULD 672 00:22:49,970 --> 00:22:52,237 I JUST THOUGHT EVERYBODY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MY WORK 673 00:22:52,239 --> 00:22:53,105 BE INTERESTED IN MY WORK EDUCATING STUDENTS. 674 00:22:53,107 --> 00:22:54,840 EDUCATING STUDENTS. A LOT OF EDUCATORS DON'T 675 00:22:54,842 --> 00:22:57,643 A LOT OF EDUCATORS DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE STATE SEEMS 676 00:22:57,645 --> 00:22:59,511 UNDERSTAND WHY THE STATE SEEMS SO DEAD SET AGAINST THEIR 677 00:22:59,513 --> 00:22:59,845 SO DEAD SET AGAINST THEIR SUCCESS. 678 00:22:59,847 --> 00:23:01,046 SUCCESS. BECAUSE IN THE MIND OF A TEACHER 679 00:23:01,048 --> 00:23:03,482 BECAUSE IN THE MIND OF A TEACHER OR SOMEBODY THAT WORKS IN A 680 00:23:03,484 --> 00:23:05,184 OR SOMEBODY THAT WORKS IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL WHEN THEY'RE 681 00:23:05,186 --> 00:23:06,318 PUBLIC SCHOOL WHEN THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS 682 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,587 SUCCESSFUL HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WE WONDER WHY 683 00:23:08,589 --> 00:23:11,557 ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WE WONDER WHY WOULDN'T THE STATE OF ARIZONA BE 684 00:23:11,559 --> 00:23:12,424 WOULDN'T THE STATE OF ARIZONA BE INTERESTED IN THAT. 685 00:23:12,426 --> 00:23:13,959 INTERESTED IN THAT. HEAR THE RIGHT THINGS FROM THOSE 686 00:23:13,961 --> 00:23:15,861 HEAR THE RIGHT THINGS FROM THOSE WE ELECT BUT WE DON'T SEE THE 687 00:23:15,863 --> 00:23:16,495 WE ELECT BUT WE DON'T SEE THE RIGHT ACTIONS. 688 00:23:16,497 --> 00:23:18,097 RIGHT ACTIONS. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE 689 00:23:18,099 --> 00:23:20,566 >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BUDGET CUTS, WHO DO THEY REALLY 690 00:23:20,568 --> 00:23:20,899 BUDGET CUTS, WHO DO THEY REALLY EFFECT? 691 00:23:20,901 --> 00:23:22,267 EFFECT? >> THEY HURT STUDENTS AS THEY 692 00:23:22,269 --> 00:23:23,635 >> THEY HURT STUDENTS AS THEY HAVE EVERY YEAR. 693 00:23:23,637 --> 00:23:25,104 HAVE EVERY YEAR. DEPRIVED ARIZONA STUDENTS OF 694 00:23:25,106 --> 00:23:26,205 DEPRIVED ARIZONA STUDENTS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CHIP AWAY A 695 00:23:26,207 --> 00:23:28,941 OPPORTUNITIES AND CHIP AWAY A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME AT THEIR 696 00:23:28,943 --> 00:23:30,609 LITTLE BIT AT A TIME AT THEIR FUTURE BUT AGAINST THE CUTS YOU 697 00:23:30,611 --> 00:23:32,044 FUTURE BUT AGAINST THE CUTS YOU THE WILL OF EDUCATORS. 698 00:23:32,046 --> 00:23:33,445 THE WILL OF EDUCATORS. THE FOLKS THAT CONTINUE TO 699 00:23:33,447 --> 00:23:35,147 THE FOLKS THAT CONTINUE TO CHOOSE TO WORK IN OUR PUBLIC 700 00:23:35,149 --> 00:23:36,615 CHOOSE TO WORK IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND UNFORTUNATELY THE 701 00:23:36,617 --> 00:23:37,883 SCHOOLS AND UNFORTUNATELY THE CUTS ALSO HURT PARENTS. 702 00:23:37,885 --> 00:23:39,818 CUTS ALSO HURT PARENTS. HERE'S THE CRUSHING IRONY TO ME. 703 00:23:39,820 --> 00:23:41,420 HERE'S THE CRUSHING IRONY TO ME. IN A STATE THAT IS RICH IN 704 00:23:41,422 --> 00:23:42,388 IN A STATE THAT IS RICH IN CHOICE OPTIONS. 705 00:23:42,390 --> 00:23:44,456 CHOICE OPTIONS. IN A STATE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE 706 00:23:44,458 --> 00:23:47,826 IN A STATE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE MORE CHOICE OPTIONS PER SCHOOLS 707 00:23:47,828 --> 00:23:49,228 MORE CHOICE OPTIONS PER SCHOOLS THAN ANY OTHER IN THE COUNTRY, 708 00:23:49,230 --> 00:23:51,230 THAN ANY OTHER IN THE COUNTRY, 85% OF THE PARENTS IN ARIZONA 709 00:23:51,232 --> 00:23:53,098 85% OF THE PARENTS IN ARIZONA CHOOSE EVERY YEAR TO SEND THEIR 710 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:54,233 CHOOSE EVERY YEAR TO SEND THEIR STUDENTS TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD 711 00:23:54,235 --> 00:23:55,367 STUDENTS TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL. 712 00:23:55,369 --> 00:23:57,536 PUBLIC SCHOOL. WHY ARE WE NOT SUPPORTING THAT 713 00:23:57,538 --> 00:23:57,870 WHY ARE WE NOT SUPPORTING THAT CHOICE? 714 00:23:57,872 --> 00:23:59,505 CHOICE? WHY ARE WE NOT DOING EVERYTHING 715 00:23:59,507 --> 00:24:01,206 WHY ARE WE NOT DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE NUMBER ONE 716 00:24:01,208 --> 00:24:02,908 WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE NUMBER ONE CHOICE THAT ARIZONA'S PARENTS 717 00:24:02,910 --> 00:24:04,910 CHOICE THAT ARIZONA'S PARENTS MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATING 718 00:24:04,912 --> 00:24:05,911 MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATING THEIR STUDENTS? 719 00:24:05,913 --> 00:24:08,180 THEIR STUDENTS? IT'S AS IF POLICY MAKERS ARE NOT 720 00:24:08,182 --> 00:24:09,448 IT'S AS IF POLICY MAKERS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT CHOICE OR THINK 721 00:24:09,450 --> 00:24:11,250 HAPPY WITH THAT CHOICE OR THINK THAT PARENTS HAVE MADE THE WRONG 722 00:24:11,252 --> 00:24:11,750 THAT PARENTS HAVE MADE THE WRONG CHOICE. 723 00:24:11,752 --> 00:24:13,052 CHOICE. PARENTS SEEM PRETTY CLEAR THAT 724 00:24:13,054 --> 00:24:18,390 PARENTS SEEM PRETTY CLEAR THAT IT'S THE CHOICE THEY WANT TO 725 00:24:18,392 --> 00:24:19,124 IT'S THE CHOICE THEY WANT TO MAKE. 726 00:24:19,126 --> 00:24:21,093 MAKE. SO WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR 727 00:24:21,095 --> 00:24:22,394 SO WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR EDUCATORS TO BE SUPPORTIVE. 728 00:24:22,396 --> 00:24:24,063 EDUCATORS TO BE SUPPORTIVE. FOR PARENTS TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN 729 00:24:24,065 --> 00:24:24,897 FOR PARENTS TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN THE CHOICE THEY MAKE. 730 00:24:24,899 --> 00:24:26,932 THE CHOICE THEY MAKE. WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR POLICY 731 00:24:26,934 --> 00:24:29,835 WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR POLICY MAKERS TO SUPPORT THE 732 00:24:29,837 --> 00:24:30,569 MAKERS TO SUPPORT THE OVERWHELMING CHOICE OF ARIZONA 733 00:24:30,571 --> 00:24:30,836 OVERWHELMING CHOICE OF ARIZONA PARENTS. 734 00:24:30,838 --> 00:24:38,177 >> THE BUZZ NOW WITH MY COLLEAGUE AND CHRISTOPHER THE 735 00:24:38,179 --> 00:24:39,845 COLLEAGUE AND CHRISTOPHER THE PROPOSAL IS IN FOR THE BUDGE. 736 00:24:39,847 --> 00:24:42,414 PROPOSAL IS IN FOR THE BUDGE. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FIREWORKS IN 737 00:24:42,416 --> 00:24:43,716 WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FIREWORKS IN LEGISLATURE JUST YET BUT WE 738 00:24:43,718 --> 00:24:44,350 LEGISLATURE JUST YET BUT WE LIKELY WILL. 739 00:24:44,352 --> 00:24:46,085 LIKELY WILL. >> WE HAVEN'T SEEN FIREWORKS BUT 740 00:24:46,087 --> 00:24:50,022 >> WE HAVEN'T SEEN FIREWORKS BUT WE SAW MAYBE SOME SPARKLERS. 741 00:24:50,024 --> 00:24:51,690 WE SAW MAYBE SOME SPARKLERS. NOT FULL FLIREWORKS. 742 00:24:51,692 --> 00:24:53,125 NOT FULL FLIREWORKS. WITHIN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WE 743 00:24:53,127 --> 00:24:54,793 WITHIN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK THERE WAS 744 00:24:54,795 --> 00:24:56,495 TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK THERE WAS A LINE MOVING JUST UNDER A 745 00:24:56,497 --> 00:24:59,398 A LINE MOVING JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF SOME 746 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,734 MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF SOME VETERAN'S SUPPORT MONEY. 747 00:25:01,736 --> 00:25:06,605 VETERAN'S SUPPORT MONEY. IT WAS MONEY THAT ARIZONANS HAVE 748 00:25:06,607 --> 00:25:07,740 IT WAS MONEY THAT ARIZONANS HAVE DONATED TO HELP OUT MEN AND 749 00:25:07,742 --> 00:25:10,209 DONATED TO HELP OUT MEN AND WOMEN COMING BACK FROM IRAQ AND 750 00:25:10,211 --> 00:25:11,276 WOMEN COMING BACK FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND PLACES LIKE 751 00:25:11,278 --> 00:25:11,577 AFGHANISTAN AND PLACES LIKE THAT. 752 00:25:11,579 --> 00:25:13,178 THAT. THE GOVERNOR WANTED TO TAKE THAT 753 00:25:13,180 --> 00:25:15,481 THE GOVERNOR WANTED TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND MOVE IT OVER TO PAY 754 00:25:15,483 --> 00:25:19,685 MONEY AND MOVE IT OVER TO PAY FOR THE VETERAN CEMETERIES, 755 00:25:19,687 --> 00:25:24,390 FOR THE VETERAN CEMETERIES, SIERRA VISTA AND ONE IN 756 00:25:24,392 --> 00:25:25,057 SIERRA VISTA AND ONE IN FLAGSTAFF. 757 00:25:25,059 --> 00:25:27,326 FLAGSTAFF. WHEN THE LEGISLATURE GOT WORD OF 758 00:25:27,328 --> 00:25:29,361 WHEN THE LEGISLATURE GOT WORD OF THAT, MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY 759 00:25:29,363 --> 00:25:30,496 THAT, MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY POPPED UP AND SAID WE DON'T 760 00:25:30,498 --> 00:25:32,498 POPPED UP AND SAID WE DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. 761 00:25:32,500 --> 00:25:33,766 THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. VETERAN'S GROUPS STARTED GETTING 762 00:25:33,768 --> 00:25:35,167 VETERAN'S GROUPS STARTED GETTING ON THE GOVERNOR AND WITHIN ABOUT 763 00:25:35,169 --> 00:25:37,069 ON THE GOVERNOR AND WITHIN ABOUT A DAY EARLIER THIS WEEK HE 764 00:25:37,071 --> 00:25:38,470 A DAY EARLIER THIS WEEK HE REVERSED THAT AND PULLED IT BACK 765 00:25:38,472 --> 00:25:39,605 REVERSED THAT AND PULLED IT BACK AND SAID WE'LL FIND THE MONEY 766 00:25:39,607 --> 00:25:41,607 AND SAID WE'LL FIND THE MONEY FOR THE VETERAN'S CEMETERY 767 00:25:41,609 --> 00:25:42,641 FOR THE VETERAN'S CEMETERY SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT MONEY IS 768 00:25:42,643 --> 00:25:43,442 SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT MONEY IS BEING LEFT ALONE. 769 00:25:43,444 --> 00:25:46,478 BEING LEFT ALONE. NO FIREWORKS BUT MAYBE SOME 770 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:46,879 NO FIREWORKS BUT MAYBE SOME SPARKLERS. 771 00:25:46,881 --> 00:25:48,981 SPARKLERS. >> OKAY AND MOVING ON TO HIGHER 772 00:25:48,983 --> 00:25:50,315 >> OKAY AND MOVING ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND EDUCATION WE'RE 773 00:25:50,317 --> 00:25:51,350 EDUCATION AND EDUCATION WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE THAT COMING UP IN 774 00:25:51,352 --> 00:25:52,951 LIKELY TO SEE THAT COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. 775 00:25:52,953 --> 00:25:54,119 THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. >> WE'LL HEAR ALL THE BUDGET 776 00:25:54,121 --> 00:25:55,087 >> WE'LL HEAR ALL THE BUDGET THINGS COME UP. 777 00:25:55,089 --> 00:25:57,189 THINGS COME UP. WE'RE ABOUT TO START THE 778 00:25:57,191 --> 00:25:58,791 WE'RE ABOUT TO START THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS IN THE 779 00:25:58,793 --> 00:26:00,059 COMMITTEE HEARINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE IN THE COMING WEEKS. 780 00:26:00,061 --> 00:26:01,627 LEGISLATURE IN THE COMING WEEKS. THEY BEGIN THIS COMING WEEK TO 781 00:26:01,629 --> 00:26:04,496 THEY BEGIN THIS COMING WEEK TO LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET 782 00:26:04,498 --> 00:26:05,464 LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND THEIR OWN BUDGET BECAUSE 783 00:26:05,466 --> 00:26:09,668 AND THEIR OWN BUDGET BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE 784 00:26:09,670 --> 00:26:10,035 THEY HAVE TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHERE. 785 00:26:10,037 --> 00:26:11,270 SOMEWHERE. AT THE SAME TIME IN ANOTHER WEEK 786 00:26:11,272 --> 00:26:13,138 AT THE SAME TIME IN ANOTHER WEEK THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS 787 00:26:13,140 --> 00:26:14,740 THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS WILL BE HOLDING THEIR REGULARLY 788 00:26:14,742 --> 00:26:15,541 WILL BE HOLDING THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. 789 00:26:15,543 --> 00:26:16,842 SCHEDULED MEETING. WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO TALK 790 00:26:16,844 --> 00:26:18,010 WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET THERE. 791 00:26:18,012 --> 00:26:19,712 ABOUT THE BUDGET THERE. HOW COULD THEY NOT. 792 00:26:19,714 --> 00:26:20,946 HOW COULD THEY NOT. IT'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. 793 00:26:20,948 --> 00:26:22,581 IT'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. SO WITH HIGHER EDUCATION WE'LL 794 00:26:22,583 --> 00:26:24,550 SO WITH HIGHER EDUCATION WE'LL START TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE 795 00:26:24,552 --> 00:26:26,819 START TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS REALLY WANTS TO 796 00:26:26,821 --> 00:26:27,086 BOARD OF REGENTS REALLY WANTS TO DO. 797 00:26:27,088 --> 00:26:28,987 DO. WE SAW A REACTION THE DAY THE 798 00:26:28,989 --> 00:26:30,122 WE SAW A REACTION THE DAY THE GOVERNOR ISSUED HIS BUDGET LATE 799 00:26:30,124 --> 00:26:32,391 GOVERNOR ISSUED HIS BUDGET LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. 800 00:26:32,393 --> 00:26:35,060 IN THE AFTERNOON. THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT AND 801 00:26:35,062 --> 00:26:37,062 THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF REGENTS ALL CAME OUT 802 00:26:37,064 --> 00:26:39,164 BOARD OF REGENTS ALL CAME OUT AND NOW THEY HAD TIME TO LOOK AT 803 00:26:39,166 --> 00:26:40,332 AND NOW THEY HAD TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND THINK ABOUT IT. 804 00:26:40,334 --> 00:26:41,934 IT AND THINK ABOUT IT. THAT WAS A KNEE JERK REACTION IF 805 00:26:41,936 --> 00:26:42,601 THAT WAS A KNEE JERK REACTION IF YOU WILL. 806 00:26:42,603 --> 00:26:43,736 YOU WILL. NOW WHEN THEY'RE ALL TOGETHER 807 00:26:43,738 --> 00:26:45,604 NOW WHEN THEY'RE ALL TOGETHER WE'LL GET A BETTER LOOK IN THE 808 00:26:45,606 --> 00:26:47,006 WE'LL GET A BETTER LOOK IN THE COMING WEEK OR SO WHAT THEY 809 00:26:47,008 --> 00:26:47,573 COMING WEEK OR SO WHAT THEY REALLY THINK. 810 00:26:47,575 --> 00:26:49,341 REALLY THINK. >> HOW LIKELY ARE WE TO SEE FOR 811 00:26:49,343 --> 00:26:51,877 >> HOW LIKELY ARE WE TO SEE FOR EXAMPLE THE 75 MILLION TO HIGHER 812 00:26:51,879 --> 00:26:53,312 EXAMPLE THE 75 MILLION TO HIGHER EDUCATION BE CUT BACK 813 00:26:53,314 --> 00:26:54,380 EDUCATION BE CUT BACK DRAMATICALLY OR 77 MILLION I 814 00:26:54,382 --> 00:26:55,547 DRAMATICALLY OR 77 MILLION I THINK IT IS NOW. 815 00:26:55,549 --> 00:26:57,516 THINK IT IS NOW. HOW LIKELY ARE WE TO SEE THE 816 00:26:57,518 --> 00:26:59,385 HOW LIKELY ARE WE TO SEE THE GOVERNOR SAY NEVER MIND, HOW 817 00:26:59,387 --> 00:27:01,687 GOVERNOR SAY NEVER MIND, HOW ABOUT 30 MILLION FOR EXAMPLE? 818 00:27:01,689 --> 00:27:03,355 ABOUT 30 MILLION FOR EXAMPLE? >> THE GOVERNOR IS IN A TOUGH 819 00:27:03,357 --> 00:27:06,892 >> THE GOVERNOR IS IN A TOUGH PLACE BECAUSE HE STILL HAS THE 820 00:27:06,894 --> 00:27:08,394 PLACE BECAUSE HE STILL HAS THE BILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL THEY 821 00:27:08,396 --> 00:27:10,396 BILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN THE 822 00:27:10,398 --> 00:27:11,296 HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. 823 00:27:11,298 --> 00:27:14,166 UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT 824 00:27:14,168 --> 00:27:15,601 THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE FUNDED. 825 00:27:15,603 --> 00:27:16,835 HAVE TO BE FUNDED. EDUCATION BEING ONE OF THEM. 826 00:27:16,837 --> 00:27:18,303 EDUCATION BEING ONE OF THEM. THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PLACES THEY 827 00:27:18,305 --> 00:27:22,574 THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PLACES THEY CAN REALLY CUT AND 1 BILLION IS 828 00:27:22,576 --> 00:27:23,976 CAN REALLY CUT AND 1 BILLION IS A BIG CHUNK OF THE BUDGET. 829 00:27:23,978 --> 00:27:24,476 A BIG CHUNK OF THE BUDGET. >> OKAY. 830 00:27:24,478 --> 00:27:26,178 >> OKAY. A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE 831 00:27:26,180 --> 00:27:28,113 A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS HERE. 832 00:27:28,115 --> 00:27:29,481 NEXT FEW WEEKS HERE. CERTAINLY NOT ANY QUITE TIME. 833 00:27:29,483 --> 00:27:29,815 CERTAINLY NOT ANY QUITE TIME. >> NO. 834 00:27:29,817 --> 00:27:31,283 >> NO. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. 835 00:27:31,285 --> 00:27:33,352 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. 836 00:27:33,354 --> 00:27:34,386 AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 837 00:27:34,388 --> 00:27:34,653 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. 838 00:27:34,655 --> 00:27:36,221 US. BE SURE TO TUNE IN NEXT WEEK AS 839 00:27:36,223 --> 00:27:38,057 BE SURE TO TUNE IN NEXT WEEK AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ISSUES 840 00:27:38,059 --> 00:27:39,191 WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ISSUES SURROUNDING IMMIGRATION ON THE 841 00:27:39,193 --> 00:27:40,359 SURROUNDING IMMIGRATION ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND OF COURSE HERE 842 00:27:40,361 --> 00:27:41,927 FEDERAL LEVEL AND OF COURSE HERE ALONG THE BORDER IN SOUTHERN 843 00:27:41,929 --> 00:27:42,361 ALONG THE BORDER IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 844 00:27:42,363 --> 00:27:44,330 ARIZONA. FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC 845 00:27:44,332 --> 00:27:44,763 FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA, GOOD NIGHT.