WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:13.712 STATE OF ARIZONA DISAPPOINTS MANY. 00:13.714 --> 00:14.680 MANY. >> THAT'S LIKE PENALIZING 00:14.682 --> 00:16.515 >> THAT'S LIKE PENALIZING SOMEBODY FOR DOING THE RIGHT 00:16.517 --> 00:16.815 SOMEBODY FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING. 00:16.817 --> 00:18.484 THING. THE CUTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. 00:18.486 --> 00:19.985 THE CUTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. WE'RE PAST THE FAT. 00:19.987 --> 00:21.520 WE'RE PAST THE FAT. WE'RE FAST CUTTING MUSCLE. 00:21.522 --> 00:22.454 WE'RE FAST CUTTING MUSCLE. WE'RE CUTTING BONE. 00:22.456 --> 00:25.524 WE'RE CUTTING BONE. >> CUTS TO K-12 EDUCATION AND 00:25.526 --> 00:26.425 >> CUTS TO K-12 EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION. 00:26.427 --> 00:29.194 HIGHER EDUCATION. WHAT'S THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD. 00:29.196 --> 00:31.230 WHAT'S THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD. >> THESE ARE NOT CATASTROPHIC 00:31.232 --> 00:33.866 >> THESE ARE NOT CATASTROPHIC CUTS BY ANY STRETCH AND WE DON'T 00:33.868 --> 00:34.900 CUTS BY ANY STRETCH AND WE DON'T CHARACTERIZE THEM THAT WAY. 00:34.902 --> 00:37.202 CHARACTERIZE THEM THAT WAY. THE POINT IS ITS REALLY THE 00:37.204 --> 00:38.470 THE POINT IS ITS REALLY THE ACCUMULATION OF THE CUTS THAT 00:38.472 --> 00:40.773 ACCUMULATION OF THE CUTS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE OVER 00:40.775 --> 00:41.073 HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE OVER TIME. 00:41.075 --> 01:02.194 TIME. >> THIS IS ARIZONA WEEK. 01:02.196 --> 01:07.599 >> THIS IS ARIZONA WEEK. >>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING 01:07.601 --> 01:10.436 >>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US. 01:10.438 --> 01:11.136 US. EARLIER THIS WEEK HE RELEASED 01:11.138 --> 01:15.407 EARLIER THIS WEEK HE RELEASED THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 2015-1016 01:15.409 --> 01:15.741 THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 2015-1016 YEAR. 01:15.743 --> 01:17.543 YEAR. AN ESTIMATED $77 MILLION. 01:17.545 --> 01:19.645 AN ESTIMATED $77 MILLION. JOINING ME IS PRESIDENT OF THE 01:19.647 --> 01:23.816 JOINING ME IS PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS. 01:23.818 --> 01:24.783 ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS. ILENE JOINS US. 01:24.785 --> 01:26.018 ILENE JOINS US. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS 01:26.020 --> 01:26.418 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. 01:26.420 --> 01:27.286 MORNING. >> GLAD TO BE WITH YOU. 01:27.288 --> 01:29.321 >> GLAD TO BE WITH YOU. >> 77 MILLION YOU SAID IS ABOUT 01:29.323 --> 01:32.524 >> 77 MILLION YOU SAID IS ABOUT A 10% CUT FROM YOUR OPERATING 01:32.526 --> 01:32.858 A 10% CUT FROM YOUR OPERATING BUDGET. 01:32.860 --> 01:34.193 BUDGET. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN IT 01:34.195 --> 01:35.461 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO NUMBERS? 01:35.463 --> 01:39.398 COMES TO NUMBERS? >> SO TODAY THE STATE IS ABOUT A 01:39.400 --> 01:42.468 >> SO TODAY THE STATE IS ABOUT A 25% THUNDER ON OUR HIGHER 01:42.470 --> 01:43.369 25% THUNDER ON OUR HIGHER EDUCATION ENTERPRISE. 01:43.371 --> 01:45.237 EDUCATION ENTERPRISE. QUITE DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE THE 01:45.239 --> 01:45.604 QUITE DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE THE DOWNTURN. 01:45.606 --> 01:48.574 DOWNTURN. SO THESE CUTS REPRESENT A 01:48.576 --> 01:50.142 SO THESE CUTS REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION TO OUR 01:50.144 --> 01:51.276 SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION TO OUR OPERATING BUDGET. 01:51.278 --> 01:53.512 OPERATING BUDGET. 77 MILLION IS ABOUT 10% OF OUR 01:53.514 --> 01:56.081 77 MILLION IS ABOUT 10% OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS AND IT'S TO US A 01:56.083 --> 01:57.516 OPERATING FUNDS AND IT'S TO US A POINT WHERE WE THINK WE NEED TO 01:57.518 --> 01:58.884 POINT WHERE WE THINK WE NEED TO START A SERIOUS CONVERSATION 01:58.886 --> 02:00.185 START A SERIOUS CONVERSATION WITH THE STATE ABOUT THE FUTURE 02:00.187 --> 02:01.186 WITH THE STATE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. 02:01.188 --> 02:02.654 OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. >> OVER THE YEARS THE 02:02.656 --> 02:03.622 >> OVER THE YEARS THE UNIVERSITIES HAVE CONTINUED TO 02:03.624 --> 02:04.456 UNIVERSITIES HAVE CONTINUED TO TAKE CUTS. 02:04.458 --> 02:06.325 TAKE CUTS. SO MOVING FORWARD I THINK PEOPLE 02:06.327 --> 02:08.994 SO MOVING FORWARD I THINK PEOPLE MIGHT WONDER WHAT DOES THIS DO 02:08.996 --> 02:12.164 MIGHT WONDER WHAT DOES THIS DO TO TUITION BECAUSE IN THE PAST 02:12.166 --> 02:14.433 TO TUITION BECAUSE IN THE PAST TUITION HAS GONE UP. 02:14.435 --> 02:15.234 TUITION HAS GONE UP. >> CORRECT. 02:15.236 --> 02:17.736 >> CORRECT. THE UNIVERSITIES LOST OVER $400 02:17.738 --> 02:18.537 THE UNIVERSITIES LOST OVER $400 MILLION IN FUNDING. 02:18.539 --> 02:20.973 MILLION IN FUNDING. THE REDUCTIONS TO ARIZONA PUBLIC 02:20.975 --> 02:22.007 THE REDUCTIONS TO ARIZONA PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES WERE AMONG THE 02:22.009 --> 02:24.243 UNIVERSITIES WERE AMONG THE LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY AND WITH 02:24.245 --> 02:26.645 LARGEST IN THE COUNTRY AND WITH THAT CAME CORRESPONDING 02:26.647 --> 02:28.247 THAT CAME CORRESPONDING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN 02:28.249 --> 02:28.580 SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN TUITION. 02:28.582 --> 02:29.948 TUITION. AGAIN THE LARGEST INCREASES IN 02:29.950 --> 02:31.350 AGAIN THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE COUNTRY. 02:31.352 --> 02:33.519 THE COUNTRY. ULTIMATELY WE KNOW THAT REDUCING 02:33.521 --> 02:35.220 ULTIMATELY WE KNOW THAT REDUCING THE STATE BUDGET FUNDS AND 02:35.222 --> 02:36.522 THE STATE BUDGET FUNDS AND REPLACING THAT WITH TUITION IS 02:36.524 --> 02:37.556 REPLACING THAT WITH TUITION IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE COURSE. 02:37.558 --> 02:39.892 NOT A SUSTAINABLE COURSE. THAT CAN'T BE THE SOLUTION AND 02:39.894 --> 02:41.193 THAT CAN'T BE THE SOLUTION AND TUITION CAN'T BE THE BACKSTOP 02:41.195 --> 02:45.898 TUITION CAN'T BE THE BACKSTOP FOR THE STATE'S FISCAL 02:45.900 --> 02:46.298 FOR THE STATE'S FISCAL CHALLENGES. 02:46.300 --> 02:47.833 CHALLENGES. HOW DO WE GO FORWARD AND MAKE 02:47.835 --> 02:49.835 HOW DO WE GO FORWARD AND MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP OUR PUBLIC 02:49.837 --> 02:51.136 SURE WE CAN KEEP OUR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AFFORDABLE? 02:51.138 --> 02:55.574 UNIVERSITIES AFFORDABLE? I DON'T ANTICIPATE THESE 02:55.576 --> 02:56.942 I DON'T ANTICIPATE THESE REDUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN DOLLAR 02:56.944 --> 02:58.510 REDUCTIONS WILL RESULT IN DOLLAR BY DOLLAR REPLACEMENT BUT THAT'S 02:58.512 --> 03:00.245 BY DOLLAR REPLACEMENT BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH TO 03:00.247 --> 03:01.814 WHAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH TO DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPACTS WILL 03:01.816 --> 03:02.081 DETERMINE WHAT THE IMPACTS WILL BE. 03:02.083 --> 03:03.649 BE. >> A LOT OF STUDENTS MIGHT BE 03:03.651 --> 03:05.184 >> A LOT OF STUDENTS MIGHT BE WATCHING THIS UNFOLD AND THEN 03:05.186 --> 03:06.785 WATCHING THIS UNFOLD AND THEN THEY HEAR YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO 03:06.787 --> 03:08.587 THEY HEAR YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS. 03:08.589 --> 03:10.756 HAVE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS. WHAT DO THE CONVERSATIONS ENTAIL 03:10.758 --> 03:12.591 WHAT DO THE CONVERSATIONS ENTAIL AND HOW QUICKLY WILL WE SEE 03:12.593 --> 03:14.760 AND HOW QUICKLY WILL WE SEE RESOLUTION TO ALL OF THIS? 03:14.762 --> 03:17.029 RESOLUTION TO ALL OF THIS? >> SO WE HAVE STARTED SOME 03:17.031 --> 03:18.430 >> SO WE HAVE STARTED SOME CONVERSATIONS, THE REGENTS AND 03:18.432 --> 03:19.698 CONVERSATIONS, THE REGENTS AND UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT WITH OUR 03:19.700 --> 03:21.967 UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT WITH OUR NEW GOVERNOR AND WITH OUR NEW 03:21.969 --> 03:23.235 NEW GOVERNOR AND WITH OUR NEW LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO TALK 03:23.237 --> 03:24.436 LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO TALK ABOUT EXACTLY THAT. 03:24.438 --> 03:26.105 ABOUT EXACTLY THAT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN 03:26.107 --> 03:28.107 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET OUR UNIVERSITIES ON A 03:28.109 --> 03:29.375 GET OUR UNIVERSITIES ON A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING COURSE. 03:29.377 --> 03:30.976 SUSTAINABLE FUNDING COURSE. SO DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF 03:30.978 --> 03:32.244 SO DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE WERE VERY PLEASED 03:32.246 --> 03:33.779 YEARS WE WERE VERY PLEASED BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE WAS 03:33.781 --> 03:35.781 BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE WAS BEGINNING TO ADD DOLLARS BACK TO 03:35.783 --> 03:37.116 BEGINNING TO ADD DOLLARS BACK TO OUR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES. 03:37.118 --> 03:38.751 OUR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES. SO THESE REDUCTIONS, WHILE 03:38.753 --> 03:41.020 SO THESE REDUCTIONS, WHILE THEY'RE NOT CATASTROPHIC THEY 03:41.022 --> 03:47.726 THEY'RE NOT CATASTROPHIC THEY SIGNAL A CHALLENGE FOR US. 03:47.728 --> 03:49.294 SIGNAL A CHALLENGE FOR US. AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO COVER 03:49.296 --> 03:51.397 AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO COVER AND IT'S NOT RECOVERING AS 03:51.399 --> 03:55.401 AND IT'S NOT RECOVERING AS RAPIDLY AS WE WOULD LIKE, WE'RE 03:55.403 --> 03:59.238 RAPIDLY AS WE WOULD LIKE, WE'RE CONCERNED THEY'RE SEEING A LAPSE 03:59.240 --> 04:01.740 CONCERNED THEY'RE SEEING A LAPSE IN FUNDING. 04:01.742 --> 04:03.075 IN FUNDING. THE TREND IS TOWARD DEFUNDING 04:03.077 --> 04:03.809 THE TREND IS TOWARD DEFUNDING OUR UNIVERSITIES. 04:03.811 --> 04:05.244 OUR UNIVERSITIES. THE STATE IS AN IMPORTANT 04:05.246 --> 04:07.046 THE STATE IS AN IMPORTANT PARTNER AND CONTRIBUTOR AND 04:07.048 --> 04:09.148 PARTNER AND CONTRIBUTOR AND THEY'RE CONSTITUTIONAL ENTITIES. 04:09.150 --> 04:12.651 THEY'RE CONSTITUTIONAL ENTITIES. WE NEED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 04:12.653 --> 04:14.219 WE NEED CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS 04:14.221 --> 04:15.821 EXACTLY WHAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE IN TERMS OF REAL DOLLARS 04:15.823 --> 04:18.023 WILL BE IN TERMS OF REAL DOLLARS AND HOW WE GET THOSE DOLLARS 04:18.025 --> 04:19.024 AND HOW WE GET THOSE DOLLARS DISTRIBUTED TO THE UNIVERSITIES. 04:19.026 --> 04:21.160 DISTRIBUTED TO THE UNIVERSITIES. IT'S A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT 04:21.162 --> 04:22.461 IT'S A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT REFORM THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. 04:22.463 --> 04:24.129 REFORM THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. >> WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE 04:24.131 --> 04:27.299 >> WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 04:27.301 --> 04:30.135 NUMBERS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A 10% OPERATING CUT. 04:30.137 --> 04:31.537 10% OPERATING CUT. MAYBE SOME PEOPLE ARE WATCHING 04:31.539 --> 04:33.505 MAYBE SOME PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THIS AND SAYING THAT'S NOT TOO 04:33.507 --> 04:35.574 THIS AND SAYING THAT'S NOT TOO BAD BUT IT IS SIGNIFICANT. 04:35.576 --> 04:36.041 BAD BUT IT IS SIGNIFICANT. >> CORRECT. 04:36.043 --> 04:38.143 >> CORRECT. SO IT'S CERTAINLY -- AGREED. 04:38.145 --> 04:43.716 SO IT'S CERTAINLY -- AGREED. SO THESE ARE NOT SATS TRCATASTR 04:43.718 --> 04:45.317 SO THESE ARE NOT SATS TRCATASTR CUTS BY ANY STRETCH AND WE DON'T 04:45.319 --> 04:46.585 CUTS BY ANY STRETCH AND WE DON'T CHARACTERIZE THEM THAT WAY. 04:46.587 --> 04:48.420 CHARACTERIZE THEM THAT WAY. IT'S REALLY THE ACCUMULATION OF 04:48.422 --> 04:50.422 IT'S REALLY THE ACCUMULATION OF THE CUTS TAKING PLACE OVER TIME 04:50.424 --> 04:52.458 THE CUTS TAKING PLACE OVER TIME AND THE CONTINUED RELIANCE ON 04:52.460 --> 04:52.791 AND THE CONTINUED RELIANCE ON TUITION. 04:52.793 --> 04:54.259 TUITION. THAT'S THE TREND THAT NEEDS TO 04:54.261 --> 04:54.593 THAT'S THE TREND THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. 04:54.595 --> 04:57.596 CHANGE. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS 04:57.598 --> 04:58.998 SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS CLEARLY FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN 04:59.000 --> 05:00.499 CLEARLY FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE REDUCTIONS THOUGHTFULLY AND 05:00.501 --> 05:06.271 MAKE REDUCTIONS THOUGHTFULLY AND IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT IMPACT 05:06.273 --> 05:08.674 IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT IMPACT ACCESS OR AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR 05:08.676 --> 05:09.041 ACCESS OR AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS. 05:09.043 --> 05:10.609 STUDENTS. AND ULTIMATELY IF THE STATE 05:10.611 --> 05:12.745 AND ULTIMATELY IF THE STATE CAN'T CONTRIBUTE AT THE SAME 05:12.747 --> 05:14.480 CAN'T CONTRIBUTE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS BEFORE WHAT WILL THE 05:14.482 --> 05:15.180 LEVEL AS BEFORE WHAT WILL THE ANSWER BE? 05:15.182 --> 05:17.449 ANSWER BE? OUR PROPOSAL IS WE WORK ON A 05:17.451 --> 05:19.018 OUR PROPOSAL IS WE WORK ON A PERFORMANCE BASED FUNDING MODEL 05:19.020 --> 05:20.586 PERFORMANCE BASED FUNDING MODEL WHERE THE UNIVERSITIES ARE 05:20.588 --> 05:21.887 WHERE THE UNIVERSITIES ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR 05:21.889 --> 05:23.122 RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMY WHETHER 05:23.124 --> 05:25.424 CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMY WHETHER THAT BE IN TERMS OF RESEARCH OR 05:25.426 --> 05:26.825 THAT BE IN TERMS OF RESEARCH OR THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES BUT 05:26.827 --> 05:28.827 THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES BUT SOMETHING THAT GIVES A 05:28.829 --> 05:29.962 SOMETHING THAT GIVES A DEFINITIVE WAY AND CONCRETE SET 05:29.964 --> 05:31.997 DEFINITIVE WAY AND CONCRETE SET OF EXPECTATIONS AND A CERTAIN 05:31.999 --> 05:33.098 OF EXPECTATIONS AND A CERTAIN FUNDING LEVEL THAT THE STATE 05:33.100 --> 05:34.333 FUNDING LEVEL THAT THE STATE WILL CONTRIBUTE AT. 05:34.335 --> 05:36.669 WILL CONTRIBUTE AT. THAT NEEDS TO BE COUPLED WITH 05:36.671 --> 05:38.070 THAT NEEDS TO BE COUPLED WITH SERIOUS REGULATORY REFORM FOR 05:38.072 --> 05:38.937 SERIOUS REGULATORY REFORM FOR OUR UNIVERSITIES. 05:38.939 --> 05:40.773 OUR UNIVERSITIES. TODAY WE'RE REALLY LARGELY TIED 05:40.775 --> 05:42.307 TODAY WE'RE REALLY LARGELY TIED TO THE STATE'S ARCHITECTURE 05:42.309 --> 05:44.176 TO THE STATE'S ARCHITECTURE WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH BENEFITS 05:44.178 --> 05:49.348 WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH BENEFITS DESIGN OR REPORTING OR A HOST OF 05:49.350 --> 05:50.849 DESIGN OR REPORTING OR A HOST OF OTHER REGULATIONS THAT DON'T 05:50.851 --> 05:52.718 OTHER REGULATIONS THAT DON'T MATCH WITH THE CURRENT OPERATING 05:52.720 --> 05:53.152 MATCH WITH THE CURRENT OPERATING MODEL. 05:53.154 --> 05:55.421 MODEL. WE NEED TO MAKE ADVANCES EVER 05:55.423 --> 05:57.690 WE NEED TO MAKE ADVANCES EVER AND COMBINE THESE TWO THOUGHTS. 05:57.692 --> 06:00.292 AND COMBINE THESE TWO THOUGHTS. REVAMPING OUR FUNDING MODEL AND 06:00.294 --> 06:03.896 REVAMPING OUR FUNDING MODEL AND RESTRUCTURING OUR REGULATIONS SO 06:03.898 --> 06:06.799 RESTRUCTURING OUR REGULATIONS SO THAT WE ARE FREED UP TO BEING 06:06.801 --> 06:08.400 THAT WE ARE FREED UP TO BEING STRONGER AND MORE 06:08.402 --> 06:10.235 STRONGER AND MORE ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTERPRISES. 06:10.237 --> 06:12.237 ENTREPRENEURIAL ENTERPRISES. >> ON AVERAGE IT COSTS AN IN 06:12.239 --> 06:14.006 >> ON AVERAGE IT COSTS AN IN STATE STUDENT HERE ABOUT $10,000 06:14.008 --> 06:14.640 STATE STUDENT HERE ABOUT $10,000 A YEAR. 06:14.642 --> 06:15.908 A YEAR. FOR THE STUDENTS WATCHING THIS 06:15.910 --> 06:17.476 FOR THE STUDENTS WATCHING THIS AND BECOMING DISCOURAGED ABOUT 06:17.478 --> 06:19.745 AND BECOMING DISCOURAGED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE AND FINISHING THEIR 06:19.747 --> 06:22.014 THEIR FUTURE AND FINISHING THEIR DEGREE AND STARTING AN EDUCATION 06:22.016 --> 06:23.582 DEGREE AND STARTING AN EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM? 06:23.584 --> 06:24.383 PROGRAM, WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM? >> RIGHT. 06:24.385 --> 06:26.118 >> RIGHT. WELL, CERTAINLY, THE AVERAGE 06:26.120 --> 06:28.253 WELL, CERTAINLY, THE AVERAGE PRICE THAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE FOR 06:28.255 --> 06:33.826 PRICE THAT PEOPLE PERCEIVE FOR TUITION ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT 06:33.828 --> 06:35.094 TUITION ISN'T EXACTLY WHAT ANYBODY ULTIMATELY PAID BECAUSE 06:35.096 --> 06:36.528 ANYBODY ULTIMATELY PAID BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITIES WORK VERY HARD 06:36.530 --> 06:38.097 THE UNIVERSITIES WORK VERY HARD TO CREATE FINANCIAL AID 06:38.099 --> 06:39.365 TO CREATE FINANCIAL AID OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND 06:39.367 --> 06:40.966 OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT OUR MOST 06:40.968 --> 06:42.634 REALLY MAKE SURE THAT OUR MOST NEEDY STUDENTS HAVE THE FUNDING 06:42.636 --> 06:44.436 NEEDY STUDENTS HAVE THE FUNDING THAT THEY NEED AVAILABLE TO THEM 06:44.438 --> 06:47.272 THAT THEY NEED AVAILABLE TO THEM SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR 06:47.274 --> 06:47.606 SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES. 06:47.608 --> 06:51.243 STUDIES. THAT COMMITMENT WON'T CHANGE. 06:51.245 --> 06:53.879 THAT COMMITMENT WON'T CHANGE. OUR BOARD IS CONCERNED WITH 06:53.881 --> 06:56.281 OUR BOARD IS CONCERNED WITH TRYING TO TURN THE TIDE AND 06:56.283 --> 07:00.686 TRYING TO TURN THE TIDE AND WORKING HARD ON EFFICIENT SYS TO 07:00.688 --> 07:01.920 WORKING HARD ON EFFICIENT SYS TO KEEP COSTS DOWN. 07:01.922 --> 07:06.625 KEEP COSTS DOWN. THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO IMPROVE 07:06.627 --> 07:10.095 THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO IMPROVE YOUR POSSIBILITIES THAN HIGHER 07:10.097 --> 07:10.462 YOUR POSSIBILITIES THAN HIGHER EDUCATION. 07:10.464 --> 07:12.831 EDUCATION. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR 07:12.833 --> 07:14.767 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR UNIVERSITIES ARE STRONG, THEY'RE 07:14.769 --> 07:15.501 UNIVERSITIES ARE STRONG, THEY'RE AFFORDABLE, AND THEY'RE 07:15.503 --> 07:17.536 AFFORDABLE, AND THEY'RE POSITIONED TO PROVIDE THE HIGH 07:17.538 --> 07:24.343 POSITIONED TO PROVIDE THE HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION THAT OUR 07:24.345 --> 07:24.843 QUALITY EDUCATION THAT OUR ARIZONIANS NEED. 07:24.845 --> 07:26.045 ARIZONIANS NEED. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 07:26.047 --> 07:26.345 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 07:26.347 --> 07:28.180 TIME. THE BUDGET CUTS ARE HIKELY TO 07:28.182 --> 07:30.115 THE BUDGET CUTS ARE HIKELY TO HEADLINE DISCUSSION IN THE STATE 07:30.117 --> 07:30.516 HEADLINE DISCUSSION IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE. 07:30.518 --> 07:32.418 LEGISLATURE. THE REPRESENTATIVE IS ON THE 07:32.420 --> 07:33.719 THE REPRESENTATIVE IS ON THE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND 07:33.721 --> 07:35.254 HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND BEFORE TAKING PUBLIC OFFICE 07:35.256 --> 07:40.092 BEFORE TAKING PUBLIC OFFICE WORKED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 07:40.094 --> 07:40.459 WORKED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. 07:40.461 --> 07:41.360 ARIZONA. >> WHAT WERE YOUR INITIAL 07:41.362 --> 07:43.762 >> WHAT WERE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS WHEN YOU SAW THE BUDGET 07:43.764 --> 07:46.799 THOUGHTS WHEN YOU SAW THE BUDGET AND 75 MILLION CUTS TO HIGHER 07:46.801 --> 07:47.199 AND 75 MILLION CUTS TO HIGHER EDUCATION. 07:47.201 --> 07:49.468 EDUCATION. >> A LOT OF CONCERN. 07:49.470 --> 07:51.337 >> A LOT OF CONCERN. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT 07:51.339 --> 07:52.738 WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT AMOUNT OF CAP TO THE UNIVERSITY 07:52.740 --> 07:54.440 AMOUNT OF CAP TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WHICH MEANS RIGHT 07:54.442 --> 07:57.142 OF ARIZONA WHICH MEANS RIGHT AWAY WHAT I THINK, IT'S THE 07:57.144 --> 08:01.347 AWAY WHAT I THINK, IT'S THE TUITION GOING UP AGAIN. 08:01.349 --> 08:05.818 TUITION GOING UP AGAIN. AND THAT'S GOING BY A LOT OF 08:05.820 --> 08:06.185 AND THAT'S GOING BY A LOT OF STUDENTS. 08:06.187 --> 08:07.953 STUDENTS. THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD BE 08:07.955 --> 08:09.822 THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN EDUCATION. 08:09.824 --> 08:12.024 INVESTING IN EDUCATION. INVESTING IN A FUTURE TO ATTRACT 08:12.026 --> 08:16.595 INVESTING IN A FUTURE TO ATTRACT BETTER EMPLOYERS TO ARIZONA. 08:16.597 --> 08:18.630 BETTER EMPLOYERS TO ARIZONA. AND THAT'S JUST COUNTER 08:18.632 --> 08:19.898 AND THAT'S JUST COUNTER PRODUCTIVE IN MY WAY OF LOOKING 08:19.900 --> 08:21.433 PRODUCTIVE IN MY WAY OF LOOKING AT IT. 08:21.435 --> 08:23.502 AT IT. THE UNIVERSITY HAS ALWAYS 08:23.504 --> 08:25.004 THE UNIVERSITY HAS ALWAYS DONE -- NOT BECAUSE I WORKED 08:25.006 --> 08:26.772 DONE -- NOT BECAUSE I WORKED THERE -- BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A 08:26.774 --> 08:28.307 THERE -- BUT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A LEADER IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND 08:28.309 --> 08:32.845 LEADER IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THAT ATTRACTS AND TRANSFERS INTO 08:32.847 --> 08:33.879 THAT ATTRACTS AND TRANSFERS INTO TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL ATTRACT 08:33.881 --> 08:35.280 TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL ATTRACT EMPLOYMENT, ET CETERA, AND 08:35.282 --> 08:35.681 EMPLOYMENT, ET CETERA, AND DEVELOPMENT. 08:35.683 --> 08:37.082 DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP IT. 08:37.084 --> 08:40.152 THAT'S NOT GOING TO HELP IT. WE NEED SOME SUPPORT AT THE 08:40.154 --> 08:40.552 WE NEED SOME SUPPORT AT THE UNIVERSITY. 08:40.554 --> 08:41.954 UNIVERSITY. AT ALL THREE INSTITUTIONS. 08:41.956 --> 08:44.089 AT ALL THREE INSTITUTIONS. >> YOUR BACKGROUND IS IN HIGHER 08:44.091 --> 08:44.490 >> YOUR BACKGROUND IS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 08:44.492 --> 08:45.124 EDUCATION. >> YES IT IS. 08:45.126 --> 08:46.525 >> YES IT IS. >> YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE HERE 08:46.527 --> 08:48.260 >> YOU'RE ON THE COMMITTEE HERE AT THE LEGISLATURE SO WHAT CAN 08:48.262 --> 08:52.364 AT THE LEGISLATURE SO WHAT CAN YOU DO RIGHT NOW AS OF THE STATE 08:52.366 --> 08:54.867 YOU DO RIGHT NOW AS OF THE STATE LEGISLATOR TO TRY TO CHANGE 08:54.869 --> 08:55.167 LEGISLATOR TO TRY TO CHANGE THIS? 08:55.169 --> 08:55.901 THIS? WHAT DO YOU DO? 08:55.903 --> 08:58.270 WHAT DO YOU DO? >> WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO -- 08:58.272 --> 09:00.339 >> WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO -- THROUGH OUR COMMITTEES, FOR 09:00.341 --> 09:01.874 THROUGH OUR COMMITTEES, FOR EXAMPLE, SPEAK TO THE MAJORITY 09:01.876 --> 09:04.576 EXAMPLE, SPEAK TO THE MAJORITY IN CONTROL AT THIS POINT AND 09:04.578 --> 09:07.279 IN CONTROL AT THIS POINT AND CONVINCE THEM THAT LET'S TRY TO 09:07.281 --> 09:10.082 CONVINCE THEM THAT LET'S TRY TO DO MORE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND 09:10.084 --> 09:12.918 DO MORE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE BECAUSE 09:12.920 --> 09:17.489 COMMUNITY COLLEGE BECAUSE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ALSO GOT A 09:17.491 --> 09:20.192 COMMUNITY COLLEGES ALSO GOT A CUT AND NOW THAT'S ANOTHER AREA 09:20.194 --> 09:21.760 CUT AND NOW THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WE SHOULD BE CUTTING BECAUSE AT 09:21.762 --> 09:26.265 WE SHOULD BE CUTTING BECAUSE AT THIS POINT THEY NEED ALL THE 09:26.267 --> 09:32.137 THIS POINT THEY NEED ALL THE SUPPORT THEY CAN GET TO IMPROVE 09:32.139 --> 09:33.272 SUPPORT THEY CAN GET TO IMPROVE THE GLOBAL TRAINING. 09:33.274 --> 09:35.140 THE GLOBAL TRAINING. WE TALKED ON MANY ASPECTS. 09:35.142 --> 09:36.709 WE TALKED ON MANY ASPECTS. BOTH PARTIES ARE OBVIOUSLY 09:36.711 --> 09:40.379 BOTH PARTIES ARE OBVIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE 09:40.381 --> 09:42.114 TALKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR MORE TRAINING FOR GLOBAL SOCIETY. 09:42.116 --> 09:43.916 TRAINING FOR GLOBAL SOCIETY. FOR A VERY COMPETITIVE SOCIETY. 09:43.918 --> 09:46.919 FOR A VERY COMPETITIVE SOCIETY. WE TALK ABOUT MEXICO HAVING SUCH 09:46.921 --> 09:49.688 WE TALK ABOUT MEXICO HAVING SUCH A GIGANTIC ROLE NOW RELATED TO 09:49.690 --> 09:50.322 A GIGANTIC ROLE NOW RELATED TO OUR ECONOMY. 09:50.324 --> 09:56.595 OUR ECONOMY. THIS IS A TIME TO BEGIN TO 09:56.597 --> 09:59.331 THIS IS A TIME TO BEGIN TO PROMOTE PROGRAMS THAT WILL 09:59.333 --> 10:00.899 PROMOTE PROGRAMS THAT WILL IMPROVE THOSE CONDITIONS. 10:00.901 --> 10:02.735 IMPROVE THOSE CONDITIONS. I MYSELF WOULD BE LOOKING AT AND 10:02.737 --> 10:04.336 I MYSELF WOULD BE LOOKING AT AND AM LOOKING AT FOR EXAMPLE THE 10:04.338 --> 10:07.606 AM LOOKING AT FOR EXAMPLE THE REPEAL OF RESOLUTION 203 WHICH 10:07.608 --> 10:09.375 REPEAL OF RESOLUTION 203 WHICH MAKES IT AGAINST THE LAW TO USE 10:09.377 --> 10:11.677 MAKES IT AGAINST THE LAW TO USE SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS WHO 10:11.679 --> 10:13.812 SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS WHO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH ENGLISH BUT 10:13.814 --> 10:15.948 HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH ENGLISH BUT THE IDEA IS TO PROMOTE LANGUAGES 10:15.950 --> 10:18.917 THE IDEA IS TO PROMOTE LANGUAGES FOR BOTH CULTURES TO COME OUT 10:18.919 --> 10:25.891 FOR BOTH CULTURES TO COME OUT WORLD VIEWS FOR THE ONES WE'RE 10:25.893 --> 10:26.759 WORLD VIEWS FOR THE ONES WE'RE PREPARING AT THE COMMUNITY 10:26.761 --> 10:27.893 PREPARING AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES. 10:27.895 --> 10:29.428 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES. >> COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAVE GROWN 10:29.430 --> 10:31.330 >> COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAVE GROWN OVER THE LAST DECADES. 10:31.332 --> 10:34.767 OVER THE LAST DECADES. MORE SITES, MORE AVAILABLE, MORE 10:34.769 --> 10:35.300 MORE SITES, MORE AVAILABLE, MORE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE. 10:35.302 --> 10:36.268 OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE. EVEN WITH FAMILIES. 10:36.270 --> 10:38.037 EVEN WITH FAMILIES. PERHAPS THE SYSTEM GOT TOO BIG 10:38.039 --> 10:40.406 PERHAPS THE SYSTEM GOT TOO BIG AND THE STATE CAN'T SUSTAIN IT? 10:40.408 --> 10:41.573 AND THE STATE CAN'T SUSTAIN IT? IS THAT A VIABLE ARGUMENT? 10:41.575 --> 10:42.708 IS THAT A VIABLE ARGUMENT? >> I DON'T THINK SO. 10:42.710 --> 10:44.977 >> I DON'T THINK SO. IT'S NOT THAT IT'S TOO BIG OF A 10:44.979 --> 10:45.310 IT'S NOT THAT IT'S TOO BIG OF A SYSTEM. 10:45.312 --> 10:50.916 SYSTEM. IT'S BEEN A VERY POPULAR SYSTEM 10:50.918 --> 10:53.118 IT'S BEEN A VERY POPULAR SYSTEM THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT 10:53.120 --> 10:54.787 THERE'S A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ORDINARILY, MANY TIMES 10:54.789 --> 10:55.654 ORDINARILY, MANY TIMES NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS, 10:55.656 --> 10:57.623 NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS, SOMETIMES STUDENTS WOULD HAVE 10:57.625 --> 11:02.227 SOMETIMES STUDENTS WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY GOING STRAIGHT TO A 11:02.229 --> 11:04.430 DIFFICULTY GOING STRAIGHT TO A UNIVERSITY BUT IT OPENED A DOOR 11:04.432 --> 11:05.764 UNIVERSITY BUT IT OPENED A DOOR AND THAT DOOR GAME OPEN AND WE 11:05.766 --> 11:07.866 AND THAT DOOR GAME OPEN AND WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS 11:07.868 --> 11:08.300 HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING. 11:08.302 --> 11:09.568 PARTICIPATING. THAT IS GOOD. 11:09.570 --> 11:11.136 THAT IS GOOD. LET'S SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. 11:11.138 --> 11:12.971 LET'S SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE 11:12.973 --> 11:15.074 LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THEM THE TYPE OF EDUCATION WHERE 11:15.076 --> 11:16.141 THEM THE TYPE OF EDUCATION WHERE THEY WILL BE GOING INTO A 11:16.143 --> 11:17.443 THEY WILL BE GOING INTO A UNIVERSITY AND THEY'RE GOING 11:17.445 --> 11:19.678 UNIVERSITY AND THEY'RE GOING INTO A PROFESSION THAT REQUIRED 11:19.680 --> 11:20.045 INTO A PROFESSION THAT REQUIRED TRAINING. 11:20.047 --> 11:22.481 TRAINING. IT'S A GOOD THING. 11:22.483 --> 11:24.216 IT'S A GOOD THING. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE EVEN 11:24.218 --> 11:28.187 >> THERE ARE PEOPLE EVEN CONSTITUENTS PROBABLY SAYING 11:28.189 --> 11:33.359 CONSTITUENTS PROBABLY SAYING THIS HAD TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT'S 11:33.361 --> 11:35.060 THIS HAD TO BE DONE BECAUSE IT'S SO STRAINED. 11:35.062 --> 11:39.598 SO STRAINED. >> WE NEED TO IMPROVE IN MANY 11:39.600 --> 11:40.532 >> WE NEED TO IMPROVE IN MANY STATES. 11:40.534 --> 11:43.469 STATES. THEY'RE PROVIDING -- YOU'RE 11:43.471 --> 11:44.737 THEY'RE PROVIDING -- YOU'RE INVESTING SOME IN A DIFFICULT 11:44.739 --> 11:46.105 INVESTING SOME IN A DIFFICULT TIME BUT THIS IS THE TIME TO 11:46.107 --> 11:47.940 TIME BUT THIS IS THE TIME TO MAKE THE INVESTMENTS SO THAT WE 11:47.942 --> 11:51.477 MAKE THE INVESTMENTS SO THAT WE CAN COMPETE WITH OTHER STATES. 11:51.479 --> 11:53.412 CAN COMPETE WITH OTHER STATES. IT'S THAT WE HAVE LEFT IT ASIDE 11:53.414 --> 11:57.249 IT'S THAT WE HAVE LEFT IT ASIDE FOR SO LONG AND IT'S TIME TO 11:57.251 --> 12:02.021 FOR SO LONG AND IT'S TIME TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE MOVE, 12:02.023 --> 12:08.293 TAKE, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE MOVE, THE HARD MOVE AND INVEST AND 12:08.295 --> 12:09.094 THE HARD MOVE AND INVEST AND MAKE THE RETURNS. 12:09.096 --> 12:10.396 MAKE THE RETURNS. THE RETURNS ARE ALREADY COMING 12:10.398 --> 12:12.965 THE RETURNS ARE ALREADY COMING THROUGH FOR ASU AND NORTHERN 12:12.967 --> 12:15.167 THROUGH FOR ASU AND NORTHERN ARIZONA ARE PROVIDING NEW 12:15.169 --> 12:27.379 ARIZONA ARE PROVIDING NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW, NEW ADVENTURES. 12:27.381 --> 12:29.348 TECHNOLOGY, NEW, NEW ADVENTURES. NEW DIRECTIONS AND FOR THE LAST 12:29.350 --> 12:31.483 NEW DIRECTIONS AND FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IT'S HAD AN IMPACT. 12:31.485 --> 12:33.886 FEW YEARS IT'S HAD AN IMPACT. >> COMMUNITY COLLEGES FALL UNDER 12:33.888 --> 12:35.187 >> COMMUNITY COLLEGES FALL UNDER HIGHER EDUCATION. 12:35.189 --> 12:36.321 HIGHER EDUCATION. COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS SIX 12:36.323 --> 12:38.023 COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS SIX CAMPUSES AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 12:38.025 --> 12:40.025 CAMPUSES AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A $3 MILLION CUT FROM THE STATE. 12:40.027 --> 12:41.560 A $3 MILLION CUT FROM THE STATE. HERE'S MY INTERVIEW WITH 12:41.562 --> 12:43.696 HERE'S MY INTERVIEW WITH CHANCELLOR HEWY LAMBERT. 12:43.698 --> 12:48.534 CHANCELLOR HEWY LAMBERT. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STATE 12:48.536 --> 12:53.806 >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR STATE AID BUDGET BASED ON OUR FTE, 12:53.808 --> 12:55.007 AID BUDGET BASED ON OUR FTE, CALCULATION AND STEM COMPONENT, 12:55.009 --> 13:01.080 CALCULATION AND STEM COMPONENT, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 13:01.082 --> 13:02.815 WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $6.6 MILLION THAT ALL OF THAT 13:02.817 --> 13:04.750 $6.6 MILLION THAT ALL OF THAT EQUATES TO AND WHEN YOU TAKE 50% 13:04.752 --> 13:07.186 EQUATES TO AND WHEN YOU TAKE 50% OF THAT WHICH IS THE GOVERNOR'S 13:07.188 --> 13:08.387 OF THAT WHICH IS THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL FOR US WHICH WOULD MEAN 13:08.389 --> 13:11.156 PROPOSAL FOR US WHICH WOULD MEAN WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE BUDGET BY 13:11.158 --> 13:11.590 WE HAVE TO REDUCE THE BUDGET BY $3.3 MILLION. 13:11.592 --> 13:13.992 $3.3 MILLION. >> SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. 13:13.994 --> 13:14.827 >> SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY. HOW DO YOU MANAGE? 13:14.829 --> 13:16.128 HOW DO YOU MANAGE? >> THIS HAS TO BE THOUGHT OF IN 13:16.130 --> 13:17.363 >> THIS HAS TO BE THOUGHT OF IN A LARGER CONTEXT. 13:17.365 --> 13:19.131 A LARGER CONTEXT. JUST A FEW YEARS BACK THE 13:19.133 --> 13:22.067 JUST A FEW YEARS BACK THE COLLEGE TOOK CLOSE TO $9 MILLION 13:22.069 --> 13:23.002 COLLEGE TOOK CLOSE TO $9 MILLION STATE AID REDUCTION. 13:23.004 --> 13:26.505 STATE AID REDUCTION. NOW THIS IS COMING ON TOP OF 13:26.507 --> 13:26.805 NOW THIS IS COMING ON TOP OF THAT. 13:26.807 --> 13:30.209 THAT. SO IT'S SIGNIFICANT AND WHEN YOU 13:30.211 --> 13:31.677 SO IT'S SIGNIFICANT AND WHEN YOU ADJUST IT FOR THE EARLIER 13:31.679 --> 13:33.212 ADJUST IT FOR THE EARLIER AMOUNT, THAT MEANS THERE'S 13:33.214 --> 13:34.446 AMOUNT, THAT MEANS THERE'S THINGS THAT YOU DID BACK THEN 13:34.448 --> 13:35.914 THINGS THAT YOU DID BACK THEN THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR 13:35.916 --> 13:41.253 THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR US TO TRIM AROUND NOW. 13:41.255 --> 13:43.922 US TO TRIM AROUND NOW. SO AS YOU TAKE A SERIES OF CUTS 13:43.924 --> 13:45.257 SO AS YOU TAKE A SERIES OF CUTS YOU'RE MOVING MORE AND MORE 13:45.259 --> 13:46.792 YOU'RE MOVING MORE AND MORE AGAINST THE MUSCLE AND THE HEART 13:46.794 --> 13:49.294 AGAINST THE MUSCLE AND THE HEART OF THE INSTITUTION IN SOME 13:49.296 --> 13:49.695 OF THE INSTITUTION IN SOME CASES. 13:49.697 --> 13:52.331 CASES. SOME OF YOUR OPTIONS ARE NOT 13:52.333 --> 13:53.032 SOME OF YOUR OPTIONS ARE NOT AVAILABLE THAT WERE AVAILABLE 13:53.034 --> 13:53.365 AVAILABLE THAT WERE AVAILABLE BEFORE. 13:53.367 --> 13:54.533 BEFORE. >> DO STUDENTS PICK UP THE COSTS 13:54.535 --> 13:56.168 >> DO STUDENTS PICK UP THE COSTS OR DO YOU REDUCE SERVICES? 13:56.170 --> 13:57.036 OR DO YOU REDUCE SERVICES? WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? 13:57.038 --> 13:58.537 WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 13:58.539 --> 14:00.839 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS. 14:00.841 --> 14:01.473 DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU CAN CONTROL IT ON THE 14:01.475 --> 14:02.608 YOU CAN CONTROL IT ON THE EXPENSE SIDE. 14:02.610 --> 14:09.048 EXPENSE SIDE. MEANING LOOK AT YOUR CURRENT 14:09.050 --> 14:11.650 MEANING LOOK AT YOUR CURRENT EXPENDITURES AND TRY TO ADJUST 14:11.652 --> 14:13.018 EXPENDITURES AND TRY TO ADJUST ON THAT SIDE OR YOU CAN LOOK AT 14:13.020 --> 14:14.720 ON THAT SIDE OR YOU CAN LOOK AT THE REVENUE SIDE ONLY AND SAY 14:14.722 --> 14:16.321 THE REVENUE SIDE ONLY AND SAY ARE THERE OTHER SOURCES OF 14:16.323 --> 14:17.423 ARE THERE OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE WHERE WE CAN MAKE UP 14:17.425 --> 14:18.957 REVENUE WHERE WE CAN MAKE UP THAT REDUCTION. 14:18.959 --> 14:20.859 THAT REDUCTION. SO TUITION AND FEES. 14:20.861 --> 14:22.394 SO TUITION AND FEES. CERTAINLY ONE OF THE OPTIONS 14:22.396 --> 14:24.430 CERTAINLY ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AND 14:24.432 --> 14:32.604 THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AND CERTAINLY LOOKING AT OUR 14:32.606 --> 14:42.748 CERTAINLY LOOKING AT OUR PROPERTY TAX AND THOSE TWO 14:42.750 --> 14:44.717 PROPERTY TAX AND THOSE TWO REVENUES COULD OFFSET THE 14:44.719 --> 14:47.586 REVENUES COULD OFFSET THE REDUCTIONS BUT IT DOESN'T ALLOW 14:47.588 --> 14:53.292 REDUCTIONS BUT IT DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO -- YOU'RE JUST TREADING 14:53.294 --> 14:53.592 YOU TO -- YOU'RE JUST TREADING WATER. 14:53.594 --> 14:55.094 WATER. YOU'RE TAKING IT FROM HERE AND 14:55.096 --> 14:56.195 YOU'RE TAKING IT FROM HERE AND PLACING IT OVER THERE BUT YOU'RE 14:56.197 --> 14:58.230 PLACING IT OVER THERE BUT YOU'RE NOT GROWING OR INNOVATING. 14:58.232 --> 14:59.932 NOT GROWING OR INNOVATING. YOU'RE TRANSFERRING MONEY FROM 14:59.934 --> 15:01.867 YOU'RE TRANSFERRING MONEY FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND BY 15:01.869 --> 15:05.170 ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND BY SHIFTING THAT COST BURDEN TO THE 15:05.172 --> 15:07.373 SHIFTING THAT COST BURDEN TO THE STUDENTS FOR EXAMPLE SUE IS 15:07.375 --> 15:07.873 STUDENTS FOR EXAMPLE SUE IS GOING TO PAY MORE. 15:07.875 --> 15:09.475 GOING TO PAY MORE. SO YOU HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. 15:09.477 --> 15:14.213 SO YOU HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. HOW IS THAT GOING TO EFFECT 15:14.215 --> 15:14.546 HOW IS THAT GOING TO EFFECT ACCESS? 15:14.548 --> 15:15.481 ACCESS? IT'S AFFORDABLE THEN THAT'S 15:15.483 --> 15:18.417 IT'S AFFORDABLE THEN THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOUR ASSESS AND 15:18.419 --> 15:20.419 GOING TO IMPACT YOUR ASSESS AND YOUR ENROLEMENT DOWNSTREAM WHICH 15:20.421 --> 15:22.121 YOUR ENROLEMENT DOWNSTREAM WHICH WILL HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. 15:22.123 --> 15:24.023 WILL HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. >> RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE ABOUT 15:24.025 --> 15:25.457 >> RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE ABOUT 60,000 STUDENTS BUT ENROLLMENT 15:25.459 --> 15:26.625 60,000 STUDENTS BUT ENROLLMENT IS DECLINING YOU SAY. 15:26.627 --> 15:29.828 IS DECLINING YOU SAY. >> YEAH, SO REMEMBER THAT 60,000 15:29.830 --> 15:32.798 >> YEAH, SO REMEMBER THAT 60,000 ROUGHLY NUMBER IS ALL COMBINED 15:32.800 --> 15:33.132 ROUGHLY NUMBER IS ALL COMBINED EFFORT. 15:33.134 --> 15:35.668 EFFORT. BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE 15:35.670 --> 15:38.637 BUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE ARE USUALLY TALKING 15:38.639 --> 15:40.906 BUDGET, WE ARE USUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FTE SIDE, THE FOR 15:40.908 --> 15:42.174 ABOUT THE FTE SIDE, THE FOR CREDIT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND 15:42.176 --> 15:43.575 CREDIT SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THAT NUMBER IS CERTAINLY SMALLER 15:43.577 --> 15:48.147 THAT NUMBER IS CERTAINLY SMALLER THAN THAT NUMBER OVERALL AND 15:48.149 --> 15:51.150 THAN THAT NUMBER OVERALL AND THAT'S SOMETHING NOT TO LOSE 15:51.152 --> 15:51.684 THAT'S SOMETHING NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF. 15:51.686 --> 15:52.985 SIGHT OF. SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT SIDE 15:52.987 --> 15:53.986 SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT SIDE OF THE EQUATION. 15:53.988 --> 15:55.988 OF THE EQUATION. THAT'S WHAT DRIVES OUR FUNDING 15:55.990 --> 15:57.122 THAT'S WHAT DRIVES OUR FUNDING AND REVENUE. 15:57.124 --> 15:58.824 AND REVENUE. IF WE CAN'T KEEP NUMBERS IN A 15:58.826 --> 16:01.393 IF WE CAN'T KEEP NUMBERS IN A CERTAIN PLACE IT WILL HAVE OTHER 16:01.395 --> 16:01.827 CERTAIN PLACE IT WILL HAVE OTHER IMPLICATIONS. 16:01.829 --> 16:03.962 IMPLICATIONS. >> YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR, YOU 16:03.964 --> 16:04.897 >> YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR, YOU SAID, 18 MONTHS. 16:04.899 --> 16:06.765 SAID, 18 MONTHS. BUT THIS IS NOT NEW TO YOU IN 16:06.767 --> 16:08.767 BUT THIS IS NOT NEW TO YOU IN THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE 16:08.769 --> 16:09.902 THE SENSE THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS AT COLLEGE 16:09.904 --> 16:10.536 EXPERIENCED THIS AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES BEFORE. 16:10.538 --> 16:11.136 CAMPUSES BEFORE. >> RIGHT. 16:11.138 --> 16:12.338 >> RIGHT. >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO RALLY 16:12.340 --> 16:14.206 >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO RALLY THE TROOPS SURROUNDING YOU TO 16:14.208 --> 16:15.474 THE TROOPS SURROUNDING YOU TO ENCOURAGE THEM THAT WE CAN 16:15.476 --> 16:16.008 ENCOURAGE THEM THAT WE CAN HANDLE THIS. 16:16.010 --> 16:17.910 HANDLE THIS. >> FIRST OF ALL IS TO 16:17.912 --> 16:19.445 >> FIRST OF ALL IS TO COMMUNICATE WHAT'S GOING ON. 16:19.447 --> 16:21.146 COMMUNICATE WHAT'S GOING ON. TO BE AS OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT 16:21.148 --> 16:25.951 TO BE AS OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE 16:25.953 --> 16:26.285 THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING. 16:26.287 --> 16:30.122 FACING. SECO 16:30.124 --> 16:31.657 SECO SECONDLY PUT TOGETHER A GROUP 16:31.659 --> 16:33.258 SECONDLY PUT TOGETHER A GROUP THAT WILL START TO DEVELOP A 16:33.260 --> 16:36.528 THAT WILL START TO DEVELOP A PROCESS ALONG WITH A CRITERIA 16:36.530 --> 16:38.597 PROCESS ALONG WITH A CRITERIA AND TIME FRAME WHEN WE CAN START 16:38.599 --> 16:40.065 AND TIME FRAME WHEN WE CAN START TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. 16:40.067 --> 16:41.767 TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT 16:41.769 --> 16:43.936 WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT AREAS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO 16:43.938 --> 16:45.771 AREAS THAT WE MAY HAVE TO REENGINEER IF YOU WILL IN SOME 16:45.773 --> 16:46.071 REENGINEER IF YOU WILL IN SOME CASES. 16:46.073 --> 16:49.208 CASES. SO INVOLVING EMPLOYEES IN THAT 16:49.210 --> 16:49.541 SO INVOLVING EMPLOYEES IN THAT PROCESS. 16:49.543 --> 16:52.411 PROCESS. INVOLVING STUDENTS THAT MAYBE 16:52.413 --> 16:55.314 INVOLVING STUDENTS THAT MAYBE HAVE A WAY TO INPUT INTO THE 16:55.316 --> 16:55.647 HAVE A WAY TO INPUT INTO THE PROCESS. 16:55.649 --> 16:56.715 PROCESS. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. 16:56.717 --> 16:59.418 SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO AS PART OF THIS, WHAT WE DID, 16:59.420 --> 17:01.020 SO AS PART OF THIS, WHAT WE DID, LONG BEFORE THE BUDGET -- THE 17:01.022 --> 17:02.821 LONG BEFORE THE BUDGET -- THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED HIS BUDGET, 17:02.823 --> 17:07.059 GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED HIS BUDGET, WE WERE ALREADY BEGINNING THE 17:07.061 --> 17:08.494 WE WERE ALREADY BEGINNING THE PLANNING BECAUSE I'M THE KIND OF 17:08.496 --> 17:10.029 PLANNING BECAUSE I'M THE KIND OF PERSON I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO TRY 17:10.031 --> 17:11.330 PERSON I BELIEVE YOU HAVE TO TRY TO ANTICIPATE WHAT'S GOING ON 17:11.332 --> 17:13.465 TO ANTICIPATE WHAT'S GOING ON AND LOOKING AT THE TRENDS AND SO 17:13.467 --> 17:15.601 AND LOOKING AT THE TRENDS AND SO FORTH AND WE WERE GETTING EARLY 17:15.603 --> 17:16.001 FORTH AND WE WERE GETTING EARLY INDICATIONS. 17:16.003 --> 17:17.336 INDICATIONS. WE HEARD ABOUT THE CHALLENGES 17:17.338 --> 17:19.071 WE HEARD ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WITH K-12 AND ALL OF THAT. 17:19.073 --> 17:21.440 WITH K-12 AND ALL OF THAT. SO JUST TAKING THAT AS AN 17:21.442 --> 17:22.908 SO JUST TAKING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO 17:22.910 --> 17:24.476 EXAMPLE I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR THAT THE 17:24.478 --> 17:26.111 BE A TOUGH BUDGET YEAR THAT THE NEW GOVERNOR WAS GOING TO FACE. 17:26.113 --> 17:27.446 NEW GOVERNOR WAS GOING TO FACE. SO WE WENT TO THE BOARD BEFORE 17:27.448 --> 17:32.351 SO WE WENT TO THE BOARD BEFORE THE END OF LAST YEAR AND HAD 17:32.353 --> 17:41.827 THE END OF LAST YEAR AND HAD THEM APPROVE THREE DOLLAR 17:41.829 --> 17:42.194 THEM APPROVE THREE DOLLAR SCENARIOS. 17:42.196 --> 17:46.732 SCENARIOS. WE START TO DEVELOP THREE 17:46.734 --> 17:49.068 WE START TO DEVELOP THREE SCENARIOS THAT ARE NOT REDUCING 17:49.070 --> 17:51.270 SCENARIOS THAT ARE NOT REDUCING OUR BUDGET BY 5 OR 15 MILLION OR 17:51.272 --> 17:53.005 OUR BUDGET BY 5 OR 15 MILLION OR HOW DO YOU MIX IN A REVENUE AS 17:53.007 --> 17:54.673 HOW DO YOU MIX IN A REVENUE AS PART OF THE OVERALL MIX. 17:54.675 --> 17:56.809 PART OF THE OVERALL MIX. WE'RE WELL INTO THAT PROCESS. 17:56.811 --> 17:58.610 WE'RE WELL INTO THAT PROCESS. >> YOU SOUND OPTIMISTIC BUT 17:58.612 --> 18:00.412 >> YOU SOUND OPTIMISTIC BUT YOU'RE ALSO USING WORDS LIKE 18:00.414 --> 18:02.448 YOU'RE ALSO USING WORDS LIKE REENGINEER OR ADJUSTMENTS WHICH 18:02.450 --> 18:04.650 REENGINEER OR ADJUSTMENTS WHICH MIGHT SIGNAL POTENTIAL CUTS ON 18:04.652 --> 18:05.818 MIGHT SIGNAL POTENTIAL CUTS ON YOUR END. 18:05.820 --> 18:06.485 YOUR END. LAYOFFS PERHAPS. 18:06.487 --> 18:09.788 LAYOFFS PERHAPS. >> WELL, SEE, AT THIS EARLY 18:09.790 --> 18:11.357 >> WELL, SEE, AT THIS EARLY STAGE OF THE GAME IT'S HARD TO 18:11.359 --> 18:12.791 STAGE OF THE GAME IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICS BUT YOU 18:12.793 --> 18:14.059 TALK ABOUT SPECIFICS BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE TOOLS 18:14.061 --> 18:14.793 HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO YOU. 18:14.795 --> 18:16.862 AVAILABLE TO YOU. THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE TO GO INTO 18:16.864 --> 18:17.162 THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE TO GO INTO THIS. 18:17.164 --> 18:18.630 THIS. REMEMBER THIS IS AGAIN IN THE 18:18.632 --> 18:19.765 REMEMBER THIS IS AGAIN IN THE LARGER CONTEXT. 18:19.767 --> 18:22.167 LARGER CONTEXT. CUTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE 18:22.169 --> 18:22.735 CUTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE YEARS PRIOR. 18:22.737 --> 18:24.336 YEARS PRIOR. AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT OUR 18:24.338 --> 18:26.038 AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT OUR ENROLLMENTS HAVE DROPPED 18:26.040 --> 18:26.472 ENROLLMENTS HAVE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY. 18:26.474 --> 18:28.407 SIGNIFICANTLY. SO HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT? 18:28.409 --> 18:39.084 SO HOW DO WE ACCOUNT FOR THAT? ESPECIALLY FROM A STEWARDSHIP 18:39.086 --> 18:41.387 ESPECIALLY FROM A STEWARDSHIP STANDPOINT BUT DO YOU HAVE THE 18:41.389 --> 18:42.221 STANDPOINT BUT DO YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE COMING TO YOU THAT NEED 18:42.223 --> 18:44.356 PEOPLE COMING TO YOU THAT NEED YOUR SERVICES AND EDUCATION. 18:44.358 --> 18:46.358 YOUR SERVICES AND EDUCATION. YOU HAVE TO ADAPT TO THAT 18:46.360 --> 18:48.227 YOU HAVE TO ADAPT TO THAT REGARDLESS OF YOUR FINANCIAL 18:48.229 --> 18:48.560 REGARDLESS OF YOUR FINANCIAL HEALTH. 18:48.562 --> 18:50.396 HEALTH. BY THE WAY, THE FINANCIAL HEALTH 18:50.398 --> 18:51.997 BY THE WAY, THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE COLLEGE IS VERY STRONG. 18:51.999 --> 18:54.066 OF THE COLLEGE IS VERY STRONG. WE'RE IN A STRONG FINANCIAL 18:54.068 --> 18:54.433 WE'RE IN A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION. 18:54.435 --> 18:55.834 POSITION. THAT'S ALWAYS THE PLACE YOU WANT 18:55.836 --> 18:57.469 THAT'S ALWAYS THE PLACE YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WANT TO ENTER 18:57.471 --> 19:02.141 TO BE WHEN YOU WANT TO ENTER INTO THE MORE DIFFICULT 19:02.143 --> 19:05.411 INTO THE MORE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS AND HAVING TO 19:05.413 --> 19:08.013 CONVERSATIONS AND HAVING TO RETHINK, REENGINEER, REIMAGINE 19:08.015 --> 19:08.414 RETHINK, REENGINEER, REIMAGINE EDUCATION. 19:08.416 --> 19:10.416 EDUCATION. >> THE K-12 EDUCATION NOW, THE 19:10.418 --> 19:13.252 >> THE K-12 EDUCATION NOW, THE GOVERNOR PROPOSING 100 $16 19:13.254 --> 19:14.820 GOVERNOR PROPOSING 100 $16 MILLION IN NEW SYSTEM WIDE 19:14.822 --> 19:16.922 MILLION IN NEW SYSTEM WIDE FUNDING BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE 19:16.924 --> 19:19.024 FUNDING BUT THE PRESIDENT OF THE ARIZONA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 19:19.026 --> 19:21.026 ARIZONA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SAYS THE NEW FUNDING COMES WITH 19:21.028 --> 19:28.934 SAYS THE NEW FUNDING COMES WITH CUTS THAT WILL RUN DEEP. 19:28.936 --> 19:36.241 CUTS THAT WILL RUN DEEP. >> YOU WILL DO ANYTHING TO KEEP 19:36.243 --> 19:37.676 >> YOU WILL DO ANYTHING TO KEEP YOUR STUDENTS OUT. 19:37.678 --> 19:39.244 YOUR STUDENTS OUT. AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS DID 19:39.246 --> 19:40.512 AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS DID WHATEVER THEY COULD TO DEFLECT 19:40.514 --> 19:42.781 WHATEVER THEY COULD TO DEFLECT THE IMPACT OF THE CUTS AWAY FROM 19:42.783 --> 19:44.650 THE IMPACT OF THE CUTS AWAY FROM STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. 19:44.652 --> 19:47.619 STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM. AS A RESULT, THEY CUT A LOT OF 19:47.621 --> 19:52.191 AS A RESULT, THEY CUT A LOT OF THE VERY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS 19:52.193 --> 19:53.792 THE VERY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED 19:53.794 --> 19:55.427 THAT THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET SEEMS TO ASSUME ARE STILL 19:55.429 --> 19:55.728 BUDGET SEEMS TO ASSUME ARE STILL THERE. 19:55.730 --> 19:57.296 THERE. THE FACT IS ARIZONA IS ONE OF 19:57.298 --> 20:00.799 THE FACT IS ARIZONA IS ONE OF THE LEANEST, MOST EFFICIENT 20:00.801 --> 20:02.835 THE LEANEST, MOST EFFICIENT STATES IN TERMS OF 20:02.837 --> 20:03.969 STATES IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN OUR K-12 20:03.971 --> 20:04.303 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN OUR K-12 SYSTEM. 20:04.305 --> 20:05.871 SYSTEM. WE HAVE SOME OF THE LOWEST 20:05.873 --> 20:06.171 WE HAVE SOME OF THE LOWEST COSTS. 20:06.173 --> 20:07.840 COSTS. THEY ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE 20:07.842 --> 20:09.241 THEY ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE SMALLEST BUDGET PERCENTAGES OF 20:09.243 --> 20:10.676 SMALLEST BUDGET PERCENTAGES OF ANY STATE IN THE COUNTRY. 20:10.678 --> 20:12.678 ANY STATE IN THE COUNTRY. THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO 20:12.680 --> 20:13.645 THAT'S WHY IT WAS SO DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR THE 20:13.647 --> 20:14.947 DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR THE GOVERNOR IDENTIFY THOSE COSTS 20:14.949 --> 20:16.181 GOVERNOR IDENTIFY THOSE COSTS FOR A MANDATORY CUT. 20:16.183 --> 20:17.616 FOR A MANDATORY CUT. THAT'S LIKE PENALIZING SOMEBODY 20:17.618 --> 20:19.351 THAT'S LIKE PENALIZING SOMEBODY FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING 20:19.353 --> 20:21.186 FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE THOSE CUTS HAVE LARGELY 20:21.188 --> 20:21.920 BECAUSE THOSE CUTS HAVE LARGELY ALREADY BEEN MADE. 20:21.922 --> 20:23.022 ALREADY BEEN MADE. WE'RE PAST THE FAT. 20:23.024 --> 20:24.556 WE'RE PAST THE FAT. WE'RE PAST CUTTING MUSCLE. 20:24.558 --> 20:25.557 WE'RE PAST CUTTING MUSCLE. WE'RE CUTTING BONE. 20:25.559 --> 20:27.893 WE'RE CUTTING BONE. >> THE GOVERNOR IS PUTTING SOME 20:27.895 --> 20:29.061 >> THE GOVERNOR IS PUTTING SOME MONEY TOWARD EDUCATION. 20:29.063 --> 20:29.862 MONEY TOWARD EDUCATION. SOME MORE MONEY. 20:29.864 --> 20:31.096 SOME MORE MONEY. DOES THAT HELP OR HURT? 20:31.098 --> 20:33.365 DOES THAT HELP OR HURT? DOES IT MATTER ANYMORE. 20:33.367 --> 20:35.134 DOES IT MATTER ANYMORE. >> WELL THEN THAT GAIN MEANS 20:35.136 --> 20:37.002 >> WELL THEN THAT GAIN MEANS ALMOST NOTHING IN LIGHT OF THE 20:37.004 --> 20:37.302 ALMOST NOTHING IN LIGHT OF THE CUTS. 20:37.304 --> 20:38.971 CUTS. THE LOSS OF INFLATION FUNDING 20:38.973 --> 20:41.840 THE LOSS OF INFLATION FUNDING FOR A FOUR YEAR PERIOD. 20:41.842 --> 20:43.676 FOR A FOUR YEAR PERIOD. DEEPER CUTS EVEN THAN THAT TO 20:43.678 --> 20:44.943 DEEPER CUTS EVEN THAN THAT TO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. 20:44.945 --> 20:47.513 THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT 20:47.515 --> 20:53.085 IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGE 20:53.087 --> 20:53.619 IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGE F 20:53.621 --> 20:55.054 F -- BUDGET, FOR EVERY DOLLAR 20:55.056 --> 20:56.321 -- BUDGET, FOR EVERY DOLLAR BEING FUNDED WELL OVER HALF OF 20:56.323 --> 20:57.890 BEING FUNDED WELL OVER HALF OF THAT IS COMING BACK OUT IN THE 20:57.892 --> 20:58.924 THAT IS COMING BACK OUT IN THE FORM OF CUTS. 20:58.926 --> 21:00.426 FORM OF CUTS. >> YOU MENTIONED WAITING LISTS 21:00.428 --> 21:02.161 >> YOU MENTIONED WAITING LISTS AND THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT 21:02.163 --> 21:03.729 AND THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT WAITING LISTS BUT YOU SEE 21:03.731 --> 21:05.597 WAITING LISTS BUT YOU SEE WAITING LISTS DIFFERENTLY THAN 21:05.599 --> 21:06.365 WAITING LISTS DIFFERENTLY THAN PROBABLY HIS ADMINISTRATION 21:06.367 --> 21:06.665 PROBABLY HIS ADMINISTRATION DOES. 21:06.667 --> 21:08.267 DOES. >> ARIZONA HAS A WAITING LIST 21:08.269 --> 21:10.102 >> ARIZONA HAS A WAITING LIST THAT IS LARGER THAN ANY FOUND IN 21:10.104 --> 21:11.070 THAT IS LARGER THAN ANY FOUND IN ANY OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEM. 21:11.072 --> 21:17.509 ANY OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE HAVE A WAITING LIST CONSI 21:17.511 --> 21:19.211 WE HAVE A WAITING LIST CONSI CONSISTING OF EVERY STUDENT 21:19.213 --> 21:20.646 CONSISTING OF EVERY STUDENT THAT'S GONE THROUGH ARIZONA 21:20.648 --> 21:21.980 THAT'S GONE THROUGH ARIZONA PUBLIC SCHOOLS UP THROUGH THE 21:21.982 --> 21:22.448 PUBLIC SCHOOLS UP THROUGH THE 6th GRADE. 21:22.450 --> 21:24.183 6th GRADE. THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FULLY 21:24.185 --> 21:25.918 THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FULLY FUNDED CLASSROOMS. 21:25.920 --> 21:27.353 FUNDED CLASSROOMS. ARIZONA HAS NEVER FULLY FUNDED 21:27.355 --> 21:29.221 ARIZONA HAS NEVER FULLY FUNDED IT'S CLASSROOMS FOR A STUDENT IN 21:29.223 --> 21:30.989 IT'S CLASSROOMS FOR A STUDENT IN THE 6th GRADE OR LOWER. 21:30.991 --> 21:33.325 THE 6th GRADE OR LOWER. THAT'S A WAITING LIST OF 21:33.327 --> 21:35.194 THAT'S A WAITING LIST OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 21:35.196 --> 21:35.561 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS. 21:35.563 --> 21:37.329 STUDENTS. THE OTHER LIST I HEAR ABOUT 21:37.331 --> 21:39.832 THE OTHER LIST I HEAR ABOUT CONNECTED TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, 21:39.834 --> 21:41.533 CONNECTED TO CHARTER SCHOOLS, I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM, I DON'T 21:41.535 --> 21:42.968 I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS SEEN THE MATH 21:42.970 --> 21:44.503 THINK ANYBODY HAS SEEN THE MATH BEHIND THEM, I WOULD TELL THOSE 21:44.505 --> 21:46.071 BEHIND THEM, I WOULD TELL THOSE THAT PUT SO MUCH WEIGHT ON THOSE 21:46.073 --> 21:49.575 THAT PUT SO MUCH WEIGHT ON THOSE SO SHOW THEIR WORK, OFFER UP THE 21:49.577 --> 21:50.442 SO SHOW THEIR WORK, OFFER UP THE WAITI 21:50.444 --> 21:53.045 WAITI WAITING LISTS TO THE PUBLIC EYE 21:53.047 --> 21:54.480 WAITING LISTS TO THE PUBLIC EYE BUT I KNOW A WAITING LIST THAT 21:54.482 --> 21:56.015 BUT I KNOW A WAITING LIST THAT IS REAL AND IT'S THE HUNDREDS OF 21:56.017 --> 21:57.616 IS REAL AND IT'S THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN 21:57.618 --> 21:59.651 THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN ARIZONA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAITING 21:59.653 --> 22:00.819 ARIZONA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS WAITING FOR PUBLIC FUNDING. 22:00.821 --> 22:03.022 FOR PUBLIC FUNDING. >> BEING A TEACHER AND AMONG THE 22:03.024 --> 22:06.158 >> BEING A TEACHER AND AMONG THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND WHAT ARE THE 22:06.160 --> 22:08.694 BOOTS ON THE GROUND WHAT ARE THE REPERCUSSIONS THAT THE STATE 22:08.696 --> 22:11.530 REPERCUSSIONS THAT THE STATE CONTINUES TO CUT FOR EDUCATION. 22:11.532 --> 22:14.166 CONTINUES TO CUT FOR EDUCATION. >> EVERYOMPTY CLASSROOMS. 22:14.168 --> 22:15.801 >> EVERYOMPTY CLASSROOMS. WE FACE ONE OF THE LARGEST 22:15.803 --> 22:17.703 WE FACE ONE OF THE LARGEST TEACHER SHORTAGES THAT WE HAVE 22:17.705 --> 22:18.771 TEACHER SHORTAGES THAT WE HAVE EVER DOCUMENTED. 22:18.773 --> 22:21.573 EVER DOCUMENTED. PEOPLE LEAVING IN DOVES AND 22:21.575 --> 22:23.208 PEOPLE LEAVING IN DOVES AND LEAVING IN TEARS BECAUSE THEY 22:23.210 --> 22:24.376 LEAVING IN TEARS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BE IN THIS 22:24.378 --> 22:25.778 CAN'T AFFORD TO BE IN THIS PROFESSION THE WAY THEY THOUGHT 22:25.780 --> 22:26.178 PROFESSION THE WAY THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD. 22:26.180 --> 22:27.479 THEY COULD. THEY REALLY DON'T FEEL THAT THE 22:27.481 --> 22:29.081 THEY REALLY DON'T FEEL THAT THE STATE IS A WILLING PARTNER 22:29.083 --> 22:30.315 STATE IS A WILLING PARTNER INVESTING IN THEIR SUPPORT AND 22:30.317 --> 22:32.484 INVESTING IN THEIR SUPPORT AND THEY FEEL THAT THE EVALUATION 22:32.486 --> 22:33.752 THEY FEEL THAT THE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE OTHER 22:33.754 --> 22:35.454 SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE OTHER LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED 22:35.456 --> 22:37.156 LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED IRONICALLY AT THE SAME TIME THE 22:37.158 --> 22:38.424 IRONICALLY AT THE SAME TIME THE CUTS CAME WE'RE ALMOST SETTING 22:38.426 --> 22:40.159 CUTS CAME WE'RE ALMOST SETTING THEM UP FOR FAILURE. 22:40.161 --> 22:43.562 THEM UP FOR FAILURE. AND IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME AS AN 22:43.564 --> 22:44.830 AND IT TOOK ME A LONG TIME AS AN EDUCATOR TO UNDERSTAND HOW 22:44.832 --> 22:46.432 EDUCATOR TO UNDERSTAND HOW POLITICAL PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS 22:46.434 --> 22:46.765 POLITICAL PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS BECOME. 22:46.767 --> 22:48.233 BECOME. I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. 22:48.235 --> 22:49.968 I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. I JUST THOUGHT EVERYBODY WOULD 22:49.970 --> 22:52.237 I JUST THOUGHT EVERYBODY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN MY WORK 22:52.239 --> 22:53.105 BE INTERESTED IN MY WORK EDUCATING STUDENTS. 22:53.107 --> 22:54.840 EDUCATING STUDENTS. A LOT OF EDUCATORS DON'T 22:54.842 --> 22:57.643 A LOT OF EDUCATORS DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE STATE SEEMS 22:57.645 --> 22:59.511 UNDERSTAND WHY THE STATE SEEMS SO DEAD SET AGAINST THEIR 22:59.513 --> 22:59.845 SO DEAD SET AGAINST THEIR SUCCESS. 22:59.847 --> 23:01.046 SUCCESS. BECAUSE IN THE MIND OF A TEACHER 23:01.048 --> 23:03.482 BECAUSE IN THE MIND OF A TEACHER OR SOMEBODY THAT WORKS IN A 23:03.484 --> 23:05.184 OR SOMEBODY THAT WORKS IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL WHEN THEY'RE 23:05.186 --> 23:06.318 PUBLIC SCHOOL WHEN THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS 23:06.320 --> 23:08.587 SUCCESSFUL HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WE WONDER WHY 23:08.589 --> 23:11.557 ARE SUCCESSFUL AND WE WONDER WHY WOULDN'T THE STATE OF ARIZONA BE 23:11.559 --> 23:12.424 WOULDN'T THE STATE OF ARIZONA BE INTERESTED IN THAT. 23:12.426 --> 23:13.959 INTERESTED IN THAT. HEAR THE RIGHT THINGS FROM THOSE 23:13.961 --> 23:15.861 HEAR THE RIGHT THINGS FROM THOSE WE ELECT BUT WE DON'T SEE THE 23:15.863 --> 23:16.495 WE ELECT BUT WE DON'T SEE THE RIGHT ACTIONS. 23:16.497 --> 23:18.097 RIGHT ACTIONS. >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE 23:18.099 --> 23:20.566 >> AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE BUDGET CUTS, WHO DO THEY REALLY 23:20.568 --> 23:20.899 BUDGET CUTS, WHO DO THEY REALLY EFFECT? 23:20.901 --> 23:22.267 EFFECT? >> THEY HURT STUDENTS AS THEY 23:22.269 --> 23:23.635 >> THEY HURT STUDENTS AS THEY HAVE EVERY YEAR. 23:23.637 --> 23:25.104 HAVE EVERY YEAR. DEPRIVED ARIZONA STUDENTS OF 23:25.106 --> 23:26.205 DEPRIVED ARIZONA STUDENTS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CHIP AWAY A 23:26.207 --> 23:28.941 OPPORTUNITIES AND CHIP AWAY A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME AT THEIR 23:28.943 --> 23:30.609 LITTLE BIT AT A TIME AT THEIR FUTURE BUT AGAINST THE CUTS YOU 23:30.611 --> 23:32.044 FUTURE BUT AGAINST THE CUTS YOU THE WILL OF EDUCATORS. 23:32.046 --> 23:33.445 THE WILL OF EDUCATORS. THE FOLKS THAT CONTINUE TO 23:33.447 --> 23:35.147 THE FOLKS THAT CONTINUE TO CHOOSE TO WORK IN OUR PUBLIC 23:35.149 --> 23:36.615 CHOOSE TO WORK IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND UNFORTUNATELY THE 23:36.617 --> 23:37.883 SCHOOLS AND UNFORTUNATELY THE CUTS ALSO HURT PARENTS. 23:37.885 --> 23:39.818 CUTS ALSO HURT PARENTS. HERE'S THE CRUSHING IRONY TO ME. 23:39.820 --> 23:41.420 HERE'S THE CRUSHING IRONY TO ME. IN A STATE THAT IS RICH IN 23:41.422 --> 23:42.388 IN A STATE THAT IS RICH IN CHOICE OPTIONS. 23:42.390 --> 23:44.456 CHOICE OPTIONS. IN A STATE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE 23:44.458 --> 23:47.826 IN A STATE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE MORE CHOICE OPTIONS PER SCHOOLS 23:47.828 --> 23:49.228 MORE CHOICE OPTIONS PER SCHOOLS THAN ANY OTHER IN THE COUNTRY, 23:49.230 --> 23:51.230 THAN ANY OTHER IN THE COUNTRY, 85% OF THE PARENTS IN ARIZONA 23:51.232 --> 23:53.098 85% OF THE PARENTS IN ARIZONA CHOOSE EVERY YEAR TO SEND THEIR 23:53.100 --> 23:54.233 CHOOSE EVERY YEAR TO SEND THEIR STUDENTS TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD 23:54.235 --> 23:55.367 STUDENTS TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL. 23:55.369 --> 23:57.536 PUBLIC SCHOOL. WHY ARE WE NOT SUPPORTING THAT 23:57.538 --> 23:57.870 WHY ARE WE NOT SUPPORTING THAT CHOICE? 23:57.872 --> 23:59.505 CHOICE? WHY ARE WE NOT DOING EVERYTHING 23:59.507 --> 24:01.206 WHY ARE WE NOT DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE NUMBER ONE 24:01.208 --> 24:02.908 WE CAN TO SUPPORT THE NUMBER ONE CHOICE THAT ARIZONA'S PARENTS 24:02.910 --> 24:04.910 CHOICE THAT ARIZONA'S PARENTS MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATING 24:04.912 --> 24:05.911 MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO EDUCATING THEIR STUDENTS? 24:05.913 --> 24:08.180 THEIR STUDENTS? IT'S AS IF POLICY MAKERS ARE NOT 24:08.182 --> 24:09.448 IT'S AS IF POLICY MAKERS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THAT CHOICE OR THINK 24:09.450 --> 24:11.250 HAPPY WITH THAT CHOICE OR THINK THAT PARENTS HAVE MADE THE WRONG 24:11.252 --> 24:11.750 THAT PARENTS HAVE MADE THE WRONG CHOICE. 24:11.752 --> 24:13.052 CHOICE. PARENTS SEEM PRETTY CLEAR THAT 24:13.054 --> 24:18.390 PARENTS SEEM PRETTY CLEAR THAT IT'S THE CHOICE THEY WANT TO 24:18.392 --> 24:19.124 IT'S THE CHOICE THEY WANT TO MAKE. 24:19.126 --> 24:21.093 MAKE. SO WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR 24:21.095 --> 24:22.394 SO WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR EDUCATORS TO BE SUPPORTIVE. 24:22.396 --> 24:24.063 EDUCATORS TO BE SUPPORTIVE. FOR PARENTS TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN 24:24.065 --> 24:24.897 FOR PARENTS TO BE SUPPORTIVE IN THE CHOICE THEY MAKE. 24:24.899 --> 24:26.932 THE CHOICE THEY MAKE. WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR POLICY 24:26.934 --> 24:29.835 WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR POLICY MAKERS TO SUPPORT THE 24:29.837 --> 24:30.569 MAKERS TO SUPPORT THE OVERWHELMING CHOICE OF ARIZONA 24:30.571 --> 24:30.836 OVERWHELMING CHOICE OF ARIZONA PARENTS. 24:30.838 --> 24:38.177 >> THE BUZZ NOW WITH MY COLLEAGUE AND CHRISTOPHER THE 24:38.179 --> 24:39.845 COLLEAGUE AND CHRISTOPHER THE PROPOSAL IS IN FOR THE BUDGE. 24:39.847 --> 24:42.414 PROPOSAL IS IN FOR THE BUDGE. WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FIREWORKS IN 24:42.416 --> 24:43.716 WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY FIREWORKS IN LEGISLATURE JUST YET BUT WE 24:43.718 --> 24:44.350 LEGISLATURE JUST YET BUT WE LIKELY WILL. 24:44.352 --> 24:46.085 LIKELY WILL. >> WE HAVEN'T SEEN FIREWORKS BUT 24:46.087 --> 24:50.022 >> WE HAVEN'T SEEN FIREWORKS BUT WE SAW MAYBE SOME SPARKLERS. 24:50.024 --> 24:51.690 WE SAW MAYBE SOME SPARKLERS. NOT FULL FLIREWORKS. 24:51.692 --> 24:53.125 NOT FULL FLIREWORKS. WITHIN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WE 24:53.127 --> 24:54.793 WITHIN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK THERE WAS 24:54.795 --> 24:56.495 TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK THERE WAS A LINE MOVING JUST UNDER A 24:56.497 --> 24:59.398 A LINE MOVING JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF SOME 24:59.400 --> 25:01.734 MILLION DOLLARS OUT OF SOME VETERAN'S SUPPORT MONEY. 25:01.736 --> 25:06.605 VETERAN'S SUPPORT MONEY. IT WAS MONEY THAT ARIZONANS HAVE 25:06.607 --> 25:07.740 IT WAS MONEY THAT ARIZONANS HAVE DONATED TO HELP OUT MEN AND 25:07.742 --> 25:10.209 DONATED TO HELP OUT MEN AND WOMEN COMING BACK FROM IRAQ AND 25:10.211 --> 25:11.276 WOMEN COMING BACK FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND PLACES LIKE 25:11.278 --> 25:11.577 AFGHANISTAN AND PLACES LIKE THAT. 25:11.579 --> 25:13.178 THAT. THE GOVERNOR WANTED TO TAKE THAT 25:13.180 --> 25:15.481 THE GOVERNOR WANTED TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND MOVE IT OVER TO PAY 25:15.483 --> 25:19.685 MONEY AND MOVE IT OVER TO PAY FOR THE VETERAN CEMETERIES, 25:19.687 --> 25:24.390 FOR THE VETERAN CEMETERIES, SIERRA VISTA AND ONE IN 25:24.392 --> 25:25.057 SIERRA VISTA AND ONE IN FLAGSTAFF. 25:25.059 --> 25:27.326 FLAGSTAFF. WHEN THE LEGISLATURE GOT WORD OF 25:27.328 --> 25:29.361 WHEN THE LEGISLATURE GOT WORD OF THAT, MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY 25:29.363 --> 25:30.496 THAT, MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY POPPED UP AND SAID WE DON'T 25:30.498 --> 25:32.498 POPPED UP AND SAID WE DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. 25:32.500 --> 25:33.766 THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA. VETERAN'S GROUPS STARTED GETTING 25:33.768 --> 25:35.167 VETERAN'S GROUPS STARTED GETTING ON THE GOVERNOR AND WITHIN ABOUT 25:35.169 --> 25:37.069 ON THE GOVERNOR AND WITHIN ABOUT A DAY EARLIER THIS WEEK HE 25:37.071 --> 25:38.470 A DAY EARLIER THIS WEEK HE REVERSED THAT AND PULLED IT BACK 25:38.472 --> 25:39.605 REVERSED THAT AND PULLED IT BACK AND SAID WE'LL FIND THE MONEY 25:39.607 --> 25:41.607 AND SAID WE'LL FIND THE MONEY FOR THE VETERAN'S CEMETERY 25:41.609 --> 25:42.641 FOR THE VETERAN'S CEMETERY SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT MONEY IS 25:42.643 --> 25:43.442 SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT MONEY IS BEING LEFT ALONE. 25:43.444 --> 25:46.478 BEING LEFT ALONE. NO FIREWORKS BUT MAYBE SOME 25:46.480 --> 25:46.879 NO FIREWORKS BUT MAYBE SOME SPARKLERS. 25:46.881 --> 25:48.981 SPARKLERS. >> OKAY AND MOVING ON TO HIGHER 25:48.983 --> 25:50.315 >> OKAY AND MOVING ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION AND EDUCATION WE'RE 25:50.317 --> 25:51.350 EDUCATION AND EDUCATION WE'RE LIKELY TO SEE THAT COMING UP IN 25:51.352 --> 25:52.951 LIKELY TO SEE THAT COMING UP IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. 25:52.953 --> 25:54.119 THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. >> WE'LL HEAR ALL THE BUDGET 25:54.121 --> 25:55.087 >> WE'LL HEAR ALL THE BUDGET THINGS COME UP. 25:55.089 --> 25:57.189 THINGS COME UP. WE'RE ABOUT TO START THE 25:57.191 --> 25:58.791 WE'RE ABOUT TO START THE COMMITTEE HEARINGS IN THE 25:58.793 --> 26:00.059 COMMITTEE HEARINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE IN THE COMING WEEKS. 26:00.061 --> 26:01.627 LEGISLATURE IN THE COMING WEEKS. THEY BEGIN THIS COMING WEEK TO 26:01.629 --> 26:04.496 THEY BEGIN THIS COMING WEEK TO LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET 26:04.498 --> 26:05.464 LOOK AT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AND THEIR OWN BUDGET BECAUSE 26:05.466 --> 26:09.668 AND THEIR OWN BUDGET BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE 26:09.670 --> 26:10.035 THEY HAVE TO MEET IN THE MIDDLE SOMEWHERE. 26:10.037 --> 26:11.270 SOMEWHERE. AT THE SAME TIME IN ANOTHER WEEK 26:11.272 --> 26:13.138 AT THE SAME TIME IN ANOTHER WEEK THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS 26:13.140 --> 26:14.740 THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS WILL BE HOLDING THEIR REGULARLY 26:14.742 --> 26:15.541 WILL BE HOLDING THEIR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. 26:15.543 --> 26:16.842 SCHEDULED MEETING. WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO TALK 26:16.844 --> 26:18.010 WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET THERE. 26:18.012 --> 26:19.712 ABOUT THE BUDGET THERE. HOW COULD THEY NOT. 26:19.714 --> 26:20.946 HOW COULD THEY NOT. IT'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. 26:20.948 --> 26:22.581 IT'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. SO WITH HIGHER EDUCATION WE'LL 26:22.583 --> 26:24.550 SO WITH HIGHER EDUCATION WE'LL START TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE 26:24.552 --> 26:26.819 START TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS REALLY WANTS TO 26:26.821 --> 26:27.086 BOARD OF REGENTS REALLY WANTS TO DO. 26:27.088 --> 26:28.987 DO. WE SAW A REACTION THE DAY THE 26:28.989 --> 26:30.122 WE SAW A REACTION THE DAY THE GOVERNOR ISSUED HIS BUDGET LATE 26:30.124 --> 26:32.391 GOVERNOR ISSUED HIS BUDGET LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. 26:32.393 --> 26:35.060 IN THE AFTERNOON. THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT AND 26:35.062 --> 26:37.062 THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF REGENTS ALL CAME OUT 26:37.064 --> 26:39.164 BOARD OF REGENTS ALL CAME OUT AND NOW THEY HAD TIME TO LOOK AT 26:39.166 --> 26:40.332 AND NOW THEY HAD TIME TO LOOK AT IT AND THINK ABOUT IT. 26:40.334 --> 26:41.934 IT AND THINK ABOUT IT. THAT WAS A KNEE JERK REACTION IF 26:41.936 --> 26:42.601 THAT WAS A KNEE JERK REACTION IF YOU WILL. 26:42.603 --> 26:43.736 YOU WILL. NOW WHEN THEY'RE ALL TOGETHER 26:43.738 --> 26:45.604 NOW WHEN THEY'RE ALL TOGETHER WE'LL GET A BETTER LOOK IN THE 26:45.606 --> 26:47.006 WE'LL GET A BETTER LOOK IN THE COMING WEEK OR SO WHAT THEY 26:47.008 --> 26:47.573 COMING WEEK OR SO WHAT THEY REALLY THINK. 26:47.575 --> 26:49.341 REALLY THINK. >> HOW LIKELY ARE WE TO SEE FOR 26:49.343 --> 26:51.877 >> HOW LIKELY ARE WE TO SEE FOR EXAMPLE THE 75 MILLION TO HIGHER 26:51.879 --> 26:53.312 EXAMPLE THE 75 MILLION TO HIGHER EDUCATION BE CUT BACK 26:53.314 --> 26:54.380 EDUCATION BE CUT BACK DRAMATICALLY OR 77 MILLION I 26:54.382 --> 26:55.547 DRAMATICALLY OR 77 MILLION I THINK IT IS NOW. 26:55.549 --> 26:57.516 THINK IT IS NOW. HOW LIKELY ARE WE TO SEE THE 26:57.518 --> 26:59.385 HOW LIKELY ARE WE TO SEE THE GOVERNOR SAY NEVER MIND, HOW 26:59.387 --> 27:01.687 GOVERNOR SAY NEVER MIND, HOW ABOUT 30 MILLION FOR EXAMPLE? 27:01.689 --> 27:03.355 ABOUT 30 MILLION FOR EXAMPLE? >> THE GOVERNOR IS IN A TOUGH 27:03.357 --> 27:06.892 >> THE GOVERNOR IS IN A TOUGH PLACE BECAUSE HE STILL HAS THE 27:06.894 --> 27:08.394 PLACE BECAUSE HE STILL HAS THE BILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL THEY 27:08.396 --> 27:10.396 BILLION DOLLAR SHORTFALL THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN THE 27:10.398 --> 27:11.296 HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. 27:11.298 --> 27:14.166 UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT 27:14.168 --> 27:15.601 THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE FUNDED. 27:15.603 --> 27:16.835 HAVE TO BE FUNDED. EDUCATION BEING ONE OF THEM. 27:16.837 --> 27:18.303 EDUCATION BEING ONE OF THEM. THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PLACES THEY 27:18.305 --> 27:22.574 THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PLACES THEY CAN REALLY CUT AND 1 BILLION IS 27:22.576 --> 27:23.976 CAN REALLY CUT AND 1 BILLION IS A BIG CHUNK OF THE BUDGET. 27:23.978 --> 27:24.476 A BIG CHUNK OF THE BUDGET. >> OKAY. 27:24.478 --> 27:26.178 >> OKAY. A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE 27:26.180 --> 27:28.113 A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS HERE. 27:28.115 --> 27:29.481 NEXT FEW WEEKS HERE. CERTAINLY NOT ANY QUITE TIME. 27:29.483 --> 27:29.815 CERTAINLY NOT ANY QUITE TIME. >> NO. 27:29.817 --> 27:31.283 >> NO. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. 27:31.285 --> 27:33.352 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANALYSIS. AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. 27:33.354 --> 27:34.386 AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 27:34.388 --> 27:34.653 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. 27:34.655 --> 27:36.221 US. BE SURE TO TUNE IN NEXT WEEK AS 27:36.223 --> 27:38.057 BE SURE TO TUNE IN NEXT WEEK AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ISSUES 27:38.059 --> 27:39.191 WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE ISSUES SURROUNDING IMMIGRATION ON THE 27:39.193 --> 27:40.359 SURROUNDING IMMIGRATION ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND OF COURSE HERE 27:40.361 --> 27:41.927 FEDERAL LEVEL AND OF COURSE HERE ALONG THE BORDER IN SOUTHERN 27:41.929 --> 27:42.361 ALONG THE BORDER IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 27:42.363 --> 27:44.330 ARIZONA. FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC 27:44.332 --> 27:44.763 FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA, GOOD NIGHT.