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UH, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MARCH 12TH, 2025 AGENDA, UH, IS BEING CONVENED AT THE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CENTER.
CONFERENCE ROOM E BEAUFORD, SOUTH CAROLINA REMOTE HYBRID VIDEO CONFERENCING IS AVAILABLE.
LET ME GO BACK, UH, TO SPEAK DURING LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
PLEASE SIGN UP USING THE PUBLIC COMMENT FORM.
YOU CAN FIND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION PUBLIC COMMENT FORM ON OUR WEBSITE.
THE ADDRESS IS HT HTTPS SLASH SLASH TRIPLE W EUFOR SCHOOLS.NET/ABOUT US SLASH BOARD OF ED SLASH PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.
YOU'LL RECEIVE A PHONE CALL DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE FOR A MAXIMUM THREE MINUTES ON ISSUES WITHIN THE COMMITTEE'S DOMAIN.
THE FORUM WILL BE LIMITED TO 15 MINUTES.
CITIZENS DESIRING TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON MUST FILL OUT A PUBLIC COMMENT CARD THAT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE BOARD CLERK UPON APPROVAL.
SO, WITH THAT, PLEASE JOIN ME IN A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC OF ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I THINK WE HAVE NO MINUTES TO APPROVE, IS THAT CORRECT? WE NEED A MOTION TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE AGENDA.
MS. BOATWRIGHT OR MS. HAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AGENDA, PLEASE? SO MOVED.
MS. BOATWRIGHT, WOULD YOU SECOND? SECOND.
I'M TRYING TO SEND CHLOE THE LINK.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE POSITION STATEMENT.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO HERE IS TO ACTUALLY GO OVER, JUST AS TO IMPRINT THIS IN EVERY MEMBER'S MIND AND THOSE PO PEOPLE WHO READ THE, OUR DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE A PROTOCOL WE'LL BE FOLLOWING, WHICH IS SEARCH, DISCOVER, DISCUSS, AND THEN DEVELOP ACTION PLANS.
SO, JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
UH, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO NOT, WE'RE NOT SURPRISED BY WHAT TAKES PLACE, AND THAT WE CAN INFORM THE LARGER BOARD OF WHAT OUR PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AFTER THE COMMITTEE COMES TO A VOTE.
SO, WITH THAT, THERE ARE TWO MAJOR DOCUMENTS THAT ARE INCLUDED TODAY, AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, EVERYBODY SORT OF WEIGH IN WITH HAVING RECEIVED THE DOCUMENTS.
AND THEN WHAT MS. BOATRIGHT AND I TALKED ABOUT IS LET'S CULL THAT DOWN TO THE TOP 10 IF POSSIBLE.
AND IF THERE ARE MORE, JUST ADD THEM.
BUT PLEASE PRIORITIZE YOUR TOP 10.
SO, IS THERE, AND OF COURSE, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS YOU MAY WANNA TALK ABOUT BEFORE GETTING TO A POINT WHERE YOU WANNA SAY YOU WANT TO CLOSE TO 10, BUT, UM, ANYBODY WANNA LEAD OFF ANY COMMENTS WHATSOEVER? YES, SIR.
UM, SORRY, I, I'M ON MY PHONE SO IT'S HARD TO RAISE MY HAND IF YOU DON'T MIND ME JUST BLURTING OUT HERE.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TO ME THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AND TRACK THE SCHOOL CHOICE VOUCHER PROCESS.
DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER FOR THAT ONE THAT'S IN THE PRE FILED BILLS? OR IS THAT ONE WE'LL TAKE A ANOTHER? YEAH, IT'S ONE, ONE.
I THINK YOU PUT, I THINK IT'S RED.
SHANNON ERICKSON PASSED OUTTA THE HOUSE, AND IT'S A READ REDO.
TO ME THAT IS GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING OUTTA THE LEGISLATURE FOR EDUCATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS SOMETHING ELSE THEY THINK MIGHT HAVE MORE IMPACT.
AND MS. BOATWRIGHT, LET ME JUST CLARIFY HOW TO TRACK THE TWO DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS.
THE SENATE SIDE WILL START WITH AN S YEAH.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TOP BILL, THOSE ARE ALL THE SENATE BILLS THAT WERE PROFILED.
THE LARGE AND THICKER DOCUMENT, ALL THE BILLS START WITH AN H, THIS ONE, AND I DIDN'T, UM, PAY ATTENTION TO SRH.
WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE IS THAT IT CAME OUT JUST RECENTLY, CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE, AND IT'S GONNA BE RECONCILED AS I UNDERSTAND IT WITH THE, THE SENATE BILL.
I GUESS I, IT DIDN'T PASS BECAUSE
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OF A STIPULATION IN THE CONSTITUTION ABOUT FEDERAL FUNDING.SO THEY'RE COMING AT IT THROUGH LOTTERY MONEY.
I MEAN, THEY BEEN IN THE NEWS.
UM, BUT SHANNON ERICKSON, UH, ACTUALLY IT WAS RECENTLY IN THE NEWS TALKING ABOUT IT THAT THEY THINK IT'LL PASS.
SO, UH, SOMEONE MIGHT, MIGHT HAVE BETTER INFORMATION THAN ME.
UH, ARE YOU CAPTURING THOSE? OKAY, GOOD.
ANY OTHERS THAT ARE HIGH PROFILE FOR EVERYONE? YES, SIR.
UM, THIS IS S I'M GONNA COMBINE TWO THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR S NO PROBLEM.
UM, THESE I AM FOCUSING IN ON MAINLY BECAUSE I HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS, UM, WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT CONTINUALLY MONITORING STAFF IN TERMS OF, UM, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OUTSIDE OF OBVIOUSLY THEIR JOBS.
BUT WHAT WE'RE NOTICING WITHIN, IT'S NOT JUST OUR DISTRICT, THIS IS ANY EMPLOYER IN GENERAL MM-HMM
IS THAT THERE'S AN INITIAL BACKGROUND CHECK DONE.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO REOCCURRING BACKGROUND CHECKS.
SO IF WE HIRE SOMEONE AND SIX MONTHS LATER THEY'RE OFFENDING IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE ARRESTS OR BRUSHES WITH THE POLICE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, AND SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN, I DON'T WANNA NAME DROP THE PARTICULAR CASE, BUT THERE WERE RED FLAGS LEADING UP TO THE PERSON'S FINAL BEHAVIOR THAT, UM, ENDED IN TERMINATION.
SO JUST IF WE COULD BE DOING SOMETHING MORE PROACTIVELY, AND IF IT WERE TO COME FROM, LET'S SAY THE STATE, THEN IT'S NOT ON US, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CHANGE POLICIES, LET'S SAY REQUIRING BACKGROUND CHECKS EVERY SIX MONTHS OR WHATEVER, WHATEVER WOULD COME OF THAT.
IT'S JUST, IF IT CAME FROM THE STATE LEVEL, IT WOULD BE AN EXPECTATION RATHER THAN SOMETHING WE'RE HAVING TO PUT INTO POLICY.
WHAT WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU MENTIONED? MS. HAYES? 28 S 28.
SO BOTH OF THOSE ARE CAPTURED AS, AND THERE ARE SOME, UH, DUPLICATIVE, UH, ITEMS IN IT AS, AND NOT THAT ONE, BUT OTHERS AS WELL.
UM, ALSO, UH, COULD YOU, COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT'S A HOSPITAL OR IT SAID IT.
ANY OTHERS? UH, WHILE EVERYBODY'S LOOKING, I LIKE TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL BILLS, HOUSE AND SENATE THAT TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS.
ONE, A CONVENTION OF STATES, WHICH IS REALLY A HUGE THING 'CAUSE THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO OVERTURN THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS MULTIPLE ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE PROPOSING THAT.
AND, AND QUITE OFTEN THAT IS AN APPEASEMENT TO THEIR CONSTITUENCY BACK HOME.
ONCE THE CONVENTION OF STATES STARTS, THERE ARE NO LIMITS ON WHAT THEY DISCUSS OR WHAT THE STATES PULL TOGETHER.
AND THAT WILL OVERRIDE THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
AND AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE, WE PUT THEM ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT GENERAL PUBLIC CAN ALSO SEE THESE BILLS.
AND AS WE FOLLOW THE CHAIR'S GUIDANCE TO GO OUT AND INTERACT WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WE CAN CITE HOUSE OF, UH, THE ASSEMBLY, AND ALSO THE SPECIFIC NUMBER SO THEY CAN RESEARCH IT AND SEE IT THEMSELVES.
THAT WAY WE'RE NOT BEING PEJORATIVE.
WE'RE NOT BEING ACCUSATORY, WE'RE JUST REPORTING FACTS THAT ARE STATED IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
HOW ABOUT BILL? UH, H 3 5 34 59, THE HOUSE BILL 34 59.
34 59 WAS A LONG WAY IN, HUH? NO, NO, NO.
IT'S OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE, UH, NEWTON.
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AND THAT ONE BASICALLY, BASICALLY SAY THAT THE PARTY VOTING, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS NO LONGER OPEN TO ANYONE.CURRENTLY, IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT, YOU CAN VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, WHICH CAN THROW OFF THE INTEGRITY OF THE REPUBLICAN VIEWPOINT.
AND SO THIS IS AN EFFORT TO ENSURE YOU MUST BE REGISTERED AS A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT TO VOTE IN THAT PRIMARILY.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S READ, BECAUSE THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE VOTING ME MECHANISMS. UM, MS. BOATRIGHT OR MS. HAY, YOU HAVE ANY CONVERSATIONS OR, YEAH, I, ONE THING IS, I THINK THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT BILL AND OBVIOUSLY IT WILL AFFECT ALL, YOU KNOW, AREAS OF GOVERNMENT.
BUT IF WE'RE GONNA FOCUS IN ON SOME, MY TAKE ON IT WOULD BE THAT WE FOCUS IN ON, ON EDUCATION SPECIFIC ONES.
WE CAN PUT THE OTHER ONES UP AND HAVE THEM AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
BUT I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY PUT THOSE IN THE TOP 10 BECAUSE IT'S NOT, UM, AN, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON EDUCATION.
BUT THAT'S JUST MY INITIAL THOUGHTS.
AND THEN SECONDLY, THERE ARE, UM, ANOTHER BILL THAT I THINK IS INTERESTING.
I MAY, I'M PULLING THIS OFF THE INTERNET BECAUSE I CAN'T GET MY, JUST WHERE I'M IN RIGHT NOW AND I COULD COMBINE IT WITH H 4 1 63.
I DUNNO IF THOSE ARE ON YOURS AS WELL.
BUT THAT IS WHERE CHARTER SCHOOLS WOULD BE, UH, PARTICIPATING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. OKAY.
RESIDE WITHIN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ATTENDANCE.
THE OTHER ONE IS ACTUALLY INTERESTING.
YOU GOT 32 45, WHICH SHE RECOMMENDED 32.
AND THEN YOU SAID 45 IS HOUSE? HOUSE? YES.
AND DID YOU SAY 4 1 6 3 2 MS.
IS THAT ONE INCLUDED HERE? I DON'T KNOW.
NO, I LOOKED UP BECAUSE I JUST DID A SEARCH ON, I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE BILL ON CHARTER SCHOOLS IN PUB IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF LOCAL INTEREST IN.
UH, MR. SMITH MADE A RECOMMENDATION ON ONE.
WE SHOULD INCLUDE THAT ONE AS WELL.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, DIRECTLY TO EDUCATION, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE PREPARED FOR THINGS THAT CAN AFFECT US EVEN PERIPHERALLY.
ANY OTHERS? MS. BOATWRIGHT NOW, PLEASE CONTINUE.
WHAT WAS THE LAST ONE SHE JUST SAID? WHAT WAS THE SECOND ONE? MS. IT IS A SUB, IT IS IN THE SAME LINES, BUT IT'S HOUSE 4 1 6 3 4 1 6 3 4 6 3.
EVERYBODY GOT THAT AT THIS POINT, WHICH IS PROPOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION TO OVERSEE INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING CHARTER SCHOOLS.
AND THEN I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER BILL THAT'S BEEN CODED THAT SAYS SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THAT ONE.
THERE'S PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM, WHICH IS H 3 8 0 2.
THEY'RE ALL KIND OF TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, CUT TO THE SAME IDEA.
SO I THINK THERE'S ONE THING, LIKE IF WE FOLLOW INDIVIDUAL BILLS, THAT'S ONE THING.
BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW IS TO, TO MY MIND, AND THIS IS JUST THAT THERE IS A DEFINITE PUSH FOR SCHOOL VOUCHERS, WHICH I POINTED.
AND THERE'S A DEFINITE PUSH TO HAVE CHARTER SCHOOLS, UM, INCLUDED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IN SOME, IN SOME CASES, PRIVATE SCHOOLS BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL ATHLETIC PROGRAMS. YEAH.
THE, THE INTENT OF THIS EXERCISE IS TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO GIVE US A LARGE POOL OF BILLS.
WE THEN WILL CALL DOWN BASED ON MORE DEEPER DISCUSSION AND SO THAT WE CAN FORMULATE THE LEGISLATIVE POLICY THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO THE BOARD.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S DEFINITELY, UH, UH, 4 5 5.
NOW TO MS. BOATWRIGHTS POINT THAT TALKS ABOUT NONPROFIT, WHICH COULD BE PRETTY INCLUSIVE.
UM, BUT THEY TALK ABOUT HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTION.
IS THAT IT SELECTION OVERSIGHT OF LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IN RED TO A ABOLISH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
A EDUCATION OVER SECOND COMMITTEE.
SO AGAIN, OUR INTENT TODAY IS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NEVER, EVER AGAIN SURPRISED
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AS AN ORGANIZATION.UM, I'M STILL HONESTLY COMBING THROUGH THESE.
I HADN'T HAD A CHANCE BASED ON WHEN THEY BECAME AVAILABLE TO PROPERLY READ THROUGH AS THOROUGHLY AS I WOULD'VE LIKED TO.
UM, SO I WOULD LOVE IF I COULD SEND YOU EVEN JUST TWO POST MEETING OR SEND TO THE FULL COMMITTEE.
UM, I DO AGREE WITH INGRID'S THOUGHTS, THOUGH.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR VIEWPOINT AS WELL.
LIKE NOT BEING BLINDSIDED BY ANYTHING AND, YOU KNOW, KEEPING AN EYE ON THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR PERIPHERAL VIEW.
UM, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE A MORE FOCUSED, UM, APPROACH IN TERMS OF US VOUCHING FOR THINGS THAT SPECIFICALLY IMPACT EDUCATION.
AND I DO AGREE WITH THE, AND I HAVE A FEW THOUGHTS ON THIS.
UM, THE HOUSE BILL 4 1 6 3 BECAUSE 1 6 3, YEAH.
THE ONE INGRID BROUGHT UP ABOUT SPORTS AND PULLING IN CHARTER SCHOOLS, POSSIBLY PRIVATE AND HEAR ME OUT ON THIS.
THE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE SMALLER, SO THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO CREATE OR PROVIDE ATHLETICS TO THEIR CHILDREN.
SAME GOES FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR THEY LITERALLY DON'T HAVE COACHES SO THE KIDS AREN'T ABLE TO PERFORM.
UM, THOSE CHILDREN ARE STILL CONSTITUENTS IN OUR DISTRICTS, WHETHER THEY'RE CHOOSING PRIVATE SCHOOL OR NOT.
AND IF WE ARE LOOKING TO BRANCH OUT OR TRY TO INCENTIVIZE FAMILIES WHO AREN'T PARTAKING IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, THE SPORTS MAY BE A GOOD WAY TO INTRODUCE PRIVATE SCHOOL, OR EXCUSE ME, PUBLIC SCHOOL TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOL FAMILIES.
SO IF THEY GET INVOLVED IN A SPORT AND THEN THE CHILDREN WANNA GO TO SCHOOL WITH THOSE FRIENDS FROM THAT SPORTS TEAM, OR THEY'RE TALKING ON THE SIDELINES WITH PARENTS THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AND LEARN ABOUT OTHER OFFERINGS THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING OUT AND VOUCHING FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT.
SO YEAH, LET'S, LET'S CLOSE THE DOOR.
WE, WE, WE JUST HAD, WE JUST HAD A TWO OR TO, OR 4-YEAR-OLD INVADE OUR MEETING AND RUN CONFERENCE ROOM.
MAYBE HE WAS READY TO RUN THE MEETING.
HE, HE WAS AN ENERGETIC PARTICIPANT.
SO, SO, SO PLEASE, PLEASE NOTE WE HAVE NOT REFUTED ANY SUGGESTION ANYBODY HAS MADE, THIS IS AN IDEATION PERIOD.
BUT WE'RE TAKING ANY RECOMMENDATION EVERYBODY HAS.
WE'RE GOING TO CULL THROUGH, BUT MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE WHAT YOU SAY IN AN UPCOMING MEETING, THEN THAT WILL BE THE TIME FOR US TO EACH OF US TO COME IN RESEARCH THAT SAYS WHY WE SHOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THAT BILL.
BUT NOTHING IS BEING REFUTED TODAY.
SO FEEL FREE TO CALL AND ADD WHATEVER YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE.
AND YOU DIDN'T SOUND LIKE YOU WERE THROWING ANYBODY'S OPINIONS OR ANYTHING AWAY.
I JUST WANTED TO ECHO SOME OF THE THINGS INGRID WAS, UH, VOUCHING FOR.
ANY OTHERS? I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME OTHER LITTLE ONES.
I KIND OF DIDN'T BRING LIKE MY 10.
I WAS LIKE, HERE ARE THE COUPLE THAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT.
AND THEN I FIGURED SOME OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE SOME THINGS I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE, UH, MATEO WAS SAYING, GO THROUGH IT WITH MORE DETAIL, UM, OVER THE WEEKEND.
BUT, UH, THE, TO ME, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THE, THE TWO THAT I MENTIONED I THINK ARE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST.
UM, AND I'M CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, INTERESTED IN TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER BILLS, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO GET TO 10.
'CAUSE HONESTLY, I THINK THAT ONE AND TWO, AND THEN WITH THE ONE, YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT YOU GUYS ARE THROWING.
THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PUSHING ON OUR END TO BEGIN WITH.
'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY BIG ISSUES.
AGAIN, BOTH OF YOUR COMMENTS, EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS ARE ACCEPTED.
WE'RE NOT REFUTING ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY RECOMMENDS.
AND AT THE NEXT MEETING WE WILL GO BE MORE THOROUGH.
EVERYBODY WILL HAVE HAD TIME TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND, AND PRIORITIZE AND, AND SHARE AND THEN, UH, SUCCINCTLY HAVE A PRO OR CON POINT OF VIEW ON IT.
IS THAT FAIR? ELIZABETH'S HANDS UP.
MS. HAY, MR. CHAIR, WOULD YOU MIND STATING JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, WHOEVER MIGHT BE WATCHING WHAT THE COLOR
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CODING MEANT? SO WHAT, GREEN, YELLOW AND RED SKIN? ABSOLUTELY.I THOUGHT I SENT AN EMAIL OUT SHORTLY AFTER THAT WAS RAISED, WHICH I EXPLAINED IT DID.
SO I, THANKS FOR TRIGGERING THAT RESPONSE SO THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS, IT DOES NOT MEAN MY PERSONAL OPINION, THE COLOR CODING RELATES TO WHAT WE, I THAT TIME EXPECTED, THE INTENSITY OF THE CONVERSATION TO BE HOW MUCH DIALOGUE IT MIGHT REQUIRE.
SO SOMETHING THAT'S IN GREEN IS IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A VERY MUCH CONTENTIONS AROUND IT.
SOMETHING IN RED, MAYBE A SHORT BRIEF BILL.
BUT I THINK THERE'LL PROBABLY, AS YOU'RE SAYING, SAYING SOME OF THE HEAVY HITTERS IN TERMS OF THE DIALOGUE, NOT WHAT MY PERSONAL OPINION IS YELLOW AND BOLD IS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO WHAT I DID, WHICH IS READ ALL 16, 1500 BILLS AND SAY, WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THAT BILL? TRYING TO ECONOMIZE EVERYBODY'S TIME.
SO YOU CAN HONE RIGHT IN ON WHAT I, AS ONE INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT AT THAT TIME WAS THE MOST RELEVANT PART.
WE'RE NOT CASTING, UH, POLITICAL PERSUASIONS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY CLINICAL, VERY DIAGNOSTIC ABOUT IT, AND MAKE SURE THAT ULTIMATELY THE BOARD GETS TO KNOW WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL BILLS THAT ARE FACING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
UM, UM, I, I, WHEN, WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THIS, AND I WAS WONDERING AT FIRST, UH, LOOK AT THAT.
WHEN I, WHEN I SAW THE, THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE, THE DECODING OF IT, AND I THOUGHT, FIRST I SAID I DON'T REMEMBER THE, UH, ACTUAL BODY, THE ACTUAL, UH, COMMITTEE COPING DUTIES.
AND WHEN I REALIZED THAT YOU DID THIS, I I CAN REALLY FATHOM THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT, THAT, THAT YOU INVITED TO GO THROUGH THIS AND READ ALL OF THIS, UH, WITHIN ITS ENTIRETY TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
AND I THINK IT WOULD DEFINITELY, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD ONLY, RIGHT.
THAT WE THANK, I THINK THEY THANK YOU AS, AS LEADING THIS AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, AND PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION TO US AS A WHOLE.
BECAUSE YOU, YOU'VE DONE A LOT, A LOT OF HOING AND YOU PUT A LOT, A LOT, A LOT OF PERSONAL TIME INTO THIS AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS COMMITTEE, THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE IBLE.
BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, JUST READ THROUGH IT, SOME OF THEM, LIKE, IT WAS KIND OF, I WOULDN'T SAY DRAINING, BUT IT WAS LIKE, OH, LIKE IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A LOT FOR, IT WAS A LOT COMING FROM SOMEONE WHO'VE BEEN BEFORE AT STATE HOUSING WHO HAD BEEN A PART OF THIS, A PART OF THIS PROCESS.
SO I THAT THANK YOU BECAUSE, UH, THIS DOES MATTER AND YOU, YOU PUT A LOT IN A LOT OF WORK INTO THIS TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE COMMITTED TO US GETTING, GETTING, GETTING, GETTING THIS TASK STARTED AND US FOCUSED, PUTTING THE FOCUS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
SO I WAS LIKE TO THANK YOU, LIKE, THINK LIKE THAT.
BUT HEAR THAT, THAT, THAT I JUST WANTED TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU, YOU DO DESERVE THAT.
WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS.
IT WAS NOT DONE FOR ACCOLADES.
IT WAS JUST, BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORDS.
IT'S, IT'S DONE TO MAKE SURE WE ALL HAVE A BASELINE OF WHERE WE STARTED IN TERMS OF INFORMATION.
SO, AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT HELPS YOU CONSOLIDATE AROUND WHAT THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME IS RATHER THAN SO MANY PEOPLE START FROM DIFFERENT POINTS OF INFORMATION.
THIS IS ON THE ASSEMBLIES WEBSITE, EVERYTHING GOT IN HERE.
I DID NOT CHANGE A SINGLE WORD.
SO THIS IS JUST TO GET IT OUT THERE SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE TRYING TO HELP, BUT THANK YOU.
AND I DON'T TAKE ANY OF THE QUESTIONS OR THE COMMENTS AS, YOU KNOW, DISAPPOINTMENT WITH WHAT'S BEEN DONE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHERS COMMENTS? SO THE NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 8TH, WHICH SHOULD GIVE EVERYBODY SUFFICIENT TIME TO GO OUT, LOOK AT IT, UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POTENTIAL DIRECT IMPLICATIONS ARE, BUT ALSO THE SECONDARY AND TERTIARY ONES, WHICH SOMETIMES WE DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT.
UH, SO THAT WE CAN THEN MOVE THAT FORWARD TO THE SCHOOL, THE DISTRICT BOARD, UH, AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, IF NOT THE FIRST ONE OF THAT MONTH AND THE SECOND ONE.
UH, AND WE'LL NEED TO MOVE QUICKLY ONCE IT'S DONE AND SUSTAIN IT EVEN AFTER GENERAL ASSEMBLY, UH, SITS DOWN FOR A LITTLE WHILE SO THAT WE ARE ENGAGING IN HELPING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS UNDERSTAND.
UM, WILL WE DO THAT PRIOR TO, BEFORE WE GO VISIT THAT, BEFORE WE HAVE THE CAPITAL HEAD OF STATE HOUSE THIS BE, WILL WE HAVE A KIND OF A, A, UH, UM, A COLLATERAL LOOK AT WHERE WE WILL BE THE FOCUS ON THE LEAST THE TOP THREE BY, BY THAT TIME THE INTENT IS YES.
THE DAY AT THE CAPITOL FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S ON
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BOARD IS APRIL 9TH.SO WE INTEND TO, WE'VE ALREADY ASKED SUPERINTENDENT RODRIGUEZ IF HE WILL USE HIS MENTEE MECHANISMS WHERE YOU LIST WHAT HAS COME OUT.
AND OVER THREE ITERATIONS WE CU DOWN JUST LIKE WE DID WITH STRATEGY AS TO WHAT ARE THE ONES THAT THE LARGE ORGANIZATION WANTS US TO PURSUE.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING OFF ON A TANGENT.
SO THERE'S A CULLING PROCESS THAT IS DEMOCRATIC IN TERMS OF THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA SAY THESE ARE THE TOPIC.
SO YES, IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF WORK THAT AFTERNOON.
SO WE HOPE THIS, UH, CUSHING BERRY AND, UH, ATTORNEY AND HAS, UH, SUPPORT.
ALRIGHT, SO E EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THE PROCESS SO FAR? YEAH, I THINK I, I, I AM TOTALLY OKAY WITH THE PROCESS SO FAR.
I DO FEEL, YOU KNOW, THAT IT, WE NEED TO GET SOME STUFF IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND, AND MAKE SURE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD'S GETTING A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON IT TOO.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, DOING THE RESEARCH IS GREAT, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, GETTING THIS LIST OF 10 TOGETHER AND BRINGING THAT TO THE BOARD'S IMPORTANT.
THE INTENT IS TO, THE BOARD WILL HAVE THESE DOCUMENTS AND IF YOU CAN PUT CALL BACK AND SAY, AS SOON AS YOU DETERMINE YOURS, WHAT ARE THE TOP 10? AND THEN WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE BOARD, GIVE THEM NOTIONAL GUIDANCE AS TO WHO, WHERE WE THINK THIS MAY HEAD.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING OR TWO TO CULL IT OVER AND THEN COME BACK TO THEM THE LATTER PART OF APRIL WITH VERY DEFINITE RECOMMENDATIONS OR NONE AT ALL.
LET'S TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY.
WE REQUESTED THAT, UH, PEOPLE RESPOND, BOARD MEMBERS, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS RESPOND AND WE GOT SOME REAL GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
UM, MS. HAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE ONES THAT YOU'VE SUBMITTED? UM, SURE.
THERE'S, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT TO SAY PUBLICLY.
UM, A LOT OF MINE, THERE AREN'T LIKE SHOWY PUBLIC APPEARANCES OR SPEECHES GIVEN, BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW WITHIN THOSE COMMUNITIES AND THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU'RE BUILDING OR HAVE BUILT AND NURTURE, UH, PROVIDE YOU INFLUENCE WHEN BEING IN THE PUBLIC.
I SAID CHURCHES BECAUSE I DON'T ONLY ATTEND ONE.
UM, THAT'S FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
OUR LOCAL LIBRARY HAS PHENOMENAL ACTIVITIES WITH CHILDREN.
UM, SORRY, I'M UNDER THE WEATHER.
AND, UM, YOU MEET A LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF CHILDREN AND WHATNOT.
THROUGH THOSE ACTIVITIES, YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT OTHER OFFERINGS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND WHERE ELSE TO CONNECT.
THIS LIST IS NOT JUST MY LIST, IT'S JUST YOU ASKED FOR FIVE, TOP FIVE.
SO I GAVE FIVE, UM, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AGAIN, THIS ISN'T FORMAL, THESE ARE PEOPLE I KNOW WITHIN THE CHAMBER ROTARY, SAME THING.
UM, THOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT I HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, THEY COME TO ME WITH QUESTIONS, I GO TO THEM WITH QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK THE LARGER, AND AGAIN, THIS MAY BE COMING FROM THE BACKGROUND THAT I HAVE, BUT THE BIGGEST, MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT ANY OF US CAN DO IS JUST FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT BEING AFRAID TO TALK TO ANYONE THAT YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
UH, THE CHAIR WHO IS SITTING TO MY RIGHT, UH, HAS ENCOURAGED US TO ATTEND, UH, EVENTS, UH, COUNCIL MEETINGS, UM, DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
REALLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TO GET ITS MESSAGE OUT THERE.
AND TO YOUR POINT, MISS, HEY, INTERPERSONAL MARKETING IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY WHEN IT COMES FROM SOMEONE THAT I TRUST.
I'M GOING TO FOLLOW WHATEVER THAT RECOMMENDATION IS.
AND ALL OF YOU ARE TRUSTED IN YOUR AREAS AND YOUR DISTRICTS AND ON BROADER SCALES, UH, UP TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT WE, UH, YOU, YOU SHARE WHAT INFORMATION WE CAN PRODUCE TO HELP YOU CARRY A MESSAGE THAT'S APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD.
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DO WE STILL HAVE QUORUM? NOPE.SO THEN I GUESS WE NEED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AND CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION.
IS THAT THE PROPER PROTOCOL? OKAY.
SO DUE TO LACK OF A QUORUM, THIS BOATRIGHT HAD TO SIGN OFF.
WE'RE GOING TO CONCLUDE THIS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING AND WE WILL, UH, CONTINUE WITH THE CONVERSATION, UH, AT THIS POINT.
THANK YOU MA'AM FOR YOUR, YOUR, YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE AND, AND, UH, YOUR COMMENTS.