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00:00:00>> BOARD FOR THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST COMES FROM THE LAW
00:00:08OFFICES OF PORTER, WRIGHT,
MORRIS.
00:00:12HELPING INDIVIDUALS SOLVE
COMPLEX LEGAL PROBLEMS.
00:00:18ON THE WEB AT PORTERWRIGHT.COM.
WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:00:32FOR EVERY CHILD.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE
00:00:36POSSIBLE BY E-TECH OHIO.
>> THE GOVERNOR SIGNS A BILL
00:00:42THAT GIVES HIGHER SPEEDS TO
OHIO.
00:00:48THE ROADS.
Ñi-- OHIO'S ROADS.
00:00:53AND MOVING FROM THE G
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
00:01:01ALL THIS WEEK ONÑiñr THE STATE F
ÑiOHIO.
00:01:06THE TRANSPORTATION BILL RAISES
THE SPEED LIMIT TO 7 MILES AN
00:01:11HOUR ON CERTAIN INTERSTATE
HIGHWAYS.
00:01:12THE BILL ALLOWS RURAL
INTERSTATES TO GO TO 70 AND SETS
00:01:21A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT FOR
INTERSTATE FREEWAYSÑi AND URBAN
00:01:26AREAS AT 65 MILES AN HOUR AND ON
FREEWAYS IN CONGESTED AREAS AT
00:01:3055.
THE TRANSPORTATION BILL INCLUDES
00:01:33A MECHANISM TO START THE $1.50
BILLION TURNPIKE BOND SALE.
00:01:38THEY SIGNED GUARANTEES THAT 90%
OF BONDS WILL GO TO OHIO PROJECT
00:01:44AND CAPS TOLL RATES ON EASY PASS
USERS AT 30 MILES OR LESS FOR 10
00:01:49YEARS.
SPEAKING OF TRANSPORTATION,
00:01:51CLEARING THE STATE'S ROADWAYS
THIS WINTER WAS MUCH MORE
00:01:54EXPENSIVE AND IT WAS IN THE VERY
MILD WINTER OF 2012.
00:01:56ODOT SPEND $72.20 MILLION ON
ROADS.
00:02:08THIS WINTER THEY USED 720,000
TONS OF SALT, TWICE THE AMOUNT
00:02:16THIS TIME YEAR AGO.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN A BAD WINTER
00:02:18BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE
OHIO ECONOMY.
00:02:20PER-CAPITA INCOME ROSE AT ONE OF
THE FASTEST RATES IN THE NATION
00:02:25LAST YEAR.
THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS SAYS THAT
00:02:32STACK IS A SIGN THAT THE STATE
WAS THE ECONOMY IS RECOVERING
00:02:33MORE QUICKLY.
PER CAPITAL PERSONAL INCOME
00:02:37INCLUDES ALL OUR EARNINGS.
BIT ROSE TO $39,289 BETWEEN 2011
00:02:46AND 2012.
THAT WAS A LARGER INCREASE THAN
00:02:48ALL BUT TWO OTHER STATES.
EXPERTS SAY INCOMES CONTINUE TO
00:02:55BENEFIT FROM THE REVIVAL OF THE
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY AND THE
00:02:57EMERGENCE OF THE OIL AND GAS
SECTOR.
00:02:58THEY SAY FUTURE PROSPERITY
DEPENDS ON DIVERSIFYING THE
00:03:04INDUSTRIAL BASE.
AN UPDATE TO AN INTERVIEW FROM
00:03:06THE SHOW LAST WEEK.
TOM ZAWISTOWSKI YOU WILL
00:03:15CHALLENGE THE OFFICIAL WHO IS
SET TO REPLACE BOB BENNETT AS HE
00:03:18LEAVES THE PARTY CHAIRMAN'S C.
THE SECOND TIME.
00:03:21HE WAS ONE OF MORE THAN 80
CONSERVATIVES TO SIGN THE LETTER
00:03:24PROTESTING WHAT THEY CALL THE
DIRECTION OF THE OHIO REPUBLICAN
00:03:26PARTY TAKIIS TAKING ON
ABORTION AND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
00:03:34AND THE CHOICE TO REPLACE
BENNETT WITH MATT BORGES.
00:03:42HE WILL AGAINST BORGES.
>> I DO NOT KNOW MATT BORGES,
00:03:54ALL I KNOW IS THAT AS A
BUSINESSMAN, WHEN HE WAS ADDED
00:04:01TO THE STAFF LAST YEAR, THERE
WAS PUSHED BACK.
00:04:03I KNOW FOR FACT THERE WAS PUSHED
BACK BY A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF
00:04:08THE REPUBLICAN BASE.
IF I AM A MANAGER, IF I RUN IN
00:04:12THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BETWEEN
NOW -- THEN AND NOW, MY JOB WAS
00:04:15TO GET THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD A
PROBLEM WITH HIM TOGETHER AND
00:04:19HAVE THEM FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY
COULD LIVE WITH EACH OTHER.
00:04:24AND THEN IF YOU COULD YOU NAME
HIM TO THE HEAD OF THE PARTY.
00:04:27IF YOU CANNOT YOU CANNOT DO THAT
AND YOU DO NOT BREAK -- BRING
00:04:31THEM TOGETHER AND APPOINT THEM
YOU'RE TELLING THOSE PEOPLE YOU
00:04:35DO NOT CARE WHAT YOU THINK AND
YOU ARE GOING TO DO WHAT YOU'RE
00:04:38GOING TO DO.
THAT IS BAD ADMINISTRATION AND
00:04:41BAD FOR THE PARTY.
IT IS NOT COALITION BUILDING.
00:04:43>> BORGES HAS THE SUPPORT OF ALL
ELECTED STATEWIDE REPUBLICANS
00:04:50INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR GOING
INTO THE OHIO GOP LEADERSHIP
00:04:53VOTE LATER THIS MONTH.
THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT
00:04:55OF VETERANS SERVICES WILL BE
AMONG THOSE INDUCTED INTO THE
00:04:59HIGHER MILITARY HALL OF FAME
NEXT MONTH.
00:05:01VETERANS SERVICES DIRECTOR TOM
MOE WILL BE INDUCTED WITH 19
00:05:06OTHER VETERANS IN A MAY 3
CEREMONY AT THE STATE HOUSE.
00:05:09HE IS A RETIRED U.S. AIR FORCE
COLONEL AND VIETNAM WAR VETERAN
00:05:13WHO EARNED TWO SILVER STARS AND
A BRONZE STAR FOR VALOR ALONG
00:05:19WITH OTHER DECORATIONS.
LAWMAKERS ARE STILL ON RIGHT BUT
00:05:21THEY DID NOT LEAVE THEIR
CONCERNED ABOUT THE STATE BUDGET
00:05:24BEHIND.
IT NEEDS TO BE IN PLACE BY THE
00:05:27END OF JUNE AND THERE'S NOT A
LOT OF TIME LEFT FOR THE BUDGET
00:05:30TO BE OVERHAULED AS MUCH AS SOME
LAWMAKERS HAVE HINTED IT WILL
00:05:33BE.
IT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
00:05:35OBVIOUS THE EXPANSION OF THE
STATE SALES TAX ON TO THE
00:05:38SERVICES THAT ARE NOW NOT TAXED
IS IN SERIOUS DANGER AND THE
00:05:42SEVERANCE TAX ON BIG OIL AND
NATURAL GAS DRILLERS IS ALSO
00:05:46FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
THIS WEEK I SPOKE TO TWO
00:05:50LONGTIME REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO
WILL NOT SEE THE BUDGET FOR
00:05:52LEAST A FEW WEEKS BUT WHO HAVE
THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THEY WILL DO
00:05:55WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR BEST.
SENATOR SCOTT OELSLAGER CHAIRS
00:06:04THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
AND SENATOR BILL SEITZ IS A
00:06:17REPUBLICAN FROM CINCINNATI.
>> MY ROLE IS GOING TO BE TO GET
00:06:22ENOUGH VOTES TO GET THE BUDGET
PASSED AND THEREFORE IF I HAVE
00:06:26TO FOCUS ON EVERYONE'S
CONCERNED, I HAVE MET WITH THE
00:06:30SENATOR AND HE HAS EXPRESSED HIS
CONCERN TO ME.
00:06:32THE BUDGET WILL BE QUITE
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE GOVERNOR
00:06:39HAS PROPOSED.
WE HAVE TO GIVE THE GOVERNOR
00:06:42CREDIT.
HE IS BOLD IN HIS PROPOSALS AND
00:06:45BIDS IS THOUGHT PROVOKING AND IT
IS GOOD TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION
00:06:48AND DEBATE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT
ELEMENTS.
00:06:49>> IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE SALES
TAX EXPANSION, YOU'RE PULLING
00:06:54AWAY A LEGAL BATTLE.
HOW DO YOU CONTINUE TO GO ON
00:06:58WITH THE INCOME TAX CUT AS IT IS
WITHOUT THAT REVENUE?
00:07:01>> THAT IS ONE THING WE WILL SEE
WHAT THE HOUSE SANS OVER AND
00:07:05THAT WILL BE A CHALLENGE.
THE GOVERNOR HAS DONE A GREAT
00:07:08JOB WITH HIS BACKGROUND AS FAR
AS BEING OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE
00:07:12CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE AND
WASHINGTON.
00:07:12THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST TIGHTLY
WOUND BUDGET I HAVE EVER SEEN
00:07:18WHERE ONE ELEMENT FEEDS INTO THE
NEXT.
00:07:19IF YOU PULL ONE OUT ITS STREAMS
OUT AT THE SIDE.
00:07:23WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT AND GET THE INPUT TO DO IT.
00:07:25>> YOU JUST SAID YOU GOT SOME
IDEAS, SOME THINGS YOU FEEL
00:07:32COULD TAKE THE PLACE OF THAT
SALES-TAX EXPANSION.
00:07:35>> I HAVE ADVANCED A COUPLE OF
IDEAS AND I AM WET -- READY TO
00:07:38WORK ON THOSE WHEN THE BUDGET
GETS OVER HERE.
00:07:41I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING
TO DO.
00:07:43I UNDERSTAND THE HOUSE IS ALSO
PREPARED TO TAKE THE GOV.'S
00:07:46PROPOSAL FOR INCREASING THE
SEVERANCE TAX OUT OF THE BUDGET.
00:07:51THAT WAS GOING TO PROVIDE A
SOURCE OF REVENUE FOR THE INCOME
00:07:54TAX CUT.
I'M NOT AS VEHEMENTLY AGAINST
00:07:58THE TAX INCREASE AS ARE
APPARENTLY SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES
00:08:01IN THE HOUSE.
I WOULD WANT TO HAVE A
00:08:04DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT SOURCE OF
REVENUE.
00:08:06I DO NOT THINK THE OIL AND GAS
IS GOING ANYWHERE.
00:08:09I DO NOT THINK THESE COMPANIES
ARE GOING TO WALK AWAY FROM THE
00:08:14INVESTMENTS THEY HAVE MADE IN
OHIO.
00:08:15I THINK BY INCREASING THE
SEVERANCE TAX WE WOULD STILL BE
00:08:20COMPETITIVE, INDEED LOWER THAN
MOST OF THE OTHER OIL-PRODUCING
00:08:25STATES.
THAT IS A DEBATE WE WOULD WANT
00:08:26TO HAVE ASSUMING THE HOUSE TAKES
THAT PROVISION OUT.
00:08:29I WOULD LIKE TO START THE DEBATE
BACK UP.
00:08:32>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
SEVERANCE TAX PROPOSAL?
00:08:36>> THAT IS A VERY KEY PROPOSAL
OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET.
00:08:42IT DOES GENERATE 100 TRUCKING
DOLLARS MILLION THE SECOND YEAR.
00:08:47THAT IS A SITUATION WHERE WE
HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE
00:08:52BUDGET.
AT THE SPENDING SIDE AND THE TAX
00:08:54SIDE TO SEE HOW IT WILL WORK
OUT.
00:08:56>> ARE YOU PERSONALLY OPPOSED TO
THE INCREASE?
00:08:59>> I AM WAITING TO SEE WHERE THE
BUDGET COMES OVER.
00:09:02I DO NOT WANT TO BE A BROKEN
RECORD BUT IN THE POSITION I AM
00:09:07AND I HAVE TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS
OUT.
00:09:08THE SEVERANCE TAX IS A VERY
IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR NORTHEASTERN
00:09:13OHIO.
AND REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS
00:09:17IN THAT AREA.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE
00:09:19POTENTIAL FOR THE JOBS AND WE
ALREADY KNOW THAT JOBS ARE BEING
00:09:24CREATED BECAUSE -- AS ONE WHO
GREW UP IN THE REGION, IOIL AND
00:09:36GAS IS IN MY BLOOD.
FROM WHAT I WAS HEARING AND I
00:09:42WAS IN THE ROOM, THIS WILL GET
TO IS.
00:09:47HE SAID WELCOME TO THE HOUSE,
THE GRAVEYARD OF SEVERANCE TAX.
00:09:52THAT WAS A PRETTY STRONG
STATEMENT.
00:09:56I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT PERHAPS
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE
00:10:01TO MAKE UP SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> YOU HAVE REFERRED TO THIS AS
00:10:08GOVERNOR CARE WHICH THE GOVERNOR
HAS SAID HE IS NOT A SUPPORTER
00:10:11OF.
>> JUSTICE SCALIA IN HIS OPINION
00:10:14IN THE CASE LAST JUNE SAID THERE
ARE THE TWIN PILLARS OF THE
00:10:18AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND THEY ARE
MEDICAID EXPANSION AND THE
00:10:23INDIVIDUAL MANDATE.
THE GOVERNOR APPARENTLY COAT --
00:10:26OPPOSES THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE
BUT THE OTHER ONE OF THE TWIN
00:10:28PILLARS OF OBAMACARE HE
SUPPORTS AND THAT IS THE
00:10:32MEDICAID EXPANSION.
THERE IS A SOLID CASE TO BE MADE
00:10:34FOR EXPANDING MEDICAID
ELIGIBILITY.
00:10:36IN THE SHORT RUN, IT WILL
PROBABLY BE BENEFICIAL TO THE
00:10:40STATE TO HOSPITALS AND TO
EMPLOYERS IN THE STATE.
00:10:45ONCE WE SIGN UP FOR THE PROGRAM,
WE THEN TAKE ALL THE STRINGS
00:10:49ATTACHED TO THE PROGRAM,
INCLUDING AN INABILITY TO OPT
00:10:52OUT SHOULD BE LATER FIND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RENEGES ON
00:10:56THEIR PROMISES OF FINANCIAL
SUPPORT.
00:10:58AND SO THAT HAS BEEN MY CONCERN
ALL ALONG.
00:11:00I DO NOT THINK THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE UNITED STATES
00:11:05LEGITIMIZED THE LEGISLATIVE
EQUIVALENT OF THE HOKEY POKEY
00:11:08WHERE WE CAN OPT IN AND THEN OPT
OUT AND PUT YOUR LEFT ARM IN AND
00:11:12TAKE YOUR LEFT ARM OUT AT OUR
WHIM.
00:11:14ONCE WE SIGN UP, WE ARE ON THE
HOOK.
00:11:16THE ANALOGY THAT HAS BEEN USED
IS TO THAT OLD SONG, YOU CAN
00:11:22CHECK OUT ANY TIME YOU WANT BUT
YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE.
00:11:24THAT IS FROM "HOTEL CALIFORNIA."
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CONGRESS
00:11:31CLARIFY THAT STATES MAY OPT IN
AND DROP OUT WITHOUT -- AND
00:11:37ACCEPTING THE LOSS IN THE MATCH
THAT IS BEING OFFERED AS AN
00:11:40INDUCEMENT TO GET STATES TO SIGN
UP FOR THE EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY.
00:11:43>> SOME PEOPLE SAY THERE IS A
DIFFICULTY WHEN TO EXPAND THE
00:11:48BENEFIT TO SOMEONE AND TAKEN
AWAY.
00:11:49>> THAT IS TRUE.
I AM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
00:11:52LEGAL DIFFICULTY OF WHETHER IT
WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO BACK
00:11:55OUT ONCE WE TOOK THE MONEY.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE
00:12:00MEDICAID EXPANSION.
IS THIS PART OF THE BUDGET THAT
00:12:02YOU SUPPORT?
>> LET ME JUST SAY WE'RE IN
00:12:06FAVOR OF COMPASSIONATE CARE.
WE'RE IN FAVOR OF TRYING TO WORK
00:12:09THROUGH A SYSTEM WHERE
INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE HEALTH
00:12:12CARE THROUGH THE MEDICAID WINDOW
THAT IS THERE NOW.
00:12:15I SEE THAT AS MY FRAMEWORK.
EVERYONE TAKES A LOOK AT THIS
00:12:20AND REALIZES THERE ARE THOSE IN
NEED.
00:12:21THE GOVERNOR SPOKE
COMPASSIONATELY ABOUT THIS.
00:12:24THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE.
HE SAID IN A STATE OF THE STATE
00:12:29ADDRESS THAT HE IS VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT EXPANDING
00:12:31MEDICAID WINDOW.
THERE IS A LOT OF REASONS.
00:12:34THERE IS ALSO THE VIEWS WITHIN
THE PARTY WITH -- ABOUT HOW TO
00:12:41APPROACH THIS.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
00:12:44TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THEY SEND
OVER TO US BECAUSE THERE ARE
00:12:47RAMIFICATIONS BOTH WAYS.
IF WE DO NOT PROCEED OR IF WE DO
00:12:52PROCEED AS FAR AS THE BUDGET IS
CONCERNED BUT I WILL BE WAITING
00:12:56TO SEE AND PUT TOGETHER A SET --
A CONSENSUS.
00:13:00ONE OF THE AREAS WAS THE MENTAL
HEALTH AREA AND DISABILITY AREA.
00:13:05THAT IS ONE OF THE SPECIFICALLY
-- INDIVIDUALS IN THE
00:13:10LEGISLATURE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
ADDRESSING.
00:13:12>> AS >> AS CHAIR OF THE SENATE
FINANCE COMMITTEE, OELSLAGER
00:13:21CAN'T TALK MUCH ABOUT WHAT HE
SUPPORTS OR DOESN'T LIKE.
00:13:23BUT SEITZ IS UNDER NO SUCH
RESTRICTIONS.
00:13:24HE SAYS THERE ARE WHAT HE CALLS
"FALLACIES" IN THE SALES TAX
00:13:26EXPANSION - NAMELY, THAT THE
REVENUE THAT WOULD COME IN FROM
00:13:28IT HAS BEEN INACCURATELY
CALCULATED.
00:13:29AND HE'S CONCERNED THAT BORDER
COMMUNITIES COULD SEE SERVICE-
00:13:32BASED BUSINESSES LEAVE THE
STATE AND STILL OPERATE IN OHIO.
00:13:34AS FOR HOW HE WOULD REPLACE
THAT REVENUE TO STILL ACHIEVE
00:13:39THE INCOME TAX CUT IN THE BUDGET
- SEITZ SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO
00:13:42CONSIDER INCREASING THE
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES TAX ON
00:13:45THE BUSINESSES THAT WOULD PAY
SALES TAXES UNDER THE KASICH
00:13:49BUDGET PROPOSAL.
BUT IN A CONVERSATION LAST
00:13:51WEEK, HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE
CHAIR RON AMSTUTZ OF WOOSTER
00:13:54SAID A CHANGE IN THE CAT IS
DOUBTFUL.
00:13:56>> IN A LARGER PACKAGE YOU MIGHT
BE ABLE TO DO AN INCREASE BUT
00:14:07YOU WOULD HAVE A NEED TO DO
SOMETHING SORT OF PARALLEL TO
00:14:11THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING ON
THE SALES TAX ON INDIVIDUALS AND
00:14:15THAT WOULD BE TO ADDRESS SOME OF
THE PROBLEMS INSIDE THE
00:14:21COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY TAX FOR SOME
SECTORS BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDER
00:14:23STRESS.
>> THE BUDGET NEEDS TO PASS
00:14:25BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND BE
SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR BY THE
00:14:28END OF JUNE.
HEARINGS START UP AGAIN IN THE
00:14:30HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE THIS
WEEK.
00:14:31WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> SPRING BREAK IS ENDING FOR
00:14:44SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND THE
STATE, AND STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
00:14:46ARE STARTING THE FINAL TWO
MONTHS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH
00:14:47A NEW LEADER AT THE HEAD OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN OHIO.
00:14:49RICHARD ROSS WAS SWORN IN LAST
WEEK AS STATE SCHOOL
00:14:53SUPERINTENDENT, AFTER WINNING
THE JOB FROM ACTING
00:14:56SUPERINTENDENT MICHAEL SAWYERS.
ROSS WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE
00:14:59GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF 21ST
CENTURY EDUCATION, AND SOME
00:15:02DEMOCRATIC CRITICS BLASTED HIM
AS BEING TOO CLOSE TO KASICH'S
00:15:04POLICIES TO ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
00:15:05BUT ROSS HAS SAID THAT HIS
EXPERIENCE IN THE GOVERNOR'S
00:15:13OFFICE GIVES HIM A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE IN THIS NEW
00:15:16POSITION.
HIRED BY THE STATE SCHOOL BOARD.
00:15:22AND SUPERINTENDENT RICHARD ROSS
NOW JOINS ME IN THE STUDIO.
00:15:24WHAT IS YOUR FIRST JOB AS
SUPERINTENDENT?
00:15:28>> IT IS DIFFERENT THAN I
EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
00:15:35I WAS SUPERINTENDENT 27 YEARS
BEFORE.
00:15:39COMING IN AT THE STATE LEVEL, I
HAVE HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
00:15:45PARTICIPATE IN CONCEIVING AND
WRITING AND ADVOCATING FOR
00:15:48LEGISLATION THAT WILL BE
POSITIVE FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
00:15:53OF THE STATE.
WHEN THE OPPOSITION CAME OPEN,
00:15:59BUT EPITOMIZES TO ME THE
COMBINATION OF THAT.
00:16:02AND THE MOST DIFFICULT PART OF
OPERATIONAL RISING OR
00:16:07IMPLEMENTING THOSE POLICIES
SUCCESSFULLY.
00:16:08TAKING HIS POLICIES THAT HAVE
BEEN APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATURE
00:16:12AND THE GOVERNOR AND MOVING
TOWARD IN MAKING SURE THEY ARE
00:16:16IMPLEMENTED PROPERLY AND
APPROPRIATELY FOR STUDENTS IN
00:16:19THE SCHOOLS IS PROBABLY THE
FIRST JOB I HAVE.
00:16:21>> YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAS
BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
00:16:23YOU HAVE THE THIRD GRADE READING
GUARANTEE AND SOME OF THESE
00:16:26THINGS I IN PROCESS.
>> THEY NEED TO BE IMPLEMENTED.
00:16:32THE PARK ASSESSMENT IS COMING IN
2014-2015.
00:16:35THE RATING GUARANTEE WHICH IS
USUALLY IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK AT
00:16:39TRYING TO LOOK AT SUCCESS OF OUR
YOUNGSTERS LATER ON IN SCHOOL,
00:16:42WE KNOW THAT IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE
TO SUCCESSFULLY READ AT THE
00:16:48THIRD GRADE LEVEL IT DOES NOT
LOOK GOOD FOR THEM.
00:16:52THE FOCUS ON THAT INTERVENTION
IDENTIFICATION AND IN HELPING
00:16:57THOSE YOUNGSTERS HAVE THOSE
SKILLS IS CRUCIAL FOR US TO BE
00:17:01SUCCESSFUL.
>> YOU ALSO HAVE OTHER THINGS
00:17:03THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE ROAD,
INCLUDING THE CHIEF MEN
00:17:07EVERYWHERE PLAN WHICH IS IN THE
BUDGET THAT YOU INTRODUCED NOT
00:17:09ONLY BEFORE THE BUDGET BUT AT
THE BUDGET UNVEILING.
00:17:12>> THERE IS THE WORK PLAN -- THE
WORK PLAN IS IN THE LEGISLATURE
00:17:16NOW AND IS BEING DEBATED AND IT
WILL CONTINUE TO BE DEBATED.
00:17:19WE WILL SEE HOW THAT COMES OUT
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
00:17:22>> THAT PUTS YOU IN AN
INTERESTING POSITION BECAUSE YOU
00:17:26ARE ADVOCATING FOR IT AND
INTRODUCING IT WHEN YOU WERE
00:17:29WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND
YOUR AND THE OTHER SIDE AND YOU
00:17:31HAVE SUPERINTENDENTS WHO ARE
QUESTIONING IT.
00:17:34WHERE DO STAND ON THAT?
>> RIGHT NOW, I AM WORKING FOR
00:17:39THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND
SO THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN A
00:17:42POSITION YET ON THE ACHIEVEMENT
PLAN.
00:17:44THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE
BOARD MEETING IN MARCH NEXT
00:17:47WEEK.
AND THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO TALK
00:17:50ABOUT MORE THAN.
>> RIGHT NOW YOU CANNOT TAKE A
00:17:54STAND.
>> NOT YET.
00:17:55>> EVEN THOUGH I HAVE SOME
STRONG VIEWS ON THE FOCUS ON
00:18:02STEVENS.
>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE
00:18:06GREAT CARDS.
WE ARE GETTING INDICATIONS THAT
00:18:11THE URBAN SCHOOLS AND CHARTER
SCHOOLS WILL NOT DO SO WELL.
00:18:14IT WILL LIKELY GET F'S THE THE
DISTRICT WILL HAVE SOME
00:18:20DIFFERENT RATINGS THE PEOPLE
WERE EXPECTING?
00:18:22>> I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS
DIFFERENT.
00:18:24WE'RE LOOKING AT A -- PROJECTION
OF THE NEW STANDARD.
00:18:31I VIEWED AS MORE ASPIRATIONAL
AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR OUR
00:18:34SCHOOLS AND LEADERS TO LOOK AND
SAY, IT IS LIKE PEELING BACK THE
00:18:39ONION.
WE HAD AN OVERALL SCORE BEFORE
00:18:42OF EXCELLENT AND WE HAD 61% IN
THAT LEVEL.
00:18:48WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING TO THE
ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND THE
00:18:50GRADUATION RATE OR THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE 41% OF STUDENTS
00:18:55GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL THAT
ARE REPEATED AT PUBLIC
00:18:58UNIVERSITY, WE NEED TO PEEL BACK
THE ONION A LITTLE BIT AND SEE
00:19:02WHAT IS GOING ON.
I VIEW IT AS INFORMATIONAL.
00:19:07OUR TAXPAYERS AND MOMS AND DADS
LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, WE HAVE
00:19:13TWO YEARS TO WORK AND MAKE SOME
ADAPTATIONS AND MAKE SURE IT IS
00:19:16BETTER FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
>> IS SEEING THAT GREAT WHICH IS
00:19:20WHAT THE GOVERNOR WAS HOPING, TO
MAKE IT MORE CLEAR SO WE HAVE AN
00:19:23UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT EXCELLENT
WITH DISTINCTION MEANS AND SET
00:19:27-- THAT SORT OF THING BUT SEEING
THAT GREAT CAN BE KIND OF A
00:19:30SHOCK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO
BE VOTING ON THE LEVEE.
00:19:35>> IT COULD BECOME I SUPPOSE.
BEING CANDID AND HONEST AND
00:19:39TRUTHFUL ABOUT WHAT IS OUT
THERE IS THE FIRST STEP IN
00:19:42TRYING TO ENGAGE IN IMPROVEMENT.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT EXCELLENT
00:19:47WITH DISTINCTION, THE MOTIVATION
TO DO SOME DIFFERENT SORT OF
00:19:51THINGS THAT ADDRESS ACHIEVEMENT
GAPS OR THE GRADUATION RATE MAY
00:19:54NOT BE THERE.
WE HAVE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS NOW
00:19:57WITH THE ESL STUDENTS, THERE IS
A 59% GRADUATION RATE.
00:20:07THERE ARE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE
TRANSPARENT AND DISTRICTS NEED
00:20:11TO BE AWARE OF IT AND SAY, DO I
DESERVE TO BE EXCELLENT WITH
00:20:15DISTINCTION IF I HAVE A 59%
GRADUATION RATE?
00:20:18THAT IS THE QUESTION.
WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.
00:20:23NO.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT DOES
00:20:25NOT HAPPEN AND WE SERVE OUR BOYS
AND GIRLS MUCH BETTER THAN WE
00:20:28ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT ABOUT CHARTER SCHOOLS?
00:20:31AND MANY OF THEM ARE GOING TO
END UP GETTING F'S.
00:20:34WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT
CHARTER SCHOOLS?
00:20:38>> IT IS THE SAME AND SOME ARE
-- OF THE MORE AFFLUENT
00:20:45SUBURBANS WILL BE LOOKING AT
THAT DATA.
00:20:48CHARTERS WILL BE THE SAME
PRINCIPLE.
00:20:53PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW IN A
TRANSPARENT WAY HOW WELL THIS
00:20:56SCHOOL IS DOING IN MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT AREAS.
00:20:59I THINK THAT CANDOR, HONESTY,
AND TRANSPARENCY IS IMPORTANT
00:21:04AND IT WILL DRIVE CHANGES IN
WHAT HAPPENS IN CHARTER SCHOOLS,
00:21:08URBAN SCHOOLS, AND ACROSS THE
BOARD IN ALL OUR SCHOOL
00:21:11DISTRICTS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU TALKED
00:21:13ABOUT IN THE PLAN THAT COULD
BRING ABOUT SOME CHANGES IS THE
00:21:18STRAIGHT A FUND.
THE FUND THAT IS OUT THERE FOR
00:21:22RENOVATION, CERTAIN PROGRAMS
THAT SCHOOLS MIGHT WANT TO DO.
00:21:24IS THAT ENOUGH MONEY FOR
SCHOOLS ESPECIALLY SCHOOLS THAT
00:21:28ARE LOOKING AT BEING OF THE
GUARANTEE?
00:21:30>> WITHOUT TOPPINGS -- TALKING
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE FUND, LET
00:21:34ME TALK ABOUT WHAT I THINK NEEDS
TO HAPPEN.
00:21:37I THINK THE ABILITY AND WHEN WE
WERE GOING THROUGH THE
00:21:41GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WE WERE
TALKING TO HUNDREDS OF EDUCATORS
00:21:44ABOUT WAYS THEY THOUGHT THEY
COULD MOVE THE NEEDLE AND
00:21:47IMPROVE SOME SCHOOLS, WHAT THEY
THOUGHT THE BARRIERS WERE IN --
00:21:53AND WE WERE WORKING FOR THEM.
WE TOOK SOME OF THOSE IDEAS AND
00:21:56IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO ME AS WE
ENGAGE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS
00:21:59WITH TEACHERS, SUPERINTENDENT,
PRINCIPLES ABOUT IDEAS THEY
00:22:04WANTED TO HAVE AND IT WAS NOT A
ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL.
00:22:06WHAT MAY WORK IN CLEVELAND MAY
NOT WORK IN CENTRAL OR LOCAL
00:22:12SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THE CUSTOMIZATION OF THOSE
00:22:14IDEAS AND MATCHING THEM WITH THE
NEEDS WOULD BE HUGELY IMPORTANT.
00:22:19SOMETIMES I THINK WE HAVE FOLKS
IN COLUMBUS IN WASHINGTON WHO
00:22:25WANT TO PRESCRIBE A REMEDY FOR
EVERYONE AND IT DOES NOT WORK
00:22:27THAT WAY.
AN ADVOCACY FOR AN ABILITY OF A
00:22:33LOCAL DISTRICT, LOCAL SCHOOL,
LOCAL TEACHER TO COME UP WITH AN
00:22:35IDEA OF -- ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE
AND MAKE MORE EFFICIENT AND
00:22:39EFFECTIVE AND RACED TO ACHIEVE
-- RAISED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
00:22:47LOCALLY IS A PRESCRIPTION.
>> YOU MENTIONED YOU HAVE 27
00:22:51YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A
SUPERINTENDENT, YOU HAVE A LOT
00:22:53OF EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION
LOOKING BACK.
00:22:57YOUR MOST RECENT POSITION WAS
WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
00:23:01YOU WERE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE AND YOU'RE ADVOCATING A
00:23:04BEHALF OF TRADITIONAL PUBLIC
SCHOOLS.
00:23:06CAN YOU DO THAT INDEPENDENTLY
WHEN YOU WERE SO CAREFULLY
00:23:12INVOLVED IN THE GOVERNOR'S
POLICIES BEFORE?
00:23:14>> I FIND VERY LITTLE CONFLICT
BETWEEN THE ADVOCACY AHEAD WITH
00:23:19THE GOVERNOR AND IN MY POSITION
NOW BUT THE ANSWER IS, I CAN DO
00:23:25THAT.
I THINK THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR
00:23:27POSITIONS AS WE ADVOCATE FOR
MAKING SURE THAT EDUCATION BEST
00:23:31SERVES OUR YOUNGSTERS AND WE
NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
00:23:33BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE AND MY WORK
WITH THE LEGISLATIVE LEADERS AND
00:23:39THE HOUSE IN THE SENATE AS WELL
AS THE GOVERNOR TIES INTO THAT
00:23:42EFFORT AND I THINK WE WILL WORK
CLOSELY WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE
00:23:46THAT WE IMPROVE THE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL BOYS AND
00:23:49GIRLS AND ALL SCHOOLS AND ALL
DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE.
00:23:52>> IF A POLICY CAME OUT THAT YOU
FELT WOULD NOT HELP TRADITIONAL
00:23:56PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WOULD YOU FEEL
COMFORTABLE, ARE YOU INDEPENDENT
00:23:59ENOUGH THAT YOU COULD PUSH BACK?
>> I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DISCUSS
00:24:02THINGS THAT THE GOVERNOR AND I
DISAGREE WITH.
00:24:05I ASSUME THAT WILL CONTINUE.
HE HAS AN ADVOCACY FOR OUR
00:24:08YOUNGSTERS THAT -- BEYOND WHAT
PEOPLE CAN BELIEVE.
00:24:12IT BOTHERS HIM, THE LACK OF
SUCCESS OUR YOUNGSTERS HAVE
00:24:17EXPERIENCED AND THAT ENGAGED IN
WHAT HAPPENED AND WE WOULD HAVE
00:24:20A DISCUSSION.
I DO WORK FOR THE BOARD.
00:24:22>> THE BOARD WILL BE MEETING TO
TALK ABOUT ITS POSITION ON THE
00:24:25ACHIEVEMENT EVER WERE PLANNED.
>> IT WILL BE HEARING A
00:24:27PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK ON THE
PLAN WITH A COUPLE OF
00:24:33SUPERINTENDENT'S TALKING IN
SUPPORT AND SOME WHO MAY HAVE
00:24:36SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
>> HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING TO
00:24:46LAWMAKERS TO LOOK AT THE FORMAL
AND SAID THEY WANT TO DO SOME
00:24:49TINKERING?
>> I SPOKE TO LEGISLATURES ABOUT
00:24:53THAT.
AND UNTIL THE STATE BOARD ACT ON
00:24:57THAT, I WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING
THAT SPECIFICALLY AT THIS TIME.
00:25:01>> DO YOU HOPE IN YOUR TENURE,
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL
00:25:05FUNDING FOR HOW MANY YEARS NOW,
DO YOU HOPE IN YOUR TENURE THAT
00:25:08WE GET SOME RESOLUTION WHERE
PEOPLE CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE
00:25:12GOING FOR THAT SCHOOL FUNDING IS
RESOLVED, OR IS THIS NOT A
00:25:16RESOLVABLE ISSUE?
>> LOOKING BACK OVER MY 37, 40
00:25:20YEARS IN EDUCATION, I SUSPECT
THERE WILL BE QUESTIONS ABOUT
00:25:23WHO GETS WHAT MONEY AND HOW
MUCH.
00:25:25THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE CAN ARGUE
ABOUT THAT AND I ASSUME WE WILL
00:25:28CONTINUE TO ARGUE ABOUT THAT.
THE BOTTOM LINE, YOU CANNOT STOP
00:25:32THIS FROM WHAT WE NEED TO BE
ABOUT.
00:25:33WE NEED TO SEE REGARDLESS OF
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE HAPPENS, WE
00:25:39HAVE TO SERVE OUR BOYS AND GIRLS
AND SERVE THEM AT A MUCH BETTER
00:25:43RATE THAN WE HAVE AND WE NEED TO
BE SAYING, THERE ARE BARRIERS
00:25:47OUT THERE, HOW DO WE GET AROUND
THE BARRIERS AND HOW DO WE MAKE
00:25:50SURE THAT IN EVERY SCHOOL AND
EVERY DISTRICT, EVERY CHILD HAS
00:25:53OPPORTUNITY FOR QUALITY
EDUCATION.
00:25:57>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MY PLEASURE.
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