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WHICH I DON'T HAVE UP, BUT I THINK THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA WAS TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, WHICH BASICALLY IS LOOKING AT THIS.[2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA [GC-4.7]]
SO IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA, THEN WE CAN VOTE ON THAT AND THEN WE CAN PROCEED INTO IT.STEVE, YOU WERE ON MUTE IF YOU WERE SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT AGENDA STUFF.
I'M STILL HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
OKAY. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN.
IF EVERYONE COULD SIGNIFY BEING IN FAVOR BY RAISING THEIR HAND.
SO THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED, AND SO THAT PUTS US INTO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO
[3. MATTERS RESERVED FOR BOARD ACTION]
THE AGENDA ITEM 3.01, WHICH IS TO GO AHEAD AND SELECT OUR TOP TEN AND I'LL GO THROUGH, SINCE WE'VE GOT THE LEGISLATIVE ONES, WHICH PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE, I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHICH ONES I'VE GOT THAT FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY, AND THEN I THINK THAT WORKS OUT GOOD.WE CAN JUST DO EVERYBODY'S THAT WAY.
SO LET'S SEE, WE ALREADY DID AMPLE FUNDING.
I HAD ASSOCIATE THAT'S PERMANENT.
I HAD THE BARGAINING AND NEGOTIATIONS, BASIC SKILLS PERMANENT BUDGET STABILITY FISCAL NON-RENEWAL DATE.
OKAY. DID THAT ONE? THAT ONE DID.
LEVY AUTHORITY LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND IT'S THE FIRST ONE [INAUDIBLE] AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER ONE, THE OTHER ONE'S PERMANENT PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AND LEGAL NOTICE THAT ONE TOO [INAUDIBLE] RETROACTIVE CUTS AND REDUCTION IN FORCE.
SALARIES. STRIKES AND LABOR DISPUTES.
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, AND THAT'S IT.
STEVE OR PEGGY. DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH YOURS? GO AHEAD, PEGGY. I'M NOT PREPARED HERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T CAUSE AN ECHO.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? SO FAR, SO GOOD, AND ONLY ONCE.
OH, GOOD. THAT'S A REAL RELIEF.
OKAY, SO NOW LET ME SEE IF I CAN.
I HAD ACADEMIC RIGOR AND EQUITY.
THE VERY FIRST THING ON THE LIST.
LET'S SEE. I ALSO HAD I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE GOT TEN.
I'VE GOT OPPOSING PARTIZAN SCHOOL DIRECTOR ELECTIONS.
OSPI INVESTIGATIONS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE OF DUE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING THAT THEY GET AN INVESTIGATION DONE IN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME. PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL VOTERS PAMPHLETS REQUIRING PRO AND CON STATEMENTS.
I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS ANY KIND OF ISSUE REGARDING SAFE DRINKING WATER.
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TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.HOW MANY AM I UP TO AT THIS POINT? OH, KEEP GOING HOWEVER LONG.
LET'S SEE. I WAS GOING THROUGH THEM AND MARKING THEM OFF.
BEAR WITH ME BECAUSE I HAD NOT FINISHED MARKING ALL THE ONES OFF THAT I KIND OF WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO LIMIT MYSELF TO TEN, WHICH MAYBE WAS A BAD THING TO DO. SO HOW MANY DO I HAVE SO FAR? SORRY, MELINDA, DO YOU KNOW? I COUNT SEVEN.
MAYORS SHOULDN'T BE RUNNING SCHOOLS.
THAT ONE IS A WEIRD ONE. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT GOT IN THERE, BUT IT'S THERE AND I KEEP IT KEEPS COMING UP AS THERE HAS BEEN SOME PUSH IN SOME AREAS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO BE OF LESSER OR ELIMINATED POWER AND THE MAYOR OF THE CITY TO BE IN CONTROL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS [INAUDIBLE] A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT INCORPORATES MULTIPLE CITIES.
YOU KNOW, LIKE THE [INAUDIBLE].
OH, HERE'S ONE. THE CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
SO THAT ONE SAYS BASICALLY, WELL, YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU READ THEM, BUT THAT ONE BASICALLY SAYS THAT IF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE TO BE CONSOLIDATED, IT SHOULD BE THE DECISION OF THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE AFFECTED BY IT AND NOT THE DECISION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
SO THAT'S A LOCAL CONTROL THING SO THAT I AGREE WITH.
PRIMARILY WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT IS WHAT THINGS HELP US RETAIN LOCAL CONTROL AS AND THE CHARTER SCHOOLS UNDER LOCALLY ELECTED SCHOOL BOARDS ALSO.
SO IF I HIT MY TEN MARK LIMIT, OR CAN I JUST KEEP ROLLING? YOU CAN KEEP GOING IF YOU WANT [INAUDIBLE] IF WE HAVE MORE MAYBE THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE [INAUDIBLE].
I'M NOT 100% MARRIED TO IT, BUT IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT'S THERE IS A CERTAIN THRESHOLD YOU NEED TO MEET IN ORDER TO EVEN FUNCTION, AND THAT IF SMALLER DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE IT, SEE, THOSE THINGS DON'T AFFECT OUR DISTRICT EXACTLY.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, WELL, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON? AND SO MAYBE THAT'S WRONG, BUT I PICKED ONE THAT I THOUGHT REALLY DIDN'T APPLY TO FERNDALE QUITE AS MUCH, BUT IT'S LIKE THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE STATE.
YEAH, WELL, I WOULD ADD BEACH ELEMENTARY WOULD BE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A SCHOOL THAT COSTS MORE MONEY TO RUN, BUT IT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE ALL THE SAME INFRASTRUCTURES THAT OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE.
YEAH. OKAY. I THOUGHT FULL FUNDING OF BASIC EDUCATION WAS KIND OF A GIVEN.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, AND IT SHOULD BE.
THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE ON REQUIRING THAT IF THE STATE REQUIRES SOMETHING, THEY HAVE TO FUND IT.
I THINK SOME OF THESE ACTUALLY COULD BE.
THAT'S THE UNFUNDED MANDATES I THINK.
YEAH. YEAH. ANY OF THE UNFUNDED MANDATE STUFF.
WELL, AND LIKE YOU SAY, YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING THE FULL FUNDING OF BASIC EDUCATION BUT THAT IT'S TOO INTUITIVELY OBVIOUS OR [INAUDIBLE] YEAH.
SO LET'S SEE ANOTHER ONE WAS THE FOREST REVENUE APPORTIONMENT WITHHOLDING.
YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO RUSS [INAUDIBLE] TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT FOR [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ESSENTIALLY THAT ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO I BELIEVE IT WAS. YOU KNOW, THEY COLLECT ALL THE RESOURCE REVENUE FROM TIMBER HARVESTING AND MINING AND RENTALS. IT'S ALL GOES INTO THE GOVERNMENT COFFERS AND THEN IT GETS HANDED OUT.
THE IDEA THERE WAS FOR SOME OF THE MORE RURAL DISTRICTS I THINK IS THAT LETTING THEM KEEP THE REVENUE THAT'S GENERATED IN THEIR AREA AS OPPOSED TO THROWING IT ALL IN ONE POT AND DIVVYING IT OUT, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
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I THINK IT BENEFITS MORE RURAL SCHOOLS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I'VE GOT THIS THING ABOUT RURAL SCHOOLS BECAUSE I WENT TO ONE, BUT THAT JUST STRIKES ME THAT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT SEEM TO GET THE SHORT END OF THE STICK IN TERMS OF WELL, NATURALLY, BECAUSE THERE'S AN ECONOMY OF SCALE THAT GOES ALONG WITH BEING A LARGER DISTRICT.SO I FIGURE ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP THAT.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER; TRYING TO REMEMBER THE FUNDING SAFE, HEALTHY AND CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
THERE WAS SOME STUFF IN THERE THAT I LIKED.
I PUT A YES NEXT TO IT, SO I MUST HAVE BEEN.
LET'S SEE. WHAT WAS IT? I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET THEM ALL HIGHLIGHTED IN TIME.
RATS. IT HAD TO DO WITH EDUCATION FOR INTERNSHIP TYPE PROGRAMS AS A PATHWAY TO GRADUATION.
OH I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE WAS THAT RECRUITING DIVERSE STAFF? NO, NO NO IT WASN'T THAT ONE HONESTLY.
THAT ONE I REALLY AM VERY STRONGLY OPPOSED TO.
NOT THAT ONE, BUT THE SCHOOL DIRECTOR ONE, FOR REASONS BEING THAT [INAUDIBLE] HAVE COFFEE TOGETHER.
NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. WELL, THE RECRUITING SCHOOL DIRECTORS ONES, I'M VERY STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THAT BECAUSE BASICALLY THE WAY THAT IT FOCUSES ON THE LEGISLATURE TELLING US WHAT WE CAN DO AND I THINK THOSE KINDS OF DECISIONS WILL BE MADE UP BY EACH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AS FITS THEIR NEEDS.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE DICTATING OUR ELECTIONS TO US, AND, YOU KNOW.
THAT ONE, I'M VERY STRONGLY OPPOSED TO [INAUDIBLE] I'M NOT IN FAVOR FOR.
CAN I SAY WHY I'M IN FAVOR FOR IT? OH, YEAH, YOU CAN. I PROBABLY HEARD IT AT THE ARGUMENTS THAT WENT ON, BUT GO AHEAD.
THEY'RE OFTEN RETIRED OR AFFLUENT OR KIND OF FURTHER REMOVED FROM THE STUDENT POPULATION THAT'S IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND SO I THINK BY BY HAVING IT AS A LAW THAT WE PROVIDE CHILD CARE FOR SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS OR YOU PROVIDE COMPENSATION FOR THEIR TIME, THEN THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE THAT FEEL THAT THEY CAN DO IT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A FINANCIAL BURDEN FOR THEM OR A TIME BURDEN FOR THEM OR A CHILD CARE BURDEN FOR THEM, AND I KNOW WE CAN DO IT ON A LOCAL LEVEL, BUT LIKE ON A LOCAL LEVEL, FOR ME TO COME IN AND SAY, I WANT TO BE PAID.
I WANT THE BARRIERS TO COME DOWN FOR WHO SERVES ON SCHOOL BOARDS.
SO, MELINDA, HERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF THAT I AM NOT VERY COMFORTABLE WITH.
FOR ANY OTHER RACE IN WASHINGTON STATE, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BE A CITIZEN.
THEY INCLUDED THAT IN WITH THIS.
IF THEY TOOK THAT PART OUT OF IT, I WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH IT, BUT THAT PART RIGHT THERE IS LIKE OK WHEN WE START BLURRING LINES LIKE THAT, WELL, OKAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD A PUBLIC OFFICE, SHOULD YOU BE A CITIZEN? AND I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD.
I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD ARGUE WITH ME THAT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT I DO.
WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT, I WAS LIKE, WAIT A SECOND.
I THOUGHT IF YOU'RE ELECTED MEANS YOU'RE A CITIZEN, BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THE PERSON COULDN'T VOTE FOR THEMSELVES, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU CAN ONLY VOTE.
YEAH, THIS IS [INAUDIBLE] EXACTLY, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, IN OUR CONSTITUTION, THE WASHINGTON STATE CONSTITUTION, WE PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR OR ALL CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN THE STATE REGARDLESS OF THEIR CITIZENSHIP.
SO IN THAT CASE, THEN SHOULD WE HAVE REPRESENTATION ON SCHOOL BOARDS, POTENTIALLY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS? BUT THE SAME COULD BE SAID OF ANY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
SO DOES THAT MEAN WE SHOULD TAKE ALL WASHINGTON STATE POSITIONS AND MAKE MAKE THEM OPEN TO NON-CITIZENS? THAT'S A GOOD POINT. SO I'M GOING STEP IN AND JUST SAY, YOU'RE GOING TO REDIRECT US.
I MEAN, GOOD DISCUSSION, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET LOCKED INTO JUST ONE.
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I THINK WE'LL GET PEGGY'S AND THEN WE'LL GET STEVE'S INPUT ON WHAT HIS TOP WERE AND THEN WE'LL SEE.HOW MANY DO WE HAVE THAT THERE'S A MAJORITY OF US AGREEING ON, AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF SEE HOW MANY SLOTS WE HAVE YET TO FILL IN THE TOP TEN. THERE WAS THE ONE.
DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER WHAT THE ALLOWING CERTIFICATION OF CHILDREN'S, THE DIFFERENT CERTIFICATION OF CHILDREN, CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS, THE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS? BECAUSE THAT'S BEFORE I TOOK HER OFF ON THE TANGENT.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
I WISH I COULD REMEMBER WHICH ONE THAT WAS.
I JUST PUT THE TITLES DOWN AND NOT THE DESCRIPTORS.
I'M TRYING TO RECREATE IT IN MY MIND.
I MEAN, LOOKING LIKE AT STAFF, AND I DON'T.
TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND THAT'S NOT IT.
WAS IT UNDER PERMANENT? IT WAS A LEGISLATIVE.
I ONLY PUT I ONLY PUT DOWN LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS.
YEAH BUT FILL OUT THIS FORM IS SPECIFICALLY SAID FOR LEGISLATIVE POSITIONS.
OKAY. YEAH, I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE PERMANENT POSITIONS.
I FIGURED THOSE WERE KIND OF A GIVEN.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT ONE WAS.
YEAH, THAT'S THE ONE. I'LL FIND IT.
YOU LOOK FOR IT, AND THEN WE'LL ASK STEVE.
YEAH, YOU CAN TALK TO STEVE WHILE I THINK MY WAY THROUGH THE LIST.
PEGGY AND I DID A LITTLE COLLABORATION WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO GET IN HERE.
WE DID A SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU DID.
SO LOOKING THROUGH THIS LIST, I BASICALLY MIMIC EXACTLY WHAT'S IN HERE.
DID THE BARGAINING NEGOTIATION ONE GET IN THERE? KEVIN HAD IT ON HIS LIST.
THAT WAS ONE THAT WAS ON MY LIST.
OTHER THAN THAT, BASICALLY THE ONES THAT PEGGY DID AND YOU AND KEVIN HAVE COVERED THE OTHER ONES.
YEP. CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
FISCAL NOTES AND UNFUNDED MANDATES.
YEAH, THAT'S A VERY POPULAR ONE.
FUNDING SAFE, HEALTHY AND CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
YES. MAYORAL CONTROL? YES, DEFINITELY, AND OPPOSING PARTIZAN SCHOOL DIRECTOR ELECTIONS OSPI INVESTIGATIONS PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL VOTERS PAMPHLET.
I DIDN'T HAVE THAT ONE ON MY LIST.
SCHOOL DAY BELL SCHEDULE FLEXIBILITY.
I THINK I WAS THE SCHOOL YEAR ONE.
I'M OK WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR ONE TWO BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY BOTH OF THOSE THE SCHOOL DAY SCHOOL BELL FLEXIBILITY ONE AND THE SCHOOL YEAR ONE GIVE MORE FREEDOM TO INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS TO DETERMINE WHAT SCHEDULES WORK BEST FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
I THOUGHT THE SCHOOL YEAR ONE, TOO, COULD POTENTIALLY HELP WITH SUMMER LEARNING LOSS.
YEAH, IT MIGHT. THERE WAS THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL ONE IN THERE THAT TALKED ABOUT FUNDING EXTENDING.
MAYBE THAT WAS MAYBE IT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT ONE.
THE EXTENDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUMMER EDUCATION AND WHATNOT.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THAT ONE, COME TO THINK OF IT.
STEVE, YOU HAD TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AS WELL.
ANY OTHERS? I THINK THAT'S IT.
SO IF WE GO WITH ONES THAT ARE THREE OR MORE.
OKAY, AND YELLOW COUNTS AS ONE TOO.
SO WE HAVE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.
OPPOSING PARTIZAN SCHOOL DIRECTOR ELECTIONS.
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FUNDING SAFE, HEALTHY CONTEMPORARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS.FISCAL NOTES AND UNFUNDED MANDATES.
I HOPE SOMEBODY IS COUNTING. I AM.
GOOD. I'M LOOKING FOR THREE OR MORE.
RIGHT. YEAH, AND ACADEMIC RIGOR AND EQUITY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.
SO IF I COUNTED. RIGHT, THAT'S EIGHT.
THAT IS PRETTY GOOD, ACTUALLY.
THERE WAS ONE. I THINK THAT DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COUNTED TRANSPORTATION FUNDING.
I THINK THERE'S OVERLAP IN SOME OF THESE.
ONE, BUT THAT IS PRETTY GOOD TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH EIGHT AND SO WE'VE GOT TRANSPORTATION.
I'M GOING TO WRITE THESE AS WE GO.
OK. YOU DOING DIFFERENT COLOR? YEAH. SCHOOL YEAR.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY BOTH KEVIN AND I HAD [INAUDIBLE] EXECUTIVE TEAM.
YEAH, I WOULD GO ALONG WITH THAT ONE TOO.
[INAUDIBLE] GOING NUTS [CHUCKLING] I KNOW I HATE THIS STUPID PDF.
STEVE AND PEGGY I SHARED EARLIER, I HAD ASKED THE EXEC TEAM TO READ THESE TO JUST GIVE INPUT ON THINGS THEY WERE THINKING AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ONE AND THE BASIC ED WERE THE TWO THAT ROSE TO THE TOP OF WHICH WE ALL TALKED ABOUT.
WELL, I HAD WASHINGTON STATE VOTING RIGHTS, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHY.
NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHY I PUT A YES ON THAT ONE.
OH, MY LORD. STUPID HIGHLIGHTER.
OKAY, SO NOW IF I'M JUST LOOKING FOR BLUE OR GREEN, I HAVE ONE.
TWO, THREE FOUR FIVE, SESSIONS SHOULDN'T BE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT WHEN I LISTED THEM OUT.
SO THEN IF WE LOOK AT ONES THAT HAVE TWO WHAT WOULD BE [INAUDIBLE] PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AND LEGAL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS THAT ONE HAD TO DO WITH LIKE MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T ASKING FOR PUBLIC RECORDS AND BEING A NUISANCE.
THEY'RE NOT DOING IT OUT OF HARASSMENT OR DATA MINING, YOU KNOW.
I THOUGHT THERE WERE ACTUALLY ALREADY LAWS IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, THAT RESPOND TO THAT.
I COULD HAVE SWORN THERE WERE.
I THINK THERE IS ACTUALLY THE LAWS AGAINST ERRONEOUS STUFF LIKE THAT.
IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN LIKE ACTUALLY FIGHT BACK ON HARASSING PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS ? KRISTI, DO YOU KNOW? I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DO KNOW IT'S A REAL HOT TOPIC.
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MM HMM. I THINK [INAUDIBLE] HAD THREE JUST RECENTLY.FOUR THINGS, BUT I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO PROVE, AND THAT MIGHT TAKE JUST AS MUCH.
THE PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL VOTERS PAMPHLET.
RIGHT, AND THIS WOULD CHANGE AND PUT THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE AUDITOR.
THEY'RE JUST, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY GOOD.
[INAUDIBLE] DO THAT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE, DON'T THEY? WELL ON A LIKE AN INITIATIVE, THOSE USUALLY ARE BIG ENOUGH THAT THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A YES AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A NOTE THOSE WILL JUST LIKE, YOU WILL HAVE THOSE GROW OUT OF GRASSROOTS TYPE OF.
YEAH, I COULD GET BEHIND THAT ONE.
DO THEY HAVE ANY RULES FOR LIKE HOW LONG THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE ON INVESTIGATIONS NOW? IS IT JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT--YEAH, THAT I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY INVESTIGATE THAT, BUT I THINK TO ME, PUTTING A TIME LIMIT ON IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE AT LEAST THEN IF SOMEBODY IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, I WOULD IMAGINE HAVING IT DRAG ON AND ON AND ON AND ON COULD BE REAL BURDENSOME BEING IN LIMBO.
FOR MY WAY OF THINKING, THAT'S KIND OF A DUE PROCESS SORT OF THING.
IT'S LIKE, YES, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL BE DEALT WITH IN A TIMELY MANNER.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO JUST SIT THERE IN LEGAL LIMBO FOREVER.
YEAH, YEAH. I GUESS I THINK IT BASICALLY ALL IT SAYS IS THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE IN THE SIX MONTHS.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THAT PUBLIC RECORDS ONE YOU KNOW AND I THINK IT'S KIND OF A HOT TOPIC AND CLARIFYING SOME OF THE THINGS AS FAR AS WHAT IS AND ISN'T ACCESSIBLE, YOU KNOW.
BUT THAT'D JUST BE MY OPINION.
LET'S SEE. SO DO WE HAVE MORE THAN TEN NOW? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? [INAUDIBLE] WE NEED TO FILL OUT THE FINAL TWO.
YEAH. OR DO WE? I MEAN, WE PROBABLY CAN SUBMIT IT WITH JUST EIGHT.
THE ADMINISTRATORS FOR SMALL SCHOOLS.
I THINK THAT IS ONE THAT MAYBE WE COULD I COULD GET BEHIND THAT ONE BECAUSE LIKE PEGGY WAS SAYING, IF YOU HAVE A VERY SMALL SCHOOL OR KRISTI WAS SAYING YOU HAVE AT BEACH ELEMENTARY, YOU NEED A BARE MINIMUM OF ADMINISTRATORS FOR IT, BUT MAYBE THE FUNDING FROM THE STATE DOESN'T QUITE PROVIDE FOR THAT. SO.
YEAH, THAT ONE SEEMS LIKE IT'S A PROVIDING EDUCATION TO ALL STUDENTS IN THE STATE.
I HAVE A FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAS A DISTRICT OF 34 STUDENTS.
HE IS THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE PRINCIPAL, THE BUS DRIVER AND FOOD SERVICE.
NOT THE TEACHER? NO. SOMETIMES I THINK HE DOES.
[INAUDIBLE] I'VE TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THAT IDEA THAT HE SPREADS SO THIN.
RIGHT. SO THINGS LIKE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OR FUNDS THAT COULD BE USED TO PROVIDE THEM SOME EXTRA OFFERINGS END UP GOING TO.
SO I THINK IT IS BIGGER THAN IT WOULD BE GOOD. YEAH, IT'S KIND OF AN EQUITY ISSUE.
SO DO YOU WANT TO THROW THAT ONE ON THERE? KEVIN, YOU AND I WOULD BE THE ONES TO CONVINCE [INAUDIBLE].
THE OSPI INVESTIGATIONS ONE I'M NOT QUITE SURE OF AND THE ONE THAT KEVIN AND I WERE ON THE OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC RECORDS THING. YEAH, WE'LL JUST MAYBE CALL A TRUCE, AND NEITHER OF US WILL GET THOSE ON [INAUDIBLE].
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WHAT ABOUT THE BARGAINING AND NEGOTIATIONS ONE? WHAT DID IT SAY? WAS THAT THE ONE THAT SAID THAT HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND WHAT ELSE WOULD BE NOT NEGOTIABLE? THAT THE BENEFITS OF THE SCHOOL CALENDAR.IT SAYS THE HEALTH BENEFITS AND SO ON WOULDN'T BE A BARGAINING BY THE BARGAINING UNIT.
[INAUDIBLE] WOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM NEGOTIATION IN SCHOOL DISTRICT, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS.
IT'S LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU SINGLE OUT HEALTH BENEFITS OR THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR BARGAINING , AND NOW THAT WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE], AREN'T THE HEALTH BENEFITS KIND OF ALREADY SET FOR SCHOOL WORKERS? WELL, TYPICALLY, THAT'S ALL COVERED UNDER THE BARGAINING UNIT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY THEY WOULD PRECLUDE ANY LAWS THAT WOULD EXEMPT THEM FROM THAT.
SO THEY MIGHT BE GRANDFATHERED IN BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CONTRACT.
HOWEVER, I'M CONFUSED BY THIS ONE.
YEAH, IT'S KIND OF ONE THAT AND IT WAS LAST WORKED ON IN 2016.
SO I'M WONDERING IF SOME OF THE LANGUAGE AND SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE RECENT LAWS AND LEGISLATION KIND OF PRECLUDE IT, BUT IN THE SAME TOKEN, I DEFINITELY DON'T AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE A LEGISLATIVE ACTION TO DECIDE HEALTH BENEFITS IN THE SCHOOL CALENDAR. [INAUDIBLE] ON THAT, I THINK THEY ALREADY DECIDED.
YEAH. THIS ONE SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT'S WITH THE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT STANDS FOR, BUT THE SEDB, THAT WAS LIKE 2019 OR SO, AND IT CHANGED ALL OF HOW ONE OF THE UNFUNDED MANDATES CHANGED HOW HEALTH CARE WAS TAKEN CARE OF.
SO IT'S LIKE NOW IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE NEGOTIATED IN A CONTRACT, I WOULD THINK , AND THEN AS FAR AS THE SCHOOL CALENDAR, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL CALENDAR, THEN THIS ONE IS KIND OF A, I WOULD THINK IF IF WE DID WANT TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL CALENDAR AND SAY LIKE THREE YEARS FROM NOW DECIDED, YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SCHOOL GO TO THE END OF JUNE AND START UP MID-AUGUST OR, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH YOUR GROUPS.
YEAH. I MEAN, IT'S PART OF THE WHOLE DEAL.
RIGHT. WELL, WE CURRENTLY DO, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS.
SO I THINK THIS ONE IS GOING OPPOSITE OF WHAT EITHER IS ALREADY IN PLACE OR WHAT WE WOULD WANT.
I WAS SIX. [CHUCKLING] I WAS THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE AND I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO, BUT THERE MAY BE GOING BACK TO THE FULL CATALOG FROM THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, THE 194 PAGE ONE.
THERE MAY VERY WELL BE MORE INFORMATION ON A LOT OF THESE POSITIONS, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T RECALL SEEING ANY EXPLANATION BECAUSE MAYBE THERE WAS AND I JUST MISSED IT, BUT I DON'T RECALL SEEING IT BECAUSE I REMEMBER THINKING LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WHY THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS WHAT'S AND I DIDN'T GET AN ANSWER TO THAT.
SO AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE BIG FAT THING THAT HAD THIS STUFF IN IT, THE EXPLANATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, THIS DEFINITELY OR THIS STUFF DEFINITELY.
ALL THESE LINKS DID NOT GIVE THE NITTY GRITTY IN HOW YOU WOULD GET TO THAT POINT AT ALL.
WELL, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, COME TO THINK OF IT, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE THAT GOT AMENDED AND SO IT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE, AND SO THEY WOULD HAVE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE AMENDMENT THAT THEY MADE TO IT, BUT THE RATIONALE FOR THE AMENDMENT
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, BUT IT WAS LAST AMENDED IN 2016.SO THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN IT.
YEAH, IT WAS JUST APPROVED AT THIS SESSION.
SO I'M GOOD WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
SO WHERE IS THE [INAUDIBLE] IS THIS THE FINAL LIST THAT'S SITTING HERE STARING AT US RIGHT NOW? OH, ACTUALLY, KEVIN TOOK THE LIST.
WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL ED, THE SCHOOL YEAR, OPPOSITION TO PARTIZAN ELECTIONS, FUNDING SAFE AND HEALTHY CONTEMPORARY BUILDINGS, FULL FUNDING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, FISCAL NOTES AND UNFUNDED MANDATES, ACADEMIC RIGOR AND THEN ADMINISTRATION FOR SMALL SCHOOLS.
SO IF EVERYBODY IS IN AGREEMENT, WILL SUBMIT THOSE AS OUR TOP ONES AND THEN SEE HOW THAT COMPILES WITH WHAT THE STATE HAS, AND BECAUSE [INAUDIBLE] MAKE A FULL COMPILATION AMONGST ALL THE 295 DISTRICTS AND DECIDE WHAT OUR TOP LEGISLATIVE THINGS ARE.
SO, KRISTI, WERE THERE ANY THAT WE WE HIT ALL OF THE ONES THAT THE EXEC TEAM THOUGHT WAS--THE SPECIAL EDUCATION BASIC FUNDING.
YEAH, I LIKE THE FACT WE PUT THE UNFUNDED MANDATE PIECE IN THERE.
WELL, TO ME, THOSE ARE LIKE THE TWO BIG ISSUES IS LIKE LOCAL CONTROL.
YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA, IF IT MEANS THAT THE STATE IS TAKING THE AUTHORITY AWAY FROM PEOPLE LOCALLY TO MAKE A DECISION, THEN THEN I'D PREFER NOT TO DO THAT JUST BECAUSE EVEN IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA, AND THE OTHER THING IS THE UNFUNDED MANDATES.
[INAUDIBLE] THAT'S WHAT'S COMPLICATED.
RIGHT. WHEN WE GO AND ASK FOR A LEVY AND IF IT'S UNFUNDED MANDATE, IT'S JUST YEAH, SO I APPRECIATE THAT ONE, BUT THOSE WERE THE BIG ITEMS. SO, KEVIN, DO YOU WANT TO FILL OUT THAT FORM OR DO YOU WANT ME TO OR WHAT? I CAN GO AHEAD. I'VE GOT THE LIST AND SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND I'LL GET IT SUBMITTED AND THEN WE'LL BE GOOD.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE JUST GET ONE ONE SUBMISSION FROM OUR DISTRICT, AND NOT EVERYBODY SENDS THE SAME THING IN AND WE GET--I WAS HOPING MAYBE WE COULD GET FIVE TIMES THE VOTES [INAUDIBLE] STUFF IN THE BALLOT BOX, BUT THINK ABOUT WHAT SEATTLE DOES AND THE BIGGER DISTRICTS.
THEY GET WEIGHTED VOTING AND YOU KNOW WELL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WEIGHTED OR IF IT IS TAKEN EVERYBODY EQUAL. YEAH, I'M WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO THAT AS FAR AS THIS.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT'S GOT TO BE WEIGHTED BECAUSE IF IT WASN'T WEIGHTED, THEN KRISTI'S 35 STUDENT DISTRICT WOULD WEIGH THE SAME AS SEATTLE. YEAH, AND WE ALL KNOW FROM LIKE PAST POSITIONS THAT HAVE COME UP, IT DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE BIGGER DISTRICTS, BIGGER CITIES SEEM TO.
THERE DEFINITELY IS A THE WEIGHTED INFLUENCE DOES COME ABOUT.
YEAH. OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AT THE BEGINNING.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE BEING DILIGENT.
STEVE AND I INVENTED SOME NEW WORDS, I THINK.
[CHUCKLING] SOME FOUR LETTER ONES.
ALL RIGHTY. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
THANKS FOR GETTING SET UP FOR US, CHRIS.
THANKS. BYE, EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.