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Legislators and staff from several states share how they have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. April 24, 2020.
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
and
thank
you
for
joining
us
for
this
webinar
that
we
will
be
hosting
today.
I
am
so
pleased
to
have
you
all
joining
us
and
participating
in
this
event
that
we
have
so
today
we're
gonna
be
hearing
stories
from
the
states.
We
have
five
folks
who
have
agreed
to
share
a
little
bit
about
what's
going
on
in
their
states
and
as
well
as
top
priorities
and
and
then
we
also
hopefully
that
you
all
will
share
the
same
if
we
have
some
time
after
the
questions
that
you
will
have
for
them.
A
My
name
is
Michelle
election
I'm
coop,
director
at
the
National
Conference
of
State
Legislatures
and
I,
will
tell
you
that
I
am
having
some
trouble
sharing
my
screen,
my
powerpoint,
so
I'm
just
gonna
leave
it,
as
is
so
that
we
can
all
see
each
other
today,
which
is
a
little
bit
more
just
some
reminders
for
protocols.
For
today
we
want
to
be
sure
that
everyone
has
their
mics
muted,
but
there
will
be
times
when
we
ask
you
to
open
them
up
and
ask
questions
and
respond.
A
She
was
so
just
make
sure
that
you
know
where
those
controls
are
they're
at
the
bottom
of
your
screen
and
also,
please
be
sure,
not
to
share
your
desktop,
and
if
you
do
that,
I'm
gonna
have
to
cut
you
off
and
not
let
you
share
your
desktop,
also
be
sure
to
write
your
full
name
in
your
tiles.
You
can
see
some
of
them,
don't
have
the
full
names
and
the
way
you
can
change
that
is
by
going
to
the
three
dots
up
in
the
top
corner
of
your
tile.
A
You
just
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
is
clearly
identified
who's
on
the
call.
This
is
for
security
purposes,
just
to
make
sure
that
everyone
who's
on
here
should
be
the
folks
who
are
on
here
and
just
so
you
know,
that's
why
we
only
send
out
the
links
very
sparingly
and
only
to
a
select
group.
That's
why
we
do
not
post
them
on
our
website.
A
As
a
reminder,
the
meeting
is
being
recorded
and
we
have
all
of
the
previous
meetings
recorded
and
archived,
and
we
will
be
doing
the
same
for
the
upcoming
meetings
as
well.
I
am
so
excited
to
have
today
with
us
five
speakers
from
across
the
states.
We
have
Rachel
highs
from
Maryland
Rachel.
Do
you
want
a
wave
or
say
hello?
A
So
before
we
get
started,
we
thought
that
we
would
do
some
buns
for
the
yeah
and
I'm
really
bummed,
that
the
slides
aren't
working
and
then
I
can't
seem
to
display
them
and
show
my
screen,
because
we
had
some
pretty
funny
slides
built
in
there.
Maybe
that's
why
it's
not
working
but
I
did
want
it
just
to
use
some
legislative
trivia
since
it's
Friday
and
we're
kind
of
being
a
little
punchy
in
this
afternoon.
I'm.
A
B
A
Seven
thousand
three
hundred
and
eighty-three
that
is
a
number
that
is
drilled
in
all
of
our
heads.
It
is
so
it's
like
one
of
the
first
pieces
of
java
yeah.
You
need
to
know,
and
just
so
you
know,
there's
over
30,000
legislative
staff,
so
n
CSO
has
about
40,000,
maybe
even
more
members,
which
is
pretty
astonishing
when
you
think
about
it
and
think
of
all
the
work
that
goes
on
in
the
states
and
for
your
effort.
A
A
A
Get
a
picture
of
a
Starbucks
gift
card,
so,
okay,
well
without
further
ado.
We're
gonna
continue
in
here
from
stories
from
the
states.
I've
been
having
lots
of
discussions
with
our
counterparts
at
the
National
Governors
Association
and
the
Council
of
Chief
state
school
officers
and
National
School,
Boards,
Association
and
ECS,
and
we're
all
trying
to
put
our
heads
together
around
what
our
individual
policy
makers
roles
are
in
all
of
this.
What
are
their
top
concerns?
How
can
we
be?
A
So
I'm
going
to
pose
a
question
to
our
five
panelists
to
get
us
started
and
I'm
gonna
go
around
and
ask
each
one
of
you
to
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
the
state
of
education
in
your
state
and
what
is
your
number
one
top
priority
for
right
now,
we'll
be
talking
a
little
bit
later
about
what
are
your
priorities?
You
know
in
the
next
six
to
nine
months,
but
right
now,
what
is
your
number
one
top
priority?
So,
let's
start
with
representative
Heath
in
New
Hampshire.
E
Cerium
unmuted:
well,
all
our
schools
are
currently
closed
and
they
are
all.
On
remote
session,
the
district's
some
districts
are
struggling
a
little
bit
and
planning
to
end
their
year
earlier,
probably
at
the
end
of
May.
Instead
of
the
middle
of
June
teachers
and
students
are
responding
to
the
online
pretty
well
there.
Some
are
very
excited
about
it.
E
I
think
the
hardest
thing
right
now
are
the
traditions
and
rituals
that
schools
go
through,
particularly
at
this
time
of
the
year
and
there
they
lost
to
students,
especially
for
seniors,
so
that
that's
kind
of
hard
right
now.
Another
issue,
actually
probably
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
for
us,
is
reaching
out
to
disadvantaged
students
and
children
with
disabilities
to
make
sure
that
they're
getting
equitable
access
to
education
and
and
that's
a
bit
of
a
struggle,
but
we've
got
lots
of
people
reaching
out
and
checking
on
those
students.
So
basically
our
students
are
doing
pretty
well.
E
The
grading
issue,
who
I
think
is
a
concern,
and
so
I've
been
talking
to
some
different
places
and-
and
there
are
a
few
think
different
things
going
on.
Some
have
gone
to
kind
of
like
a
pass/fail.
Others
are
really
giving
students
that
have
to
give
grades,
because
some
school
districts
are
worried.
The
colleges
won't
accept
casts
fail
so
they're
giving
students
additional
steps
that
they
can
take
to
retake
a
test
or
retake
an
assignment,
because
online
is
such
a
new
way
of
learning
for
some
students
that
they're
not
quite
sure
about
it.
E
So
there's
a
lot
of
that
going
on,
so
the
options
are
working
well
and
just
developing
different
procedures
to
reach
all
those
students
out
there
that
that
may
not
have
the
access
that
they
want
and,
of
course,
I.
Think
one
of
the
really
good
things
that's
going
on
is
that
we've
not
ceased
providing
a
lunch
program
for
our
city
of
students
who
are
on
free
and
reduced
lunch,
and
even
on
the
weekends.
E
But
in
terms
of
classwork,
everything
is
online
and
one
of
our
university
southern
New
Hampshire
University
has
even
offered
to
provide
assistance
to
other
colleges
and
universities
if
they
in
actually
k12
as
well,
if
they
want
some
assistance
in
in
online
learning.
So
that's
what's
kind
of
going
on
in
New
Hampshire
right
now.
It's
it's
interesting.
A
E
Well,
budget
concerns
have
to
be
a
top
priority
and
in
New
Hampshire
we
really
worked
hard
in
our
in
our
last
budget
to
make
sure
we
had
increased
school
funding.
We
also
have
a
funding
commission
that
we're
trying
to
get
up
and
running
so
right
now
with
the
deficits
that
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
and
revenues
coming
in
at
such
a
distorted
level.
We're
worried
about
what
the
funding
is
going
to
look
like
over
the
next
few
months,
but
again
it's
reaching
all
kids
and
making
sure
everybody
has
equitable
access
to
learning.
B
B
B
Some
of
our
schools
were
prepared
for
what
we
caught
I
would
call
elearning
or
what
we
call
e-learning,
which
is
generally
a
day.
That
is
a
instructional
day.
They
would
normally
use
for
weather
related
or
some
sort
of
sudden
closure.
So
it
would
be
a
teacher,
would
prepare
a
single
lesson
and
send
and
that's
how
they
send
it
home
or
they
would
digitally
make
it
available
to
them.
None
of
them
in
general
are
prepared
for
going
totally
online.
B
The
governor
has
required
all
schools
to
come
up
with
a
plan,
that's
bent
and
to
be
submitted
to
the
Department
of
Education
by
late
April,
and
so
how
they
were
going
to
educate
students
for
the
rest
of
the
year.
They
were
required
to
have
at
least
they
if
they
had
not
did
not
have
a
plan
and
had
not
done
any
virtual
learning.
At
this
point
time,
they
had
to
ensure
that
from
May
1st
forward,
they
had
an
additional
20
days.
B
Elearning
available,
the
biggest
like
I,
said
that
probably
the
most
our
schools
just
like
Mary.
Our
schools
are
serving
lunches
all
over
the
state,
we're
obviously
geographically
and
by
populations
bigger
than
New
Hampshire.
But
so
it's
a
other
school
districts
are
providing
that
free
lunch
and
I
almost
think
that
that
has
been
a
bigger
focus
than
learning
in
many
respects.
The
superintendent
had
a
super
10
public
instruction
had
a
webinar
for
a
leadership
in
for
our
federal
legislators.
B
Last
week
she
informed
us
that,
according
to
a
lot
of
cities
that
they've
seen
our
students
could
suffer
as
much
as
a
50%
learning
loss
in
math
and
30%
in
language.
Arts
I
had
a
meeting
yesterday
with
about
superintendents
who
are
like
they're
getting
they
feel
like
they've,
got
no
guidance
as
to
how
to
move
forward
for
starting
the
next
school
year.
Why
is
going
to
be
the
new
normal?
What
are
we
going
to
do?
Is
it
going
to
be
brick
and
mortar?
Is
it
going
in
person?
Is
it
going
to
be
virtual?
B
Are
we
going
to
do
a
blend
it?
You
know
it's.
It's!
The
superintendent,
Public
Instruction
believes
that
we
will
not
be
going
back
next
fall
when
I
had
a
conference
call
her
with
her
last
week
as
well.
I
told
her
that,
honestly,
if
we're
still
shelter-in-place
by
this
time,
next
fall
or
by
the
fall
I
don't
think
school
is
gonna,
be
a
priority
anyway,
because
the
economy
will
be
such
a
disaster.
We
won't
have
the
money
to
be
able
to
pay
anything
pay
for
anything.
F
Up
to
this
point,
until
probably
last
week
when
I
think
classes
classes
started
to
actually
meet
more
during
during
the
day,
an
actual
instruction
was
going
on
similar
as
Indiana
school
systems
are
submitting
continuity
of
learning
plans
to
the
state
superintendent
about
how
they're
gonna
continue.
The
school
year
online,
but
at
this
point
about
we
actually
had
to
survey
the
superintendent's
to
find
out
how
many
kids
have
not
had
contact
with
they're.
F
Sorry,
can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
okay,
so
it
turns
out
at
this
point-
and
this
is
sort
of
anecdotal
I-
wouldn't
say
this
is
hard
hard
evidence
data-driven
about
10%
of
students
around
the
state.
The
schools
have
not
made
contact
with
either
online
or
through
picking
up
packets
of
materials
at
the
schools.
So
I
think
one
of
the
big
priorities
is
making
sure
that
we're
connecting
and
and
know
what's
going
on
with
every
kid
in
the
schools
and
getting
them
connected.
The
school
systems
have
been
handing
out
Chrome
laptops
and
my
thighs
tons
of
them.
F
F
Oh
I
did
want
to
say
the
state
superintendent,
it's
still
sort
of
in
the
works,
but
there's
the
possibility
that
they
will
provide
elearning
or
distance
learning
during
the
summer
to
help
with
kids
who
to
reduce
the
loss
of
learning,
which
I
think
would
make
a
lot
of
sense.
Although,
as
we
know,
a
lot
of
the
kids
who
might
lose
the
most
in
learning
might
not
have
access
to
a
computer
or
internet,
or
you
know
a
home
situation
that
is
conducive
to
doing
that
online.
But
it's
better
than
nothing
I.
Think.
F
D
D
It's
my
sense
that
all
of
the
districts
are
trying
to
you
know
provide
some
level
of
online
learning.
It's
spotty,
I'm,
guessing
I
have
not
heard
much
about
how
it's
probably
going
into
rural
areas
but
I'm.
Guessing
it's
not
going
much.
I
read
some
about
two
schools
providing
materials.
Kids
can
come
pick
up
and
and
I
did
notice
in
the
executive
order.
It's
still
around
school
buildings
to
be
open
for
a
small
group
instruction
staff,
professional
development,
foodservice
internet
and
hardware
use
picking
up
materials.
Special
ed
and
mental
health
support.
D
I
have
not
read
really
how
much
the
school
buildings
are
being
used
for
those
things,
except
for
meals.
Of
course,
we're
distributing
a
lot
of
meals
as
well.
They've
suspended
state
testing,
they
suspended
accreditation
for
this
year.
They
suspended
teacher
evaluations
for
this
year
and,
of
course,
no
sports,
which
is
probably
what
has
the
students
the
most
bummed.
D
They
also
did
suspend
the
teacher
people
contact
our
requirements
so
and
I
think
they
did
that
before
they
knew
whether
they'd
be
coming
back
so
that
schools
didn't
feel
like
they
had
to
continue
the
school
year
on
into
the
summer.
I've
seen
a
few
headlines
about
I
think
they're
thinking
about
summer
school,
but
I
I,
don't
think
anyone's
thinking
seriously
about
it.
Certainly
nothing
in
person
and
what's
gonna
happen
next
year,
I
think
it's
completely
up
in
the
air.
D
There
hasn't
been
really
any
indication
at
this
point
as
to
whether
they
will
be
able
to
actually
meet
physically
in
the
fall,
but
I
think
it's
a
lot
of
people
have
their
doubts
higher
ed,
like
I,
think
everywhere
else
in
the
country
we're
also
closed
down.
All
the
schools
are
closed
to
in
person
but
and
most
I
think
have
announced
that
they
will
be
moving
to
online
for
spring
and
summer
classes.
So
I
think
they're
still
trying
to
do
a
lot
online
number.
D
One
challenge
upon
return,
our
legislators
legislators,
hopefully
going
to
return
on
the
18th
of
May
number
one
challenge
will
be
first
off.
We
have
to
pass
a
budget
before
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
and
we
have
to
pass
a
school
finance
bill
in
Colorado.
We
have
to
actually
pass
the
bill
every
year
to
fund
school
finance,
not
just
through
the
long,
not
just
to
our
budget
bill,
but
also
by.
D
We
have
to
set
our
base
amount
of
funding
in
statute
every
year,
so
they
have
to
come
back
and
do
that
and
there's
also
our
a
negative
factor
that
we'll
talk
about
more
later.
But
the
biggest
challenge
obviously
is
going
to
be
the
fact
that
in
December
we
thought
we
would
have
800
million
dollars
more
than
we
have
this
year
in
March
we
thought
we'd
have
20
seven
million
dollars
more
than
we
have
this
year,
and
now
the
estimates
are
that
we
will
have
between
one
and
three
billion
dollars
less
than
we
had
last
year.
D
C
C
So
but
I
think
that
in
some
ways
it's
also
very
reflective
of
the
challenges
that
are
going
on
in
the
field.
I
know
not
just
in
my
state
but
all
over
the
place.
I
think
what
might
be
helpful
for
laying
context
about.
What's
going
on
in
Washington,
State
is
sort
of
to
go
through
a
quick
context
setting
and
because
I
think
Mike.
The
issues
in
Washington
state
are
not
very
dissimilar
from
what
we've
already
just
heard.
C
The
previous
speakers
note
I,
think
what
may
have
been
to
our
benefit
to
a
certain
extent
is
that,
of
course,
up
until
recently,
we
thought
we
were
the
first
state
to
have
an
actual
Kovan
case
and
Cova
death
and
that
occurred
in
February,
while
we
were
still
in
legislative
session.
This
is
our
short
legislative
year.
The
60-day
session,
so
our
scheduled
signee
die,
was
March
12th.
C
This,
the
the
impact
of
the
news
around
the
pandemic,
I
think,
is
best
illustrated
by
just
quick
a
side.
Note.
Of
course,
we
heard
about
this
pendant
this
virus
that
was
going
on
overseas
as
early
as
you
know,
late
last
year
and
early
in
our
session,
we
were
setting
aside
somewhere
in
the
realm
of
ten
million
dollars.
Should
we
have
to
deal
with
kovat
by
March
11th,
the
figure
had
jumped
to
50
million.
C
That
was
early
in
the
day
by
the
end
of
the
day
on
March
11th,
it
had
jumped
to
100
million
by
the
day
that
we
were
to
adjourn
sign.
He
died
that
figure
doubled
to
hundred
million
and
that's
what
we
passed
in
the
budget,
because
we
are
not
scheduled
to
come
back
for
a
regular
session
until
next
January,
and
so
we
knew
that
this
virus
that
was
already
appearing
in
Washington
State,
was
going
to
have
the
worst
impacts
in
Washington
State,
while
the
legislature
was
not
in
session.
C
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
gave
the
governor
adequate
funding
to
the
extent
that
we
could
try
and
anticipate
the
the
cost
factor.
I
will
say:
we've
already
spent
to
date,
17
million
and
that's
just
in
the
health-related
responses,
just
in
terms
of
some
other
key
dates
in
Washington
State,
because
we
were
so,
we
were
affected
so
early
just
again,
a
couple
of
proclamation'
dates:
the
governor
had
prohibited
mass
gatherings
on
March
11
and
he
closed
the
schools
in
three
major
counties.
C
That's
where
the
ring
of
these
cases
were
occurring,
so
the
major
Puget
Sound
metropolitan
area
of
Kings
counties.
He
closed
them
on
March
12th
same
day
as
sani
debt
died
on
March
13th.
He
closed
all
of
the
educational
facilities
statewide
in
that
Proclamation
he
indicated
that
higher
education
facilities
should
continue
to
provide
their
services
online,
but
playing
up
to
one
of
the
unique
features
of
our
state.
C
As
many
of
you
have
heard
me
say,
the
governor
is
the
chief
executive
for
general
government,
but
our
Superintendent
of
Public
Instruction
is
a
constitutional
executive
officer
of
the
state,
so
the
governor's
Proclamation
was
silent
about
what
was
to
go
on
in
the
schools.
He
was
just
closing
the
buildings,
so
the
first
couple
of
weeks
in
Washington
State,
like
so
many
people
across
the
United
States.
There
was
a
question
of
what's
gonna
happen.
Next
I
mean
how
do
you
prepare
for
what
you
don't
know
is
to
come
and
so
I
think.
C
C
Let's
just
call
it
that
the
superintendent
then
issued
guidance
to
the
schools
statewide
saying
while
the
buildings
might
be
closed,
but
it
is
my
expectation
that
there
be
continuous
learning
and
that
was
quite
challenging,
so
I
want
to
move
now
to
some
of
the
big
issues
that
we're
facing
as
a
result
of
this
sort
of
different
space,
where
schools
are
closed
for
the
remainder
of
this
academic
year.
But
this
superintendent
has
indicated
there.
There
is
an
expectation
that
there
be
continuous
learning
going
on
for
each
of
our
students,
as
many
people
have
said.
C
I
think
the
biggest
issue
that
we
are
facing
is
the
issue
of
equity
and
I.
Think
again,
to
give
this
a
little
bit
of
context.
We
have
295
school
districts
in
the
state
of
Washington.
We
have
1.1
million
students,
that's
compared
to
an
overall
population
of
about
seven
and
a
half
million
our
square
mileage,
which
of
course
includes
many
river
ways.
Many
bodies
of
water,
many
islands
is
71
thousand
square
miles.
C
So
the
issue
of
equity
I
want
to
divide
into
a
couple
of
ways.
One
is
number
one:
how
do
you
provide
online
or
eLearning
or
any
type
of
remote
learning?
If
you
don't
even
have
basic
broadband
services
in
your
community,
let
alone
in
your
households?
So
that's
one
issue
that
we're
dealing
with
the
other
issue
is
an
issue
of
how
do
you
provide
online
learning
when
there
is
such
a
big
gap
between
the
haves
and
the
have-nots
in
terms
of
who
has
computers
who
doesn't
have
a
computer?
C
Maybe
there
are
they're
only
at
way
to
access
any
type
of
now.
I'm
gonna
use
bad
words
because
this
I'm
a
I'm,
a
digital
immigrant,
so
anything
on
the
Internet
is
the
way
I'm
gonna
say
it.
I
don't
know,
and
so,
if
you,
if
your
only
way
to
access
anything
on
the
Internet,
is
by
your
cell
phone
as
opposed
to
a
computer
and
being
plugged
in
so
those
are
some
significant
issues.
The
other
is
what
how
do
we
with
so
many
students
now
being
expected
to
continuously
learn
at
home?
C
The
burden
really
is
falling
much
more
to
families,
to
the
parents
in
particular,
but
other
members
of
the
family
as
well,
and
when
you
start
talking
about
family
members
who
are
one
either
non-english
speaking
and
may
have
connection
issues
to
the
school
to
begin
with,
but
now
are
having
to
teach
their
child.
We
we
have
a
big
concern
there.
C
Some
of
our
districts
are
doing
really
really
well
in
responding
to
this
emergency
on
a
variety
of
levels
again
in
those
first
two
weeks
when
nobody
knew
really
what
was
going
on.
The
first
deployment
on
as
I
think
Bob
mentioned,
was
food,
our
concern
for
making
sure
that
our
our
kids
were
fed
and,
by
extension,
many
of
their
families
as
well,
and
so
whether
that
was
deploying
the
school
buses
or
making
other
kinds
of
arrangements
that
first
order
of
human
need
was
where
we
were
going
where
we
are
today.
C
Now
is
really
interesting,
because
in
trying
to
address
continuous
learning,
many
schools
who
have
not
previously
already
provided
their
student
with
a
Chromebook
or
whatever
computer
hardware
and
software
they're
using,
are
now
frantically
trying
to
get
those
out
to
their
students
and
I.
Think
it's
really
interesting
sort
of
again
I
talked
about
the
digital
divide.
C
C
All
of
these
high
tech
giants,
our
school
district
as
of
two
days
ago,
with
I
think
we
have
something
like
fifty
six
thousand
students
in
this
in
the
school
district
distributed
two
thousand
laptops
by
comparison,
some
of
the
smaller
and
medium
school
districts
that
surround
Seattle
have
distributed
20,000
and
upward
of
these
books,
and
so,
though,
I
think
we
have
to
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
worried
about.
Is
that?
C
One
of
the
things
that
we
are
quickly
gelling
around
is
the
notion
that,
while
we
have
always
known
that
the
existing
system
of
education
had
huge
gaps
for
certain
types
of
students,
because
those
were
not
the
types
of
students
that
were
expected
to
be
educated
in
the
19th
century,
this
pandemic
has
thrown
wide
opened
the
door
around
any
veneer
that
we
have
managed
to
somehow
bridge
those
gaps.
And
so,
as
we
move
forward,
there's
an
interesting
sentiment.
That's
beginning
to
spread
that
in
whatever
we
do
moving
forward,
because
I
agree,
I.
C
Think
school
is
going
to
look
very,
very
different
next
year
that,
whatever
we
do
moving
forward,
we
will
have
to
start
by
looking
at
ecwid
first
and
those
of
you
who
were
on
the
on
Sonny's
Commission
will
smile
because
we're
talking
about
utilizing
the
principles
of
universal
design
first,
in
order
to
be
able
to
ensure
that
when
we
come
out
on
the
other
side
of
this
pandemic,
with
respect
to
our
school
system,
that
equity
will
actually
be
not
something
that
we
strive
for.
But
it
is
something
that
is
actually
present.
A
Thank
you
that
was,
that
was
really
really
helpful,
and
actually
it
really
tees
up.
My
next
question
in
my
final
question
and
we
have
about
15
minutes
left
so
in
that
time,
I
would
just
like
you
to
think
about
what
are
gonna,
be
your
priorities
in
the
next
six
to
nine
months.
A
number
of
the
policy
organizations
are
thinking
of
this.
In
terms
of
you
know,
restarting
rebuilding
recovery,
all
those
things
that
you
all
have
talked
about.
What
what
will
this
mean
for
you
in
the
next
six
to
nine
months?
A
And
what
does
that
mean,
uniquely
for
your
state
given
in
terms
some
of
the
things
that
you
already
were
prioritizing?
So
what
will
be
your
priorities
in
six
to
nine
months
and
how
will
that
impact
the
things
that
you've
been
working
so
hard
on
so
representative
Heath,
let's
again
start
with
you,
I
wish.
E
I
could
get
out
my
crystal
ball
because
I
think
we
all
don't
know
what's
gonna
happen,
I
mean
it's.
Our
schools
are
closed
for
the
rest
of
the
year,
but
I
think
what
we
need
to
consider
I.
Think
we
again
equity
is
an
issue,
but
I
think
we
have
to
realize
that
not
only
are
we
dealing
with
this
crisis
but
homelessness
unemployment,
we
still
have
an
opioid
crisis
going
on
in
my
state.
There
are
a
lot
of
issues
that
families
are
dealing
with,
so
I
think
somehow
someway.
E
We
don't
know
if
schools
are
gonna
start
in
September.
We
we
don't
think
there's
going
to
be
any
kind
of
summer
schools
going
on
so
there,
so
so
just
so
many
issues
that
don't
have
any
answers
right
now.
So,
oh
the
six
next
six
months
or
so,
of
which
we
have
a
big
election
coming
up
during
that
time
as
well.
E
Okay
and
the
Commissioner
is
helping
out
with
that,
providing
a
lot
of
resources
and
links,
but,
and
then
the
financial,
because,
right
now
we
don't
know
what
we're
gonna
be
dealing
with
in
terms
of
what
we're
kind
of
funding
we're
gonna
have
available
to
support
our
schools
and
I
know
we
have
some
funding
packages
that
are
coming
through,
but
you
know
with
the
deficits
that
we're
seeing
I,
don't
know
what
that's
going
to
show.
So
you
know
what
I
just
think.
E
B
I
would
say
first
off
I,
don't
know
if
Indiana
is
unique,
but
our
governor
right
now
has
sweeping
Authority.
He
can
do
anything
he
wants.
You
can
issue
an
executive
order
and
do
just
I
mean
the
legislature
was
out.
We
got
out,
I,
think
March,
10th
or
11th,
so
we
this
was
on
a
budget
year.
We
went
into
this
year
with
about
a
three
billion
dollar
surplus.
In
a
rainy
day.
We
as
of
March
as
a
February.
We
were
a
hundred
million
dollars
over
forecast.
B
Probably
by
sometime
this
fall,
especially
if
things
don't
turn
up
in
our
schools
are
funded.
100
percent
that
general
fund
obligations
come
from
state
we're
not
like
most
states
or
many
states
for
property
tax
revenue.
Primary
tax
only
goes
to
fund
debt
service,
capital
projects
and
transportation.
B
So
it's
all
in
the
back
of
the
state,
we
have
had
a
lot
of
discs,
we're
having
discussions
in
regards
to
the
cares
actor
fusion,
specifically
about
the
governor's
component
of
that
the
car
governor
has
us
about
61
million
dollars
of
discretionary
income
or
discretionary
money
from
the
cares
Act.
We
are
very
concerned
about
equity
and
being
a
stake
that
has
a
lot
of
rural
pockets.
Just
like
Colorado
Washington.
We
have
a
lot
of
places
where
we
know
we
don't
have
connectivity
outside
of
a
cell
phone.
B
B
If
they
are
on
free
and
reduced
lunch,
they
will
get
approximately
$300
per
student
in
additional
money
that
will
flow
through
our
family
social
service
administration.
So
we're
going
to
be
able
to
identify
individual
households
and
addresses
now
which
will
give
us
a
better
ability
to
go
after
and
determine
exactly
where
they
are
in
terms
of
connectivity,
etc.
B
Learning
loss
is
also
a
big
problem
that
we've
had
discussions
and
then
flexibility,
our
schools
when
I'm
a
superintendent
yesterday,
because
we
have
a
180-day
school
requirement,
one
of
the
suggestions
was
and
able
to
meet
the
social
distancing
requirements
that
they
would
only
do
school
for
elementary
school.
For
instance,
perhaps
that
school
would
go
on
Monday
when's,
the
other
half
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
would
be
a
remediation
or
enrichment
day.
Well,
they
won't
meet
their
180
day
requirement.
So
how
do
how
we're
going
to
be
able
to
meet
that?
B
We
also
have
I
think,
regardless
of
what
happens,
they're
going
to
be
a
lot
of
parents
are
gonna
say
even
if
you
know
tomorrow
we
would
find
a
vaccine
they're,
not
gonna,
send
their
kids
back
to
and
in
school
in
person.
School
they're
gonna
want
to
continue
to
shelter
their
students.
So
do
we
continue
to
do
each
one
of
our
schools
offer
and
you
know
in-person
program
as
well
as
a
virtual
program.
It
doesn't
make
practical
sense,
I
think
because
of
the
quality
you're,
so
we're
looking
at.
B
How
can
we
leverage
some
of
our
virtual
programs
that
we,
your
virtual
charters,
etc
that
actually
have
some
fairly
solid
curriculum
and
training
for
teachers,
as
well
as
they've
got
a
lot
of
guidelines
to
make
sure
that
students
are
engaged
and
last
I'll
end
about
is
equity
when
it
comes
even
when
it
comes
down
to
equity?
Today,
equity
isn't
just
about
money.
I
have
a
nephew
who
teaches
in
one
of
this
state's
second
most
affluent
County,
and
he
has
75
students
in
his
high
school
class.
B
They
were
the
first
school
to
close
it
close
before
the
governor
required
him
to
be
close
because
they
had
the
first
case
of
COBIT
out
of
that
75
kids.
Only
29
of
them
has
gotten
online
and
actually
done
any
of
our
homework,
and
so
equity
isn't
just
about
having
the
equipment.
But
it's
about
making
sure
they're
engaged
I
said
the
last
thing.
The
last
thing
I
will
say
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
parents
who
are
saying
I'm
over
this
I
can
handle
I,
can't
work
at
home
and
be
responsible
for
teaching.
B
F
Sure
I
will
be
brief,
so
in
Maryland
the
unique
thing
I
can
echo
everything
that's
been
said,
but
I
think
the
unique
thing
is
that
in
the
epitome
of
bad
timing,
this
was
the
session
that
the
legislature
worked
on
transformational,
legislation
for
our
k12
system,
based
on
the
International,
Study
Group's
work
and
the
the
five
the
nine
building
blocks.
We
have
them
in
five
policy
areas
but
to
improve
our
p12
education
system
that
bill
it's
now.
It's
called
the
blueprint
for
Maryland's
future.
It
passed
about
two
days
before
the
legislature
adjourned
early
first
line.
F
He
died
about
three
weeks
early
and
it
was
an
interesting
session
to
say
the
least,
but
one
of
the
last-minute
amendments
to
the
bill
was
a
revenue
the
trigger.
If
the
revenues
dropped
by
more
than
7.5
percent,
then
the
bill
would
be
delayed
implementation
and
that
equates
to
about
1.4
billion
dollars
of
revenues
in
Maryland
and
our
latest
estimate,
if
the
shutdown
kind
of
remains
through
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year,
June
30th
is
2.8
billion
dollar
loss
of
revenues.
F
He
is
unlikely
to
actually
sign
it,
but
whether
he
actually
betos
it
or
lets
it
go
into
law
without
signing
it.
It
is
the
big
question
the
legislature
had
talked
about
coming
back
in
May
for
a
special
session,
but
they
just
earlier
this
week,
said
that
they
were
not
going
to
do
that
because
of
concerns
of
wouldn't
be
safe,
and
so
we
really
don't
know
what
what's
gonna
happen
with
that.
F
But
at
this
point,
I
think
what
a
lot
of
people
to
echo
the
equity
statements
and
challenges
I,
think
that
this
whole
situation
has
just
exposed
the
weaknesses
of
our
education
system
and
the
fact
that
we
really
do
need
to
do
things
differently,
and
while
we
may
not
be
able
to
afford
to
do
some
of
the
really
major
things
that
Marilyn
was
hoping
to
do
in
the
next
few
years,
we
we
clearly
need
to
change
change.
What
we're
doing
and
focus
on
those
things
that
we
can
do
that
cost
less
money.
D
Sorry
should
have
already
been
unmuted
all
of
the
above,
so
we'll
start
with
the
yes
and
I
think
we
have
all
of
those
kinds
of
policy
challenges
that
are
gonna
be
facing
us,
I'm,
afraid
in
Colorado.
However,
as
usual,
it's
going
to
come
down
to
money
and
nothing
but
money,
because
we're
already
some
would
say:
Colorado
already
runs
their
education
at
extremely
low
level
as
compared
to
other
states.
D
So
in
Colorado
we
already
have.
We
have
constitutional
requirements
with
regard
to
our
base,
funding
which,
in
the
in
the
last
economic
turndown
or
downturn,
resulted
in
not
being
able
to
really
meet.
If
your
base
has
to
increase
by
inflation,
and
then
it
goes
to
the
formula,
then
it
results
in
a
certain
amount
per
kid
that
the
state
has
to
pay
its
share
of
and
in
the
last
downturn,
we
were
unable
to
make
that
that
payment.
So
we
came
up
with
a
very
creative
factor
and
our
formula
called
at
that
point
the
negative
factor.
D
D
Don't
know
that
we'll
be
able
to
maintain
that
the
other
thing
about
Colorado
is
for
a
very
strong
local
control
state,
and
so
most
a
lot
of
what
goes
on
in
our
districts
is
controlled
by
the
districts.
When
we
want
to
get
districts
to
do
things,
we
we
take
the
tack
that
the
federal
government
takes
and
we
pay
them
for
it.
So
we
have
many
grant
programs
that
are
trying
to
drive
initiatives
like
teacher
recruitment
and
retention
is
driving
initiatives
like
early
grade
literacy.
D
The
kinds
of
things
that
you
really
want
to
the
state
wants
to
focus
on
and
get
the
districts
to
really
focus
on.
We
have
to
pay
for
those
separately,
but
now,
with
this
downturn,
the
big
push
that
we're
gonna
get
from
the
districts
to
maintain
to
not
increase
the
negative
factor
to
try
to
just
give
them
this
regular
school
funding
at
the
highest
level.
D
We
possibly
can
means
we're
gonna,
be
pulling
money
out
of
grant
programs,
so
the
General
Assembly
has
less
leverage
potentially
around
policy
issues
for
the
next
couple
of
years,
because
all
the
money
is
going
to
need
to
go
into
school
finance.
And
finally,
we've
been
trying
to
push
for
the
last
well
several
years
and
we
were
actually
maybe
possibly
making
progress
this
year
on
trying
to
re-establish
the
mill
levies
within
our
state
due
to
a
confluence
of
constitutional
provisions.
D
That
we
don't
have
time
to
talk
about
now,
our
state's
now
the
amount
that's
paid
as
the
local
share
ranges
from
a
mill
levy
of
1.6
to
milites
of
27
and
there's
really
no
rhyme.
Nor
reason
as
to
who
pays
what
it's
been
like
I
said:
it's
been
a
process
over
many
years,
so
we
have
members
who
have
been
working
on
coming
out
with
a
process
to
reset
those
and
in
Colorado
to
reset
those.
It
requires,
arguably,
voter
approval
to
to
increase
taxes,
and
so
this
has
already
been.
It
was
a
big
fight
already.
D
It
was
already
questionable
as
to
whether
we
were
going
babe.
The
General
Assembly
was
going
to
be
able
to
do
anything
about
it,
it's
probably
even
more
questionable
now,
but
to
the
extent
the
districts
want
to
reduce
that
negative
factor.
The
only
way
that's
going
to
happen
is
if
the
districts
start
paying
more
on
the
district
side,
so
we're
kind
of
in
a
box
and
I'm
afraid
that
this
whole
situation
is
going
to
keep
us
tightly
in
that
box
for
a
while
longer
so
longer.
So
that's
the
positive
note
from
Colorado.
C
You
know
if,
if
school
is
going
to
continue
to
take
place
at
home,
will
we
continue
to
need
24
credits
to
graduate
that's
the
basic
state
requirement
in
this
state,
or
are
we
gonna
start
slimming
it
down
to
fewer
numbers
of
credits?
To
graduate
it's
the
question
of
what
is
a
graduate
of
a
Washington
State,
High
School?
C
It
raises
questions
around
what
is
a
credit
raises
questions
around
grades
and
what
that
looks
like,
particularly
since
this
year
the
superintendent
has
come
out
with
a
guidance
that
tells
all
the
districts
from
now
until
the
end
of
the
year,
either
give
your
students
passing
grades
or-
and
nobody
can
have
a
grade-
that's
lower
than
what
they
were
when
this
all
went
down
in
Seattle.
It's
resulted
in
everybody.
C
Getting
into
a
just
period,
blanket
I
think,
though,
to
me
what
the
most
important
issue
that
I
will
leave
you
all
with,
which
is
the
sort
of
the
unique
thing
about
wash
state
is.
As
you
know,
we
have
in
our
state
constitution
of
paramount
duty
to
provide
for
education
and
because
we
also
will
be
struggling
with
all
the
revenue
issues
that
my
colleagues
have
talked
about.
I
think
that
sets
us
up
for
a
very
interesting
battle
in
the
upcoming
legislative
session.
Do
you
give
people
food?
C
Do
you
give
people
public
health
or
do
you
educate
them
in
accordance
with
our
constitutional
duty?
I
think
we're
gonna
have
to
do
both,
which
means
that
the
way
we've
done
egg
gay
is
going
to
have
with
respect
to
the
other
piece.
That's
unique
about
Washington
State's,
paramount
duty,
as
you
will
all
recall,
that
a
few
years
the
who
were
going
through
the
McCleary
decision,
which
is
the
full
funding
decision
in
that
arcs,
are
sustained.
Supreme
Court
erred
some
important
principles
that
will
also
play
into
that
question
of
who's
on
first.
C
A
There's
no
doubt
about
the
fact
that
there
is
difficult
decisions
ahead
for
all
of
you.
You
know
I
just
want
to
reiterate
how
we
are
here
for
you
to
help
you
whether
it
be
research
on
what
we
know
is
most
impactful
for
student
outcomes,
whether
it's
digging
into
issues
like
learning,
loss
or
digital
learning,
or
keeping
you
up
to
date
on.
What's
going
on
with
state
budgets,
we
are
happy
to
help
so
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
that
hunt
make
sure
that
you
reach
out
to
us
with
those
needs.
A
Next
week
we
will
continue
with
our
virtual
meeting
series.
We
will
have
a
discussion
on
Tuesday
about
serving
students
with
disabilities.
During
this
time
we
will
have
at
us
in
experts
from
an
organization
who
focuses
on
serving
students
with
disabilities
and
what
we
know
about
the
importance
of
that
in
the
first
place,
and
let
me
know
about
best
practices
and
what
that
looks
like
right
now
and
where
some
of
that
the
place
is
where
we're
struggling
and
also
some
guidance.
A
We've
we've
come
across
a
documents
from
MIT
where
they
put
together
lots
of
different
things
from
all
50
states
and
so
there's
a
chart
on
50
state
guidance
or
at
least
a
column
in
this
piece
on
50
state
guidance
for
for
students
with
disabilities
and
then
on
Friday.
We
will
have
another
updated
discussion
about
budgets.
We
hope
to
have
Erica
McKellar
with
us
on
Friday.
A
She
is
in
CEO
sales
expert
on
the
general
topic
of
state
budgets,
so
she's
the
one
who's
been
in
touch
with
all
the
legislative
budget
officers
trying
to
figure
out
what
your
budget
forecasts
are.
As
you
can
imagine,
we're
getting
a
ton
of
questions
about
this
and
I
will
say.
We
I
heard
that
the
US
Department
of
Education
is
thinking.
A
There's
only
gonna
be
a
couple
of
states
this
year
that
won't
struggle
to
meet
the
maintenance
of
effort
requirement
and
will
need
waivers
and
and
we're
all
saying
we
gotta
gather
information
very
quickly
in
show
show
them
that
it's
all
50
states
that
are
gonna
be
struggling
in
this
space,
and
you
know
that's
that.
That's
just
not
realistic
thinking
at
this
point,
so
it
will
be
important
for
us
to
get
that
information
to
you
and
we
will
be
be
arguing
on
your
behalf
and
working
with
our
policy
partners.
A
A
Our
distribution
list
has
grown
pretty
big,
and
so
we
are
now
breaking
it
up
into
like
eight
different
emails
that
are
going
out
to
each
different
groups
and
I
think
that
really
helped
to
make
sure
that
it
wasn't
getting
caught
in
people's
spam,
spam
catcher
or
your
security
software.
So
hopefully
that
made
a
difference
this
time.
Thank
you
very
much
and
we
will
look
forward
to
being
with
all
of
you
again
on
Tuesday
for
Tuesday's
virtual
meeting
at
3:00
p.m.
Eastern.
Time
have
a
good
weekend.