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From YouTube: 10/21/2021 - Interim Finance Committee Pt. 1
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A
Good
morning,
to
or
good
morning
to
all
the
members
and
those
joining
us
and
presenting
today
to
this
morning's
interim
finance
committee,
we
will
start
our
agenda
with
roll
call.
Miss
kaufman.
Can
you
please
call
the
roll.
A
C
D
G
A
D
H
E
A
Here
and
we're
all
present
accounted
for
and
before
we
get
started
with
the
rest
of
the
agenda.
A
I
just
want
to
remind
our
members:
please
keep
your
camera
on
so
that
we
know
you're
present
and
keep
your
microphone
muted
unless
you
want
to
be
recognized
and
are
talking
and
I'll
try
to
keep
an
eye
on
the
gallery
and
I'm
sure
vice
chair
carlton
will
help
me
out
to
make
sure
that
we
can
see
if
anybody
has
any
questions
and
if
you
do
just
please
raise
your
hand
both
virtually
and
on
the
screen.
A
If
you
could
and
I'll
make
sure
that
I
I
get
you
if
I
don't
see,
you
feel
free
to
raise
your
voice
up.
So
I
can
hear
you
and
we
will
get
started
with
our
first
agenda.
Our
second
agenda
item
and
that's
public
comment,
because
there
is
no
physical
location
and
we're
doing
this.
Virtually
the
test
of
public
testimony
will
be
presented
by
telephone
or
written
comment.
We
because
of
time
considerations
we're
gonna
limit
each
individual
commenter
to
two
minutes.
A
G
Good
morning
my
name
is
brian
rippett,
I'm
a
20
plus
year
chemistry
and
physics,
teacher
from
douglas
county,
I'm
currently
serving
as
the
president
of
the
nevada
state
education
association,
who
has
been
the
voice
of
nevada
educators
for
over
120
years.
Nsea
is
an
affiliate
of
the
national
education
association,
the
primary
driver
for
federal
investment
in
public
education
to
address
the
impact
of
the
coven-19
pandemic
on
our
schools,
leading
up
to
the
passage
of
the
american
rescue
plan.
Our
efforts
help
secure
well
over
1
billion
dollars
for
nevada
schools
right
now.
G
G
When
teachers
are
absent
for
medical
reasons
or
require
professional
development,
a
substitute
may
not
be
available
further,
burdening
an
exhausted
teaching
corps
that
must
fill
the
gaps.
As
of
last
december,
nevada
reported
over
1200
teacher
vacancies.
A
check
yesterday
of
the
washoe
county
school
district
job
site
listed
166
open,
certified
positions.
G
The
situation
is
not
improving
and
despite
unprecedented
resources
available,
there
is
very
little
in
front
of
you
today
to
address
this
crisis
item.
E.10
on
today's
agenda
provides
15.4
million
for
teacher
recruitment
and
retention.
This
is
a
very
small
percentage
of
the
overall
estuary
funds
available
and
the
specific
projects
presented
are
focused
on
expanding
professional
development.
G
While
some
professional
development
is
necessary,
it
must
be
both
meaningful
and
wanted
by
the
educator
to
be
effective.
Usually
the
pd
is
not
individualized.
The
pd
adds
more
to
the
plate
of
the
already
overburdened
teachers
and
sufficient
time
to
plan
practice
and
implement
the
learning
is
not
provided.
G
C
Good
morning,
chair
brooks
members
of
the
committee.
My
name
is
tom
clark.
I
am
here
on
behalf
of
the
nevada
association
of
health
plans,
the
private
insurance
companies
here
in
the
state.
I
want
to
address
ifc
item
36,
which
is
under
your
agenda
item
k.
This
item
would
fund
a
contract
to
help
prepare
the
state
to
study
the
effects
of
a
public
option
as
implemented
by
senate
bill
420..
C
The
board
of
examiner's
approved
contract
requires
stakeholder
engagement,
federal
waiver
application
development
and
actuarial
support
coordination
from
an
entity
with
actuarial
expertise
under
senate
bill
420.
The
state's
health
plans
would
offer
insurance
under
the
public
option.
This
makes
us
a
key
stakeholder
in
the
development
of
the
public
option
plan
representatives
from
my
association
from
the
private
insurers
are
eager
to
participate
in
the
process
and
are
vital
to
developing
a
solution
that
works
for
nevada.
C
Our
members
respectfully
request
that
we
are
included
in
these
key
discussions
with
the
state
and
other
stakeholders
to
develop
the
scope
of
work
for
the
forthcoming
actuarial
study.
I
can't
stress
how
important
it
is
that
the
most
qualified
consultant
be
selected
to
perform
that
work.
Thank
you,
mr
chuck.
A
Thank
you,
mr
clark.
Can
we
see
if
we
have
another
caller.
B
B
B
I
am
calling
in
public
comment
regarding
item
82
item
83
and
4,
an
attachment
to
item
k
that
may
be
heard
or
discussed
today,
as
well
as
being
a
former
state
senator.
I
am
a
licensed,
foster
parent
and
an
adoptive
mother
of
two
children
who
have
seen
and
experienced
the
worst.
The
world
has
to
offer
very
similarly
to
a
lot
of
the
children
who
are
currently
in
our
foster
system.
These
kids
are
coming
from
drug
homes,
from
massive
abuse
from
hunger
and
where.
J
B
System
isn't
funded
to
take
care
of
them.
So
specifically,
I
have
used
the
community-based
mobile
crisis.
I
have
had
a
child
in
desert
willows.
B
I
have
been
very
thankful
for
the
mobile
crisis
unit
for
the
instant
response
to
very
serious
emotional
and
mental
health
issues.
However,
extended
care
from
there
being
referred
to
somebody
who
is
qualified
or
capable
to
continue
long-term
care
for
my
children
has
been
voiced
here
in
the
state
of
nevada,
and
it's
been
an
issue
that
has
been
underfunded
for
many
legislatures,
many
a
governor's
office,
and
it's
time
we
do
something
very
different
for
these
kids.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Thank
you
senator
farley.
Can
we
please
see
if
we
have
another
caller.
B
H
Good
morning
my
name
is
bobette
bond.
I'm
representing
the
culinary
health
fund,
which
provides
120
000
nevadans
with
comprehensive
health
care.
I'm
here
to
express
our
concerns
about
budget
agenda
item
e
list
e
item,
36,
section
39
of
sb
420.
The
public
option
specifically
requires
an
actuarial
analysis
of
the
impact
of
the
bill
prior
to
proceeding
with
a
public
option
waiver.
H
We
asked
this
body
to
ensure
that
occurs
and
that
all
impacted
segments
of
the
health
care
system
be
considered
in
a
robust
evaluation
to
the
public
option
on
the
existing
healthcare
system
in
nevada,
as
sb
420
was
introduced
with
six
weeks
left
in
the
legislative
session.
Many
questions
and
concerns
were
raised.
The
bill
is
amended
in
ways
that
differ
from
testimony
provided
explaining
it
and
our
understanding
of
the
legislation.
H
The
session
was
difficult.
The
bill
is
complicated
and
time
was
short.
One
reason
for
us
to
speak
here
is
our
concern
that
this
legislation
specifically
allows
avoidance
of
steps
usually
in
place
to
help
provide
transparency
such
as
the
state
purchasing
requirements,
as
well
as
public
meetings
for
regulation.
Setting
420
has
the
ability
to
fundamentally
change
the
health
system.
J
G
H
We're
therefore
concerned
to
see
the
agenda
item
on
dispersing
implementation
funding
when
a
clear
understanding
of
the
impact
of
the
bill
has
not
yet
been
established.
We
ask
the
process
be
established
through
a
pro
robust
impact
study
as
part
of
the
actuarial
analysis.
We'd
like
to
contribute
we'd
like
to
work
together
to
understand
the
impact
on
our
coverage
on
private
coverage,
premiums,
on
collective
bargaining
and
on
union
health
plans.
H
A
Thank
you,
ms
bonds.
Next
caller,
please.
G
Good
morning
my
name
is
patrick
kelly
and
I'm
the
new
ceo
of
the
nevada
hospital
association
on
behalf
of
my
12
member
hospitals,
who
provide
intensive
care
services
to
nevada's
babies.
I'd
like
to
make
a
request
to
the
committee
discussions
have
taken
place
regarding
policy
changes
that
effectively
reduce
reimbursement
for
nicu
babies.
G
G
G
A
Thank
you,
mr
kelly.
Next
caller,
please.
G
Hello,
this
is
kent,
irvin
k-e-m-t
e-r-b-I-n
for
the
nevada
faculty
alliance,
the
independent
association
of
faculty
at
nevada's,
public
colleges
and
universities.
Because
of
the
covid
pandemic.
State
workers
were
furloughed,
our
benefits
were
cut
drastically
and
our
premiums
were
increased,
25
million
was
was
withdrawn
from
the
public
employees
benefits
program
in
fy
2021
and
another
49
million
was
cut.
G
Our
constituents
have
heard
about
the
2.7
billion
in
state
funds.
Under
the
american
rescue
plan
act
arpa,
including
the
1.1
billion
in
revenue
loss
funds
transferred
to
the
general
fund.
They
also
read
that
gaming
revenues
have
recovered
and
reached
all-time
highs.
State
employees
don't
understand
why
no
action
has
been
taken
on
restoring
the
cuts
to
state
employee
benefits.
Health
care
needs,
don't
wait.
G
G
Although
our
funds
are
one-time
allocations,
the
pandemic
budget
crisis
is
also
a
one-time
event
and
the
arpa
funds
can
be
used
through
fy,
2025
or
fy
2026.,
not
addressing
the
budget.
Cuts
now
doing
means
doing
permanent
harm
to
state
programs.
The
lcb
opinion
your
packet
shows
the
state
has
the
authority
to
fix
the
budget
cuts.
G
G
Why
should
state
employees
suffer
for
another
year
when
all
the
1.1
billion
in
revenue
loss
funds
are
being
held
in
the
general
fund?
Please
act
now
to
make
hold
the
state
employees
who
have
served
on
the
front
lines.
Of
course,
the
same
issues
apply
to
the
unrestored
operating
budgets
for
other
state
agencies,
including
higher
education.
Thank
you.
G
H
G
Hi,
thank
you
good
morning.
My
name
is
jesse
here
also
today,
representing
nevada
hospital
association,
but
specifically
speaking
on
work
program,
36
under
agenda
item
e,
and
then
in
that
I
would
like
to
certainly
endorse
the
comments
of
mr
clark
and
ms
bond,
who
went
before
me.
G
Nevada's
hospitals
have
been
engaged
with
our
coalition
partners,
nevada
association
of
health
plans,
the
nevada
state
and
the
nevada
state
medical
association
in
working
to
provide
you
as
policy
makers,
meaningful
nevada-based
feedback
and
perspective
on
the
public
option.
With
the
funding
of
the
contract
and
work
program.
36,
the
implementation
process
of
the
public
option
will
begin
as
part
of
those
processes.
A
distinct
actuarial
review
of
the
nevada
healthcare
market
will
be
starting.
This
is
in
anticipation
of
the
cms
waiver
process
and
the
additional
actuarial
reviews
to
effectuate
those.
G
K
A
Thank
you,
mr
wada.
Could
we
please
have
next
caller.
C
Good
morning,
this
is
chris
bailey
nevada,
state
education
association.
Just
following
up
on
our
president,
brian
rippett's
comments
earlier
related
to
item
e10
on
today's
agenda,
which
dedicates
15.4
million
dollars
for
teacher
recruitment
and
retention,
largely
focused
on
expanding
professional
development
opportunities.
C
C
B
H
Good
morning
my
name
is
deshaun
jackson
I
serve
as
the
director
of
children's
safety
and
welfare
policy
with
the
children's
advocacy
alliance.
Recent
reports
have
highlighted
the
urgent
need
to
address
the
children's
mental
health
crisis
in
southern
nevada,
which
has
only
been
estimated
by
the
impacts
of
the
pandemic.
H
The
children's
advocacy
minds
fears
that
the
families
continue
to
battle
the
impacts
of
the
pandemic,
while
struggling
to
find
mental
health
services
for
the
children.
Many
will
find
themselves
voluntarily
relinquishing
their
parental
rights
to
a
system
not
designed
nor
created
to
handle
this
particular
crisis
just
to
receive
mental
health
assistance
for
their
child.
H
As
someone
who
has
experienced
nevada's
foster
care
system,
as
well
as
been
a
recipient
of
nevada's
mental
health
services,
I
believe
that
it's
important
to
put
services
in
the
hands
of
families
that
need
them
and
in
the
communities
to
expand
capacity
where
needed
and
to
really
focus
on
where
the
state
and
where
the
county
can
partner
and
ensuring
that
all
youths
across
the
state
receive
adequate
mental
health
services.
A
Thank
you.
Could
we
please
have
our
next
caller.
H
Good
morning
everybody
good
morning,
claire
and
vice
chair,
my
name
is
dora
martinez.
I
represent
the
nevada
disability
peer
action
coalition
and
I
I
have
not
yet
got
a
chance
with
the
whole
agenda,
but
I
just
want
to
take
this
opportunity
and
thank
you
all,
and
I
think
I
heard
assemblyman
ryerson.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
bills
that
you
passed.
Regarding
the
voting
bill,
I
have
been
going
through
the
state
educating
people
with
disability
on
how
to
vote,
especially
ab121.
H
A
Thank
you
smartinez
next
caller.
Please.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
so
we.
L
A
L
E
Thank
you
good
morning.
My
name
for
the
record
is
terry.
Laird
spell
t
e
r
r.
I
l
a
I
r
d,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
retired
public
employees
of
nevada,
r-pen,
a
non-profit,
nonpartisan
membership-based
organization
formed
in
1976.
We
currently
represent
nearly
eight
thousand
dues
paying
members.
We
know
the
work
ahead,
for
you
is
not
easy
due
to
the
influx
of
requests
from
many
state
agencies
and
other
groups
across
the
state
caused
by
the
financial
calamities
created
by
the
covet
pandemic.
E
However,
we
ask
you
to
give
serious
consideration
to
agenda
item
e
80
dealing
with
the
addition
of
5
million
dollars
in
coronavirus.
Aid
relief
and
economic
security
cares
act
to
the
public
employees
benefits
program
pep
as
the
agency
grapples
with
many
coveted
claims,
along
with
those
yet
as
unknown
claims
that
could
come
pebbs
sustained
hefty
cut
budget
cuts
during
the
recent
legislative
session
due
to
the
huge
budget
shortfall
created
by
the
pandemic.
E
Recruitment
and
retention
is
an
ongoing
problem
for
the
state,
as
they
struggle
to
compete
with
other
local
and
govern
county
governmental
agencies
who
pay
more
and
sometimes
offer
better
benefits.
We
urge
your
approval
of
agenda
item
e80
and
also
hope
going
forward.
As
the
american
rescue
plan
act
fund
distribution.
Discussions
begin
in
earnest
that
you'll
also
keep
pebb
top
of
mind
when
distributing
those
funds
as
well.
Thank
you
for
your
service
and
support
of
public
employees
in
the
state
of
nevada.
A
Thank
you,
ms
larry.
Do
we
have
any
other
callers.
A
All
right,
thank
you.
So
we
can
move
on
to
our
next
agenda
item,
which
is
agenda,
item
c.
The
approval
of
the
minutes
of
december
18th
2020
meeting,
and
I
would
like
to
see
if
any
of
the
members
have
any
have
reviewed
the
documents
and
have
any
edits
to
the
minutes
that
they
would
suggest.
A
I
see
no
discussion,
so
we
are
going
to
do
on
our
roll
call
today
or
when
we
vote
on
items
we'll
raise
our
hands
in
the
affirmative
or
or
if
you
oppose
the
item
and
that
way
we
don't
have
to
go
through
a
roll
call
individual
members
on
the
screen.
So
all
in
favor
of
that
item,
please
raise
your
hand.
A
All
right,
it
appears
as
if
that
item
passes
unanimously
and
we
can
move
on
to
the
next
item.
And
the
next
item
is
agenda
item
d
and
that
is
our
expeditious
15
day
work
programs,
mr
thorley,
could
you
list
the
items
from
list
d
list
e
and
list
k
that
have
been
identified
for
discussion
and
also
after
mr
thorley?
Does
that
I'll
pull
the
members
here
and
see
if
they
have
any
other
items
that
we'd
like
to
add
to
that
list?
Mr
thorley,
please.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
good
morning.
Everyone
on
this
d,
which
is
the
the
12
work
programs
that
were
certified
by
the
governor's
office
to
be
required,
expeditious
action
within
15
days.
There
are
no
items
on
that
list
that
have
been
identified
for
additional
discussion.
D
The
15
day
period
for
all
12
of
these
work
programs
has
expired,
so
these
are
all
informational
items.
Only
no
action
is
required
on
to
list
e
approval
of
gifts,
grants,
work,
program,
revisions
and
position,
changes
in
accordance
with
chapter
353
of
nrs
items,
e1
and
e4
will
be
heard
together
and
have
been
identified
to
have
a
discussion.
D
Moving
on
to
page
two
of
list
e
items
e7
through
e16,
so
all
the
items
on
page
2
and
page
3
of
list
d
again,
that's
e7
through
e16
have
been
identified
to
be
pulled
for
discussion
and
they
all
relate
they're
all
from
the
department
of
education
and
will
be
heard
jointly.
D
On
page
five
of
list
e,
I
would
note
it's
on
the
it's
on
the
list,
but
would
note
for
the
committee's
awareness
that
e27
was
withdrawn
from
the
work
program
list.
It
was
resubmitted
by
the
governor's
finance
office
as
an
action
item
and
does
appear
on
the
agenda
today
as
item
h1
on
the
agenda.
So
e27
on
list
e
is,
was
withdrawn
and
then
resubmitted
and
it's
included
on
a
different
place
on
the
agenda.
D
D
D
D
Item
k,
1
b
office
of
project
management,
smart
21,
has
been
identified
to
be
pulled
for
discussion,
then,
on
page
2
of
list
k
at
the
bottom
of
the
of
the
page
items,
k,
11
and
k,
12,
I've
both
been
identified
to
be
pulled
for
discussion
and
those
are
all
the
items
on
list
k.
So
again,
it's
k,
1,
b,
k,
11
and
k
12..
A
Thank
you,
mr
thorley.
So
now
do
we
have
any
of
the
members
that
have
other
items
that
they
would
like
to
be
addressed.
I
know
vice
chair
carlton.
You
did
if
you'd
like
to
share
those
with
us.
F
And
thank
you
very
much,
mr
chairman,
I'd
like
to
have
a
conversation
about
e83
and
84.
they're,
the
same
item,
one
from
northern
nevada
and
one
for
southern
nevada.
F
The
most
teams
I'd
like
those
to
be
pulled
and
have
further
discussion.
Just
a
few
questions.
A
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
that.
Do
we
have
any
other
members
who
have
any
other
items
that
they
would
like
to
be
pulled
for
review.
A
All
right,
I
don't
think
I
see
any
so
we
can
move
on
then,
and
we
can
go
into
agenda
item
e
approval,
gift
grants,
work,
programs,
revisions
and
position
changes
and
our
first
one
that
we
will
be
getting
into
and
and
for
those
agencies
and
folks
that
were
here
today
to
help
present
those.
A
Now
identified
all
of
the
items
that
we
will
be
discussing,
and
so,
if
you're
not
on
that
list,
you're
off
the
hook
and
can
continue
about
your
day.
But
we
will
now
move
on
to
our
first
item.
Mr
chair.
D
Would
you
like
the
committee
to
take
a
vote
on
the
items
that
weren't
pulled
for
discussion?
Thank.
A
You
for
reminding
me
of
that
we
do
need
to
to
approve
those
items
before
we
move
on
to
the
ones
for
discussion,
so
I
would
take
a
motion
to
approve
the
the
items
on
list
e
for
excuse.
Yeah
list
e
that
are
not
being
pulled
from.
A
You
I'm
sorry,
I
have
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
pictures
on
my
screen
here.
Apologies
and
a
second
from
senator
dennis
all
right.
Thank
you!
So
much,
and
so
all
in
favor
of
any
discussion
on
that
motion.
A
A
One
and
four
together,
and
that
is
from
the
office
of
the
governor
office
of
science,
innovation
technology
as
well
as
office
of
the
attorney
general
state
settlements.
A
And
today
we
have
with
us-
and
please
bear
with
me
as
I
as
I
juggle
documents.
F
Mr
chairman,
if
I
could
interrupt
for
just
a
moment,
I'm
having
some
trouble
hearing,
so
I'm
not
sure
if
it's
the
microphones
or
whatever,
but
if
I
would
request
folks
to
to
speak
up
for
some
reason,
the
volume
seems
very
low.
Maybe
broadcast
can
try
to
address
that
for
us.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Okay,
thank
you
I
have
I
I
can
hear
on
my
end
really
well,
and
hopefully
y'all
can
hear
me,
but
if
broadcast
wants
to
take
a
look
at
that
we
have
with
us.
We
have
brian
mitchell
from
the
director
of
osit
the
office
of
science,
innovation
and
technology,
and
we
also
have
a
jessica
dare
who's
the
chief
of
staff
for
the
attorney
general's
office
and
I
think
she's
joined
by
jessica
hogan
in
the
attorney
general's
office
as
well,
and
so
we
can
go
ahead
with
mr
mitchell.
K
Good
morning,
mr
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
brian
mitchell,
director
of
the
office
of
science,
innovation
and
technology
for
the
record
and
this
work
program,
would
transfer
10
million
dollars
from
the
t-mobile
settlement
fund
to
osith
for
the
purpose
of
providing
funding
to
assist
and
enhance
the
connectivity
of
nevada's
native
american
tribes.
This
is
a
very
exciting
funding
for
us
and
we
know
that
there's
a
lot
of
need
throughout
our
native
american
communities.
K
Osid
has
a
great
relationship
with
tribes
and
colonies
across
the
across
the
state,
and
we
also
work
very
closely
with
the
nevada,
indian
commission,
our
fellow
executive
branch
agency,
as
well
as
the
inter-tribal
council
of
nevada
to
identify,
needs,
prioritize
those
needs
and
then
create
and
determine
which
projects
should
be
funded.
And
I
am
happy
to
answer
any
questions
that
the
interim
finance
committee
may
have.
A
Thank
you,
mr
mitchell.
Maybe
we
can
hear
from
mr
dare
first
and
on
and
taking
these
kind
of
issues
together
and
then
we'll
go
to
the
committee
for
questions.
N
Thank
you,
chair,
jessica,
dare
for
the
record
and,
as
you
noted,
I
am
joined
today
by
our
chief
financial
officer,
jessica
hoban,
on
the
line,
so
this
is
a
really
exciting
settlement
for
our
office.
This
is
a
result
of
the
t-mobile
att
merger.
N
The
settlement
agreement
does
a
variety
of
things
that
are
not
before
you
today,
including
requiring
t-mobile
to
keep
nevada
jobs
in
nevada,
to
develop
low-cost
data
plans
for
nevada
consumers
to
expand
5g
across
the
state,
but
it
also
included
a
30
million
dollar
charitable
contribution
to
the
state.
So
this
10
million
dollars
is
just
the
first
tranche
of
that
funding.
N
The
funding
has
to
be
used
in
one
of
three
ways
and
using
the
funding
to
prepay
or
reimburse
investments
in
broadband
technology
at
in
nevada's
native
american
tribes
is
one
of
those
three
approved
uses.
When
we
reached
out
to
ozit's
ozit,
goed
and
the
office
of
workforce
innovation
to
discuss
how
we
could
use
this
future
funding
ozit
jumped
right
on
it.
They
had
a
list
of
shovel
ready
projects
that
was
really
exciting
to
work
with
them.
N
I
want
to
thank
them
on
the
record
for
continuing
to
work
with
our
office
to
identify
the
best
uses
of
this
funding.
Since
that
agreement,
I'm
anticipating
we
might
get
some
questions
about
how
this
funding
is
going
to
interact
with
potential
federal
funding,
and
I
I
want
to
thank
ozit
for
really
thinking
strategically
about
how
we
can
use
this
funding
to
match
future
hopeful
investments
of
federal
dollars.
So
we
really
get
the
best
bang
for
our
buck
in
expanding
broadband
technology
across
the
state,
and
I
am
happy
to
answer
any
of
your
questions.
A
Thank
you,
mr
dare
we
have.
I
believe
we
have
four
folks
queued
up
to
ask
some
questions
and
I
might
have
some
myself
if
I
don't
hear
some
information
from
theirs
and
I
think
we'll
start
with
senator
donderolu.
O
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
chair,
and
thank
you
for
this
information
from
the
attorney
general's
office.
I
know
you
covered
a
little
bit
of
this
and
I'm
I'm
thrilled
to
hear
that
there
isn't
an
expiration
date,
but
can
you
tell
me
how
the
20
million
the
remaining
20
million
will
be
allocated
among
those
various
purposes
outlined
in
that
settlement
agreement
and
just
kind
of
give
me
some
more
information
on
that?
Thank
you.
N
Thank
you,
senator
jessica.
Dare
for
the
record!
That
is
a
great
question,
so
we're
just.
We
are
just
now
in
a
place
where
we're
going
to
get
that
second
tranche
of
funding,
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
the
office
of
workforce
innovation,
to
use
that
funding,
to
promote
workforce
development
and
with
goed
two,
and
that
funding
has
to
be
used
to
enhance
entrepreneurial
opportunity
and
expand
small
businesses
in
nevada,
specifically
those
owned
by
women
and
people
of
color.
N
When
we
first
approached
owen
and
goed,
they
were
very
excited
about
the
prospects
of
this
funding,
but
shortly
thereafter
we
had
a
bit
of
a
pandemic
and
our
our
workforce
development
looks
a
little
bit
different
now,
and
so
what
we're
hoping
to
do
is
work
with
those
agencies
in
the
future
to
figure
out
how
do
we
use
strategically
match
this
funding
with
what
we
hope
will
be
future
federal
funding
and
potentially
arpa
money
that
is
dedicated
to
workforce
development
and
economic
development
for
small
businesses?
A
Thank
you
senator
and
next
up.
I
think
I
have
assemblywoman
gorlo.
B
Thank
you
very
much
chair.
I
had
a
quick
question
regarding
how
the
t-mobile
settlement
funds
will
be
prioritized
in
relation
to
the
federal
funds
that
may
be
awarded
for
the
tribal
broadband
improvements.
K
Thank
you
for
the
question
brian
mitchell,
director
of
osip
for
the
record.
The
yeah
has
a
responsibility
for
assisting
the
tribes
apply
for
the
various
competitive
federal
funding
programs.
K
There
was
the
the
most
recent
or
or
the
first
tribal
broadband
grant
was
administered
by
the
national
telecommunications
and
information
administration
or
ntia.
The
ntia
had
980
million
dollars
available
to
to
grant
out,
and
we
assisted
15
tribes
apply
for
72
million
of
that
980
million.
Subsequent
to
that,
we
learned
that
the
ntia
had
received
over
5
billion
in
requests
for
the
980
million
dollar
fund.
K
Therefore,
on
a
recent
call
with
npia
senior
leadership,
we
understand
that
they
will
be
making
funding
decisions
at
the
end
of
november.
And
at
that
point
we
will
pig
stock
of
whit
of
which
of
our
grants
were
funded.
And
how
much
it's
possible
that
some
of
our
grants
or
our
grant
requests
were
not
funded
at
all.
K
And
it's
also
possible
that
other
grant
requests
may
be
funded
in
part
and
therefore
will
we'll
take
a
look
at
what
the
status
of
our
funding
requests
are
and
whether
supplemental
funding
would
be
necessary
in
order
to
completely
build
out
the
projects
that
we've
outlined
for
those
15
tribes
separately
from
that
12
of
nevada's
tribes
did
not
apply
for
any
ntia
funding
that
have
significant
needs
within
their
tribes
for
connectivity
and
we're
currently.
G
K
Correct
brian
mitchell,
the
record.
Ultimately,
we
want
all
of
our
tribes
to
apply
for
funding
and
and
and
receive
as
much
money
as
as
we
can
and
increase
their
broadband
connectivity
as
much
as
possible.
But
with
the
pandemic.
K
Some
of
the
tribes
have
been
have
other
things
on
their
plates
and
weren't
able
to
apply
for
this
last
round.
So
we're
continuing
to
do
a
lot
of
outreach
to
every
tribe
in
order
to
ensure.
A
Thank
you
and
senator
dennis.
Do
you
still
have
a
question
as
well.
C
Thank
you-
and
I
think
part
of
my
was
just
the
answer,
but
you
know
we,
you
had
a
detailed
plan
on
how
you're
gonna
spend
the
10
million
in
of
the
settlement
and
now
you've
got
this
federal
money,
that's
available
for
the
tribes,
so
that's
kind
of
offended
your
your
plan,
so
I
I
guess,
I'm
in
absence
of
that
plan
that
you
originally
had
what
well,
how
you're
going
to
expend
that
I
mean
what
what's
going
to
be
your
specific
plan
to
be
able
to
do
that
now.
C
You
kind
of
talked
a
little
bit
about
this
just
now,
but
can
you
address
that
maybe
a
little
more
detail?
How
we're
going
to
get
to
a
detailed
expenditure
plan.
K
Thank
you
senator
dennis
for
the
question
brian
mitchell,
for
the
record
and
good
to
see
you
the
the
funding
that
that
we
would
plan
to
use
these
10
million
dollars
for
can
we
can
fit
into
three
three
basic
buckets.
The
first
is
residential
commun,
commercial
government
and
whole
community
connectivity,
so
that
would
include
last
mile
infrastructure
development
and
for
residential,
commercial
or
government
buildings
or
community
anchor
institutions
like
senior
centers
libraries,
etc.
K
There's
also
opportunities
to
use
some
of
the
funding
for
affordability
programming,
as
we
know
that,
if
even.
L
K
We
put
fiber
drops
in
front
of
everyone's
home.
If
folks
aren't
able
to
afford
internet
service,
then
they're
still
unconnected.
The
final
category
within
this
bucket
would
be
digital
literacy,
inclusion
and
equity
programs.
So
this
would
be
helping
tribal
members
to
to
learn
how
to
use
the
internet
effectively,
how
to
stay
safe,
online
and
and
also
how
to
how
to
access
county
and
city
and
tribal
services
online,
especially
in
the
event
that
there's
a
there's
a
flare-up
in
the
pandemic.
K
We'll
also
work
with
tribes
to
connect
schools
and
libraries,
with
both
the
connections
to
the
buildings,
as
well
as
connections
within
the
buildings
and
then
finally,.
L
K
Television
has
been
identified
as
a
big
priority
in
in
indian
country
and,
given
that
many
tribal
lands
are
are
far
away
from
large
medical
facilities,
we
feel
like
telemedicine
is,
would
be
a
great
opportunity
to
increase
overall
health,
so
those
were
the.
So
those
were
some
of
the
the
things
that
we
identified
prior
to
the
pandemic,
and
certainly
everything
that
I
just
said
is
true.
K
What
will
what
ultimately,
what
will
happen
is
you
know
we
need
to
reevaluate
what
the
needs
of
what
he'd
still
exist
within
the
15
tribes
after
they've,
received
their
federal
funding
and
then
also
engaged
with
the
12
tribes
that
didn't
apply
and,
and
so
the
all
of
the
funding
for
the
t-mobile
will
fit
into
one
of
those
categories.
C
So
just
so,
I'm
clear
with
the
federal
funds
you're
not
no
longer
going
to
need
to
be
able
to
use
the
settlement
funds
to
fill
some
of
those
gaps.
And
are
you
saying
that
there's
going
to
be
other
things
that
the
federal
funds
won't
cover
and
then
you'll
be
able
to
to
use
the
t-mobile
moneys
to
be
able
to
do
that.
K
Correct
senator
dennis
brian
mitchell,
director
voces,
for
there
will
be
certain
needs
that
the
tribes
have
that
are
not
eligible
expenses
with
the
federal
funds,
so
we'll
be
able
to
use
the
settlement
funds
to
cover
those
needs
separately.
If
a
federal
grant
only
covers
75
percent
of
the
tribal
ask
in
their
grant
application,
then
we'll
be
able
to
use
some
of
the
fed
t-mobile
settlement
funds
to
backfill
unfunded
aspects
of
the
grant
applications.
C
So
what
is
the?
What
was
the
question
I
was
going
to
ask?
I
I'm
just
trying
to
understand
so
when
do
you
anticipate
that
you'll
have
a
specific
plan
on
what
you're
going
to
do
on
who's
going
to
get?
You
have
to
wait
for
all
the
federal
grants
to
be
done
before
we
can
understand.
What's
going
to
happen
with
that,
10
million.
K
Brian
mitchell,
for
the
record,
we
anticipate
understanding
or
or
receiving
word
on,
the
federal
grants
by
the
end
of
november
or
the
beginning
of
december,
and
so
will
at
that
point,
it'll.
Take
us
some
time
to
work
with
each
of
the
tribes
that
either
received
a
partial
award
or
or
did
not
receive
an
award
to
to
determine
what
their
gaps
are
separately.
K
You
know
we
need
to
do
a
continue
to
do
outreach
to
some
of
the
12
tribes
that
didn't
apply.
Some
of
these
tribes
are
a
bit
hard
to
get
a
hold
of,
and
so
it's-
and
so
I
can't
give
you
an
exact
date
on
when
we'll
have
all
of
the
the
funding
spent.
The
it'll
take
a
lot
of
outreach
and
a
lot
of
collaboration
with
our
tribal
partners
to
be
able
to
put
together
specific
plans.
K
However,
what
I
can
say
is
that
what
I
outlined
earlier
are
that
are
is
kind
of
the
universe
of
expenses
or
the
universe,
things
that
we
would
fund
with
with
the
t-mobile
settlement
money.
C
So
I
understand
you
can't
tell
you
you're
not
going
to
know
when
it's
all
going
to
be
expended,
but
at
what
point
are
you
going
to
have
the
actual
amounts
and
how
you're
going
to
spend
those
I
mean,
do
you
have
like,
like
a
ballpark?
How
long
is
going
to
take
to
you?
C
You
mentioned
that
the
what
the
end
of
november
beginning
of
december
you'll
know
if
they
got
grants
that
correct
and
then
how
long
is
it
going
to
take
after
that
to
then
sit
down
and
say
this
is
what
we're
going
to
do
with
that.
You
know
now
that
we
know
how
much
is
going
to
go
to
the
with
the
federal
grants
how
we're
going
to
spend
the
other
part.
K
Brian
mitchell,
for
the
record,
I
I
hope
as
soon
as
possible,
you
know
we
would.
We
would
hope
to
be
able
to
make
contact
with
the
the
necessa
with
the
remaining
tribes
in
the
spring.
It's
you
know,
but
we're
doing
outreach
right
now,
and
so
I
would.
I
would
hope
that
we
would
have
specific
plans
for
these
funds
no
later
than
summer
of
2022.
A
Thank
you
senator,
and
I
have
some
questions.
I
I
have
assembly
woman,
titus
and
then
vice
chair
carlton.
After
that
someone
titus
go
ahead.
Please.
F
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
ask
a
question
and
thank
you
for
all
this
information.
It's
it's
good.
I
know
that
the
tribes
and
and
much
of
nevada
do
not
have
enough
broadband
and
it's
not
just
the
tribes.
It's
it's
urban
areas
and
it's
rural
areas,
and
if
it's
nothing
that
we've
learned
from
this
pandemic,
we
learned
that
when
the
kids
were
all
sent
home,
they
didn't
either
have
their
chromebooks
or
they
didn't
have,
or
they
were
sent
home
with
a
chromebook
or
a
computer.
F
But
then
no
connectivity
within
their
own
home
to
then
get
back
onto
the
school,
and
so
I'm
just
wondering
about
how?
How
are
you
going
to
monitor
the
success
of
this
money
that
you
are
putting
out
there?
We've
heard
horror
stories
of
rooms
full
of
computers,
and
nobody
ever
takes
some
high
out
of
the
boxes.
F
And
how
do
you
monitor
success
when
we're
looking
at
spending
this
kind
of
money,
and
I
would
use
the
example
that
12
out
of
the
27
tribes
identified
haven't
applied,
but
there
may
be
reasons
for
that
and
and
how
you're
actually
reaching
out?
Are
you
going
out
to
those
tribes?
Perhaps
they
you
know
the
the
deadliest
words
in
the
language
are
from
the
government
we're
here
to
help.
They
may
not
want
that,
and
so
how
do
you
measure?
What
are
your
plans
for
measuring
the
success
of
of
this
money
and
this
expenditure?
F
K
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
titus,
for
the
the
question
brian
mitchell,
for
the
record,
the
I
think
lucky
for
us.
It's
actually
fairly
easy
to
to
measure
success
when
it
comes
to
broadband
and
a
a
few
of
the
measures
tests
that
we
will
use
is
the
difference
in
connectivity
speeds
prior
to
our
prior
to
the
expenditure
of
funds
and
subsequent
to
the
expenditure
of
funds.
K
So
we
can,
if
we
can
measure
the
you
know
how
fast
the
internet
connections
were
before
and
then
after
a
second
measure
of
success
would
be
the
number
of
connected
buildings,
particularly
to
fiber
infrastructure,
and
so,
if
there's
schools,
libraries,
tribal
administration,
buildings,
the
tribal
smoke
shop,
et
cetera,
all
of
those
connecting
all
of
those
buildings
to
a
us,
a
redundant,
resilient,
scalable
and
affordable
connection
will
be
one
of
the
measures
of
success.
K
Third
member
measure
of
success
would
be
the
number
of
tribal
members
who
have
who
report
having
a
an
internet
connection
at
home.
We
we
have
data
from
the
american
community
survey
that
you
know.
That
indicates
how
many
members
in
these
communities
have
internet
connections
now
and
between
providing
better
broadband
infrastructure
and
also
affordability
and
digital
literacy
programs.
We
want
to
see
that
number
increase
substantially,
so
that's
assemblywoman
how
we
would
measure
successfully.
N
Briefly,
to
that
question
jessica,
dare
for
the
record,
you
identified
some
really
important
key
points
that
this
funding
does
not
necessarily
address,
but
are
part
of
the
larger
att
settlement
agreement.
N
That
also
requires
t-mobile
to
report
to
the
ag's
office
on
a
regular
basis,
and
those
reports
are
court
enforceable
and
some
of
those
items
are
include
within
six
years
of
the
close
of
the
merger
that
t-mobile
deploy
a
5g
network
that
will
cover
94
of
nevada's,
general
population
and
83
of
nevada's
rural
population
and
also
for
six
years,
provide
a
low-cost
mobile
data
program
so
that
in
and
of
itself
we
also
feel
is
really
important
to
expanding
internet
access
and
telecom
access
across
the
state
of
nevada.
However,
it
is
something
that
t-mobile
is
doing
unilaterally.
N
Does
that
does
not
does
not
implicate
the
30
million
dollar
contribution?
So
that's
not.
Why
that's
why
it's
not
part
of
this
particular
work
program,
but
it
is
important
value
to
us
and
something
that
I
wanted
to
make
sure
was
on
the
record.
A
Thank
you
assemblywoman.
I
have
next
vice
chair,
carlton.
F
N
Thank
you
for
the
question
assemblywoman
carlton
jessica.
I
dare
for
the
record
no
for
this
particular
tranche
of
funding
or
for
this
charitable
commitment.
The
broadband
funding
must
be
used
for
native
american
tribes.
That
being
said,
there
are
other
parts
of
the
agreement
that
require
t-mobile
to
invest
in
broadband
connectivity
access
for
the
larger
state
of
nevada,
but
it's
just
not
part
of
the
charitable
contribution,
so
t-mobile
is
required
to
expand
broadband
access
to
all
of
nevada
as
as
laid
out
in
the
settlement
agreement,
but
it
doesn't
work.
N
It
does
not
require
t-mobile
to
make
a
direct
monetary
contribution
to
the
state.
The
monetary
contribution
could
only
be
used
for
native
american
broadband
workforce
development
and
economic
development,
so
you
won't
see
that
in
a
work
program,
but
it
is
part
of
the
larger
global
settlement
agreement
that
t-mobile
continued
to
invest
in
broadband
access
for
all
of
nevada.
F
And
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
if
I
could
ask
mr
dear
if
you
could
expand
on
that
that
global
agreement
and
what
the
time
frames
might
be
and
miss
adair,
I'm
always
real
frank
and
honest
with
you
guys.
We
had
kids
sitting
on
the
sidewalk
next
to
a
school
bus,
so
they
could
have
a
hot
spot
in
east
las
vegas
and
in
west
las
vegas
and
some
areas
where
there
is
we're
not
talking
fiber,
there's
no
internet
at
all.
So
I'd
like
to
know
where
does
that
discussion
fit
in
with
this?
F
Yes,
we
want
to
see
it
out
in
the
rurals
and
we
very
happy
the
tribes
are
going
to
get
there.
We've
talked
about
making
sure
we
have
broadband
for
the
tribes
for
as
long
as
I
can
remember,
but
I
also
want
to
make
sure
that
you
know
we
don't
have
kids
sitting
on
the
sidewalk
next
to
a
bus
so
that
they
could
have
internet
connectivity
so
that
they
can
do
their
homework.
N
Jessica,
dare
for
the
record,
I'm
really
glad.
You
asked
that
question,
because
this
is
another
great
thing
that
I'd
like
to
talk
about
on
the
record.
So
as
part
of
the
settlement
agreement,
atr
t-mobile
promised
to
include
nevada
in
its
nationwide
broadband
internet
access
program,
specifically
for
school-aged
children
because
of
the
pandemic.
They
sped
that
process
up
and
t-mobile
worked
directly
with
our
office
and
nevada's
department
of
education
to
provide
those
hot
spots
when
they
started
seeing
this
becoming
a
problem
so
t-mobile
ahead
of
schedule
distributed.
N
I
wish
I
had
the
number
I
don't
on
my
off
the
top
of
my
head,
but
I
can
get
it
to
you
hot
spots
to
nevada's
children,
so
they
could
attend
virtual
school
throughout
the
pandemic
and
it
was
not
something
that
we
anticipated
to
be
part
of
the
agreement
when
we
made
the
settlement
agreement,
but
it
was
sped
up
so
that
nevada's
children
could
attend
school
during
the
pandemic.
K
Madam
vice
chair,
I
can
provide
some
additional
details
and.
F
K
I
I
can
yes,
brian
mitchell,
for
the
record
and-
and
I
think
vice
chair
carlton-
brings
up
a
really
excellent
point.
It
was
just
building
on
what
mr
bear
said.
It
was
18
064
hot
spots
that
t-mobile
provided
during
the
pandemic
last
year,
but
you're
absolutely
right
that
hot
spots
are
a
temporary
solution
and
and
one
that
is,
and
we
need
more
permanent
solutions.
K
Therefore,
oset
has
begun
working
with
broadband
action
teams
in
every
county
throughout
the
state,
and
just
earlier
this
week
we
had
meetings
with
staff
from
the
cities
of
north
las
vegas,
las
vegas,
henderson
and
clark
county
to
discuss
specifically
the
the
broadband
issue
and
broadband
connected
connectivity,
particularly
in
low
income
communities.
K
One
of
the
problems
that
we
have
in
nevada
is
that
there's
been
historically
under
investment
and
infrastructure
in
low-income
communities
in
urban
areas
and
oftentimes
when
people
think
about
the
poor
broadband
connectivity.
The
mind
turns
very
easily
to
rural
areas.
However,
from
what
we
see
in
terms
of
infrastructure
and
internet
speeds,
the
the
speeds
in
areas
of
places
like
the
historic
west
side
of
las
vegas,
north
las
vegas
and
the
medical
district
have
copper
infrastructure.
K
And
so
we
are
working
together
with
these
communities
to
examine
the
the
different
federal
funding
opportunities
for
broadband
to
specifically
invest
and
target
investment
in
low-income
areas
in
urban
areas
and
along
with
that,
we're
planning
to
work
with
providers
to
on
on
accountability
agreements
where
the
providers
would
be
required
to
not
only
invest
in
our
low
income
and
underserved
and
unserved
communities
in
urban
areas,
but
also.
L
K
A
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
I'm
just
going
to
kind
of
reinforce
what
we've
been
hearing.
You
know
you've
hit
it
on
the
head.
C
Clearly
in
in
the
agenda
item
number
one:
the
lack
of
broadband
infrastructure
both
to
and
with
dan
again
this
30
million
dollars
you
can't
get
to
ivapar
or
duckwater
or
even
south
fork
and
get
fiber
in
the
ground.
So,
let's
be
honest,
there's
when
you
get
out
in
the
rurals
there's
a
huge
lack
of
you
know
fiber
in
the
ground,
I'm
hoping
the
federal
funds
do
pick
it
up,
and
this
will
be,
but
I'm
sorry
just
a
very
small
band-aid.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
senator,
and
just
want
to
remind
everyone
that
this
is
a
settlement
with
an
organization
that
provides
cellular
service
and
cellular
expanding
their
5g
network
would
provide
a
cellular
broadband
solution
in
places
where
fiber
can't
go
or
is
not
cost
effective
to
go,
and
it
also
augments
with
the
federal
funds
and
it's
limited
to
tribal
lands
per
the
settlement
and
the
the
charitable
it's
it's
laid
out
in
the
in
the
agreement,
and
so
I
I
agree
with
senator
gotchia
and
with
assemblywoman
carlton
about
our
urban
areas,
lacking
broadband
and
our
there's
a
lot
of
our
rural
areas,
lacking
broadband
and
the
expense
that
it
takes
to
get
those
things.
C
Yes,
I
I
just
wanted
to
comment.
I
live
out
on
rural,
you
know
cell
service,
and
you
know
it's
sometimes
very
lacking,
let
alone
trying
to
run
a
computer
on
it,
and
I
do
thank
to
the
state
they
did
make
the
hotspot
available
to
me
during
session.
Otherwise
you
can
get
out
there
and
no
connection.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
sir,
and
senator,
and
and
do
we
have
any
other
comments
from
anyone
else
or
questions
all
right.
So
so.
Based
upon
that,
I
I
would
be
I'd
like
to
to
get
a
motion
to
approve
the
transfer
of
the
10
million
and
t-mobile
settlement
funds
to
the
governor's
office
of
science,
innovation
and
technology
to
support
this
particular
broadband
infrastructure.
Improvements
for
native
american
tribes
as
was
requested,
and
that
the
work
programs
that
were
submitted
to
us.
A
All
right
who
made
that
motion,
oh
assemblywoman,
benitez
thompson,
made
the
motion.
Do
I
have
a
second
I
have
senator
dennis?
Do
we
have
any
discussion
on
the
motion.
A
All
right,
I
see
none
all
in
favor
of
the
motion.
Please
raise
your
hand.
A
And
any
opposed,
please
raise
your
hand
and
the
motion
passes
unanimously
and
we
can
move
on
to
the
next
items
that
we
pulled
for
discussion,
and
that
would
be-
and
I
just
want
to
thank
you,
mr
mitchell
and
and
mr
dare
and
and
miss
holland
for
standing
by
in
case.
We
needed
you
today
on
this.
This
great
agenda
item
that
we
just
heard
in
past
and
so.
A
Move
us
to
our
next
item
and
our
next
items
are
going
to
be
items
7
through
16
and
they
are
all
from
the
department
of
education.
They
all
are
related
to
covid19
funding,
and
so
we
will
take
those
all
together
and
we
will
have
an
entire
team
to
help
us
with
that
to
present
those.
This
morning
we
have
superintendent
ebert.
A
We
also
have
deputy
superintendent
hearts
and
we
have
deputy
superintendent,
moore,
deputy
superintendent
gonzalez,
and
we
have
chief
strategy
officer
todman,
and
so
we
can
kick
off
with
with
those
items
now
with
superintendent
ebert.
Please
go
ahead
and
welcome
this
morning.
J
J
The
nevada
department
of
education
has
submitted
work
programs
for
your
hopeful
approval
this
morning
to
aid
nevada
schools,
students
and
educators
in
cobia
19
recovery.
Before
I
briefly
summarize
some
of
these
work
programs
for
today,
I
really
want
to
thank
you
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
J
We
have
5
000
projects
that
have
already
been
submitted
and
approved,
and
thousands
of
teachers
have
expressed
gratitude
for
the
tools
and
resources
that
they
are
provided
in
their
classrooms
and-
and
you
have
the
link
to
be
able
to
see
the
great
work
that
they're
doing
and
again.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that
approval.
J
Additionally,
the
20
million
dollars
that
was
made
available
for
stipends
for
higher
education,
getting
that
teacher
pipeline,
the
internships,
the
coursework
preparation
for
nevadans
for
college
and
career
success.
We
already
have
for
this
semester,
200
students,
higher
education,
students
that
received
assistance
for
their
tuition
as
well
as
700.
Excuse
me
for
their
student
practicum
and
then
700,
students
that
receive
tuition
reimbursements
and
that's
this
semester.
We
expect
more
in
the
spring.
J
That's
traditionally,
when
a
lot
of
students
do
their
student
teaching
the
work
programs
that
you
have
before
you
today,
we
really
bucketed
around
four
main
areas
for
our
recovery
and
renewal.
They
are
the
teacher
recruitment
and
retention,
advancing
equity,
social,
emotional
learning
and
mental
health
and
efficiencies
for
long-term
success.
J
This
is
not
a
new
problem,
but
this
year
we
started
with
a
larger
gap
than
we've
ever
started
with
before,
and
so
closing
that
gap
is
crucial.
Our
work
program
for
advancing
equity
aims
to
close
long-standing
opportunity,
gaps
that
led
to
achievement
gaps,
especially
as
it
relates
to
college
and
career
readiness.
J
You
will
see
that
we
have
an
algebra
one
project
in
there
if
students
do
not
pass
algebra
one
courses,
their
chances
of
graduating
and
success
demand
diminishes
extremely.
We
have
literacy,
we
have
supports
for
english
language
learners.
We
also
have
native
american
learners
in
there
and
school
improvement,
and
this
work
program
is
reflective
of
our
needs
as
a
state,
and
it
was
highly
amplified
during
our
listening
sessions.
J
Our
most
cited
response
from
stakeholders
regarding
how
we
use
the
federal
funds
was
social
emotional
supports
for
both
our
students
and
our
educators.
So
our
work
program
response
response
to
those
needs
as
well,
by
investing
in
trauma-informed
restorative
practices,
multi-tiered
systems
of
support
and
suicide
prevention
training.
J
Those
projects
include
enhancements
for
our
desktop
monitoring
to
reduce
the
burdens
on
our
school
district,
so
they
can
get
to
the
work
of
educating
our
children
and
aligning
the
data
systems
to
include
our
youngest
learners,
beginning
with
our
pre-k
system.
Nde
is
charged
with
administering
and
monitoring
the
largest
federal
relief
package
in
our
nation's
history
for
nevada.
J
This
is
totally
this
is
totaling
over
1.5
billion
dollars,
90
of
that
which
went
directly
to
the
school
districts
upon
your
approval,
they'll
receive
the
last
third
and
we
need
to
ensure
that
our
students
have
those
high
quality
learning
opportunities.
Our
districts
and
schools
receive
those
resources
and
use
them
effectively
with
the
proposed
new
systems
and
efficiencies
in
place.
Our
principals
can
focus
on
being
the
instructional
leader
of
a
school,
and
our
districts
can
focus
on
supporting
principals
with
school
improvement.
J
J
These
are
conscious
decisions
to
propel
our
state
forward
in
educator,
recruitment
and
retention
student
achievement
meeting
the
social
emotional
needs
of
both
students
and
educators
and
equitable
outcomes
for
all
of
our
students.
So
thank
you
again.
The
entire
team
is
here
because
the
entire
team
worked
on
all
of
this
across
our
state.
So
we
stand
ready
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have.
A
Thank
you,
superintendent,
ebert,
and
I'm
particularly
excited
to
hear
about
the
algebra
one
program.
That
was
that's
a
huge
hurdle
for
a
lot
of
folks
that
enter
into
the
electrical
apprenticeship
program,
where
I
used
to
be
an
instructor
in
the
industry
that
I
work
in,
so
that's
one
very
clear
way
to
help
with
a
path
towards
a
long-term,
meaningful
career.
So
I
appreciate
seeing
that
on
the
list
we
have
a
handful
of
questions.
I
think
I'll
start
with.
A
I
believe
assemblywoman
monroe
moreno
had
a
question
and
then
I
have
assemblyman
levitt.
I
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
and
I
have
a
few
questions.
If
that's
okay,
I'd
like
to
start
and
thank
you
missy
for
the
presentation,
it's
always
good
to
see
you.
I
have
just
a
few
questions.
Could
you
give
us
an
overview
when
you
look
at
item
seven
and
eight?
Could
you
give
us
an
overview
of
how
the
emergency
assistance
to
the
non-public
schools
funding
is
going
to
be
awarded
by
the
department
and
what's
the
anticipated
or
projected
timeline
to
do
that,
and
then
I
have
another
question.
Q
Good
morning,
jonathan
moore
for
the
record,
thank
you
for
the
question.
We
have
been
working
diligently
with
our
partners,
both
in
state
purchasing
and
the
office
of
the
attorney
general,
to
navigate
state
processes
for
administering
the
ian's
funding.
Q
Currently,
what
has
transpired
is
that
we've
had
the
office
of
the
attorney
general
review,
jointer
agreements
for
us
to
provide
services
to
our
non-public
schools.
When
it
comes
to
eames
funding,
we
are
not
able
to
directly
sub-award
funds
to
non-public
schools
or
not
public
schools
like
we
do
our
traditional
public
schools.
So
as
a
result,
we
contract
with
vendors
who
then
provide
those
services.
Q
We
anticipate
that
those
jointers
will
be
those
gender
contracts
will
be
finalized
by
december
1st,
at
which
point
we
can
then
prepare
an
application
for
non-public
schools
that
takes
into
consideration
factors
like
enrollment
students
experiencing
economic
hardships
as
well
as
impact
to
covet.
Q
I
Thank
you
for
that
answer.
I
appreciate
it
as
I
was
going
through
all
of
our
notes
and
looking
at
today's
agenda
and
all
of
the
work
programs
from
you
all.
I
know
that
during
the
listening
tours
and
talking
to
educators,
principals
and
students,
as
we've
all
been
doing
throughout
the
state,
there
was
one
item
that
was
brought
up
again
and
again,
and
I
didn't
see
it
in
the
work
programs
and
I
just
like
to
know
what
you're
doing
about
it.
I
When
we
talk
about
helping
low-income
students,
homeless
students,
especially
teacher
retention
and
recruitment,
I
didn't
see
anything
specifically
for
african-american
teachers
and
especially
black
male
teachers.
I
heard
that
time
and
time
again
from
our
principals
and
from
educators
during
the
tours
that
they
are
having
a
hard
time
retaining
the
teachers
that
we
have,
but
also
recruiting
and
especially
african-american
male
teachers.
Can
you
tell
me,
do
you
have
a
program
that
you're
going
to
bring
to
us
later?
I
What
are
you
doing
with
that
concern
because
it
did
come
up
time
and
time
again
on
the
listening
tours
that
I
attended.
J
Superintendent
ebert
for
the
record
and
then
I'll
turn
to
deputy
gonzalez
as
well.
So
there
are
projects
that
are
moving
for.
You
did
you
are
correct:
assemblywoman,
there's,
not
a
specific
project
at
the
state
level.
What
we've
been
doing
is
coordinating
with
the
school
districts
to
make
sure
that
we
expend
these
funds
efficiently
and
effectively.
J
I
will
tell
you
that,
at
within
the
clark
county,
school
district,
specifically
they've
been
working
with.
J
Oh,
my
goodness,
and
then
my
it's
leaving
my
head.
I
apologize
I'll
have
to
circle
it
back,
but
specifically
for
the
recruitment
of
african-american
black
males,
as
well
as
a
diverse
population,
so
that
specific
that
you're
getting
at
you
will
see
within
the
school
districts
and
that
90
percent
that
I
spoke
to
in
the
work
program
with
our
recruitment
and
retention.
J
J
That
is
a
full-time
job.
You
can't
be
a
student
teacher
without
being
there
in
the
classroom
all
day,
and
so
those
funds
are
strategically
being
used
across
the
state
based
on
need,
and
so
we
know
that
the
students
of
color
in
our
higher
education
system
are
the
ones
in
need
and
we
expect
to
grow
the
pipeline
in
that
way.
So
those
words
that
you
use
aren't
specifically
in
that
program,
but
I
would
like
to
say
they
are
intentional
in
how
we're
moving
forward
and
they
are
targeted.
M
Thank
you,
felicia
gonzalez,
for
the
record,
so
we
do
have
a
few
items
in
here
today
that
also
are
focu,
focusing
on
on
diversity
the,
but,
prior
to
this
you,
you
did
approve
20
million
dollars
for
for
the
or
the
incentivizing
teacher
pathways,
which
does
support
diversity
in
the
application
process
to
get
more
diverse
teachers
and
then
eventually,
leaders
into
our
system.
M
We
also
have
a
teaching
and
training
cte
program
for
rural
and
urban
expansion
and
as
in
if
and
as
you
will
see,
we,
the
focus
is
not
only
on
our
rural,
where
there
are
no
currently
no
cte
teaching
and
training
programs,
but
they
are
focused
on
three
urban
large
urban
high
schools
that
are
in
clark
county
with
with
the
intention
of
starting
that
recruitment
very
early
on
and
focused
on
diversity
and
and
once
again,
as
superintendent
ebert
shared
with
you,
we
are.
M
We
are
focused
on
the
paraprofessional
pipeline
to
get
them
to
become
teachers,
and
this
is
where
we
find
our
most
diversity.
As
you
know,
we,
it
is
very
hard
nationally
to
find
teachers,
and
so,
and
so
we
are
working
and
partnering
with
all
of
our
higher
education
institutions,
to
really
focus
in
on
our
our
grow.
Your
own
talent
within
our
own
state-
and
I
will
tell
you
that
all
of
our
colleges
and
universities
are
focused
on
that
diverse
pipeline,
but
not
only
that
providing
the
needed
supports
so
that
our
diverse
candidates
are
successful.
I
Hello,
mr
chair,
please
do
thank
you
and
I
appreciate
what
you
are
doing
and
I
appreciate
the
word
diversity,
but
I'm
going
to
say
when
you
say
diversity
that
includes
everyone
entering
one
of
the
schools:
that's
not
in
my
district
and
not
in
a
traditional
black
part
of
town.
The
principal
in
that
school
has
the
teachers
of
the
hallway
pictures
up
in
their
hallways,
so
kids
could
see
people
that
look
like
them.
I
He
had
no
black
male
teachers
to
put
the
picture
up
in
the
hallway,
so
his
black
male
students
could
see
someone
successful
that
looked
like
them,
so
he
literally
had
to
ask
the
janitors
to
put
a
suit
on
and
take
a
picture.
So
his
black
male
students
could
see
someone
that
looked
like
them,
so
they
know
that
they
could.
They
could
attain
some
of
their
goals.
I
As
I
travel
in
our
rural
communities,
you
talk
about
clark,
county
and
and
that's
where
a
large
number
of
african-americans
live,
but
we
have
african-americans
all
over
the
state
of
nevada
and
I
need
black
male
teachers
all
over
the
state
of
nevada.
We
have
black
males
in
our
rural
communities.
So
when
we
talk
about
diversity,
I
truly
appreciate
it,
but
I
would
really
love
to
see
the
state
do
a
more
intentional
drive
in
getting
african-american
educators
in
our
classrooms,
especially
black
men.
That's
all
mr
chair.
A
Thank
you,
assemblywoman,
japan,
so
I've
got.
I've
got
a
few
other
folks
that
want
to
go
here.
I've
got
assembly,
assemblyman,
levitt,
assemblywoman
tolls
and
somebody
won
the
miller
and
so
I'll
go
ahead
with
some
women
love.
It.
R
Hey
chairman
brooks
so
a
lot
of
my
stuff
was
answered
as
far
as
teacher
recruitment
retention,
along
with
like
student
teaching
and
special
program
administrators.
You
know
the
cte
expansion,
which
is,
which
is
perfect.
My
I
guess
my
question
is
more
broad
than
that.
So
when
we,
when
we
talk
to
to
principals
and
administrators
they're
during
the
co
during
the
cove
pandemic,
they
were
struggling
with
these
programs.
R
You
know
being
able
to
have
the
funding
to
hire
student
teachers
hire
hire
people
to
run
the
special
programs
that
that
are,
I
think,
essential
in
in
a
in
a
child's
education
beyond
you
know,
algebra
one
which
I'm
not
as
excited
about
as
a
student,
but
excited
for
other
students.
I
so
how?
How
close
are
we
to
to
to
filling
in
that
gap
that
was
created
during
the
pandemic?
R
J
Thank
you,
assemblyman
love
it
for
clarification.
Are
you
talking
about
the
learning
gap
that
was
created
during
that
pandemic?
Are
you
talking
about
the
staffing
gap
or
something
else?
I
apologize.
R
I
think
it's
more
in
the
in
lines
of
the
staffing
as
I
talk
to
principals.
They
they
were
fortunately
had
some
money
left
over
from
previous
from
the
previous
year
to
to
use
towards
hiring
student
teachers
or
or
or
people
to
run
special
programs.
R
J
Yes,
so
thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblyman
leavitt,
when
you
look
in
work
pro
in
item
number
10
in
the
teacher
recruitment
and
retention,
specifically
in
there
with
so
let
me
back
up
this
has
to
be.
We
have
to
be
strategic
and
intentional
and
it
has
to
be
a
multi-pronged
approach,
and
unfortunately
this
is
a
a
national
issue.
J
This
is
my
32nd
year
in
education
and
when
I
started
teaching
mathematics
at
that
point
in
time,
I
was
actually
offered
additional
funds
to.
If
I
would
have
stayed
in
california,
I
ended
up
in
nevada
and
I'm
I'm
I'm
here
again.
So
that
being
said,
this
has
been
it's
not
a
new
problem,
especially
in
those
high
need
content
areas,
mathematics,
science,
special
education,
ell.
J
We
have
not
done
our
profession,
we
have
not
done
a
great
job
in
highlighting
what
a
rewarding
profession
this
is
and
encouraging
a
pathway
for
our
students
to
see
themselves
as
educators
to
grow
the
next
population
we
have
as
as
as
the
united
states,
we
have
not
done
a
good
job
and
we
need
to
change
that
narrative
with
that.
We
all
so
in
this
in
the
strategy
behind
this
work
program,
you
will
see
multi-tiered
number
one
if
I
were
to
start
at
the
end
of
the
pipeline.
J
If
you
will
right
now
in
the
cte
work
program,
we're
actually
building
a
cte
pathway.
So
not
only
do
we
have
manufacturing
do
we
have
culinary
all
of
the
other
programs,
but
now
we
will
have
a
teaching
and
leading
pathway,
a
cte
pathway,
so
that
you
will
see
in
this
program.
There
are
schools
within
our
state
that
have
already
started
that,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
we've
been
working
collaboratively
with
higher
education
to
help
us
get.
Those
programs
started
in
every
single
high
school
in
our
state.
J
So
that's
you
know,
starting
that
pipeline,
getting
the
profession
in
here
you
will
see
a
program
which
is
called
envy,
epic,
that
is
six
million
dollars
that
we're
looking
at
having
cohorts
of
alternative
route
to
licensure
teachers,
which
we
have
several
that
people
that
want
to
change
professions.
They
want
to
join
us
as
educators,
so
we'll
be
working
with
higher
ed
unr,
unlv
nevada,
state
college.
We've
met
with
all
three
of
them
to
make
sure
that
they're
prepared
to
help
build
it
out.
J
J
Moving
from
the
position
that
they're
in
within
a
school
district
into
the
classroom,
moving
forward
and
or
becoming
a
school
psychologist
and
and
all
of
those
requisite
coursework
that
they
need
to
be
able
to
support
so
building
out
that
system
here
locally,
but
also
working
at
the
national
stage,
is,
is
critical
and
then,
as
I
said
earlier,
the
20
million
dollars
that
you
approved
prior
so
we're
attacking
this
at
many
different
levels
and
places
to
move
our
entire
state
forward.
J
The
here
and
now
you
see
school
districts,
thinking
differently
about
where
their
staff
and
how
the
staff
is
allocated
and
that's
important.
We
have
monthly
conversations
with
superintendents
across
the
state
on
how
to
strategize
both
in
our
urban
rural
and
suburban
schools,
because
it
is,
it
is
an
issue
statewide.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
superintendent.
Thank
you,
assemblyman.
Next
up,
I
have
assemblywoman
tolls.
Has
a
question.
B
Yes,
thank
you
so
much
chair
and
good
to
see
you
superintendent
and
happy
to
see
that
we're
getting
some
of
these
dollars
out
to
the
programs
and
the
kids
in
need.
So
we
passed
legislation-
and
I
brought
this
up
in
our
subcommittee
on
the
federal
funds
we
passed,
legislation
to
fund
learning,
loss
and
literacy
programs
in
particular,
and
I
do
see,
learning
loss
addressed
in
item
number
12
and
then
I
also
see
in
item
number.
B
Q
Jonathan
moore
for
the
record,
thank
you
for
the
question.
Assemblywoman
tolls.
Literacy
is
an
area
that's
near
and
dear
to
my
heart,
having
taught
literacy
one
particular
project
among
several,
but
one
particular
is
our
science
of
reading
professional
learning
so
we're
currently
in
the
final
stages
of
finalizing
agreement
with
the
university
of
minnesota
for
statewide
professional
learning
on
the
science
of
reading.
Q
As
you
know,
in
our
read
by
grade
3
legislation,
while
we
don't
use
the
term
science
of
reading,
we
outline
the
components
of
science
of
reading
that
our
teachers
should
know
and
that
we
know
are
proven
parts
of
the
methodology
for
improving
literacy
proficiency,
comprehension,
fluency
vocabulary,
just
to
name
a
few,
and
so
with
this
statewide
professional
learning
opportunity,
I
will
be
building
cohorts
of
educators
at
no
cost
to
them.
They
will
go
through
a
rigorous
experience
to
improve
their
capacity.
Q
Q
We
also
worked
with
the
university
of
minnesota
on
a
program
evaluation,
so
we'll
be
able
to
ascertain
data
not
only
regarding
teachers,
perceptions
of
their
ability
to
teach
literacy
effectively
before
engaging
in
a
cohort
experience
and
after,
but
we'll
also
be
able
to
get
a
sense
for
localized
outcomes
as
it
relates
to
the
participants.
B
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
guess
I'd
love
to
see
the
breakdown
and
I
think
it
was
200
million
for
traditional
public
schools
and
then
15
million
for
charter
schools,
specifically
for
the
learning
loss
and
the
literacy
programs.
B
I
are
we
going
to
be
able
to
see
how
we
broke
that
down,
how
we've
spent
it
if
we've
spent
it
yet
because,
as
of
our
subcommittee,
we
had
not
yet
approved
and
sent
and
spent
that
money,
and
so
I'm
concerned
that
we
still
are
holding
on
to
it
and
not
spending
it,
because
we
wanted
to
get
kids
ramped
up
early
in
the
fall
as
soon
as
they
came
back
from
a
year
and
a
half
of
online
learning,
and
you
know
we're
almost
to
getting
close
to
the
end
of
october,
and
so
I
I,
I
guess,
I'd
love
to
see
more
detail
on
specifically
how
much
of
that
money
we've
spent
if
any
already
and
where
we're
spending
it.
J
Yeah.
Thank
you
for
that
question
statement.
The
200
million
that
you're
referring
to
that
that
was
allocated
was
to
be
allocated
after
the
school
district
submitted
their
plans
for
the
1.5
billion
that
was
allocated
by
the
federal
government,
and
so
those
funds
were
issued
from
the
federal
government.
Back
in
march,
we
came
to
ifc.
J
J
They
needed
to
receive
community
input
to
develop
their
plans
and
so
working
with
the
school
districts
and
that
part
of
part
of
the
efficiencies
that
we're
asking
for
today
in
all
of
these
work
programs
have
a
dashboard
so
that
you
and
the
public
can
see
every
single
project
that
school
districts
are
are
requesting
and
are
funding,
because
we
we
want
to
be
held
accountable
for
these
dollars.
We
want
everyone
to
be
able
to
see
what
is
transparent,
but
back
to
your
initial
question.
J
That
money
has
not
been
the
200
million
and
the
15
has
not
been
made
available
yet
because
we
had
to
do
those
other
pieces
first
and
those
funds
will
go
out
beyond
the
federal
funds
as
well,
so
we'll
be
working
next
after
these
plans
are
approved
and
move
forward
on
that
set
of
funding
as
well.
That
being
said,
school
districts
have
that
in
mind.
In
what
they're
doing
for
the
interrupted
learning
that
has
transpired
during
the
pandemic.
B
Thank
you
so
much
that
was
incredibly
helpful,
and
so
I
appreciate
that
clarification
and
chair
brooks.
If
I
could
ask
my
second
question
on
a
different
topic,
I'll
make
it
quick.
A
B
Ahead,
please
thank
you.
So
looking
at
items
15
and
16,
I
see
two
different
buckets
where
we
support
over
time
and
incurred
by
department
of
ed
staff
just
specifically
related
to
covet
I
wanted
to
if,
if
I
could
just
understand
a
little
bit
better
what
the
overtime
related
to
responding
to
covid
was
and
if
we're
giving
overtime
to
hourly
employees
or
is
that
overtime
for
salaried
employees?
I
know
it's
kind
of
a
technical
question,
but
that
just
stood
out
to
me
as
being
interesting.
Thank
you.
J
Thank
you,
so
salaried
employees
do
not
receive
overtime.
J
That
being
said,
the
other
components
of
overtime
that
you'll
see-
I
have
three
kind
of
main
areas
to
share
number
one
is
back
in
june,
ifc
did
approve
the
hiring
of
an
education
program
supervisor
to
help
oversee
the
1.5
million
dollars
and
manage
project
manage
this
work
across
our
own
agency,
as
well
as
as
well
as
the
school
districts.
J
We
literally
just
received
a
candidate
list
this
week
and
so
months
have
passed
where
we
have
not
had
that
position
made
available
to
move
those
projects
forward
with
that
being
said,
so
that's
one
piece.
The
second
piece
is
that
the
are
there.
The
work
is
spread
across
the
entire
organization,
the
entire
state.
In
some
of
our
areas,
where
we
need
additional
support,
we
didn't
need
a
whole
fte.
We
didn't
even
need
a
0.5
of
an
fte.
J
We
just
need
extra
hours
to
complete
that
work
that
has
been
brought
on,
whether
it's
you
know
managing
additional
pieces
within
the
the
federal
grant
and
so
on,
and
I
guess
in
closing
the
third
piece
is
that
it's
important
to
note
that
the
staff
overtime
needs
are
not
exclusive
to
managing
projects
that
have
been
approved
or
proposed
just
under
these
funds,
but
that
any
staff
work
related
to
the
pandemic
response
and
recovery
is
allowable
within
these
relief
funds.
So
that's
what
the
request
is.
B
Thank
you
for
that
clarification
and
also
things
with
the
dashboard
that
you
mentioned
earlier.
I'm
excited
about
that.
I
think
that
that's
something
the
public's
been
wanting
for
as
long
as
I've
been
involved
in
this
discussion
is
just
a
better,
clearer
understanding
of
where
the
dollars
go
and
what
the
programs
are
and
what
they
do
and
how
they
correlate
to
performance
and
outcomes
for
our
students.
So
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you
for,
and
I'm
excited
to
see
that
in
action.
S
S
Thank
you.
The
first
question
is,
and
it
would
be
around
some
of
the
items
mentioned
under
e10
regarding
the
re,
the
recruitment
and
and
retention
of
educators
and
superintendent.
S
You
mentioned
earlier
about
the
amount
of
students
that
were
receiving
stipends
for
student
teaching,
as
well
as
tuition
reimbursement
and
so
forth,
but
yet
I'm
hearing
from
constituents
and
and
from
nevadans
and
college
students
that
that's
not
necessarily
the
case,
the
gap
between
the
challenge
between
them
even
being
aware
of
these
programs
at
their
colleges
and
then
I'm
hearing
about
struggles
and
challenges
with
the
colleges
accessing
some
of
those
funds,
and
so
both
of
them.
J
Thank
you,
assemblywoman
miller.
For
that
question.
I
guess
that's
the
for
I
no
one
and
I
will
make
sure
that
deputy
gonzalez,
the
institutions
themselves
have
not
shared
directly
with
us
that
they
are
having
issues,
so
I
would
love
to
have
them
reach
out
directly.
I
actually
met
with
dr
pollard
last
week
and
also
met
with
the
provost,
as
well
as
the
provost
from
unlv
and
unr.
J
J
I
need
to
tell
you
I'm
really
proud
of
of
the
work
those
applicate
you
just
approved
as
as
a
body
those
funds.
This
summer
we
made
them
available.
The
team
worked
on
the
application.
We
worked
with
all
the
higher
education
institutions
just
in
in
a
very
short
period
of
time
and
and
short
months,
and
we
have
over
700
students
that
are
participating
in
those
in
those
programs.
So
I
think
maybe
the
newness,
because
this
is
is
brand
new.
We
expect
the
program
to
last
two
years.
J
If
people
have
not
heard
we
will
double
down
on
the
amplification
of
of
getting
the
information
out
to
those
that
we
serve,
but
a
a
in
in
just
a
few
months
from
your
approval
to
now
having
700
students
being
able
to
participate
and
become
educators.
I
I
would
like
to
celebrate
that.
M
Alicia
gonzalez,
for
the
record,
all
institutions
that
have
that
have
student
teachers
here
in
nevada
that
that
also
that
includes
others
that
are
not
specifically
here
in
nevada
are,
are
are
eligible
to
receive
these
funds,
and
so
just
so
just
so
that
everyone
is
aware
the
awards
are
out,
and
institutions
can
can
provide
these
funds
to
student
teachers
and
request
reimbursement.
M
So
this
is
the.
This
is
the
absolute
first
time
that
that
this
went
out
as
superintendent
ebert
explained
and
with
everything
with
everything
the
first
time
there
there's
approval
funding
and
then
and
then
our
our
agency
had
to
establish
contractual
agreements,
and-
and
so
now
that
this
is
now
in
place,
moving
forward
each
of
the
next
three
semesters,
it
will
be
streamlined.
Moving
forward,
the
funding,
that's
going
out
is
retroactive.
M
So
if
students
some
some
of
these
student
teachers
have
already-
or
I
think
some
of
them
are
getting
ready
to
complete
their
student
teaching
at
the
end
of
this
month,
it
is
retroactive,
so
they
so
that
they
can
provide
them
that
that
funding
still.
S
Okay,
thank
you,
deputy
superintendent,
and
I
will
follow
up
because
again,
that's
in
conflict
with
what
is
being
shared
with
me
on
the
ground,
about
existing
realities
right
now
and
chair.
If
I
may
ask
my
second
question,
my
second
question
is
regard
in
regards
to
well,
I
guess
many
of
the
items,
and
I
guess
it's
an
overarching,
generalized
question
about
all
of
these
different
programs
and
different
items.
S
Many
of
them
seem
that
they
will
support
the
projects
of
the
department
of
education
and
and
their
partners
and
vendors
and
the
ones
a
consistent
agreement
that
you
know
nevadans
have
is
that
they
want
to
see
as
much
the
programming
and
support
and
services
directly
in
the
classrooms
and
so
again,
there's
often
the
gap
between
what
the
the
educators
and
the
parents
and
the
and
the
students
who
are
are
living.
These
realities
are
so
specifically
under
items
or
agenda
items.
E13
and
e14.
S
Can
you
describe
how
those
programs
will
be
evaluated?
How
will
the
students
be
able
to
their
perception
of
these
programs
at
work?
How
educators
and
parents
will
be
able
to
describe
the
effectiveness
of
this?
Is
there
an
evaluation
and
accountability?
S
You
know
a
tool
in
place
so
that
we
actually
can
see
and
know
the
effectiveness
of
this,
because
I'm
also,
as
my
colleagues
mentioned
too,
what
we
hear
from
the
desires
of
educators
and
community
members.
You
know
to
make
sure
that
those
are
actually
that
all
of
them
are
included
and
actually
delivered
in
a
way
that
we
see
the
impact.
J
All
right
so
with
the
first
part
of
of
your
statement.
What
I
would
add
is
that
to
remind
the
entire
public
that
is
listening
is
that
90?
J
What
we
are
presenting
to
you
today
or
throughout
multiple
excuse
me
meetings
is,
is
only
it's
only
10
of
the
entire
allocation,
so
those
real
specifics
and
lift
and
shift
is
not
coming
to
ifc
it's
going
to
the
school
boards
themselves
locally,
so
that
90
percent
in
that
piece
for
the
programs
you
mentioned
13
and
14
that
all
of
the
social,
emotional
learning
and
support,
as
well
as
the
early
childhood.
J
We
do
have
school
climate
surveys
that
go
out
and
we're
expanding
those
surveys
not
only
to
be
inclusive
of
our
students
but
expanding
the
pieces
with
the
staff
to
make
sure
that
we
are
looking
at
social.
Emotional
learning
supports
for
the
students
within
our
system,
but
also
the
adults,
so
I'll
pause
right
there.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
superintendent.
Thank
you
assemblywoman.
I
appreciate
that
and
we
have
up
next
assemblywoman
peters.
B
Thank
you
chair
first,
just
like
to
echo
my
colleagues
sentiments
regarding
these
programs
related
to
our
retention
and
recruitment
of
teachers,
and
I
really
look
forward
to
seeing
that
data
breakdown
of
the
metrics
that
you're
expecting
to
get
from
these
programs
to
see
how
these
programs
are
really
moving
us
forward
in
this
particular
space.
The
one
piece,
though,
that
I'm
not
seeing
in
here
is
a
discussion
about
like
the
increased
cost
of
living
in
nevada.
B
I
understand
that
it's
the
educator
the
workforce
is,
is
low
across
the
country,
but
in
nevada
it's
really
creating
problems
with
with
our
housing
market
and
our
rental
market.
I
know
there
aren't
single
teachers
out
there
without
roommates
or
considering
roommates,
because
it's
just
impossible
to
find
a
place
right
now,
especially
northern
nevada.
B
My
question,
though,
is
related
to
e14,
and
there
appeared
to
be
at
least
three
other
work
programs
that
we
looked
at
today
related
to
providing
care
to
children
and
supporting
their
families.
B
We
know
that
the
earlier
we
get
to
children
and
get
them
into
educational
programs
the
more
successful
they
are
reading
and
developing
other
important
skills,
but
early
childhood
isn't
limited
to
school-aged.
Children
and
pre-k
is
just
a
component
of
that
larger
effort,
so
we
need
to
ensure
that
children
and
families
are
being
supported
from
time
of
birth
on
rate.
So,
as
we
move
forward
into
recovery,
we
need
to
be
standing
up
larger
scale
and
coordinated
efforts
to
address
child
care
and
early
childhood
education
needs
for
our
communities.
B
We
have
public
players,
such
as
our
schools,
but
we
also
have
an
underrepresented
child
child
care
industry
that
needs
attention
and
support
as
well.
So
my
question
for
you
is:
how
does
your
early
childhood
education
data
collection
efforts
and
and
building
the
the
pre-k
program
efforts
work
with
other
agencies
who
are
working
in
this
space
as
well?
Can
we
talk
about
that
coordinating
effort
and
how
you're
working
to
enhance
those
programs.
Q
Jonathan
moore
for
the
record,
thank
you
for
the
question
so
currently,
within
our
day-to-day
work.
We
partnered
with
the
department
of
welfare
services
child
care
to
ensure
that
we're
meeting
the
needs
of
families
with
young
children
and
that's
also
part
of
our
data
collection,
you'll,
see
within
one
of
our
proposals,
is
work
to
significantly
develop
and
support
our
birth
through
third
grade
or
b3,
as
it's
called
initiative.
Q
What
we
do
know
right
is
that,
earlier
that
we
can
capture
our
youngest
learners
and
provide
a
system
of
support
for
them
and
their
families.
The
more
successful
their
trajectory
will
be
so
part
of
that
work
that
you
see
in
the
proposal
includes
not
only
alignment
with
data
collection
across
systems
to
be
able
to
ensure
that
the
ways
in
which
we're
developing
our
student
or
the
ways
in
which
we're
engaging
our
students
and
family
are
yielding
positive
outcomes.
Q
We
also
have
a
component
in
there
that
I'm
really
excited
about
where
we're
pattern.
What
we're
modeling?
After
our
digital
ambassadors,
we
want
to
create
a
system
of
our
educators
and
our
administrators
of
our
earliest
learners.
So
talking
about
birth
through
third
grade,
so
our
learners
in
that
continuum
to
be
able
to
build
their
capacity
to
support
not
only
current
educators
but
those
who
may
be
new
or
seeking
to
join
that
space.
Q
So
we
certainly
echo
that
and
you
will
find
dedicated
priorities
aligned
to
the
birth
through
third
grade
space
as
well
as
pre-k.
B
So
I
guess
I
would
like
to
just
follow
up
that
that
I
really
hope
that
the
efforts
that
are
included
in
this
work
program
e14
in
particular,
do
enhance
the
overall
state's
efforts
in
this
area
and
that
we
we
really
start
to
define
out
metrics
and
how
we're
going
to
move
the
move.
Really.
The
meter
of
accessibility
to
early
childhood
education
for
parents
having
being
a
child,
a
parent
of
three
children
that
was
our
biggest
hurdle,
was
just
finding
a
place
to
put
our
kids
that
didn't
bankrupt
us.
B
My
husband
had
been
a
stay-at-home
parent
for
eight
years,
because
we've
had
a
child
who
was
not
in
the
public
education
system
for
that
long,
and
it
just
made
financial
sense
for
us
to
do
that.
So
as
we
move
forward
with
these
programs,
and
particularly
the
federal
dollars
that
look
to
be
coming
in
related
to
this,
this
child
care
issue,
in
particular,
seeing
this
coordinated
effort
through
our
different
entities.
A
Thank
you
assemblywoman
appreciate
that
we
have
up
next
a
question
from
senator
settlemyre.
Please.
G
J
Thank
you
senator
for
the
question.
Most
of
the
majority
of
the
projects
do
not
require
additional
funds.
What
I
would
share
the
one
that
you
know,
project
that
we've
been
highlighting
a
lot
is
the
teacher
recruitment
and
retention
in
that
last
mile.
I
think
continuing
to
work
with
our
federal
delegation,
because
again
this
is
not
just
a
nevada
issue
in
the
pipeline.
It
is
a
national
issue
and
so
working
on
the
accessibility
to
college
college
inc.
J
The
cost
of
college
has
increased
immensely
and
resources
such
as
pell
grants
have
not
increased
at
the
same
rate.
So
we
have
a
national
issue
and
what
I
would
say
is
that
that
one
program
is
successful
and
we
can
demonstrate,
we
bring
the
data
to
you
that
it
is
successful
and
we
bring
it
to
the
federal
government
as
well
that
that
would
continue,
but
the
other
projects
in
building
out.
J
Unless
there's
a
specific
project
in
here
that
you
would
like
me
to
address
they,
we
really
aren't
asking
for
additional
fun
support
beyond
what
is
allocated.
J
J
In
the
programs
that
are
here
unless
the
legislature
would
like
to
see
components
such
as
the
cte
pathway
to
continue
other
pieces,
where
we
see
that
our
educational
system
can
benefit
from
these
types
of
programs,
you
know
there
there
are
just
straight
up,
but
during
this
last
legislative
session,
we
as
a
department
would
have
loved
to
put
forward
some
additional
projects
to
be
able
to
move
our
educational
system
forward,
but
unfortunately,
because
of
the
economic
crisis,
we
did
not
move
that
forward.
J
D
A
I
want
to
follow
up
on
senator
settlemeyer's
question,
though,
specifically
it's
e-10
and
e-11
have
reoccurring
costs
associated
with
them.
Beyond
this
you
know
they
would
have
annual
reoccurring
costs
and
is
it
I
think
enough
if
I
understood
senator
settlemere's
question
and
similar
to
mine,
if,
if
that
is
shown
to
be
successful
and
valuable
and
something
you
wanted
to
carry
forward,
would
you
include
that,
in
your
your
budget
request
moving
forward
and
that's
specifically
e10
and
e11.
J
Yeah,
so
those
actually
in
e10
I'm
going
to
refer
to
deputy
gonzalez,
because
I
think
there
is
one
piece.
J
F
B
Heidi
hearts,
for
the
record,
as
the
superintendent
indicated,
many
of
the
projects
that
have
been
proposed
for
funding
through
our
covid
federal
relief
dollars
are
one
time
in
nature,
because
the
funds
are
one
time
in
nature.
So
we've
really
focused
on
projects
that
will
allow
us
to
invest
in
a
significant
way
and
lay
a
solid
foundation.
Moving
forward
for
individual
projects
that
may
have
an
ongoing
funding
need
or
could
benefit
our
school
districts.
B
Moving
forward,
we've
identified
those
in
the
project
proposals
under
the
section
titled
off
ramp
and
certainly,
as
we
begin
to
build
the
biennial
budget
request,
not
only
for
the
2023
legislative
session,
but
also
the
2025
legislative
session.
The
department
would
look
at
programs
and
services
that
are
proving
to
be
successful
and
have
a
significant
improvement
in
our
school
districts
to
determine
if
they
warrant
additional
funding
moving
forward.
A
Thank
you
miss
hearts
that
answers
my
question.
Do
we
have?
Oh,
I
believe
I
have
assemblywoman
benitez
thompson
has
a
question
as
well.
E
Thank
you
so
much
and
they're
specific
to
item
eight
and
then
a
quick
one
on
item
12..
So
on
item
eight.
This
is
just
going
to
be
a
request
for
information,
because
I
know
that's
specific
to
the
dollars
that
are
going
to
non-public
schools.
The
feds
are
they've
got
their
requirement
in
it.
Here
we
have
to
comply
with
it.
E
They're
setting
the
parameters
in
terms
of
what
low
income
is
185
of
the
federal
poverty
level
at
2020,
and
I
know
that
in
other
programs,
we've
had
the
same
requirement
as
well
about
a
portion
of
these
federal
dollars
that
are
specific
to
non-public
schools
to
help
low-income
children
in
those
public
schools.
So
just
what
I'm
looking
for
is
an
idea
of
how
those
dollars
have
gone
out
and
been
spent
if
they've
been
completely
utilized
and
then
where
those
allocations
have
gone
to.
E
Knowing
that
item,
eight
is
forward-looking
at
some
point
I'll
request
the
same
thing,
which
is:
how
are
these
dollars
actually
falling
out
to
our
non-public
school
education
settings
and
what
do
their
needs
look
like
with
low-income
students?
So
that's
kind
of
data
I'll
be
looking
for
on
8
and
that
can
be
sent
offline
when
the
department
gets.
It
then
specific
to
item
number
12,
which
is
the
the
math
support
specific
to
algebra.
E
I
think
my
question
is
probably
in
the
spirit
of
10
and
11.
The
questions
that
senator
brooks
just
asked,
which
is
super
excited
about
this
super
excited
to
see
the
thought
into
grades
three
through
seven
and
eight
through
eleven
for
the
support,
knowing
that
our
act
data
shows
us.
This
is
the
reason
why
we
probably
are
trending
downwards
over
time
with
those
results,
and
this
could
help
in
the
bigger
picture
in
terms
of
the
academic
success
of
our
students.
So
we
know
that
this
is.
E
It
looks
like
a
two-year
funding
request,
but
same
thing
if
this
works
well,
if
we
see
our
numbers
trend
up
because
in
math
because
of
these
supports,
then
is
there
a
way
for
us
to
do
this
in
the
longer?
In
the
long
run,
it
doesn't
seem
like
a
big
chunk
of
money,
but
I
think
it
could
be
very
meaningful.
So
to
me
it
seems
like
something
that
if
it
works
well,
we
would
continue
to
do,
but,
but
that's
it
on
12th
thanks.
A
And
I
believe
senator
gokuchi
has
a
question
as
well.
C
A
B
E-9
because
it's
a
very
large
chunk
of
money,
322
million
dollars
going
into
what
we
believe
are
some
problems
we're
having
because
of.
A
J
Thank
you,
senator
hammond
for
the
record
superintendent
ebert,
so
the
200
million
that
you
strategically
placed
as
a
body
moving
forward
will
help
school
districts,
move
that
and
that's
you
know
the
planning
piece
also
too,
with
the
commission
on
school
funding
reaching
optimal
funding.
We
know
that
we're
still
looking
at
additional
2
billion
dollars
per
year
to
reach
optimal
funding
for
the
state
of
nevada,
and
so
that
work
is
being
done
by
the
commission
on
school
funding
to
be
able
to
bring
those
proposals
to
you
for
approval.
J
So
those
would
be
the
two
things
that
I
would
note
the
200
million
kind
of
gives
that
gap,
also
to
the
funding
that
you
provided
and
the
increased
funding
that
you
provided
to
school
districts.
This
last
legislative
session,
as
well
as
the
commission
on
school
funding,
moving
forward
on
how
we
reach
optimal
funding
for
our
state.
A
A
All
right,
okay!
Well,
I
do
not
see
any
further
questions
or
comments
or
discussion
from
the
committee
on
these
items
and
I
really
really
appreciate
the
entire
nde
team
coming
today
to
help
help
us
walk
through
these
items
and
understand
them.
I
see
no
further
conversation
or
discussion.
I
would
take
a
motion
to
approve
items.
Seven
through
16.
F
A
Moved
mr
chairman
and
I
have
carleton
made
that
motion
and
I
had
a
second
from
senator
dennis:
do
we
have
any
other
discussion
or
do
we
have
any
discussion
on
that
motion.
C
I
just
wanted
to
make
a
comment
on
the
motion.
I
I
appreciate
all
the
work
that
the
department
has
put
forward
to
try
to
they've
got
a
lot
of
pieces
that
they're
trying
to
do
with
all
this
funding,
and
so
I
think
that
I
appreciate
them
being
able
to
get
this
all
work
done
as
we
move
forward,
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
needs
to
be
done
to
make
up
some
things
and
also
some
things
just
from
the
past
that
we're
able
to
move
forward.
So
I
appreciate
the
motion
that
will
help
you
to.
A
And
thank
you
and
any
opposed.
Please
raise
your
hand
and
that
motion
passes
unanimously
and
those
items
to
approve
items
7
through
16..
Thank
you
very
much
and
that
will
take
us
to
our
next
set
of
items.
Our
next
item
excuse
me,
which
is
going
to
be
item
22
and
item
22.
A
Once
again,
I
open
up
far
too
many
screens
and
I'm
not
exactly
sure
who
we
have
from
the
department
of
agriculture
with
us
this
morning.
But
please
go
ahead
and
walk
us
through
that.
T
The
purpose
of
this
work
program
that
we
put
forward
is
to
request
the
reinstatement
of
the
operations
manager
position
in
the
dairy
program,
which
was
eliminated
due
the
during
the
2021
session.
Due
to
concerns
of
the
reserves
in
that
program,
nba
does
not
have
any
other
positions
that
meet
the
required
experience
or
expertise
of
this
operations
manager
position.
The
operation
manager
also
has
specific
qualifications
that
must
be
met,
including
licensure
and
environmental
health
specialists
and
experienced
performing
environmental
health
duties
for
a
regulatory
environmental
health
agency.
T
A
Slight
technical
difficulties
on
my
end.
Sorry
about
that,
mr
ferris.
Thank
you
so
much
yeah
we
do
have
a
question.
I
have
a.
C
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
you
must
have
been
anticipating
on
the
last
last
that
I
would
have
something
here
with
the
department
of
ag
yeah.
Mr
ferris
said
you
know
I
can
understand,
probably
the
need
and
again
I'm
a
rural
representative,
but
I've
been
getting
inundated
with
calls
over
the
last
week
10
days,
especially
about
your
entry
desk
and
getting
livestock
permitted
and
entered
into
the
the
state,
especially
down
some
of
that
livestock
going
to
the
all
indian
finals
and
the
pbr
in
las
vegas.
So
I
can.
C
I
am
sympathetic
with
your
needs
and
we
need
to
make
sure
we've
got
a
supervisor
over
the
dairy
fund.
Everyone
needs
to
understand
this
is
this
fee
is
actually
on
the
the
product,
the
retailer
rather
than
the
dairy
industry,
but
it
it
is
there
in
place
to
support
the
dairy
lab.
But
I
guess
I
want
to
know
if
we
put
give
you
this
position.
Is
it
in
fact
going
to
free
up
your
animal
industry
side
and
your
state
vet
side?
It
seems
to
be
lacking.
T
For
the
record
tim
ferriss,
thank
you
for
the
question
senator
currently
without
the
dairy
operations
manager
position.
That
is,
is
a
duty,
because
the
state
veterinarian
does
oversee
the
dairy
program
and
next
from
the
state.
Veterinarian
is
myself,
and
so
this
is
taking
a
lot
of
time
out
of
out
of
our
state
veterinarian's
position
as
well
as
mine
and
overseeing
these
and
trying
to
comply
with
all
the
regulations
that
we
need
to
meet.
C
Permits
I
may
follow
up
mr
chair,
then,
okay,
mr
ferris,
if
we
give
you
this
position,
then
you're
gonna,
I'm
gonna,
see
a
diminished
number
of
phone
calls
coming
to
mind.
You
know
it's
really
got
problematic
over
the
last
couple
weeks
and
I
don't
know
what's
going
on.
I
know
it's
a
busy
time
of
year,
but
I
don't
want
to
see
you
know
some
of
those
events
like
the
pbr
in
las
vegas
being
cancelled
because
they
can't
get
a
they're
very
upset.
A
Thank
you
senator
gokuchiya,
and
do
we
have
any
other
questions?
Oh,
we
have
assembly
women
titus,
please
go
ahead.
Thank.
F
You,
mr
chair,
I'm
concerned
about
it
in
our
comments.
However,
senator
gokuchi
commented
that
this
assessment
is
not
on
the
producers.
Actually
it's
on,
like
the
middle
person
and
I'm
just
concerned.
F
Apparently
you
respond
on
how
you're
going
to
pay
for
this
and
and
indicated
that
you
would
recommence
the
collection
of
butter,
fluid
milk
and
cream
assessments
and
how
that
projected
that
amount
of
income
168
000,
I'm
just
wondering
what
what
percent
is
a
charge
and
is
the
industry
aware
that
you're
going
to
be
charging
this
and
the
and
the
people
who
produce
the
milk?
Would
it
not
be
the
dairyman,
but
it's
now
going
to
be
the
people
who
bottle
it
or
is
it
going
to
be
at
the
grocery
store
chain?
T
For
the
record
ferris,
thank
you
for
the
question
assemblywoman
these
assessments
it
was,
they
were
historically,
they
have
been
in
place
until
2014
when
the
dairy
commission,
which
has
since
been
dissolved
and
was
taken
over
by
the
department
of
agriculture.
At
that
time,
the
dairy
commission
was
experiencing
an
access
in
reserves.
T
So
their
decision
was
in
2014.
They
stopped
the
butter
assessments
and
then
in
2015
they
actually
stopped
the
assessments
completely
on
the
fluid
milk
products,
this
it
is
paid
for
by
the
distributors,
so
anybody
who's
distributing
milk
products
and
and
butter
that
type
of
product
is
who
who
pays
these?
We
did
notify
everybody
prior
to
this
in
may
and
in
june
we
sent
out
notifications
of
of
re-implementing
this,
and
I
can
say
from
from
the
dairy
program
or
dairy
producers
that
we
could
speak
with.
There
was
no
opposition
to
it.
T
F
T
For
the
record
doug
ferris,
I
I
understand
which
your
statement
about
that.
I
know
it
always
goes
down
to
the
consumer,
so
if
they
decide
to
pass
this
on
that,
that
could
be.
It
is
the
consumers
that
are
paying
it
like.
I
said
they
historically,
they
paid
it
already
and
it's
the
same
fee.
We
didn't
increase
the
fees
that
they
they
paid
back
in
14
or
15..
We
just
reimplemented
them
and
they
are
relatively,
I
mean
they're
small
amounts
in
the
in
the
in
the
big
picture.
T
I
guess
they're
larger
amounts
depending
on
it,
but
but
it
is
for
for
butter.
It's
one
cent
per
pound
of
butter
that's
distributed,
and
then
for
fluid
milk
and
cream.
That's
point:
zero,
zero,
zero,
four
cents
per
pound
of
fluid
milk
or
cream
that
is
distributed
throughout
the
state.
A
Thank
you
assemblywoman.
I
I
have
a
follow-up
question
to
that:
just
will
the
agency
be
able
to
sustain
their
their
current
or
not
current
sufficient
reserve
levels
in
the
long
term
if
this
position
is
approved,
in
addition
to
reinstating
the
fees.
A
T
Yes,
mr
chair
forward
the
record
to
ferris:
the
fees
have
actually
already.
They
were
re-implemented
as
a
fiscal
year
22
so
july.
1
is
when
we
started
collections
have
already
started
coming
in.
They
come
at
the
20th
of
the
month,
so
in
august
september,
and
now
come
in
october.
We
have
have
collected
these
assessments,
so
they're
already
being
realized
funding
into
the
program,
and
that
is
the
projections
that
that
our
fiscal
staff
did
and
that
we
went
over
was
to
make
sure
that
we
would
be
a
solvent.
T
E
A
Good
morning
miss
jamison,
and
we
can
hear
you
fine.
E
Okay
good
morning
just
to
expand
upon
that
question.
E
Was
we
projected
them
at
flat
based
on
actuals,
the
first
six
weeks
of
collection,
and
then
we
added
growth
to
the
expenses,
and
we
did
a
three
four
year
analysis
on
it
to
show.
A
Thank
you
thank
you
for
that
ms
jameson
and
I'll
check
with
the
committee
and
see
if
we
have
any
other
questions
for
miss
jameson
on
that
piece.
Senator
gokuchiya,
please
thank
you
for.
C
L
C
A
Thank
you
senator,
and
do
we
have
any
other
questions
or
comments
from
the
committee
for
either
miss
ferris
or
ms
jameson.
A
All
right
I
see
none,
so
I
would
like
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
this
item.
A
Okay,
I
think
I
have
a
motion
from
vice
chair
carlton
and
did
I
see
a
second
from
senator
kopchia?
Thank
you
senator
and
now
any
discussion
on
that
motion.
A
I
see
no
discussion
on
the
motion,
so
please,
all
in
favor
raise
your
hand
right
any
oppose.
Oh
thank
you
and
any
opposed.
Please
raise
your
hand
all
right.
That
motion
passes
unanimously
and
we
can
move
on
to
our
next
item.
Thank
you,
administrator
ferris,
and
thank
you
very
much,
miss
jameson
for
helping
us
out
this
morning
and
we
can
move
on
to
item
34.
A
and
I
just
want
to
let
the
members
know
and
those
who
are
presenting
it's
it's
12
o'clock
right
now
and
I
want
to
take
a
couple
of
items
to
take
the
possibly
the
next
two
items
and
then
we
will
break
for
a
brief
lunch
because
I
don't
think
we're
gonna
be
able
to
power
all
the
way
through
this
today,
without
stopping
to
for
a
quick
break,
we'll
take
about
a
30-minute
break
after
the
next
two
items.
So
we'll
take
item
34,
36
and
then
we'll
go
to
lunch.
A
I
believe
it's
item
34.
Let
me
let
me
make
sure
I'm
not
skipping
anything
yep
and
with
us.
That's
from
the
department
of
health
and
human
services,
aging
and
disability
services,
and
we
have
administrator
schmidt
with
us
this
morning
that
will
help
us
walk
through
that
work
program.
Please
go
ahead.
L
Thank
you,
chair
brooks,
and
members
of
the
committee.
This
is
dina
schmidt,
administrator
for
aging
and
disability
services
division.
This
work
program
transfers
two
million
dollars
in
federal,
epidemiology
and
laboratory
capacity
funds,
also
known
as
elc
to
our
division.
The
funds
are
focused
on
mitigating
cases
of
open
19,
as
well
as
exposure
to
over
19.,
and
we
will
be
using
these
funds
for
two
projects
within
our
division.
L
L
This
program
will
be
structured
similar
to
the
expansion
of
the
certified
community
behavior
health
clinics
that
was
done
by
division
of
public
and
behavioral
health.
It
will
be
through
a
competitive
grant
process,
with
funding
open
to
residential
facilities
for
groups
and
homes
for
individual
residential
care.
L
The
second
project
is
a
reduction
of
our
wait
list
for
our
assistive
technology
for
independent
living
program.
Assistive
technology
or
home
modifications
are
often
one-time
expenditures
that
assist
people
with
physical
disabilities
to
stay
in
their
home,
rather
than
be
moved
to
an
institutional
setting.
The
program
has
a
current
wait
list
of
111
individuals
who
have
physical
disabilities
and
need
some
type
of
home
modification
to
remain
independent.
L
Door
widening
those
types
of
things:
assistive
devices
for
meal
preparation,
mobility,
devices,
vehicle
modifications,
as
well
as
communication
devices
that
one's
on
we
really
do.
I
just
want
to
just
acknowledge
and
appreciate
the
collaboration
of
lisa
sherick
and
julia
peake
and
the
entire
republican
behavioral
health
team
who
worked
with
us
and
their
funding
partners
to
identify
projects
that
would
reduce
the
risk
of
co-ed
exposure
to
older
nevadans
and
people
with
disabilities,
and
with
that
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
A
All
right,
thank
you
so
much.
Ms
schmidt,
I
appreciate
it.
I
appreciate
this
this
work
program
and
that
and
everything
that's
in
it.
It's
a
wonderful
use,
especially
one-time
funds,
to
fix
some
of
the
things
that
have
been
exposed
by
this
kova
19
issue.
I
have
a
handful
of
questions
and
we'll
start
with
assembly
woman,
benitez
thompson.
Please.
E
E
I
think
that
this
is
a
a
great
start
of
money.
I
think
it's
a
great
use
of
a
million
dollars,
a
question
I'll
throw
out
there.
Rhetorically
is.
Why
is
it
not
more?
When
we
have,
we
know
such
a
pent-up
demand
or
more
residential
home
for
groups?
I
I
could
see
us
easily
justifying
much
more
than
a
million
dollars
in
two
years,
two
million
dollars
for
this
kind
of
project,
and
I
know
that
when
the
governor
was
requesting
projects
that
people
would
be
interested
in
and
need
money
for.
E
This
is
something
that
I
put
in.
As
could
we
please
consider
more
funding
for
these
types
of
group
homes
and
these
types
of
supports,
because
they
absolutely
free
up
critical
care
beds
and
make
sure
people
are
lingering
in
hospitals.
Move
them
out
have
a
place
to
move
them
to
so
that
critically
ill
people
have
a
space
in
acute
care
hospitals.
E
So
the
the
two
pieces
to
this.
Since
I
probably
should
ask
a
question,
as
opposed
to
just
being
generally
supportive
of
this
is
it
looks
like
you
were
going
to
do
a
group
home
process.
I
think
I
heard
you
say
and,
as
I
read
the
work
program,
information
in
34,
the
owners
of
the
group
homes
are
going
to
be
applying
directly
to
the
department,
so
they'll
be
coming
to
you
with
specific
asks
about
what
they
need
in
order
to
either
increase
their
bed
capacity.
E
Or
I
would
imagine,
get
another
license
for
another
home
to
increase
bed
capacity.
Is
that
the
way
that
it's
going
to
work
out.
L
E
I
appreciate
that,
and
I
know
that
about
different
kinds
of
group
homes.
There
are
certain
sets
of
group
homes
that
have
been
problematic
but
specific
to
the
group
homes
for
the
elderly.
Those
have
done
phenomenally
well,
they
tend
to
be
very
high
quality,
and
so
they
they
they
turn.
They
tend
to
be
a
really
good
investment
of
our
state
dollars
and
also
help
for
families
in
the
community.
But
when
you
talk
about
measuring
outcomes,
I
guess
what
would
you
be
looking
at
to?
Let
us
know
if
this
program
indeed
is
working
or
not.
L
Punishment
for
the
record,
I
apologize,
so
we
have
been
working
with
the
industry
to
try
to
get
a
sense
of
exactly
how
we
would
measure
outcomes
one
of
the
things.
Obviously,
the
basic
focus
is
going
to
be
the
number
of
bends
increased,
but
we
will
also
be
working
with
healthcare
quality
and
compliance
and
ensuring
compliance
and
quality
of
care
for
those
beds
that
are
created,
and
I
agree,
I
think
we
will
be
looking
at
their
licensure
status,
their
history.
You
know
any
information
that
we
can
get
as
we
evaluate
those
grants.
L
E
I
appreciate
that,
if
I
could
segue
just
real
quickly
this
past
session,
we
authorized
funding
to
the
department
to
modernize
and
streamline
the
application
process
for
the
individuals
who
are
applying
to
for
financial
assistance
to
with,
with
living
in
some
of
these
residential
homes,
for
groups
for
elder
elderly
and
medically
fragile.
L
Schmidt
for
the
record,
so
if
you
recall
that
those
those
funds
for
that
streamlined
project
were
in
the
division
of
welfare
and
supportive
services
budget-
and
we
have
been
having
meetings
with
them
to
get
a
kick
off,
but
at
this
point
we're
still
in
the
process
of
developing
and
looking
at
the
rfp
process
and
what
route
we're
going
to
go
and
I
apologize.
I
wasn't
expecting
that
question.
So
I
don't
have
too
much
information
other
than
we
are
working
on
it.
L
E
No-
and
I
appreciate
that
because
I
think
it
speaks
to
the
complexity
of
what
it
takes
to
qualify,
to
help
this
population,
that
someone
has
to
have
an
immediate
need
and
be
able
to
demonstrate
that
they
are
at
threat
of
being
admitted
to
a
nursing
home
because
they
are
medically
fragile
or
because
they
need
so
many
supports,
and
they
want
to
continue
to
home.
So
from
the
time
that
person
might
apply,
you've
got
an
application
that
goes
to
the
division
of
welfare.
Then
it
goes
through
aging.
E
You've
got
a
couple
of
big
organizations
involved,
and
so
I
think
that
was
the
goal
of
those
dollars
was
to
help
streamline
so
that
people
could
move
through
multiple
departments
at
at
a
at
a
better
rate
than
than
what
it's
been
taking
us.
So
we
can
get
those
increase.
Our
number
beds
then
hopefully,
and
smooth
out
that
process
for
the
people
to
get
into
the
beds
and
then
we'll
have
a
great
fix,
I'm
excited
about
where
we'll
be
in
a
year.
From
now,.
S
Yes,
chair
brooks
thank
you
for
that.
If
I
administrator
schmidt,
my
question
is
directly
about
the
the
incubator
grants
and
what
do
you
anticipate
will
be
the
increase
of
the
number
of
the
actual
number
of
the
residential
settings
of
available
beds
here
in
the
state
and
also
would
those
be
for
my
notes?
It's
unclear.
Would
those
be
permanent,
so
I
know
this
may
just
be
one-time
funding,
but
would,
with
those
the
increased
capacity
be
available
in
nevada
after
after
the
grant
period,.
L
Punishment
for
the
record-
yes,
that
would
be
the
intent
we
would
fund
agencies
to
increase
their
capacity
or
open-
let's
just
say,
a
new
home
that
would
serve
maybe
four
more
people,
obviously
at
some
point,
the
grant
funding
once
the
grant
funding
the
project
is
completed.
It's
really
up
to
that,
like
that
group
home
owner
to
continue
to
offer
that
service,
and
we
don't
have
any
way
to
control
that
beyond
the
grant
funding,
if
that
makes
sense,
but
we
would
look
at
we
were.
L
We
were
hopeful
that
most
of
these
providers
are
in
this.
This
is
their
industry
and
their
business,
and
many
of
them,
especially
our
really
good
ones,
want
to
grow
their
capacity,
but
they
struggle
with
some
of
the
one-time
expenditures
that
are
needed
in
a
home.
You
know,
and
so
this
is
a
way
to
kind
of
support
those
who
have
been
serving
people
already
to
support
and
increase.
You
know
the
ability
to
serve
more
people
in
our
state.
S
A
S
Thank
you
so
so,
because
you
know
another
very
real
issue
that
was
pre
covered
or
exempt
of
coping
is
our
aging
population
and
the
fact
that
people
are
living
longer
and
and
so
that
the
increased
need
with
that.
So
you're
actually
saying
that
some
of
this
will
be
able
to
assist
with
people
with
these
small
group
and
small
residential
settings
for
them
to
actually
obtain
their
licensure
in
order
to
you
know,
be
legally
and
officially
licensed
to
do
so.
L
Punishment
for
the
record,
that
is
correct,
yeah.
Our
hope
is
that
if
there's
folks
out
there
who
have
been
trying
to
get
licensed
or
possibly
those
that
have
been
operating-
and
this
would
give
them
the
money,
they
need
to
do
modifications
that
they
need
to
meet
licensure
requirements.
L
L
Or
too
much
yeah
for
the
record
and
to
your
point?
Yes,
I
I
am
grateful
for
the
million.
I
did
also
we
as
an
agency.
We
also
submitted
this
request
to
our
funds,
so
there's
an
opportunity
there
again,
but
we
were
just
grateful
for
this
opportunity
and
our
partners
over
at
public
behavior
health,
who
had
this
large
grant
and
reached
out
to
sister
agencies
to
see
if
there
were
things
that
we
could
do,
and
so
it's
a
start
and
hopefully
we
will
be
successful
and
have
an
opportunity
to
add
money
to
this
project.
A
Thank
you
thank
you
assemblywoman,
and
do
we
have
any
other
questions
on
this
item
from
these
from
our
committee?
I
have
a
question.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
give
other
members
an
opportunity
and
seeing
none.
My
question
is
around
the
the
assistive
technology
services
and,
and
some
of
this
money
is
going
to
go
to
clear
up
that
wait
list
or
eliminate
or
reduce
that
wait
list,
and
I
just
want
to
understand
what
the
primary
factors
contributing
to
the
ongoing
wait
list
are
in
that
particular
program.
L
The
dana
schmidt
for
the
record-
and
I
do
have
with
me
jeff
duncan
our
chief
of
our
planning
and
advocacy
group,
and
he
might
have
to
help
me
fill
in
a
little
bit
here.
So
the
program
is
limited,
has
limited
amount
of
funding
is
one
reason.
We
often
have
a
waitlist
supplies,
obviously,
sometimes,
depending
on
the
request
that
people
need,
it
could
be
a
very
expensive
home
modification.
L
We
may
not
be
able
to
get
the
supplies
that
they
need
for
that
project
could
add
to
it,
but
I'll,
let
jeff
jump
in.
If
there's
anything
I
I
see
him
nodding,
so
you
think
he
agrees,
but
is
there
anything
else?
You
need
to
add
to.
D
The
gadina
this
jeff
duncan
for
the
record
that
would
be
absolutely
correct.
The
limited
funding
that
we
have
currently
and
then
the
ongoing
supply
cost
is
definitely
a
concern
through
kovid
supplies
has
to
fully
expanded
our
waived
for
services.
A
It
does
not
look
like
we
do
so.
Thank
you
very
much
administrator
schmidt
and
thank
you
for
that
answer,
mr
duncan,
and
with
that
we
can.
We
can
move
on
to
a
motion
and
I
would
like
to
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
this
item.
K
A
So
I
have
a
motion
from
a
competing
motion
from
assembly
or
not
competing
competing
for
the
motion
from
assembly
woman
benitez
thompson,
and
I
think
she
beat
you
to
the
punch
vice
chair,
carlton
and-
and
we
have
a
second
from
senator
dennis.
A
Who's
very
excited
about
this
item.
So
do
we
have
any
discussion
on
that
motion.
A
I
see
no
discussion
on
the
motion,
so
we
can
please
all
the
members
in
favor
raise
your
hand.
A
A
Thank
you
very
much
and
we
can
move
on
to
last
motion
last
item
before
lunch
is
item
36
and
that
is
from
the
department
of
health
and
human
services,
healthcare,
financing
policy,
healthcare
and
policy
administration,
and
that
work
program
is
to
implement
senate
bill
420,
and
I
would
just
like
to
remind
the
presenters
and
and
remind
the
members
of
the
committee
that
we
aren't
necessarily
here
to
debate
the
merits
of
the
policy,
or
this
is
a
bill
that
had
passed,
and
I
just
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we
make
sure
that
the
expenditure
that
we
are
looking
to
approve
today
is
in
compliance
with
the
statute
and,
and
that
is
the
correct
amounts
and
is
being
done
correctly
and
so
with
us.
A
Today
we
have,
we
have
deputy
administrator,
burrell
and
deputy
administrator
capuro
and
we
have
dwayne
young
from
the
governor's
office,
and
so
whoever
wants
to
go
first
and
mr
young,
if
you'd
like
to
go
ahead
and
just
kind
of
just
give
us
a
very
brief
understanding
of
where
we're
at
in
the
process
and
just
just
to
make
sure
that
this
expenditure
for
this
to
piece
of
implementation
for
senate
bill
420
is
correct.
P
Good
morning,
chair
brooks
and
by
sir
carlton
and
committee,
I'm
dwayne
young,
I'm
the
policy
director
for
the
office
of
the
governor.
I
first
want
to
address
the
anomaly:
it's
not
normal
that
the
governor's
office
represents
agencies
and
work
programs.
However,
we
are
doing
so
today
for
two
reasons:
one
to
show
our
commitment
to
all
stakeholders
to
stay
engaged
in
this
process
and
two
to
support
state
agencies
who
are
required
to
implement
the
tenants
of
the
law.
P
With
that
said
with
me
today
also
is
susan
brown
from
the
governor's
finance
office,
who
can
help
her
answer
assistant
answering
any
specifics
or
mechanics
of
the
work
program.
This
work
program
is
requested
through
the
division
of
healthcare.
Financing
policy
is
a
request
to
transfer
funds
from
the
public
option,
trust
fund
for
both
staffing
and
contractual
costs.
The
contractual
costs
include
assistance
with
the
development
of
the
needed
waiver
and
actual
analysis
of
the
impact
of
the
public
option
for
the
market,
for
health
care
and
insurance,
and
risk
pools
analysis.
P
A
A
Oh
right,
assembly,
woman.
B
Okay
and
if
I
cut
out,
I
apologize
too
I'm
having
some
unstable
internet
issues
over
here
and
I
just
had
a
quick
question
chair.
I
just
wanted
to
ask
really
quick
it's
something
I
usually.
P
They
are
a
nationally
based
company,
they
are
nationwide,
but
they
do
not
have
any
specific
offices
in
the
bank.
B
Okay
and
then
just
one
other
question:
was
there
an
rfp
put
out
for
it.
P
F
Thank
you.
So,
in
a
couple
of
different
sections,
there
were
monies
allocated
associated
with
those
sections
and
I
I
believe
we're
we're
fairly
consistent
with
the
fiscal
notes
that
were
submitted.
So
that's
a
good
thing.
What
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
here
is
the
money
that's
being
asked
for
here
will
be
for
the
actuarial
study
and
to
begin
the
process
of
implementation.
F
There
was
money
set
aside
for
the
study
and
there's
money
set
aside
for
the
implementation,
and
when
I
look
at
the
dollars
that
you're
requesting
now
it
seems
as
though
the
actuarial
study
dollars
are
encapsulated
in
this,
and
I
missed
a
little
bit
of
your
statement,
mr
young.
My
internet's
been
going
in
and
out
on
me.
So
what
I'm
wondering
is
there
was
another
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
set
aside
to
go
through.
F
P
Doing
young
for
the
record
makes
perfect
sense,
and
this
is
some
confusion,
and
so
I'm
thankful
for
the
opportunity
to
clarify
this
on
the
record.
The
second
actuarial
study
and
the
500
thousand
dollars
that
is
contained
within
the
fiscal
note
will
actually
come
later
in
the
process
and
so
to
answer
your
question.
Yes,
we
believe
it
will
be
needed,
but
if
there
is
we
know
with
this
process,
there
are
several
guardrails
within
this
build
and
several.
P
If
this,
then
this
takes
place,
and
so,
if
there
were
to
be
you
know,
information
identified
in
earlier
sections
or
feedback,
because
that
specific
actuarial
analysis
actually
focuses
on
the
exchange
and
the
portion
of
the
public
option
in
in
section
16.5
of
the
bill
that
looks
at
a
specific
entities
offering
exchange-based
programs
for
individuals
who
have
not
yet
qualified
for
insurance
through
their
employer
or
have
been
released
by
their
employer
and
operates
almost
as
like
cobra-like
plain.
P
So
there
are
some
correspondence
with
the
federal
government
about
what
that
looks
like,
but
that
separate
set
of
funds
was
set
aside
for
that,
and
then
I
believe
it
is
earmarked
in
for
the
next
biennium,
and
so
we
would
have
an
opportunity
to
come
back
during
the
legislative
session
or
at
another
ifc
in
the
future.
If
the
health
exchange
felt
that
that
that
portion
wasn't
needed,
based
on
the
work
that
medicaid
has
done
out
of
this
first
actuary
system.
F
Okay,
thank
you
very
much,
so
we
are
still
doing
and
I
think
that's
where
some
folks
are
getting
confused.
We
still
are
doing
an
actuarial
study
to
look
at
the
market.
Do
some
market
analysis
to
be
able
to
have
input
from
all
the
different
stakeholders
and
agencies
that
will
be
involved?
So
that's
one
component,
then
the
discussion
and
implementation
and
getting
prepared
to
submit
a
waiver
and
then
possibly
another
study
for
schicks
on
the
back
end
depending
upon
where
we
end
up
do
I
did
I
break
that
down
fairly
correctly.
F
Thank
you
and,
and
there's
been
some
confusion
and
and
I
apologize,
we
got
this
quick
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
when
people
call
I
give
them
the
correct
answer
and
just
one
last
last
question.
So
staff
was
wonderful
enough
to
put
down
kind
of
a
timeline
for
us,
which
is
very
helpful
for
me,
and
it
talks
about
hosting
different
design
sessions
with
stakeholders
and
agencies.
F
I'm
sure
you
probably
heard
public
comment
this
morning
and
you
probably
have
folks
reach
out
to
you
who
want
to
be
involved.
So
if
you
could
kind
of
just
give
us
a
feel
for
what
those
will
look
like,
we
did
not
get
the
chance
to
have
that
conversation
in
session.
So
if
you
could
elaborate
on
that,
so
that
those
folks
who
are
interested
kind
of
know
the
lay
of
the
land
moving
forward,
how
you're
going
to
do
this.
P
Certainly
and
dwayne
young
again
for
the
record,
the.
That
is
the
reason
why
I
am
here
today.
P
I
have
taken
several
meetings:
chief
of
staff,
ken
sela,
many
people
have
reached
out
to
the
governor,
and
it
is
to
make
clear
that
the
governor's
mission
is
to
be
innovative
in
health
care,
but
to
also
be
smart
in
its
approach,
and
so
we
know
that
this
bill
many
people
did
not
feel
that
it
got
the
robust
discussion
that
it
needed,
but
we
also
know
that
there
are
many
appropriate
guard
rails
and
possible
two
other
bienniums
and
two
other
legislative
sessions
to
continue
this
discussion
and
see
where
we're
needed.
P
But
as
part
of
this
most
immediate
process,
the
agency
one
has
committed
to
continuing
those
conversations
that
have
certainly
started
here
in
my
office
and
and
translate
it
to
them
with
the
stakeholders,
as
well
as
with
the
contractor
actually
having
six
engagement
sessions
that
are
planned
outside
of
the
project
pick-off.
In
those
engagement
sessions,
there
will
be
an
opportunity.
P
As
you
know,
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
has
one
actuarial
economist
and
so
to
throw
all
this
on
them
would
just
be
impossible,
and
so
I
know
that
many
of
those
stakeholders
want
to
engage
their
own
actuaries
and
it
would
be
inappropriate
to
do
that
with
this
contracted
vendor,
because
that's
what
they're
there
for
and
so
to
have
those
discussions,
and
so
certainly
this
office
and
the
agency
has
always
been
committed
to
having
discussions
and
making
sure
that
people
feel
that
they
have
a
seat
at
the
table
and,
as
part
of
this
contract
are
those
six
sessions.
F
Okay,
and
thank
you
very
much,
mr
young,
I
I
appreciate
it.
Health
care
in
this
state
is
a
very
fine
balancing
act.
We've
got
to
the
point
where
our
uninsured
rate,
hopefully
we'll
get
back
to
the
single
digits
again,
once
we
get
where
we're
going,
it's
been
under
stress
for
the
last
couple
years,
through
no
fault
of
its
own.
F
A
pandemic
will
do
that
to
the
health
care
system,
and
we
just
want
to
be
very
careful
moving
forward
that
that's
one
of
the
most
important
things
folks
look
at
with
their
jobs
and
being
able
to
take
care
of
their
families
and
want
to
make
sure
everyone
has
a
seat
at
the
table,
and
we
have
a
thorough
conversation
about
making
sure
people
can
get
health
care,
and
if
this
is
a
path
forward,
that's
great.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
analyze
it
really
well.
F
So
thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
and
explaining
all
this
and
walking
through
the
walking
through
the
diff,
different
fiscal
components
of
it.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
A
Thank
you
vice
chair.
Thank
you,
mr
young.
I
I
think
that
was
some
of
the
confusion
and
some
of
the
folks
I
talked
to
as
well
as
is
how
the
listening
sessions
and
the
collaboration
and
input
from
stakeholders
how
that
would
be
facilitated
and
it's
going
to
be
facilitated
by
this
contractor.
So
we
have
to
put
the
contractor
in
place
or
this
this
vendor
excuse
me
put
in
in
place
and
then
we
can
begin
some
of
those
formalized
conversations
with
stakeholders.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
think
I
have
a
question
as
well
from
assemblywoman
benitez
thompson.
E
Thank
you
so
much
chairman.
I
appreciate
the
the
question
the
first
one
that
I
had
was
just
based
on
the
stakeholder
meetings
and
agencies.
It
looks
like
that's
scheduled
to
happen
october
through
november
2021,
and
I'm
wondering
if
those
are
going
to
be
public
or
open
to
the
public.
If
those
will
be.
I
imagine
a
lot
of
us
probably
have
interest
in
in
what
those
the
contents
of
those
meetings
and
what's
what's
being
discussed
through
them.
So
do
you
imagine
them
being
kind
of
public
in
an
open
meeting
law
kind
of
a
way.
P
Again,
dwayne
young
for
the
record,
but
I
don't
believe
that
they
will
be
specifically
bound
by
open
meeting.
It
is
the
intent
of
this
office
and
the
agency
to
have
open
and
transparent
discussions.
So,
yes,
those
will
be
open.
P
E
So
they'll
be,
I
guess
the
biggest
thing
is
they'll,
be
somehow
we'll
know
that
the
date
to
the
date
will
and
the
date
and
location
will
be
public.
So
if
people
wanted
to
part
whoever
wants
to
participate
in
that
some
stakeholder
meetings
are
public,
some
aren't-
and
so
I
was
just
kind
of
wondering,
so
I
know
which
road
we're
walking
down.
E
Okay,
all
right.
The
other
thing
I
had
is
because
I'm
looking
at
the
submitted
work
program
information-
and
so
I
see
that
there's
kind
of
two
pieces
of
that
two
times
in
two
different
years,
where
we're
spending
money
dealing
with
the
actuarial,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
I
had
a
good
understanding
of
what
the
work
products
were
going
to
be
for
those.
E
So
we've
got
in
2023
the
500
000
for
the
impact
of
public
option
on
market
for
health
care
insurance
and
risk
pool
analysis,
and
that's
a
one-time,
but
then
also
in
2025,
an
actuarial
rate
review
and
the
negotiation.
So
can
you
tell
me
what
we
would
expect
to
see?
I
guess
out
of
the
2023
funding
and
then
out
of
the
2025
funding.
P
P
16.5
that
looks
to
offer
a
public
plan
for
those
that
are
within
trade
organizations
that
are
either
newly
hired
and
don't
have
not
reached
insurance
or
have
been
terminated
or
laid
off
and
do
not
have
insurance
coverage
and
what
that
would
look
like
all
1332
waivers,
which
is
what's
part
of
the
initial
submission
through
medicaid,
require
actuarial
analysis.
P
That
requires
this
process,
and
so
that
is
a
requirement
of
cms
the
second
portion
to
understand
what
that
would
do,
one
to
the
specific
health
market,
how
that
would
interact
with
the
1332
waiver
and
how
that
would
impact.
Both
the
exchange
market
then
requires
a
separate
actuary
analysis
that
takes
into
effect
the
first
actuary
analysis.
A
C
Thank
you
chair,
and
I
I
think
I
think
I
know
the
answer
I
just.
I
just
want
to
ask
again,
because
I
think
vice
chair
kind
of
covered
this
and
but
I'm
just
curious
during
public
comment,
the
folks
that
were
requesting
to
be
part
of
the
process
moving
forward
this
bill
and
the
rfp
the
antenna
division
is
to
allow
those
folks
the
opportunity
to
participate
in
this
moving
forward.
Correct.
P
Dwayne
young
for
the
record,
and
I
I
want
to
make
sure
that
I'm
understanding
the
question,
but
I
think
there
is
there
has
been
some
concern
that
a
process
was
skipped
during
the
session.
The
bill,
as
it
was
written
passed
by
this
body
and
signed
by
the
governor
allowed
for
didn't,
do
not
the
no
more
purchasing
processes,
even
through
the
normal
purchasing
processes,
there's
a
chance
to
read
the
rfps
or
view
that.
But
there
is
really
not
a
part
for
stakeholders
to
weigh
in
on
that
part
of
the
process.
P
This
was
approved
at
last
week's
voe
meeting,
and
so
there
was
an
opportunity
there
for
stakeholders
to
comment
on
the
contract
itself
here.
So
there's
an
opportunity,
as
I've
stated
previously,
for
people
to
come
to
the
table
as
part
of
this
process,
but
the
the
opportunity
to
comment
on
the
actual
selection
of
the
vendor
of
the
rfp
occurred
during
that
process
in
which
the
bill
was
was
debated
during
session,
which
allowed
had
an
allowance
to
go
outside
of
the
normal
purchasing
process.
C
Mr
mr
chair
and
director
is
that
that
really
wasn't
my
my
question.
My
question
was:
will
this
rfp
process
so
you
already
already
you're
we're
going
to
prove
the
rfp
right
you're
going
to
move
forward?
Is
the
contract
going
to
contain
an
opportunity
for
those
folks
that
talked
in
public
comment
this
morning?
C
This
will
facilitate
their
ability
to
be
part
of
the
process
and,
and
it
will
be
public
to
the
majority
leaders
point
as
well
correct.
O
Thanks
chair
just
sort
of
following
up
on
some
of
the
other
questions
as
far
as
this
public
process
and
the
outreach,
how
are
you
going
about
notifying
potential
vendors
how
to
how
they
can
participate?
Because
now
we
have
a
timeline
for
these?
I
believe
it
was
six
meetings,
but
I'm
I'm
not
sure
if
we're
aware
of
exactly
how
you're
contacting
potential
vendors
or
how
you're
notifying
them,
because
this
process
seems
to
be
outside
of
our
normal
purchasing
and
rfp
process.
P
I'm
doing
young
for
the
record,
so
what
I
will
say
is
that
medicaid
handles
public
workshops
and
hearings
on
a
monthly
basis.
They
have
infrastructure
to
push
that
information
out.
I'm
sure
they're
as
part
of
the
contract
there's
engagement,
so
they
will
use
every
resource
available
to
notify
individuals
of
their
participation.
I
will
also
say
that
every
one
of
those
stakeholders
testified
have
my
phone
number
and
I
am
sure
that
they
will
contact
me
if
they
miss
a
session.
O
Thank
you
and
then
you
know
I
was
looking.
I
was
just
looking
at
section
20
of
the
bill
that
talks
about
the
bill,
exempted
rules
and
policies
governing
the
public
option
from
provisions
governing
notice
and
comment
rule
making
so
notice
and
comment
rule
making.
I
just
want
you,
would
you
just
talk
about
that
just
a
little
bit,
because
we're
going
to
spend
quite
a
bit
of
money
given
this
bill
passed
it
you
know
at
some
point
in
time
and
so
we're
exempting
from
the
notice
and
comment
rule
making.
A
Senator
that's
not
the
bill
sponsor
and
that's
not
okay.
I.
O
A
Do
we
have
any
questions
for
the
agency
or
for
the
governor's
office
on
this
particular
work
program,
to
move
the
money
to
pay
for
the
vendor?
That
was
just
approved
at
the
borders
exam
reportedly.
B
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
were
clarifying
a
couple,
a
couple
of
things,
and
I
want
to
thank
mr
yang
for
all
of
his
time
today
in
helping
to
walk
through
the
questions
for
everyone
and
certainly
want
to
thank
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
all
of
their
hard
work
on
on
getting
this
contract
approved
in,
and
I
think
that
mr
young
highlighted
a
couple
of
things,
but
I
just
I
first
wanted
to
just
say
thank
you
for
everyone's
work
on
this,
so
that
we
we
have
this
contract
that
has
been
approved
by
the
board
of
examiners.
B
B
It
is
part
of
the
contract
that
was
signed,
so
that
is
something
that
you
know
the,
as
as
far
as
the
comments
that
we
heard
about
stakeholder
engagement
and
public
participation
that
is
actually
provided
for
within
the
very
terms
of
the
contract,
is
that
that's
a
correct
understanding
is
that
right,
okay-
and
I
just
I
wanted.
M
Okay
and
so,
and
I
think
from.
B
What
we're
hearing
is
that
there
will
be
notice
given
to
anyone
who
has
been
in
interested
in
this
bill
to
actually
participate
in
those
as
as
provided
for
in
that
particular
contract.
And
I
appreciate
that
because
I
do
think
that
that
does
comply
with
the
intent
of
senate
bill
420
and
what
we
were
trying
to
accomplish,
which
was
allowing
for
enough
time
in
this
bill
and
requiring
actuarial
analysis,
which
is
also
required.
With
respect
to
the
waivers.
B
B
What
the
intent
was
in
sort
of
bringing
the
bill,
and
then-
and
I
know
you
touched
on
this-
and
I
just
wanted
to
again
reiterate
that
there
are-
there-
is
a
separate
section
in
section
16.
That
is
not
this
particular
actuary
study
and
that
is
separate
from
what
is
being
done
with
respect
to
this
particular
actuarial
study
and
that's
where
we
keep
talking
about
the
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
B
I
think
that's
all,
I
think
you
kind
of
handled
the
rest
of
the
things
that
I
wanted
to
just
make
sure
were
clarified
in
any
questions
that
I
had.
But
again
just
thank
you
for
your
time.
A
All
right,
I
do
not
see
any
further,
and
so
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
young,
and
and
administrator
deputy
administrator
bureau,
deputy
administrator
for
being
available
today.
Helping
us
understand
what
this
work
program
is,
and
so
with
that
I
will,
I
would
entertain
a
motion
to
pass
this
item
item
36
to
approve
this
item.
Excuse
me
item
36.
A
Sorry
I've
got
a
motion
from
senator
dennis.
A
Oh
okay,
do
I
have
a
second
vice
chair,
carlton.
F
A
Thank
you
there's
a
little
confusion
on
zuma
screens
this
morning
and
I
apologize
so
I
have
a
motion
from
senator
dennis
a
second
from
vice
chair
canezaro
and
any
discussion
on
that
motion.
A
Vice
chair
carlton.
Excuse
me
not
vice
chair
kanazara,
it's
close
to
lunch
as
you
might
be
able
to
tell
so
I
have
in
a
second
in
discussion.
I
have
senator
gokuchiya.
Please
go
ahead.
C
A
O
Thank
you,
chair
brooks,
and
I
think
it's
important
to
recognize
that
we
want
to
make
sure
every
everyone
all
nevadans
have
health
care.
But
in
looking
at
this,
we're
starting
off
exempting.
O
O
But
my
understanding
is
to
date
it
hasn't
been
that
open,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
open
moving
forward,
and
I
again,
I
really
think
we
should
be
using
the
processes
that
we've
established
over
the
years
make
sure
that
the
money
that's
spent
on
on
this
is
is
done
appropriately
and
has
accountability
and
as
effective
as
possible.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
senator
do
we
have
any
other
conversation
discussion
on
the
motion.
A
All
right,
I
see
none
so
with
that,
if
any
of
them
all
the
members
who
approve
and
are
in
favor
of
proving
this
motion,
please
raise
your
hand.
A
All
right
and
all
of
those
who
are
opposed,
please
raise
your
hand
okay
and
for
clarity.
I'm
going
to
list
off
just
to
make
sure
I
capture
all
the
opposed.
A
Again,
I
have
to
try
to
get
everybody
on
my
screen
please.
So
I
have
senator
settlemyre
assemblyman
roberts,
assemblywoman
tolls,
assembly,
woman,
titus,
assemblyman
haven,
senator
sievers,
gancer,
senator
hammond,
assemblyman
levitt,.
A
A
And
were
you
able
to
capture
that
mr
thorley
and
ms
kaufman?
Yes,
mr.
D
A
Okay,
so
that's
clear
for
the
record,
so
it
the
motion
passes
with
affirmative
votes
and
with
the
majority
of
the
affirmative
votes,
and
we
can
move
on
to
our
next
item.
A
And
our
next
item
is
lunch,
and
so,
if
we
could,
it
looks
like
it's
12
42
and
if
we
could
keep
it
brief,
just
so
that
we
don't
keep
everyone
if
we
could
make
sure
that
we
are
back
in
our
seats.
Our
cameras
are
on
and
we
are
ready
to
rock
and
roll
by
30
minutes
from
now,
which
would
be
12
minutes
after
the
hour.
If
we
could
do
that,
I
would
really
appreciate
it.
So
I'll
see
everyone
back
here
at
112
cameras
on
ready
to
finish
our
agenda
for
the
day.