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>> THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING

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HERE.
GERRY, BACK TO YOU.
>>GERRY: RAISING TEACHER PAY
CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE TOP

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ISSUES IN EDUCATION IN INDIANA
AND IT IS EXPECTED TO A PRIORITY
FOR LAWMAKERS DURING THIS YEAR'S
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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IN OUR (I) ON EDUCATION SEGMENT,
REPORTER & COMMUNITY EDITOR FOR
CHALKBEAT INDIANA, SHAINA
CAVAZOS IS HERE TO DISCUSS SOME

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OF THE TOP EDUCATION ISSUES TO
WATCH AT THE STATEHOUSE...
IS ALWAYS WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

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>> LET'S TALK TEACHER PAY IT
GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION AND WILL
IN THIS SESSION.
KIND OF LAY IT OUT FOR US AND

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WANT TO LOOK FOR REGARDING
TEACHER PAY.
>> SO THE BIGGEST QUESTION
THIS REALLY WHAT KIND OF

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MOVEMENT THEY WILL MAKE GIVEN
THE REVENUE THAT THE STATE HAS
AVAILABLE AND THERE'S A LOT OF
DEBATE OVER RATHER THERE IS

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ENOUGH TO DO ANYTHING
CONSIDERABLE THIS YEAR.
>> IN YOUR VIEW, THERE WILL BE
A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE

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CERTAINLY EDUCATION AND TEACHER
PAY IS A HUGE ISSUE.
WHERE DOES THE DEBATE CENTER AS
WE TALKED OFF-CAMERA SOME

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LEGISLATORS HAVE RAISED THE
SPECTER OF WHERE DISTRICTS ARE
SPENDING MONEY HOW MUCH IS GOING
TO THE ADMINISTRATION HOW MUCH

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TO CLASSROOMS SO WHERE WILL THE
DEBATE CENTER ON THIS?
>> IT WILL BE A PIECE OF THAT
BROUGHT UP REPEATEDLY THAT WILL

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RAMP UP TO THE SESSION WE HAVE
SEEN AND THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
DEBATE OVER WHERE THE DISTRICT
IS SPENDING MONEY, HOW MUCH DO

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WE KNOW AND ARE DISTRICTS ON
BOARD WITH REDUCING WHAT THEY
SPEND, TRIMMING BUDGETS WHEN YOU
ARE FEELING LIKE YOU ARE

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CRUNCHED IS DIFFICULT.
>> THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID A
COUPLE OF TIMES THAT HE FEELS
OPTIMISTIC OR FEELS GOOD ABOUT

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BEING ABLE TO GET MONEY EXTRA
MONEY.
IS THAT REALISTIC?
>> I THINK IT WILL BE

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INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE
BUDGET PROPOSAL IS IN A COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
THERE'S A LOT ON THE TABLE AND

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IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE THAT
COMES FROM.
>> THE ISSUE WILL OF VIRTUAL
SCHOOLS DO YOU FEEL THAT WILL BE

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AND ISSUE A BURNER ISSUE AND MAY
BE IF IT TO OVERSIGHT AND
REGULATIONS AROUND VIRTUAL
SCHOOLS.

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>> I THINK WE WILL SEE THEM IT
WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR THE STATE
BOARD MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS
AND THEY

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WHERE IS THE DEBATE THERE?
>> IT WILL BE AS THERE ARE
ENOUGH FOR PRE-K.
IT'S A TREND?

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WILL THERE BE ENOUGH AND IT
DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN ASKED
BY YOUR BEHIND IT.
THIS YEAR AS IT HAS IN YEARS

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PAST.
SO I DON'T KNOW I'M SUPER
OPTIMISTIC THERE WILL BE A BIG
EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM.

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>> LET'S MOVE ON TO THE
POLITICS OF EDUCATION, WHICH IS
MORE INTERESTING THIS PAST YEAR.
STATE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

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JENNIFER MCCORMICK ANNOUNCING
SHE WILL NOT SEEK RE- IT -- HOW
DO YOU ASSESS THE POLITICS OF
EDUCATION AND THE IMPACTS THAT

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MIGHT HAVE?
>> ANYTHING IN THE PUBLIC WILL
MAKE IT DIFFERENT AND IT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE

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LAWMAKERS SIGN ON TO DR.
MCCORMICK'S PRIORITIES AND
WANTING TO FUND THEM GIVEN SOME
OF THE BACK-AND-FORTH WE'VE HAD.

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>> FINAL ISSUE SCHOOL SAFETY.
UNFORTUNATELY CAME TO LIGHT IN
INDIANA WITH SOME SCHOOL
SHOOTINGS ONE IN PARTICULAR IN

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NOBLESVILLE WITH A LOT OF ANAND
NATIONAL ATTENTION.
NOBLESVILLE PASSED A REFERENDUM.
YOU SEE BILLS INTRODUCED OR

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DEBATED REGARDING SCHOOL SAFETY?
>> DEFINITELY AND AFTER THE
SPECIAL SESSION LAST YEAR A LOT
OF SCHOOL SAFETY SUPPORTS AND

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PEOPLE ARE ALREADY FILING BILLS
TO ADDRESS THAT AND GIVE SCHOOLS
MORE FLEXIBILITY OR AVAILABILITY
OF MONEY TO BEEF UP SECURITY.

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>> ALL RIGHT, A BUSY SESSION
FOR EDUCATION AND YOU WILL BE