Representative Donna Hutchinson
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Mr. Chairman. Rep. Hutchison. Thank you. There you go. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Looking at this, I saw this has great similarities to Senator Luker's map. His map split one county, and this map splits four or five. Why did you choose this map over Senator Luker's map that only split one county when they're so much alike?
It's not their job. It's the prosecuting attorney's job to make sure those schools are treated like any other truant student in the school system. It doesn't matter if they say they're homeschooling or they're just dropping out because they don't want to go to
actually legally dropping out. Well, they haven't taken their test. They haven't done what is required of
should be addressed, whether that's with the prosecuting attorneys. Yeah, we're back to the prosecuting attorney again. It's his responsibility, not other homeschool parents who are obeying the job.
I don't see the connection at all. Is that a question? It's a pretty pointy question, I think. Could you explain the connection? How do you think punishing students who go to band practice every day, who are showing up, truancy officers know where they are, they're easily found? I really don't think those are the students that have totally dropped out of the system
that this will really narrow it down to the not really viable homeschoolers. They're just truant. They aren't obeying the law to begin with. They aren't being tested. Do you think you're really going to get to them by defeating this law? I don't see the link. It seems like you're trying to hurt students who are doing what the law says in order to put pressure on students who don't care about the law and their parents apparently don't care about the law.
And I really believe the students who are going to band every day and showing up for these practices, they aren't in the bunch that have dropped out illegally. And that's the group you want are those who have dropped out illegally. And I can't imagine someone dropping out illegally but showing up for ban practice. Do you really think the problem with truancy are these students who are coming to the public schools for these various services,
thank you Mr. Chair Ms. Hutcherson thank you Mr. Abernathy, you just mentioned in your opening statement, I think the real problem is your prosecuting attorneys and your truancy officers aren't doing their job. And you're just trying to find a way to overcome that problem.
if his idea doesn't work out then he has to absorb the loss if the cities enter into these bonds and their vision does not work out and they don't get the sales tax to pay off the bonds I mean, the public is taking the risk. The private developer is not. What happens if this vision doesn't come true and they don't get the money to pay off
usually when a private developer goes in and he wants to start a new economic inspiration he takes the risk
Okay, thank you. Yes, sir. Representative Hutchinson. Announcement. Okay, you recognize. Ladies, if you remember yesterday, we couldn't appear at the Women's Caucus photo, so they have requested that adjournment. The ladies of the House meet down at the bottom of the stairs. They'll take our picture, and then by some work of wizard, they're going to merge us with the Senate ladies and have one picture combined. So I hope you'll meet us down at the bottom of the stairs for that photo.
William Howard Taft junior high the a good school starts with integrity if you aren't giving adequate grades that reflect reality you really aren't teaching the students I beg you to keep this report and a school has to have integrity these students are going to leave their city or town someday and reality will hit them that they have been sold a poor bill of goods thank you and I don't know any songs at the moment so you've heard represent how to speak
great schools and I went to some pretty pathetic schools I remember William Howard Taft I got William Howard Taft junior high San Diego I made straight A's just before school end we moved to Pensacola Florida where I made straight F's because I had not learned anything in William Howard Taft progressive junior high I spent the next two years crying and cursing and tutoring and cursing
Hutchinson. Representative Hutchinson, you're recognized. Thank you. I grew up in the Navy. My father was a career man. we moved 29 times
before I graduated from high school I went to some really
Thank you. We sent a wonderful cake over the Senate. They put terrific icing on it. It's wonderful, and everyone's happy. Appreciate a good
we need to re-examine it I think almost everybody on the Education Committee would like some time to look this over and to try to fix it. The most important thing about a school is how are the children learning, and we're closing schools that are doing a wonderful job. This bill isn't going to change anything. It's just going to stop closing schools so we can figure out how to rewrite the law. Thank you very much. She has spoken for
but down the road we discover there's a few problems with it when it comes trying to administer them in real life. we are closing good schools that are doing a good job because they fall under 350 we say we can't spend more money on them but we continue to spend money on failing schools schools that are in academic distress eight, nine years and we keep them open trying to resuscitate them we need to look at this issue again
Hutchinson, you're recognized to speak for the
bill. I recognize Representative Hutchinson. Thank you. Anyone who's been a legislator will know that sometimes we pass laws that look great on paper,
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