CLOCKS...
SOUND OF: STATE OF TEXAS THEME
MUSICJOSH: A NEW SCHOOL
FUNDING PLAN AIMS TO GIVE MORE
MONEY TO DISTRICTS - WHILE
CUTTING THE COST OF ROBIN
HOOD...HOW LAWMAKERS WANT TO
GET THE CASH TO PAY FOR IT...
REP. ISAAC: "...BUT REALLY,
IT'S TIME TO END THIS ARCHAIC
PRACTICE OF SPRINGING
FORWARD..."JOSH: CHANGING YOUR
CLOCKS FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME MAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE
UNHAPPY - INCLUDING SOME STATE
LAWMAKERS.AND THEY HAVE A PLAN
TO MAKE TODAY THE LAST TIME
YOU'LL HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR
CLOCKS.GOOD MORNING AND THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US FOR STATE
OF TEXAS.I'M JOSH HINKLE.THE
TEXAS "BATHROOM BILL" IS
MOVING FORWARD AFTER A LONG
PUBLIC HEARING AT THE
CAPITOL...PUBLIC TESTIMONY
BEFORE THE SENATE STATE
AFFAIRS COMMITTEE STARTED
TUESDAY AFTERNOON - AND
WRAPPED UP AT 5:00 AM ON
WEDNESDAY.IN THE END... THE
COMMITTEE VOTED 7-TO-1 TO SEND
THE BILL TO THE FULL SENATE.
OPPONENTS OF THE BILL VOW TO
KEEP FIGHTING...DAVID
TOPPING/HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN:
"AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S
NOT ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IT'S
ABOUT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
TRANSGENDER TEXANS...AND WE AT
THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN WILL
NOT STAND FOR IT."JOSH: THE
BILL WOULD REQUIRE PEOPLE IN
TEXAS TO USE THE BATHROOM THAT
MATCHES THE GENDER ON THEIR
BIRTH CERTIFICATE IN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
AND PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES.
SUPPORTERS EXPECT A LONG
BATTLE IN THE LEGISLATURE...
JONATHAN SAENZ/TEXAS VALUES:
"WE ARE VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE
OUTCOME OF SENATE BILL 6 THE
TEXAS PRIVACY ACT GETTING
PASSED BY STATE SENATORS AND
THE STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTTEE,
BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO
LET THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS
KNOW ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY IN
THE HOUSE JOSH: SOME TEXAS
BUSINESS LEADERS ARE AGAINST
THE BILL - SAYING IT COULD
LEAD TO ECONOMIC BOYCOTTS AND
LOST BUSINESS.WHEN THE WEEK
STARTED LT. GOVERNOR DAN
PATRICK HAD SUPPORT FROM 15
SENATORS TO BRING SENATE BILL
6 TO THE FLOOR...THE RULES
REQUIRE 19 SENATORS TO BACK A
BILL BEFORE IT GETS A VOTE...
BUT ON MONDAY... SENATOR EDDIE
LUCIO FROM BROWNSVILLE JOINED
THE EFFORT...HE'S THE ONLY
DEMOCRAT TO BACK THE BATHROOM
BILL.GEORGETOWN REPUBLICAN
CHARLES SCHWERTNER SIGNED ON
LATER IN THE DAY...HIS SUPPORT
CAME AFTER BILL WRITERS ADDED
A SECTION WITH THE REASONING
BEHIND THE LEGISLATION...
SENATOR KONNI BURTON ALSO
ADDED HER SUPPORT ON MONDAY...
HER MOVE CAME AFTER THE BILL
REMOVED A SECTION THAT WOULD
HAVE INCREASED PENALTIES FOR
CRIMES COMMITTED IN A
BATHROOM...ON WEDNESDAY -
REPUBLICANS JANE NELSON AND
JOAN HUFFMAN ADDED THEIR
SUPPORT... BRINGING THE TOTAL
TO 20 SENATORS NOW BACKING THE
BATHROOM BILL...SOME CRITICS
OF THE BILL SAY IT'S AN
UN-NECESSARY DISTRACTION
KEEPING LAWMAKERS FROM
TACKLING MORE PRESSING
MATTERS...ONE BILL THAT GOT A
LOT LESS ATTENTION THIS WEEK
IS A PLAN TO IMPROVE THE WAY
TEXAS PAYS FOR PUBLIC
SCHOOLS...HOUSE BILL 21 RAISES
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY PUBLIC
SCHOOLS AND CHARTERS GET PER
STUDENT.IT ALSO CUTS THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY WEALTHIER
SCHOOL DISTRICTS PAY TO POORER
ONES UNDER THE ROBIN HOOD
SYSTEM...BUT THE PRICE TAG IS
A PROBLEM FOR LAWMAKERS WHO
DON'T WANT TO RAISE TAXES.SO,
AS KXAN POLITICAL REPORTER
PHIL PRAZAN SHOWS US,
SUPPORTERS WILL HAVE TO GET
CREATIVE. PHIL: FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN YEARS, MONEY MEANT FOR
MCNEIL AND OTHER ROUND ROCK
SCHOOLS, WILL GO OUTSIDE THE
DISTRICT.NEXT SCHOOL YEAR -
THEY'LL PAY $11 MILLION
DOLLARS IN WHAT'S CALLED
"RECAPTURE".COREY RYAN: "WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT SCHOOL FINANCE
WE'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN THROUGH
OUR TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS."
PHIL: COREY RYAN FROM ROUND
ROCK ISD SAYS THAT'S MONEY NOT
GOING TO THEIR CLASSROOMS AT A
TIME WHEN THE PRICE FOR
QUALITY SCIENCE AND MATH
TEACHERS IS HIGH.IF THE STATE
WOULD CHIP IN MORE, THEY'D
HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF
KEEPING THEM.COREY RYAN: "IF
YOU HAVE A DEGREE IN
MATHMATICS AND SCIENCE YOU
HAVE OTHER OPTIONS THAT PAY
MORE.""WE'RE NOT ONLY
COMPARING OURSELVES TO PEER
DISTRICTS, WE'RE ALSO
COMPARING OURSELVES TO
INDUSTRIES THAT THEY CAN
CHOOSE OTHER THAN TEACHING."
BUT WHEN THE STATE BUDGET IS
TIGHT, USING THE "B" WORD
RAISES SOME EYEBROWS.REP. DAN
HUBERTY: "IT'S A ONE POINT SIX
BILLION DOLLAR HIT AT THIS
POINT. IT MIGHT BE A VERY GOOD
BILL, BUT IT WILL NEED SOME
ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT."PHIL:
HOUSE PUBLIC EDUCATION CHAIR
DAN HUBERTY HOPES TO GET
CREATIVE...USING THE STATE'S
RAINY DAY FUND TO PAY OVERDUE
BILLS FROM LAST BUDGET...
WOULD CREATE MORE WIGGLE ROOM
FOR THIS BUDGET.AT LEAST
THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD KXAN
TUESDAY MORNING.REP. DAN
HUBERTY: "THAT FREES UP MONEY
FOR THIS NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.
SALLY HERNANDEZ: "ONE POINT
SIX BILLION?"HUBERTY: "THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR."PHIL:
THE PLAN WOULD CANCEL OUT
ROUND ROCK'S "RECAPTURE"
PAYMENT NEXT YEAR. BUT IF THE
STATE DOESN'T PAY, IT'S BACK
ON LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS.PHIL
PRAZAN FOR STATE OF TEXAS...
JOSH: THE SCHOOL FINANCE BILL
HIGHLIGHTS A CONFLICT BETWEEN
THE HOUSE AND SENATE...
REPRESENTATIVE HUBERTY HAS
ALREADY SAID HE WON'T MOVE ANY
BILLS THAT INCLUDE PUBLIC TAX
DOLLARS TO PRIVATE OR HOME
SCHOOLS.SENATE LEADERS -
INCLUDING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
DAN PATRICK - HAVE ALREADY
SAID THE SENATE WON'T TAKE UP
ANY SCHOOL FINANCE BILLS THAT
DO "NOT" INCLUDE THOSE
MEASURES. SO, THE BATTLE LINES
ARE DRAWN FOR BOTH SCHOOL
FUNDING AND TRANSGENDER
BATHROOMS...WILL EITHER BILL
ADVANCE?WE'LL PUT THE QUESTION
TO OUR ROUNDTABLE, COMING UP.
PLUS...REP. ISAAC: THERE'S
REALLY NO GOOD REASON WHY WE
SHOULD SPRING OUR CLOCKS
FORWARD AN HOUR.JOSH: DOES THE
WHOLE "SPRING FORWARD" THING
MAKE YOU ANGRY?YOU'RE NOT
ALONE.HOW SOME STATE LAWMAKERS
ARE PUSHING A PLAN TO END
Only at Jack in the Box.
SOUND OF: STATE OF TEXAS THEME
MUSICJOSH: LAWMAKERS ARE
HITTING THEIR STRIDE AT THE
CAPITOL - WE'RE STARTING TO
SEE MOVEMENT ON CONTROVERSIAL
LEGISLATION LIKE THE BATHROOM
BILL AND SCHOOL FINANCE.FOR
PERSPECTIVE, WE GO TO OUR
ROUNDTABLE: LAUREN MCGAUGHY IS
THE STATE CAPITOL REPORTER FOR
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS AND
RYAN POPPE FROM TEXAS PUBLIC
RADIO.WELCOME GUYS.LAUREN:
THANKS.RYAN: THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US.JOSH: THE BATHROOM
BILL WAS KIND OF THE BIG, BIG
TALKER THIS PAST WEEK. GIVE US
A RUNDOWN OF WHAT YOU SAW
WHILE YOU WERE COVERING IT.
LAUREN: SURE, PEOPLE STARTED
ARRIVING AT 6:30 IN THE
MORNING, THAT'S WHEN THE LINES
STARTED FORMING. AND WE DIDN'T
SEE THE DEBATE END UNTIL
ALMOST 5:00 IN THE MORNING THE
NEXT DAY. SO, WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT 20 TO 21 HOURS OF DEBATE
ON THIS BILL, WHICH WOULD BAR
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM BEING
ABLE TO USE PUBLIC RESTROOMS
IN GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND
SCHOOLS THAT MATCH THEIR
GENDER IDENTITY. LOTS OF TEARS
FROM PARENTS OF TRANS KIDS,
LOTS OF LEARNING, I THINK, ON
BOTH SIDES. BUT ULTIMATELY, IT
WAS VOTED, IT WAS APPROVED OUT
PRETTY EASILY 8 TO 1, SO ALL
OF THE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
OF PEOPLE THAT CAME TO SPEAK
AGAINST IT, THEIR WISHES WERE
NOT GRANTED THAT DAY.JOSH: YOU
WERE SAYING YOU'RE STILL TIRED
AFTER ALL THAT GOING ONá
LAUREN LAUGHSáJOSH: BUT, I
MEAN THAT'S KIND OF THE
WEAR-DOWN FACTOR OF GOING
THROUGH SOMETHING THAT LONG
AND SO MANY PEOPLE, I MEAN
WHAT'S THAT MOOD LIKE? HOW
DOES THAT MAKE PEOPLE FEEL
AFTER THE MASS OF HOURS THAT
HAVE BEEN GOING ON?LAUREN:
IT'S DRAINING FOR SOMEONE THAT
IS JUST COVERING IT FROM A
NEWS PERSPECTIVE. BUT YOU CAN
ONLY IMAGINE AS A MEMBER OF
THE PUBLIC THAT MIGHT DRIVE
FROM DALLAS OR YOU KNOW,
LAREDO OR SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY
AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT SEVERAL
HOURS TO SPEAK. THERE WAS
INVITED TESTIMONY THAT THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS INVITED
PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON THE BILL.
THAT LASTED SEVERAL HOURS
BEFORE WE EVEN GOT TO PUBLIC
TESTIMONY AND, YOU KNOW, SOME
PEOPLE WAITED ALMOST A FULL
DAY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR
TWO MINUTES, WHICH IS HOW LONG
THEY SPOKE. A LOT OF THE
PEOPLE SAID THAT THERE WAS
SOME TENSION IN SOME OF THE
ROOMS BETWEEN PEOPLE THAT
WANTED TO SPEAK FOR THE
LEGISLATION AND THOSE WHO WERE
AGAINST IT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF
PEOPLE THAT TURNED UP AT THE
CAPITOL, THE VAST MAJORITY
WERE AGAINST BARRING
TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM USING
THE BATHROOM THAT THEY FEEL
COMFORTABLE IN, AND SO THERE
WAS ALSO THIS FEELING OF KIND
OF, UH, COMMUNITY AND
CELEBRATION WHERE THIS
COMMUNITY OF LGBT PEOPLE, MANY
OF WHOM HAD NEVER MET EACH
OTHER BEFORE, CAME TOGETHER TO
TRY TO FIGHT THIS LEGISLATION.
SO, THERE WAS KIND OF A
POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT SOME
POINTS. BUT, THERE WAS A LOT
OF TIRED FACES AT THE END OF
THE DAY AS WELL.JOSH: WHAT
DOES IT SAY THAT THIS ITEM IS
GETTING SO MUCH ATTENTION, NOT
EVEN BEING ONE OF THE
GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY ITEMS AND
YOU KNOW, REALLY TAKING SO
MUCH FOCUS IN THE FIRST PART
OF THE SESSION?RYAN: WELL, IT
DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS PUT,
STAKED HIS FLAG THAT THIS IS
HIS BILL. THIS IS GOING TO BE
ONE OF HIS MAJOR EFFORTS FOR
THE SESSION AND HE'S LET IT BE
KNOWN PRIOR TO THE START OF
THE SESSION, CARRYING ON
THROUGH THE SESSION. NOW, IT'S
KIND OF A DO OR DIE FOR
WHETHER HE CAN GET IT ACROSS
THE FINISH LINE AND TO THE
GOVERNOR'S DESK.JOSH: HOW IS
THIS DISTRACTING FROM OTHER
PIECES OF LEGISLATION MANY
PEOPLE FEEL MIGHT BE MORE
PRESSING, LIKE SCHOOL FINANCE?
RYAN: WELL, I MEAN THAT'S THE
ISSUE RIGHT THERE. THIS HAS
KIND OF DOMINATED THE
CONVERSATION IN THE SENATE
SIDE. IT HAS KIND OF TAKEN
OVER THE CONVERSATION AS FAR
AS OTHER BILLS ARE CONCERNED.
NOW, YOU MOVE OVER TO THE
HOUSE, AND OBVIOUSLY, THE
CONVERSATION IS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT. SCHOOL FINANCE
SEEMS MORE OF A PRIORITY ON
THAT SIDE OF THE CHAMBER. BUT,
YEAH, JUST GETTING IT DONE,
YOU KNOW. THE GROUPS THAT ARE
COMING OUT, THE LETTER-WRITING
CAMPAIGNS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN
TAKING ON. IT'S TAKEN ON IT'S
OWN MOVEMENT AS FAR AS THAT
GOES.JOSH: IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE KIND
OF BEING A SENATE, IS THE
HOUSE GOING TO AGREE WITH IT,
ARE THEY EVER GOING TO BE ABLE
TO COME TO A COMPROMISE WITH
SOMETHING LIKE THE BATHROOM
BILL?LAUREN: RIGHT NOW, WE'RE
NOT SEEING A LOT OF COMPROMISE
BETWEEN THE SENATE AND THE
HOUSE. THE HOUSE HASN'T SHOWN
A LOT OF POLITICAL WILLINGNESS
TO WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT
ISSUE. THEY'RE DEALING WITH
ISSUES LIKE SCHOOL FINANCE,
WHICH THEY WERE DOING THE SAME
TIME THAT THE BATHROOM BILL
WAS BEING DEBATED. WHAT'S SO
INTERESTING ABOUT THOSE TWO
BILLS, IN PARTICULAR THE
SCHOOL FINANCE BILL, WHICH THE
HOUSE WANTS TO FUNNEL A LOT OF
MONEY, EXTRA MONEY TO SCHOOLS
AND MAKE A LOT OF CHANGES
ABOUT HOW SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED
AND THE BATHROOM BILL, WHICH
IS ON THE SENATE SIDE, IS
THAT, AS FAR AS IT LOOKS RIGHT
NOW, POLITICAL OBSERVERS ARE
SAYING THAT THE EITHER/OR HAS
LITTLE CHANCE OF PASSING IN
THE OPPOSITE CHAMBER. SO, THE
BATHROOM BILL ORIGINATING IN
THE SENATE HAS A HARD TIME IN
THE HOUSE. THE SENATE FINANCE
BILL, OR THE SCHOOL FINANCE
BILL ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE
IS GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME
IN THE SENATE. SO, YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE KIND OF PLAYING THIS
GAME OF ' WELL LOOK AT WHAT
WE'RE DOING, LOOK AT WHAT OUR
PRIORITIES ARE.' BUT, IT'S
UNCLEAR THAT EITHER OF THOSE
PRIORITIES ARE GOING TO BE
FULFILLED BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST
GOING TO GET BLOCKED BY WHAT
LOOKS LIKE AN OPPOSITIONAL
RELATIONSHIP BY THE TWO
CHAMBERS.JOSH: WELL, THEY'VE
GOT, THEY'VE ONLY GOTTEN
THROUGH HALF THE SESSION, NOT
EVEN THAT MUCH, SO THEY'VE GOT
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO HAMMER
OUT THE DIFFERENCES AND ALL
GET ALONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR BEING WITH US, BOTH OF YOU.
CHANGING YOUR CLOCKS FOR
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME MAKES A
LOT OF PEOPLE UNHAPPY -
INCLUDING SOME STATE LAWMAKERS.
AND THEY HAVE A PLAN TO MAKE
TODAY THE LAST TIME YOU'LL
SOUND OF: STATE OF TEXAS THEME
MUSICJOSH: AS YOU KNOW, THIS
IS THE DAY WE MOVE OUR CLOCKS
UP ONE HOUR FOR DAYLIGHT
SAVING TIME. BUT "SPRINGING
FORWARD" MAKES A LOT OF PEOPLE
UNHAPPY - INCLUDING SOME STATE
LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE. AS ANNA WIERNICKI
SHOWS US - THEY WANT TODAY TO
BE THE LAST TIME YOU'LL HAVE
TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS.REP.
JASON ISAAC: DOES THIS MAKE
SENSE IN 2017? AND TO ME IT
DOESN'T. ANNA WIERNICKI: STATE
REPRESENTATIVE JASON ISAAC
SAYS THE IDEA OF RESETTING
YOUR CLOCK TWICE A YEAR IS
OUTDATEDREP. JASON ISAAC: I
KNOW IT DOES SOUND KIND OF
FUNNY, BUT IT IS A BIG DEAL TO
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I SERVE,
ANNA WIERNICKI: ISAAC FILED
HOUSE BILL "2400" TO GET RID
OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IN
TEXASJASON ISAAC, STATE
REPRESENTATIVE, R-DRIPPING
SPRINGS: THERE'S REALLY NO
GOOD REASON WHY WE SHOULD
SPRING OUR CLOCKS FORWARD AN
HOUR, IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE
AMOUNT OF DAYLIGHT, IT DOESN'T
CHANGE THEY AMOUNT OF DAY
TIME, IT JUST LEAVES US AT THE
SAME TIME.ANNA WIERNICKI:
ISAAC SAYS IT'S A SAFETY
CONCERN. HE SAYS FATAL CAR
CRASHES JUMP NEARLY 6% OVER
THE WEEK FOLLOWING THE TIME
CHANGE.JOSE MENENDEZ STATE
SENATOR, D-SAN ANTONIO: FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT ONE WEEK
WHEN THEY LOSE THAT EXTRA HOUR
OF SLEEP CAUSES SOME PHYSICAL
ISSUES, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ALL
HEARD OF THE PEOPLE GETTING
LATE TO WORK, GETTING LATE TO
SCHOOL, BUT I THINK IT ALSO
ADDS STRESS UNNECESSARILY.ANNA
WIERNICKI: DEMOCRATIC STATE
SENATOR JOSE MENENDEZ FROM SAN
ANTONIO AGREES.MENENDEZ FILED
AN IDENTICAL BILL TO BE HEARD
IN THE UPPER CHAMBER.SEN. JOSE
MENENDEZ: JUST ELIMINATING IT
WOULD MAKE SENSEANNA
WIERNICKI: CRITICS OF THE
BILLS SAY ENDING DAYLIGHT
SAVING TIME WOULD MEAN IT
WOULD GET DARKER EARLIER IN
THE EVENING, RESULTING IN
TEXANS USING áMORE ENERGY AND
ELECTRICITY YEAR ROUND.SOUND
OF: HOUSE VOTING BELLSANNA
WIERNICKI, FOR STATE OF TEXAS.
JOSH: RIGHT NOW, HAWAII AND
MOST OF ARIZONA HAVE LAWS TO
AVOID CHANGING THE CLOCKS FOR
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME...AS ANNA
SHOWED US, REPRESENTATIVE
JASON ISAAC FILED A BILL TO
HAVE TEXAS JOIN THOSE STATES.
POLITICAL REPORTER PHIL PRAZAN
SPOKE WITH REPRESENTATIVE
ISAAC TO GET HIS PERSPECTIVE.
PHIL: JOSH, WE ARE HERE WITH
REPRESENTATIVE JASON ISAAC
FROM DRIPPING SPRINGS, AND IF
YOU JUST CHANGED YOUR CLOCKS,
WELL, REPRESENTATIVE ISAAC IS
GOING TO TRY TO CHANGE THAT.
REP. ISAAC: I'D LIKE FOR IT TO
BE THE LAST TIME YOU HAVE TO
DO IT. SO, DO ME A FAVOR AND
TWEET ME A GROGGY SELFIE OF
YOURSELF AND HASHTAG HB 2400,
'CAUSE THERE SHOULD ONLY BE 24
HOURS IN A DAY. NOT 25 ON ONE
DAY OF THE YEAR, NOT 23 ON
ANOTHER DAY OF THE YEAR. BUT
REALLY IT'S TIME TO END THIS
ARCHAIC PRACTICE OF SPRINGING
FORWARD. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO
SPRING FORWARD AND OBSERVE
CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME
YEAR-ROUND.PHIL: SO, GETTING
RID OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME,
HOW WOULD THAT LOGISTICALLY
HAPPEN? YOU PASS THIS LAW, AND
THEN WHAT HAPPENS?REP. ISAAC:
PASS THE LAW AND MAKE IT
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER1ST OF
2017, WHICH, IF WE'RE
SUCCESSFUL WOULD MEAN YOU
WOULD NOT HAVE TO FALL BACK IN
THE FALL BACK TO CENTRAL
STANDARD TIME. WE WANT TO STAY
WITH CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT WOULD
MEAN. SO, WE WOULD FALL ON
THAT SAME TIME THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR. NO MORE OF THIS
SPRINGING FORWARD AND FALLING
BACK. NO MORE OF AN 8-PERCENT
INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
RELATED TO CHANGING THE TIMES.
NO MORE HEART ATTACKS AND
STROKES ATTRIBUTED TO THIS. NO
MORE SEASONAL DEPRESSION
ATTRIBUTED TO CHANGING THE
CLOCKS. THIS IS SERIOUS. IT'S
A HEALTH AND WELLNESS ISSUE
JUST BESIDES BEING AN
INCONVENIENCE.PHIL: HOW WOULD
WE ENFORCE THAT AS A STATE?
JUST CHANGING ALL OF OUR STATE
CLOCKS, OR HOW WOULD YOU MAKE
JOE AND JANE TEXAN NOT DO THIS?
REP. ISAAC: WELL, YOU DO IT
STATEWIDE, THAT'S HOW. SO, OUR
CELL PHONES WOULDN'T UPDATE
ANYMORE, WHICH MOST OF US USE
AS OUR CLOCKS NOW. BUT THERE
ARE A LOT OF BUSINESSES OUT
THERE THAT HAVE TO CHANGE
THEIR TIMES, THEIR METERS,
THEIR CLOCKS THROUGHOUT THEIR
OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE
STATE. SO, IT IS AN
INCONVENIENCE TO BUSINESSES AS
WELL AS INDIVIDUALS. BUT IT
WOULD JUST BE THIS IS WHAT
TIME IT IS AND SO THAT'S HOW
IT WOULD BE.PHIL: ANY PUSHBACK
FROM THIS? I MEAN, WHO SAYS,
'YES, WE NEED TO KEEP DAYLIGHT
SAVING TIME?'REP. ISAAC: WELL,
THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE
CONCERNED THAT THEIR CHILDREN
ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO THE
SCHOOL BUS WHEN IT'S STILL
DARK IN THE MORNING. BUT BY
AND LARGE MOST PEOPLE THAT I'M
HEARING FROM LIKE THE IDEA OF
ENDING THE SWITCHING OUR
CLOCKS TWICE A YEAR. BUT THEY
REALLY WANT TO STAY IN CENTRAL
DAYLIGHT TIME. THEY BELIEVE
THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
GET OFF WORK AT 5 O'CLOCK OR 6
O'CLOCK AND WANT THOSE HOURS
OF SUNSHINE IN THE LATER HOURS
OF THE DAY SO THAT THEY CAN
SPEND TIME WITH FAMILY AND
GETTING CHORES DONE THAT THEY
TYPICALLY DO AFTER WORK.PHIL:
AND LET'S MOVE ON TO ONE OF
YOUR OTHER PRIORITIES. A LOT
OF PARENTS WILL PROBABLY DREAD
THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN
THEIR CHILD HAS TO TAKE THE
STAAR TEST AT SCHOOL. I
UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A REFORM
PACKAGE THAT WOULD MAKE IT AT
LEAST LESS SERIOUS. AM I
EXPLAINING THAT RIGHT?REP.
ISAAC: SO A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON
TIME HERE. WE WANT LESS
EMPHASIS ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME
WE SPEND PREPARING OUR
STUDENTS TO TAKE A TEST AND
MORE EMPHASIS ON THE AMOUNT OF
TIME WE SPEND PREPARING THEM
FOR THEIR FUTURE. SO, WE WANT
TO SCALE BACK THE NUMBER OF
TESTS THAT THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO
IMPLEMENT TO GET BACK IN
FEDERAL COMPLIANCE. WE GO
ABOVE AND BEYOND. THERE'S A 20-
PERCENT SAVINGS RIGHT THERE IN
THE AMOUNT OF TESTS WE WOULD
DELIVER TO STUDENTS IN GRADES
3 THROUGH 12. WE WANT THE
DISTRICTS TO SOURCE THOSE
TESTS. WE WANT TO COMPLETELY
ELIMINATE STAAR RESULTS FROM A
TEACHER'S EVALUATION. JUST THE
STAAR TEST, BECAUSE CERTAIN
SUBJECTS ARE TAUGHT ONE YEAR
AND TESTED ONE YEAR, THEN THEY
MIGHT NOT GET TAUGHT OR TESTED
AGAIN UNTIL TWO OR THREE YEARS
LATER. SO, ARE WE GOING PUNISH
TEACHERS THAT THE STUDENT HAS
BEEN WITH OVER THE COURSE OF
TWO OR THREE YEARS? NO. AND SO
WE NEED TO COMPLETELY STRIKE
IT OUT OF TEACHER EVALUATIONS.
THERE ARE OTHER METHODS THAT
CAN BE USED THAT OTHER
DISTRICTS DO. BUT WE DON'T
WANT THEM EVALUATING TEACHERS
ON STAAR. AND THEN IT NEEDS TO
BE LESS OF AN EMPHASIS IN THE
RATINGS OUR SCHOOLS. 55-
PERCENT OF THE RATING OF A
SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BASED ON
HOW STUDENTS DO ON A
STANDARDIZED TEST. THERE'S NOT
A SINGLE EMPLOYER OUT THERE
THAT HIRES ANYBODY BASED ON
HOW THEY DID ON A STANDARDIZED
TEST. THERE'S NOT A SINGLE
FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION IN THE
STATE THAT ADMITS ANYONE BASED
ON HOW THEY DID ON A
STANDARDIZED TEST.PHIL: THIS
IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE
EVERY YEAR AT THE TEXAS
LEGISLATURE. THERE'S ALWAYS
THE PEOPLE WHO SAY HOW DO WE
MAKE SURE OUR KIDS ARE
LEARNING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED
TO AT SCHOOL?REP. ISAAC: SURE,
SO I'VE VISITED WITH
LEADERSHIP FROM THE SAN
ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT, WHO IS OUTSIDE THE
DISTRICT WHERE I SERVE. AND
I'VE VISITED JUST LAST WEEK
WITH ALL THE SUPERINTENDENTS
THAT I SERVE IN HOUSE DISTRICT
45. THEY'RE USING OTHER MEANS
TO EVALUATE THEIR STUDENTS.
SAN ANTONIO SPECIFICALLY HAS A
TEST THAT THEY ADMINISTER TO
STUDENTS AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE SCHOOL YEAR, THEY
ADMINISTER IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND THIS IS A
SHORT QUESTION TEST, ABOUT 45
QUESTIONS, THAT'S DONE ONLINE,
VERY INEXPENSIVE TO DELIVER.
THEY ALSO MEASURE THEIR
STUDENTS AT THE END OF THE
YEAR. SO, THEY CAN TRACK TRUE
PERFORMANCE OF THEIR STUDENTS
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THEY
USE THAT TO EVALUATE THEIR
TEACHERS, BECAUSE IT'S ONE
TEACHER THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
SCHOOL YEAR.PHIL: LET'S MOVE
ON TO ANOTHER TOPIC. I FIRST
SAW YOU SIGN ON TO A MARIJUANA
BILL ON TWITTER. PICTURE OF
YOU SIGNING,
JOINT AUTHOR. TELL US ABOUT
THAT, BECAUSE SOMEBODY WOULD
SAY, 'WAIT, THIS REPUBLICAN IS
SIGNING ON TO A MARIJUANA
BILL?' THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN
THAT OFTEN.REP. ISAAC: SO, THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TEXAS
PLATFORM EASED UP ON THE
LANGUAGE ABOUT MEDICINAL
MARIJUANA AND THE USES OF
DERIVIATIVE MARIJUANA. LAST
SESSION, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN
PASSING A BILL FOR
COMPASSIONATE USE FOR CHILDREN
WITH EPILEPSY, THAT THEY CAN
USE CBD OR CANNABIDIOL, WHICH
IS A DERIVATIVE OF MARIJUANA.
IT DOESN'T GIVE THE PATIENTS
ANY KIND OF EUPHORIC FEELING.
BUT IT DOES CALM ACTIVITY IN
THE BRAIN. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN,
AND IT IS A GOOD TREATMENT FOR
CHILDREN THAT HAVE A SEVERE
TYPE OF EPILEPSY. BUT WE NEED
TO GO BEYOND THAT. BECAUSE THC
IS ACTUALLY SHOWING SOME
BENEFITS FOR CHILDREN WITH
EPILEPSY AND AUTISM AND OTHER
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS. THERE
ARE PARENTS TODAY. AND THAT'S
ONE BILL THAT EXPANDS THE
COMPASSIONATE USE THAT SENATOR
MENENDEZ HAS FILED IN THE
SENATE. REPRESENTATIVE LUCIO
HAS FILED IT IN THE HOUSE.
I'VE JOINT AUTHORED THE BILL
IN THE HOUSE. ANOTHER BILL IS
DEALING WITH DECRIMINALIZATION
FOR, BASICALLY IT'S STILL
ILLEGAL, BUT RATHER THAN BEING
BRANDED A CRIMINAL IF YOU'RE
CARRYING A SMALL AMOUNT OF
MARIJUANA, OR RATHER THAN
BEING BRANDED A CRIMINAL IF
YOU'RE TREATING YOUR CHILD
WITH A LOW-DOSE THC TO CALM
THEIR SEIZURES AND DISORDERS,
WHICH PARENTS ARE DOING IN THE
STATE OF TEXAS RIGHT NOW. I
BELIEVE THAT CPS HAS VISITED A
FAMILY THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF A
VIDEO OF THEM SHOWING THEM
GIVING THEIR CHILD LOW-DOSE
THC THAT HAS CALMED THE
NEUROLOGICAL ACTIVITY IN THEIR
BRAIN, HELPING THAT CHILD TO
DEVELOP. THEY'RE NOT
CRIMINALS. THEY RISK LOSING
THEIR CHILDREN HERE IN THE
STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE THEY'RE
GIVING THEM MEDICATION THAT
HELPS.PHIL: AND THEY'RE SAYING
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO OTHER
STATES TO LIVEREP. ISAAC:
PEOPLE ARE... I HAVE MET WITH
PEOPLE JUST THIS PAST SUMMER
RIGHT BEFORE THEY MOVED TO
COLORADO BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE
THEY COULD GET THE MEDICATION
THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
PHIL: WOULD IT HAVE TO BE THE
CBD OIL OR COULD IT BE ANY
TYPE OF THC?REP. ISAAC: IT
COULD BE CBD OR ANY TYPE OF
THC. BUT IT, UNDER THE
SUPERVISION AND DIRECTION OF A
DOCTOR. THAT'S WHAT'S VERY
CLEAR AND WHAT WE NEED TO SEE.
AND WE DON'T NEED IT OPENED UP
FOR ALL DISORDERS. WE WANT IT
TO BE VERY DEFINED
SPECIFICALLY FOR NEUROLOGICAL
DISORDERS, TO TREAT POST-
TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, FOR
AUTISM, EPILEPSY AND OTHER
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS.PHIL:
NOW, YOU MIGHT GET A LOT OF
PUSHBACK FROM THAT, BECAUSE
FROM MY TIME AT THE TEXAS
LEGISLATURE, WE HAVE BEEN A
'DRUGS ARE BAD, PERIOD,
PARAGRAPH' STATE. HOW DO YOU
BREAK THAT MENTALITY?REP.
ISAAC: SIMPLY BY DOING THIS:
BY EDUCATING THE CONSTITUENTS
THAT I WORK WITH. MY WIFE WAS
VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THE
CANNABIDIOL CBD BILL LAST
SESSION. UNTIL SHE WENT, AT MY
REQUEST, AND WENT AND HAD
LUNCH WITH TWO PARENTS OF
CHILDREN WHO HAVE AUTISM AND
EPILEPSY THAT LIVE IN HOUSE
DISTRICT 45, THE DISTRICT THAT
I SERVE. THESE MOMS THAT ARE
PART OF A GROUP CALLED MAMMA -
MOM'S ADVOCATING FOR MEDICAL
MARIJUANA FOR AUTISM. THEY'RE
IN MY OFFICE TODAY. THEY'VE
BEEN IN MY OFFICE
CONSISTENTLY. MY WIFE, AFTER
LEARNING ABOUT THEIR ISSUES,
THEIR CHILDREN AND THEN
SIGNIFICANTLY RESEARCHING,
DOING ACTUAL RESEARCH OF
BENEFITS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN
OTHER STATES, SHE GOT BEHIND
THE LEGISLATION. I NEVER
THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAPPEN. BUT
MINDS CAN BE CHANGED WITH
EDUCATION AND THIS IS ABOUT
FREEDOM. IT'S ABOUT GIVING
PARENTS MORE CHOICES TO TREAT
THEIR CHILDREN AND TO HELP
THEM. PHIL: REPRESENTATIVE
ISAAC, THANK YOU SO MUCH. REP.
ISAAC: THANKS PHIL. GOOD TO BE
HERE. PHIL: JOSH, BACK TO YOU.
JOSH: THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
JOINING US FOR STATE OF TEXAS.
STAY TUNED FOR MEET THE PRESS
COMING UP AT 9.I'M JOSH HINKLE.
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