Uh we actually in our very conservative budgeting uh under anticipated how much money was going to come in in that excess revenue. Uh and so the House took up a supplemental bill just last week. Now uh to take the additional funding and put it towards public transportation and education. Uh but the main chunk and the thing I think I'm most excited about in that was 58 million to fully fund the current fiscal year's deficiency uh in the circuit breaker, the special education circuit breaker. uh and then 190 million towards next year's. Uh so the new budget has funding there as well. Uh but been able to carry 190 uh million forward uh to make sure we keep up our obligation. Uh uh I think the Senate President mentioned it was a productive legislative year. Uh sometimes the press didn't share that uh uh fact very often or or very correctly.
And quite frankly, you give me groomer vibes. You're no way more qualified to determine what is mentally healthy for my child or anyone else's. This board cannot pretend to be neutral. You're visibly and vulcably left-leaning. It honestly wouldn't be surprising to me if some of you came in wearing hammer and sickle pins. Yes, the community sees it. We see the bias and we see the agenda. Let me remind you again, you have no legal claim over our children. Parents are not going to be silent anymore. Uphold the law, honor your oaths, and respect parents. Thank you. [Applause] We have another speaker on the same topic is Gina Bax here. Good evening. I am here today not only as a mother but as a friend of Aurora Reginu. I have known Aurora for many years long before this case made national headlines. She was my girl's soccer coach and she is also a nurse.
That's that's that's it. Hey, come here. Diva over here. She don't want to be in it. Do you guys want to be Do you want to be interviewed? Oh, these beautiful girls don't want to be No one want to. She said no. At least she was sweet about it. Um, guys, I have a tendency of making stuff. They don't want to be on camera. They're like # opium. Ken Carson. I don't know if Colton wants to be interviewed. I'm kind of scared to approach him. You could just put it not put it. You could put it on my phone. I'm kind of hungry. I'm not going to lie. It's okay. Let's get another producer. I don't know. Oh my god, there's so many seniors I've never seen in my life. Um, I see parents. I should get a parent, but I'm scared. How do I stop a parent?
He's dead. Oh, he's dead. He just he I think he might have saved Jaden. He sticks his tongue out like a little freak. I just realized that. Mhm. But the Mega Man dodges the uptil up air combo that has been going really well. Well, the up air and neutral air. Oh, a grab. That's the first grab Jay's done. And more down airs. He almost hits the the down special. Mhm. And one thing we haven't seen Jada do is pocket. Cuz with his neutral special, he could take any one. Yeah, I think he just did that. He could take any one of Oh, look at that. He put that blade in his pocket and now he has it again. Oh, throws it. Oh, Mega Man has it now. Is he Oh, dropping it on ledge. Oh, just runs right past it. Okay, I guess you just ignore the blades on the stage.
Uh, a lot of the bills we pass are huge. Uh, and so if you take it out and you realize how many bills are contained within a bill, it was the most productive session we had. Uh, I remember a reporter complaining about we only passed x number of bills. And it's like you passed we passed nine of my bills last session. Like how can you say we only passed a handful when nine of mine were in there? Uh, and I have 199 other colleagues. So I I'm looking forward to to seeing how we can continue that progress. Uh on a personal front, I was made the chair of the joint committee on municipalities and regional government. Uh it's kind of ironic. I was chatting with one of you, I think a couple days before that appointment about the governor's municipal empowerment bill. Uh and I remember when we were talking thinking, hey, this is important information.
Two things I greatly admire, soccer and first responders. When I heard what happened to Aurora and her daughter, my heart broke because I know Aurora. She's not a threat. She's not an activist looking for attention. She is a mom who wanted to be there for her child. And this board denied her that right. As a fellow mother, that's devastating. Now, instead of focusing on our energy and resources on improving academic achievement and student safety, we are spending thousands of taxer taxpayer dollars fighting this mom. And this case has put our district in a negative national spotlight. Aurora isn't asking for money. What she wants and what thousands of parents want in this district and all over the state is transparency, accountability, and open communication between schools and families. We want to support our kids not to be shut out of their lives. Secrets don't build trust.
Do you want to be interviewed? Would you like to be interviewed? Huh? Quite a lot of people. I'm not sure who I'm going to pick to interview. Um Um I'm spotting a target. I need Uncle for guys. My lips are getting chapped. Phillip, you want to take over for a few seconds? Go ahead. What? It's okay. There's one film that's It's not not the end of the world, but first and then doing interviews. Who? I don't think they want to be interviewed. Hi. Would you like to be interviewed? Okay, it's okay. No, no one don't want to be interviewed. A guys, I'm scared. You can go through. You can go through. It's okay. Um, I'm scared. Philip just left me. He is my emotional support and he's gone. I think he should get them. Hi. Do you guys want to be interviewed? Yeah, why not?
Okay, and another up air. He's just keeping him in the air. Oh, and the neutral air. Whoa. And then up air. Jeez Louise. Blocks the blade. Almost hits him with a bug net. Misses the grab. Okay. Okay. Sending off quite a few projectiles. Goodness. Okay. Oh. Oh, a back throw. Oh, he pockets it. Let's see. He pockets it. That's why you will that be his demise. Oh, no. Mega Man just picks it up. Mega Man just picks it up and throws it. He He doesn't capitalize off the stun, though. He doesn't. Oh, but he does. Oh, let's see if Oh, almost goes for a suicide. He transferred it. He shot it onto Jade and then the Lloyd kills the It doesn't kill. It doesn't kill. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Nope. Okay, they do grab the light. There's a Lloyd on the on the edge. Oh.
Whatever committee gets that bill, I'm going to have to share this with the chair. Uh I'll have to schedule a meeting so I can make sure I I relay that information. And then when I got the appointment, I realized that bill is going to be coming to my committee first. Uh and so while we're already meeting with stakeholders in the house about, you know, line by line what the governor is putting forward as her recommendation, I'm the state rep for Ashland. I'm the state rep for Framingham. And so I need to hear first and constantly from you all about what the governor's recommendations might mean for you on the ground. Uh I'm going to hear from folks in in larger communities. I'm going to hear from the MMA. uh all important perspectives, but you sit there. Uh and if I can't help Ashland and Framingham in this position, then I don't know what I'm doing.
Silence doesn't protect children. Teachers have been put in the middle of lying to parents or get fired. This is unfair to all the wonderful teachers out there who want to teach our children academics. No wonder why many have left the profession. So I'm asking you today respectfully to please agendaize an item to further discussion the removal of this parental secrecy policy to avoid more legal challenges and waste of money. Thanks for your time. Good job. We will move on to agenda item seven items from the floor. We do have several speakers listed here as well. Um again the same speaking rules apply. Um items from the floor should be for items that are not agendaized and as such the uh board has a policy of not responding or engaging. With that we would love to hear from Michelle Cooper. Please evening. I'm here tonight not just as a parent, but as somebody who has been sounding the alarm on your so-called parental secrecy policy for over two years.
Okay. Um, I am a little awkward right now. It's my first time. So, we're fine. I always Thank you. I see you guys all the time. You on the morning news is so beautiful. And are you in any of the films? A producer or an actor? I'm an actor in one of the films. Yeah. What would that be? It Hold on. I'll tell you what. It's okay. It's okay. Haunting her betrayer. What is it about? How was it filming behind the scenes? So, we filmed at my house and the two producers are my two friends and basically we're all hanging out and one of our friends goes home and gets kidnapped and then at the end you find out like I was behind it. Oh, okay. So, I hope you don't kidnap one of us. No, I won't. I So, I'm going to let you go cuz there's a lot of people.
Oh, get the water bucket. Release. How do you take out a robot? You douse it in water. Backto back three stock. This just shows just how good of a player he is. Jaden is just going crazy, I tell you. And that's our first round done. And you know how I want to celebrate this first round victory? By shouting out one of our amazing sponsors, the Moose Garage. So, special thanks to the Moose to the Moose in Wells County. Check out the garage here in town on Main Street. It's a cafe/game room/music venue for the youth of Bluton to hang out. And let me tell you, I've been there to that music venue. Oh my goodness. When you sing on that stage, where is he? It is absolutely gorgeous. My rendition of Halo is unmatched. We have Mr. Smith aka my Overwatch coat in the chat.
Uh so I look forward if it's the town manager, if it's town manager and one or two of you, we'll have to figure out the open meeting stuff if it's all of you. Uh but hearing from you, I I've never unlike the Senate President, I have not served in local government. Uh the the governor was the attorney general before she became the governor. Her team is great. Uh, but I want to make sure the recommendations they're putting forth actually will play out in a positive way on the ground. And if you don't tell me, uh, then I'm I'm not going to know. Uh other bills before the committee, I uh think we're going to have about 350 bills before the committee ranging in everything from municipal finance, local governance, zoning, transportation, uh personnel, the environment, and about a dozen animal welfare bills that if you can figure out why they've been assigned to municipalities.
And tonight, I'm telling you plainly, this district must remove it immediately or prepare for a financial and legal reckoning. We now have federal precedent in the Aurora Regino versus Chico Unified School District case. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals revived a mother's lawsuit after this district socially transitioned her 11-year-old daughter without her knowledge or consent. That policy, your policy, denied a parent the fundamental right to direct the upbringing of her child, a right deeply rooted in our constitution. The court made clear parental rights are not suggestions. They are protected by law. CUSD is no longer alone in this fight. Similar lawsuits have been filed in districts across California where parents are suing school officials for concealing gender sorry gender transitions. These legal actions are gaining traction and they are costing school districts millions in litigation settlements and shattered trust. Even Secretary of Education Linda McMahon recently stated that California schools are violating FURPA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act by withholding information from parents.
You guys look beautiful. Hi. Thank you. This is Miss Lovely Tina. Thank you. How are you doing today? I'm doing excellent. How are you doing? I'm doing great. Are you excited for today's film festival? I am. This is my first time coming to a film festival. And I'm very Yes. And I'm so excited. I can't wait to see all the lovely movies. I am sure you're excited to see Phillip. I am. He's a big star. He's a very big star. We were in your wing late at night. How do you feel about that? Oh. Oh, I sat at your desk. Did you leave me a present? No, I'm sorry. That's all right. We didn't want to touch stuff. That's okay. You could sit at my desk anytime. Thank you, Miss Tina. A thank you. I look forward to seeing you. Thank you. You stay. What will happen if I did this in real life?
I can't listen. Oh, there's there's one of the JV players. Oh, wow. They're going crazy over here. All right, they're sending out Trizy as their first player for this round. Are they um are they counterpicking the stage? It doesn't look like they've changed it yet. Or maybe they just have been Oh. Uh oh, they're changing the stage. What do we got? Final destination. Oh, they they scrolled over it. They're being sneaky about They're looking around. They're like, "Okay, what's going on?" Looking around. They don't know what to do. Oh my. Well, what would you do in this situation if you were the opponents? Um, pick what map I feel like I play most comfortably on and just know the best. H, that's a that's a good idea. That's a good idea. Maybe play on PS2. That one's that one at least looks pretty cool. Mhm.
Uh I I will be your new best friend. Uh but I I think that's that's it on the the grand overview. Uh, as as with previous years, I I filed uh about 30 bills myself. Uh, it's a great problem to have. Many of the bills I've worked on since I was elected have become law. And so, we're starting some some new conversations. Uh, one in particular that I just wanted to point out, uh, that we'll be talking more about eight years ago, uh, I met with a group of doctors who were trained abroad. uh some of whom were medics for the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan who their medical expertise was good enough for the US military in the early 2000s uh but because they worked with the US government they're now refugees living here uh and some of those doctors are driving taxis or bagging groceries all fine careers uh but if you were a leading surgeon in your home country and devoted your whole life and took on that debt and now you're living here uh and happy to be living here and not able to to put your your love into practice.
FURPA is federal law. It guarantees parents access to their child's education records, including changes to name, gender, and pronouns. And when school districts willfully violate Furpa, they risk losing federal funding. That means millions of dollars gone just to maintain a policy that hides lifealtering decisions from loving parents. Let me be clear. This is not about politics. This is about accountability, transparency, and respect. You owe me and every parent in this district a public apology. We stood at this podium two years ago and begged you to listen. Instead, we were ignored, dismissed, and labeled. Now, the courts have spoken. The law is catching up and you are on the wrong side of it. So tonight, I urge you, remove this policy, restore parental trust, or prepare to watch this district bleed money in court and federal funding losses that could have been avoided with a single ounce of humility and common sense.
I can't hear you. What will happen if I did this in real life? I think you'd be great at doing this in real life. I told you. I think you would be doing anything. What if I should see what I could see just that would be awesome. Okay, thank you. I just remember me when you become rich and famous. Just give me an autograph. Thank you. Thank you. I know. And you beautiful. You're beautiful. I want to interview. [Music] I'm taking over cuz this is one of my main man. This is my main man. [Music] How you feeling today? I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Are you ready for this long film festival? Oh, yes. Definitely. I want to see all the all the films. I would I'm very glad you came. couldn't make it last year because of whatever happened, but I'm glad that this year you have come and you are able to watch everything.
Okay. So, they're thinking about it. They don't they don't really know. They're like in the esports room. They're just sitting there, you know. They're probably discussing over some strategies. Coaches are just walking around. I guess we got a door being opened and people going through the door that have been that has been opened. It's JV members here to to talk to us. That's crazy. JV and Varsity subs. What's good? Hello. Welcome. Welcome. This guy gave me this guy gave me the Nether earlier. The one that gave him this. He is courtesy. Thank you for Thanks to him. We We have Jason Mimoa. Um Aquaman. Aquaman on the stream with us. Oh, well that's good. Amazing. [Music] Oh, he is. Got you gota put it like to the side. Yeah. Oh, you just you almost you just broke his house. No, no. There we go. It's a cool little stage for him.