Okay. as to what we're talking about. >> Yes. >> Okay. Um so I have a motion on the table to table this um vote um for it to happen in the next 30 days with the additional information that we are requesting. Do I have a second? >> This is board member Shauna. I second that motion. >> We'll do a roll call vote. Linda Boveve I Britney Buchanan I >> Colette Chapman Michael Gordon >> Oh yes >> no Diana Heron Earl Terry Shauna Tamiko. >> I vote I. Motion passes. All right. Following that, we will have 7.1. This is information, discussion, and possible action item, legislative update. Maria Murphy, director of policy and government relations. Good evening, uh, President Buchanan, members of the board, Superintendent Reichman, assistant superintendent, staff, parents, and members of the community. >> Go right ahead. Thank you, Albert. Okay. Um, for the record, my name is Maria Murphy and I'm the director of policy and government relations and I am here to give you an update on the state legislative session.
Mhm. So I would suggest that you get a hold of the two liaison, the two lobbyists from ASBA, write them up an email, ask them what bills they're working on and and and uh how you can help or just and they'll tell you, you know, to write letters and then say, "Okay, show me what you're doing about it." But I would suggest that and that's my discussion. I think part of the problem is we had such a strong lobbyist for so many years through ASBA and since he's left we just don't have the lobbyist strength that we used to have. No, I don't think we do. I think that that there's been a change, but I think there's been a u a style change at ASBA. Um anyway, that's 6 point. Yeah. Yeah. 6.4. It's first reading. Get some information on it. You guys get some information so you know what we're going to be discussing next time.
It's >> difficult. Yeah, >> we do we do have hard copies in front of us. So, okay. >> Yeah. So, I I think the comment here is um the sign is proposed at a location outside the front side or rear yard. Right. Okay. So, right. It's just on the street and I I think the um GC GCG just recommends adding the sign permit as part of the approval conditions. >> So we do this we we've done this for other project as well that >> we're fine with that. >> Yeah, the sign isn't designed yet. It's not perfectly clear what it's going to be. So it's just that they'll have to come back for a sign permit >> which goes through the building inspector. >> That we're fine with that. Yep. >> Okay. Are we I assume we're fine with that. the board. Okay. Um, let's see.
So, first I would like to get started to give you a status update on um Senate Bill 1760 and mirror bill um house 4077. These are the bills that uh you as a board um recommended the introduction of to give um additional thirdparty financing authority to the ASDB board. Um unfortunately as of today uh both of these bills have not proceeded through the legislative process. Uh neither of the um chairpeople of the committees that the bills were assigned to agreed to hear the bills in committee. So at this point they are no longer proceeding.
And I'd be happy to share with you. Um the the things are moving very quickly in the in the legislature right now. Um you know, they've they're past crossover week even, which is when bills that have been have been approved on one side, either the House or the Senate, have crossed over to the other side. Um and and uh and I will tell you I try to keep you informed when I uh send in political statements to our uh representatives and our senator. Um uh but it was fast it was fast and furious there for two weeks. So I I didn't keep you informed on everything. Um uh but the the nice thing is that um there there was one bill um that I will tell you uh be the week before crossover uh it looked like it was going to pass uh and it was one that I didn't feel was in the best interest of our schools u not just Bullhead City School District but the schools in general and um and apparently a lot of other superintendents didn't either but it looked like it was going to pass handily.
>> 21. I I'm just curious about that note. G6G recommends adding architectural shed plan as part of approval conditions. >> Right. So, is that the shed backed by the early learning center? >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> And I think that's the same line of thinking as the last one. It's just to put as an approval of condition. We we have it obviously cited but we never submitted any kind of architectural plans. So I think that's just the idea is to condition it so that um when those plans are available those would be submitted as part of the package. >> Okay. So the the size of the shed is kind of outlined but um but we need drawings for them before it's built. >> Yep. >> Correct. >> Sure. >> And I think it's located >> Yeah. in the back of the parking lot. I assume it's for equipment maintenance >> like >> Yep.
Do we have any questions about that before I proceed to the next? >> This is Linda. >> I have a question. What happens then when does that means that it's completely gone or is it something that can be reintroduced in another legislative session or is there more um need more time to find interest in sponsorship or what is the trajectory? Can you help us have some idea of what the life cycle is and how that works? >> Certainly that's an excellent question. Um, board member Bove. Um, at this point for in all practicality, the bills are no longer live. Um the only way for them to proceed would be to find a person who has some kind of a strike everything bill and we would have to convince them to go ahead strike everything on their bill and replace it with the third party financing language to try to resurrect the process.
It ended up failing 33 to 22. Wow. Because uh because of the letters and things that were sent and uh ASA's lobbyists and ARSA's lobbyists and the other alphabet groups, but ASBA uh didn't take a stand on that particular bill and they aren't and I dis I was disappointed about that. They aren't taking a stand on a lot of bills. So, you know, and that's disappointing because um because of many of the things on that agenda you just looked at that you all helped approve um they've ignored, you know, and and not necessarily worked against, but just have not supported the things that um that the delegates said they wanted supported. Um and and I will tell you that there's a real sense of empowerment to know that a group in this case of the bill that I told you about that a group of superintendent made that much difference.
Exactly. >> general shed purposes. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Yeah. I think some of our figure Well, what was interesting is adding it as part of your approval conditions. That was what was >> intriguing to me. >> Yeah. I assume it's just because it has not been designed yet and your focus has not been on the shed. Is that Yeah. And and our kind of general approach was to permit the master plan. You know, we also haven't fully designed, you know, the back fields and and what all that could be. Um but to to be really transparent about what we think like kind of the maximum use would be. Um but I think it's reasonable to say, you know, we don't know what that shed looks like, so it's hard to, you know, present it. nor do we know when uh we will build it.
Um, in all likelihood, the uh finding a Republican sponsor who would be willing to uh sacrifice a strike a striker is it's not likely. Uh that having been said, we can certainly try again next year. So, I I think it's a good bill. I think it makes a lot of sense. I think we just need to try and and wait again and reintroduce it next year and hopefully we'll be more successful then. >> Thank you. >> Excuse me, Marius. Mike, what? >> Yes. >> Which bill was this? I mean, as far as because we had three of them that we tried to go forward with the uh license plates and the other which which was this? >> Yes. So, um, board member Gordon, uh, this bill actually ended up being a combination of the third party financing bill, right, >> and the lease to own and lease purchase bills.
Sending emails to our legislators made that much difference. Okay, to uh to def defeat that that bill that was really not good for public education in Arizona. Um, and right now we've we've all um um sent emails to our legislators in favor of one of the bills that they're looking at. Um, and I think that I think that one's going to, you know, fly through uh pretty easily. So, um, it's kind of it's kind of nice to feel that we have a voice, especially in rural Arizona. So, you want to push 6.3 to April. Excuse me. You want to push 6.3 to April? Um, I believe if we pushed if we put 6.3 on April's agenda, would you guys have enough time to at least go to ASBA and do an email? Yeah, we should. Yeah. Okay. Yes, please. And would you be kind enough to send us all a list of those bills that Okay, those are current bills.
And so I think it would be reasonable to say we could provide, you know, documents what it's going to be um obviously in advance of applying for a building permit. >> I'm okay with that being a condition. Is everyone else? We don't need to know what the shed looks like right now. Okay. >> Yeah. >> All right. Moving on. So >> 37 to 40 all relate to drainage report and I'm guessing that's more details that's coming off in the latter piece of the project. >> I just wanted just to go back a minute to 23 because it's in red that a 5 foot wide pedestrian sidewalk has been proposed along Memorial Drive. So that just isn't proposed. That that's definitely a part of the plan now, right? >> That's what that was what we saw in the drawings. >> The the sidewalk all along Memorial Drive.
We were advised that uh, the license plate bill was not really a good bill because we just were not going to be able to get the amount of capital that we needed from it. So, we were encouraged to just set it aside. >> Okay. So, what uh our bill sponsor ended up recommending and what legislative council ended up recommending was that the lease to own, lease purchase, and third-party financing were all similar enough that it could be combined into one bill. So, it was it it became kind of I don't want to call it like a Frankenstein bill, but um it it was all combined into into one subject, one bill. Got >> Okay. Thank you. >> Okay. Um, since there aren't any further questions, I would like to um talk to all of you about House Bill 2188. I've been getting a lot of questions about this bill from members of the community and from um board members individually reaching out to me.
And what what's being asked now is for you all to identify the things you want ASBA to focus on for next legislative session for 2027. Okay. Got it. So starting with that, starting with that list of the current political agenda is a good place to start for you to look at that and say, "Okay, these are things we really do want ASBA to stay focused on next year." Um, or if there are other things that you want added, that's that's what you're looking at for that. It's kind of two things. What Melinda's asking you to do is make your voice heard right now that you feel that ASBA is not not standing up for our our schools. The other one is for you to think about what what items do you want them to focus on for next legislative session because a lot of that stuff that's on there for this year was stuff that we had from last year, too.
Okay. >> Is that the one that you were this Scott was asking? >> Yeah. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't just being proposed. >> He's got it listed as there's no resolved in front of >> Scott's walk. >> Yeah, it's there. >> It does. It does say resolved. Yeah, I meant um I I meant the the dark blue GCG kind of going back with their um >> No, the red at the red right at the top right above the 24. That's >> Yes. Yeah, but the red the red is is is the red G I thought the red was >> red's GCG. Yeah, all the results come from GC. >> The red is GCG, too. Oh, >> okay. Um, all right. So, where did you say we were, Deepa? We're at >> 27 to 40. It was too technical for me. Um, >> right.
Uh this is a bill that is being sponsored by um House Whip Willoughby and it is in regards to a language acquisition grant program. Uh I did attach to all of you the the language of the bill as long along with the fact sheets. Um what this bill is purporting to do is establishing a grant program um that would appropriate monies to ASIP, the early intervention program, um and require the Department of Economic Security to contract for listening and spoken language providers. Um, and with this particular bill, uh, I have been trying to work with Whip Willoughby since she introduced the bill. Uh, I've had discussions with her and I have sent her emails in regards to um, concerns and things that we think that Whip Willoughby needs to know as she's proceeding through um, the legislative process. She has um amended the bill two times.
And you know, it's like nothing's happened in the last couple of years. So, you know, it's been on there a couple years, some of that. Yeah. a couple three four years on some of that stuff. Well, and a good example is that one of the items on there is is uh all day kindergarten. That has been a that has been a belief for from ASBA for years and years and years. Um and um it there are either bills do not get introduced for that or um or they end up um uh you know either not getting heard in committee or they end up getting voted down in committee. Um, but your lo the lobbyists can have a lot to do with um, you know, with what happens with those bills. Um, I'm not I don't even think that all day kindergarten has even been discussed this year.
Yeah. So, those are all >> drainage report related. >> Right. And I think they're all >> say resolved. They all say resolved. >> I think they're all resolved. >> Yeah. Um, >> well, I don't know if the 40 one on 40 is resolved. They all defer to the comment below which resolves with number 40. >> Is that how you should read that? >> Yes. So from 37 it says see comment below. 38 C comment below. 39 C comment below. Number 40 recommends removing the rip wrap armor at the FS outlet which is too close to the edge. So, I don't know if that's resolved, but giving you a direction of what should be done. >> Andy, can you maybe opine on this a little further? We're confident it's resolved, but can you just confirm since you went back and forth with GCG? >> Yeah. Yeah.
Um the first time she did a strike everything language and it passed out of the health and human services committee with the strike everything language. And then for a while the bill really did not move at all. And usually when a bill is staying still for that long that means that the bill sponsor realizes that the language needs additional work. So, we had been hoping that she was continuing to work on the bill and that she was taking some of our concerns uh under advisement. And then uh earlier um last week she went ahead and it moved over to the floor and she did a floor amendment um which made some additional changes but didn't really address a lot of the concerns that I had been raising uh with her. So uh at this point the bill passed out of the house. It is getting ready to move over to the Senate.
Okay. Well, that's not ASBA's fault. You know, they didn't they didn't control that. They did know that if it came up that that the delegates said, "This is one we want you to push." Um, so, you know, in one way that's not a good example because if no bill was introduced about that, there's not much that lobbying could do to help that. Um, on the other hand, there are items on there that were part of bills or have been part of bills this year that could have been supported. And ASBA did support some of them or did oppose some of them because the delegates said, "This is not a good thing. Don't let this happen." Um, so, you know, it's it's it's kind of staying on top of what's going on. Um but for ASBA and for ASBA's lobbyists, they want to know in front, you know, they want to know before the session starts, okay, what are we as an organization going to really push?