>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, AN UPDATE ON THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT AND THE IMPACT ON ARIZONA'S ECONOMY.

ALSO TONIGHT, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT EFFORTS TO BUILD THE FIRST HOLOCAUST EDUCATION IN PHOENIX AND A CHARTER SCHOOL.

THAT'S NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

FIVE MEMPHIS POLICE OFFICERS TODAY WERE CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE DEATH OF TYRE NICHOLS, A 29-YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN WHO DIED AFTER STOPPED ON SUSPICION OF RECKLESS DRIVING EARLY THIS MONTH.

THE ARREST VIDEO SHOWS THE OFFICERS BEATING N IRKICHOLS AND THE OFFICERS WERE CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND IT'S AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, KIDNAPPING AND OFFICIAL OPPRESSION.

THEY CALLED THIS INHUMANE.

>> THIS IS NOT JUST A PROFESSIONAL FAILING, AND IN INCIDENT WAS HEINOUS AND INHUMANE AND I EXPECT YOU TO FEEL OUTRAGE AND BASIC HUMAN RATERIGHTS.

>> Ted: THEY'RE CALLING FOR CALM ONCE THE VIOLENT ARREST IS MADE PUBLIC.

>>> COMMERCE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT THE COUNTRY'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT INCREASED 2.9% IN LAST YEAR'S FOURTH QUARTER AND THAT'S BETTER THAN THE 2.6% ECONOMISTS PREDICTED, BUT LOWER THAN LAST YEAR'S PREVIOUS QUARTER AND THE GDP IS EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THE SECOND AND THIRD QUARTERS OVER THIS YEAR DUE TO THE FED RAISING INTEREST RATES TO FLIGHT INFLATION AND GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY.

>>> ISRAELI FORCES KILLED NITTANYKILLED NINEPALESTINIANS AND KILLED THREE TERRORISTS AND THE OPERATION TARGETED A TERROR TERRORISTS TARGETING THE ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION.

AND RUSSIA LAUNCHED DOZENS OF MISSILES AT UKRAINE AND 11 PEOPLE KILLED AND THE ATTACK FOCUSED ON THE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOLLOWED YESTERDAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE U.S. AND GERMANY TO ASSIST UKRAINE'S ASSIST SENDING DOZENS OF TANKS TO THE BATTLEFIELD.

>>> THE BIPARTISANSHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE LAW IS DESIGNED TO REVITALIZE OTHER HIGH TECH INDUSTRIES.

HERE NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE VALLEY'S GROWING TECH SECTOR IS CHRIS CAMACHO OF THE GREATER PHOENIX ECONOMIC COUNCIL AND GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: GIVE ME A DEFINITION OF THE CHIP'S ACT.

>> IN WAS PASSED IN JULY OF THIS YEAR TO INCENTIVIZE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMPANIES TO INVEST IF THE UNITED STATES AND THE $52 BILLION TO MAKE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS FROM FOUNDRIES TO INDUCE THE SUPPLY CHAINS TO REPRODUCE PRODUCTS IN YOUR HOUSEHOLDS AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HAVING THESE PRODUCTS PRODUCED ON U.S.

SOIL AS OPPOSED TO PRODUCED ABROAD.

>> Ted: THERE'S TAX CREDITS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

>> $39 BILLION WAS TO INDUCE THE SPECIFIC COMPANIES TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WAS A 25% TAX CREDIT TO CONTINUE TO INDUCE THE SUPPLIERS AND THE COMPANIES TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES AND INVEST.

>> Ted: ARE THEY COMING?

>> WITH COMPANIES IN NORTH PHOENIX WHICH IS A SEMI MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND INTEL, BOTH ARE INVESTING OVER $20 BILLION IN THE STATES AND ROUGHLY 18 ADDITIONAL COMPANIES MADE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO CREATE JOBS IN THE STATES.

>> Ted: DOES THAT HUMUNGOUS PLANT EXIST WITHOUT THIS OR WITHOUT THE TALK OF THIS, THE PLANNING FOR IN?

>> YEAH, TED.

THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT HAD BEEN IN CONGRESS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AND WE'VE BEEN STRONG ADVOCATES TO ENSURE WE NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE, YOU KNOW, IN THE UNITED STATES TO INDUCE THIS MANUFACTURING, SO TSMC IS A COMPANY THAT COULD HAVE GONE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND DECIDED TO COME TO ARIZONA AND PRODUCE THEIR CHIP PRODUCTS AND DO THAT IN ARIZONA.

WITHOUT THE CHIP'S ACT AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION WAS INVOLVED IN RECRUITING THEM TO THE UNITED STATES.

>> Ted: WHAT TOOK SO LONG?

I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT THIS YEARS AGO.

>> NOTHING MOVES FAST IN CONGRESS, SPECIFICALLY WITH A PRICE TAG AND THIS WAS AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAM AND THE PRODUCTS ARE GOING INTO THE F35 AND FUTURE SATELLITES WE'RE BUILDING TODAY AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND THE DEBATE WAS ON, SHOULD WE INDUCE THESE COMPANIES AND CREATE THIS TAX CREDIT AND INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE.

TODAY WE'RE ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND -- WE'VE SEEN ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGIES.

COMPANIES LIKE TSMC INVESTING MUCH MORE IN THE REGION AND THERE'S 110,000 JOBS ALONE TIED TO THE SEMICONDUCTOR CHAIN AND IT'S A BURGEONING POSITION TO DRIVE THE HIGH WAGE PORTION.

>> Ted: IT'S UNBELIEVABLE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH TMC AND YOU HAVE JOBS AND YOU HAVE TO FIND HOUSES AND RESTAURANTS AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS AND OTHER SUPPLIERS TO THE FACTOR AND THAT'S A BIG WORLD OUT THERE.

>> WE'VE TALKED FOR YEARS AS MUCH AS WE LOVE ROOFTOPS AND THE RETAIL AMENITIES, WE WANTED TOEN SURE WE'RE BUILDING BASE INDUSTRIES.

TMC EXPORTS PRODUCTS TO THE WORLD AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE HAD 18 COMPANIES GO PUBLIC, SPECIFICALLY TIED TO TSMC AND OTHER CAPITAL EQUIPMENT COMPANIES NEEDED TO BE TO SUCCESSFUL AND THERE'S ANOTHER 30 IN THE PIPELINE THAT ARE EVALUATING INVESTMENTS.

>> Ted: VERY INTERESTING.

I THINK YOU COMPARED THIS MOMENT IN ARIZONA'S HISTORY, THE VALLEY'S HISTORY TO MOTOROLA CAME HERE AND ANYONE KNOWS THAT WAS A HIGH WATER MARK AS FAR AS JUST ATTRACTING INTEREST, BUSINESS INTEREST TO ARIZONA.

>> YOU'RE TAKING US DOWN MEMORY LANE AND IN THE 1950'S, MOTOROLA BUILT THE RADIO TRANSISTER AND THIS IS MILESTONE AND I'VE BEEN TO TAIWAN AND HAVE SEEN THE SCALE IN WHICH THEY BUILD IN TAIWAN AND THEY'RE AN ISLAND WITH CHALLENGING RESOURCES AND NATURALLY CHALLENGING NEIGHBORS AND WE WANT THE INVESTMENT INTO THE UNITED STATES AND THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> Ted: WHAT IS THE IMAGE NOW?

WE THINK WE'RE BECOMING A TECH HUB AND I'VE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER.

BUT SILICON VALLEY AND BOSTON, THEY HAD A HEAD START AND ARE THEY INCREASING AT THE SAME PACE AND HOW ARE WE DOING?

>> WE'RE A LATE BLOOMER AND WE'VE MADE MAJOR STRIDES IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY JOB GROWTH.

WE'VE BEEN ONE OF THE TOP MARKETS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR NOT ONLY LURING COMPANIES TO THE METRO PHOENIX REGION AND GROWING AND CULTIVATING VENTURE-BACK COMPANIES.

NEXT WEEK WITH THE WM OPEN, WE HAVE 60 CONFIRMS VISITING OUR LOCAL COMPANIES AND NOT ONLY EXPERIENCING THE GREATEST SHOW ON GRASS BUT COMPANIES TO INVEST IN AND THAT'S THE DRAMATIC CHANGE I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST DECADE.

>> Ted: I GET YOU ECONOMIC GUYS IN AND I MENTION VENTURE CAPITAL AND IS IT GETTING BETTER?

>> NO QUESTION ACCESS TO CAPITAL IS GETTING BETTER AND WE'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS LETTER OF FEED CAPITAL, FRIEND'S AND FAMILY MONEY, HIGH NETWORKS TO INVEST IN COMPANIES AND TO GET TO THE MILESTONE BETWEEN VENTURE A ROUND AND B ROUND WHERE THEY GROW ON SCALE, THAT HAD TO COME OUT OF MARKET.

MANY MORE COMPANIES NOT ONLY ACCESS LOCAL MONIES FOR VENTURE CAPITAL GROWTH AND THE POURING IN OF CAPITAL FROM OUTSIDE OF THE MARKET IS STILL SOMETHING WE'RE EXPERIENCING.

>> Ted: WHAT DO WE WATCH FOR NEXT?

WATCHING IT GROW, BUT WHAT DO WE WATCH FOR IN TERMS OF JUST -- NOT JUST SEMICONDUCTOR BUSINESS AND HIGH TECH BUT OTHER ECONOMIC CONDUCTORS IN THE VALLEY?

>> MANY MORE ELECT ELECTRIC IN THE VALLEY AND DATA STORAGE AND DATA SYNTHESIS AND THE NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE EVOLVING HERE WOULD BLOW YOUR MIND.

THE LEVEL OF ROCKET PRODUCTION AND THINGS HISTORICALLY NOT IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEY'RE COMING TO PHOENIX BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE LEGACY ASSETS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TIED TO THE DEFENSE SECTOR.

>> Ted: WE TALK ABOUT WATER CONCERNS AND EDUCATION CONCERNS ON THIS AND YOU NEED A TALENTED WORKFORCE AND WATER TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND GET THIS WORK DONE, WHAT DO YOU TELL FOLKS WHO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT?

>> I FIELD THOSE QUESTIONS.

A LOT OF COVERAGE ON THE CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT AND COLORADO RIVER WATER AND WE'VE BEEN AT PLANNING FOR ARIZONA'S WATER, YOU KNOW, HISTORY, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE STATE, RIGHT.

SO A LOT OF OUR FOCUS TODAY HAS BEEN ON HOW DO WE SERVE IN AN AUGMENTATION MINDSET?

WE NEED TO ENSURE THE WATER WE HAVE IS USED JUDICIOUSLY AND THERE'S AGRICULTURE TO A VERY STRONG INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY ECONOMY.

AND SO THERE'S BALANCE AND GROWING PAINS.

AND WE HAD THE GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR HOBBS IN OUR OFFICE THIS MORNING AT A GPEX WATER AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF CLIMATE AND WORKFORCE AND ALL OF THE CRITICAL FACTIONS KEY INGREDIENTS FOR OUR SUCCESS ARE OUR PRIORITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER TO BUILD THE NEXT ERA OF THE ECONOMIC FUTURE.

>> Ted: THAT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR.

CHRIS CAMACHO, AN ENCOURAGING REPORT AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, A LOOK AT THE FIRST PERMANENT HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER PLANNED FOR PHOENIX.

>> Ted: THE ARIZONA JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS HALFWAY TO THE GOAL OF RAISING ENOUGH FUNDS FOR THE FIRST PERMANENT HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER IN PHOENIX AND FOR MORE, WE WELCOME LAWRENCE BELL OF THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND JOINING US IS SUSIE ERNST, WHOSE PARENTS SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST AND TOMORROW IS INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: NOW, THIS IS A HERITAGE CENTER THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND AND EXPLAIN HERE.

>> SO THE ARIZONA JEWISH SOCIETY OPERATES THE HERITAGE CENTER, WHICH IS A CULTURAL CENTER, MUSEUM AND EVENT VENUE LOCATED IN THE ORIGINAL SYNAGOG BUILT IN PHOENIX IN 1921 AND JUST TURNED 100 YEARS OLD LAST YEAR.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO AND WE RUN A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS.

WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND ON THE CURRENT PROPERTY TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING WHICH WILL SERVE AS A HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTER FOR THE VALLEY AND IT'S GOING TO BE AN 18,000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO THE PROPERTY.

>> Ted: NEW BUILDING, STATE-OF-THE-ART, WHOLE NINE YARDS.

>> YES, SIR.

>> Ted: YOU HELPED TO DONATE AND WHY?

TELL US THE STORY OF YOUR FAMILY.

>> MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED TO DONATE AND ALSO TO WORK ON THE PROJECT.

WE'RE BOTH PART OF THE PLANNING OF THIS.

IN PART, TO HONOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LOST OR SUFFERED THROUGH THE HOLOCAUST INCLUDING MY MOM AND MY DAD.

MY DAD'S FAMILY, ENTIRELY FAMILY WAS WIPED OUT AND HIS SISTER AND BROTHER AND PARENTS WERE MURDERED.

AND MY MOTHER MANAGED TO ESCAPE IN 1939 WITH HER FAMILY.

SHE WAS NINE YEARS OLD.

BUT THAT'S PART OF THE REASON I WANTED TO BE INVOLVED.

BUT THE EVEN BIGGER REASON IS WE ALL NEED TO BE EDUCATED SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE JEWISH PEOPLE, BUT ALL PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY'RE A DIFFERENT COLOR, DIFFERENT RELIGION, DIFFERENT SEXUAL PREFERENCE.

AND I THINK USING THE HOLOCAUST AS AN EXAMPLE, A STEPPING-OFF POINT TO DISCUSS THESE CRITICAL ISSUES IS WHY WE WANTED TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT.

>> Ted: I WAS GOING TO SAY AT THIS TIME, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS RISING ANTI-SEMITISM AND I DON'T FOE KNOW IF THE COMMUNICATION IS BETTER AND WE'RE HEARING MORE.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS.

THERE'S A LOT OF RISING ANTI-SEMITISM AND SURPRISINGLY, IT'S COMING FROM A MULTIPLICITY OF DIRECTIONS, WHICH IS NEW.

IT I THINK A LOT OF THAT IS DRIVEN BY SOME, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION.

IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND THE THING PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW AWARENESS OF THE HOLOCAUST IS FADING AMONG YOUNGER GENERATIONS.

IN FACT AWARENESS OF WORLD WAR II IS FADING.

I HAD GRANDPARENTS IN THE WAR AND OBVIOUSLY, YOUR PARENTS AND KIDS TODAY DON'T HAVE A LIVING RELATIVE THAT REMEMBERS WORLD WAR II AND THAT EXPERIENCE IS MOVING INTO HISTORY.

BUT THEY DID A STUDY, THE CONFERENCE FOR MATERIAL AGAINST GERMANY DID A STUDY IN 2019 THAT AS MUCH OF 22% OF OLYMPIAN MILLENNIALS DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HOLOCAUST WAS.

>> Ted: THERE IS A NEED FOR THIS AND WHEN IT IS COMPLETED, TO YOU WANT A REFLECTION?

DO YOU WANT HONOR AND WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO GO TO THIS TO EXPERIENCE AND TO THINK ABOUT?

>> WELL, I WOULD LIKE THEM TO EXPERIENCE REAL HISTORY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DENY WHAT HAPPENED OR MINIMIZE WHAT HAPPENED.

AND IT APPLIES TO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE BUT OTHERS DURING THE HOLOCAUST AND OTHER GROUPS AROUND THE WORLD.

SO PART OF IT IS JUST GETTING THE TRUTH OUT THERE.

>> Ted: TO HEAR THE STORIES FROM THOSE AFFECTED.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> Ted: THIS WILL BE DONE -- A LOT OF HIGH TECH STUFF AND SIGNIFICANTS.

I WANTEXHIBITS.

>> WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT IN OUR CURRENT FACILITY RELATING TO THE FOUR HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS AND FEATURES AN INTERACTIVE HOLOGRAM OF A SURVIVOR AND IT'S A NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH THE HOLOGRAM AND IT HAS A VIRTUAL REALITY TOUR OF ONE OF THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

IT'S NOT GRUESOME BUT PRETTY PROFOUND WHERE A SURVIVOR WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH AND INTERESTING THINGS PEOPLE CAN SEE NOW AND I TELL PEOPLE THAT THIS IS A SMALL TASTE OF WHAT WE'RE BUILDING.

NOTATENOT.

>> Ted: FOR.

>> Ted: TIME TABLE, END OF THE YEAR?

>> TO TRY TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 2024 AND IT IS CONTINGENT ON FUNDRAISING AND IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HGAS.ORG IS OUR WEBSITE AND PLEASE VISIT AND CHECK OUT ACTIVITIES AND WE ARE STILL, OBVIOUSLY, RAISING FUNDS, AS WELL.

>> Ted: THIS HAS TO BE REWARDING FOR YOU, SUSIE?

>> IT IS.

IT HAS TO BE GOOD HELPING NOT JUST BE TO BECAUSE OF MY FAMILY STORY, BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

>> Ted: THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO END THE CONVERSATION.

SUSIE ERNST, THANK YOU, AND LAWRENCE, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> Ted: ARIZONA AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOLS RECENTLY WAS AWARDED THE YAZ PRIZE FOR A SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION, OUTSTANDING EDUCATION.

IT'S A PRESTIGIOUS HONOR WITH A ONE MILLION DOLLARS PRIZE.

DIANA DIAS-HARRISON IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHARTER SCHOOLS AND JOINS US NOW.

WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS AND TELL US ABOUT THIS PRIZE AND WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND FOCUSES ON.

>> JUST AS IT STANDS, THE STOPPED PRINCIPLE, OUTSTANDING AND PREMISE LIST AND IT WAS A COMPETITIVE GRANT EXIT WAS AND EXCITING TO BE COMPETING AMONGST SUCH INFOINNOVATIVE LEADERS AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THREE THOUSAND COMPETITORS PUT IN THEIR PROPOSAL AND AMAZING TO BE SELECTED AMONG SUCH PRESTIGIOUS GROUPS.

>> Ted: TELL US ABOUT THE SCHOOLS AND HOW MANY SCHOOLS THERE ARE AND HOW MANY SCHOOLS AND WHAT MAKES THOSE SCHOOLS SO SPECIAL.

>> WE ARE THE FIRST AND ONLY AUTISM FOCUS CHARTER NETWORK IN OUR STATE AND IN THE SOUTHWEST AND I WAS INSPIRED TO START THE SCHOOL BECAUSE I AM AN AUTISM MOM AND I JUST REALLY NEEDED A MORE INNOVATIVE ENGAGING CHOICE FOR MY SON GROWING UP AND WE HAVE TWO CAMPUSES IN CENTRAL PHOENIX.

WE OPENED A NEW CAMPUS THIS FALL IN PEORIA ON THE WEST SIDE.

WE HAVE A FULLY ACCREDITED ONLINE SCHOOL AND HYBRID PROGRAM AND WE HAVE AMBITIOUS SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT NEW SCHOOLS, NOT ONLY IN OUR STATE BUT ACROSS THE STATE TO SUPPORT THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN OF AUTISM AROUND THE NATION THAT DON'T HAVE VERY MANY SCHOOL CHOICES.

>> Ted: LESS TALK ABOUTLET'S TALK ABOUT WHY YOU DECIDED TO GET THIS GOING AND WHATEVER YOU WERE EXPERIENCING, WHAT WITH NOT GETTING AND WHAT ARE YOU GETTING NOW?

>> WELL, SADLY, SPECIAL EDUCATION IS VERY COMPLIANCE DRIVEN AND VERY DIFFICULT TO REALLY SEE THE INNOVATION THAT WE WANT FOR OUR KIDS.

I WANT MY STUDENTS, MY OWN CHILD TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE HIGH-TECH JOBS THAT ARE LIFE CHANGING ON WHAT THE AUTISM SPECTRUM HAVE ACCESSED POST HIGH SCHOOL AND SO, AT OUR SCHOOL, WE HAVE VERY SMALL CLASS SIZES AND A 3-1 AVERAGE STUDENT-TO-STAFF RATIO.

WE INFUSE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT.

MY KIDS ARE LEARNING PROGRAMMING, ROBOTIC AND TODAY THEY WERE FLYING DRONES.

I'M GETTING THESE KIDS WORKFORCE READY FOR THE JOBS YOU WERE TALK ABOUT WITH YOUR EARLIER GUESTS AND THIS IS SOMETHING UNHEARD OF IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

>> Ted: IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN BY APPLIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS.

TALK TO US ABOUT THESE PRINCIPLES AND HOW THEY'RE USED IN SCHOOLS.

>> THESE TYPES OF THERAPIES IN CLINICAL SETTINGS, AND ARIZONA HAS FANTASTIC CENTERS THAT HAVE GREAT EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT HAPPEN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM REGULATE BEHAVIORS, LEARNED COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND WORK ON CORE DEFICITS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AUTISM, BUT TYPICALLY, YOU DON'T SEE THE SAME SERVICES AND THERAPIES AVAILABLE IN SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHERE KIDS ARE AFTER THEY ARE FIVE YEARS OLD.

SO AT OUR SCHOOL, THAT IS EMBEDDED WITHIN OUR PROGRAMMING AND THE SMALL CLASSES AND THEY ALLOWED FOR THOSE SUPPORTS, BUT ONCE ALL THAT IS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, THERE'S ROOM FOR NEURO NEURODIVERSE KIDS TO ENGAGE IN THESE HIGH TECH MODULES THAT WE OFFER THAT INSPIRE CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION AND INNOVATION THAT THEY COME UP WITH AS A RESULT OF HAVING ACCESS TO CREATIVE MODULES.

>> Ted: THIS ALL SOUNDS GREAT AND HOW ARE THEY FUNDED?

ARE YOU TUITION FREE?

HOW DOES IT ALL WORK?

>> CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE A STATE AND FEDERALLY FUNDED SCHOOLS AND THEY ARE COMPLETELY TUITION FREE FOR FAMILIES.

WE ARE PROUD OF THAT AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ANY FAMILY THAT APPLIES.

I WOULD SAY WHAT THE MOST LIMITING, WE HAVE A WAITING LIST AND MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO DO A LOTTERY TO ENROLL STUDENTS.

ONCE STUDENTS ARE IN IT, IT'S COMPLETELY TUITION FREE AND ONE LESS THING SPECIAL NEED'S PARENTS HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IN MATERIALS OF NOINTERMS OF TO TUITION.

TED THEY HAVE >> Ted: HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THIS?

>> IT PUTS US AT AN ADVANTAGE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT A SIDE PROGRAM IN A BIG PUBLIC SCHOOL.

THIS IS ALL THAT WE DO AND SO EVERYBODY THAT IS ATTRACTED TO COME AND WORK AT OUR SCHOOL REALLY HAS A PASSION FOR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM AND THAT ALONG WITH THE TRAINING THAT WE DO MAKES ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE.

WE ARE ACTUALLY THE ONLY CHARTER SCHOOL IN ARIZONA AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE BOARD TO CERTIFY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT BECAUSE TEACHER SHORTAGES ARE A PROBLEM FOR US, AS WELL, AND WE GET TO TRAIN OUR OWN TEACHERS AND HAVE OUR OWN PIPELINE TO SERVE STUDENTS.

>> Ted: IT HAS TO BE A WIDE -- IT THESE BE A RELIEF THAT THERE'S A FOCUS ON THEIR CHILDREN AT THIS SCHOOL.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, IT'S A RELIEF FOR ME MYSELF, FOR MY SON WHO HAS GROWN UP IN THE SCHOOL AND IT REALLY IS A VERY JOYFUL ENVIRONMENT.

WE CELEBRATE THE CHILDREN'S NEURODIVERSITY INSTEAD OF A DISABILITY.

IT COMES WITH ITS CHALLENGES AND WE CELEBRATE THEIR UNIQUE WAY OF THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING AND SO IT'S REALLY A SHIFT IN, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE KIDS AS DISABILITIED OR GIFTED.

>> Ted: CHANGING THE NARRATIVE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON WINNING THE AWARD AND YOUR SUCCESS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> Ted: THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.