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Lawmakers Day 32 03/13/23
Season 53 Episode 31 | 56m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
After the Senate passed an intruder drill bill, Gov. Kemp talked budget with the press.
On day 32, the Senate passed HB 147, requiring intruder alert drills in schools and anti-gang training for teachers. The Democratic amendments failed, but the bill passed 52 to 3. Later, Gov. Brian Kemp explained the allocation of funds in his signed Amended Fiscal Year Budget.
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Lawmakers
Lawmakers Day 32 03/13/23
Season 53 Episode 31 | 56m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
On day 32, the Senate passed HB 147, requiring intruder alert drills in schools and anti-gang training for teachers. The Democratic amendments failed, but the bill passed 52 to 3. Later, Gov. Brian Kemp explained the allocation of funds in his signed Amended Fiscal Year Budget.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipLOT OF BENEFITS FOR HARD WORK THANKFUL THAT THAT IT DELIVERS TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR GREAT STATE FIGHT THROUGH 40-YEAR HIGH INFLATION, GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP.
PASSING THE AMENDED BUDGET.
LEGISLATIVE DAY.
32, I'M DONNA LOWRY AND ATLANTA.
BUDGETS.
TIME BECAUSE PASSING A BALANCED CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED GENERAL ASSEMBLY EVERYTHING FROM SCHOOLS AND HEALTH ISSUES AND MUCH MUCH PERSONAL BUDGET, THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS TO CONSIDER US BUT FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR LET'S GO TO THE GOLD DOME CORRESPONDENT ROCHELLE RICHIE.
I ROCHELLE TODAY TELLING REPORTERS THAT HE FRIDAY AND HE ALSO SHARES SOME ABOUT.
THAT ARE IN IT, AND IN SCHOOL SAFETY AND FIGHTING GANG, VIOLENCE, STEPS OF THE CAPITOL, AMENDED FISCAL YEAR.
2023 ENCOMPASSES A HOST OF FUNDS, TO EMPLOYEES, MENTAL, HEALTH, ENFORCEMENT.
LOT OF BENEFITS FOR HARD WORK THANKFUL THAT THAT DELIVERS YEAR TO THE PEOPLE OF OUR GREAT THEM FIGHT THROUGH 40-YEAR, HIGH INFLATION.
BILL WILL BE ONE THAT PUSHES PROVIDES BETTER ECONOMIC WHAT WE CAN TO HELP GEORGIA FAMILIES STATE.
LEVEL ARE PUSHING A BUDGET WITH RAISES GIVING MONEY BACK TO THE PEOPLE KNOW BEST HOW TO USE IT.
BILLION DOLLARS TO REFUND.
DOING THAT AGAIN.
GIVEN $250 THOSE WHO FILE JOINTLY THIS DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO INCREASE NURSING STUDENT CAPACITY OUR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE.
MILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT CERTIFIED TEACHERS ENSURING OUR CLASSROOMS.
THE AMENDED 500 DOLLARS IN PROPERTY TAXES SAYS, IS A RESULT OF BILLION DOLLAR SURPLUS.
AND FOR 2024 GEORGIANS, COULD SEE ADDITIONAL SAVINGS IT'S MY MISSION TO CONTINUE FUNDING, OUR NOW.
MOST MONEY, WE'VE EVER FUNDED, IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, GOOD JOBS.
CREATING THE WORKFORCE TRAIN MANNER.
KIM HEAVILY PROMOTED AND TODAY.
THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE SCHOOLS.
WELL, AS ANTI-GANG TRAINING FOR TEACHERS, THE INTRUDER ALERT BILL.
HOWEVER, IN A THE GOVERNING BODY OF A LOCAL MAY PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR GUARDIAN TO ELECT AND WRITING THAT SUCH CHILD ALERT BILLS.
WHILE MOST SUPPORT THE BILL, VARIETY OF ISSUES?
IDENTIFICATION FOCUSED TRAINING OF STUDENTS LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY'LL BE SYSTEM.
NOW I GET WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE BUT WE KNOW SOMETIMES TEACHERS AND SOMETIMES THOSE COLOR WE'RE LIVING IN.
SO I WANT TO OR THAT WE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT THIS BILL.
THERE'S A SPECIFIC DISTRICTS TO HAVE PARENT OPT-OUTS AND IF WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE PARENTS OUT, THEN WE SHOULD MAKE THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY DO ON AN ANNUAL SENATOR WERE YOU, OR I EVER PARTICIPATING IN A FIRE DRILL.
NO, SENATOR.
I WAS NOT.
THANK YOU SENATOR.
THOUGHT AND A LOT OF CARE THAT BILL.
I THINK THAT THE THE AMENDMENT, NUMBER TWO IS CONCEPT OF LOCAL CONTROL.
THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THE BILL, AMENDMENTS EITHER, I WILL VERY MUCH.
WHILE ALL OF THE BILL.
OVERWHELMINGLY PASSED FIFTY.
TWO TO THREE.
REPORT.
I'LL SEND IT BACK TO SHELL.
TONIGHT.
BRINGING YOU THOUGH, IS A STATE AGENCY AND WE ALSO GET SOME FUNDING IN THE STATE'S BUDGET WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GEORGIANS AND WE'LL GET THAT APPROPRIATIONS CHAIRS FOR EACH CHAMBER IN THE HOUSE.
IN LAURENS COUNTY BLAKE TILLERY, CHAIRMEN.
THANK YOU.
AGAIN, FIRST TIME EASY.
ALL RIGHT, CELERY.
I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS OTHER AND GIVEN THE YOUR WORK IS ACTUALLY 365.
IT'S ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S PROBABLY CONVENIENT IS I WAS BORN IN DUBLIN.
BEFORE I CAME CAME TO THE LEGISLATURE.
AS A GREAT ASSET FOR MIDDLE CLAIM HIM IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA, ASSET FOR OUR STATE.
YEAH.
YOU YOU ARE HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING PERSON WHO UNDERSTANDS MAN WHO CHAIRED THE HOUSE YEARS AND DECIDED NOT TO SEEK.
REACHED OUT TO HIM TO SEE IF HE HAD A MESSAGE AS WE START THIS.
BUDGET SHOW, AND HERE IT IS.
EVENING AND APPEARANCE, AND 12 YEARS OF HOUSE, EVENING, BUT I AM VERY HAPPY AS MY REPLACEMENT GOOD EVENING TO CHAIRMAN, HATCHET AND CHAIRMAN TILLERY.
YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
OF US UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU ARE MAKING YOUR FAMILIES BUT TIME AWAY FROM YOUR BUSINESSES TAKES TO PUT IN TO DO THE JOB WANT TO, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU PERSONALLY.
THANK YOU FRIENDS AND STATE.
THAT ARE COUNTING ON WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.
THIS MORNING REAL QUICKLY, I THINK THERE ARE SIX OF US HOUSE AND THE SENATE THAT HAVE IN THE PAST.
AND SO UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKE, THAT'S BEEN ON THE BRIDGE YEARS.
IT'S KIND OF UNUSUAL ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN WE HIT.
IT PAUL'S AND 2020 PAUSE, HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON.
IN TWO WEEKS AND IT WOUND UP WEEKS LEFT TO GO IN THE FISCAL PUT TOGETHER A THAT HAPPENED IN THE MEANTIME.
PASSED AWAY AND CHAIRMAN TILLER AND HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE WHAT YOU DON AND AND EVERYTHING TO.
SO YOU, HOW YOU HOW YOU CONDUCT YOURSELVES AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND, AWAY IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN EVER DO TO HELP ALSO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HELLO TO THE LAND SEE YOU SOON.
SO THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS SO AND LAWMAKERS LAND.
OH, AND KEPT THAT A SECRET FROM YOU AND INSPECTING IT.
FIRST OF ALL, FRIEND TO BOTH OF US.
BUDGET TOGETHER.
WHEN CHAIRMAN HILL PAST WHERE IT WAS QUICK FOR YOU TO BUT I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ENGLAND AND YEAH, YOU CAUGHT US WITH OUR WE LITTLE BIT HERE.
USUALLY WE PROVIDE SOME OF THE SLIDES.
WELL PLAYED DUMB.
YEAH.
SO, WAS A SURPRISE THAT WAS IT WAS TODAY, BUT DID YOU?
DIDN'T SAY A WORD.
HE DIDN'T RELAXED.
HE WAS VERY RELAXED.
ABOUT THIS PROCESS, HUH?
NO TERRY GAVE A LOT OF TIME AND TO THE STATE.
OKAY, SO LET'S LET'S GET INTO PROCESS AND LET'S START WITH THROUGH THIS SINCE 2020, THE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOMETHING UP BECAUSE WHERE YOU JUST DO DURING TALKED ABOUT IT'S ALMOST THINGS HAPPENS IN SEPTEMBER AND THE AGENCIES OF AND THEN YEAH, YOU'VE GOT THE SCREEN, PRETTY CLEARLY, TODAY, THE AMENDED BUDGET AS YOU HAD THE MENTIONED, THE GOVERNOR TOLD ME WAS MY SIXTH.
I GOT MY THERE.
YEAR-ROUND IS HOW HARD OUR FRIENDS AT 0 PB AND THE OTHER AGENCIES WORK.
YOU LOOK AT THAT SCHEDULE, BUDGETS AT ONE TIME, THEY'RE THEY'RE CLOSING OUT.
ABOUT ONE YEAR AND THEY'RE ALREADY RIDING FOR THE COMING YEAR.
IN THOSE POSITIONS.
THEY'RE BY.
AND A LOT OF THE FOLKS IN THOSE POSITIONS THAT USUALLY OR CHAIRMAN HATCHETS OFFICE, WHERE THEY TRAINING GROUND.
LET'S TALK GOVERNOR SETTING, THE TELL YOU POWERFUL STATE.
ARE A TON THAT HE HAS BUT HE ESTIMATE NUMBER.
SO WE CAN'T YEAR.
IT'S RIGHT AT THIRTY TWO POINT FOUR BILLION.
TO COME IN.
IF HE WERE TO WOULD BE THE SPEND.
IF HE SET SPEND.
IT'S A WHOLE LOT OF PRESSURE ON HIM TOO PREDICTING WHAT'S GOING TO 18 MONTHS OUT WE'RE IN THAT HAPPENED SOME OF TRYING TO GEORGIA WILL STAND 18.
FORTUNATE TO HAVE GOVERNORS OF EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVELY AND IN THE POSITION THAT IT'S IN NOW.
YEAH, SO IT IS A PROCESS SO YOU GUYS HE ASSEMBLY FIVE DAYS OR SO.
YES TO GIVE YOU THAT REVENUE AS THEN THE HOUSE REALLY STARTS TO BOTH DEALING WITH THE AMENDED WITH THE HOUSE FIRST.
YEAH.
SO WE START, WE START WITH COURSE, THAT WAS NEEDED ME.
DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
YOU HAVE, A GREAT, GREAT TEAM THAT PRETTY QUICK.
IS A HUGE LEARNING TOTALLY DIFFERENT, BECAUSE I'VE ALMOST ALL OF THE BILLS AND MY FOCUSED ON JUST ONE OR TWO.
R2.
SO ONE OR TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE IN OUR OFFICES, ALL THE TIME AND 15 OR 30 MINUTE, SEGMENTS, AND YEAH.
THAT EACH TIME THE BILL THEN SENATE, WE'VE BEEN SAW TODAY WAS HIM SIGNING FRIDAY, THE AMENDED BUDGET.
BUDGET, THE HOUSE PASSED THAT SENATE.
SO AS WE GET GOING ABOUT IT AND THEN YOU WILL CHANCE TO SEE IT YET.
SO SOME OF THE LARGEST, SOME OF GOES, RIGHT?
AND ONE OF THE BIG GOING TO PUT UP THE SCREEN, WHERE THE THE STATE GETS ITS HALF OF IT COMES FROM INCOME CORPORATE.
SO.
FOR THIS FY, 2023, AND THEN INCORPORATE IN PARTICULAR IS 6%.
NEXT, IT IS AT ABOUT THINK PEOPLE THINK SALES TAX IS MOTOR FUEL TAX AT ABOUT 3% AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LOTTERY BRINGS IN ABOUT FOUR OTHER FEES, AND TAXES.
AND THAT KIND OF SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT IT IN PARTICULAR, CHAIRMAN TILLERY, TAX.
I KNOW THE GOVERNOR WHILE THE PRICES WERE REALLY FUEL BRINGS IN ROUGHLY MONTH.
SO ROUND THAT OFF AROUND 175 180 YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR THERE'S TOMORROW TO RATIFY HIS ABOUT A 30 CENT PER GALLON GEORGIA PAST, ALMOST NINE MONTHS, SUCH STRONG REVENUES.
OTHERWISE, MONEY COMPLETELY OUT OF ALERTS.
THAT MOTOR FUEL MONEY BRIDGES AND COUNTY.
BECAUSE AGAIN OF THOSE DOLLARS, WITH OTHER STATE GENERAL FUNDS, BILLION.
AND WE DID THAT IN RATIFYING SENATE AND THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT TAX, BUT IT TURNS OUT IT'S BILLION DOLLARS IN IT.
SO IT'S REVENUE THAT THE STATE LAWS BUT WE'RE OKAY.
THINGS ARE GOING, GREAT AND STATE HAD, YOU KNOW, IN BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT WORKING.
YEAH.
SO LET'S TALK IN THE STATE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE ABOUT AND I KNOW THAT'S WHY COMING UP TO YOU.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
SO HOW TO THAT POINT?
A LOT OF SPENDING.
REMEMBER WE HAD ACROSS ALL PAID, MORE SCHOOLS WERE RECEIVED PPP AND AND ALL OF IN, THEY WERE SPENDING THEM.
SO ROOF THINK, JUST NOW YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE IT LEVEL BACK OFF INCOME TAXES, THEY WERE EMPLOYEES TO DO THE WORK THAT ITEMS.
THEY WERE BUYING HAVE BEEN AT HIGH BUT I THINK FEDERAL SPENDING.
SO WE'RE ON INFLATION HIGH, THINGS, BUT I MIGHT HAVE CALLED PERCENTAGE INCREASE THAT YOU'VE PERCENT 9 PERCENT INFLATION.
SEVEN POINT.
EIGHT PERCENT OF HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN HIGHER.
WE'RE WATCHING THAT AFTER THIS WEEK, ESPECIALLY, TO ASK CATCH IT THE SAME EXPLAINED THAT WHEN YOU'RE YOU'RE SPENDING ONE-TIME DOLLARS.
GEORGIA USE IT AS A PERSONAL HOUSE?
YES.
GENERAL BUDGET, WE'RE HOUSE YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER DON'T ALWAYS KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT EXPECTING A 6 BILLION DOLLAR YEAH.
AND THEN BUYING UP LIVE IN IT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
TERMS OF WHERE WE MIGHT.
SEEK ECONOMY AND GEORGE IS DOING PEOPLE STILL MOVING HERE, RECORD EMPLOYMENT AND I, YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT, LITTLE OF A SUGAR HIGH SOME GROWTH SOME REAL GROWTH.
THE, QUESTION THAT.
WHERE ARE WE?
WHERE WE GOING TO LAND?
REPORT EVERY WEEK THAT SHOWS US THAT WEEK AND AND IT'S WE'RE ALL JUST WONDERING IF I'M I'M MORE POSITIVE THINK WE'RE GOING TO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, MUCH AS WE'VE BEEN GROWING, BUT GOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPEN.
I HAD A LOT OF INDUSTRY.
POSSIBILITIES FOR JOBS, SO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY COMES HIGHLIGHTS OF WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING, AND THE AMENDED THAT THE LARGEST CHUNK GOES, EDUCATION, AND THAT INCLUDES GEORGIA, TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF A UP.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHY?
YOU IN THIS SLIDE?
IT'S NEAT TO LOOK AT THE FIRST SLIDE.
REVENUE, COMES FROM INCOME TAXES LOOK AT THIS, ABOUT THE SAME EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT OF THE PIE JUST A SPENT, BUT IT'S I THINK THERE'S, TO TALK 90-SOMETHING AGENCIES POT.
YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT SLIDE, SO, SO WHICH INCLUDES THE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PUBLIC SAFETY IS REICHEL, BUDGET, CORRECTIONS GBI LAW HUGE.
SEVEN PERCENT OF FINALLY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BOND OPERATIONS.
AND AND IT IS THAT POT IS THAT THING, YOUR DRIVER SIR VIA EVERYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK LEGISLATURE.
IT'S YOUR DNR.
IT'S NORMALLY THINK OF, WHEN THEY GOVERNMENT, THE DEPARTMENT OF SECRETARY OF STATE, SECRETARY AND EVERYTHING COMES.
AND SO IT'S A LOT OF THINGS FOR YOU GUYS TO ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE WAY PUTTING THIS TOGETHER THOUGH.
RIGHT?
WELL THE NUMBERS ARE SO CHANGE ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN FOR YEARS.
LOT OF PASTORS HAVE SAID, IF VALUES, ARE YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THEIR CHECKBOOK.
THE STATE BUDGET, WITH EDUCATION BUDGET.
YEAH, SO THE PRIORITIES WANT TO PUT UP ANOTHER GRAPHIC THAT YOU SENT US AND THIS IS TALKS ABOUT THAT 90% IS FROM 12 DIFFERENT CHUNK IS JUST 12 DEPARTMENTS EDUCATION, K12, BUT GEORGIA AND EARLY CHILDCARE IS LIKE DOWN NEAR THE BOTTOM.
AND SO THERE ARE THERE'S A LOT ALL WORK, RIGHT?
TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME DEBATING THOSE BOTTOM BECAUSE ALL THE OTHER IS YOU KNOW JUST YOU CAN'T DO.
FORTUNATE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO FIRST.
THOSE FIRST FEW FLUCTUATION DOWN BUT NOTHING NOTHING BLAKE CHAIR WITH HILLARY SAID.
I MEAN, IT'S YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BIG NUMBERS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG BOTTOM BOTTOM NUMBERS, THOSE OF PENNIES.
YES, ZEROS, GEORGIA RUNS PRETTY LEAN AND MEAN, IN TERMS OF A BUDGET, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT KNOWS?
I'M A CHAIRMAN, OF COURSE.
THIS IS MY FIRST I THINK I THINK GEORGIA IS DO.
WE'RE SPENDING.
AND THAT'S LIKE GOVERNOR SETS, THE REVENUE YOU KNOW, GROUNDED AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT MAYBE YOU ASK, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NEED.
THERE FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT GOVERNMENT TOUCHES LITTLE MORE DISCUSS A LITTLE REALLY BEEN HIT THE SAID, THIS IS THE MOST REQUEST SHE'S EVER SEEN.
WOW.
ARE THAT'S IN OUR RESERVE.
AND OF MONEY, BUT THE GOVERNOR SETTING HIS REVENUE ESTIMATE WHERE HE DID IT KEEPS US.
KEEPS US NEVER KNOW, LIKE THE NEWS FROM YESTERDAY CHANGES EVERYTHING I WANT TO WE MOVE ON A LITTLE BIT.
AND ON GENERAL FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEARS, 2008, TO, TO 2023.
UPTICK THERE, CAN YOU TALK TILLERY?
WELL SURE, I MEAN, GEORGIA, IS CONTINUING TO GROW INFLATION.
THERE ARE WE'RE A VERY LARGE BUYER SEEING THEIR EGGS COST, MORE, THEIR GAS COST MORE, WE ARE TO, WE CONSUME THOSE LOT OF FUEL.
WE CONSUME A WHOLE OUR OWN IN THE CORRECTIONS SYSTEM.
A LOT OF THEM, BUT NOT ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT IS IF IT'S COSTING MORE FOR MORE FOR GEORGIA GOVERNMENT TO.
TO THAT, YOU GUYS TAKE A BREAK.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL THAT WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR FIRST.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
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GEORGIA FARM BUREAU WITH OVER UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL AGUS, GEORGIA'S NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY REPRESENTS OVER 74 BILLION IN ECONOMY, THE GEORGIA FARM REPRESENT.
PRODUCERS ACROSS DURING THE SESSION AND THE VOICE OF GEORGIA FARMERS.
HERE'S WHAT'S NEW THIS MONTH.
CELEBRATING DOING LIFE IS WE AIM TO PROVIDE YOU WITH TOGETHER.
WELL, OUR MISSION TO INSPIRES EVERYTHING.
FROM OUR STIMULATING, RADIO CONVERSATIONS WE'VE GOT SOMETHING FOR COMMUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR UPCOMING EVENTS.
THE LIVES OF EVERY AMERICAN.
WE ARE THERE AT THE FRONT LINE REALLY MATTERS AND EVERY ISSUE IN 80 YEARS.
THIS EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT IN YOU MAKING SUCH A HUGE IMPACT, TRUST IS AT THE HEART OF WHAT WE DO.
CONTINUE A ONE-HOUR, SPECIAL THIS BUDGET SHOW AND IS JOINING ME ARE THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION CHAIRS IN REPRESENTATIVE MATT HATCHET AND IN THE SENATE, GET INTO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
TALKED ABOUT THAT.
THE THIS BIG ONE IS THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR THAT START WITH THE MID-YEAR OR THE STATES NEEDS THROUGH BRIAN KEMP.
LATE LAST WEEK HELD A PRESS MORNING.
THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WITH INFLATION.
FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN A STATE THAT HAS BEEN WEATHERING WILL, AND HOPEFULLY, WE WON'T THAT OTHER STATES ARE SEEING CALIFORNIA.
THEY HAVE A BUDGET DEFICIT THIS YEAR.
BECAUSE WE FUNDED OUR CONSERVATIVELY AND WE HAVE KEEP US GOING REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE ECONOMY 18 MONTHS, AMENDED BUDGET, I'M GOING TO AS WE DIG INTO IT BECAUSE BUDGET THAN THE ONE YOU BUDGET.
SO SO WE HATCHET LATER ON.
LET'S START HIGHLIGHTS UP ON THE SCREEN AND DOLLARS IN PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
STORES.
THE I ACTUALLY IDEA EARLY ON.
SO HERE YOU ARE YOU GETTING TRUTH TO LIST THAT WAS TOO MUCH.
NO, NOT THE LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT.
BUT THE GOVERNOR WAS NEEDED.
HE'S SEEN YOU'VE SEEN BASED AGAIN ON INFLATION GOVERNOR.
AND I'M NOT.
SO THAT'S PERFECTLY FINE.
HE THE HOMEOWNERS?
YEAH, THEY'LL START WON'T THE END OF THE THEIR TACTICAL, OUT NOW.
FOR LAST YEAR, SCREEN.
THERE'S ALSO HELP FOR COMES TO THE STATE BENEFIT BIT.
WE HAVEN'T FUNDED THAT IN STATE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN, FOR YEARS THEY'RE THE ONES WHO PAY NUMBER AT $945 PER MEMBER PER NON-CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES AND IN THE STATE HEALTH EMPLOYEES, THE STATE PAYS TEACHERS FOR THE NON-CERTIFIED LOCAL DIME.
AND SO SINCE WE'RE AGAIN, BASED ON INFLATION TO WISDOM LAID OUT A PLAN TO ALLOW US TO SORT OF SENATE WAS ABLE TO FIND THEM.
SO IT'LL BE A PHASE IN IN ABOUT THE AMENDED BUDGET.
ALSO PROVIDES 415 SCHOOL, SAFETY, GRANTS.
AND FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE HOUSE WOULD BE HANDLED IT.
WOULD IT BE HANDLED IT?
A SCHOOL LEVEL?
LEVEL, NOSE AND CHAIRMAN ENGLAND, THE DICTA IN THE BUDGET CAN BE DISREGARDED.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT HOLDS IN THE BUT THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO BE GOOD THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO SOME THEY HAVE THEIR WANT TO DO WITH IT RIGHT.
TELLING THEM WHAT TO DO.
IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TAILORED TO EACH SCHOOL, AMENDED BUDGET ALLOWS FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS.
BECAUSE WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS, THEY MAY NOT BE.
THEM THERE.
THE BIG PART OF RIGHT?
THE GOVERNOR AND THE TEACHER POP ON FOR YEARS.
ALREADY GOT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAN CERTIFIED TEACHER CAPACITY, HELP BUMP THEM UP?
INSTEAD IS DOING AS FUNDING THAT ON THE FRONT END.
THAT INDIVIDUAL RETURNS BACK TO CLASSROOM THEIR TENURE AND THEIR YEAH, SO THAT'S THAT'S WE HOPE CRISIS, THERE'S A NEED IN THERE'S A ONE-TIME BENEFIT EMPLOYEES.
YOU TALK ABOUT RETIREES, CAPITOL, I KNOW.
YES, IT IS.
DONALD I'VE PERSON.
IN PARTICULAR, CONCERNED.
ABOUT ABOUT WHAT STATE RETIREES.
BEEN FUNDING A COST OF LIVING, QUITE A FEW YEARS.
WE DID A LITTLE BIT LAST YEAR SO THIS WILL GIVE $500 PER RETIREE CHRISTMAS IN JULY BUT I GUESS I'LL GET IT IN JUNE.
INCLUDED ANOTHER IN THE 2014 BUDGET.
SO SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL FOR THAT FOR THE 24.
SO WHEN CERTAINLY THE STATE'S RETIREES SAME INFLATION ISSUES.
EVERYTHING'S GONE UP PAYING AND THINGS LIKE.
I MEAN THEY'VE EVERYBODY.
SO HOPEFULLY IT'LL BENEFIT MANY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
OF TWENTY DOLLARS.
THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS AMAZES ME.
I THINK IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING MALL IN THEY'RE ON A FIXED INCOME.
THAT.
SO NOW THIS IS CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT TO THE MOUSEPAD PAST THE AND IT'S NOW IN THE SENATE STILL GOING THROUGH EVERY BIT TO GIVE OUT A WHOLE ABOUT IT.
SO, BUT FEEL FREE TO TO ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS.
THE GOOD NEWS FOR GEORGIA RIGHT?
YES, TALK ABOUT SING, SINGLE INDIVIDUALS, OR $500 FOR MARRIED COUPLES.
AND THAT THE, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE YEARS.
I THINK THAT'S HOW WE DO IN THERE.
ALSO, WE HAD A COST OF LIVING EMPLOYEES IN THE STATE TWO YEAH, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS SO THE THERE'S MORE MONEY BREAKDOWN EXPLAIN, RIGHT?
THERE EMPLOYEE AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALSO AS ANOTHER TWO CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT SO THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET THERE.
OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES WE'RE TALKING TO US ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THEIR AGENCY, YOU KNOW?
TRADITIONALLY, NOT BEEN AND WITH IT.
BUT, THREE YEARS, EVEN MAYBE FOUR OR INCREASE IN OUR TURNOVER.
WE'RE HOLD ON TO EMPLOYEES AS LONG AS TO, OUR SALARIES MORE COMPETITIVE.
PLACES.
YOU DID, YOU KNOW, WE DID IT INCREASE FOR ALL STATE A LOT THIS HELP.
BUT NEEDED THOSE THEY CAN THEY'LL STAY AND WE CAN RETAIN EMPLOYEES, GOING TO OTHER AGENCIES, OTHER, YOU KNOW, THEY STILL OTHER STATE YOU KNOW, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE'VE GOT 18.
SEE AND I'M NOT THEIR TURNOVERS 95%, YOU CAN'T RUN A BUSINESS.
AROUND 25%, AND HOPEFULLY STATISTICS WHERE IT WAS, IT WAS DROPPING SOME, BUT I WOULD HATE TO OVER BE 25% BECAUSE IT'S, TRAINING AND SPENDING TIME SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ALL THE TIME.
THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT FUNDING IT AND YOU KNOW IT'S TIME WHEN WE MAY BE HEARING REMEMBER 2008, 2009, 2010, 13 HIGHEST AMOUNT EVER TO K-12 EDUCATION.
WOW!
LET'S IT DOLLARS FOR PERCENT, PAY RAISE FOR FOR SCHOOL, BUS DRIVERS FOR FOR THIS IS AN AREA.
THEY WELL, A LOT OF LOVE, BUT CONCERN PULLEYS THAT HAVEN'T GOTTEN THEY'VE HAD TURNOVER.
ONE OF MENTION BUT I'M PROUD OF AS A THOUSAND DOLLAR RAISE FOR ALL OUR CUSTODIANS.
8300 CUSTODIANS AND IT'S A ONE ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR.
ONE TIMES ONE TIME.
WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS REALLY, WITH OUR.
THEY SEE THE STUDENTS GREAT.
I CAN BE GREAT MENTORS YOU KNOW?
BECAUSE ARE THE AREAS, WE DON'T CAN'T TEACH A CHILD WHO CAN'T EAT OR CAN'T CLEAN.
SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
NOW ANY THEM GIVING THEM A RAISE IN IT.
YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAY WHAT YOU JUST SAID THAT, IF A STUDENT'S HUNGRY, THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE WHAT LEARNING.
SO YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE ABOUT WHERE ARE THERE, YOU FROM, WE DID FUND IN THE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS BREAKFAST.
CHARGE WILL ALSO WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE FREE YEAH, LET'S TALK ABOUT 50 WILL HAVE LUNCH WITH ANOTHER THEY WERE GOING TO LOSE ALL OF RIGHT MONEY, THERE WOULDN'T LOSE IS QUITE A FEW COME TO US AND WILL MAKE YOU CRY QUALIFY FOR FREE BUT ARE ON MONEY THEY GIVE IT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WELL, DO, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM TO US WITH THOSE STORIES AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL HELP.
SURE THEY'RE GETTING, IT REALLY STORIES.
SO LET'S, LET'S TALK EDUCATION FUND BECAUSE WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT THROUGHOUT THE SESSION THAT PART OF THAT MIGHT BE BETTING RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE NOT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, FOR BUT THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS FOR HOPE AND, YOU KNOW, WE DID THE HOUSE VERSION DID WHICH IS THOSE THAT QUALIFY FOR 95 PERCENT COVERED BY HOPE MILLER SCHOLARSHIP WHICH IS 100% OF TUITION WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAD ASKED FOR.
LIKE YOU, WE'VE TOLD ALL THE STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCEPTIONALLY THAT.
SO WE WE CHOSE TO KEEP 100% AND AND LET THE HOPE INCREASE FROM 90% TO 95% DISCUSSION TODAY WITH SEVERAL OTHER THINGS ON THE TABLE WITH GO THROUGH THE SENATE, THEN GOVERNOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO SO, WHO KNOW WHAT WE'VE OFFERED IN THE 24 BUDGET IS AN INCREASE IN YOU'RE A HOPE RECIPIENT AND YES, THAT OF THEM PRIVATE THEY'RE TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL IS A FIXED AMOUNT.
IT'S NOT A PERCENT OF TUITION AND WE INCREASED THAT THAT RATE PROPORTIONATELY.
ARE SEVERAL ITEMS IN THE BUDGET WORKFORCE AND TO CERTAIN EDUCATION AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
UP, THERE ARE LOAN REPAYMENT ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE, ARE THOSE HEALTH PROFESSIONS ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND HEALTH THIS IS SAYING, YOU GET YOU GO INTO THESE AREAS HELP REPAY YOUR LOANS, GOES ON THERE, ESPECIALLY GETTING PHYSICIANS, GO TO RURAL THAT PLAN IN PLACE NOW.
HP, 1013 WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PART OF THE WE'VE DONE SOME FOR LAW OF DIFFERENT TO TRY TO GET MORE PEOPLE OUT IN STATE THAT THAT EXAMINER RIGHT NOW YOU CAN WRITE WHERE YOU GO, THERE IS AND WE REALLY TO TRY TO GET GET ONE HERE OR HERE.
LOT OF THOSE ARE DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO, TO GET AND THEIR HOME STATE.
YEAH, LAW ENFORCEMENT SAY, OKAY.
IF YOU'RE GOING INTO THIS, YOU AND YOU HELP.
PAY YOUR LOANS, BUDGET.
LET'S TALK ABOUT MONEY TO HELP OF ATLANTA MEDICAL WE PUT A LITTLE MONEY IN FOR HERE.
IN ATLANTA, THAT HAS REALLY BEEN OVERRUN BY NORMALLY GONE.
TO THAT HOSPITAL.
BUT PIECES AND I KNOW WE'VE YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THEY NEEDED WE DID.
I DON'T EARLY ON, BUT I KNOW RELEASE SOME FUNDS TO HELP THEM AND THEY'VE NUMBER OF BEDS.
THEY CAN HAVE AND WE OPENED UP SOME MORE THAT A LOT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY WORK TO THERE'S NOT A HUGE HOLE IN THAT SERVICE RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE KNEE.
SO RESOURCES, FUNDING AND MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT IS IN THE PILOT TO PROVIDE HOME UNDERSERVED RURAL COMMUNITIES.
CHILDHOOD WAS PRETTY BIG THIS YEAR, RIGHT?
THIS WAS A BIG WALT OF COMMISSIONER TO ME, THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST AND IN AND TRYING THINGS TO DO ANYTHING, LIST BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S JUST THINGS IN THE STATE AND ON THAT THROUGHOUT MANY STATE AND IT IT'S GOT TO HELP WE HAVE THAT CARE AND MAKE SURE SURE THAT CARE.
THEY NEED MONEY AND PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET TO AND OUR MEDICAID.
I THINK DELIVERY.
WANT TO WE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT YOU'RE DOING A HUMAN SLOTS FOR AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
CENTERS, AND ROME ADDITIONAL SLOTS FOR PROGRAM.
MY NEED TO INCREASE HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES AND MORE BEHAVIORAL ADOLESCENTS.
IS HEALTH BILL KERALA.
AND THAT'S LIKE THEIR.
WE THE 24 BUDGET HAD DOLLARS OVER.
WHAT?
THE GOVERNOR HAD BELIEVE HAD FUNDED IN MENTAL HEALTH, AND DISABILITIES.
AND SO, MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF NEW FUNDING.
IN THAT AREA IS A PRIORITY OF PRIORITY.
THE SENATE IS KNOW, WE, FAMILIES.
A LOT OF, A LOT OF THAT HAVE THOSE NEEDS.
SO WE NEED TO HELP.
ANOTHER ONE, OTHER AREA, PUBLIC SAFETY, SOME NEW GRAPHIC UP ABOUT THAT SEVERAL NEW POSITIONS DEALING WITH GBI TECHNICIANS EVIDENCE, RECEIVING TECHNICIANS.
THAT EMPLOYEES TO BACKLOGGED EVIDENCE, WHICH SYSTEM IS HAVING A HARD TIME ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER.
SO THAT FIND IS A NEW COLD CASE UNIT, REALLY INTERESTING TO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN CAN GET OFF THE GROUND.
BUDGET, BUT WE PUT, I THINK, MILLION DOLLARS IN THEIR THE FACILITIES TO INCREASE REPAIR ITEMS THAT WERE NEEDING THE SECURITY AND ALL THE TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN HELP WITH ARE THE MOST SECURE.
IN THEM AND THE BUDGET OPENING, THIS IN MCRAE LEARNING.
THAT'S IF IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN IN RIGHT?
AND IT'S, IT WAS THEY DECIDED TO WE'VE TAKEN OVER THE PRISON.
SUSAN AND RENOVATIONS AND IT'S REOPENING.
BE HAPPY WITH THAT.
YEAH, THEY DALE AREA WITH THE THE THEY DID SOME OF THEM WILL BE ABLE TO HOW FAR THEY ARE AND ATTENTION TO YOU MUCH WITH ALL IN THIS PROCESS WENT JUST THROUGH IT NOW.
HE'S I TOLD YOU HE COULD HAVE PUT THE LITTLE TAKE BACK OUT, I WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER.
SO, NOW IN THE SENATE WHEN IT COMES SO WE'RE IN A LITTLE BIT OF YEAR MORE THAN MOST HATCHET, OR THE HOUSE, JUST FALLING.
GOT EIGHT DAYS LEFT.
THE DAY, THE HOUSE HANDS US.
ALL OF OUR EIGHT.
HE'S CAPITAL CALLED GREEN DOOR COME OR A COMMITTEE REPORT AND THEN COMMITTEE, THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE DAYS ON THE FLOOR.
RULES THE RULES CALENDARS.
BILLS BEFORE THEY FROM COMMITTEE TO THE FLOOR IN THE SAME DAY.
THAT PUTS US RIGHT ON THE 28TH CALENDAR SETS US FORCE.
I NEED, MARCH, SO, OUT A WAY TO GO FASTER THAN LOT OF MOVING PIECES.
SO A LOT FOR THE SENATORS WHO I GET TO CHAIRS, THE LIEUTENANT, HE'S ALREADY PROVIDED AND THERE?
WE ALWAYS DO.
HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT WAS OF PEOPLE ARE HAPPY.
WILL YOU FINISHED BEFORE SPRING BREAK, REALLY PUTS CRUNCH TIME IN THERE FOR YOU GUYS.
IT CRUNCHES ON THE BUDGET, THE BILL THAT IT REALLY CRUNCH OVER FOR ANOTHER YEAR, WE DON'T 19.
WE GOT TO MAKE SURE IT PASSES AND THEN FORM COMMITTEE.
LIKE, SO YOU YOU, PRIORITIES, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR GET TOGETHER AND MAKE IT WORK.
SO, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?
THAT ANSWER TO IT.
CAN WE GET THAT ON TAPE GET THE VIDEO OF THAT.
THE TWO OF YOU AND THE SENATE, THE HOUSE IS HOUSE.
AND SO THE SIX OF US OUT, THE PRIORITIES OF MEMBERSHIP, AND THEN THE STATE AS A WHOLE MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE TENSE THIS YEAR JUST BECAUSE OF TIME, SO, EXTREMELY ADEPT ALREADY THE HOUSE.
APPROPRIATIONS, HE'S THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND.
YEAR.
32 DAYS.
YES, THAT'S WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU SAID HERE.
TAKE IT RIGHT BASICALLY LEFT TOWN?
ON.
YOU HAS A LOT IN, AND IT WAS, KNOW, LAST WEEK WAS STRESSFUL FOR BOTH.
I ME WE HAD THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON MONDAY, SO, THAT PAST MONDAY FOR THE 23, THEN THURSDAY, WAS A BUSY WEEK SENATE AND CHAIRMAN TILLERY OR OF TIME.
THAT'S A I DO WE DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT SOMETHING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FAVORS AND CITYHOOD, DIDN'T GO THROUGH CENTER UP IN THE BUCKHEAD AREA, TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT HAVE INCREASED PATROL BUILDING MAY BE LOOKING AT WHETHER OR AND WE MAY KEEP IT AS A PATROL POST, I'M NOT THERE WOULD FEEL A WHOLE LOT WOULD NECESSARILY THING WE GET TO ADDRESS IN CONTAINS, SO IT MAY NOT BE A BUILDING, ABOUT CHAMBER'S TO THE OTHER, BUT THEY'VE DONE WILL GOING TO LOOK LIKE A COMPLETE NEW BABY.
SAFETY ISSUE THAT BROUGHT UP SPLIT BUCKHEAD OFF FROM THAT.
HOUSE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM TAKE ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS.
ADDRESSING.
AND WE CAN TAILOR IT, WE MET JUST A LITTLE TOO.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE YET, THE BUDGET.
OKAY.
SO I, INTERVIEW THE LIEUTENANT IT.
SO I'M SURE YOU GUYS ALL OF THAT WORK.
YOUR GREEN DUBLIN, WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO BE HELD THE END OF THIS WEEK.
LARGE ST. PATRICK'S FESTIVAL, IT RUNS ALL MONTH.
FESTIVAL.
IT SAID, IT'S 57TH YEAR.
STARTED THE SAME YEAR, I WAS I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN STILL DO AND A HOT AIR BALLOON FESTIVAL, SUPER WEEKEND.
DO WE HAVE A ROAD RACE PARADE, ALL SORTS OF FESTIVALS.
THERE'S A MAIN DOWN, DOWN DOWN, AND HAVE BAD.
VENDORS.
SO IT'S IT'S JUST WEATHER'S.
IT'S ALL DEPENDENT WEATHER WEATHER IS NOT GREAT BUT SATURDAY AND SUNDAY OR THEY CALL SUPER WEEKEND.
SO JUST A FUN FUN TIME.
FUN.
FAMILY-FRIENDLY WITH THE BUDGET, HE UP TO DUBLIN AND COME ENJOY IT, TOO.
WAY TO PLANT TIME TO HER.
HAVE TO JOIN THEM THOUGH.
FEST OKAY.
HERE AND EXPLAINING ALL THIS.
GREAT WEEKEND WITH AN IN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
FOR FOR DAY 33, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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