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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THE WORK SESSION IS
CALLED TO ORDER. START WITH ITEM 1,

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DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE
ACTION REGARDING STATEWIDE INITIATIVES

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FUNDED WITH
WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY ACT

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(WIOA), TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY
FAMILIES

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(TANF), ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY
(AEL), CHILD CARE, OR OTHER STATE LEVEL

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FUNDS.
APPROVED FUNDING FOR STATEWIDE INITIATIVES

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IN JULY 2020 DURING THE LAR PROCESS BUT

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WHAT WE HAVE UP FOR CONSIDERATION ARE ANY

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CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHANGES TO THESE
INITIATIVES OR AMOUNTS. DO YOU GUYS HAVE

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A PRESENTATION BEFORE WE START OR DO WE
CHARGE RIGHT IN? WHAT IS YOUR PREFERENCE?

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>> WE HAVE THE SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT HAVE BEEN BRIEFED WITH YOUR OFFICE.

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WE ARE HAPPY TO GO OVER ONE BY ONE OR TAKE

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FEEDBACK, WHATEVER YOU PREFER.

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>> I THINK WE'RE OKAY WITH THE SUMMARY. I

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HAVE BEEN SUMMARIZED.
>> I'M-COMMISSIONER DEMERSON.

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>> I'M FINE.

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>> ALRIGHT. SO, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING WE

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HAVE ABOUT 23 STATEWIDE INITIATIVES OR SO

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ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. SOME NEEDING-ALL

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NEEDING REVISIONS. THERE ARE OTHERS
BESIDES THAT. THOSE CHANGES WOULD BE

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DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE APPROVED LAST JULY
BUT I THINK THE CHANGES TO THESE FALL INTO

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A FEW GENERAL CATEGORIES AND I PUT

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TOGETHER A SUMMARY SO WE CAN ALL BE ON THE

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SAME PAGE WHAT THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES

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ARE. WE DIDN'T FUND ANYTHING WHEN WE

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VOTED OUT THE LAR DOCUMENTS EITHER BECAUSE
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE AMOUNT WAS GOING

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TO BE OR WAITING ON THE AEL LONG-TERM

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PLANNING DOCUMENT TO BE FINISHED EITHER
WAY WE DIDN'T PUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT BECAUSE

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WE DIDN'T HAVE TO, IT ISN'T REQUIRED AND

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WE NEED TO COME BACK AND ASSIGN A DOLLAR

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AMOUNT. THE SECOND REASON SOMETHING MIGHT
BE UP FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY IS BECAUSE

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STAFF IDENTIFIED A SPECIFIC NEED FOR

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INCREASED FUNDING. THIRD REASON, STAFF
HAS A GENERAL SENSE THERE MIGHT BE MORE

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DEMAND AFTER VARIOUS IMPACTS OVER THE LAST

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YEAR OR SO SO THEY ARE CONTEMPLATING

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CHANGING FUNDING LEVELS BASED ON SOME

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SENSE RATHER THEN A SPECIFIC NEED. THE

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FOURTH REASON THERE IS A DECREASE IN
FUNDING OVER LAST JULY AND THE 5TH

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REASONING WE ARE GOING TO SHIFT FUNDING

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SOURCES BECAUSE WE FOUND A BETTER WAY TO
DO IT. I THINK ALL THINGS WE ARE TALKING

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ABOUT TODAY FALL INTO ONE OF THOSE
CATEGORIES. JUST TO PUT EVERYTHING KIND

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OF OUT THERE, I'M OKAY WITH ALL THE

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CATEGORIES ACCEPT FOR ONE AND THAT IS A
CATEGORY 2, CATEGORY 3 RATHER, WHICH IS

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GENERAL SENSE. I DO WANT TO TALK THROUGH
SOME OF THOSE FOR THE THIRD CATEGORY.

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WHERE YOU SUS SPECT THERE MIGHT BE DEMAND
BUT WE HAVEN'T PROVED DEMAND, I WANT TO

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INTRODUCE A ALTERNATIVE MECHANISM TO

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CONSIDER THAT RATHER THEN JUST VOTE A
DOLLAR AMOUNT TODAY. EVERYTHING ELSE WE

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ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ISN'T GOING TO BE
A PROBLEM FOR ME. OBVIOUSLY WE WILL HAVE

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A DISCUSSION UP HERE TODAY. SO, I DO HAVE

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SOME OTHER COMMENTS BUT LET ME STOP RIGHT
THERE, COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ AND SEE IF YOU

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HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU LIKE TO MAKE.
>> CHAIRMAN WHERE WERE YOU REFERENCING?

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I'M LOOKING SO I CAN GET A IDEA.
>> THIS IS MY NOTES TO MYSELF.

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>> I ALSO APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU AND

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STAFF HAVE COME BY TO VISIT WITH US

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REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR IMPORTANT ISSUE
TO ALL OF US. I DO HAVE REALLY NO PROBLEM

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WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL MADE

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REGARDING THE AMOUNT THAT YOU WERE MOVING

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OVER AS THE CHAIRMAN SAID, PROGRAMS THAT
MAY NOT BE NEEDED ANYMORE OR SOME PROGRAMS

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THAT WE WERE ADDED OR DECREASING FUNDING.

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WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THOUGH IS I DO

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HAVE IDEAS I WOULD LIKE TO AS WE DID
EARLIER THIS WEEK AND JUST MAYBE

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FINETUNING OF THE SOME PROGRAMS WE HAVE,

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MAYBE IMPLEMENTATION OR WHEN WE WRITE OUT
THE R FA IF WE CAN INCLUDE IT, BUT OTHER

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THEN THAT TO THE STEAM TEAM UP HERE TODAY

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I'M OKAY WITH THE AMOUNTS AWARDED AND WHAT

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YOU LAID FORTH BEFORE US. I'LL WAIT IF

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COMMISSIONER DEMERSON HAS REMARKS. I WILL

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SHARE WITH YOU NOT MANY BUT IMPLEMENTATION

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OR WHEN WE WRITE OUT THE DESCRIPTION OF
THE GRANTS MAYBE WE CAN INCORPORATE THEM.

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>> THANKS TO THE TEAM FOR THE WORK YOU

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GUYS PUT INTO THESE EFFORTS. I TOO AM IN

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AGREEMENT WITH WHAT HAS BEEN ISSUED HERE

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IN TERMS OF INCREASES AND THE LIKE AND
LOOK FORWARD HEARING THE CHAIRMAN COMMENTS

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ON ALTERNATIVE WAY OF DOING THINGS. I MAY

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HAVE A FEW THINGS I LIKE TO ADD AS WELL.
SOME OF THOSE THINGS COULD BE TAKEN CARE

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OF SOME OF IT INITIATIVES THAT ARE ALREADY

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HERE, BUT IF WE ARE LAYING OUT NEW

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PROPOSALS I'LL DO THAT AT THAT TIME.
>> MY CONCERN WITH THESE SPECIFIC

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PROGRAMS, GOVERNOR SUMMER MERIT YOUTH
ROBOTICS CODE, CAREER AND TEXAS INDUSTRY,

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TEXTS INTERNSHIP INITIATIVE AND BOOT CAMP,

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STAFF REQUESTED ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THESE
BUT THE RATIONAL IS WE THINK THERE MIGHT

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BE? CREASED PARTICIPATION BUT WE ARE NOT

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EXACTLY SURE IF THERE IS GOING TO BE
INCREASED PARTICIPATION. MY PERSONAL

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PREFERENCE WOULD BE NOT TO TIE UP THOSE
DOLLARS WAITING TO SEE IF THERE IS

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INCREASED PARTICIPATION. MY PREFERENCE

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WOULD BE TO JUST VOTE THOSE OUT EXACTLY

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THEY WERE LAST JULY 2020 IN TERMS OF THE

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LAR PROCESS, BUT GIVE STAFF THE ABILITY

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AND SORT OF PRE-SET THE DISCUSSION FOR IF

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SOMETHING COMES BACK WITH JUST A HUGE
AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS TO BRING THAT BACK

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TO US AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO DEAL

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WITH THOSE SPECIFIC INCREASE AND
APPLICATIONS. I CAN SEE HOW WE MIGHT

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POSSIBLY SEE A INCREASE IN SOME OF THESE

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PROGRAMS. I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THE

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DATA THAT WOULD TELL ME THAT IT WILL BE
ACROSS THE BOARD THE WAY WE ASKED FOR IT.

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I KNOW WE TYPICALLY HAD-WE GET ONE CHANCE

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SETTING THE FUNDING LEVEL AND DON'T LIKE

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TO BRING THINGS BACK BUT A LITTLE

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UNCOMFORTABLE SETTING ASIDE WHAT ADDS UP

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TO A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND ONLY AT THE
END OF THE THING LETTING THE MONEY GO BACK

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TO BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE. I RATHER

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HOLD IT CLOSE AT THE BEGINNING AND MOVE IT
FORWARD IF WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE INCREASES

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LATER. OTHER THEN THAT, I WOULD LEAVE

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EVERYTHING THE SAME. THAT'S REALLY MY

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ONLY CONCERN ABOUT THE LIST OF FUNDS THAT
HAVE BEEN SET OUT FOR STAFF.

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>> IF I WERE TO-I WOULD JUST LEAVE IT

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OPEN-ENDED FOR STAFF AS WELL-LET'S JUST

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SAY THAT YOUTH ROBOTICS COMES BACK WITH

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TWICE THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, THAT YOU
WOULD JUST SIMPLY MAKE US AWARE OF THAT

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AND BRING A REVISED FUNDING TOTAL FOR US

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TO DO THAT. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS I

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DON'T THINK WILL IMPACT THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY

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GET. IT CERTAINLY HAS A IMPACT ON THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF AWARDS WE MAKE AND I DON'T

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WANT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF SOMETHING. MY
PURPOSE HERE IS REALLY JUST NOT TO TIE UP

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MONEY ON SPECULATION. EVERYTHING ELSE HAD

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A GOOD RATIONAL. I LOOKED AT THESE

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SPECIFICALLY AND I LOOKED AT YEARS 17, 18

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AND 19 OR YEARS WE HAD DATA FOR WHICH WAS
SOMETIMES JUST 18 AND 19 AND I WASN'T

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SEEING A HUGE CLIME B IN PARTICIPATION OR

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A HUGE CLIMB IN THE TOTAL NUMBER BUT I SEE

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EVIDENCE OF INCREASING INTEREST SO THAT IS
MY POSITION HERE TODAY.

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>> CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

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STAFF IS VERY WELL AWARE OF HOW POPULAR

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THESE PROGRAMS ARE THAT WERE JUST STATED

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BY THE CHAIRMAN, ESPECIALLY ONES LIKE CAMP
CODE AND ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH

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ROBOTICS. I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO ATTEND

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SOME OF THE WORKSHOPS WHERE WE HEARD FROM
THE INSTRUCTORS, THE TEACHERS THE FOLKS

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RUNNING THE PROGRAMS BUT THE STUDENTS
THEMSELVES, 6, 7 AND 8 GRADERS THAT STATED

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THEY WISH THEY HAD SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN
THEIR SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITY HOUSTON IS A

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PERFECT EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE SCHOOLS WE
VISITED AWARDED THE CONTRACT BACK IN 2019

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WHERE THE YOUNG GIRLS WERE SAYING I WISH
WE DID THIS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, WE

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HAVE TO WAIT TO THE SUMMER TO PARTICIPATE

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IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. I THINK IS A VERY
POPULAR INITIATIVE. I KNOW YOU WOULD

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AGREE WITH ME CHAIRMAN THAT WE HAVE

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PROVIDED SUPPORT FOR CAMP CODE. I KNOW

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YOU AND I BOTH REFERENCE PARIS COMMUNITY

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COLLEGE AND ARE THE SUCCESS OF CAMP CODE

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FOR THE YOUNG GIRLS AND YOUNG MEN IN THAT

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PROGRAM. SO, I AM GOING TO LAY OUT
PARAMETERS AND IT IS REQUIRES WE PUT MORE

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MONEY I WOULD ASK STAFF TO LOOK AT THAT.
I DO THINK THIS IS A WORTHWHILE INITIATIVE

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THAT REQUIRES US TO-I THINK I WANT TO

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THANK STAFF FOR MAKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS

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ON INCREASING THE AMOUNTS OF SOME OF THE

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VARIOUS PROGRAMS JUST LAID OUT, ESPECIALLY
THAT ONE OF CAMP CODE AND OTHERS DEALING

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WITH STEM, WHICH IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE

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TRI AGENCIES EFFORTS BACK IN 2016 WE KNOW

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THIS WAS REFERENCED IN THE 60 BY 30 REPORT

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BACK IN 2016 SO I HAVE NO DOUBT IT IS

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IMPORTANT AND THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT.

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WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS LAY OUT MY PARAMETERS

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REGARDING THE INITIATIVES YOU ALL HAVE

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LAID FORTH. AGAIN, I AGREE WITH THE

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AMOUNTS STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED AND SO MY
ONLY CONCERN HERE IS WHEN WE WRITE UP THE

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R FA IF WE CAN JUST INCLUDE, IF WE COULD

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INCLUDE SOME OF THESE SPECIFICS. IF WE GO

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TO 75024, CAMP CODE, 75024, YOU'RE ASKING

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FOR ADDITIONAL $400 THOUSAND. HERE'S THE

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CHANGE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TO THE
DESCRIPTION. I WOULD LIKE TO EMBED A

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MICRO CREDENTIAL OR BADGE IF THAT CANNOT

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BE DONE THEN WOULD LIKE CAMPERS TO RECEIVE

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A CERTIFICATE FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE AND
WORKFORCE BOARD RECOGNIZING THE CAMP

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COMPLETION. BOTTOM LINE, THESE YOUNG MEN

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AND WOMEN WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM THE
PROGRAM DO NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING ACCEPT

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THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. WHAT I WOULD
LIKE TO SEE IS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT

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WE HAVE HERE AND THAT IS A A CERTIFICATE

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THAT WOULD SAY WE COMPLETED THE CAMP,

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WOULD HAVE THE TEXAS WORKFORCE LOGO A WAY

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OF BRANDING AND MARKETING WHAT WE DO, AND

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THEN ON THE SIDE WHATEVER BOARD WAS
AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO BE NEXT TO IT AS A

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CERTIFICATE. REMINDING EVERYONE WHEN WE
PARTICIPATED IN UIO COMPETITIONS EARLY ON

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YOUNG KIDS RECEIVED SOME TYPE OF
CREDENTIAL. IF IT REQUIRED ADDITIONAL

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MONEY THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. I WOULD

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ALSO LIKE STAFF TO INSURE THAT THE
DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF CURRICULUM BE

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ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY.
STAFF SHAD SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH

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LEVERAGING DOLLARS FOR ACCESS TO STUDENTS

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WITH DISABILITY. STAFF IS CHARGED IN
FIGURING OUT TO DO THIS IN ONE

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PROCUREMENT. SO--THAT WAS PAGE 6 OF THE

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75024 CAMP CODE. 75025, CAREERS AND TEXAS

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INDUSTRIES. THE MONEY AMOUNT YOU

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REQUESTED AT $280 THOUSAND I'M FINE WITH

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THAT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT
THE BOARD-WOULD LIKE THE BOARDS AHEAD OF

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THE EVENTS TO HAVE A EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH
TEAM HAVE DISCUSSION, WORKSHOP ON CAREER

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ASSESSMENTS EXPLORATION AND REGIONAL

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DEMAND AND HOW TO LEVERAGE ACCESS TO
EMPLOYERS OR CAREER INFORMATION. STUDENTS

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WOULD COMPLETE AN ASSESSMENT TO DETERMINE
THREE OR FOUR OCCUPATION TITLES THEY ARE

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INTERESTED IN, COMPARE THE JOB TITLES

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AGAINST A LIST OF VENDORS WHO ARE

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PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT TO PREDETERMINE
THE 5 BOOTHS TO SEEK OUT TO CONDUCT

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INTERVIEWS. THIS PROVIDES STRATEGIC
APPROACH RATHER THEN HAVE STUDENTS WANDER

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FROM VENDOR TO VENDOR. WE HAVE BEEN TO
SOME OF THESE, KIDS ARE GIVEN A SHEET TO

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SIGN UP WITH 3 OR 4 VENDORS THEY HAVE SEEN

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AND LOTS OF TIMES THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE

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DONE. I LIKE TO SEE THE OUTREACH SPECIAL

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TEAM GO OUT AND MEET WITH THE INSTRUCTORS

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WITH POSSIBLE EMPLOY OARS, COME UP WITH A
CAREER ASSESSMENT AS STATED, HAVE A PLAN

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IN PLACE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS

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VISIT THE VENDOR THAT WAS ON THE
OCCUPATIONAL LIST, SO BE MORE STRATEGIC ON

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HOW WE DO THIS RATHER THEN JUST HAVE
CHILDREN OR YOUNG ADULTS GO FROM VENDOR TO

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VENDOR. ENTREPRENEUR BOOT CAMP, 75028.

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05-75028. WE ARE MOVING OVER $150

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THOUSAND MOVING IT OVER FROM [INAUDIBLE
COMMENTS] WHAT I LIKE TO SEE IS TO MAKE

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SURE THE INFORMATION AT CAMPS TO BE MADE
AVAILABLE IN SPANISH. AND MAYBE OTHER

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LANGUAGES DEPENDING WHERE THESE ARE TAKING
PLACE LIKE IN HOUSTON AND VIETNAMESE. SO,

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WE HAVE THESE CAMPS THAT TAKE PLACE
ENTREPRENEUR CAMPS AND THEY ARE

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PREDOMINANTLY DONE IN ENGLISH. WE HAVE

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THOSE AROUND THE STATE THAT SPEAK SPANISH

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OR VIETNAMESE. 79024, PAGE 9. 79024. MY

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UNDERSTANDING IS THAT PRELIMINARY NUMBERS

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WILL BE COMING SOON TO THESE AMOUNTS AND

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MAY NOT BE SUFFICIENT. WE WON'T KNOW
UNTIL NEXT WEEK SO I MAY AT SOME POINT ASK

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TO REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING. 79024

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IS THE APPRENTICESHIP CHAPTER 133. SO, IT

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IS HARD FOR ME TO BUT A DOLLAR AMOUNT ON

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THIS AND DON'T THINK IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY
STAFF SO IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THESE

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NUMBERS WILL BE OUT SOME TIME THIS WEEK.

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LASTLY ON PAGE 19. STATEWIDE HIGH SCHOOL

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EQUIVALENCY VIRTUAL PROVIDER FOR
CONSIDERATION. BY2021 PROPOSED

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INITIATIVES BOTH OF THESE DEAL WITH

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MAHALIA. I SAID MAHALIA AND ALANA AT THE

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SAME TIME. NO DOLLAR AMOUNT SO CURIOUS IF
YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU LIKE TO PRESENT TO

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THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME OR A LATER
TIME, BUT I THINK WHEN WE WERE BRIEFED

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THERE WAS NO MONEY AMOUNT. OTHER THEN

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THAT, THOSE WERE THE PROPOSED SO MY
RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO KEEP WHAT YOU

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HAVE RECOMMENDED TO THE COMMISSION, KEEP
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT BECAUSE OF THE

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POPULARITY AND I KNOW IT IS HARD TO
MEASURE SOMETIMES THE NUMBERS AND WE ARE

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BIG ON THAT. WE ARE VERY BIG ON NUMBERS
AND WE USE A LOT OF DATA, BUT AS LEONARD

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HAS MENTIONED, ADAM LEONARD SOMETIMES IT

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IS REALLY HARD TO MEASURE SUCCESS AND SO

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CAMP CODE IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE. AND

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SO, HOW DO YOU REALLY MEASURE IT AND SO MY

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RECOMMENDATION IS TO KEEP THE FUNDING
AMOUNTS AS PRESENTED BY STAFF AS YOU LAID

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OUT AND WITH THE ADDITIONS OF WHAT I ASKED

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AND HOPEFULLY APPROVED BY THE
COMMISSIONERS TODAY INCLUDING THE

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PARAMETERS THAT WERE LAID OUT BEFORE YOU.

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THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY AT THIS TIME.

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>> YOUR INITIATIVES DON'T INCREASE THE
DOLLAR AMOUNT AT ALL. I THINK THEY ARE

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BASICALLY JUST--OKAY. I'M OF THE OPINION

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I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ. I
THINK STAFF PROPOSAL YOU PUSH FORWARD ARE

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THINGS BEEN LOOKED INTO. ONE CHAIRMAN I

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AND COMMISSIONER ALVAREZ I HAVE THE GOALS
WHEN YOU SET THE BUDGET--WHATEVER WE

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DECIDE UPON WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
GIVING THEM A BUDGET AMOUNT WHERE THEY CAN

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SET GOALS ACCORDING TO THAT AND UP TO

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AMOUNT AFTERWARDS ARE IF THEY RUN UP TO A

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MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN THERE IS A
OPPORTUNITY TO BRING BACK ADDITIONAL FUNDS

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OR SO DOESN'T ALLOW A GROUP I DON'TS THINK

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IN MY OPINION CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT STAFF

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THINKS ABOUT THAT. NOT SURE IF I WAS ON

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THE RECEIVING END OF THE GRANT AND WANT TO
KNOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS. IF IT IS 1.3 I

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WANT TO OPERATE UNDER 1.3 SO I CREATE A
PROGRAM AROUND THAT. IF IT IS $1 MILLION

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I'M SET ON THAT AMOUNT SO I WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT WHATEVER-I'M FINING WITH THE

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RATIONAL BEHIND THE STAFF INCREASED
NUMBERS HERE, BUT I DEFINITELY WANT US TO

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BE HARD SET ON A FINAL NUMBER AND WE ARE
GOING OUT AT THAT POINT. ALWAYS HAVE THE

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ABILITY TO BRING BACK SOMETHING BUT YOU
REALLY DON'T SET A PROGRAM AFTERWARDS, YOU

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SET A PROGRAM BASED ON THE BUDGET YOU
RECEIVE UP FRONT. THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.

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AND CURIOUS IN REGARDS TO THESE PROGRAMS

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THAT ARE HERE. I KNOW THE $50 THOUSAND

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THAT IS TIED TO THE FOSTER YOUTH WORKFORCE
TRANSITION CENTERS, THAT'S SOMETHING

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UTILIZED SO THAT BOARDS AND INDIVIDUALS

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CAN PLAN IF THEY ARE GOING TO ATTEND AN

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EVENT IN THE FUTURE SO I-OTHERWISE THEY

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DON'T PLAN BECAUSE THERE ISN'T MONEY SET
ASIDE TO DO THOSE THINGS. THE OTHERS

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MIGHT FALL INTO PLACE WITH THAT SAME

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RATIONAL, I'M NOT SURE BUT IF YOU HAVE

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COMMENTS ABOUT THAT I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR.
ANY INPUT.

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>> ON THE-ON THE INITIATIVES I BELIEVE THE
CHAIRMAN WAS REFERENCING WHERE WE DIDN'T

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HAVE SPECIFIC DEMAND DRIVING IT WAS IT WAS

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DUE TO SUMMER EVENTS CANCELED LAST YEAR SO
STAFF ANTICIPATED MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE

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HIGHER DEMAND. IF THE INCREASE ISN'T
APPROVED, WE WOULD NEED TO BRING BACK A

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DISCUSSION PAPER TO THE COMMISSION AT THE

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TIME THAT THE SCORING IS COMPLETE TO
REQUEST MORE MONEY. IF WE HAD-SAY WE

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COULD AFFORD TO FUND 6 OF THE 9 AND WE HAD

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AN ADDITIONAL 3 STRONG APPLICATIONS WITH

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HIGH SCORES WE WOULD BRING A PAPER BACK AT

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THAT POINT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING

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IS THE WAY I ENVISION WHAT THE PROCESS
WORKING BUT THAT WAS OUR THINKING

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COMMISSIONER IS THAT BECAUSE THE MOSTLY

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CAMPS OR SUMMER EVENTS WERE CANCELED LAST

00:19:43.100 --> 00:19:45.100
YEAR WE MIGHT SEE A GREATER DEMAND THIS

00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:48.100
YEAR?
>> OKAY. MIGHT SEE A GREATER DEMAND. IF

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BUDGETS ARE SET AND WE GO WITH THE HIGHER
AMOUNT WITH WOULD THE MARKETING BE

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DIFFERENT TOWARDS THE INITIATIVES OR ARE

00:19:59.100 --> 00:20:01.100
THERE OPPORTUNITIES AT THAT POINT?

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>> I'LL SPEAK GENERALLY, I BELIEVE THIS IS
TRUE FOR ALL BUT WE WOULD PUBLISH THE RFP

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WITH THE SAME LANGUAGE WHAT THE FUNDS
COULD BE USED FOR BUT CAPPED AT THE AMOUNT

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YOU ALL APPROVE TODAY AND THEN IF WE HAD

00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:18.100
STRONG APPLICATIONS EXCEEDING THAT AMOUNTS

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WE NEED TO COME BACK FOR ANOTHER VOTE TO
ADD HOWEVER MUCH AND WE WOULD ASK AT THAT

00:20:24.100 --> 00:20:26.100
POINT TO FUND 2 OR 3 MORE PROJECTS BUT IT

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DOESN'T CHANGE THE CONTENT OTHER THEN THE
DOLLAR AMOUNT AND WE NEED TO DECIDE

00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:34.100
WHETHER TO BRING IT TO FOR YOUR FUNDING.

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>> ALL MOST TRYING TO GET UP AMOUNT

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BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A BUDGET AT A MILLION
DOLLARS AND THE R FA GOES OUT WE STOP

00:20:45.100 --> 00:20:48.100
THERE EVEN IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL 3 OR 4
APPLICATIONS THERE WE DON'T HAVE THE

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:51.100
BUDGET SET FOR THAT. THAT WOULD BE MY

00:20:52.100 --> 00:20:55.100
THOUGHT. I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE IT COMES
BACK BEFORE THE BORD THEN YOU CAN GO FROM

00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:59.100
THAT AMOUNT TO AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.

00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:11.100
>> COURTNEY RECOLLECT I HAVE A ADDITIONAL
QUESTION. THE PARAMETERS I LAID OUT THE

00:21:15.100 --> 00:21:18.100
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION, SOME TYPE OF
DIGITAL BADGE, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT

00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:21.100
WOULD COST US ANYTHING TO DO?

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>> A LIT OUT OF MY DEPTH ANSWERING THAT.

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I WOULD THINK PRINTING A CERTIFICATE WITH
A SEAL LIKE THAT WOULD NOT BE EXTREMELY

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EXPENSIVE, BUT I HAVE NOT PRICED THEM. I

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:38.100
KNOW THAT WHEN WE WORKED WITH-WE HIRE VETS

00:21:39.100 --> 00:21:41.100
AND PROJECTS LIKE THAT THE COST ARE FAIRLY

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MINIMAL ON THE PRINTING OF A CERTIFICATE.
>> SO, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS WHEN WE DID

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:50.100
THESE PROGRAMS FIRST ROBOTICS AWARDED THIS

00:21:53.100 --> 00:21:56.100
PAST WEEK WITH THE PRESS RELEASE, WE SAW
THAT. CAMP CODE. MY ORIGINAL IDEA AND WE

00:21:59.100 --> 00:22:01.100
ARE STILL WORKING ON THIS WAS THAT THOSE

00:22:02.100 --> 00:22:04.100
RECIPIENTS OF THESE PROGRAMS WOULD RECEIVE

00:22:06.100 --> 00:22:08.100
A CREDENTIAL OF SOME SORT. I WASN'T

00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:13.100
THINKING OF INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIAL
BUT WE KNOW [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] OFFERS A

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:18.100
A PLUS-THERE IS A INTRO TO PYTHON, IF

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:24.100
ANYTHING IT WAS JUST TO KIND OF CREATE AS
AGAIN BROUGHT FORTH IN THE PAST REGARDING

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:28.100
STACKABLE CREDENTIALS WHERE WE WOULD ALLOW

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INDIVIDUALS AT A EARLY AGE TO RECEIVE SOME
TYPE OF RECOGNITION. MY GOAL, OF COURSE I

00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:38.100
WILL NOT GET IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S SANDBOX

00:22:39.100 --> 00:22:41.100
BOUGHT R BUT BY GOAL IS TEA WOULD

00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:46.100
RECOGNIZE THIS CREDENTIAL AS THEY DID BY

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:49.100
HOUSE BILL 276 ALLOWING CODING TO BE

00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:52.100
COUNTED AS A COURSE IN THE CORE

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:59.100
CURRICULUM. MY GOAL IS THESE WOULD BE

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:02.100
REQUIRED BY TEA AND THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO

00:23:03.100 --> 00:23:06.100
START THAT. AT THE VERY LEAST WE KNOW
AMAZON WEB SERVICE WITH THE CLOUD IS

00:23:07.100 --> 00:23:09.100
LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING SOME TYPE OF

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:13.100
CREDENTIAL IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
CONVERSATIONS WE HAD BACK IN DALLAS IN

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:18.100
2019 AND YOU WERE PART OF THOSE
DISCUSSIONS, THEY ARE LOOKING AT DOING

00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:21.100
THAT SERIOUSLY AND THIS IS A GOOD WAY FOR
US TO GET ON BOARD. SO, THE ADDITIONAL

00:23:22.100 --> 00:23:24.100
MONEY YOU LAID OUT WAS A WAY TO

00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:28.100
SUPPLEMENT, MAYBE IF THERE WAS A COST TO
THE CERTIFICATIONS I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A

00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:33.100
GOOD WAY TO PAY FOR IT IF WE NEEDED TO.
MAYBE NOT THE WHOLE AMOUNT BUT CERTAINLY

00:23:35.100 --> 00:23:38.100
SOME OF THE AMOUNTS. OF COURSE LAST WEEK
I WAS IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE AT FIRST

00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:42.100
ROBOTICS THEY HAD THEIR COMPETITION. THE

00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:47.100
COMPETITION WAS VIEWED FOR THOSE WERE NOT
AWARE OF THIS BY A HUNDRED COUNTRIES, A

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:52.100
HUNDRED COUNTRIES. EVERYONE OF THE

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:56.100
PARTICIPANT WOULD HAVE BEEN COOL IF THEY
RECEIVED SOME TYPE OF CERTIFICATION FROM

00:23:58.100 --> 00:24:00.100
THE AGENCY FOR EVERY PARTICIPANT THAT

00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:05.100
PARTICIPATED THAT SAID WE PARTICIPATED IN
THIS EVENT. THE ONLY THING THAT WAS GIVEN

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:10.100
TO THEM IS FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD

00:24:11.100 --> 00:24:14.100
RECEIVED A METAL. WHEN I DELIVERED MY
REMARKS A HUNDRED COUNTRIES LISTENED TO

00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:20.100
REMARKS THAT I SAID THAT TEXAS WORKFORCE

00:24:21.100 --> 00:24:23.100
WAS-WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:26.100
THIS ROBOTICS COMPETITION. IT WASN'T JUST

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:29.100
TEXAS, HUNDRED COUNTRIES AND THIS IS THE

00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:33.100
SECOND TIME WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO
THESE AND THEY HAVE THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:37.100
COMING UP IN HOUSTON SOON. THAT WAS THE

00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:41.100
REASONING FOR MY CERTIFICATION. I WANTED

00:24:45.100 --> 00:24:48.100
TO SEE IF THE WAS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT.

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>> MR. CHAIRMAN, BACK TO THE SIDE ABOUT
THE BUDGET. THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS. I

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:56.100
THINK UP TO AMOUNT ARE A SET BUDGET AMOUNT

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:02.100
BODES WELL FOR THE ORGANIZATION. SUBMIT A

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:05.100
[INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] AND NOT SURE IF WE

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:08.100
WANT TO START GOING OUTSIDE OF IF WE HAVE

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:12.100
A MILLION DOLLARS AND THERE IS HIGHER
DEMAND THAT WE COME BACK AND PLACE THAT

00:25:15.100 --> 00:25:18.100
FORWARD. NOT SURE IF THAT'S A GOOD
PROCESS FOR US. JUST THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT.

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:22.100
>> THE OTHER THING THAT SCARES ME IF WE

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:26.100
COME BACK AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FUND
THESE. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE THE

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:30.100
ADDITIONAL FUNDING SO THAT IS THE REASON
IF IT WAS POSSIBLE I LIKE TO GET SOME TYPE

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:33.100
OF AGREEMENT TODAY THAT WE DO THIS SO WE

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:38.100
DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AT A LATER DATE
FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:46.100
>> DO WE HAVE DATA SUPPORTING INCREASES ON

00:25:48.100 --> 00:25:50.100
[INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] AND TEXAS INDUSTRY,
TEXAS INTERNSHIP INITIATIVE AND

00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:55.100
ENTREPRENEUR BOOT CAMP OR IS IT JUST A
HUNCH?

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:57.100
>> WE DO NOT HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT THE

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:03.100
REQUEST. IT WAS MORE ABOUT THE EVENTS
CANCELED LAST YEAR AND ANTICIPATED DEMAND

00:26:05.100 --> 00:26:07.100
FOR THE EVENTS.

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:12.100
>> WERE ANY OFFERED AT ALL IN 20.

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:18.100
>> GIVE ME A MOMENT TO LOOK THROUGH THE

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:21.100
NOTES. THEY WERE AWARDED BUT HAD TO

00:26:22.100 --> 00:26:24.100
CANCEL ALL MOST EVERYTHING. I BELIEVE ONE
HAD LIMITED PARTICIPATION AND IF YOU GIVE

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:27.100
ME A SECOND I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:47.100
>> DATA BEHIND THE INCREASES ARE
NECESSARY. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S-WHAT

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:51.100
THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE OF THE INCREASES

00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:55.100
ARE. THAT IS IMPORTANT.
>> STAFF INCLUDED THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, I'M

00:26:57.100 --> 00:27:00.100
JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT SUPPORTS THAT
INCREASE.

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:02.100
>> YEAH.

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:10.100
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER AS QUICKLY
AS I HOPED. THE SUMMER MERIT 17 AWARDS

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:14.100
WERE MADE BUT ALL WERE CANCELED. YOUTH

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:18.100
ROBOTICS WAS AWARDED AND DID TAKE PLACE

00:27:21.100 --> 00:27:24.100
AND I NEED TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THE OTHER
SAID.

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:26.100
>> THAT'S FAIR. SIMILARLY, ARE ALL OF

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:29.100
THEM HAPPENING IN THE SUMMER OF 21? THIS

00:27:31.100 --> 00:27:33.100
WOULD BE FOR SUMMER OF 22 FUNDING BUT ARE

00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:37.100
ANY OF THESE HAPPENING IN 21?
>> THESE ARE FOR NEXT SUMMER.

00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:39.100
>> I UNDERSTAND THIS MONEY IS FOR NEXT

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:42.100
SUMMER BUT WAS THERE MONEY FOR FISCAL 21

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:45.100
SET ASIDE FOR THIS PURPOSE? I'M ASKING

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:49.100
ABOUT FISCAL 20-NO, ASKING ABOUT FISCAL 21

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:54.100
UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS
FOR FISCAL 22.

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:02.100
>> COURTNEY, DO WE HAVE PROGRAMS GOING ON

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:06.100
RIGHT NOW?
>> YES.
>> UNIVERSITY HOUSTON, CLEAR LAKE,

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:12.100
[INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] UNIVERSITY TEXAS ALL
HAVE PROGRAMS.

00:28:13.100 --> 00:28:15.100
>> THAT IS CORRECT. SOME OF THE EVENTS
ARE TAKING PLACE THIS YEAR.

00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:30.100
>> SO, BITS AND PIECES IN 20, SOME GREATER

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:35.100
CONCENTRATION OF EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:38.100
21.

00:28:39.100 --> 00:28:41.100
>> YES. AS YOU WOULD EXPECT IN 20 ALL

00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:45.100
MOST EVERYTHING WAS CANCELED. 21 WE WERE
SEEING SOME DEMAND AND THIS WAS WITH

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:51.100
ANTICIPATION OF GREATER DEMAND.
>> I KNOW SOME THINGS HAPPENED IN 20

00:28:53.100 --> 00:28:55.100
BECAUSE I DID A COUPLE VIRTUALLY BUT

00:28:57.100 --> 00:28:59.100
UNDERSTANDING THERE WAS A LOT OF
CANCELLATION IN 20S AND THINK WE ALL KNOW

00:29:00.100 --> 00:29:02.100
ABOUT THAT. WAS THE PARTICIPATION FOR

00:29:05.100 --> 00:29:07.100
21--WAS THERE A NOTICEABLE PANDEMIC IMPACT

00:29:09.100 --> 00:29:11.100
ON PARTICIPATION FOR 21? WHAT IS GOING ON

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:14.100
RIGHT NOW?
>> I DON'T KNOW I HEARD ANYTHING-I'M

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:19.100
LOOKING TO MY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT THERE.
BEN, HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING RECENTLY TO

00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:24.100
LET US KNOW IF SOMETHING IS CANCELED FOR
THE SUMMER WE HAVEN'T YET ANTICIPATED? ON

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:28.100
THE YOUTH EVENTS. BEN HOLQUEST.

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:37.100
>> NO, WE DON'T EXPECT ANY CANCELLATIONS

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:41.100
AT THIS POINT THAT HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN
TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:44.100
>> WAS THE PARTICIPATION THIS SUMMER IS IT

00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:48.100
LESS THEN IT WAS IN THE SUMMER OF 19?

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:51.100
>> I DON'T KNOW WITH CERTAINTY FOR ALL OF

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:54.100
THEM. I DO KNOW FOR SEVERAL PROPOSED ONES

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:57.100
WE HAD MORE QUALITY APPLICANTS THEN WE

00:29:58.100 --> 00:30:00.100
AWARDED THIS YEAR.

00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:03.100
>> SO WE AWARDED MORE IN 19 THEN 21? OR

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:07.100
THE OTHER WAY AROUND?
>> I THINK WHAT BEN IS SAYING FOR THIS

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:11.100
YEAR WE HAD MORE APPLICANTS THEN WE WERE
ABLE TO FUND, WHICH MADE US ANTICIPATE A

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:15.100
HIGHER DEMAND.
>> IS THAT TYPICALLY THE CASE?

00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:19.100
>> DEPENDING ON THE INITIATIVE, YES. WE

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:22.100
OFTEN HAVE DEMAND FOR THESE.
>> SOME HAVE HIGHER DEMAND THEN OTHERS?

00:30:24.100 --> 00:30:26.100
>> RIGHT.
>> WHICH WOULD BE TYPICAL.

00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:30.100
>> COURTNEY, I HAVE A QUESTION, HOW MANY
APPLICANTS WERE NOT FUNDED IN 2019 TOTAL

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:34.100
AMOUNT VERSUS TOTAL AMOUNT OF APPLICANTS?

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:38.100
>> FOR WHICH INITIATIVE?
>> HOW MANY APPLICANTS WERE NOT FUNDED IN

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:41.100
2019 VERSUS THE TOTAL AMOUNTS OF

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:46.100
APPLICATIONS I SHOULD SAY?
>> ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT CAMP CODE

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:49.100
SPECIFICALLY OR ANOTHER INITIATIVE OR ALL

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:52.100
OF THEM?
>> IT COULD BE ALL MOST ALL OF THEM. IF

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:56.100
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE
THERE ARE OTHER PROGRAMS THAT DIDN'T DO

00:30:57.100 --> 00:31:00.100
WELL AS A RESULT OF COVID AND WE CAN GO IN
THROUGH OTHER PROGRAMS AS WELL. I DO KNOW

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:04.100
WE DID HAVE AS REFERENCED RIGHT NOW WE DID

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:07.100
HAVE DEMAND BUT LET'S KEEP IN MIND THESE

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:11.100
INDIVIDUALS THAT GO TO CAMP SOMETIMES
IMPLEMENT CERTAIN SPECIFICS THEY WANT TO

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:15.100
PUT IN THE CAMP SO THAT THE COST PER

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:20.100
INDIVIDUAL IS MORE SO THE NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS MAY NOT BE AS HIGH BECAUSE

00:31:21.100 --> 00:31:24.100
THEY WILL LIMIT THE NUMBER AND KNOW THE
COURSES I HAVE BEEN-I HAD ACCESS TO THOSE

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:30.100
INDIVIDUALS I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO AND SEE
THE SCHOOLS, THEY PRETTY MUCH HAVE A CUT

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:33.100
OFF LIMIT OF 10 STUDENTS. SOME HAD 20,

00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:37.100
SOME HAD 15. PARIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAD

00:31:39.100 --> 00:31:41.100
3 COHORTS AND THEY ARE ALL FULL SO SOMEONE

00:31:42.100 --> 00:31:44.100
DID ONE WEEK, SOME DID TWO WEEKS AND SO I

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:49.100
KNOW IT IS HARD AND AGAIN MY QUESTION

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:56.100
EARLIER AND I GUESS WE COULD DISCUSS THAT,

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:59.100
BUT AGAIN BECAUSE IT OF THE ADDITIONAL
MONEY THAT WAS-THAT YOU HAD BROUGHT FORTH

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:05.100
WAS THE REASONING FOR THE CREDENTIAL OR

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:10.100
THE CERTIFICATE, THE COST OF IT. NOT THAT
IT WILL COST $400 THOUSAND. BUT I ALSO

00:32:12.100 --> 00:32:14.100
CONSIDER HOW POPULAR THIS WAS AND NUMBER

00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:18.100
APPLICANTS, VERY SIMILAR TO THE JET
PROGRAM WHERE JET HAD $49 MILLION OF

00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:22.100
REQUESTS AND ONLY $6 MILLION IS AWARDED.

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:27.100
FOR THE RECORD.

00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:32.100
>> MR. CHAIRMAN, WE ARE CONCENTRATING ON

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:36.100
THESE ITEMS HERE AND [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS]

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:40.100
WORKFORCE TRAINING I THINK WE ARE OKAY

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:43.100
THERE. [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] LET'S TALK

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:47.100
THROUGH THOSE IF AT ALL POSSIBLE AT A HIGH
LEVEL SO WE CAN GET A FIRM UNDERSTANDING

00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:50.100
IN REGARDS TO THE INCREASE HERE.

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:54.100
COURTNEY, I'M GOING DOWN THE 5 HERE AND
ASK YOU GUYS TO KIND OF STATE YOUR

00:32:55.100 --> 00:32:57.100
RATIONAL BEHIND IT. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED

00:32:58.100 --> 00:33:00.100
ABOUT NUMBERS BEHIND THAT AND WHAT THEY'RE

00:33:01.100 --> 00:33:03.100
TIED TO AND WE MAY HAVE NOT HAVE SPECIFICS

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:07.100
BROKEN DOWN BY LINE ITEM LINE ITEM SOME

00:33:08.100 --> 00:33:10.100
GENERALITIES MAY HELP SHAPE OUR DECISION.

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:14.100
FOSTER YOUTH WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTERS,
THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE AT $50 THOUSAND. I

00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:18.100
DON'T THINK THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THIS

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:22.100
PROGRAM, I THINK WE ARE ON BOARD THERE. I
THINK THE GOVERNOR [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS]

00:33:26.100 --> 00:33:29.100
THE RATIONAL BEHIND THE INCREASE IF
POSSIBLE.

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:32.100
>> I HAVE SOME NOTES HERE THAT I THINK
MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO YOUR QUESTION AND IN

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:37.100
2020, 17 AWARDS WERE MADE BUT ALL 17 WERE

00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:42.100
CANCELED. THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE 48 SUMMER

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:45.100
CAMPS SERVING A TOTAL OF 1552 STUDENTS BUT

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:51.100
AGAIN THOSE WERE CANCELED. THE 2021
PROCUREMENT RESULTED IN 14 GRANT AWARDS

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:54.100
AND 4 OF THEM WITHDREW PRIOR TO THE GRANT

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:57.100
BEING EXECUTED BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC RELATED

00:33:58.100 --> 00:34:00.100
REASONS, SO FOR THIS SUMMER TO ANSWER YOUR

00:34:01.100 --> 00:34:03.100
QUESTION MORE DIRECTLY, 14-THERE WERE 14

00:34:08.100 --> 00:34:10.100
WINNERS AND 4 HAVE WITH DRAWN AND WE DON'T

00:34:12.100 --> 00:34:15.100
YET KNOW THE ATTENDANTS NUMBERS OR WHAT
WILL MATERIALIZE FROM THOSE REMAINING

00:34:17.100 --> 00:34:20.100
GRANTS BUT THAT'S THE PLAN ON THE NUMBER
OF EVENTS THAT WILL BE HELD.

00:34:23.100 --> 00:34:25.100
>> OKAY. AND THE GOVERNOR SUMMER MERIT

00:34:27.100 --> 00:34:29.100
PROGRAM WERE YOU SPEAKING TO THAT ONE?

00:34:30.100 --> 00:34:33.100
$300 THOUSAND INCREASE THERE. THE YOUTH
ROBOTICS INITIATIVE WE ARE LOOKING AT $700

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:37.100
THOUSAND INCREASE. WHAT'S THE RATIONAL
THERE?

00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:40.100
>> ON BOTH OF THESE COMMISSIONER BECAUSE
WE JUST SEEN FALL-OUT IN THE NUMBER OF

00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:45.100
EVENTS AND THE NUMBER OF GRANTS BOTH YEARS
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC WE WERE JUST

00:34:46.100 --> 00:34:48.100
REALLY WAS A STAFF ASSUMPTION THAT IF WE

00:34:50.100 --> 00:34:53.100
CLEAR THIS THING COMPLETELY FOR NEXT
SUMMER THAT WE WOULD HAVE MORE REQUESTS

00:34:55.100 --> 00:34:58.100
FOR FUNDING AND MORE STUDENTS.
>> INCREASED DEMAND. CAMP CODE $400

00:35:01.100 --> 00:35:04.100
THOUSAND INCREASE. SAME RATIONAL?
>> SAME RATIONAL.

00:35:04.100 --> 00:35:06.100
>> OKAY. CAREERS AND TEXAS INDUSTRIES.

00:35:09.100 --> 00:35:11.100
>> THE CAREERS AND TEXAS INDUSTRIES THE

00:35:16.100 --> 00:35:19.100
CHANGE WE ARE REQUESTING THERE IS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.

00:35:19.100 --> 00:35:21.100
>> PAGE $59.

00:35:22.100 --> 00:35:24.100
>> $280 THOUSAND INCREASE.

00:35:25.100 --> 00:35:27.100
>> YES. SORRY, THAT IS GOING BACK TO

00:35:28.100 --> 00:35:30.100
IN-PERSON AND ASSUMING THEY MAY CONTINUE

00:35:31.100 --> 00:35:33.100
TO HAVE VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON SERVICES FOR

00:35:37.100 --> 00:35:39.100
NEXT YEAR.
>> THIS IS A POSITIVE EVENT FOR THE BOARD?

00:35:41.100 --> 00:35:44.100
>> IT IS WELL LOVED IN AREAS WHERE WE ARE
PROVIDING FUNDING TO BRING THE YOUTH

00:35:46.100 --> 00:35:48.100
TOGETHER FOR THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF

00:35:49.100 --> 00:35:52.100
EXPERIENCES AND INTRODUCING THEM TO
CAREERS. WE CAN DO SERVE A NUMBER OF

00:35:55.100 --> 00:35:57.100
YOUTH IN THOSE INITIATIVES AND I CAN TELL

00:35:58.100 --> 00:36:00.100
YOU THAT NUMBER IF YOU LIKE.

00:36:08.100 --> 00:36:10.100
>> I KNOW MR. BILLINGS DOES A GOOD JOB.

00:36:11.100 --> 00:36:13.100
>> THIS IS GOOD FOR EMPLOYERS LOVE THIS

00:36:14.100 --> 00:36:17.100
PROGRAM AND THEN COURTNEY DON'T WORRY
ABOUT THE NUMBER. THE LAST ONE TEXAS

00:36:18.100 --> 00:36:20.100
INTERNSHIP INITIATIVE, TII WE ARE FAMILIAR

00:36:22.100 --> 00:36:24.100
WITH.
>> THE SAME CONCEPT COMMISSIONER. IN 20,

00:36:30.100 --> 00:36:32.100
WE WERE PREPARED TO AWARD 4 GRANTS AND ALL

00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:36.100
OF THOSE WERE CANCELED SO IT WAS PROCURED

00:36:37.100 --> 00:36:39.100
AGAIN IN 2021, 5 AWARDS WERE GRANTED AND

00:36:40.100 --> 00:36:43.100
AT THIS POINT I BELIEVE THOSE NUMBERS ARE
FIRM. THOSE AWARDS ARE FIRM.

00:36:43.100 --> 00:36:46.100
>> THESE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES I THINK
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY

00:36:48.100 --> 00:36:50.100
INTERESTED IN THAT INITIATIVE AS WELL.

00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:53.100
BASICALLY MOST OF THESE INCREASED

00:36:54.100 --> 00:36:57.100
RECOMMENDED ARE BASED ON ANTICIPATED
SPECULATION INCREASE BASED ON

00:36:59.100 --> 00:37:01.100
CANCELLATIONS LAST YEAR AND THE LIKE.

00:37:02.100 --> 00:37:04.100
>> YES.
>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

00:37:09.100 --> 00:37:11.100
>> [MICROPHONE NOT ON]

00:37:16.100 --> 00:37:18.100
[UNABLE TO HEAR SPEAKER]

00:37:48.100 --> 00:37:50.100
>> YOU WANT ME TO TURN MY MIC? FIRST IS

00:37:52.100 --> 00:37:54.100
OUTCOMES DATA. WE REALLY NEED TO START

00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:57.100
INCLUDING OUTCOMES DATA ON ALL OF THESE

00:37:58.100 --> 00:38:00.100
PROGRAMS THAT WERE RUNNING. WE HAVE BEEN

00:38:01.100 --> 00:38:04.100
TALKING ABOUT IT ON AND OFF FOR THE LAST
YEAR OR SO BUT I THINK WE ARE AT A POINT

00:38:05.100 --> 00:38:07.100
WHERE WE NEED TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT IS

00:38:08.100 --> 00:38:11.100
HAPPENING WITH THE MONEY, HOW THE MONEY IS
BEING USED. AGAIN, I KNOW IT IS GETTING

00:38:13.100 --> 00:38:15.100
REPETITIVE FOR ME BUT WE HAVE A GREAT

00:38:16.100 --> 00:38:18.100
STORY TO TELL. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF

00:38:20.100 --> 00:38:23.100
WE CAN GET THE NUMBERS IN ONE PLACE TO
TELL THE STORY. WE HAVE VERY SUPERFICIAL

00:38:25.100 --> 00:38:27.100
DATA. IT IS MOSTLY POSITIVE. I LOVE TO

00:38:28.100 --> 00:38:30.100
HAVE DATA POINTS TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.

00:38:31.100 --> 00:38:34.100
I THINK TODAY IF WE HAD THAT OUTCOMES DATA
WE WOULDN'T HAVE STAFF ASSUMPTIONS FOR

00:38:37.100 --> 00:38:39.100
PROGRAM DOLLAR INCREASES WE WOULD KNOW WE

00:38:41.100 --> 00:38:44.100
NEED MORE MONEY OR LESS OR MORE, HOPEFULLY
MORE FOR OUR PROGRAMS SO MORE OUTCOMES

00:38:45.100 --> 00:38:47.100
DATA. WHAT I ASK TODAY IS THAT YOU BRING

00:38:49.100 --> 00:38:51.100
FORWARD IN THE FUTURE YOUR BEST SHOT AT

00:38:53.100 --> 00:38:55.100
HOW WE WOULD GET THAT OUTCOMES DATA AND

00:38:56.100 --> 00:38:58.100
WHAT THAT DATA WOULD LOOK LIKE SO ASKING

00:38:59.100 --> 00:39:01.100
SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU TO BRING IDEAS

00:39:02.100 --> 00:39:04.100
FORWARD ON OUTCOME DATA. THE SECOND ITEM,

00:39:05.100 --> 00:39:07.100
LAST YEAR LAST JULY WE TALKED ABOUT

00:39:08.100 --> 00:39:11.100
ROLLING UP YOUTH AND VETERANS PROGRAMS
INTO AN INDIVIDUAL YOUTH VETERAN PROGRAMS

00:39:16.100 --> 00:39:18.100
INTO A LARGE POT OF MONEY AND I SEE YOU

00:39:19.100 --> 00:39:21.100
DID THAT. I WANT TO CONTINUE THAT
CONVERSATION AND START TALKING ABOUT AN

00:39:22.100 --> 00:39:24.100
OVERARCHING STRATEGY FOR BOTH OF THESE

00:39:26.100 --> 00:39:28.100
POOLS OF MONEY FOR VETERANS AND FOR YOUTH

00:39:29.100 --> 00:39:31.100
PROGRAMS AND I AM ASKING YOU TO IDENTIFY

00:39:33.100 --> 00:39:35.100
ANY OBSTACLES FOR SUCCESS WE ARE STILL

00:39:37.100 --> 00:39:39.100
SEEING WITH THESE POPULATIONS AND
RECOMMEND WAYS WE CAN LEVERAGE OR

00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:46.100
RESOURCES TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES AND TO
INCLUDE THOSE IN OVERARCHING STRATEGIES

00:39:47.100 --> 00:39:49.100
FOR EACH OF THOSE POTS OF MONEY. THE

00:39:51.100 --> 00:39:53.100
THIRD THING-LAST WEEK WE TOOK ACTION ON A

00:39:58.100 --> 00:40:00.100
MAJOR STRATEGY TO IN THE [INAUDIBLE

00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:03.100
COMMENTS] IN TEXAS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT

00:40:04.100 --> 00:40:06.100
WORKING ON THESE PROGRAMS AND OTHERS I AM

00:40:08.100 --> 00:40:10.100
ASKING YOU TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL IDEAS TO

00:40:11.100 --> 00:40:14.100
HELP SOLVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GAP ISSUE IN
TEXAS AND ORIENT OUTCOME DATA AND

00:40:17.100 --> 00:40:20.100
OVERARCHING STRATEGIES TOWARD THAT GOAL.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS LAST YEAR DURING

00:40:22.100 --> 00:40:24.100
THE LA R DISCUSSION WE DISCUSSED THE

00:40:25.100 --> 00:40:28.100
POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE TO SMALL BOARD
ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY. I'M WONDERING

00:40:31.100 --> 00:40:34.100
WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT AND HOW THAT NEEDS
TO PROGRESS IF WE CAN PROGRESS THAT.

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:40.000
>> WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT, I MAY

00:40:40.100 --> 00:40:43.100
HAVE BRIEFED YOU BEFORE THAT WE STARTED
LOOKING AT THAT AND WE HAD AT LEAST ONE

00:40:46.100 --> 00:40:48.100
SCHEDULED MEETING WITH OGC TO SEE WHAT CAN

00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:51.100
WE DO WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WITHIN THE

00:40:52.100 --> 00:40:55.100
CURRENT RULE STRUCTURE OR IS IT GOING TO
TAKE A POSSIBLE RULE CHANGE TO KIND OF

00:40:58.100 --> 00:41:01.100
ROLL THAT INTO THE RULES THAT GOVERN HOW
THE ALLOCATIONS WORK THEMSELVES. WE HAVE

00:41:03.100 --> 00:41:05.100
STARTED BUT WE ARE NOT COMPLETE YET ON OUR

00:41:07.100 --> 00:41:09.100
ASSESSMENT.

00:41:10.100 --> 00:41:13.100
>> ALRIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE?
>> NO, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS YOU MADE

00:41:15.100 --> 00:41:18.100
CHAIRMAN REGARDING DATA. WE ASKED STAFF
FOR DATA ON A COUPLE ITEMS AND WE HAVE YET

00:41:22.100 --> 00:41:24.100
TO RECEIVE THEM SO IF WE ASKED STAFF TO

00:41:25.100 --> 00:41:27.100
PROVIDE US WITH DATA THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
IMPORTANT TO TODAY'S MEETING OR ANY OTHER

00:41:29.100 --> 00:41:32.100
THINGS THAT WE BRING FORTH WHEN WE BRING
OUT THE STATEWIDE INITIATIVE. I COULD SEE

00:41:34.100 --> 00:41:37.100
THE CHAIRMAN CONCERN ON HAVING THIS DATA
AVAILABLE TO US. AND SO, WITH THAT SAID I

00:41:41.100 --> 00:41:44.100
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL WERE
AWARE THAT WHEN WE AT LEAST MY OFFICE

00:41:45.100 --> 00:41:47.100
ASKED FOR DATA IT IS BECAUSE OF
INITIATIVES WE WANT TO ROLL OUT. WE WANT

00:41:49.100 --> 00:41:51.100
TO MAKE SURE WE CAN JUSTIFY THE MONEY, THE

00:41:52.100 --> 00:41:54.100
INITIATIVE AND THEN THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE

00:41:57.100 --> 00:42:00.100
REQUESTING NOT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE
THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT JUST BECAUSE WE

00:42:01.100 --> 00:42:03.100
THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO DO IT, SO

00:42:04.100 --> 00:42:06.100
AGREE WITH THE CHAIRMAN ON I THINK DATA IS

00:42:08.100 --> 00:42:10.100
IMPORTANT. I ALSO LIKE TO MAKE REFERENCE

00:42:11.100 --> 00:42:13.100
THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY
TOUGH TO PUT A NUMBER TO. IT IS REALLY

00:42:16.100 --> 00:42:19.100
TOUGH IN SOME INSTANCES BECAUSE WE LOOKED
AND PEOPLE KNOW THAT I'M DATA DRIVEN AS

00:42:22.100 --> 00:42:24.100
WELL, VERY DATA DRIVEN SO I LOOK AT THAT

00:42:25.100 --> 00:42:28.100
STUFF. I LOOK AT TRENDS, I LOOK AT NOT
BECAUSE SOMETHING IS POPULAR, I LOOK AT

00:42:29.100 --> 00:42:31.100
TRENDS AND DATA AND SO I WILL TELL YOU

00:42:33.100 --> 00:42:36.100
THAT THAT IS IMPORTANT-IT IS IMPORTANT TO
US TO HAVE THAT. I APPRECIATE THE STAFF

00:42:42.100 --> 00:42:45.100
COMING TO THE OFFICE AND SHARING THIS
MULTIPLE TIMES. I KNOW YOU SPENT A LOT OF

00:42:46.100 --> 00:42:49.100
TIME ON THIS. AS WE HAVE SPENT A LOT OF
TIME ON THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS PREPARING

00:42:51.100 --> 00:42:54.100
FOR OUR REMARKS AND OUR COMMENTS REGARDING
THE VARIOUS WORK SESSIONS WE HAD. THE

00:42:58.100 --> 00:43:00.100
REASON I MENTIONED THE BADGING OR THE

00:43:01.100 --> 00:43:04.100
CERTIFICATES WAS BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL
FUNDING WE HAD. I THOUGHT IT WAS WOULD

00:43:08.100 --> 00:43:10.100
ONLY MAKE SENSE TO DO IT WHERE WE GET THE
MONEY WE HAVE IT NOW TO DO IT. NOT SAYING

00:43:12.100 --> 00:43:14.100
IT WILL COST $400 THOUSAND TO DO IT, BUT

00:43:15.100 --> 00:43:17.100
AT A LATER DATE I WOULD BE WILLING TO

00:43:18.100 --> 00:43:20.100
NEGOTIATE MAYBE LESSENING THAT. BUT

00:43:21.100 --> 00:43:24.100
AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE POPULARITY AND
SOMETIMES IT IS JUST REALLY DIFFICULT FOR

00:43:25.100 --> 00:43:27.100
US TO MEASURE SUCCESS. SUCCESS TO ME

00:43:31.100 --> 00:43:33.100
WOULD BE GRATIFICATION OR YOUNG MARKS A

00:43:36.100 --> 00:43:38.100
YOUNG LADY OR YOUNG MAN MAKES FOLLOWING A

00:43:39.100 --> 00:43:42.100
COMPETITION OR MAYBE NOT SO MUCH ANYTHING
ELSE OTHER THEN THAT. BUT I DO APPRECIATE

00:43:43.100 --> 00:43:45.100
THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE LAID FORTH.

00:43:49.100 --> 00:43:51.100
>> ALONG THE LINES OF OUTCOMES DATA, THERE

00:43:53.100 --> 00:43:56.100
IS SOMETHING THE CHILDCARE DIVISION USES,
EVALUATORS AND THAT IS NEW SO THINK

00:43:58.100 --> 00:44:00.100
EVALUATION OF OUR PROGRAMS DOWN THE LINE
IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT

00:44:03.100 --> 00:44:06.100
OUTCOME DATA COULD BE LOOKED TWO WAYS.
ONE IS PERFORMANCE BASED AND YOU HAVE

00:44:09.100 --> 00:44:12.100
RETURN ON INVESTMENT TYPE DATA BUT I LOVE
TO IT INCORPORATED INTO SOME OF THE

00:44:17.100 --> 00:44:20.100
EVALUATORS AND COME BACK AND TELL A STORY
HOW WE PERFORMED AND THINK WE ARE

00:44:22.100 --> 00:44:25.100
BEGINNING TO DO THAT IN THE CHILDCARE
SPACE, I HAVE SEEN THAT A UP COUPLE TIMES

00:44:27.100 --> 00:44:29.100
SO OF INTEREST. A UP COUPLE THINGS I'M

00:44:32.100 --> 00:44:35.100
INTERESTED IN AND DONT HAVE A BUDGET
AMOUNT SET TO IT SO WHY I LIKE TO WORK

00:44:36.100 --> 00:44:38.100
WITH YOU GUYS, EAST SPORT STEM [INAUDIBLE

00:44:42.100 --> 00:44:44.100
COMMENTS] THAT IS BECOMING POPULAR.
SIMILAR TO OUR TEXAS SCIENCE FAIR. E

00:44:50.100 --> 00:44:53.100
SPORTS GAMING INITIATIVE IS SOMETHING
PICKING UP AND WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS

00:44:54.100 --> 00:44:56.100
THERE. ALONG THE LINES OF INTERNSHIP THE

00:44:57.100 --> 00:45:00.100
TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
THEY HAVE A TEXAS WORKS PROGRAM IF NOT

00:45:01.100 --> 00:45:03.100
MISTAKEN. TEXAS WORKS AND IT IS A NICE

00:45:05.100 --> 00:45:07.100
PROGRAM WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH

00:45:08.100 --> 00:45:10.100
THE PAYMENT OF INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

00:45:11.100 --> 00:45:13.100
AND IF THE INTERNSHIP IS PAYING $20 THEY

00:45:15.100 --> 00:45:17.100
ARE PAYING $10 AND EMPLOYER IS PAYING THE

00:45:19.100 --> 00:45:21.100
OTHER $10 SO WANT TO LOOK FOR LEVERAGING

00:45:23.100 --> 00:45:25.100
OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO WORK WITH THAT
ORGANIZATION, THAT AGENCY RATHER, WITH

00:45:28.100 --> 00:45:30.100
THAT PROGRAM. I WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT.

00:45:31.100 --> 00:45:34.100
OTHERS ARE THE HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP
PROGRAMS AND LASTLY A INITIATIVE I'M

00:45:35.100 --> 00:45:38.100
WORKING ON NOW THE TEXAS INTERNS UNIT. I
WANT TO REALLY TIE THE INTERNS TOGETHER

00:45:41.100 --> 00:45:44.100
ACROSS THE STATE WORKING IN BOTH THE
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR SPACES AND THINK

00:45:46.100 --> 00:45:48.100
THERE IS A PLAY THERE FOR OUR EMPLOYERS

00:45:50.100 --> 00:45:52.100
TALENTED PIPELINE MAKING SURE WE TAKE

00:45:53.100 --> 00:45:55.100
ADVANTAGE OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN
THESE PERSPECTIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND

00:45:57.100 --> 00:45:59.100
BUSINESSES AND BRINGING THEM TOGETHER TO

00:46:00.100 --> 00:46:03.100
NETWORK AND REALLY SHOW THE IMPORTANCE OF
WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THAT LEADS TO A

00:46:05.100 --> 00:46:08.100
GOOD EMPLOYEE AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR
THE TEXAS EMPLOYERS THAT ARE OUT THERE SO

00:46:09.100 --> 00:46:12.100
A LOT OF WORK ON THE INTERNSHIP SIDE. I
LIKE TO WORK WITH THE STAFF TO SEE IF

00:46:13.100 --> 00:46:15.100
THERE IS ANYTHING THERE FROM THAT

00:46:16.100 --> 00:46:18.100
STANDPOINT OF BUDGETS AND SETTING BUDGETS

00:46:19.100 --> 00:46:21.100
ALONG THOSE LINES.

00:46:22.100 --> 00:46:25.100
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
>> NO MORE. NOT FROM HERE, CHAIRMAN.

00:46:26.100 --> 00:46:28.100
>> WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> CHAIRMAN, I MOVE ACCEPT STAFF'S

00:46:31.100 --> 00:46:33.100
RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022

00:46:34.100 --> 00:46:37.100
STATEWIDE INITIATIVE AS DISCUSSED.
>> SECOND.

00:46:37.100 --> 00:46:39.100
>> IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

00:46:40.100 --> 00:46:42.100
>> THEN I HAVE THE OTHER ONE, SORRY.
BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE REQUIRES THE

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PARAMETERS YOU AND I JUST PUT IN THERE.
>> LET'S PICK IT UP AFTER THIS.

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>> OKAY.

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>> I'M STILL EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH

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VOTING INCREASES TO PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE

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THINK SOMETHING MIGHT HAPPEN WITHOUT ANY

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KIND OF UNDERLYING RATIONAL OR DATA, BUT I

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UNDERSTAND-I DO IN FACT SUPPORT ALL THESE

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PROGRAMS AND THINK THEY ARE USEFUL. I
THINK THIS IS MORE ABOUT OUR

00:47:11.100 --> 00:47:13.100
ADMINISTRATION OF IT AND WHY WE NEED TO DO

00:47:14.100 --> 00:47:17.100
A BETTER JOB OF REALLY SUPPORTING
DECISIONS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE. WITH THAT

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SAID, I [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] I'LL VOTE AYE
AS WELL.

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>> CHAIRMAN, I ALSO MOVE WE CHANGE PROGRAM
PARAMETERS OF FISCAL YEAR 2022 STATEWIDE

00:47:27.100 --> 00:47:29.100
INITIATIVES AS DISCUSSED BY STAFF. I MEN

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BY THE COMMISSION, SORRY. THE PARAMETERS

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THAT MYSELF, CHAIRMAN DANIEL AND
COMMISSIONER DEMERSON LAID OUT.

00:47:39.100 --> 00:47:41.100
>> SECOND.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

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>> THERE WERE NO NEW STATEWIDE
INITIATIVES?

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>> THAT IS CORRECT.
>> SO NO MOTION ON THAT.

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>> LET'S MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 2.

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>> WOULD YOU LIKE US TO LAY OUT THE STAFF

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RECOMMENDED CHANGES HERE?
>> I THINK THAT IS A PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. FOR THE
RECORD [INAUDIBLE COMMENTS] ADULT

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EDUCATION AND LITERACY. AS YOU HAVE BEEN

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TALKING ABOUT TODAY IN TERMS OF FISCAL

00:48:28.100 --> 00:48:30.100
YEAR 2022 INITIATIVES, WHAT YOU HAVE IS

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$3.8 MILLION LEFT OVER AFTER WE CONTINUE
TO FUND THE CURRENT INITIATIVES IN THE

00:48:40.100 --> 00:48:43.100
PLANNING DOCUMENT AT THE REGULAR FUNDING.
WE ARE NOT REQUESTING ANY INCREASE ON

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THOSE AMOUNTS. WHAT IS LEFT OVER IS $3.8

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MILLION OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 22 STATEWIDE

00:48:52.100 --> 00:48:54.100
INITIATIVE BUDGET. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING

00:48:55.100 --> 00:48:57.100
THAT WE SPEND THAT FULL AMOUNT ON A HIGH

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SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY VIRTUAL PROVIDER FOR

00:49:02.100 --> 00:49:04.100
THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND REALLY WHAT THIS

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WOULD BE IS A VIRTUAL PROVIDER THAT WOULD

00:49:09.100 --> 00:49:11.100
SERVE THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS, NO ONE

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GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. I WILL PREFACE THIS

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WITH SAYING THAT IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A
STUDENT FROM ABILENE IN A CLASS WITH A

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STUDENT FROM DALLAS IN A CLASS WITH A
STUDENT FROM BROWNSVILLE. WE LIKE TO

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CREATE A OPPORTUNITY THAT LACK HIGH SCHOOL

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EQUIVALENCY TO HAVE THIS OPTION VIRTUALLY

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FROM WHERE EVER THEY ARE IN THE STATE AND
HAPPY TO ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU MAY

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HAVE ABOUT EITHER THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OR
INITIATIVE ITSELF.

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>> DO YOU CONSIDER THIS TO BE A INNOVATIVE

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APPROACH?

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>> ABSOLUTELY. THIS APPROACH WE WOULD
LIKE TO PUT IT OUT AS A PILOT OR A

00:49:58.100 --> 00:50:00.100
DEMONSTRATION GRANT. SOMETHING WOULD BE

00:50:01.100 --> 00:50:04.100
SCALABLE AND POTENTIALLY SUSTAINABLE IN
THE FUTURE USING OUR GENERAL ALLOCATION

00:50:06.100 --> 00:50:09.100
AND NOT STATE LEADERSHIP DOLLARS IN THE
FUTURE.

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>> WELL, I READ YOUR PAPER AND I GOT TO

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TELL YOU THIS IS EXACTLY THE DIRECTION WE

00:50:20.100 --> 00:50:22.100
NEED TO START TAKING OURSELVES IN. IT IS

00:50:23.100 --> 00:50:25.100
INNOVATIVE, IT IS STATEWIDE IN NATURE, IT

00:50:26.100 --> 00:50:28.100
IS SCALABLE, IT WILL ALLOW US TO BREAK IT

00:50:29.100 --> 00:50:32.100
INTO PARTS AND FARM OUT TO BOARDS OR KEEP
IT STATEWIDE, IT JUST DEPENDS HOW WE WANT

00:50:34.100 --> 00:50:36.100
TO RUN IT AND I REALLY COMMEND YOU ON YOUR

00:50:37.100 --> 00:50:39.100
EFFORTS THERE. I THINK THAT WE SAW SOME

00:50:40.100 --> 00:50:43.100
INNOVATION GOING ON DURING COVID,
PARTICULARLY WHERE IT CONCERNS [INAUDIBLE

00:50:45.100 --> 00:50:47.100
COMMENTS] THIS IS A PARTICULAR EMPHASIS
POINT FOR ME. I THINK THERE IS A LOT WE

00:50:48.100 --> 00:50:50.100
COULD BE DOING HERE TO HELP. YOU WILL

00:50:51.100 --> 00:50:53.100
HEAR ME SAY THIS NEXT A LOT. WE ARE GOING

00:50:54.100 --> 00:50:56.100
TO END THE MIDDLE SCHOOL GAP IN TEXAS. I

00:50:57.100 --> 00:50:59.100
THINK THERE IS A LOT OF AEL THINKS THAT

00:51:04.100 --> 00:51:06.100
HAVE TO HAPPEN. WHETHER WE ENCOURAGE
INNOVATION THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROGRAM

00:51:07.100 --> 00:51:09.100
THAT CUTS TO THE HEART OF THAT. I THINK

00:51:10.100 --> 00:51:13.100
IT ADDRESSED CRITICAL CHALLENGES. I THINK
IT IS GOOD FOR TEXAS WORKERS AND GOOD FOR

00:51:15.100 --> 00:51:17.100
TEXAS EMPLOYERS AND OBVIOUSLY I'M IN FAVOR

00:51:18.100 --> 00:51:21.100
OF IT, BUT LET'S HEAR WHAT THE OTHER
COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO SAY.

00:51:21.100 --> 00:51:24.100
>> I AGREE WITH YOUR CHAIRMAN. GREAT
WORK. I LOVE IT.

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>> TELL ME THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM AGAIN?
>> WE'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING A

00:51:33.100 --> 00:51:35.100
LITTLE MORE FLASHY, BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL

00:51:37.100 --> 00:51:40.100
PURPOSE.
>> YOU TALKED ABOUT A PERSON IN DALLAS, A
PERSON IN HOUSTON, TALK ABOUT THAT AGAIN.

00:51:43.100 --> 00:51:45.100
>> SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF THINK

00:51:46.100 --> 00:51:49.100
STRUGGLE WITH IN OUR GENERAL CORE
INITIATIVE IS THE FACT THAT WE ARE A OPEN

00:51:51.100 --> 00:51:54.100
DOOR SERVICE, SO PEOPLE COME IN THE DOOR,
WE WILL SERVE THEM. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE

00:51:55.100 --> 00:51:58.100
THERE FOR. SOMETIMES IT IS VERY DIFFICULT
I ARE THINK AT THE LOCAL LEVELS WHEN YOU

00:51:59.100 --> 00:52:02.100
THINK ABOUT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING
IN, THEY ARE AT VERY DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL

00:52:04.100 --> 00:52:06.100
LEVELS AND IT IS HARD TO GET A BIG ENOUGH

00:52:07.100 --> 00:52:09.100
CLASSROOM THAT CAN JUST REALLY INTENSELY

00:52:10.100 --> 00:52:12.100
FOCUS ON A SPECIFIC LEVEL. WHAT I'M

00:52:13.100 --> 00:52:15.100
REALLY ENVISIONING IS THAT WE'LL HAVE A

00:52:16.100 --> 00:52:19.100
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL
ACROSS TEXAS AND REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY

00:52:20.100 --> 00:52:22.100
ARE IN TERMS OF COMPLETING THEIR HIGH

00:52:23.100 --> 00:52:25.100
SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY THEY WILL BE IN

00:52:26.100 --> 00:52:29.100
CLASSROOMS WITH OTHERS AT THIS EXACT SAME
LEVEL, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT RIGOR

00:52:31.100 --> 00:52:34.100
AND THAT INTENSITY AND GET THEM THERE A
LITTLE QUICKER.

00:52:35.100 --> 00:52:37.100
>> UTILIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY, VERY

00:52:39.100 --> 00:52:41.100
INNOVATIVE AND COMMEND YOU GUYS ON YOUR
EFFORTS THERE. THANK YOU.

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>> THANK YOU.
>> ALRIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

00:52:46.100 --> 00:52:48.100
>> NONE HERE, CHAIRMAN.
>> IS THERE A MOTION?

00:52:49.100 --> 00:52:52.100
>> I MOVE WE ADD THE NEW STATEWIDE
INITIATIVE AS DISCUSSED BY STAFF FOR

00:52:54.100 --> 00:52:56.100
FISCAL YEAR 2022.

00:52:59.100 --> 00:53:01.100
>> SECOND THAT MOTION.
>> BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. I THINK WE

00:53:03.100 --> 00:53:05.100
ARE UNANIMOUS HERE. ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO

00:53:08.100 --> 00:53:10.100
COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION?
>> NONE HERE, CHAIRMAN.

00:53:12.100 --> 00:53:15.100
>> I DO WANT TO THE THANK YOU CHAIRMAN FOR
PUTTING THESE WORK SESSIONS TOGETHER. IT

00:53:17.100 --> 00:53:20.100
WAS CERTAINLY A OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET
A LITTLE MORE ENGAGED AND SOME OF THE

00:53:22.100 --> 00:53:25.100
PROGRAMS WE HAVE. I KNOW WE HAVE DONE
THIS IN THE PAST BUT NOT TO THIS EXTENT SO

00:53:28.100 --> 00:53:30.100
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH

00:53:31.100 --> 00:53:34.100
STAFF SOME OF THE IDEAS WE HAVE AND
THOUGHTS WE MAY HAVE AS WELL, SO THANK YOU

00:53:36.100 --> 00:53:39.100
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. I ALSO
LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CAPTAIN IN THE

00:53:42.100 --> 00:53:44.100
BACK, IT IS HIS BIRTHDAY SO WANT TO WISH

00:53:46.100 --> 00:53:48.100
HIM HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING

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US SAFE.
>> NO OTHER COMMENTS?
>> YOU DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS?

00:53:52.100 --> 00:53:54.100
>> I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME.

00:53:57.100 --> 00:53:59.100
>> I GOT A LIST OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU

00:54:02.100 --> 00:54:04.100
FOR YOUR COMMENTS. IT IS A JOY TO WORK

00:54:05.100 --> 00:54:08.100
THROW BOTH OF YOU. WE SORT THROUGH A LOT
OF HEAVY ISSUES AND LOVE THE WAY WE WERE

00:54:09.100 --> 00:54:12.100
ABLE TO DO THIS WITH A COLLEGIAL
ATMOSPHERE. WHEN WE DONT AGREE I THINK WE

00:54:16.100 --> 00:54:18.100
ARE ABLE TO GET TO AGREEMENT AND CAN'T
TELL HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE OUR ABILITY TO

00:54:19.100 --> 00:54:21.100
DO THAT. I WILL DECLARE A POINT OF

00:54:23.100 --> 00:54:26.100
PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND HOLD MY QUESTIONS
TO A LATER DATE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO

00:54:27.100 --> 00:54:30.100
ADJOURN TODAY?
>> I MOVE WE ADJOURN.

00:54:31.100 --> 00:54:33.100
>> SECOND.
>> MOVED AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN. WE ARE