1 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 1: It's that time time time, time, Luck and load. Michael 2 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: darry Show is on the air officially turned around. 3 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 2: Guys, we are back, baby, we are back. 4 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 3: We are back. Yeah, plastic, we are back. Yes, b 5 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 3: b looking bag. 6 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: Love yess. 7 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 4: Where we just take a look at at at all 8 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 4: the federal agencies and say, do we really need whatever 9 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 4: it is? Four hundred and twenty eight federal agencies? Like, 10 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 4: there's so many that people ever heard of? Well, and 11 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 4: that half of overlapping areas of responsibility we should I 12 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 4: don't know, Probably we should get I mean there are 13 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 4: more federal agencies than there are years since the established 14 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 4: in the United States, which means that we've created more 15 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 4: than one federal agency per year on average. That seems 16 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 4: a lot. 17 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 3: That's a lot. 18 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 4: That's a lot, So we should that seems crazy. I 19 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 4: think we should ailed to get away with ninety nine agencies. 20 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 4: I don't know. 21 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 3: That seems to a lot, like a lot of agency, 22 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:31,760 Speaker 3: A lot. 23 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 5: I know not. 24 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 4: We need a little. 25 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 6: I I got a message to themands of illegal as 26 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 6: that Joe Bien's released in our country. 27 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 7: In violation of federal law. You better start packing now. 28 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 7: You're damn right, because you're going home. I got another message, 29 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 7: another message to the Colonel Cartels in Mexico. You're smuggling 30 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 7: off fat and off across this country to kill one 31 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:17,320 Speaker 7: hundred and forty eight thousand young Americans. You have killed 32 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 7: more Americans than every terrorist organization in. 33 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 3: The world combined. 34 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,519 Speaker 7: And that's when President Trump gets back in office, he's 35 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 7: going to designate to you a terrorist organization. He's going to 36 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 7: wipe you off the face of the earth. 37 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: You're done. 38 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 3: You're done. 39 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 8: Following following, there's a chance to course corrected, but it 40 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:54,080 Speaker 8: would take the new Trump administration going after it really hard. 41 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 3: How would they correct it? Well, first of all, you 42 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 3: got a fire. You know, you gotta fire the chairman, 43 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 3: joint Chie, and you got to fire this. 44 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 9: I mean, obviously gonna bring in a new Secretary Defense. 45 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 9: But any general that was involved, general, admiral, whatever, that 46 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 9: was involved in any of the. 47 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 3: DEI woke, it's gotta go. 48 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 9: Either you're in for war fighting that and that's it. 49 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 9: That's the only litmus tests we care about. You got 50 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 9: to get DEI and c RT out of military academies 51 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:20,679 Speaker 9: so you're not training young officers and to be baptized 52 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 9: in this type of thinking and then you know, whatever 53 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 9: the standards, whatever the combat standards were saying, I don't 54 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 9: know nineteen ninety five, let's just make those the standards. 55 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 9: And as far as recruiting to hire the guy that 56 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 9: you know did top gun Maverick and create some real 57 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 9: ads that motivate people. 58 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 3: That want to serve. 59 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 10: There's a fellow named Michael Harrison who is a publisher 60 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 10: of something called Talkers, which is known in our industry 61 00:03:55,960 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 10: as the Bible of talk radio, and he ranks the 62 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 10: most influential talk show hosts, he ranks the biggest audiences. 63 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 10: He writes about trends. He has a staff of writers 64 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 10: who do this. But what he's managed to do is 65 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 10: to allow the industry to get a sense of who's 66 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 10: up and coming, who's doing well, what's the size of 67 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 10: your honest You've been very, very beneficial to my career 68 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 10: because he spotted our show early when we had one market, 69 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 10: and he told everyone who would listen. And he's a liberal. 70 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 10: He is a white Jewish liberal from outside of Boston 71 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 10: and does not share my politics, but felt very early 72 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 10: on that this Southern Baptist, Houston, Texas conservative talker was 73 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 10: very good at what he does. And he told everybody 74 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 10: who would listen in the industry where more people paid 75 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 10: attention because of now Eddie Martinez had had to believe 76 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 10: in me and put me on the air and let 77 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 10: me do what I do for us to get where 78 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 10: we are. But Michael Harrison has been very good to me. Well, 79 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 10: every industry, I don't care if it's car dealers or 80 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 10: gasket distributors, needs somebody who takes on the role as 81 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 10: kind of the mayor of the community. And I don't 82 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 10: mean necessarily a geographic community. And there's a fellow named 83 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 10: Josh Halsted who many country music fans will know as 84 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 10: Rowdy Yates. He does a nationally syndicated show on Saturday nights, 85 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 10: been around a long time at Kilt and he serves 86 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 10: that role with the Texas Radio Hall of Fame and 87 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 10: just as an individual by sheer dent of his connections 88 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 10: and personality and it's kind of what he does of 89 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,480 Speaker 10: keeping people informed so that when a Colonel Saint James 90 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 10: dies or when Paul Berlynn dies, they get their proper 91 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 10: tribute from the community. And he'll pull people together for 92 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 10: drinks and it's a good thing. It needs to be 93 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 10: done because the companies themselves are very competitive. So you know, 94 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 10: Iheart's not going to tell you that a CBS employee died, 95 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 10: and CBS is not going to tell you that an 96 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 10: iHeart employee died. And that's unfortunate because you know, in football, 97 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 10: you celebrate the players in your industry. Get Dan Pastorini 98 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 10: talking about how great men Joe Green was and he'll 99 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 10: talk for an hour and that was his you know, 100 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 10: that was his rival that got put a lot of 101 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 10: hits on him. Anyway, I saw all that to say 102 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:31,239 Speaker 10: this rowdy chaka Josh Halstead posted yesterday that longtime kilt 103 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 10: Am FM anchor and news director Jim Corolla has died. 104 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 10: Some of you will remember Jim Corolla from his long 105 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 10: tenure at KLT twenty eight years. He was the stadium 106 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 10: announcer for the Houston Oilers. You may have known that 107 00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 10: voice and not know not didn't know who it belonged to. 108 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 10: He was also the stadium announcer for numerous years for 109 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 10: the Houston Texans. He went on to anchor a spin 110 00:06:56,720 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 10: off news station that was ninety seven point five at 111 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 10: the time, it was called kf NC, and there were 112 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 10: some guys that had left various news agencies in Houston, 113 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 10: including our station, and tried to start Pat Fant tried 114 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 10: to start a news station at ninety seven point five. 115 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 10: It was an all news FM station. That's not the 116 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 10: best signal, but they had a lot of talent, a 117 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 10: lot of talent that probably had were out of work 118 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 10: at the time, and I thought it was a pretty 119 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:29,680 Speaker 10: good product. But it wasn't monetizable, and at the end 120 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 10: of the day, that's a real problem. And it's before 121 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 10: I was in radio. I actually listened to it. And 122 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 10: then Jim Corolla retired to the Texas hill Country, and 123 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 10: as Josh hallstat Ak Rowdy Yates notes, his days as 124 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 10: an entertainer and performer can be traced back to his 125 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 10: time as a regular dancer on kt r ktv's Larry 126 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 10: Kine Show. 127 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 3: You remember Larry kan shollyone, Oh well, why did you nod? Like, 128 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 3: oh yeah, huh, you were being agreeable. 129 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 10: I don't really need agreeable at this point in my career. 130 00:08:03,760 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 10: I need value added at this point. I got an 131 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 10: email dream the last break woman said, hey, can you 132 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 10: tell us what in the hell is going on in Austin. 133 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 10: We're not getting enough coverage of the state legislature. So 134 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:18,559 Speaker 10: with Tulsi Gabbert's vote pending, we will do that coming 135 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:19,119 Speaker 10: up state. 136 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 3: Rep Rent Money. 137 00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 11: Has got a lot to tell us today to the 138 00:08:21,840 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 11: Colonial House Apartments and receiver free to recorded. 139 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 3: That's the way you do it. 140 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 10: Brent Money is a state representative who, along with Mitch Little, 141 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 10: is joining with the likes of Steve Toast to bring 142 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 10: change to the state Capitol. They don't have the numbers 143 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 10: for a majority yet, but this minority within the majority party, 144 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 10: the real Conservative Republicans, they're sort of a tea party caucus, 145 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 10: is really making a lot of waves and making it 146 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,760 Speaker 10: difficult for Dustin Burrows, who serves at the pleasure of 147 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 10: the Democrats, even though we have the majority with eighty 148 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 10: eight out of one hundred and fifty state representatives. 149 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 3: And Brent Money. 150 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 10: Is our guest, particularly to talk about school choice and vouchers, 151 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 10: because I've received a lot of emails and I know 152 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 10: that there is quite the effort to shoot down the 153 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 10: school choice voucher movement. 154 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 3: Brent Money, welcome to the program. 155 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 2: Thank you for having me on. I really appreciate it, 156 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,679 Speaker 2: and very nice introduction. 157 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 3: Thank you. If your middle name was is that would 158 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 3: be perfect. 159 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a there's a lot of there's a lot 160 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,840 Speaker 2: of things my parents could have done better, but uh, 161 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 2: you know, we'll. 162 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 3: Have to go with what they gave me. 163 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 10: So you came into the House by losing a special 164 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 10: election to Jill Dutton, and then you beat her in 165 00:10:16,280 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 10: the primary a month later. 166 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 3: How'd that happen? 167 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 2: Yeah? During Uh, So we had a special election in November, 168 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 2: a special election runoff in January, and it was a 169 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 2: combination of of probably just getting a little bit out 170 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 2: worked there in the in the time in between, and 171 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 2: uh and some last minute lies that I didn't deal 172 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 2: with as well as I should have. And she beat 173 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,680 Speaker 2: me by one hundred and eleven points, not one points, 174 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 2: one hundred and eleven votes. And then three or four weeks 175 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 2: later we started voting in the primary, and I think 176 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 2: I won by over almost forty five hundred votes, about 177 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 2: fourteen points. So, you know, once, once we kind of 178 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 2: revise our messaging, and once the Republican primary voters showed up, 179 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 2: we did quite well. 180 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 10: Senate bill too, has successfully passed through the Senate, and 181 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 10: a school choice bill for the House will be filed 182 00:11:15,360 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 10: early next week. 183 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 3: This is what you wrote. 184 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 10: My office has received numerous calls and emails regarding school choice, 185 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 10: and we are attentively reading and listening to each one 186 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 10: and diligently reviewing the bill lang which to ensure it 187 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 10: is consistent with my campaign promises. Today, I sat down 188 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 10: with Mandy Drogan on the Parent Empowerment podcast to discuss 189 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 10: school choice SB two and specifically the concerns of homeschooling 190 00:11:36,679 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 10: and private school families. So let's start and make this 191 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 10: very simple. I want to talk about school choice and 192 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 10: I want to talk about vouchers. But first, you are 193 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 10: self described in some of your materials as being a 194 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:52,200 Speaker 10: rabid Dallas sports fan, and you'll have to forgive me. 195 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,559 Speaker 10: I didn't realize Dallas had any sports teams. 196 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 2: Well, yeah, and this has been it's been a tough 197 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,160 Speaker 2: few weeks. I'm not going to lie. Seen the Eagles 198 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 2: win the Super Bowl. 199 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:07,839 Speaker 3: We well, y'all won a super Bowl, Nolan Super Bowl. 200 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 3: It's just been a while. 201 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 2: It's it's been quite a while. Like I said, it's 202 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 2: it's it's been tough. We we won the World Series, 203 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 2: uh a few years ago and uh and we're just 204 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 2: gonna have to hold on to that. 205 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:26,760 Speaker 10: So I grew up a buddy Bell fan, You're probably 206 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 10: not old enough to remember who Buddy Bell was. 207 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 2: I know who Buddy Bell is, but I never watched 208 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 2: him and play. 209 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:34,839 Speaker 10: I just really don't like the Rangers because the Rangers 210 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,439 Speaker 10: are always in the wrong, wrong place. 211 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 3: At the wrong time. They beat us. 212 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 10: Uh, you know the year we should we should have 213 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 10: won the World Series, they took Nolan Ryan. I mean 214 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 10: it just the Texas Rangers. It's just nothing good to 215 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 10: say about them. So explain to people, and I have 216 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 10: my own thoughts, but explain to people why in three minutes, 217 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 10: why is school choice important. Why can't we just have 218 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 10: our public schools and fund them and they perform and 219 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 10: everything everybody's happy. 220 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 3: Why do we need a school choice movement? 221 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 2: I think it's as simple as this, one size does 222 00:13:10,559 --> 00:13:13,480 Speaker 2: not fit all, and there's as much as we invest 223 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 2: and work on public schools, and we should continue to 224 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 2: do that, you can't make one size fit all and 225 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 2: competition options. Choice always in any industry improves quality, decreases cost, 226 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 2: and improves wages, and so we need to introduce I 227 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 2: think everyone, and I've talked to so many superintendents, school teachers, 228 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:47,199 Speaker 2: board of trustee members, parents, the current public school system 229 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 2: nobody is really happy with it now. Everybody may have 230 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 2: different ideas on what we need to do to fix it, 231 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 2: but it's not performing well. We're spending more money per 232 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,920 Speaker 2: student than we ever have, and we're getting worse for 233 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 2: alson we ever have. We have teacher problems as far 234 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 2: as retention and these kinds of things because it's just 235 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 2: not working. Introducing competition into the system is going to 236 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 2: improve the quality of education for the kids. It's going 237 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 2: to give parents options when their school isn't working for them, 238 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 2: And most importantly for me, just philosophically, parents are the 239 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 2: ones that are responsible for their kids' educations, and we 240 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 2: as a society need to be putting power in their 241 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 2: hands to do what they think is best for their children. 242 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 3: And how does the school choice movement do that. 243 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 2: The school choice movement says, you know, right now, you 244 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 2: either have to put the kid in the school where 245 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 2: your zip code is, or you have to pay out 246 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 2: of your own pocket, or you know, make other sacrifices financially. 247 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 2: And the school choice movement says, hey, wait a minute, 248 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 2: if the if the state government is going to decide 249 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 2: that we're going to fund education, we should fund whatever 250 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 2: education the parent thinks it's best for the kid. We 251 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 2: shouldn't just create an education system and say everybody has 252 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 2: to fit into this, and so it just puts it 253 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 2: back in the hands of the parents. 254 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 10: Let's talk about the funding and how that works, because 255 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 10: the public school folks have parents scared to death, and 256 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,359 Speaker 10: the public school folks is it is not quite understood 257 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 10: how powerful superintendents in the public school community is. Public 258 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 10: school employees are to rural communities, and that means rural Republicans. 259 00:15:42,840 --> 00:15:45,360 Speaker 10: And we'll get to that in just a moment. I 260 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 10: do want to say, I went to your website and 261 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 10: I know that you have some children that you've adopted, 262 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 10: some children that are biological. They are all beautiful. Do 263 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 10: you have an absolutely beautiful family? There's like, see you 264 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 10: got like sixty kids in the beautiful Yeah, that's got 265 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 10: to be a. 266 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 5: Michael Why. 267 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 3: Steve Toth and. 268 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 10: A few others were of the star warts of the 269 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 10: State House, but they were outnumbered the new HUD director 270 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 10: Scott Turner was one of these tea party type guys. 271 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 3: Black Conservative. 272 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:35,040 Speaker 10: In two thousand and fourteen, as the new legislator was 273 00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 10: being sworn in. The legislature is sworn in when they 274 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 10: come back every two years. It's a biennial session and 275 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 10: they meet for one hundred and fifty days. That's when 276 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 10: all the work's supposed to be done. My wife, being 277 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 10: the Secretary of State at the time, swore in the 278 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:51,000 Speaker 10: New State Reps. And there was a move to oust 279 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 10: Joe Strauss, and it was a Tea Party type movement 280 00:16:55,440 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 10: in Scott Turner, who's now Trump's hud director, was the 281 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 10: choice of the Tea Party folks. And I watched that 282 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,199 Speaker 10: thing play out, and it was interesting because we had 283 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 10: the majority in the House, but we couldn't pick a 284 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,159 Speaker 10: real conservative. We ended up with Strauss, who really was 285 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:14,240 Speaker 10: there by the grace of the Democrats, who very very 286 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 10: cleverly play this process to get to control who the 287 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 10: speaker is even though they're the minority party. There is 288 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 10: a group of young guns that have come in. The 289 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 10: two most notable or Mitch Little, who we've had on 290 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 10: the show here, who was one of Paxton's lawyers fighting 291 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:32,959 Speaker 10: the impeachment. And this fellow Brent Money, who is our 292 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 10: guest now, who is emerging as one of the leaders 293 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:41,680 Speaker 10: in the school choice movement. He has five children himself. 294 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 10: I understand some adopted some not. Doesn't matter which are which, 295 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 10: but they are homeschooled. And my hat's off to any 296 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:54,439 Speaker 10: parent who homeschools their children, because, let's be honest, school 297 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 10: is a lot of things. One of those things is 298 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 10: an opportunity for mommy to have a chance to sit 299 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 10: down and breathe, and when you homeschool, you don't get that. 300 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 10: He also runs a title company. He's married to Heidi's 301 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 10: an SMU law school graduate. We won't probably couldn't get 302 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 10: into ut and he lives in is it Greenville or Greenville? 303 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 2: So the locals say Greenville? 304 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:19,879 Speaker 3: Greenville? 305 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 2: I say Greenville. 306 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, did you grow up there? 307 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 2: Yes, I'm I'm six generations in Greenville. 308 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,240 Speaker 10: So I'm I'm told you the quarterback of your little 309 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 10: Christian high school. 310 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:38,400 Speaker 2: That's true. We had a six man football team, private 311 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 2: Christian school, and we weren't very good back then, but 312 00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 2: but I did get to play quarterback and uh and 313 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:46,160 Speaker 2: enjoy that very much. 314 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 10: So how does that work? The coach is like, all right, 315 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 10: we got seven kids, can one of you throw it? 316 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 3: You like me? And he says you took quarterback? Okay, 317 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 3: yeah the year before. 318 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 2: So I played my senior year, my junior year, we 319 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 2: didn't even have a football team. We couldn't field a team, 320 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 2: and uh and so my senior year, we finally got 321 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,720 Speaker 2: enough to field a six man football team, and I 322 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,440 Speaker 2: got to be the quarterback and we did win some games, 323 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 2: and uh and I had a lot of fun. I 324 00:19:11,640 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 2: think I ended up being an all district you know. 325 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 2: But uh they then then the school improved quite a 326 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 2: bit and we won some state championships after I left. 327 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 10: I'm not sure what that says, Brent money. Okay, so 328 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 10: now there are there are a lot of people and 329 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:32,399 Speaker 10: they they email me. They're very confused who graduated from 330 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 10: public school. Let's say their lifelong Texan, maybe a sixth 331 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:38,959 Speaker 10: generation like you. But they they they graduated from public schools, 332 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 10: and they want good public schools. And they see in 333 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 10: places like Houston where the public school is terrible, and uh, 334 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 10: you get you get these neighborhoods there, you'll get an 335 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 10: all black area and an almost all black school except 336 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:55,119 Speaker 10: for the three Vietnamese kids who are salutatory and valid 337 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:59,119 Speaker 10: valedictorian and highest ranking girl or whatever. And I've spoken 338 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 10: at these schools and it's always Vietnamese kids who are 339 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 10: the top coming out of the class, and the schools 340 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 10: are broken. And Sheila Jackson Lee used to fight to 341 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 10: keep like we had North Forest, to keep outside influence 342 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 10: so that they could keep the money themselves. And these 343 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 10: schools are broken, and I just want these kids and 344 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 10: their parents to have an opportunity for an alternative. And 345 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 10: we're sending all this money to the state that then 346 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 10: gets redistributed in Robinhood to the schools, and they're broken, 347 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,760 Speaker 10: and I want them to have a choice. But walk 348 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 10: us through for people who don't understand, walk us through 349 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 10: how this would actually work. Because the public school teachers 350 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 10: have now have scared taxpayers to death that this is 351 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 10: going to destroy the public schools. 352 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 2: Sure, and so I think if we understand the built 353 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:44,639 Speaker 2: in bias and then just work through the numbers. And 354 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:46,560 Speaker 2: I hate doing numbers on radio, so I'll try to 355 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 2: make this a little bit easy. But currently Texas public 356 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 2: schools get about ninety six billion dollars per year that 357 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,920 Speaker 2: comes from local taxes, state taxes, and federal taxes. But 358 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,119 Speaker 2: it's all taxpayer money, about ninety six billion dollars. That 359 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 2: comes out to about eighteen thousand dollars per student that 360 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:10,360 Speaker 2: we will spend on our on our isd public school education. 361 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 2: And then so what we what we are doing with 362 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:19,159 Speaker 2: this school choice program is called education savings accounts. A 363 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 2: lot of your listeners probably have health savings accounts. And 364 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 2: what we are going to do is take one billion dollars, 365 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 2: not from the ninety six, but a new one billion 366 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 2: dollars and we're going to put it in to education 367 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 2: savings accounts for parents and that and and it will 368 00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 2: give depending on I mean, the details of the bill 369 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 2: aren't finalized. But let's say if you if you take 370 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 2: your kid to a private school and you and you know, 371 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 2: and there's money available, then you would get ten thousand 372 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:53,080 Speaker 2: dollars to spend toward that private school education. If you homeschool, 373 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 2: you get two thousand dollars to help buy curriculum and 374 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:02,200 Speaker 2: online classes or tutoring or whatever you need. And uh, 375 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:04,679 Speaker 2: it's so it's a it's a completely separate pool of money. 376 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:08,439 Speaker 2: It's about one percent of what we spend on public 377 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 2: school education. This is not going to you know, decimate 378 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,560 Speaker 2: public schools. That the public schools are going to continue 379 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 2: to be funded at an all time high level. Texas 380 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:24,119 Speaker 2: is not going to abandon the the uh, you know, 381 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 2: the five point three million I think students that are 382 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:30,880 Speaker 2: that are currently in public schools. But we do want 383 00:22:30,920 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 2: to give people whether they're in a failing school like 384 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 2: the ones you're talking about, or like my kids mentioned 385 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,480 Speaker 2: that they were adopted, they they have some learning difficulties 386 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 2: and learning differences, and the public school environment, even the 387 00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 2: best public school environment, is not conducive to how they 388 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 2: learn the best and so I'm able because of my 389 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 2: job to for my wife to stay home and educate them, 390 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 2: and that's great, but for people who aren't able to 391 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 2: do that financially, this provides them an option that actually 392 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,719 Speaker 2: saves taxpayers money because now we're paying ten thousand dollars 393 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 2: for them to go to the private school of their 394 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 2: choice instead of eighteen thousand dollars at the public school. 395 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 2: It really is a fantastic program the way that they 396 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 2: have put it together, and we're going to work to 397 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 2: make it the best we can. And I'm listening to 398 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 2: concerns that people have from whether they're homeschoolers or whether 399 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:32,840 Speaker 2: they're superintendents, but this is going to help. 400 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 10: Everyone at the end of the day. Brent Money, state 401 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 10: Representative is our guest. At the end of the day, 402 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 10: this is really about public schools fighting competition and fighting 403 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:47,120 Speaker 10: anyone else getting any dollars other than them, because they're 404 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,840 Speaker 10: getting more money every year and the schools are on 405 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 10: average getting worse. The product is worse. The students aren't 406 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 10: performing better, they're performing worse. At the end of the day, 407 00:23:56,560 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 10: this is all about their money and their power, isn't it. 408 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 3: It really is. 409 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:04,399 Speaker 2: And that doesn't mean aren't some good people in the system. 410 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 2: But almost every single complaint or person that I hear 411 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 2: from that works in the school system is about why 412 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,080 Speaker 2: don't why don't you spend that money here? It's all 413 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:16,479 Speaker 2: about the money. It's not about the student, and the 414 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:19,159 Speaker 2: student is what matters, and we need to put the 415 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 2: We need to put that in the students. 416 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,439 Speaker 10: Not even a part of this conversation, none of those 417 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 10: people bitching is the student. 418 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,479 Speaker 3: The part rent money is our guest more coming up 419 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 3: with you, master. 420 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:31,199 Speaker 11: You can collect lots of program reels, on cardson and 421 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 11: gift says. 422 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 5: The Michael Barry Joe he sold separately. 423 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:52,960 Speaker 3: Rent money has our guest. 424 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:57,520 Speaker 10: He is one of the new state reps, the young 425 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,640 Speaker 10: guns that are getting a lot of attention or in 426 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:05,919 Speaker 10: a Trump Doze type way, getting to Austin and making 427 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 10: things happen. He has emerged as a leader in the 428 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 10: school choice movement, something that the governor has finally taken 429 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 10: a stand on aggressively. Of all the things, this is 430 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 10: the one he's decided that he's going to push, and 431 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 10: Brent Money is one of the reps who's making it happen. 432 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:24,480 Speaker 3: So Brent. 433 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:29,719 Speaker 10: One of the unspoken oppositions to school choice that very 434 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,119 Speaker 10: few people will give voice to. But some folks have 435 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 10: said to me is they say, look, I got a 436 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 10: good public school, and then down the road a couple 437 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 10: of miles there's a bad public school, and my kids 438 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 10: ares home to the good public school. I moved here 439 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 10: to be in that school district, and I had a 440 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 10: real estate from the late nineties. 441 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 3: You've got a title company. You know how people make 442 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 3: real estate decisions. 443 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 10: One of the big decisions is I want to be 444 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 10: in the Memorial school district. For instance, I want to 445 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,120 Speaker 10: be in the West u school district. And so they'll 446 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,640 Speaker 10: pay more money for a house to be in that district, 447 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,520 Speaker 10: and then you got it a school or a district 448 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 10: down the way. That's terrible, and the fear is that 449 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 10: the good public school is going to be overrun by 450 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:08,280 Speaker 10: bad kids. 451 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 3: And there are bad kids. What's your answer to that? 452 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,080 Speaker 2: You know, right right now, every school has, I mean 453 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,280 Speaker 2: has to take the kids that are in there, that 454 00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 2: are in their. 455 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 12: Zip code, whether they're good kids, bad kids, whether they 456 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 12: move there because they their parents bought an expensive house, 457 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 12: or whether they you know, list that address with their 458 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 12: aunt and. 459 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 2: Uncle just so they can get to the school. I 460 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 2: think part of what part of what we have to 461 00:26:36,280 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 2: do when we when we provide choice, is we have 462 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,639 Speaker 2: to eliminate some of the regulations. And we've been talking 463 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 2: about that here internally quite a bit. We have a 464 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,640 Speaker 2: government run monopoly, like the public school system is. It's 465 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 2: going to be heavily regulated. But when you introduce competition 466 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 2: and you allow kind of the free market to work, 467 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,119 Speaker 2: then you can start taking away a lot of those regulations. 468 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 2: And one of the things that specifically targeted, and I 469 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 2: think we'll be addressed this session, is chapter thirty seven 470 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 2: of the Education Code, which deals with classroom discipline. Most 471 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 2: teachers will tell you our principles that they feel pretty 472 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 2: hamstrung in how they can go about maintaining order in 473 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,040 Speaker 2: their classroom or their school. And we have to go 474 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,520 Speaker 2: back to a time when if you're not behaving, then 475 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 2: you get sent out of school, We call your parents, 476 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 2: you spend some time suspension, you can get expelled. There 477 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 2: have to be more tools for schools to deal with 478 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 2: students that are not there trying to learn, and I 479 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 2: believe we will handle that. 480 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 3: For folks wondering about the Tulsi. 481 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 10: Gabbard nomination, that will be at ten o'clock Central time, 482 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 10: so as that happens, we will of course be covering it. 483 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 10: Let's go back to the numbers you mentioned about five 484 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 10: point three million kids in public schools, right, do you 485 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 10: believe that's correct? You have a sense of how many 486 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:01,760 Speaker 10: kids in Texas are being homeschooled. 487 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, The numbers on that are a little difficult, but 488 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 2: it's somewhere around three hundred thousand are in private school 489 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 2: and somewhere between six and eight hundred thousand I believe 490 00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 2: are are homeschooled. 491 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 10: Wow, And so we have at least as many kids 492 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:20,840 Speaker 10: being homeschooled as private schools. 493 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's currently without any kind of education savings 494 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,800 Speaker 2: account or anything like that. That's just parents making the 495 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 2: sacrifice themselves to do it on their own. You know, 496 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 2: those numbers are up since COVID. I think a lot 497 00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:37,840 Speaker 2: of parents, you know, decided that public school wasn't for 498 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 2: them when they're trying to mask their kids and keep 499 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 2: them six feet apart and all that. 500 00:28:41,600 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 10: I think that if I did the mindset, So just 501 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,959 Speaker 10: quick back of the napkin mask, you've got about somewhere 502 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:51,000 Speaker 10: around sixteen to eighteen percent of kids in Texas who 503 00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:52,440 Speaker 10: are not in the public schools. 504 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 3: They're either in private or homeschool. Right, So that's what 505 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,760 Speaker 3: we're talking about. Yes, I think that's about right. 506 00:28:57,320 --> 00:28:59,720 Speaker 10: And is do you have any sense and I know 507 00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 10: this is just pure prognostication or conjecture maybe, but do 508 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 10: you have any sense if the money that we're talking 509 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 10: about that would go toward a voucher program were offered, 510 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 10: do you have any sense of how many kids would 511 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 10: leave the public school and go to the local Jewish school, 512 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 10: Catholic school, Lutheran school, or it would make the finances 513 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 10: work for a family, especially with a bunch of kids 514 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 10: to homeschool. 515 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:22,840 Speaker 6: Yeah. 516 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 2: So the only bill we have right now is Senate 517 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 2: bill too. There will be a House bill as well, 518 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 2: but Senate Bill too says that eighty percent of the 519 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 2: money has to be for families that are leaving the 520 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 2: public school and so, and the program as currently funded 521 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:47,080 Speaker 2: would probably serve about one hundred thousand kids more if 522 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 2: people are moving to homeschooling, a little bit less if 523 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,440 Speaker 2: they're moving to private schooling, but somewhere around one hundred 524 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:58,800 Speaker 2: thousand and so, really you're talking about this is not 525 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 2: you know, this is not a program that is that 526 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 2: it's going to serve maybe one and a half percent 527 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 2: of all Texas students, and so, you know, we're not 528 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 2: going to see some huge shift in people going utilizing 529 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,480 Speaker 2: this program, at least not initially. And if you look 530 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 2: at the more mature school choice programs in the United States, 531 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 2: there's thirty two other states that have school choice. So 532 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 2: Texas is not is not leading here. We're waiting and 533 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 2: seeing how everybody else does. But the most mature school 534 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 2: choice programs show about six percent of the student population 535 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 2: leaving public schools for something else. And you know, over 536 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 2: like Florida has been doing school choice for about twenty years. Notably, also, 537 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 2: Florida was twenty seventh in public school performance when they 538 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 2: started their school choice program. They're now number one in 539 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 2: public school and so I think what they have seen, 540 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 2: And what makes sense to me is the kids who 541 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,080 Speaker 2: are excelling and doing well in public school aren't leaving. 542 00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 2: The ones leave that are leaving are the ones that 543 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 2: are struggling academically, struggling relationally, getting bullied. They're not fitting in, 544 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 2: and they're going to find something that works better for them, 545 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:13,240 Speaker 2: and that's raising the entire performance of the of the school. 546 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 10: There is the politics behind whether this can be passed 547 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 10: or not, But what do you think the end goal 548 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 10: of this? Why why stake your claim on this? What 549 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 10: will what will change if this happens. 550 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 2: I want to go back to I mean and ideally 551 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 2: for me, I want to go back to a world 552 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,480 Speaker 2: where parents are in charge of their kids education and 553 00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 2: they take it seriously. I was a high school teacher 554 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 2: and I think those twenty years ago, but I think 555 00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 2: a lot of parents just think, well, this is the 556 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,280 Speaker 2: only option. I hope they do well with it, you know, 557 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 2: I hope, I hope it works, and really involved parents 558 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:56,920 Speaker 2: might go up and complain when they see things they 559 00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 2: don't like, but they don't really have any other options 560 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,240 Speaker 2: or choices. And I think when parents get engaged in 561 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 2: the education of their kids and they say you know what, 562 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 2: just like the ones that stop and say which house 563 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 2: do I want to live in? Which part do I 564 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 2: want to be near? Which school do I want my 565 00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 2: kids to go to? I think you're going to see 566 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 2: kids get better educations. 567 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:22,400 Speaker 10: Overall, Gosh didn't even think about that being part of 568 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,440 Speaker 10: this public policy discussion. It frustrates me so much that 569 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 10: I see all these people weighing in, and I get 570 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 10: the sense, based on the thrust of their arguments, that 571 00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 10: none of this is related to what's best for the kids, 572 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,600 Speaker 10: just as Obamacare was not. 573 00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 3: Related to what would heal and treat. 574 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 10: Patience, just as COVID was never related to the illness 575 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,400 Speaker 10: that would be caught. And I find that very frustrating 576 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:51,600 Speaker 10: and disingenuous. Can you hang with us for one more segment? Sure? 577 00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:52,959 Speaker 3: Rent money as our guests