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00:00:14THROUGH OHIO, ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, AND AROUND THE WORLD.
00:00:20IN FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, OR PRESENTING 121
00:00:25THOUSAND TEACHERS, SUPPORT
PROFESSIONALS, AND HIGHER
00:00:27EDUCATION FACULTY COMMITTED TO
THE SUPPORT OF EVERY CHILD.
00:00:30>> STATE LAWMAKERS HEAD BACK
HOME, AND TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL,
00:00:33AFTER A BUSY FINAL WEEK IN
COLUMBUS.
00:00:36AS LEGISLATORS AND SCHOOLKIDS
START THEIR SUMMER BREAK, THOSE
00:00:42WHO ARE FIGHTING FOR AND AGAINST
THE COMMON CORE CONTINUE THEIR
00:00:44BATTLE.
AND A NEW BILL SEEKS TO TIP OFF
00:00:46RESTAURANT PATRONS TO HOW THEIR
GRATUITIES ARE BEING USED, AND
00:00:48TO STOP THEM FROM BEING SHARED
AMONG SO MANY RESTAURANT
00:00:50WORKERS.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:52OHIO."
THIS WEEK CLEVELAND EITHER GOT A
00:01:05LEG UP IN THE CONTEST TO HOST
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
00:01:07CONVENTION IN 2016, OR A NICE
SET OF COMPLIMENTS THAT WON'T
00:01:11LEAD ANYWHERE.
GOP CHAIRMAN REINCE PRIEBUS AND
00:01:14OTHER REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS
TOURED THE CITY THIS WEEK, AND
00:01:16TOLD REPORTERS THAT HIS GROUP
HAS FOUND NO TECHNICAL
00:01:19WEAKNESSES IN CLEVELAND'S
ABILITY TO HOST THE EVENT.
00:01:24HE SAID CLEVELAND'S FINANCING
PACKAGE, NEW CONVENTION CENTER,
00:01:27AND HOTEL SPACE ARE ALL POSITIVE
FACTORS, AND HE IS IMPRESSED
00:01:32WITH THE ENTHUSIASM AND CAN-DO
-- THE ENTHUSIASM CANNOT BE
00:01:42REPLACED.
HE ADDED THAT THE ENTHUSIASM
00:01:43CLEVELAND HAS SHOWN FOR HOSTING
THE CONVENTION CAN'T BE
00:01:45REPLACED, AND SAID "THE WAY THAT
THIS HAS STARTED IN CLEVELAND, I
00:01:47THINK THE REST OF THE CITIES ARE
GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO
00:01:49DO."
CLEVELAND IS COMPETING WITH
00:01:51DENVER, KANSAS CITY AND DALLAS.
A DECISION WILL BE MADE IN
00:01:53AUGUST FOR THE CONVENTION
PLANNED FOR SOMETIME IN JULY OF
00:01:552016.
MEANWHILE, CLEVELAND AND
00:01:56COLUMBUS ARE BOTH VYING FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
00:01:59CINCINNATI WAS INVITED TO APPLY
BUT DID NOT.
00:02:01THE SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE
DNC HASN'T STARTED YET.
00:02:04THERE WAS ANOTHER SETBACK THIS
WEEK FOR LIBERTARIANS WHO ARE
00:02:07STILL HOPING TO GET ON THE
BALLOT.
00:02:09THE 6TH US CIRCUIT COURT OF
APPEALS IN CINCINNATI DECLINED
00:02:11TO REHEAR AN APPEAL ON THE
DECISION INVOLVING LIBERTARIAN
00:02:14PARTY OF OHIO CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR CHARLIE EARL. SECRETARY
00:02:16OF STATE JON HUSTED DISQUALIFIED
EARL AFTER A HEARING OFFICER
00:02:21FOUND TWO EARL PETITIONERS
FAILED TO PROPERLY DISCLOSE
00:02:24THEIR EMPLOYERS ON NOMINATING
PETITIONS.
00:02:29LIBERTARIANS SUED, ARGUING
HUSTED'S DECISION WAS
00:02:31UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND CONFLICTED
WITH PRIOR RULINGS OF THE
00:02:33OFFICE.
WHILE THIS IS THE LIBERTARIANS'
00:02:40THIRD COURTROOM REJECTION, THE
LPO'S LAWYER SAYS A DISTRICT
00:02:45COURT COULD STILL DECLARE
HUSTED'S ACTION
00:02:47UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
IT WAS A BUSY WEEK AT THE
00:02:49STATEHOUSE, AS LAWMAKERS TRIED
TO WRAP UP WORK ON SOME BILLS SO
00:02:51THEY CAN GO BACK TO THEIR
DISTRICTS FOR SUMMER BREAK AND
00:02:53A FEW WEEKS OF FUNDRAISING AND
CAMPAIGNING.
00:02:55THEY FINISHED UP WORK ON SEVERAL
PARTS OF GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH'S
00:02:59BUDGET UPDATE, THE
APPROPRIATIONS MID-BUDGET
00:03:04REVIEW, THE DEALING WITH
ONES WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND
00:03:07VETERANS, AND THE EDUCATION MBR.
THE APPROPRIATIONS MBR (HB 483)
00:03:12INCLUDES AN ACCELERATION IN THE
PERSONAL INCOME TAX CUT FROM
00:03:14LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, ALONG WITH
AN INCREASE IN A SMALL BUSINESS
00:03:16TAX CUT FROM 50% TO 75% OF THE
FIRST $250,000 IN INCOME.
00:03:22REPUBLICAN SENATOR SCOTT
OELSLAGER OF NORTH CANTON SAYS
00:03:24THESE TAX CHANGES HAVE MADE A
DIFFERENCE.
00:03:28>> THERE HAS BEEN A QUESTION,
HAS THIS HAD AN IMPACT?
00:03:35I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND MYSELF,
MY PEERS, THE BUSIER PLACES IN
00:03:40YOUR DISTRICT, I HAVE HAD SMALL
BUSINESS PEOPLE COME UP TO ME
00:03:43AND SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
THAT EXTRA TAX CUT IN MY SMALL
00:03:48BUSINESS.
IT DOES MEAN A DIFFERENCE TO ME,
00:03:50WHETHER I AM AT THE GROCERY
STORE, LOOKING DOWN THE STREET,
00:03:52OR SO ONE.
ALSO WE BELIEVE THIS IS A FACTOR
00:03:57IN THE EMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE
PRIVATE SECTOR GOING UP, SO WE
00:04:01HAVE TO BELIEVE IT HAS AN IMPACT
IN THIS STATE.
00:04:03>> AND FOR LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS,
IT DOUBLES OHIO'S EARNED INCOME
00:04:09TAX CREDIT TO 10 PERCENT AND
HIKES PERSONAL INCOME-TAX
00:04:12EXEMPTIONS FOR RESIDENTS MAKING
UNDER $80,000 A YEAR. THE BILL
00:04:14ALSO INCLUDES AN AGREEMENT OVER
HOW TO SPEND CERTAIN FUNDING FOR
00:04:17MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION
TREATMENT SERVICES.
00:04:19ANOTHER PROVISION WOULD CREATE
AN EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR
00:04:22CASEWORKERS AT COUNTY JOB AND
FAMILY SERVICES DEPARTMENTS.
00:04:30THOSE PROVISIONS ANGERED
DEMOCRATS, INCLUDING CHARLETA
00:04:31TAVARES OF COLUMBUS, WHO SAID
PUT ENOUGH MONEY TOWARD PROGRAMS
00:04:35THE BILL DOES NOT FOR SOCIAL
SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, FOR
00:04:37CHILDREN AND FOR MENTAL HEALTH
AND ADDICTION SERVICES.
00:04:43>> IT IS OUR CAUCUS'S STRONG
BELIEF THAT CUTTING TAXES THAT
00:04:49DISPROPORTIONATELY BENEFIT THE
WEALTHIEST INSTEAD OF INVESTING
00:04:52IN COMMUNITIES, EDUCATION, OR
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HAVE
00:04:56BEEN MOVING OHIO DOWN THE WRONG
PATH.
00:04:58WE HAVE SEEN THE CONTINUATION OF
AN ALMOST STAGNANT ECONOMY WHILE
00:05:03OUR RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO BE
ASKED TO SHOULDER MORE BURDENS
00:05:06AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
>> TAVARES ALSO SAID THE MEASURE
00:05:13INCLUDES ITEMS THAT DON'T BELONG
IN IT, WHICH DEMOCRATS ALSO
00:05:15OPPOSE -- FOR INSTANCE, NEW
RULES ON WIND FARM SETBACKS, ON
00:05:17POLITICAL CAMPAIGN REVISIONS,
AND ON THE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF
00:05:20UNIVERSITY STUDENT ATHLETES.
THE BILL ALSO STATES THAT
00:05:23COLLEGE ATHLETES ARE NOT PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES UNDER STATE LAW, WHICH
00:05:26IS RELATED TO A MARCH RULING
THAT SAID NORTHWESTERN
00:05:30UNIVERSITY'S FOOTBALL PLAYERS
ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL AND
00:05:33HAVE THE RIGHT TO UNIONIZE.
SUPPORTERS OF THE OHIO PROVISION
00:05:36SAY IT COULD HAVE LITTLE
IMMEDIATE EFFECT BUT WOULD
00:05:38CLARIFY STATE LAW IF THE ISSUE
ARISES.
00:05:43LAWMAKERS ALSO APPROVED AN
AMENDMENT THAT REQUIRES THEM TO
00:05:46APPROVE ANY SPENDING OF $300
MILLION SET ASIDE FOR MEDICAID
00:05:53SPENDING INSTEAD OF ALLOWING THE
STATE CONTROLLING BOARD TO
00:05:55APPROVE IT.
THE GOVERNOR HAD GOTTEN MEDICAID
00:05:57EXPANSION APPROVED OVER THE
OBJECTIONS OF SOME REPUBLICANS
00:05:59BY GOING THROUGH THE CONTROLLING
BOARD, A PANEL OF SIX LAWMAKERS
00:06:02AND A KASICH APPOINTEE.
IN THE EDUCATION MBR HB 487,
00:06:07LAWMAKERS APPROVED NEW
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS STARTING
00:06:09WITH THE CLASS OF 2018.
ELECTIVE REQUIREMENTS WERE
00:06:14REDUCED, BUT THERE WILL BE A NEW
FINAL EXAM TO REPLACE THE OHIO
00:06:16GRADUATION TEST.
IT WILL BE MADE UP OF SEVEN
00:06:21END-OF-COURSE EXAMS IN ENGLISH,
MATH, SCIENCE, AND U.S. HISTORY
00:06:23AND GOVERNMENT.
BUT STUDENTS WHO REACH EVEN A
00:06:30REMEDIATION-FREE SCORE ON A
NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COLLEGE
00:06:34ADMISSION TEST CAN USE THAT, OR
CAN ALSO GET A CAREER CREDENTIAL
00:06:36INSTEAD.
THE EDUCATION MBR DID NOT
00:06:38INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE NEW
TEACHER EVALUATION PROCESS,
00:06:40WHICH SENATORS HAD INSERTED IN
THE BILL, AFTER THE HOUSE HAD
00:06:42MADE CHANGES TO THE SENATE'S
CHANGES IN OTHER LEGISLATION.
00:06:47THE SENATE'S CHANGES WERE PULLED
AND PUT INTO A BILL ON STEM
00:06:52SCHOOLS, WHICH CLEARED THE WAY
FOR THE EDUCATION MBR TO PASS.
00:06:54THE COMPROMISE NOW ALLOWS THE
EVALUATION OF TOP-RATED TEACHERS
00:06:56EVERY THREE YEARS INSTEAD OF
EVERY TWO, AND THEY'VE AGREED
00:07:00THAT STUDENT GROWTH WILL BE
42.5% OF AN EVALUATION,
00:07:04ESSENTIALLY SPLITTING THE
DIFFERENCES IN THE PERCENTAGES
00:07:07THEY WANTED.
THE HOUSE PASSED MORE THAN TWO
00:07:11DOZEN BILLS THIS WEEK, INCLUDING
A SET OF PROCEDURES FOR REMOVING
00:07:14COUNTY TREASURERS, AUDITORS AND
OTHER FISCAL OFFICERS FROM
00:07:18OFFICE, A NEW OHIO ECONOMIC
COUNCIL ON WOMEN, THE
00:07:21ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE
EXPENDITURE DATABASE IN THE
00:07:24TREASURER'S OFFICE, A NEW OHIO
STATE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
00:07:28LICENSE PLATE AND A BAN ON THE
USE OF TANNING BEDS BY MINORS
00:07:32WHO DON'T HAVE PARENTAL CONSENT
TO USE THEM.
00:07:35THIS WEEK THE SENATE MOVED
SEVERAL OF ITS BILLS AS WELL AS
00:07:38TAKING ACTION ON HOUSE MEASURES.
THE SENATE BILLS THEY PASSED
00:07:42INCLUDED SPEEDING UP THE TESTING
OF A STATE BACKLOG OF RAPE KITS,
00:07:45THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL
RIGHTS OF RAPISTS TO THE
00:07:49CHILDREN CONCEIVED IN THOSE SEX
ASSAULTS, THE INCLUSION OF
00:07:52FAMILY PETS IN PROTECTION ORDERS
FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS,
00:07:57AND THE CREATION OF THE POST OF
OHIO POET LAUREATE.
00:08:01BUT THE SENATE REFUSED TO AGREE
WITH THE HOUSE'S AMENDMENT TO A
00:08:10BILL THAT SAYS A PROTECTIVE
ORDER ISSUED TO PROTECT A
00:08:12DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM IS
EFFECTIVE AS SOON AS THE
00:08:14OFFENDER IS TOLD ABOUT IT, NOT
WHEN IT'S FORMALLY SERVED.
00:08:20THE HOUSE AMENDMENT REQUIRED A
PAPER COPY OF THE ORDER, WHICH
00:08:22REPUBLICAN SENATOR KEVIN BACON
SAID SERIOUSLY DILUTES THE BILL.
00:08:28BUT SENATORS WENT ALONG WITH A
BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW ELECTRONIC
00:08:33TOLLING ON THE BRENT SPENCE
BRIDGE IN CINCINNATI.
00:08:36IN DRUG RELATED NEWS, LAWMAKERS
PASSED A BIPARTISAN MEASURE
00:08:38AIMED AT PREVENTING YOUTH DRUG
ABUSE BY REQUIRING A GUARDIAN'S
00:08:40CONSENT BEFORE A MINOR IS
PRESCRIBED PAINKILLERS.
00:08:42THE BILL ALSO WOULD LIMIT
SUPPLIES OF PAINKILLERS TO
00:08:43MINORS TO THREE DAYS WHEN
ANOTHER ADULT AUTHORIZED BY A
00:08:45MINOR'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN, SUCH
AS A GRANDPARENT, GIVES THE
00:08:48REQUIRED CONSENT.
THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN WOULD
00:08:50STILL BE REQUIRED TO EVENTUALLY
SIGN THE CONSENT FORM.
00:08:54AND THE HOUSE APPROVED A BILL
THAT WOULD KEEP INSURANCE
00:08:56COMPANIES FROM CHARGING
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FOR
00:08:58CHEMOTHERAPY PILLS THAN FOR
TRADITIONAL INTRAVENOUS
00:09:04TREATMENTS.
SUPPORTERS SAY THE MEASURE WILL
00:09:05PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH MORE
TREATMENT OPTIONS THAT MAY HAVE
00:09:07FEWER SIDE EFFECTS BY ENSURING
THAT HEALTH PLAN COVERAGE FOR
00:09:11ORALLY ADMINISTERED CANCER
MEDICATION IS IN LINE WITH THE
00:09:13COVERAGE FOR INJECTED
MEDICATION.
00:09:16THERE WAS A LOT OF LEGISLATION
THAT PASSED IN THE LAST FEW
00:09:18DAYS, AND WE'LL BE DIGGING INTO
SOME OF IT MORE DEEPLY IN THE
00:09:20NEXT FEW WEEKS.
LAWMAKERS ARE NOW AWAY FOR THEIR
00:09:27BREAK, BUT IT IS LIKELY THEY
WILL BE CALLED BACK AT SOME
00:09:29POINT BEFORE THE NOVEMBER
ELECTION, PERHAPS IN LATE
00:09:31SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE
00:09:33SEVERAL ISSUES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN
RESOLVED.
00:09:35FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S THE
SEVERANCE TAX ON OIL AND NATURAL
00:09:37GAS DRILLERS, WHICH HAS PASSED
THE HOUSE.
00:09:43IT IS LESS OF AN INCREASE THAN
GOVERNOR KASICH WANTED, AND HE'S
00:09:50SAID, "WE ARE WAY TOO FAR APART
ON THAT."
00:09:53ANOTHER BILL MAKES CHANGES TO
THE STATE'S CONCEALED-CARRY
00:10:00WEAPONS PERMIT LAW.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT LOWERS
00:10:01THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING NEEDED BY
FIRST TIME PERMIT APPLICANTS
00:10:03FROM 12 HOURS TO EIGHT.
LAWMAKERS ALSO DID NOT TAKE UP A
00:10:06BILL THAT WOULD REQUIRE MOST
CHILDREN IN DAY CARE AND
00:10:08PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS TO BE
IMMUNIZED.
00:10:11AND THEY DID NOT DEAL WITH THE
TRAFFIC CAMERAS BILL, THOUGH ONE
00:10:13OF THE THREE BILLS ON THAT
SUBJECT PASSED THE HOUSE LAST
00:10:15YEAR.
THERE ARE NOW TWO MORE.
00:10:17ONE THAT PUT VARIOUS
RESTRICTIONS ON THEM AND HAS THE
00:10:19SUPPORT OF SEVERAL GROUPS,
INCLUDING THE OHIO MUNICIPAL
00:10:21LEAGUE AND THE FRATERNAL ORDER
OF POLICE, WHICH WE OUTLINED ON
00:10:27LAST WEEK'S SHOW.
ANOTHER BILL WOULD REQUIRE LAW
00:10:29ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO BE
PLACED WITH EACH CAMERA, AN
00:10:31EFFECTIVE BAN ON CAMERAS FOR
MANY OF THE 15 COMMUNITIES THAT
00:10:33USE THEM.
THE SPONSOR OF THAT BILL,
00:10:35REPUBLICAN SENATOR BILL SEITZ OF
CINCINNATI, HAD AGREED TO AN
00:10:40INTERVIEW TWICE, BUT SCHEDULING
CONFLICTS PREVENTED HIM FROM
00:10:42DOING AN INTERVIEW LAST WEEK OR
THIS WEEK.
00:10:45HIS OFFICE SAID IN AN E-MAIL
THIS WEEK THAT "HE WOULD PREFER
00:10:48TO WAIT UNTIL THE FALL WHEN THE
ISSUE WILL BE CURRENT AND MORE
00:10:53RELEVANT."
A RARELY USED LEGISLATIVE
00:10:56PROCEDURE IS NOW BEING TRIED FOR
TWO BILLS THAT HAVE NOT MOVED IN
00:11:02THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
DISCHARGE PETITIONS WERE PULLED
00:11:04FOR TWO MEASURES.
THE SO-CALLED HEARTBEAT BILL AND
00:11:06THE BILL THAT WOULD REPEAL THE
COMMON CORE.
00:11:08THOSE DISCHARGE PETITIONS MUST
BE SIGNED BY 50 LAWMAKERS FOR
00:11:10THE BILLS TO BYPASS THE
COMMITTEE PROCESS AND MOVE TO
00:11:14THE FLOOR.
THE HEARTBEAT BILL BACKERS SAY
00:11:19THEY ARE ALSO NOW USING AN APP
THAT WILL CALL STATE
00:11:21REPRESENTATIVES.
AND OPPONENTS OF THE COMMON CORE
00:11:23TRIED A VERY TRADITIONAL
APPROACH THIS WEEK, A STATEHOUSE
00:11:25RALLY.
NEARLY 100 OPPONENTS OF THE
00:11:28COMMON CORE STANDARDS GATHERED
IN THE ATRIUM, LED BY HEIDI
00:11:31HUBER, FOUNDER OF OHIOANS
AGAINST COMMON CORE.
00:11:38>> THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THIS IS A
SET OF STANDARDS DO NOT
00:11:43UNDERSTAND WHAT STANDARDS-BASED
REFORM IS.
00:11:45STANDARDS-BASED REFORM BEGAN IN
1994, AND THE STANDARDS ARE THE
00:11:48NUCLEUS TO EVERYTHING ELSE.
IF YOU CONTROL THE STANDARDS,
00:11:51YOU CONTROL THE CURRICULUM, AND
THEREFORE YOU CONTROL THE
00:11:55CLASSROOM.
THAT IS HOW WE HAVE GOTTEN TO
00:11:57THE FEDS CONTROLLING OUR
CLASSROOM.
00:11:58THEY CAME IN IN 1994 AND SET
STANDARDS STARTING IN 2000, AND
00:12:03SINCE THEN WE HAVE DOUBLED THE
GROUP BRITT -- THE BUDGET
00:12:06APPROPRIATION IN OHIO GREAT WE
STILL HAVE A CRISIS.
00:12:10I AM THINKING THIS IS PROBABLY
NOT THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
00:12:13WE NEED TO PUT PARENTS AND LOCAL
SCHOOL BOARDS BACK IN CONTROL OF
00:12:17EDUCATION.
THERE HAS BEEN SO MANY
00:12:20STRANGLEHOLD PUT ON LOCAL
DISTRICTS THAT THEY PRETTY MUCH
00:12:23HAVE TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
COLUMBUS.
00:12:26YOU CANNOT BITE THE HAND THAT
FEEDS YOU AT THIS POINT, SO THAT
00:12:28IS THE REASON YOU HAVE A LOCAL
BOARDS THAT CANNOT RESUME LOCAL
00:12:32CONTROL BECAUSE THERE WILL BE
TOO MANY PENALTIES FOR THEM.
00:12:34>> THE GROUP BACKS A BILL
DISCUSSED ON THIS SHOW A FEW
00:12:37WEEKS AGO THAT WAS SPONSORED BY
REPRESENTATIVE ANDY THOMPSON OF
00:12:39MARIETTA, WHICH WOULD SCRAP THE
COMMON CORE ENTIRELY.
00:12:42ON THAT SAME SHOW, THAT BILL WAS
DECLARED BASICALLY DEAD BY HOUSE
00:12:45EDUCATION COMMITTEE CHAIR GERALD
STEBELTON, A REPUBLICAN OF
00:12:48LANCASTER.
HE SAYS HE NOT ONLY SUPPORTS THE
00:12:50COMMON CORE, BUT THAT IT WOULD
COST THE STATE HUNDREDS OF
00:12:54MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO WALK AWAY
-- TO REPEAL IT.IS
00:13:05BUT HUBER SAYS THAT'S NOT SET IN
STONE.
00:13:10>> WHAT I WOULD SAY IS WITH THE
$250 MILLION, CORE SLUSH FUND IN
00:13:16THE LAST BUDGET IS CALLED THE
STRAIGHT-A FUND.
00:13:20IF WE WANT TO RESUME STATE AND
LOCAL CONTROL, THAT IS $250
00:13:23MILLION TO BE USED TO GET OVER
THAT BUMP TOMORROW.
00:13:26SO PEOPLE HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT
OBJECTIVES.
00:13:31QUITE HONESTLY, IT IS NOT ABOUT
THE MONEY, IT IS ABOUT WHETHER
00:13:34THE OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE LOCAL
CONTROL OR IF YOU LIKE TO BE THE
00:13:39MASTER UP IN COLUMBUS.
>> WATCHING FROM THE BACK OF THE
00:13:41ROOM WERE A FEW SUPPORTERS OF
THE COMMON CORE, INCLUDING LISA
00:13:43GRAY, THE PROJECT DIRECTOR OF
THE OHIO STANDARDS COALITION.
00:13:47THAT IS A GROUP OF SOME 40
ORGANIZATIONS THAT BACK THE
00:13:49COMMON CORE STANDARDS, INCLUDING
THE STATE'S TWO TEACHERS UNIONS,
00:13:56THEY OHIO SCHOOL BOARD
ASSOCIATION, AND OTHER EDUCATOR
00:14:00GROUPS.
>> WHEN YOU TALK TO PARENTS AND
00:14:03WHEN YOU TALK TO EDUCATORS, THEY
SUPPORT THE NOTION OF HIGHER
00:14:07STANDARDS FOR OUR KIDS, MAKING
SURE THEY ARE GRADUATING, READY
00:14:11TO EITHER GO TO COLLEGE OR INTO
A CAREER.
00:14:14SO WE ARE HEARING A LOT OF
SUPPORT FOR THESE NEW STANDARDS.
00:14:16>> BUT GRAY ADMITS THERE ARE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE
00:14:18IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STANDARDS,
AND THAT SOME OF IT IS COMING
00:14:21FROM MAINSTREAM SOURCES, WHO
CLAIM THAT THE NEW LEARNING IS
00:14:24UPSETTING AND FRUSTRATING THEIR
KIDS.
00:14:26>> I DO THINK THAT ONE OF THE
BIGGEST SHIFTS WE ARE GOING TO
00:14:34SEE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION IS IN
MATH.
00:14:35IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE.
IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR
00:14:40TEACHERS AND FOR STUDENTS, AND I
THINK IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE
00:14:43FOR PARENTS WHO DID NOT LEARN
THIS WAY.
00:14:44BUT WE KNOW THAT ESPECIALLY AT
THE YOUNGER GRADES, WE NEED TO
00:14:49DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF HELPING
CHILDREN UNDERSTAND MATH AND WHY
00:14:54THEY ARE DOING THE MATH.
YOU AND I PROBABLY LEARNED TO
00:14:57MEMORIZE FORMULAS BUT DID NOT
REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY THE
00:14:59FORMULA WORKED.
SO THIS IS REALLY ABOUT HELPING
00:15:02KIDS DIG DEEPER, HAVE A MUCH
DEEPER UNDERSTANDING, AND AGAIN,
00:15:07IT GETS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THIS.
00:15:09WE HAVE GOT TO BE PATIENT, WE
HAVE GOT TO KNOW THAT OUR KIDS
00:15:13ARE GOING TO RISE TO THE
CHALLENGE AND THAT OUR TEACHERS
00:15:15ARE GOING TO RISE TO THE
CHALLENGE, AND ULTIMATELY WE
00:15:18WILL HAVE KIDS THAT ARE MUCH
BETTER PREPARED.
00:15:20AS PARENTS, THAT IS WHAT WE ALL
WANT.
00:15:21>> HOWEVER, GRAY SAYS SHE AND
OTHER SUPPORTERS ARE CONCERNED
00:15:23ABOUT THE ANECDOTES, ALLEGED
FACTS AND OTHER PIECES OF
00:15:25INFORMATION CIRCULATING ON THE
INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND
00:15:27AMONG GROUPS LIKE THESE.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF
00:15:33MISINFORMATION, LOTS OF
INACCURACIES OUT THERE.
00:15:38THESE STANDARDS WERE DEVELOPED
BY THE STATES, ADOPTED BY THE
00:15:40STATE.
HIS IS NOT A FEDERALLY THE LEVEL
00:15:44-- FEDERALLY DEVELOPED SET OF
STANDARDS.
00:15:45WE HAVE BENCHMARKED THE
STANDARDS.
00:15:48WE KNOW THESE STANDARDS ARE IN
MATH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.
00:15:52THE SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES
AS WELL ARE MORE CHALLENGING AND
00:15:56MOTIVATING FOR STUDENTS, AND WE
KNOW THAT WE NEED TO REPAIR OUR
00:16:00STUDENTS BETTER.
-- TO PREPARE OUR STUDENTS
00:16:01BETTER.
>> BUT BACK AT THE FRONT OF THE
00:16:03ROOM LEADING THE RALLY, HEIDI
HUBER SAYS SHE'S AWARE THAT SHE
00:16:06AND OTHER COMMON CORE CRITICS
ARE OFTEN CALLED CONSPIRACY
00:16:07THEORISTS LED BY RIGHT-WING
BLOGGERS AND TALK SHOW HOSTS.
00:16:12BUT SHE SAYS SHE IS NOT
CONCERNED.
00:16:14>> I WOULD SAY, WOULD WE BE
DOING THIS IF WE DID NOT HIT --
00:16:20DID NOT GET PAID TO DO A?
IT TOOK $53 BILLION TO GET THE
00:16:23STATES TO ADOPT COMMON CORE.
YOU USUALLY DO NOT HAVE TO BE
00:16:29BRIBED TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
IF YOU HAD DONE IT WITHOUT THE
00:16:31MONEY, YOU WOULD HAVE AN
ARGUMENT.
00:16:35YOU HAD TO BE PAID TO DO IT.
AND HUBER SAYS SHE AND OTHER
00:16:36COMMON CORE OPPONENTS FEEL
PASSIONATELY, AS SUPPORTERS OF
00:16:38THE STANDARDS DO, THAT EDUCATION
IS THE CRUX OF ALL THAT IS
00:16:43IMPORTANT IN THE STATE.
>> IF WE DO NOT GET THE
00:16:45CLASSROOM RIGHT, THERE IS
NOTHING ELSE THAT WILL WORK.
00:16:48THIS IS CRITICAL.
THIS HAS TO BE THE NUMBER ONE
00:16:52ISSUE IN OHIO NOT JUST FROM A
PHILOSOPHICAL IDEOLOGY, BUT IT
00:16:54HAS TO BE RETURNED TO THE
PARENT, THE FIRST AND FINAL
00:17:00AUTHORITY.
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ABOUT.
00:17:01IF YOU GO FROM THAT POINT
FORWARD, EVERYTHING ELSE WORKS.
00:17:07LIBERTY CAN BE MESSY.
AS LONG AS THE PARENTS ARE IN
00:17:11CHARGE OF THE CHILD, EVERYTHING
ELSE CAN BE FIGURED OUT.
00:17:13>> REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON WAS
AT THIS ANTI-COMMON CORE RALLY,
00:17:16ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES JOHN
ADAMS OF SIDNEY, AND PETER BECK
00:17:18AND JOHN BECKER, BOTH OF
CINCINNATI.
00:17:20THOMPSON HAS PROMISED TO
CONTINUE THE FIGHT AGAINST THE
00:17:22COMMON CORE NEXT YEAR, WHEN
REPRESENTATIVE STEBELTON WILL NO
00:17:26LONGER BE IN OFFICE BECAUSE OF
TERM LIMITS.
00:17:28IN AN ELECTION YEAR, IT'S
EXPECTED THERE WILL BE A LOT OF
00:17:30BILLS THAT ARE INTRODUCED THAT
GET PEOPLE TALKING, BUT ARE
00:17:32UNLIKELY TO GO FAR.
ONE OF THOSE MAY BE A MEASURE
00:17:35PROPOSED BY A DEMOCRAT FROM
LAKEWOOD THAT SPEAKS
00:17:38SPECIFICALLY TO SOMETHING THAT A
LOT OF RESTAURANT PATRONS MIGHT
00:17:41NOT REALIZE IS HAPPENING, BUT A
LOT OF SERVERS KNOW ALL TOO
00:17:43WELL.
REPRESENTATIVE NICKIE ANTONIO
00:17:47HAS PUT TOGETHER LEGISLATION
THAT DEALS WITH SO-CALLED TIP
00:17:50POOLS, WHICH INVOLVE NOT JUST
SERVERS WHO MOST CONSUMERS ARE
00:17:53USED TO TIPPING, BUT A WHOLE
GROUP OF OTHER RESTAURANT
00:17:55WORKERS AS WELL.
THIS WEEK I TALKED WITH
00:17:59REPRESENTATIVE ANTONIO JUST
AFTER HER PRESS CONFERENCE
00:18:01UNVEILING HER NEW LEGISLATION.
>> THIS IS A BILL THAT WAS
00:18:08BROUGHT TO ME BY SOME SERVERS
WHO TOLD ME ABOUT TIP SHARING,
00:18:13WHICH I REALLY DID NOT KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT.
00:18:14IN ESSENCE THE IDEA BEHIND TIP
SHARING IS THAT A TIP IS ASSUMED
00:18:22BASED ON THE GROWTH -- BASED ON
THE GROSS SALES OF THE TABLE.
00:18:29SO IF A TABLE DOES $50 IN GROSS
SALES, THE TIP SHARING POLICY
00:18:33GOES INTO PLACE AND SAYS THAT
FOR EXAMPLE A RESTAURANT MAKE
00:18:38TAKE -- MIGHT TAKE 2.20 5%, AND
GROW SALES GO INTO THIS POOL OF
00:18:45TIP SHARING.
A TIP POOL, NOT TIP SHARING.
00:18:47AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, ALL OF
THE ASSUMED TIPS ARE CALCULATED,
00:18:57AND THIS MONEY IS TAKEN FROM THE
SERVER RIGHT OFF THE TOP.
00:19:00THE KEY IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY
RECEIVE A TIP.
00:19:03SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS, IT IS SORT
OF A DOUBLE WHAMMY.
00:19:11THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS THAT
IN A LOT OF RESTAURANTS THAT DO
00:19:15THIS TIP POOLING, WHAT THEY ALSO
DID WAS MAKE SERVERS -- SERVERS
00:19:20WERE ALREADY AT A LOWER RATE
BECAUSE THEY ARE ACCEPTABLE TO
00:19:25TIPS.
WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY TOOK
00:19:28HOSTESSES AND EVEN BARTENDERS
AND SAID NOW YOU ARE ALSO
00:19:33SUSCEPTIBLE TO TIPS, SO WE ARE
LOWERING YOUR RATE.
00:19:37YOU USED TO MAKE MINIMUM WAGE OR
A LITTLE ABOVE, NOW YOU MAKING
00:19:42$3.98 IN THE STATE OF OHIO AND
YOU ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO TIPS.
00:19:46BUT THE ONLY WAY THEY GET TIPS
IS BY THIS TIP POOL.
00:19:49THAT HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTED TO BY
THE SERVERS.
00:19:52SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS SERVERS
ACTUALLY PAYING FOR SOME OF THE
00:19:58EMPLOYEES WHEN ALL IS SAID AND
DONE.
00:20:01THIS BILL SIMPLY PROHIBITS
EMPLOYERS FROM REQUIRING
00:20:08EMPLOYEES TO PARTICIPATE IN TIP
POOLS.
00:20:09>> SO NOW NOT ONLY WERE THEY
SHARING THE TIPS, BUT NOW ALL
00:20:15THESE OTHER PEOPLE THAT YOU
MIGHT ENCOUNTER IN A RESTAURANT
00:20:17-- HOSTESSES AND BARTENDERS --
ARE SHARING IN THE SAME POOL,
00:20:22WHICH MAKES THE POWER OF THE TIP
NOT GO VERY FAR.
00:20:26>> AND IT IS AN ASSUMED TIP.
THAT IS THE KEY, IT IS BASED ON
00:20:30THE GROSS SALES.
>> IT IS OPTIONAL.
00:20:33IT IS RUDE NOT TO, BUT --
>> AND IT HAS IN MANY CASES
00:20:37DESTROYED A CAMARADERIE THAT
EXISTED BEFORE.
00:20:40THE HOST WAS MAKING MINIMUM WAGE
, THE SERVER GOT THE TIP, AND
00:20:49THEN SHARED PART OF THAT TIP
WITH THOSE OTHER FOLKS.
00:20:57SO THEY WERE WORKING
COLLABORATIVELY AND COLLECTIVELY
00:20:58TOGETHER ON A BUSY NIGHT WHERE
EVERYTHING WAS COOKING.
00:21:00THEY REALLY WOULD SAY I
APPRECIATED HOW FAST YOU GOT
00:21:07THAT TABLE CLEARED.
I GOT A GREAT TIP, HERE IS A
00:21:09LITTLE BIT OF IT FOR YOU.
BUT THEY WERE NOT PAYING THEIR
00:21:12BASELINE SALARY WITH THAT TIP.
IT WAS AN ADDITIONAL TIP.
00:21:17IT WAS A BONUS.
NOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE REQUIRED
00:21:22TO GIVE THIS MONEY UPFRONT FOR
THOSE FOLKS, THEY ARE ACTUALLY
00:21:26CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR HOURLY
RATE.
00:21:27IT HAS SHIFTED THE BURDEN ONTO
THE SERVERS TO ACTUALLY PAY THE
00:21:34SALARIES OF SOME OF THESE
WORKERS, AND I DO NOT BELIEVE
00:21:37THAT IS RIGHT.
>> DO YOU SHIP -- DO YOU FEEL IT
00:21:40SHIFTS THE BURDEN TO THE
CUSTOMER?
00:21:45IN ESSENCE, THE CUSTOMER'S IS
SHARE WITH MORE PEOPLE AND IT
00:21:52DOES NOT NECESSARILY GET ANY
BIGGER.
00:21:53THE STANDARD IS STILL 15% TO
20%.
00:21:58>> RIGHT, AND WHAT ALL OF THOSE
BACK-OFFICE BEHIND-THE-SCENES
00:22:00PEOPLE ARE NOW DEPENDENT ON WHAT
EVER THAT SERVER, WHATEVER TIP
00:22:06THAT SERVER GETS UP FRONT.
MANY TIMES THE CUSTOMERS ARE NOT
00:22:10GOING TO KNOW, AND THERE IS A
LOT OF CONFUSION WHETHER TO TIP,
00:22:14HOW MUCH TO TIP, IS IT
AUTOMATICALLY ON THERE.
00:22:17YOU ARE SEEING RECEIPTS THAT
GIVE YOU SUGGESTED AMOUNTS FOR A
00:22:20TIP, BUT WHEN THEY FOUND THAT
WHEN THEY TAKE THOSE SUGGESTED
00:22:26AMOUNTS OFF, SOME PEOPLE ASSUME
NOW YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TIP OR IT
00:22:30IS NOT EXPECTED, SO THERE IS A
LOT OF CONFUSION.
00:22:33BOTTOM LINE, WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE
NOW THAN WE DID BEFORE TIP
00:22:36POOLING, MAKING $3.98 AN HOUR,
AND TO ME THAT IS NOT RAISING
00:22:42PEOPLE UP.
THAT IS NOT GIVING THEM AN
00:22:44OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE.
THAT IS NOT GIVING THEM AN
00:22:48OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED.
IT IS JUST KEEPING THEM AT THIS
00:22:52INCREDIBLY LOW WAGES THAT I
DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW HOW
00:22:58SOMEBODY IS ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR
THEIR FAMILY ON SUCH A LOW WAGE.
00:23:02>> THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS IS
PRETTY LOW MARGIN AND A LOT OF
00:23:06RESTAURANTS FAIL BECAUSE IT IS
HARD TO MAKE MONEY IN THE
00:23:09RESTAURANT BUSINESS, SO I CAN
IMAGINE THE COUNTER ARGUMENT IS
00:23:11WE ARE LOWERING THESE SALARIES
AND SHARING THE TIPS BECAUSE WE
00:23:16HAVE TO KEEP THESE COSTS LOW SO
THAT PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND EAT
00:23:19AT OUR RESTAURANTS.
>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WILL
00:23:22DO THIS SUMMER IS A LITTLE BIT
OF RESEARCH ON WHAT THOSE
00:23:26MARGINS LOOK LIKE.
WE HEARD FROM SOME SERVERS TODAY
00:23:29THAT CAME TO TALK WITH US ABOUT
THIS BILL EARLIER, AND, YOU
00:23:34KNOW, A WAITRESS, A SERVER WHO
MAKES $25,000.
00:23:36YEAR BUT FIGURED OUT THAT SHE
HAD CONTRIBUTED IN THIS TIP POOL
00:23:42MORE THAN $4000, GOING TOWARD
PAYING SOMEONE ELSE'S SALARY, I
00:23:47WOULD SAY HER MARGIN IS PRETTY
NARROW.
00:23:48>> THE TIP POOLS BILL HAS HAD
ITS FIRST HEARING BEFORE THE
00:23:56HOUSE COMMERCE, LABOR AND
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.
00:23:58THE OHIO RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION
IS ON RECORD AS OPPOSING
00:24:00ANTONIO'S BILL, SAYING THAT IT
"ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE A
00:24:03NON-EXISTENT PROBLEM."
BUT THE LOBBYING GROUP SAYS IT
00:24:06HAS NOT TAKEN A POSITION ON TIP
POOLS THEMSELVES, BUT THAT EACH
00:24:10RESTAURANT OWNER NEEDS TO
DECIDE, WITHIN THE LAW, WHAT
00:24:13EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION PACKAGE
WORKS BEST FOR THEIR PARTICULAR
00:24:15BUSINESS MODEL.
AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
00:24:18FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
RADIO AND TELEVISION, THANKS FOR
00:24:20WATCHING.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS,
00:24:22MAKE COMMENTS, OR WATCH THIS
WEEK'S SHOW OR EARLIER EPISODES,
00:24:24PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
STATENEWS.ORG, OR WATCH ON THE
00:24:30OHIO CHANNEL'S WEBSITE OR AT
IDEASTREAM.ORG/OHIO.
00:24:34AND YOU CAN FOLLOW JO INGLES,
ANDY CHOW AND ME ON TWITTER.
00:24:36AND PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN NEXT
TIME FOR "THE STATE OF OHIO."
00:24:42WE CLOSE THIS WEEK WITH IMAGES
AND SOUNDS FROM A VERY MOVING
00:24:46CEREMONY ON MONDAY TO OFFICIALLY
UNVEIL THE HOLOCAUST AND
00:24:48LIBERATORS MEMORIAL ON THE SOUTH
LAWN OF THE STATEHOUSE.
00:24:50YOU CAN WATCH THE "THE MAKING OF
A MEMORIAL" VIDEO, WHICH WAS
00:24:53CREATED BY THIS SHOW'S DIRECTOR
AND EDITOR RON CORBY, ON THE
00:24:56OHIO CHANNEL'S WEBSITE.
>> I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO
00:25:27HELP COMMEMORATE THE STATE OF
OHIO'S RECOGNITION OF ONE OF THE
00:25:32WORST ACTS OF BARBARITY THAT THE
WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.
00:25:35BUT I COME BEFORE YOU NOT JUST
TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF
00:25:40SATISFACTION ABOUT THIS
IMPORTANT MOMENT.
00:25:42I COME WITH THE INTENTION TO
LEAVE YOU A BIT DISCOMFORTED,
00:25:49TROUBLED, AND MOST OF ALL,
CHALLENGED.
00:25:53FOR IT IS WHAT YOU, THOSE OF YOU
GATHERED HERE AND ALL OHIO ONES
00:26:00FIGHTING HATRED AND PREJUDICE,
WILL DO IN THE FUTURE, WHICH
00:26:04WILL DETERMINE WHAT WE DO HERE
ON THIS DAY, WHETHER THAT WILL
00:26:10BE A MOMENT OF GREAT
SIGNIFICANCE OR JUST A BLIP ON
00:26:14THE HORIZON.
>> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE
00:26:30BROADCAST OF THE STATE OF OHIO
COMES FROM MORRIS, CARTWRIGHT,
00:26:34-- MORRIS, RIGHT -- SOLVING
LEGAL PROBLEMS IN THE STATE OF
00:26:38OHIO, AND AROUND THE WORLD.
>> AND THE OHIO EDUCATION
00:26:45ASSOCIATION, SUPPORTING SUPPORT
PROFESSION --
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