1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,160 And address, please. 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:07,680 Hi, I'm Chris Waddell, resident of Lil, and I'm at 3 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,560 12513 Coral Drive. 4 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:11,120 Okay. 5 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:13,360 And I do have some handouts for the council that 6 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:15,360 I just want to pass on real quick. 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:22,960 Okay, so I'm I'm here tonight regarding our public schools. 8 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:28,000 So our public schools are under attack, are under 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,440 attack, excuse me. 10 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,680 And we um I'm sure most of us, all of 11 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:36,640 us know that uh not fully funding our public schools 12 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:39,680 is just bad, it's terrible, um, is bad for our 13 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:40,640 communities. 14 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:45,760 So the results of not having our public schools 15 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:51,920 funded, um, you know, declining property values, um potentially 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,920 high crime rates, uh weak economic growth, and then above 17 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,320 all, our kids are poorly educated. 18 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:02,880 Now there's um a solution to that, or to to 19 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,040 avoid those uh circumstances. 20 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:10,160 Um is to increase the basic allotment by 21 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:14,880 sixteen hundred dollars for a total of 7760 per student 22 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,200 and tie to inflation. 23 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:22,160 Secondly, fund schools based on allotment, not attendance, to ensure 24 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:23,600 full funding. 25 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:28,320 Third, deposit all recapture funds into the state education fund 26 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,960 rather than a general fund. 27 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:36,560 And then uh lastly, um reject school voucher programs 28 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,600 that divert funding away from public education. 29 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:41,760 Um I'm gonna turn over to Dale. 30 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:45,040 He could give you a little bit more of statistics 31 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:50,000 and on on why um our public schools need the 32 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:50,960 adequate funding. 33 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:51,520 Yeah, sure. 34 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:52,160 Uh well thank you. 35 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:52,880 Uh thank you for having me. 36 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,240 My name's Dale Freddy, I live at six year old 37 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,160 one seven Cypress Coeok Drive, but I'm gonna come today 38 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:58,160 to basically cut kind of, I would go, I have 39 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:00,280 way too much information if it had been one minute. 40 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,000 But our our neighbors are suffering really bad right now 41 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,240 in a major, major deficit for their ISDs 42 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:10,600 And with uh unfunded uh money coming to our ISDs 43 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,720 from the legislature, I fear that little Elm ISD may 44 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,400 uh see the same thing as well. 45 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:17,880 Uh people do not move here for a voucher program, 46 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:19,960 and I really worry about uh what will happen to 47 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,280 our schools if they continue to get underfunded. 48 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,120 Uh I know this is not an ISD, I know 49 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,200 this is a city council, but please understand that these 50 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,760 this does affect our community, and uh we would really 51 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,760 hope if you were willing to to try to make 52 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:32,760 a statement or put something on social media and say, 53 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,000 hey, look, our schools are underfunded, this affects all of 54 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:35,640 our communities. 55 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:37,960 As city council members would be really really awesome if 56 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:39,240 you guys will come out and try to make a 57 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,560 statement upon that and try to push our legislatures in 58 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,720 Austin to increase the basic lotment. 59 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:44,440 Thank you. 60 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:45,000 Thank you. 61 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:45,800 All right, thank you. 62 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:47,400 Mayor? 63 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,040 Yes. 64 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,440 I'm sorry, I I I did not get the second 65 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:51,400 gentleman's name. 66 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:52,520 Oh, Dale Fray? 67 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:57,240 Okay, all right.