WILL
WILL GO
WILL GO WEEKEND FORECAST IS COMING UP.
COMING UP. >>> AND THE GOVERNOR JOINS US
LIVE TONIGHT.
LIVE TONIGHT. HAPPY NO TIE FRIDAY, GOVERNOR.
>> THERE YOU GO.
IT'S FRIDAY.
IT'S FRIDAY. YOU GOT TO TAKE THE TIE OFF.
>> LET'S GET STR+@AIGHT TO THE
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. FIRST, LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL ISSUED AN
OPINION THAT IN SUMMARY SAID
THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
OPERATING UNDER A DISASTER
ANNOUNCEMENT CANNOT STOP
EVICT+@IONS.
EVICT+@IONS. +@
EVICT+@IONS. JUST YESTERDAY DALLAS COUNTY
+@EXTENDED A STOP ON EVICTION
COURT HEARINGS.
COURT HEARINGS. IF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN'T+@ ST
EVICTIONS, THEN WHAT IS THE
STATE GOING TO DO TO HELP THE
TEXANS WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND
ARE BEHIND ON THEIR RENT
PAYMENTS IN THIS PANDEMIC?
>> LISTEN.
>> LISTEN. THERE'S -- PER SPECKS B+@EING
VIEWED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS AS
WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE HEARD MAYBE
REPORTED THE PRESIDENT IS
THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING
INVOLVING EVICTIONS AS WELL AS
CONGRESS IS THINKING ABOUT
DOING SOMETHING INVOLVING
EVICTIONS.
EVICTIONS. PREVIOUSLY THE TEXAS SUPREME
COURT TOOK ACTION INVOLVING
EVICTIONS.
EVICTIONS. AS WE SPEAK THERE ARE MULTIPLE
AGENCIES THAT ARE TAKING A LOOK
AT THIS, ONE REASON WHY THIS IS
AN ISSUE IS BECAUSE OF THE
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE PACKAGE
+@
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE PACKAGE THAT WAS GOING TO BE PASSED OUT
OF CONGRESS.
OF CONGRESS. A LOT OF PEOPLE ANTICIPATED IT
WOULD BE PASSED ON MONDAY WHICH
WOULD BE PASSED ON MONDAY WHICH@ IS WHEN IT WAS+@ NEEDED TO BE
PASSED.
PASSED.
PASSED. IT'S STILL NOT PASSED SO THERE
ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN LIMBO AS
WE SPEAK.
WE SPEAK.
WE SPEAK. I DO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT ONE OF
THESE AGENCIES, AT ONE LEVEL
WILL+@ STEP UP AND BE ABLE TO
DEAL WIT+@H THE EVICTION ISSUE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. ARE
NOW. ARE YOU GO+@ING TO WITH HOLD
STATE FUND FROM A SCHOOL
DISTRICT IF THEY DECIDE LOCALLY
THAT THEY WILL NOT OPEN
CAMPUSES FOR IN PERSON LEARNING
IN EIGHT WEEKS?
>> SO THE WAY THIS WILL WORK.
YOU MENTIONED EIGHT WEEKS.
FOR YOUR AUDIENCE AND THAT IS
THAT SCHOOLS CAN OPEN UP AND
MAKE THE DECISION ABOUT OPENING
UP EITHER THIS MONTH OR NEXT
MONTH AND WHEN THEY DO OPEN UP
THEY HAVE EIGHT WEEKS OF TIME
PERIOD TO PROVIDE EARTH ON
CAMPUS LEARNING, BLENDED
LEARNING OR REMOTE LEARNING AND
THEN AFTER THAT EIGHT WEEK
PERIOD THEY WILL BE ABLE TO
SEEK WAIVERS FROM THE TEA TO
ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO
RECEIVE FUNDING DEPENDING ON
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AT THAT
PARTICULAR TIME.
PARTICULAR TIME. ONE THING THAT NEITHER OF US
KNOW RIGHT NOW IS WHAT WILL THE
STATUS OF CORONAVIRUS BE EIGHT
WEEKS AFTER SCHOOLS OPEN UP
WHICH IS THREE MONTHS FROM
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. IF
TODAY. IF WE DO A GOOD JOB CONTINUING
WHAT HAS HAPPE+@NED IN+@ DALLAS
COUNTY OF SLOWING THE SPREAD OF
CORONAVIRUS IT +@COULD MEAN THA
THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SUCH THAT
SCHOOLS WILL +@BE MORE THAN+@ E
TO HAVE CHILDREN RETURN TO
CLASSROOMS.
CLASSROOMS. IF, HOWEVE+@R, PEOPLE LET THEIR
GUARD DOWN AND CORONAVIRUS
SPREADS FASTER, IT COULD MEAN
THAT MANY SCHOOLS IF NOT MOST
WILL CONT+@INUE WITH REMOTE
LEARNING.
LEARNING.
LEARNING. >> CAN YOU COMMIT THAT THERE
WON'T BE A LOT OF RED FLAGS ON
THE WITH, AIVERS?
THE THREAT HAS +@BEEN MADE TO
REMOVE STATE FUNDING AND LOCAL
SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE AFRAID OF
LOSING THAT.
LOSING THAT. >> AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE HAVE
BEEN -- NO THREATS MADE WITH
REGARD TO SCHOOL FUNDING.
THERE HAS BEEN AN EFFORT FROM
WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE
BETWEEN THE TEXAS EDUCATION
AGENCY AS WELL AS LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICTS WORK+@ING TO ENSURE
SEVERAL THINGS, ONE FIRST AND +@
FOREMOST THAT THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY OF STUDENTS, TEACHERS
AND PARENTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
CONCERN AND THEN SECOND, THAT
SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE
THE FLEXIBILITY THEY NEED TO
ENSURE THAT STUDENTS WILL BE
EDUCATED EVERYBODY AGREEING ON
THE CONCEPT THAT IF IT'S AT ALL
POSSIBLE CHILDREN SHOULD BE
EDUCATED IN A CLASSROOM BECAUSE
THAT'S A BETTER SETTING BUT
+@
THAT'S A BETTER SETTING BUT UNDERSTANDING IF THAT IS NOT A
SAFE SETTING THAT IT WOULDN'T
BE THE BEST.
>> WE SAW A STARTLING IMAGE
OUT OF GEORGIA SPEAKING OF
SAFETY OF A PACKED HIGH SCHOOL
HALL.
HALL.
HALL. EVEN WITH MASKS, SOCIAL
DISTANCING JUST WASN'T
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT PARENTS
SHOULD EXPECT WHEN OUR KIDS+@
RETURN TO CLASSROOMS AND WHAT
WOULD YOU TELL PARENTS WHO HAVE
CONCERNS ABOUT THAT?
>> IF IT'S THE S+@AME PICTURE
SAW.
SAW.
SAW. IT
SAW. IT WAS ONE THAT WHERE -- IT WAS
+@A PACKED HALL AND NOBODY HAD
MASKS ON.
MASKS ON.
MASKS ON. THAT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE
PROTOCOLS IN PLACE THAT WE HAVE
IN TEXAS.
IN TEXAS.
IN TEXAS. THE PROTOCOLS WE HAVE IN TEXAS
DIFFER FOR ONE THEY DO REQUIRE
MASKS.
MASKS.
MASKS. FOR ANOTHER THEY ARE SUPPOSED
TO HAVE PEOPLE COME IN NOT ALL
AT ONCE, CROWDING ONE HALL LIKE
I SAW IN THE PICTURE THAT I SAW
BUT INSTEAD HAVE STAGGERED
ENTRIES SO THAT +@YOU DO NOT HA
PACKED HALLS LIKE THAT.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE SAFE
PROTOCOLS THAT SCHOOL+@S ALREAD
HAVE IN PLACE.
+@
HAVE IN PLACE. >> WE HAVE SEEN THE FIRST WAVE
+@OF SCHOOLS RETURN TO CLASS IN
NORTH TEXAS AND ON SOME
CAMPUSES TEACHERS AND
ADMINISTRATORS HAVE ALREADY
GOTTEN CORONAVI+@RUS.
GOTTEN CORONAVI+@RUS. EVEN DURING WORKWEEKS PREPARING
FOR KIDS.
FOR KIDS.
FOR KIDS. DO YOU THINK THESE NEW CASES ON
CAMPUSES ARE+@ JUST +@A GIVEN A
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT?
+@
ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? >> OVER THE SUMMER THERE WERE
SOME WORKOUTS AM+@ONG THE
ATHLETES, SOME OF THE ATHLETES
TESTED POSITIVE.
TESTED POSITIVE. SOME OF THE COACHES TESTED
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. AS YOU ARE REPORTING RIGHT NOW,
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TEACHER,
UP IN FRISCO THAT I SAW
ASOMUGHA THEY GOT READY FOR
SCHOOL BEFOR+@E THE STUDENTS CA
IN.
IN.
IN. SOME
IN. SOME OF THE TEACHERS TESTED
+@ POSITIVE AND WE NEED TO
RECOGNIZE THE REALITY, JUST
LIKE BEFORE THE TIME OF
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. DURING THE FLU SEASON THERE
WOULD BE TEACHERS OR STUDENT
WHO TEST POSITIVE FOR THE FLU.
THERE WERE EVEN SOME SCHOOLS
THIS HAD TO SHUT DOWN BECAUSE
OF THE FLU GOT SO BAD.
UNTIL WE HAVE GOOD THERAPIES
AND VACCINES, WE NEED TO
RECOGNIZE THE REALITY THAT
THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE
TESTING POSITIVE BUT IF WE USE
THE SAFE PROTOCOLS, BOTH WITH
REGARD TO MASKS, WITH REGARD TO
SANDER HAND SANITIZING AND
DISTANCING PRACTICES, IF WE DO
HAVE ANYONE TESTING POSITIVE
REMAIN AT HOME SO THEY CAN
IS+@OLATE THIS INSTEAD OF
SPREADING INTO ANYONE ELSE,
THERE ARE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE.
WHILE BOTH EDUCATING THE
CITIZENS AND LETTING PEOPLE GO
TO THEIR JOBS AND EARN A
PAYCHECK AND PUT+@ FEED ON THEI
TABLE.
TABLE.
TABLE. >>
TABLE. >> TH+@E CDC SAID IF A STUDENT
TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
THEN ALL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
+@
+@ IN
+@ IN THE
+@ IN THE SAME GROUP SHOULD BE
TESTED AS WELL BUT TEA GUIDANCE
DOESN'T REQUIRE THAT.
INSTEAD IT TELLS KIDS TO STAY
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. WHY
HOME. WHY ARE WE NOT FOLLOWING CDC
GUIDANCE REQUIRING AND
PROVIDING TESTING TO STUDENTS
+@ AND TEACHERS +@?
>> SO THE TEA ACTUALLY
PROVIDES FLEXIBILITY FOR
SCHOOLS SO THAT THE LOCAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT DISTRICT DEAR
SIR MAKE THE STATION THAT'S
RIGHT FOR THE+@M BASED ON THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
CIRCUMSTANCES. IT DOES ALLOW THEM TO -- FOR
ON+@E, ALLOW THE STUDENTS WH+@O
TEST POSITIVE TO GO HOME BUT
ALSO SCHOOLS HAVE THE
FLEXIBILITY IF THEY SO DESIRE
TO HAVE THE ENTIRE S+@CHOOL SHU
DOWN FOR A TIME PERIOD OF FI+@V
DAYS WHERE THEY WOULD USE
DISTANCE LEARNING PROTOCOLS TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WILL
LEARN IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT
DURING THE COURSE OF TIME,
DURING WHICH THE SCHOOL WOULD
BE SANITIZED.
BE SANITIZED. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS
THAT+@ ARE AVAILABLE IN ADDITIO
TO INCREASED TEST THAT WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOLS.
LAST THING LET ME +@TELL YOU RE
QUICK.
QUICK.
QUICK. THAT IS THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS
PROVIDED PPE TO LOCAL SCHOOL
THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
THAT PPE TO LOCAL SCHOOLS
INCL+@UDING MORE THAN 60 MILLIO
MASKS AND MORE THAN 560,000-
GALLONS OF HAND SANITIZING
MATERIAL?
MATERIAL?
MATERIAL? >> DO WE HAVE ENOUGH, FOR THE
NEXT SIX MONTHS IN.
>> WE WILL HAVE PLENTY.
WE HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLIES ALL THE
WAY THRO+@UGH APRIL RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE MORE SUPPLIES COMING
IN.
IN.
IN. +@
IN. THERE
IN. THERE +@SHOULD BE PLENTY OF PPE
SUPPLIES FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS
ACROSS TEXAS.
ACROSS TEXAS. THIS MUST BE