to think education is a thing like a vaccine that can be designed from afar, but as the irish butler yates said, education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. this year, as you consider new education laws, consider the principle of subsidiarity. the idea that a central authority should perform tasks that cannot be performed at a more immediate or local level. higher or more remote levels of government like the state should render assistance to local school districts, but always respect their primary jurisdiction and the dignity and the freedom of teachers and students. subsidiarity is offended when distant authorities prescribe in minute detail what is taught, how it is taught and how it is to be measured. i prefer to trust our teachers in the classroom each day doing the real work. lighting fires in young minds. [ applause ] my 2013 budget lays out the case for cutting categorical programs and putting maximum authority and discretion back at the local level with school boards and that's due to approve a brand new local control formula, distributing supplemental funds