dr. hammond calls it a tragedy. she says leaving a child in a hot car is any parent's wors just on auto pilot. we may get home and say i forgot to go to the store and those sorts of things. that is what is happening with parents that are leaving their children in cars. >> reporter: it is called forgotten baby syndrome. it is used as an argument in court for why parents shouldn't be convicted. it is the defense troy whittaker could use. lawson in the car for eight hours where he died. whittaker questions surrounds the fact he wouldn't take a blood test. he sometimes smokes marijuana. though he denied smoking it the day lawson died. >> is there any long term damage that can lead to forgetfulness? >> absolutely. with many different substances. >> reporter: there are many legal factors that make forgetting more likely. everything from re a cold. >> prescription medications. in are so many out there. and over the counter too. >> reporter: psychologists say don't think that this won't ever happen to you. put safeguards in

dr. hammond's comments on high need schools and the previous ed talk on getting the shoes to fit the rightids. that equity issue. many of our leas have one side of the district that have high need schools and the other side of the district is higher income. and yet, through accounting sleight of hand, the district reports that the spending is greater in the title one schools with the additional funding. but what they use is the average teacher salary of the entire district and so the lower experienced teachers in the high need schools are -- you're actually spending less money in the high need schools than you are in the other side of the district. this is an issue i think that exists in all of our states and for the legislators in the room, can you tell us, has there been research done on this because it seems to me that if we had the money actually spent in those high need schools, we would have the staffing ratios better and the kind of experienced teachers there in those schools rather than the sleight of hand accounting of averages of teacher salaries. i don't know if that's understoo

dr. hammond's comments on high need schools and the previous ed talk on getting the shoes to fit the right kids. that equity issue. many of our leas have one side of the district that have high need schools and the other side of the district is higher income. and yet, through accounting sleight of hand, the district reports that the spending is greater in the title i schools with the additional funding. but what they use is the average teacher salary of the entire district and so the lower experienced teachers in the high need schools are -- you're actually spending less money in the high need schools than you are in the other side of the district. this is an issue i think that exists in all of our states and for the legislators in the room, can you tell us, has there been research done on this because it seems to me that if we had the money actually spent in those high need schools, we would have the staffing ratios better and we would have the kind of experienced teachers there in those schools rather than the slight of hand accounting of averages of teacher salaries. i don't know if tha