former state senator molly bumgarner and dr.ynthia rein, who actually stepped down from her position as member of the kansas board of regents to direct this new mission. unfortunately, senator bumgardner was able -- unable to join us tonight, but dr. cynthia, would you please stand and be recognized? [applause] you have a big job ahead of you, and a lot of people are watching. but we constantly come together because we have funded our public schools. we have gotten ourselves back on track, finally ending decades of litigation and judicial oversight. we should all take pride in this milestone, but we should not take it for granted, and this is where we talk about taxes. we cannot risk our state's financial stability by implementing any semblance of the reckless tax experiment that devastated our schools a dozen years ago. [applause] as kansans know, i'm all for tax cuts. i have already signed over $2 billion in tax cuts, but going forward, i will not support any proposal that robs our schools of the funds they need to teach our c