ms. norton ms. wynns. >> president fewer 7 i's. >> may i have a motion and second reading the resolution by commissioner norton or commissioner wynns. >> i'm trying to find it our okay oh, my god whereas the - in supportive of the local cap whereas the school district has to provide a student opportunity for self-discipline and cultural and linguistic cultural and economic competent and whereas the board of education of the unified school district sfusd is responsible for maintaining the fiscal solvency and the sfusd bans the principle provides governing boards working with interests the stakeholders to provide quality education for all students especially those who are english learners if low income homes and whereas funds for crucial services for payrolls and classroom materials and school constructions and home transportation and deferred maintenance, etc. often required successful ongoing cash flowing and including including the financial prudence of the reserve and whereas the fined balances are

ms. norton mr. chin mr. haney ms. maufas ms. mendoza-mcdonnell dr. murase ms. norton marry ms. wynns and president fewer that's unanimous. >> thank you very much ms. blanking could please stay there i have a presentation from the special education citizens advisory committee after the dlethsz report this is the time for our student delegates report. >> thank you president fewer good evening deputy superintendent address commissioners and president fewer and struth straightjacketed we had our opportunity council meeting we basically put students into groups for our committees for the health committee we'll focus on students health and livelihood for the fellowship legal committee we'll work with superintendent lee and the curriculum we're work with the student feedback for use of slash student voice we'll work on the elections for the next student delegate and the use of it in march we have the peace tax committee that promotes the election coming up next week and the youth citizen's advisory committee which basically approves grants i will now introduce the peace appointments s

ms. norton ms. wynns president fewer arrest 7 i's. >> okay thanks we have a reading of the resolution motions and second for formal resolution reading by commissioner mr. haney. >> in support of this the safe organization for act whereas the san francisco unified school district is fully committing to a save environment and vvlt in them the skills to thrive in the community and whereas sfusd emphasize positive spaces over accomplishment particularly for positive behavior intervention and support and recent implementation of the schools policy and whereas sfusd seeks to end the pipeline by investing in education and restore the health and wellness program where's whereas in the past 20 years the spending for prisoners has increased several time and in the past years the state of california build 22 prisons and higher than the san francisco state university and 5 times more people in state prisoner when state crimes were up and where was your people of color or ethnics disprospering are xhard and in 2

ms. norton arrest no ms. wynns no arrest president fewer no. >> that fails thank you very much now commissioners any comments or from the superintendent about the petition before us? k through 12 petition new school thanks. >> yes. commissioner norton. >> i want to say i'm not going to be supportive there are great ideas and passion but good ideas and enthusiasm are not enough for prelims i share the commissioners ability to get their projects from the stage to reality between those are the petitioners have less than 5 years of teaching i'm troubled by the offer confident of the gesture and selling this is a well-thought-out position and seeing off in terms of we'll make it a k 5 in the next few weeks in the first pages they've logged it 57 times how can you cut this off i'm disableus of the petitioners understanding of the intact i have no confidence we've not had a positive confidence most recently with the parents concerns from the patterns that didn't want their kids co-locked with the leadership not a she

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ms. norton ms. wynns president fewer 7 i's. >> now standing board member's reports may we have a report from the buildings committee. >> thank you so we had two reports one was on the expansion of the water bottle station from nick that is going well, we're going to get more in our schools and the facilities local hiring program for career paul mccartney a light discussion about the opportunities our students will be receiving through the internship program to the career patrick's and - pathway that's slowly growing and nice to see. >> great could you have report from the city and school elect committee i guess that's me (laughter) okay. we had a reports on the services for unaccompanied immigrant children and then we had a discussion on the cities policy for new enrollment due to increased community development we've learned that san francisco's population has been growing by 10 thousands residents a year for for o the last 10 and in 9040 we will be adopting so for the now residents this is an ongo

ms. norton thank you ms. wynns and president fewer that's 6 i's thank you. this is the superintendents report be straightjacket. >> thank you good afternoon to everyone and go giants. >> wow. and we know that being a team is changing and the status show it 75 percent of the teenagers say they've used drugs to deal with pressure at school, however, step forward is promoting healthy lifestyles you can count the ways during an open house at the wellness center the wellness initiate was held by the wellness staff and student volunteers to explain the services as with the subject of the examiner the san francisco wellness be initiate is dedicated to help the academic successful are our 16 thousand public ask the at 19 canvases sfusd students recorded they've been reducing their alcohol use and it's no consequence that an overwhelming majority says someone cares about them so congratulation to our wellness center and staff for the good job on the students as you know this friday is halloween one of our he elementary school is clb in granted style the teenage mutan

ms. norton. >> no ms. wynns. >> no oar president fewer no that is the petition is denied. >> thank you very much so, now we're on to our second oh, yes - you president fewer. >> the board has just the voted no to deny the petition. >> that requires a finding of the fact as to the reasons therefore i've given president fewer the statutory language that findings, in fact, go i ask she read it and we have boards consensus that is, in fact, finding. >> general council the petitioners are demonstrative unlikely to successfully implement the program successful in the petition by agreement thank you now we're on to the next item and thank you for waiting san francisco flex amendment this is petition 449 s p one authorization to grants or deny the renewal for flex academy charter school it was moved e moved and seconded. >> may i have a report from the budget committee. >> yes. >> a report from the budget committee we also heard the sf flex renewal on 2014 to get to my notes the staff concerns were around two thin

ms. norton: well, ms. titus, i must say i thank you for coming to the floor but i particularly thank you and congratulate you for the extensive home work you have done, educating yourself before you took a position on this issue. it is something to be envied. and i do want to say when you spoke of the need for further investigation and particularly when you consider how many terans with ptsd and other ailments may benefit from medical marijuana, it's worth noting that marijuana is so sharply regulated and restricted that we've not even been able to do the studies necessary to find out what's wrong with it or what's right with it. for example, medical marijuana cries out for studies. f in fact the ant he can dotal evidence is -- antidotal evidence is to be believed, that should lead to studies by the n.i.h. and federally funded -- what are we afraid of? we need to know more about this substance. on the negative side, we know that it has some harmful effects to the brains of small -- for young children or ch

ms. norton is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. forgive me, i have a cold. i agree with mr.mica. in the current environment, it may take a catastrophe to move this along. it is a good thing this hearing was not called progress on nexgen icad we have had nothing but setbacks. it is time you were candid with the public and with this committee. fly people are trying to and you have to be more and more cautious. that is what we need to tell the american people. i had high hopes for nexgen because of the economic effects in our own country and what it means for our place in the world. within anperated you had to where whereajor nexgen programs the environment of 20,000-plus furloughs, half $1 billion cuts in operations, hiring freezes. somebody needs to be candid here. they need to tell the public think, the gravity of your testimony is here. the captain to proceed cautiously. if we are proceeding at all. proceed cautiously to a new system. 2020 date that was set some time ago is a fiction. thated to tell the public we are going to be living with this present system for the fores

ms. norton: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i rise in support of this important legislation. i am pleased to join my colleagues in support of h.r. 4194, the government reports elimination act, as amended. i also want to thank my good friend, chairman darrell issa, for his bipartisan approach to this bill. this bill will bring greater efficiency to the overall government of the united states. congress often requires reports from executive branch agencies. and these reports can be a aluable tool to scrutinize performance and assess agency goals. however, with the passage of time, reporting requirements can become outdated or unnecessary or duplicative. congress and the executive branch have recognized that improved coordination across the federal government benefits both the taxpayer and the government. in 2010 congress passed the government reform -- performance and results modernization act. that act requires the office of management and budget to p

ms. norton is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. forgive me, i have a cold. i agree with mr. mica, in the present environment it may take a catastrophes to move this along. good thing this hearing wasn't called progress because you have had nothing but setbacks and it's time you were candid with the public and this committee. it's murder flying today. it is murder. more people are trying to fly and having to be more and more cautious. that's where we need to tell the american people. i had high hopes for nextgen because of the economic effects and our open country and because of what it means for our place in the world, but you have operated within an environment where you have had to stop major nextgen programs where the environment of 20,000 plus furloughs, half a billion dollars cut in operations, hiring for -- you know, somebody needs to be candid here. and tell the public what i think the gravimetric your testimony is here now. i wish we were proceeding at all. proceed cautiously to a new system. this 2020 date is a fiction and