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          2                  T H E   C A B I N E T
 
          3             S T A T E   O F   F L O R I D A
 
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                                 Representing:
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                        COMMISSION ON MINORITY ECONOMIC
          6                 AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
                         STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION
          7             INFORMATION RESOURCE COMMISSION
                            STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
          8                ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION
                        BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL
          9                   IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND
 
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                       The above agencies came to be heard before
         11   THE FLORIDA CABINET, Honorable Governor Chiles
              presiding, in the Cabinet Meeting Room, LL-03,
         12   The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida, on Tuesday,
              November 7, 1995, commencing at approximately
         13   9:48 a.m.
 
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         17                       Reported by:
 
         18                    LAURIE L. GILBERT
                        Registered Professional Reporter
         19                 Certified Court Reporter
                            Notary Public in and for
         20              the State of Florida at Large
 
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          1   APPEARANCES:
 
          2            Representing the Florida Cabinet:
 
          3            LAWTON CHILES
                       Governor
          4
                       BOB CRAWFORD
          5            Commissioner of Agriculture
 
          6            BOB MILLIGAN
                       Comptroller
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                       SANDRA B. MORTHAM
          8            Secretary of State
 
          9            BOB BUTTERWORTH
                       Attorney General
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                       BILL NELSON
         11            Treasurer
 
         12            FRANK T. BROGAN
                       Commissioner of Education
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          1                        I N D E X
 
          2   ITEM                  ACTION                PAGE
 
          3   COMMISSION ON MINORITY
              ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS
          4   DEVELOPMENT:
              (Presented by Quan Cao,
          5       Deputy Interim Executive Administrator)
 
          6    1                  Approved                 10
               2                  Approved                 11
          7    3                  Approved                 11
               4                  Approved                 11, 23
          8    5                  Approved                 29
               6                  Approved                 30
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              STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION:
         10   (Presented by Ash Williams, Jr.,
                  Executive Director)
         11
               1                  Approved                 31
         12    2                  Approved                 31
               3                  Approved                 32
         13
              INFORMATION RESOURCE COMMISSION:
         14   (Presented by John Douglas,
                  Interim Executive Director)
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               1                  Approved                 33
         16    2                  Approved                 33
 
         17   STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION:
              (Presented by Robert L. Bedford,
         18       Deputy Commissioner)
 
         19    1                  Approved                 34
               2                  Adopted                  51
         20    3                  Approved                 52
               4-13               Approved                 52
         21   14                  Approved                 53
              15                  Approved                 54
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          1                         I N D E X
                                   (Continued)
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              ITEM                  ACTION                PAGE
          3
              ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION:
          4   (Presented by Robert B. Bradley, Ph.D.,
                  Secretary)
          5
               1                  Approved                 55
          6    2                  Approved                 55
               3                  Approved                 56
          7
              BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
          8     INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT
                TRUST FUND:
          9   (Presented by Kirby Green,
                  Deputy Secretary)
         10
               1                  Approved                 57
         11    2                  Approved                 57
               3                  Approved                 57
         12    4                  Approved                 58
               5                  Approved                 58
         13    6                  Approved                 58
 
         14            CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER             59
 
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          1                  P R O C E E D I N G S
 
          2            (The agenda items commenced at 9:50 a.m.)
 
          3            GOVERNOR CHILES:  And we'll start with the
 
          4       Commission on Minority Economic and Business
 
          5       Development.
 
          6            MR. CAO:  Good morning.
 
          7            Final agency action on an Administrative
 
          8       hearing in the case of Northwest Engineering of
 
          9       the denial of application for certification as a
 
         10       Minority Business Enterprise.
 
         11            The recommendation of the staff is to
 
         12       authorize the Executive Administrator to enter
 
         13       the final order adopting the recommendation of
 
         14       the hearing officer to deny the petition of a
 
         15       Minority Business Enterprise status.
 
         16            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Motion.
 
         17            COMMISSIONER CRAWFORD:  Second.
 
         18            GOVERNOR CHILES:  It's been moved and
 
         19       seconded.
 
         20            TREASURER NELSON:  Governor, I have a
 
         21       question.
 
         22            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Question.
 
         23            TREASURER NELSON:  This is Item 1 --
 
         24            MR. CAO:  Yes.
 
         25            TREASURER NELSON:  -- is that not correct?
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          1            MR. CAO:  Yes.
 
          2            TREASURER NELSON:  Item 1.
 
          3            Now, this person is from the Azores; is
 
          4       that correct?
 
          5            MR. CAO:  That's correct.
 
          6            TREASURER NELSON:  The Azores are islands
 
          7       out in the Atlantic off the coast of Africa.
 
          8            MR. CAO:  That's correct.
 
          9            TREASURER NELSON:  Why is it that this
 
         10       particular person doesn't qualify as a
 
         11       minority?
 
         12            MR. CAO:  Okay.  Secretary, the Azores are
 
         13       right off the coast of south Portugal, about
 
         14       740 miles off the coast.
 
         15            They're not part of Mexico, they're not
 
         16       part of South America, Central America, or the
 
         17       Caribbean.  So accordingly, the petitioner,
 
         18       whose mother was from the Azores, does not
 
         19       qualify within the statutory definition of an
 
         20       Hispanic American for the purpose of
 
         21       certification as an MBE.
 
         22            Our suggestion from the staff is that the
 
         23       existing statute as it stands excludes Spain;
 
         24       Portugal; and by extension, the Azores.  When it
 
         25       was first drafted in 1984, it was then deemed
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          1       that any person of national origin from a
 
          2       European country would not be considered
 
          3       economically disadvantaged.
 
          4            And the staff would like, at the direction
 
          5       of the Cabinet, to be -- to be able to include a
 
          6       definition review in our legislative package for
 
          7       next year.
 
          8            TREASURER NELSON:  Well, Governor, it seems
 
          9       to me that on the basis of what we've been told,
 
         10       that due to a technicality, this is not
 
         11       considered a minority.
 
         12            You're saying that someone from Spain and
 
         13       Portugal is not considered a minority?
 
         14            MR. CAO:  That's my understanding, the way
 
         15       that the statute is written right now.
 
         16            TREASURER NELSON:  So the way the statute
 
         17       is drawn now, that only somebody from Mexico,
 
         18       South America, Central America, and the
 
         19       Caribbean is considered a minority.
 
         20            MR. CAO:  That's correct.
 
         21            TREASURER NELSON:  Well, I'm not sure that
 
         22       sort of fits with the general definition of
 
         23       minority.  And perhaps --
 
         24            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Our problem is the
 
         25       definition is made by the statute.
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          1            TREASURER NELSON:  So perhaps --
 
          2            GOVERNOR CHILES:  If we want to change the
 
          3       law.
 
          4            TREASURER NELSON:  -- my recommendation
 
          5       then is that we would ask the Legislature to
 
          6       look at that to see if that is their definition
 
          7       of minority.
 
          8            But I think you're right, under the
 
          9       existing definition, it is what it is.
 
         10            GOVERNOR CHILES:  I think that's right.
 
         11            I really think, if you look at it, when you
 
         12       were setting the purpose of the Minority Act,
 
         13       the purpose was trying to help people in some
 
         14       ways that were immigrants that were coming from,
 
         15       in effect, underdeveloped countries.  And I
 
         16       don't know that Spain and Portugal qualified for
 
         17       that, you know, anymore than Germany or,
 
         18       you know, other countries like that.
 
         19            So I suspect that we were looking at the
 
         20       Caribbean; we were looking at Central and
 
         21       South America; and at that time, Mexico.
 
         22            The question of time maybe, you know,
 
         23       certainly with a lot of the Mexicans that come
 
         24       in, you would say they're truly minorities.
 
         25            TREASURER NELSON:  Okay.  I don't have any
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          1       further questions.
 
          2            COMPTROLLER MILLIGAN:  Governor, I have a
 
          3       comment really.
 
          4            I would suggest that per the request, that
 
          5       perhaps we direct the Commission to look at the
 
          6       definition, review it, and if it is deemed
 
          7       appropriate to make a change, include it in
 
          8       their legislative package for next year, as was
 
          9       suggested.
 
         10            I am not harping personally with this
 
         11       particular Item 1.  But I think that the
 
         12       definition does need to be reviewed.  It is
 
         13       certainly not consistent with the Federal
 
         14       definition of minority, and it is also not
 
         15       consistent with the definition in other agencies
 
         16       in this state.
 
         17            So I think it does need some review.  And I
 
         18       would make a motion that the Commission take a
 
         19       look at the definition, review it, and come back
 
         20       to us with the idea to determine whether it
 
         21       should be included in the legislative package
 
         22       for next year.
 
         23            GOVERNOR CHILES:  We have a motion and
 
         24       second pending.
 
         25            Now, let's dispose of that --
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          1            COMPTROLLER MILLIGAN:  All right, sir.
 
          2            GOVERNOR CHILES:  -- and then --
 
          3            COMPTROLLER MILLIGAN:  Good.
 
          4            GOVERNOR CHILES:  -- I think the
 
          5       suggestion -- or I think then we could ask them
 
          6       to --
 
          7            COMPTROLLER MILLIGAN:  Okay.  Good.
 
          8            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Without objection then,
 
          9       the Item 1 is approved.
 
         10            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  And I'll second the
 
         11       motion that the General made --
 
         12            GOVERNOR CHILES:  All right.
 
         13            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  -- for a vote,
 
         14       Governor.
 
         15            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Without objection, that
 
         16       would be approved.
 
         17            Now, we go to Item 2.
 
         18            MR. CAO:  Final agency action on an
 
         19       Administrative hearing in the case of
 
         20       Action Wire and Cable Corporation of the
 
         21       granting of application for certification as a
 
         22       Minority Business Enterprise --
 
         23            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Move approval.
 
         24            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Second.
 
         25            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
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          1            Without objection, it's approved.
 
          2            MR. CAO:  Final agency action on an
 
          3       Administrative hearing in the case of G.M. Sales
 
          4       and Service Corporation of the denial of
 
          5       application for certification as a Minority
 
          6       Business Enterprise.
 
          7            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Move approval.
 
          8            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Second.
 
          9            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
         10            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         11            MR. CAO:  Final agency action on an
 
         12       Administrative hearing in the case of
 
         13       Michelle Wolf, sole proprietor, of the denial of
 
         14       application for certification as a Minority
 
         15       Business Enterprise.
 
         16            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Move approval.
 
         17            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Second.
 
         18            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
         19            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         20            MR. CAO:  Governor, we --
 
         21            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Somebody's
 
         22       out here, Governor.
 
         23            MR. CAO:  We have the attorney representing
 
         24       Michelle Wolf here who would like to speak.
 
         25            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Fine.
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          1            MS. PICCARD:  Good morning.  My name is
 
          2       Mary Piccard.  I'm an attorney with Cummings,
 
          3       Lawrence & Vezina here in Tallahassee.
 
          4            I'm sorry, this is my first experience in
 
          5       front of the Cabinet.  I practice quite a bit of
 
          6       administrative law, and I'm maybe not familiar
 
          7       with your procedures.  I didn't know I --
 
          8            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Something you'll
 
          9       never forget.
 
         10            MS. PICCARD:  -- was to stand up.
 
         11            Ms. Wolf called me Friday, and -- and she
 
         12       explained her story to me.  And as she explained
 
         13       it, my heart began to sink a little bit, and I
 
         14       have to bite my tongue to keep from saying, if
 
         15       only you had called me when you began your
 
         16       process, you know, you -- I don't think you
 
         17       would be where you are today.  And that's a sad
 
         18       commentary on this system.
 
         19            We have to keep -- mind you, the Cabinet
 
         20       has already discussed this morning what the
 
         21       purpose of this program is, to help these
 
         22       people.
 
         23            Now, there's no question Ms. Wolf is a
 
         24       socially and economically disadvantaged
 
         25       individual who is entitled to the benefits of
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          1       this program.  And there's no question that
 
          2       she's trying very hard to be an entrepreneur, to
 
          3       break into the business community, and start her
 
          4       own business.
 
          5            She shouldn't have to call a lawyer to get
 
          6       that accomplished.  She was up against a very
 
          7       qualified attorney, Mr. Shields, who I've known
 
          8       a long time, and she didn't have a chance given
 
          9       the situation.
 
         10            What I would ask the Court -- the Cabinet
 
         11       to keep in mind is the equities in that sense,
 
         12       and to look over most importantly the
 
         13       recommended order of Ms. Rigot in this case as
 
         14       it describes the facts that are almost identical
 
         15       to a case of Expertech Supplies, Inc., and
 
         16       Mechanical Air Products, and Tai-Pan Trading,
 
         17       three women-owned applicants for minority
 
         18       business certification who brought a rule
 
         19       challenge challenging the very rules that were
 
         20       applied against Ms. Wolf in this case.
 
         21            And the final order came out approximately
 
         22       10 days after the recommended order in this
 
         23       case, and it declares each of the rules invalid,
 
         24       as not being authorized by the Legislature.
 
         25            I know you don't have time to go through
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          1       the entire order.  I'd like to make sure the
 
          2       Cabinet has copies of this administrative
 
          3       order -- final administrative order denying --
 
          4       invalidating the rule.
 
          5            And I'd ask you particularly to look at
 
          6       paragraphs 22 and 53 of this order.  And you'll
 
          7       see that the facts in this case -- in Ms. Wolf's
 
          8       case, are identical -- virtually identical in
 
          9       all material respects to the facts in the cases
 
         10       where the rules were found invalid.
 
         11            They put too much -- too much pressure, too
 
         12       much -- too stringent a standard on these
 
         13       minorities.  It makes it too hard for them to
 
         14       become a business.
 
         15            We all understand that the -- that the
 
         16       office has -- the Commission has a
 
         17       responsibility to watch out for abuse.  But when
 
         18       that overcomes the purpose of the office, which
 
         19       is to help these people, which it has done with
 
         20       these rules, that the hearing officer has said
 
         21       are invalid, then it's time to reconsider.
 
         22            And I don't know the appropriate way to
 
         23       make sure the Cabinet has this order.  Maybe
 
         24       somebody does.
 
         25            And again, I know the Cabinet doesn't have
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          1       time.  If there's any questions, I would do what
 
          2       I can to answer them.  Like I said, Ms. Wolf
 
          3       called me Friday.
 
          4            There's one other aspect that perhaps is a
 
          5       little different from what is in this order, and
 
          6       that has to do with a loan that Ms. Wolf was
 
          7       given by another business, the business that
 
          8       she -- she works through.
 
          9            And it -- it's a little bit of a Catch-22
 
         10       situation, again, because in the recommended
 
         11       order, there was a complaint that -- that there
 
         12       was no time period for the payback of the loan.
 
         13       But there's no question it's an enforceable
 
         14       loan.
 
         15            Now, if -- if a -- an established business
 
         16       loans money to a minority and says, but I have
 
         17       the right to call in this loan any time I want,
 
         18       well, that's not legitimate capital, because
 
         19       that gives the nonminority too much control.  So
 
         20       it's Catch-22.
 
         21            You've got a loan that doesn't give the --
 
         22       the loaner that kind of power, and they don't
 
         23       like it, they think it's too liberal of a loan.
 
         24       But if you have a loan that -- that gives the
 
         25       loaner the power to call it in, they don't like
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          1       it because it gives the loaner control over the
 
          2       minority.
 
          3            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Counselor, I think maybe
 
          4       you put your finger on it to start with when you
 
          5       said, you know, you got into the case a little
 
          6       late.  You know, at this stage, I don't know
 
          7       other than trying to maybe apply, you know, make
 
          8       application over at some future time.
 
          9            You know, I mean, I think where we've --
 
         10       where the Commission finds itself is that, yes,
 
         11       we are trying to provide this avenue to help
 
         12       minorities.  It has been abused terribly by
 
         13       fronting, and I've had some experience in that
 
         14       and -- at the time I was in the United States
 
         15       Senate.
 
         16            And because of the abuses in -- there's a
 
         17       strong force out there that says get rid of
 
         18       these minority things, they don't do anything.
 
         19       And, in fact, in many instances, you find -- or
 
         20       we did in Washington -- the same minority
 
         21       business which many times literally wasn't --
 
         22       almost looked like a front, got all of the
 
         23       business.  It's hard to say that it was really
 
         24       helping true minorities.  It never seemed to get
 
         25       weaned off of, you know, the government
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          1       contracts and all.
 
          2            So I think because of that, you do -- the
 
          3       hearing officers, the Commission itself, looks
 
          4       carefully at the status of what, you know, makes
 
          5       up a -- a minority.  And when you see whether
 
          6       it's a key employee that appears to be a front,
 
          7       or something else, you know, they come down on
 
          8       that.
 
          9            It may well be that in this circumstance,
 
         10       that's hard for us to determine now.  We're
 
         11       faced with a -- the Commission's finding and a
 
         12       hearing officer's recommendation.
 
         13            And at this stage, you know, based on your
 
         14       presentation, as good as it is, it's very hard
 
         15       for -- you know, to say we're going to overturn
 
         16       that.
 
         17            I think that -- that this is a constant
 
         18       tension between what is liberal enough to help
 
         19       the minorities, but at the same time what is not
 
         20       allowing a truck to be driven through, which is
 
         21       allowing fronting to be set up because they are
 
         22       given some preference in this, and there is an
 
         23       awful lot of fronting that takes place in that.
 
         24       So I think that's -- that's the dilemma here.
 
         25            MS. PICCARD:  I understand that,
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          1       Governor Chiles.  And I appreciate you
 
          2       articulating it.
 
          3            I just would like to reemphasize that this
 
          4       order invalidating these rules came out after
 
          5       Ms. Rigot's recommended order.  And the
 
          6       recommended order is based on the rules that are
 
          7       now invalid.  It's a final order invalidating
 
          8       the rules that underlie the denial of Ms. Wolf's
 
          9       application.
 
         10            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  I -- Governor, could
 
         11       I -- I've got to ask that -- you lost me on that
 
         12       one.
 
         13            MS. PICCARD:  I'm sorry.
 
         14            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Could you please --
 
         15            MS. PICCARD:  All right.  We have -- I
 
         16       don't want to educate the Cabinet on --
 
         17            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  It's impossible.
 
         18            MS. PICCARD:  -- on the process.
 
         19            But you understand that you have a rule
 
         20       challenge process, and you have the application
 
         21       process, two separate processes.  And the
 
         22       Expertech case is a rule challenge in which the
 
         23       Division of Administrative Hearing Office --
 
         24       Division of Administrative Hearings enters a
 
         25       final order.  It's not a recommended order that
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          1       then goes to a final order by the state agency.
 
          2            In the -- in the rule challenge, these
 
          3       rules that's -- that talk about in order to be
 
          4       certified as a -- as a business performing a
 
          5       useful function, you have to have a certain
 
          6       amount of storage, you can't just be a
 
          7       go-between, you have to keep the product in a
 
          8       warehouse and have an inventory.
 
          9            All of those rules have been found invalid
 
         10       by the Division of Administrative Hearings in
 
         11       this final order.
 
         12            It's -- it's that process -- what
 
         13       Ms. Wolf's company does is identical -- although
 
         14       we're talking about different products -- it's
 
         15       identical in effect to what the companies were
 
         16       doing --
 
         17            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Would you turn my
 
         18       attention to that in the final order --
 
         19            MS. PICCARD:  In --
 
         20            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  -- specifically?
 
         21            MS. PICCARD:  -- paragraph 22 of the final
 
         22       order, it describes basically -- I mean, that's
 
         23       what I say, the whole -- the whole first
 
         24       ten pages basically of the final order is
 
         25       describing the business and how it works.  And
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          1       that description is materially the same as
 
          2       Ms. Wolf's business.
 
          3            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  It appears
 
          4       though in this case that the hearing officer has
 
          5       stated that -- that with the facts as presented
 
          6       to her, that this person is nothing but a sales
 
          7       representative.
 
          8            And that I think is pretty much -- I don't
 
          9       think there was any -- any rules that were
 
         10       changed or modified later that says sales
 
         11       representatives are any different than they were
 
         12       before.
 
         13            I mean -- I believe that the reading -- the
 
         14       recommended order by the hearing officer, it's
 
         15       very clear that the case as presented to the
 
         16       hearing officer leads anyone who read this to
 
         17       only one conclusion; and that is, the conclusion
 
         18       of the hearing officer, this person is a sales
 
         19       representative, period.
 
         20            MR. PICCARD:  Mr. Butterworth, if you would
 
         21       refer to the final order on the rule challenge,
 
         22       in effect, it's finding that some of these
 
         23       businesses, what they do, is nothing more than
 
         24       being a sales representative.  And that that --
 
         25       that's a legitimate business.  It's a standard
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          1       industry practice.
 
          2            MR. CAO:  Governor, could we have
 
          3       Mr. Joe Shields approach and respond to some of
 
          4       the comments that --
 
          5            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Approach.
 
          6            MR. SHIELDS:  Good morning.
 
          7            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Good morning.
 
          8            MR. SHIELDS:  The rule challenge case was
 
          9       strictly dealing with the regular dealer
 
         10       activities -- we call it the regular dealer
 
         11       rule -- which requires a -- a certified minority
 
         12       to have in their stock the merchandise they're
 
         13       going to sell.
 
         14            In the case that was brought as a rule
 
         15       challenge, we had a -- an applicant who was drop
 
         16       shipping, had very little stock of any kind.
 
         17       The MO was to see that an agency was going to
 
         18       purchase, say, 20,000 gallons of a particular
 
         19       paint, and the applicant would rush out and buy
 
         20       12 gallons and put it on the shelf, and then ask
 
         21       us to certify them as a paint dealer so they
 
         22       could qualify under the program.
 
         23            That's just one very minor part of the
 
         24       findings here in the Wolf case.  Ms. Wolf had
 
         25       expertise problems.  The hearing officer found
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          1       as a conclusion of law that she was not
 
          2       qualified with expertise and education to be a
 
          3       building supply person.
 
          4            She had an affiliation problem.  The
 
          5       affiliation was that she purchased $250,000
 
          6       worth of merchandise from a nonminority who was
 
          7       already in the business, left that merchandise
 
          8       in the warehouse mingled with the other
 
          9       merchandise belonging to the nonminority.  Upon
 
         10       selling some item, the minority -- the
 
         11       nonminority firm, which held that merchandise in
 
         12       stock, would deliver it.  She had no risk.
 
         13            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Well, who --
 
         14       and she also got the money from the person who
 
         15       was storing the -- the stuff in the same
 
         16       warehouse.
 
         17            MR. SHIELDS:  Right.  She obtained a loan
 
         18       from him -- it was not an arm's length
 
         19       transaction.  That was another one of the
 
         20       findings.
 
         21            Any one of these items standing alone would
 
         22       disqualify a person from being certified as a
 
         23       minority business.
 
         24            So the rule challenge is just a very minute
 
         25       part, and standing alone has nothing to do with
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          1       this case.
 
          2            By the way, we're appealing that case
 
          3       because we don't agree with the findings.
 
          4            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Is there further
 
          5       discussion?
 
          6            Let's have the motion again, if we could.
 
          7            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  I'll move it.  I
 
          8       don't believe I did the first time, but I'll
 
          9       move it.
 
         10            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  I'll second it.
 
         11            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Somebody did.  But I --
 
         12       because we took testimony, I think we should --
 
         13            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Second.
 
         14            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Been moved and seconded.
 
         15            Is there objection?
 
         16            Without objection, the rule is affirmed.
 
         17            MR. CAO:  Item number 5, I think this item
 
         18       was deferred from the October 24th meeting.
 
         19            Final agency action on an administrative
 
         20       hearing in the case of Air X Service Corporation
 
         21       of the denial of application for certification
 
         22       as an MBE.
 
         23            I think the attorney representing Air X is
 
         24       again here today.
 
         25            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Motion.
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          1            MS. FERNANDEZ:  Good morning.  My name is
 
          2       Olga Fernandez, I was here before you a couple
 
          3       of weeks ago.
 
          4            And we're here again to just make sure that
 
          5       you recall the important facts of this case,
 
          6       that it was in January of 1993 when the
 
          7       applicant made the application for minority,
 
          8       that he should have been -- that application
 
          9       should have been either granted or denied within
 
         10       90 days.
 
         11            Instead, it -- it was denied a year later
 
         12       for unsupported reasons.  The Commission somehow
 
         13       felt that it was another individual who was the
 
         14       minority owner.  And through depositions and
 
         15       documents and telephone interviews, they were
 
         16       proven to be wrong.
 
         17            And right before the hearing was going to
 
         18       occur, a new law went into effect in May of
 
         19       1994.  That law went into effect one year and
 
         20       two months after the application had been made.
 
         21            And the Commission decided that they would
 
         22       attempt to have that law apply to the
 
         23       applications retroactively.  That's not fair.
 
         24            They rely on a certain case called
 
         25       Lavernia.  And in the Lavernia case, the
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          1       applicant filed its application on
 
          2       September 20th, and the new law went into effect
 
          3       just 20 days later.
 
          4            And they -- within the Lavernia case, there
 
          5       are two cases which they say are an exception to
 
          6       that rule.  And the first case is Goldstein,
 
          7       which says that the application was made; then
 
          8       denied.  Then a new law went into effect, and
 
          9       they said there that the new law would not
 
         10       apply.  Those facts are similar to ours.
 
         11            And in the Atwood case, they say that the
 
         12       agency is acting on the application after the
 
         13       new law went into effect.  And those facts apply
 
         14       to our case as well.
 
         15            I -- I can -- I have the case right here,
 
         16       and the -- and they specifically say in
 
         17       Goldstein, the Board repeatedly denied the
 
         18       application for a certificate, then the law
 
         19       changed.
 
         20            Under those circumstances, the Court ruled
 
         21       that the applicant was entitled to have his
 
         22       rights adjudicated under the laws that existed
 
         23       when he first applied.
 
         24            And in Atwood, the applicant filed for his
 
         25       certificate more than one year before the
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          1       amended law became effective.  But the Board
 
          2       delayed acting on his application until after
 
          3       the effective date of the new law.
 
          4            Those facts are practically identical to
 
          5       our case.
 
          6            So we would request that you do what's
 
          7       fair, and -- and deny this recommended order.
 
          8            And if you have any questions, I'd be happy
 
          9       to answer them.
 
         10            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Questions.
 
         11            Counsel --
 
         12            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  I'd like to hear --
 
         13            MR. SHIELDS:  I wasn't aware we were going
 
         14       to respond to this this morning.
 
         15            But this case is quite old.  It was already
 
         16       existing, and -- when I came on board a few
 
         17       months back.  This is a case which had been
 
         18       contracted out to the Attorney General's
 
         19       Office.
 
         20            My recollection is that this was a pro se
 
         21       case for quite some time.  And in these pro se
 
         22       cases, we quite often find that at the last
 
         23       moment, for various reasons, cases are delayed
 
         24       or deferred at the request of the applicant.  I
 
         25       don't know if that's the case in every situation
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          1       here.  But in this particular case, I know it
 
          2       happened at least twice.
 
          3            There was a hiatus for about three months
 
          4       with no attorney in the office, so that delayed
 
          5       it some.
 
          6            But the 90 day turnaround is an attempt by
 
          7       our office to be responsive and to get these
 
          8       applications back out to the applicants.  And
 
          9       once we find that there's additional information
 
         10       required, the 90-day track is then taken away,
 
         11       and we have to go on the normal flow of things,
 
         12       getting the information back from the
 
         13       applicant.  And that was another delay in this
 
         14       case.
 
         15            But aside from all of that, the Lavernia
 
         16       case does not in this instance dictate any kind
 
         17       of licensure or certification.  It's not a
 
         18       retroactive problem because that -- Lavernia
 
         19       would be discussing administrative proceedings.
 
         20       A retroactive application generally would be
 
         21       referring to a criminal matter.
 
         22            We can't license these people, we can't
 
         23       certify them because they don't have licenses.
 
         24       The statute's very clear on that.
 
         25            GOVERNOR CHILES:  They are not licensed
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          1       air conditioner contractors and handlers?
 
          2            MR. SHIELDS:  They have a nonminority
 
          3       qualifier.  The statute says that at least one
 
          4       of the owners must be a qualified -- must be a
 
          5       minority if they're qualified by license.
 
          6            GOVERNOR CHILES:  You're saying the state
 
          7       forbids you from licensing if they do not -- or
 
          8       from granting their thing if they do not have a
 
          9       license.
 
         10            MR. SHIELDS:  Yes, sir.
 
         11            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  That's the
 
         12       law.  The Legislature passed it.  Said you have
 
         13       to have the license.
 
         14            And it appears, this case, like the
 
         15       Lavernia one, the application was pending, the
 
         16       law changed.  But it's the law that changes is
 
         17       what has to be applied to the case, not when you
 
         18       apply, but when you actually are licensed.
 
         19            As was stated, criminal law is different
 
         20       than civil law.  And this is -- I don't think we
 
         21       have any choice but to accept the hearing
 
         22       officer's recommended --
 
         23            GOVERNOR CHILES:  So the retroactive thing
 
         24       does not really apply here.
 
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          1            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  (Shaking
 
          2       head.)
 
          3            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Governor, on this one,
 
          4       we looked at this very carefully as well.  And
 
          5       talked with the attorney in this particular
 
          6       case, and I think that Item 5 and 6 are very
 
          7       similar, we debated this issue before.
 
          8            And we agree also that -- that the
 
          9       retroactive status of this does not apply.  It's
 
         10       very clear and, in fact, a licensing rule was
 
         11       challenged, and that is kind of a precedent in
 
         12       this case.  And they did have to comply with the
 
         13       new law.
 
         14            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Have you made a motion?
 
         15            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  I'll do it.
 
         16            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Is there a second?
 
         17            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Second.
 
         18            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
         19            Without objection, the item is approved.
 
         20            MR. CAO:  Item number 6, final agency
 
         21       action on an Administrative hearing in the case
 
         22       of T-B Services Group, Inc., of the denial of
 
         23       application of a certification as a Minority
 
         24       Business Enterprise.
 
         25            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Move approval.
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          1            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Second.
 
          2            GOVERNOR CHILES:  There's a motion and a
 
          3       second.
 
          4            Is there discussion?
 
          5            Without objection, the item is approved.
 
          6            MR. CAO:  Thank you.
 
          7            (The Commission on Minority Economic and
 
          8       Business Development Agenda was concluded.)
 
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          1            GOVERNOR CHILES:  State Board of
 
          2       Administration.
 
          3            MR. MADDEN:  Good morning, Governor.  I'm
 
          4       Jack Madden, I'll be handling the agenda for
 
          5       Mr. Williams today.
 
          6            The first item is approval of the minutes.
 
          7            TREASURER NELSON:  I move it.
 
10:47     8            COMPTROLLER MILLIGAN:  Second.
 
10:47     9            (Secretary Mortham exited the room.)
 
         10            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
         11            Without objection, the minutes are
 
         12       approved.
 
         13            MR. MADDEN:  The second item is an interest
 
         14       rate exception for the North Springs Improvement
 
         15       District.
 
         16            TREASURER NELSON:  I move it.
 
10:48    17            COMPTROLLER MILLIGAN:  And second.
 
         18            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
         19            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         20            MR. MADDEN:  The third item is an interest
 
         21       rate exception for the Westchase East Community
 
         22       Development District.
 
         23            TREASURER NELSON:  I move it.
 
10:48    24            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  And second.
 
         25            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
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          1            Without objection, it's approved.
 
          2            MR. MADDEN:  That concludes the agenda.
 
          3            (The State Board of Administration Agenda
 
          4       was concluded.)
 
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          1            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Information Resource
 
          2       Commission.
 
          3            MR. DOUGLAS:  Good morning, Governor,
 
          4       members of the Cabinet.
 
          5            Item number 1 is the approval of the
 
          6       minutes of the meeting of October 24th, 1995.
 
          7            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  So move.
 
10:48     8            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Second.
 
10:48     9            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
         10            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         11            MR. DOUGLAS:  Item number 2 is the approval
 
         12       of the Information Resource Commission's
 
         13       Quarterly Performance Report for July 1st, 1995,
 
         14       to September 30th, 1995.
 
         15            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Move it.
 
         16            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and --
 
         17            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Second.
 
10:48    18            GOVERNOR CHILES:  -- seconded.
 
         19            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         20            MR. DOUGLAS:  Thank you, Governor.
 
         21            (The Information Resource Commission Agenda
 
         22       was concluded.)
 
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          1            GOVERNOR CHILES:  State Board of Education.
 
          2            MR. BEDFORD:  Good morning,
 
          3       Governor Chiles, members of the State Board of
 
          4       Education.
 
          5            Item number 1, quarterly reports for
 
          6       July 1st, 1995, through September 30th, 1995.
 
          7            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Move approval.
 
10:48     8            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Second.
 
10:48     9            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
         10            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         11            (Secretary Mortham entered the room.)
 
         12            MR. BEDFORD:  Item number 2, the annual
 
         13       report and recommendation dated October 1995,
 
         14       Florida Commission on Education Reform and
 
         15       Accountability.
 
         16            At this time, I'd like to present
 
         17       Senator Lewis to the group for this report.
 
         18            SENATOR LEWIS:  Good morning, Governor,
 
         19       members of the Board of Education.
 
         20            I'm here today to recommend to you the 19--
 
         21       Accountability Report for 1995.  I'd first like
 
         22       to thank the Board for participating in the
 
         23       September 28th Joint Workshop Meeting of the
 
         24       Commission.
 
         25            I hope the discussion was valuable, and
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          1       that the information proves useful to you when
 
          2       you think about the needs of Florida from the
 
          3       prekindergarten through the graduate education.
 
          4            The report summarizes the Commission's
 
          5       efforts and accomplishments over the past year.
 
          6       One of the ongoing efforts of the Commission is
 
          7       soliciting input from a wide variety of people
 
          8       and groups.  And I can assure you, we get it,
 
          9       just like you do.
 
         10            The Education Commission of the States
 
         11       found that states that encourage stakeholder
 
         12       input are the states that are succeeding in
 
         13       education reform.
 
         14            The Florida Commission on Education Reform
 
         15       and Accountability has been part of the work for
 
         16       the past four years doing just that.  We have
 
         17       conducted 52 meetings, and held 36 public
 
         18       hearings to receive input from educators,
 
         19       parents, business community, and community
 
         20       representatives.
 
         21            The Commission's work for the past
 
         22       four years includes two years guiding and
 
         23       development of the school improvement plans, and
 
         24       two years of effort to design the assessment
 
         25       system for Goal 3, that's the student
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          1       performance.
 
          2            Everyone must keep in mind that Florida's
 
          3       schools have implemented only two school
 
          4       improvement plans which conform to the schedule
 
          5       in the legislation.
 
          6            In 1991-92, consisted of holding public
 
          7       hearings, establishing standards, and developing
 
          8       initial -- initial system of reform and
 
          9       accountability.
 
         10            In 1992-93, the transition system was
 
         11       developed at the request of the Board of
 
         12       Education.  And it was even used extens-- in
 
         13       getting -- got extensive data.  And then last
 
         14       year, as you know, we repealed it because we
 
         15       were in the final stages.
 
         16            In 1993-94, the Commission began
 
         17       development of an assessment design for a system
 
         18       of school improvement and accountability.  Two
 
         19       universities and numerous school districts
 
         20       ensured that our district -- that our group did
 
         21       not reinvent the wheel, and they have
 
         22       contributed greatly to the final design.
 
         23            And I may assure you that setting up a new
 
         24       assessment program is no simple item.  You are
 
         25       changing the world with this particular item.  I
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          1       hope the Commissioner agrees with that, that it
 
          2       is no simple item.
 
          3            In'94-'95, the assessment design for the
 
          4       first four standards of school improvement and
 
          5       Goal 3 was completed, and the transition --
 
          6       transition system was eliminated.
 
          7            In '95-'96, the Commission will have
 
          8       completed the assessment design and Goals 1, 2,
 
          9       3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
 
         10            The assessment design for Goal 3, that's
 
         11       the first four standards of reading, writing,
 
         12       math, and critical thinking, was approved by you
 
         13       on June 27th, 1995.
 
         14            In June '96, the Commission will present to
 
         15       you the design for the other seven goals, which
 
         16       will complete the assessment component and the
 
         17       system of school informed accountability.
 
         18            Now, Commissioner Brogan has been
 
         19       instrumental in developing the accountability
 
         20       piece of the education reform, the
 
         21       identification of critically low schools, and
 
         22       the first step in the process and technical
 
         23       assistance from the Department of Education to
 
         24       help schools improve student performance is
 
         25       essential.
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          1            Stop.  Editorial comment.
 
          2            The Commissioner did a -- the thing that
 
          3       was -- we all want to talk about, and that's
 
          4       accountability.  He brought to the attention
 
          5       in -- the needs in 163 schools.  There was no
 
          6       punitiveness to it, he merely called attention
 
          7       to it.
 
          8            To hear some of the media talking, it
 
          9       sounded like he was the inventor, it sounded
 
         10       like he was going out as an ogre.  I resent the
 
         11       hell out of it, because he's doing what he's
 
         12       supposed to do, and he did it well.  And whether
 
         13       anybody likes that or not, I'm telling you that
 
         14       to your face, and might as well tell it to the
 
         15       world, because I want some of those sitting out
 
         16       here listening.
 
         17            And -- because nobody's paying attention to
 
         18       this thing.  This is -- as one person pointed
 
         19       out to me in the Commission -- about the last
 
         20       Commission meeting -- or the one before -- this
 
         21       is the biggest thing in education in America
 
         22       today.  It's moving along, and it's a giant ship
 
         23       we're turning around.
 
         24            Commissioner Mortham, when she was with us,
 
         25       she knows how big it is, she knows how difficult
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          1       it is.  And we don't need anybody flaking off,
 
          2       and particularly -- I don't care what the
 
          3       media -- if the media wants to be critical, be
 
          4       critical, but informed.
 
          5            Now, that's not analogous with them.  And
 
          6       I'm telling them again, start paying attention.
 
          7            And it's for the -- we're not interested in
 
          8       the unions; we're not interested in the School
 
          9       Boards Association; we're not interested in
 
         10       anybody but one thing, kids.
 
         11            And if we start flaking off, kids are no
 
         12       different than you guys.  You got somebody up
 
         13       here flaking off, you're going to have a
 
         14       problem.
 
         15            Now, with that editorial comment, you're
 
         16       going to have a tough rule coming up.  It passed
 
         17       last week unanimously in the Commission.  We
 
         18       hope you do the same when it comes up here.
 
         19       There's going to be some static.  To hell with
 
         20       them.
 
         21            Now, let me tell you one thing about the
 
         22       School Advisory Council.  There's one I'm going
 
         23       to pick out and single out, Marion County.
 
         24            Marion County, about four or five years
 
         25       ago, actually got started with a SAC Commission
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          1       in each school.  And now that thing's very, very
 
          2       active.
 
          3            I haven't -- I called them to get an update
 
          4       on where it was at, and they actually were
 
          5       meeting the day I called them.  This was a
 
          6       couple days ago.
 
          7            They've had the business community directly
 
          8       involved in each one of the schools, like the
 
          9       university out here is involved in each one of
 
         10       the schools in Leon County.
 
         11            The system out there is beginning to work
 
         12       and beginning to catch on.  And now all we need
 
         13       now is a solid front.
 
         14            The Commission will approve a legislative
 
         15       program this December --
 
         16            That's the end of the editorial comment, by
 
         17       the way.  I'm back to the script.
 
         18            The Commission will approve a legislative
 
         19       program at its December 1st meeting.  Improving
 
         20       access to technology for schools and developing
 
         21       guidelines for sanctions will be two of the
 
         22       areas of discussion.
 
         23            Items from last year's legislative program
 
         24       to be reconsidered include the proposed parental
 
         25       involvement goal and the graduation
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          1       requirements.  The annual report includes a
 
          2       feedback report which is part of the -- I think
 
          3       you already have the book -- and an oversight
 
          4       report on the Department of Education.
 
          5            The districts -- and the group of 346
 
          6       randomly selected schools gave their impression
 
          7       of the implementation process in the survey.
 
          8       Overall, the ratings of the department were very
 
          9       positive.
 
         10            I might say, Florida is the only state in
 
         11       the United States that has a department that is
 
         12       graded by its consumers.
 
         13            The highest ratings were entered by the
 
         14       Department's regional team leader concept, which
 
         15       the number of specialists provide initial point
 
         16       of contact for the schools in their school
 
         17       improvement efforts.  One item of the survey, as
 
         18       the Department seemed to be committed to making
 
         19       Blueprint work.  The response was positive at
 
         20       all -- at the school district level.
 
         21            Now, if we can get that kind of response in
 
         22       the local schools, we'll be fine.
 
         23            One of the lower ranked items was the
 
         24       understandability of the individual school
 
         25       report.  The Commission, and the Commissioner,
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          1       has recommended a much shorter report which
 
          2       should help parents better understand the
 
          3       school -- the children -- or children's school
 
          4       and how they're performing.  You know, sometimes
 
          5       we get carried away with educationalese.  I
 
          6       understand the Commissioner's trying to work it
 
          7       out in English.
 
          8            The most -- the highest rated item on the
 
          9       survey at both school and district level was
 
         10       Blueprint will work if given time to fully
 
         11       implement it.  I repeat that.  Blueprint will
 
         12       work if we give it -- given time to fully
 
         13       implement it.
 
         14            Now, that doesn't mean we're dragging our
 
         15       feet.  That means we're going to keep the heat
 
         16       on with your help.
 
         17            This shows a wide range of support for the
 
         18       intent of Blueprint 2000.
 
         19            The Commission will have all the components
 
         20       of a system of school improvement accountability
 
         21       in place when the document is presented to you
 
         22       next June.  And since the statute allows for the
 
         23       development of this system until the year 2000,
 
         24       the delivery of this package will be four years
 
         25       ahead of schedule.
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          1            Once again, I ask the approval of the
 
          2       Commission -- of this Board -- Commission report
 
          3       for 1995.
 
          4            And thank you for your time.
 
          5            If there's any questions, I guess somebody
 
          6       knows any more than I do.
 
          7            Any questions.
 
          8            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Well, we appreciate that
 
          9       report.  Someday we wish you'd just come up here
 
         10       and tell us what you really think.
 
         11            SENATOR LEWIS:  I will.  Governor, I
 
         12       promised -- this one I couldn't let go by.  I'll
 
         13       show you the editorial later that ticked me off.
 
         14            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Governor --
 
         15            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Yes.
 
         16            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  -- I do have a comment
 
         17       for the Senator.
 
         18            I would suggest, maybe a little cautiously,
 
         19       but suggest that maybe you and Mr. Biance meet
 
         20       with each of the Cabinet members prior to this
 
         21       rule coming before us, and actually going
 
         22       through the various steps.
 
         23            I've obviously done that with staff
 
         24       already.  But I think that -- I understand
 
         25       exactly where you're coming for, I've been
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          1       there, I've done that, got the t-shirt.
 
          2            But I think the rule has to be realistic.
 
          3       And, you know, I -- I can tell you that having
 
          4       been there, I believe very strongly in what
 
          5       everyone is trying to do.  I agree with you
 
          6       totally, that Commissioner Brogan has done an
 
          7       absolutely fantastic job.  But now we have to go
 
          8       three years down the line.
 
          9            And I believe that I'm going to need to be
 
         10       sold also on some of the provisions of that new
 
         11       rule.  And so if I've got some of those
 
         12       questions, I'm sure that by the time this comes
 
         13       before this entire body, there are going to be
 
         14       some others that do as well.
 
         15            SENATOR LEWIS:  I can only make this
 
         16       commitment for myself:  I will give all the time
 
         17       I can give, because that's going to be important
 
         18       that we do not show a change in our armor.
 
         19       That's what some of the folks are just waiting
 
         20       for.
 
         21            Any other --
 
         22            Governor, anybody else?
 
         23            Thank you.
 
         24            Mr. --
 
         25            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Yes, sir.
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          1            Mr. Nelson.
 
          2            TREASURER NELSON:  Consistently we've heard
 
          3       about the lack of parental involvement.
 
          4            What are we going to do about that for the
 
          5       future?
 
          6            SENATOR LEWIS:  Well, that -- that varies.
 
          7       Depending where you're at.  I think around the
 
          8       state, it depends on what county you're in and
 
          9       how much involvement -- for instance, in
 
         10       St. Johns County, we heard -- testimony, people
 
         11       drove all the way to Gainesville one night --
 
         12       late one night to testify that -- how much
 
         13       involved the parents, the community, and
 
         14       everybody else is.
 
         15            I think in Pinellas, you have another group
 
         16       that are very active.
 
         17            I think it's going to take awhile for this
 
         18       to -- first of all, Commission-- Mr. Nelson,
 
         19       just think of yourself as a parent, now, not the
 
         20       Commissioner and Treasurer of the State of
 
         21       Florida, but the average citizen going into a
 
         22       group and sitting down and talking school
 
         23       jingo.
 
         24            TREASURER NELSON:  Uh-hum.
 
         25            SENATOR LEWIS:  It's different, and it's
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          1       difficult, and it's going to take time to
 
          2       learn.
 
          3            But where it is working well, it's working
 
          4       well.  And that's all I -- that sounds like a
 
          5       cliche, but I mean it.  Now, it's going to take
 
          6       awhile to get more of the parents involved.
 
          7            I think one further thing is -- now, this
 
          8       is off -- totally out of line on this one.  But
 
          9       the fact is, we've got to figure out something
 
         10       of getting parents to make sure their kids go to
 
         11       school.  And somehow to put that kind of an
 
         12       enforcement.  I have my own suggestion on that.
 
         13            But -- because that's a form of child
 
         14       cruelty, it's a form of child abuse not getting
 
         15       that child into school.  And we know that
 
         16       there's -- the absenteeism is there, and some
 
         17       parents just don't give a rap about the kids and
 
         18       what they're learning in school.
 
         19            I think that the -- the school SACs are
 
         20       going to be the -- they are the success of this
 
         21       program, or nothing.
 
         22            TREASURER NELSON:  Are you satisfied with
 
         23       the parental involvement in the school SACs?
 
         24            SENATOR LEWIS:  Yes.  Since the law was
 
         25       changed.  It needs -- it's going to have to be
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          1       sharpened up, and they're going to have to be
 
          2       taught and trained and get better off -- better
 
          3       on it.  And it's a moving target.
 
          4            Maybe the Commissioner can comment on --
 
          5            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  I was just going to
 
          6       say, I'll go one step further and say that last
 
          7       year we were not successful in having one part
 
          8       of the law changed, and that was regarding the
 
          9       membership of the School Advisory Council,
 
         10       Commissioner.
 
         11            And I think until we finally give parents
 
         12       the -- the knowledge and the support that they
 
         13       do have serious decision making authority at the
 
         14       local site level, many of them are still going
 
         15       to see some of these activities as I say what I
 
         16       say, but I'm just simply outvoted and outgunned
 
         17       and outmanned as Senator Lewis mentioned, by
 
         18       the -- the educationese and the numbers.
 
         19            And I think we've got to go back this year,
 
         20       we've got to again address that voting
 
         21       membership on the SAC and create a 51 percent
 
         22       voting membership on the part of -- of those who
 
         23       are non-employees of the school.
 
         24            And that may sound as though it's trying to
 
         25       set up an adversarial relationship with the
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          1       faculty and staff.  It really isn't.  It's --
 
          2       just simply put, there are considerably more
 
          3       parents than there are faculty and staff
 
          4       members.
 
          5            And even though the experts in education
 
          6       are the faculty and staff members, when it comes
 
          7       to those overall decisions that have got to be
 
          8       made in that school, I think that -- to set up
 
          9       an arrangement where we're excluding the
 
         10       majority of people from profoundly important
 
         11       decisions is giving us a problem.
 
         12            And I think some of that -- not all of
 
         13       it -- but some of it can be addressed by
 
         14       creating a law that just simply says that
 
         15       51 percent of the voting members of that group
 
         16       should be non-employees of that school.
 
         17            And then in that small way, I think you
 
         18       can -- you can say to the parents and business
 
         19       community, you are important to this process,
 
         20       and we -- we do want to hear what you say, and
 
         21       we do want you to participate in these
 
         22       decisions, in a big way.
 
         23            TREASURER NELSON:  Are you going to keep
 
         24       the Commission involved so that you can conduct
 
         25       oversight?
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          1            SENATOR LEWIS:  Yes, sir.  That's part of
 
          2       the long-term law.  We -- we're going into this
 
          3       detail and this gut-wrenching part right now.
 
          4       Afterwards, we'll monitor the things going on I
 
          5       assume if we're still in existence.
 
          6            But that's definitely -- it's something
 
          7       like the PEPC Commission, Postsecondary
 
          8       Education Commission, they're monitoring what's
 
          9       going on in the postsecondary area.  And I
 
         10       assume that's what this will be done.  Yes, sir.
 
         11            Any other questions?
 
         12            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Well, I would just say
 
         13       that I -- getting parents involved is terribly
 
         14       important.  You reach a point where you can't
 
         15       force them to be involved.
 
         16            If you look at the whole purpose of school
 
         17       accountability, the fact that each school has a
 
         18       school improvement commission or group, the
 
         19       parents are represented there.  That's the
 
         20       majority, you know, are parental -- business
 
         21       people, outside people.
 
         22            When you start -- as we're now ready in
 
         23       these schools, and these parents are seeing the
 
         24       failure of their schools, then, you know, that's
 
         25       certainly a long arm to say, it's time to get
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          1       involved.  The process is there, and needs to be
 
          2       continued to look at to allow them to be
 
          3       involved.
 
          4            And then when you see a Marion County or a
 
          5       Sarasota County, or some of these counties where
 
          6       there is strong parental involvement, outside
 
          7       involvement, business involvement, and those
 
          8       schools start rating high, then I think the
 
          9       lesson is going to be out there.
 
         10            At some stage, it will be the parents'
 
         11       responsibilities to use the avenues that we have
 
         12       set for them.  And I don't think we can pass any
 
         13       law that says the parents have to be involved.
 
         14            You know, we -- we set all the mechanisms
 
         15       to allow them to be involved.  But it's really
 
         16       being able to compare -- and, you know, I just
 
         17       believe strongly if mama starts looking at why
 
         18       is Pinellas doing so well, why is this thing --
 
         19       well, why is it happening here, and it starts
 
         20       coming back, maybe because she's not involved;
 
         21       or, you know, she starts asking those questions,
 
         22       then she would get involved I think.  And that's
 
         23       the process that I think we're going to have
 
         24       work to do on.
 
         25            SENATOR LEWIS:  Thank you all.
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          1            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Thank you.
 
          2            SENATOR LEWIS:  Thank you.
 
          3            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Again, we want to thank
 
          4       you, and all of the members of the Commission,
 
          5       including staff for continuing to work on this.
 
          6       I think it is -- there's nothing more important
 
          7       that we're doing.
 
          8            SENATOR LEWIS:  Thank you very much
 
          9       Governor, and members of the Cabinet.
 
         10            Thank you.
 
         11            MR. BEDFORD:  Item 3 deals with an
 
         12       amendment to Community College Rule 6A--
 
         13            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Did we adopt Item 2?
 
         14            MR. BEDFORD:  Excuse me.
 
         15            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  I don't think --
 
         16            GOVERNOR CHILES:  I'm not sure that we had
 
         17       a motion.
 
         18            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  If not, I will move
 
         19       approval.
 
         20            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Second.
 
         21            (Commissioner Crawford exited the room.)
 
         22            GOVERNOR CHILES:  It's been moved and
 
         23       seconded.
 
         24            Without objection, it's adopted.
 
         25            MR. BEDFORD:  Item 3, an amendment to a
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          1       Division of Community College rule 6A, dash,
 
          2       14.072.
 
          3            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Move approval.
 
          4            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Second.
 
          5            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
          6            Without objection, it's approved.
 
          7            MR. BEDFORD:  Items 4 through 13 deal with
 
          8       State Board of Independent Postsecondary
 
          9       Vocational Technical Trade and Business
 
         10       Schools.
 
         11            We would request that you consider Items 4
 
         12       through 13 as amended as a block.
 
         13            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  I would move
 
         14       approval, Governor, of Items 4 --
 
         15            MR. BEDFORD:  Through 13.
 
         16            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  -- through Item 13 as
 
         17       amended.
 
         18            And I believe, too, that we're going to
 
         19       have some amendments from the floor on --
 
         20            MR. BEDFORD:  Actually the amendments were
 
         21       included in your pack.  The amendments deal with
 
         22       Items 4, 6, and 7.  They were sent with the
 
         23       packets.
 
         24            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Second.
 
         25            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
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          1            Without objection, it's approved, Items 4
 
          2       through 13.
 
          3            MR. BEDFORD:  Item 14, appointments and
 
          4       reappointments to the State Board of Community
 
          5       Colleges.
 
          6            We have two reappointments:
 
          7       Wendell W. Williams and Richard W. D'Alemberte;
 
          8       one new appointee:  Randall W. Hanna, expiration
 
          9       date, September 30th, 2000.
 
         10            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Move approval.
 
         11            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and --
 
         12            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Second.
 
         13            GOVERNOR CHILES:  -- seconded.
 
         14            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         15            MR. BEDFORD:  Item 15, appointments to the
 
         16       Florida Keys Community College District Board of
 
         17       Trustees --
 
         18            (Commissioner Crawford entered the room.)
 
         19            MR. BEDFORD:  -- Howard W. Post, May 31st,
 
         20       1998.
 
         21            Appointment to Lake Sumter Community
 
         22       College District Board of Trustees,
 
         23       George E. Hovis, May 31st, 1999.
 
         24            Appointment to Tallahassee Community
 
         25       College District Board of Trustees,
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          1       Nancy G. Linnan, May 31st, 1998.
 
          2            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Move approval,
 
          3       Governor.
 
          4            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Second.
 
          5            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
          6            Without objection, it's approved.
 
          7            MR. BEDFORD:  Thank you.
 
          8            (The State Board of Education Agenda was
 
          9       concluded.)
 
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          1            GOVERNOR CHILES:
 
          2       Administration Commission.
 
          3            DR. BRADLEY:  Item number 1, recommend
 
          4       approval of the minutes of the meeting held
 
          5       October 24th, 1995.
 
          6            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  So move.
 
          7            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Second.
 
          8            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
          9            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         10            DR. BRADLEY:  Item number 2, recommend the
 
         11       transfer of general revenue appropriations in
 
         12       the Department of Health and Rehabilitative
 
         13       Services.
 
         14            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Move approval.
 
         15            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Second.
 
         16            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
         17            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         18            DR. BRADLEY:  Item number 3, recommend the
 
         19       establishment of ten positions in excess of the
 
         20       number fixed by the Legislature in the
 
         21       Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
 
         22            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Move approval.
 
         23            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded --
 
         24            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Second.
 
         25            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Second?
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          1            COMMISSIONER BROGAN:  Yes, sir.
 
          2            GOVERNOR CHILES:  -- seconded.
 
          3            Without objection, it's approved.
 
          4            (The Administration Commission Agenda was
 
          5       concluded.)
 
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          1            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Board of Trustees.
 
          2            MR. GREEN:  Minutes.
 
          3            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Motion.
 
          4            COMMISSIONER CRAWFORD:  Second.
 
          5            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded on the
 
          6       minutes.
 
          7            Without objection, they're approved.
 
          8            MR. GREEN:  Item 2 is an option agreement
 
          9       to purchase 58 acres.
 
         10            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Move approval.
 
         11            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Second.
 
         12            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
         13            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         14            MR. GREEN:  Item 3 is a purchase agreement
 
         15       to acquire 493 acres.
 
         16            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Move approval.
 
         17            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Second.
 
         18            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
         19            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         20            MR. GREEN:  Item 4, consideration of an
 
         21       offer to purchase a parcel of RICO property and
 
         22       acceptance of the highest and best offer.
 
         23            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  Move approval.
 
         24            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Second.
 
         25            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
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          1            Without objection, it's approved.
 
          2            MR. GREEN:  Item 5, consideration of an
 
          3       offer to purchase RICO property and acceptance
 
          4       of highest and best offer.
 
          5            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  So move.
 
          6            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Second.
 
          7            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
          8            Without objection, it's approved.
 
          9            MR. GREEN:  Item 6, consideration of a
 
         10       proposed final order in the matter of
 
         11       Big Blue Springs Property versus Trustees.
 
         12            SECRETARY MORTHAM:  So move.
 
         13            ATTORNEY GENERAL BUTTERWORTH:  Second.
 
         14            GOVERNOR CHILES:  Moved and seconded.
 
         15            Without objection, it's approved.
 
         16            MR. GREEN:  That's it.
 
         17            (The Board of Trustees of the Internal
 
         18       Improvement Trust Fund Agenda was concluded.)
 
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         20            (The Cabinet meeting was concluded at
 
         21       10:41 a.m.)
 
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          1                 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER
 
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          4   STATE OF FLORIDA:
 
          5   COUNTY OF LEON:
 
          6            I, LAURIE L. GILBERT, do hereby certify that
 
          7   the foregoing proceedings were taken before me at the
 
          8   time and place therein designated; that my shorthand
 
          9   notes were thereafter translated; and the foregoing
 
         10   pages numbered 1 through 59 are a true and correct
 
         11   record of the aforesaid proceedings.
 
         12            I FURTHER CERTIFY that I am not a relative,
 
         13   employee, attorney or counsel of any of the parties,
 
         14   nor relative or employee of such attorney or counsel,
 
         15   or financially interested in the foregoing action.
 
         16            DATED THIS 17TH day of NOVEMBER, 1995.
 
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                                      100 Salem Court
         20                           Tallahassee, Florida 32301
                                      (904) 878-2221
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