Hickenlooper. We appreciate it. Have a Great National governors association. Appreciate the conversation and the advice. Now, its our pleasure to look at the governor of kansas, governor jeff collier. [applause] gov. Coyler thank you. Host this is your first time to do the National Governors association circuit, right . Gov. Coyler thats right. Its been a great event. We have a lot of lieutenant governors who moved up to governor this year. Host you were maybe the only person here who was surprised to become governor. Tell them real quick how you became governor in a way that you did. Gov. Coyler on the day that i did, well governor brownback designed resigned and became ambassador for religious liberty. On the day that i became governor, we had been waiting a little while. People were in line for the stars. On that day in kansas, where i mood, a we had a super a blueon, super moon, moon, and the first red moon in 700 years. First day as governor host on your first day as governor, you visited a public school. What did you learn from that, and what was a symbol you are trying to percent, or the message you are trying to send by having that be one of your first day activities . Gov. Coyler i went to hays, kansas were, where i am from. Im a fifth generation. Communities have different solutions. One of the big challenges we have his children in schools that have a Mental Health issue. It may disrupt school, or they cant help the kids properly. School serves kid from kindergarten of the web through high school. They can dont have counseling to get help. Thats important. Education is critical for our peace our state and every state. Its growing. Kansas is a happening place, focusing on that hard challenge. We are seeing success. Host governor, in your first keep address, you said i a servants schedule, not a politicians. What do mean about that by that . Gov. Coyler the staff will tell you about that one. I think you need to be very engaged. You will see me out a lot. Work week normally as a surgeon is an 80 hour or 90 hour , youre going to be out visiting with people, getting things done. Look at the timing we are very active, and we have been across 20 different communities in the state. Host governor, the financing of education in kansas, complicated. You have a lot of rocks in your backpack. When you gave your four points about k12 education in your address, you said we must insist on accountability and improved outcomes. Talk about accountability. Gov. Coyler its the results. Data. Ed transparency, im a surgeon. Thats how i live. To get these outcomes we have great kids. We need to make sure we have a Graduation Rate thats over 85 statewide. 5 ,ou change the number that dramatically changes our entire trajectory for the next few years. Thats very important. Its also very achievable. We are putting down benchmarks so people can say, this really is working for us. We have sustainable funding were going to have results. It also ultimately means our kids see their future. Host governor, you are a white house fellow. You will now be going to the white house as governor. What cycling to be like . Gov. Coyler it was a lot of fun host . Gov. Coyler it was a lot of fun when i stayed on for president bush after working for president reagan. I had an office at the state department. Host i suspect they have a window air conditioner . Gov. Coyler oh yeah. I can can remember a time i can remember times square elledge, you could walk through the front eight, people would let you through. You show your id and that is it. Its harder now. Its important for kansas. Weve been involved in a lot of areas for months now. We are gratified they are willing to have us. Host what are you hearing from teachers and kansas about the problems, teachers getting a bonus if they are trained to be armed . Gov. Coyler you know, kansas is looking at kansassolutions. Much of those decisions are made on the local level. We are turning to hear different communities looking at different opportunities, how they want to approach that. Theres a wide diversity of views. And this, you want to be very practical. Host, what do you see is the potential advantages of the solution . Gov. Coyler for starters, its where the people are. Host excuse me, advantages of the president s idea of armed teachers. Gov. Coyler right. Thats where the students are, and thats what a security issue is immediately. That, though, is a local decision on how we see it. Different schools have a different setup. The Difference Community standards, we are exploring this the Different Community standards, we are wearing this. You will hear moores the discussion expands. List if you see this is potentially promising . Gov. Coyler yes. Thats just one solution. There are a whole bunch a hope bunch of issues. Mental health, gun control. Its not just the building itself. This is a melting multipoint situation. Tenacity ofthe continuing to deal with this over years. Thats where these problems take thats what these problems take, a multiyear approach. Theres no magic arrow for this. Governor, you instead of going on vacation, you go to you have been to afghanistan, iraq, the baltics. Tell us what takes you to war zones when the rest of us are on the beach. Gov. Coyler growing up in kansas, i believe in service, making a difference in peoples lives. I first volunteered when the soviets were occupying afghanistan. We were training medics, taking. We havepeople in afghan been at about 22 difference conflict zones. Difference. Ake a you can, on a humanitarian basis. To me, that service animates me. Thats what i think is so special about kansas. Post what are you looking for two during your next couple of days . Gov. Coyler water of course. Ive got a number of meetings here area or working in a whole bunch of different areas, anything from transportation, trade, medicaid, dealing with those issues. Its going to be a good week. Host think you very much and congratulations. Thank you for joining us. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] at bytes thank all of our governors, the 74, the Walton Family foundation for making this fantastic conversation possible. I think cspan for being here. We appreciate your coverage, we thank all of you for coming out so early this morning. I will see you on axis. Com. Axious. Com axios. Com. Governors from across the country are meeting in washington, d. C. This weekend to discuss jobs for their winter meeting, and also discussed the Opioid Crisis and the future of the agriculture industry. 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