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LA
Transcript Highlights:
- We have heard of eighth-grade and ninth-grade students who are already being influenced and asked to
- It was in eighth grade.
- give no clear scope, grade-band objectives, or limitations.
- give no clear scope, grade-band objectives, or limitations.
- My fourth-grade son is 10 years old.
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
human growth, development education, prenatal education, state standards, biological science, grading scale, education reform, students, public schools, academic policy, community college, technical education, pilot program, driver training, transportation, Safe Haven Law, flyers, child safety, infant relinquishment, maritime academy
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Oct 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Focuses on improving reading outcomes across all grade levels.
- So it's not that low across all grades.
- To collaborate, you know, with similar grade levels, et cetera.
- We moved her from teaching fifth grade.
- She moved the fifth-grade classroom up from—or not 5th grade, I think K-5—she moved to elementary school
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education. (2-11-26)
Primary and Secondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a separate program with a separate budget request. >> Representative Tipton. >> Thank you, Mr
- This is a separate program<00:33:01.519><c> with</c><00:33:01.679><c> a</c><00:33:02.000><c> separate
- </c> program with a separate budget request. program with a separate budget request.
- It's hard to figure out after 9th grade.
- </c><01:04:18.799><c> For</c> kindergarten and 12th grade. For kindergarten and 12th grade.
Committee:
House Primary and Secondary Education
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Apr 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I know that there's a lot of talk about different grading structures in different parts of the state,
- They are graded A through F. Okay.
- They are graded A through F. Okay.
- Are they graded courses or are they past failed courses?
- They are graded A through F. Okay. And factored into our funding formula, so the completed, Okay.
Summary:
The committee met on the Minot State campus for a presentation from President Shirley and several university leaders on enrollment, academics, workforce initiatives, and partnerships. Shirley reviewed the university’s financial audits, noting mostly clean results with only minor technical findings in recent years, and highlighted Minot State’s major programs, specialized accreditations, and ties to Minot Air Force Base and NCAA Division II athletics. Members asked about education workforce shortages, athletic tuition waivers, dual credit incentives, and the university’s in-state tuition policy for all students. Shirley also discussed the university’s recruitment efforts, including the Hometown Pride and Academic Excellence scholarships, campus visit growth, and the Emerging Scholars dual-credit reimbursement program.
A major focus was workforce development and new academic offerings supported by legislative Workforce Education Innovation Funds. Shirley described the new Innovation Engineering program, which was developed with industry input to train broadly skilled engineers for western North Dakota, and said it had already drawn more applicants than expected. Dr. Crystal St. Peter presented a new master’s program in counseling that integrates mental health and addiction counseling to address statewide provider shortages, with a hybrid format to reach rural students. Members asked about licensure requirements, internship hours, and job placement for graduates. Shirley also outlined a new nursing simulation center and health sciences space in downtown Minot, made possible by state support and the purchase of the former Trinity Health Center West building.
The committee also heard about Minot State’s efforts to build pipelines into education and special education, including the Aspire program for rural high school students and an online paraprofessional-to-special-education degree pathway. Shirley said these programs, along with new articulation agreements and a large Bush Foundation grant, are intended to address teacher shortages and keep students in North Dakota. No formal committee votes or actions were taken during the presentation; the session consisted of informational updates and member questions.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/14/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- What are we doing for early grades.
- They're two totally separate things.
- So we weren't intending to require a separate class that had to stand alone.
- ,</c><02:12:28.159><c> um,</c> particularly in the primary grades, um, particularly in the primary grades
- </c><02:15:40.639><c> 6</c> now um kindergarten through grade 6 now um kindergarten through grade 6 there
Committee:
House Education Policy and Administration
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation May 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- broadband, digital services, and logistics opportunities such as express cargo that could be used on our railroad
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 16th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Irish immigrants made up the bulk of the workforce on the Transcontinental Railroad, which is one of
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 05:30 pm
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- not just to those who warehouse, but many people further down the line, our dock workers and our railroad
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Feb 19th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Higher Education & Workforce Development
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Next time you're in the Great Pine stop by Palestine and come ride the Texas State Railroad.
Keywords:
regulatory reform, government efficiency, administrative law, rulemaking, agency deference, judicial review, de novo review, Texas Government Code, Administrative Procedure Act, state agencies, plain language, regulatory burden, regulatory reduction, cost-benefit analysis, fiscal note, public benefits and costs, contested case, rule challenge, Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office, advisory panel
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm an 11th grade English teacher and department chair at Environmental Charter Schools in Lawndale,
- I'm an 11th grade English teacher and department chair at Environmental Charter Schools in Lawndale,
- to explain ourselves, miss class quietly, and feel like our traditions are invisible or something separate
- My daughter is in the fifth grade, and just this year for the first time she started learning about it
- And I just thought that was so cute that they're learning this in the fifth grade.
Summary:
The Committee on Public Employment and Retirement heard several bills, beginning with AB 2483, which would create a permanent pathway for formerly incarcerated Cal Fire fire crew members to receive certification and pursue firefighting jobs after release. The author and supporters described incarcerated firefighters as highly trained workers who perform dangerous frontline fire suppression work but often leave without credentials or a clear hiring path. The chair strongly supported the bill, and there was no opposition.
The committee then considered AB 1619, which would raise trustee stipend limits for retirement board members from $100 to $320 per meeting for county retirement systems, CalSTRS, and CalPERS, subject to local approval. Supporters argued the current stipend is nearly 40 years old and no longer reflects the complexity and fiduciary responsibility of overseeing large pension systems, and that higher stipends could improve diversity and participation. The bill was passed on a 7-0 vote and sent to Appropriations. The committee also passed its cleanup bill, AB 2780, making technical and conforming changes to retirement laws, and AB 2519, which corrects an unintended consequence of prior CalSTRS legislation so certain charter school employees can remain eligible for CalSTRS membership; both bills advanced unanimously to Appropriations.
AB 2017, the California Eid State Holiday Act, was heard next. The bill would recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha in California and provide excused absences for students observing the holidays. Supporters, including Muslim students, educators, and advocacy organizations, said the measure would promote inclusion and help Muslim Californians feel seen and respected. Members spoke in favor, and the bill passed 7-0 to Appropriations. Finally, AB 2656 would require public employers to give employee organizations 45 days’ written notice before developing or using generative AI in represented job classifications. Supporters said the bill would ensure transparency and labor input, while county and special district groups raised concerns about scope and implementation but expressed willingness to keep working on the measure. It also passed 7-0 to Appropriations, and the meeting adjourned.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- That's a separate issue, but they push a one-sided agenda.
- That's a separate issue, but they push a one-sided agenda.
- are gone by the end of third grade.
- So, all gone by the end of third grade.
- </c> it is you having have two separate it is you having have two separate things<02:15:50.000><c> and
Committee:
Senate Education
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The MJI School District serves approximately 4,800 students from pre-K through grade 12.
- We're not grading schools; we want to empower stakeholders with the critical information they need to
- schools we want to empower grading schools we want to empower stakeholders<00:33:46.880><c> with</c>
- </c><00:42:56.319><c> levels</c> other classes for all the grade levels other classes for all the grade
- Also, as a parent of a child with dyslexia who left first grade and could not read, whose kid goes to
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
education, literacy, science of reading, school performance, funding flexibility, innovation zones, equity and inclusion, HF52, New Germany, wastewater treatment, wastewater facility, sewer infrastructure, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, Public Facilities Authority, municipal infrastructure, water quality, sanitation, sewage treatment
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 18, March 3, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> having been read two separate times. having been read two separate times.
- As I look at it, we're looking at two separate issues.
- </c> it, we're looking at two separate it, we're looking at two separate issues.<01:03:01.520><c> We're
- </c> of these amendments could be separate of these amendments could be separate amendments.<01:13:50.480
- </c> Senate Files 26, 90, and 103 have been read three separate times.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Dec 17th, 2025 at 09:20 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Statewide, a majority of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students had positive perceptions of both the safety
- and climate of their school, and most students in grades 6 through 12 viewed their schools as safe.
- However, 6th through 12th grade students had much more negative views of their school climate, with just
- Students' perceptions of their sense of belonging were considerably higher for grades 3 through 5 than
- their peers in grades 6 through 12.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 14, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- DIFFERENT GRADING STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS AND FRIENDS AND EVEN DIFFERENT CULTURES IN SOME CASES.
- ON AVERAGE MILITARY STUDENTS WILL TEND SIX TO NINE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS FROM KINDERGARTEN TO 12th GRADE
- BUT HE DID END UP MARRYING AND HAS TWO OF MY GRANDBABIES WITH A GIRL THAT HE WENT TO TENTH AND 11th GRADE
- IT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE. >> Chair: DOCTOR ANNI IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT YOU CAN BUT YOU MIGHT NEED MORE
- MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE SEPARATED FROM WHATEVER JOB THEY HAD PRIOR TO FLORIDA.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- teacher preparation grants be targeted for those intending to teach in the pre-kindergarten through grade
- To report on teacher and staff training by grade level.
- the American Indian Teacher Preparation Grants to be specifically used for pre-kindergarten through grade
- My child is dyslexic and autistic, and those are the years in fourth and fifth grade that they became
- all the way through. through fifth grade.
Bills:
HF1388
Committee:
House Education Finance
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Transportation, Highways and Public Works Apr 7th, 2026
Transportation, Highways & Public Works
Transcript Highlights:
- Not necessarily a separate office, right?
- We've had some questions earlier today on a separate piece of legislation.
- My mission is driven by two separate motivations.
- We know hearing impaired separately there. Autism is identified. Right.
- We know hearing impaired separately there.
Bills:
HB506 , HB590 , HB647 , HB685 , HB692 , HB839 , HB860 , HB873 , HB887 , HB965 , HB972 , HB982 , HB1072 , HB1157
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 1157, which would create a Louisiana State Infrastructure Bank to provide a new funding mechanism for transportation projects, including roads, bridges, rail, ports, and airports. The chairman and DOTD Secretary Glenn LaDoux said the bank would help leverage state, federal, local, and private dollars, modelled in part on programs in Florida and other states, and would be used for gap funding and faster project delivery. Members asked extensive questions about board makeup, oversight, seed funding, application priorities, and how the program would differ from capital outlay and other existing funding tools. Support testimony came from Greater New Orleans, Inc. and other groups, and the bill was reported favorably without objection.
The committee then approved several mostly technical or local bills, including HB 860 allowing fillable electronic public bid forms; HB 972 naming a portion of Highway 93 in Lafayette Parish the Desert Shield Desert Storm Memorial Highway; HB 965 naming a portion of Highway 163 for Sergeant William Billy Earl Collins Jr.; HB 692 allowing local governments to use group purchasing organizations, as amended; HB 685 allowing cooperative procurement for public motor vehicles and rolling stock under FAST Act procedures, which passed after a roll call vote with one no vote; HB 982 designating portions of highways in Morehouse Parish, as amended; HB 506 creating specialty license plates, as amended; HB 839 lowering the CMAR threshold for hospital service districts from $2 million to $1 million via substitute bill; HB 647 revising the waterway assistance program and application timelines via substitute bill; and HB 887 revising construction management-at-risk procedures, as amended. Most of these measures were reported favorably or favorably as amended, with little or no opposition.
The committee also received an update on the Office of Louisiana Highway Construction from Representative Chesson, who said the office will assume control of about 4,000 miles of roadway and 2,000 bridges and has been moving projects quickly using internal procurement procedures. HB 1072, which reforms the office’s powers and emergency authority, was amended to narrow emergency provisions and clarify funding and reporting language, then reported favorably as amended. The final major item was HB 873, which would fund pursuit-intervention technology and training for law enforcement through a $2 fee on driver’s licenses; the bill was presented alongside emotional testimony from the widow and daughter of Sergeant Grant Candies and from a St. John the Baptist Parish captain, who argued the fee would help agencies buy safer equipment and obtain grant support. The transcript ends during questioning on HB 873, before any final committee action on that bill is shown.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Mar 18th, 2025
Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Transcript Highlights:
- agency funds, funding, policies, procedures, trainings, programs, and activities, as well as the grading
- Making admissions and grading even tougher doesn't make better doctors. It makes fewer of them.
- in favor of a pass-fail format because grade disadvantaged certain demographics.
- in favor of a pass-fail format because grade disadvantaged certain demographics.
- They don't run as a separate... Some states, the lieutenant governor is its own job.
Summary:
The committee first confirmed Heather L. Turnbull to the Florida Commission on Community Service, with the motion adopted and the confirmation recommended favorably. Members then took up SPB 7022, which sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2025, updates rates to address unfunded actuarial liability, and allows certain elected officers to elect a DROP accumulation; a technical title amendment was adopted, the bill was submitted as a committee bill, and it was reported favorably as a committee bill.
The committee then heard extensive debate and public testimony on SB 1710, which would restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion-related policies, trainings, and activities in state agencies, state-funded contractors and grantees, and medical institutions of higher education. Sponsor Senator DiCeglie said the bill is intended to prevent state agencies and contractors from using state funds for DEI programs and to limit state agencies from adopting DEI-related official positions; he also said the medical-school portion would likely be amended out later. Senator Polsky and others questioned the bill’s breadth and how it would affect health-related grants, public universities, historically Black institutions, recruitment, and contractor training. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers arguing the bill would harm health care, education, access, and inclusion; a few supporters said DEI is ideological, can undermine merit, and should not be used by state agencies or publicly funded institutions.
After debate, Senator Polsky argued the bill was confusing, overbroad, and harmful to serving diverse communities, while Senator Arrington said it was an overreach into private business and could have significant fiscal impacts. Chair Fine closed by saying DEI is political ideology and that the bill is meant to ensure government focuses on talent rather than identity. SB 1710 was then reported favorably on a roll call vote, with Senator Arrington voting no and the remaining members voting yes. The committee then began SB 1678, relating to entities that boycott Israel, and heard the sponsor’s explanation of a delete-all amendment that would expand and clarify state restrictions on dealings with entities engaged in boycotts of Israel, including certain nonprofits, foreign educational institutions, and grants; the amendment was adopted, and the sponsor and a witness began answering questions when the transcript cuts off.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- So they did have performance separately. So they did both.
- And I know myself going through a program like that, I was able to start teaching first grade, still
- a bit intimidated—” “Through a program like that, I was able to start teaching first grade, still a bit
- those girls who did sign a petition to the Peoria School Board to make sure that the bathrooms were separate
- soon as this policy goes into effect, someone they've been sharing a bathroom with for a couple of grades
Committee:
House House Education Committee of Reference
Summary:
The Committee on Education first heard a presentation from Dr. Victoria Dyson Homer on the Arizona Teacher Residency Program. She argued that Arizona faces a teacher retention and certification crisis, with high attrition and many uncertified or underprepared teachers, and said research shows practice-based residencies improve retention, teacher confidence, and student outcomes. She described the Arizona Teacher Residency as a year-long, cohort-based, district-partnered program with mentoring, coursework, and induction support, and said its early data show very high retention and positive student and teacher feedback. Committee members asked about how the program differs from traditional student teaching, salary schedules, and whether residency graduates outperform traditional preparation pathways; the presentation was generally well received.
The committee then took up SCR 1006, a ballot referral dealing with school restroom and locker room accommodations and pronoun/name use for students. The sponsor framed it as a parental rights and student safety measure, while opponents from education, legal, and advocacy backgrounds argued it was discriminatory, unnecessary, and harmful to transgender and non-binary students. After public testimony and member debate, the committee approved SCR 1006 on a 7-5 vote. Members then considered SB 1126, which would require schools to provide certain student records and information to Department of Child Safety caseworkers and prohibit schools from blocking staff from speaking with DCS during abuse or neglect investigations. DCS testified neutral, saying the bill would help clarify information sharing and support child safety; the committee passed the bill 10-0 with two members present.
Finally, the committee heard SB 1210, which would require certain out-of-state private postsecondary institutions offering fully online programs to Arizona residents to register with the state board unless they participate in a reciprocity agreement, and to comply with student tuition recovery fund requirements if they collect prepaid tuition. Supporters said the bill closes a regulatory loophole and protects students and the state’s oversight of online providers. The committee approved SB 1210 on an 11-1 vote. The meeting then adjourned.