Video & Transcript Research : 'foundational numeracy'
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AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Mar 18th, 2026
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, this is for community foundations.
- This is community foundations throughout the state that do good work.
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Keywords:
land bank, land bank authority, local land bank authority, Alabama Land Bank Authority, tax delinquent property, tax sale, tax lien, redemption period, quiet title, blight remediation, vacant property, foreclosure, ad valorem tax, property tax exemption, intergovernmental agreement, county government, municipal government, redevelopment, brownfields, floodplain management
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Natural Resources & Energy. (3-11-26)
Natural Resources & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- That is the foundation of a real energy plan.
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- It's going to have implications down the road, and I know it's going to lay the foundation for some yes
- of<00:05:06.120>
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Sep 12th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- It was the Water Foundation, Trout Unlimited, Amigos Bravos, and I'm probably forgetting somebody: Audubon
- Hundreds of Acequias have adopted the same preamble in their bylaws, which is the foundation of their
- Our next steps are being fully supported again by the Thornburg Foundation.
- These transactions are so important to the foundation of what we're talking about today.
- The foundation and the fact that this was the first one in our state is huge, yet it hasn't gained much
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 22nd, 2025
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- It has a really good foundation. It provides protocols.
- And this is the framework and foundation, which is the preparedness.
- For example, the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, the Rebuild Kerr Fund, has received
- than the businesses are from, you know, the $100 million that have been donated to the Community Foundation
- , the rebuild... ...over $100 million that have been donated to the Community Foundation, the Rebuild
Keywords:
HB 48, Texas alert notification systems, emergency alerts, public warning systems, alert fatigue, notification fatigue, Texas Division of Emergency Management, Department of Public Safety, DPS alerts, emergency management, State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry, STEAR, disaster notifications, weather alerts, Amber Alert, Silver Alert, Blue Alert, missing persons alerts, accessible alerts, hearing impaired
Summary:
The committee met in special session to hear a series of flood, preparedness, and youth-camp safety bills, with members repeatedly noting that many of the measures were intended as planning, warning, or authority-clarifying bills rather than direct spending bills. House Bill 254 would expand eligibility for the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program to include Kerr County and 18 other flood-affected counties by raising the GDP cap and lowering the poverty threshold; it drew no opposition and was left pending. House Bill 68 would direct a study of flood mitigation in flatland areas, especially in the Rio Grande Valley, to develop cost-effective drainage and infrastructure recommendations; local officials and advocates supported it, and it was also left pending.
The committee then heard several youth camp bills tied to the recent Hill Country flooding. House Bill 75 would impose flood-aware building and site standards for youth camps near floodplains, and House Bill 71 would require camps and youth activity entities to submit emergency preparedness plans to TDEM, coordinate with local responders, and maintain readiness protocols; both bills were supported by safety advocates and camp representatives, and both were left pending. House Bill 171 would require campgrounds near flood-prone waters to give written flood-risk notice to campers and obtain signed acknowledgment; it was presented as informed consent and left pending. Testimony on these bills emphasized Camp Mystic and other recent flood tragedies, with some witnesses urging broader building-code and floodplain reforms.
The committee also heard House Bill 117, which would let counties regulate impervious cover for flood mitigation in unincorporated areas. Supporters, including county officials, environmental groups, and residents, argued that rapid development in the Hill Country and other growing areas is worsening runoff and downstream flooding; opponents from the builders’ association said counties already have substantial authority and warned about overreach into rural property use. After extensive testimony, the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 18 would streamline permitting for certain flood control districts to repair dams and reservoirs and build small holding areas, and it was left pending after supportive testimony from Plum Creek Conservation District. Senate Bill 3 would create a state-backed outdoor flood warning siren program for identified flood-prone areas, funded through a grant program; witnesses generally supported it, though some cautioned that sirens are not sufficient by themselves and may not be heard indoors or in overnight storms. It too was left pending. The committee also began hearing House Bill 149 on public-safety radio interoperability, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s full testimony or action is shown.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Jul 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Development Administration Tech Hub Program, and is a semifinalist for two different National Science Foundation
- I believe this is a foundational issue to what we do.
- So, I've talked about housing and behavioral health as a foundation.
- And so I think that goes back to making these investments in the foundations.
- that is, for example, we might have an early work package that deals with our site work and our foundations
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- But we're also missing a key point, and that is the point that education is foundational to society in
- Noah from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, like Mr.
- I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation, serving as the Senior Fellow for Health Care.
- To testify here today in support of HB 2038, and I'm also with the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
- plans require patients to stay... ...near one of just a handful of hospitals accredited by the Foundation
Bills:
HB163, HB216, HB721, HB2035, HB2038, HB3057, HB3153, HB3233, HB3595, HB3801, HB3812, HB4076, HB4129, HB4377, HB4535, HB4666, HB4730, HB4743, HB4903, HB5149, HB5155, HB1534, HB163, HB216
Keywords:
epinephrine, healthcare, emergency response, administration, medical policy, health care, itemized billing, patient rights, provider regulations, Texas Health and Safety Code, cost disclosure, insurance, benefit plan, administrators, chemical dependency, treatment facilities, minor admissions, parental notice, mental health, medical licensing
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/13/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- Subdivision three in the bill is for foundational and natural resources data and information.
- is for projects that primarily involve the collection, analysis, mapping, and dissemination of foundational
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of analysis mapping and dissemination of analysis mapping and dissemination of foundational - data<00:12:10.079>
and <00:12:10.560>information <00:12:11.560>needed foundational - data and information needed foundational data and information needed for<00:12:12.160>
conservation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- .** The recommendations include $165.2 million in transfers from the foundation school program for the
- He ran the Temple Foundation. **Senator Nichols.** Thank you, Madam Chairman.
- He ran the Temple Foundation. I had from Lufkin, so he's literally in the heart of the district.
- The Available University Fund, or AUF, is a foundational component of funding for our universities and
- My name is **Alison Moore Boulware**, and I'm the director. of policy at the **Hogg Foundation for Mental
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Agriculture and Water Management Committee Mar 31st, 2026 at 09:30 am
Agriculture and Water Management Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And this is a foundational practice in economics, and it's consistent with economic theory.
- And this is a foundational practice in economics, and it's consistent with economic theory.
- He is a senior attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation.
- He is a senior attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation.
- I am a senior attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Cook County's success is built on the foundation of consistency.
- Data integrity is a foundation<00:45:56.319>
of <00:45:56.640>intervention. - <00:45:57.760>
Currently, foundation of intervention. - Currently, foundation of intervention.
- Currently, however,<00:45:59.280>
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WY
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to pay for it out of the general fund or the school foundation program account.
- it out of the general fund or the for it out of the general fund or the school<00:50:02.880>
foundation - <00:50:04.880>
It school foundation program account. - It school foundation program account.
- , revenue, uh, to the school foundation, revenue, uh, to the school foundation, whether<01:14:01.360
Keywords:
sales tax, motor vehicle, family transfer, tax exemption, Wyoming legislation, veteran, property tax exemption, Wyoming National Guard, honorable discharge, tax benefits, surviving spouse, military service, property tax, residential real estate, tax assessment, primary residence, tax revenue, 916, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- this is the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools, otherwise known as PASS, and the I Love You Guys Foundation
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which <00:03:20.080>is the I Love You guys Foundation, which is the - I Love You guys Foundation, which is the<00:03:20.400>
National <00:03:20.640>School <00 - We'd partner with the Hormel Foundation on this project, and it would be a study of the complete life
- We believe we've given you the information for the three foundational questions: who will pay, how to
Bills:
HF3220
Keywords:
school safety, school security, emergency access, law enforcement access, master key box, secure key box, entry device, school grants, education finance, Department of Education, charter schools, school districts, cooperative units, appropriation cancellation, one-time appropriation, school safety plan, emergency preparedness, public safety, school building security, 1183
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-09 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There are some of Marion County's top nonprofit leaders participating in the Community Foundation of
- The Community Foundation of Ocala-Marion County is uniquely poised to take on the community challenge
- Think of these programs like the foundation of a house.
- You don't cut the foundation to save money on the roof.
- When the storm comes, and it always does, it's the foundation that holds everything together.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the pledge, quorum call, and several recognitions, including guests for Education and Sharing Day, law enforcement officer of the day Detective Miata Anderson, and later FAMU Day at the Capitol and other visiting groups. The chamber adopted the special order report and then moved through a series of budget-related bills and conforming measures, with debate focused largely on recurring funding, environmental programs, housing, insurance reserves, and tax policy.
Members approved HB 5011/SB 2506, which conform environmental resource funding to the proposed budget by shifting Seminole Gaming Compact-related dollars from recurring to nonrecurring funding; supporters said this preserves annual legislative review, while opponents warned it would reduce funding for the Resilient Florida program, wildlife corridor protection, invasive species removal, and other conservation efforts. The House then passed HB 5013, reducing state-funded property reinsurance reserves by lowering the RAP program and repealing FORA funding, and HB 5501, which redirects documentary stamp tax revenues from housing and transportation trust funds to general revenue; Democrats argued the housing changes would reduce affordable housing support, while Republicans said the move was needed to control recurring spending. The chamber also passed HB 5015 on state group insurance, HB 5201 on Florida PALM accounting conforming changes, HB 5203 on Capitol Center tenancy and utilities control, and HB 5009 creating a Florida Accountability Office and revising audit and budgeting functions.
The most extended debate came on HB 7031, which permanently reduces the state sales tax rate from 6% to 5.25% and also lowers several related tax rates. Supporters described it as broad-based, immediate tax relief for Floridians, while opponents said property tax relief would be more targeted and that sales tax cuts also benefit tourists and out-of-state visitors. The bill passed 112-0. The House then took up the main budget bill, HB 501, and subcommittee chairs outlined the proposed $112.9 billion budget, including education, health care, transportation, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and IT spending. Members began questioning the pre-K-12 budget on school funding, vouchers, proration, mental health and safety allocations, and inflation, with the discussion continuing beyond the excerpt provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Education Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Our intention is to work with a lot of the national drowning prevention foundations to bring to the state
- Sacramento LGBTQ+ Community Center's advocacy and training lead, and Bridget McCarthy, American Foundation
- My name is Bridget McCarthy from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the Greater Los Angeles
- Now, these include school accountability, which is the foundation for continuous improvement and the
- LCAP, and school finance, which is the foundation for building a budget to implement the community's
Summary:
The Assembly Education Committee heard a full agenda of bills, first adopting a consent calendar of 11 measures without individual presentations. The committee then took up AB 1412, which would require California schools to implement or adopt a transferred special education student’s IEP within 30 days for out-of-state transfers and to coordinate more quickly on records. The author and military-family witnesses said the bill would reduce delays for highly mobile students, especially military children; a school administrators group opposed it. The bill received initial support from committee members and was moved on call. The committee also reconsidered AB 281, which would require notice to parents when outside consultants provide sex education instruction; the author accepted amendments removing a copy-right provision, but the bill remained on call after a split vote.
The committee heard AB 1005, which would create a statewide drowning-prevention education and swim-lesson voucher framework for underserved communities. The author and supporters described drowning as a preventable public health and equity issue, while the bill was clarified as developing a plan rather than immediately launching a voucher program. It was voted out on a 3-0 roll with the measure placed on call. AB 908, as amended, would add compliance monitoring for existing requirements that schools use LGBTQ-inclusive instructional materials and curriculum under the FAIR Act. Supporters said the bill would improve implementation and student safety; opponents raised concerns about privacy, girls’ sports, and school burdens. The committee approved the bill 5-2 and sent it to Appropriations.
The committee then heard AB 1401, which would affirm parents’ access to school records, including unofficial records unless exempt by law. The author argued that parents need clearer access to information held by schools and vendors, while school officials and teachers’ union representatives warned the bill was too vague and could sweep in personal notes, journals, and other sensitive material. The bill failed on a 2-3 vote and was placed on call. Finally, AB 727 would require student ID cards to include the Trevor Project hotline for LGBTQ youth; supporters framed it as a suicide-prevention measure, while opponents argued it conflicted with parental rights and religious beliefs. Committee discussion focused on whether 988 already provides similar access and whether the Trevor Project is an appropriate resource to print on IDs; the hearing continued with the bill still under consideration.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-09 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There are some of Marion County's top nonprofit leaders participating in the Community Foundation of
- The Community Foundation of Ocala-Marion County is uniquely poised to take on the community challenge
- Think of these programs like the foundation of a house.
- You don't cut the foundation to save money on the roof.
- When the storm comes, and it always does, it's the foundation that holds everything together.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then adopted the special order report and moved into a series of budget-related bills. The chamber first took up HB 5011/SB 2506 on environmental resource management and natural resources funding, where Democrats argued the bill would reduce recurring support for the Resilient Florida program, the Florida Wildlife Corridor, invasive species removal, and other conservation efforts. Supporters said the change would shift money from recurring to nonrecurring funding so the Legislature could reassess priorities each year and rely more on private-sector stewardship. After a strike-all amendment and conference posture change, SB 2506 passed 97-12. HB 5013, reducing state-funded property reinsurance reserves, passed 108-0, and HB 5501, redirecting documentary stamp tax distributions from housing and transportation trust funds into general revenue, passed 82-26 after extended debate over its impact on affordable housing and transportation funding.
The House also passed HB 5015 on state group insurance, which requires DMS to develop a formulary management system and was described as producing significant savings; members raised concerns about prescription access and implementation, but the bill passed 109-0. HB 5201 on state financial accounting and HB 5203 on the Capitol Center both passed unanimously, as did HB 5009, which creates a Florida Accountability Office and reorganizes audit functions. The chamber then passed HB 7031, a major sales tax reduction bill lowering the state sales tax rate and several related rates; supporters framed it as permanent relief for all Floridians, while opponents said property tax relief would be more meaningful and that the sales tax cut would also benefit tourists and out-of-state visitors. HB 7031 passed 112-0.
The House then began consideration of HB 501, the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget, totaling $112.9 billion and emphasizing reduced recurring spending and large reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined their budget silos: K-12 education at $20.6 billion with teacher raises, school hardening, literacy, transportation stipends, and security funding for Jewish day schools; health care at $47 billion with full Medicaid and KidCare funding, opioid settlement spending, mental health beds, and senior services; transportation/economic development at $18.5 billion; agriculture and natural resources at $5.8 billion with reduced Everglades spending but continued water, resiliency, and land management funding; higher education at $8.7 billion; state administration at $2.9 billion; justice at $7.3 billion; and IT at $529 million for Florida PALM, FX, and other systems. Members then began questioning the K-12 budget, focusing on FEFP funding, proration, voucher growth, stabilization dollars, mental health and school safety funding, and whether districts would be held harmless under the proposed allocations.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 4/2/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Some may ask, why Be the Best Foundation?
- Some may ask, why Be the Best Foundation?
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are <01:06:50.720>60 uh we at Be the Best Foundation are 60 uh we at - Be the Best Foundation are 60 or<01:06:52.039>
71% <01:06:53.039>senior <01:06:53.839>< - The Be the Best Foundation leadership consists of 71% Black veterans who serve in senior positions and
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That was a goal for generations; unfortunately, we've lost our way on that simple foundational premise
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find <00:10:26.519> - looks different, as do their paths to achievement, but the one common universal thread is the foundational
- Universal thread is the foundational Universal thread is the foundational need<00:54:29.280>
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Ma, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, providing comments on Zoom. Tom Y.
- Ma, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, providing comments on Zoom. Tom, are you present? Aloha, this is J.
- McMillan on behalf of Tom Ma for the Tax Foundation of Hawaii.
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Summary:
The joint Health and Human Services and Judiciary meeting heard testimony on several measures, with most of the discussion focused on SB 709 and SB 955. On SB 709, relating to mental health data and related appropriations, the Department of Health supported the bill’s intent and said the funding would help maintain a data dashboard and positions, though it had no suggested amount for one blank appropriation. Members also discussed whether sections of the bill were duplicative of existing data reporting. The committees later recommended SB 709 be passed with amendments, including technical changes, deferring the date to December 31, 2050, and blanking out the appropriation for later clarification.
SB 955, relating to fitness to proceed, drew mixed testimony. Judiciary opposed portions of the bill, saying some changes could have unintended practical consequences. The Office of the Public Defender supported the bill’s intent but urged keeping a three-member evaluation panel rather than reducing it to two, warning that a two-panel process could create delays if a third evaluator had to be added later. A former Hawaii State Hospital clinician said the bill placed too much blame on the courts and should address institutional and administrative problems at the hospital more directly. The Department of Health supported the intent and said it appreciated efforts to address overcrowding. After discussion about examiner shortages and status hearings, the committees recommended SB 955 be passed with amendments reducing the number of qualified examiners from three to one and making related technical changes.
The committee also heard SB 1228, a child welfare services measure creating a working group related to youth legal representation and child welfare reform. DHS requested adding a Child Welfare Services representative to the work group, and multiple advocates, including the National Center for Youth Law and Hawaii Youth Services Network, testified in strong support, emphasizing the need for youth voice and implementation of Malama Ohana recommendations. Members asked whether this working group overlapped with another recently passed working group bill; testimony indicated the two measures addressed different issues. The meeting then recessed and later resumed for decision-making on the 9 o’clock calendar, where SB 709 was adopted with amendments and SB 955 was adopted with amendments.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- , the Minnesota Initiatives Foundation, the Minnesota Initiatives Foundation, who<01:38:31.640>
- We worked with the Initiative Foundation We worked with the Initiative Foundation to<01:40:14.000
- Initiative Foundation, and others.
- Foundations, also from Southwest<01:42:06.120>
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and Southwest Initiative Foundation, and Southwest Initiative Foundation, and others
Summary:
The Senate was called to order, a quorum was established, and remote voting was authorized for several members. The body adopted committee reports except those related to Senate Concurrent Resolution 6, gave Senate File 4067 a second reading, and referred newly introduced bills as listed on the agenda. It also adopted a motion to strike and re-refer House File 3379 to the Committee on Finance, and then moved into special orders and floor debate.
The main floor action was on House File 2358, a public safety bill providing enhanced criminal penalties for certain coercion offenses. Senator Lang described it as creating a Minnesota crime targeting sexual extortion of children, including online extortion. Senator Maye Quade supported the bill and spoke about the tragic constituent story behind it. The Senate took a roll call and passed the bill 67-0, with its title agreed to.
The Senate then began debate on Senate File 4511, which would clarify Minnesota gambling law to prohibit prediction-market style betting disguised as futures contracts. Senator Marty argued the bill was needed to stop companies such as Kalshi and Polymarket from using futures-contract language to evade state gambling restrictions and to protect existing regulated gambling businesses. Senator Johnson initially offered the A10 amendment to delay action until federal jurisdiction issues are resolved, but withdrew it after debate. He then offered the A8 amendment to preserve longer-term weather-related hedging contracts, which Senator Marty supported as a distinction from short-term, manipulable bets; the A8 amendment was adopted. Debate continued with questions about the bill’s scope, including whether it would reach election-related or financial contracts.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Floor Session 5/5/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We also fund the Wilder Foundation point-in-time homeless census for a three-year cycle. Mr.
- Foundation to do that study. And Foundation to do that study.
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my members, the Wilder Foundation, my members, the Wilder Foundation, my computer< - We all come here with a foundation of love.
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of come here with a foundation of come here with a foundation of love.<02:50