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• and years and years on Finance.
• and years and years on Finance.
• and years and years on Finance.
• years and years and us insights of his years and years and years<00:43:31.400> on<00:43:31.599
• There's also $825,000 in fiscal year 26 for the continuation of the successful gun buyback program to

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• We will all be better off if we provide early learning to every eligible four year old and that said
• For the past 23 years I have dedicated myself to teaching students in special day programs.
• For many years now, learning has taken a seat to managing behaviors.
• This year, many programs for our autistic students were closed by our district.
• And he and other four students were placed into the specific learning disabilities special day program

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• This program is still 10 times what Florida launched with 25 years ago, and I believe it's a hundred
• But for 20 plus years, those two states respectively have honed their systems, and we've learned from
• This program is still 10 times what Florida launched with 25 years ago, and I believe it's a hundred
• it absolutely might not be accurate for 28 years of review of the program.
• But the ESA program, through a program called Horse Equine Therapy, helped that child learn how to walk

Bills: SB 2

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• only a partial day for four-year-olds despite families often needing a full day of programming.
• Consistency of employees from year to year is a benefit to students and their learning.
• promotes alternative learning programs in Minnesota.
• We have over 800 members with over 300 alternative learning programs around the state.
• We have over 800 members with over 300 alternative learning programs around the state.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And they'll teach into that first year and into the second year.
• program.
• We started this process almost three years ago. Three years ago, we began looking at...
• Starting salaries for first-year teachers, and then you go into your second year, and in year three you
• By year five, it really jumps up.

Bills: SB26, SB 26

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, SB 26, Texas Property Code, colonia, colonias, Spanish translation, bilingual contract, real estate contract, executory contract, residential property, border county, international border, economically distressed area, consumer protection, language access, translator certified in Spanish

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• That means the state wouldn't lower the eligibility threshold. for the program next year but it could
• That program has been undersubscribed for several years.
• I was in their program when I was 14, I was in foster care for 18 years, from when I was four years old
• They were given the money to run the program and they have for the last two years.
• So it's a program that was funded for three two-year cohorts that the funding runs out this year.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We are very excited that these are three-year programs.
• We are waiting for certain programs to ramp up at the start of the school year.
• For these three-year programs, is that correct?
• dollar program that goes over three years...
• of three years for the programs that are showing promise and starting new programs that we think will

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• We've launched 40 online degree programs this year attracting almost 700 students this spring and we
• This past year, we received 22 million from tough this year about 30 million with a full share would
• These funds are critical to supporting academic and program activities that advance student learning.
• This year alone, LIT will be undertaking new roofing projects and other upgrades to teaching and learning
• A $750,000 per year investment for technical program support.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• now, and I've just watched not only that program grow, but it certainly has been a program that's.
• It's just a marvelous program.
• years of age all the way to adulthood through their program because they lack the inner city parentage
• So I suggest you do it at the beginning of the school year, notification at the end of the school year
• Uh, we have had it for one school year, this school year. And what's been the outcome?

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: hemp, consumable hemp products, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, cannabidiol, CBG, cannabigerol, Texas hemp law, hemp regulation, cannabinoid products, delta-9 THC, intoxicating hemp, hemp gummies, hemp vape, retail registration, product registration, QR code labeling, child-resistant packaging, youth access, minor sales

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• Quality provisions, but should start in the coming school year, its first full year of program implementation
• On the bottom of page 18, Overall program expenditures have increased from $165 million in school year
• Another major success of the New Mexico Grown program this year is that the department has awarded more
• The whole program is a wonderful program.
• fiscal year.

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• I know that social-emotional learning for the last couple of years has been a profane word by our previous
• Um, I know that, you know, social, emotional learning for the last couple of years has been a profane
• Um, and in fact, when I was one of the accreditors two years ago, if I went to a program and found out
• teachers who were trained by an organization that was called Big Picture Learning, which is a program
• The next one is our CARS program. Our CARS program is a community-at-risk program.

Summary: The committee held an interim study on how to educate and support students with severe violent or disruptive behavior while protecting classmates, teachers, and school staff. Members framed the issue as one involving students who have often experienced trauma and may be removed from class through suspension, expulsion, or juvenile placement, but who still need a meaningful path back to school. Several legislators shared personal experiences as former educators or administrators and emphasized that schools need clearer criteria for removal and return, along with stronger support for families and staff. Dr. Michelle Butler, an alternative education director, testified that Oklahoma’s current alternative education system is not designed to serve students removed for major discipline issues because placement is generally voluntary and programs are built around students who need a different learning environment, not punitive removal. She argued for early intervention, stronger attendance enforcement, trauma screening, teacher training, and a regional or cooperative model that would combine credentialed educators, social workers, therapists, and family counselors. She also described existing programs such as Trace Academy, Rogers County Youth Services diversion programs, and the limitations of virtual-only models and current funding, saying the system lacks sufficient resources and staffing. Representatives and senators asked about funding, staffing, credentials, and whether statutes should be changed to prevent alternative education dollars from going to programs that do not provide direct services. Other testimony came from Family and Children’s Services and Mid-Del Youth and Family Services, both of which described embedded school-based mental health, crisis response, intensive outpatient services, family engagement, and juvenile diversion programs. Witnesses stressed that wraparound services, school-community partnerships, and a bridge back to the home school are essential, and that many students and families need mandatory or strongly supported participation rather than purely voluntary help. The study concluded with members noting possible next steps, including expanding or supplementing alternative education, improving early intervention, and examining participation requirements and transition supports; no votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after the presentations.

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• that cooperative learning activity and apprenticeships, has grown by um 1,782 since the 2023 school year
• We're talking about learning colors, learning numbers, learning how to make sounds and rhyme, and learn
• :19:16.480> learning talking about learning colors, learning talking about learning colors, learning
• <00:21:08.320> of in year two would be the first year of in year two would be the first year of
• 00:46:13.440> expansion<00:46:13.920> program program, our our prek expansion program program

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee met without a quorum and first heard from Kentucky Department of Education officials on career and technical education funding. KDE explained that House Bill 499 created a CTE funding formula using 60% weighted full-time equivalent enrollment and 40% incentives, but House Bill 6’s budget language excluded area technology centers (ATCs) from that supplemental funding. KDE requested approval of an additional budget request of $14,789,352 in each fiscal year 2027 and 2028 to include ATCs in the formula and hold local districts harmless. Officials said ATCs serve students from 117 of Kentucky’s 171 districts and argued the change would reduce funding disparities and better reflect the return on investment from CTE programs, citing growth in dual credit and work-based learning participation. Members asked whether the issue would need to be revisited each budget cycle. KDE responded that the problem could be fixed by removing the notwithstanding language from the budget bill, which they said would allow ATCs to be included under the existing statute. Representative Klein supported the request, saying the current clause could lead to stagnation and that the committee should help the program continue to grow. No vote was taken on the CTE item during the portion of the meeting provided. The committee then heard a presentation from PreK for All on expanding preschool access in Kentucky. Advocates said the state’s preschool program has been funded since 1990 and currently serves about 14,200 children at roughly $84 million per year, but that many working families still fall into a coverage gap. They proposed expanding eligibility to 250% of the federal poverty line, which they said would add about 9,600 children at a cost of $40 million in year two, after a planning year. The proposal also included regulatory flexibility for classrooms and partnerships with private child care providers and nonprofits, with speakers emphasizing child care deserts in some counties and citing research that early learning improves kindergarten readiness and later outcomes. No action or vote was taken on the preschool proposal in the transcript provided.

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• We believe that hosting the Hmong New Year provides children an opportunity to learn about the Hmong
• provides children an opportunity to Year provides children an opportunity to learn<00:36:33.079>
• A few years ago in Minnesota, the Minnesota Poet Laureate program was established.
• A few years ago in Minnesota, the Minnesota Poet Laureate program was established.
• A few years ago in Minnesota, the Minnesota Poet Laureate program was established.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I actually learned of the program during the birth of my three-year-old.
• I actually learned of the program during the birth of my three-year-old.
• I actually learned of the program during the birth of my three-year-old.
• I've never had any outreach from any programs, and I am a program advocate, so I speak about programming
• I've never had any outreach from any programs, and I am a program advocate, so I speak about programming

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We've launched 40 online degree programs this year, attracting almost 700 students this spring, and we
• This past year, we received $22 million from TUF. This year, about $30 million.
• These funds are critical to supporting academic and program activities that advance student learning
• This year alone, LIT will be undertaking new roofing projects and other upgrades to teaching and learning
• A $750,000 per year investment for technical program support.

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• We are proud of the fact that we stood up our virtual learning program in four days, but it is absolutely
• We are proud of the fact that we stood up our virtual learning program in four days, but it is absolutely
• created an alternative learning program. created an alternative learning program.
• as a school social worker and 12th year working in children and youth programming.
• Schools need counselors, emotional support programs, and safe spaces so children can focus on learning

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Sure, learn. Yes, sir. Every opportunity is a learning moment.
• Sure, learn. Yes, sir. Every opportunity is a learning moment.
• Given those positive results, we’ve continued our program this school year for our students who need
• Earlier this year, I was actually on a learning walk to some second-grade classrooms.
• And earlier this year, I was actually on a learning walk to some second grade classrooms.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a quorum and announced a full agenda, including combined public testimony for two bills related to student personal communication devices. The committee first took up Senate Bill 1262 by Senator Nichols, a school safety cleanup bill following House Bill 3. The bill would allow TEA to commission peace officers for school safety purposes, require annual renewal of good-cause exceptions to armed guard requirements, create a new report based on intruder detection audits and vulnerability assessments, and require behavioral threat assessment teams to include someone with specific knowledge of a special education student’s disability. Committee members asked about the difference between TCOLE licensing and TEA commissioning, the scope of the officers’ authority, and how the good-cause exception would work. The committee substitute was adopted, and public testimony included support from school safety and drone-response advocates, Disability Rights Texas in favor of the special education provisions, and a student witness raising concerns about the mental health impact of repeated lockdowns and the need for immediate, reliable school safety responses. The bill was left pending after testimony, then the committee briefly recessed and later reopened testimony to hear the student witness. The committee then laid out Senate Bill 2252 by Senator Creighton, a major early literacy and numeracy bill for kindergarten through third grade. Creighton said the bill builds on prior literacy efforts by funding teacher stipends for literacy and math academies, providing free and clearly administered screeners and assessments, expanding screening options, clarifying how results are used, supporting high-quality pre-K, and increasing the early education allotment. He emphasized low reading performance and the need for early intervention. Members discussed how the bill differs from earlier academy models and whether the assessments are diagnostic or high-stakes; Creighton and witnesses said the tools are intended to identify students needing support, not to serve as punitive testing. The committee adopted the substitute. Witnesses for SB 2252 largely supported the bill. A Uplift Education representative described strong gains from small-group literacy tutoring and said students receiving targeted support can make more than a year of growth in a year. An education specialist explained that the bill aligns general education screening with existing dyslexia and special education practices and helps districts identify students who need intervention before a disability evaluation is required. A Commit Partnership witness cited statewide reading data, the importance of high-quality pre-K, and the need for transparent, consistent progress monitoring and parent engagement. Members asked about the meaning of the growth data, how dyslexia screening works, and how the bill would help identify struggling students earlier. Before finishing all questions, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair after the floor session.

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• Knox, who stuck with me for eight years. I started my PhD program before I filed for office.
• The greatest lesson I've learned over the past eight years: It's not about me.
• I learned a lot from those guys these first two years.
• A lot of people, and I just learned this last year, that there are different variations of ASL.
• A lot of people, and I just learned this last year, that there are different variations of ASL.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for Army Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum and journal business before taking up the special order calendar. Several bills were explained and moved through amendment and final passage, including CS/SB 590 on the statute of limitations for mandatory reporters’ child-abuse reporting violations, which was clarified on the floor to apply prospectively only and passed 111-0. CS/SB 418 on law enforcement interactions with individuals with autism spectrum disorder was amended to align with the House version and passed 111-0. The chamber also recognized Spina Bifida Week and guests in the gallery before considering additional measures. Members then passed CS/CS/SB 1668 on the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association (NICA), described as preserving the program’s actuarial soundness, by a 112-0 vote; CS/SB 1246 on the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund, expanded to support broader health science education programs and non-health-care partner contributions, by 112-0; CS/CS/SB 1404 on memory care facility standards by 111-0; CS/CS/SB 1030 on recovery residences, including transfer-of-ownership and MAT-related provisions, by 168-0; CS/CS/SB 178 on athletics in public K-12 schools, allowing limited coach support for student welfare with parental consent and other guardrails, by 112-0; CS/CS/SB 422 on automatic dependent surveillance broadcasts, limiting use of ADS-B data for airport billing, by 108-2; and CS/CS/SB 598 on funeral, cemetery, and consumer services, modernizing licensure and exclusivity rules, by 111-0. The House also took up CS/SB 1134 on official actions of local governments and DEI-related restrictions. The sponsor argued the bill would prohibit counties and municipalities from official DEI actions and related funding while preserving numerous exceptions for holidays, observances, public safety, and other activities. Members asked extensive questions about how the bill would affect local programs, events, and offices, and Representative Gant offered an amendment to narrow the bill’s DEI definition by removing two prongs; debate centered on vagueness, enforcement, and local-government impacts. The transcript cuts off during consideration of that amendment, so no final action on the bill is shown. The session also included lengthy farewell remarks from Representatives Eskamani and Overdorf, reflecting on their service, staff, constituents, and policy priorities.

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• <00:14:45.279> there's over years over the years but there's over years over the years but
• So, you know, roughly $1.8 million a year or so where you can collect information on various programs
• Partnership Program. Partnership Program.
• Program uh is a program that Partnership Program uh is a program that uh<00:25:27.679> as<00:
• <00:26:47.520> the programs under the MJSP program. the programs under the MJSP program. the

Bills: HF2440

Keywords: labor market, employment, economic development, funding, data analysis, 1183, house

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• To support this alignment... creating post-secondary programs of study several years ago.
• So the Workforce Commission has funded for several years, externship programs, the thing about this is
• New fellowship programs, scholarship programs.
• They started an aviation program a few years ago.
• was a, he's 21 years old, he went through their lives. program he's making a hundred and twenty five

Keywords: 1184, house, all