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• For the use of public school funds, the bill prohibits public schools, charter schools, and related organizations
• The bill recognizes outstanding teachers who work at charter schools, and the Florida School Recognition
• This proposed legislation directs state agencies, district school boards, and charter schools to update
• This proposed legislation directs state agencies, district school boards, and charter schools to update
• It also requires that all public and charter schools connect their panic alert systems to the centralized

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K through 12 Education met with a quorum present and took up three bills. SB 1618, by Senator Calatayud, was presented as a broad education package affecting VPK through grade 12. It included changes to VPK enrollment flexibility, repeal of the Council for Early Grade Success, agriculture and financial literacy curriculum updates, reading intervention requirements, limits on certain public-school spending, corporal punishment consent, educator certification and screening provisions, and changes to the school recognition program. A late-filed technical amendment clarifying prior legislation for certain private schools in Brevard, Clay, Sarasota, and Bradford counties was adopted. Senator Osgood raised concerns about the bill’s school recognition provisions and the impact on paraprofessionals and other support staff, and the sponsor said she would continue those discussions. SB 1618, as amended, was reported favorably. The committee then considered CS for SB 1058, which would update Florida references from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in state, district, and charter school materials beginning after July 1, 2025, without requiring existing materials to be changed. The bill was presented by Senator Calatayud on behalf of Senator Gruters and was reported favorably without amendment or opposition. Next, the committee heard CS for SB 1470 on school safety, which would align school security guard training with guardian program requirements, refine locked campus and classroom rules, and improve panic alert and digital map coordination. Several amendments were adopted, including a late-filed amendment capping guardian training fees, creating a stakeholder work group for a Florida Institute of School Safety, adjusting locked-zone requirements and exceptions, requiring substitute teachers to receive safety protocol training, and a funding amendment providing $450,000 in recurring funds for a centralized panic alert and digital map system. Support was voiced by school district, sheriff, and safety representatives, and Senator Osgood praised the recurring funding as avoiding an unfunded mandate. The committee also passed SB 1472, linked to SB 1470, extending a public records exemption to school security guards’ records held by FDLE, with the exemption set to sunset in 2030 unless renewed. President Gaetz questioned the need for the exemption, and Senator Burgess responded that it was intended to protect school safety personnel from exposure of personal information after an incident. All three bills were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned.

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• Co-Chair Anderson and I had an agreement that one of the bills scheduled that day, which was that fish
• Co-Chair Anderson and I had an agreement that one of the bills scheduled that day, which was that fish
• It's a keystone species of wetlands across the Great Lakes region, habitat for many waterfowl and fish
• </c><00:04:56.479><c> The</c><00:04:56.720><c> majority</c> waterfall and fish species.
• The majority waterfall and fish species.

Bills: HF3898 , HF3957 , HF4372 , HF4350 , HF3692 , HF4085

Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy

Keywords: pesticides, wild rice, environmental protection, agriculture, water quality, pollinators, training, management plan, fertilizer research, education grants, Minnesota Agricultural Council, technology transfer, agricultural productivity, HF4372, Minnesota agriculture, meat processing, meat processing training, retention incentive grants, grant extension, project deadline extension

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• fishing license fees, federal dollars, and lottery and LCC.
• The game and fish fund is the primary funding source for the fish and wildlife division, contributing
• This includes the federal Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson funds for fish and game conservation
• The enforcement division's largest funding source is the game and fish fund, with additional support
• </c> game and fish game and fish fund.<00:09:21.440><c> Our</c><00:09:21.680><c> ecological</c><00:09

Committee: House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• to discuss our opposition to AB 1065, which will disproportionately impact credit unions and state charter
• banks, since federally chartered banks are likely.
• or state-chartered banks within Illinois.
• Community banks and credit unions can choose to be chartered in California or federally chartered.
• The number of community banks and credit unions chartered here continues to decline.

Committee: House Banking and Finance

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So, um, this would be a significant issue in a town operating under a local charter, too, depending on
• of law because those were adopted through a charter and not adopted under some section of RSA chapter
• or not a charter tax cap would<00:35:59.920><c> be</c><00:36:00.079><c> subject</c><00:36:00.400><c>
• and not adopted under um some charter and not adopted under um some section<00:36:05.359><c> of</c><
• tax caps and for intent is for charter tax caps and for um<00:36:11.040><c> those</c><00:36:11.359><

Committee: Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So how do charter schools fit into that formula? So, Mr.
• No, I will make a distinction Between locally chartered charter schools and state charter charter schools
• Chair, so just so I've got it straight, so a privately Charter school cannot.
• But a state-owned charter school could. They could bond.
• So first off, just for correction, that all public charter schools, state charter schools are more on

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• Over the past decade, some cities have proposed charter amendments.
• It would prohibit them from even putting something up for a charter amendment.
• Governing body, city council, to put something like this on the charter election.
• violates state law before putting something on the charter, correct?
• Whatever it is, on the charter, correct? They wouldn't be able to move forward, yes.

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, received a House message that H.B. 422 had passed the House, and heard gubernatorial nominations for the Council on Sex Offender Treatment. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day and several visiting groups and adopted a resolution designating June 20, 2025, as Texas Nuclear Legislative Day. Members then considered and passed several bills and resolutions, often by suspending the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule. SB 311 passed to final passage on the Texas Supreme Court’s writ power. SB 883, on off-label prescription access for COVID-19 treatment, passed to engrossment. SB 1706, creating an Open Meetings Act exception for certain defense, military, and aerospace deliberations, passed despite concerns from Sen. Eckhardt that the bill’s use of “deliberate” could weaken open-government protections. CS SB 1677, directing a study on diabetes-related amputations, passed with support from Sen. Menendez. SB 1967 expanded flood infrastructure fund eligibility to certain multipurpose projects, and SB 1255, a cleanup bill on mold assessor and remediator regulation, passed unanimously. The Senate also approved CS SJR 40 and CS SB 871, which would change emergency and disaster law to require legislative involvement after prolonged or widespread emergencies and to limit gubernatorial suspension powers, with Sen. Eckhardt questioning whether the bill could slow urgent business closures during a disaster. Additional measures passed included SB 1426 transferring management of the First Capital State Historic Site to the Texas Historical Commission, SB 249 requiring TxDOT to fund memorial markers for fallen peace officers, SB 1592 centralizing collection of hotel occupancy taxes from accommodation intermediaries, SB 1271 allowing concurrent jurisdiction on military installations for certain juvenile matters, SB 745 creating a higher penalty for intoxication manslaughter involving multiple deaths, SB 365 shortening the academic fresh start waiting period at public colleges, and SB 1171 adjusting compensation and standards for certain Texas Juvenile Justice Department inspector general employees. CS SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, passed after questions about its relationship to federal homeland security and its focus on border security and critical infrastructure. The latter part of the session focused heavily on CS SB 38, a major eviction and squatter-related bill. Sen. Bettencourt described widespread squatter cases and argued the bill, with a Moody amendment, would clarify notice and eviction procedures while balancing property-owner and tenant rights. Sen. West said he supported addressing squatters but worried the broader eviction changes could harm vulnerable renters, especially single mothers, and said he would vote present not voting. The discussion continued with additional testimony from Sen. Kolkhorst about the need for a balanced eviction process.

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• ,</c><00:10:18.320><c> they</c> knife when they're out fishing, they knife when they're out fishing,
• Spear guns, fishing gear, and knives for cleaning fish will all become criminal acts to carry.
• Spear guns, fishing gear, and knives for cleaning fish will all become criminal acts to carry.
• Spear guns, fishing gear, and knives for cleaning fish will all become criminal acts to carry.
• Spear guns, fishing gear, and knives for cleaning fish will all become criminal acts to carry.

Committee: Senate Public Safety and Military Affairs

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on Senate Bill 433, which would restrict the carrying of “bladed weapons” and related items. The Office of the Public Defender, Honolulu Police Department, the Hawaii Firearms Coalition, Knife Rights, and many individual testifiers opposed the bill, arguing it is overbroad, vague, and likely unconstitutional. Common concerns were that the term “bladed weapon” could sweep in ordinary tools such as pocketknives, Leathermans, multi-tools, fishing and camping gear, and items used by farmers, ranchers, hunters, divers, and martial arts practitioners. Several speakers also warned that the bill could burden lawful self-defense and create an affirmative-defense scheme that shifts costs and proof burdens onto defendants. Supporters and opponents alike focused on the need for a clearer definition, with HPD saying a narrower definition would help distinguish ordinary tools from dangerous weapons used in assaults. Opponents repeatedly urged the committee to defer or kill the measure, citing pending and related court cases and the risk of new constitutional challenges. Some testifiers tied the bill to Native Hawaiian gathering rights and subsistence practices, saying it would interfere with hunting, fishing, and food gathering, while others argued it would do little to deter criminals and instead penalize law-abiding residents and visitors. After finishing testimony on SB 433, the committee moved on to Senate Bill 2575 relating to firearms. The transcript shows the start of that item with the Office of the Public Defender and other agencies being called, but no substantive testimony or action on SB 2575 is included before the excerpt ends. No votes or final committee actions are reflected in the portion provided.

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• This bill exempts congressionally chartered veteran service organizations like American Legions and VFWs
• So this bill exempts congressionally chartered veteran service organizations like American Legions and
• </c> bill exempts congressionally chartered bill exempts congressionally chartered veteran<00:02:09.599
• and which has resulted in a lot Charters and which has resulted in a lot of<00:05:11.000><c> pressure
• Congressionaly chartered veterans organizations have a federal requirement of reporting their volunteer

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Sarah Adler for the Public Charter Coalition of Northern Nevada.
• School Authority for the transportation of pupils enrolled in charter schools.
• transportation of pupils enrolled in charter schools.
• I'm the Executive Director of the State Public Charter School Authority.
• Sarah Adler for the Public Charter Coalition of Northern Nevada.

Bills: AB568 , SB90 , SB133 , SB147 , SB229 , SB233 , SB240 , SB245 , SB280 , SB378 , SB393 , SB417 , SB434 , SB494 , SB495 , AB62 , SB104 , SB119 , SB132 , SB193 , SB262 , SB422 , SB431 , SB435 , SB468 , SB503

Committee: Assembly Ways and Means

Keywords: higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency

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• Relative to charter schools and to provide for related matters.
• Bridget Neeland, and again representing Charter Schools USA.
• School, the First Line Charter School, and the KIPP School all sent messages.
• The Renew Charter School, the First Line Charter School, and the KIPP School all sent messages from their
• We are 90-something percent charter, as you all know. We are a portfolio school district.

Committee: Senate Education

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met to hear several education-related measures. It reported favorably, without objection, on House Bill 1215, which would transfer certain removed historical statues and monuments to the Office of State Parks, prohibit re-erection in the parish where they were removed, and require interpretive signage. The committee also advanced House Bill 682, which creates a school guardian program for honorably discharged veterans employed or contracted by local school systems or charter schools; testimony emphasized that guardians would be unarmed, trained, and used for mentoring and school safety. House Bill 1079, giving enrollment preferences in charter schools to children in early childhood programs, military families, foster children, and children in custody disputes, was also reported favorably, as was House Concurrent Resolution 81, directing the Department of Education to study options for districts facing declining enrollment. The committee then took up House Bill 1084, which would allow public postsecondary institutions to raise tuition and mandatory fees by up to 15 percent annually, with higher increases requiring Board of Supervisors approval. The bill drew extended debate over affordability, TOPS, student retention, and whether universities should have more autonomy to set prices. Members raised concerns about fee burdens on families and whether the state should first study the issue; supporters argued the bill would increase transparency and let institutions respond to funding needs and market conditions. Senator Mazzell offered an amendment lowering the cap from 15 percent to 10 percent, and the committee adopted the amendment before reporting the bill favorably as amended. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 342, which would shift the burden of proof in special education due process hearings from parents to local education agencies. The author and parents testified that the current system places an unfair burden on families of children with disabilities, who often lack access to records and legal resources, and that schools already control the documentation and should have to show compliance with IEP obligations. Jefferson Parish school officials opposed the bill, arguing it would increase legal costs, require more staff and attorney time, and potentially lead to more hearings; they also questioned the fiscal note. The Legislative Fiscal Office said the fiscal impact was indeterminable, and the committee continued hearing testimony from parents and school representatives as the transcript ended.

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• district, charter school administrator, or direct support organization, or any such school or school
• So this amendment removes lines 132 to 142 and inserts: “A public school, including a charter school,
• , school district, charter school administrator, public school, including a charter school, school district
• Chris Moyer, representing Charter Schools USA, as a proponent, waves in support. Great.
• Chris Moyer, representing Charter Schools USA, waves in support.

Committee: House Education & Employment Committee

Summary: The committee first took up CS for CS for HB 1471, which would bar Florida courts from enforcing foreign or religious law that conflicts with the U.S. or Florida Constitution, create a process for designating domestic terrorist organizations, and prohibit public funds from supporting such organizations. The sponsor said the bill protects constitutional supremacy, due process, and taxpayer dollars, while opponents argued it was vague, targeted religion, and could be used to suppress dissent and protected speech. Members debated whether a conviction was required, who would make designations, and what consequences would follow; an amendment changing student expulsion language from “may” to “shall” was adopted. After extensive public testimony both for and against, the bill passed 16-4 and was reported favorably with amendment. The committee then heard CS for CS for HB 1071, an education bill covering parental opt-outs for certain health instruction, required instruction on embryology, fetal development, and HIV/AIDS, math plan requirements, student-led organizations, epinephrine access, instructional material review, safe-school officer options, and chronic absenteeism reporting. The sponsor framed it as a parental rights, academics, accountability, and safety measure, while opponents said parts of the bill would restrict sex education, chill student organizations, and undermine DEI-related activities and LGBTQ student groups. Several amendments were offered by the ranking member to remove or soften the provisions restricting funding for DEI and social/political activism, but those amendments failed. The committee adopted a Trabulsy amendment requiring districts to publicize virtual instruction options, and another amendment clarifying reading-coach language and safe-school officer options, as well as an amendment giving publishers an appeals process if removed for noncompliant materials. A final Trabulsy amendment requiring annual reporting of chronic absenteeism by grade level was also adopted. Public testimony on the bill remained sharply divided, with supporters emphasizing embryology, parental rights, and school safety, and opponents warning about censorship, reduced reproductive health education, and harm to student expression. The transcript ends during continued public testimony on HB 1071, before final committee action on the bill is shown.

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• Um, now, fishing game. Fishing game, page 20.
• </c><01:42:42.719><c> Fishing</c><01:42:43.199><c> game,</c> fishing game.
• Fishing game, fishing game. Fishing game, page<01:42:46.080><c> 20.
• </c> fund fee in order to get the fishing fund fee in order to get the fishing license<01:44:53.360><
• </c> if the point is not to build up the fish if the point is not to build up the fish and<01:45:00.239

Keywords: 10am HB 1 & HB 2, 928, house, all

Summary: The committee of conference on HB 1 and HB 2 reviewed comparison documents and worked through a long list of House and Senate positions, agreeing on some technical or already-enacted items while setting aside others for later discussion. Early on, members agreed to delete a House Bill 2 section tied to a bill already passed into law, and a representative explained a technical amendment to the EFA provisions clarifying enrollment-cap repeal language and compulsory attendance rules for EFA students. That amendment was discussed but a vote was postponed because not all members were present. The committee also noted that the overall EFA budget numbers had already been settled separately. Several items were either agreed to or held for further negotiation. Members agreed to delete sections already covered by other enacted bills, including BTLA-related language, and to accept a technical amendment changing "municipalities" to "political subdivisions" in a section affecting funding eligibility. They also agreed on some items involving workers’ compensation second injuries, certain pilot-program language, and some sections related to state loan repayment and other technical corrections. In contrast, they set aside or disputed items involving site evaluation, lottery-related provisions, opioid abatement, the Commission on Aging, Granite Advantage premium costs, renewable energy/offshore wind funding, special education funding, and several education trust fund and unique-fund provisions. The committee spent substantial time on policy disputes. The House side argued against keeping money in dedicated Fish and Game funds rather than increasing the main Fish and Game fund, while the Senate side defended its approach and raised concerns about fee impacts, including one tied to the fishing license. The members also discussed a housing appeals board proposal, with one member suggesting a possible compromise that would preserve some function while shifting duties and possibly sunsetting the arrangement later; the contracts for the positions were noted as running through June 30, 2028 and June 30, 2029. Another extended discussion concerned the child advocate records-access section, which one side wanted removed as policy that should go through the normal bill process, while another member asked to hold it and suggested a possible middle-ground, time-limited approach. Later, the committee agreed to remove sections already handled in other bills, including House sections 254 and 255, and discussed but did not resolve disputes over liquor licensing functions, cannabis-related language, cost containment, special education, and several fee and fund provisions. The Senate explained its position on the governor’s commission language, saying opioid abatement trust funds could not be used for that purpose and that the commission should continue to be funded through 5% of gross liquor profits; it also described renaming the body the Commission on Addiction Treatment and Prevention and expanding its scope to include problem gambling. The meeting ended with several major items still open for later negotiation.

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• Again, these children may be open enrolled in private schools; they may be in charter schools, but this
• schools but this again are just charter schools but this again are just the<00:21:14.760><c> growth<
• co-ops which are our districts Charters co-ops and<01:08:53.000><c> intermediates</c><01:08:54.000><
• </c><01:14:37.440><c> or</c> uh by category of District Charter or uh by category of District Charter
• This aid would cover 10% of the charter schools' unreimbursed costs.

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• schools or charter operators.
• I just want to note it does say they all were charter schools that were approved.
• It's really structured... ...charter schools, and that's not because there is any kind of animus amongst
• And yeah, that was a district school, not a charter school.
• Both public school districts and charter schools can participate in the program.

Committee: Senate Senate Education Committee of Reference

Summary: The Senate Education Committee of Reference first heard a sunset review of the Credit Enhancement Eligibility Board. Governor’s Office staff explained that the board was created in 2016 to lower borrowing costs for qualifying schools by providing a state guarantee that improves credit ratings, but the board has no dedicated staff or budget and is now largely in a monitoring role because it has reached its statutory leverage cap. Members discussed the long maturities of the approved financings, whether rural districts might benefit from additional capacity, and why a 10-year continuation was being requested. The committee voted to recommend continuing the board for 10 years until July 1, 2036. The committee then heard a sunset review of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). WICHE’s president described the interstate compact, its regional student access programs—WUE, WRGP, and PSEP—along with behavioral health fidelity reviews and cooperative purchasing savings. Testimony emphasized tuition savings for Arizona students, the return of health care graduates to Arizona, and the value of regional collaboration. The committee voted to recommend continuing WICHE for 10 years until July 1, 2036. Finally, the committee reviewed the Arizona Department of Education School Safety Program performance audit. The Auditor General reported that the program has grown substantially, but many sampled schools were not fully complying with requirements such as operational plans, safety teams, training, activity logs, and reimbursement documentation. The department agreed with the finding and said it would implement the recommendations. The school safety director responded that the department has already begun tightening monitoring, training, and documentation procedures, and he answered questions about emergency plans and campus safety. No further action was taken on the audit, and the meeting adjourned.

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• Because when a student is enrolled in Medicaid, charters can request reimbursement from Medicaid when
• This is a transit practice that was developed between educator programs, school districts, and charter
• This was to the federal portals used to get the funds to reimburse districts and charter schools for
• Secretary Padilla sent out a letter to every single district and charter in the state to notify them
• Very committed to reaching out to districts and charters to provide them with whatever information we

Committee: House Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee

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• President, we also have students from Kihei Public Charter School that are joining us today.
• And we also have our charter school, Kula O Nāwahīokalaniʻou? students.
• And we also have our charter school, Kula O Nāwahīokalaniʻou? students.
• Welcome to your state senate. charter school kula o navah kalani ou charter school kula o navah kalani
• Over 120 students from 36 public and charter schools participated, representing 14 complex areas.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• </c><00:03:06.319><c> school</c> Roman numeral 3 or the charter school Roman numeral 3 or the charter
• For charter school leases, $6.3 million is appropriated to be distributed for charter school lease expenses
• </c><00:05:06.560><c> school</c> 18, this is that charter school 18, this is that charter school contingency
• This is for future charter convenience.
• for charter schools for operation.

Bills: HB0105 , HB0107 , SF0002

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem

Transcript Highlights:

• Okay, so we're talking about charter schools and public schools. And this is regarding screen time.
• And so, tell me exactly what the change is for the public and charter schools.
• or policies from prohibiting school districts from leasing, selling, or transferring property to a charter
• And this would apply to all public and charter schools. Am I understanding that right?
• Okay, yes, it does apply to each school district and charter school on the point that we were discussing

Committee: House Special Committee on Rural Issues

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• We will now go to House Bill 4029, also by Representative Owen, Hillsborough County Charter.
• So we have what's called a charter review board.
• But it is something that's been labored over in the charter review board.
• It will be the county commission pursuant to the charter. Any other questions?
• In Hillsborough County, we're a charter county.