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• transportation innovation and strengthen critical infrastructure, not to subsidize speculative technologies
• If these technologies are viable and necessary for border security, they should be rigorously tested,
• This is a bill that was brought forward by the Department of Education. This is not a vendor bill.
• The Department of Education and Mike Curtinbach with the Department of Education, who leads the school
• We need to make sure we keep our children, educators, and staff safe, and we need to make sure they can

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, and recognition of the Doctor of the Day. Members also welcomed a visiting group from Women Leading Government and adopted a proclamation honoring Deputy Warden Veronica Parcell and National Corrections Officers and Employees Week. The House then agreed to request Senate consent to adjourn after completing its work on Wednesday, April 22, and later moved into Committee of the Whole to consider bills on the calendar. In Committee of the Whole, the House advanced several Senate bills. SB 1457, SB 1808, SB 1006, SB 1018, SB 1041, SB 1345, and SB 1512 all received do-pass recommendations, with SB 1552 also receiving a do-pass recommendation as amended. SB 1006 was amended to increase the anonymous small-donation reporting threshold and add an inflation adjustment, drawing debate over transparency. SB 1018, dealing with Sharia law, prompted sharp disagreement over constitutional concerns and community impact, but still advanced. SB 1041, a strike-everything amendment on electronic monitoring in assisted living facilities, drew supportive testimony about accountability and protecting vulnerable seniors. SB 1345 advanced with amendments after discussion of licensing timelines for health facilities and removal of an anonymous complaint provision. On third reading, SB 1167 and SB 1254 passed, and SB 1763 also passed after debate over school district finance rules. SB 1315, concerning school safety interoperability and communications with law enforcement, failed on a 25-25 tie after extensive debate over whether it was a vendor-driven bill and whether it created an unfunded or poorly designed mandate. After that vote, a motion to reconsider SB 1315 succeeded by a 30-18 vote. The House also concurred in Senate requests to return HB 2035 and HB 2249 for reconsideration. The session ended with announcements about the annual legislative charity softball game, a Democratic caucus meeting, and adjournment until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2026.

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• Uh, today's hearing of the Minnesota Senate Committee on Higher Education for Thursday, March 13, 2025
• Senate File 1611 would provide $250,000 each year in funding to the Office of Higher Education to provide
• student loan debt education and student loan debt counseling services.
• We want to give them the tools to make an educated decision on the best path for them.
• But also is this education preparing you But also, is this education preparing you well to get into the

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• education—everything that is good; nobody...
• We need water, roads, and education systems.
• Okay, super brief on the technology developments around cooling systems.
• the area and provide education.
• They are also interested in education programs.

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• The modest grant program has laid the groundwork for tribal communities to implement public education
• higher education.
• I think it's a combination of a bit of everything regarding education, awareness...
• That's education. And to talk about it even more and more, that's all part of probation.
• Maybe that's in the education or the social service. It is a domino effect. This is something.

Summary: The hearing focused on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) grant program under the Board of State and Community Corrections and related Department of Justice efforts. BSCC reported that it now administers 36 MMIP grants across three cohorts, with awards ranging from $436,000 to $1 million, plus five collaborative grants at $2 million each, totaling $35.4 million awarded to federally recognized tribes. Testimony from tribal leaders and grantees described how the funding supports prevention, family advocacy, domestic violence services, law enforcement coordination, youth programming, culturally grounded healing, and new tribal public safety positions such as investigators, social workers, and drone operators. Speakers repeatedly emphasized that the crisis is longstanding, tied to generational trauma, and that the grant has helped build trust and infrastructure in tribal communities. Several witnesses and committee members urged continued and preferably ongoing funding, noting that demand now exceeds available one-time money. BSCC and tribal representatives described outreach efforts that increased participation from four applicants in cohort one to 20 in cohort two and more applicants than funding in cohort three. Tribes also raised implementation concerns, especially the burden of quarterly narrative reporting, limited staff capacity, and the need for flexible administration. BSCC said it uses steering committees, separate small- and large-project categories, orientations, monitoring visits, and technical assistance to support grantees. Tribal leaders and advocates stressed that the program should remain accessible without requiring a waiver of tribal sovereignty. The second major topic was DOJ’s update on AB 3099, the Tribal Assistance Program, and the tribal police pilot under AB 134. DOJ officials said the Office of Native American Affairs and the Division of Law Enforcement have been conducting outreach, trainings, listening sessions, and coordination with tribal, local, state, and federal partners to address Public Law 280 jurisdictional issues, improve reporting and data, and support Feather Alert and MMIP-related resources. DOJ said the AB 3099 report is in internal review and that the tribal police pilot is moving forward with the Yurok Tribe as a participant, with a July 1, 2026 start date. DOJ and tribal witnesses said the pilot’s main barriers are cost and, for some tribes, the waiver of sovereign immunity. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with broad support for expanding and sustaining MMIP-related funding and infrastructure.

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• It's a really simple and the education.
• Is that education through drone.
• Um, some of the newer technology drones.
• They can invest the education process.
• <00:30:05.440> uh technologies have popped up there. uh technologies have popped up there.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the June 18 meeting amendments, then heard an update from Representative Emily Callaway on the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. She reported no major budget or regulatory concerns, but noted hiring challenges, especially for investigators, and said the board is pursuing a scholarship program using cash reserves and penalty payments. She also said the board has about 20,000 licenses, handled 134 cases in 2024, and had an open-investigation count that stayed roughly flat. The board said initial licenses take about 5 to 7 business days and endorsements about 10 business days, with one citizen-at-large vacancy on the 11-member board. Callaway and board staff also discussed emerging issues such as AI, digital plan submissions, and the use of drones and LiDAR in surveying education. They said Kentucky’s surveying exam pass rates are well above national averages and that universities such as East Tennessee State, Cincinnati State, Bellarmine, Spalding, and Eastern Kentucky are helping train students for the field. The committee then took up Callaway’s occupational licensing bill aimed at removing barriers for people with criminal records. The proposal would let applicants seek an upfront determination of whether a record would disqualify them, require boards to consider specified materials and give written reasons if they deny eligibility, and bind the board’s decision absent new or undisclosed offenses. Supporters said the goal is to help roughly 30,000 people reenter the workforce and avoid wasted time and money on training that could later be disqualified. The committee next heard from Representatives Fleming and Willner on a psychology licensing bill, a reintroduction of prior legislation. They said the measure is intended to address mental health workforce shortages by adding two members to the Kentucky Board of Examiners of Psychology, setting a more predictable timeline for licensure examinations, and requiring annual reporting on processing times for licenses and complaints. They said the bill is meant to speed entry into the profession as new psychology programs expand in Kentucky. No objections were raised. Finally, the Alcoholic Beverage Control commissioner and general counsel presented two administrative amendments tied to SB 202 to allow direct-shipping forms for cannabis-infused beverages, and the committee approved both regulations by voice vote. The committee then held a broader discussion about whether ABC should be expanded by statute to regulate additional intoxicating substances and emerging products. ABC officials said the agency already handles alcohol, tobacco, vape licensing, and some related enforcement, but any broader authority would require legislative action and likely more officers and funding. Members discussed the need to stay ahead of new products, possibly through an emerging-industries framework, while also protecting businesses and consumers.

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• The subcommittee on Academic and Career-Oriented Education will come to order.
• It's a bill that recognizes JROTC and LOTC programs as career and technology education options and as
• Under the Texas Education Code, CTE programs are designed to equip students with academic and technical
• It aims to build a workforce. workforce pipeline in early childhood education.
• You can look at sociology, psychology, technology, and human services care.

Bills: HB 1079, HB3651, HB4980

Keywords: Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, Leadership Officer Training Corps, public school, career education, military readiness, public school accountability, funding allotments, healthcare, insurance, cost control, patient access, regulation, affordability, public health, JROTC, automobile maintenance, high school education, elective course, student skills, practical knowledge

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• <00:02:41.800> and research to Environmental Education and research to Environmental Education
• Subdivision 5, Environmental Education, includes 11.96%.
• Technologies to protect the quality and Technologies to protect the quality and quantity<00:13:41.240
• out, so they don't want to give away their technology.
• out, so they don't want to give away their technology.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Chair. educational budget in the state of min educational budget in the state of min inota<00:28:59.200
• <01:03:30.400> programs example uh individual education programs example uh individual education
• budget but rather out of the education budget but rather out of the education space<01:03:45.720
• <01:37:43.400> our they're engaged in work or education our they're engaged in work or education
• make them suggestions give education make them suggestions give education those<01:53:18.360>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I oversee maritime and shipping and transportation, technology and telecom.
• I'm a fan of blockchain technology and crypto.
• quantum technology.
• Our technology on their blockchain will end it, and that's what we should require.
• But you've got to educate, too. So that's our job, to execute that.

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• We have to make sure parents and children are educated.
• We are affirming the right of every child to engage with technology in a safe and secure environment,
• I have never met a parent, a healthcare worker, or an educator who does not favor this initiative.
• If I educate, I’ve raised two children; many people in this room have raised children.
• I'm a parent, and I'm also an educator with a whole lot of years—45 years. ...educator with a whole lot

Bills: HB285, HB317

Keywords: HB285, TJ's Law, traffic infraction, traffic ticket, uniform traffic ticket and complaint, minor driver, juvenile driver, parent notification, guardian notification, emergency contact, law enforcement, citing agency, traffic citation, driver safety, youth safety, Alabama traffic law, Section 12-12-56, Children and Senior Advocacy, House Judiciary, reasonable effort

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• 49/11 as a necessary and timely update to Texas child protection laws in response to emerging technologies
• Since then, we've seen that technology has advanced rapidly and the law needs further updates to close
• Um, to close on this, uh, the reason this bill is so important is one, technology should never outpace
• Bona fide educational, medical, psychological, etc., purpose or use for child pornography.
• I would hope so, but I like the idea that that education within law enforcement is also covered, at least

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• an adult, Joanne worked to educate an adult, Joanne worked to educate others<00:07:17.520> on
• > on senior member of the educ committee on senior member of the educ committee on education<00
• I have and will education workforce.
• one-sizefits-all approach to education one-sizefits-all approach to education is<00:09:42.560>
• efficiency technologies. efficiency technologies.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• California Department of Education.
• Charles Wilkes, assistant professor of mathematics education at the School of Education at UC Davis.
• The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and state education privacy law.
• The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and state education privacy laws restrict disclosure of
• Educational technology systems have experienced significant cybersecurity breaches recently, affecting

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• because we can utilize this technology because we can utilize this technology in<00:10:35.920>
• I'm not a cell phone technology guy. One has a screen all the way around the front.
• I'm not a cell phone technology guy.
• I'm not a cell phone technology guy.
• :14:36.399> the<00:14:36.560> violation, the technology detects the violation, the technology

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Okay, so that in the IMS system, is that a proprietary technology company?
• do for the state of Texas with our education system and non-profits.
• Senior director of education for children at risk.
• We expanded that fund to also cover a driver's education fund. programs.
• Of our educational workforce programming.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• A long-time teacher and educator, I have been part of the UC system since 2007.
• A long-time teacher and educator has been part of the UC system since 2007.
• Lucy Salcedo Carter with the Alameda County Office of Education, in support. Thank you.
• So we know that technology exists. And actually refuses to send them.
• I'm Michelle Corpus, Chief of Staff at the Menopause Education Center. I strongly support.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• So sometimes it's about educating them.
• You have to have the technology.
• It's really where technology meets the inputs necessary to apply that technology.
• You have to have the technology.
• It's really where technology meets the inputs necessary to apply that technology.

Keywords: 908, all

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• I don't hate the technology.
• should be a point when this technology should be a point when this technology has<01:13:51.040><
• them to implement their technology. them to implement their technology.
• I don't hate the technology.<01:14:17.400> It's<01:14:17.600> always technology.
• It's always technology.

Keywords: 981, all

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• I'm a technology policy analyst.
• technology, waves in support.
• plan, also known as the IEP, education plan, 504 plan, or English language learning plan.
• Tab 43, SB 7008, an OGSR, financial technology sandbox by Banking and Insurance.
• I know on the education, higher education appropriations committees, we have asked specific people; we

Summary: The committee considered a long agenda of bills, with most measures reported favorably after brief sponsor presentations, amendments, and roll calls. Early bills included SB 658 on lien waivers/releases, SB 736 on Brownfields redevelopment, SB 1002 on utility service restrictions, SB 1132 on right-to-repair for certain equipment, and SB 1378 on restitution for leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage. Each was amended or discussed as needed and then approved by the committee. The committee also advanced SB 768 on foreign control interests in health care licensing, SB 772 on school diabetes management and access to glucagon, SB 1400 on removal of altered sexual depictions posted without consent, SB 1696 on prearranged transportation services, and SB 1374 on school district reporting requirements for educator arrests and misconduct. Several bills drew notable public testimony and debate. SB 1132 prompted strong support from the sponsor and agriculture interests, but opposition from equipment dealers, technology groups, and wireless industry representatives who argued the market already provides repair options and that the bill could harm dealer networks and security. SB 1730, the Live Local/affordable housing bill, received extensive discussion about parking reductions, height and density preemption, attorney’s fees, local government authority, and impacts on Monroe County and other areas; the committee adopted an amendment and reported the bill favorably despite concerns from some members and advocates about parking, due process, and local control. SB 606 on public lodging and food service establishments also generated significant debate, with opponents warning it could displace long-term guests and vulnerable families, while the sponsor said it clarifies transient occupancy and removes ambiguity in the removal process; the bill passed after the committee rejected a related amendment. Other measures advanced with less controversy. SB 576 updated service-of-process rules, and SB 1164 authorized email delivery of landlord-tenant notices if the parties agree in writing, though tenant advocates urged clearer safeguards and the sponsor said he was not yet committed to the House version. SB 940 prohibited the resale of restaurant reservations without consent and was supported by restaurant interests. SB 1690, allowing infant safety devices or “baby boxes” as a legal surrender option, drew emotional support from several witnesses who said it would provide anonymous, life-saving alternatives for mothers in crisis; the committee continued discussion into the latter part of the meeting. Throughout, the committee adopted several amendments, heard both support and opposition from industry, advocacy, and local-government witnesses, and reported the discussed bills favorably by recorded vote.

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• and the Science and Technology and the Science and Technology Directorate.
• for students, including those educated for students, including those educated at<05:06:51.000>
• students pursue higher education. students pursue higher education.
• educations at a competitive cost. educations at a competitive cost. But<05:15:45.440> H.R.
• High costs associated with education in states not only limit educational opportunities for students

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 1012, house, all