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• You give every five of our students are every five of our students are graduating<00:04:52.880> with
• But for Kentucky students and families.
• close getting their per student funding. close getting their per student funding.
• And those students would get what we've been giving them.
• should all go on the backs of a student should all go on the backs of a student I<00:55:36.960><

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met for its fifth and final Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education meeting, but did not initially have a quorum and approved the minutes later when enough members were present. The Council on Postsecondary Education, represented by President Aaron Thompson and Vice President Bill Payne, opened with condolences for the UPS crash victims and then presented higher education budget recommendations for the 2026-2028 biennium. Thompson emphasized the return on investment from state support for higher education, citing gains in retention, enrollment, persistence, graduation, reduced time to degree, lower student debt, and expanded dual credit participation, while noting that affordability and access remain priorities. Payne outlined CPE’s operating funds request, including $43.3 million in the first year and $86.6 million in the second year for inflation adjustments, plus $30 million and $45 million for performance funding. He said the inflation request would apply across the board to institutions to offset rising costs, and that the KSU land grant match would not need additional funding because the state has already met the matching requirement. He also explained that state support for educating students has not kept pace with inflation over time, creating pressure on institutional budgets and tuition, though tuition increases have been held to historic lows in recent years. A major portion of the discussion focused on the performance funding model and how it affects smaller institutions. CPE proposed two approaches to address institutions that have received little or no performance funding, especially Kentucky State University and Morehead State University. The first approach would create a $20 million minimum distribution pool, providing $1.95 million to each university and $4.4 million to KCTCS, with the goal of giving smaller and rural institutions a base level of support. The second approach would provide direct appropriations totaling a little over $5.6 million to Kentucky State, Morehead State, and five community colleges that have not been receiving performance funding. Members, especially Representative Tipton and Senator West, questioned how the model had treated small schools over time, and CPE officials explained that the original small school adjustment was not large enough to prevent KSU and Morehead from effectively being left out of the distribution. No votes were taken.

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• <00:08:51.560> of um specific benefits for for students of um specific benefits for for students
• And then putting student athletes. Mhm.
• or prospective students and their families.
• <00:27:31.760> or of this dashboard is for students or of this dashboard is for students or
• prospective students and their families. prospective students and their families.

Bills: SB2876, SB3253, SB2125, SB2781, HB549, HB1768, SB2053, SB2494, SB2851, SB3073, HB1678, HB1721, HB2475, HB2246, HB1667, HB1516, SB2532, SB3131, SB3154, HB2297, HB1737, SB2143, SB2398, SB2623, HB1740, HB1920, HB1682, SB2153, SB3140, HB1515, SB2835, HB2282, SB3083, SB2031, SB2519, SB2667, SB2140, SB2544, SB2069, SB2697, SB874, SB2043, SB888, SB2721, HB2152, HB1334, HB2385, HB1643, HB2314, HB1688, HB1692, SB2568, SB2983, SB2108, SB3136, HB1959, SB3156, HB1511, HB1753, HB1824, HB2137, HB1810, HB2279, HB2309, HB1548, HB2078, HB2293, SB3262, SB2169, SB2607, SB2964, SB3255, HB2576, HB1481, HB1864, HB1550, SB2818, SB3067, SB2061, HB1728, HB1881, HB2361, HB2395, HB1823, SB2050, SB2397, SB2175, SB2852, SB847, SB3001

Keywords: natural hair braiding, hair braiding, braids, braider, braiding license, cosmetology, barbering, barber board, Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, registration, licensure exemption, sanitation training, health and safety, hair extensions, cornrows, twists, locks, protective hairstyles, beauty industry, occupational licensing

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• And as a student member of CHIRLA, I support AB 49. Hi, my name is Kelly Texan.
• To testify in support is Kate Rogers with the Student Homes Coalition.
• The student housing crisis is undeniable.
• We have tens of thousands of students who are actively homeless right now.
• This makes student homelessness one of the most serious issues facing students.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on May 14, 2025, for a regular order hearing with a large consent calendar and many individual bill presentations. The committee first approved numerous bills on consent, then heard a series of measures spanning reproductive health, child care eligibility, transportation, mental health diversion, county recorder fees, groundwater management, election deadlines, parking enforcement, consumer protections, housing, immigrant and student protections, and utility/CPUC oversight. Several bills were taken up only for presentation because they were on suspense, including ACA 4 on long-term housing funding, and the committee later approved a very large suspense calendar as a whole. Among the bills discussed, AB 260 would protect medication abortion access and providers; AB 904 would clarify child care subsidy eligibility during family leave or job search; AB 1014 would give Caltrans more flexibility on speed limits in rural highway segments; AB 46 would clarify judicial discretion in mental health diversion; AB 1413 and AB 929 addressed groundwater adjudication and SGMA-related protections for small community water systems and wetlands; AB 930 would count vote-by-mail ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days; AB 1022 would end towing solely for unpaid parking tickets; AB 290 and AB 302 dealt with automatic payments for the California Fair Plan and medical data protections; AB 1303 would remove the need for a Social Security number for California Lifeline eligibility; and several housing bills, including AB 920, AB 956, AB 1470, AB 893, and AB 1021, sought to streamline approvals or expand housing options. AB 1318 and AB 49 focused on immigrant-serving nonprofits and keeping immigration enforcement out of schools, while AB 1532 extended telecommunications and transportation access programs and added CPUC accountability measures. Testimony was generally supportive for the bills heard, with authors and sponsors emphasizing low or absorbable fiscal impacts, consumer protection, housing production, public safety, and protections for vulnerable communities. Opposition appeared on a few measures, including concerns about ADUs, towing authority, charter school-related issues, and the scale of proposed housing funding in ACA 4. Several members also commented in support of the housing and immigrant-protection measures, and some bills were voted out with recorded no votes or not-voting members noted. After the suspense calendar was deemed approved, the committee opened public comment on bills not presented that day, heard a long list of supporters and opponents on various measures, and then adjourned.

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• who cannot afford to work students who cannot afford to work students<01:09:46.839> are<01:09
• and creating opportunities for students and creating opportunities for students to<01:18:03.440>
• <01:18:19.679> with providing law school students with providing law school students with
• providing scholarships to Legal students providing scholarships to Legal students I<01:18:31.080
• <01:20:05.320> on to come in and support these students on to come in and support these students

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But just for the breakdown to kind of get your head around that, there's 20,000 students out of that
• So for an ABC student, roughly the cost per student that is paid is $5,105. ...and my understanding of
• Yet our teacher-to-student ratio is far different, especially if we look at infant care.
• Or will it be used in any way to reduce the number of students?
• But if it's a school that's serving students and families, like most of our communities, and I always

Keywords: 1204, all

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• All of these students are in my general music classroom.
• So on behalf of myself, my students at Oak Grove, and the music teachers and students in Minnesota, thank
• I want my kids to get world-class experiences, but we open this up to all students, not just students
• Members of Voches VIII taught a master class for students and a recital rehearsal.
• They ended in a concert performance with both students and members of Voches VIII.

Bills: HF1679, HF1019, HF2321, HF1740, HF2278

Keywords: public television, funding, grants, arts and culture, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, arts education, cultural heritage, community engagement, public radio, community radio, educational grants, community cable, public access, programming funding, civic engagement, ethnic media, public access television, Minnesota Humanities Center, funding appropriation

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• FFA IS NOT FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO BE PRODUCTION FARMERS.
• FFA'S MISSION IS TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF STUDENTS BY DEVELOPING THEIR POTENTIAL
• THIS IS WHERE STUDENTS GAIN INSTRUCTION AND LEARN NECESSARY SKILLS TO OBTAIN INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS
• OUR STUDENTS EARN SOME OF THE MOST RIGOROUS INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS AVAILABLE.
• STUDENTS GRADUATE COLLEGE AND OUR CAREER READY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM ONE OF THE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I’ve been a teacher in my career; my parents are both teachers, but as students, a lot of times it wasn
• And I go in and these students are with their headsets on and they’re engaging in something online.
• One of the questions I was asked previously is about what percentage of our students are identified in
• We've been piloting that, going out and doing samples with groups of students.
• Go virtual to satisfy it, or are there 5% of students at any given time who don't have instructors?

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Eric Hall on the Florida Scholars Academy, a new unified education model for youth in residential commitment programs. He explained that the academy replaced the prior decentralized district-run system with a contracted model through Florida Virtual School, allowing individualized blended learning, real-time progress monitoring, expanded special education services, and a broader course catalog including dual enrollment, CTE, GED testing, and postsecondary pathways through the Florida Youth College partnership with Tallahassee State College. Hall said the department is using data to focus on academic achievement, workforce credentials, and peer-group change as strategies to reduce recidivism, and reported early results including 60 diplomas or GEDs, a 5.5% teacher vacancy rate, and progress-monitoring gains for most students. Hall also reviewed implementation of House Bill 1181 on swift accountability and juvenile justice reforms. He said the law strengthened pre-arrest delinquency citation use, raised the target for eligible citations to 70%, required written justification for releasing youth charged with certain felony firearm offenses, and directed the department to develop a firearm-offending curriculum focused on avoidance and consequences. He described a new statewide graduated sanctions matrix for probation technical violations, intended to provide quicker and more consistent responses without overburdening courts. He said early data showed reductions in weapons/firearm offenses and auto theft, and that the department had conducted circuit-level outreach to law enforcement, courts, and providers to support implementation. Members asked about the number of unauthorized alien children in detention or residential care, teacher vacancies and whether instruction continues when staff are absent, screen-time and supervision concerns with laptops, and whether students are reentering local schools with improved academic performance. Hall said he did not have data on immigration status, that FLVS and classroom staff provide continuity when teachers are absent, that devices are checked in and out and security has been tightened, and that the department is still early in implementation but is hearing positive anecdotal feedback from parents. Vice Chair Smith asked for more detail on the firearm curriculum, and Hall offered to provide it. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after no public testimony was offered.

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• Amendment has not been adopted. speech and having things for students speech and having things for students
• the students that are working in them. the students that are working in them.
• <00:58:42.160> and it's no longer safe to have students and it's no longer safe to have students
• students students and<01:00:18.400> even<01:00:18.720> adults<01:00:19.599> that
• But it does the parents, the students.

Keywords: 916, all

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• We reach approximately 850 students throughout the year.
• We reach approximately 850 students throughout the year.
• The benefits to our students are measurable.
• And you turned it into just a really great experience for the students, right? Yes.
• And this is much like that for these students of today.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• family to be a college student to not being a doctor.
• We also provide increased support for several student-focused programs, like the students... ...and growth
• And on that front, the most number of students with Cal Grants, almost half a million students in 2025
• You know, I come from student government, the student voice of higher ed.
• We hope to see that these investments go to our most vulnerable students, including students from mixed-status

Summary: The Assembly Budget Committee heard opening remarks on the 2025 Budget Act, which will be amended into AB 101 and SB 101 for floor consideration. Committee leaders described the budget as a difficult compromise shaped by a $12 billion deficit, federal funding uncertainty, wildfire impacts, and rising out-year costs, while emphasizing a balance between compassion and fiscal responsibility. Each budget subcommittee chair then summarized major actions in their areas, including health care, human services, education, climate and transportation, housing and state administration, public safety, and oversight/transparency. Key policy items included delaying or narrowing some of the Governor’s proposed cuts, especially in Medi-Cal and other safety-net programs; preserving funding for dental care, women’s health, family planning, hospice, long-term care, IHSS, and services for undocumented Californians; and maintaining or expanding child care, foster care, food banks, and CalWORKs-related supports. Education actions included additional Proposition 98 settle-up, reduced deferrals, support for TK-12, teacher recruitment, literacy, mental health, preschool slots, and restored funding for UC and CSU. Other major items included housing and homelessness investments, wildfire and disaster response funding, transit loans and greenhouse gas reduction fund support, Proposition 36 and VOCA-related public safety funding, and oversight measures on federal impacts and state efficiency. Department of Finance and Legislative Analyst staff said the package makes some of the same savings moves as the May Revision but relies more on internal borrowing and fewer reductions, leaving a smaller reserve than the administration’s plan but still maintaining roughly $11 billion in the rainy day fund. Members from both parties largely supported the package while raising concerns about long-term sustainability, Medi-Cal costs, reserve use, and the need for future revenue and program review. The committee adopted the subcommittee actions by roll call, 18-6, with the roll held open for absent members and additional comments continuing after the vote.

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• So, some of them are testing students. So, some of them are testing students.
• And students who were actually retained. And students who were actually retained.
• Well, the difference is students who might the difference is students who might the difference is students
• So, a student reading improvement plan. So, a student reading improvement plan.
• two, more students are in level one and two, more students are in three and four in every students are

Bills: SB199, HB142, SB86, HB152, HB297, SB1, SB1

Keywords: parental leave, state employees, local education agencies, adoption, work-life balance, family support, portable benefits, portable benefit account, independent contractor, gig worker, 1099 worker, freelancer, app-based worker, rideshare, delivery driver, worker benefits, health insurance, retirement benefits, life insurance, income replacement insurance

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• Coach Webster and the entire Plano East student body, parents, and fans on their historic win.
• Members with us today in the gallery are members of the TCU Student Government Association.
• The TCU Student Government Association represents collective voice for the student body while encompassing
• Student government impacts student life, and their work is certainly noticed on campus.
• Members of the TCU Student Government Association, please stand to be recognized.

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• Our student council president of Kahakai Elementary, Coin Feduk, please stand.
• Our student council president of Kahakai Elementary, Coin Feduk, please stand.
• Our student council president of Kahakai Elementary, Coin Feduk, please stand.
• Our student council president of Kahakai Elementary, Coin Feduk, please stand.
• <00:15:07.800> please so when I call your name students please so when I call your name students

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House was called to order with 47 members present. After the journal reading was deferred and there were no messages from the Governor or Senate communications, members offered several introductions recognizing visiting guests, including tourism and hospitality representatives, Kahakai Elementary School students and staff from Kona, a Portuguese delegation from the Luso American Development Foundation, and other constituents and aides. The chamber then moved to floor presentations. House Resolution No. 84 was presented, commending the United States Air Force Reserve Command 624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron Medical Operations Flight for humanitarian service providing mental health support after the Maui wildfires. Representative Perck moved adoption, Representative Cochran seconded, and the resolution was read into the record describing the unit’s work with state and nonprofit partners to distribute supplies and support survivors’ emotional recovery. The House adopted the resolution by voice vote, and the motion carried. Following the presentation, the House recessed briefly so members could congratulate the honorees. When the House returned, there were no resolutions for action, and announcements included the Women’s Legislative Caucus Easter basket drive, recognition of Hawaii Iron Workers Stabilization Fund visitors, birthday greetings, and a reminder that substantive resolutions were due by 6:00 p.m. The House then voted to keep the journal open until 6:00 p.m. for resolution introductions and adjourned into recess until 12:00 noon Monday.

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• As a student, I didn't always love school instead of belonging.
• As a student, I didn't always love school instead of belonging. I grew up.
• As a student, I didn't always love school.
• Eid al-Adha in California and ensures students observing Eid receive excused absences.
• It would mean that future students can celebrate.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The bill provides performance-based funding to public junior colleges exclusively when students complete
• However, many former foster youth are not aware of this program, and even when eligible students are
• So they're obviously non-traditional students, if you will, if they're going to be using it.
• This coursework to our students. There is a very simple change that you can make to this bill.
• House Bill 824 seeks to strengthen civics readiness among Texas high school students.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Be um part of the students.
• coverage is frequently used by students coverage is frequently used by students in<01:22:31.520>
• Be um part of the students. classroom. Be um part of the students.
• ,<01:25:43.440> children going on of my three students, children going on of my three students
• My concern as a a school students.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• a student from Matos Elementary School.
• Kierhan Jane, a student from Matos Elementary School; Harshita Kanchapali, a student from Maloney Elementary
• School; Elaine Kim, a student from Ruskin Elementary School; Rebecca Liu, a student from Valley Christ
• School; Ishaan Shan Van Jetty, a student from Horner Middle School; Shihan Yan, a student from Piedmont
• Middle School; Shria Rai, a student from Washington High School; and Jody Wong, a student from Irvington

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then proceeded through routine journal, procedural, and guest-introduction business. Majority Leader Garcia secured suspension of rules for several procedural matters, including allowing guests in the chamber, moving AB 2568 Johnson out of Appropriations to the second reading file, and setting SB 73 Cervantes for a Public Safety Committee hearing; the rule-suspension motion passed 41-14. The floor also recognized several guest groups, including Placer County Sheriff Wayne Wu and Undersheriff Shane Wright for the sheriff’s office’s 175th anniversary, students from John Muir Charter Schools, youth art contest winners from the 24th District, the Oak Ridge High School cheer team, and students from Casa Grande High School. The Assembly then moved through the daily file, passing and retaining numerous second- and third-reading items. Two resolutions drew floor debate and were adopted by voice vote after coauthor roll calls: ACR 176 by Assembly Member Elhawary, declaring April as Second Chance Month, and HR 109 by Assembly Member Schiavo, recognizing California’s janitorial and cleaning workforce. Supporters of ACR 176 emphasized rehabilitation, reentry barriers, and the importance of second chances for formerly incarcerated people, while also noting the need to remember victims and survivors. Supporters of HR 109 highlighted janitors’ role in public health and the often unseen nature of their work, with members sharing personal experiences in janitorial and service jobs. The Assembly also adopted ACR 119 by Assembly Member Ta, recognizing Black April Memorial Month and the 51st anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Speakers described the trauma of the Vietnamese refugee experience, honored those lost during and after the Vietnam War, and praised the contributions of Vietnamese Americans in California. After additional items were passed and retained on the third reading and consent calendars, the House announced its schedule and adjourned until Monday, May 4 at 1 p.m.

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• These students are accompanied by teacher Chu Hong. Welcome to the Senate. And let's welcome them.
• I would like to welcome students from the agricultural program at Wipahu High School.
• [applause] Kenny is a Pro City High School student who created Waves in the craft ice cream business.
• > accompanied<00:02:41.200> by And these students are accompanied by And these students are
• :03:14.159> by<00:03:14.319> their students are also accompanied by their students are

Bills: HB9, SB2069, SB2342, SB2861, SB3123, SB2623, SB585, SB2211, SB2446, SB2919, SB2125, SB2116, SB2999, SB2656, SB2001, SB3169

Keywords: HB9, Hawaii Purple Heart state, Purple Heart, Purple Heart recipients, veterans, military, armed forces, service members, combat wounded, war veterans, military honors, state designation, symbolic legislation, honorary designation, Chapter 5 HRS, Hawaii Revised Statutes, military appreciation, veteran recognition, SB2069, Hawaii housing

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• Many students across California are facing basic needs insecurities and are working 20 to 40 hours a
• week while being full-time students to make ends meet.
• students who are looking to apply for scholarships.
• to be, as a student resource to help students be able to advance their careers, move on to their degrees
• by the department and those of us in the Legislature, we know that prioritizing the needs of our students—students

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard and advanced a series of foster care, benefits, housing, and poverty-related bills. AB 373 would require appointed counsel for nonminor dependents in dependency proceedings to represent the young adult’s expressed wishes rather than substitute counsel’s judgment; supporters said it would respect autonomy for foster youth ages 18 to 21, and the bill passed 4-0, later updated to 6-0 and then 7-0 as absent members were added. AB 42 would exempt merit-based scholarships, grants, loans, and fellowships from income calculations for CalWORKs and CalFresh and align the two programs’ exclusions; student and anti-poverty advocates said it would prevent students from losing benefits when they pursue education, and it passed 6-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 534 would encourage transitional housing providers serving foster youth to move from leasing to owning properties by extending contract terms and improving access to financing; witnesses said ownership would improve stability and reduce landlord barriers, and it passed 4-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 562 would require counties below the state average for family placements to use a family-finding checklist and best-practice support; supporters emphasized family-first placements for foster youth, and it passed 6-0, later updated to 7-0. AB 661 would direct the Department of Social Services to develop an implementation plan for a permanent statewide guaranteed basic income program; supporters described positive results from pilot programs and the bill passed 5-2, later updated to 7-0. The committee also approved a consent calendar of additional bills, all without opposition.