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• So I guess I wonder if you can give me a sense of the scale of the state investment in these kinds of
• So I guess I wonder if you can give me a sense of the scale of the state investment in these kinds of
• So I guess I wonder if you can give me a sense of the scale of the state investment in these kinds of
• The taxes I pay on two ag parcels enjoy the lowest tax burden in our state, along with the additional
• The taxes I pay on two ag parcels enjoy the lowest tax burden in our state, along with the additional

Keywords: 1183, house

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• They would pay $1 million in SWP.
• <00:54:45.640> a pre-implementation they were paying a pre-implementation they were paying
• in Canada the federal government pays in Canada the federal government pays for<01:20:56.840>
• <03:28:00.399> minister 1758 to pay pay for hiring a minister 1758 to pay pay for hiring a
• No, I'm not talking about the pay.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a work session focused on school funding formulas, adequacy aid, and special education aid, with the chair outlining a schedule for the next several Tuesdays and noting that the committee would likely need multiple executive sessions to narrow down the bills. Members discussed the FY 26 formula, including base cost, differentiated aid, extraordinary needs grants, hold harmless provisions, and the roughly $28 million in excess statewide education property tax (SWP) funds that are not currently returned to the state under the existing formula. The first bill discussed was HB 137, which would allow excess SWP funds to remain with the local municipality for school and municipal purposes. Representative Spilsbury argued the issue is fundamental and suggested the state should require excess funds to be remitted back to the state, while Representative Damon said the bill appears to codify current practice and may be unnecessary, especially given possible court action. The discussion then shifted to a related bill from Representative Fellas that would redefine SWP as local money rather than state money and keep the current adequacy aid numbers revenue-neutral for now. Representative Fellas explained that SWP was created in 1999 after the Claremont lawsuit as part of the state’s effort to show increased school aid, but that it effectively labeled part of the local property tax as state money without changing property tax bills. She argued the state should not be tapping local property tax revenue and said her bill would preserve the current distribution while removing the SWP tax label, with future work possible on a different measure of local capacity such as income, home values, or poverty rate. Members also referenced prior discussions of fiscal capacity aid, relief aid, and other formula changes as part of the broader effort to restructure school funding.

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• Are we paying? Where is that money coming from? Is that coming out of general funds?
• You have to develop a program, and then you can scale it.
• Then you go build on these standards so you can scale it and build it fast.
• The counties pay for these things when they build communities, right?
• bond to catch um people that are not pay bond to catch um people that are not pay efficient<01:41

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Finance held informational briefings first with the Department of Defense on its FY 2026 budget request, then with the Hawaii School Facilities Authority. Major General Steve Logan outlined the Department of Defense request for $40.5 million in state funds, which he said would leverage about $74 million in federal matching funds and support 411 open projects that could attract up to $2.3 billion in additional federal grant money. He said the budget focuses on sustainment, safety, and reorganization in light of lessons from the Maui wildfires. Key requests included $1.3 million to sustain IT systems, $2.7 million for 32 HEMA emergency management positions, three new Hawaii Army National Guard positions plus four upgrades, and $1.9 million for the Youth Challenge Program to cover state-mandated fringe costs and staffing needs. He also reviewed capital improvement projects, including Youth Challenge facility upgrades, siren modernization, ADA improvements, building retrofits for disaster resilience, Army facility upgrades, a third state veterans home on Maui, HEMA EOC improvements, and a maintenance/fuel building at Diamond Head. Members asked about the siren modernization timeline, and HEMA said roughly 26 to 31 sirens would be modernized this year, with 15 on Maui, eight on Oahu, and eight on the Big Island. Questions also focused on Youth Challenge and Job Challenge enrollment and vacancies, with the department saying the Hilo Job Challenge Academy is growing and that combining Youth Challenge recruiting statewide into one Kilauea program has helped enrollment. Logan also answered questions about the New Year’s Eve medical transport mission, explaining the Hawaii Air National Guard’s relationship with active-duty Air Force assets and saying the flight cost is about $20,000 per flight hour, though the final bill had not yet been determined. On the Maui veterans home, staff said the University of Hawaii site was no longer viable after faculty senate opposition, so the department is now focused on a 10-acre Puna District site; the project remains tied to a certified $35 million state match and August 2025 and August 2026 federal suspense dates. Logan said the veterans home remains one of the department’s highest priorities, but it could not be moved higher in the submitted CIP ranking. The department also discussed a Governor’s add-on for a fire marshal/Office of Recovery and Resiliency proposal. Logan said the fire marshal position was reestablished last session but has not yet been filled, and that if the function is transferred to the Department of Defense, the department wants funding ready to move quickly. Staff later said the request would include about $1.1 million for seven positions and about $2.2 million for operating costs, though details were still preliminary. The committee then reconvened for the School Facilities Authority briefing, where Executive Director Ricky Fujitani described the agency as a startup created in 2020 to improve school and workforce housing development through standardized designs, prefabrication, best-value procurement, and public-private partnerships. He said Hawaii’s single school district still functions like 15 different districts because of its 264 schools across 15 complex areas, and that the authority’s goal is to create more efficient, maintainable, and cost-effective facilities.

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• of one to five, recommendation a scale of one to five, no<00:20:30.080> individual<00:20:30.480
• rating scales and this local<01:08:39.920> assessment<01:08:40.319> that<01:08:40.640>
• We're not saying that you can't pay a consultant to come more frequently if you want to do that.
• We're not saying that you<01:28:59.360> can't<01:28:59.920> pay<01:29:00.239> a<
• a consultant to come more you can't pay a consultant to come more frequently<01:29:02.159> if

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Uh, even when you're paying 20% down, when you're thinking about your mortgage, taxes, and insurance,
• <00:17:34.960> even<00:17:35.160> when<00:17:35.280> you're<00:17:35.400> paying
• <00:17:35.679> 20%<00:17:36.240> down, Uh, even when you're paying 20% down, Uh, even
• Without that cap, what was meant to be modest, attainable starter homes will instead become full-scale
• <00:52:35.840> second<00:52:36.240> homes<00:52:36.640> on become full-scale

Keywords: 1183, house

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• One was teacher pay.
• In sum, passage of HCR 2007 is going to mean higher teacher pay, higher substitute teacher pay, better
• “Of HCR 2007 is going to mean higher teacher pay, higher substitute teacher pay, better staffed classrooms
• If you want to pay dues, pay your dues. If you want to organize and get activities going, do it.
• This is the pay teacher's first plan.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• pay.
• This proposal is taking a pay.
• that Minnesota Boers are willing to pay that Minnesota Boers are willing to pay a<00:36:26.640><
• And so to pay for them with one-time funds is a band-aid. It doesn't pay for the ongoing programs.
• What is the rest of the sliding scale? What is the rest of the sliding scale?

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And the nature of these programs, the sheer scale of trying to do it across the country, I think that
• already highly trained mechanics and we're going to have to train them to an even higher level and pay
• It kind of makes me happy because they're better-paying jobs, better-educated people working on these
• It kind of makes me happy because they're better-paying jobs, better-educated people working on these
• Existing geophysical techniques really do not have the capabilities to image underground at scale.

Bills: SB1046

Keywords: telecommunications, broadband, internet infrastructure, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security, foreign adversary, China, Chinese equipment, supply chain security, network equipment, microchips, Arizona Corporation Commission, telecommunications provider, communications infrastructure, Huawei, ZTE, state-owned enterprise, sanctions, infrastructure security

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• The good news is the state never asks to pay 100% of our facilities' construction and maintenance costs
• The block below the scale in the diagram reflects the federal and state share for each type of facility
• ROUGHLY 30 MILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR IN FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING THE BLOC BELOW THE SCALE
• I am I was privileged to have been able to use the State Tuition Reimbursement Program to pay for the
• by their place of higher learning that they were going to have to drop out of their... ...class and pay

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Veterans heard a Department of Military Affairs presentation on bonding, tuition benefits, and cyber response. The department requested $3.5 million in design funding for a new hangar at the 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth, citing safety problems with the aging 1950s-era hangars and the need to improve the wing’s competitiveness for future federal military construction funding. It also sought $2.5 million for asset preservation at Army facilities statewide, emphasizing that state dollars are often matched by federal funds. A National Guard lieutenant also testified about the State Tuition Reimbursement Program, describing how it helped pay for her undergraduate and doctoral education and reduce student debt. The committee also received an update on Minnesota National Guard cyber operations, including the response to the July 2025 ransomware attack on the City of Saint Paul. Testimony described the cyber coordination cell’s role in planning, interagency coordination, and support during the incident, including helping re-image about 500 computers and assisting with network recovery. Members heard that the Guard’s cyber teams conduct extensive partner engagement and are prepared to support state and local entities when civil resources are exhausted and the incident exceeds local capacity. Three bills were then heard and advanced. Senate File 4075, as amended, would implement recommendations from the task force on Special Guerrilla Unit and regular forces veterans from the Secret War in Laos, including eligibility and benefit changes; the committee adopted an amendment and passed the bill to the full committee. Senate File 3956, as amended, would clarify that the Department of Veterans Affairs may partner with veteran-serving organizations using nonmonetary resources to address food insecurity, homelessness, and suicide prevention; it was also referred onward. Senate File 4056, as amended, would add veteran or military status as a protected class under the Minnesota Human Rights Act; testimony supported the change, including concerns about service members losing educational opportunities while on state active duty, and the bill was passed to the full committee.

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• states and universities that are leading the charge in educating their population will create high-paying
• thousand and, in the future, a million advantage compared to classical infrastructure that needs linear scaling
• It is important to realize on those jobs, you know, 80% of them are going to be these highly paying technicians
• Chair, Senator, and I think my favorite statistics are that the average job pays $125,000 a year.
• incentives, but we need a little bit more to make us unequivocally the best spot to set up these large-scale

Bills: SB145, SB143

Keywords: auditing, financial reporting, state auditor, public agencies, capital outlay, compliance, federal audits, agriculture, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, fee update, regulatory fees, egg inspection, egg grading, egg dealer, pesticide control, pesticide registration, pesticide applicator, pest management consultant, plant protection, nursery license

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• These auditors, is what they're calling them, are asking for this information just to create a pay-to-play
• .off them, and it's costing a lot of money to our communities and our counties because they have to pay
• the case, are not related to the case in any way, shape, or form, and are just using it to create a pay-to-play
• And I would argue that, because of the scale, because of the size of our great...
• And I would argue that because of the scale, because of the size of our great state, that this is unprecedented

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met to hear budget presentations from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), an FDLE update on the Uniform Arrest Affidavit and Florida Incident-Based Reporting System (FIBERS), the Department of Juvenile Justice on Florida Scholars Academy, and the Clerks of Court Operations Corporation. FDLE requested funding for a wide range of items, including a new Fort Myers regional operations center lease, technology upgrades for missing persons alerts and criminal justice data systems, replacement breath-test instruments, recurring support for critical public safety contracts, cybersecurity, a career offender registry unit, expanded wellness and peer support for law enforcement, cryptocurrency seizure efforts, vehicle replacement, forensic lab and digital forensics upgrades, a repaired Jacksonville firearm range, and additional resources for criminal alien detection, fentanyl enforcement, and other operational needs. Senators questioned FDLE about the reported 79% increase in officer misconduct cases, body cameras, masking by officers, public records request burdens, and the status of criminal alien detection funding. FDLE’s second presentation explained that FIBERS is Florida’s incident-based crime reporting system and that 61% of agencies, covering 74% of the population, have transitioned to it. The agency also described the Uniform Arrest Affidavit initiative, which standardizes arrest data for statewide sharing. Senators asked about NCIC/FCIC access, hate crime reporting requirements, and why more agencies have not adopted the UAA and FIBERS systems; FDLE said it is working with law enforcement associations and vendors to address technology and implementation barriers. The committee also heard from DJJ Secretary Matt Walsh, who praised FDLE’s wellness program and then reported on Florida Scholars Academy’s first year, including unified education across 39 residential facilities, security fixes after early website access issues, strong enrollment and graduation numbers, and extensive support for students with disabilities. Walsh said the program still faces staffing shortages and a wait list for residential beds, and estimated about 260 additional beds are needed. The final presentation came from Clerk of Court and Comptroller Stacey Butterfield, who said clerks are operating with outdated funding levels and requested $22 million to stabilize operations. She highlighted reimbursement shortfalls for injunctions for protection and other high-risk cases, rising postage and summons costs, and the need to fund clerk staffing for 37 new judges under the “fund the entire courtroom” concept. Senators asked about SB 532, a CPI-based court-fee bill, and about collections of court fines and fees. Butterfield said clerks work with defendants on payment plans and collections, but the system still faces a structural deficit. After the presentations and questions, the committee adjourned without taking any substantive votes or other action.

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• secondary benefit of reducing the angst of our elected officials and staff as we try to find ways to pay
• All of those major discussions on how we are, how are we going to pay for that are largely reduced or
• shelters by right as a permitted use in most areas, without any ability for cities to address size, scale
• housing facilities that is very broad and includes no reference to the type, services provided, size, or scale
• That’s what you get for paying attention to multiple bills at a time, right, members?

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• to pay more for their own defense. to pay more for their own defense.
• life, this bill supports a 3.8% pay life, this bill supports a 3.8% pay raise<02:23:03.760> for
• national asset where large-scale national asset where large-scale training<02:42:46.640> operations
• pay raise for all service members. pay raise for all service members.
• The gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. only in their pay, but in their only in their pay, but

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• We can have students receive data-driven feedback in the moment, and then we can also scale individualized
• We have the capabilities through AI to do that at scale.
• When we had our summer institutes this past summer, we did pay them a stipend to be in there, which of
• When we had our summer institutes this past summer, we did pay them a stipend to be in there, which of
• So we utilize a different funding source there, but that would be something to be able to pay stipends

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education Pre-K through 12 met to hear a panel discussion on artificial intelligence in K-12 education. Dr. Maya Israel of the University of Florida gave an overview of AI literacy, the benefits of AI for personalized learning and teacher support, and the risks involving data privacy, overreliance, hallucinations, and misuse. She described the Florida K-12 AI Task Force, which published statewide guidance in March and is now providing professional development, case studies, surveys, and resources for teachers and families. She also noted that teacher preparation programs and microcredentials are being developed, but there is not yet a statewide baseline standard for teacher AI training. Superintendents Van Ayers of Hillsborough County and Kevin Hendrick of Pinellas County described district policies and implementation efforts. Hillsborough adopted an AI governance policy, created an implementation guide, and set rules barring generative AI use for students in pre-K through 7th grade while allowing limited, teacher-approved use for older students with district-vetted tools. Pinellas emphasized digital responsibility, parent transparency, data-use agreements, and a governance process for approving tools. Both districts said AI is being used for lesson planning, tutoring, reading-level adjustments, scheduling, and other administrative tasks, but they do not yet have reliable evidence that AI is improving academic performance. They also discussed teacher training, stipends, and certification efforts, including partnerships with universities and vendors such as Microsoft, Google, Magic School, and Gemini. Drew Allen of FSU Inspire offered an industry-focused perspective, arguing that AI is not new but that education must adapt more quickly to industry needs. He described Inspire’s workforce and research mission, its AI and robotics training for teachers, and the need to build teacher comfort and confidence through incentives and applied training. Committee members raised concerns about student dependence on AI, academic integrity, mental health, moral decision-making, data privacy, and whether schools should return to more paper-based testing. The panel generally agreed that AI should be used with strong guardrails, human oversight, and a balance between technology use and traditional learning. No legislation was considered, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was adopted without objection.

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• Something that's really unique to MiHA is that we pay our public members.
• So typically, we pay our health plans a monthly premium.
• Those costs are not included in rate development, so we're not paying for them twice.
• Do you have a separate DRG that you pay hospitals, or are your plans required to pay hospitals versus
• They review the financial eligibility of all clients and utilize a sliding-scale fee.

Summary: The Senate Health Policy Committee met to discuss maternal and infant health, beginning with a presentation from New Jersey’s Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority (MiHA). Pamela Taylor described New Jersey’s statewide effort to reduce maternal mortality and racial disparities through the Nurture New Jersey campaign, a strategic plan with more than 80 recommendations, universal home visiting, Medicaid-covered doula care, hospital report cards, limits on non-medically indicated early elective C-sections, and a new maternal and infant health innovation center. Senators asked about doula certification, funding, home visiting, and how New Jersey coordinates across agencies; Taylor said the authority uses quarterly stakeholder meetings, annual summits, and a tracker for recommendations, and that community input helped shape its programs. Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Deputy Secretary Brian Meyer then outlined Florida Medicaid’s maternal coverage and managed care structure. He reviewed eligibility and services for pregnant women, labor and delivery, postpartum coverage, newborn coverage, and family planning, noting 12 months of postpartum coverage, expanded benefits in managed care plans, and new contracts launching February 1 with more maternal-health-focused benefits, quality measures, and a new quality withhold incentive structure. Senators questioned doula certification and duplication with Healthy Start, provider access and network adequacy, kick payments, quality reporting, and whether Florida should consider broader eligibility standards; Meyer said many details are still plan-driven, that quality metrics are public, and that the agency is working on maternal-health work groups and incentives. Department of Health Division Director Shea Holloway followed with an overview of Florida’s maternal and child health programs and data. She cited Florida CHARTS data showing pregnancy-related deaths, severe maternal morbidity, and infant mortality trends, and described the Title V block grant, the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative, the electronic prenatal risk screen, Healthy Babies, BH Impact for perinatal mental health, Healthy Start, WIC, family planning, telehealth maternity care, and the Pregnancy Care Network. Senators asked about delays in mortality review reporting, preterm birth, substance use disorder in pregnancy, WIC participation, cesarean rates, and the impact of the abortion ban; Holloway said the department is continuing to monitor outcomes, expand screening and telehealth, and use data and hospital partnerships to improve care. The committee then adjourned without further business.

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• So, we need to pay for our roads. We can pay for 89, 93.
• We can pay for can pay for our roads. We can pay for 89,<00:24:06.880> 93.
• <00:36:56.200> if<00:36:56.360> we pay more money than we would pay if we pay more
• We pay more We pay more in Connecticut. We pay more in<00:37:07.160> Massachusetts.
• of this bill will pay $4. of this bill will pay $4.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We're, we're not scaling this up in a way yet to, um, to really make a dent in it.
• Uh, so we absorb those costs, uh, we figure out ways to pay for those, uh, but it's a challenge.
• I mean, the reality is somebody is paying for everything.
• We pay associational dues.
• I pay taxes in your city. I should get this and I should get that.

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• does so much better, because you're paying a water bill every month.
• Most of us are not paying a flood bill.
• for all this stuff—alternatives for how to pay for it.
• up a large and pays a large portion of these projects.
• So this is a scale that shows duration.

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on flood risk and flood management in California, with opening remarks emphasizing that flooding is a statewide and growing threat due to climate change, including the possibility of extreme losses in a worst-case event. Members noted recent flooding in places such as San Diego, the Tulare Basin, and Pajaro, and framed the hearing as a way to better understand prevention, response, and how to capture excess water for later use. Jeffrey Mount of PPIC gave the main overview, describing California’s high flood exposure, the different flood types the state faces, and the mix of structural and non-structural tools used to manage them. He stressed that levees, dams, bypasses, land-use planning, flood insurance, and emergency response all matter, but that risk is rising because current standards are based on past hydrology rather than future climate conditions. He also warned that flood management is underfunded, that the National Flood Insurance Program is weak, and that federal support is increasingly uncertain. Members asked about groundwater recharge, permitting, NOAA and federal cuts, and which communities are most at risk; Mount said recharge can help but does not eliminate flood risk, and that small Central Valley communities and heavily developed floodplains are especially concerning. State officials Laura Hollander of the Department of Water Resources and Jane Dolan of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board described the state’s role in forecasting, emergency response, grants, planning, and the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan. They highlighted aging infrastructure, the need for better coordination, and the state’s special liability in the Central Valley after the Paterno decision. Dolan reviewed the history of major floods and said the plan calls for about $1 billion per year over 30 years to meet current needs, while Hollander said the state works with local and federal partners on preparedness, response, and subventions projects. Both emphasized that floodplain planning, regional coordination, and faster permitting are important, but that more consistent funding is needed. A later panel from local flood agencies and districts reinforced those points, arguing that the state’s annual flood funding is below identified needs and that a proposed statewide flood and dam safety bond was reduced substantially in the broader climate bond package. Witnesses urged more routine maintenance funding, support for regional flood planning, and continued federal-state-local partnerships to reduce risk and maintain eligibility for federal assistance. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the informational hearing.

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• It's up to 90% discount on what we pay.
• It's up to 90% discount on what we pay. It's up to 90% discount on what we pay.
• in<00:12:52.000> the<00:12:52.160> firewall pay 38% less cost in the firewall pay 38%
• It takes a whole lot more to do this size and scale. Just make sure you understand the scale of it.
• <00:23:09.760> temporarily in my note that helped pay temporarily in my note that helped pay

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:15 Kentucky Department of Education 00:01:20 Kentucky Communications Network Authority 00:36:45 Accelecom 01:01:22 Auditor of Public Accounts 01:29:50, 958, all

Summary: The Information Technology Oversight Committee met to hear a presentation from Kentucky Department of Education officials David Couch and Mike Lingham on the history and current status of Kentucky’s K-12 internet network, including its relationship to KentuckyWired. They described the original KETS design from 1995, when KDE established district internet hubs and left local districts to connect to them, and said that model helped Kentucky become a national leader in school connectivity and cloud-based services. They also emphasized the importance of E-rate eligibility, saying it has saved the state substantial money and remains central to KDE’s network contracting. Couch and Lingham said the current “next generation Kentucky K-12 internet” contract with Education Networks of America is more reliable, offers more functionality, and costs less than the prior system, including lower bandwidth and firewall costs. They explained that the transition was complicated by build-out and provisioning issues, especially the need for more “type two” connections through local providers, which pushed some implementation past the June 30, 2024 E-rate deadline. As a result, 39 sites remain on type two connections, and KDE absorbed the loss of federal discount dollars for the portion of the transition that extended into July. The witnesses also discussed home internet access for students. They said KDE has tracked home access for about 20 years and estimates about 4.5% of students still lack adequate internet at home, with roughly 3% able to reach access nearby and 1.5% having no access. They said the biggest barrier is usually cost rather than lack of available lines, and noted that temporary hotspot support during COVID helped students continue schoolwork. Senator Williams asked about the costs of the transition, the current type two sites, and the potential cost of any future transition, but the transcript cuts off before a full answer was given.

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• <00:05:20.360> expensive<00:05:20.800> healthc<00:05:21.120> care and scale
• expensive healthc care and scale expensive healthc care technology<00:05:21.880> for<00:05:22.160
• If you have been paying attention, I was complaining about Allina closing pediatric beds, leaving none
• <00:15:21.560> attention not um if you have been paying attention not um if you have been
• paying attention I<00:15:22.079> was<00:15:22.519> complaining<00:15:23.000> about

Keywords: 1187, senate, all