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• If it's just a charter school asset, then it would remain with the charter school.
• If it's just a charter school asset, then it would remain with the charter school.
• Some charter schools may actually own their assets, and so at that point, if the charter school closed
• But in the end, I think the challenge for charter schools and my discussions with charter school leadership
• But in the end, I think the challenge for charter schools and my discussions with charter school leaders

Bills: HB2210, HB2398, HB2959, HB3006, HB3026, HB3151, HB3315, HB3372, HB3467, HB3590, HB4268, HB4359, HB4427

Keywords: youth apprenticeship, career education, workforce development, high school programs, mentorship, vocational training, state oversight, credential of value, education, labor market, government reporting, school abuse reporting, child abuse, neglect, mandatory reporting, student safety, school employee misconduct, administrator reporting, superintendent, law enforcement notification

Summary: The Senate Education Committee considered a long agenda of education-related bills, including school calendar changes, scholarship and tax credit cleanup, charter school facilities, apprenticeship expansion, testing windows, and teacher staffing rules. Several measures were framed as technical or clarifying changes, while others drew more substantial debate over accountability, eligibility, and funding. The committee also heard a bill to extend the sunset of the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education and another to allow certain military dependents to start kindergarten based on their home-country age rules. Among the more debated bills, House Bill 3590 updated the Opportunity Scholarship Fund Act by changing reporting and income-verification language; senators questioned whether the bill effectively expanded eligibility or added accountability, but the author said it was a cleanup measure and the title was struck before passage. House Bill 3151 would raise the minimum school year from 166 to 173 days beginning in 2027-28, contingent on an additional $175 million in common education funding; supporters argued Oklahoma students need more time in front of teachers, while opponents questioned the evidence and fiscal impact. House Bill 4359 moved statewide assessments to the last four weeks of the school year, with an amendment changing the window from three to four weeks, and House Bill 4427, as amended, continued limits on adjunct teachers in early grades while clarifying qualifications and timelines for existing adjuncts. The committee also advanced House Bill 2398, which would create “credentials of value” to help students and families evaluate postsecondary programs based on workforce demand and economic return, and House Bill 3372, which would create a charter school facilities fund and loan/collateral mechanisms; the latter passed on a narrower vote after questions about asset disposition and state control. Other bills passed with little or no opposition, including a 24-hour reporting requirement for school abuse to outside law enforcement, an expansion of youth apprenticeship eligibility, adoption-related maternity leave, and a pilot for teacher growth metrics and NBCT funding. Most measures were reported out favorably, with several title-stricken amendments adopted along the way.

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• It adds language to confirm that our charter schools are indeed also public schools and it adds a pathway
• Is that correct for our public schools and charter schools? Senator Maestas, Mr.
• Requirements of subsections A and B, and here it does say public, non-charter high schools, and then
• Middle schools, charter schools, and private schools no later than 27, 28.
• It just talks about public high schools, elementary schools, middle schools, charter schools, and private

Bills: SB273, SB37, SB100

Keywords: SB273, appropriations, general fund, hold harmless, local government finance, municipal revenue, county revenue, correctional facility, jail contract, private prison, detention facility, immigration detention, revenue bonds, clawback, child welfare, juvenile justice, protective services, school improvement, New MexiCare, aging services

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• School for the Deaf.
• Moving on to the special schools, they're on line 22. The special schools are on line 22.
• schools.
• schools.
• schools.

Bills: SB37, SB29

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach

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• graduates, but to bring in medical school graduates from other places; and then addressing some of the
• ... ...bring in medical school graduates from other places, and then addressing some of the issues that
• Then when the UNM BA MD program reached out at the high school, you know, it just really opened like
• our students and even to the part of the middle school.
• to provide them that. ...for high school students to come into the Department of Health facilities to

Bills: SB37, SB29

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach

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• Chair, members of the committee, Jamie Gonzalez, with Public Charter Schools of New Mexico.
• Chair, members of committee, Jamie Gonzalez, with Public Charter Schools of New Mexico, PCSNM is neutral
• So it's just the nature of schools.
• Four of the six schools in my district are 1A schools.
• One of the two A schools, one of the four A schools.

Bills: SB29, SB37

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• They look at the first day of school, and they experience the first day of school together.
• This bill also provides districts and charter schools with needed flexibility by allowing residents to
• Different schools and school districts would record restraint differently.
• school rules.
• and the School for the Deaf.

Bills: HB30, HB120, HJR1, SB210, SB306

Keywords: teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model

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• So charter school head administrators and superintendents will choose their peers from these two groups
• The amendment assures quarterly collaboration with superintendents and charter school leaders, where
• Jami Gonzalez, Public Charter Schools in New Mexico.
• We have, through the APS school system, the public school system, and the charter system, experienced
• districts and charter schools... ...ability in that area, and also school districts and charter schools

Bills: HB30, HB120, HJR1, SB210, SB306

Keywords: teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model

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• it's important for us to see that a lot of things are going on with the University of Hawaii medical school
• the the University of Hawaii<00:14:47.199><c> uh</c><00:14:47.360><c> medical</c><00:14:47.760><c> school
• /c><00:14:48.240><c> now</c><00:14:48.560><c> having</c><00:14:49.040><c> a</c> Hawaii uh medical school
• now having a Hawaii uh medical school now having a real<00:14:49.760><c> view</c><00:14:50.079><c> on

Bills: SB2445, SB2125, SB2355, SB2834, SB3237

Keywords: pedestrian, fines, traffic laws, economic vulnerability, safety, walking, public transportation, teacher licensing, teacher shortage, emergency hire, unlicensed teacher, out-of-field teaching, licensed teachers, charter schools, Department of Education, DOE, Board of Education, licensure requirements, teacher certification, alternative licensure

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• Um, school INS rates took up about $800 million of that, which brought school tax reduction down to $4.3
• and our public schools.
• Um, I'm not a school finance expert. Our school finance expert is here and she can.
• What are the schools saying?
• This plan to provide additional compression on our school, local school taxes, which applies equally

Bills: HB8, HB9, HJR1, HB 22

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• One of the things, since my freshman year, I filed this bill that... requires charter schools to take
• And also a bill about not being able to expel kids, charter schools expel kids. five times the rate as
• I spoke earlier about the competition from charter schools that aren't taking all kids in a critical
• This student is a first grade student and he was enrolled at a charter school before he came to us in
• Uplift Education, which is an open-enrollment, tuition-free charter school network in Dallas-Fort Worth

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• Bill 222 by Representative Tallarico, relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment
• under the foundation school.
• It just allows for school districts and educators to be able to.
• To use the school safety allotment for classroom. management training.
• She said don't touch any of the TEEX in the first week of school.

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• It appropriates $73.2 million from the SDG to the schools and the charter schools.
• And dollars from the SDG to the schools and the charter schools.
• Chair, members of the committee, Jamie Gonzalez, Public Charter Schools of New Mexico.
• By setting a clear equitable minimum contribution for school districts and charter schools, this legislation
• Contribution for school districts and charter schools, this legislation sends a strong message that New

Bills: SB29, SB64

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• Chair, members of the committee, Jamie Gonzalez, Public Charter Schools of New Mexico.
• My name is Asia Curry, and I'm the executive director of a charter school in Las Vegas, New Mexico, as
• and the school district or a charter school can use if it looks like a student might need to be retained
• The majority of the schools in my district are 1A schools.
• When I was on the school board at my little 1A school, funding was always a problem.

Bills: SB29, SB64

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• are doing, the teachers want to know how our schools are doing, the students want to know how the schools
• To spend it, relating to public school accountability and transparency.
• Secretary, read the caption: House Bill 8 relating to public school accountability and transparency.
• We said students, schools should be rated just like students, A through F.
• because mom would drive by that elementary school and say, how come we have a C and the school in the

Bills: SB 3, SB 16, SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, HB17, SB 54, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB192, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB48, HB149, HB192, HB254, HB17, SB54, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB3, SB16, SB2, SB5, SB10

Keywords: flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, real property theft, real property fraud

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• With limited cell phone connectivity, In these parts of Texas, there's a need to go back to old-school
• House Bill 8, relating to public school. Accountability and transparency in finance.

Bills: SB 3, SB 16, SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, HB17, SB 54, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB192, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB48, HB149, HB192, HB254, HB17, SB54, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB3, SB16, SB2, SB5, SB10

Keywords: flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, real property theft, real property fraud

Bills: SB 3, SB 16, SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, HB17, SB 54, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB192, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB48, HB149, HB192, HB254, HB17, SB54, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB3, SB16, SB2, SB5, SB10

Keywords: flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, real property theft, real property fraud

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• School Health and Related Services, better known as SHARRS, is a federally funded program that provides
• Medicaid reimbursement to participating school districts and public charter schools.
• For delivering direct medical services to Medicaid eligible special education students in the school
• environment, also, as specified in the students IEP, a 2017 federal audit report revealed that Texas schools

Bills: SB 596, SB 961, SB 1398, SB 1183, SB 1952

Keywords: DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, foster care, child welfare, Family Code, conservatorship, managing conservator, parental child safety placement, authorization agreement, temporary authorization order, child abuse, child neglect, placement reporting, court-ordered removal, investigation, family preservation, transparency, public reporting, data reporting

Bills: SB596, SB961, SB1398, SB1183, SB1952

Keywords: DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, foster care, child welfare, Family Code, conservatorship, managing conservator, parental child safety placement, authorization agreement, temporary authorization order, child abuse, child neglect, placement reporting, court-ordered removal, investigation, family preservation, transparency, public reporting, data reporting

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• Members, School Health and Related Services, better known as SHARS, is a federally funded... program
• that provides Medicaid reimbursement to participating school districts and public charter schools for
• delivering direct medical services to Medicaid-eligible special education students in the school environment

Bills: SB596, SB961, SB1398, SB1183, SB1952

Keywords: DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child protective services, foster care, child welfare, Family Code, conservatorship, managing conservator, parental child safety placement, authorization agreement, temporary authorization order, child abuse, child neglect, placement reporting, court-ordered removal, investigation, family preservation, transparency, public reporting, data reporting

Bills: HB25, HB38, HB997, HB 1119, HB25, HB38

Keywords: HB 25, Texas nutrition, nutrition education, healthy living, public health, school physical activity, recess, physical education, nutrition and wellness course, health curriculum, State Board of Education, Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee, ultra-processed foods, artificial colors, food additives, chronic disease, metabolic health, culinary medicine, functional medicine, dietary guidelines