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• your education at UNM by spending a number of semesters at an HBCU.
• Education at UNM by spending a number of semesters at an HBCU. It's a wonderful program.
• Of course, we've got one of our HBCUs, our program That we use for Black education that is in progress
• So I hope that the program that you're working on—your literacy program, your work with the Black Education
• keep our youth moving forward, and lifting up the programs that we're looking at called Growing Our

Keywords: 996, all

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• And he did this on his own.
• As a child care and preschool program, we are very proud to sponsor AB 2429 and ask for your aye vote
• Let me just say from my own standpoint, I really appreciate this and your passion, leadership, Ms.
• Department of Education.
• Now your second bill.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Each owner, after you get to write your own laws with this, after four years you can buy in and become
• Each owner, after you get to write your Each owner, after you get to write your own<00:22:40.360>
• employee owned. employee owned.
• And bringing them up so that they're able to have a sort of the choose-your-own-adventure life that I
• The same logic of that MDA program applies to other kinds of co-ops, including worker-owned co-ops.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and growing in your comments, Senator Sorvog.
• work more closely with BSC in more bachelor-type programs in education and teacher education.
• So try to ...types of programs in education and teacher education.
• They ultimately ended up going with kind of their own program.
• They ultimately ended up going with kind of their own program.

Summary: The Higher Education Institutions Committee met on the Minot State University campus for presentations on campus operations, enrollment, and new academic initiatives. President Shirley reviewed recent audits, noting mostly clean results with only minor technical findings, and highlighted MSU’s broad academic offerings, specialized accreditations, athletics, and partnerships with Minot Air Force Base and the MSU Development Foundation. Members asked about declining interest in teacher education, tuition waivers for athletes, dual credit incentives, and how MSU decides when to launch new programs and avoid duplication within the university system. Shirley also discussed several workforce-focused initiatives supported by the Legislature’s Workforce Education Innovation Funds, including the purchase of the Trinity Health Center West building for a downtown health sciences hub, a new daycare/preschool partnership near campus, the Aspire program to recruit rural students into teaching, and a paraprofessional-to-special-education degree pathway. Enrollment data showed overall headcount was flat at just under 2,750, but full-time equivalent enrollment rose slightly and new student numbers increased, including the largest freshman class in 15 years. The committee also discussed Minot State’s in-state tuition rate for all students, its dual credit “Emerging Scholars” scholarship, and concerns about the share of high school graduates who do not immediately pursue postsecondary education. Faculty then presented two new programs funded in part by WEAF: an Innovation Engineering degree and a master’s program in counseling with an integrated addiction studies focus. The engineering program was described as industry-driven, designed with broad early coursework, hands-on learning, and local employer input to prepare students for western North Dakota workforce needs; officials said it had already drawn more applicants than expected and would use renovated library space and donated or grant-funded equipment. The counseling program will be mostly face-to-face with hybrid options, aims to address shortages in mental health and substance use providers, and is structured to help students meet licensure requirements. Committee members asked about startup costs, licensure supervision hours, and whether the programs would be on campus rather than online, and presenters said both programs had recently received required approvals and were moving forward.

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• and your please state your name and your organization<00:23:24.279> that<00:23:24.440> you
• I'm a lifelong educator who has worked in public schools under grant-funded programs to close the achievement
• I'm a lifelong educator who has worked in public schools under grant-funded programs to close the achievement
• She said teens are growing up in an increasingly interconnected world and that trying to form your own
• interconnected and trying to form your interconnected and trying to form your own<00:37:38.040><

Bills: HF29, HF921, HF922, HF1048, HF1049

Keywords: railroad, infrastructure, transportation funding, environmental remediation, capital investment, HF921, tax increment financing, TIF, excess tax increment, school district aid, levy adjustment, property tax levy, education finance, Minnesota education aid, decertification, local government finance, school funding formula, state aid reduction, referendum equalization aid, debt service equalization

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• We do this to help grow the profession and hope that we can also grow our own.
• > grow<00:12:15.839> our<00:12:16.000> own<00:12:16.720> one<00:12:16.839
• > of<00:12:16.959> the we can also grow our own one of the we can also grow our own one
• Equity education educator excellence and Equity education educator excellence and Equity project
• education registered apprenticeship program<00:28:01.919> through<00:28:02.360> Koka<00

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Higher Education met on January 31 and heard six bills. The chair opened by outlining committee practices, including giving at least 72 hours’ notice for hearings, releasing testimony by 5:00 p.m. the day before hearings, and deferring bills needing substantive HT1 changes so members would not vote “blind.” Members briefly thanked the chair for the transparency approach before moving to the agenda. HB 223 would create a Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy special fund and workforce assessment fee to support a pharmacy center. Testimony from the Board of Pharmacy, the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, the University of Hawaiʻi Hilo College of Pharmacy, Mokai Drugs, and others generally supported the measure, emphasizing workforce data, rural access, student loan repayment, and retention. The committee later advanced HB 223 with amendments, including leaving fee amounts blank for further discussion and inserting a defective date, and the motion passed unanimously. HB 940 would appropriate funds for the rat lungworm lab at UH Hilo; HB 546 would establish the Aloha Intelligence Institute at UH to advance AI; HB 549 would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program; HB 1172 would add the Department of Taxation to the Statewide Longitudinal Data System for wage-data sharing; and HB 1320 would require UH to collect and publicly report graduate outcome data and create a dashboard. Testimony on these bills was largely supportive, with some privacy concerns raised on HB 1172 and a request to protect taxpayer confidentiality. In decision-making, the committee passed all five bills with amendments, generally deleting or blanking appropriations and FTEs for Finance Committee review, adding defective dates for further discussion, and in HB 549 adding a statement that the program is a matter of statewide concern. The committee recessed briefly for decision-making and then adopted the chair’s recommendations on each bill.

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• c><00:03:20.840> a<00:03:21.080> print<00:03:21.400> out program in your packets
• is a print out program in your packets is a print out and<00:03:22.480> that<00:03:22.680>
• of your own emotions.
• > own burdened by the weight of your own burdened by the weight of your own emotions<00:26:30.760
• I didn't draft it on my own, um, but I have not visited with the other educational organizations that

Bills: HF56, HF780

Keywords: HF56, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Hutchinson Area Transportation Services, Hutchinson, McLeod County, transportation facility, vehicle storage, equipment storage, fueling facility, temperate storage, local infrastructure, public works, general obligation bonds, education finance, school funding, state aid, appropriations

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• support in continuing the GROW funding program.
• I've been there for five years, and I also run our bee and pollinator research and education programs
• Another program adds another 40% that called Bring Your Own Resource in developing rural energy resources
• That's a great example of how we're streamlining education and technical service provision and program
• And so the agencies did that and created their own prioritization. Process for each program.

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• I'm so thankful to all of you who've made time out of your life, your family, your business, to come
• It's a great place to raise your family because it's a great place to educate your kids.
• Based on your bill.
• There are too many issues I'm trying to say your concern or your...
• He raised up arms against his... ...own people, and he owned slaves. He owned human beings.

Bills: SJR12, SCR39, SB7, SB8, SB27, SB29, SB125, SB241, SB371, SB396, SB406, SB464, SB568, SB578, SB608, SB617, SB660, SB689, SB693, SB707, SB731, SB732, SB763, SB779, SB836, SB854, SB857, SB875, SB878, SB879, SB906, SB920, SB921, SB922, SB942, SB965, SB985, SB996, SB1029, SB1035, SB1036, SB1059, SB1084, SB1098, SB1101, SB1185, SB1188, SB1321, SB1332, SB1366, SB1388, SB1396, SB1453, SB1484, SB1494, SB1536, SB1563, SB1596, SB1610, SB1619, SB1737, SB1738, SB1741, SB1816, SB1822, SB1841, SB1939, SB2155, SB2188, SB2230, SJR36, SJR12, SJR81, SJR50, SCR22, SCR12, SCR39, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB241, SB304, SB1023, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB406, SB985, SB1119, SB1505, SB1215, SB1302, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB1120, SB541, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB125, SB53, SB1352, SB785, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB507, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB310, SB311, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB1029, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB827, SB1585, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SB1536, SB2016, SB1453, SB1173, SB1163, SB996, SB27, SB568, SB1370, SB1321, SB1101, SB906, SB860, SB1563, SB993, SB693, SB1610, SB1537, SB836, SB1332, SB1307, SB963, SB493, SB922, SB984, SB1084, SB619, SB1098, SB1122, SB455, SB522, SB1057, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1877, SB464, SB1277, SB32, SB732, SB660, SB731, SB921, SB268, SB1822, SB1188, SB1939, SB1589, SB397, SB1388, SB2230, SB1058, SB1036, SB1267, SB2112, SB1930, SB532, SB1035, SB2155, SB508, SB29, SB292, SB291, SB901, SB1333, SB1436, SB1494, SB964, SB779, SB1378, SB2312, SB1719, SB1386, SB287, SB2143, SB1245, SB261, SB1247, SB1948, SB2406, SB2407, SB1882, SB1197, SB1814, SB618, SB38, SB393, SB2065, SB1371, SB1394, SB1365, SB2243, SB2226, SB2039, SB1919, SB1895, SB1598, SB1493, SB1810, SB1791, SB1706, SB1644, SB1238, SB783, SB458, SB22, SB651, SB897, SB7, SB125, SB578, SB608, SB617, SB763, SB836, SB878, SB906, SB920, SB942, SB985, SB1084, SB1366, SB1388, SB1563, SB1737, SB1738, SB1816, SB1939, SB406, SB689, SR327, SR346, SR351, SR352

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

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• Idaho's launch grant program provides significant education grants to students pursuing careers determined
• So I really appreciate your consideration with this, and thank you for your time.
• These are my own views.
• Thank you for your leadership. Thank you for your testimony.
• Thank you so much for your time and your consideration. Thank you for your testimony.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a hybrid hearing on a large slate of bills related to advertising, economic development, tourism, digital advertising, delivery taxes, and alcohol taxation. The first panel supported H. 3249, which would create a high school trade partnership program linking public schools with private employers, especially in manufacturing, and would offer employers a tax credit for participation. Representative Soder, Uxbridge High School leaders, and others argued the bill would strengthen career pathways, build a skilled workforce, and keep students and jobs in Massachusetts. The committee then heard testimony on H. 3031 and S. 2003 to modernize the Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund by dedicating an additional share of hotel occupancy tax revenue to tourism promotion. Tourism and hospitality representatives from Cape Cod, Southwick Zoo, and Indian Ranch said the proposal would not raise taxes but would reinvest existing visitor-generated revenue into marketing that supports jobs, local businesses, and municipal tax receipts. A tech-industry coalition opposed several digital advertising tax bills and a delivery tax bill, warning they would raise costs, create uncertainty, and burden consumers, small businesses, and delivery workers. The largest portion of the hearing focused on S. 2029, which would raise the alcohol excise tax by 10 cents per drink and dedicate the revenue to public health programs. Public health experts, advocates, a student prevention leader, and representatives from Jane Doe, Inc. argued the tax would reduce alcohol-related harms, address decades of inflation-driven erosion in the tax, and generate substantial new funding for prevention, treatment, domestic violence services, and community schools. Committee members asked questions about the current tax structure, inflation, and how the proposal compares with neighboring states. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair adjourned after public testimony concluded.

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• Thank you for your attendance today and all your hard work in education.
• your hard work and today and all your hard work and education.<00:02:50.000> Co-chair<00:02:50.560
• The rural education achievement program has two different parts.
• here. you probably want to talk to your here. you probably want to talk to your own<01:21:26.560
• They have operated these programs for education principal leadership throughout the country.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:12 Attendance Roll Call: 00:00:33 Kentucky’s New Assessment and Accountability Model Update: 00:03:50 Federal Education Policy and Its Impact on States: 01:00:55 Educational Leadership Training Opportunities in Kentucky: 01:26:44 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations: 02:10:38 Adjournment: 02:13:57, 958, all

Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Education met for its first interim meeting and established a quorum before taking up its first topic, Kentucky’s new assessment and accountability model. Commissioner Robbie Fletcher, joined by KDE staff and superintendents, described a multi-year effort involving the Kentucky “Now We Learn” Council, more than 50 educators and stakeholders, at least 18 pilot districts, surveys, focus groups, town halls, and four prototype frameworks. He emphasized three priorities for the new model: vibrant learning experiences, innovation in assessment, and collaboration with communities. Fletcher said the state accountability portion would continue to meet federal requirements and identify CSI/TSI/ATSI schools, while shifting toward more emphasis on individual student growth, grade-level equivalency in reading and math, career and technical education, graduation rate, and English language proficiency. He also said science would remain a required assessment but be reported separately rather than counted in the CSI/TSI calculation. He stressed that the model should focus on growth, local flexibility, and meaningful measures that reflect community expectations, while still preserving a statewide framework. The committee also heard from Bullitt County superintendent Jesse Bacon, who described his district’s local accountability work. He said Bullitt County formed a community coalition with broad representation from across the district, business leaders, and community members, met six times during the school year, and worked toward a public-facing dashboard that would show community expectations, evidence of accountability, and areas for improvement. Bacon said the district identified six community-defined pillars, beginning with student learning and foundational academic knowledge, as part of a system intended to communicate strengths and improvement areas to the public.

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• And New Mexico, again, to toot your own horn, has already seen some fairly significant transmission investments
• Thank you for your presentation and educating us on this. Thank you, Madam Chair.
• Thank you for your presentation. Got a little education, and that's what we want. We appreciate it.
• Programs that have covered MS programs in some institutes, but mostly four- and two-year programs, and
• Are there any programs within your current structure that support pre-K?

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• Sir, I didn't hear you say anything about educational programs.
• health programs on your population?
• Through your education and cognitive intervention programs, which you do through Windham, keeping a safe
• There are other vocational programs that Wyndham is doing and educational programs.
• Director Collier: ...There are other vocational programs that Wyndham is doing and educational programs

Bills: SB 1

Keywords: campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• I don't know that necessarily the state programs do, but one of the programs that is not listed on that
• Thank you for your time and your consideration.
• Your leadership here is great.
• Thank you. with respect to our SWIFT program. That's our flagship program. for new water supply.
• And so considering that that was a brand new new program, considering that we had other programs that

Bills: HB 1089, HB 1163, HB 1177, HB 1238, HB1318, HB1400, HB1407, HB1532, HJR7, HJR7

Keywords: coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation

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• I would ask us to put our own families in this situation. Everybody fights with your spouse.
• impose Sharia law, even in their own households as a child growing up or anything like that.
• impose Sharia law, even in their own households as a child growing up or anything like that.
• If you own that property, it is up to you to decide how your house should look.
• I mean, you can go back in any budget and see pork for special districts, for your own district.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Very good luck in your own hearing happening somewhere else. Off to the Elections Committee.
• time thank you thank you very good luck in your own hearing happening somewhere else off to the elections
• I very, very much appreciate your advocacy. programs.
• Thank you for your attention and your service. Thank you for your remarks. Questions?
• Thank you for your attention and your service. Thank you for your remarks. Questions?

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a heavily attended hybrid hearing focused primarily on plastics reduction bills, along with a few local and related waste-management measures. Chair Rauch and Chair Barber outlined strict testimony rules because of the large number of speakers. Before the plastics docket, the committee heard support for a local Sharon sewer-extension bill for a Sunrise Senior Living project, and the bill’s proponents said the project would help address senior housing needs and would still require MWRA and local approvals. The chairs also noted a separate local matter involving Sharon and the MWRA. A major portion of the hearing centered on the Plastics Reduction Act and related bills addressing single-use plastics, including plastic bags, polystyrene, black plastic, plastic beverage bottles, non-flushable wipes, skip-the-stuff provisions, and truth-in-labeling. Sponsors and supporters said the bills would reduce litter, microplastics, greenhouse gas emissions, and municipal waste costs, while creating statewide consistency and supporting environmental justice communities. Several speakers cited local bans already adopted by many Massachusetts cities and towns, and many urged the committee to advance comprehensive statewide action. The committee also heard testimony on a boat wrap recycling bill, a mattress recycling bill, and a bill to prohibit hotels from providing small plastic toiletries. Municipal officials and waste professionals supported extended producer responsibility for paint and labeling for non-flushable wipes, saying these measures would shift costs away from cities and towns and reduce strain on wastewater systems. The Massachusetts Municipal Association, Mayor Ruth Ann Fuller of Newton, and a Franklin County waste official all backed paint EPR and wipes labeling. Fire Chief Brian Nardelli testified for the Fire Chiefs Association in support of lithium-ion battery legislation, citing fire safety and disposal concerns. Other speakers, including environmental groups, local activists, and business representatives, supported bag and polystyrene bans, though the Retailers Association of Massachusetts urged any bag policy to be truly statewide and said any bag fee should be retained by retailers. No votes were taken during the hearing.

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• I want to continue to grow this program.
• Opening doors to higher education through specialized scholarship programs and college credits, one of
• Opening doors to higher education through specialized scholarship programs and college credits, one of
• Opening doors to higher education through specialized scholarship programs and college credits, one of
• program and the fact that it's growing program and the fact that it's growing and<00:20:49.840><

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Before, after, and summer programs, as well as universal school meals, just to name a few in the education
• as well as the $150 million for the Teacher Education Program. loan repayment program, recognizing that
• Well, I certainly appreciate that commitment because I've read many of your reports in the special education
• I think your initial question was About funding for the Forest Health Program, if I'm yes.
• It's totally unsustainable from whether a business model or even just operating in your own daily budget

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It's about giving a family-owned business the same opportunity to compete and grow and innovate as a
• The SBA's 504 program helps small businesses grow, create jobs, and invest in their communities.
• The SBA's 504 program helps small businesses grow, create jobs, and invest in their communities.
• The 504 program helps small businesses grow, create jobs, and invest in their communities.
• THE 504 PROGRAM HELPS SMALL BUSINESSES GROW, CREATE JOBS, AND INVEST IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• So all those are your key pieces.
• So across the publicly funded programs, it overall enrollment was still growing year-over-year.
• the S program.
• to grow during that period.
• But even though it's growing death, yes, program, the number or projected at the scholarships in each