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• Lowest grade a person could get: no good SOB. Easy.
• The one year we missed dying burnt orange and maroon Easter eggs for his and Judy’s alma maters, respectively

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• vainglorious politicians in California decide that this was their star-making moment, where they would egg
• vainglorious politicians in California decide that this was their star-making moment, where they would egg
• I reserve the balance of my time. where they would egg on the violent where they would egg on the violent
• You know, I've never seen a segment on TV about an MS-13 cartel boss in the third grade.
• MS-13 cartel boss in the third grade. MS-13 cartel boss in the third grade.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, June 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And they are in charge of our adult egg finance management program.
• uh u adult egg uh finance management<01:42:25.360> program.
• any claim for uh homestead credit on egg any claim for uh homestead credit on egg homestead<01:43
• concerns around forests becoming egg concerns around forests becoming egg land<03:00:00.640>
• , I think, well, 1990, I was sixth grade, I think, well, 1990, I was sixth grade, so<03:32:40.720

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• main divisions that we carry out, and our main programs, which you can see there on the right: our egg
• :09.399> state's responsible for promoting our state's responsible for promoting our state's egg
• industry I always say I'm kind of egg industry I always say I'm kind of like<00:10:11.959> have
• marketing uh which kind of our egg marketing uh which kind of speaks<00:10:28.040> for<00:10:
• Chair and Senator Anderson, we don’t have a lot of egg production in the state.

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• The bill also clarifies a conflict between two statutes regarding how school grades are calculated for
• The amendment incorporates feedback from staff to clarify how school grades are calculated by DOE for
• an assumption about how many fourth graders are going to have, and you hire that number of fourth grade
• That student was over here, now they're over there, so they have to unscramble that egg to make sure
• Scholarship Program or when they show up at their neighborhood public school to register for fourth grade

Summary: The committee first heard the Pre-K-12 education budget proposal for fiscal year 2025-26 and voted to adopt it as the committee’s recommendation to the full Senate Appropriations Committee. The proposed $34.7 billion budget includes increases for the FEFP, Family Empowerment Scholarships, VPK, school safety, the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, school hardening, Jewish day school security, and an education enrollment stabilization fund. Members asked no questions on the budget before it was advanced, and staff was authorized to make technical corrections. The committee then passed CS/SB 1402, which expands eligibility for dropout retrieval services to any individual who has withdrawn from high school and clarifies how school grades are calculated for virtual instruction providers that offer only dropout retrieval services. An amendment to clarify the grading calculation was adopted without objection, and the bill was reported favorably after a roll call vote. The committee also took up SPB 7030, a comprehensive scholarship-program bill sponsored by Senator Gates, which would separate Family Empowerment Scholarship funding as its own categorical, expand the education stabilization fund, create fall and spring application windows, require a single scholarship application and more documentation, assign student IDs, change payments to a monthly schedule, require background checks for paid instructional providers, mandate annual FTE audits by the Auditor General, and standardize reimbursement and eligibility procedures. After extensive discussion and public testimony, the bill was adopted as a committee bill and reported favorably, with Senator Osgood voting no. Finally, the committee considered CS/SB 508, which requires private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to disclose in writing what accommodations, modifications, and services they will provide for students with existing plans such as IEPs, 504 plans, or ELL plans. An amendment was adopted to require public schools to consult with private schools about equitable services, and the bill was reported favorably. Public testimony included support from parent-choice advocates and concerns from private-school representatives about administrative burden and the scope of the required disclosures. The meeting concluded after the final roll call votes and adjournment motion.

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• The bill also clarifies a conflict between two statutes regarding how school grades are calculated for
• The amendment incorporates feedback from staff to clarify how school grades are calculated by DOE for
• assumption about how many fourth graders you're going to have, and you hire that number of fourth-grade
• That student was over here, now they're over there, so they have to unscramble that egg to make sure
• Scholarship Program or when they show up at their neighborhood public school to register for fourth grade

Summary: The committee first heard the proposed Pre-K-12 education budget for fiscal year 2025-26, totaling $34.7 billion. The chair highlighted major increases for the FEFP, including $29.6 billion for public schools and K-12 scholarships, a $984 million year-over-year increase, along with higher per-FTE funding, $4 billion for the Family Empowerment Scholarship, $431.4 million for VPK, funding for school safety, the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, school hardening, Jewish day school security, and an education enrollment stabilization fund. With no public comment, the committee adopted a motion for staff technical corrections and then approved the budget proposal as a recommendation to the full Senate Appropriations Committee. The committee then considered SB 1402 on dropout retrieval programs. The bill expands eligibility so any individual who has withdrawn from high school may enroll in dropout retrieval services and clarifies how school grades are calculated for virtual instruction providers that offer those services. An amendment clarifying the grading calculation was adopted, and the committee reported the bill favorably. Next, the committee took up SPB 7030 on educational scholarship programs, a broad measure addressing school choice funding and administration. The bill would fund the Family Empowerment Scholarship as a separate categorical, expand the education stabilization fund, create fall and spring application windows, require a single scholarship application and more documentation, assign student IDs, standardize payment timing to monthly installments, require continued eligibility verification, and add Level 2 background checks for providers receiving state funds. Members raised questions about background-check enforcement, payment timing, data sharing, and the impact on homeschool and private-school families. Public testimony included support from school-choice advocates and concerns from private-school representatives about added regulatory burdens and deadlines. The committee adopted the bill as a committee bill and reported it favorably, with Senator Osgood voting no. Finally, the committee considered SB 508 on the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, which requires private schools to disclose in writing what accommodations, modifications, and services they will provide to students with existing plans such as IEPs, EEPs, 504 plans, or ELL plans before enrollment. An amendment was adopted to require public schools to consult with private schools about equitable services. Testimony was mixed: supporters said the bill would give parents needed information for informed choice, while private-school representatives said the language could be burdensome and vague. The committee reported the bill favorably.

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• That's ninth through 12th grade. Okay. They could have... ...okay, that's ninth through 12th grade.
• But I think to grade papers on the SBOE as elected officials, but to grade those papers without giving
• But I think to grade papers on the SBOE as elected officials, but to grade those papers without giving
• As a teacher, I have taught eighth grade middle school, and I've taught sixth grade middle school.
• As a teacher, I have taught eighth grade middle school, and I've taught sixth grade middle school.

Summary: The Committee on Education K-16 heard several bills focused largely on special education transparency, school safety, and student support services. Senate Bill 1908, by Senator Zaffirini, would direct the Higher Education Coordinating Board to study the feasibility of a statewide system for coordinating clinical training placements, including regional portals for healthcare clinical slots, with a report due by December 1, 2026. A representative of the Texas Nurses Association and the Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition testified in support. The bill was left pending subject to the call of the chair. The committee then took up Senate Bill 111, by Senator Hall, which in its committee substitute was narrowed to a reporting bill requiring school districts to disclose legal proceedings involving special education due process complaints when legal fees exceed $10,000, rather than capping spending. Several parents and advocates testified that districts spend large sums on litigation against families of children with disabilities and that greater transparency is needed; some senators raised concerns about unintended consequences, including possible pressure to settle cases. The committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1551 on automated external defibrillators in public schools, Senate Bill 865 on CPR instruction requirements for certain volunteers, Senate Bill 1032 on the Governor’s University Research Initiative, and Senate Bill 571 on school employee misconduct reporting and access to the Do Not Hire Registry; each was reported favorably after committee substitute adoption and roll-call votes. Additional bills discussed included Senate Bill 1884, which would formalize and expand dedicated staff support for the State Board of Education and give the board chair hiring authority over that staff; members questioned whether it duplicated TEA functions, while a witness argued the workload increase justified the change, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 625 would replace the current half-credit economics requirement with a half-credit in personal financial literacy; educators and advocates strongly supported making the course required, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 582 would make TEA settlement agreements in special investigations publicly available when sanctions are imposed, and Senate Bill 2600 would bar transportation fees for students living within two miles of campus unless districts do not receive state transportation funding; both were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2751, which would require TEA inspections of non-public special education programs to consider medical standards of care and crisis-prevention training; testimony from a program operator described severe student behaviors and the need for more flexibility, and the bill was left pending after the substitute was adopted.

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• Figures, was the senator here, a group of a fourth grade class actually from Linoff Elementary School
• Figures, was the senator here, a group of a fourth-grade class actually from Linoff Elementary School
• The veterinary medical association, the cattlemen association, the poultry and egg association, a lot
• 11:30.080> and cattleman association, the poultry and cattleman association, the poultry and egg
• <01:11:30.560> association, egg association, egg association, uh<01:11:32.239> a<01:11:

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• business, maybe trying to buy that first home, as we're heading towards Easter, trying to buy those eggs
• c><00:30:02.120> that<00:30:02.240> are<00:30:02.440> now trying to buy those eggs
• that are now trying to buy those eggs that are now you<00:30:03.080> know<00:30:03.799> I<
• My name is Stevie Middlebrook, and I'm a second grade teacher at Metro Deaf School.
• teacher at Metro de I'm a second grade teacher at Metro de school<01:00:38.720> I<01:00:38.839

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee met to hear a presentation from the Commissioner of Revenue on Governor Walz and Lieutenant Governor Flanagan’s tax proposal, with members told no public testimony would be taken because bill language was not yet available. The commissioner said the proposal would lower the statewide sales tax rate by 0.75 percentage points while expanding sales tax to selected professional services such as legal, brokerage, banking, and accounting, with several carve-outs. He emphasized that the plan would not add business-to-business sales taxes, arguing that taxing business inputs leads to tax pyramiding and higher hidden consumer costs. The commissioner said the rate cut would be the first sales tax rate cut in state history and estimated it at about $95 million annually, while the service expansions would raise about $203 million to $205 million annually, for a net increase of roughly $110 million per year. He said the proposal is part of the governor’s broader budget, which he described as addressing long-term structural deficits and funding other priorities such as an R&D credit, an expanded sustainable aviation fuel credit, fraud prevention, and service-member retention bonuses. He also said the carve-outs and exemptions would be reflected in the revenue estimate. Members questioned whether the proposal was truly a tax cut or instead a tax increase, and several asked for a revenue-neutral rate if all or more services were taxed. One member raised concerns about how pro bono legal work with a fee would be treated, and another asked about possible streamlining issues and whether fees are treated as taxes in statute. The commissioner said a fee would be taxable depending on the arrangement and that the department would review the language carefully once drafted. He also said the department would provide more detailed estimates later, including what the rate would be if the tax were made revenue neutral. No votes or formal actions were taken.

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• Meat, poultry, fish, and eggs are up a whopping 5.6%. Give me a break. Mr. Speaker, let's be frank.
• One is in math, where most grade levels improved compared to last year in both fourth and eighth grades
• In this, he started a small Easter egg hunt that grew into one of the largest in the country.
• The hunt grew to 90,000 eggs a year and raised money to provide food, clothes, back-to-school supplies
• In this, he started a small Easter egg hunt that grew into one of the largest in the country.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• It takes 21 days to incubate an egg, so you can hatch a chick in 21 days. It takes...
• And that litter is generally six to eight, or eight to ten eggs.
• that allows us to create these structures that then reduce erosion, allow the The arroyo bed to be graded

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• I mean, that's not getting you out of the parking lot to buy a dozen eggs.
• We're going to end up with egg on our face if in three months we come back and, you know, Senator Padilla
• person on, so I want there to be some motivation for them to just keep climbing in terms of their pay grade

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• Our programs also support education outcomes for students experiencing foster care in grades kindergarten
• through third grade, as well as young adults who are aging out of foster care as they're launching into
• DCF instead committed to directing the benefits into a nest egg account for young people to use when
• When they time out, they need to be able to have a nest egg to be able to be their best selves and not

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities heard testimony on a wide range of bills affecting foster youth, child welfare oversight, homelessness services, juvenile justice, social work licensure, and human services workforce supports. Committee co-chairs Senator Robyn Kennedy and Representative Jay Livingstone opened the hybrid hearing by outlining testimony procedures and accessibility measures. Several members and legislators participated throughout the day, and many witnesses were invited to submit additional written testimony after speaking. A major portion of the hearing focused on House 227/Senate 105, which would protect federal benefits owed to children in foster care. Supporters, including advocates from Hopewell, the Disability Law Center, CPCS, the Children’s Law Center, More Than Words, Friends of Children, and youth witness Onyx Rosario, said DCF had already ended the practice of taking most Social Security and SSI benefits and now conserves them in accounts for youth, but argued the policy should be codified to prevent future reversals. Witnesses described how conserved benefits help with basic needs, housing, education, transportation, and transition to adulthood, and several noted the bill also adds financial literacy and transparency requirements. Senator Joan Comerford and others said the change would protect vulnerable youth, especially children of color, LGBTQ youth, and youth with disabilities. The committee also heard testimony on House 225, which would expand the grandparents-raising-grandchildren commission by adding appointments and helping with quorum and representation. The committee also took testimony on Senate 136, which would improve emergency housing assistance for families experiencing homelessness by easing documentation requirements, allowing use of existing state data to verify eligibility, requiring notice before benefit reductions, and creating an ombudsperson. Senator Adam Gomez and other supporters said the bill would reduce barriers for families in crisis. On House 262/Senate 148, an omnibus child welfare bill, witnesses supported provisions on data reporting, education coordination, and Office of the Child Advocate reforms, while CPCS raised concerns about expanded access to sensitive records and the OCA’s role in certain proceedings. The Office of the Child Advocate supported codifying current practices and also backed child fatality review changes in House 234/Senate 133. The committee additionally heard support for Senate 108, which would require attorneys and audio/video recording during juvenile custodial interrogations, and for House 247/Senate 116, which would update the Juvenile Justice Policy and Data Board to add supported lived-experience seats. Finally, the committee heard competing testimony on Senate 135, a bill to ensure parity in social work licensure. SEIU Local 509 and supporters argued the current exam requirement disproportionately harms Black, Latino, multilingual, and multicultural applicants and worsens workforce shortages, while the Association of Social Work Boards opposed the bill, saying the exam is a necessary public-protection measure and that removing it would conflict with interstate compact efforts. The hearing also included testimony in support of a loan repayment program for human service workers, with providers and workers describing low wages, high student debt, and the need to retain staff in essential services. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing itself.

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• an economic impact and it's<00:26:12.760> really<00:26:13.000> their<00:26:13.240> egg
• <00:26:13.640> component<00:26:14.039> for it's really their egg component for it's
• I just remember as a teacher, you know, first grade, we had, once in a while, you'd have a student who
• MSBA has provided good guidance around attendance, and it depends on the grade, but, yeah, it's—and I
• <01:03:12.000> by to analyze by grade by to analyze by grade by building<01:03:14.480>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The bill requires transparent and accurate labeling for meat, milk, poultry, and egg products.
• often run counter to their financial interests and to the interests of their customers companies are graded

Summary: The Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee heard House Bill 651, described by sponsors as the Florida Farm Bill and a comprehensive FDACS agency package. The bill combined technical agency updates with several policy provisions, including changes to water additive rules, labeling requirements for meat, milk, poultry, and eggs, criminal penalties related to drones over agricultural land, mail theft, and retail fuel theft, updates to disaster recovery loan programs, an FFA scholarship, school infrastructure provisions, land purchase authority for converted agricultural land, and a Florida Farmer Financial Protection Act addressing ESG-related banking practices. A major portion of the discussion focused on the bill’s fluoride language, with supporters arguing for local choice and consumer consent and opponents warning about public health impacts and loss of local control. Members also questioned the C-4 registry language and whether it was duplicative or could affect organizations’ status. Public testimony was split. Opponents included Florida for All and the Florida Dental Association, with testimony arguing the bill protected agribusiness interests and that removing fluoride would harm dental health, especially for low-income families. Proponents included Heritage Action, Heartland Impact, and several individuals who argued the bill protected farmers from ESG-driven banking restrictions and supported informed consent and the removal of fluoride from public water. Several agricultural and advocacy groups also waved in support. During debate, some members praised portions of the bill such as housing for agricultural workers, drone penalties, and school-related provisions, but said they could not support the fluoride preemption or the C-4 language. Others supported the fluoride provision as a matter of individual and local choice. On final passage, the committee reported HB 651 favorably. The vote was 11-4, with Chair Esposito, Vice Chair Botana, Representatives Barnaby, Benaroch, Black, Mayfield, Mooney, Plasencia, Salzman, and Weinberger voting yes, and Representatives Alvarez, Bartleman, Henson, and Rainer voting no.

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• We're distributing chicken eggs. Eggs got up to like $9 a dozen, and we were giving a dozen away.
• And I do hold my North Dakota educator's professional license to be a pre-K up to third grade teacher
• And then also we have the Fort Yates Public School, which is fifth or sixth through eighth grade, whereas
• From kindergarten to third grade, you learn to read. From third grade on up, you read to learn.

Summary: The Tribal and State Relations Committee met at Standing Rock and heard extensive comments from tribal council members, state legislators, and tribal program leaders about ongoing state-tribal coordination issues. Early discussion focused on the committee’s purpose, the need for better communication, and frustration that the meeting agenda and time allotted did not include enough state department heads or program experts to address child welfare, ICWA, Medicaid, and other human services concerns. Tribal leaders emphasized that Standing Rock wants more direct, regular communication and more practical follow-through from prior meetings. A major theme was health and human services, including concerns that the state’s rural health transformation efforts and human service zone structure do not fit tribal needs, especially for a direct-service tribe that relies on federal funding and Indian Health Service. Members also raised foster care delays, housing shortages that force children off-reservation, substance abuse treatment capacity, and the need for cultural competency in child welfare and education. Other issues included missing and murdered Indigenous people, law enforcement cooperation, extradition and banishment ordinances, cross-deputization, roads, water and sewer infrastructure, census accuracy, and the need for updated lists of tribal liaisons and bills affecting tribes. Economic development and sovereignty issues were also discussed. Standing Rock leaders raised concerns about e-pull-tabs and charitable gaming, saying state regulation has reduced tribal gaming revenue and that e-tabs should be treated as Class III gaming. They also objected to county-issued fireworks and liquor permits that affect reservation communities, arguing that state and county authority often conflicts with tribal sovereignty. In response, legislators said e-tabs and charitable gaming were likely to return as legislative issues and suggested possible solutions such as restricting e-tabs near tribal lands. The committee also discussed the need for more information on tribal-related bills and for legislators to receive cultural and treaty training. Several tribal projects and programs were presented. Joseph McNeil described Sage Development Authority’s 235-megawatt wind project, which is paused because of federal permitting delays, and asked for state support to move it forward. Dave Arshambo described Wojou’s land regeneration, buffalo, food sovereignty, youth, and wellness programs. Later, Cheryl Carey of Sacred Pipe Resource Center introduced the needs of the urban Native population in Bismarck-Mandan and statewide, noting that many Native people live off-reservation and often fall through the cracks in state-tribal discussions. The committee adjourned for lunch and planned to continue with additional presentations afterward.

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• The Trunk Highway 36 and Century Avenue intersection is the last remaining signal-controlled at-grade
• Grade separation is the only viable long-term safety solution.
• There are grade-separated intersections on Trunk Highway 65.
• For example, a proposed grade separation project that has a fatal and... severe crash critical index
• going to get down the road, you're going to get the real information, and then we'll have a lot of egg

Bills: HF4807

Keywords: overweight vehicles, aggregate mining, local ordinance restrictions, legislative audit, transportation, resource inventory

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• food and security fellow, I helped establish the first chicken farm at Dominguez Hills, where all the eggs
• Of this amount, $8.5 billion is authorized for public school facilities with grades transitional kindergarten
• Garden through 12th grade.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So we look at these three indicators for elementary: third-grade literacy; eighth grade for the middle
• indicators for elementary is third grade indicators for elementary is third grade literacy<00:20
• then<00:20:53.520> nth<00:20:53.840> grade middle school and then nth grade middle
• at 43% third grade literacy proficiency. at 43% third grade literacy proficiency.
• national average for 8th grade math. national average for 8th grade math.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• This amendment states that a student who's right now in grade nine...
• States that a student who's right now in grade nine through the 12th grade can remain eligible for a
• Because they're a really good student with really good grades and really good test scores.
• He's employed hundreds of people, and yes, he's an agriculture commissioner, but he sells eggs.
• Most of you know he sells eggs.

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then read an amended joint proclamation expanding the special session call to include financial penalties for government officials, criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. No committee reports, governor’s messages, or House messages were on the desk before the chamber moved to the special order calendar. The main item was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill, along with a late-filed strike-all amendment by Senator Gruters. Gruters said the amendment aligned terminology with federal law, increased penalties for crimes by unauthorized aliens, added transnational crime organizations to gang definitions, required stronger participation in the federal 287(g) program, created financial penalties for noncompliance, offered a $1,000 bonus for officers assisting ICE in large operations, directed more information-sharing with federal agencies, and barred DHSMV from issuing licenses or IDs to unauthorized aliens. He framed the bill as supporting President Trump’s immigration agenda and focusing on criminal illegal aliens rather than street-level enforcement. A long question-and-answer period followed, with Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Roscoe, Berman, and others pressing the sponsor on scope, legality, costs, and implementation. Questions focused on whether the bill would require participation beyond jails and detention centers, whether schools or churches could be affected, liability and immunity for local agencies, the size and purpose of the proposed appropriations, and the impact on undocumented students receiving in-state tuition waivers. Gruters and Senator Fine said the 287(g) provisions were intended to apply to jails and detention facilities, that green-card holders and lawful residents would not be affected, and that the tuition waiver repeal would end discounted tuition for students in the country illegally while not affecting their ability to attend. Fine also defended the mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses committed by illegal immigrants, acknowledging it would likely be challenged in court but arguing the bill was designed to test and advance the policy. No final vote or other action on the bill is reflected in the excerpt.