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• Each program’s area must have its own program advisory committee.
• Students completed activities such as developing a local area network security plan and participating
• Career centers in each region support both youth and adults in their workforce development journey.
• Career centers in each region support both youth and adults in their workforce development journeys.
• Where am I going in the career development domain?

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Education held an informational hearing at Quincy Public Schools focused on career and technical education (CTE). Committee members said the visit was intended to gather input for statewide CTE legislation, including efforts to expand awareness and access, improve middle school exposure, invest in equipment and facilities, and strengthen ties to workforce boards and labor pathways. Quincy officials described their CTE system as integrated with academics and highlighted support from district, city, and state partners. School leaders outlined Quincy’s CTE offerings, including 15 Chapter 74 programs at Quincy High School and four at North Quincy High School, with about 1,360 students enrolled. Presenters emphasized curriculum aligned to DESE frameworks, work-based learning, industry-recognized credentials, safety training, business electives, dual enrollment and articulation with Quincy College, and grant funding such as Skills Capital and Perkins. They also discussed support liaisons for nontraditional careers and military pathways, advisory committees, and plans to seek Chapter 74 approval for an engineering program at North Quincy, along with new computer science and business offerings. Testimony from MassHire South Shore described workforce partnerships, YouthWorks, job fairs, resume workshops, and the Credit for Life Fair, while the assistant superintendent explained Quincy’s MyCAP planning grant and efforts to build a student-driven college and career readiness system. Three students testified about their pathways in welding, early education and care, and healthcare technology, describing hands-on learning, certifications, clinical or co-op experiences, and future plans for college and careers. Committee members praised Quincy as a model for combining CTE with general education, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn and unanimous adjournment.

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• So at or below 85% of the area median income for the geographic area.
• Affordable housing developers like Seoul and Yes, and Litech developers that are developing 100% affordable
• development.
• So what this would do in tribal areas and other areas, For rental housing.
• So what this would do in tribal areas and other areas that are currently just struggling with that vicious

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• colleges and the workforce system.
• And it's about how to provide investments in workforce infrastructure and talent development.
• It is more of an economic development lens, approaching data center development.
• One is workforce related.
• One is workforce related.

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Summary: The committee held a series of informational briefings on information management and technology issues. It first heard from ACLU representatives on data privacy, who argued that Oregon should strengthen protections against private data brokers, government purchases of personal data, reverse warrants, automatic license plate readers, and local police surveillance. They urged data minimization, limits on data sales and retention, and broader transparency and accountability measures. Members asked about practical uses of license plate readers, state sales of data, and how Oregon’s approach compares with other states; the presenters said similar proposals have been adopted elsewhere, including data minimization in Maryland and a state version of the Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act in Montana. The committee then received a detailed update from the Department of Administrative Services and Enterprise Information Services on licensing system modernization for 14 boards and commissions with the most immediate need. DAS said it is seeking a shared procurement approach through an RFP that would create either one scalable system or two tiers of systems, depending on agency needs and security requirements, with contracts expected by September. Committee members emphasized the need for a more unified, user-friendly statewide login and service experience for businesses and residents, and raised concerns about small agencies “figuring it out on their own” without sufficient cybersecurity or technical expertise. EIS said it is overseeing the investment review, security and architecture review, and future implementation planning, and noted that multiple agency requests may still come back to the legislature in the next session. The committee also discussed a revised cybersecurity incident notification concept. Staff explained that the earlier bill had raised stakeholder concerns, so the co-chairs directed further interim work with the Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council and other local government and K-12 stakeholders. The goal is a narrower, voluntary “911-style” notification process that would let public bodies alert peers and potentially receive assistance after cyber incidents; a temporary voluntary process is being tested now, with a work group developing language for possible 2027 consideration. Finally, the committee heard updates from the new state chief data officer on data governance, data sharing, geospatial work, and the state transparency website, followed by a briefing on data centers from NCSL and the Technology Association of Oregon. The data officer described efforts to expand data inventories, data governance plans, data literacy, and interagency sharing, along with statewide aerial imagery, geospatial standards, and the open data portal. The data center discussion focused on national and state trends, including rapid growth in data centers, rising electricity and water demand, and legislative responses such as new rate classes, reporting requirements, and cost-allocation rules to protect ratepayers. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only.

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• Well, workers' compensation is a very specialized area.
• HB 549 establishes the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program, Bayou Works.
• employers quickly develop skilled talent pool.
• And also last year, as you all passed one door, workforce is...
• And also last year, as you all pass one door, workforce is... by you.

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• to fund the development of the workforce housing and the state authorizing fee for the Committee of
• The Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development.
• Consent for the Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development.
• Commission for the Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development.
• and Tourism Officer for the Committee on Trade Workforce and Economic Development.

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• <00:52:47.079> Readiness FY 27 for Workforce Readiness FY 27 for Workforce Readiness programs
• This budget also includes $1.45 million annually for healthcare workforce development, which is something
• This budget also includes $1.45 million annually for healthcare workforce development, which is something
• This budget also includes $1.45 million annually for healthcare workforce development, which is something
• something This budget also includes $1.45 million annually for healthcare workforce development,

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• Again, that emphasis on workforce development.
• A major workforce endeavor. $28.5 million for performance incentives for district workforce education
• That will help, again, build workforce. We're putting $12.4 million. on workforce development.
• That will help, again, build workforce. We're putting 12.4 million. Help again build workforce.
• We put $50 million for recruitment and workforce development for the direct support professionals, which

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects. Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.

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• On the workforce side right now, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act is currently the statute
• worker, and youth, they must be delivered through local workforce development boards.
• within the workforce system itself?
• They're not seen as workforce programs.
• Remember, a lot of people say, oh, well, workforce is local, workforce is local.

Summary: The committee met to hear consultants Mason Bishop and Cameron Christie discuss Arkansas’s “one door/no wrong door” workforce and social services modernization effort. Bishop argued that the current system is fragmented across multiple agencies, offices, and portals, making it hard for job seekers and employers to access services efficiently. He said the goal is to create a more integrated system that promotes upward mobility, longer labor force attachment, better employer access to talent, greater efficiency, and faster adaptation to changes such as AI and other economic disruptions. Bishop repeatedly pointed to Utah as a model, describing how that state combined workforce and public assistance functions into a single agency, used statewide cost allocation to blend funding streams, and improved customer service and outcomes after reform. He said Arkansas should consider integrating governance, service delivery, and financing, including possible waivers, a statewide cost allocation plan, and a benefits-cliff pilot. He also said Arkansas’s current local workforce board structure creates duplication and weak coordination, and that Launch is a useful tool but not a full service-delivery system. Committee members asked how the proposal would work in practice, including whether TANF could be used to cross-train DHS workers, how federal waivers might be obtained, how local boards would be affected, and how disabled clients would be handled. Bishop said TANF should be treated as part of a workforce strategy, that federal pilot authority for workforce reform nearly passed but did not, and that waivers are now the practical path. He also said Arkansas could either merge functions more fully or at minimum co-locate workforce staff in DHS offices statewide. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with plans to continue the discussion in August, including a focus on case management and whether the state is managing programs or people.

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• The next area, these are...
• The next area...
• The next area...
• Next<01:14:56.280> area, Next area, Next area, uh<01:14:57.520> modernizing<01:14:
• media area. So, again, thank you. media area. So, again, thank you.

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• We have two Renaissance charter schools in the area that are...
• Child care is not a side issue; it's workforce infrastructure.
• We are hearing a lot about economic development in Louisiana rights.
• But the next question is: Where is the workforce coming from?
• Part of our service area, like I said, was the Shreveport area where on the morning of April 19th, the

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• Fees and taxes report the committee on trade workforce upcoming development HB 4451 by Kane relaying
• Refer the committee to trade workforce. and economic development.
• Association's books and records for the Committee on Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development.
• governance scores or for the committee of trade workforce and economic development.
• and Tourism Officer for the Committee on Trade. workforce and economic development.

Bills: HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392

Keywords: property tax, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, tax exemption, local government finance, appraisal district, chief appraiser, rendition statement, property tax relief, small business, commercial property, leased property, related business entity, unified business enterprise, tax situs, Texas Tax Code, local taxing unit, constitutional amendment

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• many other areas important to motans. many other areas important to motans.
• accomplishments in several areas. accomplishments in several areas.
• especially in their disciplinary areas. especially in their disciplinary areas.
• into the focus in this area into the focus in this area um<00:16:10.399> is<00:16:10.720>
• There is a huge workforce things.

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• <00:36:37.800> with commercially zoned areas with commercially zoned areas with residential
• That’s very, extremely dense development, especially in zones previously regulated and developed only
• and developed only for previously regul and developed only for commercial<00:40:08.160> use<00
• So they restrain the developers. The developers obviously want to build a building.
• :09.160> the it's to allow the developers the it's to allow the developers the builders<00:57:

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• They're so central to our workforce, to our economy, to regional development.
• We prepare the workforce.
• development, specifically. ...in areas such as biotech, emergency management, and energy, including
• If an employer or an emerging industry needs a workforce trained in an area that would require the creation
• development needs.

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education held its second public hearing of the 194th General Court on capital investments in higher education, focusing primarily on H.54, the Bright Act, along with H.1426/S.949 on green and healthy public colleges and universities and deferred maintenance, and H.1424 on capital investment in Gateway Cities. Chairs and administration officials framed the hearing as a response to aging campus infrastructure, climate goals, workforce needs, and federal pressures on higher education, and explained that testimony would be taken from pre-registered speakers in person and virtually. University of Massachusetts leaders strongly supported the Bright Act, describing large deferred maintenance backlogs, aging buildings, and the need to decarbonize campuses while modernizing research and teaching facilities. UMass officials said the bill would help keep tuition and fees lower by reducing the need for campuses to finance capital work themselves, and argued that the investments would improve competitiveness, support research, and create construction jobs. Governor Healey, Lieutenant Governor Driscoll, Secretary of Education Tuttweiler, and Secretary of Administration and Finance Gorzkowicz also backed the bill, saying it would leverage Fair Share surtax revenues for a proposed $2.5 billion in campus investments plus additional targeted grants, and that it would support affordability, economic growth, and climate resilience. Committee members asked about the balance between deferred maintenance and decarbonization, the role of grant programs versus direct spending, the impact on tuition and fees, and how the plan would help campuses respond to federal cuts such as NIH and NSF funding. Administration officials said the proposal was designed to be phased in quickly, with some projects ready to start immediately and others taking longer, and that the grant programs would be structured to include all campuses equitably. They also said the plan would build on an existing financing model similar to the Commonwealth Transportation Fund and could help campuses avoid future tuition increases tied to capital costs. Additional testimony came from MassBay Community College, where President David Podell and recent nursing graduate Deanna Cavazos described the benefits of a new Framingham campus building and said community colleges need modern labs, better planning capacity, and deferred maintenance support to serve the enrollment growth from MassReconnect and MassEducate. State university leaders, including President Mary Grant, President Linda Thompson, and President John Keenan, said their campuses face outdated classrooms, insufficient electrical capacity, and aging facilities, and urged passage of the Bright Act as a long-overdue investment in student success and workforce preparation.

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• We are also continuing our STEM and workforce development. efforts, hosting numerous visits to the spaceport
• development.
• Workforce development will also involve direct collaboration with the public schools.
• But as we continue to develop in this area. Of federal unknowns.
• This has Workforce Development Secretary Nair.

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• area.
• They're different in every area.
• And they kind of drive the workforce or drive out the workforce.
• We're doing some work on our own to try and improve the workforce or to develop a pipeline, working with
• The workforce is not out there.

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• <00:09:58.920> director development director development director uh<00:10:00.079> an<00
• Our most rural areas cannot.
• You can see on this map that there's a pretty good concentration of workforce in the metro area; it's
• in metropolitan areas.
• and one of the reasons for this areas and one of the reasons for this Workforce<01:32:35.719> shortage

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• Today's discussion on workforce development and the impact of the current economy...
• Today's discussion on workforce development and the impact of the current economy on micro-businesses
• My name is Sandra Michel, and I am with the Southeast LA County Workforce Development Board. Great.
• And she's just one example of so many individuals that start their careers through workforce development
• And, relevant to the work of this committee, if we want true economic development and a workforce ready

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact held an informational hearing in Paramount as part of its “Pocketbook Tour,” focused on affordability, cost pressures, and household impacts in Los Angeles County. The first panel centered on workers and learners, with testimony from the UCLA Labor Center and the Southeast Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board. Speakers described how rising living costs, tuition, and low wages force many students to work long hours, often in unrelated, low-wage jobs, while struggling with food, rent, bills, anxiety, and limited financial aid. Recommendations included expanding state-funded work study, creating a statewide internship tax credit for small businesses, improving financial aid formulas to reflect regional cost of living, increasing flexibility for students, and strengthening worker-rights education and career pathways. The second panel focused on microbusinesses and small business affordability. Testimony from microenterprise advocates, the Los Angeles Regional Small Business Development Center Network, and local business owners described rising commercial rents, labor costs, tariffs, supply chain disruptions, insurance, utilities, and disaster-related pressures as major threats to small businesses. Witnesses emphasized that small businesses are central to local economies and asked the state to expand technical assistance, low-interest financing, disaster support, supply-chain development, and community-based outreach. They also urged more intentional support for microbusinesses and home-based entrepreneurs, including networks that connect them to resources and help them build collective buying power. Committee members asked about possible state actions, including tax credits for hiring local workers or interns, support for trades and apprenticeships, and ways to partner more closely with SBDCs and chambers of commerce. Public comment echoed the hearing themes, with speakers highlighting student hardship, nonprofit mental health funding, renewable energy jobs and internships, and the need for state support for clean-energy incentives. No formal votes were taken; the hearing concluded with closing remarks and adjournment at 11:05 a.m.

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• And when development does not provide housing that the local workforce can afford, communities still
• development? development?
• A residential development in those same areas increases service demands to a 24/7 per week demand.
• This is an area that is a<03:27:16.399> extremely<03:27:16.880> well-developed<03:27:17.520
• And what this bill does is it returns development control within that very small restricted area to the

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• We're working on regional projects that touch every aspect from workforce development to creating jobs
• The San Jerónimo area has been designated as a development hub.
• for economic development.
• I mean, economic development is important.
• I consider that, well, I concentrated more in this area because it's my region, it's my area.