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• SRO shall be trained in school law enforcement, de-escalation training, and response to work in one or
• more schools, so of course they had to be trained to be...
• That are trained specifically.
• This morning we heard about Run, Hide, Fight as a training that's offered. Great training.
• We provided that training, though, all training, to give teachers practice on how to manage an active

Summary: The meeting focused on school safety funding and security practices in Oklahoma schools, especially how districts have used school resource officer (SRO) allocation money and related security grants. Kevin Rey of the Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Office of School Safety and Security explained that the program, created under HB 2903, allows districts to use funds for SROs and physical security improvements such as cameras, access control, fencing, window film, bollards, metal detectors, and vape detectors. He said more than 170 districts used the money to hire SROs in 2024-25, and that the 2024 change allowing retired officers and armed security guards to qualify was a major help. Members questioned whether the money should also support prevention and mental health services, and Rey said the current program is mainly for security hardware and related measures. Mark Stout, chief of police for Putnam City Schools, described the district’s layered security approach, including weapon detection at middle and high schools and the ZeroEyes AI camera system, which monitors existing cameras for visible guns and sends alerts to trained monitoring staff and then to district police. He said the system is used as one layer among others, alongside officers, weapon detection, and school procedures, and noted the district is expanding coverage at athletic facilities. He also explained that the system is more economical than full weapon-detection setups, with annual costs based on the number of cameras. Tecumseh Superintendent Kinsey, Chief Kennedy, and Pottawatomie County law enforcement described the October threat investigation involving a student who posted a photo with a handgun and knife and discussed violence online. They said the FBI tip, rapid coordination among agencies, and an SRO already embedded in the district helped lead to a search warrant and arrest within hours, preventing a possible attack. Kinsey also described the district’s safety measures, including secure entrances, cameras, ALICE training, crisis communication planning, mental health support, clear backpacks, and a new staff alert system. He said community feedback after the incident favored more law enforcement partnership, limited entry points, handheld metal detectors, more SROs, stronger training, and more mental health support. Matt Riggs, former superintendent of McComb, said smaller districts face different security challenges because of limited local law enforcement and long response times. He explained that McComb used its funding for facility upgrades rather than hiring a full-time SRO because the district wanted improvements that would last beyond the three-year funding window. Throughout the discussion, several members emphasized the tension between visible security measures and prevention, with repeated calls for more counselors, mental health supports, and threat-assessment efforts alongside hardening measures. No formal votes or actions were taken in the transcript.

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• <01:31:13.480> there that are really General trainings there that are really General trainings
• kinds of trainings are really um built kinds of trainings are really um built from<01:31:35.880> that
• <04:07:47.080> in other other others that are trained in other other others that are trained
• Representative Dry asked whether the training is just a simple training.
• Association does have quite the training Association does have quite the training on<04:08:38.560

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and noted weather-related absences and a large number of new bills. The chair said a subcommittee would be formed to review three cell phone bills, and a full committee work session on bullying would be scheduled for the week after next. The committee then began a hearing on House Bill 121, which would create local special education advisory councils in school districts. Representative Glenn Cordelli, the sponsor, said the councils would be parent-driven, with parents of children with disabilities advising districts on education, safety, program development, evaluation, planning, policies, and communication with administrators. He said the bill would require at least quarterly meetings with district administration, an annual parent workshop, and a year-end report to the school board. He also cited federal guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on parent advisory councils and said the goal was to improve collaboration between parents and schools. Members raised questions about the use of “shall,” how councils would be formed in districts without PTAs/PTOs, whether the councils could function in very small districts, privacy concerns about parents disclosing their children’s disabilities, whether the councils should include guardians or educational professionals, and whether the councils would have any direct tie to the state advisory council. The sponsor said the requirement was intended to make the councils mandatory, that local districts could organize them organically if needed, that participation would be voluntary, that parents would not be required to disclose private information, and that the councils would remain advisory rather than determinative. He also said costs should be minimal. Testimony then began from Nicole Sheath, a pediatric occupational therapist and parent of four children with disabilities, who described her experience balancing advocacy, school collaboration, and the demands of her children’s therapies and education.

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• would develop the training. would develop the training.
• They can get the training online, but they've got to get the training.
• They can get the training online, but they've got to get the training.
• They can get the training online, but they've got to get the training.
• They can get the training online, but they've got to get the training.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• And that's and also I just like to work at Dell Rogers Training. Center.
• But I am getting a resume and I am being trained. To get a job out in the community.
• Program where they are actually going out and training employers.
• It's not training individuals with disabilities.
• We want to do vocational training.

Keywords: 914, all

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• naturopathic education and training do not prepare them to properly and accurately diagnose illness
• authority to diagnose and treat any disease, which is largely unproven. inadequate education and training
• Training: Yes. Greco: Yes. Anyone yeas, 0 nays. Madam Chair, show the bill reported favorably.
• and training work requirements under federal law.
• Yes, training. Yes, reco. Yes, grow. Yes, parliament. Yes, jurors. Yes. Incur Johnson. Yes, long.

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• They closed when the train stopped going there.
• The Cuesta Public Library has a business bridge program which provides free classes and trainings to
• I think coming from the School of training that I received at the time, endowments were the way to go
• Border Patrol Training Academy and the Indian Police Academy, where all cadets receive their basic training
• in high schools, but soft skills training is still desperately needed.

Keywords: 996, all

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• These sections modify definitions, licensing and training requirements, and guidelines related to child
• This modifies the mandated reporter training required contents. And that concludes Article 2.
• . security cameras and related training.
• Section 11 sets out training requirements for legal non-licensed child care providers, and then Section
• All of our ECE professionals are trained in mandated reporting if neglect and abuse are suspected.

Bills: HF2436

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras

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• We do require that they have work search or they're going through training.
• I've been able to attend some of their training.
• It's our workforce and ensuring that we have a trained workforce is something.
• Our two primary services there, we offer. to 10 and 30 hour trainings.
• They're they do a great deal of training.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• SUCH PERSONNEL MUST ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF TRAINING.
• ALL SCHOOL PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE THIS TRAINING.
• SO SENATOR DAVIS, AGAIN THEY ALREADY ARE GIVING TRAINING ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
• BUT GOES ALONG WITH THOSE OTHER TWO TRAININGS THAT THE SCHOOL PERSONNEL ARE RECEIVING.
• K-12 ON-THE-JOB TRAINING, COLLEGE UNIVERSITY? THERE'S TONS. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Our workers go through three years of extensive training.
• Somebody that's properly trained, or you can roll the dice?
• Somebody that's properly trained, or you can roll the dice?
• Somebody that's properly trained, or you can roll the dice?
• in went to the training school we train in went to the training school we train in our<00:28:04.519

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees on Labor and Technology, Transportation, and Culture and the Arts heard testimony on Senate Bill 396 and Senate Bill 47, then later the Labor and Technology committee took up Senate Bill 136 and Senate Bill 1523. SB 396 drew support from the Metropolitan Planning Organization and others, with a question raised about implementation costs; the director said costs would depend on the scope of the benefit package and the transportation mode involved. The committees recommended passing SB 396 with technical amendments and added appropriation language with a blank amount, and the motion was adopted by recorded votes in both committees. SB 47, which would designate the Lunar New Year as a state holiday, received support from the Office of Collective Bargaining and several individuals, including Charlene Chun, who spoke about family traditions and cultural recognition. Members asked about the cost and whether the day would be a paid day off for state employees; the response was that observance would be subject to collective bargaining. The committees moved SB 47 forward with amendments, noting the collective bargaining and cost issues, and adopted the recommendation by vote. In the Labor and Technology committee, SB 136 on the Iron Workers Stabilization Fund drew strong support from iron workers and related supporters, who argued the bill was about safety, training, and keeping dismantling work within the ironworkers’ trade. Several other unions, including operating engineers, carpenters, laborers, and plumbers and fitters, opposed the bill as too broad and potentially infringing on their jurisdiction. The measure was not decided in the portion provided, but members discussed possible amendments and jurisdictional concerns. SB 1523, which would expand private-sector collective bargaining rights under the Hawaii Employment Relations Act to include independent contractors and others under NLRB jurisdiction, received broad labor support, including from IATSE, AFL-CIO, Hawaii Nurses Association, Unite Here Local 5, and many individual testifiers. Supporters framed it as protecting workers’ rights and strengthening labor protections, while the Hawaii Labor Relations Board warned it could significantly increase workload and require more staffing, space, and operating resources; the board estimated the bill could expand its caseload substantially and suggested an appropriation would likely be needed. The committee then moved on to the next measure, SB 1440, before the transcript ended.

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• And I get that we're talking about having training and this training that's needed, but whether it's
• The training, in my opinion, it really... ...could possibly happen without having this initial training
• I've trained him. That works. Wow, that was good. That's my husband. I've trained him well. Wow.
• Lastly, and most importantly, a well-trained workforce leads to better... ...like training and improved
• , including implicit bias training.

Summary: The hearing began with opening remarks on the Governor’s May Revision for child care and human services, with committee members and advocates stressing that the budget should not be balanced on the backs of low-income families, children, and providers. Legislative members and public witnesses strongly opposed the proposed suspension of the child care COLA, reductions to the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program, and the lack of codified rate reform tied to the alternative methodology. Several speakers also urged more support for providers affected by the Eaton fire and other disasters, and called for child care to be funded at the true cost of care and for additional slots to be restored. Administration, LAO, and Department of Education staff described the child care proposal as maintaining existing funding levels while adding administrative resources to prepare for federally required prospective payment changes and single-rate reform. The administration said the May Revision would suspend the 2025–26 COLA and reduce Bridge Program funding to align with utilization, while the LAO raised questions about the size and purpose of the proposed rate-reform and prospective-payment funding and recommended rejecting a Department of Technology exemption. CDE supported continued early education investments but said it would need additional resources if prospective pay were extended to state preschool, and it objected to a proposed reallocation of preschool funds for inclusive education grants. The committee then moved to the IHSS portion of the May Revision. DSS outlined five major proposals: capping provider work hours at 50 per week, eliminating IHSS for undocumented adults age 19 and older, shifting certain Community First Choice reassessment penalties to counties, reinstating the Medi-Cal asset test as a conforming IHSS reduction, and automating the termination of IHSS when Medi-Cal eligibility ends. DSS also discussed funding to implement a federal HCBS access rule and a separate reassessment of IHSS administrative methodology that found counties would need additional administrative funding. Finance said the proposals were intended to slow program growth and improve sustainability, while the LAO said it was still analyzing the package and raised concerns about implementation, county workload, and the potential loss of services. Committee members and public commenters criticized the IHSS cuts, especially the overtime cap and the elimination of services for undocumented adults and people affected by the asset test. Advocates argued that IHSS workers and recipients depend on these services, that county administration is already underfunded, and that the proposals could destabilize vulnerable consumers. The chair closed by saying the committee would continue to fight for child care and would not pause on child care, and the meeting recessed before moving on to the remaining May Revision items.

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• Training.
• So we began to leverage this Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, which is a two-day training
• We're going to train more of our volunteers with train-the-trainer so we're able to do more in-house
• <01:14:01.280> or go towards additional assy training or go towards additional assy training
• have the mental train Mental Health Training<01:14:13.320> Professionals<01:14:13.960> in<

Keywords: 1183, house

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• But are there, like, the issue of training, right? The issue of internal turnover...
• I think a lot of people that we serve can be trained to be... ...other one, PCAs.
• So I'd like to see people with disabilities in some of those training programs.
• You know, that's why you do pilots, to find out where weak areas in the training are.
• You know, that's why you do pilots to find out where weak areas in the training are.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Workforce Support Subcommittee of the Status of Persons with Disabilities met, approved the prior November minutes, and heard a presentation from the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers (ADDP) on its 2025 workforce metrics survey. ADDP described its membership and the survey’s scope, noting 102 of 132 members responded. The report showed continued improvement in staffing: overall vacancy rates fell from 19% in 2024 to 15% in 2025, with declines across programs such as adult long-term residential, community-based day supports, supported employment, and day rehabilitation. However, vacancies remain high, especially for licensed practical nurses and clinicians, and nearly 4,000 positions were still unfilled. Providers also reported that almost 1,800 people remain waiting for day services. A major new focus in the survey was health insurance costs. Nearly 90% of respondents reported premium increases averaging 11%, and providers said those increases make it harder to offer competitive wages and benefits and hurt recruitment and retention. ADDP said the survey will be repeated in the fall and emphasized that while Chapter 257 investments appear to have helped reduce vacancies, rising insurance costs, immigration-related workforce pressures, and other affordability issues could threaten progress. Commissioners and presenters discussed the need to maintain gains, the importance of keeping the survey manageable while preserving historical comparisons, and the role of immigration and workforce policy in staffing stability. The subcommittee then elected new co-chairs, unanimously approving Rachel Caprillion and Leo Sarkisian. Members discussed possible topics and speakers for the next meeting, including training and turnover, direct support professional pipelines, apprenticeships, PCA training, and workforce models from other states. Several names and organizations were suggested for outreach, including Josh Cutler, Juan Vega, JVS, HSRI, and NASDDDS. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was seconded and approved.

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• While such training in the medical community is important, broad required instruction at this stage is
• So our team works to look at trend data, to identify opportunities for education and training that can
• The bill aims to better support individuals with epilepsy or seizure disorders by requiring training
• The bill aims to better support individuals with epilepsy and seizure disorders by requiring training
• for five years, and specifically includes charter schools in the training program.

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1414 by Sen. Polsky on congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) education. The bill would require the Department of Health, working with medical experts, to create and distribute CMV educational materials to expectant and new parents or caregivers through hospitals, birth centers, and OB/GYN practices. An amendment removed a section that would have required instruction for medical professionals, and the amended bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee then took up a block of confirmations. Appointees on tabs 2 through 7 were recommended favorably in one vote, and Chavon Harris was separately confirmed as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after extensive questioning. Senators praised her leadership and experience, while others raised concerns about Medicaid redeterminations, the state’s CORE modernization project, Hope Florida, and a DCF anti-marijuana ad campaign; Harris said she would follow up on some issues and defended the agency’s work on transparency, managed care oversight, and access to care. Her confirmation was recommended favorably, with Sen. Berman noting opposition. Several health-related bills were then heard and advanced. SB 186 by Sen. Garcia expanded epilepsy training requirements for school personnel, including charter school bus drivers, and was reported favorably. SB 902 by Sen. Garcia, after amendments narrowing dental workforce provisions and allowing certain seizure rescue medication delegation to family home health aides, was reported favorably; testimony focused on medical marijuana regulation, practitioner accountability, and concerns about park and child-care proximity restrictions. SB 196 by Sen. Sharif created a uterine fibroid research database with privacy protections and was reported favorably after emotional testimony from a patient and supporters. SB 688 by Sen. Rodriguez would reestablish licensure of naturopathic doctors; it drew both support and skepticism about diagnosis and treatment boundaries, but was reported favorably. SB 1574, Maddie’s Law, would add biliary atresia screening to newborn screening and was strongly supported by parents describing a delayed diagnosis; it was reported favorably. SB 878 on clinical laboratory personnel, SB 1092 on podiatric medicine and certain cellular/tissue-based products, and SB 1032 on medical marijuana registry timelines and veteran fee waivers were also reported favorably, while SB 1032 drew debate over longer renewal/supply periods. The committee then began SB 1760 on Medicaid oversight and program transparency, with the sponsor describing the bill’s creation of a joint legislative oversight committee and a legislative actuary.

Transcript Highlights:

• And the little girl's sister said she got on a train.
• We have to train the community. We have to train law enforcement.
• So does your office handle the training?
• So does your office handle the training?
• So does your office handle the training, and do you feel like the training is sufficient in teaching

Summary: The committee heard a lengthy presentation from Miami-Dade State Attorney Catherine Fernandez-Rundle on human trafficking, describing it as a major criminal enterprise in Florida driven by online recruitment, local victims, and organized traffickers. She outlined Miami-Dade’s task force, victim-centered prosecution practices, training efforts for schools, hotels, transit workers, and other partners, and community-supported services such as the Project Phoenix shelter and Thrive Clinic. She also urged better interstate communication about known traffickers and noted that prior legislative changes, including restrictions on tattooing minors, came from trafficking cases. Senators asked about school-based exploitation, technology and social media recruitment, and information-sharing with other states; Fernandez-Rundle said training and technology remain essential and offered to share materials and tour the facility. The committee then considered CS for SB 656, which Senator Bradley said would codify FDLE’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force funding program and rename/expand the online sting operations grant program to better support investigations, training, technology, and personnel. The bill was supported as a needed response to online child exploitation and was reported favorably by unanimous roll call. The committee also passed SB 892 by Senator Martin, which streamlines sentencing procedures for habitual felony offenders and related designations by reducing paperwork delays tied to clemency and requiring clearer notice before pleas; it too was reported favorably unanimously. The most extensive debate centered on SB 164, which would expand Florida’s Wrongful Death Act to allow civil damages for the death of an unborn child. Senator Graal said the bill uses existing statutory language defining an unborn child and is intended to let parents recover damages when negligence causes a pregnancy loss. Supporters argued it recognizes unborn life and should be strengthened; opponents warned it would function as a personhood measure, create liability risks for doctors, businesses, friends, and family members, chill miscarriage and abortion-related care, and worsen Florida’s OB-GYN shortage. Several speakers raised concerns about abuse by rapists or abusive partners and about impacts on IVF and emergency care. The committee heard extensive questioning about the bill’s scope and its relationship to existing criminal statutes, but no vote on SB 164 was taken in the portion provided.

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• because inadequate training was given.
• Is there documentation of training? Yes. Of the plan, but they're not trained in it.
• Is there documentation of training? Yes.
• How about training? Did they get training in just the basics of taking care of eight-year-olds?
• Need training, which didn't exist.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Training, you know, in Kentucky you have 6 hours of pre-licensing training, pediatric first aid, 6 hours
• Training, you know, in Kentucky you have 6 hours of pre-licensing training, pediatric first aid, 6 hours
• Training, you know, in Kentucky you have 6 hours of pre-licensing training, pediatric first aid, 6 hours
• Training, you know, in Kentucky you have 6 hours of pre-licensing training, pediatric first aid, 6 hours
• Training, you know, in Kentucky you have 6 hours of pre-licensing training, pediatric first aid, 6 hours

Keywords: 958, all

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• by incorporating it into their existing sexual harassment training.
• This is a censorship strategy dressed up as training.
• Hate speech training can be used as a means to inflict self-censorship.
• And I akin this training similar to training that we have on sexual harassment.
• You know, I generally question more training. ...question more training in certain things.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• professional not affiliated a trained professional not affiliated with<00:28:50.320> the<00:28
• colleagues, there have been um training colleagues, there have been um training events<00:40:28.240
• the judicial branch to those trainings as well.
• the judicial branch to those trainings as well.
• > to<00:42:56.960> prepare we've um had trainings to prepare we've um had trainings to

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• They have full training. What we are ostensibly doing is extending that service for three months.
• I think a lot of folks don't understand that when you have crews that work together, train together,
• This innovative first-of-its-kind program does more than just train individuals to fight fires.
• This innovative first-of-its-kind program does more than just train individuals to fight fires.
• It equips them with life-skilled. program does more than just train individuals to fight fires.

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of natural resources and related bills, with several measures taken up as the committee reached quorum and many others moving on consent or with due-pass recommendations. Early items included AB 80 on carpet recycling, AB 452 creating a local process for state surf reserves, and AB 823 restricting microplastics in personal care and cleaning products. AB 80 drew broad support from recycling, labor, and environmental groups and was described as a follow-up to earlier carpet recycling reforms. AB 452 was backed by surf, tourism, environmental, and local government interests as a voluntary, community-driven way to recognize and protect surf breaks. AB 823 generated the most extensive debate, with supporters citing public health and environmental harms from microplastics and opponents warning the bill’s language could sweep in products such as sunscreens, cosmetics, and fragrance-encapsulation materials; the committee discussed possible ambiguity and EU comparisons before voting the bill out on a due-pass-as-amended basis to Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. The committee also advanced AB 1046, which would create a narrow exemption from SB 1383 organic-waste requirements for certain crop preparers and tree nut processors that do not send organic waste to landfills. Agricultural witnesses said the bill would clarify that their operations already reuse byproducts and should not face duplicative reporting, and the measure passed with support from agricultural and rural county representatives. AB 252, the “Stop Laying Off Firefighters Act,” proposed year-round Cal Fire staffing; the author and Cal Fire supporters argued that wildfire conditions are now year-round and that maintaining trained crews would improve response and prevention, and the bill was sent to Appropriations. AB 571, a targeted CEQA exemption for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery in Anaheim, drew strong bipartisan and veterans’ support and also passed out. Later, the committee approved AB 1455, which would authorize emergency rulemaking and streamline future updates for ember-resistant building regulations after recent wildfire emergencies, and AB 687, which would let public agencies use forest-practice rules and timber-harvest plans for certain publicly funded fuel-reduction projects; AB 687 drew some opposition over scope and enforceability concerns but was still advanced. The committee also moved AB 652, allowing alternate members on the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District board to prevent quorum problems, and AB 317, a first-time homebuyer housing bill that would exempt certain small, lower-cost homes from CEQA and defer some property taxes; AB 317 prompted discussion about guardrails to avoid unintended use on larger subdivisions. Finally, AB 900, requiring the Natural Resources Agency to develop a stewardship plan for 30-by-30 lands, was heard with broad support from land trusts and conservation groups and advanced on a due-pass recommendation, and AB 738, a wildfire-rebuild bill easing solar requirements for certain disaster survivors, was introduced and discussed with questions about its narrow scope and the number of homes affected.