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• Mental health and education should be going in tandem.
• Mental health and education should be going in tandem.
• certifications certifications directly<00:12:48.280> through<00:12:48.560> their<00:12
• I'm it as a core component of education.
• , barriers to career technical education, barriers to career technical education, those<00:13:18.520

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Minnesota Department of Education.
• children are receiving an education children are receiving an education families<00:39:58.440>
• Autism is not a joke; it's a 24/7 issue. educated and our children cannot have educated and our children
• and dis how it affects her education and dis how it affects her education right<00:45:52.200>
• remember through my entire K12 education remember through my entire K12 education one<01:29:40.520

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from DHS on its early intensive developmental and behavioral intervention (EIDBI) study and related licensing proposal. Christy Grom explained that EIDBI is a Medical Assistance state plan service for children and young adults under 21 with autism or related conditions, and that DHS’s multi-phase evaluation included standards review, community engagement, and a comparison with other states. She said the service is important but that DHS identified gaps in oversight, including stretched clinical supervision, providers affiliated with many centers, out-of-state providers, and rapid growth in enrollment that has outpaced current monitoring capacity. DHS’s main recommendation was to create a provisional license for EIDBI in Chapter 245A as an immediate step, with later work toward full licensing standards. The proposal would let DHS identify controlling individuals, disqualify ineligible people, investigate maltreatment, suspend or revoke licenses, require background studies and qualifications before service delivery, move EIDBI providers into a higher-risk category for revalidation, and make DHS the lead investigative agency for maltreatment. DHS also recommended statutory standards for supervision, caseloads, training, and documentation, while emphasizing the need to balance oversight with continued access to services. Grom said the provisional licensure proposal is part of the governor’s budget and that DHS hopes to begin implementation in 2025, with a possible full license start date in 2028. Testifiers then spoke in support of EIDBI while urging the committee to preserve access and include more community input. Ana Hagi Muhammad, a parent of three autistic children and a Somali community advocate, said EIDBI has been beneficial for her family and that community organizations serving Somali families have not been sufficiently engaged in DHS’s process. Ana Muhammad, a Black mother of a young autistic child, said ABA has helped her son with communication, self-regulation, and independence, and asked that discussions reflect the diversity of family experiences. Committee members asked testifiers to keep remarks brief and to identify which modality they use, and the chair indicated the committee would continue hearing from additional testifiers before further discussion.

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• And we didn't see a commensurate increase in the local post-education facilities.
• And so in many respects those youth would be eligible for certification.
• It does not impact other than to the extent that they are eligible for certification.
• The next change is that we looked at certifications and originally HB 31 would have limited certifications—the
• Chief Rosie Medina: Than education, we didn't really have much programming going on.

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• underfund and adequate public education. underfund and adequate public education.
• They value public education. services. They value public education.
• average is half the cost of education. average is half the cost of education.
• reach, educate, and mobilize. reach, educate, and mobilize.
• department of education. department of education.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• appropriate early childhood education.
• Assisting these individuals in obtaining college education or obtaining certificate and vocational-type
• Right now it is under the Department of Education.
• As we know, there is a rationale to dismantle the Department of Education.
• The IRT is required to conduct. special education services through the LEA.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing was an informational and oversight session of the Joint Committee on Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities, with chairs and members hearing agency updates from several commissioners. The Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Family Health and Nutrition described its maternal and child health work, including home visiting, early intervention, WIC, newborn hearing screening, and cross-agency efforts on prenatal substance exposure, respite care, children’s vision, and maternal health initiatives. DPH emphasized that federal grant cuts, layoffs, and the loss of data systems such as PRAMS would weaken services and planning, and members asked about Title V funding and the impact of federal uncertainty. The Massachusetts Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing highlighted communication access services, interpreter and CART referrals, emergency after-hours support, family navigation, and independent living services. Commissioners and members discussed the shortage of ASL interpreters and the need to expand training pipelines, including partnerships with colleges and possible ASL programming for younger students. The Department of Developmental Services reported serving nearly 50,000 people and focused on youth and adult services, transition-age supports, autism services, self-direction, respite, and new high-acuity residential models. Members asked about respite availability, self-direction outcomes, and workforce shortages; DDS said it was expanding clinical capacity and provider rates while monitoring possible federal Medicaid, SNAP, and immigration-related impacts. The Commission for the Blind described services for about 28,000 legally blind residents, most of whom are older adults, including social rehabilitation, orientation and mobility training, children’s services, assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and Turning 22 supports. The commissioner discussed a UMass-based effort to build the workforce pipeline for blindness services and said the agency was watching federal restructuring but had not yet seen direct cuts. MassAbility’s leadership then warned about major federal changes affecting Social Security disability determinations, including staff restructuring, office closures, and a new overpayment repayment policy, and said the agency was preparing for possible increases in claims and uncertainty around reallotment dollars that help fund services. The Disabled Persons Protection Commission closed the hearing with an update on its abuse investigations and protective services for adults with disabilities. DPPC reported rising hotline calls and investigations, a growing caseload, its sexual assault response team, the abuser registry, and a new interagency protective services integration system funded by ARPA dollars through 2027. The agency also flagged new federal rules that could affect funding eligibility and said it may need statutory changes to comply. Members asked about funding, reporting pathways, and how complaints reach DPPC, and the commissioner said the agency uses both mandated reporting and proactive outreach to identify and respond to abuse.

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• affordability crisis, cybersecurity, some oil and gas concerns, trafficking, human life issues, education
• Sigma Gamma Rho was organized in 1922 by seven young educators.
• Board of Education, the Comptroller of the Public Accounts, and the elimination of the Public School
• program heard of the Subcommittee on Academic and Career oriented Education.
• and criminal trespass for the Committee on Higher Education.

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• So from an administrative standpoint, we're certainly involved with the certification and disbursement
• But then we receive a certification from the counties.
• So sometimes it's about educating them.
• And of course, we pass those comments along because invariably... ...educating them.
• Senator Rommel, the educator. Thank you, Chairman Bekkedahl. Mr.

Keywords: 908, all

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• The education and training standards we develop credentials requirements for personnel.
• That work for paid fire departments under certifications.
• We also manage 135,275 active certifications across the state, which means that these individuals hold
• more than one TCFP certification.
• Education and communication is the key to any sound decision that we make throughout here.

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• And we educate people and explain to them what the rules and the laws are.
• Yes, it does happen.<01:05:56.000> And<01:05:56.160> we<01:05:56.480> educate<01
• And we educate people and happen.
• >> Our enforcement starts at the lowest level with education, and that's the permit process.
• education and that's the permit process. education and that's the permit process.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with routine business, including the Pledge of Allegiance, seating alternates, and approval of the minutes and consent calendar. Both were approved without opposition. The committee then moved to the regular calendar, beginning with Department of Environmental Services drinking water rules (2532). Staff noted that the final proposal deleted requirements that had been in the initial proposal, making the published notice technically inaccurate because it said there were no substantive changes. The agency responded that the requirements still exist in other rules, that regulated entities and the Water Council were notified, and that the public had notice through related hearings. After discussion about whether a new noticed hearing was needed, the committee approved the rule. The next item was Department of Administrative Services personnel rule 2510 on seniority and employee performance evaluation. Staff raised informational comments and one unclear comment about language that appeared to require a checkbox even though no form exists, and about evaluation categories that could overlap. The agency said the checkbox language should be removed, but defended the overlapping categories as part of a long-standing template used by agencies for the past 10 years. Members discussed whether the language was too ambiguous or could lead to inconsistent application, but the committee ultimately approved the rule with a condition striking the checkbox language in the affected sections. The committee then considered personnel rule 25109 on investigations, discipline, non-disciplinary communications, and non-disciplinary removal. Staff recommended clarifying language distinguishing license suspension from termination for cause, and questioned whether the sexual-harassment discipline language was too broad because the same conduct could fit multiple discipline levels. The agency agreed to add the suggested clarification for the license-suspension provision, but argued the sexual-harassment language should remain because another rule already provides the factors for determining the appropriate discipline and the agency needs discretion for fact-specific cases. The discussion included concerns about how non-verbal conduct might be treated, but the committee moved toward conditional approval with the agreed clarification and approval of the rest of the rule as written.

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• special education aid uh reimbursement. special education aid uh reimbursement.
• We're all getting educated.
• can we better support general education teachers, general education curriculum?
• general education teachers, general education<02:05:57.440> curriculum?
• level classes for special education. level classes for special education.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee opened its second meeting on House Bill 742, which would require catastrophic special education aid to be drawn from the education trust fund, and discussed whether to also examine differentiated aid within the adequacy formula. The chair said the committee had previously heard from HHS/Medicaid officials and now wanted to hear from local special education directors about how the aid system works in practice, including billing, training, data collection, and whether districts handle claims consistently. Members also referenced Arkansas as a possible comparison state and said they hoped to develop ideas by November to address the current funding process. Committee members focused on the current special education aid thresholds and the impact of proration. The chair described the existing formula as requiring districts to absorb costs up to 3.5 times the state average per student, with the state paying 80% from 3.5 times through 10 times and paying above that, and said FY25 appropriated about $34 million while actual claims were about $50.1 million, leaving roughly a $16 million shortfall that caused proration. Members also raised the possibility of lowering the threshold to 2.5 times and asked how that would affect the number of eligible students and costs. Another member asked about how districts decide whether services are education-related or medical-related and how Medicaid or private insurance reimbursement affects later state aid claims. District representatives from Boothby Therapy Services, Bedford, and Guilford introduced themselves and described their roles. Guilford’s director said the district tracks students with paraprofessional support, nurses, transportation, or specialized programming, uses a data system to log every service touchpoint, and tries to maximize both Medicaid and special education aid; she said a lower threshold would likely capture all students with paras or nurses and that rising staffing and service costs would increase the number of students over the cap. Bedford’s assistant director said the district uses a different system, tracks roughly 60 to 80 students a year, and pursues Medicaid and special education aid simultaneously but does not pursue private insurance if it would affect FAPE; she said reducing the threshold to 2.5 times would likely double the number of qualifying students. Members asked follow-up questions about software, data entry, and how districts decide whether to bill Medicaid or seek state catastrophic aid, and the directors explained that their systems log services by staff type and student, with some districts using the same data for both Medicaid and state reimbursement claims.

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• But like I said, it needs to come with an education piece so that we teach them how to use it.
• The group is licensed-exempt and receives a certificate.
• The group is licensed-exempt and receives a certificate.
• on a combination of education, work experience, and training and professional development.
• The parents or guardians must be in the workforce, in education or training, or in an education or training

Keywords: 908, all

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• Education passes. Banking The gentleman from Lee is recognized. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
• I am a pro-education person, a post-high school education person, but I think we do need to consider
• education person, uh post- high school education person, but<02:11:22.720> I<02:11:22.840>
• That is the appropriation for the Department of Education.
• to renew my driver's birth certificate to renew my driver's license?

Keywords: MS House Floor - 31 March, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a guest vocalist, and the Pledge of Allegiance before moving into routine business. Members first recognized several special guests and school groups, including championship teams from Simpson County Academy, New Albany High School, Tougaloo College, Madison-Richland Academy, East Rankin Academy, Morton High School, and others, along with honorees such as Dr. Katrina Cox, Pamela Moody, Joe Helen Joey Walker, and Jimmy Carr. The chamber also noted a prior resolution honoring Reverend Dr. Victor Dixon and the Copiah County Ministerial Alliance, and Dr. Dixon led the opening prayer. On the calendar, the House adopted a conference report on House Bill 1752 dealing with judicial salaries. The report set new salary amounts for state court judges effective January 1, 2027, froze district attorney salary increases until January 1, 2028, and then tied DAs to 95% of circuit and chancery judges’ pay. It also removed mandatory raise language for judges and county court judges, and members briefly discussed the broader issue of legislative compensation. The report passed 115-2. The House then adopted a conference report on House Bill 377, the missing persons bill, which clarified definitions, added forensic genetic genealogy testing provisions, and set timelines for law enforcement to enter credible missing-person reports into NamUs and NCIC. That report passed 120-0. The chamber also adopted a conference report on House Bill 525, changing the penalty for sexual battery in a position of trust or authority from a 0-to-30-year range to a 5-to-30-year range; it passed 112-0. Later, the House adopted a conference report on House Bill 925 after removing veto-message language, and adopted another conference report on House Bill 939 combining a low-sat repealer change and a fire truck acquisition program that creates a Fire Equipment Fund supported by recurring black tag revenue. The House also approved unanimous-consent amendments to Senate Bill 3105 and recommitted Senate Bill 2747 for further work.

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• Did you educate them on the current law? We have educated them on the current law.
• you educate them on the current law? you educate them on the current law?
• Um, so, I guess what I'm hoping is, can you educate me?
• I'm wondering in is, can you educate me?
• c><02:16:25.599> or say certificate of occupancy or say certificate of occupancy or completeness

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Every daycare center shall issue a certificate developed by the Alabama Department of Public Health to
• Each daycare center shall keep a file copy of all issued certificates.
• and developed by the Alabama certificate and developed by the Alabama Department<00:20:08.799> of
• issued certificates. issued certificates.
• , getting educated, things like that, and then actually going to work unsupervised, eight hours a day

Bills: HB88, HB314, SB46, HB332, HB86, HB363, HB88, HB314, SB46, HB332, HB86, HB363

Keywords: driver license, English examinations, language requirement, immigration, testing standards, motor vehicles, window tint, law enforcement, prosecutors, vehicle regulations, medical condition, communication, first responder, invisible disabilities, anaphylaxis, day care centers, training, child safety, healthcare, parole

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• I get love the education that I get. The products are tested. All that's great.
• The products are education that I get.
• <01:40:30.320> loop practitioners um in certification loop practitioners um in certification
• So if it was education, I could tell you exactly where it should go.
• 02:47:33.680> you<02:47:33.840> exactly education, I could tell you exactly education,

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• to the educational to the educational institution.<01:22:58.159> That's<01:22:58.400>
• <03:15:41.319> education.
• <03:15:42.319> Would<03:15:42.560> I department of educ education.
• Would I department of educ education.
• Education could lead to educational Education could lead to educational disruption<03:16:34.479>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Title X funds are leveraged for non-reimbursable health services, community outreach and education, youth
• However, before any awards are made, we work with all of the licensing and certification processes at
• Of course, the Medi-Cal certification as well, but we do work with CDPH and DSS because they hold some
• It requires close collaboration between County Offices of Education, LEAs, colleges and universities,
• education partners, to listen to their concerns and collaboratively design this policy.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So it's also a big educational curve: what is a Native American reservation?
• Also, I think there could be an educational aspect in our high schools, too, educating the people and
• Is the count, do you guys know of that or anything for the educational part?
• Chairman, just a little bit about the education for culture.
• We offer associate degrees, certificates, and continuing education opportunities.

Keywords: 908, all

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• It provides for a certification and, again in the A3 amendment, that pushed the certification public
• in<00:03:00.160> the<00:03:00.239> A3 certification and again in the A3 certification
• amendment that pushed the certification amendment that pushed the certification public<00:03:03.360
• Educating cat owners is key. preference? Educating cat owners is key.
• <01:05:42.160> and appropriate client education and appropriate client education and counseling

Bills: HF4080, HF3693, HF1857, HF4350

Keywords: agriculture, livestock, retailers, ownership interest, exclusive contracts, meat packing companies, dominant retailers, state law, Department of Agriculture, appropriation, funding, agriculture policy, state budget, animal welfare, cat declawing, animal cruelty, therapeutic procedures, civil penalties, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, aquatic life

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• We are going to begin with the Department of Education.
• I strongly support early childhood education.
• Will there be an ability to streamline early childhood director certification for those early childhood
• Will there be an ability to streamline early childhood director certification for those early childhood
• implementing bill direct the agency to request budget authority to implement the indirect medical education

Keywords: 999, senate, all