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• recent investments in education, particularly in those programs that extend beyond the traditional classroom
• Because of that money being available for those programs that extend beyond the classroom, it makes those
• Because of that money being available for those programs that extend beyond the classroom, it makes those
• The classroom, it makes those programs possible.
• That is money that under the Constitution should be going to classrooms this year.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance held its first hearing of the year on Proposition 98, focusing on the Governor’s budget estimates for the three-year budget window, the Public School System Stabilization Account (PSSA), and repayment of education deferrals. The Department of Finance said the minimum guarantee would rise by about $21.7 billion over the 2025 Budget Act, with increases in each year, full repayment of the existing settle-up obligation in 2024-25, a new $5.6 billion settle-up obligation proposed for 2025-26, and a higher guarantee in 2026-27. Finance also noted revised downward estimates for transitional kindergarten attendance and Los Angeles County property tax reimbursements, and said community colleges would be funded above the split because of enrollment growth. The Legislative Analyst’s Office emphasized fiscal risk and volatility, warning that recent revenue gains are tied heavily to the stock market and tech sector and could reverse quickly. The LAO argued the Governor’s proposed $5.6 billion delay shifts risk into future years and recommended instead fully funding the current estimate, making a larger reserve deposit, considering advance payments or pension-related uses, and finding additional non-Prop 98 solutions to reduce the state’s structural deficit. On the reserve and deferral items, Finance described revised PSSA deposits and withdrawals that would leave about $4.1 billion in the reserve by 2026-27, and both Finance and the LAO supported paying off the remaining LCFF and SCFF deferrals as good fiscal practice. Committee members questioned the size of the settle-up amount, the degree of revenue volatility, the use of the reserve, and the ongoing K-12/community college split. Finance said the proposal is meant to avoid overappropriation if revenues fall, while the LAO said a buffer of roughly $3.5 billion would address typical forecasting risk. Public commenters, including school boards, county offices of education, teachers, and advocacy groups, largely opposed the $5.6 billion withholding or settle-up delay, calling it a manipulation of Prop. 98 and urging full funding and more stable revenue solutions. Several speakers also urged dedicated funding for students experiencing homelessness. The hearing ended with no vote, and the chair announced that broader program discussions would occur in later hearings.

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• Does eat breakfast in the classroom, so we would continue that practice as such.
• And then everyone, other than our pre-k students, who eat in the classroom. Okay. Questions?
• Something that we had to do was revisit the size of each of our classrooms and make sure they hit those
• And your remarks mentioned increasing the square footage of classrooms. Can you elaborate on that?
• Deficient by about 20 to 30 square feet per classroom to meet the new adequacy standards.

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• Others will keep their eyes wide open and adopt technology more carefully, particularly when it comes
• <00:18:35.360> into about how we incorporate technology into about how we incorporate technology
• <00:19:02.320> Deep<00:19:02.640> fakes, we use technology.
• Deep fakes, we use technology.
• more carefully, particularly technology more carefully, particularly when<00:19:18.640> it<00

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• as it relates ethical use of Technology as it relates to<00:57:56.960> students<00:57:57.400>
• showing up on time or classroom showing up on time or classroom management<01:08:44.400> or
• c><01:08:44.600> classroom<01:08:45.440> organization management or classroom organization
• management or classroom organization that<01:08:47.000> might<01:08:47.279> have<01:08
• change um it also I I would Technologies change um it also I I would just<02:58:38.960> uh<02

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Judiciary Committee met to hear House Bill 520, which would authorize the Department of Education to issue subpoenas in investigations and hearings involving the code of conduct for New Hampshire educators. Representative Lynn, the bill sponsor, said the measure was intended to give the department standard subpoena power during investigations and in later adjudicatory proceedings, with a process for challenging overbroad subpoenas. He argued that agencies with investigative and hearing authority should also have the power to compel witnesses and documents, and said the bill was narrowed from an earlier broader draft to focus on teacher credentialing and address concerns about scope. Members raised several concerns about whether the department already has enough authority, whether the Attorney General could handle subpoenas instead, and whether the bill creates an imbalance by giving subpoena power mainly to the investigating side. Representative Burroughs said she did not feel she had enough information and was uncomfortable with the bill, especially regarding who bears subpoena costs. Representative Biron questioned the trial analogy and whether both sides truly have equal subpoena rights. Lynn responded that the investigative stage is like a grand jury process, where only the investigating body subpoenas witnesses, while the adjudicatory stage allows both sides to seek subpoenas through the hearing officer. Other questions focused on the bill’s scope. Representative Andreos asked what investigative authority the Department of Education already has, and Representative Organ questioned why the bill is limited to educators rather than also covering vendors, charter school boards, or the EFA scholarship organization. Lynn said the limitation to educators was deliberate, because earlier broader versions drew objections for being too expansive. Representative Tur asked whether the Attorney General could already handle such matters, and Lynn said that while the AG might be able to pursue some investigations or court subpoenas, agencies should be able to conduct their own internal investigations. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.

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• They were simple elements like loʻi or native medicinal gardens, murals, flexible classrooms, workshop
• That this includes adopting new technologies, better efficiencies, better management of space, and optimizing
• adopting<00:34:45.280> new That this includes adopting new That this includes adopting new technologies
• ,<00:34:46.679> better<00:34:46.919> efficiencies, technologies, better efficiencies, technologies

Bills: SR185, HB2452, HB2329, HB2272, HB2273, HB2335, HB1656, HB2207, HB2289, HB1854, HB2581, HB20, HB2296, HB1707, HB2297, HB1890, HB2241, HB2474, HB1688, HB2546, HB1574, HB1546, HB2218, HB1163, HB1514, HB1749, HB2385, HB1576, HB1974, HB2022, HB1973, HB2005, HB1894, HB1515, HB1718, HB1591, HB2475, HB1721, HB1864, HB1946, HB1920

Keywords: Department of Education, capital improvement program, performance audit, infrastructure, transparency, state bonds, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, bond authorization, state debt limit, constitutional debt limit, Article VII Section 13, Hawaii bonds, state borrowing, public finance, capital improvement projects, supplemental appropriations, judiciary appropriations, refunding bonds, reimbursable bonds

Bills: HB145, HB279, HB292, SB35, HJM1, HM7, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM32, HM51, HM1, HM39, HM29, HM43, HM30, HM52, HM64, HM65, HM66, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50, HM17, HM46, HM13, HM20, HM54, HM31, HM35, HM36, HM59, HM2, HM16, HM47, HM53

Keywords: high-wage jobs, tax credit, job creation, New Mexico, economic development, healthcare privacy, electronic medical records, reproductive health, gender-affirming care, data protection, location tracking, confidentiality, sexual abuse, prison safety, correctional facilities, inmate rights, investigation procedures, judgeship, judiciary, court system

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• will house… to start, we will have the library there, the Tribal Historic Preservation Office, and classroom
• New initiatives: I'll start with the Technology and Innovation Office.
• So, by the statute, this is called the Technology and Innovation Division.
• Pivoted the branding of it to the Technology and Innovation Office, with a focus on recruiting businesses

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• A friend of mine, a really good mentor, technology friend of mine once told me a story.
• That was a technology revolution.
• message that New Hampshire is the great place to do business we all know it is, and become that technology
• Nor do they want this degree of government overreach into the classroom.
• and it will allow the grade classroom and it will allow the school<04:26:26.239> board<04:26:

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It would dramatically impact the ability to produce biomedical cures and discovery and technologies that
• many years, it was called the IT special, because the college used to be called the Institute of Technology
• > they<00:53:21.760> have<00:53:21.920> since<00:53:22.119> changed of Technology
• uh they have since changed of Technology uh they have since changed their<00:53:22.760> name<
• , and experiential spaces, classroom maintenance, cleaning, scheduling, and utilities, and student services

Keywords: 1183, house

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• to diversify where our loans are going geographically, what the term is on those loans, what the technology
• borrowers, proprietary technology borrowers, proprietary technology information. information. information
• We have leveraged very varied financing tools, and we are agnostic to technology.
• And when I mean vacant, I mean there were like squirrels and bats taking up residency in the classrooms
• , Carba's technology provides a reactor<00:39:15.240> that<00:39:15.440> breaks<00:39:15.800

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• districts are required to have a silent panic alert technology.
• Would it be training or would it be technology?
• You know, I think technology and technology... An additional investment, what would that look like?
• You know, I think technology and training would go hand in hand.
• , there's different technology that helps officers as they enter into one of these scenes.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• It's working to help exciting new clean energy technology. let's capitalize on that to create an let's
• exciting new clean energy technology scale<00:02:43.280> it's<00:02:43.440> working<00
• as you will hear shortly Technologies as you will hear shortly the<00:04:58.240> Minnesota<00
• demonstrating their heat pump technology demonstrating their heat pump technology at<00:07:40.919
• us in their technology putting us in incredible<00:08:55.720> position<00:08:56.040> for

Bills: HF1013, HF1598, HF1656, HF2162

Keywords: energy, economic development, funding, renewable resources, Clean Energy Economy Minnesota, air ventilation, geothermal, school financing, Minnesota Climate Innovative Finance Authority, geothermal energy, renewable energy, construction funding, Como Zoo, energy efficiency, HF2162, Minnesota, planning grants, renewable development account, clean energy, Department of Commerce

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• I'm Cecilia Doucette, Director for Massachusetts for Safe Technology.
• The march of technology has caused...
• The march of technology has caused significant changes to how business is conducted, how people obtain
• Now imagine existing in most classrooms for all of those years of study, and my default being having
• These biases follow people into workplaces, classrooms, public spaces, and even health care.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a lengthy public hearing on a wide range of civil rights, immigration, hate crimes, and reparations bills. Chair Edwards and Chair Day opened with strict testimony rules, including two-minute limits, written testimony options, and decorum requirements. Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell testified in strong support of S. 1126/H. 1920, the Combating Hate in the Commonwealth bill, saying Massachusetts needs stronger tools to address rising hate and bias incidents. Her Civil Rights Division chief explained that the bill would give the division civil investigative demand/subpoena power, expand civil rights enforcement, close loopholes in the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act, add protected classes to the hate crimes law, and require better hate-crime data reporting. The committee also heard support for H. 1954 on access to counsel in immigration proceedings, H. 4684 on law enforcement identification and public trust, and H. 1927 to exonerate individuals accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. Several bills focused on discrimination and civil rights enforcement. Supporters of S. 1248 on organizational standing said fair housing nonprofits need explicit authority to bring discrimination complaints in their own names, especially as federal protections are under attack. On H. 1246, advocates urged adding sex and gender as protected classes in the hate crimes statute, arguing women are not protected under current state law. H. 1820 drew testimony for protections against height and weight discrimination. H. 1995 would regularize sentencing for hate crimes by requiring diversity awareness training for both convictions and continuances without a finding, and H. 1056/H. 1589 would broaden hate-crime victim standing and require restitution to be used to repair harm. H. 1886 would clarify that defense-based social service staff are exempt from mandated reporter obligations when working under attorney-client privilege. The committee also heard testimony on H. 1889/S. 1064, a bill to eliminate disparate impact. Environmental justice advocates, fair housing attorneys, and community members argued that neutral policies can still produce discriminatory outcomes and that Massachusetts should allow state-court claims and a private right of action to address them. Committee members raised concerns about litigation floodgates, punitive damages, and the scope of protected classes, while supporters said the bill would mainly target systemic harms and injunctive relief. Additional testimony supported H. 1922/S. 119, the Fair Investment Act, which would create civil rights protections in venture capital and other investment settings for founders and investors, especially women and minority entrepreneurs. The hearing also included testimony on H. 1683, the Sex Trade Survivor Act, which would expand vacatur and expungement relief for trafficking survivors, remove archaic offenses from the code, and create an interagency commission; supporters emphasized reducing barriers to housing, employment, and reentry. Finally, the committee heard extensive support for H. 1753/S. 1181, establishing a commission to study reparations in Massachusetts. Testifiers described the state’s history of slavery, redlining, and ongoing racial disparities, and urged the committee to report the bill favorably. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

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• I have the most amazing substitute teacher, and we would want her in the classroom as many days as possible
• from Jefferson 42; we've got some amazing subs that I know our teachers would like to have in the classroom
• Because as scams become more sophisticated and technology is involved, I'm concerned that this is one
• > is<00:49:43.920> involved,<00:49:44.680> I'm<00:49:44.880> concerned technology
• is involved, I'm concerned technology is involved, I'm concerned that<00:49:45.880> this<00:49

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The House convened with 98 members present, declared a quorum, approved the prior journal, and received Senate concurrence requests on Senate Bills 263, 281, and 324. The chamber then moved through second readings and committee reports on a range of measures, including education, agriculture, banking and insurance, judiciary, licensing, and task force resolutions. Among the reported bills were measures on KEES scholarships for non-certified schools, a residential safe room rebate program, dual credit scholarships, impeding a first responder, motor vehicles, tallow-based cosmetic products, animal health emergencies, mortgage loan income limits, deferred deposit fees, child protection, Attorney General operations, corrections operations, school leadership, school transportation, advanced mathematics coursework, and task forces on charitable gaming and early childhood education governance. The House passed House Bill 642, a Teachers' Retirement System housekeeping bill, after adopting House Committee Substitute 1. The sponsor said the bill updates survivor benefit documentation, raises the daily earnings limit for retired members returning to work from $170 to $200, removes an unused early-return provision, reinstates a pension waiver program, clarifies benefit tier calculations using an earlier participation date in another state system, and allows a parent member to manage payments for a disabled child without a court order. Members asked about substitute teaching limits, retirement penalties, budget impact, and a removed provision involving index funds; the sponsor said he would follow up on the day limits and stated he did not believe the bill would add to unfunded liability. The bill passed 96-0. The House also passed House Bill 780 on recording commissioner’s deeds, after adopting a floor amendment that removed fines and penalties. The bill allows a city to petition circuit court if a deed is not recorded within 30 business days, and the court may compel filing and award costs and attorney’s fees. Members discussed whether the bill effectively created a lawsuit-based enforcement mechanism rather than a fine, and supporters said it would help local governments identify responsible property owners and address code enforcement and public safety issues. The bill passed 96-0. House Bill 541, concerning peace officers, also passed after a committee substitute; the sponsor said it cleans up Kentucky Law Enforcement Council procedures, strengthens certification standards, clarifies revocation language, and reflects input from law enforcement groups. It passed 95-0. House Bill 195, the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative, passed after a committee substitute and floor amendment. The substitute added Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension alongside UK Cooperative Extension, and the floor amendment changed the pilot’s implementation date to January 1, 2027 and adjusted the program’s term timing. Supporters said the bill would expand urban agriculture education, connect youth to food systems and career pathways, and help students in urban counties learn practical agricultural skills; it passed 97-0. The House then took up House Bill 794 on financial exploitation, which expands protections to all adults age 65 and older, adds felony penalties for knowingly, wantonly, or recklessly exploiting those adults, allows the attorney general to seek extradition from another state, and requires investment advisers to complete three hours of continuing education on financial exploitation. Members cited real-world scam experiences and urged stronger penalties, but the bill passed 96-0.

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• 6,294 agricultural education students are actively developing skills that extend far beyond the classroom
• These hands-on applications allow students to apply classroom knowledge to real-world practices, strengthening
• afternoon in room 409. >> Elections tomorrow 1:00, room 409. >> Just a reminder, today at 2:30, Technology
• 2:30, >> Just a reminder, today at 2:30, >> Just a reminder, today at 2:30, technology
• technology has a meeting in room 216. technology has a meeting in room 216.

Keywords: MS Senate Floor - 25 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer by Reverend Max Smith of Jesus Name Tabernacle in Florence, and then led the Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber quickly dispensed with the reading of the journal and committee reports, and then spent much of the morning recognizing guests, including multiple FFA groups, the Mississippi FFA state officer team, the Mississippi Food Bank Collaborative, optometrists visiting for Optometry Day, and representatives from engineering and fire service organizations. On the calendar, the Senate took up several finance-related bills. Senate Bill 2824, extending deadlines related to renewable energy fee-in-lieu agreements and construction start dates, was explained and adopted, then passed by use of the morning roll call with three no votes and one present. Senate Bill 2867, revising the income tax credit for employer-provided dependent child care or child care stipends, was explained as a targeted, capped credit for actual employer spending on licensed child care; it was adopted and passed by morning roll call. Senate Bill 3109, clarifying that a nonprofit leasing and managing LaFleur’s Bluff State Park land is not subject to ad valorem taxes on state-owned park land, was adopted and passed by morning roll call with one no vote. The Senate also considered Senate Bill 2840, which would provide a 75% rebate or sales tax credit related to inventory taxes and eliminate local privilege taxes. After extended discussion, the committee substitute was adopted, a reverse repealer amendment was added, and the bill passed by morning roll call with one no vote. Senators discussed the burden of inventory taxes on retailers and the need for more data before fully implementing the proposal. Finally, Senate Bill 2868, creating a tax credit tied to employer contributions for individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs), was introduced and explained as a way to encourage employer-supported health coverage for small and midsize businesses; the transcript cuts off during the explanation before final action on that bill.

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• Um, and they may invest in new research and technologies and hire more workers.
• <00:08:00.160> And technologies and hire more workers.
• And technologies and hire more workers.
• legislative mandates pass without reliable funding, they become unfunded obligations and displace classroom
• legislative mandates pass without reliable funding, they become unfunded obligations and displace classroom

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission met on January 22, 2026, with a quorum present and approved the minutes from the December 17, 2025 meeting. The main presentation was by Erikica McKeler of the National Conference of State Legislatures on dynamic fiscal notes, dynamic scoring, and how they differ from static fiscal notes. She explained that dynamic analysis tries to capture broader economic and behavioral effects of policy changes, but that most states have experimented with it only briefly, often for tax bills, and many have later scaled back or abandoned the practice because it is staff-intensive, expensive, and difficult to validate. McKeler highlighted examples from Texas, Utah, and Arkansas. Texas requires dynamic fiscal impact statements for certain large tax or fee measures and for the biennial appropriations bill; Utah has done such analyses on request during the interim but only when staff time allows; and Arkansas recently began producing dynamic fiscal notes with thresholds and request limits. She noted that these states generally use REMI software, though Utah switched to IMPLAN for cost reasons. She also outlined common challenges, including the need for strong staff expertise, the sensitivity of results to assumptions, the expense of software licenses, and the difficulty of measuring accuracy over time. Members then discussed whether dynamic scoring could be useful for health and human services programs where a policy may shift costs between settings rather than create a simple new expense. Senator Marty raised a Medicaid example involving home-based blue light therapy for newborns, arguing that dynamic analysis might better capture potential savings from avoiding longer hospital stays. Legislative Budget Office and Minnesota Management and Budget staff responded that such effects may be better understood as direct program substitutions rather than true dynamic effects, and emphasized the need for reliable data and caution because savings estimates could reduce appropriations if they do not materialize. The discussion also touched on whether dynamic models would capture local government impacts, but no formal action was taken beyond the approval of minutes and receipt of the presentation.

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• Raising class sizes not only makes the actual classroom teaching experience more challenging for classroom
• Um, and classroom management techniques.
• Many of our building classrooms also are already full at Central High School.
• Many of our building classrooms also are already full at Central High School.
• Many of our building classrooms also are already full at Central High School.

Bills: SF0059, SF0053

Keywords: language proficiency, literacy education, reading interventions, dyslexia support, Montessori methods, individualized reading plans, amateur status, high school athletics, student eligibility, sports regulation, monetary compensation, 916, all

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• I was able to learn skills that can apply outside of the classroom.
• Ag students not only get to be in FFA and then also in our classroom, they also get the opportunity to
• in FFA and then also in our classroom in FFA and then also in our classroom they<00:05:28.360>
• So they're applying their knowledge within the classroom and applying it to their work.
• , but outside of the classroom as well.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um, so when I our school and classrooms.
• <00:57:02.160> That classroom so they can earn this.
• That classroom so they can earn this.
• <01:31:12.639> So<01:31:12.960> thank in the classroom consistently.
• So thank in the classroom consistently.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• >> going back into the classroom. >> going back into the classroom.
• classroom and that are excited to be in the classroom.
• <01:14:06.480> that want people to be in the classroom that want people to be in the classroom
• excited to be in the classroom. excited to be in the classroom.
• and and and regular classroom education. and and and regular classroom education.

Keywords: 1136, house, all