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• strengthens indicators of... ...that there are indicators that don't provide educational quality and school
• I'm with the Texas Association of School Boards.
• The bill does a few things in particular that we think are very important and schools have been asking
• That's what you probably have been hearing from schools. school districts that they wanted when the last
• These are items that schools have been asking for with regard to assessments and accountability.

Bills: HB8, HB26, HB192

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• And this will just ease up the pressure on rural schools on finding people to come work for the school
• or serve for the school.
• So it will be up to the school or the school board He wavesent hi, you recognize that your question,
• with kids in school.
• school districts.

Bills: SB843, SB1733, SB1476, SB1237, SB1410, SB1894, SB1272, SB1204, SB1721, SB1725, SB1735, SB1337, SB1339, SB1461, SB1975

Keywords: school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, child abuse, reporting requirements, sexual misconduct, law enforcement, school personnel, confidentiality, student safety, land office, land exchange, investment, education funding, real estate management, Teachers' Bill of Rights, education, teachers' rights

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• High school and plans to be a family physician.
• One is, and you brought it up earlier, which was the school employee issue on school report—schools reporting
• Charles Parish Schools, and Ashley Tossan, Louisiana Association of School Superintendents and Administration
• each elementary, secondary, public school, according to the approved by the Fusion Center.
• , middle schools, and elementary schools are as safe as they possibly can be.

Bills: SB83, SB135, SB143, SB155, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB261, SB276, SB295, SB450, SB465, SB506, HB1070

Keywords: human trafficking, trafficking prevention, school safety, public schools, elementary and secondary education, charter schools, mandatory reporting, victim identification, victim services, child trafficking, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, commercial sexual activity, DCFS, Department of Children and Family Services, Louisiana State Police, governor's office of human trafficking prevention, counselor training, mental health professional, administrator training

Bills: SB 4, SJR 2

Keywords: property tax, homestead exemption, school funding, state aid, constitutional amendment

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• It would be K through 12 schools.
• public school system.
• But our model doesn't start with schools; it starts with communities. ...schools.
• I assure you that school boards listen. And if the school boards listen.
• I said I wish school was still like it was when we went to school. Oh no. Amen.

Bills: SB13, SB278, SB13

Keywords: education, national anthem, patriotism, school policy, constitutional amendment, SB278, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama Released Time Credit Act, church-state separation, First Amendment, school choice, parental consent, elective course, off-campus instruction, private religious entity, State Board of Education

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• To school meals while also trying to bring that balance and focus on funding our schools.
• school nutrition programs, improving school nutrition finances.
• and the school district.
• The schools are doing a ton.
• Peter's School District.

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• The pool that you used to compare yourself to was the school that you went to.
• yourself<00:26:50.559> to<00:26:50.799> was<00:26:50.960> the<00:26:51.200> school
• <00:26:51.440> that<00:26:51.679> you<00:26:51.919> went yourself to was the school
• that you went yourself to was the school that you went to.<00:26:52.559> Now<00:26:53.440>

Bills: HB19, HB170, HB171, HB173, HB174, HB19, HB170, HB171, HB173, HB174

Keywords: Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, HB170, supplemental appropriations, Education Trust Fund, Alabama education budget, school funding, K-12 education, local boards of education, textbook adoption, school buses, school safety, charter schools, summer programs, afterschool programs, reading intervention, college and career readiness

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• Phelps School, Catholic School.
• Phelps School, Catholic School.
• <01:27:47.840> school schools, where our schools our school schools, where our schools our
• . schools. schools.
• Sandy Hook Promise was formed by families who lost a loved one at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December

Bills: HF3492, HF3493, HF3494, HF3495, HF3602

Keywords: school safety, grants, education funding, Northern Lights Express, security improvements, rural schools, safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, safe schools aid, school security, mental health support, Tribal schools, cybersecurity, funding, mental health, evidence-based plans, public safety

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• in Riviera Beach, Florida, a public high school.
• My wife is a long-term educator and an administrator at a school here in Miami.
• and the entrepreneur school by being a donor.
• with the school.
• I've been involved with boards of schools my children attended and I attended.

Bills: S1694

Keywords: technology education, digital literacy, artificial intelligence, computer science, high school graduation

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met with a quorum present and first took up CS for SB 1694, which would require technology-integrated postsecondary general education core courses to include digital literacy and competency instruction, including use of artificial intelligence tools, and encourage high school computer science courses with AI content to teach how AI systems use data, their benefits and limitations, and responsible use in academic and personal contexts. The bill drew support from several speakers who emphasized the need for students to understand AI’s capabilities, limitations, ethics, and risks, while one speaker raised concerns about overreliance on AI and the loss of skills. Senator Davis said the bill was a good step toward preparing the future workforce and suggested earlier instruction might be worth considering later. The bill was reported favorably, and Senator Leek asked to be recorded in the affirmative. The committee then heard a long series of confirmation presentations for trustees at multiple Florida colleges and universities, including Tallahassee State College, USF, UNF, Palm Beach State College, the College of the Florida Keys, Hillsborough College, Miami-Dade College, Florida A&M University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, New College of Florida, Florida Polytechnic University, and the University of Florida. The appointees generally emphasized student success, workforce alignment, fiscal responsibility, access and affordability, and institutional growth; several members and senators offered supportive comments, with some asking about specific issues such as Tallahassee State’s NCLEX passage rates and the need for continued improvement. One appointee’s attendance was delayed or skipped for later consideration, but the committee ultimately took a block vote and reported the confirmations favorably to the Ethics and Elections Committee. Finally, Chair Harrell gave a brief overview of the higher education budget, describing a total of $11.9 billion and highlighting increases for workforce education, Florida College System operating funds, workforce development capitalization, the Rural Incentive for Professional Educators program, the USF Center for Nursing, preeminent research universities, UCF’s community school grant program, UF’s Lassinger Center on Learning, the Florida Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment, and campus security through a postsecondary guardian program. Senator Davis asked about a transfer related to the workforce development capitalization and incentive grant fund, and the chair explained it was a transfer of an existing program with new funds being added. There was no public comment on the budget, and the meeting adjourned after Senator Leek requested to be recorded in the affirmative on SB 1694.

Bills: HB17, HB23, SB10

Keywords: property tax, school funding, enrollment changes, inflation adjustment, tax rate notice

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• It seeks to make our institutions of higher education, into trade schools.
• Chavez: is actually the school that was created by the legislature, the School for Civic Leadership.
• a credible ambassador to teach in their school system.
• I could not have done that if the school wasn't ranked as it was.
• I can still remember some of my elementary school teachers.

Bills: SB 37

Keywords: fetal development, education, public health curriculum, middle school, age-appropriate instruction

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• matters for all of our public schools matters for all of our public schools and<00:15:34.720>
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Bills: HF1306

Keywords: education, school policy, teacher training, student health, emergency response, 1183, house

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• the interim, I, I heard concerns from leaders in higher education about some, um, Of their members, schools

Bills: SB 37

Keywords: fetal development, education, public health curriculum, middle school, age-appropriate instruction

Bills: SB 26

Keywords: teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation

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• name is Hannah Lopez Resto, and I'm a victim-survivor of grooming and sexual assaults by my high school
• On the morning of my last day of high school, he sexually assaulted me in the band lesson room.
• Appropriate relationships are the foundation of school safety between students and between staff and
• Every student needs a trusted adult in their school, and our schools and community rely on teachers to
• The school piece, Mr.

Bills: HF3489, HF3990, HF3825, HF3826, HF3827, HF3822

Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension

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• The net school taxes were... $7,600 in 2019, and the net school taxes after SB4 is passed will be $4,300
• My granddaughter's first words were dada, then it was mama, and now it's school, school.
• to describe it in school finance.
• So it's school funding. School finance is incredibly complicated.
• My wife's a public school teacher, so I have all the respect in the world for public schools and want

Bills: SB4, SJR2, SB 4, SJR 2

Keywords: property tax, homestead exemption, school funding, state aid, constitutional amendment, SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

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• So school districts and cities get to play the potty police.
• Schools or family violence shelters or here at the Capitol.
• I talked to my daughter about safety in school.
• Would a school district, or must a school district allow that person entry into the school to verify?
• Our public schools. This bill is not about Texas.

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

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• What I'm seeing in the and some of the schools, not all the school districts, but some of the schools
• It relates to the election of certain school districts and open enrollment charter schools to participate
• The short version is that the bill would allow school districts and open enrollment charter schools that
• It would change all the references regarding small school districts and charter schools to participating
• My teachers were talking about this yesterday when I was in elementary school, how great it is.

Bills: HB1022, HB2856, HB3114, HJR5, HB6, HB120, HB210, HB1458, HB1188, HB3126

Keywords: HB 1022, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Texas State University System, Education Code, higher education, course levels, upper-level college, lower-division courses, community college-style courses, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Uvalde, Board of Regents, academic programs, university expansion, HB 2856, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, clinical training placements, clinical rotations

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• Before law school, I was a high school English teacher, so I also have a teacher's perspective.
• I am a teacher at a Title I school.
• So the front of the school is the elementary, the middle of the school is middle school, and the back
• of the school is high school.
• From a 1A school to offerings of a 5A school, what does a 5A school get to offer?

Bills: HB1022, HB2856, HB3114, HJR5, HB6, HB120, HB210, HB1458, HB1188, HB3126

Keywords: HB 1022, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Texas State University System, Education Code, higher education, course levels, upper-level college, lower-division courses, community college-style courses, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Uvalde, Board of Regents, academic programs, university expansion, HB 2856, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, clinical training placements, clinical rotations