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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 19th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The state would share the cost with local school districts by reimbursing districts for the cost of substitute
  • Within the school system, are there any school districts who have been able to pull this off on their
  • So they wanted to be sure that if a school district or a school is...
  • So they wanted to be sure that if a school district or a school is already implementing the box, then
  • But the school district does have to have policy.
Bills: HR249 , HR251 , HB395 , HB902 , SB83 , SB132 , SB157 , SB338 , SB450 , SB484 , SB501 , SB507
Committee: House Education
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Sep 4th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • thought the biggest bill of the whole session, and the biggest issue and the biggest news would be school
  • choice, and it happened so long ago it's almost, oh yes, we passed school choice too.
Bills: SB 2 , SB 10 , HB27 , HB18 , HB17 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB18 , SR 1 , SR 2 , SR 5 , HB18 , HB17 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , SR1 , SR2 , SR5 , SB2 , SB10 , HB27
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 26th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Very popular subject in my district. People feel Very popular subject in my district.
  • This is not an abstract policy debate for our teachers and school employees.
  • This is not an abstract policy debate for our teachers and school employees.
  • If we want to recruit and retain school employees, then we have to act like it.
  • You don't get all the detailed information; you just know that it has happened in your district.
Bills: SB25 , SB132 , SB155 , SB157 , SB202 , SB237 , SB250 , SB433
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, I've spent a large amount of time in his district.
  • And finally, it would create a collaboration with school districts, higher education institutions, and
  • , he saw, uh, his district saw in 2023 the day Texot data shows that there were 3 fatalities in his district
  • Uh, Chairman Hefner had 1 fatality in his district.
  • I had My district had 12 fatalities in 2023.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

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  • If a district loses capacity at a shared disposal site due to the relocation, the relocating district
  • unwavering faith and school pride.
  • Finally, it would create collaboration with school districts, higher education institutions, and public
  • In his district and Representative Paul Bettis and Christina Morales' district up there in Harris, there
  • Chairman Hefner had one fatality in his district.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • There was another heartbreaking death of a high school student in Representative Morales' district.
  • go under, or through the trains to make it to school on time.
  • He was trying to get to school on time.
  • And so, having come freshly out of law school back then, twenty...
  • You've seen it in your district.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Feb 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 5922 concerns the transfer of transportation vehicle funds in school districts.
  • School districts are required to establish several accounts, the largest of which is a general fund,
  • While school districts are permitted to make interfund transfers between accounts in some cases, like
  • which is state depreciation payments to reimburse school districts for vehicle purchases.
  • The fiscal note shows no fiscal impact to school districts, but the bill does change the use of fund
Bills: HB2689 , SB5832 , SB5922 , SB5944 , SB5988 , SB6151
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • district, charter school, or private school.
  • district or an open enrollment charge school or private school.
  • does not have a nurse, but the school has 263 And then that parent was obviously in a school district
  • school districts and it was a dual credit class so it was in the high school right so it's on the ISD
  • districts are already required to use in their high school health curriculum.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • district board of directors or governing body of the public charter school public Virtual charter schools
  • You know, I'm gonna guess it's surely some school from District 26.
  • Some school districts probably are still around there, maybe $75 a day.
  • school districts.
  • So I've always been supportive of schools offering AP courses, but that doesn't mean every school district
Committee: Senate Education
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Aug 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, we were able to ensure that our school districts maintained their funding levels despite the reduction
  • districts would be manageable. ...school districts would not totally upend those budgets.
  • Not all lobbyists are on the same page; they could be representing a certain school district.
  • I don't have any issues or problems in visiting the lobbyists because they are hired by a school district
  • School boards, coalitions, and leaders who are back in our districts—some near and some very far—are
Bills: SB 10 , SB 8 , SB 15 , SB 12 , SB 6 , SB 13 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , SB10 , SB8 , SB15 , SB12 , SB6 , SB13 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Ways & Means Mar 10th, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Local school districts and how much will be sent back to the state and recapture.
  • in the form of recapture and the percentage that is retained locally for school district use.
  • district name for local school district operations.
  • The school district adds all of the information under that school district currently. Perfect.
  • It could be a form they ask the school district to submit.
Bills: HB195 , HB247 , HB255 , HJR6 , HJR31 , HJR34
Committee: House Ways & Means
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Environment, Energy & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is State Senator Matt Boehnke from the 8th legislative district out of the Tri-City area.
  • For brief background, cities and public utility districts, or PUDs, may purchase electric power from
  • But for the record, State Senator Matt Boehnke, 8th Legislative District, brought this little bill.
  • I'm Nicholas Garcia, the policy director of the Washington Public Utility District Association, here
  • Utility District Association here in strong support of Senate Bill 604.
Bills: SB5821 , SB6004 , SB6010 , SB5941
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) May 15th, 2025

Local Government

Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum and took up a series of pending bills, mostly local-government measures. Early action included final committee approval of Senate Bill 1633 and S.J.R. 60, followed by Senate Bill 3038 and Senate Bill 3045, both reported favorably and placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also considered House Bill 24, adopted a committee substitute, and reported the substitute version favorably; House Bill 2025 was likewise reported favorably and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. Members then handled several companion and local bills, including House Bill 2713 as the companion to Senate Bill 1331, which was reported favorably and placed on the local and uncontested calendar. House Bill 3348, House Bill 3370, House Bill 3505, and House Bill 4506 were each reported favorably, with no objections to local-and-uncontested placement. House Bill 5424 passed on a 6-1 vote, and House Bill 5652 passed with one present-not-voting, both also sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted substitutes and reported House Bill 3687 and House Bill 4205, though both were later reconsidered because the wrong script had been read. After reconsideration, House Bill 3687 and House Bill 4205 were each re-voted and reported favorably to the full Senate, with both placed on the local and uncontested calendar. Senate Bill 3071 was also reported out on a 5-2 vote after adoption of a committee substitute. The meeting ended with no further business and the committee standing at recess subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This applies to public school districts and open the room charters? It does. Not private schools?
  • But in Texas with so many school districts...
  • Our school is Fredericksburg Independent School District.
  • districts of our 1,200 school districts across the state.
  • district open employment charter school or district or charter school employee may not provide for or
Bills: SB12 , SB1565 , SB13 , SJR12 , SB686 , SB371 , SB204 , SB609 , SB112 , SB400 , SB813 , SB 12 , SB 13
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Jan 13th, 2026

Education Pre-K - 12

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Department of Education would select the portraits and then make them available to each school district
  • districts and classrooms.
  • We allow school districts to adopt rules to require programs of patriotic nature to encourage greater
  • We allow school districts to adopt rules to require programs of patriotic nature to encourage greater
  • School districts are not required to have students with autism being taught by a teacher, an ESE teacher
Bills: S0206 , S0420 , S0556
Summary: The committee first heard SB 420, which would require portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln to be prominently displayed in classrooms used for social studies and in all K-5 classrooms, with the Department of Education selecting the portraits. Senator Burgess framed the bill as a patriotic and educational measure tied to America’s 250th anniversary, while Senator Davis raised concerns about exclusivity, political precedent, and state intrusion into local classroom decisions. Senator Osgood and others asked about sensitivity to diverse student populations and whether additional figures such as Harriet Tubman could also be displayed. Burgess said the bill would not prevent other displays, emphasized the two presidents’ historical significance, and committed to funding support so the mandate would not burden districts. The committee voted the bill favorably. The committee then took up CS/SB 206 on autism education and teacher preparation. Senator Harrell’s strike-all amendment required teacher preparation programs to include autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities, required ESE-certified teachers to complete an autism microcredential, created an autism loan forgiveness program and salary supplement provisions, and directed district professional development to include autism-specific training with local CARD centers. A second amendment removed a proposed change to the legal definition of autism so that issue could be handled separately. Senators Davis and Osgood asked about implementation timelines, grandfathering current teachers, and how the bill would affect educators already working in autism classrooms; Harrell said he was open to further discussion and wanted to ensure flexibility while still requiring the credential. Public testimony included support from Orange County Public Schools, a parent of children with autism, and others. The committee adopted the amendments and reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 556, which allows students with disabilities to satisfy the high school physical education requirement by participating in Special Olympics for one year if included in the student’s IEP. An amendment also clarified that two years of marching band satisfies both the PE credit and a fine or performing arts credit. Supporters said the bill expands inclusive options and reduces administrative burdens, and Senator Yarborough praised the change as giving students more flexibility. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also took up confirmation votes for appointments in tabs 4 through 7 and recommended all of them favorably by a single roll call vote.