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• So you get to choose, or the school nurse would choose, depending on demographics of the school.
• contracted by the district, what if there is no nurse?
• if a school nurse is not employed by the school or the district.
• So it's my understanding that they're required to have a school nurse, and that if the school nurse is
• </c><03:46:35.319><c> is</c> nurse and that if the school nurse is nurse and that if the school nurse

Summary: The Finance Division 2 hearing took testimony from the director of New Hampshire Police Standards and Training on the agency’s budget request and operations. He described the agency’s role in setting hiring, education, certification, and discipline standards for police, corrections, probation and parole, and court security officers, and noted that the agency runs the full-time, part-time, corrections, and court security training programs. He also outlined the agency’s staffing, facility, and budget request for FY 2026-27, including a request to keep funding level with the governor’s recommendation while shifting funds to support an IT manager position by defunding a vacant administrative slot. The agency requested several statutory changes in Chapter 106, including clarifying the definition of police misconduct, allowing a temporary member on the Conduct Review Committee, clarifying reporting requirements for misconduct allegations, and codifying the Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission. The director also reviewed new responsibilities added in recent years, including crisis intervention training, statewide accreditation, the Conduct Review Committee, and increased annual in-service training requirements. He explained that crisis intervention funding is carried in a continuously appropriated, non-lapsing account and that some budget lines were reclassified, including software and janitorial services, to reflect actual spending needs. Members asked about national standards, the different academy tracks, crisis intervention funding, maintenance and contract changes, temporary positions, and the court security training program. The agency said it coordinates with national peers through IADLEST, that the part-time and corrections academies are longstanding programs, and that the new court security academy can be delivered either as a full academy or as in-service training depending on resources. The director also said the agency has been running extra full-time academies because of high vacancy rates, but expects to return to three full-time academies this year, with two corrections academies and one or possibly two part-time academies. He also explained the current approach to misconduct records and public disclosure, saying sustained findings under RSA 106-L are heard by the council and published, replacing the older, less standardized exculpatory list process.

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• myself have worked through and have had a sort of similar philosophy to reducing the amount of regulation
• Can you kind of refresh our memory on how that came to be that we started taking away state regulations
• And many of them changed from regulations, so they were in rule to now being guideline documents.
• This docket concerns the regulation of X-ray and mammography machines.
• Requirements for nursing assessments and the frequency of medical reviews move to section 305.

Committee: Senate Health and Welfare

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• </c><00:35:48.079><c> We</c> Minnesota Nurses Association. We Minnesota Nurses Association.
• sector nurses, but public sector nurses also get paid less and have fewer benefits than most private
• /c> rights than private sector nurses, but rights than private sector nurses, but public<00:37:38.160
• 39.280><c> paid</c><00:37:39.520><c> less</c> public sector nurses also get paid less public sector nurses
• </c><00:47:00.480><c> because</c> compliant with IRS regulation because compliant with IRS regulation

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• The bill modernizes the certification process for certified nurse assistants and home health aides.
• These regulations went into effect almost 10 years later, in 2023.
• A big part of that is these regulations that come from unaccountable boards and agencies.
• A big part of that is these regulations that come from unaccountable boards and agencies.
• And then we decided to regulate them where we never regulated their competition.

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• , Livestock Board, as well as the Regulation and Licensing Department, RLD.
• One note for the Regulation and Licensing Department: RLD was heard in this subcommittee.
• is pretty critical for them and getting their nursing or their staff trained upon.
• Page 11 at line 158, Health Care Authority—this is regarding skilled nursing facilities.
• The data are showing that 70% of today’s nursing home residents have... ...that 70% of today’s nursing

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• . $10 million annually for skilled nursing services in schools supports student health and well-being
• services in schools supporting nursing services in schools supporting student<00:52:25.680><c> health
• This 127-year-old building houses key divisions responsible for business regulation, consumer protection
• This 127-year-old building houses key divisions responsible for business regulation, consumer protection
• </c> taxes so we can favor doctors and nurses taxes so we can favor doctors and nurses getting<01:16:

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• The hospital also employs travel nurses, rotating providers, and seasonal staff, and during the month
• They're my children's teachers, our firefighters, our nurses.
• We've seen teachers, firefighters, police officers, and nurses—the very people who keep our community
• Nantucket strength comes from the workers who live here year-round: teachers, nurses, police, Department
• We've streamlined our ADU regulations even before the Affordable Homes Act.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Revenue

Summary: The Joint Committee on Revenue held a public hearing on a series of bills focused largely on local-option real estate transfer fees and housing funding tools for communities facing severe affordability pressures. Testimony strongly favored bills for Somerville, Concord, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, Chatham, and a statewide local-option transfer fee, with speakers arguing that high-end real estate transactions should help fund affordable housing, anti-displacement efforts, workforce housing, and related capital improvements. Elected officials and local housing leaders described rising rents and home prices, investor activity, shrinking year-round housing stock, and difficulty recruiting or retaining teachers, police, health care workers, and other essential employees. Several witnesses emphasized that the proposals would be optional for municipalities, could include exemptions for first-time homebuyers or seniors, and would direct revenue into local affordable housing trust funds or housing banks. Committee members asked questions about who would pay the fee and whether it could make housing less affordable, and supporters responded that the fees would be targeted at higher-value transactions and designed with local flexibility. For Somerville, the delegation and Mayor Katjana Ballantyne backed both a local home rule petition and statewide enabling legislation, saying the city has already used zoning reform, inclusionary zoning, and local housing funds but still needs a new revenue source to address displacement and investor-driven purchases. For Concord, Representative Carmine Gentile and Concord housing advocates supported a home rule petition and the statewide bill, arguing that a modest fee on sales above $1 million could generate predictable revenue for affordable housing production and preservation. One committee exchange focused on whether the fee would affect most Concord sales and whether it would be passed on to buyers; supporters said the policy was intended to shift costs toward higher-value properties and help leverage other funding sources. The committee also heard testimony on House 4105, which would redirect a casino-related revenue stream to the Healthy Incentives Program. Farmers, advocates, and residents said the current funding was originally intended to support horse racing but has not met that goal, and that the money would be better used to support Massachusetts farmers and food-insecure residents through HIP. In a separate bill, Senator Becca Rausch testified in support of Senate 268, which would create a state-level hostile learning environment complaint process for higher education institutions and potentially strip tax exemptions from colleges or universities found to have such environments; she cited anti-Semitic and transphobic incidents on campuses and argued that existing federal protections should be mirrored in state law. The hearing also included testimony on college tuition debt reduction legislation from Senator Michael Moore, who said the bill would allow a deduction for tuition and fees paid to Massachusetts public colleges and universities to ease student debt and support the state’s workforce. A major portion of the hearing focused on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket housing bank proposals. Hospital, school, housing, planning, and municipal officials from Martha’s Vineyard said the island’s year-round housing shortage is harming health care, schools, and the local workforce, and urged approval of a housing bank funded by a local-option transfer fee. Nantucket witnesses made similar arguments, pointing to a very high median home price, a large seasonal housing stock, and the need for a dedicated revenue stream to preserve and create year-round housing. Supporters repeatedly cited the long-running success of the islands’ land banks as evidence that transfer fees can work without harming real estate markets. Senator Julian Cyr and Representative Thomas Moakley Luddy also backed the Cape and Islands transfer-fee bills, saying the region needs bold action and a sustainable local funding source to address its housing crisis.

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• You know, some of that is, we don't regulate CYFD offices.
• Those are regulated by CYFD, but I can tell you that the issues around adolescents and their consent
• Because we don't have, we don't know nurses that are licensed outside of New Mexico that are working
• in New Mexico because they're not required to register with the nursing.
• Individuals, particularly in group homes and nursing homes and things like that, and if they're unable

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• Where we have a nursing shortage, we have a doctor shortage, we have a teacher shortage.
• I know the federal FDA or DEA does the regulations. Is this considered a narcotic by them?
• So I, you know, in favor of regulation and laws keeping it safe to where only adults can get a hold of
• We regulate it. I'm all for it.
• When a nurse and a mother were shot and killed by the United States government for doing nothing more

Bills: SB1067 , SB1234 , SB1285 , SB1295 , SB1392 , SB1413 , SB1436 , SB1470 , SB1476 , SB1489 , SB1512 , SB1535 , SB1540 , SB1556 , SB1568 , SB1569 , SB1570 , SB1573 , SB1585 , SB1609 , SB1627 , SB1634 , SB1635 , SB1644 , SB1647 , SB1648 , SB1650 , SB1653 , SB1654 , SB1655 , SB1656 , SB1657 , SB1658 , SB1661 , SB1662 , SB1664 , SB1666 , SB1667 , SB1669 , SB1709 , SB1720 , SB1723 , SB1725 , SB1743 , SB1746 , SB1748 , SB1755 , SB1786 , SB1820 , SB1822 , SB1829 , SCR1027 , SCR1040 , SCR1048

Committee: Senate Judiciary and Elections

Keywords: tax lien, property tax lien, real property tax lien, foreclosure, right of redemption, redeem, excess proceeds, county abatement lien, abatement lien, lien priority, assessment lien, easement, county treasurer, certificate of purchase, tax delinquency, delinquent property taxes, property owner equity, judgment foreclosure, title report, Arizona Revised Statutes

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• The Treatment Act updates definitions, clarifies supervision requirements for registered nurses under
• establishes that violations are subject to disciplinary penalties under the applicable medical and nursing
• This measure primarily affects professional regulation enforcement activity of certain medical boards
• I took ibogaine under medicalized supervision from doctors, nurses, and paramedics.
• I took ibogaine under medicalized supervision from doctors, nurses, and paramedics in Tijuana, Mexico

Bills: HB3767 , HB3934 , HB4199 , HB4336 , HB2947 , HB3834 , HB4302 , HB4095 , HB3287 , HB3649 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB2059 , HB3647

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee first considered three executive nominations. Shonda Lasseter was reappointed to the State Board of Pharmacy, with discussion focused on pharmacy staffing shortages, PBMs, and broader health care workforce challenges; she was advanced 11-0. Dr. Lane Sabara was renominated to the Health Care Workforce Training Commission, where members discussed rural physician shortages and training pipelines; he was advanced 12-0. Dr. Paul Wright was nominated to fill an unexpired term on the same commission and was advanced 12-0 after questions about his availability and experience supporting rural medicine. The committee then heard several health-related bills. HB 3767, which adds 14 chemicals used to enhance fentanyl to Oklahoma’s controlled substances schedules, advanced 10-0. HB 3934, a dentistry workforce and cleanup bill updating insurance-claim and billing language, advanced 11-0. HB 4199, creating a three-year tri-share workforce pilot program for the Department of Commerce, was amended to change eligibility language and then advanced 9-2. HB 2947, allowing supervised behavioral health interns to bill Medicaid, advanced 10-1. HB 3834, authorizing the Department of Health to begin stage-one clinical trials for ibogaine and creating a revolving fund for that purpose, drew extensive testimony about veteran and first responder treatment, safety, funding, and state liability, and advanced 10-2. Additional measures also moved forward. HB 4302, after amendment, advanced 12-0 on a juvenile oversight reporting and law enforcement notification issue. Committee member bills included HB 495, reinstating the 211 Collaborative advisory council, which advanced 11-0; HB 3287, requiring domestic violence and human trafficking signage in health facilities, which advanced 11-0; HB 3649, allowing the Mental Health Department to sell underused property and keep the proceeds in its trust, which advanced 12-0 after amendment; HB 4430, clarifying malpractice coverage for APRNs and PAs at state facilities, which advanced 12-0; HB 2059, creating a mechanism to reimburse medication costs for incarcerated people in county and municipal jails, which advanced 12-0 after questions about continuity of care; and HB 3647, creating an all-payer claims database and transparency board, which advanced 10-2. The committee adjourned after announcing another meeting the following week.

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• Last year, a few of us joined her on AB 1400 to offer a bachelor's degree in nursing for those community
• colleges that were offering nursing degrees. ...those community colleges that were offering nursing
• You know, where members are at, and certainly the example that was given was related to the nursing program
• And as you regulate the alcohol sales and licensing, how does the Department of Alcohol or ABC ensure

Committee: Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:

• You can't regulate all of them.
• You can regulate the one that the state provides, but even that one is worked through the Industrial
• Regulations. Mr. Gillette, thank you for the question. Please work through the chair.
• suppresses lawful conduct, not because of wrongdoing, but because of the unchecked power of the regulator
• Conversely, I found someone that was a protester against ICE but holds a professional license as a nurse

Summary: The committee heard HB 2842, a deed-fraud prevention bill that would create an early alert system for property owners when escrow is opened on their property. The sponsor and several witnesses, including a victim, an Attorney General investigator, and the Department of Real Estate commissioner, described widespread deed fraud and said the bill would provide proactive notice before a fraudulent transfer is completed. The committee adopted the Blackman amendment shifting the reporting entity from DIFI to the State Real Estate Department, then passed the bill with a due pass recommendation by a 7-0 vote. Members then considered HB 2667, which would require recipients of state first-time homebuyer or down payment assistance programs to be Arizona residents for two years and to occupy the home as a primary residence for two years, while barring out-of-state investors from using the homes as rentals. The sponsor said the bill was intended to help younger Arizonans and keep assistance focused on residents invested in the state. Opponents and other members raised concerns that the bill could conflict with existing federal and lender requirements and could reduce participation in local down payment programs; after discussion, the committee passed the bill 4-3. HB 2020 was heard next and would reduce certain school-disruption offenses to a class 1 misdemeanor for minors and narrow the definition of interference with an educational institution. The sponsor and a parent described a case in which a student was charged too harshly after a school altercation, while a public commenter urged case-by-case discretion and warned against saddling children with felonies. The committee passed the bill 4-3. The committee also advanced HB 2793, which streamlines annexation procedures for single-owner annexations and updates notice rules, including electronic newspaper publication. After adopting two amendments, members passed it 4-3. HB 2327, which allows eligible individuals to restrict public access to certain identifying information held by county recorders, assessors, and treasurers, passed unanimously. HB 2858, creating a 1% Arizona-bidder preference in certain state procurement ties, also passed unanimously after amendment. HB 2660, which adds procedural protections and oversight for health profession licensing board actions, passed 4-2 after testimony from the sponsor and a physician who said board actions had chilled speech and due process. Finally, HB 2063, appropriating $1.5 million for the Independent Correctional Oversight Office, passed unanimously after strong support from oversight advocates and former corrections stakeholders, and HB 2681, extending civil-service appeal deadlines from 10 calendar days to 10 business days, also passed unanimously. The committee then discussed HB 2812, which would raise the sick-leave payout cap for retiring state employees from $30,000 to $57,000; witnesses supported the increase and members began discussing a possible amendment to allow retirees to transfer the payout into a health savings arrangement, but the transcript ends before final action on that bill.

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• enhancement rates; and suspending consideration of legislation that impacts health care and facility regulation
• work at the Department of Health. ...of legislation that impacts health care and facility regulation
• This exploration is sustained by ongoing healthy attachment processes such as learning self-regulation
• through co-regulation.
• Healthy attachment processes such as learning self-regulation through co-regulation and attachment with

Summary: The committee began with a work session on recommendations from the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Work Group. Tisha Kirshbaum of the Health Care Authority described the Washington Thriving Strategic Plan, a prenatal-to-25 system-of-care framework meant to reduce fragmentation, improve coordination across multiple state agencies, and expand early, community-based behavioral health supports. Members asked about duplication among agencies, simplification of the system, and upstream services such as community health workers, school-based supports, and crisis access. The committee then heard House Bill 2429, which would direct the governor and state agencies to align with the Washington Thriving plan, create an executive coordination officer and leadership council, extend the work group, and require broader alignment by state, tribal, local, and nonprofit entities. The bill received strong support from the governor’s office, the Health Care Authority, parents, youth, providers, and advocates, while a few testifiers raised concerns about government overreach, cost, or the need to address non-psychiatric causes of distress. No vote was taken during the hearing. The committee then heard House Bill 2364, which renames and expands the Legislative Executive Work First Poverty Reduction Oversight Task Force into the Legislative Executive Economic Justice and Well-Being Task Force and updates the related advisory council to align with the state’s 10-year plan to dismantle poverty. Staff and the prime sponsor said the bill reflects the evolution of the poverty-reduction effort and adds agencies such as the Department of Revenue, Health Care Authority, and Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board. Testimony from DSHS and advocates was uniformly supportive, emphasizing bipartisan collaboration and the need to update statute to match current work. Next, the committee heard House Bill 2171 on supporting foster youth. The bill would create an endangered foster youth alert system, require county rapid-response protocols, establish a foster youth empowerment account, create an oversight board through the Ombuds office, and expand training for foster parents and child welfare workers. The prime sponsor and several advocates described the bill as a response to lived experience and a way to improve accountability and long-term support. DCYF said it supports the intent but raised legal and cost concerns, and some youth advocates warned that public alerts could increase risk or trauma for youth who run away from unsafe placements. The hearing then moved to House Bill 2314, which would create a pilot allowing certain community-based clients with developmental disabilities to receive dental care at residential habilitation centers. Supporters said the bill would use existing dental capacity to address severe access gaps and long waits in the community, while opponents from disability advocacy groups argued it would pull people back into institutional settings instead of building community-based dental capacity. Testimony on the bill was mixed, and no final committee action was taken in the transcript.

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• And oftentimes we'll ask, well, why didn't you share this news with the nurse or the doctor?
• And these are the programs that we often find come out of compliance with DCF standards and regulations
• And these are the programs that we often find come out of compliance with DCF standards and regulations
• That wasn't regulated in the statute or ultimately discussed by the work group. Yes.
• That wasn't regulated in the statute or ultimately discussed by the work group.

Summary: The committee held a panel discussion on Florida’s domestic violence system, focusing on the roles of the state, the federally designated coalition, direct-service providers, and law enforcement. Members reviewed the history of the system after the dissolution of the former coalition in 2020, the creation of the Florida Partnership to End Domestic Violence, DCF’s Office of Domestic Violence, and the current contract structure involving Women in Distress and its subcontractors for hotline and legal services. Panelists also discussed the 2024 lethality assessment law, the workgroup’s conclusion that the evidence-based Maryland tool could not be used because of copyright and cost issues, and the state’s current use of statutory questions instead. DCF and FDLE described the statewide certification and funding framework, including more than $60 million in domestic violence funding for fiscal year 2025-26 and the requirement that law enforcement complete lethality-assessment training by October 1, 2026. Testimony highlighted both collaboration and conflict. Florida Partnership to End Domestic Violence and Women in Distress described overlapping training and technical-assistance roles, but disagreed sharply about the quality of their relationship with DCF and whether the current structure is duplicative. DCF said it maintains communication with both the coalition and the centers and emphasized that the coalition is federally required, while the coalition argued that the department has obstructed its work. Women in Distress and Hope Villages stressed direct services, prevention, and the need for more housing, staffing, and funding, especially in rural areas. They also described programs in schools, hospitals, and child welfare settings, and noted that children exposed to domestic violence often need specialized services. Members asked about funding flows, certification, rural coverage, the number of centers, and the lethality assessment rollout. DCF said the 41 certified centers serve all 67 counties and that no new applications have been received in about 15 years. FDLE reported that 46 of roughly 400 law enforcement agencies had completed the lethality-assessment training and attestation, with the statutory deadline still ahead. Panelists said domestic violence appears to be increasing, citing higher hotline demand, shelter occupancy, and local case numbers, while also noting that statewide crime data remains outdated. The discussion ended with calls for better coordination, clearer implementation of statutes, more funding, and possible legislative fixes to improve data collection, training, and service delivery.

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• Our agency regulates 14,600 private investigators and protective agents here in Minnesota.
• Our agency regulates 14,600 private investigators and protective agents here in Minnesota.
• By regulating the industry, we perform the following core tasks: license application processing, license
• We operate as a licensing board, just like nursing or the Board of Lawyers, etc.
• And then, of course, regulation regarding conduct.

Bills: HF2432

Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• And as we left the school, she reached out and said, “So long, suckers,” to the nurse.
• So the Arizona Chapter of the American College of Surgeons is proud to have doctor and nurse representatives
• Sarah Lee Davison, in the gallery today, along with Banner Tucson Injury Prevention, Trauma, and OR nurses
• HB 2875, Local Regulation Prohibition on Man Aircraft.

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• We have to understand that there's more than just regulations.
• Minnesota, Is I watch the elderly hang in as long as they can in their home, and then they go to a nursing
• They don't have any nursing homes.
• Can we reward families so we don't have to have nursing homes? Can we do that?

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• Senate Bill 190 by Senator Mizell is an act to amend Title 40 relative to nursing facilities, providing
• This was the nursing home bill. They had an amendment. It was a slight amendment.
• House Bill 868 by Representative DeWitt is an act to amend Title 32 relative to the regulation of motor
• House Bill 868 by Representative DeWitt is an act to amend Title 32 relative to the regulation of motor
• It's aimed to enhance security durability and regulation of temporary plates while providing flexibility

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• And then also information materials being available in youth service centers, front office, nursing stations
• <00:03:04.080><c> uh</c><00:03:04.239><c> front</c><00:03:04.560><c> office,</c><00:03:05.040><c> nursing
• that make operations more regulations that make operations more difficult<00:13:48.720><c> than</c><
• So that is, uh, one of the current regulations that does not have to be, you know, we're not forcing
• So that is, uh, one of the current regulations that does not have to be, you know, we're not forcing,

Committee: House Primary and Secondary Education

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• Her background is in nursing.
• I'm the associate dean over allied health and nursing.
• I'm the associate dean over allied health and nursing.
• I was the first class of nursing through that that graduated from there.
• There's now practical nursing. We've added registered nursing, LPN to RN, and such.

Summary: The committee met at North Dakota State College of Science for a presentation from President Flanagan and campus leaders on the college’s mission, enrollment growth, workforce programs, facilities needs, and industry partnerships. Flanagan highlighted student success in national competitions, strong placement and retention, the college’s strategic plan, and new or expanding programs such as aviation maintenance, fire science, dental hygiene, community health worker, surgical technology, HVAC/plumbing, and precision agriculture. He also described the need for a new dorm and a remodel of the library into academic and allied health space, including a simulation center, to address capacity limits and support growth. Several committee members asked about program demand, faculty recruitment, pay competitiveness, and how the college shifts resources from lower-demand programs to high-demand ones. Industry partner Jim Albright of Comdell testified that the college has been essential to the local manufacturing workforce and that many employees and interns come from NDSCS. A major topic was dual credit. Flanagan said dual credit is important but financially challenging, noting that only a small share of dual credit students ultimately matriculate to NDSCS and that the college’s dual credit model is close to break-even. He explained that many dual credit credits are general education rather than CTE, and that the college pays instructors, supports high schools, and absorbs indirect costs. Williston State College President Bernal Herning added that his institution loses money on the front end but has shifted toward helping students complete associate degrees before high school graduation because many go directly to work after high school. Committee members questioned how dual credit is delivered, how instructors are qualified, and whether students are truly doing college-level work. The committee then received a University System presentation from Jamie Wilkie on the cost of delivering dual credit statewide. Wilkie explained the methodology used to allocate direct and overhead costs and said the analysis shows dual credit is not profitable at several institutions once tuition, instructor payments, and overhead are included. Members asked how much of the cost is borne by students, families, and the state, and whether K-12 funding should also be considered. Discussion also covered the difference between subsidized and unsubsidized dual credit, payments to high school teachers or schools, and the possibility of waiving tuition in the future. No votes were taken, and the committee mainly gathered information for the ongoing dual credit cost study.