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• Secondarily, the workforce pipeline and investing from all the way early education all the way through
• You can see $17 million for career technical education pilot programs on that line item.
• Chair, continuing on with the Public Education Department, I'm on page 12.
• Continuing on with the Public Education Department, I'm on page 23, line 256.
• line 279, $3.25 million for adult education. $3.25 million for adult education to continue workforce

Bills: SB193, SB132, SB35, SB145

Keywords: SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement

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• It lays out what to do when a student has a seizure as well as requires training of educators and staff
• I've been in education for a long time.
• Individual education plans. Representative, you are recognized to explain your bill.
• And I'm married to a beautiful educator from Miami-Dade Public Schools.
• I am a dual-certified teacher, so I am ESC and general education.

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• When will we make the necessary investment in public education, which educates over 90% of Arizona students
• Education and Appropriations. HB 2237, appropriation package junction.
• Education and Appropriations.
• Education. HB 2256, salvage vehicles. Infrastructure. HB 2257, HOV lane.
• HCR 2011, Higher Education Expenditure. Education. HCR 2011, higher education expenditure.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• In continuation of the celebration of Education Week and echoing the representative from Mililani, and
• contribute greatly to our education contribute greatly to our education system<00:23:04.720>
• Pantino is a dedicated educator with 20 years of experience and has served as the principal of Kōloa?
• Pantino is a dedicated educator with 20 years of experience and has served as the principal of Kōloa?
• Horseman is a dedicated educator with 21 years of experience serving the Kapa?

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• She is a representative on the San Diego Unified Sexual Health Education Advisory Committee, working
• Jody Mirhead has dedicated over 30 years to improving educational outcomes in Santa Clara County.
• Jody Mirhead has dedicated over 30 years to improving educational outcomes in Santa Clara County.
• They're here for Senator Cortez's 23rd annual Sacramento bus trip for education.
• I also want to thank the Chair of the Education Committee for her collaboration on this bill.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call and opened with a prayer and pledge, then held a ceremonial observance for Jewish American Heritage Month. Assembly Concurrent Resolution 195 by Assembly Member Gabriel was presented with extensive remarks from members of multiple caucuses highlighting Jewish Californians’ contributions, the importance of solidarity amid rising antisemitism, and themes of tikkun olam and tzedakah. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after 67 co-authors were added, and the chamber then recognized 14 honorees for their service in public life, philanthropy, media, faith leadership, education, and civic engagement. The floor also featured guest introductions and a procedural vote on Assembly Constitutional Amendment 9 by Assembly Member Borrero, which would add affordability as a required consideration in CPUC rate-making, remove telecommunications from the commission’s portfolio, create an office of broadband, and expand legislative appointments. The amendment was adopted. The Assembly then moved through a long third-reading file, passing measures including AB 1697 delaying implementation of a 2025 employment law, AB 2322 on stormwater permit definitions, AB 1653 on hearing-illness education, AB 2274 closing a loophole involving secrecy in trafficking cases, AB 2512 on Anaheim Angels naming language tied to a land exemption, AB 1956 prioritizing young men and boys in suicide prevention, and AB 2273 addressing prosecutorial handling of a local sexual abuse case. Additional bills passed included AB 1809 extending job order contracting for school and community college districts, AB 1970 banning step therapy for serious mental illness and substance use disorder medications, AB 1973 expanding practice authority for advanced practice clinicians, AB 2055 updating vessel law, and AB 2059 narrowing CEQA vehicle-mile-traveled mitigation for certain rural highway projects. The Assembly also adopted ACR 186 designating May 2026 as California Physical Fitness and Mental Well-Being Month and H.R. 11 recognizing the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia after a lengthy debate that included support from several caucuses and some disagreement over the resolution’s framing of current threats to LGBTQ+ communities.

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• Jody Mirhead has dedicated over 30 years to improving educational outcomes in Santa Clara County.
• Jody Mirhead has dedicated over 30 years to improving educational outcomes in Santa Clara County.
• They're here for Senator Cortese's 23rd annual Sacramento bus trip for education.
• Advanced practice clinicians, or APCs, receive extensive education and training.
• I also want to thank the chair of the Education Committee for her collaboration on this bill.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And educating customers is something that we try and do every single day.
• You have the ears of your constituents, so you have an excellent opportunity to educate them.
• She's a retired educator and she's 85 years old.
• Education and awareness remain the most effective tools to reduce harm.
• But those educational purposes would be great through AARP in Arkansas and around the nation.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• The eighth poorest state, 50th in education.
• Human services next, education next, and so... On down, so you can see churches.
• In your presentation, you cited that we are 50th in education and 49th in public health.
• The Oklahoma Department of Education puts out an annual report at the beginning of the year.
• Any education firm is engaged with the police, so of course it’s important.

Summary: The committee heard an interim study on expanding or simplifying sales tax exemptions for Oklahoma nonprofits. Representatives Stark and Schreiber said the issue has been filed repeatedly over several sessions and framed it as a bipartisan effort to keep more charitable dollars in service of communities rather than paying sales tax. Schreiber also suggested broader tax reform or an omnibus approach rather than continuing to add individual exemptions. Marnie Taylor of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits gave an overview of the sector, describing nonprofits as a major part of the state economy and safety net, and argued that many organizations are highly regulated, under-resourced, and facing declining donations and funding. She said the current patchwork of exemptions is uneven and that a blanket or broader exemption would help organizations serving public needs. Committee members asked for sources behind some of the poverty, education, and health rankings cited in her presentation. Several nonprofit leaders testified about how sales tax affects their operations. RG Foods described the cost of opening neighborhood grocery markets in food deserts and said sales tax on a Tulsa project would divert about $85,000 from programming. Jubilee Partners, Skyline Urban Outreach, the Pencil Box, the Tulsa Police Foundation, Blue Rose Ranch, and Legacy Parenting Center each explained how exemption status or the lack of it affects food assistance, school supplies, public safety equipment, animal rescue, and diapers and family support. Members asked follow-up questions about food desert definitions, budgets, and how much sales tax savings would change operations. No vote was taken in the excerpt, but the study concluded with closing remarks emphasizing that the exemption would keep more money in direct services and support the nonprofit sector statewide.

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• This used to be pretty much your body was reserved for higher education research and medical cadavers
• What does education mean? This is the big selling point. We’re here for education.
• His torso went to a medical education company; they paid $900. The U.S.
• We chose an educational institution, U.T.
• Are these new or just recertifying CME, kind of continuing medical education? What is it?

Bills: SB1406, SB1681, SB2480, SB2721

Keywords: body donation, medical science, forensic science, willed body program, informed consent, boarding home, boarding home facility, adult care home, group home, assisted living, county reporting, municipal reporting, annual report, reasonable accommodation, fair housing, disability accommodation, local ordinance, permit requirement, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, HHSC

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 2480, which would clarify that the Texas Medical Board may collect license renewal surcharge fees from all licensees to fund the Texas Physician Health Program and related administrative costs. The bill author explained the funding fix was needed after prior language was found to allow surcharges only for physicians and physician assistants. Witnesses from the Texas Physician Health Program supported the measure and described the program’s confidential monitoring and treatment services; members asked about the fee amount, which was described as capped at $15 per two-year registration cycle. The bill was left pending. The committee then took up Senate Bills 1406 and 2721, both authored by Senator Parker, addressing the handling of human remains by non-transplant anatomical donation organizations, willed body programs, and related facilities. Senator Parker and several witnesses described alleged abuses involving unclaimed bodies, consent problems, body leasing, hotel-based dissections, and mishandling of cremains, and argued for strict licensing, inspections, transparency, and criminal penalties. Supporters included families of deceased veterans and other relatives, a biomedical ethicist, the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, and some public safety and hotel industry representatives who said legitimate training should continue but bad actors should be shut down. Opponents or cautious witnesses from accredited donation organizations and bioskills labs said they support stronger oversight but warned the bills could unintentionally disrupt legitimate medical education and urged clearer language and implementation of existing law. Both bills were left pending. Senate Bill 1681, by Senator Menendez, would require counties and municipalities that regulate boarding homes to report facility standards and related information to the Health and Human Services Commission. The author said the bill is intended to improve state oversight of boarding homes that serve elderly and disabled residents and to address abuse, neglect, and exploitation. The bill was left pending after brief discussion. After the testimony portion, the committee returned to voting on pending business and unanimously reported Senate Bills 527, 912, 1580, 1952, and 2032 to the Senate with recommendations that they do pass and be printed, and each was also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted a committee substitute for Senate Bill 407 and reported the substitute favorably, with six ayes and three nays. The committee then moved on to Senate Bill 500 as pending business.

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• In short, this is specifically affecting our special education kids, right?
• Just in terms of the relationship with the Texas Education Agency.
• Obviously, HHSC is not an education organization.
• For example, the statute currently allows for graduate medical education in board...
• So, you're exactly right that we need to be doing that in the education.

Bills: SB623, SB1266, SB1310, SB1373, SB1580, SB1952, SB2032, SB2269, SB2544, SB2653, SB2796

Keywords: pharmacist, vaccine administration, COVID-19, exclusive authority, healthcare, Medicaid, provider enrollment, credentialing, administrative burden, Texas Health and Human Services, senior retirement communities, emergency response, residential safety, contract provisions, health and safety regulations, medical staff privileges, hospital administration, healthcare regulation, Texas Health and Safety Code, consistency in privileges

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• So you're definitely looking at somebody with a higher education degree in engineering.
• , employers can work together to align education and workforce with employer needs.
• Or United Respect Education Fund, which organizes protests in front of Amazon and Walmart.
• My name is Vanessa Martinez and I am a community educator with Universidad Popular.
• DWC Electronic Education Management System or EAMS. Any comments. Anybody from the public.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Section 29 was of Senate Bill 2016 is the training, education, and clinicals, and health, or the TEACH
• On the graduate medical education aspect, Senate Bill 7016 and Senate Bill 330 directed us to develop
• We started with educating and training our department inspectors.
• There are some other important stakeholders that educate. We continue to learn more with time.
• There are some other important stakeholders that educate. We continue to learn more with time.

Summary: The Senate Health Policy Committee received updates from the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Health on implementation of 2024 health care laws. AHCA reviewed progress on workforce and reimbursement measures in Senate Bill 7016 and related bills, including FRAME and TEACH funding, graduate medical education reporting, behavioral health teaching hospitals, acute hospital care at home, advanced birth centers, non-emergent care access plans, and rural emergency hospitals. Agency officials said several programs are already operational or have begun payments, while others are still in rulemaking, federal approval, or report-preparation stages. Senators asked about timing, funding reversion concerns, and whether appropriated dollars would be spent on schedule, especially for behavioral health teaching hospitals and the new birth center category. The Department of Health then reported on practitioner licensure and public health programs. MQA described implementation of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, the Mobile Act licensure pathway, massage therapy enforcement changes, background screening expansion, liposuction safety requirements, pharmacist HIV post-exposure prophylaxis authority, and chiropractic dry needling. Public health staff updated the committee on FRAME and dental loan repayment, the Sinati screening grant program, the cancer research and innovation changes, the health care innovation council and loan program, the pediatric rare disease grant program, telehealth maternity care expansion, newborn screening for congenital CMV, the sickle cell registry and grants, and the swimming lesson voucher program. Members focused questions on how practitioners were being recruited to underserved areas, the pace of licensure approvals, and whether new programs were on track to use appropriated funds. The committee also heard a lengthy update from the Office of Medical Marijuana Use. The director reported more than 900,000 qualified patients, real-time seed-to-sale tracking now integrated across most dispensaries and labs, and ongoing compliance work on product testing, advertising, diversion, and patient safety. Senators questioned the decline in qualified physicians, how THC potency is labeled and verified, and what the agency can do about diversion to non-patients. The director said the office relies on complaints, inspections, lab audits, and coordination with law enforcement, and that patients can be suspended if violations are confirmed.

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• . ...either Ken Berringer, Todd Bain, or Hannah Neese to handle education.
• I move to strike in line 13 the words 'or that is designated as co-educational or mixed' and instead
• All right, we will go on to the next, the next valid initiative, I-09-2026, Protect Education Act.
• I-09-2026, Protect Education Act. All right, let's go ahead and move it.
• And so I think that the summary should make clear that the Protect Education Act does that.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Education, the Ohio Department of Education, and the Connecticut State Colleges and University System
• And I think about the workforce education innovation funds that you granted.
• and educating students, also with the workplace, what the specifics are.
• That would include these CTE... ...CTE, education, and health sciences.
• Getting a post-secondary education. Just some thoughts, Mr. Chairman.

Summary: The Higher Ed Funding Committee met to review how North Dakota might identify and address low-producing academic programs and to discuss draft funding formulas for the university system. Lisa Johnson of the NDUS explained that the State Board of Higher Education is already developing a system-wide policy, using models from other states such as Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, and Connecticut. She described how low-producing programs are typically flagged by multi-year enrollment or completion thresholds, then reviewed for workforce demand, mission fit, cost, accreditation, and regional need before any action is taken. Committee members asked about what counts as a program, how costs are analyzed, whether certificates are included, how exemptions work for mission-critical or high-demand fields, and whether the board or legislature should set the rules. Johnson said the board is the appropriate body to lead the process, but legislators could use funding leverage if they wanted to encourage action; the chair asked the board to bring a detailed proposal to the June meeting. The committee then heard a Legislative Council presentation on a draft formula for UND and NDSU. The proposal uses fall census FTE enrollment, with a placeholder undergraduate rate of $7,000 per FTE and a graduate/professional rate of $10,500, plus incentives for completions in in-demand fields and research productivity. Alex from Legislative Council walked through the projected funding effects, noting that the model would increase funding for NDSU and reduce it for UND in the current biennium, with different results in the next biennium as enrollment changes are recognized. Members questioned the use of the placeholder rates, the definition of in-demand programs, the treatment of research funding, and the exclusion of state-appropriated dollars from the external grants calculation. The chair emphasized that the numbers were illustrative and that appropriators would set the actual dollar amounts later. A second draft formula for the other nine institutions was also reviewed. That model uses fall census FTE without a weighted economic factor, applies a higher undergraduate rate, and adds completion incentives for in-demand credentials and all other completions. Members noted that the formula would benefit some institutions, such as Bismarck State College, while reducing funding for others, such as Mayville State, and discussed whether the nine institutions should be treated more uniformly or split into smaller groups because of their different missions and sizes. Committee members and staff repeatedly stressed that the formulas are still being refined and that some institutions would likely need hold-harmless adjustments or other transition measures. The meeting ended with the chair directing the committee to continue the discussion later and to expect further work on both the low-producing program policy and the funding formulas.

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• I'd like to call the fifth meeting of the Primary and Secondary Education Committee to order.
• It is a good group, and I appreciate the education committee listening to me this morning.
• Beth Harus, Associate Commissioner over the Office of Career and Technical Education at KDE.
• Crum, Assistant Superintendent, Career and Technical Education Director, Johnson County Schools.
• <00:37:37.359> at education at education at KDE<00:37:39.560> stay<00:37:39.880> represented

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 669, sponsored by Representative Smith, which was presented as a response to a September shooting incident in his district that led to school closures and missed instructional days. Smith said the bill was intended to help school districts recover lost days caused by extraordinary emergencies and not to set a broad precedent. Members asked whether districts had adjusted calendars to make up time, and Smith said many had already extended days or moved calendars into June. The committee then voted to pass House Bill 669, with all members present voting yes. The committee next heard House Bill 621, as amended by a committee substitute that removed a homeschooling-related section and left only the school-threat provisions. The bill would allow courts to impose a fine on parents when a child is adjudicated for terroristic threatening if law enforcement incurred excessive costs, and it would require a mental health assessment for the child. Representative Duvall and Officer Steve Chappelle supported the measure, arguing that online school threats spread fear, disrupt attendance, pull law-enforcement resources from other schools, and should create more parental accountability. Representative Riley also supported the accountability goal, citing lost instructional time and a recent student suicide tied to online issues. Several members raised concerns about the bill’s scope and due process. Representative Josh Callaway questioned why this offense should be the starting point for parental fines and warned about a slippery slope in holding parents liable for children’s crimes. Representative Willner said the bill seemed more like a judiciary issue, questioned whether punishment can make parents better parents, and asked about diversion programs and the meaning of the detention language. Representative Tipton pointed to existing statutes on mental health assessments and terroristic threatening penalties, and said the committee substitute would alleviate many concerns. Scott West, speaking for Kentucky Policy and the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, argued that the mandatory detention language would remove judicial discretion and that the parental fine provision could conflict with existing due process protections requiring notice, a hearing, and a finding that lack of supervision was a substantial factor in the child’s delinquency. The transcript does not show a final vote on House Bill 621 in the portion provided.

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• vaping awareness education and prevention awareness education and prevention awareness education and
• board of education and require the state board of education and require the state board of education
• and local boards of education to adopt local boards of education to adopt local boards of education
• A local board of education shall select for broadcast education shall select for broadcast education
• A local board of education alternatively may board of education alternatively may board of education

Keywords: 920, all

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• health care costs for our educators.
• significant cost drivers in education significant cost drivers in education funding<00:09:16.240
• costs for our educators. costs for our educators.
• Vermoners pay for education. Vermoners pay for education.
• our e our education property tax burden. our e our education property tax burden.

Keywords: 926, house, all

Summary: The House took up S. 190, a health care cost-containment bill relating to the Green Mountain Care Board, reference-based pricing, and a study of a public employee health benefit authority. The House first suspended rules to take the bill from the notice calendar, then heard committee reports from Health Care, Ways and Means, and Appropriations. The Health Care committee chair described the bill as a strike-all amendment intended to carry out Act 68’s hospital reference-based pricing timeline, saying it would let the Green Mountain Care Board begin implementation for fiscal year 2027, expand reference-based pricing to qualified health plans and the Vermont Education Health Insurance program, and address hospital pricing transparency, outsourcing, and critical access hospital Medicare outpatient cost-sharing issues. Supporters argued the bill would lower insurance costs, help reduce property taxes, and improve hospital sustainability by reducing the need for hospitals to limit access as they approach revenue caps. The Ways and Means committee said the bill could reduce education spending by lowering health care costs for school employees and reported the bill favorably on a 7-4 vote. The Appropriations committee said it reviewed the bill and an amendment, and noted that much of the detailed language would be changed by the appropriations amendment; it also discussed a possible state innovation waiver under the Affordable Care Act. The Health Care committee reported its strike-all amendment favorably on a 10-0 vote. The bill’s provisions were described in detail, including requiring hospitals and insurers to express rates as a percentage of Medicare, setting a path toward national median hospital prices by 2030, limiting certain reimbursements for QHP and VHI plans, requiring a report on hospital outsourcing and provider tax impacts, and creating a public health system performance tool if funding is available. The speaker also noted that the bill would not affect critical access hospitals or Vermont’s Medicare-dependent hospital in the reimbursement cap provisions, and that critical access hospitals were already working with the Green Mountain Care Board on solutions to Medicare outpatient cost-sharing concerns.

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• ...educate Black and promote and educate people about Black history and culture, as he believed
• <00:35:25.040> in civil rights activist, and educator in civil rights activist, and educator
• But education, some other things.
• Educational Health inequities persist. Educational disparities<01:15:45.920> persist.
• It has been ceremonial education.

Keywords: 981, all

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• <00:03:39.760> has level of training and education has level of training and education has
• ,<00:04:33.120> training,<00:04:33.600> and education, training, and education, training
• education, training, and testing have. education, training, and testing have.
• takes more skill, more education. takes more skill, more education.
• strain on registered nurse education strain on registered nurse education programs.<01:03:23.359

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I'm going to call the House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee to order.
• I serve as the commissioner of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
• Megan Fitzgibbon again with the Office of Higher Education.
• <01:01:23.640> and all benefit from higher education and all benefit from higher education
• <01:30:42.560> repr education repr education repr Robins<01:30:44.960> okay<01:30:45.600

Keywords: 1183, house