Video & Transcript Research : 'connectivity'
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Committee to Study Reducing the Number of School Administrative Units in the State (10/23/25)
Transcript Highlights:
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- ours is to really connect kids back with<00:57:04.160>
learning, <00:57:04.640>help <00 - I think that's way too big to maintain any sense of local connection and control.
- maintain any sense of local connection maintain any sense of local connection and<01:39:05.360><
Summary:
The meeting began with approval of the October 15 minutes and a brief discussion of the committee’s report process, including the likelihood of a minority report and a deadline of November 1 for any separate report. Members then heard from Jod Adams of the New Hampshire Alliance for Public Charter Schools, who gave an overview of charter schools in the state: there are 37 charter schools, with 6,034 students last year, and schools are formed by certified teachers, parents, or nonprofit organizations. She said charter schools receive about $9,180 per pupil in adequacy aid and charter school grant funding, must fundraise for additional money, and are governed by their own boards under their charters and bylaws.
Members asked about admissions, governance, transportation, and special education. Adams said charter schools are open enrollment, not geographically based, and may use lotteries when applications exceed available seats. She explained that districts and charter schools coordinate on special education and busing, with the sending district responsible for special education coordination and certain transportation obligations depending on where the student lives and attends. She also said charter schools are public schools, not selective, and that each school’s board operates independently of the local district school board, though some schools may have special arrangements.
A substantial portion of the discussion focused on funding and statutory obligations. Adams and members discussed how special education aid follows the student, while charter schools do not receive some district-level aid such as catastrophic aid; free and reduced lunch funding and Title funds can go to charter schools. Members also raised concerns that some state laws and administrative rules do not clearly specify whether they apply to charter schools, creating confusion and, in some cases, causing districts to perform services such as dyslexia screening for charter students without additional funding. Adams agreed that clearer statutory language would help and noted that charter schools are subject to many state requirements, including testing and reporting, even though not every public-school rule applies to them.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We're on the other side over here. bridge right now connects the two?
- And so my understanding is that TASB has a program, something called Connected.
- So this ConnectED problem... program is voluntary and free, and it assists governmental entities with
- So then again, you know, we're all connected. We all come out to help each other.
- I mean, it doesn't take much to connect the dots here.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 071 Mar 25th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Great chance to connect with those folks who are doing hard work on behalf of all of our communities.
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those <00:28:02.799>folks <00:28:03.039>who chance to connect with those folks - who chance to connect with those folks who are<00:28:03.360>
doing <00:28:03.520>hard < - They have other tasks and duties connected to the other jobs that they do.
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process deeply connected to due process deeply connected to due process principles
AL
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- Uh, of course you have to be connected to all the utilities because some of it's sanitation issues. >
- Uh, of course you have to be connected.
- to the residential that's not connected to the residential customer.<02:18:16.080>
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That <02:18:50.000>substation there's no connection. - That substation there's no connection.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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them including counseling and connecting them including counseling and connecting - There are many women here in New Hampshire who, when they connect with these pregnancy centers, they
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with <03:53:42.640>these <03:53:42.960>pregnancy they connect
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 13, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Athletic Association copper connections Athletic Association copper connections and<01:57:55.840
- That's just one connection. But then we look over to the U.S.
- That's just one connection. But then we look over to the U.S.
- That's just one connection. But then we look over to the U.S.
- gas on the bottom is in line to connect gas on the bottom is in line to connect to<03:29:05.960>
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, May 19, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Nancy has truly elevated the ability to connect with and serve constituents.
- Nancy has truly elevated the ability to connect with and serve constituents.
- Speaker, in the Western Hemisphere, the PRC opened its crown jewel, a gateway connecting South America
- Speaker, in the Western Hemisphere, the PRC opened its crown jewel, a gateway connecting South America
- who are living with service connected who are living with service connected disabilities,<05:37:
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee Jun 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- These programs connect workers to stable, living-wage jobs while meeting the needs of state employers
- These programs connect workers to stable living wage jobs while meeting the needs of state employers.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement heard three bills. SB 939 by Senator Laird, sponsored by CalPERS, would end new enrollment in the actuarial equivalent reduction option for service credit purchases starting in 2028 and require any unpaid balance at retirement to be paid within 90 days. The author said the change would reduce unintended consequences for members, employers, and CalPERS administration. There was no opposition, and the bill was approved on a unanimous vote and sent to Appropriations.
SB 1038, also by Senator Laird and sponsored by CSEA, would expand CalPERS audit notification procedures so bargaining units receive notice when an employer is audited and receive relevant member information from final audit reports. Supporters said this would help unions protect members from benefit reductions or repayment demands caused by payroll or compensation errors, citing a Kern High School District audit example. Teamsters, the California Labor Federation, and AFSCME testified in support, with no opposition. The committee passed the bill unanimously and sent it to Appropriations.
SB 1227 by Senator Drozdoff/Dorazo (as referenced in the transcript) would require the Department of Industrial Relations to work with unions on apprenticeship pathways into enforcement jobs, such as Cal/OSHA and Labor Commissioner classifications, to address staffing shortages and backlogs. The author and supporters from United Steelworkers, SEIU Local 1000, CSEA, the California Labor Federation, and others argued apprenticeship would create a pipeline of trained workers and improve labor law enforcement. The committee accepted amendments, voted the bill out on a unanimous vote, and re-referred it to the Committee on Labor and Employment.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Policy Mar 13th, 2025
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (01/16/2026)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- for every veteran who's 100% permanently and totally disabled and unable to work due to service-connected
- for every veteran who's 100% permanently and totally disabled and unable to work due to service-connected
- For every veteran who's 100% permanently and totally disabled and unable to work due to service-connected
- life are assumed to be service connected life are assumed to be service connected and<00:26:26.559
- and contributions to the connection and contributions to the community<03:58:22.239>
intact.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (02/27/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- hope and connection to community Statewide<00:08:24.319>
and <00:08:24.479>I <00:08:24.599 - <00:42:23.160>
for <00:42:23.599>families <00:42:24.160>in those connections - for families in those connections for families in communities<00:42:25.800>
and <00:42:26.200> - How do I connect funding to the kids rather than the departments?
- have strategies to be able to connect have strategies to be able to connect that<04:53:27.480>
Summary:
The House Finance Committee’s Division 3 held a public work session on the Behavioral Health budget on February 27, 2025. The chair opened by explaining the schedule, materials, and deadlines for the budget process, and noted there would be no motions or votes in the division that day. Division of Behavioral Health Director Ktia Fox and DHHS CFO Nathan White then walked the committee through the division’s mission, structure, and budget materials, describing the division’s four bureaus: Mental Health Services, Children’s Behavioral Health, Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homeless Services, along with the policy unit. They emphasized the division’s role in oversight, technical assistance, quality assurance, contracting, and the continuum of care from prevention and early intervention through crisis and residential services.
Much of the discussion focused on major programs and funding lines, including the 988 Lifeline contract with Headrest, a technical assistance contract with UNH, Medicaid pass-through payments to New Hampshire Hospital and Glencliff, crisis response services, cold-weather homeless responses, housing supports, and the children’s system of care. Members asked about the UNH contract, the 988 program, crisis stabilization centers, and the peer certification program; Fox explained that the peer certification is a training-and-credentialing pathway for people with lived experience to enter community-based behavioral health work, not a volunteer program. The committee also discussed the “Choose Love” program, which Fox said was created after the Sandy Hook tragedy to build resilience and strength-based emotional regulation in schools and communities.
On the children’s side, Fox described the system of care account as the place where many contracted services are budgeted, including community mental health centers, care management entities, rapid response services, and residential programs. Members asked about temporary staffing, and Fox said roughly $500,000 in temporary staff costs shown in the current year would not be spent next year because the money came from a nonlapsing appropriation in HB 1573 for oversight of children’s residential services. She also said provider rate increases were a prioritized need but were not funded in the governor’s current budget, and that the Children’s Behavioral Health Resource Center was not funded, resulting in about a $1 million reduction. The session ended while the division was still moving through the children’s behavioral health slides, including questions about the Fast Forward high-fidelity wraparound program and medication management.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/11/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
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with on discipline seems to be connected with on discipline seems to be connected - c> between<04:31:52.399>
the Is there any connection between the Is there any connection between - It's called Check and Connect.
- It's um an incredibly and Connect.
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families to serve military connected families to serve military connected families
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Status of Persons with Disabilities Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- I just wanted to, and we can connect offline, get a sense of, you were speaking about a dissemination
- We've had somebody last month and now this month, and I'd love to just have some sort of direct connection
Summary:
The Workforce Support Subcommittee of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities met to discuss workforce issues affecting people who provide services to individuals with disabilities, with a focus on immigration enforcement concerns and an upcoming employment event. Ethan Marks, Deputy Chief of the Health Care Division at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, presented the AGO’s late-January guidance for health care providers and patients on how to respond to ICE activity at health care facilities, what information and access ICE may request, and what protections and access-to-care issues apply. He said the guidance is broad, includes contact information for the Civil Rights Division, and will be updated if federal policy changes. Committee members asked whether residential programs, day programs, DDS/DMH facilities, and similar settings would fall under the guidance; Marks said the guidance is intended to be broad but that specific scenarios may require follow-up with the Civil Rights Division. He also said he was not aware of significant ICE activity at health care facilities so far, though there is fear and some rumors, and members discussed sharing the guidance with hospitals, academic medical institutions, the Health Equity Compact, and other stakeholders.
The subcommittee then reviewed plans for a June 23 State House event titled Strength and Support: Networking and Resource Sharing Event for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities, Personal Care Assistance, Job Coaches, and Inclusive Workplaces. The event will feature a panel-style conversation with prepared questions, success stories, challenges to employment, and strategies to improve outcomes, while also highlighting the shortage of direct support and human services workers. Confirmed or potential participants and partners mentioned included Partners for Youth with Disabilities, MassAbility, NextGen, JVS, the Federation for Children with Special Needs, the PCA Council, and the Arc of Massachusetts, which has launched a PSA campaign for direct support worker hiring. The PCA Council’s resume directory for people interested in becoming PCAs was also noted as a recruitment resource.
Members suggested inviting employers and other stakeholders to the June event, including Eastern Bank, Mass General Brigham, and possibly representatives connected to apprenticeship programs. The group also discussed reaching out to contacts at the Federation and NextGen, and one member suggested Kathy Pitkowskis as a possible connection. The subcommittee said it would continue outreach and finalize the event details, and noted that the next regular meeting will be August 28, with Patricia Wu from EHS scheduled to provide statewide updates.
WI
Wisconsin 2026 1st Special Session
Senate Special Committee on Oversight of the Department of Justice Mar 31st, 2026
Senate Special Committee on Oversight of the Department of Justice
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Jan 20th, 2026 at 11:01 am
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Ceded to us, and then in connection with that transaction as well, we bought the Japanese equity.
- And so we are in the process of... restructuring Texas Central, and in connection with that, that debt
Bills:
HB2007, HB2462, HB2621, HB2921, HB3187, HB3331, HB3332, HJR144, HB3514, HB3528, HB3539, HB3563, HB3720, HB3726, HB3751, HB3859, HB3947, HB4148, HB4164, HB4337, HB4346, HB4368, HB4706, HB4916, HB4950, HB4967, HB5177, HB5603
Keywords:
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Mar 24th, 2025
TX
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 5th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- expanding the current FDVA health survey and coordination efforts to ensure that veterans are being connected
- require Veterans Florida and FDVA to have a little more interoperability on helping veterans get connected
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services took up two bills. Senator Burgess presented SB 116, the Senate Veterans Package, which would reduce the number of Veterans Hall of Fame nominations, expand FDVA health survey and coordination efforts, add mental health training to the veterans suicide prevention pilot program, fix statutory references, improve coordination between Veterans Florida and FDVA, and require FDVA to develop a plan for adult day health care facilities for veterans and their families. An amendment was adopted to appropriate $300,000 for the suicide prevention training pilot and $50,000 for the health survey. The bill was supported in debate, especially for the adult day care provision, and CS/SB 116 was reported favorably by roll call vote.
The committee then heard SB 294 by Senator Harrell, which would exclude specified cardiac conditions—such as heart failure, coronary heart disease, and cardiac arrhythmias—from the list of chronic health conditions that may be managed under collaborative pharmacy practice agreements. Senator Harrell argued that these complex conditions require direct physician involvement and that pharmacists should not be making medication changes for severe cardiac patients based on protocols alone. Senator Rouson asked why heart conditions had been included previously, and Vice Chair Davis asked about fiscal impact; Harrell said there would be no state cost, though patients might face additional out-of-pocket expenses, which she said could be offset by avoiding more serious complications.
Public testimony on SB 294 was divided. The Florida Pharmacy Association opposed the bill, arguing that collaborative practice agreements are voluntary, physician-controlled, and already include safeguards, and that pharmacists are highly trained to help manage chronic conditions and improve access and outcomes. A cardiologist with the Florida Chapter of the American College of Cardiology supported the bill, warning that cardiac patients are complex and that pharmacists may make dangerous decisions without the full clinical picture. Senator Burton also supported the bill, saying the original collaborative practice framework was not intended to let pharmacists diagnose or treat serious cardiac disease. SB 294 was then reported favorably by roll call vote. At the end of the meeting, Senators Rodriguez and Garcia asked to be recorded in the affirmative on SB 116, and the committee adjourned without further business.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider Amendment of Rule 6(b) of the Committee Rules to establish the reporting quorum, an original resolution to provide for the funding of the Committee for the 119th Congress, and the nominations of Douglas Burgum, of North D Jan 23rd, 2025 at 08:30 am
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Fortunately, there's nearly 2.6 terawatts of generation and storage capacity waiting to connect to the
- They want to connect to the grid and are confident that they can make money doing it.