Bills: HB145 , SB37 , HB279 , HB292 , SB35 , SB48 , SB20 , SJR1 , SB38 , SB41 , SB73 , SB100 , SB111 , SB132 , SB152 , SJR7 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM39 , HM29 , HM43 , HM59 , HM30 , HM52 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB2 , HB70 , HB180 , SB151 , SB240 , SB273 , HB95 , HB247 , HB332 , HB8 , HB253 , HB4 , HB96

Keywords: high-wage jobs, tax credit, job creation, New Mexico, economic development, high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education

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• SO THIS IS ONE OF THE GRANTS IN THE 2023 2024 SCHOOL YEAR.
• SO WHAT IS A MATCHING GRANT?
• A MATCHING GRANT IS A SUBGRANT FROM THE CONSORTIUM TO A DISTRICT FOUNDATION AND EACH MATCHING GRANT IS
• THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE GRANT IS TO PROVIDE CHALLENGE GRANT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATIONS AND PROGRAMS
• STATE GRANTS OR FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY.

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• To the creation of an environmental product declaration grant program for manufacturers of ready-mixed
• Again, people tend not to get a lawyer until their contested case hearing request is granted, if they
• Again, people tend not to get a lawyer until their contested case hearing request is granted, if they
• So I The assertions necessary to be granted party status without the benefit of counsel.
• So, professionally, I've been involved with dozens of public funding grant applications.

Bills: HB5057 , HB4519 , HB5033 , HB3997 , HB 1237 , HB1904 , HB4400 , HB 1227

Committee: House Environmental Regulation

Keywords: solid waste management, exclusive contracts, public agency, contract amendment, notification requirements, Texas Health and Safety Code, Texas Emissions Reduction Plan, TERP, air quality, emissions reduction, clean fleet, alternative fuel, natural gas vehicles, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen infrastructure, diesel replacement, fleet grants, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, clean school buses

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 1904, which would classify intentionally released helium balloons as litter and create criminal penalties for balloon releases. The author and supportive witnesses argued that balloon releases harm wildlife, livestock, waterways, and infrastructure, and that the bill would close a loophole in current litter law. Several members questioned whether criminal penalties were appropriate, and the author said he was willing to work toward civil penalties and fines instead. No vote was taken, and HB 1904 was left pending. The committee then took up several pending bills and reported them favorably to the full House, including HB 3249, HB 3866, HB 4112, HB 1768, HB 1499, HB 573, and HB 464. These measures dealt with topics such as TCEQ contested-case procedures, outdoor storage containers, high-level radioactive waste, concrete plant permitting and grants, unannounced concrete batch plant inspections, and a scrap tire grant program. Most were adopted with substitutes and passed on recorded votes, generally with unanimous or near-unanimous support. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 3997, which would create expedited permitting timelines for LNG facilities and related wastewater permits. Industry witnesses said the bill would provide certainty for multibillion-dollar projects without eliminating public participation, while environmental groups opposed parts of the bill that they said could limit contested-case participation and be unrealistic for SOAH timelines. TCEQ staff described the current wastewater permitting process and said some of the bill’s timing provisions could be workable, especially with an expedited fee. The bill was left pending after the author said he would continue working on committee substitute language. The committee also heard HB 1237 on extending the renewal window for expired TCEQ occupational water licenses, and HB 4519, a TERP consolidation bill that would combine several clean transportation grant programs into fewer programs. HB 1237 was left pending without testimony, while HB 4519 drew broad support from environmental and industry witnesses who favored simplifying the program, though some asked for stronger emphasis on particulate matter and hydrogen funding. The committee withdrew the substitute on HB 4519 and left it pending. Finally, HB 5033, which would eliminate the motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance program if federal authority changes, drew opposition from environmental and inspection-industry witnesses who warned it would weaken air-quality protections and could remove an important enforcement tool. The author said the bill was intended as a trigger mechanism and would be refined, and HB 5033 was left pending. The committee also heard HB 1227 on municipal solid-waste franchise fees and private-provider access; the author said he would bring a substitute after hearing concerns from cities, and the bill was left pending.

Transcript Highlights:

• This data, in addition to new postsecondary data from the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education and
• This program provides grants to... ...general fund for the dual enrollment opportunities grant program
• grants to mirror the funding levels of planning or startup grants.
• first version of this grant program.
• The Charter School Facility Grant Program is The Charter School Facility Grant Program is a model.

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• Central Minnesota was one of the communities that received a grant to work harder for the Minnesotans
• Central Minnesota was one of the communities that received a grant to work harder for the Minnesotans
• Central Minnesota was one of the communities that received a grant to work harder for the Minnesotans
• </c><00:15:24.279><c> program</c> creating this whole new grant program creating this whole new grant
• </c><00:15:33.120><c> and</c> the many kids implementation grants and the many kids implementation grants

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• Grant in your mercy a just and honest government.
• Grant these who govern to lead everyone together so that the people live in harmony and truth.
• Currently, you have the president of the Council on Postsecondary Education.
• And we would also have the president of the Council on Postsecondary Education serve as chair of that
• House Bills 367, 372, 377, and 378 to postsecondary education.

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• The project includes the construction of a... and grant reallocations requiring action and grant reallocations
• </c> and light item sewer and water grants and light item sewer and water grants requiring<00:25:16.400
• The Grant County Sanit Sanitary meeting.
• > KIA</c><00:29:12.000><c> through</c><00:29:12.240><c> the</c> EPA grants to KIA through the EPA grants
• </c> federal grant conditions. federal grant conditions.

Summary: The meeting began with routine business, including a quorum call, approval of the April minutes, and several informational reports. Those information items covered upcoming general obligation debt for Bullitt, Jefferson, and Warren counties; Kentucky Communications Network Authority updates tied to House Bill 6; Eastern Kentucky University asset preservation reallocations under House Bill 1; and School Facilities Construction Commission debt activity, including 20 prior debt issues totaling about $386 million with roughly 85% locally supported debt service and 15% SFCC participation. Members then discussed concerns about a Kentucky Communications Network Authority project, focusing on a reported discrepancy between an appropriation of $12.927 million and an apparent payment of about $8.532 million on a project with a cost estimate of $12.449 million. Several members asked for more detailed written information before the next Capital Projects meeting, noting that a lawsuit is pending and that they wanted to better understand the basis for the request and the spending to date. The committee also heard and unanimously approved a donor-funded Northern Kentucky University project to renovate tennis courts, with possible pickleball additions, after questions about why approval was needed, the project’s estimated $3 million cost, and its expected minimal ongoing operating costs. The committee next received Kentucky State University pool allocation reports for three projects: a $2 million McCullen Hall renovation, a $1.75 million walkway and miscellaneous repairs project, and a $2 million academic services building roof-and-window project. A member asked specifically about curb cuts and accessibility in the walkway project, and Kentucky State said existing curb cuts would be repaired and additional accessibility issues would be reviewed by engineers. The lease report from the Finance and Administration Cabinet included one lease modification requiring approval for the Attorney General’s office in Franklin County and one no-action modification for the Board of Cosmetology; the Attorney General lease was approved by roll call vote. Finally, the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority presented five loans and 37 grants, with action taken on the loan and grant items. The loans included a Hodgenville wastewater treatment plant increase, a Grant County sewer district treatment plant loan, a Mount Sterling dam rehabilitation loan, and two Morganfield drinking water loans for granular activated carbon treatment, one with full principal forgiveness. Members asked about the Morganfield project’s purpose and were told it was a remediation effort for a water-quality concern, and they also raised questions about engineering fees, which KIA said are compared against a U.S. Rural Development fee schedule that is industry accepted. The committee also reviewed cleaner water program grant reallocations from county allocation pools.

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• I'm currently pursuing my postsecondary education with the child and family specialty at the University
• In addition to this economic benefit of providing funds for regional kitchens, the Land-Grant?
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• </c><00:18:38.200><c> education</c><00:18:38.919><c> with</c> pursuing my postsecondary education with
• pursuing my postsecondary education with the<00:18:39.159><c> child</c><00:18:39.360><c> and</c><00:

Committee: House Agriculture & Food Systems

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• </c> overseen by the Council on postsecondary overseen by the Council on postsecondary education<00:07
• Education, two years as House chair, now chair of postsecondary.
• Education, two years as House chair, now chair of postsecondary.
• Education, two years as House chair, now chair of postsecondary.
• Education, two years as House chair, now chair of postsecondary.

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 305, which would clarify and expand a healthcare workforce bill to explicitly include physician assistants and dietitians in efforts to address shortages, especially in rural areas. Rep. Fleming said the change was intended to help with Medicaid-related needs such as diabetes care and noted a decline in dietitian internship applications. Rep. Roarx supported the bill, emphasizing the value of dietitians in helping patients make practical nutrition changes. The bill received a unanimous favorable expression, 14-0, and was reported to the House floor. The committee then considered House Bill 427, which would create statewide 60-credit-hour transfer pathways for high-demand bachelor’s degree programs under the Council on Postsecondary Education. Rep. Grossl explained the bill is meant to prevent students from losing major credit when transferring between KCTCS and four-year institutions, using nursing as an example. Questions focused on rigor, dual credit, how high-demand programs would be selected, and the July 1, 2026 implementation date; the sponsor said CPE and faculty would map curricula and align standards. The Kentucky Student Rights Coalition testified in support, saying the bill would help students complete degrees faster and make credits count toward majors. HB 427 also passed unanimously, 14-0, with favorable expression. The committee then took up House Bill 424, as amended by a committee substitute. Rep. Tipton said the substitute removed language allowing up to six-year contracts and instead set up a process for four-year contracts and periodic performance reviews for faculty, including presidents, at public postsecondary institutions. He said the bill is intended to give universities clearer authority to remove underperforming employees and be more efficient with taxpayer dollars. Several faculty witnesses opposed the bill, arguing it would erode tenure protections, create arbitrary performance standards, and harm recruitment, retention, and academic freedom. The committee adopted the substitute and heard testimony, but no final vote on HB 424 is shown in the transcript excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• Every kid does need some sort of postsecondary credential of some kind.
• Up next, House Bill 307, and after laying the proactive postsecondary admissions...
• Up next, House Bill 307, and after laying the proactive postsecondary admissions...
• Second, it helps the postsecondaries collect unpaid debt from enrollment-related issues.
• </c><01:01:19.080><c> collect</c> is it helps the postsecondaries collect is it helps the postsecondaries

Committee: Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill 94, an act relating to postsecondary education. Representative Gracel.
• House Bill 96, an act related to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency
• House Bill 94, an act relating to postsecondary education. Representative Gracel.
• House Bill 96, an act related to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency
• House Bill 224, an act relating to the establishment of a grant database.

Transcript Highlights:

• We call this fourth meeting of the House Standing Committee on Postsecondary Education to order.
• <00:08:16.159><c> institutions</c> postsecondary institutions postsecondary institutions to<00:08:18.680
• One of them is the Strategic Committee on Postsecondary Education.
• </c> Strategic committee on postsecondary Strategic committee on postsecondary education<00:18:19.600
• I think all these are coming from the Council on Postsecondary Education.

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 276, which would revise the membership of the performance-based funding work group for postsecondary education. Representative Tipton explained that the committee substitute changes the group so the CPE president chairs it as a nonvoting member, all nine university and KCTCS presidents serve as nonvoting advisory members, and the voting members are three House members, three Senate members, the state budget director, and one gubernatorial appointee. He said the goal was to reduce deadlock among institutions and allow legislators to deliberate before meetings. Some members raised concerns that the change shifts influence away from the universities and toward the legislature, but Tipton said he had not heard pushback from the presidents. The committee adopted the substitute and passed HB 276 with an expression of opinion that it should pass with the committee substitute attached; several members voted yes, while Representative Roarx voted no and Representative Stalker passed. The committee then considered House Bill 711, another bill sponsored by Representative Baker and presented by Representative Tipton. Tipton said the measure is a cleanup bill for postsecondary statutes, repealing outdated provisions for groups that have not met in years, including the Strategic Committee on Postsecondary Education, the STEM Initiative Task Force, and local P-16 councils, and removing obsolete language about one-time board appointments. It also strikes the statutory definition of remedial education because Kentucky public postsecondary institutions no longer offer remedial classes, instead using transitional courses with wraparound support that count for credit. A question was raised about whether Senate confirmation requirements for some appointees had been removed in the committee substitute, and Tipton confirmed they had. The committee then passed HB 711 with an expression of opinion that it should pass with the committee substitute attached. After the bills, the committee reviewed administrative regulations from the Council on Postsecondary Education. CPE Senior Vice President and General Counsel Travis Pahl explained that the regulations update the performance funding model for the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to reflect changes made by Senate Bill 191, including a Community Needs Index that reallocates part of an equity adjustment based on regional poverty, unemployment, and labor participation across the 16 colleges. Members were told the committee could ask questions, propose amendments, or find the regulations deficient, but no further action was taken. The meeting then adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• Those initial people getting those granting, which again is only about 100, maybe even less, that have
• So not the assumption being if that fee cap was granted, the assumption... Right.
• So not the assumption being if that fee cap was granted, the assessment through the regulatory process
• So not the assumption being if that fee cap was granted, the assessment through the regulatory process
• More authority for schools, not necessarily to contradict what the Bureau of Private Postsecondary does

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• organizational National Signing Day activities related to the acceptance of athletic scholarships for postsecondary
• started that I see athletic signing days all the time, and I just love the opportunity to see postsecondary
• You can see that on your pass out in our Alabama K-12 schools and postsecondary institutions by providing
• This one is to re-engage the Alabama Grant.
• College age, they are eligible for this grant, and it's for either their first bachelor’s degree or if

Bills: SB92 , HB9 , HB9

Committee: House Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:

• The Committee on Education Postsecondary will now come to order. Secretary, please call the roll.
• Welcome to the first meeting of the Education Postsecondary Committee.
• Our committee jurisdiction covers over 1.5 million students in both public and private postsecondary
• And sometimes they are funded from federal grant programs.
• There have been 170 competitive federal grants through HPMI.

Committee: Senate Education Postsecondary

Summary: The Education Postsecondary Committee held its first meeting and focused on state university centers and institutes, with an overview from the Board of Governors on how the more than 500 centers and institutes across Florida’s public universities are categorized, overseen, and reported. The Board described three categories: state-level centers, legislatively established centers, and university-established centers. Members were told universities must maintain policies, notify the Board of changes, publish public inventories, and submit annual reports and compliance certifications. Senator Harrell asked about funding sources and whether underperforming centers are reviewed for elimination; the response was that funding varies by center and that universities decide whether to maintain or disband centers under their own policies, with annual reporting and audit findings shared with the Board. Four university presentations followed. Florida Atlantic University highlighted its Center of Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology, describing research in marine-derived drug discovery, genomics, imaging, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and ocean sustainability, along with spin-off institutes and partnerships that have generated significant grant and contract support. FIU presented its Center of Excellence for Hurricane Damage Mitigation and Product Development, emphasizing the Wall of Wind facility, hurricane and water intrusion testing, code and product innovation, insurance modeling, and future expansion toward higher wind speeds and flood simulation. Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute described work in advanced materials, aerospace composites, sensors, nanocomposites, and AI-enabled materials development, along with patents, industry partnerships, and new facilities tied to economic development. The University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Learning outlined its work on teacher professional learning, literacy, New Worlds Reading, tutoring, and mathematics supports, including microcredentials, statewide book distribution, and early results showing improved reading confidence and growth. Members generally praised the centers for their research, commercialization, workforce development, and education impacts. Senator Jones and Senator Harrell commended the Lastinger Center’s literacy work and the broader return on investment from these programs, while Senator Berman noted the value of the synergies across institutions. The chair emphasized that future funding requests should clearly show measurable success, commercialization, and statewide impact. The committee then adjourned without any formal votes on legislation.

Transcript Highlights:

• Then that can be explored in the production incentive and grant version.
• sequestration grant.
• And it's via a grant program. We're calling it a rebate because, colloquially, that is what it is.
• and incentives. the programs and provide the grants and incentives.
• And I had Grant County for six years, and they have a lot of juniper.

Bills: HB253 , HB153 , HB255 , HB287 , HB371 , SB151 , HB8 , SB177

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: distance learning, virtual instruction, public education, student enrollment, school funding, education standards, pandemic education response, low-carbon construction, construction materials, rebate, environmental product declaration, EPD, embodied carbon, carbon intensity, greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonization, industrial incentives, clean manufacturing, cement, concrete

Bills: SB151 , HB8 , SB177 , HB253 , HB153 , HB255 , HB287 , HB371 , SB151 , HB8 , SB177

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: corporate income tax, franchise tax, gross receipts tax, tax credit, tax deduction, controlled foreign corporation, CFC, bonus depreciation, interest expense, apportionment, unitary group, high-wage jobs tax credit, local journalism, news media, newspaper printer, physician incentive, health care workforce, affordable housing, multifamily housing, construction materials

Transcript Highlights:

• This would add grants.
• program administering or administered from the water supply account. grant permit grants to political
• Texas Water Development Board to adopt rules establishing eligibility requirements for the these grants
• The fifth supports drainage infrastructure through grants and zero interest loans to cities. counties
• it and that's why we believe these other counties should be granted. it.

Bills: HB1520 , HB1525 , HB1530 , HB1535 , HB2068 , HB2091 , HB2347 , HB2372 , HB2805 , HB2815 , HB2867 , HB3154 , HB3482 , HB3483 , HB3663 , HB3781 , HB3901 , HB3915 , HB4135 , HB4153 , HB4158 , HB4329 , HB4331

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: Angelina and Neches River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, Special District Local Laws Code, local government, natural resources, board of directors, director training, board governance, public testimony, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, ethics, complaint system, general manager, board president, staggered terms, removal of director

Transcript Highlights:

• So right now the Texas Grant Management Standards or TGMS.
• consistent standards for state-administered grant programs.
• the permit, we're intentionally granting the permit.
• Did I grant less than I should? Things like that or rulemaking issues.
• So those are the small community grants.

Bills: HB1520 , HB1525 , HB1530 , HB1535 , HB2068 , HB2091 , HB2347 , HB2372 , HB2805 , HB2815 , HB2867 , HB3154 , HB3482 , HB3483 , HB3663 , HB3781 , HB3901 , HB3915 , HB4135 , HB4153 , HB4158 , HB4329 , HB4331

Committee: House Natural Resources

Keywords: Angelina and Neches River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, Special District Local Laws Code, local government, natural resources, board of directors, director training, board governance, public testimony, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, ethics, complaint system, general manager, board president, staggered terms, removal of director

Transcript Highlights:

• Chair, House Bill 2239 establishes the child care grant program and the child care infrastructure fund
• The fund consists of legislative appropriations, grants, gifts, contributions, and devices.
• entity that is interested in opening a child care facility to the list of eligible applicants for grant
• HB 2239 would provide workforce grants for a new child care center in Prescott Valley at the Prescott
• Initially, my ex-husband pled guilty to strangling his high school stepson but was granted 50-50 shared

Bills: HB2041 , HB2144 , HB2239 , HB2321 , HB2371 , HB2594 , HB2661 , HB2662 , HB2793 , HB2968 , HB2995

Committees: Senate Federalism and Family Law , Senate Senate Federalism and Family Law Committee of Reference

Keywords: child neglect, financial resources, behavioral health, Christian Science treatment, parental rights, child support, preborn children, retroactive support, medical expenses, child welfare, child care, grant program, low-income, early learning, infrastructure, economic growth, security freeze, credit reporting, dependent children, parental notification