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• AB 2060 is a bill to strengthen California's teacher pipeline by supporting mentor teachers—experienced
• mentor teachers who help prepare the next generation of educators.
• teachers to new classroom teachers. ...and support this practice of school districts providing mentor
• role of experienced classroom teachers who mentor student-teacher candidates.
• role of experienced classroom teachers who mentor student-teacher candidates.

Committee: Senate Education

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• I learned that as a math teacher.
• I learned that as a math teacher.
• “I think it reminds me of older education, where you'd have a teacher mentor in the one-room schoolhouse
• And I think, I think it reminds me of kind of like older education where you'd have a teacher, mentor
• that, you know, in the one room, education where you'd have a teacher mentor that, you know, in the

Committee: Senate Education

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• I was just looking at page one, line 22, where it takes out the one-to-one mentoring.
• I was just looking at page one line 22 where it takes out the one-to-one mentoring.
• kids, how many teachers per infant or how many teachers per student.
• This regards how many teachers with certain credentialing.
• kids, how many teachers per infant or how many teachers per student.

Bills: HB3131 , HB3380 , HB3502 , HB3552 , HB3849 , HB3886 , HB3907 , HB4201 , HB4302 , HB3448 , HB3409 , HB4095 , HB3637

Committee: House Children, Youth and Family Services

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 3552, which would let child care providers bridge the gap between subsidy reimbursement rates and tuition rates. An amendment was adopted unanimously to make the bill subject to approval by the Administration for Children and Families, with the author explaining it was intended to protect federal DHS funding. The bill then passed on a 4-1 vote. Members then heard several child welfare and human services measures. House Bill 3380, on foster care reform and DHS transparency, passed 5-0 after questions about how public input and scoring would be documented. House Bill 3502, the parental rights and child welfare bill, passed 4-1 after debate over whether the bill addressed a real problem and whether resources would be better spent recruiting foster parents. House Bill 3849, updating and broadening a mentoring program for children and youth, passed 5-0, and House Bill 3886, requiring Health Department personnel to remain on site after an immediate jeopardy finding at a nursing home until a removal plan is accepted, also passed 5-0. The committee also approved House Bill 3907, which would prohibit certain facilities serving vulnerable juveniles and adults from being staffed through temporary staffing agencies, on a 5-0 vote. House Bill 4201, changing master teacher requirements in licensed child care from license capacity to actual enrollment, passed unanimously after discussion of how staffing ratios would work in practice. House Bill 4302, as amended, passed unanimously after removing subpoena language and instead allowing the Office of Juvenile System Oversight to disclose a complainant’s identity to law enforcement when needed to protect safety. House Bill 3448, requiring umbrella insurance coverage for certain child care caregivers, and House Bill 3409, streamlining recertification for five-star child care providers, both passed unanimously. House Bill 4095, reauthorizing and clarifying the 211 collaborative as the state lead entity for hotline services, also passed 6-0. The most extensive debate came on House Bill 3131, which would establish statewide baseline standards for transparency, public safety, and health safety in homeless shelters and create an advisory board. Members raised concerns about local control, rural county burdens, agency workload, and whether the bill duplicated existing requirements, while the author said he was open to further changes, including strike title and possible population-based exceptions. Despite objections, the bill advanced to the Oversight Committee on a 4-3 vote. Before adjournment, the chair said the committee would begin a deeper review of OCCY multidisciplinary teams and CAC child advocacy groups in upcoming meetings.

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• Senators, we will now take up Tab 2, CS for CSSB 182 on school teacher training and mentoring programs
• in schools earning a D or F to act as mentors to classroom teachers.
• Teacher mentors must have at least three years of Teacher mentors must have at least three years of teaching
• and schools earnings a D or ELF to act as mentors to classroom teachers.
• Teacher mentors must have at least three years of teaching experience, earn a highly effective rating

Committee: Senate Fiscal Policy

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• They do two years of mentoring and a beginning teacher assistance program.
• teacher workforce.
• These candidates will participate in district mentoring and beginning teacher assistance program.
• We'd provide them with a mentor teacher, coaching that they need to be successful.
• It is just the mentoring program within your local school district, the beginning teacher assistant program

Committee: House Elementary and Secondary Education

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• Finally, we have teacher training, mentoring, and support programs.
• This begins with the Teacher Licensure and Mentoring Program, which covers Arkansas induction program
• She asked how much training a mentor teacher receives in working with multilingual learners, English
• So one is the mentor teachers and then in number three, improving teacher quality state grants assist
• So what my question is, is I'm curious as to how much training does a mentor teacher received does a

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• So we've gotten to watch her move from being a teacher into a role of being a teacher leader, winning
• So we've gotten to watch her move from being a teacher into a role of being a teacher leader, winning
• So we've gotten to watch her move from being a teacher into a role of being a teacher leader, winning
• </c><00:29:25.760><c> can</c> resources and activities teachers can resources and activities teachers
• ><c> from</c> of teacher experts, teacher leaders from of teacher experts, teacher leaders from across

Bills: HB187 , HB98 , HB360 , HB394 , HB398 , HB388 , HB187 , HB98 , HB360 , HB394 , HB398 , HB388

Committee: House Ways and Means Education

Keywords: school safety, emergency response, training, public safety, Alyssa's Law, law enforcement, scholarship, tuition assistance, dependent education, Alabama, blackout license plate, HB360, Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday, sales tax holiday, firearms, guns, ammunition, bullets, primers, gun accessories

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• role of journey worker, which means a mentor teacher.
• I am a mentor teacher with 26 years of classroom experience and have been supporting teacher apprenticeship
• a dedicated mentor teacher for the whole school year.
• </c> Minneapolis alongside a dedicated Mentor Minneapolis alongside a dedicated Mentor teacher<01:42:
• That was mostly to use those funds to pay for our residents to teach alongside our mentor teacher.

Committee: Senate Education Finance

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• </c><00:48:58.160><c> teacher</c> just kind of whatever my mentor teacher just kind of whatever my mentor
• as they are mentored by master teachers, and it can remove the barrier of working without any pay.
• as they are mentored by master teachers, and it can remove the barrier of working without any pay.
• as they are mentored by master teachers, and it can remove the barrier of working without any pay.
• that</c><00:59:33.119><c> would</c> teacher mentor teacher what that would teacher mentor teacher what

Bills: HF3635 , HF3638

Committee: House Education Policy

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• Senate Bill 1884 is a bill to expand equal access to teachers by all statewide teacher associations,
• are teachers.
• those teachers.
• It does not hurt teachers.
• , teacher mental health, and student and teacher safety.

Bills: SB1632 , SB1594 , SB2045 , SB1251 , SB1884 , SB1250 , SB1630 , SB1262 , SB1374 , SB1292 , SB1432 , SB1199 , SB1790 , SB1481 , SB1614 , SB1734 , SB1437 , SB1489 , SB1718 , SB1778

Committee: Senate Education

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• a math mentor for other teachers, teachers, teachers, launching<00:18:55.480><c> a</c><00:18:55.560><
• Additionally, Jessica served as the fifth-grade level chair and has been a mentor teacher for the past
• </c><00:21:21.320><c> 7</c><00:21:21.600><c> years,</c> mentor teacher for the past 7 years, mentor teacher
• </c> Complex Area Teacher of the Year. Complex Area Teacher of the Year.
• Complex Area Teacher of the Year.

Bills: HB1576 , HB2490 , HB1546 , HB1588

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• Teacher residents will be allowed to fulfill the teacher commitment at any public school in New Mexico
• The only thing I would add is that indexing the teacher resident stipends to a level one teacher salary
• But paid or not, that teacher preparation experience was essential to the success I had as a teacher.
• We can also attract more teachers who look like me and diversify our teacher workforce.
• It allows residents to be placed with strong mentor teachers, even when a district may not have an immediate

Bills: SB83 , SB106 , SB107 , SB123 , SJR1

Committee: House House Education

Keywords: ecological monitoring, sustainability, tribal engagement, education, research funding, graduate scholarship, higher education funding, New Mexico, appropriation, financial aid, out-of-school programming, education funding, youth programs, affordability, nonprofit organizations, defibrillators, public schools, health and safety, emergency response, school elections

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• lot of my friends are teachers.
• those teachers.
• It does not hurt teachers.
• Where in the world would we actually say that because you're giving teachers... ...Not hurt teachers.
• I've spoken with a lot of teachers. They're in support. I actually spoke with a teacher.

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of education bills, with several measures passing on bipartisan votes. Early items included SB 1632 on career readiness assessments and college credit pathways, SB 1594 requiring principals to be trained in special education law, SB 2045 establishing 30 minutes of daily recess for younger grades, and SB 1630 allowing districts to count a day of virtual instruction when high school students are taking statewide assessments. Other bills passed addressed school security funds (SB 1251, adding licensed mental health services as an allowable use), teacher association access (SB 1884), library book complaints and penalties (SB 1250), human trafficking survivors’ access to higher education (SB 1262), reduced-price meals moving students into free meal status (SB 1374), high-dosage tutoring for early literacy (SB 1292), and the repeal of the sunset on the Innovative Pathways to Teaching Program (SB 1432). Votes were generally favorable, though SB 1251 and SB 1884 drew the most debate and both passed 8-3, while SB 1250 passed 7-3 and SB 1374 passed 9-1. Several bills generated extended discussion over local control, school safety, and teacher retention. SB 1251 drew concerns that school security funds were being broadened beyond physical security, while supporters argued mental health supports can also improve safety. SB 1884 prompted questions about whether it would open collective bargaining or negotiation meetings to other associations; the author said the intent was to prevent “closed shops” and ensure equal access, while opponents argued equal access already exists and the bill could create confusion. SB 1790, the Protected Learning Environments Act, drew testimony from educator Dr. Elizabeth Pleasant about classroom discipline, teacher burnout, and student behavior; the bill would direct SDE to provide guidance for a three-tier discipline matrix, and it passed 7-2. SB 1481, increasing recess to 40 minutes and prohibiting it as punishment, and SB 1614, limiting adjunct teachers in early grades, also passed after brief discussion. The committee also heard broader policy proposals on federal uncertainty and school leadership. SB 1489 would prepare Oklahoma for a possible federal block grant of IDEA funds, fold some parent-rights and principal-training provisions into state law, and address the cost and backlog of special education dispute resolution; it passed 9-0. SB 1718 proposed an Oklahoma Principal Leadership Development Program for new and early-career principals, with discussion focused on program structure, portability, and stipends. Throughout the meeting, members repeatedly emphasized teacher support, student safety, and the balance between state guidance and local district discretion.

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• act. and mentoring act. and mentoring act.
• The mentoring act was a give for people who mentoring act was a give for people who mentoring act was
• aids and let's put they had teacher aids and let's put they had teacher aids and let's put teacher aids
• keep as many teachers, you keep to keep as many teachers, you keep teachers by paying them by what?
• You you keep teachers by paying them You you keep teachers by paying them You you keep teachers by paying

Bills: HB 29 , HB 125 , HB 145 , HB 171 , HB 255 , HB 50 , HB 796 , HB 363 , HB 116 , HB 491 , HB 589 , HB 1495 , HB 368 , HB 1285 , HB 1905 , HB 1360 , HB 2002 , HB 917 , HB 2723 , HB 2067 , HB 1238 , HB 2337 , HB 745 , HB 1188 , HB 1606 , HB 2003 , HB 2147 , HB 2391 , HB 2355 , HB 2546 , HB 2495 , HB 2818 , HB 2249 , HB 1749 , HB 3109 , HB 3228 , HB 3240 , HB 1507 , HB 658 , HB 1748 , HB 1851 , HB 1922 , HB 2001 , HB 2798 , HB 107 , HCR 29 , SB 5 , SB 262 , HB 11 , HJR 72 , HB 106 , HB 18 , HB 48 , HB 27 , HB 37 , HB 1481 , HB 581 , HB 1696 , HB 2216 , HB 1035 , HB 1633 , HB 742 , HB 754 , HB 1689 , HB 1690 , HB 2669 , HB 391 , HB 517 , HB 1024 , HB 1607 , HB 252 , HB 1716 , HB 1562 , HB 4116 , HB 1866 , HB 1741 , HB 2103 , HB 2637 , HB 2884 , HB 503 , HB 1089 , HB 2986 , HB 972 , HB 502 , HB 29 , HB 125 , HB 145 , HB 171 , HB 255 , HB 50 , HB 796 , HB 363 , HB 116 , HB 491 , HB 589 , HB 1495 , HB 368 , HB 1285 , HB 1905 , HB 1360 , HB 2002 , HB 917 , HB 2723 , HB 2067 , HB 1238 , HB 2337 , HB 745 , HB 1188 , HB 1606 , HB 2003 , HB 2147 , HB 2391 , HB 2355 , HB 2546 , HB 2495 , HB 2818 , HB 2249 , HB 1749 , HB 3109 , HB 3228 , HB 3240 , HB 1507 , HB 658 , HB 1748 , HB 1851 , HB 1922 , HB 2001 , HB 2798 , HB 107 , HCR 29

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• Chairman, if a teacher chose not to highlight the fact that this was a moment of silence, the teacher
• I talk to some of my teachers.
• Teacher-leader endorsements or those that serve in a mentor or leadership position.
• a mentor or leadership position.
• So as a, you know, I've served as a mentor to new teachers.

Committee: House Education

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• in schools earning a D or F to act as mentors to classroom teachers.
• Teacher mentors must have at least three years of teaching experience, earn a highly effective rating
• in schools earning a D or F to act as mentors to classroom teachers.
• Teacher mentors must have at least three years of teaching experience, earn a highly effective rating
• Teacher mentors must have at least three years of teaching experience, earn a highly effective rating

Bills: S0042 , S0688 , S0762 , S1168 , S1296 , S1298 , S1300 , S1318 , S1332 , S1376 , S1548 , S1570 , S1574 , S1632 , S1634 , S1750

Committee: Senate Fiscal Policy

Summary: The committee first took up CS for SB 42 on specific medical diagnosis and child protective investigations. A late-file strike-all amendment was adopted that made only stylistic changes to align with the House version. Supporters said the bill would help DCF and child protective teams better identify rare medical conditions and give parents a chance to defend against mistaken abuse findings. The bill was then reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1570, which restores a prior program to help locate missing persons with special needs through voluntary tracking devices and coordination with sheriff’s offices and CARD centers, with nonrecurring funding included. Members then advanced several education, disability, and public services measures. CS for CSSB 182 created a teacher training and mentoring program for high-performing current and retired teachers to mentor teachers in D- and F-rated schools, and CS for CSSB 794 required background screening for employees in residential and day training programs for people with developmental disabilities while directing APD to study support coordination quality, workforce issues, and service gaps. Testimony on SB 794 strongly supported better training, lower caseloads, and more consistent support coordination. The committee also favorably reported CS for CS SB 1168 on background screenings, CS for CS SB 214 to allow rural special districts to pay verified invoices directly, CS for SB 1376 to create grants for genetic counseling education, and SB 1574 (Maddie’s Law) to add newborn screening for biliary atresia; the latter drew emotional support and testimony that early screening could save lives and reduce transplant costs. The committee heard and passed a number of other policy bills, including CS for CS for SB 1510, the DEP agency package, after environmental groups warned that one provision could delay basin management protections and allow more septic systems in impaired watersheds; the bill still passed favorably. Members also approved CS for CS for SB 598 on funeral and cemetery regulation, SB 688 to license naturopathic doctors, SB 1318 on scholarship account reversion rules, CS for CS for SB 682 on domestic violence injunctions and penalties, SB 130 on workforce training for current and former inmates, and SB 1548, the latest Live Local affordable housing update. Several bills were briefly postponed or taken up later in the meeting. In the latter portion of the meeting, the committee approved CS for C.S. for SB 536 on criminal gang membership criteria, CS for C.S. SB 762 on assigning conflict capital cases across regional counsel offices, SB 1332 on career offender registration requirements, CS for CS for SB 1742 creating a new offense for indecent exposure of sexual organs to a child, and CS for SB 1750 increasing penalties for serious sex offenses and child sexual abuse material crimes. The committee also debated CS for SB 1226 on Public Employee Relations Commission procedures and union certification rules, including a late-file amendment setting a 60% threshold and 25% quorum for recertification; the discussion focused heavily on constitutional concerns, union rights, and differences between first responders and other public employees. The transcript ends while that bill’s debate is still underway, with the committee having already taken numerous favorable votes throughout the meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• AB 2060 is a bill to strengthen California's teacher pipeline by supporting mentor teachers—experienced
• mentor teachers—to help prepare the next generation of educators.
• teachers to new classroom teachers. ...and support this practice of school districts providing mentor
• role of experienced classroom teachers who mentor student-teacher candidates.
• And I think I had an amazing mentor when I first began my teaching experience as a teacher.

Summary: The committee heard and acted on several education-related bills, beginning with AB 65 on paid pregnancy leave for public school employees. The bill drew strong support from teachers, school employees, unions, and education groups, who argued it would provide up to 14 weeks of paid leave, reduce financial penalties tied to sick leave use, and help recruit and retain educators. Some witnesses and members raised concerns about funding, district eligibility, and implementation, but the bill was advanced on a do-pass recommendation to the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, with one member not voting and the bill placed on call for absent members. Members then heard AB 673 on an unaccompanied youth support grant program for homeless 16- and 17-year-olds, AB 1552 on reporting recommendations to strengthen civic engagement in higher education, AB 1572 on annual CIF review and qualification standards for sports officials, and AB 1586 on opioid overdose response training and naloxone access for school resource officers. AB 673 and AB 1552 received support from education, youth, and advocacy organizations; AB 673 also drew questions about overlap with existing homeless and foster-care-related programs, while supporters said the bill targets a vulnerable subpopulation that is often missed. AB 1552 and AB 1572 were broadly supported and advanced, and AB 1586 was backed by treatment providers, school nurses, and education groups as a practical student-safety measure; all were moved forward with do-pass recommendations and placed on call. The committee also considered AB 1721, which would create a work group to review and streamline school safety plans, and AB 2060, which would establish a mentor teacher grant program and stipend to strengthen the teacher pipeline. Both bills were supported by administrators, educators, and school-related organizations, and both advanced to the Senate Appropriations Committee. AB 2440, aimed at clarifying Proposition 28 arts and music education funding rules and allowing small districts to pool resources, also received broad support and moved to Appropriations. AB 1784, which would extend pregnancy-related protections to undergraduate students and prohibit discrimination based on pregnancy or related conditions, passed to the Senate Judiciary Committee after support from higher education and women’s advocacy groups. Finally, AB 2660, which would codify the CalBridge STEM pathway program and related efforts to diversify the STEM workforce, was supported by higher education and workforce advocates and advanced to Appropriations after questions about the related EnLACE program and its funding sources.

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• Since then, our program has focused on three areas: teacher development, developing teachers.
• So we run a session in addition to our teacher program, teacher certification workshops, targeting Praxis
• We actually have one full-time student teacher right now who is going to be a Navajo language teacher
• We send flyers out to all the districts, and we have their teachers zoom in, so we get quite a few teachers
• They will all be teachers in New Mexico.

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

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• her mentor a new auto teacher who was brand new out, but he was a bright guy, and he always says to
• me that was the greatest thing that ever happened to me, being mentored by that biology teacher, who
• uh at Conger high and I had her teacher uh at Conger high and I had her Mentor<01:23:39.239><c> a</c
• </c><01:23:41.120><c> you</c><01:23:41.239><c> know</c> Mentor a new auto teacher who you know Mentor
• by that biology me being mentored by that biology teacher<01:23:48.679><c> who</c><01:23:48.800><c>

Summary: The committee first heard HB 295, which would make school building aid funds non-lapsing/non-APS. Representative Cahill said the bill was intended to keep any unused building aid money available for future projects, potentially helping move projects up the priority list or provide a little more funding for school construction. Members asked about how much money has lapsed in past years, whether the education trust fund and building aid are separate, and whether any lapsing dollars could be used to pay down debt. Department of Education official Jim Carney said about $29.1 million would be available if building aid is funded to the $50 million maximum in FY26, confirmed that the fund currently lapses, and said the department would gather historical lapse data. Committee members also discussed whether a dedicated fund structure could achieve the same goal, and the chair noted that the education trust fund statute includes school building aid as one of its uses. No vote was taken; the hearing was closed and the committee said it would later hold a work session after receiving more information. The committee then took up HB 237, introduced by Representative Dan McGuire, which would prohibit the use of special education state funds and differentiated aid for students not receiving special education services. The New Hampshire School Boards Association, through Becky Wilson, opposed the bill as written, saying it was unclear, potentially unnecessary, and difficult to implement because adequacy and differentiated aid are distributed as part of a districtwide lump sum rather than as student-specific dollars. She explained that special education costs are embedded across district budgets, including staffing, training, transportation, and instruction, and that some staff and services benefit both special education and general education students. Wilson also said differentiated aid is not tied to a specific pupil and is used at the district’s discretion, though it is intended to support students with greater needs. Committee members pressed on whether the bill would require districts to track money by individual student, whether it could conflict with federal special education law, and whether it would affect least restrictive environment requirements. Wilson said making the funds student-specific could create privacy and accounting problems and could make it difficult to staff inclusive classrooms, though she did not give a definitive legal opinion on federal compliance. She agreed that students who are not eligible for special education would not be included in the separate catastrophic/special education aid reimbursement program. The discussion continued into the second section of the bill, with members exploring how adequacy aid and differentiated aid are used in practice, but no action was taken during the portion provided.