Video & Transcript Research : 'Native education'
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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AEN, AEN-HWN Public Hearings 01-24-2025
Transcript Highlights:
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recognizes The department recognizes and acknowledges the importance of customary Native - I’m questioning whether that provision of the bill is necessary when the protections for Native Hawaiian
Summary:
The Senate Agriculture and Environment Committee heard five bills on January 24, 2025. SB 1 would phase out disposable air filters and require reusable air filters by 2030; testimony was limited, with one supporter urging clearer definitions of fiberglass and paper and several opponents listed, and the committee later deferred the bill indefinitely for lack of support testimony. SB 13 would create an aquaculture investment tax credit beginning in 2026; state agencies and several industry groups supported it, while the Tax Foundation raised concerns about loose definitions, internal inconsistencies, and blanks that made the bill hard to estimate or vet. The committee passed SB 13 with amendments and technical changes, and deferred its effective date to July 1, 2015 as stated on the record.
SB 177 would shift aquatic livestock import and movement permitting to the Department of Agriculture’s Animal Industry Division, require a risk-based assessment and biocontainment standards, and seek a $1 million appropriation for research and staffing. The Department of Agriculture said the bill would help expand aquaculture while managing risks to native species; aquaculture and farm groups supported it, while Animal Rights Hawaii was listed in opposition. The committee passed SB 177 with amendments, blanking the appropriation for committee report consideration, and deferred its effective date to July 1, 2050.
SB 184 would raise the beverage container deposit and refund from 5 cents to 10 cents. Supporters said the higher deposit could improve recycling and environmental outcomes, while opponents, including the Tax Foundation, cited fraud concerns, the program’s existing fund balance, and practical challenges in redemption; the Department of Human Services also noted potential impacts on blind vendors. The committee took the bill up but deferred decision-making until Monday, January 27, 2025, at 10:01 p.m. in Room 224.
The committee also heard SB 250, which would increase the income tax credit for interisland transportation costs for agricultural products. Agricultural and industry witnesses supported the bill as a way to offset rising shipping costs and preserve access to markets, while the Tax Foundation preferred direct appropriations over tax credits and objected to missing bill details. The committee passed SB 250 with amendments from the Department of Agriculture and deferred its effective date to July 1, 2050. Separately, a joint hearing on SB 240, the Right to Farm bill, drew mixed testimony: the Department of Agriculture supported further study and raised concerns about the bill’s fragmented approach, while farm, cattle, and other industry witnesses split between support for protecting customary Native Hawaiian subsistence farming and opposition to excluding CAFOs and certain business structures. No vote was taken on SB 240 in the portion provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to thank the chair of our Native American legislative caucus.
- I want to thank the chair of our Native American legislative caucus.
- I’ve been saying this from day one that we need to rethink higher education.
- I’ve been saying this from day one that we need to rethink higher education.
- School districts across the state are facing increasing special education costs.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Bill to fund independent living center grant program heard in House workforce committee 3/4/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Native American liaison, and I work on the Homeless Action Team, working with individuals with disabilities
- I'm Native American liaison, and I work on the Homeless Action Team, working with individuals with disabilities
- I'm Native American liaison, and I work on the Homeless Action Team, working with individuals with disabilities
- I've moved on for my education. I've earned my associate's degree.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Administration (01/22/2026)
Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
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to the aisle, especially in education, to the aisle, especially in education - education,<01:21:30.960>
and <01:21:31.280>CTE cooperatives, special education, and - which was changing special education which was changing special education definitions.<02:00:31.520
- controversial history with Native controversial history with Native Americans.<04:51:04.400>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- . education.
- Jewish, Native, poor, and non-Native-born people were segregated from the university under the belief
- and Higher Education.
- Technical Education and Higher Education.
- Accounts will grow through family contributions, incentives, and higher education or secondary education
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 3rd, 2025
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The Native American population has the highest rates in many categories.
- With the education piece, that one was the average of what it would normally be.
- What do you mean education? You did five and six. Section 7, sorry.
- Section nine is the education piece.
- That's the average cost of being able to do the outreach and education.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Apr 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Just a follow-up questions more on on the aspect of the Native American youth that are in this program
- There's been a data collected as far as Native American population within this areas.
- However, it does not break them up into native youth.
- The BSEC also has numbers for tracking youth who are incarcerated, but it is not broken up with a native
- I would encourage continuing to look at those areas as we know that the Native American population does
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations & Revenue. (6-3-26)
Appropriations & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- So, I'm the chair of Educate. Thank you for your support on a couple other issues.
- So, I'm the chair of Educate.<00:08:10.320>
Thank <00:08:10.560>you <00:08:10.640>for - Thank you for your support on a Educate.
- Much closer ratios than our native college students. >> Just making sure I'm hearing right.
- sure you educate me further. sure you educate me further.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 3, 2026 - 08:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Travis Moore, Florida Springs Council, Florida Native Plant Society, wishing to appear, a proponent waiving
- This bill reflects that responsibility and focuses on education, enforcement, and data so we can better
- And I think it's part of my responsibility to Aminah Spike: educate others why we say "never again."
- This is House Bill 7021 expanding the public record exemption for education examination and assessments
- Chair: Travis Moore, Florida Springs Native Plant Society, proponent waiving in support.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- They do a lot of education uh promoting environmental best practices.
- education uh promoting environmental education uh promoting environmental best<00:04:39.120>
- Bill will be reassigned to Education, Energy, and the Environment.
- , Senate Bill 133, Chair, Education, Senate Bill 133, Chair, Education, Energy,<00:48:01.599>
- Senate Bill 207, Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee, Higher Education, Guaranteed
Summary:
The Senate convened with an invocation, confirmed a quorum, and welcomed several guests and groups, including Maryland Library Association members, Stephen Decatur High School’s boys soccer team, Clarksburg High School’s girls flag football team, NAMI representatives, Baltimore Promise, local soil conservation district representatives, and a 911 center leader. The chamber also journalized the invocation and prepared for the Governor’s upcoming State of the State address by exchanging messages with the House and appointing Senate members to escort the Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
The body then took up a series of Finance Committee bills, most of them receiving favorable reports and being ordered to third reading without objection. Measures discussed included SB 14 on small business health insurance SHOP enrollment effective dates; SB 22 on Department of Disabilities housing programs and affiliated foundations; SB 134 on Medicare supplement policy enrollment periods; SB 139 on third-party administrator enforcement; SB 199 on the Individuals with Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Voting Fund; SB 205 codifying federal mental health parity requirements; SB 216 on unemployment insurance confidentiality; SB 43 on the Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund; SB 46 on state veterans cemeteries interment provisions; and SB 226 on the Maryland Heritage Area Authority.
Several bills had brief amendments or procedural issues. SB 22 received a technical amendment changing “Attorney General” to “Office of the Attorney General.” SB 199 received an amendment adding a co-sponsor, and SB 46 was briefly set to lie over under the rule after a senator requested time to review a technical clarification. The chamber also received House Bill 1, which was referred to committee, and SB 624 was reassigned to the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee. Most committee reports were adopted unanimously or without objection, and the Senate repeatedly congratulated the honored school teams and library advocates.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Nov 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- You want me to cut education? You want me to cut free school lunch meals?
- And I just want to thank you for the work that you're doing in educating me.
- And I just want to thank you for the work that you're doing in educating me.
- Native Americans.
- Americans, because it will be funded by the tribe, culturally relevant to Native Americans.
PA
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill provides for native habitats at Commonwealth Facilities Act.
- This bill repeals the Flood Insurance Education Information Act of 1996.
- The Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program is one of the most successful education programs in Pennsylvania
- He and I served as counterparts in the Education Committee, and he and I are both passionate about education
- time that two education chairs, while they were education chairs, both had children in public school.
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved several journals, and welcomed a number of guests, including Irish dignitaries, scholarship winners, interns, student pages, and members of Omega Psi Phi. After confirming a quorum, the chamber received committee reports and referred new bills and resolutions, then recessed for caucuses and committee meetings before returning to floor action.
In the afternoon session, the House considered several bills and amendments. It approved amendments to House Bills 426, 1127, 2551, and Senate Bill 146, while rejecting an amendment to HB 1127 that would have tightened background-check requirements for out-of-state dentists. The chamber also agreed to HB 2234, which creates a spent grain donation tax credit and updates the malt beverage tax credit, and HB 2551, which limits text-message notices by the Turnpike Commission and other agencies about unpaid fines, fees, or tolls. Senate Bill 146, creating the Veterans Trust Fund Board, was amended to add audit-related changes and then agreed to.
The House then took final passage votes on several bills. HB 133, allowing a process to petition for reinstatement of parental rights, passed 191-11; HB 138, barring parental incarceration as the sole basis for termination of parental rights, passed 200-2; HB 2207, on capital development loans, passed 202-0; and HB 2224, dealing with utility rate and tax-related changes, passed 202-0 after extensive debate over affordability, consumer protections, and tax relief. HB 2473, repealing the Flood Insurance Education Information Act of 1996, also passed unanimously, and HB 2544, addressing school administrator rights and compensation disputes, passed 141-61.
The most extensive debate centered on HB 2632, which reallocates educational tax credit caps and replaces the EITC and OSTC programs with a new options tax credit framework beginning in 2027-28. Supporters said it would improve transparency, accountability, and access for the poorest students, while opponents argued it would reduce scholarship opportunities, add burdens, and harm families and schools that rely on the current programs. After lengthy debate, the House passed HB 2632 by a vote of 105-97. The chamber then announced a Finance Committee voting meeting, recommitted several bills to Appropriations, and adjourned until June 23, 2026.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Department of Education would update the model referral protocols for students' behavioral health
- It would also require local educational agencies to update their policies accordingly.
- I've been saying this from day one that we need to rethink higher education.
- Assembly Bill 2526 by Assembly Member Muratsuchi, an act relating to education finance.
- School districts across the state are facing increasing special education costs.
Summary:
The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, approved dispensing with the previous day’s journal, and then took up a long third-reading file. Early procedural actions included moving AB 1589 to the inactive file and continuing reconsideration items. The chamber then considered a series of bills largely focused on immigration enforcement, detention, worker protections, child care, voting access, and related public services.
Several immigration-related measures passed, including AB 2393 on damages for false imprisonment/arrest, AB 1994 on an immigrant victims’ rights and resources card, AB 1929 on health plan investment disclosures, AB 1633 imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, AB 1650 requiring decals on rental vehicles used for enforcement, AB 1655 protecting CalWORKs benefits when a child is detained, and AB 1896 disqualifying people who participated in immigration enforcement from certain public employment. AB 2230, which would bar immigration enforcement near polling places and child care facilities, also passed after extensive debate. Supporters framed these bills as accountability and protection for vulnerable communities; opponents argued they targeted federal law enforcement, were unnecessary, or raised constitutional concerns. AB 1851 on statewide school mental-health guidance also passed unanimously.
After the midday recess, the Assembly returned and continued with more bills tied to immigration impacts and child welfare. AB 2379 passed with urgency, requiring child care providers to be informed of constitutional rights and trained on protections when confronted by immigration enforcement. AB 2460 passed to update school behavioral-health referral protocols for students affected by immigration enforcement trauma. AB 2495 passed to expand prohibitions on employer immigration-related threats, and AB 2662 was presented as a way for California to monitor and document federal enforcement actions and report on their community impacts. Throughout the day, the floor featured repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real problems or were political messaging, but the measures that came to a vote generally advanced with majority support.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/12/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- American Indian OIC is a workforce development and education organization in my district that provides
- They were founded to serve the urban Native American population, but they provide services to anyone
- We have a Minnesota Department of Education-approved adult basic education and GED consortium that is
- We have a Minnesota Department of Education-approved adult basic education and GED consortium that is
- We have a Minnesota Department of Education-approved adult basic education and GED consortium that is
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Ethics and Elections Apr 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- MY OTHER EDUCATION HAS INCLUDE EDUCATION MARKET ASSOCIATION FOUNDED IN 1916 AND FUNCTIONS AS A NONPROFIT
- TRADE ASSOCIATION WHOSE MEMBERS ARE THOUGHT LEADERS IN THE EDUCATION INDUSTRY.
- SO HOW DO YOU POSITION IN THIS CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL FOOTPRINT IN THIS AREA.
- IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GO IN THIS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
- DO YOU STILL BELIEVE THAT THE BEST PATH FORWARD FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND FOR HIGHER EDUCATION IS STOP
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- And parents need to be educated, School counselors need to be educated to start directing kids.
- And it takes serious education to get there and One of the education points I would like to make is that
- It Mean there’s that much education that goes on.
- education.
- I am the program director for Native American education for the state of Oklahoma.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Debate on a bill to require athletic team designations based on biological sex at birth 4/7/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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and Minnesota Department of Education and Minnesota Department of Education - It and girls in education and athletics.
- And only the natives will understand that.
- will<00:44:34.920>
understand And only the natives will understand And only the natives will - <02:15:55.120>
governor our so-called education governor our so-called education governor
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- And we here in this body, this very body, talk about how we appreciate education and how we want to educate
- Education is power.
- They are paying for their education.
- History, except for Native Americans, Native Indigenous, everyone descends from immigrants.
- Imagine 12 years of an education, $8,000 a year, most $800,000 spent on people who got an education investment
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- My native language is Spanish, and English is my second language.
- My native language is Spanish, and English is my second language.
- At MAC, our focus is education advocacy.
- Rick Levy, retired educator... Jason Johnson. Thank you. Can you hear me?
- As both union members and education employees, our jobs in higher education are under attack.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight heard testimony on several bills. Senator Mike Moore supported S. 2185, which would delay implementation of the heavy-duty omnibus/advanced clean truck requirements while requiring the Commonwealth to purchase or lease electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles starting in 2025; he argued the delay is needed because infrastructure, grid capacity, vehicle availability, and costs are not yet ready. The committee also heard strong support for S. 2156/H. 3318, which would require free menstrual products in public buildings, with advocates and students describing period poverty and the need to treat menstrual products like other basic restroom supplies. Senator John Keenan testified for S. 2158, a bill to let municipal light plants protect proprietary and competitively sensitive information from public disclosure while keeping board meetings and minutes open, saying it would help level the playing field against larger competitors.
A major portion of the hearing focused on S. 2125/H. 3384, the language access and inclusion bill. Testimony from the AAPI Commission, Mass Speaks coalition members, Mass Appleseed, MLRI, ATASK, MAPC, the Boston Bar Association, Mass Advocates for Children, and others described barriers faced by limited-English-proficient residents in accessing MassHealth, DCF, courts, domestic violence services, schools, and other state services. Witnesses cited untranslated documents, inadequate interpretation, delays, and the burden placed on bilingual staff and children; several also pointed to recent federal moves toward English-only policy as making state action more urgent. Committee members asked questions about implementation, interpreter availability, and the role of technology and remote participation, and the chair noted the bill had been reported favorably in a prior session and intended to be again.
The committee also heard testimony on time-zone legislation. Dr. Karin Johnson, representing sleep medicine interests, supported H. 3405 for permanent standard time and opposed S. 2157 for permanent daylight saving time, arguing that standard time better aligns with circadian rhythms and health, while permanent daylight saving time would worsen morning darkness and sleep disruption. Members questioned the strength of the scientific evidence and discussed school start times, geography, and whether Massachusetts should align with neighboring states. No votes were taken during the hearing, and testimony continued on additional bills as the session progressed.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Consumer and Public Affairs Feb 5th, 2026 at 02:49 pm
House Consumer & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Next we have House Bill 20, Native American designation on licenses.
- Also, as our tribes have become more and more blended, sometimes you cannot tell if someone's Native
- And we share with the largest Native American sovereign tribe in the nation.
- I don't think Native Americans are going to be targeted by this.
- Native Americans are going to be targeted by this. This is going to help mostly the families.