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• These are people that we could all support by getting enrolled in some of these projects.
• These are people that we could all support by getting enrolled in some of these projects.
• We know enrollment is decreasing in some of our state colleges.
• They'd only been enrolling. This is one of the smallest states in the U.S.
• They'd only been enrolling about a couple hundred people a year, if even that.

Bills: SB1020

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• They have to update that plan, and part of that planning is looking at enrollment.
• Um, the rule amendment also proposes charter schools with enrolled Native American students to comply
• I'm understanding the question, but if I look at Piccaries, uh, they have a total of 50 students enrolled
• Picarus gets, and this is just taking the total amount divided by the number of enrolled students, is
• Chair, yes, we've made sure ensured that that will be a parameter that families can select when they enroll

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• AB 1419, Addis, Covered California automatic enrollment: due pass out on a roll call.
• AB 98, Fong, dual enrollment advisory board: holding committee.
• AB 1255, Committee on Education, Dual Enrollment Pathways and Migrant Education: do pass as amended to
• eliminate dual enrollment pathways eligibility changes; that’s out with Republicans not voting.
• eliminate dual enrollment pathways eligibility changes; that’s out with Republicans not voting.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its May 23, 2025 suspense hearing and opened by emphasizing the difficult budget environment, rising costs for constituents, and the need to make tough choices. The chair said many bills would be held, amended to reduce costs, or made two-year bills because the state could not afford broad program expansions this year. The committee also noted the agenda was organized alphabetically by author and that results would be posted later that day. The committee then acted on a large suspense file, taking up hundreds of Assembly bills across topics including housing, health care, education, labor, public safety, climate, water, transportation, elections, and technology. Many bills were held in committee, while many others were approved with cost-saving, clarifying, or author’s amendments. Examples included measures on CalABLE, Covered California enrollment, wildfire and insurance issues, reproductive health, school and college programs, prison and juvenile justice matters, AI and data privacy, and local government and utility regulation. Several bills were converted to two-year bills to continue discussion. Throughout the hearing, the committee repeatedly voted on bills by A roll call or B roll call, often with Republicans not voting on amended measures. Some bills were advanced with notable amendments, such as narrowing scope, removing appropriations, delaying implementation, or striking costly provisions. The committee also approved a number of committee bills and omnibus measures, including emergency management, judiciary, insurance, and water-related bills. At the end of the hearing, the chair stated that the committee had moved 435 bills to the Assembly floor, either as do pass or do pass as amended, and adjourned the meeting.

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• harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking policy during their first semester of enrollment
• students across various public universities, including both those who want to transfer and those who enrolled
• in the future that further limits the participating institutions or gives preference to students enrolled
• Senate Bill 2815 ensures that students enrolled in an institution when a college or university changes
• Members, this bill relates to the participation by non-enrolled students in University Interscholastic

Summary: The Senate Education Committee K-16 resumed public testimony on Senate Bill 735, a Holocaust education bill. Alice Min spoke in support, saying learning about difficult parts of history is important for understanding American history and the experiences of minority communities. Sheila Hemphill also supported the bill but urged broader language to include multiple genocides and more instructional material. After a brief exchange, public testimony on SB 735 closed and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 800, which would strengthen higher-education orientation materials on sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking policies, and Senate Bill 2310, which would require public institutions to post clearer online degree and transfer requirements. Both bills were explained by their authors, committee substitutes were adopted, no public testimony was offered, and each bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2055, a cleanup bill for the Texas Leadership Scholars Program, was also heard and left pending after no testimony. A major portion of the meeting focused on Senate Bill 1069, which would require investigations and mandatory termination for faculty found to have discriminated against students based on religion, with a department placed under conservatorship after a termination. The author said the bill was meant to address religious discrimination and protect students; several witnesses, including Muslim and Jewish law students and other advocates, argued it was too vague, lacked a definition of religious discrimination, threatened academic freedom, and could chill speech. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2972, which would set new limits on expressive activity on public university campuses, including restrictions on encampments, masks, sound amplification, and protests during finals; opponents said it would restrict free speech and protest rights, while the bill was adopted as a committee substitute and left pending. Senate Bill 2815, allowing students to choose the diploma name after a university merger or renaming, was briefly heard and left pending. Later, the committee took up pending business and voted out several bills. SB 2920, SB 2398, SB 2927, SB 2929, SB 1241, SB 1395, SB 401, SB 1972, and SB 2540 were reported favorably, with some committee substitutes adopted and several placed on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1241’s substitute would have the Higher Education Coordinating Board study standardized test equivalency scores for admissions. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• <00:27:44.799> in<00:27:45.120> all based on enrollment in all based on enrollment
• Fraud Working Group, but Enrollment Fraud Working Group, but includes<00:30:04.960> um<00:30:
• in our schools, but also enrollment in our schools, but also showing<00:32:22.399> families<00
• One is it disproportionately impacts just those students who are choosing to enroll at the U of M Twin
• One is it disproportionately impacts just those students who are choosing to enroll at the U of M Twin

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• enrollment, employer match incentives,<00:28:12.080> and<00:28:12.320> access<00:28:12.840
• This adds transparency to the HICKPUF enrollment and renewal process.
• It's just asking to report out on some of the data, so we ensure we know who's enrolling and dis-enrolling
• transparency to the Hickpuf enrollment transparency to the Hickpuf enrollment and<01:20:57.360><
• <01:21:03.400> and ensure we know who's enrolling and ensure we know who's enrolling and dis-enrolling

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• Um, and we have, you know, enrollment requirements at least half-time enrollment.
• > at<00:05:12.160> least know, enrollment requirements at least know, enrollment requirements
• at least half-time<00:05:12.960> enrollment.
• Um, and the half-time enrollment.
• enrolled in those dual credit classes. enrolled in those dual credit classes.

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Summary: The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met and approved the July 15, 2025 minutes before hearing a presentation from the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA/KIA) on student financial aid ahead of the January biennial budget session. KHEAA outlined its role administering 17 state-funded grant and scholarship programs, 529 plans, and outreach services, and emphasized that net lottery proceeds after a $3 million literacy appropriation are statutorily dedicated to student aid. The agency focused on the major need-based programs—College Access Program (CAP), Kentucky Tuition Grant (KTG), and KEES—along with dual credit, Work Ready Kentucky, teacher scholarship, and National Guard tuition assistance. Officials said the new federal FAFSA methodology created a major increase in eligible students, especially for CAP, and thanked lawmakers for adding substantial funding this biennium to meet the higher demand. Staff explained that CAP is for Pell-eligible, low-income students, while KTG is a need-based grant for students at private Kentucky colleges; both use FAFSA data, but schools verify final eligibility. They said CAP awards are first-come, first-served and that the higher funding level allowed the program to last the full 21-month application cycle in FY 2024-2025, compared with much shorter periods in earlier years. KHEAA reported about $232 million spent on CAP for roughly 72,000 students last year, with current applications running about 10% ahead of the prior year. Members asked about the difference between applicants and recipients, the effect of lower lottery revenues, and whether recent federal legislation would affect state aid; KHEAA said it does not expect major impacts on grants and scholarships, though student loan changes could affect graduate students. The committee also discussed KEES and dual credit. KHEAA said KEES has been fully funded since its creation and that its forecast was within $76,000 of actual need last year. For dual credit, staff said a recent bill consolidated work-ready dual credit and career/technical education under one scholarship program, and KHEAA will seek growth funding because participation and costs continue to rise. The agency said FY 2025 dual credit spending reached $26.4 million across dual credit and work-ready funding, requiring transfers from Work Ready Kentucky to keep dual credit fully funded. Members asked about transferability of dual credit hours and whether the program reduces later college costs; KHEAA said it does not have hard data on every credit transfer, but it does see higher bachelor’s completion rates and lower student debt, suggesting positive effects. No votes were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• Houses and received of a privilege report from Committee on Enrollment.
• House is in receipt of a privilege report from the Committee on Enrollment.
• The committee is properly enrolled. A number of House Resolutions, Stephanie Hilferty, Chair.
• House Bill 1079 by Representative Boudreaux, charter schools, charter school enrollment, and enrollment
• House Bill 1079 by Representative Boudreaux, charter schools, charter school enrollment, and enrollment

Bills: HR159, HR160, HR161, HR162, HR163, HR164, HCR60, HCR61, HCR62, HCR63, HCR64, HR153, HR154, HR155, HR156, HR157, HR158, HCR57, HCR58, HCR59, SB124, SB399, SB441, SB447, SB460, HCR4, HCR47, HB59, HB74, HB159, HB175, HB330, HB364, HB414, HB458, HB525, HB568, HB628, HB786, HB909, HB1008, HB1033, HB1034, HB1041, HB1052, HB1062, HB1070, HB1079, HB1112, HB1118, HB1139, HB1151, HB1154, HB1176, HB1182, HB1196, HB1214, HB1231, HB1241, SB244, HB1, HB2, HB3, HB312, HB313, HB383, HB314, HCR3, HB983, HB1126, HR1, HR17, HCR5, HB27, HB71, HB214, HB225, HB241, HB244, HB306, HB345, HB366, HB446, HB511, HB514, HB655, HB730, HB743, HB1027, HB1037, HB1043, HB1082, HB1091, HB1096, HB1103, HB1167, HB1174, HB1175, HB1230, HB1237, HB1238, HB55, HB385, HB394, HB396, HB406, HB608, HB622, HB676, HB772, HB897, HB1030, HB1035, HB1038, HB1045, HB1049, HB1056, HB1058, HB1059, HB1092, HB1100, HB1117, HB1160, HB1161, HB1162, HB1177, HB1180, HB1189, HB1216, HB1239, HB1240, SB162, SB349, SB350, SB382, SB383, SB127, HB51, HB58, HB140, HB750, HB911, HB982, HB1010, HB151, HB180, HB192, HB193, HB310, HB635, HB690, HB961, HB1003, HB1146, HB864, HB977, HB181, HB31, HB664, HB615, HB901, HR20, HR74, HB9, HB284, HB393, HB459, HB577, HB582, HB605, HB614, HB682, HB733, HB773, HB996, HB1113, HB1234, HB1236

Keywords: occupational therapy, healthcare, medical professionals, recognition, professional day, property transfer, public records doctrine, bad faith, Louisiana State Law Institute, real estate law, Black Maternal Health Week, maternal health, racial disparities, healthcare access, culturally competent care, Louisiana, community health, motorcycle safety, awareness month, motorcyclists education

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and received Senate messages, including several Senate bills and resolutions that were referred or laid over. The chamber also adopted a series of House resolutions honoring local organizations, commemorations, and community events, and referred one resolution on climate action to Natural Resources. Several Senate bills were read and referred to the appropriate committees, including measures on peer review confidentiality, higher education research security, pre-K program standards, police civil service, and a memorial highway designation. The main floor business was the budget. The House considered House Bill 1, the general appropriations bill, in Committee of the Whole and reviewed major funding levels and committee changes across state government. The bill included significant funding for early childhood education, higher education, TOPS, health care, corrections, public safety, transportation, and other agencies, along with adjustments tied to LASERS debt payoff, Medicaid, MFP, and various one-time or recurring items. Members heard brief questions on higher education funding and DOTD road needs, but no amendments were offered on the floor during the schedule-by-schedule review. HB 1 was reported from Committee of the Whole with amendments and then finally passed by a vote of 104 yeas. The House then took up House Bills 2 and 3, the capital outlay bill and the omnibus bond authorization act, both of which were explained as the financing measures for the capital program. HB 2 emphasized limited member project funding, reallocation of dormant projects, and bundling of projects to move them forward more efficiently; HB 3 authorized the bond sales needed to fund HB 2. Both bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously. The chamber also passed supplemental and fiscal bills including HB 312, HB 313, HB 383, HB 314, HCR 3, HB 983, and HB 1126, covering supplemental appropriations, treasury fund transfers, ancillary funds, hospital assessments, judiciary funding, and legislative expenses. The meeting ended with personal privileges, staff recognition, announcements, and adjournment to Monday at 1:00 p.m.

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• And they recognize that this has an impact on our enrollment.
• They saw our student housing, and they recognize that this has an impact on our enrollment.
• And with the decreased 26% of enrollment has decreased, so that's not even happening anymore.
• And hopefully that'll stimulate enrollment and we'll be able then to reverse, if you will, the 26% and
• The schools have to provide the project readiness, as well as a lot of other enrollment needs, in order

Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8

Keywords: foster children, school transportation, education funding, public education, child welfare, New Mexico Highlands University, soccer field, women's sports, infrastructure improvement, funding allocation, student athletes, appropriation, New Mexico State University, nutrition, travel support, funding, education, university support, financial assistance, parenting students

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• 769 by Menendez relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding enrollment
• Senate about 806 by Hughes relating to enrolling a public school student in a virtual education program
• Senate Bill 811 by Hughes relating to health coverage for school district and enrollment and open enrollment

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• And so in in those been enrolled.
• It's probably on its way to enrolling.
• It's been enrolled.
• It's<00:57:44.640> been<00:57:44.720> enrolled.
• I think you want to It's been enrolled.

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• The declining schedule was believed to provide sufficient time for advancement in battery technology
• The declining schedule was believed to provide sufficient time for advancement in battery technology

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• This bill, Senate Bill 1014, prohibits a municipality from declining to extend water and wastewater utility
• And finally, if the municipality utility declines a property owner's application for connection but the

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• This bill, Senate Bill 1014, prohibits a municipality from declining to extend water and wastewater utility
• And finally, if the municipality utility declines a property owner's application for connection, but

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• the Office of Group Benefits to offer a comprehensive weight management plan to state employees enrolled
• It is an act to amend Title 17 relative to dual enrollment to provide for the responsibilities of the
• Members, this bill simplifies the dual enrollment application process by creating a single streamlined
• It's an act to amend Title 17 relative to dual enrollment to provide for the responsibilities of the
• tuition rate for all dual enrollment courses.

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• Department offered claimant $70 to compensate for the shoes, and claimant declined this offer.
• Well, the tablet would be the thing that we want to decline. Okay.
• 34.600> we<00:43:34.760> want<00:43:34.960> to that we want to that we want to decline
• decline. Okay. decline. Okay.

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Summary: The Joint House and Senate Subcommittee on Claims convened on April 30, first without quorum and then with quorum, at which point the committee corrected and approved the prior minutes. Members then reviewed several claims held over for informational purposes, including injury claims for Fraser, Larson, Schmidt, Stuart, and Washington, and property claims for Lidberg, Robecky, and Young, with no action taken on those items. The committee dismissed a claim by Ms. Prevally seeking reimbursement for funds liquidated from irrevocable trusts after hearing that the matter had already been litigated in court and that subcommittee rules bar claims for public assistance compensation. The panel then approved two exoneration claims: James Jovan Davis, whose murder conviction was vacated after postconviction proceedings and who settled for $250,000, and Clayton Douglas Groves, whose sexual-conduct convictions were vacated after evidence of prior false accusations was admitted and who settled for $350,000. Testimony from counsel for both claimants emphasized wrongful conviction, the length of incarceration, and negotiated settlement amounts, with members asking about the basis for the compensation and attorney-fee allocations. The final exoneration claim, Marvin Haynes, was also approved. The committee heard that Haynes was convicted as a teenager, later exonerated after new evidence showed false evidence and suggestive eyewitness identification, and that the state and claimant had reached a $4.5 million settlement. The committee then turned to Department of Corrections injury claims, denying Arnold Baker’s claim for lack of evidence of a compensable permanent injury, and approving Mark Carroll’s claim for a $4,570.40 award after he suffered a compensable ankle fracture while working. In property claims, the committee discussed Anthony Edwards’s claim for food, a JPay tablet, and shoes. After testimony from Department of Corrections counsel about property inventory procedures and the lack of a current replacement tablet program, members agreed to compensate Edwards $70 for the missing shoes, deny the food claim, and deny the tablet claim because the tablet had been returned and any malfunction was reported outside the department’s reporting window.

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• Um, while that has declined in recent years, uh, already this year, year to date, we've recovered 14
• Um, while that has declined in recent years, uh, already this year, year to date, we've recovered 14
• ,<00:09:01.519> while<00:09:01.760> that<00:09:02.080> has<00:09:02.240> declined
• <00:09:02.720> in<00:09:02.959> recent Um, while that has declined in recent Um, while
• that has declined in recent years,<00:09:04.240> uh,<00:09:04.480> already<00:09:04.800

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Summary: The committee heard House File 3407, authored by Chair Pinto, which would restore Minnesota’s prior serial-number requirement for firearms after a recent Minnesota Supreme Court decision narrowed the existing law, while also creating a method to serialize firearms that do not already have serial numbers. Supporters said the bill is needed to close a loophole involving ghost guns and to aid investigations, background checks, and trafficking enforcement. Attorney General Keith Ellison, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara, and former ATF official Mariana Mitchum testified in favor, citing increases in unserialized gun recoveries, the difficulty of tracing such weapons, and examples of crimes where serial numbers helped identify traffickers. Opponents argued the bill conflates different categories of firearms and could burden lawful gun owners. Mariah Day of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Anna Ley of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, and Brian Gosh of the NRA said privately made firearms are distinct from illegally altered guns, warned about vague definitions and possible First Amendment issues, and said the bill could criminalize lawful conduct or create confusion for owners who modify firearms. They urged a no vote. Representative Bliss offered a DE1 amendment to replace the bill’s serialization approach with increased penalties for people who use guns in crimes. Chair Pinto and others opposed it, saying it would remove the bill’s public-safety benefits and likely create a fiscal impact. The committee took a roll call and rejected the DE1 amendment, 8-9. Afterward, members discussed the bill further, including questions about the difference between unserialized guns and guns with removed serial numbers and comments both supporting and criticizing the proposal.

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• earlier, which is I've never said we don't need new laws, but when you can have those kinds of 40% declines
• And the court, just to clarify, when the court declined to give a preliminary injunction or a temporary
• So when they declined... Senator, Mr. Chair, that's correct. It was a preliminary injunction.
• So when they declined, did they give an analysis of why, or was it just a denial of the preliminary injunction
• But they also declined to instruct the court to enjoin it. Mr. Chair.

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• and that is that the number of tort claims filed by currently incarcerated individuals has been declining
• Those that are sent, prosecutors review, and in many counties they decline a good portion of those.
• Those that are sent, prosecutors review, and in many counties they decline a good portion of those.
• For example, King County declines about 40% of the referrals that are sent to them.
• There's discretion there for a prosecutor to decline to file cases, and I won't spend much time on that

Summary: The committee held a work session on tort liability and parole, with the chair explaining that the topics were linked because criminal justice reform and state liability often intersect, especially in cases involving child welfare and corrections. Staff first outlined Washington’s tort liability framework, including the state’s broad waiver of sovereign immunity, statutes governing mandatory reporting and investigation of abuse, the childhood sexual abuse statute of limitations, and the lack of caps on non-economic damages. Staff and presenters also compared Washington to other states and noted that Washington remains among the broadest states for state liability and childhood sexual abuse claims. Presenters from the Attorney General’s office, Washington State Association for Justice, DCYF, DSHS, and DOC discussed how tort exposure has grown, especially in claims involving DCYF, historical child abuse, juvenile rehabilitation, vulnerable adults, employment discrimination, medical negligence, and negligent supervision. DCYF and AG staff said claims and payouts are rising, with many claims tied to older abuse and new theories of liability, while defense counsel emphasized the human harm behind the claims and argued that tort cases have historically driven accountability and reform. Agency witnesses said they face large volumes of old claims with limited records, rising verdicts and settlements, and staffing and systems challenges, and they highlighted efforts such as early resolution programs, electronic health records, medication-assisted treatment, and improved incident review processes. The committee then shifted to parole. Sentencing experts reviewed Washington’s move from indeterminate sentencing to the current determinate sentencing system under the Sentencing Reform Act, and explained how parole could be integrated with sentencing guidelines through different models used in other states. They also summarized Criminal Sentencing Task Force recommendations related to a determinate-plus approach for three-strikes and persistent offender laws and a second-chance review process, noting there was no consensus on those ideas. Judges from the Minority and Justice Commission and the Superior Court Judges Association said a parole system could support rehabilitation and reduce disparities if it includes data collection, fairness, transparency, due process, and meaningful judicial review; they also pointed to research suggesting parole and structured reentry can reduce recidivism and costs, while warning that access and outcomes can vary by geography and other factors.

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• is enrollment grant program is eliminated.<00:08:57.839> On<00:08:58.080> line eliminated
• <00:17:23.600> fraud<00:17:24.000> working amended and the enrollment fraud working
• amended and the enrollment fraud working group<00:17:24.880> um,<00:17:24.959> which<00
• longer hours just to stay enrolled. longer hours just to stay enrolled.
• It's among the largest women's universities in the country, with over 3,500 students enrolled, 93% of

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