Video & Transcript Research : 'school facilities authority'

Page 14 of 500
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Apr 14th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SJR 84 by Bettencourt proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for
  • Concrete plants and crushing facilities to natural resources. HCR 35 to administration.
  • Lastly, the joint resolution adjusts the authority of the Commission and the Texas Supreme Court to more
  • The floor amendment adds language to section one, authorizing the Commission to recommend the removal
  • She has a senior in high school who went to work this day to teach sixth graders, and the Lord has called
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Apr 14th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And schools failing to report remedies when a flag that is not allowed to be displayed in school.
  • public schools.
  • Public schools. Thank you for asking. I think that private schools should adhere to it. Thank you.
  • If I was to put the amendment to include private school schools because it's addressed around public
  • Questions of the author, Mr. President. Does the author yield? Certainly.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate legislative Session Mar 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This simply is a may that school districts may provide that stipend to a school board member, and that
  • President, do you know how many school boards or how many schools will be involved with this?
  • So we have anywhere from 504 to 546 school districts, and I think we have about 80% of those school districts
  • You do have individual charter schools, but those charter schools have their own boards that are totally
  • autonomous from a school district.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate legislative Session Mar 23rd, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This simply is a may, that school districts may provide that stipend to a school board member.
  • Do you know how many school boards or schools will be involved with this? Mr.
  • So we have anywhere from 504 to 546 school districts, and I think about 80% of those school districts
  • And those school districts decide. Some school districts meet twice a month. Some once.
  • And those school districts decide. Some school districts meet twice a month. Some once.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, prayer, pledges, and a series of guest and gallery introductions, including medical professionals, interns, students, and advocates visiting for Disability Day. The chamber then moved quickly through a long floor agenda, with leaders repeatedly noting the need to stay at desks and proceed efficiently. Several bills were taken up with floor substitutes or minor amendments, most often restore-title amendments, before advancing to final passage. The Senate passed a number of measures addressing technology, public safety, education, health care, elections, and state agency operations. Among the most notable were SB 1521, which creates safeguards around AI social companions for minors after discussion of teen suicides linked to such products; SB 1734, which sets guardrails for AI use in schools and requires district policies by 2027; and SB 1307, which removes statutory language conflicting with religious-freedom case law and passed after debate over whether it could open the door to funding religious entities. Other bills approved included SB 372 on carrying firearms in certain state-owned lodges and cabins, SB 1232 on escalating penalties for major copper theft damage, SB 1338 making the literacy-coach program permanent and tying Strong Readers Act dollars to district access, SB 1451 on voter-registration cleanup and reporting, SB 1463 extending the polygraph examiners board sunset, SB 1558 clarifying that some OJA youth in Level E group homes may remain served until age 19, and SB 1567 clarifying APRN prescriptive-authority rules and supervision compensation. The chamber also approved SB 1595, an anti-steering/anti-discrimination bill aimed at CDL training grants and workforce boards, and SB 1621, treating public law libraries as public entities represented by district attorneys. SB 1749, which lets the LP Gas Board create permitting and inspection rules for mobile food vendors and delegate inspections to more local permit holders, drew concern from some senators about added costs and burdens on food-truck operators but still passed. The Senate also advanced SB 1833, codifying the SNAP waiver executive order and limiting certain non-nutritive foods, with questions focused on how the restrictions would be communicated and applied. Most measures were passed by substantial margins, and several were declared emergency measures after final votes.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 13th, 2026 at 05:31 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • public schools.
  • the school year.
  • the school year.
  • school. language starting at line 14, page 20, a school district or charter school that offers a full-time
  • It's an assisted living facility for veterans. It's a DOH facility.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 13th, 2026

House Appropriations & Finance

Summary: The committee first corrected its action on Senate Bill 151, noting that the earlier motion had been made incorrectly after the committee substitute was amended. Members then moved to do not pass the Senate Finance Committee substitute and do pass the same committee substitute so it could be sent to the floor. The only change identified in the substitute was an adjustment to the sunset date. A roll call vote followed, with several members voting yes and a few voting no or being excused, and the motion to report the committee substitute out with a due pass recommendation carried. After the SB 151 vote, the chair said the committee was essentially finished and expected to meet on the floor the next day, likely around noon, with a plan to come in earlier and handle a few more bills. The discussion then shifted to House Bill 2 and the broader issue of state employee compensation. One member argued that over the past several years the state had already provided substantial pay raises and benefits, citing roughly $1.3 billion in raises, about $184 million annually for health care costs, and $116 million annually for employer pension costs, for a total of about $1.6 billion over four years. That member said the state had done enough on employee compensation and that a proposed 1% increase did not make sense given competing priorities such as child care and other needs. The committee then adjourned, and there was a brief question about when the university fund bill would be heard, but no firm timing was given.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 15th, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm fortunate in Monroe to have a school called ACE, which is an autism school.
  • I'm fortunate in Monroe to have a school called ACE, which is an autism school.
  • Let me jump in as the author.
  • Is the author open to that?
  • So now we are missing some authors, but Representative Knox, do we have any other authors?
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 25th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first group I'm introducing is from Zachary High School.
  • schools throughout Louisiana.
  • House Bill 1003 by Representative Aimee Freeman, certain schools returned from a recovery school district
  • school board member as a certified teacher or certified school psychologist.
  • , authority of superintendent.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then spent much of the morning on personal privileges recognizing guests and honoring individuals and organizations. Recognitions included the Zachary High School girls’ and boys’ basketball teams for back-to-back state championships, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity for Blue and White Day, visitors from Natchitoches Parish, the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, the Parish Presidents Association, Crime Stoppers of Greater New Orleans, student parents pursuing higher education, and a delegation from Alexandria honoring the late Dr. Joe S. Green. The House also adopted or laid over several condolence and commendation resolutions, including tributes to former Northwestern State football coach Sam Goodwin, Michael B. Jordan, Richard Williams, and others. The chamber received a large batch of Senate bills and House bills for referral, covering topics such as retirement systems, highway memorial designations, criminal justice, education, health and welfare, municipal governance, insurance, natural resources, and tax policy. Committee reports were read across multiple committees, with many bills reported favorably or with amendments, and several measures advanced to third reading or were recommitted to other committees. Among the actions taken, the House adopted resolutions honoring community figures and organizations, concurred in several Senate resolutions, and moved a number of bills forward, including measures on criminal penalties, school policy, environmental regulation, insurance, and public retirement. Near the end of the session, the Speaker outlined plans for the next day’s floor debate, noting 54 bills scheduled and explaining that questions on bills would send them to the bottom of the list rather than removing them. The House then recessed until 3:30 p.m., with members instructed to return for regular order and continued debate on the calendar.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Mar 25th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • schools throughout Louisiana.
  • House Bill 1003 by Representative Aimee Freeman, certain schools returned from a recovery school district
  • school board member as a certified teacher or certified school psychologist.
  • , authority of superintendent.
  • , authority of superintendent.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, Enid Public School didn't create the Enid Public School Foundation three years ago.
  • So, Enid Public School didn't create the Enid Public School Foundation three years ago.
  • I got to travel the states and watch her compete in public school facilities all across the state.
  • I can assure you the public school facilities we competed in were always nicer than the private school
  • facilities we competed in.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • for public schools?
  • for public schools?
  • I got to travel the state and watched her compete in public school facilities all across the state.
  • I can assure you the public school facilities we competed in were always nicer than the private school
  • We were always nicer than the private school facilities. We competed in, excuse me.
Summary: The House convened, called the roll, and heard an invocation focused on “leading with the farewell,” followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and a series of floor recognitions honoring guests and student groups. Presentations included the nurse of the day, Susan Hollingsworth, and multiple student champions and visitors, including the Clinton High School 4A hip hop state champions, Pryor High School’s Life Smarts state champions, the Elgin High School wrestling team, the Fort Gibson FFA livestock judging team, Putnam City North’s girls basketball champions, visiting students from Douglas, OSU environmental science graduate students, and Oklahoma Energy Resource Board teachers of the year. The chamber then took up several Senate bills. SB 378, updating bail bondsman regulations, passed 77-3. SB 985, codifying the local food for school program in statute, passed 79-0. SB 1246, which would update and speed up DEQ permitting while preserving transparency, drew questions about agency outreach and environmental impacts; after a division vote on advancing the bill passed 30-28, the bill itself passed 81-0. Later, SB 1500 on pharmacy benefit managers passed 81-0, SB 1984 on osteopathic medicine passed 74-0, and SB 1644 creating a reporting mechanism for suspected alpha-gal syndrome passed 82-0. The House also adopted Senate amendments to HB 3720, the local food freedom bill, and passed it 81-0. HB 4118, the family caregiver credit, also passed 81-0 after the Senate amendment restored the title “Caring for Caregivers Act.” A motion was made to reject Senate amendments to HB 2992 and request conference. House Joint Resolution 1100, relating to OMES proposed major rule changes, was read on second reading and referred to administrative rules. A lengthy debate centered on an amendment to SB 1546, a teacher-related bill, which would expand the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Scholarship Fund tax credit to support the Strong Readers Act, the Oklahoma Math Proficiency Act, and certain capital projects for scholarship-granting organizations. Supporters said it would encourage private investment in education and add instructional capacity; opponents argued it would favor wealthy private schools, do little for rural or high-poverty districts, and divert scholarship resources. The amendment was adopted unanimously, and the bill was advanced to final passage, with debate continuing at the end of the transcript.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation Apr 6th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • We had one school that made up about 70% of the ad valorem taxes.
  • You're asking the author, Ashley.
  • Once again, I'd follow up with the author. Would the author be willing?
  • Court rulings in the past have devastated school districts.
  • We can do some things with their school.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation Apr 6th, 2026

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are you asking the author?
  • Once again, I'll follow up with the author. Follow-up. Would the author, and a title is off?
  • Would the author be willing... I know title is off. Would the author be willing?
  • Devastated school districts.
  • And thank you to the author.
Summary: The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee considered several House bills dealing with tax credits, fee changes, school funding, and investment authority. House Bill 4426 extended the sunset on the SIDE tax credit to December 31, 2032, and passed 7-2. House Bill 3704 elected Oklahoma into the federal income tax credit for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations and passed 9-2. House Bill 4311 raised the unclaimed property division’s administrative fee from 4% to 6% to cover increased duties and costs; it passed 8-3 after debate over whether the increase was justified. House Bill 3044 reauthorized the veterans income tax checkoff and the associated capital improvement fund, and passed 10-0. House Bill 4191 revised the Smaller Employer Quality Jobs Act by lowering job thresholds, expanding qualifying locations and industries, and changing other eligibility rules; it passed 6-4. House Bill 3465 extended the emission tax credit sunset from July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2029 and passed 6-4, with opponents arguing it subsidized compliance with federal mandates. House Bill 3972, a title-off bill addressing ad valorem reimbursement issues tied to the state purchase of a prison, drew extensive debate over precedent and scope; an amendment to add a sunset failed 5-5, and the bill then passed 8-2 as amended.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/11/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now we have the bill in the shape the author would like the bill to be.
  • We donate to area schools programs to help housing and food insecure children.
  • We donate to area schools programs to help housing and food insecure children.
  • </c><00:40:15.520><c> uh</c> to our food shelves our local schools uh to our food shelves our local schools
  • would have had to close the high school football program down.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • I believe that there are Supreme Court rulings that have outlined the government's authority to place
  • Thank you, Representative, for taking—well, I'm sorry, I have a question for the author.
  • The school process does not interrupt whatsoever.
  • So the whole purpose of the bill is continually to protect our children in public schools.
  • As we know, Oklahoma has a chronic absenteeism problem in our schools.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • These are school districts with eight kids to school districts that have more than 100,000.
  • On our schools is reported, and if it's not a negative impact as requested by school districts.
  • They're too busy getting the schools up and running for the school year.
  • a voucher for private school would get, many of whom are already in private schools.
  • That is why we have the support of the rural schools, the mid-sized schools, the big city schools, and