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• Uh, they're seeing their property taxes for schools, their school property taxes, uh, go down 45 to 50%
• To eliminate school property taxes.
• To, to get rid of all school property taxes.
• To get rid of all school property taxes.
• Some people say, what's happening to the school funding? No, the schools are not losing any money.

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• Campbell High School is the largest school in the state, with 3,100 students.
• for their neighbors Wahu high school for their neighbors Wahu high school please<00:04:43.199>
• We have uh members from Pro City High School. If you're from Pro City High School, please stand.
• She attended Aventus Malama Elementary School and is currently a sophomore now at WNI High School.
• She attended Aventus Malama Elementary School and is currently a sophomore now at WNI High School.

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• Item 13 is the East Feliciana Parish School Board, School District Number 1, for not exceeding $1,375,000
• Item 13 is the East Feliciana Parish School Board, School District Number 1, for not exceeding $1,375,000
• James Parish School Board, Consolidated School District, for not exceeding $38.89 million of general
• associated with improvements to the Harriet Tubman Charter School, a Type 3B charter school.
• associated with improvements to the Harriet Tubman Charter School, a Type 3B Charter School.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

Summary: The State Bond Commission met on May 21 with a quorum present and approved the April 16 minutes. The commission then reviewed and approved a large slate of local government and public authority financing requests, including election propositions for the November ballot, water and sewer infrastructure projects, fire protection and recreation district bonds, school board financing, and several refunding transactions. Most items were found to meet technical requirements and were approved on motions by Speaker DeVillier and seconded by Senator Talbot. Among the more notable items were the East Baton Rouge City-Parish refunding bonds for the Greater Baton Rouge Airport District, the City of Kenner’s retroactive approval request tied to a convention center agreement with GMB Basketball LLC, a Louisiana Housing Corporation financing increase for the Federal City Building 10 affordable housing project, and preliminary approval for the Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority’s Petro Tower redevelopment in Shreveport. The commission also approved financing for Southern University’s Scott’s Bluff student housing project and the Crescent City Schools/Harriet Tubman Charter School project. The Crescent City Schools item prompted questions about how MFP funds are used; staff explained that lease payments would support the bonds and that MFP funds are generally split between educational expenses and facilities-related costs. The commission received six monthly cost-of-issuance reports, which required no action, and a status update on the state debt schedule. It also approved Resolution No. 2 authorizing up to $425 million in general obligation refunding bonds to refund the Series 2016 bonds and tender other outstanding bonds for savings, with pricing tentatively set for June 16 and closing for June 30. During other business, New Orleans City Council President J.P. Morel thanked the commission for its role in helping address the city’s fiscal crisis and for approving a charter amendment election item aimed at strengthening budget oversight. The meeting adjourned after no further business.

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• diametrically different way than schools diametrically different way than schools elsewhere<03:05
• This is their network of schools, nearly 60 charter schools. economically uh disadvantaged homes.
• c><03:06:16.000> 60<03:06:16.319> charter Network of schools, nearly 60 charter schools
• or more like the Kip network of schools or more like the Kip network of schools or<03:11:01.920>
• <03:11:08.479> that those traditional public schools that those traditional public schools

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• shooting at the Moherab school or the Osher Middle School, the Osher High School in my community.
• shooting at the Moherab school or the Osher Middle School, the Osher High School in my community.
• at his middle school. at his middle school.
• schools.
• schools? schools?

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Law School. Law School.
• And you mentioned Champlin Park High School. It's one of the largest high schools in the state.
• School District.
• a referendum and school bonds.
• each school district each schools each school district regional<00:26:40.680> area<00:26:41.000

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• But what can we do to help high school students be made aware of that?
• program, after-school tutoring, and programming on Tuesday.
• It is a problem because I see it with my—at our school, we have a great school—but some of these kids
• And then in terms of charter schools, it allows those DNF charter schools how they would participate
• We are also going to have the schools provide those signs around the school, also on their ID and on

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• How would this really work in real time with our school districts finishing school at the end of June
• In July, they are closing up school because sometimes there is still summer school, and the actual time
• In all honesty, it should be done before the school year begins because teachers get paid when the school
• What is negotiated between a union and a school district is different in every school district.
• School System.

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• this was a school board lease.
• Um, just this week, Newfound School District decided to close Danbury Elementary School.
• Danbury Elementary School.
• the school board.
• school district within the in the town. school district within the in the town.

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• School bus cameras are mounted directly on school buses and record vehicles that illegally pass when
• School bus and school zone cameras are a slightly newer program.
• school zone programs.
• , or the school zone.
• School zone programs. Okay.

Summary: The Committee on Transportation received a presentation from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles on Florida’s camera-based traffic enforcement programs: red light cameras, school bus stop-arm cameras, and school zone speed cameras. The department explained how the programs work, including human review of recorded violations, issuance of civil notices to vehicle owners, and escalation to uniform traffic citations if unpaid or uncontested. Officials also outlined the fee structure and reported preliminary data showing 42 red light camera jurisdictions, 496 red light cameras, and more than 923,000 notices of violation in fiscal year 2024-2025, along with growth in school zone and school bus programs. Senators asked about camera placement, signage, review procedures, and whether reviewers or vendors receive revenue from citations; several questions were left for follow-up because the witness did not have all statutory or operational details. The committee then heard an update from FDOT Secretary Jared Perdue on the Moving Florida Forward Infrastructure Initiative, funded by a $4 billion general revenue investment leveraged into a $7 billion program for 20 major projects. He said the initiative is advancing high-priority congestion relief projects across the state, with 80% of the plan expected to be underway by the end of 2026 and the remaining projects in 2027. Perdue highlighted new delivery methods such as modified phased design-build, voluntary acceleration, and structured acceleration, along with workforce and supply-chain efforts, including regional hiring events and aggregate planning. He cited projects such as I-4 congestion relief lanes, Golden Glades, I-95 at US-1, I-75 auxiliary lanes, and I-275 improvements as examples of the program’s progress. Members questioned FDOT about traffic management during construction, subcontracting opportunities for small businesses, public transit planning, contractor safety and fatalities, bridge strikes, logistics access near ports and airports, aggregate supply, local government coordination, and federal funding uncertainty. Perdue said FDOT continuously reevaluates traffic control plans, works with local governments and industry partners, uses small business participation targets, and requires contractors to be in good standing with OSHA and to implement corrective action plans after incidents. He also said Florida’s transportation revenues are flat, the state remains largely state-funded, and additional resources are the main need for future transportation delivery. The committee adjourned after the chair requested FDOT staff provide senators with district-specific project information.

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• That gave us seven months to the first day of school.
• What that means is if this was a math class and you were in middle school taking middle school math,
• We're able to do all those things as part of our school system.
• But now it's not just get your high school diploma and sit.
• It's get your high school diploma and now what?

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Eric Hall on the Florida Scholars Academy, a new unified education model for youth in residential commitment programs. He explained that the academy replaced the prior decentralized district-run system with a contracted model through Florida Virtual School, allowing individualized blended learning, real-time progress monitoring, expanded special education services, and a broader course catalog including dual enrollment, CTE, GED testing, and postsecondary pathways through the Florida Youth College partnership with Tallahassee State College. Hall said the department is using data to focus on academic achievement, workforce credentials, and peer-group change as strategies to reduce recidivism, and reported early results including 60 diplomas or GEDs, a 5.5% teacher vacancy rate, and progress-monitoring gains for most students. Hall also reviewed implementation of House Bill 1181 on swift accountability and juvenile justice reforms. He said the law strengthened pre-arrest delinquency citation use, raised the target for eligible citations to 70%, required written justification for releasing youth charged with certain felony firearm offenses, and directed the department to develop a firearm-offending curriculum focused on avoidance and consequences. He described a new statewide graduated sanctions matrix for probation technical violations, intended to provide quicker and more consistent responses without overburdening courts. He said early data showed reductions in weapons/firearm offenses and auto theft, and that the department had conducted circuit-level outreach to law enforcement, courts, and providers to support implementation. Members asked about the number of unauthorized alien children in detention or residential care, teacher vacancies and whether instruction continues when staff are absent, screen-time and supervision concerns with laptops, and whether students are reentering local schools with improved academic performance. Hall said he did not have data on immigration status, that FLVS and classroom staff provide continuity when teachers are absent, that devices are checked in and out and security has been tightened, and that the department is still early in implementation but is hearing positive anecdotal feedback from parents. Vice Chair Smith asked for more detail on the firearm curriculum, and Hall offered to provide it. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after no public testimony was offered.

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• a rural school district is now one of the largest school districts in the state.
• Washington High School men's basketball team. Booker T.
• Arlington Independent School District is a highly successful mid-urban school district, the 13th largest
• HB 4096 by Shatz line relating to a limitation on the salary of school administrators of school districts
• schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators refer to the Committee on Public

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• I started my careers and educate as a elementary school teacher.
• I also sit on the Saint John's County School District.
• and like Pensacola, State College was the school in which you could work and go to school.
• in Riverside Presbyterian Day School.
• I attended that school state college.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• What if two schools are playing one another, they're both religious schools from different religions?
• If one school does not Schools from different religions.
• If one school does not want to engage in prayer, do they have the right to object to the other school
• Would it be based on the principal of the school?
• In *Santa Fe Independent School District v.

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Washington County administrator Alan Massey, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery recognitions. The chamber adopted the special order report and then took up a series of bills on the special order calendar. Early measures included CS/HB 967 on electronic payments to local governments, which passed 110-0, and HB 127 requiring cursive writing instruction in grades 2-5, which passed 111-0 after members spoke about literacy, signatures, and heritage. CS/HB 453 on high school diploma requirements passed 111-0 and would allow certain students to use Special Olympics participation for PE credit and marching band for PE and arts credit. The House also passed CS/HB 237 on use of professional nursing titles, which requires APRNs using the title doctor to clarify they are APRNs, by 111-0. The chamber then debated HJR 583, a proposed constitutional amendment on religious expression in public schools. Supporters said it would codify existing statutory protections for student and school personnel religious expression and let voters decide; opponents argued it was unnecessary, could create confusion, and risked constitutional problems involving school-sponsored prayer and the separation of church and state. After structured debate, the resolution passed 93-17. The House next passed CS/HB 363 on dental therapy, which creates a licensed mid-level dental provider and drew sharp debate over access to care versus patient safety; it passed 80-29. HB 375 on autonomous practice by certified registered nurse anesthetists passed 78-28, and HB 301 on psychiatric mental health APRN autonomous practice passed 88-18. Later, the House passed HB 863 on arbitration for Citizens Property Insurance disputes, giving policyholders a choice between arbitration and court, by 105-3, and HB 1399 on property insurance affiliates, which increases oversight of insurer-affiliate transactions, by 160-3. Members also heard and advanced a local claims bill, HB 6517, for relief of Eribeito and Sanchez Mayan against the City of St. Petersburg, describing severe injuries allegedly caused during an arrest and transport; the bill was rolled over for third reading at the end of the transcript. Throughout the day, members also paused for multiple recognitions of visiting students, local officials, professional groups, and community organizations.

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• vision care allotment under the Foundation School program.
• It is not, uh, in the Foundation school program.
• Uh, but I think all the school, school districts are obligated under the law to provide the help, uh,
• I'm a national certified school nurse, a member of the Texas School Nurses Organization and a practiced
• school nursing for more than 20 years.

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• school? school?
• school and high school people in middle school and high school where<00:43:25.839> post-secary
• students middle school and high school students middle school and high school students that<00:46
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• about higher education and school about higher education and school systems,<01:08:31.040> school

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Summary: The committee met to review the annual report on collaboration between the University System of New Hampshire and the Community College System of New Hampshire, and the meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and a gubernatorial proclamation recognizing the community college system’s 80th anniversary. Both chancellors praised the proclamation and described the report as a statutory follow-up to the public higher education task force. They said the two systems have built a close working relationship and that the collaboration is intended to continue, though progress may be limited by resources and staffing changes. Much of the discussion focused on transfer pathways and new academic models. The chancellors said House Bill 1530 helped drive the creation of more than 100, and possibly about 130, “universal pathways” between the systems, with a reported 30% increase in community college associate-degree graduates transferring to the university system in the last academic year. They also discussed direct-admit outreach for community college graduates, early college and CTE-to-workforce pathways, and the development of three-year bachelor’s programs at Plymouth State and in some health-care fields. Members asked about nursing, allied dental health, and radiologic technology, and the chancellors said they are exploring whether some programs can be streamlined, while noting that nursing’s requirements may limit how short a pathway can be. Members also raised concerns about whether transfer pathways could affect university enrollment, but the university chancellor said declining enrollment is more likely due to a smaller pool of college-age students and broader competition, not the transfer programs. Another topic was the ERP/technology platform recommendation from the task force: the university system is moving to Workday, while the community college system is working to align business practices and move from an on-premises system to a cloud-based solution. Officials said a shared enterprise system could create efficiencies in the future, but it is not expected in the short term; student-facing tools like Canvas are already shared. The committee also discussed House Bill 112, which would require passing a civics test for graduation, and the chancellors said they support civic education but see implementation challenges. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes and receiving the report.

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• Uh, basically what it does, just in a nutshell, is public charter schools, which are public schools,
• being public schools.
• public school um definition differently. public school um definition differently.
• You may notify a private school.
• :55.679> school um and between the schools, the school um and between the schools, the school

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• consideration giving many school consideration giving many school districts<00:42:38.520> um<
• <00:43:08.920> school association of metropolitan school association of metropolitan school
• school<00:43:14.359> business<00:43:14.760> officials Association of school business
• access to such benefits many many school access to such benefits many many school districts<00:45
• heard from counties we heard from school heard from counties we heard from school districts<01:09

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 1325 and adopted the author’s A2 amendment before hearing testimony. Representative Schultz presented the bill as a set of bipartisan changes to make Minnesota’s earned sick and safe time law more workable for small businesses, public employers, and taxpayers, arguing the current law is an unfunded mandate that increases costs and property taxes. The bill’s supporters said it would add flexibility, including changes affecting coverage for certain workers, employer size thresholds, front-loading, weather-related exceptions, and a delay on penalties. Commissioner Nicole Blissenbach of the Department of Labor and Industry opposed the bill, saying it would exclude about 800,000 workers, or roughly 30% of the workforce, from earned sick and safe time protections and create confusion and enforcement problems. She also objected to the proposed penalty delay, saying the department already uses compliance assistance and needs penalty authority for serious violations. The Minnesota Chamber supported modifications to the mandate, saying businesses—especially small ones—have struggled with compliance and that the law has had unintended effects on PTO policies and leave use. The League of Minnesota Cities supported parts of the bill, especially changes affecting more generous city leave policies and weather-event exemptions, saying current language creates confusion and can interfere with emergency staffing. Opponents from Education Minnesota, SEIU Minnesota, TakeAction Minnesota, and a nurse from Unity Hospital argued the bill would strip protections from part-time workers, minors, and workers with family caregiving needs, and would weaken a law they said has helped workers avoid discipline or lost wages when sick. Supporters from counties and an HR consultant emphasized administrative burdens, emergency staffing needs during weather events, and the difficulty of applying ESS rules to existing leave policies. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the bill was laid over for further consideration.

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• Also, the fire burned down a school playground. After that... ...school playground.
• Dakota public school districts.
• We have the Turtle Mountain High School, which is a tribally controlled grant school...
• It became a 638 school in 1978, 1998, 1992, 93; it became a tribally controlled grant school.
• Community School, the Jamerson School at Tribes, as well as Tate Topa in Spirit Lake.

Summary: The Tribal and State Relations Committee met at Standing Rock with tribal council members, state legislators, and agency representatives to discuss state-tribal coordination and local priorities. Early discussion focused on process concerns, including the short agenda time and the need for better communication, more advance notice, and more relevant state department staff at future meetings. Tribal leaders asked for lists of state tribal liaisons and bills affecting tribes, and state members said they would follow up, share grant and deadline information, and plan another meeting in Bismarck with program experts and agency staff. A major portion of the meeting centered on health, child welfare, law enforcement, housing, infrastructure, and sovereignty issues. Tribal speakers said rural health transformation funding and other state programs often do not fit direct-service tribes or IHS-funded systems, and they raised concerns about Medicaid, ICWA, foster care delays, human service zones, housing shortages, and the placement of Native children off-reservation. They also discussed missing and murdered Indigenous people, search-and-rescue cooperation, cross-deputization, extradition and banishment ordinances, and the need for stronger law enforcement partnerships that respect tribal sovereignty. Other concerns included poor roads, water and sewer needs in Sioux County communities, census accuracy, and the impact of data centers and other development on water and health. Economic development and regulatory issues were also discussed. Standing Rock representatives raised concerns about charitable gaming and e-pull tabs, saying the machines function like Class III gaming and have harmed tribal revenue while spreading into local businesses. They also described problems with county-issued fireworks permits and state/county liquor licensing rules that they said undermine tribal authority within reservation boundaries. In response, legislators said the committee would continue to look at these issues, and one member suggested possible legislation such as limiting e-tabs near tribal lands. The committee also heard from Joseph McNeil of Sage Development Authority about a 235-megawatt wind project on tribal, allotted, and fee land; he said federal permitting delays have stalled the project and asked for state support to help move it forward. The meeting concluded with a presentation from Dave Archambo of Wojou, a nonprofit focused on land regeneration, buffalo, food sovereignty, cultural programming, and youth wellness. He described the organization’s work on buffalo processing, gardening, fishing, hunting, language, and arts programs, and framed it as a response to historical trauma and community healing. The committee then broke for lunch and planned to resume with the Wojou presentation after the recess.

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• An administrative clarification that when a school board votes to put a school millage on a ballot for
• to close schools.
• I know the state mandated the school resource officers.
• But our rural school districts are struggling.
• Our public schools face mounting challenges.

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