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• We absolutely have to pay attention to what is conveyed by the workforce.
• This legislation is a workforce bill. This legislation is for the workers.
• Is that proper workforce management?
• We have yet to establish a consistent rule across the board.
• competing for a workforce with anybody else.

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• ,<00:24:57.920> their it impacts their work workforce, their it impacts their work workforce
• , unprecedented pressures on workforce, unprecedented pressures on workforce, shortages<00:44:03.640
• attention to our county-based workforce. attention to our county-based workforce.
• workforce works outside the county. workforce works outside the county. Okay?
• <03:35:00.000> focus<03:35:00.440> from A board would shift the focus from A board

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• HB 2729, nursing board continuation. HB 2730, occupational therapy board continuations.
• HB 2753, Board of Directors, Commerce Authority. HB 2755, Commerce Authority Board of Directors.
• So initially, with this sex offender management board, I had voted to establish that board a few sessions
• board would repeal in 233. read.
• Senator Gonzales, I see you on the board.

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• started meeting with stakeholders of the Kentucky Department of Education and even my own personal Board
• As we have young people who are moving into the workforce and looking at their future, moving toward
• who are uh looking at the workforce who are uh looking at their<00:11:15.399> future<00:11:16.240
• if we had the opportunity to sit down in a collaborative effort with the school district, with the Board
• if we had the opportunity to sit down in a collaborative effort with the school district, with the Board

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Summary: The committee heard House Bill 342, which would require all Kentucky students to complete a one-credit financial literacy course for graduation, with the credit able to count toward math, social studies, or an elective. Representative Meredith and student advocate Patrick Rovi argued the current financial literacy mandate is too weak without a credit requirement, citing low implementation across schools and the need for practical instruction in loans, credit, investing, and budgeting. Members generally supported the bill, while Representative Tipton raised concerns about adding credit requirements and limiting dual credit options, and Representative Willner questioned whether it would create an unfunded mandate. Supporters responded that the bill is designed to fit within existing graduation requirements and that free curriculum and professional development resources are available through groups like Next Generation Personal Finance. HB 342 passed the committee unanimously with an expression of opinion that it should pass. The committee next considered House Bill 661, a technical cleanup bill related to the previously enacted nine-passenger van option for school transportation. Representative Emily Callaway said the measure only adjusts regulations needed for KDE to implement the earlier law effectively. The bill passed without opposition. House Bill 208, sponsored by Representatives Josh Bray and James Tipton, would require school districts to adopt policies limiting cell phone use during the school day and, in the updated version, restrict social media access as well. Supporters said the bill is intended to improve student attention, reduce cyberbullying and mental health harms, and address concerns raised by school disruptions and social media use. Members asked about exemptions for students with medical needs, emergency access, and whether districts would need new software; sponsors said existing district technology and local discretion should handle those issues. The bill passed unanimously. The committee then began taking up House Bill 430, which would let certain small-transportation districts seek an exemption from the KDE requirement for four annual bus safety trainings, provided they adopt a local safety policy and submit it to KDE. A district superintendent testified that the current blanket requirement causes significant instructional disruption for districts with very limited daily transportation needs.

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• Well, where our HOA board did just expand our xeriscaping options.
• The board went with 60% for now. OK, yeah. Thank you. OK.
• That HOA boards, uh, seek to preserve and protect.
• We're developing a workforce.
• The Committee of Trade Workforce and Economic Development is now adjourned.

Bills: HB 186

Keywords: public funds, lobbying activities, political subdivisions, government expenditure, transparency, local government, political subdivision, county, city, municipality, special district, taxpayer-funded lobbying, lobbying restriction, registered lobbyist, government association, county association dues, Texas Legislature, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, Chapter 556

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• I am a former APS board member and I'm currently the president of the AFT retirees, but I actually am
• Literacy is foundational to everything we care about: workforce readiness, economic competitiveness,
• Lillingay-R-T's legislative liaison for the New Mexico School Board Association.
• We've just started the colleges to be on board.
• So thrilled to hear from them that they are on board. But it takes a while to learn this.

Bills: SB29, SB37

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• , and a dynamic business environment that supports... ...a skilled workforce, and a dynamic business
• partnerships that support... ...and advancing educational and workforce partnerships that support skills
• Representative Carbone, you are on the board. Is that to speak? No. Representative Powell.
• Board of Education, and United States Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, who was then the chief
• Succi is on the board, sir. Sorry, Mr. Speaker.

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• standards board.
• standards board.
• standards board.
• standards board.
• standards board.

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• on behalf of the County of Monterey Board of Supervisors in support.
• Our education and workforce development system is disjointed, not for lack of many wonderful programs
• SB 638 fills the gaps and more, connecting not just higher ed, but also TK-12, workforce, and safety
• I am a former school board trustee in a fairly large school district in San Diego.
• I am also, as a former school board trustee, concerned about unfunded mandates.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a series of bills focused largely on school safety, immigrant student protections, Holocaust and genocide education, civic engagement, and workforce pathways. SB 631 would expand the charter school revolving loan fund by increasing loan amounts and broadening eligibility, including for charter schools affected by natural disasters; it drew support from the Treasurer’s Office and the California Charter Schools Association and was advanced on a 4-0 vote, with the bill held on call. SB 472 would reinforce Holocaust, slavery, and genocide education requirements and create or expand teacher training and grants; it received strong support from survivors, educators, and Jewish organizations and passed 6-0, with several members asking to be added as coauthors. The committee also took up a package of immigration-related school bills. SB 48 would bar school officials from allowing immigration enforcement access to campuses without a judicial warrant and protect student records; it was backed by Superintendent Tony Thurmond, teachers, school districts, and many advocacy groups, and passed 5-0 to the Judiciary Committee. SB 98 would require K-12 schools and higher education institutions to notify campus communities when immigration enforcement is present; it also drew broad support from student groups, colleges, and education organizations and passed 3-0 to Higher Education, with the bill held on call. Both measures were presented as responses to recent immigration enforcement activity near schools and the chilling effect on attendance and student well-being. Other measures advanced included SB 848, which would strengthen protections against employee sexual misconduct in schools by updating safety plans, training, reporting, and misconduct tracking; it was supported by education groups and a survivor who described grooming at her high school, and passed 6-0 to Public Safety. SB 638 would create a statewide coordinating entity for education and workforce programs and support career pathways, with testimony emphasizing the need to align fragmented funding and improve access for underserved communities; it passed 7-0 to Higher Education. SB 316, on high school voter registration and pre-registration, passed 8-0 to Elections after testimony from students and civic engagement advocates, and SB 334, which would add sexual harassment prevention content and a Sexual Harassment Safety Week to school curriculum, was presented with support from student advocates and AAUW, with no opposition noted in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• On behalf of two of our board members that are proud residents of Bernardineville County.
• Chairman, Richard Romero, representing the New Mexico Medical Board, endorses Bill 127.
• The Board does note the Thank you. Thank you, Senator. Mr.
• the Medical Board as well.
• It is time for us to visit the board itself and the authorizing language.

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• <00:48:28.800> of the Vermont State Colleg's board of the Vermont State Colleg's board of
• <00:48:59.839> of legislative trustee to the board of legislative trustee to the board of
• David has proven himself to be a committee board member, a committed board member to our constituents
• David has proven himself to be a committee board member, a committed board member to our constituents
• of the board of trustees. of the board of trustees.

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• We also, when we manage all the reporting, we send it to the legislative budget board that works with
• over in 85 cities in the 28 workforce boards we call located with them at the American Job Centers to
• We also co-share an initiative with the Workforce Commission such as We Hire Vets and Hiring Red, White
• In addition to sending people to these events, we also partner with our fellow Texas Veterans Land Board
• That's going to be with the Veterans Land Board, the Texas Veterans Network.

Bills: SB651, SB897, SB1814, SB1818

Keywords: SB 651, Texas Government Code, Section 434.032, veterans county service office, county veterans services, commissioners court, county executive official, county administration, local government, veterans affairs, veterans benefits, county oversight, reporting structure, public administration, large counties, population 200,000 or more, mental health, veterans, community support, grant program

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• And the baby boomers have come into the workforce and when they're leaving.
• If you go to the right to a green bar, the boomers are fully into the workforce.
• And we consider somebody fully in the workforce when they're 25 years old.
• You've come into the workforce or you've graduated from high school and entered the workforce right after
• So you're fully in the workforce, we think, when you're about 25 years old.

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• Number one: workforce. Most hospital expenses, roughly 60%, are on their workforce.
• Number one: workforce. Most hospital expenses, roughly 60%, are on their workforce.
• Nurse workforce costs rise.
• That's kind of across the board for all PSAOs.
• I'm a board-certified family medicine physician.

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• I come from local government, seven years on the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco.
• I come from local government, seven years on the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco.
• In 2016, I discovered the Workforce Development Board On-the-Job Training Program, which allowed me to
• As my story illustrates, resources like WEV, EDC, SCORE, the Workforce Development Board, and the Chambers
• SCORE, the Workforce Development Board, and the Chambers of Commerce are critical lifelines for small

Summary: The committee held an information hearing on California’s economy and household affordability, with the first panel focusing on inflation, housing, energy, wages, and the likely effects of new federal tariff policy. PPIC’s Sarah Bone said Californians remain deeply pessimistic about the economy, with inflation the main driver of concern; she noted prices are still about 23% higher than in January 2020, with especially large increases in food, energy, and housing costs. LAO’s Brian Euler emphasized that housing is the largest household expense and pointed to insurance, electricity, gasoline, and health care as other major cost pressures, urging the Legislature to review whether existing policies are actually reducing costs and to consider studies of why recent housing laws have not produced more units. UC Davis economist Catherine Russ warned that tariffs on China, Canada, Mexico, and potentially broader imports could raise consumer prices, disrupt supply chains, and hurt California exporters, farmers, and small businesses; she suggested monitoring prices, strengthening food assistance, and preparing transition support for affected workers and producers. Members pressed the panelists for concrete, near-term policy ideas, especially on housing and tariffs. Questions centered on whether accessory dwelling units are making a meaningful dent in affordability, how to improve implementation of pro-housing laws at the local level, and how to measure the impact of tariffs on consumers, health care, and agriculture. Panelists said ADUs help but are limited, that state laws can be undermined by local implementation and litigation, and that tariff effects may show up quickly in prices and later in hiring and investment. Several members stressed that the tariff issue is not a minor disruption for constituents and asked for more data on consumer impacts, food aid needs, and crop-specific farm losses. The second panel shifted to regional economic development and small business support. Go-Biz’s Derek Kirk described California Jobs First and the state economic blueprint as a first-in-decades, regionally informed strategy to create good-paying jobs, support key sectors, and align workforce and business development across 13 regions. The California Association for Local Economic Development’s Gerbach Sahota argued that local governments need practical tools, stable policy, and stronger partnerships with the state, while warning that prosperity is not always perceived as shared and that rural communities can be left behind. He urged the Legislature to use hearings, local input, and existing funding streams more effectively, including for recovery and infrastructure. David Fitzgerald of the Small Business Development Centers said California’s SBDC network serves hundreds of thousands of clients, many of them women and historically underrepresented entrepreneurs, and has generated billions in economic impact, capital access, revenue, and jobs. He said the biggest gaps are outreach to the state’s many self-employed businesses with no employees, better labor data on those workers, and more flexible support for direct services. Committee members then asked what small businesses need most in the face of inflation and tariff shocks, including lower licensing costs and other relief, and the discussion continued on how to better target state support to businesses and households under pressure.

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• That is where we stand now with respect to our 1115 workforce demonstration that is sitting with CMS.
• their position known against workforce in general.
• So I do think that as we address workforce in all areas, we'll be able to have more students come in.
• Participating pharmacies must submit an annual access-to-care plan to the Department and the Board of
• The Board of Pharmacy is required to collaborate with the boards of medicine and osteopathic medicine

Summary: The committee met to receive implementation updates on recently enacted health care laws from AHCA and the Department of Health. AHCA reported on rural emergency hospitals, explaining the new Class 4 hospital designation, rule changes completed June 1, 2025, and that no Florida hospitals have yet converted, though one North Walton/DeFuniak Springs-area hospital has expressed interest. AHCA also reviewed the non-emergent care access plan requirement for hospitals with emergency departments, saying 83 plans had been received since July 1 and 63 approved, with plans emphasizing patient education, referrals to primary care or urgent care, and coordination for Medicaid managed care enrollees through the Florida HIE/ENS system. Members asked about HIE capacity, data collection, and whether the plans would identify shortages or trigger accountability measures; AHCA said it had moved to a new HIE vendor and would continue gathering data. AHCA also updated the committee on the TEACH workforce program, reporting $6.8 million in FY 2024-25 spending across 59 parent organizations and 229 facilities, with more than 1,800 students and nearly 380,000 clinical hours reimbursed, and said a federal 1115 workforce waiver was unlikely to move forward under CMS. On KidCare, AHCA said House Bill 121’s expansion to 300% of the federal poverty level remains blocked by federal litigation and CMS action tied to premium nonpayment rules, and members and public witnesses urged prompt implementation and asked for enrollment/disenrollment data and the rural health transformation funding outlook. Public testimony largely supported the NCAP and TEACH programs and pressed for action on KidCare. Representatives from health centers said NCAP has strengthened hospital-health center relationships and improved care coordination, including reduced recidivism in some hospitals. A Bond Community Health Center physician said TEACH is helping offset the burden of training students and could help address workforce shortages, especially in rural and underserved areas. Advocacy groups urged the committee to push for implementation of the KidCare expansion, citing children in the coverage gap and rising uninsured rates. The Department of Health then presented on several programs from the 2024-25 session. It reported on the Florida Reimbursement Assistance for Medical Education (FRAME) program, including 78 dentists and 15 dental hygienists funded under the dental track and nearly 1,300 medical professionals funded overall, with 123 dental applications and 71 funded dentists in the most recent cycle. DOH also updated the Screening and Services Grant Program, the Health Care Innovation Revolving Loan Program, the statewide telehealth maternity care program, and the swimming lesson voucher program, noting strong participation and outcomes such as reduced ER visits and improved postpartum follow-up in the maternity program. Finally, DOH said implementation of the HIV prevention drug/pharmacist dispensing law is underway, with three certification courses approved and five certifications issued. Members asked about barriers to wider use of HIV prevention drugs, more detailed maternal outcome data, and the dental workforce program report; DOH said more detailed reports would follow.

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• So the Water Trust Board was created back in 2001.
• And then 13, the Water Trust Board awards by county.
• So you know that there's just a large number of volunteer boards or smaller boards out there that need—they're
• Philip Box is one of my Board of Trustees members. Mr.
• But those are workforce certificates. Some of them are stand-alone workforce.

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• <00:51:37.800> of Um so, this is a Kentucky Board of Um so, this is a Kentucky Board of Nursing
• Department of Workforce Development, and Department of Workforce Development, and KCTCS<01:00:50.600>
• A lot of those kids, I think, are able to get in the workforce.
• <01:10:12.120> of of local a fee to the local Board of of local a fee to the local Board of
• , officers, cabinets, departments, boards, officers, cabinets, departments, boards, commissions,<

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• attract a talented, qualified workforce. attract a talented, qualified workforce.
• <00:39:50.560> while fluidity of the modern workforce while fluidity of the modern workforce
• The school board makes a determination.
• <02:21:14.399> of placement which the state board of placement which the state board of education
• And that has real workforce.

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• How about uh condo board >> Okay. How about uh condo board education?
• :13.520> gaps So workforce alignment, workforce gaps So workforce alignment, workforce gaps are
• We have workforce partnerships.
• when will we get the developer on board? when will we get the developer on board?
• on board by the end of the year. on board by the end of the year.

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