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Committee: House Public Safety Finance and Policy

Summary: The Public Safety Committee held its first meeting of the session, opened with a quorum present, and reviewed basic decorum expectations and committee procedures. Members and staff introduced themselves and described their districts and backgrounds. The chair said the committee would focus on protecting victims and preventing crime, and that the first presenters would be law enforcement groups as subject-matter experts. The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association testified first, warning of serious recruitment, retention, and retirement pressures in law enforcement. The group cited survey data showing most members would not recommend the profession to family, rising assaults on officers, a shortage of roughly 1,000 officers statewide, and more than 2,000 officers nearing retirement eligibility. They also urged continued funding for POST Board training reimbursements and described broader concerns about anti-police rhetoric and public policy. The presentation was interrupted by a disruptive outburst in the room, after which the committee returned to order. The Minnesota Sheriffs Association then outlined its 2025 priorities: expanding mental health treatment beds and revisiting the 48-hour law, making the Fandino-Castile training fund permanent, updating drone/UAV statutes for missing-person searches, training, and evidence preservation, requiring permit-to-carry holders to report name changes, expanding BCA authority for sexual assault investigations on state-owned military facilities, replacing aging public safety radios in the ARMER system, and strengthening employer background-check response requirements. Members asked questions about mental health capacity, UAV uses, and officer assaults; witnesses said the state needs more beds, staff, and support for both short-term crisis stabilization and longer-term treatment. The Minnesota Police Chiefs Association closed by echoing concerns about recruitment and retention, supporting the $6 million POST training reimbursement fund, and calling for tougher penalties for fleeing police, auto theft, and violent crime. No votes or formal actions were taken."}】【。assistant to=final 天天中彩票大奖json 天天中彩票追号json ఇలా to=final 彩神争霸快三 to=final 手机天天彩票 ்ந்து result 彩票平台招商 ્યો क्ता ંડ {

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• How do to look at how do we spend money?
• And here comes a spending bill before we have budget targets to spend money to hire people to do what
• I'm I'm to spend the paltry know what?
• </c><00:43:02.800><c> Inspector</c> Department of Education Inspector Department of Education Inspector
• </c><00:43:14.240><c> uh</c> cleaned up in the education uh cleaned up in the education uh conference

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• Omnibus Bill, chapter 55, the 2024 Education Policy Omnibus, chapters 109, the 2024 Education Finance
• ><c> 24</c><00:05:11.600><c> education</c><00:05:12.479><c> policy</c> chapter 55 the 24 education policy
• </c> uar code for every single penny we spend uar code for every single penny we spend as<00:18:16.559
• laws or new state education rules.
• laws or new state education rules.

Bills: HF957 , HF877

Committee: House Education Finance

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• And retailer commission strategy at the 24-25 spending level.
• About three days worth of education. Okay. Thank you.
• Aside from the $1 billion-plus they provide public education.
• This is an increase of $6.3 million from the 24-25 spending level.
• Workforce Commission and the Higher Education Coordinating Board, and our public education schools, TEA

Bills: SB1 , SB 1

Committee: Senate Finance

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• Department of Education.
• </c> cannot exclude religious education. cannot exclude religious education.
• </c><05:19:26.240><c> education</c><05:19:26.718><c> grant</c> pupil adequate educ education grant pupil
• </c> spending money on anything else. spending money on anything else.
• </c> spend 20 plus thousand a year to educate spend 20 plus thousand a year to educate their<05:32:14.000

Committee: House Education Policy and Administration

Summary: The committee held a hearing on House Bill 1571, which would direct the Department of Education to review and revise statewide academic standards and curriculum and make an appropriation. Representative Kristen Noble, the sponsor, said the bill is intended to update outdated standards, especially in math, and to have the department create a list of high-quality curriculum and materials aligned to the revised standards. She noted she would likely amend the bill to change a requirement that districts “shall” select from the list to “may,” and said a misplaced crossed-out section would need to be restored and moved by amendment. She also said assessments would need to be updated to match any new standards. Testimony from Marie Banfield strongly supported the bill and the move away from a mandate, arguing that current standards are outdated and that Common Core and related standards have not improved student outcomes. She criticized the math standards for emphasizing multiple strategies and written explanations over computation, and said stronger standards would better support students, including those with learning or communication challenges. She also argued that New Hampshire should follow examples such as Massachusetts, which she said used rigorous standards successfully. Nate Green of the Department of Education did not take a position on the bill but explained that the bill would affect statewide academic standards, state assessments, and potentially federal compliance. He distinguished academic standards from minimum standards in statute, said any standards revision would require work with content experts, State Board approval, and then a corresponding assessment update that could take about two years. He estimated assessment development costs could range from about $200,000 to $500,000 for minor revisions and $1 million to $2 million for a wholesale new set of standards. He also said the bill would apply to public and charter public schools, not private or homeschool students, and that the department does not currently provide a statewide list of curriculum materials because curriculum decisions have historically been local.

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• And they keep all that money, and there's no requirement on how they spend that.
• That was because the Senate wanted a higher tax.
• It relates to public education, early childhood care and education, and child care access calculations
• This conference report establishes a task force to examine a higher education at Virginia Military Institute
• of public institutions of higher education.

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• higher education.
• higher education.
• </c><00:15:27.600><c> education</c><00:15:28.400><c> research</c> Scott, higher education research Scott
• funding, an act relating to higher education. education. education.
• ,</c><00:15:36.960><c> higher</c><00:15:37.280><c> education</c> file 104 engrossed, higher education

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• So, for the next two years, districts will benefit from a higher level of funding and a higher level
• education and retirement.
• They spend very...
• They spend very little time being a law enforcement officer and doing that, but they spend a lot of time
• And once again, Department of Education.

Committee: Joint Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration

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• I appreciate this opportunity to partner with my legislative colleagues in the higher education policy
• Chair Mike Fong, Assembly Higher Education Committee, do you want to make any introductory remarks?
• private post-secondary higher education in California.
• Policy changes to Federal Student Aid, accountability rules, and accreditation may reshape higher education
• Education Committee, in the period, in the most aggressive consultant to the Assembly Higher Education

Summary: The joint Sunset Review Oversight Hearing focused on the Bureau for Private Post-Secondary Education (BPPE) and its reauthorization, with committee chairs and members emphasizing the Bureau’s role in protecting students, overseeing private postsecondary schools, and responding to a changing federal higher education landscape. BPPE and the Department of Consumer Affairs reported that the Bureau has modernized data systems, improved enforcement, increased citations and inspections, reduced pending complaints, and is now meeting its statutory inspection mandate. They also said the Bureau faces a structural budget deficit and has reduced costs through staffing cuts, streamlined inspections, and shifting some student-relief functions to the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF).

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• Higher education at 10.8%, health care at 27%, and K-12 education, largely due to the Minimum Foundation
• billion is the Department of Education. $3.8 billion of that is the Department of Education, $2.1 billion
• education, that $976 million, the Department of Education at $338.2 million, Executive Department at
• This is all higher ed, all... ...in it with us.
• This is all higher ed, all the other systems, the higher ed systems in the K through 12 system, sort

Committee: House Ways & Means

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• I've spent about half my career in industry and half my career in higher education.
• In higher education, I'm an educator and an administrator.
• It's shown its commitment to higher education, like Texas A&M, and how we are working to bring these
• Some projects spend years in post-production.
• I grew up by the bay and try to spend every weekend somewhere on the bay.

Bills: HB4568 , HB5458 , HB4543 , HB2703 , HB3728 , HCR113 , HCR126

Committee: House Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Keywords: film industry, incentives, grants, Texas, moving image, economic development, production companies, content standards, HB 5458, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, TPWD, chronic wasting disease, CWD, cervids, deer, elk, moose, wildlife management, game animals, disease management

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• So that's on the spending side.
• But as I mentioned earlier, higher education.
• So when we say 6%, we don't just mean 6% spending growth, we mean 6% spending growth and tax cuts.
• Royalties go to the education, um, budget.
• So you can use this for a revenue fall, but if you want to spend it, you need much higher standards.

Committee: House Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

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• We see higher spending largely driven by caseload growth and caseload costs, and you're exactly right
• Okay, Chapter 3, critical spending. Go ahead. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• These are mandatory spending.
• Moving into K-12 education.
• in K-12 education.

Summary: The joint House-Senate appropriations committee met to review the governor’s fiscal 2027 budget presentation from Ben Henderson, director of the Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting. Early discussion focused on the state economy and revenue outlook, with Henderson describing strong GDP growth and low unemployment but also fragility for working families. Members questioned the executive’s revenue assumptions, which were said to be about $100 million per year higher than the JLBC baseline, and the committee chair asked for a written comparison of the revenue differences. Henderson also said the governor’s budget is structurally balanced and includes both ongoing spending and proposed revenue changes. A major portion of the hearing centered on data centers, AI investment, and water policy. Henderson argued Arizona’s data center tax incentive should be eliminated because it had already succeeded in attracting investment, while lawmakers questioned whether repealing the incentive and imposing a new water-related fee would discourage future growth. The executive said the water proposal would create a Colorado River Protection Fund and give the Department of Water Resources fee-setting authority, with the aim of encouraging more modern air-cooled facilities. Members also raised concerns about whether the data center changes would require a supermajority vote and whether the fee was effectively a new tax. The committee then reviewed major “critical spending” items, including correctional officer pay, prison health care compliance, probation funding, body-worn cameras, law enforcement staffing, fentanyl enforcement, cyber readiness, and border-related costs. Henderson said the budget includes $24.4 million ongoing for correctional officer pay and $118.3 million one-time for prison health care staffing, plus other public safety and homeland security items. He also defended the governor’s assumption of $759.7 million in federal reimbursement for border expenses, saying the governor had met with federal officials and that the state would seek the full amount. Members expressed skepticism about relying on that reimbursement and asked what would be cut if it does not materialize. Education and health and human services were also discussed. The governor’s budget includes K-12 funding, Prop. 123-related school facility bonding, and a proposal to shift some school facilities funding to bond financing, which several members criticized as inappropriate for short-term maintenance needs. The committee also reviewed AHCCCS/Medicaid costs, Division of Developmental Disabilities funding, and the expected impacts of federal HR1 changes on eligibility, provider funding, and rural hospitals. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair repeatedly limited debate and directed members to keep questions brief while the presentation continued.

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• Does a college education incentivize any candidate to join the MSP?
• So the more education, the more educated troopers we have, I would argue, that would support us.
• and most efficiently ever spend.
• Responsibly, respectfully, without frivolously spending money.
• We conduct educational programming. We perform... We conduct educational programming.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held its sixth public hearing on the Governor’s FY27 H-2 budget proposal, focused on public safety and judiciary agencies, at the Foxborough Community Center. After opening remarks and local welcomes, the committee heard testimony from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS), led by Secretary Gina Kwan, who described the $1.72 billion budget as a 4% increase over FY26 and emphasized readiness, local partnerships, and support for core operations rather than expansion. She highlighted ongoing work on firearms-law implementation, State Police academy reforms, DOC’s new strategic plan, disaster response, hate-crime prevention, and planning for major 2026 events including the World Cup, Marathon, and America’s 250th anniversary. Members also raised concerns about State Police capacity, DNA backlog reporting, academy boxing/training reforms after a trooper’s death, ICE coordination, diversity in public safety leadership, the disaster relief fund, crime lab funding, reentry programming, and whether OEMS should move from DPH to EOPSS; Kwan said she would keep an open mind on some issues but was not ready to commit to an OEMS transfer. The committee then questioned EOPSS officials and the State Police colonel on several operational matters. The colonel said the academy boxing program remains suspended and likely will not return in its prior form, pending an IACP review, and that future training will likely emphasize jujitsu-style control techniques. He also said the State Police uses the civil service exam, with current advancement scores ranging from 83.72 to 98.78 for the most recent class, and acknowledged the need to improve recruitment, preparation, and diversity. On the DNA and sexual assault kit backlog, EOPSS said it supports extending the statute of limitations and is working with the courts and crime lab to identify and collect lawfully owed DNA. On disaster preparedness, officials said the new disaster relief fund is being developed with MEMA and A&F, is currently capitalized at $14 million with another $14 million expected, and should be designed to respond flexibly to different regional needs. They also said the crime lab increase is largely to cover core operations and a structural deficiency rather than expansion. Several members focused on public safety coordination and staffing. Questions from legislators from Bristol, Plymouth, Cape Cod, and elsewhere stressed the need for State Police to absorb additional forensic work if county resources shift, and to maintain strong communication with local chiefs and federal partners. Rep. Holmes pressed EOPSS on racial and gender diversity in the department and State Police; Kwan and Colonel Noble said diversity has improved but will take time to show up in senior leadership, and they pointed to internships and hiring practices as ways to broaden the pipeline. The hearing also included discussion of the World Cup security plan, with Kwan saying planning has been underway for about 18 months through 14 working groups and that current staffing and overtime resources appear sufficient for now. After EOPSS concluded, the committee recessed briefly and then began testimony from district attorneys, led by Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden, who said prosecutors are seeking a 10% budget increase to address staffing and salary pressures, especially the widening pay gap between assistant district attorneys and newly hired public defenders after recent CPCS funding increases.

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• We anticipate spending all the funds by September 30th.
• So at Leahi, we've been keeping the census at a higher level, not full capacity, but higher, based on
• but higher um based on full capacity but higher um based on limited<06:18:05.320><c> staff</c><06:18
• spend spend uh<06:31:35.760><c> generally</c><06:31:36.160><c> that's</c><06:31:36.320><c> with</c><

Summary: The Committee on Finance held an informational briefing with the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations on its budget, staffing, and operations. The director reviewed department leadership and reported on recruitment and retention efforts, including a 14% vacancy rate, a 10.5% workforce increase from filling 189 positions, and the Hela Imua internship program, which has placed 516 interns since inception and led to 62 permanent hires. The department also described modernization efforts, including the UI Huakai project and the Disability Compensation Division’s electronic case management system, and said the unemployment compensation trust fund exceeded $71.5 million, triggering Schedule C for calendar year 2025. The department’s main budget requests included $2.9 million for fiscal year 2026 to support maintenance and operations of the electronic case management system, plus restoration of two enforcement specialist positions. Officials said those positions are needed to address a decline in investigators from 11 to six since 2009, improve compliance, and handle Hawaii Compliance Express certificate work. Additional requests included two human resources specialists to address recruitment backlogs, two labor enforcement specialists to reduce a backlog of Chapter 104 prevailing wage and wage cases, and two positions for the Office of Community Services to expand immigrant services and access centers. The department also discussed federal funding for unemployment insurance and workforce programs, including National Dislocated Worker Grants and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds, and said some funding is received in increments and may require extensions. Members asked about Kauai inspection coverage, federal funding uncertainty, the size of the special unemployment insurance fund, and whether the department could ramp up staffing during a future crisis. Officials said Kauai is currently served by inspectors from Honolulu and there are no plans to open a permanent island position because of staffing constraints. They said the department is meeting federal guidelines and is not in jeopardy, and that the special unemployment insurance fund has about $10 million, with current UI operations funded at a little over $15 million, meaning the fund may need to cover roughly $5 million if federal support declines. The director said the department would use the special fund to supplement shortfalls, but noted that federal funding cuts and the loss of ARPA support have already affected operations.

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• As the people's house faced challenges of budgets and education and safety, Challenges of budgets and
• education and safety and fairness.
• President Trump's tariffs are causing higher inflation, more economic uncertainty, and greater price
• We will spend every minute of the next 60 days doing these things and these things only.
• Let's spend the next 60 days doing exactly that.

Summary: The House convened for the opening day of the 2026 regular session of the 69th Legislature with roll call, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, a prayer, and a tribal welcome from Squaxin Island Tribe member Chris Peters and other tribal leaders. Justice Mary Yu administered the oath of office to Representatives Hall, Obras, Thomas, Salahuddin, and Zahn. The Speaker also recognized the service of Justice Yu, the late Senator Bill Ramos, the late Speaker Emeritus Frank Chopp, and Trooper Tara Marissa Gooding. The Speaker and Republican leader Stokesbary delivered opening remarks focused on the session’s priorities and challenges, including affordability, taxes, housing, public safety, and the impact of federal policy on Washington. The House adopted several organizational resolutions and motions. House Resolution 4665, notifying the Governor that the House was organized and ready to do business, passed. House Concurrent Resolution 4406, setting the Governor’s address to the Legislature, and House Concurrent Resolution 4407, returning bills and resolutions to the normal process for consideration, both passed. Senate Concurrent Resolution 8407, establishing cutoff dates for the 2026 session, also passed. The House suspended rules to move various measures, referred introduced bills to committees, and approved House Resolution 4667 adopting the permanent House rules. The Speaker announced committee assignment changes, including new appointments for Representatives Engel, Hall, Parshley, and Zahn, and reminded members of pink slip deadlines. A House delegation then reported back from the Governor’s office, saying he welcomed the Legislature and was ready for the session. The House adjourned until the next day, with a pro forma session and the Governor’s State of the State address scheduled for the following morning.

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• by the Office of Higher Education.
• That's a part of PELB Bill, and that one is right now only eligible for higher education to apply for
• Laura Molsen then turned to the programs administered by the Office of Higher Education: the Student
• ><c> apply</c> of higher educations can currently apply of higher educations can currently apply um<01
• </c><01:26:23.840><c> education</c> To, um, institutes of higher education.

Bills: HF846 , HF1538 , HF1959

Committee: House Education Finance

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• spending for the following year.
• I'll just spend a couple more minutes before answering any questions.
• My guess is that some maybe higher educated positions, more competitive positions, take longer to onboard
• But I mean, sometimes the higher-level positions that require that certificate, that education.
• We need you to educate our educators so that they are equipped with the best practices for preventing

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• Not one of you has disputed the studies that show the nexus and connection between a higher education
• Why shouldn't we want children to pursue higher education if that is within their dreams?
• Higher education opens doors not only for individuals, but also for communities and the state they call
• So we were spending money, educating them, and that, you know, let's send them to college.
• See, we have scarce resources in this state, whether it's higher education, as we talked about, whether

Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then read an amended joint proclamation expanding the special session call to include financial penalties for government officials, criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. No committee reports, governor’s messages, or House messages were on the desk before the chamber moved to the special order calendar. The main item was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill, along with a late-filed strike-all amendment by Senator Gruters. Gruters said the amendment aligned terminology with federal law, increased penalties for crimes by unauthorized aliens, added transnational crime organizations to gang definitions, required stronger participation in the federal 287(g) program, created financial penalties for noncompliance, offered a $1,000 bonus for officers assisting ICE in large operations, directed more information-sharing with federal agencies, and barred DHSMV from issuing licenses or IDs to unauthorized aliens. He framed the bill as supporting President Trump’s immigration agenda and focusing on criminal illegal aliens rather than street-level enforcement. A long question-and-answer period followed, with Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Roscoe, Berman, and others pressing the sponsor on scope, legality, costs, and implementation. Questions focused on whether the bill would require participation beyond jails and detention centers, whether schools or churches could be affected, liability and immunity for local agencies, the size and purpose of the proposed appropriations, and the impact on undocumented students receiving in-state tuition waivers. Gruters and Senator Fine said the 287(g) provisions were intended to apply to jails and detention facilities, that green-card holders and lawful residents would not be affected, and that the tuition waiver repeal would end discounted tuition for students in the country illegally while not affecting their ability to attend. Fine also defended the mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses committed by illegal immigrants, acknowledging it would likely be challenged in court but arguing the bill was designed to test and advance the policy. No final vote or other action on the bill is reflected in the excerpt.

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• that DHS does on hospital spending.
• All that spending is determined by DHS. It's historical spending.
• -12 education...
• We already spend state dollars. In our public school education.
• Greg Rogers, Department of Education. Courtney Sallis Ford, Department of Education.

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