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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Policy Apr 22nd, 2025
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- No one that these individuals, these individuals pay insurance, we'll go up, run the risk of individuals
- It establishes a grant program for the Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant program.
- Grant program and foremost former state Recycling and Education Grant program and developing and promoting
- We need educational centers.
- programs and another self betterment programs.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture (2-11-25)
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- Equine dentist Justin, you want to talk about the education?
- Equine dentist Justin, you want to talk about the education?
- Equine dentist Justin, you want to talk about the education?
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Meeting Start 00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:30
Introduction of New Members 00:53
SB 69 Discussion 01:24, 958, all
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Agriculture met for its first session and took up Senate Bill 69, as amended by a committee substitute. The substitute was adopted by motion and vote, and the chair noted that a fiscal note had been requested but not yet received, so the bill would proceed and the fiscal note would be trailed. The bill concerns equine dental care and related chiropractic services, creating a licensing and regulatory framework for equine dental providers and allied animal health practitioners.
Senator Robin Webb, the bill sponsor, said the substitute made technical corrections requested by the Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association and the chiropractors association. She described the measure as a compromise intended to clarify scopes of practice, establish a credentialing/licensing board, and provide a legal pathway for people who have long provided equine dental services, especially in rural areas where veterinary access can be limited. Supporters said the bill would improve accountability, allow providers to obtain liability insurance, and preserve referrals to veterinarians for issues outside the defined scope. Kentucky Veterinary Medical Association and Board of Veterinary Examiners representatives said the bill was developed through a working group, modeled in part on Texas, and would include continuing education, grievance procedures, and due process protections.
Justin Tallup, an equine dental provider, testified in favor, saying the bill would not change day-to-day practice but would legalize and formalize it. He said the scope would be limited to floating and balancing molars and incisors and removing caps and wolf teeth, with anything beyond that referred to veterinarians. He also said certification requires formal training, case submissions, testing, and annual continuing education. Senator Deneen asked about sedation, and witnesses said sedatives would still be prescribed and dispensed by a veterinarian under a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship, with the owner administering them. Michelle Shane of the Board of Veterinary Examiners said the board supported the bill’s disciplinary framework and would defer to federal law on controlled substances.
Dr. William Rainbow, a veterinarian, testified against the bill, arguing that equine dentistry is veterinary medicine and that the proposal would allow undertrained practitioners to work without sufficient standards, including a grandfathering provision. He said practitioners should have training comparable to licensed veterinary technicians and warned that the bill could leave horses vulnerable to poor care. The committee did not take final action on the bill in the portion of the meeting provided, but the chair indicated time was running short and that a vote would be needed.
TX
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- HB 2419 by Gonzalez of El Paso relating to the special education and special education funding on this
- Foundation school program for the Committee on Public Education.
- or degree program using courses as such to satisfy general education requirements, finding such courses
- Program for the Committee on Public Education, HB 2592 by OLCcott relating to the operation of a juvenile
- justice alternative education program in certain counties, refer to the Committee on Public Education
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Elementary and Secondary Education Jan 15th, 2026
Elementary and Secondary Education
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- After a change in funding in 2005, the number of gifted education programs began to plummet to a low
- There is money in the formula currently for gifted education programs.
- , social-emotional supports, specially trained educators, and individualized learning pathways.
- , social emotional supports, specially trained educators, and individualized learning pathways.
- that our district continues to prioritize the gifted education program.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-30 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
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- program.
- It creates the Stroke, Cardiac, and Obstetrics Response and Education Grant Program to improve patient
- The bill expands the IDD pilot program to all individuals on the APD pre-enrollment list statewide by
- It expands the IDD pilot program to all individuals with developmental disabilities enrolled in the Medicaid
- I'm curious, how does the pilot program work for those individuals who voluntarily perhaps want to go
Summary:
The Florida Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including interns, Denim Day awareness for sexual assault survivors, a resolution honoring Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange, and a memorial proclamation for former Senator Karen Johnson Gendron. The chamber then moved to special-order bills, with senators also briefly discussing the session’s pace and thanking staff and colleagues for their work.
The first major bill, on driving and boating offenses, was amended and passed 37-0. As amended, it increases penalties for repeat DUI/BUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide/vessel homicide offenses, and adds notice requirements and misdemeanor penalties for refusing lawful breath or urine tests. Senators also passed SB 306 on Medicaid providers 37-0, requiring Medicaid managed care plans to offer more after-hours and holiday access and ensuring more primary care appointment availability outside regular business hours.
The Senate then passed a major condominium and cooperative associations bill, also 37-0, after extensive debate and multiple amendments. The measure extends deadlines for structural integrity reserve studies, adds flexibility for reserve funding and budgeting, tightens rules for managers and inspectors, limits certain requirements to buildings of three or more habitable stories, and extends the rescission period for condo purchases. Senators from both parties praised the bill’s sponsors for years of work responding to post-Surfside safety and affordability concerns.
The longest and most contentious item was SB 7016/HB 1205 on constitutional amendment petition procedures. Sponsors said the bill responds to fraud and abuse in the citizen initiative process by tightening circulator rules, requiring faster submission of signed petitions, adding voter notification, increasing penalties, and shifting costs to sponsors. Opponents argued it would burden volunteers and make it harder for citizens to qualify initiatives. The chamber adopted a series of amendments, including changes to the petition-circulator threshold, volunteer protections, submission timing, invalid-signature investigation thresholds, and notice/cure provisions, while debate continued over whether the overall package would protect election integrity or suppress citizen-led amendments.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/15/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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- And then we have a robust career and technical education program that helps individuals.
- And then we have a robust career and technical education program that helps individuals and I've already
- And then we have a robust career and technical education program that helps individuals and I've already
- And then we have a robust career and technical education program that helps individuals and I've already
- And then we have a robust career and technical education program that helps individuals and I've already
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 16, 2026 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- In our early learning silo, we restore the funding for the Gold Seal Program, the Local Match Program
- for an additional 600 individuals.
- Waste cleanup programs, $166 million. Resilient Florida program, $110 million.
- and other financial aid programs.
- That at our discretion, but the program itself, the lunch program is fully funded this year.
TX
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- HB 2419 by Gonzales of El Paso relating to the special education. and special education funding on this
- foundation school program for the community and public education.
- at public institutions of higher education, the Committee on Higher Education, HB 24. 277 by Simmons
- Program.
- SB 2592 by Olcott, relating to the operation of a juvenile justice alternative education program in certain
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 5th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
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- education to state, agency, and higher education employees.
- . education.
- We also have a program that we call the lock-in program.
- Takeaways from the last report, the Texas education agency reported the greatest number of individual
- Also, help each senator give consent to a K-12 program. high-performing Texas Education Agency and please
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- was the first public university in Texas to offer an accelerated bachelor's degree program.
- HB 1389 by Garcia-Bear relating to a grant program for junior reserve officers training corps programs
- Refer to the Committee on Public Education.
- Refer to the Committee on Public Education. HB 1416 by Allen relating to the program.
- I'll refer to the Committee on Public Education HB 1445 by Hernandez.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 26th, 2026 at 11:01 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
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- that is a master's program for all of New Mexico.
- She did the New Mexico Agricultural Ambassador Program, in which they would select individual legislators
- She did the New Mexico Agricultural Ambassador Program, in which they would select individual legislators
- She did the New Mexico Agricultural Ambassador Program, in which they would select individual legislators
- life to education and to young people.
HI
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- Currently, we provide the only early childhood educator apprenticeship program approved in the state
- education edification. education edification.
- various individuals. various individuals.
- Promise Program. Promise Program.
- for Education. for Education.
Summary:
The committees heard testimony on HB 1872, which would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program to help early childhood providers participate in approved apprenticeship programs, require annual reporting, and appropriate funds. Testifiers in support included the University of Hawaiʻi, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the City and County of Honolulu, Commit to Keiki, the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi, the Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network Speaks, Parents for Public Schools of Hawaiʻi, and Kīʻoka Family Learning Centers. Supporters said the bill would reduce financial barriers, strengthen recruitment and retention, improve compensation and career pathways, and help address child care shortages and workforce instability. The committee then voted to pass HB 1872 with amendments, including an HD1 and a defective date to allow further discussion.
The committee next took up HB 2489, which would appropriate funds for the University of Hawaiʻi to establish a bachelor’s degree program in American Sign Language interpretation, with a longer-term plan for a master’s program. Testimony in support came from the Disability Communication Access Board and the University of Hawaiʻi, and members also heard detailed support from DECAP and other advocates describing a statewide shortage of ASL interpreters, long waiting lists for ASL courses, and the need for locally trained interpreters who understand Hawaiʻi’s cultural and community needs. Witnesses said the shortage affects schools, courts, hospitals, emergency services, and other settings, and that the program could be expanded through articulation with other campuses. The committee voted to pass HB 2489 with amendments, again using an HD1 and defective date.
After those two measures, the committee moved to HB 441 on campus safety, which would require students, including transfer students, to complete training on federal laws and university policies regarding sexual misconduct before initial registration and would change how often training is provided to students and employees. The University of Hawaiʻi stood on its written testimony, while supporters including IMUA Alliance and other testifiers urged passage, citing survivor experiences, national best practices, and the need for prevention before harm occurs. No vote on HB 441 was reached in the portion provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (04/14/2025)
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- at our Department of Education approved settings for our programs.
- We, you know, we send educators out into the field who go through these education programs never learning
- Um, I I can tell you through my education programs that I went through, I think the only reason I learned
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programs tell you through my education programs tell you through my education
Summary:
The subcommittee opened its second meeting on House Bill 742, which would require catastrophic special education aid to be drawn from the education trust fund, and discussed whether to also examine differentiated aid within the adequacy formula. The chair said the committee had previously heard from HHS/Medicaid officials and now wanted to hear from local special education directors about how the aid system works in practice, including billing, training, data collection, and whether districts handle claims consistently. Members also referenced Arkansas as a possible comparison state and said they hoped to develop ideas by November to address the current funding process.
Committee members focused on the current special education aid thresholds and the impact of proration. The chair described the existing formula as requiring districts to absorb costs up to 3.5 times the state average per student, with the state paying 80% from 3.5 times through 10 times and paying above that, and said FY25 appropriated about $34 million while actual claims were about $50.1 million, leaving roughly a $16 million shortfall that caused proration. Members also raised the possibility of lowering the threshold to 2.5 times and asked how that would affect the number of eligible students and costs. Another member asked about how districts decide whether services are education-related or medical-related and how Medicaid or private insurance reimbursement affects later state aid claims.
District representatives from Boothby Therapy Services, Bedford, and Guilford introduced themselves and described their roles. Guilford’s director said the district tracks students with paraprofessional support, nurses, transportation, or specialized programming, uses a data system to log every service touchpoint, and tries to maximize both Medicaid and special education aid; she said a lower threshold would likely capture all students with paras or nurses and that rising staffing and service costs would increase the number of students over the cap. Bedford’s assistant director said the district uses a different system, tracks roughly 60 to 80 students a year, and pursues Medicaid and special education aid simultaneously but does not pursue private insurance if it would affect FAPE; she said reducing the threshold to 2.5 times would likely double the number of qualifying students. Members asked follow-up questions about software, data entry, and how districts decide whether to bill Medicaid or seek state catastrophic aid, and the directors explained that their systems log services by staff type and student, with some districts using the same data for both Medicaid and state reimbursement claims.
AZ
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- Standing up for public education to put on the ballot the ESA reforms that we're seeing, a program that
- It's not about education or any other kind of education financing mechanism.
- An individual can make requests. A union sets the standard. An individual can be ignored.
- An individual can be isolated. An individual faces power alone. A union is power.
- Educators earn every dollar. Educators earn every dollar they make.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Education Committee in Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 09:36 am
Education
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- It's got to be DOHS working in conjunction with the local board of education for these programs that
- Now, how successful is the diversion program?
- There's no ultimate bringing to bear of the individuals.
- Our West Virginia state constitution entitles every child to a free education, a free public education
- To continue your successful program while also allowing this new program.
MN
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- universities to afford their education. universities to afford their education.
- . program. program.
- So, we have to rely on programs like the Northstar Promise and the State Grant program to help make education
- These programs are critical for students who might otherwise be shut out of higher education.
- participate in the state grant program. participate in the state grant program.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:31 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/29/2025)
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meeting
Summary:
The committee opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and noted weather-related absences and a large number of new bills. The chair said a subcommittee would be formed to review three cell phone bills, and a full committee work session on bullying would be scheduled for the week after next. The committee then began a hearing on House Bill 121, which would create local special education advisory councils in school districts.
Representative Glenn Cordelli, the sponsor, said the councils would be parent-driven, with parents of children with disabilities advising districts on education, safety, program development, evaluation, planning, policies, and communication with administrators. He said the bill would require at least quarterly meetings with district administration, an annual parent workshop, and a year-end report to the school board. He also cited federal guidance from the U.S. Department of Education on parent advisory councils and said the goal was to improve collaboration between parents and schools.
Members raised questions about the use of “shall,” how councils would be formed in districts without PTAs/PTOs, whether the councils could function in very small districts, privacy concerns about parents disclosing their children’s disabilities, whether the councils should include guardians or educational professionals, and whether the councils would have any direct tie to the state advisory council. The sponsor said the requirement was intended to make the councils mandatory, that local districts could organize them organically if needed, that participation would be voluntary, that parents would not be required to disclose private information, and that the councils would remain advisory rather than determinative. He also said costs should be minimal. Testimony then began from Nicole Sheath, a pediatric occupational therapist and parent of four children with disabilities, who described her experience balancing advocacy, school collaboration, and the demands of her children’s therapies and education.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Investments and Pensions Oversight Nov 5th, 2025
Investments & Pensions Oversight Committee
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- is applying for a return-to-work program, a return-to-work program outside of the limits of each individual
- Once you're in the program, you're in the program, and depending on which program you're in, you could
- a return to work program.
- Program requirements.
- , was in the 0.25 program, and then they want to switch programs?
NH
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- would be the eligible individuals at the age of 20 in the transition program for this state funds.
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