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OK
Transcript Highlights:
- There's no school or receiving school district that would be required to accept that career status.
- school district if that's the way you want to do it.
- by the school district if that's the way you want to do it.
- I've heard nothing but success stories from school districts.
- It isn't to come in and just tell a school district what to do.
Bills:
SB1726 , SB1236 , SB1633 , SB1413 , SB1317 , SB1360 , SB1342 , SB1477 , SB1189 , SB1546 , SB1524 , SB1338 , SB1193 , SB1812 , SB1617
Committee:
Senate Education
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee heard and advanced a large slate of education bills. Early measures included SB 1726, requiring formal training for university teaching assistants before they teach classes and evaluate students, with emphasis on First Amendment rights; SB 1236, creating an Administrative Report Consolidation Act to reduce duplicative reporting by schools and agencies; SB 1633, codifying existing higher education residency tuition practices; SB 1413, requiring notice to parents when a teacher is emergency certified and limiting adjunct teachers to 270 clock hours per semester; SB 1317, allowing career teacher status to be portable across districts with local board approval; and SB 1360, expanding the state’s math initiative by restoring instructional coaches and creating a math office at the State Department of Education. Most of these bills passed on favorable votes, with SB 1413 drawing some concern over teacher shortages and the adjunct-hour cap, but still passing.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Thirty Nine - Monday, March 23
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They're supposed to oversee public school districts.
- , going to the school district.
- My home school district, they meet every Wednesday.
- Now, if a school district itself wants to implement within its school district, that's one thing.
- I would imagine a school district would penalize them, and I actually don't think that school districts
Summary:
The House approved the journal and recognized several special guests and departing staff before moving to bills on perfection and printing. House Bill 2636, the Mortgage Modification Act, was explained as a banking measure to keep a first mortgage in first position when modified, and it received bipartisan support and was ordered perfected and printed. House Bill 1718, dealing with sovereign immunity caps and the inflation factor under section 537.610, was also advanced after questions about whether the cap should be measured at the time of injury or judgment; the sponsor said the bill would use the injury date and that trial attorneys were the main opposition. House Bills 2120 and 1698, combined as an anti-bullying measure known as Sawyer’s Law, were then taken up and advanced after extensive debate. The bill would require prompt reporting and investigation of bullying, reporting to administrators and school boards, and protections for staff and schools acting under the policy. An amendment from the Lady from Boone sought to remove zero-tolerance references, limit identifying information in reports, and give school boards more flexibility, but it failed on a voice vote. Supporters of the bill cited tragic bullying cases and argued schools need stronger reporting and accountability; opponents of the amendment and some speakers warned about due process, school board overreach, and potential liability. House Bill 2748, requiring daily physical activity for students, was then brought up with an amendment that would remove the emergency clause, delay implementation, and specify weekly activity minutes and how some activity time could count toward class requirements; members debated scheduling, teacher workload, and whether the proposal would reduce instructional time, but the discussion was still ongoing at the end of the transcript.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- districts in the state, primarily the largest school districts.
- The school district and the school board...
- The school district and the school board that agreed to this did not understand the full amount of how
- school districts?
- Our governing boards and school districts are competing for leaders with other districts in the state
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several education-related bills. HB 2395 would create a voluntary Arizona School Fitness Program in ADE to recognize schools that participate in nationally recognized fitness testing, allow schools to note the designation on report cards, and direct ADE to issue guidelines and best practices. Supporters argued it would encourage student activity and improve health and achievement without penalties; it passed with a due pass recommendation on a 6-0 vote, with two members not voting.
HB 2409, the Getting Arizona Ready for AI Act, would create an Arizona Artificial Intelligence Program in ADE to offer voluntary summer AI courses around the state, including digital hygiene/civic integrity and small-business/entrepreneurship components, with optional facility use and possible academic credit. The sponsor said the bill was meant to prepare students for AI-driven job disruption while keeping the program voluntary and low-cost. It passed 4-2 with one not voting. HB 2203 would require ADE to review school and agency reporting requirements, identify duplicative or obsolete reports, and recommend consolidation or repeal; a technical amendment was adopted and the bill passed unanimously by those voting. HB 2008 would bar school libraries from using public funds to pay professional associations for libraries and librarians; opponents called it unnecessary and constitutionally problematic, while supporters framed it as limiting public spending. It passed 4-2 with one not voting.
The committee also heard HB 2075, which would require school districts to submit superintendent and CFO contracts to ADE, post them online, and maintain a searchable database and annual compensation report. Supporters said it would improve transparency and prevent excessive or hidden compensation, while opponents argued it unfairly targeted district schools and should, if anything, apply to all publicly funded schools. After extended debate over transparency and comparisons to charter schools and ESAs, the bill received a due pass recommendation on a 4-2 vote with one not voting.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Education Jan 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- for certain school districts.
- It specifies that for school districts with enrollments between 2,000... ...districts as follows: It
- I spoke with many special ed school teachers and also districts.
- districts like mine, like Shelton School District, in binding conditions, and many other school districts
- districts, and I urge your support to help us help school districts meet the needs that they choose
Summary:
The House Education Committee met in executive session on several bills, beginning with House Bill 1795 on restraint and isolation in schools. Staff described the proposed substitute as prohibiting mechanical, chemical, and certain physical restraints, limiting planned use of restraint to cases with written medical necessity and parental consent, and revising the definition of serious harm. Members debated amendments clarifying that serious harm can include harm to another person, barring construction of rooms designed primarily for student isolation, and adding a null-and-void clause. The committee adopted the first two amendments but rejected the null-and-void amendment, then advanced the bill as amended. The final roll call on HB 1795 was 10 ayes, 7 nays, and 2 excused, and it was reported do pass as amended.
The committee then considered Second Substitute House Bill 1634, which would create a statewide technical assistance and training framework for student behavioral health, coordinated by OSPI and ESDs with behavioral health agencies and community partners. A second proposed substitute removed some implementation requirements, narrowed the bill to coordination and access to services, added family-focused consultation and planning language, and removed certain reporting and needs-assessment provisions. A null-and-void amendment was offered but failed. Supporters said the bill would provide schools with flexible technical assistance rather than mandates, while opponents raised concerns about fiscal impact and unfunded obligations. The committee approved the bill on a 12-5 vote with 2 excused and reported it do pass.
The committee also received staff briefings on House Bill 1662, which would require several education-related agencies and entities to transition to separate administrative services and operational independence on a delayed timeline, and House Bill 1683, which would adjust school board director-district election requirements and thresholds. No amendments were noted on HB 1683, and the committee did not reach final action on either of those bills before adjourning.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- or are perhaps attending a private school. within that jurisdiction of that school district.
- , the school district pays. public school district would be paying the tuition costs associated with
- When the school district sends the child to the private school.
- of the public school district that's sent in there.
- So, the school districts do not do clinical trials.
Committee:
House Public Education
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Oct 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I was a graduate of Lakewood High School and Long Beach Unified School District, where we were the Lancers
- Our strategic plan connects the daily work of every department and every school to our broader district
- our school at the district level as well.
- I just want to echo that a little bit, speaking from a small school district.
- I'm looking at the school district, for lack of a better way to describe it.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 13th, 2026 at 05:31 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- It includes requiring school districts and charter schools to report students enrolled in distance education
- rural school districts based on census classifications.
- Funding to school districts that are classified as rural school districts based on census classifications
- It says, for the purpose of the Public School Finance Act, fiscal years 226 and 227, a school district
- school. language starting at line 14, page 20, a school district or charter school that offers a full-time
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- Also, it assists SDE in school districts during investigations.
- I don't do charter schools as being adversarial to local school districts.
- So, local school districts can already establish their own charter schools if they were like charter
- schools do not they don't have to have any connection to the local school district.
- into an area and the local school district.
Bills:
HB3674 , HB4326 , HB4331 , HB3029 , HB2963 , HB3551 , HB2973 , HB3019 , HB3461 , HB2961 , HB3261 , HB3759 , HB3429 , HB3069 , HB3372 , HB3705
Committee:
House A&B Education Subcommittee
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:00 am
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- And the years that followed, school districts started removing days from their school calendar.
- And did we give more money to school districts like schools in my district, like Sand Springs, who are
- Is it equitable to give the school district of 10,000 or the school district of 2,000 or the virtual
- So is it fair to give the small school district or the virtual charter school district as much money
- as... ...school district or the virtual charter school district as much money as the very big urban school
Committee:
House A&B Education Subcommittee
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Nov 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- districts and charter schools for students with disabilities who are absent from school as provided
- So on page 7, on paragraph B, it says, "School district shall allow a student to be absent from school
- Maybe they don't have a spot for me at this school; I can go work at another school in the district,
- to partner school districts.
- Public schools, public service, and public school districts should be held accountable.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- School District uh and for the Claremont School District uh and get<00:11:16.399><c> it</c><00:11:16.560
- ><c> on</c><00:15:06.800><c> this</c> that school districts would rely on this that school districts
- </c> conducting an audit of your school conducting an audit of your school district. district. district
- </c> school district. school district. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. All right.
- </c> applying school district. applying school district.
Committee:
Senate Education
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- c> allowing</c> the school districts are only allowing the school districts are only allowing them<00
- </c><00:30:36.720><c> don't</c> school districts uh when they don't school districts uh when they don't
- district before middle school.
- Why does one school district or school districts across the state are able to develop commitment and
- Why does one school district or school districts across the state are able to develop commitment and
Committee:
Senate Education
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
04/16/2026 - Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Joint Legislative Audit Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- That's on the school district.
- I’d like a breakdown because I don’t know all of the names of the schools versus the school districts
- There are 27 school districts, including 21 specific school districts, six charter schools, and the military
- We do have a school district. It is one building, less than 20 kids.
- Ash Creek Elementary School District is the one that we're facing challenges with.
Committee:
Joint Joint Legislative Audit Committee
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- High School in my district.
- High School in my district.
- High School in my district.
- High School in my district.
- High School in my district.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Education Committee Jun 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- for both our school districts and for our contractors.
- I know in the school district where I was a school board trustee for eight years, we did use it.
- And the overwhelming number of school districts are in school districts... or are in...
- School districts and their partners are able to do so.
- for the school district.
Summary:
The committee first heard AB 402, which would increase Cal Grant award amounts for students attending private nonprofit colleges and extend transfer entitlement eligibility to those institutions. The author and supporters argued the bill would improve affordability and access for low- and middle-income, working, military, and transfer students, while some senators emphasized the need to pair any increase with broader Cal Grant reform and funding. The bill drew support from private nonprofit universities, community college districts, and student advocates, and no opposition was presented. It passed on a due pass motion to Senate Appropriations and was placed on call.
The committee then took up AB 2067, a sunset extension for the competitive lease-lease-back process for TK-12 school construction through July 1, 2032. Supporters from school facilities groups, school districts, and contractors said the method provides flexibility, early contractor involvement, cost control, and legal certainty for school construction projects. Some senators questioned how often the method is used and raised concerns about the bill’s skilled-and-trained workforce provisions, with one senator opposing on the grounds that such requirements limit contractor participation. The bill passed on a due pass motion and was placed on call.
Next, AB 1204 proposed changes to the Local Control Funding Formula, including a lower concentration-grant threshold, regional cost adjustments, a minimum annual COLA, and other equity-focused revisions. Supporters said the bill would better reflect regional costs and student need, while opponents—especially several school district leaders—argued it would shift money away from the base grant, widen disparities, and create new fiscal cliffs. Committee members raised concerns about the scale of the rewrite, the lack of a broader funding strategy, and the proposed 4% COLA guarantee, though the author said the bill was intended as a phased update to improve equity. The bill was supported by the chair and several members, then passed on a due pass motion to Appropriations and was placed on call.
Finally, the committee heard AB 1235, which would require a skilled-and-trained workforce process for CSU design-build projects. Supporters said it would align CSU with other segments and promote quality training, while opposition from contractor groups argued it would add liability, reduce competition, and increase costs without evidence of better outcomes. Senators again focused on the effect of skilled-and-trained requirements on contractor participation, with one member stating opposition to limiting who can work in California and another noting the bill’s broader policy implications. The transcript ends during committee discussion of AB 1235, without a recorded final vote.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (02/07/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- that are received from a sending school within the district or a district school not in their district
- School within the district or a uh School within the district or a uh District<03:42:02.120><c> school
- </c> District school not in their district District school not in their district schools<03:42:04.720
- <03:49:35.040><c> by</c><03:49:35.279><c> school</c> districts by school districts by school boards<03
- </c> District because it says each School District because it says each School District<04:14:51.199>
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 659, which would establish the New Hampshire College Graduate Retention Incentive Program. A Department of Revenue Administration analyst explained technical issues in the bill, focusing on whether the incentive is intended to operate as a rebate or a tax credit, how it would be administered, and how it would interact with the business enterprise tax and business profits tax. She said the bill’s language was unclear on the administering agency, effective tax years, caps, and carry-forward treatment, and noted that reducing BET can also reduce the BET credit against BPT, though not on a one-for-one basis. Committee members asked follow-up questions about the BET/BPT interaction, administrative costs, and whether the Department of Business and Economic Affairs would need additional staffing. Andrew Horn then testified in support, saying the bill is meant to address the large number of New Hampshire college graduates who leave the state after graduation by encouraging them to stay and by incentivizing businesses to hire them. The chair closed the hearing on HB 659 after no further public testimony.
The committee then took up HB 770, a bill to establish a program allowing New Hampshire high school students to earn tuition credits at state higher education institutions through community service. Representative Schultz described the bill as a “triple play” intended to increase volunteerism, expand service and internship opportunities for students, and make college more affordable. Ryan Casey, a junior at Bishop Brady High School, testified that the proposal would help students reduce future loan debt while benefiting communities and encouraging young people to attend college in New Hampshire. Committee members asked about eligibility, including why private and preparatory school students were excluded, whether public school students would qualify, whether mandatory service hours would count, and how the bill’s references to education and business eligibility should be read. Schultz said the exclusion of private and prep schools was intended because public school students are more clearly New Hampshire residents, and she noted that mandatory school service hours had been excluded in revisions. The Department of Education then testified that the program would require significant administration, estimating at least three full-time staff, software or tracking systems, and rulemaking to oversee volunteer sites, schools, student eligibility, and tuition credit distribution. No vote was taken in the excerpt, and the hearing remained in testimony phase.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- the</c> and that school district went to the and that school district went to the bond<00:03:56.440>
- So, where we're sitting today on the schools is we have currently four school districts that are 100%
- So, where we're sitting today on the schools is we have currently four school districts that are 100%
- districts that would be funded at school districts that would be funded at 100%<00:09:31.040><c> of<
- ><c> district</c><00:20:15.840><c> to</c> committee beat our school district to committee beat our school
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- <c> having</c> school districts where they're having school districts where they're having difficulty
- district school.
- district school.
- I work with school<00:39:16.760><c> districts.</c> school districts. school districts.
- </c> from a cooperative school district. from a cooperative school district.
Committee:
Senate Education
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education. (3-18-26)
Primary and Secondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- c> This</c><00:57:30.280><c> is</c> school districts, and defined This is school districts, and defined
- </c> both school districts will have seven. both school districts will have seven.
- </c><01:03:22.320><c> district</c> but JCPS is the only school district but JCPS is the only school district
- c> voters</c><01:04:32.200><c> of</c> school districts, whereas the voters of school districts, whereas
- </c> school districts to enter public-private school districts to enter public-private partnership<01
Committee:
House Primary and Secondary Education
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> mandates</c><00:04:17.680><c> that</c> or a school district that mandates that or a school district
- </c><00:20:58.880><c> bell-to-bell</c> our school district to do a bell-to-bell our school district to
- district, charter school, and tribally district, charter school, and tribally controlled<01:01:25.600
- ><c> and</c> district leaders, school leaders, and district leaders, school leaders, and teachers,<01
- Every district and school is different.
Committee:
House Education Policy