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• Another bright spot continues to be concurrent enrollment participation among high school students grew
• This Nationally recognized college access program allows high school students the opportunity to earn
• Now that time has come for those fewer babies to go to high school.
• And so, with fewer babies, that means fewer high school graduates.
• So, I I don't have the number for you on how much money will be saved per school or per program.

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• Young men now make up the majority of California's disconnected from work and school.
• and high school.
• When I first gained access to platforms like Instagram, high school.
• We need to understand: if we think about what school is, school prepares a child for the world that they
• School Center at the University of Southern California.

Summary: The hearing was the inaugural meeting of the Assembly Select Committee on Developing Pathways to Purpose for Young Men, chaired by Assembly Member Avelino Valencia. In opening remarks, Valencia and several committee members described concerns about boys’ and young men’s disconnection from school, work, and relationships, and tied the committee’s work to technology, mentorship, education, and suicide prevention. Members repeatedly noted the effects of COVID-era screen use, the importance of positive male role models, and the need to think beyond funding alone toward broader policy and cultural changes. The first panel focused on the state of men online. Testimony from David Sakaki of the American Institute for Boys and Men, Vihon Bardwaj of Generation Up, and Dr. Alok Kanojia (“Dr. K”) emphasized that pornography, gaming, gambling, social media, and AI can meet real needs for belonging, status, and relief, while also encouraging addiction, isolation, distorted sexual expectations, and harmful comparisons. Witnesses argued that young men are especially vulnerable to algorithm-driven content, that online systems often amplify misogyny and other harmful behavior, and that public policy should address design defaults, age-appropriate sex education, gambling-like game mechanics, and offline alternatives such as sports, mentorship, and social-emotional skill building. Committee members asked about pornography, loot boxes, gambling ads, and how to create healthier substitutes for the immediate gratification these products provide. Witnesses said the answer is not to match the addictive pull of harmful content, but to build more fulfilling offline pathways and teach practical social and emotional skills. Assembly Member Brian also spoke about the need for policy frameworks that help young men and boys be seen and supported, while acknowledging that these issues affect women and girls as well. The second panel shifted to design and health impacts. Dr. Ravi Iyer, drawing on his experience at Meta, said platforms are often optimized for engagement rather than users’ aspirations, which can increase exposure to nudity, violence, hate, and unwanted sexual content; he also warned about emotionally manipulative chatbot interactions and suggested stronger rules and public tracking of app harms. Dr. Jason Nagata of UCSF described research linking problematic social media use to later ADHD symptoms in boys, and explained how social media can intensify muscularity pressures, body dissatisfaction, eating disorders, and risky appearance-modification trends such as “looksmaxxing.” No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the hearing.

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• She was pregnant in high school in St.
• Most of them are from UL System schools. I worked three jobs when I was in school.
• All of the Louisiana schools are... ...you've got four schools just in the state of Louisiana.
• Three of them went through school on TOPS. I still have one.
• Three of them went through school on TOPS. I still have one.

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 399 by Senator Bass, which would create the Louisiana Higher Education Research Security Council to review and potentially block certain gifts, contracts, academic partnerships, and research partnerships involving foreign adversary sources. Bass said the bill is intended to protect university research, intellectual property, and students from foreign influence, and would also require public disclosure of certain foreign-linked arrangements and a plan to eliminate foreign-adversary-linked software. Supporters from State Armor argued Louisiana universities have been vulnerable to Chinese Communist Party influence and intellectual property theft. Representatives from Tulane University and Lenovo raised concerns that the bill could create duplicative review, delay research, raise costs, and sweep in legitimate private or multinational entities; a proposed amendment to exempt entities operating under a CFIUS national security agreement failed 4-8. After debate, the committee moved SB 399 favorably. The committee then considered Senate Bill 310 by Senator Cloud, presented by Representative Carlson, which would require public school and college health centers to display information about pregnancy resources available in Louisiana. Supporters from Louisiana Right to Life said the bill would help connect pregnant students with existing state and private assistance programs, while the ACLU submitted a red card in opposition without speaking. The bill was moved favorably without objection. The committee also advanced House Resolution 171 by Representative Turner, which calls for a study of the workforce-oriented TOPS Tech and M.J. Foster programs, with business and workforce groups supporting the study as a way to measure outcomes and return on investment; it was moved favorably. Next, the committee took up House Bill 1084 by Representative Turner, a tuition autonomy bill for public post-secondary institutions. An amendment was adopted to add a conceptual framework for tuition-setting considerations, but the bill would still remove the existing 10% over two years cap and allow institutions to set tuition more freely. Turner argued universities need more flexibility because state funding has declined and campuses face deferred maintenance and operating pressures. Several members, especially Representative Carlson, warned that higher tuition could reduce access and that the bill did not address broader structural problems in higher education. Despite those concerns, HB 1084 was moved favorably by an 8-3 vote. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 351 by Senator Jackson Andrews, which would let families apply for child care assistance through CCAP once pregnancy is known, rather than waiting until after birth, to help move them up the waiting list. An amendment was adopted to have BESE, rather than the department, handle rulemaking and to allow the House and Senate education committees to approve the implementation process. The bill was then discussed as a way to help parents return to work sooner, and the hearing continued with questions from members.

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• I'd like to ask leave for a special group of folks from Southside High School.
• He is a senior at Southside Charter High School. His teacher is Senator James Sturch.
• Colleagues, I ask for leave for Parkview High School basketball team.
• All right, you all, this is Parkview High School.
• in 1998. ball player who graduated from Parkview Magnet High School in 1998.

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• The program now has tripled in size to 34 participating schools, nearly 40% of eligible schools statewide
• and an intermediate school with fifth- and sixth-graders.
• Fiscal discipline remains central to this data work.
• I mean, those are great schools that are really, and for the young.
• I mean, those are great schools that are really, and for the young.

Summary: The hearing in Barnstable opened with remarks from the House and Senate co-chairs about the importance of holding Ways and Means budget hearings on the Cape, especially given the region’s seasonal economy and infrastructure needs. The committee then heard testimony from Labor and Workforce Development Secretary Lauren Jones on the governor’s FY27 budget proposal. She highlighted funding for workforce programs including the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, Career Technical Initiative, registered apprenticeship, YouthWorks, reentry workforce programs, and services for young adults with disabilities. She also discussed MassHire career centers, the MassHire Innovation Project, and the Department of Unemployment Assistance modernization effort, noting improved call wait times and claims processing, but acknowledging continued challenges and federal funding uncertainty. Members asked about job-seeker barriers such as child care, housing, and transportation; domestic outmigration of young workers; youth work permits; unemployment insurance costs and the COVID assessment on employers; and the state’s unemployment rate and UI trust fund solvency. Jones and Undersecretary Josh Cutler explained the difference between workforce training funds and the unemployment trust fund, described the statewide trigger that extends unemployment benefits from 26 to 30 weeks when regional unemployment averages 5.2 percent, and said the administration is reviewing the trust fund with labor and business stakeholders. They also said the administration is trying to preserve front-line DUA staffing while shifting resources to customer service and adjudication, including a Friday adjudication pilot and seasonal hires. Senators and representatives also pressed the administration on regional equity in workforce funding, especially for Hampshire Franklin MassHire, which was described as serving a large rural area with fewer resources than other regions. Administration officials said they are reviewing MassHire funding formulas and modernizing the system with a policy committee and state workforce board input, but did not offer an immediate fix. The committee also heard that early childhood education apprenticeships are expanding quickly, with state funding leveraged to secure federal grants and support new Grow Awards. The hearing then moved to the Executive Office of Economic Development, where Secretary Eric Paley outlined House 2 proposals for economic development, including support for the Community One Stop for Growth, rural economic development, workforce partnerships, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, AI, small business assistance, tourism, and tax incentives. Undersecretary Leila D’Amilia followed with testimony on consumer affairs and business regulation, describing funding for consumer protection, banking oversight, occupational licensure, and public safety inspections.

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• schools, nearly 40% of eligible schools statewide.
• And I think trying to create more expansion as early as middle school.
• and an intermediate school with fifth- and sixth-graders.
• Fiscal discipline remains central to this data work.
• I mean, those are great schools that are really for the young.

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• We're going to have to send you back to school to learn how to count. Thank you, Marupial.
• We've done it for schools.
• We've done it for schools.
• We've done it for a number of schools.

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Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 94, which would prohibit municipal amendments to the state building code and move New Hampshire toward a more uniform statewide code. Senator McConi and several supporters, including the Josiah Barlo Center for Public Policy, the State Fire Marshal, the Associated General Contractors of New Hampshire, and the New Hampshire Homebuilders Association, argued that local variations create confusion, raise housing costs, and make compliance harder for builders operating in multiple towns. The Fire Marshal said the goal is a single state building and fire code with only limited administrative amendments at the local level, not technical changes, and noted that municipalities could still seek exceptions through the Building Code Review Board if needed. The chair explained that a similar House bill was already moving forward with fire code and administrative amendment language, and members agreed that retaining SB 94 would avoid conflicting bills. The committee then voted to retain SB 94 by roll call, 13-0, with no minority report. The committee then took up Senate Bill 30, which would designate the Virginia opossum as New Hampshire’s state marsupial. Senator Fenton presented the bill as a light-hearted measure inspired by Chesterfield School fourth graders, who had submitted written testimony and supported the idea. Members discussed the bill in a humorous but mostly supportive way, with one member objecting that it trivialized the legislature, while others said it could help engage students in the legislative process. The committee voted ought to pass on SB 30, 11-2, and agreed to place it on consent with no minority report. Later, the committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 95, concerning youth camp cabins and state fire/building codes. Senator McConi said the bill would exempt new residential cabins in youth recreation camps from sprinkler requirements and allow them to omit electrical, mechanical, or plumbing systems, while requiring any such systems that are present to comply with state code. He said the measure was intended to resolve recurring interpretation problems that have caused expense and uncertainty for camp owners, and he praised work with the Fire Marshal’s office to reach a workable compromise. Representative Schmidt asked about cabin sizes and whether larger cabins with multiple occupants would still be safe; the senator explained that camps typically use counselors, drills, and supervision, and that the people behind him could answer more detailed questions. The transcript cuts off before the hearing concludes or any vote is taken on SB 95.

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• training to achieving full certification in November of 2022, demonstrating exceptional aptitude, discipline
• training to achieving full certification in November of 2022, demonstrating exceptional aptitude, discipline
• training to achieving full certification in November of 2022, demonstrating exceptional aptitude, discipline
• Senate, Senate Bill 1408, by Finance Committee, an act relating to the appropriation to the Public Schools
• of Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind, appropriating additional money to the Public Schools

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• the school.
• the school.
• the school.
• and middle school athletic coaches and assistant coaches employed by a school district or charter school
• Minneapolis schools member school board.

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• Um, and then the other disciplines each cover the entire state.
• Um, and then the other disciplines each cover the entire state.
• Um, and then the other disciplines each cover the entire state.
• Um, and then the other disciplines each cover the entire state.
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• the first day of Ramadan, so Ramadan Mubarak to all who are beginning this month of reflection, discipline
• 1.83 million students, and there was a whisper that maybe this was a new normal, given that high school
• , CSU schools, and not all of them are accepted at some campuses, primarily the ones with growth.
• earlier in high schools, quite frankly, to get students interested in the campuses?
• look like, and I've seen what adequately funded schools look like, and students can tell.

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• the 2023 Parental Rights and Education Act, so that Representative Plankin: protects students and school
• , to Jacqueline Steele: discipline conduct that erodes trust, disrupts operations, or harms the people
• They wake up worried about rent, insurance, traffic, whether their kids are safe and learning in schools
• And in so doing, it extends the protections that already exist in school districts.
• when you're trying to make sure that you can put gasoline in your car so you can get your kids to school

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• licensing consequences for the commission of certain offenses by massage establishments, massage schools
• SB 378 corrects this oversight by granting TDLR the authority to discipline.

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• We are the investigatory arm of the judicial discipline. process, and what that means is we are tasked
• We may make recommendations to those bodies based on our investigation, but we do not impose any discipline
• agency is concerned, sometimes that is taking the hard action of recommending that a judge receive discipline
• understand you're upset, but that does not equate to misconduct by the judge, and a judge should not be disciplined

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• It has to do with the amendments to licensure and discipline of regulated professions.
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• </c><00:05:07.039><c> of</c> amendments to lensure and discipline of amendments to lensure and discipline

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Summary: The JLCAR June meeting opened with the pledge, approval of the prior minutes, and adoption of the consent calendar after one Fish and Game item was pulled for separate consideration. The committee then reordered the regular calendar and postponed an HHS item at the agency’s request because work was still ongoing. The committee next considered OPLC item 2547, concerning amendments to licensure and discipline forms for regulated professions. Members raised concerns that the application was still too geared toward health professions and that renewal forms should be shorter, but the agency said it was moving toward a dynamic online form that would collapse irrelevant questions. The committee concluded the issue was more about agency operations than policy and adopted the rule. For DNCR item 2551, on rules for the Adopt-a-Park volunteer program, staff explained the agency had been operating the program under statute but had realized rules were required and had been using DOJ review in the meantime. Committee members noted the agency had not followed the rulemaking requirement but was now correcting it, and the rule was approved. Fish and Game item 2570, on electronic OHRV and snowmobile registration applications, drew discussion over whether the online process should be processed in five days to match mail-in applications or remain at ten days; the agency cited workload and file-transfer delays, and the committee adopted a conditional approval with an oral amendment leaving the ten-day timeframe in place for now. In other business, staff described a planned upgrade to the committee’s agency portal and database workflow, moving from email submissions to an online portal with better form validation and document upload features. Members supported the modernization and approved the manual change, with implementation expected after agency sign-up and training later in the summer.

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• alumnus, and to the discipline, grit, and determination of every young man on this team.
• Speaker, from John Rolfe Middle School. Welcome to the Capitol. Welcome to the Capitol.
• Today in the gallery is an outstanding group of students from Surrey County High School.
• Warm House welcome to the Surrey County High School Class of 2026.
• They'll pull into the schools; schools are closed.

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• places to keep documents so that all this paper that everybody's moving around, anything involving discipline
• The other thing that we did was some delays in some of our discipline cases.
• I don't think I can pass the going to the school to the academy.

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• So you catch somebody for the, excuse me, second or third offense on this, does that discipline continue
• So you catch somebody for the, excuse me, second or third offense on this, does that discipline continue
• So if we pass this law, then we’ll primarily and still continue on with the administrative discipline

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• Doherty, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance provided for us today by Kaysen Albigone of Caldwell High School
• 16, Title 33, Idaho Code, by the addition of a new section 33-1639, Idaho Code, to require public schools
• to provide daily recess for students in kindergarten through grade 5 and to encourage schools to provide
• One thing very interesting about driving in that situation is how disciplined drivers are to move to
• But if we could discipline ourselves to where we are consistently moving to the open space on the right

Summary: The House opened with roll call, prayer, and approval of the previous journal, then received gubernatorial and Senate messages and committee reports. Several new Ways and Means bills were introduced, including measures on managed recreation on endowment land, large electrical loads, Medicaid eligibility and work requirements, DOPL rulemaking and fees, daily recess in schools, rural health transformation, AI regulatory review, and Idaho Digital Learning Academy changes. The House also advanced a number of bills and memorials to the third-reading calendar and suspended rules to take up House Bill 893, a codifier cleanup bill, which passed unanimously on a voice-style roll call. The House then considered a series of Senate bills and House bills. Senate Bill 1255, dealing with involuntary commitment procedures on tribal reservations and recognizing tribal health facilities and tribal police officers, passed. Senate Bill 1257, which clarifies child protection and foster-care visitation rules in cases involving serious abuse, also passed. House Bill 803, expanding confidentiality protections for personnel involved in firing-squad executions, passed after debate over transparency and due process. Senate Bill 1293, correcting an unintended effect of prior public-benefits legislation on crime victims’ compensation, passed; Senate Bill 1308, a technical mediation cleanup bill, passed; House Bill 508, concerning roadway enhancement funds and consultant coverage, passed; Senate Bill 1272, a transportation code cleanup bill, passed; and Senate Bill 1309, clarifying restitution priority in juvenile cases, passed. Several bills drew more substantial debate and were defeated. Senate Bill 1271, which would have directed the Department of Agriculture to coordinate data collection and an abatement plan for invasive rats in southwest Idaho, failed after members split over whether it was a statewide issue or a local problem and whether it would expand government or create future costs. Senate Bill 1340, a left-lane driving bill that would have required slower traffic to move right and funded signage, also failed amid concerns about road conditions, enforcement, and confusion on multi-lane highways. Senate Concurrent Resolution 120, urging changes to Idaho’s nuclear waste agreement to support used nuclear fuel reprocessing and broader nuclear development, passed after a sharp debate over whether it would help Idaho’s energy future or weaken protections against long-term waste storage. The House also passed Senate Bill 1296, updating criminal trespass law to address disruptions at houses of worship, and Senate Bill 1325, creating a white specialty license plate to support Project Choice. Later, the House approved Senate Bill 1269 on cloud seeding transparency and liability, despite objections about consent, data, and liability protections. After the day’s business, the House announced upcoming committee meetings, returned House Bill 880 to the Transportation Committee, and adjourned until the next day.

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• Doherty, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance provided for us today by Kaysen Albigone of Caldwell High School
• 16, Title 33, Idaho Code, by the addition of a new section 33-1639, Idaho Code, to require public schools
• One thing very interesting about driving in that situation is how disciplined drivers are to move to
• But if we could discipline ourselves to where we are consistently moving to the open space on the right
• We are doing our annual house pool, where all benefits go to a public school of your choice in your district

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