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CA
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  • local agencies and tribal governments in their efforts to prevent and end homelessness in their communities
  • So regions now have to have a plan to identify the interim housing in their community and if they are
  • And this gives you the sense of what that money is actually doing out in the communities and what the
  • And that's why we welcome this accountability that the community is focused on today.
  • Again, they don't tell the full story of what's going on in our communities.
Keywords: 988, house, all
HI
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  • <00:13:28.399> interests native Hawaiian and Community interests native Hawaiian and Community
  • Access to funding for community groups was important as well.
  • responsibility and have our communities responsibility and have our communities share<00:18:32.640
  • - and locally we partner with community- and locally we partner with community- based<00:23:57.440
  • <00:24:44.520> on um we'll start with the community on um we'll start with the community on
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The joint House Committee on Tourism and Committee on Water and Land heard HB 504, which would raise the transient accommodations tax by imposing a $20 nightly charge on stays booked with points, miles, or other rewards-program benefits, with revenues dedicated to DLNR for natural resource protection, management, and restoration. Supporters said Hawaiʻi faces major environmental funding shortfalls and that visitors should help pay for the lands and waters they enjoy. Testimony in support came from DLNR, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Care for Now Coalition, Hawaiʻi Ocean Legislative Task Force, Hawaiʻi Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, Kuaʻulu, Mālama Puka, Resources Legacy Fund, and others, many citing visitor polling showing strong support for an environmental stewardship fee and the need for a dedicated funding source and community grants. Opposition or caution focused mainly on implementation and the tax structure. The Department of Taxation said the surcharge would create administrative difficulties because it would be hard to verify the value of points, miles, and similar bookings, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaiʻi said it supported the policy goal but not the funding source, warning that tourists have limited budgets and may choose other destinations. Some members also raised concerns about the $20 rate and administrative complexity, while others said the concept was creative but needed refinement. After discussion, the chair recommended passing HB 504 as HD1 with amendments, including noting DoTax’s concerns and changing the effective date for the surcharge to January 1, 2027. Both committees adopted the recommendation and passed the bill with amendments; one member in Water and Land voted with reservations, and several members were excused.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 5, 2025 - 03:00 PM

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  • Many of our communities where we see declining enrollment are impoverished communities.
  • Many of our communities where we see declining enrollment are impoverished communities.
  • That's all that community knows. That's their entire history.
  • Depending on community to community, from judge to judge, how that gets handled is completely different
  • from district to district, community to community.
Summary: The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee met to review how Florida’s Education Finance Program (FEFP) works, receive an update from the Department of Education on the October 2024 FTE survey and third FEFP calculation, and hear from three county superintendents about forecasting enrollment and reconciling scholarship students. The chair explained that FEFP is funded by both state and local dollars, is recalculated multiple times during the year, and is now closely tied to school choice policy. Department staff said the third calculation was still being rerun but should be completed soon, and described the forecasting process as collaborative among districts, DOE, and the Education Estimating Conference. Superintendents from Polk, St. Lucie, and Hendry counties said enrollment shifts, especially students moving to Family Empowerment Scholarships, homeschooling, or private schools, make budgeting and staffing difficult. They said districts often must hold back funds to protect against midyear losses, which affects collective bargaining, staffing, transportation, and classroom organization. Several members raised concerns about duplicate counting, transparency, and whether students receiving scholarship funds can also remain in district classrooms. DOE said districts can access scholarship information through a secure portal and that scholarship funding organizations are paid quarterly, with a new process requiring certification and possible future payment adjustments to reduce duplication. The superintendents urged better real-time tracking of students through a statewide ID or student information system and suggested scholarship students should be funded separately from district FEFP calculations. Members also discussed whether more frequent or daily attendance-based calculations would improve accuracy, though some warned that daily attendance could create new problems for high-poverty districts. The committee also briefly discussed categoricals, including mental health and ESE funding, with DOE saying it evaluates programs through studies, reporting requirements, and legislative direction. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with a motion to rise and adjourn.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part I) Mar 27th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • Prior to being an honors student at Austin Community College, I was a college dropout.
  • Just a Little background: Blinn College is a community college based in Brenham, Texas.
  • In today's day and age, community college students take many classes in universities.
  • So those transfers are actual community college students that then move on.
  • So those transfers are actual community college students that then move on.
Bills: SB 49
Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard several higher education bills and took public testimony on each. Senate Bill 60 would let public junior college libraries donate outdated, duplicative, or valueless materials instead of treating them as surplus property; no public testimony was offered, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 49 would expand performance-tier funding incentives so community colleges are also rewarded for student transfers to private four-year universities; it also received no public testimony and was left pending. Senate Bill 365 would allow higher education institutions to choose a transcript lookback period between 5 and 10 years for adult undergraduates seeking to waive older transcripts. Senator Eckhardt and witness Daniel Arrevalo described how old academic records can block adults from returning to college; the bill was left pending after testimony. Senate Bill 895 would expand the FAST dual-credit program beyond public school students to include eligible private school and homeschool students, with support from the Texas Private Schools Association, the Texas Homeschool Coalition, and a coordinating board witness explaining the funding structure; it too was left pending. Senate Bill 1400 would clarify what counts as a transfer for performance-tier funding by allowing students with 30 or fewer prior university credit hours to still be counted as transfer students when moving from a public junior college to a general academic institution. Former Representative Leighton Schubert testified that the change would address funding losses and better reflect modern student pathways; after testimony, the bill was left pending. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

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  • individual people and our community individual people and our community businesses<01:20:35.400>
  • and working in a small rural community and working in a small rural community has<01:26:50.080><
  • fever after clinic hours a Community fever after clinic hours a Community member<01:27:03.600>
  • community buyin and the community community buyin and the community support<01:31:46.280> which
Keywords: 1183, house
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Jun 23rd, 2026

Privacy and Consumer Protection

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  • and Communications Industry Association, respectfully opposed.
  • the LGBTQ+ community.
  • We cannot allow data collected for community wellness to be repurposed for community harm.
  • Don't tell me this is about protecting a vulnerable community.
  • This is not the way we want to embrace our different community.
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee Apr 22nd, 2026

Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

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  • I'm going to help my family, my community, to make more money and to spend that money in my community
  • , working-class communities of color.
  • , working-class communities of color.
  • That guarantee and prioritize those front-line communities, those vulnerable communities, in quality
  • and being a servant to my community.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard SB 921, which would create a tax credit tied to agricultural overtime wages. Senator Grove argued the measure is intended to help farmworkers recover take-home pay lost after California’s agricultural overtime law reduced hours, and said the credit would apply only after overtime is paid and would not change existing overtime rules. Supporters included farmworkers, the California Farm Bureau, Western Growers, and other agricultural groups, who said the bill would help workers get more hours and more pay while helping employers afford overtime. Labor groups opposed the bill, arguing it would subsidize employers with taxpayer money and undermine the principle that employers, not the public, should bear overtime costs. The bill was held in subcommittee until more members arrived. The committee then took up SB 1083, a follow-up to last year’s school employee misconduct database law. The bill would add an administrative law judge review for classified school employees before they are placed in the statewide egregious misconduct database, require notice when an employee leaves during an investigation, and extend related vetting to certain contractors and non-permanent workers. Supporters, including the California School Employees Association and the California Federation of Teachers, said the measure adds needed due process and parity with certificated employees while preserving student safety. School business officials, administrators, and other education employer groups opposed it, warning that the bill could add duplicative procedures, delay investigations, and weaken the protections created by SB 848. The committee passed SB 1083 on a 3-0 vote, with the bill sent to Appropriations and placed on call. The committee also heard SB 1089, which would require CalPERS health plans to offer GLP-1 medications and expand access through CalRx. The author described the bill as a response to personal experience with obesity treatment costs and argued that broader access could improve health outcomes and reduce long-term costs. The American Diabetes Association and other medical groups supported the bill, saying GLP-1s are effective tools for preventing and managing type 2 diabetes and that access is often limited by insurance coverage and cost. A pharmaceutical industry representative expressed concerns but said discussions were ongoing. The committee approved SB 1089 on a 4-0 vote and sent it to Appropriations. Finally, the committee heard SB 954, which would revise last year’s CEQA exemption for advanced manufacturing by narrowing the exemption and adding environmental, labor, and community protections, including prevailing wage, skilled-and-trained workforce requirements, and review for projects near disadvantaged communities. Labor and environmental groups supported the bill, saying the prior exemption was too broad and could cover highly polluting activities without adequate review. Business and manufacturing groups opposed it, arguing the added restrictions would make the exemption ineffective and push projects and jobs out of California. Members debated the balance between environmental review, labor standards, and manufacturing competitiveness. The bill was passed on a 3-1 vote, with Senator Strickland voting no, and was sent to Appropriations.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:05 pm

House Judiciary

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  • as well as the attorney community.
  • community. ...as the attorney community.
  • I wanted to be an organizer for my community. But I know plenty of amazing trial lawyers.
  • , people who come directly from the communities they represent.
  • We've been in communication with DPS.
HI
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  • So, I know you've done a lot of the community work, community engagement work.
  • We're the lifeline of community.
  • We're the lifeline of community.
  • We're the lifeline of community.
  • So I I see that community.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several education resolutions, beginning with HCR 11 and HR 14, which ask the Board of Education and the State Public Charter School Commission to report on improving access to stable, suitable, and affordable facilities for public charter schools. The Charter School Commission supported the measure, and OHA also supported it while noting long-standing facility challenges, the lack of a dedicated facilities appropriation, and the strain on charter schools that have had to use operating funds for buildings and temporary structures. Kealakehe Academy, Hawaii Technology Academy, and several individuals also testified in support. The committee then took up HCR 181 and HR 171, which seek a shared decision-making committee to develop an action plan for a K-12 Ka Waihona School in Kapolei. The Department of Education said it has already developed a strategic plan for Kaipuni education, has expanded immersion programs over the past decade, and is addressing growth through interim guidance and a new priority placement process. Community witnesses, including representatives of Ke Alo Ever, strongly supported the resolutions, emphasizing the need for a K-12 pathway, the importance of Hawaiian language and culture, and the role of community voice in planning. They argued that teacher shortages, especially for licensed Hawaiian immersion teachers, remain a major barrier and proposed a kumu recruitment and retention program tied to community, UH, and DOE partnerships. The committee also heard HCR 187 and HR 177, which urge the Department of Education to begin initiatives to address teacher retention statewide. DOE and the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education said teacher retention is already being addressed through the Teacher Education Coordinating Committee, a five-year plan focused on building capacity, improving satisfaction, and compensation, and a new DOE human resources plan. In response to questions, DOE said it is seeking better school-level data on why teachers leave, is preparing for contract negotiations, and is working with the standards board and DLIR on an apprenticeship-related grant. TECC representatives said the group has been working since the pandemic era, may narrow its focus to retention as the most actionable area, and expects to provide more concrete recommendations in its annual report. The transcript ends as the committee moves on to the next item, HCR 47 and HR 43, without showing any votes or final actions on the measures heard.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Floor Session 5/18/25 - Part 1

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

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  • The chaplain for today is Melissa Shaer, groups and community life pastor of groups and community life
  • c> of groups and community life at Christ of groups and community life at Christ Presbyterian<00:02:46.239
  • my community who helped organize this. my community who helped organize this.
  • desperate to find in the communities desperate to find in the communities where<01:09:31.359>
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • But then you drill down, and for some of our BIPOC communities, particularly Black communities, it's
  • in those communities.
  • in those communities.
  • in those communities.
  • in those communities.
Bills: HF2440
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 411 Conference PM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 329 Conference AM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference PM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference PM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • This bill in essence provides additional support for braille literacy and in the braille literacy community
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  • And I community to um with dyslexia.
  • service providers out in the community service providers out in the community would<00:29:05.120
  • Relating to human and community Relating to human and community resilience.<00:42:29.800> On<
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 05-01-2026 06:30pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • And House Communication number 884 returns Senate Concurrent Resolution 100, Senate Draft 1, that was
  • And House Communication<00:02:24.040> number<00:02:24.360> 884<00:02:25.680> returns
  • <00:02:26.040> Senate Communication number 884 returns Senate Communication number 884 returns
  • Miscellaneous communications.
  • Um, miscellaneous communication number seven from the Honorable Ronald D.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference PM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • He believes Molokai deserves better logistics overall, and he will work with the local community to build
  • Thank you, chair. the local community to build the right the local community to build the right solutions
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  • segment of the community that has really<00:15:44.680> suffered<00:15:45.160> in<00:15
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference AM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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  • facilities district pursuant to section 46-80.1 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes or the Hawaii Community
  • facilities district pursuant to section 46-80.1 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes or the Hawaii Community
  • which the county council finds, based on independent financial analysis, that the imposition of community
  • that the imposition of community that the imposition of community facilities<00:13:48.760> district
  • necessary for housing and community necessary for housing and community development,<00:16:36.640
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference AM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 329 Conference PM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

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  • services, including residential services offered in community care foster family homes and expanded
  • Medicaid home and community-based Medicaid home and community-based services,<00:22:25.360> including
  • care foster family offered in community care foster family homes<00:22:29.680> and<00:22:29.800
  • <01:49:50.880> Uh community behavioral health clinics.
  • Uh community behavioral health clinics.