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• to school to school.
• And yet, I know in my area, there are a lot of them that move from school to school.
• and virtual charter schools.
• , once during middle school, once during high school.
• I remember when I was in school, every year in high school, we had sports day.

Bills: SJR47, SB1491, SB1579, SB1806, SB1552, SB483, SB63, SB137, SB346, SB514, SB1344, SB1360, SB1380, SB1437, SB1189, SB1217, SB1221, SB1262, SB1272, SB1325, SB1339, SB201

Keywords: voter ID, elections, constitutional amendment, Oklahoma, proof of identity, presidential electors, vacancies, oath of office, political party, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, foster care, adoption assistance, transitioning youth, Department of Human Services, voluntary services, county home rule charter

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• No, the minimum salary schedule applies to every single school district, so all schools have the discretion
• And so I think I've had a number of school leaders come to me and say, 'Hey, I've been in a school for
• also maybe schools who are showing significant amounts of growth.
• Are we building buildings and schools that are, you know, mausoleums?
• We have good schools, and they're doing really well.

Bills: SJR47, SB1491, SB1579, SB1806, SB1552, SB483, SB63, SB137, SB346, SB514, SB1344, SB1360, SB1380, SB1437, SB1189, SB1217, SB1221, SB1262, SB1272, SB1325, SB1339, SB201

Keywords: voter ID, elections, constitutional amendment, Oklahoma, proof of identity, presidential electors, vacancies, oath of office, political party, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, foster care, adoption assistance, transitioning youth, Department of Human Services, voluntary services, county home rule charter

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• school that doesn't follow. Thank you for the question. Noncompliance for the school.
• to school to school.
• school district.
• and virtual charter schools.
• And then you’re getting at once during elementary school, one during middle school, one during high school

Bills: SJR47, SB1491, SB1579, SB1806, SB1552, SB483, SB63, SB137, SB346, SB514, SB1344, SB1360, SB1380, SB1437, SB1189, SB1217, SB1221, SB1262, SB1272, SB1325, SB1339, SB201

Keywords: voter ID, elections, constitutional amendment, Oklahoma, proof of identity, presidential electors, vacancies, oath of office, political party, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, foster care, adoption assistance, transitioning youth, Department of Human Services, voluntary services, county home rule charter

Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, a ceremonial recognition of two Elgin High School students, Clayton Raoul and Leon Anderson, and bus driver Kevin McDonald for their heroic actions during a March 2 bus crash. A citation was read honoring their selfless efforts to evacuate injured students and assist first responders. The chamber also introduced several student pages and recognized visiting groups in the gallery, including Impact Oklahoma and the Ardmore Leadership Group. The Senate then considered several bills. Senate Bill 1491, requiring appointed presidential electors to take the same oath as other electors, advanced and passed. Senate Bill 1579, which requires assessors to mail taxpayers a statement of rights when property valuations increase, also advanced and passed unanimously. Senate Bill 1806, extending foster care eligibility to age 21 for those who opt in and meet program requirements, drew supportive debate about helping youth transition to adulthood; it advanced and passed as an emergency measure. A lengthy debate followed on Senate Bill 1552, which would allow certain large counties to pursue home rule charters through a voter-approved process. Supporters argued it would give populous counties more flexibility and local control, while opponents raised concerns about unequal treatment, population-based governance, rural representation, and possible constitutional issues. The bill advanced and then passed 26-18. Senate Bill 483, authorizing county-run relocation assistance programs funded by private donations for voluntarily relocating individuals, especially homeless persons, also prompted extensive questions about liability, trafficking concerns, accountability, and whether it could shift people between jurisdictions; it advanced and passed 39-6. Finally, Senate Bill 63, raising school board member stipends from $25 to $190 per meeting under permissive language, advanced over concerns about cost and then moved to final passage, with debate beginning at the end of the transcript.

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• The pool that you used to compare yourself to was the school that you went to.
• yourself<00:26:50.559><c> to</c><00:26:50.799><c> was</c><00:26:50.960><c> the</c><00:26:51.200><c> school
• <00:26:51.440><c> that</c><00:26:51.679><c> you</c><00:26:51.919><c> went</c> yourself to was the school
• that you went yourself to was the school that you went to.<00:26:52.559><c> Now</c><00:26:53.440><c>

Bills: HB19, HB170, HB171, HB173, HB174, HB19, HB170, HB171, HB173, HB174

Keywords: Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, HB170, supplemental appropriations, Education Trust Fund, Alabama education budget, school funding, K-12 education, local boards of education, textbook adoption, school buses, school safety, charter schools, summer programs, afterschool programs, reading intervention, college and career readiness

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• It would be K through 12 schools.
• public school system.
• But our model doesn't start with schools; it starts with communities. ...schools.
• I assure you that school boards listen. And if the school boards listen.
• I said I wish school was still like it was when we went to school. Oh no. Amen.

Bills: SB13, SB278, SB13

Keywords: education, national anthem, patriotism, school policy, constitutional amendment, SB278, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama Released Time Credit Act, church-state separation, First Amendment, school choice, parental consent, elective course, off-campus instruction, private religious entity, State Board of Education

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• To school meals while also trying to bring that balance and focus on funding our schools.
• school nutrition programs, improving school nutrition finances.
• and the school district.
• The schools are doing a ton.
• Peter's School District.

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• And this will just ease up the pressure on rural schools on finding people to come work for the school
• or serve for the school.
• So it will be up to the school or the school board He wavesent hi, you recognize that your question,
• with kids in school.
• school districts.

Bills: SB843, SB1733, SB1476, SB1237, SB1410, SB1894, SB1272, SB1204, SB1721, SB1725, SB1735, SB1337, SB1339, SB1461, SB1975

Keywords: school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, child abuse, reporting requirements, sexual misconduct, law enforcement, school personnel, confidentiality, student safety, land office, land exchange, investment, education funding, real estate management, Teachers' Bill of Rights, education, teachers' rights

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• addition to the underlying bill that includes current deployments or deployments in the upcoming school
• addition to the underlying bill that includes current deployments or deployments in the upcoming school
• the requirement for state monitoring and comprehensive health and safety reviews at the Washington School
• House Bill 2319 removes references to schools in the names of the residential habilitation centers and
• House Bill 2317 extends the licensing waiver to all school day programs, not just those on the school

Bills: HB1544, HB2099, HB2185, HB2219, HB2253, HB2317, HB2318, HB2319, HB2350

Keywords: child welfare, risk assessment, investigation, child abuse, neglect, military families, early childhood education, access, assistance program, education equity, homelessness, youth programs, advisory committee, prevention, protection, HB 2219, child care licensing, early learning, DCYF, Department of Children Youth and Families

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• Section 2 again adds charter school students for PSEO eligibility.
• The first three sections relate to epinephrine in school.
• Thank you for including provisions that make clear in law that charter schools, charter school students
• , and students enrolled in tribal contract schools.
• Setting more of our schools up for success.

Bills: HF1306

Keywords: education, school policy, teacher training, student health, emergency response

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

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• So school districts and cities get to play the potty police.
• Schools or family violence shelters or here at the Capitol.
• I talked to my daughter about safety in school.
• Would a school district, or must a school district allow that person entry into the school to verify?
• Our public schools. This bill is not about Texas.

Bills: SB 8, HB7, HB15, HB 265, HCR 13, SB 8, HB 7, HB 15, HB 265, HCR 13

Keywords: sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, abortion, healthcare, jurisdiction, civil action, qui tam, prohibition, state law, youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting

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• What I'm seeing in the and some of the schools, not all the school districts, but some of the schools
• It relates to the election of certain school districts and open enrollment charter schools to participate
• The short version is that the bill would allow school districts and open enrollment charter schools that
• It would change all the references regarding small school districts and charter schools to participating
• Schools for unrelated reasons, putting them in an out-of-school suspension for disruptive behavior is

Bills: HB1022, HB2856, HB3114, HJR5, HB6, HB120, HB210, HB1458, HB1188, HB3126

Keywords: HB 1022, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Texas State University System, Education Code, higher education, course levels, upper-level college, lower-division courses, community college-style courses, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Uvalde, Board of Regents, academic programs, university expansion, HB 2856, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, clinical training placements, clinical rotations

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• Before law school, I was a high school English teacher, so I also have a teacher's perspective.
• I am a teacher at a Title I school.
• So the front of the school is the elementary, the middle of the school is middle school, and the back
• of the school is high school.
• From a 1A school to offerings of a 5A school, what does a 5A school get to offer?

Bills: HB1022, HB2856, HB3114, HJR5, HB6, HB120, HB210, HB1458, HB1188, HB3126

Keywords: HB 1022, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Texas State University System, Education Code, higher education, course levels, upper-level college, lower-division courses, community college-style courses, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Uvalde, Board of Regents, academic programs, university expansion, HB 2856, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, clinical training placements, clinical rotations

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• name is Hannah Lopez Resto, and I'm a victim-survivor of grooming and sexual assaults by my high school
• On the morning of my last day of high school, he sexually assaulted me in the band lesson room.
• Appropriate relationships are the foundation of school safety between students and between staff and
• Every student needs a trusted adult in their school, and our schools and community rely on teachers to
• The school piece, Mr.

Bills: HF3489, HF3990, HF3825, HF3826, HF3827, HF3822

Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension

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• It also adds a bump to any schools being built on the base.
• It means a lot to the Clover Park School District. I'm here on behalf of Clover Park.
• survival school, Air Force School.
• And most of that school work takes place up in Mount Spokane area.
• I think we just keep throwing O3 Common School under the bus.

Bills: HB2295

Keywords: Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities

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• only school building designed by Marcus Pritika.
• North Beach School District and Hoquiam.
• Beach School District and Hoquiam.
• I want to thank you for the new section, Section 50707, which is school building electrification.
• We have a limited window to complete the purchase of that facility.

Bills: HB2295

Keywords: Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities

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• This includes $28 million for the School Seismic Safety Program, funding designs at three schools in
• This includes $28 million for the School Seismic Safety Program, funding designs at three schools in
• Schools Program.
• Schools Program.
• We've consolidated four school buildings into two to stretch resources.

Bills: HB2295

Keywords: Washington capital budget, supplemental capital budget, capital appropriations, state building construction account, taxable building construction account, climate commitment account, natural climate solutions, housing trust fund, affordable housing, supportive housing, homelessness, manufactured home communities, mobile home parks, school construction, school modernization, school seismic safety, healthy schools, school electrification, SCAP, behavioral health facilities

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• My granddaughter's first words were dada, then it was mama, and now it's school, school.
• to describe it in school finance.
• So it's school funding. School finance is incredibly complicated.
• My wife's a public school teacher, so I have all the respect in the world for public schools and want
• Most of our residents purchased their homes in the 80s and 90s, and at that time they were purchased

Bills: SB4, SJR2, SB 4, SJR 2

Keywords: property tax, homestead exemption, school funding, state aid, constitutional amendment, SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval

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• Members, today we've got this really special group here from Carl Albert High School.
• That's not school history; that is your history, that is our history.
• If you haven't noticed, this is the Choctaw High School speech and debate team.
• Thank you for recognizing not only public school success but fine arts success in public schools.
• Members in the north gallery, we have the entire high school of Alleenublic schools with us today, along

Bills: HB2894, HB3418, HB3415, HB3413, HB3414, HB3416, HB3417, HB3419, HB3420, HB1739, HB1752, HB1979, HB2941, HB2992, HB3075, HB3086, HB3177, HB3269, HB3278, HB3279, HB3497, HB3644, HB4432, HB3720, HB3849, HB3882, HB3919, HB3941, HB4118, HB4141, HB4268, HB4342, HB4428, HB4429, HB4434

Keywords: HB2894, Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act, rural jobs, rural investment, tax credit, capital investment tax credit, state tax credits, economic development, rural fund, rural investor, qualified investment, eligible business, Department of Commerce, rural business, investment certification, tax liability, credit cap, workforce development, small business finance, rural development

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• As always, we are so blessed and honored to have a page program where young high school students can
• Junior ambassador after high school, Leo intends to break my heart.
• Hello, I'm Parker Stewart, and I go to Hilla High School. I'm here with Senate.
• I'm a junior at Albra High School. I'm active in many organizations, FFA. I'm the vice president.
• I'm a senior at Trior High School, and I'm here with Representative Tomann.

Bills: SB1475, SB1447, HB2288, SB1521, SB592, SB1533, HB1276, SB201, SB1477, SB1232, SB1255, SB1327, SB1525, SB1721, SB667, SB1436, SB1317, SB604, SB1325, SB1496, SB2007, SB1567, SB2112, SB1980, SB1735, SB1558, SB1491, SB1287, SB1378, SB1369, SB1441, SB137, SB483, SB843, SB1433, SB1257, SB1365, SJR49, HJR1090, HJR1091, HJR1092, HJR1093, HJR1095, HJR1094

Keywords: memorial, infrastructure, transportation, dedication, Toby Keith, employees insurance, contract awarding, certifications, state procurement, insurance plan, teachers, retirement, postretirement employment, earnings limitations, Oklahoma, artificial intelligence, AI, generative AI, chatbot, conversational AI