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• program offers.
• our grant on transition services for high school students.
• It depends on what program you're looking at if you're looking at the Schools, the salaries are about
• IDD that graduate from high schools all across the state.
• So, both schools are obviously schools.

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Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I was a Girl Scout all through grade school and high school.
• So when my sister gave birth to my first niece,” “All through grade school and high school.
• After that, they got a new high school principal.
• Also, after-school programs really reduce the chances of this happening, and we've cut funding to after-school
• left, the students from my high school alma mater, Lakeland High School, or Lakeland 8th grade class

Keywords: 959, house, all

Summary: The House opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the prior day by a 123-0 roll call vote. Members then used points of personal privilege to recognize National Police Week and honor fallen law enforcement officers with a moment of silence, and several members gave farewell remarks for departing colleagues and interns. The chamber also introduced a number of special guests, including student groups, interns, a former representative, and the University of Missouri wheelchair basketball team. The House then took up Senate messages and committee reports before acting on House Committee Substitute for House Bills 1839, 2921, and 3015. The sponsor explained the Senate amendment was a technical correction to an online age-verification provision related to pornography; the House concurred 104-30 and then finally passed the package 112-25. The chamber also considered the conference committee report on House Bill 2596, which was described as a small-business health plan measure that modernizes pooled-plan language and adds a 12-month contraception coverage provision while removing a Senate-added blood pressure cuff requirement. After debate on the conference report and a severability clause, the House adopted the report 120-26 and then third-read and passed the bill 119-27. Finally, the House debated Senate Bill 905, which would create the Missouri Ranger training program allowing schools to optionally place specially trained personnel with narrow law-enforcement authority on campus. Debate focused heavily on school safety, local control, training standards, liability, funding, and whether the proposal would improve protection or instead increase the presence of guns in schools. Supporters argued it would give districts another optional safety tool, especially where school resource officers are unavailable, while opponents said schools need more mental health and educational resources rather than armed personnel and raised concerns about training, child development, and unintended harm. The House adopted an amendment clarifying the program after a 96-46 vote, but the transcript cuts off before final passage of the bill.

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• So when it says remain in the program through graduation from the high school, does that mean they received
• the $2,500 while in high school or when they enrolled full-time at one of these colleges?
• So this was just a program, $10 million set up that the Pulaski County Special School District had...
• school or stay in high school and move on to college.
• school, stay in high school, and move on to college.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• This program has worked for K-12 schools. It's worked for our UCs. It's worked for our CSUs.
• And in fact, the community colleges exist because we went through this exact same debate after high school
• And so high schools started to offer 13th and 14th grade adult ed educational programs one by one.
• And so high school started to offer 13th and 14th and 14th. wasn't offering the full range of things.
• And so high schools started to offer 13th and 14th grade adult ed educational programs one by one.

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard several Senate measures focused on community college procurement, higher education access, and student support. SB 1154 by Senator Reyes would allow community college districts to use best-value procurement for public works projects over $1 million. Supporters, including San Bernardino Valley College, the San Bernardino Community College District, labor groups, and several districts, said it would improve delivery of complex facilities and align community colleges with other education systems. Opponents, including the Associated General Contractors, argued the bill’s skilled-and-trained workforce requirements and labor-compliance scoring would narrow the bidder pool and raise costs. The committee passed the bill to the Assembly Floor on a due-pass vote, with some members voting no or not recorded. SB 1255, also by Senator Reyes, would create a California Hispanic-serving institution designation. Supporters from HACU, the CSU Chancellor’s Office, UC, community colleges, and other education organizations said the designation would recognize campuses that serve large numbers of Latino and low-income students and strengthen accountability and student success. The committee approved the bill as amended and re-referred it to Appropriations, with one no vote. SB 1328, presented on behalf of Senator Cervantes, would require LGBTQ+ points of contact at satellite or branch campuses of CSU and community colleges, either through designated staff or regular office hours. Testimony emphasized gaps in access at remote centers and the need for confidential support; one member raised concerns about staffing, costs, and whether existing systems could meet the need remotely. The bill was passed as amended and sent to Appropriations. The committee also considered SB 960 by Senator Cabaldon, which would expand the circumstances under which community colleges could offer bachelor’s degrees in response to unmet workforce needs, especially where CSU programs are impacted or not realistically accessible locally. Supporters said the bill would help meet workforce demand and expand access for place-bound and adult learners. CSU and faculty representatives opposed unless amended, urging stronger partnership requirements, clearer workforce-need standards, and safeguards around duplication and Prop 98 funding. Members discussed impaction, regional access, and the role of partnerships; the bill was passed as amended and re-referred to Appropriations. Finally, SB 632 by Senator Otagan would extend the California College Promise fee waiver to part-time community college students enrolled in nine units. Supporters said many students cannot attend full time because of work, caregiving, and living costs, and the bill would better reflect student realities; the transcript ends during testimony on this measure, before any vote is shown.

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• looks like to design programming in high school and course options and choice, right, for students and
• families, uh, for rigorous coursework in high school.
• ><00:48:54.680> and<00:48:54.839> course programming in in high school and course programming
• be coursework in in high school it could be coursework in in high school it could be somebody<00:
• > of schools with high proportions of schools with high proportions of low-income<01:04:04.880>

Keywords: 1183, house

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• <00:41:48.160> school teaching reading at the high school teaching reading at the high school
• And I also want you guys to understand the MTSS system doesn't work in high school because high schools
• But in the state of Wyoming, we have a lot of high school graduation requirements.
• And I also want you guys to understand the MTSS system doesn't work in high school because high schools
• going to progress monitor them, high going to progress monitor them, high school<00:47:09.760>

Keywords: 916, all

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• As always, it is a joy to have Carroll Junior High School here.
• As always, it is a joy to have Carroll Junior High School here.
• My entire family and I graduated from Carroll Junior High and Carroll High School.
• My stepfather coached at Carroll High School for over 30 years.
• That's just how much we loved Carroll High School and Carroll Junior High.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 6, 2026, with five members present. After adopting the April 28 minutes, the committee heard a brief presentation on the new Leadership Louisiana Health Fellows Program, which is intended to bring together health care, business, policy, and education leaders to study Louisiana health challenges and build a network for action. Members expressed support for the program and its potential value to health policy work. The committee then advanced several bills, often with technical or substantive amendments. SB 57, a nutrition-labeling bill, was amended to push its effective date to December 31, 2028 and reported as amended. HB 62 increased the membership of the Louisiana Women’s Policy and Research Commission to 27 members and was reported as amended. HB 193 updated membership rules for the sickle cell commission foundations so long-serving executive directors would not have to reapply repeatedly, and it was reported as amended. HB 815 would allow financial institutions to receive death certificates to help families manage accounts after a death; it was reported favorably after a question about state-licensed banks. SB 405 was substantially revised to codify LDH’s new Ascend nursing-facility quality initiative, including statewide quality oversight goals, stakeholder involvement, reporting requirements, and tools such as dashboards and surveys; after reconsidering prior action and adopting the new amendment, the bill was reported as amended. The committee also approved HB 222, which provides Medicaid dental coverage when needed for another covered medical procedure, and HB 420, which requires background checks for all DCFS employees with access to sensitive information. HB 475 requires verbal consent when AI is used to record or transcribe a medical visit and was reported favorably after a technical question. HB 246 updated membership of the Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board and the council on grandparents raising grandchildren, including replacing an inactive coalition seat with the state police superintendent or designee. HB 486 would enter Louisiana into the psychology inter-jurisdictional compact to expand access to mental health care, and HB 574 updated outdated board names on the Mental Health Advisory Services Board; both were reported favorably. Later, the committee reported HB 949, which creates a licensure framework for radiologist assistants to help address imaging workforce shortages, especially in rural areas, and HB 584, which requires foster children to be provided luggage instead of trash bags for their belongings and restores “rights” language in the Foster Youth Bill of Rights. The committee also reported HB 1214, restructuring certain LDH facilities into a single system under the secretary’s office; HB 1092, a technical renaming/terminology cleanup bill; and HB 203, which adds members to the uterine fibroids commission. Throughout the meeting, members and witnesses emphasized access to care, workforce shortages, child welfare, and quality improvement, and the committee repeatedly adopted amendments and reported the bills favorably or as amended before adjourning.

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• THEY HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INVESTED IN THEIR EDUCATION FROM K 12 AND THEY HAVE GRADUATED OUR HIGH SCHOOLS
• COLLEGE CAMPUSES ARE NOT A K-12 SCHOOL. IT'S A HIGH STRESS COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT.
• I'M JASON, A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER FROM LONG BEACH COUNTY AND GRADUATE FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA.
• THE SAME SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BE PART OF THE GUARDIAN PROGRAM.
• WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GUARDIAN PROGRAM. I DO BELIEVE IT MAKES OUR SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES SAFE.

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• I'll give a little bit of a look ahead of where we're heading at a high level with some of the programs
• Only 51% of foster youth graduate from high school. We've got so many needs.
• That's just how we administer The program year over year.
• When I look at the subsidy program, the providers are no doubt an important piece of the Subsidy program
• Do you support changes in regulation that truly revert the stars program back to the old three-star program

Keywords: 914, all

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• School PAGE program.
• Whereas, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the Minnesota High School Page Program.
• Whereas, Speaker Sabo was instrumental in founding the Minnesota House High School Page Program with
• Whereas the Minnesota High School Page Program has been sustained by a succession of chief sergeants,
• Whereas the Minnesota High School Page Program now enters its 50th year with gratitude, optimism, and

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• I'm from Plant City, Florida, and I graduated from Strawberry Crest High School last May.
• I graduated from Pensacola High School's International Baccalaureate Program from the urban side of Pensacola
• I graduated from Pensacola High School's International Baccalaureate Program from the urban side of Pensacola
• the years of their programs.
• Just this past school year, we were thrilled to announce a membership high of more than 65,000 We were

Summary: The Agriculture Committee took up SB 806, the consumer and agricultural equipment right-to-repair bill by Senator Trumbull. Trumbull said the measure would expand repair options for portable wireless devices and farm equipment while protecting trade secrets. The committee adopted two amendments: one clarifying the bill does not apply to motor vehicles, and a technical staff amendment. Testimony was mixed: an Everglades Equipment representative opposed the bill, warning it could weaken local dealer support, reduce parts inventory, and increase downtime for farmers; the Consumer Technology Association also opposed the bill in its current form, citing concerns about a patchwork of state repair laws, private lawsuits, and inconsistent standards. The bill was reported favorably as CS for SB 806 by a roll call vote of 4-0, with Senator Rouson not voting. The committee then heard a presentation from Florida 4-H state officers Timmy Hawes, Summer Wayne, and Taylor Thigpin. They described 4-H as a youth development organization focused on citizenship and leadership, agriculture, STEM, and healthy living, serving more than 216,000 youth statewide. They highlighted personal stories about how 4-H built confidence, leadership, and entrepreneurship skills, and they outlined goals to grow participation to 300,000 youth and to invest in 4-H camps, especially Camp Cherry Lake and Camp Timpoochee, as year-round learning sites. Senators praised the program and asked questions about how youth get involved and what drives participation. Florida FFA state officers Hope Storder and Isabel Jenkins then presented on agricultural education and FFA. They explained FFA’s three-part model of classroom instruction, supervised agricultural experience, and leadership development, and noted that Florida now has more than 65,000 FFA members and that state funding has allowed all agricultural education students to participate at no cost. They emphasized agriculture’s role in feeding a growing population and discussed how technology, innovation, and urban agriculture can help meet future production needs. Senators commended the organization’s work and its role in preparing future leaders and agricultural professionals. At the end of the meeting, Senator Burton requested a group photo with the students, and the committee agreed.

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• is a competitive grant program to award grants to expand the availability of high-speed internet service
• , deployment and adoption programs.
• Um, now, going to the boot program, the Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas program, we certainly
• So we had over 100 applications for that program. Um, now this program was a county level.
• Yeah, I mean the funding of that program, are there other pro as you look at the programs you're working

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• boards, and charter schools.
• The first is program evaluation.
• So for the state of Florida, school boards, colleges, universities, and charter schools, these audits
• And a major federal program is defined as one of the entities— A major federal program is defined as
• the complexity of the program.

Summary: The Joint Legislative Auditing Committee met to receive annual overviews of its oversight responsibilities and the work of the Auditor General and OPAGA. Committee staff reviewed the committee’s authority over state and local governments, enforcement of audit-report filing requirements, repeated audit findings, Transparency Florida reporting, and lobbying compensation audits. Auditor General Cheryl Norman described her office’s independence, audit standards, quality control, and major audit areas, including the state’s annual financial and single audits, school district and university audits, operational and performance audits, and attestation work. She also noted staffing shortages, recruitment efforts, and a request for carry-forward funds to study salaries. Members asked about whether audits can quantify recoverable dollars, how school district spending comparisons are handled, and how to raise concerns about DCF-related audits or a local city audit that has been pending for years. Norman said her office can quantify findings when possible, sometimes compares costs across districts in operational audits, and that members can bring specific concerns to the appropriate deputy auditor general or the committee. She also explained that citizen or local-government audit requests may require payment of audit costs. OPAGA Coordinator Kara Collins-Gomez outlined OPAGA’s role as a legislative research unit that conducts studies directed by law, the presiding officers, or the committee, and described its policy areas, methodologies, contract monitoring, and recurring statutory reports. Deputy Auditor General Matthew Tracy explained how to read operational audit reports, including findings, criteria, condition, cause, effect, recommendations, and management responses. Deputy Auditor General Greg Senators explained financial audit reports, including audit opinions, required supplementary information, internal control and compliance findings, federal program compliance, and management letters. The meeting concluded with thanks to the presenters and a motion to adjourn, which passed without objection.

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• Hello, my name is Molly Snyder and I'm in high school.
• We have all lived through this portability standard in 2003, so I was still in high school.
• We have all lived through this portability standard in 2003, so I was still in high school.
• school boards across Minnesota. school boards across Minnesota.
• uh three school districts. uh three school districts.

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• AB 2010 addresses this high-population crisis issue that we have by exempting high-quality, high-volume
• As my staff continued to work on this issue, we found over 50 cases in which high school sports officials
• As my staff continued to work on this issue, we found over 50 cases in which high school sports officials
• High School spoke on the tragic, rippling impacts that are still felt today within the community from
• High School spoke on the tragic, rippling impacts that are still felt today within the community from

Summary: The Assembly met on May 7, 2026, after an initial delay caused by the absence of a quorum, then proceeded with prayer, a moment of silence for victims of a hate-motivated attack at the Islamic Center in San Diego, and the Pledge of Allegiance. The Speaker pro tempore then moved through the daily file, repeatedly urging members to be on time and at their desks as the House of Origin deadline approached. Procedural actions included dispensing with the journal, deferring some items, and moving AB 1667 to the inactive file. The bulk of the session was devoted to floor consideration of many bills, most of which passed with little or no opposition. Measures approved included bills on artificial intelligence provenance information (AB 2713), community college trustee compensation (AB 2528), transit camera enforcement and privacy (AB 1837), excess proceeds claims in taxation (AB 2705), HOA technical cleanup (AB 1892), hepatitis C treatment access (AB 1843), child care planning in local general plans (AB 1914), greenhouse energy code flexibility (AB 2200), rent-now-pay-later consumer protections (AB 2350), housing cleanup and density bonus measures (including AB 2390, AB 2480, AB 1567, AB 1751, and others), spay/neuter access (AB 2010), workforce housing financing tools (AB 2110), supportive housing and homelessness-related changes (AB 2146), mental health and health plan notification measures (AB 1598, AB 2613), student aid and education bills (AB 1534, AB 1636, AB 1669, AB 1728, AB 1784, AB 1871), public safety and criminal justice bills (AB 1546, AB 1572, AB 1872, AB 1877, AB 1932), and several health and social services measures (AB 1602, AB 1628, AB 1680, AB 1825, AB 1845, AB 1906, AB 1907, AB 1925). Most bills were described as support measures, often with bipartisan backing and no opposition, and passed by wide margins. A few bills drew more discussion, especially AB 1751, a housing/townhome bill that sparked extended debate over wages, prevailing wage, stakeholder engagement, and whether the measure could depress pay for construction trades; despite concerns and an opposition speech, it ultimately passed 44-0. AB 1793, which would allow symmetrical rounding of cash transactions to the nearest nickel in light of the penny’s phaseout, also drew light debate and passed 47-1. AB 1932, an urgency measure expanding community-based crisis response, passed with one no vote on both the urgency and the bill. Several urgency or 54-vote bills, including AB 1534 and AB 1932, required later roll calls or calls to be lifted, but all measures described in the transcript were ultimately approved.

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• My husband, Devin, is a public high school music teacher.
• been partnered with schools and communities across Minnesota to recruit, train, and develop high-impact
• <00:42:46.760> school success, including high school success, including high school graduation
• I'm a student success coach at Sibley East Middle and High School, and serve as president of our local
• I am a geography teacher at Two Rivers High School in West St.

Bills: HF3119

Keywords: teacher compensation, educational staff, unlicensed staff, minimum wage, inflation adjustment, education finance, 1183, house

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• ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT STARTING LET'S JUST SAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL OR EVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL TO START
• LIKE IDENTIFYING THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOLS PAY LIKE APOLLO SCHOOL.
• SO THE SCHOOL IS REPORTING. WHY WOULD THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THE LICENSE BE REVOKED?
• WHY WOULDN'T YOU GO AFTER THE SCHOOL AS OPPOSED TO THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR?
• YES THE SCHOOL MAY HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES BUT THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR

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• safety program; HB 2833, mandatory reporting; HB 2840, schools nutrition education; HB 2841, property
• choice programs, including charter schools and education savings accounts, has found positive... ...
• school students walking out—high school students, they can’t... ...week seeing high school students
• walking out—high school students, they can’t vote, they’re not driven by partisanship or directed by
• One was a high school student that taught government, and she’s like, I don’t know what to do at this

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer by Deacon Ernie Gonzalez, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and recognition of Dr. Pamela Murphy as Doctor of the Day. Members also introduced guests, including local officials, Arizona Game and Fish commissioners, and advocates from the Alzheimer’s Association. A proclamation was read designating January 26, 2026, as Arizona Aviation Day, highlighting the industry’s economic impact and the role of airports, aerospace, and aviation-related jobs in the state. The clerk then recorded a large number of bills and resolutions for first and second reading, covering water and energy policy, education savings accounts and school choice, elections and campaign finance, veterans issues, public safety, housing, health care, immigration-related matters, and land and natural resources. Representative Gress also read a resolution recognizing National School Choice Week and praising Arizona’s school choice programs, including charter schools and empowerment scholarship accounts. A lengthy portion of the meeting consisted of members’ personal privilege remarks responding to violence and immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota and Arizona. Many members condemned ICE tactics, described fear and harm in immigrant communities, and called for constitutional rights, due process, and accountability; several requested or observed a moment of silence. No substantive floor votes on legislation were taken during the transcript beyond the motion to adjourn, which passed, and the House adjourned until 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, January 27, 2026.

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• I HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION SYSTEM WERE A BIG DRAW
• AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL I ATTENDED MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE WHERE I ENTERED AN ASSOCIATE OF SERVICE
• PROGRAM BUT IT WAS STRESSFUL BECAUSE AT THAT TIME THERE WAS ONLY TWO RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN MIAMI AND
• I HAD TO WORK MY WAY THROUGH SCHOOL AND TO KNOW THAT KIDS CAN WORK THEIR WAY THROUGH SCHOOL, AFFORD TO
• STUDENTS LEFT BEHIND IN HIGH SCHOOL TO GET BACK ON TRACK AND AUTHORIZES INSTITUTIONS TO PARTNER WITH

Keywords: 999, senate, all