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• Universally credentialed.
• So, for example, the universal credentialing process was a huge flag that multiple providers were like
• we've made note of the fact that our licensing boards are the ones who are the first step for credentialing
• agency needs in order to credential.
• When he was talking about credentialing and some of those other issues, so I'll move on from that.

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• and sometimes not higher credentialed and sometimes not credentialed credentialed credentialed educators
• <01:26:41.120> And<01:26:41.600> that<01:26:41.920> appeal credential of any
• And that appeal credential of any kind.
• But but by putting credentiing, right?
• <01:29:34.320> area, credentiing area, credentiing area, shouldn't<01:29:36.480> it<01:

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• to establish a program at one or more post-secondary education institutions that leads to that credential
• And so Kentucky really has an opportunity to fill both the academic gap by having an FAA-credentialed
• ATCTI school um to an FAA credentialed ATCTI school um to be<00:47:30.560> able<00:47:30.720>
• are three major things um credentials are three major things um that<00:48:21.760> not<00:48:
• experience of FAA of fully credentialed experience of FAA roles.<01:04:43.920> Um<01:04:44.720

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The task force met on November 4, 2025, approved the prior minutes without objection, and then heard a presentation from Amazon on its Kentucky aviation and logistics operations. Amazon described its statewide footprint, including its Boone County air hub at KCVG, its investment of more than $60 billion in Kentucky since 2010, about 20,000 jobs in the state, and its use of Amazon Air as a middle-mile network supported by third-party carriers. The company also highlighted small-business support, community relief efforts, and workforce development through Career Choice, including partnerships with Kentucky schools and aviation maintenance training. Members asked about Amazon’s most in-demand workforce needs, future operational challenges, and whether autonomous vehicles are used on the KCVG ramp. Amazon said it would follow up on workforce-demand details, identified customer-driven innovation and culture as ongoing challenges, and said autonomous vehicles are in testing but are not part of regular KCVG operations. Amazon also emphasized sustainability efforts, including alternative aviation fuel, and said it wants to work with the legislature to expand AAF production and supply in Kentucky. The task force then heard from Secretary Jeff Noel of the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development and Matt Wingate on the state’s aviation economic development strategy. They said aviation and aerospace are central to Kentucky’s logistics and economic-development goals, with aerospace identified as the state’s top export and air cargo as a major strength. They discussed outreach to general aviation airports, support for local grant matching, airport funding projects, workforce and education partnerships, and efforts to market Kentucky at aviation trade shows such as Paris Air Show and MRO America. No formal votes or other actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• Um unrecognized credentials development.
• We have barriers to credential re-evaluation, retraining, or reskilling.
• There's a lot easier<01:04:10.400> credential<01:04:10.960> recognition.
• Um a lot easier credential recognition.
• :04:13.760> boards of lenture and credentiing boards of lenture and credentiing boards require

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity met in September 2025, established a quorum, introduced new member Larry Forester, and approved the minutes from the August 26 meeting. The main presentation came from Warren County Public Schools Superintendent Rob Clayton and Assistant Superintendent Sarah Johnson, who discussed the district’s work serving English language learners and multilingual students, including immigrant and refugee families. They said Warren County now serves roughly 5,500 multilingual students out of about 19,000 total, representing about 92 languages and 90 countries, with 57 certified multilingual teachers, a GO Center, migrant and refugee advocates, and the state’s first international high school. The presenters emphasized that the district welcomes immigrant families and that students and parents generally value public education, but they described major challenges tied to accountability and funding. They explained that multilingual students are tested after one year in the system, even though many need more time to become proficient in English and grade-level standards, and they argued that current graduation-rate rules can unfairly penalize schools when transient students enroll briefly and then leave. They also said the cost of serving this population has risen sharply, with special revenue and especially general-fund spending increasing substantially over the past decade, prompting the district to reallocate resources from EL teacher assistants toward translation technology and additional certified staff. Committee members asked questions about how long-term multilingual students compare with the general student body and whether the district’s data show similar graduation outcomes. Clayton said he did not have the specific comparison data at hand but believed students who stay K-12 generally reach proficiency. He and Johnson asked legislators to consider giving students more time before accountability measures apply and to shift some graduation accountability from individual schools to the district level for highly transient populations, while still maintaining accountability. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• , the legislature had a bill moving forward asking for the board to create a special program to credential
• , the legislature had a bill moving forward asking for the board to create a special program to credential
• , the legislature had a bill moving forward asking for the board to create a special program to credential
• , the legislature had a bill moving forward asking for the board to create a special program to credential
• To create a special program to credential these folks, and essentially they were against the bill.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Assembly Bill 2770 as proposed to be amended would direct the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to
• AB 2770, as proposed to be amended, would direct the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to administer
• I completed my teaching credential through the Sacramento County Office of Education teacher internship
• However, I learned that a bilingual authorization was not included within the teaching credential I was
• Years ago, we had passed initiatives to bring forward bilingual education with the bilingual credential

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a lengthy agenda of education-related bills, with quorum established at the start and several measures taken up on consent or special order. The committee also announced that AB 1644, AB 2362, and later AB 2197 were pulled from the hearing. Members reminded the public of hearing rules and limited testimony to two witnesses each in support and opposition. AB 2651, by Assemblymember Bonta, would require schools to notify parents when school vaccination rates fall below herd-immunity thresholds. Supporters, including physicians, the California State PTA, public health groups, and school employee organizations, argued that families need timely, school-specific information to protect children and vulnerable community members. Opponents raised concerns about privacy, stigma, and whether school-level snapshots could be misleading. The bill passed the committee 5-1 and later 7-1 on the roll call. AB 2509, by Assemblymember Schultz, would allow districts to use a five-year rolling average for ADA funding calculations; supporters said it would stabilize funding amid attendance declines, while one member noted concerns about masking long-term enrollment problems. It passed 5-1 and later 7-2. The committee also approved AB 2430, which would expand after-school access, especially for high school students, improve funding and transparency, and create a work group on program quality. Testimony emphasized the value of expanded learning for youth development and working families, and members discussed the need to address middle school access as well. AB 2526, focused on special education funding, would expand the low-incidence fund to include students qualifying for the California alternate assessment; supporters said it would better align funding with student need, while some concerns remained about over-identification. AB 2325, the Pathways to Bilingual Teaching Act, would create a grant program to build bilingual teacher pipelines through partnerships among schools, community colleges, and universities; it received strong support and passed unanimously. AB 2460, presented by Assemblymember Pellerin for Assemblymember Celeste Rodriguez, would update school mental-health referral protocols to address trauma related to immigration enforcement; it also passed unanimously. AB 2404, which sought to require Central Valley representation on several governor-appointed bodies, drew debate over geographic representation and board composition and ultimately failed on a 2-5 vote.

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• qualifying employers for amounts paid to train or upskill an eligible employee who obtains an upskill credential
• An eligible employee who obtains an upskill credential and receives a qualifying wage increase.
• entering into the agreement, the employer must sponsor a current employee to obtain an upskill credential
• If the division is satisfied that the employee has obtained the upskill credential and the employee's
• If the division is satisfied that the employee has obtained the upskill credential and the employee's

Keywords: 994, senate, all

Summary: The Senate considered and passed House Bill 4245, the Department of Revenue rules bundle covering 27 rules from six agencies. Members withdrew the committee amendment, adopted a floor amendment making changes to two lottery rules and one tax rule related to pre-need cemetery companies, then passed the bill 30-1. The Senate also adopted a title amendment and made the bill effective from passage by a 31-0 vote. Later, when the House rejected the Senate’s amendments, the Senate receded from its amendments and again passed the bill, making it effective from passage. The chamber also adopted several concurrent resolutions from the Rules Committee, including studies on school finance transparency, divorce grounds, the Southern West Virginia water crisis, athletic trainer access in public secondary schools, the eastern gray fox population, upland game bird stamp purchases, and the Public Service Commission. Senate Concurrent Resolution 50, calling for a study of the PSC, was also adopted. In addition, the Senate passed House Bill 5381, which expands the Office of Energy’s role to develop a comprehensive energy policy and grid stabilization plan, and House Bill 5412, the Future Ready Education Act, after amending it to require annual vocational and agriculture offerings unless not viable and to set science-of-reading training requirements for K-5 literacy teachers by 2028-29. The Senate passed House Bill 845, a supplemental appropriation to the Governor’s Office Civil Contingent Fund, after concurring in a House amendment that reappropriated federal match grant funds and increased the civil contingency surplus fund from $15 million to $25 million; it was made effective from passage. The chamber also concurred in House amendments to House Bill 4106 on constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds, House Bill 4004 creating the Recharge West Virginia training reimbursement program, House Bill 5453 revising the school aid funding formula for special education weighting, and other measures including House Bill 4009 on portable benefits, Senate Bill 164 on substitute teacher definitions, and House Bill 4606 on pretrial release for certain felonies. A lengthy debate centered on House Bill 4198, the E-Verify Safe Harbor Act. The Judiciary Committee amendment would have required public and certain private employers to use E-Verify, while a further amendment from the Senator from Randolph would have limited the mandate to public employers and made E-Verify optional for private employers with liability protections for good-faith use. After extensive discussion about small business impacts, federal-state conflicts, and enforcement, the Senate adopted the Randolph amendment and then passed the bill 31-3, with a title amendment also adopted. The Senate later refused to concur in House amendments to House Bill 4010, concurred in House amendments to House Bill 5438, receded from amendments to House Bill 4765, and adjourned sine die.

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• And then the goal, you know, is that you exit with a credential and a job into unsubsidized employment
• out, having a very clear process for calling balls and strikes on your ETPL and other non-degree credentials
• , making sure that we're looking at short-term credentials as a bundle or a wrapper for a set of competencies
• course outcomes of that course, if it's at a community college, and then map that to the job and the credential
• They look at your credentials-of-value criteria.

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Nick Moore, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Office of Career and Technical Education, focused on integrating workforce, education, training, and human services systems. Moore argued that WIOA, Perkins, and ESSA should be aligned more closely, with fewer federal and state bureaucratic layers, more state flexibility, and a stronger emphasis on labor force participation, postsecondary attainment, and training tied to in-demand jobs. He said the federal agencies are moving toward combined plan timelines for 2026, encouraged states to pursue combined plans and waivers, and described efforts to streamline reporting, reduce administrative overhead, and expand tools such as integrated intake, cross-training, virtual and mobile service delivery, apprenticeship, and talent marketplaces. Moore also emphasized accountability and outcomes, saying states should measure training-related employment, retention, and the share of funds going to direct services rather than administration. He criticized the current workforce system as too costly and ineffective, and said states should use primary labor market information, better wage records, and employer input to align training with actual job demand. Members asked about balancing flexibility with accountability, the role of employers versus postsecondary institutions, serving rural “training deserts,” state waivers, and data-sharing systems such as Mississippi’s workforce technology efforts. Moore said states can use waivers and technology to create common intake and co-enrollment across programs, and that enhanced wage records are key to better workforce planning. The committee then received a separate update from DHS Secretary Janet Mann and Director Jay Hill on reimbursement rates for aging and adult behavioral health services. They said DHS had compiled more than 100 public comments, submitted a recommendation to the governor to hold current rates, and was awaiting executive review, which they estimated could take 30 to 60 days. Members asked about the timeline and the scope of the legislation requiring monthly reports. The meeting ended with notice of a later audit presentation scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at the Big Mac building.

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• to ensure Minnesotans receive the care they need by expanding midwifery practice to include this credential
• to ensure Minnesotans receive the care they need by expanding midwifery practice to include this credential
• to ensure Minnesotans receive the care they need by expanding midwifery practice to include this credential
• to ensure Minnesotans receive the care they need by expanding midwifery practice to include this credential
• to ensure Minnesotans receive the care they need by expanding midwifery practice to include this credential

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The responsibilities of a regent demand more than credentials.
• 00:03:31.840> demand<00:03:32.280> more<00:03:32.600> than<00:03:32.800> credentials
• regent demand more than credentials. regent demand more than credentials.

Bills: SB2057, SB2109, SB2400, HB1752, SB2599, SB2930

Keywords: immigration enforcement, sanctuary policy, detainer, ICE, federal immigration authorities, 8 U.S.C. 1357(g), 8 U.S.C. 1373, 8 U.S.C. 1644, deportation, undocumented immigrants, noncitizen, migrant rights, local police cooperation, law enforcement cooperation, hold request, judicial warrant, probable cause, civil immigration enforcement, county police, state police

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• TO BE DOING IS PRIVILEGING WHAT WE CALL, ONE OF THE BUZZWORDS IN THE BUSINESSES STACKABLE, MICRO-CREDENTIALS
• SO THE TRAINING COURSES AT STAR CENTER PERSPECTIVE MARINERS WITH EARNING MERCHANT MARINER CREDENTIALS
• OUR OVERSIGHT COMES FROM THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD WITH RESPECT TO TRAINING AND CREDENTIALED PROGRAMS
• PROGRAM, ITS GOALS AND OBJECTIVES INCLUDE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE UNLIMITED HORSEPOWER US COAST GUARD CREDENTIALS

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We require the long number or the credential be attached to that application or to that appointment.
• We require the long number or the credential be attached to that application or to that appointment.
• Senator Carlson Mr chair and credential Senator Carlson Mr chair and so<00:13:22.440> what<00
• be attached to that credential be attached to that application<00:14:30.160> or<00:14:30.320>
• <00:36:10.119> 11 state um all 6 million credentials 11 state um all 6 million credentials

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• counties, and whereas during his tenure, AWC has become a statewide leader in university transfer and credentials
• profound gratitude for his decade of leadership, and extends his best wishes for a fulfilling and credentials
• SB 1632, DES credentialing application deficiencies.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, electronic roll call, and approval of the journal. Members then introduced several guests, including Doctor of the Day Dr. Kelly Arari, representatives and students from Arizona Western College, a Tempe Leadership participant, Flagstaff officials who were present to testify on a public safety bill related to detox centers, and participants in the Doty London Excellence in Public Service program. The chamber also adopted a legislative proclamation honoring Dr. Daniel P. Kor for his decade of leadership at Arizona Western College, citing record enrollment, expanded transfer and dual-enrollment opportunities, financial stability, and broader educational impact in Yuma and La Paz counties. Senators noted the college’s role in rural health-care training and referenced the planned University of Arizona regional medical campus in Yuma. In addition, the President announced a temporary committee appointment and a referral change for SB 1176. A lengthy second-reading calendar of Senate bills and one concurrent resolution was read, covering topics including taxes, education, housing, public safety, health care, elections, water, labor, and appropriations. No floor debate or votes on those measures occurred in the transcript. Committee announcements were made for the following day, and the Senate adjourned by motion to Thursday, February 5, 2026, at 11 a.m.

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• policies exist to support those who are working in the emergency care setting without their SANE credential
• hear them as San nurses are<00:47:08.599> a<00:47:08.760> special<00:47:09.079> credential
• and we love our are a special credential and we love our sane<00:47:11.000> nurses<00:47:11.359
• 500 of them registered and credentialed 500 of them registered and credentialed throughout<00:47
• <00:48:56.440> thank<00:48:56.559> you credential thank you credential thank you chairman

Keywords: Discussion on SB 132 - 00:06 Vote on SB 132 - 04:41 Discussion on HB 219 - 43:49 Vote on HB 219 – 49:00 Discussion on HCR 20 – 50:08 Vote on HCR 20 – 51:28, 958, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 132, which would create conscience protections for health care professionals who object to participating in certain procedures or services on religious, moral, or ethical grounds. Senator Donald Douglas and several supporters argued the bill is a recruitment and retention tool for Kentucky’s health care workforce, emphasizing provider shortages, maldistribution, and the need to protect individual conscience rights. Supporters said the bill would not apply to emergency care, would not permit denial of care based on a patient’s identity, and would mainly protect professionals from being forced to perform procedures they believe are unethical. They also cited similar laws in six other states and said the bill would have a cause of action to give it enforcement teeth. Supportive testimony came from an emergency physician, a registered nurse, and others who described personal experiences or examples involving objections to abortion-related care, opioid prescribing, and pressure to participate in procedures that conflicted with conscience. They said conscience protections would help attract providers, preserve ethical integrity, and allow clinicians to make professional judgments without corporate or institutional coercion. In questioning, senators asked about practical examples, the scope of the bill, whether it would cover hypothetical cases involving patients of particular religions or identities, and which states have similar laws. The sponsor and supporters repeatedly said the bill is about procedures, not patients, and that it should not be read to allow discrimination against individuals. Opponents, including pediatricians and a registered nurse/minister, warned that the bill is overly broad and could allow refusals of care by not only physicians but also pharmacists, clerks, and ambulance drivers. They argued it could delay treatment, increase discrimination, and worsen access problems in rural areas, especially for contraception, Plan B, blood transfusions, and other services. Critics said existing professional ethics already require patient care and that the bill could undermine evidence-based medicine and worsen Kentucky’s provider shortage. The committee took testimony and questions; no final vote or disposition was announced in the portion provided.

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• of the certified direct credential of the certified direct support<00:36:00.240> professional
• <00:36:22.920> of<00:36:23.079> certified<00:36:23.720> direct the credentials
• of certified direct the credentials of certified direct support<00:36:24.560> professional<00
• <00:36:38.800> of<00:36:39.200> certified to this new credential of certified to this
• new credential of certified direct<00:36:40.000> support<00:36:40.400> professional<00

Bills: HF2367, HF2319, HF2523, HF1742, HF671, HF2331, HF2722, HF2406, HF1674

Keywords: HF2367, Community First Services and Supports, CFSS, personal care assistance, PCA, consumer-directed community supports, CDCS, home and community-based services, HCBS, direct support professionals, direct care workers, caregivers, support workers, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa, collective bargaining agreement, retention stipend, health care cost stipend, training stipend, orientation program, retirement trust

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• Which includes taking a look at our curriculum, our curriculum supports, teacher credentials, looking
• the early childhood field. they're they have taken one degree they're they have taken one degree credential
• :21.440> on<00:42:21.680> to<00:42:21.839> their<00:42:22.079> next credential
• and gone on to their next credential and gone on to their next one.<00:42:22.800> and<00:42:23.040
• is very much >> so that cred credentiing is very much important<02:19:24.160> also<02:19

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Their credential says their time in office.
• been to the facility more than once, they know the proper entrance to go to, and they show that credential
• And sometimes these venues will go and look that up on the computer to do a double check of the credential
• Of the credential. It's more than a badge.
• It's saying that you are a certified law enforcement officer. of the credential.

Summary: The Criminal Justice Subcommittee heard a series of bills, beginning with HB 759, which would lower Florida’s minimum age to purchase or transfer firearms from 21 to 18. The bill drew strong opposition from gun-violence prevention groups, Parkland survivors and families, and several members who argued the current law was enacted after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting and should not be reversed. Supporters, including gun-rights advocates and some members, argued 18-year-olds are legal adults who serve in the military, vote, and should have full Second Amendment rights. After debate, the committee voted 13-5 to report HB 759 favorably. The committee then unanimously approved HB 431, extending Level 2 background screening requirements for youth athletic coaches through July 1, 2026, and HB 231, which keeps certain medical examiner information confidential, both with little opposition. It also approved HB 663, increasing penalties for unlawfully using tracking devices or apps in furtherance of dangerous crimes, after adopting a technical amendment, and HB 845, which clarifies the intake process for Veterans Treatment Court and removes Veterans Hall of Fame language from the bill. Each of those measures passed without recorded opposition. Members also approved PCS for HB 255, known as Dexter’s Law, which creates a sentencing multiplier for aggravated animal cruelty cases. The bill was presented as a response to a high-profile dog abuse case and was supported by animal welfare and law enforcement groups; members cited animal cruelty as a predictor of broader violence. The committee then approved HB 1021, allowing active law enforcement officers to carry concealed weapons at sporting events, after debate over identification, venue procedures, and whether the bill should extend more broadly; it passed 16-1. Finally, HB 653, adding aggravating factors for capital felonies involving the assassination or attempted assassination of a head of state, was reported favorably after brief discussion about federal penalties and deterrence. The transcript ends as the committee begins hearing HB 6025, a repeal bill related to emergency restrictions on firearms during local states of emergency, but the discussion is cut off before action is taken.

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• They need their education and credentials to work for them. ...felt a duty to improve their lives in
• Their money, their time, their hard work, it must be channeled into an education and credentials that
• Making sure that these credentials are credentials of value and being open.
• is to make the students who attend. graduate, be able to transform their lives, and get a career credential

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• So, from my understanding, good standing is their teacher rating and credentials updated.
• their teacher rating and credentials their teacher rating and credentials updated.<00:15:00.680>
• And we want to encourage more teachers to pursue this credential.
• And we want to encourage more teachers to pursue this credential. Thank you. Thank you.
• pursue this this credential. Thank you. pursue this this credential. Thank you.

Bills: SB2567, SB2448, SB3046, SB2231, SB2526

Keywords: harassment, restraining order, temporary restraining order, injunction, protective order, public employer, public servant, public employee, government employee, state employee, legislator, judge, judicial branch, executive branch, local government, political subdivision, workplace violence, threats, stalking, employee safety

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• Additionally, over 250 individuals earned industry-recognized credentials, addressing Minnesota's skills
• c> recognized individuals earned industry recognized individuals earned industry recognized credentials
• <00:05:11.320> addressing<00:05:11.759> Minnesota's credentials addressing Minnesota's
• credentials addressing Minnesota's skills<00:05:13.080> gap<00:05:14.080> program<00:05

Keywords: 1183, house