Video & Transcript Research : 'parochial school'
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VT
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The House opened with a devotional performance by the State House singers, then moved to routine chamber business. The Speaker announced that the Committee on Ways and Means had reported favorably on Senate Bill 214, which concerns pre-kindergarten education in geographically isolated school districts and includes an appropriation; it was referred to Appropriations under House Rule 35A. House Resolution 17, affirming that all Vermonters are presumed competent to communicate and must be provided effective communication resources of their choice, was read by title only and placed on the calendar for action on the next legislative day.
The chamber also took up two adopted House Concurrent Resolutions honoring long-serving State House staff. HCR 279 honored Head Doorkeeper Michael C. Waite and his wife, Sergeant-at-Arms Administrative Assistant Donna Waite, for their public service, and HCR 282 honored Doorkeeper Dennis Miles for his dedication to the General Assembly and Vermonters. Both resolutions recounted the honorees’ military, law enforcement, educational, and State House service and directed the Secretary of State to send copies to the honorees.
Several members then offered remarks recognizing the Waite and Miles families, praising their mentorship, service, and support for the page program and chamber operations. Additional announcements included a diaper and wipes drive in the State House lobby to support Vermont military families through the National Guard Family Readiness Program, a welcome for Vermont nurses participating in a national rally, and recognition of guests from Champlain Community Services. The House then recessed until approximately 2:00 p.m.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Veterans and Military Affairs Committee Feb 5th, 2025
Veterans and Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would allow private schools to apply for Purple Star School status as well, and it would give
- The reason we're doing this is that it doesn't matter if you're a private school or a public school;
- If you are a military-friendly school, whether you are a private school or a public school, we want military
- We want to make sure that when parents are looking at schools, they can see all schools that have been
- Next slide, and you can see that our most frequent visitors are Alabama school children on their school
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- That is why codifying California Farm to School Program is essential.
- for the school community.
- Farm to School also supports other state priorities.
- and social impacts that schools can have for small-scale farmers.
- So our work at CAF and the CDFA Farm to School Program are essential.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence Task Force 2025 (7-15-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- for middle school and high school students who are going to be using AI at a very different level for
- We know right now that a lot of students in high school, middle school, and in college are way ahead
- ,<00:07:33.200>
middle of students in high school, middle of students in high school, middle - It means determining what the local capacity is of every institution and school district and school.
- Small rural school districts have a much Small rural school districts have a much smaller<00:08:39.719
Summary:
The Artificial Intelligence Task Force met and adopted the prior minutes before turning to AI in education. Jeff Gagne of the Southern Regional Education Board described SREB’s Commission on AI in Education, which has organized its work into committees on policy, K-12 instruction, postsecondary instruction, and skills development. He highlighted eight commission recommendations covering statewide AI networks, targeted guidance for different user groups, professional development, standards and curricula, local capacity assessments, risk management, procurement, and AI-ready workforce skills. He also emphasized that states need more specific guidance for students, teachers, faculty, administrators, and parents, and that training is essential because many educators have not been prepared to use AI in instruction.
Gagne also summarized two recent SREB reports: one on AI-ready workforce skills and one on AI use in K-12 classrooms. The workforce report recommends embedding AI across standards, strengthening computer science and digital learning standards, collaborating with industry and workforce agencies, building AI competencies into training and upskilling, providing educator professional development, and monitoring readiness. He said the report identifies three skill areas: success skills, industry baseline skills, and technical skills. The classroom guidance report promotes responsible AI adoption, with four pillars focused on increasing cognitive demand, streamlining teaching and administrative work, supporting personalized learning, and developing ethical AI users. He also noted that the report includes an AI procurement tool for school districts.
Members thanked Gagne for providing outside examples and resources. One member noted JCPS has an introductory AI professional development offering for educators. Gagne said Kentucky’s David Couch serves on the SREB commission and that the commission’s member list and reports are available on SREB’s website. The committee then heard from Travis Powell of the Council on Postsecondary Education, who said CPE had surveyed campuses and found that Kentucky institutions have broadly embraced AI in teaching, research, student services, and administrative operations. He said all institutions have AI-focused degrees, minors, or courses, and many are integrating AI into general education and across disciplines. Powell also said CPE is considering an AI consortium and that campuses are using AI in research partnerships and applied work, while continuing to focus on ethical and effective use.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- do public schools.
- Like this year, we'll be in about 140 middle and high school settings, so about 140 schools total.
- We have found that the more schools we get into, the more schools want us to come.
- We are booked every single school day from now until the end of the school year.
- We are booked every single school day from now until the end of the school year.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That law school has risen in the rankings faster than any law school in the history of the nation.
- school too.
- We do meet with the school districts, and that's how we wound up getting into the school districts.
- Texas A&M-Kingsville hosted nearly 300 high school students from 19 independent school districts for
- area school districts.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't care whether it's an early college, high school, high school, you know.
- You getting a chapter and every one of our public or all of our high schools or schools high schools
- I am with you all the way to get a chapter in every school. school in Texas, particularly our high schools
- It's in all these schools.
- professor, but a school teacher.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- safety mandates and school buses.
- have the same transparency as our public school districts, independent school districts.
- And look, we can all agree charter schools are public schools.
- And I do 100% agree that our charter schools are public schools. They are for all of our kids.
- Hutchins High School, the high school I graduated from.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks.
The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment.
The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force (12-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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- to and Ballard High School.
- stopped eating the school lunch program. stopped eating the school lunch program.
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Summary:
The committee approved the minutes unanimously and then heard extended testimony from Senator Jimmy Higdon, who reflected on Kentucky’s 2011 childhood obesity task force and said the state’s childhood obesity problem has worsened since then. He described prior recommendations from that task force, including more physical education, nutrition education, classroom-based physical activity, complete streets, bike lanes, sidewalks, and safe routes to school. Higdon also argued that government programs have contributed to obesity and drug abuse, focusing especially on SNAP and Medicaid, and said he has long advocated for a waiver to distribute SNAP benefits twice a month rather than once a month.
Higdon said SNAP fraud and abuse are significant, claiming some recipients sell benefits and some retailers bend the rules on eligible purchases. He also said spreading benefits through the month could help families keep fresh food in the home and stabilize grocery store business, especially in food deserts and rural areas. In response to questions, he said he would not support allowing hot prepared foods under SNAP, though he said a grocery-store produce incentive similar to the farmers market match could be beneficial if structured separately. He also said the WIC program is a model for how SNAP could be better administered.
Members thanked Higdon for his service and discussed whether the issue is food insecurity or poor nutrition. Senator Douglas emphasized adding stronger guardrails to nutrition-related programs, and Representative Proctor asked about the challenges of operating grocery stores in rural areas and food deserts. Higdon said independent grocers face thin margins, competition, and cyclical market pressures, and that SNAP distribution patterns can worsen those challenges. After Higdon’s testimony, the committee heard from Ann Cressilious, a registered dietitian with the Kentucky Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, who began a presentation on the profession and on efforts to improve nutrition and access to nutrition information in Kentucky.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- buses, schools, and at home.
- Did we go to middle school and high school together? And I'm not in school.
- Oh, Al and Mitchell School, too.
- Do we go to middle school and high school together? And I'm not in school.
- Oh, Al and Mitchell School, too.
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on several public safety bills, with testimony first on S.2681, Colby’s Law, which would establish safety standards for BMX and motocross tracks. Supporters, including the family of a child killed at a track, argued the bill is needed because some tracks lack basic protections such as barriers, emergency plans, on-site medical staff, and adequate track maintenance. A motocross track representative opposed the bill as overregulation that could impose major costs and argued existing safety efforts and voluntary safety committees are preferable. No vote was taken during the hearing.
The committee also heard testimony on S.2680, which would expand emergency preparedness requirements around aging nuclear power plants and nuclear waste sites from a 10-mile to a 50-mile radius. Supporters from Cape Cod Downwinders, Massachusetts Peace Action, physicians, and other advocates said current law is outdated and insufficient, citing risks from radioactive waste storage, limited federal oversight, and the need for broader evacuation and emergency planning. Testifiers urged the bill’s passage, and no action was taken.
A major portion of the hearing focused on the Protect Act, H.5158, dealing with limits on cooperation between state/local agencies and federal civil immigration enforcement. Sheriffs testified about how ICE detainers and notification requests work in practice, emphasizing discretion, public safety, and the difference between sentenced prisoners and pretrial detainees. Supporters from labor, education, and health care groups said immigrant communities are living in fear and asked for stronger protections, including bans on 287(g) agreements and clearer limits on ICE activity in schools, hospitals, and other sensitive locations. The hearing also included testimony on H.4697 regarding training and certification of constables and civil deputy sheriffs, with the Hampshire County sheriff saying sheriffs are already working with POST and MPTC on training standards and that the bill may be duplicative.
HI
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- I now yield the floor. nominees to the School Facilities nominees to the School Facilities Authority<
- our schools, our public school<00:12:59.880>
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supporting <00:13:01.680>a school facilities, and supporting a school facilities, and - ,<00:13:19.279>
qualified access to safe schools, qualified access to safe schools, qualified - who were just confirmed to the school who were just confirmed to the school facilities<00:41:53.280
Summary:
The Senate convened with all 25 members present, approved the prior day’s journal, and heard several introductions, including visiting staff, guests, and Lieutenant Governor Sylvia Luke, who was recognized for her work with the food bank and noted as acting governor that week. The chamber also received House communications returning several Senate concurrent resolutions adopted unamended, and one House-amended resolution, SCR 192, was taken up. Senator Wakai moved to disagree with the House amendments to SCR 192, the motion was seconded and carried, with conferees to be named later. Standing committee reports were then taken up, including reports 1931 to 1939 for one-day notice and report 1940 for adoption, which was adopted without objection.
The Senate then considered a series of advice-and-consent nominations, beginning with education-related appointments. Senators spoke in support of nominees to the Hawaii Teachers Standards Board, the State Board of Education, and the School Facilities Authority Board, while Senator Awa and others raised objections to several nominees, arguing that campaign donations by some appointees created the appearance of “pay to play.” Despite those objections, the nominations were ultimately confirmed. The chamber also confirmed Dwight Takamini as chair of the Hawaii Labor Relations Board after strong support from multiple senators who cited his labor, legislative, and public service background.
The Senate next confirmed Christine Sakuda as chief information officer for the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, with supporters emphasizing her IT leadership and public service and noting she is the first female and Native Hawaiian to hold the post. The chamber also confirmed Kahuanoi AD Jackson as judge of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit and Sonia H. Toma as judge of the District Family Court of the Second Circuit, with senators highlighting their prosecutorial and public service experience and the favorable testimony received in committee. After these confirmations, senators introduced the new appointees and their families in the gallery.
Later, the Senate adopted additional standing committee reports on House concurrent resolutions and passed SB 849 HD2 on final reading, relating to wildlife conservation, by unanimous consent. The body also reconsidered and reversed earlier disagreement on House amendments to SB 116 and SB 946, agreeing that the amendments were technical and giving one-day notice for final reading. The meeting concluded with a late introduction of the Honokaʻa Jazz Band, which was praised for its national recognition and community service, and senators invited members to a later concert in the rotunda.
MN
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- weapons of war and investing in school weapons of war and investing in school safety.<00:03:37.920
- normalized that we run active school normalized that we run active school that<00:05:19.680>
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linked Line [snorts] 18 is school linked Line [snorts] 18 is school linked - Section Two amends the crime relating to possessing dangerous weapons in schools and school property.
- possessing dangerous weapons in schools possessing dangerous weapons in schools and<00:12:32.480
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Children and Families Jan 13th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Children and Families
Transcript Highlights:
- Promise Taekwondo schools.” This man is still... ...to work for me, promised Taekwondo schools.
- By my high school teacher. Thank you. By my high school teacher.
- The school board let him resign so that he could teach at another unsuspecting school.
- They owe us the investigation so that they can stop bouncing from school district to school district
- Inside the same school.
NH
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- programs including the national school programs including the national school lunch<01:25:38.560
- > Claremont<01:37:38.719>
was Stevens High School in Claremont was Stevens High School in - The Marramck school board faced a similar situation with our middle school.
- activities for the school schools in the district.
- School District? School District?
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- We serve in the comprehensive high schools.
- And so all of those schools are in schools, which is why we're the A in Board.
- serving as a science teacher at Tiwrublic Schools.
- She also served as a high school science teacher at Perry and Ripuublic schools.
- I have two kids that have done concurrent school at Orile.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 4th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Also, I have a great school student in Pensacola. I grew up on a pig farm.
- , to restart a dental assistant school, to have a new diesel mechanic school that we're going to start
- And now I work as part of the superintendent of schools.
- I also oversee our after-school enrichment programs.
- And it's just a wonderful place to go to school.
Keywords:
tuition, resident status, incarceration, education, equal access, nursing shortage, health care, education funding, workforce development, LINE Fund, monetary contributions, nonmonetary contributions
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to consider one bill, a postponed bill, and a slate of trustee confirmations. The committee first took up CS/SB 1246, which expands the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) fund to support health science workforce shortages beyond nursing, including allied health programs. The bill also broadens eligible uses of funds, revises matching requirements and grant criteria, and updates reporting requirements. A strike-all amendment was adopted without objection, and the committee then reported the bill favorably after supportive testimony from Florida State College at Jacksonville, the Florida Hospital Association, the College of Central Florida, and the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Senator Davis also noted a favorable vote on the bill for the record.
The committee then temporarily postponed SB 720 at the sponsor’s request. Chair Harrell explained that the bill had been incorporated into a larger committee measure and would likely be heard later in another form. Public witnesses who had come to speak on the bill were not heard because of the postponement.
The remainder of the meeting focused on confirmations for trustees at several state colleges, including Chipola College, Tallahassee State College, Pensacola State College, Palm Beach State College, Pasco-Hernando State College, and St. Petersburg College. The appointees emphasized themes of affordability, workforce training, nursing and allied health success, dual enrollment, community partnerships, and local economic development. After hearing from the appointees, the committee approved a block motion to recommend confirmation of all appointees on tabs 2 through 25. The meeting then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Minnesota Queer Legislators Caucus Press Conference 3/3/25
Transcript Highlights:
- My child was born female and they actually transitioned to male in middle school and high school.
- This is a really difficult time in this country, but also just middle school and high school period.
- them I uh look back at my high school them I uh look back at my high school experience<00:03:46.959
- participation in sports as a high school participation in sports as a high school student<00:15:
- myself as a member of my school myself as a member of my school Community<00:15:50.440>
now
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- School, Tracy Espinosa; district 19, Rockville High School, Tandy Labor; district 10, Randlestown High
- School, Somaya Laguda; district 34, Aberdine High School, Gabrielle Moore Brooks; and our last page
- district 31, Sivera Park High School. district 31, Sivera Park High School.
- , Uh, District 19, Rockville High School, Uh, District 19, Rockville High School, Tandy<00:09:56.880
- , District 10, Randlestown High School, District 10, Randlestown High School, Somaya<00:10:03.120
Summary:
The Maryland Senate convened on January 15 with a prayer offered by Reverend Sheridan Almond of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Kensington, introduced as a guest of the senator from the 18th district. Her remarks were journalized without objection. The chamber also welcomed several guests, including Carter Pry, a recent Crofton High School graduate interested in cybersecurity and AI, interns Isabelle War and Daniel Mora, and the Catonsville Middle School Student Council and adviser Katie Tucci. Members also recognized the day’s pages and thanked them for their service.
The only bill read at the desk was Senate Bill 232, by Senator Salling, concerning state procurement preferences for historically underutilized business zone businesses; it was referred to the appropriate standing committee. Committee announcements followed, with Finance, Education, Energy, and the Environment, Judicial Proceedings, and Ethics all scheduling organizational meetings and related briefings later that day. Additional announcements noted Baltimore City and Baltimore County delegation meetings, a Fire EMS Coalition meeting, and Cecil Day events in Annapolis.
A senator from Montgomery County highlighted an art exhibit, Art in Full Spectrum, on the fourth floor of the House office building, featuring artists with disabilities from many districts and a future reception. The Senate then confirmed a quorum of 45 members and, on motion of the majority leader, adjourned pro forma until Friday, January 16 at 11:00 a.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 14th, 2025
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm from the San Bernardino County, a high school student with Chirla.
- school district.
- I attend Feather River Charter School, and I Oppose of AB 84.
- I'm a charter school parent of three.
- I'm a former Charter School graduate I just graduated from phlebotomy school, and I also oppose AB 84
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Thu Mar 13, 2025 @ 9:15 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
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- meal goal, requiring 30% of food served in public schools to consist of locally sourced products.
- Farm to school meal goal requiring 30% Farm to school meal goal requiring 30% of<00:15:18.560>
food - <00:15:20.320>
to of food served in public schools to of food served in public schools to - communities in time of need our schools communities in time of need our schools turn<00:17:12.439
- This is our farm-to-school measure.