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• </c> grants and hunger-free campus grants and hunger-free campus grants.<00:09:18.480><c> And</c><00:
• </c> kids on campus kids on campus initiative.<00:09:39.279><c> Moving</c><00:09:39.600><c> down</c><
• Um, on campus. Next is the Mayo Clinic.
• </c> and the campus sexual misconduct policy. and the campus sexual misconduct policy.
• And so I guess what um issues on campus.

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• of the campus, that it's not a precise boundary.
• So, on April 17th, I was not on campus; I was on my way to campus. The radio was on.
• I felt gun violence on campus.
• I felt gun violence on campus.
• There's a lot of drink, underage drinking on campus, older age drinking on campus.

Bills: S0118 , S0896 , S1690 , S1756

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: recreational vehicle parks, special assessments, property tax, occupancy rates, commercial assessment, school safety, guardian program, firearms, crimes near schools, security assessments, public postsecondary education, medical freedom, vaccination, ivermectin, healthcare practitioner liability, immunization exemptions

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• For trying to evaluate what safety upgrades we can implement across the campus, and we have a list of
• For any funds that might go towards safety measures at UNLV's campus, but also being there every day
• to see the students that I see across the campus, there to work hard, there to learn.
• Safety funding for upgrades and improvements are the top priority for our campus community.
• Safety funding for upgrades and improvements are the top priority for our campus community.

Bills: SB6 , SB62 , SB74 , SB90 , SB104 , SB119 , SB132 , SB133 , SB135 , SB182 , SB185 , SB193 , SB207 , SB217 , SB229 , SB233 , SB260 , SB262 , SB280 , SB281 , SB300 , SB306 , SB378 , SB382 , SB393 , SB403 , SB422 , SB427 , SB431 , SB434 , SB442 , SB452 , SB456 , SB468 , SB472 , SB487 , SB503 , SB6

Committee: Assembly Ways and Means

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• Every college campus has a different culture.
• Every college campus has different needs and different places that Passport lives on their campus.
• Every college campus has a different culture.
• Every college campus has different needs and different places that Passport lives on their campus.
• hats on campus.

Bills: SB5826 , SB5828 , SB5909 , SB5931 , SB5954 , SB5963 , SB6082 , SB6090

Committee: Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development

Keywords: medication abortion, public education, access, healthcare rights, postsecondary institutions, college grant, scholarships, higher education, private institutions, Washington State, undergraduate programs, enrollment, program review, public institutions, workforce education, accountability, oversight, administrative changes, investment, veterans

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• take on-campus and off-campus classes.
• take on-campus and off-campus classes.
• take on-campus and off-campus classes.
• You know, we're a commuter campus. People drive in to our campus.
• You know, we're a commuter campus. People drive in to our campus.

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• We also cover all of our students live on campus, and they live anywhere that they want to live on campus
• All of our students live on campus, and they live anywhere that they want to live on campus.
• campus.
• So our students are all employed either on campus.
• Hopefully, we'll have monthly gatherings and online collaboration with our campus partners.

Committee: All TASK FORCE ON AUTISM

Summary: The meeting opened with approval of the November 17 minutes, then moved to presentations from Arkansas State University and the University of Central Arkansas on programs serving neurodiverse and intellectually/developmentally disabled students. Dr. Kristen Johnson and Shane Broadway described A-State’s HOWL and ATLAS programs, which provide inclusive post-secondary education, on-campus living, academic and life-skills support, internships, employment preparation, and community integration. They emphasized that students are admitted to the university, can pursue either non-degree comprehensive transition programming or degree-seeking support, and are expected to build independence through activities such as financial literacy, medical appointments, meal prep, and work experience. Johnson cited strong student outcomes, including high goal attainment and post-graduation employment, while also noting barriers such as business liability concerns, fragmented transition planning, and the need for clearer funding pathways and statewide coordination. Committee members asked about coalition-building, public awareness, school outreach, eligibility, tuition, and the structure of the programs. Johnson said A-State has done extensive recruitment through IEP meetings, transition events, email outreach, and campus visits, and that a state alliance is being built with new programs launching at ASU Mountain Home and the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff. She said program fees are $5,000 per semester, with efforts underway to reduce costs through reimbursement and other funding sources. Members also discussed the need for better communication with schools, employers, and families, and several legislators offered to help spread the word and connect the programs with local business and education networks. Dr. Debbie Daly and Jeremy Gillum then presented UCA’s Project Ascend, a new low-sensory, voluntary living-learning community in Hughes Hall for neurodiverse students. The program focuses on belonging, retention, and community-building rather than academic remediation, and uses self-identification rather than requiring a diagnosis. Daly said the program is in its infancy, with small participation so far, and that success will be measured by student engagement and retention. Members asked how students are recruited, how success will be measured, and how the program can grow; UCA said it plans to expand outreach through admissions, campus tours, orientation, and other events. The task force concluded by thanking both universities, noting the importance of these efforts for Arkansas families, and adjourning the meeting.

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• In comparison, the lowest-paid CSU campus president makes $370,000 a year. The highest...
• CSU campus president makes $370,000 a year. The highest-paid president makes $611,203 a year.
• On my campus at Sacramento State, student fees were raised by 50% on top of that.
• The match is a barrier to students seeking off-campus work opportunities.
• Over the past few years, on-campus work study has outnumbered off-campus work study by eight to one.

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee met for a policy hearing on several higher education bills. AB 1534 (Irwin) would create a California approval process for short-term workforce Pell Grant programs; supporters said it would expand access to job training with consumer protections, while a neutral witness urged more work on implementation. Members raised concerns about the bill’s $4,000 tuition cap, but the measure passed 5-1 with an urgency clause and was sent to Labor and Employment. AB 1831 (Irwin) would cap compensation for certain CSU administrators, bar raises in years when tuition rises, and repeal a 2025 executive pay resolution; the author said she would amend the bill to remove retroactive repeal, narrow the scope, and clarify that it applies to base salary and non-represented managers. CFA, students, and labor groups supported the bill as an accountability measure, while CSU opposed it, arguing the cap would hurt recruitment and retention. The committee approved the bill 4-1-3 and sent it to Appropriations. The committee also advanced AB 1555 (Hadwick), which would allow up to 200 students to qualify for in-state tuition at College of the Siskiyous under a cross-border regional arrangement; it passed unanimously to Appropriations. AB 1552 (Jackson), requiring the community colleges and CSU and requesting UC to report recommendations on civic engagement and democracy education, also passed to Appropriations after some members objected that such programs could be used for partisan activity. AB 1829, which expands CalWORKs student-parent support by allowing more direct aid and waiving a 25% work-study employer match at the colleges’ discretion, passed 8-1 and was re-referred to Human Services. The committee later added on consent items and adjourned after announcing its next hearing date.

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• Pastor cleared about career development along with a healthy social environment on campus.
• By the way, when I first arrived at new college, it was a very for Lauren looking campus.
• We all have a shortage of housing on campus.
• I didn't realize it not being part of the campus living here, but when you think about on-campus housing
• So we need to increase our on-campus housing in order for this university to grow.

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• So every campus has that already, correct? I get it. So every campus has that already, correct?
• The goal, intentionally, would be to start one new in every campus.
• At the UCLA campus only, yes, since 2011.
• and within a campus.
• UC Davis provides a master's of business analytics on our campus.

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• None would be renovations on our campus.
• Faculty have Microsoft on our campus.
• c> around</c><00:37:27.440><c> that</c> Our campus is organized around that Our campus is organized around
• Our four-year medical campus in Bowling Green was launched in 2018, followed by a full medical campus
• </c><00:42:06.319><c> to</c> campus, we're renewing facilities to campus, we're renewing facilities to

Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education met without a quorum and postponed approval of the minutes. The committee first heard from Northern Kentucky University President Katie Short Thompson, who highlighted NKU’s enrollment growth, student success metrics, national recognition for value, lower student debt, and new programs tied to regional workforce needs, including AI, cybersecurity, supply chain analytics, cardiovascular perfusion, and the Norse Network Hub for employer access. She asked for a $5 million recurring base funding adjustment to align NKU’s general fund support with peer institutions, along with support for tuition waivers with FAFSA requirements, continued debt collection authority through the Department of Revenue, inclusion of fire and tornado insurance premiums in base funding, inflation and performance-funding support, and increased asset preservation funding. She also outlined capital priorities for the Hail College of Business building, Nunn Hall, and the MEP building, and requested $5.4 million to match private support for the Young Scholars Academy, a dual-credit program serving first-generation and low-income students. Representative Tipton questioned NKU about the number of older students using tuition waivers and whether the university could continue the program without a statutory age-based mandate. Thompson said the number of students over 65 using the waiver was small, that some students pursue degrees while others audit classes, and that external fundraising could potentially support the program if state funding changed. Tipton also confirmed NKU’s requested priorities and the $5.4 million match for the Young Scholars Academy. The committee then heard from University of Kentucky representative Dr. Cavallo, who framed UK’s request around accountability, workforce development, research, and health care impact. He described a patient story to illustrate UK’s medical mission, cited growth in enrollment, degrees awarded, hospital patients treated, and research grant revenue, and emphasized UK’s role in extension services and disaster response. He said UK is consolidating services for efficiency and is focusing on future workforce needs, especially artificial intelligence, noting the launch of the state’s first AI bachelor’s degree and a partnership with Microsoft to expand AI tools and training across campus and the Advancing Kentucky Together network. He also discussed demographic challenges, the need to retain graduates in Kentucky, and the importance of aligning programs and funding with long-term state needs.

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• ISD, whether the student leaves the campus or the professor goes to the campus.
• There are many unique opportunities on our campus.
• The Corps of Cadets is obviously a huge component of our capability. campus and our campus life and our
• Your oldest campus, our oldest campus, pretty impressed, walked around the campus. us there in Huntsville
• . campus, I'm sorry.

Committee: House Higher Education

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• I know a campus had a CDL program.
• So if a campus is able to offer something that's a positive return for that campus, is the board looking
• So if a campus is able to offer something that's a positive return for that campus, is the board looking
• You have a growing campus, but you're cutting $10 million in a campus that's doing a lot of the things
• So this would be the proposed amount per campus under This would be the proposed amount per campus under

Summary: The Higher Ed Funding Committee met to review how North Dakota might identify and address low-producing academic programs and to discuss draft funding formulas for the university system. Lisa Johnson of the NDUS explained that the State Board of Higher Education is already developing a system-wide policy, using models from other states such as Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, and Connecticut. She described how low-producing programs are typically flagged by multi-year enrollment or completion thresholds, then reviewed for workforce demand, mission fit, cost, accreditation, and regional need before any action is taken. Committee members asked about what counts as a program, how costs are analyzed, whether certificates are included, how exemptions work for mission-critical or high-demand fields, and whether the board or legislature should set the rules. Johnson said the board is the appropriate body to lead the process, but legislators could use funding leverage if they wanted to encourage action; the chair asked the board to bring a detailed proposal to the June meeting. The committee then heard a Legislative Council presentation on a draft formula for UND and NDSU. The proposal uses fall census FTE enrollment, with a placeholder undergraduate rate of $7,000 per FTE and a graduate/professional rate of $10,500, plus incentives for completions in in-demand fields and research productivity. Alex from Legislative Council walked through the projected funding effects, noting that the model would increase funding for NDSU and reduce it for UND in the current biennium, with different results in the next biennium as enrollment changes are recognized. Members questioned the use of the placeholder rates, the definition of in-demand programs, the treatment of research funding, and the exclusion of state-appropriated dollars from the external grants calculation. The chair emphasized that the numbers were illustrative and that appropriators would set the actual dollar amounts later. A second draft formula for the other nine institutions was also reviewed. That model uses fall census FTE without a weighted economic factor, applies a higher undergraduate rate, and adds completion incentives for in-demand credentials and all other completions. Members noted that the formula would benefit some institutions, such as Bismarck State College, while reducing funding for others, such as Mayville State, and discussed whether the nine institutions should be treated more uniformly or split into smaller groups because of their different missions and sizes. Committee members and staff repeatedly stressed that the formulas are still being refined and that some institutions would likely need hold-harmless adjustments or other transition measures. The meeting ended with the chair directing the committee to continue the discussion later and to expect further work on both the low-producing program policy and the funding formulas.

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• They have significant experience in both PowerSchool and Infinite Campus.
• And again, Infinite Campus has recommended these folks.
• And again, Infinite Campus has recommended these folks.
• We're working with Infinite Campus because Infinite Campus has native functionality for producing transcripts
• Here's the processes that we need to do in Infinite Campus.

Summary: The committee received several informational reports from NDIT and DPI. Justin Data reviewed the quarterly major IT project portfolio, noting the portfolio was slightly under budget and behind schedule overall, with three red schedule items: Bed Management System and Vital Records were essentially complete and being closed out, and the Roadway Capital Planning Project was delayed by vendor bug fixes after testing. He also summarized recent project startups and closeouts, including the Victim Notification System, Medicaid data exchange, Highway Patrol’s motor carrier permit system, and several completed HHS and RIMS projects. Members asked for follow-up on ADA compliance work, the public-facing RIO website, and the state’s mainframe retirement timeline, and staff agreed to provide updates later. Craig Falkley reported on coordination of services with political subdivisions and higher education, including StageNet, cybersecurity, radio/911 services, and PeopleSoft coordination. He also explained distributed ledger technology as a tool for transparency and fraud prevention, but said it is not widely used in state government and suggested the report be modernized to focus more broadly on emerging technologies such as AI and cybersecurity. The committee generally agreed that the topic should be updated. Chris Gurgan presented the mandatory cybersecurity incident reporting program created by HB 1314, explaining how agencies and political subdivisions report incidents through NDIT’s website or service desk. He said 77 incidents had been reported since 2021, 47 met the statutory definition, and most were phishing-related; most reported incidents were resolved, with one recent ransomware matter still open. He also reviewed notable incidents since the last report, including the PowerSchool compromise, a SimpleHelp intrusion at a school district, a court intrusion, a WSUS vulnerability, a business email compromise, and a recent ransomware incident involving a non-state critical infrastructure entity. Members asked about recovery of stolen funds, early warning signs, smishing, training, MFA, conditional access, and cybersecurity maturity assessments; Gurgan said the state uses MFA and conditional access, provides awareness training to state employees, and would return with more information on maturity assessments. Tony Ambrose then updated the committee on the K-12 student information system bridge project. He said district implementation of Infinite Campus had begun statewide, but the data migration vendor originally selected was terminated for poor performance and replaced by Aurora Educational Technology, which had experience with similar statewide migrations. He also said DPI is migrating special education data from Tynet into Infinite Campus, and that some SLDS-based tools such as e-transcripts and Choice Ready may not function exactly as they do now at July 1, requiring interim or alternative solutions. Members raised concerns about summer school disruptions, the timing of the cutover, and whether the new system would support existing reporting and transcript functions; DPI said it was working on identity, authentication, data-sharing agreements, and post-go-live integrations, and would continue to refine the plan beyond June 30.

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• Each campus or cluster of campuses will take a lead on each one of these five pillars.
• You had Frankl Franko, who is actually on the business enterprise of the campus.
• Okay, so the tuition revenues would be reinvested back into the campus.
• </c><00:36:07.280><c> the</c> to persist and remain on our campus the to persist and remain on our campus
• Saying 3 to 5% overall enrollment on the campus, we're targeting 3 to 5%.

Summary: The hearing covered Senate Bill 426, which would create an early learning apprenticeship grant program. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive from the City and County of Honolulu, the Department of Human Services, the Executive Office on Early Learning, the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education, the Attorney General’s office, the Early Childhood Action Strategy, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, the University of Hawaiʻi’s early childhood educator project, and a Zoom testifier who described the importance of investing in high-quality early childhood education. Committee discussion focused on the program’s estimated cost, with figures of about $14.5 million in 2025-26 and $15 million in 2026-27, and on whether the program would require ongoing base-budget funding. The committee recommended technical, non-substantive amendments, including a statewide-concern amendment and a deferred effective date, and both committees adopted the recommendation by vote. The committees then heard Senate Bill 1622, which would appropriate funds to establish the Aloha Intelligence Institute within the University of Hawaiʻi to support statewide artificial intelligence initiatives. University representatives described the proposal as the product of campus-wide input and outlined five pillars: governance and policy, outreach and engagement, research and development, workforce development, and AI tools for key sectors such as health care, creative industries, manufacturing, data science, astronomy, and climate change. Members questioned staffing distribution, tuition, enrollment timing, housing, campus placement, and whether positions would be permanent or temporary; the university said it planned about 10 positions across campuses, would start with internal resources, and would house the effort under the Vice President for Research and Innovation initially. The committees recommended an SD1 with the appropriation amounts blanked out, a July 31, 2050 effective date, and committee-report language on housing and West Oʻahu, and the higher education and labor/technology committees adopted the amended recommendation. Finally, the Higher Education Committee took up Senate Bill 1488, a housekeeping measure to consolidate existing University of Hawaiʻi conference center statutes into a single revolving fund structure, and Senate Bill 636, which would fund retention and internship coordinator positions and broader enrollment management efforts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. SB 1488 drew university support and no opposition. SB 636 prompted substantial questioning about Hilo’s declining enrollment, current retention rate of 72.8 percent, and the scope of the request, which includes not only two named positions but also about $432,000 for enrollment management initiatives such as data analysis, IT support, and other student services. Hilo said it is targeting 3 to 5 percent annual enrollment growth and that the positions would support recruitment, retention, internships, and data-driven enrollment strategy. The committee pressed for a clearer broader plan, but the discussion in the transcript ended before a final vote on SB 636 was shown.

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• How they name the account, uh, it is up to them, so it is up to the campus.
• </c> system is as you can go to each campus system is as you can go to each campus and<01:20:06.920><
• 01:27:06.719><c> is</c><01:27:06.960><c> largely</c> of any uh campus and that is largely of any uh campus
• Now, the way our budgeting goes with every campus is we visit every campus.
• is we visit every goes with every campus is we visit every campus<01:36:18.880><c> they</c><01:36:19.040

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• </c> on the University of Minnesota campus. on the University of Minnesota campus.
• . campus. campus.
• In addition to our Twin Cities medical school campus, we have a branch campus of our medical school in
• In addition to our Twin Cities medical school campus, we have a branch campus of our medical school in
• </c> of Minnesota campus or with Fair View. of Minnesota campus or with Fair View.

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

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• And there's one iteration where, uh, there's a campus, there's a football stadium on campus, and there's
• And there's one iteration where, uh, there's a campus, there's a football stadium on campus, and there's
• And there's one iteration where, uh, there's a campus, there's a football stadium on campus, and there's
• And there's one iteration where, uh, there's a campus, there's a football stadium on campus, and there's
• </c> nursing program at the uh Maui campus. nursing program at the uh Maui campus.

Committee: House Higher Education

Summary: The House Committee on Higher Education heard several Senate concurrent resolutions related to University of Hawaiʻi programs, audits, and workforce development. Testimony on SCR 50, which urged establishment of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the Maui campus, was strongly supportive, with witnesses citing the state’s nursing shortage and Maui’s acute physician and nurse shortages. The committee later recommended passage with a technical HD1 amendment, and the measure was adopted unanimously by the members present. The committee also heard SCR 137, SCR 138, and SCR 142, all involving proposed audits. SCR 137 sought a performance audit of the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation; the Foundation opposed it, and the chair recommended deferral after noting the legislative auditor’s view that the office lacks jurisdiction over the private nonprofit. SCR 138 proposed a management and performance audit of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Strategy, and SCR 142 proposed an audit of the UH Mānoa athletics department. UH representatives provided comments on both, with athletics explaining existing NCAA-required financial audits, internal performance evaluations, and a strategic plan that includes self-review. The committee ultimately recommended passage of SCR 138 and SCR 142 with technical HD1 amendments. For SCR 192, which proposed a veterinary medicine expansion working group, UH and other witnesses discussed the idea of exploring a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program, but the chair said a community college is not the appropriate venue for a doctoral program. The committee recommended substantial HD1 changes removing Windward Community College from the title and shifting the effort to the UH system level, adding the UH president or designee and a Hilo campus representative to the working group; the amended resolution was adopted. The committee also heard SCR 193, calling for community colleges to identify bachelor’s degree and workforce pathways aligned with regional needs, and SCR 203, which sought exploration of an Alzheimer’s disease research center and federal funding requirements; both drew supportive comments and no opposition. The meeting recessed briefly for lack of quorum, then reconvened for decision-making and adopted the chair’s recommendations on the measures considered.

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• One is the implementation of Infinite Campus solutions at the state level.
• They have significant experience in both Power School and Infinite Campus.
• And again, Infinite Campus has recommended these folks.
• We're working with Infinite Campus because Infinite Campus has native functionality for producing transcripts
• Here's the processes that we need to do in Infinite Campus.

Committee: Joint Information Technology Committee

Summary: The committee received a series of informational reports from NDIT and DPI on major IT projects, cybersecurity, and the K-12 student information system transition. Justin Data reviewed the quarterly major project portfolio, noting 111 projects totaling about $542.8 million, generally under budget and slightly behind schedule overall. He highlighted three schedule-red projects: Bed Management System and Vital Records, both now complete and being closed out, and the Roadway Capital Planning Project, which is delayed due to vendor bug fixes after user testing. He also summarized new project startups, including the Attorney General’s Victim Notification System, HHS Medicaid correctional facilities data exchange, Highway Patrol’s motor carrier e-permit system, and additional RIMS work, and answered questions about project timing, funding, and whether work had begun on legislatively funded IT projects. Chris Gurgan, NDIT’s chief information security officer, reported on mandatory cybersecurity incident reporting under HB 1314. He said 77 incidents have been reported since August 2021, with 47 meeting the statutory definition of a cybersecurity incident; phishing remains the most common type, followed by email quarantine alerts, XDR detections, and malware. He emphasized that most incidents are resolved, but that timely reporting is critical for any chance of recovering funds in business email compromise or ransomware cases. He also described several notable incidents since the last report, including the PowerSchool breach, a SimpleHelp intrusion at a school district, a court intrusion, a WSUS vulnerability, a business email compromise at a K-12 district, and a recent ransomware report involving a non-state critical infrastructure entity. Members asked about smishing, MFA, conditional access, security awareness training, and recovery of lost funds; Gurgan said state systems use phishing-resistant MFA and conditional access, training is provided to state employees and offered to political subdivisions on an opt-in basis, and broader cybersecurity maturity assessments are underway. Craig Falkley gave brief reports on coordination with political subdivisions and higher education, including shared networking, cybersecurity, radio/911, PeopleSoft, and co-location services. He also explained distributed ledger technology as a tool for decentralized, secure data sharing, but said the state has limited use for it and would likely frame future reporting more broadly around emerging technologies. The committee then heard from Tony Ambrose of DPI on the statewide Infinite Campus implementation. He said district implementations are underway, but the project had to terminate its original data migration vendor for poor performance and replace it with Aurora Educational Technology, which had experience with a similar North Carolina migration. He also said DPI is moving special education data from Tynet into Infinite Campus, is still working through how to preserve e-transcripts and Choice Ready-type functionality after the PowerSchool transition, and is developing identity, authentication, and data-sharing arrangements for the summer cutover. Members raised concerns about procurement timing, summer school disruption, and whether some functions would be ready by July 1.

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• Um, 6,000 of our 11,000 undergraduate students on the Durham campus live on campus.
• </c><00:05:28.880><c> So</c> on the Durham campus live on campus.
• So on the Durham campus live on campus.
• </c> secondyear students to live on campus secondyear students to live on campus this<00:06:47.199><c
• So, I'm uh really on behalf on campus.

Summary: The Capital Project Overview Committee met at 9:00 a.m. and first approved the September 29 minutes. The committee then considered University System of New Hampshire Capital Project 260001, a $70 million request involving two residence hall renovation projects at UNH. UNH officials said the work is needed to address aging 1970-era buildings, including heating, plumbing, and other deferred maintenance, and to improve student recruitment, retention, and living conditions. Members asked about the construction timeline, which was estimated at about four years, and about enrollment decline, which was estimated at roughly 15% over 10 years. The committee approved the project after discussion, with members noting the buildings’ age and need for repair. The committee next heard Capital Project 26003 from the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources for Cannon Mountain. Commissioner Sarah Stewart and staff described an $893,000 tranche, part of a larger effort to address deferred maintenance at the mountain, including guest facilities, lift infrastructure, a passenger ramp for scenic chairlift use, snowmaking improvements, a line replacement, a pump rebuild, and operations equipment. Members asked about the $6 million bonding limit established in 1999, and the department said it appears insufficient and may need updating in the future. The committee approved the Cannon Mountain request. The department also provided an informational update on the Cannon Mountain aerial tramway. Officials said a structural engineering firm is analyzing towers, terminals, and footings, with the goal of confirming the existing infrastructure can support a new tram system and refining bid specifications. They said the work is on track, with an updated cost estimate expected in January and a bid targeted for May. Members asked about the limited number of manufacturers capable of doing the work and whether the project could be delayed; the department said it is in active discussions with the likely bidders and pre-qualifying them. The meeting ended with brief discussion of informational reports, including a question about apparent delays in some New Hampshire Veterans Home projects, which staff said they would follow up on, and the committee adjourned with the next meeting set for March 16 at 9:00 a.m.

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• On December 4th, 2024, a gunman walked onto the campus at Feather River Seventh-day Adventist School
• School resource officer Mark Dallas, a trained armed officer stationed on campus, quickly confronted
• An armed officer on a school campus at that time.
• , possibly not prior to fatalities on campus.
• students safe on campus.

Committee: House Education