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• Early childhood education and pre-K.
• We recently released a report that found in order for Arkansas's public education spending to match the
• In order to merely catch up to our peer states in public education spending, we need to be spending at
• early childhood education in Arkansas.
• Health care, K-12 education, reducing childhood hunger, and reducing poverty.

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 1001, sponsored by Representative Les Eaves, which would lower the individual income tax rate to 3.7% retroactive to the current year and reduce the corporate rate to 4.1% beginning in 2027. Eaves argued the bill continues Arkansas’s recent tax-cut strategy, would provide broad relief to working families, and would keep the state competitive while preserving future surpluses rather than cutting existing services. He and Representative Bray emphasized that prior tax cuts have benefited taxpayers and supported economic growth. Several opponents testified against the bill, including representatives from Arkansas Appleseed, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, a pastor, and individuals speaking about disability services and food insecurity. They argued Arkansas cannot afford further revenue reductions given needs in public education, early childhood care, Medicaid and food assistance, rural hospitals, and supported living services. Witnesses said the tax cut would disproportionately benefit higher earners while providing little or no relief to lower- and middle-income families, and urged the committee to prioritize public investments over tax cuts. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to limit witness testimony to five minutes each. Representative Eaves closed on the bill and moved to pass it. Following discussion, the committee voted to pass HB 1001, and the meeting adjourned.

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• For about eight years, we've been reaching out to the community to educate and promote the adoption of
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• So, we're helping stabilize the grid if we have a combination of EVs and solar panels.
• And it's, uh, it helps stabilize the grid there, too.
• it's uh it helps stabilize the grid there,<00:15:52.480><c> too.

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Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation met with a quorum, approved the June 3, 2026 minutes, and then heard a presentation from Mike Proctor of Evolve Kentucky on electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. Proctor described Evolve Kentucky as a nonprofit formed in 2016 to promote EV adoption and charger deployment, said the group has helped place more than 135 chargers at 65 locations, and reported that Kentucky EV registrations have grown rapidly but still represent about 1% of the state’s roughly 3 million vehicles. He also outlined the group’s view that EV drivers and charger operators already contribute to state revenue through annual vehicle fees, charger taxes, utility taxes, and related business taxes, and cited figures showing rising revenue collections as EV adoption increases. A major theme of the presentation was that EV owners are paying their “fair share” rather than being overcharged. Proctor said the current $126 annual EV fee is roughly comparable to the fuel tax a typical gasoline vehicle would pay, and noted that public charging can add additional tax burdens for drivers who cannot charge at home, such as those living in apartments or condos. He also argued that EVs provide broader benefits, including lower noise and air pollution, grid-stabilizing nighttime charging, tourism spending at destination chargers, and reduced road wear for passenger EVs compared with much heavier vehicles. Members questioned Proctor about whether EV owners are paying more than their fair share, how the fee compares with gasoline taxes, and whether apartment and condo residents are disproportionately affected because they rely on public chargers. Proctor responded that the fee was intended to bring EV owners into parity with gas vehicles, not to overcharge them, and said some public chargers are free while others are used by drivers who cannot charge at home. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond the minutes approval.

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• ,</c><00:04:54.960><c> coach,</c> he was a lifelong educator, coach, he was a lifelong educator, coach
• </c><01:08:48.560><c> and</c> workers from all educational and workers from all educational and socioeconomic
• He's imposed federal troops stability.
• </c> as a threat to international stability. as a threat to international stability.
• The on-block amendments are agreed to. strengthens education for military kids, strengthens education

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I went to UC Santa Cruz, went back, and she, from two to three, she was in their early education program
• This is sensible to stabilize a procedure and provide a dedicated resource to caregivers for coordination
• But I also think that education and roadway design are things that we don't talk about nearly enough
• , family stability, and civic life, the well-being of an entire community suffers.
• to stabilize their lives and increasing the likelihood of future justice system involvement.

Summary: The committee heard a long agenda of public safety bills, with several measures pulled off calendar and one consent calendar adopted. AB 2419 by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva would extend body-worn cameras to Los Angeles County juvenile probation officers. Supporters said cameras would improve accountability, youth and officer safety, and public trust; opponents argued the bill would not solve deeper problems in juvenile halls and raised concerns about officer discretion, privacy, and labor issues. The bill passed to Appropriations on a roll call vote. AB 1902 by Assembly Member Pellerin, co-sponsored by Santa Cruz County, would revise the juvenile detention extension hearing process in response to the Madison Middleton case. Supporters, including the victim’s mother and county officials, said the bill would clarify jurisdiction, allow continuances, permit hearsay at the probable cause stage, extend the maximum detention period, and better protect the public and victims from repeated trauma. Opponents from public defender, youth justice, and civil liberties groups argued the bill expands civil commitment, reduces review frequency, and could lead to inappropriate adult placement. The committee approved the bill to Appropriations, with some members noting remaining concerns. AB 2052 by Assembly Member Stephanie would allow continuity in prosecution for elder and dependent adult abuse cases, including a limited continuance so the same prosecutor can stay with a case. Supporters said older victims and those with dementia or other impairments benefit from a single point of contact and less repeated trauma; opponents said the bill could undermine speedy-trial rights and was broader than necessary. The bill passed to Judiciary. AB 1588, also by Assembly Member Stephanie, would strengthen sideshow and street takeover enforcement by adding motorcycles and dirt bikes to the law and increasing penalties. Supporters framed it as a public safety and accountability measure, while opponents warned it would expand punishment, surveillance, and fines without addressing root causes; the bill was sent to Transportation on a roll call vote. AB 1753, another Stephanie bill, would tighten firearm relinquishment and protective-order enforcement, expand remote hearing access, and align firearm prohibitions across protective order categories; it passed to Judiciary. The committee also heard AB 1739 by Assembly Member Ward, which would criminalize clergy sexual exploitation when clergy provide therapeutic services, with survivors and advocates testifying in support.

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• Department of Education to oversee the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
• students into general education... ...science and accompanied special education students into general
• I’d like to thank the education stakeholders who have worked with me and Assembly... ...of Education.
• That is not education.
• operationally the movement of the Department of Education under the State Board of Education.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We have a program for medical students whereby we assist them in getting an education.
• Obviously, we ran into the same thing with education and recalibration in the silos.
• The most important being what we're calling individual education support.
• So, individual education support is a big component of that.
• It is a half-day meeting, remote, jointly with the Joint Education Committee."

Keywords: 916, all

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• When we provide stability, we empower futures.
• When we provide stability, we empower futures.
• He prioritized education reform, raising teacher pay and expanding access to community colleges.
• His wife, Adele Graham, championed education and community initiatives throughout the state.
• Department of Education. Another daughter, A.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions recognizing guests, students, advocates, and a resolution honoring the late USF men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. Senators also observed moments of silence for victims of recent campus violence and for former FSU President John Thrasher. The chamber then moved to special order bills, with several members explaining measures and, in some cases, substituting House companions before final passage. Among the bills passed were measures updating child care and early learning provider regulation; strengthening penalties and cost recovery for false reporting and swatting; extending protections against extraordinary medical debt collection; expanding hazardous walking condition criteria for schoolchildren; creating young adult housing support for foster and homeless students; and requiring private schools participating in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to disclose which accommodations they will provide. The Senate also passed a bill adjusting interest rules for trust accounts funding legal aid, after extended debate over the impact on legal aid funding and banking practices, and a transportation package that was heavily amended to address issues such as school bus camera hearings, beach vehicle use for equipment removal, flooded-street wake restrictions, expectant mother parking permits, micromobility regulation, and traffic signal modernization. The chamber also approved public-records exemptions for Agency for Health Care Administration investigators, Judicial Qualifications Commission employees, and appellate court clerks; a municipal water and sewer rate bill affecting Miami-Dade residents near a plant; motor vehicle offenses involving impersonating law enforcement and obscured license plates; trespass penalties at law-enforcement-controlled locations and large ticketed venues; refund requirements for patient overpayments; stem cell therapy authorization with source and consent limits; and insulin administration authority for direct support professionals and relatives in group homes. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including cardiac emergencies, chemicals and consumer products, and motor vehicle manufacturer/franchise dealer legislation. Most measures passed with strong bipartisan support, though the trust fund interest bill drew notable opposition and passed 28-10, and the Family Empowerment Scholarship bill passed 37-1.

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• Mitch Steiger with CFT, a union of educators and classified professionals, in support of this bill.
• We would also really emphasize that, from the education worker perspective, when you consider the power
• This measure will provide critical emergency funding to stabilize our Bay Area transit operators.
• This measure will provide critical emergency funding to stabilize our Bay Area transit operators.

Summary: The committee heard AB 2255, which would require more detailed disclosure for certain large campaign expenditures made when a candidate is not on the next ballot. The author and the FPPC said the bill would improve transparency around campaign spending; there was no opposition, and the bill was later approved on a 5-0 vote. The committee also heard AB 686, extending California’s ban on election-related deepfake media from 2027 to 2031, and AB 1130, which would strengthen disclosure and liability rules for paid social media campaign posts; both measures were approved. Members also considered AB 2281, which would have the Office of Election Cybersecurity assess whether additional resources are needed to replace lost federal support and consult with academic researchers, and AB 2604, which would create a statewide electronic signature-curing system for vote-by-mail ballots. AB 2281 was presented as a response to reduced federal cybersecurity support and was approved; AB 2604 was supported as a way to help voters, especially younger voters, cure signature issues more quickly, but faced opposition from the Secretary of State’s office over regulation and standards concerns, and it was also approved. The committee heard AB 2753, which would bar registered sex offenders from running for or holding state or local office, and AB 2691, which would expand disqualifying felony convictions to include the most serious sexual assault and sex trafficking offenses. AB 2753 drew support from the author and Fresno officials but opposition over its breadth and registry concerns, and it ultimately failed on a 2-1 vote. AB 2691 drew strong support from survivors and education advocates but also opposition from groups objecting to amendments that excluded certain crimes involving minors; despite that dispute, the bill passed 4-1. The committee also approved AB 2573, clarifying the confidential voter registration program for elected officials and candidates, AJR 31 urging Congress to restore Voting Rights Act provisions, and SB 830 making election-administration cleanup changes for the Bay Area regional transit measure. The consent calendar was approved as well.

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• such a way could impact the ability to provide safe and clean drinking water, maintain financial stability
• Lucy Salsieel-Carter with the Alameda County Office of Education and strong opposition.
• Lucy Salsieel-Carter with the Alameda County Office of Education and strong opposition.
• The big guys are using thermal oxidizers, catalytic oxidizers, metal precipitation, metal stabilization

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• It strengthens the stability of our farms, and it aligns... ...vulnerable.
• It strengthens the stability of our farms, and it aligns our labor laws with our values as a commonwealth
• study shall assess the statewide and regional demands for agriculture and agricultural technical education
• representing Smith Vocational Agricultural High School, and so I know the value of an agricultural education

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate resumed debate on An Act Fostering Agricultural Resilience in Massachusetts and considered a series of amendments focused on farm economics, land preservation, energy, labor, and agricultural education. Senator Tarr’s Amendment 5, allowing local-option tax exemptions for newly constructed farm buildings for up to five years, was adopted by a roll call vote of 38-0. Several other Tarr amendments were debated but not adopted, including proposals on APR criteria and climate resilience, a one-stop permit and grant portal, a foreign-ownership farmland registry, horse-riding instructor licensing, expanding farm-based renewable energy, a farm stand waiver process, non-agricultural conversion notice requirements, and a health and wellness amendment. Senator Mark’s Amendment 20, creating a Massachusetts Food Tourism Task Force to support marketing and procurement of agricultural goods, was adopted. Senator Gomez’s Amendment 41 on farmworker fairness and wage protections was withdrawn after discussion, with Senators Eldridge and Comerford speaking in support of continued work on the issue. Senator Fattman’s Amendment 34, directing a study of agricultural schools and regional workforce needs, was adopted by roll call vote 37-0. The chamber also took up several procedural matters and extension orders. The Senate adopted a Ways and Means amendment and then ordered the agricultural bill to a third reading before passing it to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 39-0. Separately, the Senate adopted extension orders for the Committee on Revenue and the Committee on Financial Services, with Senators Eldridge and Feeney explaining the need for additional time on revenue and financial services bills; Senator Tarr raised concerns about the scope and duration of some of the extensions. The Senate also approved an extension for a financial technology services bill. In addition to legislative action, the Senate observed a moment of silence in memory of Mark K. Harris after a motion by Senators Collins and Miranda, and recognized guests for Youth Mentoring Day and the Mass Mentoring Program. The chamber also passed a memorial overpass designation for U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Torville and a local alcohol-license bill for the town of Topsfield. The session concluded with an order to adjourn until the next day at 11 a.m., with the adjournment also dedicated to the memory of Mark K. Harris.

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• Jared Mason Gear for the Washington Education Association.
• We represent an array of teachers and other educators who receive their health insurance benefits through
• already operating on narrow margins, predictability and payment timing is essential to maintaining stability
• Greater predictability in payment timing supports responsible financial planning, workforce stability

Bills: SB5915, SB5988, SB6025, SJM8002

Keywords: SB 5915, health technology assessment, HTA, clinical committee, medical technology review, coverage determination, state-purchased health care, Washington health care, RCW, evidence-based medicine, cost-effectiveness, safety and efficacy, Medicare coverage, national coverage determination, clinical guidelines, patient advocacy, public comment, medical necessity, rare disease, life-threatening disease

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• need to be passed, about $80 million worth of policies that the governor had on his budget... ...education
• What they've done is they've done a great job of stabilizing our network and protecting the state's network
• Our biggest fund balance, of course, is the budget stabilization fund.
• We also know that we've got built into the governor's budget $80 million of cuts from education and Medicaid

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Summary: The committee first received a budget presentation from JFAC Chairman Grow and Keith Bybee on the state’s fiscal outlook for FY 2026-2028. They described a difficult budget year marked by uncertainty around revenue projections, tax conformity costs, and whether several policy bills will pass. Bybee explained the concept of structural balance, noting that ongoing revenues are projected to fall below ongoing expenditures over the next three years, and that the state’s cash reserves, while still substantial, are not a sustainable long-term fix. Members discussed tax cuts, possible triggers or delays on tax legislation, Medicaid and school spending growth, and the impact of past policy choices on the budget. No votes were taken on the budget presentation itself. The committee then approved the January 27, 2026 minutes and voted to send several gubernatorial appointments to the Senate floor with recommendations for confirmation: Brett Thomas to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board, Erica Malman to the Idaho Personnel Commission, and Dr. Karen Cabell to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board. Representative John Weber and Bobby Cuyo also appeared for reappointment hearings to the State Insurance Fund Board and Your Health Idaho board, respectively; both were thanked and told their appointments would likely be voted on at a later meeting. The remainder of the meeting focused on DOPL rule dockets for several licensing boards. Michelle Bird presented a contractor registration fee increase to address a low cash balance and comply with statutory reserve requirements; Jessica Spoya presented a liquefied petroleum gas safety fee increase for the same reason; and John Price presented barber and cosmetology rule changes, including mobile establishment rules, deregulation-related updates, and fee increases to bring the board into compliance after years of flat fees and one-time consolidation costs. In each case, members asked about cash balances, consolidation costs, and whether fees would continue rising. Despite some opposition and concerns about DOPL inefficiencies and fee burdens, all three rule dockets were approved by committee vote. The meeting then adjourned.

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• defenders, and regional counsel, we're dealing with employing lawyers with seven years of higher education
• , seven years of higher education debt, and these jobs are hard.
• population, the residential commitment programs, and residential systems. ...and residential system stabilization
• needed to serve the growing population, the residential commitment programs, and residential system stabilization

Summary: The committee met for an interim appropriations presentation hearing focused on justice administration agencies. Members heard budget requests from the State Attorney’s Office, Public Defenders, the Justice Administrative Commission, Regional Conflict Counsel, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, and the Guardian ad Litem Office, followed by a presentation from the Department of Juvenile Justice and a brief public comment from a nonprofit advocate. The chair noted that presentations from the Department of Law Enforcement and the Commission on Offender Review would be moved to a later meeting. The state attorney requested funding to true up underfunded circuits under the existing formula, staff 14 new criminal judgeships, replace declining VOCA victim-services funding with general revenue, and cover a projected due process shortfall. The public defender asked for a higher starting salary for assistant public defenders, funding to restore balance in circuits where public defenders lag behind state attorneys, and staffing for new criminal judgeships. Regional conflict counsel and capital collateral regional counsel also sought salary adjustments, additional attorneys and case costs, and competitive area differential funding to address recruitment and retention issues. The Justice Administrative Commission requested funding for Florida PALM readiness and implementation and for IT hardware and software replacement; it also relayed a clerks’ request for reimbursement related to injunctions for protection, Baker Act, Marchman Act, and sexually violent predator cases. The Guardian ad Litem Office said it now has a guardian ad litem for every child in Florida and requested salary increases for senior and managing attorneys to reduce turnover. The Department of Juvenile Justice presented a much larger budget request to expand residential and detention capacity, increase per diem rates, renovate and replace aging facilities, fund the Broward detention center rebuild, improve cybersecurity and the juvenile information system, and cover rising lease costs. Members asked questions about staffing, compensation, detention and residential treatment needs, mental health and substance-use services, and the Broward project timeline. A nonprofit advocate then asked for better data collection on protection orders and related court actions to support funding for domestic violence and recovery services. The committee adjourned without taking any formal votes on the budget requests.

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• this kind of endeavor to reduce the coverage levels would result in better care and provision of... stability
• savings and reduction in costs would actually go towards a reinvestment to enhance the economic stability
• I'd like to encourage members of the Communications and Conveyance Committee who are not voting in Education
• We'll leave the roll open for five minutes for our friends in education to run back over here.

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• They must be addressed quicker to stabilize the system, and I know a lot of people in the room are going
• The company is no longer available, but it's Legion Arms, and I go around and educate people all the
• on various ESS projects, as well as preparing communities throughout the nation with training and education
• ERCOT is trying to stabilize our grid by installing over 900 federally subsidized high-risk wind turbines

Bills: HB551, HB 1281, HB1378, HB1617, HB2868, HB2881, HB3374, HB4439, HB4726, HB4732, HB4878, HB4914, HB4921, HB4958, HB5200, HB5318, HB5360, HB5402, HB5568, HB5573, HB5623, HJR218

Keywords: political contributions, address privacy, Texas Ethics Commission, election transparency, campaign finance, international organizations, World Health Organization, jurisdiction, state law, enforcement, United Nations, World Economic Forum, attorney general, Texas attorney general, state sovereignty, legal enforcement, Texas Attorney General, electric energy storage, municipal regulation, county regulation

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• Carlson increases the membership of the Assessor Certification Program Committee and provides for educational
• It also changes some of the educational requirements. Across the state.
• It also changes some of the educational requirements, allowing them to go to a one- or two-day workshop
• So it really addresses the membership of the committee and some of the educational requirements.
• ...to give Louisiana homeowners long-term property tax stability without causing a major fiscal hit

Bills: HB287, HB340, HB412, HB440, HB514, HB515, HB521, HB543, HB553, HB570, HB961

Keywords: HB 287, Louisiana Tax Commission, ad valorem, property tax, property assessment, assessment fees, fee extension, sunset extension, public service property, utility property, insurance company property, financial institution property, tax administration, R.S. 47:1838, Act 296, reappraisal, ad valorem tax, valuation, Louisiana tax law, homestead exemption

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• Educational providers, Medicaid and health providers, and child health care provision of services are
• It could result in a referral, which could have some education or some interventions.
• So, we do have groups like teachers' groups. groups, education groups, hospital groups, and anonymous
• We do monitor placement stability to make sure that kids aren't being bounced from foster home to foster
• So, there's a number of apparatus that are designed to provide stability in a very difficult out-of-home

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• STEM education. This year, Kia Preston STEM education.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• The additional dollars will be critical in stabilizing MA funding for Minnesota hospitals.
• 40.480><c> in</c> additional dollars will be critical in additional dollars will be critical in stabilizing
• MA funding for Minnesota stabilizing MA funding for Minnesota hospitals.<00:19:43.760><c> The</c><00
• Federal Medicaid funding to stabilize our systems.
• costs and educational revenue while also making sure that the wealthiest among us pay towards their

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• from pre-K through education into the workforce.
• is not the best way to fund education.
• If it is education dollars, we should spend the money on education. And I appreciate it.
• dollars and instead of going to education, to train nurses, to train educators, to potentially train
• go to education, and we use them for things that are not education.

Summary: The House Budget Committee met with a quorum and began by taking up a series of budget bills and committee substitutes, including House Bills 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, which were laid over. The chair then walked members through a committee amendment package, explaining a mix of technical corrections, fund swaps, and adjustments involving highway patrol fringe costs, summary budget timing, rural health care, the CCBHO FMAP correction, and marijuana-fund reallocations. Members adopted the chair’s decrease amendments and later adopted the corresponding increase amendments, including partial restoration for Care to Learn, a Title I grant language change, an Overpass and Seymour road project, technical corrections for DPS and health-related items, and restorations for Jordan Valley and FQHC substance abuse funding. After a brief recess for session and lunch, the committee returned to House Bill 2 and began considering member amendments. On House Bill 2, the committee adopted Representative Lewis’s amendment making the curriculum transparency and parent portal item a pilot program, and Representative Davidson’s amendment adding $2 million in federal Child Care and Development Block Grant funds for One-Time Wonder School. Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to shift funding from Missouri Star Solutions and WorkKeys to the Success Ready Student Assessment failed, as did Representative Taylor’s proposal to move $1.2 million from career ladder to community college nursing programs. The committee then rejected Representative Steinhoff’s attempt to redirect Title I Innovation and Improvement Grant funds back to the governor’s recommendation, and later adopted Representative Steinhoff’s vocational rehabilitation amendment, which restored the department’s request and drew down additional federal matching funds. The committee also adopted Representative Hyne’s language amendment to allow flexibility between the MOQPK pre-K grant program and the Child Care Works tri-share program, though members discussed concerns about cross-bill flexibility and whether funds would actually be available. Representative Fogle’s amendment to require budget communications sent to committee chairs to also go to the full Budget Committee was defeated after members expressed concern about information overload and the difference between required distribution and requested information. The committee then took up a lengthy debate over Representative Fogle’s amendment to remove language barring Parents as Teachers participation for children already enrolled in public pre-K. Supporters argued the programs serve different purposes and that families should not be forced to choose between them, while opponents said the language was intended to prevent duplication of services and preserve resources for children without other options. After extensive discussion, the amendment failed. The committee continued with additional House Bill 2 amendments, but the transcript ends before final action on the remaining items.