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• So one example would be K-12 education.
• The lady's question on the $7 million in education, roughly what's the education budget in total so members
• I think that's very educational."
• This bridges the gap between education and employment.
• We rank last in education, and these additional cuts to education will make it nearly impossible to attract

Summary: The joint appropriations committee met on April 28 to review the FY 2027 budget package, including the general appropriations feed bills (HB 4138 and SB 1831) and related budget reconciliation measures. Staff described the budget as including about $17.96 billion in general fund appropriations, a one-time transfer of state monies to increase revenues, a 5% lump-sum reduction to most agencies’ discretionary general fund budgets, and several one-time restorations or continuations for items such as school facilities, child care, child safety, corrections stipends, and public safety operating costs. Members spent much of the meeting debating how the across-the-board cuts would be implemented, which programs might be affected, and how fund sweeps from prior-year appropriations and special funds would work, including questions about universities, public safety, rural hospitals, transportation grants, the Corporation Commission, and health insurance costs for state employees and troopers. A major point of discussion was the impact on universities and higher education. Arizona Board of Regents representatives said the proposed reductions and fund sweeps would affect already obligated dollars, research, staffing, and student aid programs, and could force difficult decisions about programs such as the Promise Program, Teachers Academy, and other pass-through funds. Committee members also raised concerns about whether the cuts could lead to tuition increases or reductions in services, while majority members emphasized that agencies and the executive branch should decide how to absorb the reductions. Another major topic was health care and the state employee health plan: staff explained that the budget includes a $228 million general fund infusion to stabilize the plan, while a separate reconciliation bill would raise employee premiums over three years. Members also discussed whether the budget’s changes to AHCCCS/Access and hospital eligibility rules could increase costs for hospitals and reduce coverage. Public testimony largely opposed the budget. Speakers from Opportunity Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents, and local governments argued that the proposal would shift costs onto working families, reduce support for education, housing, SNAP, health care, and rural infrastructure, and protect tax benefits for data centers and higher-income taxpayers. A mayor from Globe asked for state help after severe flooding damaged roads, water lines, and homes, while a motorcycle safety advocate asked the committee to review a DPS motorcycle safety fund appropriation. Committee members and staff repeatedly clarified that some items discussed were one-time appropriations not continued into FY 2027, that some fund sweeps were from unspent or unencumbered balances, and that the committee planned to take a mass roll-call vote on the budget bills at the end of the meeting.

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• Throughout the discussion, we will examine topics such as caseload, response times, placement stability
• guardianship, and 1,100 young people are receiving supportive services, mentorship, coaching, and education
• guardianship, and 1,100 young people are receiving supportive services, mentorship, coaching, and education
• When kids are placed in group homes, the outcomes—educational, mental health, their well-being—they are
• Research consistently shows that kinship placements are associated with greater stability and better

Keywords: 1182, all

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• We must instead commit ourselves to civic engagement, education, decency, and dignity and the truth for
• , commit ourselves to decency education, commit ourselves to decency and<00:13:47.200><c> dignity</c>
• in in places like Bangladesh, stability in in places like Bangladesh, we<00:24:01.760><c> we</c><00:
• So if you want stability for the American people, if you want time for negotiations in good faith, and
• :04:32.400><c> and</c><02:04:32.560><c> has</c> promoted education and culture and has promoted education

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, September 19, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• House Bill 622, by the Education Committee, is an act relating to education, amending Section 33-1020
• Household number 623 by Education Committee, an act relating to education amending Chapter 16, Title
• Amending Section 33-3726, Idaho Code, to revise provisions regarding the higher education stabilization
• of special education children.
• of Career Technical Education.

Summary: The House convened with roll call, prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the journal. The Idaho State Historical Society then gave its annual presentation, highlighting artifacts tied to the Declaration of Independence, the Revolutionary War, and Idaho statehood, along with remarks about the importance of civic history and public understanding. The House also received Senate messages transmitting Senate Concurrent Resolutions 115 and 116 and Senate Bills 1234 and 1239, and it reported several committee actions, including the enrollment of House Bill 559 to the governor and the printing and referral of House Bills 606 through 611. On the floor, the House considered and passed House Bill 551, which addresses urban renewal districts and fire and ambulance district budget authority, and House Bill 526, which expands a small-seller exemption for certain food sales. House Bill 544, increasing Guard and Reserve leave from 120 to 160 hours, also passed. House Joint Memorial 11, urging Congress to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, passed after debate over federal funding commitments and fiscal concerns. House Joint Resolution 7, which would have sent a constitutional question to voters on repealing Idaho’s sectarian appropriations ban, failed to reach the required two-thirds threshold. The House also advanced a large batch of new bills for first reading, including measures on solar energy, polling place liability insurance, mental health and developmental disability detention standards, disturbing the peace, architects, programmable money, fire insurer transparency, wildfire risk mitigation, county commissioner powers, concealed weapons, Idaho Digital Learning Academy funding, a daily moment of silence in schools, and aggregated student data on immigration status and nationality. Senate Bill 1225 was sent to third reading, and House Joint Memorial 12 was held one legislative day. The chamber then filed committee letters approving pending administrative rules, made a temporary change to the third reading calendar order, announced upcoming committee meetings, and adjourned until February 11, 2026.

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• House Bill 622, by the Education Committee, is an act relating to education, amending Section 33-1020
• Household number 623 by Education Committee, an act relating to education amending Chapter 16, Title
• Amending Section 33-3726, Idaho Code, to revise provisions regarding the higher education stabilization
• of special education children.
• of Career Technical Education.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The House convened with 66 members present, approved the journal, and then paused for an Idaho State Historical Society presentation featuring artifacts tied to the Declaration of Independence, the Brady Powder Horn, and the Idaho Admission Act. The presentation emphasized Idaho’s historical connection to the nation’s founding and statehood, and members thanked the Historical Society before the House resumed business. The chamber received Senate messages transmitting Senate Concurrent Resolutions 115 and 116 and Senate Bills 1234 and 1239. Committee reports also moved several bills forward, including House Bills 561, 573, 583, 587, 520, 570, 580, and 581, while House Bill 559 was reported enrolled and sent to the governor. New bills introduced included measures on solar energy, polling-place liability insurance, mental health and developmental disability detention standards, disturbing the peace, architects, programmable money, fire insurer transparency, wildfire risk mitigation, county commissioner authority, concealed weapons, Idaho Digital Learning Academy funding, a daily moment of silence in schools, and aggregated student data on immigration status and nationality. On the floor, House Bill 551 passed 68-0 on a voice/recorded vote after explanation that it would allow fire and ambulance districts to opt out of urban renewal areas and capture new construction for service funding. House Bill 526 passed 67-2, described as a small-seller/cottage-food style exemption to help entrepreneurs selling low-risk foods directly to consumers. House Joint Resolution 7, which would have sent to voters a repeal of the Idaho Constitution’s sectarian appropriations prohibition, failed to reach the required two-thirds threshold with 41 ayes and 28 nays. House Joint Memorial 11, urging Congress to fully fund IDEA special education costs, passed 40-28, and House Bill 544, increasing Guard and Reserve leave from 120 to 160 hours, passed 68-0. The House also approved committee rule recommendations, rearranged the third-reading calendar, made announcements, and adjourned until February 11, 2026.

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• I was, from 2012 to 2016, the education fiscal analyst for the House.
• </c> hours of each continuing education hours of each continuing education program<01:12:14.320><c> to
• Um I just know that education credits.
• </c> continuing education on uh for that. continuing education on uh for that.
• </c><01:18:40.480><c> that</c> amounts of continuing education that amounts of continuing education that

Bills: HF1925

Keywords: nurse licensure, multistate license, healthcare, public safety, interstate compact, nursing regulation, 1183, house

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• And usually the hands get raised: education, transportation, public safety.
• And usually the hands get raised: education, transportation, public safety.
• And usually the hands get raised: education, transportation, public safety.
• But I think that could be part of the education process.
• The education really has to happen before someone shows up, right?

Keywords: 1212, all

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• I am pleased to present SB 237, a bill to address the state's high fuel cost and overall market stability
• SB 237 seeks to bring stability to fuel cost while providing certainty that refiners will stay in the
• SB 237 will stabilize gas prices for our constituents at a time when Californians are struggling with
• and fuel supply, but also because it's going to stabilize an entire community.
• Intended to stabilize...

Summary: The Assembly Natural Resources Committee heard three major bills. SB 237, by Senator Grayson, proposed a package of fuel-supply and permitting changes aimed at stabilizing gasoline prices during California’s energy transition. Supporters, including state officials, Kern County representatives, labor groups, and industry groups, said it would help retain in-state refining and drilling capacity, reduce price spikes, and protect jobs. Opponents, including environmental justice and conservation groups, argued it would expand oil drilling without enough community protections and would not meaningfully address climate goals. After extensive testimony and questions about emissions, sunsets, and long-term strategy, the committee passed SB 237 on a due pass vote, with some members voting no or not voting. SB 352, by Senator Reyes, sought to strengthen implementation of AB 617, the community air protection program, by codifying the Environmental Justice Bureau in the Department of Justice, extending monitoring requirements, and requiring annual legislative reporting. Supporters said the bill would improve accountability and ensure that funding for impacted communities actually produces emissions reductions. Some environmental justice advocates were neutral or not fully supportive because they wanted stronger language, while business and industry groups opposed the bill, arguing it was added late and duplicated existing processes. The committee approved SB 352 on a due pass vote. SB 840, by Senator Limon, was the cap-and-invest reauthorization package. It would update offset protocols, adjust how revenues are spent, and continue funding for key climate, housing, transit, and community programs, including AB 617. Support came from environmental groups, labor, local governments, housing advocates, and clean transportation organizations, while some agricultural interests objected that the package did not sufficiently prioritize climate-smart agriculture and methane reduction programs. The committee passed SB 840 on a due pass vote as well. All three measures were later confirmed out of committee after calls were lifted.

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• Over time, education has improved responses, but significant gaps remain.
• Training and education.
• It's the difference between education and none at all.
• cost for a special education student was $13,825.
• special education transportation.

Bills: S2743, S2861, S3021

Keywords: domestic violence, police training, suspicious deaths, homicide investigation, victim support, school bus safety, commission, student safety, operator training, safety standards, Legislative oversight, public health, student transportation, school bus, school pupil transportation, pupil transport, child passenger safety, school van, transportation contractor, motor vehicle safety

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• AB 662 Alvarez Chula Vista Education Faculty Task Force due pass out on a roll Do pass out on a roll
• AB 363 Bryan CalWORKs recipients education program. Holding committee.
• AB 797 Herbidean Community Stabilization Act do pass out with Republicans not voting.
• AB 1304, Schultz, Paint Program Education Outreach, hold in committee.
• AB 1053 Zuber, educational technologies, hold in committee.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Department of Education through the Rehabilitation Services Administration.
• Using state fiscal year 25 as an example, a... ...of education.
• Department of Education in 2013.
• Post-secondary education to help meet the vocational goal.
• Brett is employed as an education career counselor.

Keywords: 977, all

Summary: The committee met to receive a detailed financial operations presentation from the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agency, with staff walking members through funding sources, budgeting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and grants management. Sabrina Walker explained VR’s blended funding structure, including federal grants, state appropriations, program income, and interagency contracts, and emphasized that state funds are essential to meeting the federal match and maintenance-of-effort requirements. Members asked repeatedly about transparency, audit controls, and the risk that state cuts could reduce federal drawdowns; staff responded that all reports reconcile back to the SCEIS accounting system, are subject to state audits and internal reviews, and that even modest state reductions could significantly reduce total available funding. The committee also discussed pre-employment transition services for students with disabilities, with staff confirming services are offered through school districts, charters, and private schools, and that contracts are monitored for performance and compliance. The presentation then shifted to budgeting and internal controls. Walker described a zero-based departmental budgeting process, monthly monitoring reports, contingency reserves for unexpected expenses, and a formal annual cycle that culminates in board approval. Members asked about facilities tracking, culture, and how the agency maintains accountability; staff said facilities staff inspect buildings and equipment, supervisors justify line-item requests, and the process has become smoother over time as departments learned the system. Cynthia Johnson followed with an accounts receivable overview, describing invoicing, receipting, aging, customer verification, year-end reporting, and the use of cross-training, shared email inboxes, and spreadsheets as checks and balances. She also explained work training center billing, interdepartmental transfers, and the revolving fund used to issue consumer checks more quickly than standard vendor payments. Olivia Perez presented accounts payable operations, including invoice processing through SCEIS and OnBase, the three-way match, travel reimbursements, revolving fund checks, State Treasury Office interactions, and handling of reversals, rejections, and levy notices. She reported that AP processed 67,723 SCEIS payments, 13,670 case management system invoices, 3,379 travel reimbursements, and 15,693 revolving fund checks in fiscal year 2025, with only 70 payment rejections. The final portion of the meeting covered Grants and Funds Management, where Walker explained federal reporting, drawdowns, payroll allocation, asset tracking, lease and IT contract reviews, cost allocation, and closing packages. She noted upcoming system changes such as S/4HANA, Workiva, and SC Pro, but said the agency is receiving training and feedback opportunities. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the presentation portion beyond approval of the prior minutes and a brief recess.

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• petition of Susannah Whipps, relative to the Athol-Royalston Regional School District Financial Stability
• Fund, to the Committee on Education; and the petition of Amy M.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports and local bills. It concurred in a Senate referral of a petition on fair tax treatment for zero-emission vehicles and suspended Joint Rule 12 for additional petitions, including measures on construction supervisory licensing, the Athol-Royalston Regional School District Financial Stability Fund, and zero-emission vehicle taxes. The House also acted on a Judiciary Committee report recommending passage of House No. 4647, establishing a sick leave bank for Amy Tangway, and ordered it to a third reading. The chamber then considered a series of bills reported by Steering, Policy and Scheduling, including measures for tax abatement for permanently disabled veterans, line-of-duty death benefits for firefighters, Building Trades Recovery Week, and a civil service exam exemption for a Haverhill police officer candidate. These bills were advanced to third reading. The House also passed several engrossed bills to enactment, including a sick leave bank for Candy J. Pike, a special fund for the Festival of Hills in Conway, authorization for Watertown to lease property, a change to the Holden moderator term, and an update to Medford’s linkage exaction program. Later, the House concurred in Senate amendments related to sewer service authority in Sharon, and passed to engrossment bills authorizing parking fines in Marblehead and an additional liquor license in Somerset. It also engrossed sick leave bank bills for David A. Russell and Jean McCarran; the McCarran bill was amended to add an emergency preamble before passage. Finally, the House enacted the Candy J. Pike sick leave bank bill, adopted an order to meet the following Wednesday at 11 a.m., and adjourned in formal session.

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• We want to educate the law enforcement in these communities.
• Extra steps are needed to educate stakeholders and people across many different communities.
• It also has the ability to stabilize local economies through this reskilling.
• Outreach and education is a big component of our mission.
• And then our newest program is the Water Education Program.

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• Fund for fiscal year 2027; appropriating and transferring interest earnings from the Public Education
• Stabilization Fund to the General Fund for fiscal year 2027; appropriating and transferring interest
• , amending Section 33-3731, Idaho Code, to provide for the Medical Education Fund and to provide for
• Senate Bill 1439, by the Judiciary and Rules Committee, an act relating to education, amending Section
• Senate Bill 1439 by Judiciary and Rules Committee and Act relating to education.

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The House convened with roll call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the journal and received several communications, including substitute-member appointments and committee reports on pending administrative rules. The House State Affairs and Resources and Conservation committees recommended approval of most agency rules, with some exceptions and one rejection for inconsistency with legislative intent. The chamber also received gubernatorial and Senate messages transmitting and signing numerous bills, and it concurred in several Senate amendments to House bills, including HB 730, HB 928, HB 758, and HB 822. The main floor action focused on suspending rules to take up memorials and bills. House Joint Memorial 22, concerning wildlife and pelican impacts on fisheries, was adopted after debate emphasizing fish losses and asking for federal compensation. HB 957, a Department of Water Resources code-cleanup bill, and SB 1396, repealing an inactive Pacific Fisheries Task Force provision, both passed. HB 948, directing LSO to help produce an annual revenue estimate, passed 61-4. HB 967, providing $4 million for Idaho State Police pay raises by shifting some liquor-account revenue, passed 50-18 after debate over impacts on counties, cities, and property taxes. The House also passed HB 959, a property-tax measure for fire and EMS districts that raises the cap for those districts and changes how new construction is calculated, after extensive debate on property-tax relief and local impacts. On the Senate side, SB 1435, the Health and Welfare maintenance budget, passed; SB 1401, a public health enhancement bill, failed 30-36; SB 1429, the behavioral health enhancement budget, passed 39-27; SB 1431, the Water Resources enhancement budget, passed 48-18; SB 1389, addressing liability for private polling locations, passed; SB 1391, a trailer bill adding surveyors to a property-rights/trespass measure, passed; and SJM 114, urging Congress to act on NIL in college athletics, was adopted by voice vote. The House also took up additional budget and trailer bills later in the day, including HB 964, HB 965, and HB 966, which passed, while continuing to process Senate amendments and committee referrals.

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• Instead, it addresses a procedural failure that can undermine the very stability custody law is supposed
• This measure, which would add, quote, the freedom of a parent in the nurturing, education, care, custody
• Terms like nurturing, control, and even education are not defined in the bill.
• Nurturing, control, and even education are not defined in the bill text.
• Those were about directing education. Then there’s Wisconsin v.

Bills: HCR6, HCR19, HB81, HB134, HB154, HB163, HB170, HB194, HB254, HB318, HB410, HB473, HB485, HB718, HB970

Keywords: HCR 6, House Concurrent Resolution 6, successions, intestate succession, testate succession, disinheritance, disinherison, forced heirship, forced heir, legitime, estranged heir, estranged child, inheritance, estate planning, wills, testaments, Civil Code Article 1617, Civil Code Article 1618, Civil Code Article 1619, Civil Code Article 1620

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• These are professionals, educators, social workers, healthcare workers, nonprofit employees, people who
• Care without housing is not stability.
• They were educators by profession, but freedom fighters by calling.
• Jasmine Bernie Clark: Founder of Equal Ground Education Fund and Action Fund.
• I've had to be very vocal about my personal story because I think it's my duty to educate others on why

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• All families were provided with safe sleep education.
• I'm wondering if you all have any sort of public education built into your plan?
• Yes, more education is needed.
• I would be more than happy to kind of get that additional education out there. Thank you.
• Experts help design policies that give families a fair path to stability.

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• But under this economic stability.
• ><c> students</c><02:18:18.800><c> of</c> leadership, educators, and students of leadership, educators
• ,</c> services, food assistance, education, services, food assistance, education, health<02:34:44.960
• My parents, both educators, saw education as a legacy.
• My parents, both educators, saw education<07:25:17.440><c> as</c><07:25:17.600><c> a</c><07:25:17.760

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• ,</c><00:33:18.720><c> they</c> institutions of higher education, they institutions of higher education
• </c> What our institutes of higher education What our institutes of higher education do<00:33:30.880>
• House Bill 379, an act relating to postsecondary education.
• House Bill 619, an act relating to public postsecondary education.
• </c> education and declaring an emergency. education and declaring an emergency.

Bills: SB141, SB124, SB56, SJR116, SB94, SB37, SB127, SB197, SB66, SB70, SB133, SB160, SB214, SB312, SB52, SJR62, SJR75

Keywords: legal advertisements, tax rates, public hearings, transparency, local government, sick leave, education, teacher retirement, benefits, employee compensation, Medicaid, nonopioid analgesics, pain management, health care regulation, utilization controls, physician shortage, health care access, medically underserved areas, medical education, workforce development

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• the insurance industry and thus stabilize the affordable housing industry.
• This task force must identify recommendations to strengthen and stabilize the homeowners and commercial
• I'm a former educator, and I realize I'm giving a lot of directions here.
• </c><00:31:46.080><c> and</c> the uh sorry, I'm a former educator and the uh sorry, I'm a former educator
• </c><00:46:14.079><c> element</c> with that uh consumer education element with that uh consumer education

Keywords: 1183, house