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• So these kids can get a half day of therapeutic intervention and the other half of the day is academic
• So these kids can get, they get a half day of therapeutic intervention and the other half of the day
• So we'll jump ahead to early interventions.
• We go to crisis intervention in the schools.
• They provide prevention, Intervention, shelter, counseling, and family support.

Summary: The committee held an interim study on how to educate and support students with severe violent or disruptive behavior while protecting classmates, teachers, and school staff. Members framed the issue as one involving students who have often experienced trauma and may be removed from class through suspension, expulsion, or juvenile placement, but who still need a meaningful path back to school. Several legislators shared personal experiences as former educators or administrators and emphasized that schools need clearer criteria for removal and return, along with stronger support for families and staff. Dr. Michelle Butler, an alternative education director, testified that Oklahoma’s current alternative education system is not designed to serve students removed for major discipline issues because placement is generally voluntary and programs are built around students who need a different learning environment, not punitive removal. She argued for early intervention, stronger attendance enforcement, trauma screening, teacher training, and a regional or cooperative model that would combine credentialed educators, social workers, therapists, and family counselors. She also described existing programs such as Trace Academy, Rogers County Youth Services diversion programs, and the limitations of virtual-only models and current funding, saying the system lacks sufficient resources and staffing. Representatives and senators asked about funding, staffing, credentials, and whether statutes should be changed to prevent alternative education dollars from going to programs that do not provide direct services. Other testimony came from Family and Children’s Services and Mid-Del Youth and Family Services, both of which described embedded school-based mental health, crisis response, intensive outpatient services, family engagement, and juvenile diversion programs. Witnesses stressed that wraparound services, school-community partnerships, and a bridge back to the home school are essential, and that many students and families need mandatory or strongly supported participation rather than purely voluntary help. The study concluded with members noting possible next steps, including expanding or supplementing alternative education, improving early intervention, and examining participation requirements and transition supports; no votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after the presentations.

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• We don't have a lot of information to suggest that the interventions that we've done have made a huge
• We haven't invested in math instruction and in interventions. It hasn't happened.
• We need to continue the interventions like our literacy programs, we need to do it in math too.
• We need to have high-impact tutoring interventions for our students.
• Can you do other interventions that aren't in the recommendations? Yes? OK. Thank you.

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• I believe that those interventions cause much more harm, Jamie.
• I believe that those interventions cause long-term harm in the body.
• We're not doing surgical interventions on children, Jamie. I participated and no.
• We're not doing surgical interventions on children, Jamie.
• And the most critical intervention is going to be psychosocial support.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• As part of that process, the goal is that it will also be an opportunity for additional intervention
• We also have the Intervention for College Attendance Program for formerly incarcerated students, known
• <01:05:03.119> intervention<01:05:03.480> for<01:05:03.680> college intervention
• intervention for college intervention intervention for college attendance<01:05:04.359> program
• <01:24:30.600> that what are the levels of intervention that what are the levels of intervention

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• . interventions. interventions.
• And uh level of intervention possible.
• intervention any longer. intervention any longer.
• 12:23.360> care Early intervention and coordinated care Early intervention and coordinated care
• Second is the bundle of the intervention.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• It's lifespace-based crisis intervention.
• <01:03:08.720> We we talk kids through intervention.
• We we talk kids through intervention.
• Um, we have the majority intervention.
• um do interventions with our students. um do interventions with our students.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And so, of course, any kind of an intervention like this, where, you know, a family making $25,000 gets
• Is this the tool that we would use if we were intentionally designing a tax intervention to achieve these
• Is this the tool that we would use if we were intentionally designing a tax intervention to achieve these
• <00:23:11.840> for<00:23:12.000> low-income<00:23:12.559> households, interventions
• for low-income households, interventions for low-income households, those<00:23:13.440> people

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It could result in a referral, which could have some education or some interventions.
• Even when a case is substantiated, that doesn't mean that interventions occur.
• And even when interventions are offered, they are voluntary, correct?
• The state was required to put together a prevention and early intervention plan.
• Oh, interventions, yes. Great. Does it give them standing?

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• The part of this program is to explore whether some type of technological intervention can restore cognitive
• In this study, they're all going through the same 12-week intervention, but some people are going to
• that if you get down to the molecular signature of how they are responding to this particular intervention
• responding, what can you do to actually move them up to be a high responder and respond to the intervention
• are there. interventions I can take to have better outcomes for a particular shift that's undesirable

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• This includes looking at early intervention services for youth that need services more upstream, that
• This includes looking at early intervention services for youth that need services more upstream, that
• By establishing a state office or unit of violence prevention intervention, we've seen this happen in
• This is both an early intervention program as well as an intensive intervention program, which the Council
• Do you know what intervention programs they have? Are they really serving the needs of your youth?

Bills: SB5, SB6, SB8

Keywords: physician residency, healthcare, rural communities, medical education, appropriation, education, medical school, New Mexico, construction, behavioral health, funding, mental health services, general fund transfer, 996, all

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• :35.520> be there interventions that can be there interventions that can be implemented<00:17:
• Are addressing the intervention process?
• I think if a provide intervention.
• , provide a robust tier 2 intervention, provide a robust tier 2 intervention, they're<01:51:28.480
• uh intervention system in place.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The commission met to review and amend the minutes from its previous meeting, correcting the date, several spelling and wording errors, and clarifying references to a scholarship fund and a member’s title. The minutes were then approved as amended, with some members abstaining because they were not present at the prior meeting. The chair then turned to the commission’s work plan under SB 57, emphasizing the need to prioritize the statutory topics and identify which issues require additional research, documentation, and possible spreadsheets. Members discussed a broad range of special education cost drivers and policy questions, including student referral rates, why students are classified as other health impaired, whether referrals increased after COVID school closures, intervention processes before referral, the cost of services required under IEPs and 504 plans, differences between federal law, state law, and DOE rules, reporting of special education costs, out-of-district and residential placements, district sharing of resources, dispute resolution, graduation rates, and adult learning outcomes. Several members raised concerns that school environments, mental health, bullying, and possible overidentification may be contributing to rising special education numbers and costs, while others cautioned that some reported district percentages may be inflated or unclear because of how the data are counted. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 742, which would eliminate prorated special education aid when state appropriations are insufficient and require the governor to draw a warrant to cover shortfalls. Representative Ames explained that the bill had been recommended for interim study because the commission is already examining special education costing, and he highlighted the gap between FY24 special education costs of about $977.1 million and state aid of $33.9 million for catastrophic aid, $67.4 million for differentiated aid, and $50.8 million in federal IDEA funds, leaving local districts to cover about $825.1 million. He argued the commission should ultimately make clear that both the federal government and the state should contribute more. The Department of Education, through Melissa White, answered questions about data and oversight. She said special education counts come from IEPs entered into the state system using SASIDs, that DOE monitors districts through both desk audits and on-site visits, and that billing is checked against the services listed in each student’s IEP. She also said DOE’s special education work is largely federally funded, with roughly $56.7 million received through IDEA this year and about $49.1 million flowing through to LEAs, while the department retains a small amount for administration and statewide support activities. Members also discussed how adequacy calculations use special education counts from the state system and how those figures are reported.

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• That was targeted interventions to low-income at-risk kids.
• That was when we were doing targeted interventions based on income.
• It's an evidence-based model of how early intervention services are delivered.
• We have thousands being served in child care and in early intervention.
• They get connected to our early intervention program. We intervene early.

Summary: The committee heard first from LFC staff on a brief about New Mexico’s universal child care expansion. Staff said child care assistance has clear benefits for parents and families, but LFC has not found evidence in New Mexico that it improves children’s educational outcomes; they argued pre-K is the better tool for that goal. The brief highlighted four concerns with universal access: an estimated annual cost of about $849.7 million, a sharp decline in registered homes, possible crowding out of lower-income families, and reduced access for children under age two. Staff also suggested possible mitigations such as prioritizing slots for low-income and at-risk families, reinstating sliding-scale co-pays, and tying quality improvements to workforce wages. Members raised questions about the cost estimate, funding sources, provider quality, and whether the data showed actual crowding out. Several lawmakers expressed support for child care generally but concern about the fiscal impact and whether universal access would divert resources from the families most in need. Others emphasized the importance of child care for workforce participation, rural communities, and family stability, and questioned how registered homes are counted and regulated. LFC staff clarified that the cost estimate was for child care assistance only, not the entire ECECD budget, and that the data showed declines in the share of lowest-income children and infants/toddlers served, though not causation. The ECECD secretary then presented the department’s response, saying universal child care is intended to complete a cradle-to-career system and that the department has already seen strong uptake, increased capacity, and rising workforce participation. She said 6,206 families were found eligible in the first month, the share of infants and toddlers served rose, and new provider applications and licensed slots increased after the November rollout. The department also emphasized wage increases, quality improvements, and a new wage scale/career lattice, while projecting a lower near-term cost than LFC’s estimate and requesting additional funding for child care, early pre-K, home visiting, workforce systems, and capacity-building. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided; the discussion was informational and focused on questions and testimony.

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• Without early intervention, small learning gaps often become permanent achievement gaps.
• the school plans to... ...whether additional support is needed and what interventions the school plans
• It does not dictate curriculum, instructional practices, or intervention models.
• Department of Education has long recommended early assessment and intervention.
• Allow for interventions earlier on for students who haven't been assessed yet.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Without early intervention, small learning gaps often become permanent achievement gaps.
• Whether additional support is needed and what interventions the school plans to provide.
• It does not dictate curriculum, instructional practices, or intervention models.
• Department of Education has long recommended early assessment and intervention.
• Department of Education has long recommended early assessment and intervention.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a long slate of education bills, beginning with SB 685 on nonpublic schools for students with disabilities. Senator Cortese and the California Department of Education described the bill as a response to the Ninth Circuit’s Laughman decision, removing the obsolete “non-sectarian” requirement while preserving secular use of public funds, nondiscrimination protections, background checks, credentialing, and incident reporting. There was no opposition, and the bill later passed 7-0 to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 1181, a pilot grant program for violence prevention, student wellness, and school safety in Central Valley and other schools. Supporters framed it as a prevention measure, while opponents from EFF, ACLU Cal Action, and community advocates warned it could increase law enforcement involvement, surveillance, and use of fusion centers; despite those concerns, it ultimately passed 5-0 to Appropriations. Members then considered SB 1067, which would create a statewide framework for annual K-2 math assessments starting in 2028-29 to identify students needing early intervention. The author and supporters argued California faces a serious math achievement crisis and that early assessment would help close gaps, while CTA and several educators and administrators sought additional clarity and amendments to ensure alignment with existing diagnostic practices and limits on high-stakes use. The bill drew broad support from educators, parents, and advocacy groups and passed 7-0 to Appropriations. SB 1107, a school shade-structure bill, would expand eligible shade projects and allow bundling through design-build to reduce costs; it received support from LAUSD, school boards, and climate-focused groups and passed 7-0. SB 1128, on take-home devices and screen time for kindergarteners, was presented as a modest first step to give families more flexibility and reduce early screen exposure, with support from early childhood advocates and no opposition, and it passed 7-0. The committee also approved SB 1048, creating a voluntary State Seal of Climate Literacy for students who complete climate coursework and hands-on projects. Supporters, including Ten Strands, students, teachers, and county offices, said it would recognize real-world climate learning and green career readiness; it passed 7-0. SB 1140, sponsored by CFT, would require LEA construction contractors to follow campus security provisions during school projects to reduce unauthorized access; it drew support from labor and gun violence prevention groups and passed 7-0. SB 930, requiring end-to-end encryption for proctoring companies handling K-12 exam data, was presented as a student privacy measure in response to cybersecurity risks and passed 6-0. Finally, SB 1083 was introduced by Senator Perez as a follow-up to last year’s Safe Learning Environments Act, with extensive committee amendments to refine the statewide misconduct data system, disclosure rules, contractor fingerprinting, and access requirements; the transcript cuts off before the bill’s full hearing and vote are shown.

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• occur in seconds and require immediate medical judgment and, in some cases, emergency surgical intervention
• . surgical intervention.
• And this particular one is to target those 63 children who live between hospitals, crisis intervention
• Are they not doing 24-hour crisis intervention.
• They don't have these interventions.

Keywords: 996, all

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• We will be providing what we call SBIRT—that's Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment—not
• And we're going to do that through enhancing our interventions prior to discharge.
• And then we also made connections to early intervention and home visiting programs through ECECD.
• Six of those have established guardianship with other relatives, and we've had other interventions in
• Sort of interventions that have happened, and we are able to connect women.

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• intensive targeted intervention intensive targeted intervention intervention,<00:36:26.760> which
• c> suicidal crisis intervention for suicidal crisis intervention for suicidal ideation,<01:02:32.680
• <01:07:41.000> or requiring crisis intervention or requiring crisis intervention or notification
• And so she recognizes this need for community intervention efforts and directly affecting them.
• it in it in itself is an intervention. it in it in itself is an intervention.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• When it does, the immediate administration of epinephrine is the only intervention that can prevent a
• And too often, by the time families get answers, the critical window for early treatment and intervention
• And knowledge given early enough is the difference between a child who receives timely intervention and
• Early screening and early intervention costs far less than delayed diagnosis and crisis care.
• When children receive timely screenings, diagnosis, and interventions, families are better supported.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House took up several Senate and House bills, mostly under suspension of the rules, and advanced a number of measures to third reading or engrossment. Early in the session, the House dealt with a Senate bill on student learning and mental health by insisting on its position and appointing a committee of conference. It also referred a Senate petition on alleviating poverty to the Committee on Children and Families after the House declined to concur with a Judiciary referral. The chamber then considered and advanced multiple Ways and Means bills, including legislation on police interactions with people with autism spectrum disorder, honoring Blue Star families, land conveyance in Bolton, newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus, affordable housing and cultural space in Brighton, increasing access to epinephrine, and civil rights and technology. Several bills drew extended floor debate. Supporters of the epinephrine bill emphasized its life-saving purpose and described the death of Michael Brown as a catalyst for the measure; the House adopted the bill after a roll call vote of 149-0. The newborn CMV screening bill also prompted substantial testimony in favor from public health advocates and parents, who argued that universal screening would enable earlier treatment and reduce long-term harm; an amendment to add other rare diseases was withdrawn, and a later amendment creating a broad opt-out was defeated 1-153 before the bill passed 154-1. The civil rights and technology bill focused on banning weaponized drones and robotic devices, restricting misuse, and preserving law enforcement and civil liberties; it passed 154-1. The Blue Star families bill, creating commemorative plates for families of fallen law enforcement officers, passed 156-0 after emotional remarks from members and supporters. The House also passed without recorded opposition a bill facilitating better interactions between police and people with autism, and it approved a Bolton land conveyance bill and the Brighton affordable housing/cultural space bill. The chamber observed moments of silence for former Congressman Barney Frank and State Trooper Kevin Traynor, welcomed several guest groups, and concluded by adopting an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. before adjourning.

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• This flat funding and count estimate is important because the effectiveness of interventions changes
• I can go on and on with the number of recommendations and interventions we have to allow states to get
• We know that if we can identify these specific populations and subpopulations with specific interventions
• Support law enforcement interventions and diversion programs.
• So it's important to begin to understand how these interventions will begin to start to change some of

Summary: The committee first approved a motion, then heard a lengthy presentation on homelessness policy and behavioral health. Testimony focused on the view that Arkansas should shift toward more data-driven, outcomes-based responses to homelessness, including stronger treatment options for serious mental illness and substance use disorder, better data collection, provider accountability, and possible statewide use of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model. Speakers from Fort Smith, Restore Hope, Our House, and Western Arkansas Counseling described local work, the need for better coordination across providers, and the role of crisis services, ACT teams, and employment support. Members asked about sex offender tracking, the difference between sheltered and unsheltered homelessness, how to scale successful programs statewide, and whether Arkansas could apply for a statewide Continuum of Care or CCBHC planning grant. The discussion also touched on camping bans, civil commitment, and federal funding changes, with several speakers urging the state to pursue the CCBHC planning grant and more transparent reporting systems. After the homelessness discussion, the committee moved through a series of Department of Energy and Board of Nursing rule reviews. DEQ proposed updating the post-closure cleanup threshold for solid waste matters from $50,000 to $2 million to match Act 791 of 2025, and members asked about financial assurance and oversight; the rule was reviewed without objection. The Board of Nursing then presented multiple rule changes tied to recent acts, including adding fees for dialysis patient care technician registration, expanding contact-information requirements, implementing APRN delegation authority to unlicensed workers, clarifying APRN authority for death certificates and durable medical equipment prescriptions, updating certified medication assistant training and insulin-injection authority, and conforming independent-practice rules for clinical nurse specialists. Each rule was reviewed without objection. Near the end of the meeting, Senator Irvin announced that UAMS had completed its NCI designation submission for the Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Institute, calling it an important milestone for the state. The committee then adjourned.

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• I am here to strongly oppose any effort to pull back Community Violence Intervention funding.
• Community Violence Intervention programs save lives.
• Community Violence Intervention programs save lives.
• What are they doing to, um, or some of these intervention programs?
• What are they doing to, um, or some of these intervention programs?

Keywords: 1183, house