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FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 29, 2026 - 12:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • schools within the district.
  • seeking employment in schools.
  • school experience.
  • And they say, you're not the only school. There's a bunch of schools without counselors.
  • They go to a school or big schools, but we have to take care of those that are.
Summary: The Education Administration Subcommittee heard and advanced six bills. The first, PCS/HB 1073 by Rep. Koster, would give individual school board members timely, free access to district documents and budget information, require agendas and supporting materials to be kept as public records, and prohibit school districts from requiring or incentivizing nondisclosure agreements. Testimony from a Volusia County school board member and a former educator described difficulty obtaining records and concerns about NDAs; some members raised chain-of-command concerns, while others argued the bill was needed for transparency. The bill passed 15-3. The committee then approved HB 4049, a local bill for Jacksonville/Duval County that changes how the Duval County School Board’s attorney is selected, and OGSR/HB 7021, which extends and clarifies the public-records exemption for education examination and assessment instruments through 2031. HB 4049 passed 17-1 after debate over whether the board should use the city’s general counsel process; HB 7021 passed unanimously with no debate. Members also approved CS/HB 753 on school counselors, which removes certain certification barriers while keeping degree and counseling requirements in place and allows districts to choose whether to require the removed certificates. Supporters said the bill could help address counselor shortages and free counselors to focus on students; it passed 18-0. Finally, HB 157 created a School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program for D- and F-rated schools, using high-performing current or retired teachers as mentors with stipends funded from an existing allocation. Members discussed mentor limits, funding, and oversight, but the bill passed unanimously, 18-0. The meeting adjourned after committee members recognized visiting officials and students.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Education (02/04/2025)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • felt that they could support sending schools' students to those schools.
  • > if</c><00:05:08.120><c> their</c> schools and receiving schools if their schools and receiving schools
  • </c> schools students to those those schools schools students to those those schools and<00:06:09.440
  • My particular concern, though, was about the nonpublic schools.
  • </c><00:10:02.000><c> want</c> um for nonpublic school and if they want um for nonpublic school and if
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 29, 2026 - 03:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Michael Borbina: Michael Borbina, Lee County Riverdale High School Spanish teacher.
  • My name is Michelle Austin Rodriguez and I am a middle school teacher at a Title I school in Osceola
  • school year.
  • I'm Jacqueline McKenna, a high school social studies teacher in Martin County, Florida.
  • My name is Elizabeth and I am a five year middle school teacher in Citrus County.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 11th, 2026

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, that's in honor of Sarah Marsh, a little girl from my area that attends the elementary school by
  • Um, that's in honor of Sarah Marsh, a little girl from my area that attends the elementary school by
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 20th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • each school district because I know.
  • One question will be, how many absences do you need for each school, each school district to establish
  • Texas school districts and open enrollment charter schools. Mr.
  • We got calls from from schools and lit up on our board that they were calling from school.
  • . ...school nurses, assistant school nurses, and other key personnel.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • A middle school student experienced a fatal medical emergency when school staff attempted to use the
  • So, have we seen many counties, cities, and school districts during COVID?
  • I was able to finish high school, get my diploma, and attend dental assisting school.
  • some extra money, including me, because I was a school teacher 21 years ago.
  • Glenn was a school teacher; I was a cop and rose to the rank of chief of police.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) Apr 7th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • So have we seen many county, cities, and school districts during COVID?
  • I was able to finish high school, get my diploma, and attend dental assisting school.
  • I was able to finish high school, get my diploma, and attend dental assisting school.
  • Sixty percent of our school kids are economically disadvantaged.
  • Glenn was a school teacher. I was a cop. I rose to the rank of chief police.
Summary: The committee heard several bills dealing with local government authority, homeowners associations, hospital district policing, school AED inspections, special district annexation, public contracting penalties, and guaranteed income programs. Senate Bill 2073 by Sen. Zaffirini would clarify that appraisal districts may finance purchases, leases, or construction of real property for appraisal offices without prior approval from taxing units; it was supported by the Texas Association of Appraisal Districts and left pending. Senate Bill 1935 by Sen. Hinojosa would increase homeowner control of property owners association boards, require more transparency, limit fines and assessment increases, and require accessible meeting locations; HOA and builder representatives opposed it, arguing it would hinder maintenance and make dues harder to manage, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 434 by Sen. Miles would authorize Harris County Hospital District police officers, was supported by Harris Health, and was left pending. Senate Bill 1177 by Sen. Alvarado, as substituted, would require school AED inspections during fire inspections and reporting to school leadership; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1214 by Sen. Perry would update Concho County Hospital District law to align with current procurement and notice rules; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1965 by Sen. Middleton, for Sen. King, would tighten notice and proximity rules for special district annexations; district witnesses warned the bill could interfere with service to noncontiguous tracts, and the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 2046 by Sen. Bettencourt, which would increase criminal penalties for county purchasing act violations involving unauthorized separate or sequential purchases to evade competitive bidding, and create a tiered penalty structure based on contract amount. Former Harris County DA Kim Ogg, Deputy Attorney General Josh Reno, and James Quintero supported the bill, citing recent Harris County bid-rigging cases and arguing the current Class C misdemeanor penalty is too weak to deter misconduct; some members questioned whether the proposed thresholds were too low and whether stronger oversight, rather than higher penalties alone, would be more effective. The bill was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 2010 by Sen. Bettencourt would bar counties and other political subdivisions from operating guaranteed income programs and address constitutional gift-clause concerns. Testimony split sharply: Ogg and Quintero argued such programs are unconstitutional, can be used for political data collection, and should not be funded with public money, while Paige Terry Barry defended the bill as protecting taxpayers and discouraging dependency. Senators also debated whether the state can restrict use of federal grant funds and whether local governments should be allowed to run such programs; the bill was left pending.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/25/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • , which this would cover, money to our public schools, charter schools, the nonpublic pupil aid, we do
  • , which this would cover, money to our public schools, charter schools, the nonpublic pupil aid, we do
  • , which this would cover, money to our public schools, charter schools, the nonpublic pupil aid, we do
  • , which this would cover, money to our public schools, charter schools, the nonpublic pupil aid, we do
  • public schools, charter schools, the nonpublic pupil aid, we do all that is under the department.
Bills: HF1, HF779, HF1034
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Health & Long-Term Care

Transcript Highlights:
  • this proposed substitute, it allows public hospital districts that are not affiliated with certain nonpublic
  • this proposed substitute, it allows public hospital districts that are not affiliated with certain nonpublic
  • you have before you is a proposal that actually is very similar to SCAB that we do for our rural school
  • is about making sure we're treating public district hospitals exactly the way we treat our public schools
  • Had I had access to physical therapy when my Ehlers-Danlos syndrome symptoms began in high school, I
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • So that's one of the amazing things about a charter school system is that low-performing schools will
  • So it's a school choice option.
  • Charter school.
  • enhancement for Charter schools, when public schools are struggling, thank you for the question.
  • It's not $250 million that's going to be going to one individual school or network of schools.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative, do charter schools have districts? Do charter schools have districts?
  • So it's a school choice option.
  • Right now, if a public school, the school district, Could be taking funds.
  • Right now, if a public school, the school district owns the school or any facilities that are, what you're
  • got a 6A public school that could only bond up to $110 million for a 6A school.
Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, heard an invocation, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and recognitions, including guests in the galleries and a special recognition of a doctor of the day and a state volleyball championship team. The chamber then took up a series of bills, with most receiving brief explanations and little or no debate. House Bill 2997, dealing with used-car bait-and-switch enforcement and higher fines, failed on final passage 47-39, and notice was given of a possible motion to reconsider. House Bill 2021, creating a DHS grant program for out-of-school programming through larger community-based organizations, passed 51-29 after questions about eligibility and partnerships. House Bill 3041, adjusting the cap on credit-card surcharges so retailers can recover actual processing costs up to 2%, passed 86-1 and its emergency was adopted. The House also passed House Bill 1823 on Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency compliance with federal HOME grant guidelines, 83-5, with the emergency adopted. House Bill 3372, creating lower-cost financing tools for high-performing charter schools, drew extensive questioning about taxpayer funding, ownership, default risk, and comparisons to public-school bonds, but ultimately passed 53-36. House Bill 1427, as amended by the Senate, was adopted and passed 57-20, codifying current clean-burning vehicle tax-credit practices tied to the bank privilege tax. House Bill 3127, which would have broadened employer drug-testing and zero-tolerance authority beyond current safety-sensitive positions for medical marijuana users, drew the most extended debate over worker protections, constitutionality, and testing standards, but failed narrowly 47-46; notice of reconsideration was given. Later measures passed with broad support, including House Bill 3128 creating a task force to identify workplace barriers and recommend administrative or legislative fixes, 73-21; House Bill 4198 allowing employers to seek protective orders against former employees who pose an imminent threat, 88-12; and a series of sunset-extension bills for professional and advisory boards. Those included House Bills 3000 through 3007, covering the cosmetology board, child death review board, county personnel training commission, chiropractic examiners, optometry board, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education, and DEQ natural resource advisory councils, with most also receiving emergency clauses. House Concurrent Resolution 1020, commending Team USA Olympic hockey teams for gold medals, was adopted by unanimous consent.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • did not take those because he chose to enlist in the Oklahoma Army National Guard right after high school
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several recognitions, including Veteran of the Week Aaron Hudkins, Psychologist of the Day Dr. Emily Corley, Doctor of the Day Dr. Jason Reagan, and a proclamation recognizing Brain Injury Awareness Month. Members also honored the Edmond Santa Fe Palm Squad and Ava Garrett for assembling and funding 100 overnight bags for children entering foster care in memory of fallen Oklahoma service member Serena Butcher. On legislation, the House considered and passed House Bill 3522, a transparency measure requiring alcoholic beverage licensees to report disciplinary actions annually, and House Bill 4300, a Department of Human Services request bill aligning child-care worker assessment language with federal requirements. Both bills advanced without debate; HB 3522 passed by recorded vote and HB 4300 passed 94-0. The chamber also recognized 17 Pages of the Week and heard multiple announcements, including caucus and birthday notices, a planned Jeans Day request tied to Bob Wills Day, and the introduction of Oklahoma Task Force One members and a search dog. The House then adjourned until Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> Alabama schools. Alabama schools.
  • So there won't be schools. They can be schools of choice. We got this choice act.
  • They can be schools of choice.
  • </c> areas of schools as as well. areas of schools as as well. &gt;&gt; Yes. &gt;&gt; Yes.
  • They can be schools of won't be schools.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 18th, 2026

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • if the legislature was doing something offsite or the court often holds oral arguments at the law schools
  • Uh bill passes as amended, sir. at the law schools around the states, at the law schools around the states
  • They could not go to school or work.
  • 34.160><c> So,</c><00:17:34.400><c> we</c><00:17:34.640><c> thought</c><00:17:34.799><c> this</c> school
  • So, we thought this school or work.