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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 9th, 2026 at 09:11 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • this same constitutional amendment, under current law, a university president gets to pick their own student
  • president from getting to select their own regent, and instead it is just a recommendation from the student
  • So this is just an improvement on that too, to allow students to actually have their own recommendation
  • cannot change your party affiliation for a year prior to your selection, with the exception of the student
  • Participants are more likely to engage with services and make healthier choices for themselves.
Bills: SB238 , HJR1 , SM21 , SM22
Committee: Senate Senate Rules
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 9th, 2026

House Rules & Order Of Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • body, which is in the current language too in law, that the student body recommends someone to... ..
  • .which is in the current language too in law, that the student body recommends someone to the president
  • So this is just an improvement on that, too, to allow students to actually have their own recommendation
  • cannot change your party affiliation for a year prior to your selection, with the exception of the student
  • Participants are more likely to engage with services and make healthier choices for themselves.
Bills: SB238 , HJR1 , SM21 , SM22
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 238, which would rename the governor’s residence advisory commission as a governor’s residence management committee and clarify its duties, membership, and authority over furnishings, maintenance, inventories, and hospitality functions at the governor’s residence. Senator Worth and Secretary Designate Anna Silva said the change was needed to remove ambiguity during the transition to a new administration and to improve transparency around the residence, the General Services Department fund, and the separate Mansion Foundation fundraising role. Several senators questioned whether the bill concentrated too much authority in the governor and whether it could enable a large renovation project without sufficient legislative oversight; supporters said major renovations would still require legislative appropriations. The committee ultimately advanced the Senate Rules Committee substitute for SB 238 on a 5-2 vote. The committee then approved House Joint Resolution 1, which would create bipartisan nominating commissions to vet and recommend university and special school regents to the governor, rather than leaving appointments entirely to the governor’s discretion. Senator Steinborn said the resolution would improve qualifications and reduce conflicts of interest, including by changing the student regent selection process. After brief discussion about party-affiliation restrictions, the resolution received a due pass with no objection. Two memorials followed. Senate Memorial 21, presented by Senator Stephanics for Senator Bergman, calls for a Department of Health study of overdose prevention tools, including overdose prevention centers and other harm-reduction strategies, in response to New Mexico’s high and rising overdose death rates. Supporters cited rural access challenges and the need to explore all available tools; one senator asked for more accurate county and demographic data in the memorial’s background. The committee gave SM 21 a due pass. Senate Memorial 22, presented by Senator Charlie and the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence, asks the Legislative Finance Committee to convene a working group to map how domestic-violence funding flows through CYFD and related agencies, with an emphasis on transparency, accountability, and provider input. Witnesses said funding streams are fragmented and sometimes unclear, and senators discussed whether the work should remain within CYFD or be overseen elsewhere. The committee also gave SM 22 a due pass. The chair then announced that the committee would hear SB 264 and SB 261 at its next meeting and recessed.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU-LBT, EDU Public Hearings 02-06-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm a student activities coordinator at Ka Middle School.
  • I get the idea of having our students learn longer.
  • So, this asks to extend the students' day by 40 minutes basically.
  • um day by 40 to extend the students um day by 40 minutes<00:47:07.280><c> basically.
  • And actually, um, Senator, we students.
Bills: SB3179 , SB2872 , SB2391 , SB3282 , SB2836 , SB2181
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The joint committee first heard SB 3179, which would require the Department of Education and charter schools to report harassment incidents involving educational workers and adopt procedures for handling them. DOE supported the bill, while the Attorney General recommended clarifying amendments to limit the measure to harassment directed at workers because of their position, to limit DOE legal assistance to temporary restraining order actions, and to clarify whether the harassment must come from outside the school system. Members also discussed whether the bill should cover non-DOE individuals on campus, whether investigations could be handled in-house, and whether training should be embedded in existing workday or school-year training rather than added as a separate requirement. The committee later voted to pass the bill with amendments as SD1. The committee then took up SB 2872, which would require retired teachers or administrators rehired into shortage or hard-to-fill positions to be paid the entry-level salary for that position. DOE supported the bill, and the Attorney General requested clarifying language about its effective date and that it would not affect already matured rights and duties. The Employees’ Retirement System administration emphasized that the bill should retain a 12-month break in service to preserve the pension system’s tax-exempt status and noted the importance of consistent classification of eligible positions. Members expressed support for using retired educators to help fill staffing gaps, but no final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee also heard SB 2391, which would provide annual step increases for public school teachers under bargaining unit 5, subject to funding. The Attorney General said the bill could conflict with collective bargaining procedures and Chapter 89, while DOE said unit 5 includes more than teachers and asked that the benefit be considered for other bargaining units as well, with funding provided if enacted. HSTA strongly supported the measure, arguing that annual step movement is already recognized in the collective bargaining agreement as a recruiting and retention tool. Testimony totals were noted as 16 in support, two in opposition, and three comments. Finally, the committee heard SB 3282, which would establish a statewide framework for the federal workforce Pell Grant program to fund short-term workforce education and training. The Attorney General suggested clarifying that the matter is one of statewide concern because UH is involved. UH and the Chamber of Commerce supported the bill, and DLIR testified that it is coordinating with DOE, the Workforce Development Council, and national groups on implementation. Members questioned whether the Workforce Development Council or DLIR should handle rulemaking and administration, and DLIR said the council is advisory while the department has grant administration expertise. The committee then moved into decision-making after discussion of possible amendments and implementation concerns.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • I understand we have a group of students from Briarwood here today.
  • But if you have any his students.
  • So I'd like to put the students on the spot.
  • &gt;&gt; I want to thank you for bringing the &gt;&gt; I want to thank you for bringing the students<
  • here and getting up early this students here and getting up early this morning.<00:09:29.920><c> Let
Bills: HB272 , HB272
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Apr 7th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And in the Workforce Ready Pathway, it gives a student an either-or.
  • And so for students that did the ACT as their accountability test, they could use the subscores from
  • Last year's seniors were the—this year's seniors, last year's juniors were the last students to be able
  • I understand we're not requiring students to take that test, but many still can. They can elect to.
  • And so this particular option was not available for any student whose school chose to use the regular
Bills: HB1404
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with six members present and first took up House Bill 1404, which would update North Dakota scholarship eligibility language by allowing the NDA Plus assessment to be used in place of ACT scores in certain pathways. The Department of Public Instruction explained that the bill does not eliminate the ACT entirely, but removes outdated references tied to ACT accountability testing that will no longer apply after this year’s seniors graduate. Members discussed how the change affects public and nonpublic schools, then voted 6-0 to give HB 1404 a do pass recommendation. The committee then returned to House Bill 1363, a bill dealing with school emergency response planning and automatic external defibrillators. Members adopted an amendment clarifying that the requirements apply to school-owned facilities and grounds, replacing language about school events and venues, and revising the planning language for school-based events not held on school-owned property. The committee also debated whether the bill should be mandatory or permissive; a motion to change “shall” to “may” failed, with members noting the bill’s liability protections. The committee then voted 5-1 to pass HB 1363 as amended, with Senator Gerhardt carrying the bill. Before recessing, the chair noted that House Bill 1533 would be taken up later in the day after additional information from DPI was received.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/13/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • What kind of student? Ben Fiser: Medical student. Chair: Do you do hips? Ben Fiser: Not yet.
  • </c><00:04:41.240><c> about</c> Clarity to prospective students about Clarity to prospective students
  • </c><00:05:19.840><c> loan</c> 1933 to provide relief for student loan 1933 to provide relief for student
  • students.
  • In that, the average student loan debt is $34,000, though it is a lot less than medical students.
Bills: HF1359 , HF1829 , HF290 , HF1933 , HF926
Committee: House Taxes
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Mar 5th, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We attend many events that the students have an opportunity to participate in with other JROTC students
  • Um, and if the, if a district was not sending students, no, no students were participating in that pathway
  • If, um, I'm sorry, if the receiving student, no students in that home district are participating in RRPEP
  • They are not sending no students in that district are participating in RRPEP courses.
  • And so they tend to concentrate on the ones that have the greatest participation by students.
Bills: HB20 , HB120
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026

Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, 3037 amends the Government Tort Claims Act and adds students engaged in curricular activities
Summary: The committee heard and advanced a large number of bills covering tort claims, criminal law, child protection, licensing, housing, and public transparency. Early measures included HB 3037, adding students in curricular activities to the Government Tort Claims Act definition of employee; HB 3581, revising riot statutes and removing a no-bail provision; HB 458, allowing voluntary blood type notation on driver’s licenses; HB 2929, tightening mandatory child abuse reporting by school employees; and HB 3087, extending garnishment notice and objection timelines. All of those bills received unanimous or near-unanimous due-pass recommendations. Several bills drew more substantial discussion. HB 4227, the Cindy Clemishire Act, was amended to allow minors to discuss sexual abuse with health care providers and was named after a survivor; it passed 13-0. HB 4125, restoring Second Amendment rights to certain nonviolent felons, passed 13-1 but members raised concerns about federal law and asked for further explanation before floor consideration. HB 1453, which would criminalize hostile foreign nationals and entities owning Oklahoma real property and agricultural land, generated extensive debate over indirect ownership, foreclosure timelines, logrolling, and constitutional concerns, and it ultimately failed 3-10. HB 3521, modernizing money transmission regulation and adding payment processors and digital asset kiosks, passed 13-0. Other measures advanced after questions or minor amendments, including HB 3691 on self-certifying medical fitness for a Class D license, HB 2015 on landlord-tenant repair and tenant remedies, HB 2940 on recording public meetings, HB 1016 on trust protections for minors appearing in monetized online content, HB 3267 making breaking and entering an occupied dwelling a felony without needing proof of another intended crime, HB 3695 expanding the definition of great bodily injury for DUI cases, HB 3453 shifting the burden in eminent domain cases to the condemning authority, and HB 3053 creating parole review criteria for older eligible inmates. The committee also advanced bills on self-defense definitions, straw purchasing of land for prohibited foreign parties, human trafficking parole guidelines, child welfare/adoption terminology, outpatient treatment, child support-related license revocations, workplace violence protective orders, and protections for charities reporting sexual misconduct. The meeting ended with several bills laid over and the committee adjourning, with a note that it would meet again Thursday.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Sep 3rd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • impact areas used for medical, nursing, and other health care workforce training that may include students
  • Could this bill discourage grassroots participation if donors fear that their contributions might later
Bills: SB 8 , SB 1 , SB 2 , SB 5 , SB 10 , HB27 , HB7 , HB17 , HB1 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB20 , HB18 , HB7 , HB17 , HB1 , HB20 , HB18 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , SB1 , SR85 , SR87 , SB8 , SB5 , SB2 , SB10 , HB27
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Sep 3rd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • that includes Texas Tech University. and four other institutions that together enroll nearly 70,000 students
  • You will live on; your legacy will live on through the students whose futures you shaped, the institutions
  • You will serve these 70,000 students so well for generations to come. We wish you all the best.
  • She's a law student. Some of y'all know her dad, Mario Martinez. Shelby...
Bills: SB 8 , SB 1 , SB 2 , SB 5 , SB 10 , HB27 , HB7 , HB17 , HB1 , SB 9 , SB 7 , SB 17 , SB 4 , HB20 , HB18 , HB7 , HB17 , HB1 , HB20 , HB18 , SB9 , SB7 , SB17 , SB4 , SB1 , SR85 , SR87 , SB8 , SB5 , SB2 , SB10 , HB27
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have some kind of joint fellowship together because of the hard work that was done on the student-based
  • financially committed to that journey to give the children and those that are Give the children and participants
  • They have to have at least two students, a student affairs person, and a financial aid officer to participate
  • I've had the fortune to be a dean of students at a... ...fortune to be a dean of students at a college
  • You know, I think as we promote students being active and volunteering and making a difference in their
Bills: HB86 , HB273 , HB379 , HB386 , HB387 , HB388 , HB389 , HB487 , HB600 , SB120 , HB176
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We know that some of those students answer the some of those students answer the question, "Do you plan
  • I'm in the classroom with our students here in this city in Montgomery. students here in this city in
  • The bill states that a student who participates in release time may earn elective credit, leaving the
  • Thank you for the opportunity to participate in the Opportunity to participate in the process.
  • We simply want our community, our parents, and students to… community, our parents, and students to have
Bills: SB166 , HB365 , HB272 , HB232 , HB234 , SB278 , SB277
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, during the same period, CTSO participation has grown by nearly 6,000 students.
  • The orange columns represent total student participation, while the blue columns reflect the number of
  • <01:04:23.720><c> participation,</c> student participation, student participation, while<01:04:25.360
  • Students who complete a CTE pathway and participate in work-based learning stand out as having some of
  • Students who complete a CTE pathway and participate in work-based learning stand out as having some of
Summary: The Education Assessment & Accountability Review Subcommittee approved the minutes from its October 14 and November 4 meetings and also approved the Office of Education Accountability report analyzing student discipline data in Kentucky schools. The main presentation came from KDE Commissioner Dr. Robby Fletcher on implementation of House Bill 257, which he said has two major parts: selection of a statewide college entrance exam through a new procurement process, and development of locally designed indicators of quality for accountability. On the college exam, Fletcher explained that the state had to reopen procurement after Senate Bill 197, with the RFP released May 21, vendor questions handled through the Finance and Administration Cabinet, proposals due June 22, and scoring and review expected in July and August, with a vendor decision not likely until October. He emphasized that the exam is a norm-referenced college-readiness measure, not a test of Kentucky academic standards, which are assessed by the KSA. Members asked about the science requirement in statute, the possibility of multiple vendors or district choice, and whether the CLT could participate; Fletcher said vendors must address science in the RFP, multiple vendors could be possible, and any vendor could submit a proposal if it meets the rubric. He also noted that ACT and SAT differ in structure, that either can meet college-readiness benchmarks, and that there were no major complaints about the SAT during its first year of use. The second major topic was the locally developed indicators of quality under House Bill 257. Fletcher said these are intended to let districts measure themselves against their own goals rather than compare districts statewide, while still aligning with Kentucky standards. He described examples such as achievement, growth, student well-being, safety, fiscal responsibility, civics, internships, apprenticeships, project-based learning, and defenses of learning. He said districts may use local assessments such as MAP, STAR, and I-Ready alongside state data, and that local models should be developed with families, community members, and workforce partners. He added that KDE is providing technical assistance, has applied for a federal CGSA grant, and will use a one-time $15,000 cost offset for districts implementing local accountability models, with a superintendent webcast planned for August.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><c> and</c><00:02:43.760><c> maintenance</c> the cost participation and maintenance the cost participation
  • </c> students in school are safe right now. students in school are safe right now.
  • Every decision we make, every students.
  • The recent Minnesota student safety.
  • They have compartmentalization inside the buses to keep the students safe.
Bills: HF3131 , HF3436 , HF3106 , HF3241 , HF3531
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • In the 2023-2024 school year, nearly 48,000 schools with 23.6 million students participated.
  • My former profession was working with students and kids.
  • This is a win for our students as well as our farmers.
  • a 30% increase in our lunch participation.
  • Because our students can't be successful without it.
Bills: SB222
Summary: This meeting of the committee focused primarily on the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, S222, which aims to permit schools to offer a fuller range of milk options, including whole, reduced, and low-fat varieties, that have garnered bipartisan support. Chairman Bozeman opened the session by highlighting concerns over children's nutrition and the obesity epidemic, emphasizing the significance of nutritious school meals in addressing these issues. Experts from various organizations were invited to discuss the implications of this bill as well as the current challenges facing school meal programs, including budget constraints and food supply issues. The meeting included passionate testimonies about the direct impacts of current dietary guidelines and federal funding reductions affecting schools' abilities to provide healthy meal options.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Critical to student learning.
  • your own students.
  • This has resulted in a significant increase in the number of students participating in school meals.
  • No other action is taken for these students as the schools lose funding and a student from their roster
  • We know that providing students with crucial one-to-one adult-to-student connections is necessary for
Bills: HF51 , HF1161 , HF2201 , HF2786 , HF1053
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Specifically, the per-student allotment would increase. from $10 for each student in average daily attendance
  • We will still face shortfall of a hundred and eight per student and to comply with the law.
  • When students are socially, emotionally, and mentally well. the students feel safe, they can better focus
  • . students, and educators.
  • Our students cannot learn if they are not well.
Bills: SB260 , SB263 , SB293 , SJR18
Committee: Senate Finance
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Children and Youth Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've batted this around; I participated in a conference call with about a dozen doctors from around
  • We have a number of thousands of students in Tusa, and more than half of those are out of state.
  • can appoint a subcommittee or whatever you need to do to resolve this issue because Auburn's got students
  • Most college students are going to be 18, but we've talked about making an exception if you're independently
Bills: SB58 , SB101 , SB102