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• AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
• AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS.
• WE COULD LET SCHOOLS, WE DON'T HAVE TO MICROMANAGE SCHOOLS.
• IS THERE ANY INVOLVEMENT FROM THE SCHOOL IN CHECKING OFF AND SAYING THIS IS A WORK-STUDY PROGRAM IN ANY
• HOW WILL THESE PROGRAMS BE STRUCTURED? WHO WILL STRUCTURE THEM? D BPR? DOE? LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS?

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• , a creative arts and youth leadership development after-school program.
• In other words, a school recently, students recently had a Black History Month program, and they were
• funding from the Schools of Hope program and outlines how these funds should be calculated for each
• , or charter school governing board in the county without a training program.
• We currently have the guardian program in place for K-12 schools.

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• The family health programs include the California Children’s Services Program, or CCS, the Genetically
• All these programs do show slight reductions in caseload, but—” “All these programs do show slight reductions
• and the Accountability Sanctions Program.
• of construction workers in the state are enrolled in a safety net program like Medi-Cal, SNAP, or the
• of construction workers in the state are enrolled in a safety net program, like Medi-Cal, SNAP, earned

Summary: The subcommittee heard an overview of the Department of Health Care Services’ proposed budget, including a $229.1 billion total-funds budget and projected Medi-Cal enrollment decline as redeterminations continue. Members focused heavily on the fiscal and programmatic effects of prior budget solutions and federal changes, especially the elimination of General Fund-supported Prop. 56 dental supplemental payments beginning July 1, 2026, the hospice utilization-management change, and the impact of reduced caseloads alongside rising health care costs. DHCS said it is still completing required access and rate-reduction analyses for the dental cuts and has been engaging stakeholders, but could not yet quantify the real-world effect on utilization or provider participation. The committee also reviewed the November 2025 Medi-Cal local assistance estimate, which shows higher General Fund spending despite lower enrollment, driven by managed care rate growth, Medicare cost growth, state-only claiming, and federal policy changes. The hearing then turned to provider taxes and federal H.R. 1 constraints, with extensive discussion of the MCO tax, the hospital quality assurance fee, and other health care-related taxes. DHCS explained that H.R. 1 phases down allowable tax levels and tightens “generally redistributive” rules, making the current MCO tax structure and the proposed higher hospital fee levels difficult or impossible to renew as originally designed. Staff and the LAO described the tradeoff between preserving Medi-Cal funding and avoiding higher costs on private providers and consumers. Members asked about options for preserving revenue, including possible amendments to Prop. 35 or returning to voters, and were told the department is still evaluating approaches while federal guidance remains in flux. The committee also reviewed hospital payment increases already implemented through state-directed payments, with DHCS noting that H.R. 1 will force those payments down to Medicare levels over time. Several budget change proposals were discussed and left open, including requests tied to the managed care final rule, managed care operations, hospital value strategy, long-term care payment transparency, and interoperability requirements. The committee also heard about a one-year trailer bill extension for skilled nursing facility financing, including continuation of the SNF workforce standards program, the SNF quality assurance fee, and annual rate growth, while the department develops a longer-term financing redesign for 2027-28. Members expressed skepticism about repeated rate reform efforts and questioned whether a one-year extension of the eliminated workforce quality incentive program should be restored during the transition. Finally, Covered California presented its budget and enrollment update, reporting that the expiration of the federal enhanced premium tax credit is expected to reduce affordability significantly, with average premiums roughly doubling for many enrollees and as many as 400,000 Californians potentially losing marketplace coverage over time. The exchange said California’s $190 million subsidy program is helping lower-income enrollees, but not enough to offset the federal loss, and it is also implementing a new gender-affirming care benefit and awaiting federal action on benchmark plan changes.

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• Investments in our colleges, universities, and public school construction projects for small districts
• Some overall highlights for the public school funding and the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP
• Additionally, $3.3 million will provide assistance to schools to participate in the Florida Safe Schools
• K-9 program, $20 million for public school hardening, $20 million for security in Jewish day schools
• , the AIDS Drug Assistance Program. $11 million to improve care facilities and essential services for

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• One of the things that Assistant Secretary DeLosho is working on is we have a welding program, for instance
• We are looking at developing new programs and canceling other programs.
• We are looking at developing new programs and canceling other programs.
• , IBC programs, college.
• Can you elaborate more on this program, the juvenile electronic monitoring program?

Summary: The committee heard FY27 budget presentations for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, beginning with Public Safety Services. House Fiscal Division staff reviewed the department’s recommended budget of $645.9 million, including supplemental pay, State Police, Motor Vehicles, and the State Fire Marshal. Officials explained that the overall budget reflects a net decrease from FY26, driven largely by shifts in funding sources, removal of one-time statutory dedications, and adjustments tied to undercollections in fees and self-generated revenues. State Police was recommended at $459.7 million, OMV at $86.7 million, and the Fire Marshal at $41.1 million. Department leaders also described ongoing modernization efforts, staffing vacancies, and the use of efficiencies identified internally. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Burns and agency heads testified about State Police operations, including increased cadet graduations, improved Mardi Gras security, progress on APHIS and OMV modernization, and the new crime lab under construction. Members asked about undercollections, vacancies, the role of public tag agents, and whether the agency could expand counter-drone capabilities. Burns said the department has identified about $11 million in efficiencies, but warned that counter-drone work would require additional funding, citing a $4.5 million fiscal note for HB 940 and roughly $9 million more for a robust unit. OMV officials said staffing and retention remain difficult, but modernization should improve service and reduce lines; they also said the agency continues to rely on public tag agents and is working through reinstatement fee collection issues. The committee then reviewed the Department of Corrections FY27 budget, recommended at $902.3 million, with most funding from State General Fund and a large increase tied to higher incarceration costs, medical needs, overtime, and added capacity at Louisiana State Penitentiary. DOC officials said the department remains under pressure from vacancies, turnover, contraband, and medical costs, and that the budget includes funding to add 150 correctional officers at Angola and to house ICE detainees at Camp J. They also discussed criminal justice reinvestment savings, prison enterprises, and reentry programs funded through the Second Chance Act. Members asked about staffing, inmate deaths at Elaine Hunt, work-release pay, and whether the department is tracking the true long-term cost of incarceration. Officials said they are pursuing pay increases, recruitment, expanded training and reentry programs, and more data-driven workforce alignment, while acknowledging that many budget pressures remain unresolved.

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• This is a two-part program.
• We have an outreach program, a communication outreach program, because one of the biggest issues is that
• And the last thing of a fund for veteran assistance. This is a grant program.
• There's general assistance grants, supportive services, help with rental assistance, financial assistance
• Uh, it's, it's a wonderful program.

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• Teach Program.
• by certain School districts into the early education allotment under the foundation school program for
• and the Residency Partnership Allotment under the foundation. school program for the committee on public
• in certain public primary and secondary schools and the appointment of a telehealth service program
• AB 2911 by Frank Rilling to the participant. patient in uniformed coverage program for active school

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• school.
• and after-school programs.
• It will also ensure the inclusion of kids with anaphylaxis in before- and after-school care programs
• - and after-school programs.
• DBPR, DOE, local school boards, universities. What agency will oversee this program?

Summary: The committee first took up CS/SB 1606 on patient access to records. The sponsor explained that the bill, as amended, would align Florida law more closely with HIPAA by defining “designated record set,” requiring providers to furnish requested records within set timeframes, allowing a limited extension with notice, and requiring records to be produced in the requested form if readily producible. Several members asked about patient portals, legal representatives, and whether the bill affected meaningful-use rules or post-mortem access. Multiple witnesses opposed the bill, arguing it could create cybersecurity risks, conflict with existing privacy rules, and burden providers; supporters said it would improve patient access and consistency. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee then considered CS/SB 712 on construction regulations. The bill would direct DEP to establish rules for synthetic turf and limit local governments from banning it if state rules are followed, while also addressing change orders, public works bidding, elevator rails, alarm contractor work, building code updates, spaceport exemptions, permit document limits, and single-trade inspections. Amendments removed the pool and spa contractor provisions and the tall mass timber language. Testimony on the bill centered heavily on the pool industry, with contractors and the Florida Swimming Pool Association opposing expansion of scope to general and building contractors, while some speakers supported other parts of the bill. After adopting the amendments, the committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 1288 on parental rights. The bill would allow minors to be tested for STDs without parental consent but require parental consent for treatment, expand parents’ rights to access records and control certain health decisions, and restrict health care services, medical procedures, and biofeedback devices for minors absent consent or an exception. An amendment moved survey and questionnaire provisions into the education code, added an explicit court-order exception, clarified DNA and biofeedback provisions, and added emergency behavioral health exceptions. The committee heard extensive public testimony both for and against the bill, with supporters emphasizing parental authority and opponents warning it could delay STI treatment, mental health care, and other services for vulnerable minors. The transcript ends during public testimony on the bill, before any final committee action is shown.

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• We're only funding school security for Catholic and Jewish schools in the voucher program.
• Why are reducing the school lunch program by $200 million? Representative Snyder: Thank you, Mr.
• These programs have reduced the funds that public school students get.
• It creates the Medicaid eligibility assistance program for persons with disabilities within DCF.
• It creates the Medicaid eligibility assistance program for persons with disabilities within DCF.

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• </c> different construct. different construct.
• Moving this program into statute from session law makes the program more permanent.
• <00:42:37.800><c> Program.
• Primary Care Residency Program.
• </c> and Medicine, Harvard Medical School. and Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• The foundation school program is an entitlement program and so essentially. because it flows through
• to need to be provided. to the foundation school program. attendance in our students?
• to all the schools that want this program.
• There are programs that Texas has. that try to reach out to schools early on to get individuals in.
• They are looking at the programs, and I can get you a list of the schools. in some of the schools, but

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• </c> I was in school. I was in school.
• </c> on a regular basis to help program on a regular basis to help program transportation<00:31:45.480
• </c> sign up for our program. sign up for our program.
• I'm the assistant Not the Rodrigue.
• I'm the assistant Not the assistant.<00:43:57.240><c> I</c><00:43:57.400><c> am</c><00:43:57.600><c>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• phase, you know exactly what you're constructing.
• to be approved before construction can occur.
• phase, you know exactly what you're constructing.
• to be approved before construction can occur.
• So there's some I'm before construction can occur.

Summary: The committee first handled two gubernatorial appointments to the Idaho Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board, moving the appointments of Carl Ray and Kenneth Long to the floor with recommendations that both be confirmed by the Senate. It then introduced a joint memorial on depredation claims, which would urge Congress to ensure that reporting livestock losses to wolves or grizzly bears does not affect a rancher’s grazing lease or permit; the memorial was sent to print. Next, the committee introduced RS 32927C1, which would require Idaho Fish and Game to provide a 30-day public comment period for season-setting proclamations. It also introduced four related water-resources resolutions, RS 33051 through RS 33054, covering the state’s four water districts and highlighting projects such as managed aquifer recharge, dam and spillway work, canal and irrigation improvements, and aquifer stabilization efforts. All of these introductions were approved by voice vote. The committee then considered several administrative rules from the Department of Environmental Quality. It approved a docket on cyanidation mining rules, with DEQ explaining the changes were needed to conform to 2025 statutory revisions and that some issues would continue through negotiated rulemaking; the Idaho Mining Association testified in support of that process. It also approved drinking water rules adopting federal Consumer Confidence Report and Lead and Copper Rule improvements, and a separate technical correction restoring the prior 100 PSI maximum static pressure standard for distribution systems, with Idaho Rural Water Association supporting the change. Finally, the committee approved rules for administration of wastewater and drinking water loan funds. DEQ said the revisions implement zero-based regulation, create a tiered affordability system to prioritize disadvantaged communities for SRF loans, and add flexibility to professional liability insurance requirements for engineering firms while still protecting public funds. The committee adjourned after approving the docket, with one senator noting a potential conflict related to professional engineer status for the record.

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• In 1895, land was withdrawn for the construction of Tohachi Boarding School, dormitories, a dining hall
• I grew up basically in Tohatchee, going to school here from grade school, first grade, all the way to
• of schools within New Mexico.
• Schools, I believe that's supposed to be used towards the Tohachi High School.
• I went to school at Tōhāhāchī High School. A lot of times, way back.

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• Grant B allocates 1.5 million to schools offering DLI programs in California.
• School to Home assists Title I middle schools to maximize the impact of technology on student outcomes
• Summer Assistance Program.
• employee summer assistance program also known as CSAP.
• It also extends the program to school districts, county office of education. or charter schools while

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The amendment adds school easement access provisions, zoning parity for off-site constructed single-family
• Soldiers and Airmen Assistance Program, and that is the bill, Madam Chair.
• Soldiers and Airman Assistance Program and that is the bill, Madam Chair. assistance from the Soldiers
• and Airmen Assistance Program, and that is the bill, Madam Chair.
• school to Palmer, you know, get the same privileges as other students in school.

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• , elementary schools, and high schools.
• When a school constructs a new dorm or lab building, hundreds or even thousands of construction workers
• programs.
• That program was to EPA, and EPA's program was cut.
• I'm an assistant professor in the School of Public Health and Community Health Education program in the

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee on Economic Development held a hearing on the DRIVE Act, a proposal to invest $400 million in Massachusetts research and innovation without new taxes. Governor Healey and administration officials said the bill would direct $200 million to public higher education research and regional partnerships and $200 million to a research funding pool for hospitals, universities, and other institutions, with the goal of retaining talent, leveraging private and philanthropic dollars, and offsetting major federal R&D cuts. They argued that research is a core economic engine for the state, supporting jobs across labs, construction, services, and surrounding businesses, and said the bill would help protect the Commonwealth’s tax base and competitiveness during a period of federal uncertainty and cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, and other programs. Committee members raised concerns about whether Fair Share surtax dollars should instead be used for K-12 and other community needs, whether the proposal is enough given the scale of lost federal grants, and how the money would be allocated. The governor responded that the funds are one-time surplus dollars, that most surtax revenue already supports education, and that the bill is meant as a bridge to stabilize public higher education and research. She also said the legislation includes a review board and could support a revolving or matched-fund approach in some cases. Several members pressed for more detail on selection criteria, future funding, and whether private companies and large endowments should contribute more. University of Massachusetts leaders and researchers testified that federal grant cancellations and delays are already causing layoffs, furloughs, rescinded admissions, and lost research capacity. UMass officials said the bill would help preserve faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and research programs in medicine, climate science, marine science, Braille instruction, and AI decision-making. They emphasized that the funding should be merit-based and that the state needs to act quickly to prevent talent from leaving Massachusetts. Business, labor, and industry groups, including MassBio, the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, AIM, the AFL-CIO, and Building Trades, supported the bill, saying it would protect jobs, sustain the innovation ecosystem, and reinforce Massachusetts’ national leadership in research and life sciences. No vote was taken in the hearing.

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• She also organized a trained cardiac response team at Windsor High School, helped the school earn the
• school nurse.
• Many will go on to attend specialty centers and advanced academic programs at the high school level.
• , apprenticeship program.
• program and fund.

Keywords: March 06, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• We were able to put $2 million more dollars into the challenge program, which is a statewide program
• Going to school, I could not help.
• Going to school, I could not help.
• Going to school, I could not help.
• </c> and since then I've gone back to school. and since then I've gone back to school.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• There are already existing technical assistance programs.
• In addition to that, we have a down payment assistance program, or several down payment assistance programs
• That's our Collateral Assistance Program.
• SSBCI Technical Assistance Program.
• Businesses with grant assistance to apply for the program directly, so they're offering grant writing