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• This bill, what it does is allow the agencies of the state, such as the Department of Tourism, etc.,
• Yes, we’re just getting it out for state agencies. This is just for state agencies.
• So we want our state agencies to be apolitical.
• Viewership, and if I understand correctly, this bill only pertains to state agencies.
• So this would not let the state agency enter into a contract that has that political bias.

Bills: HB282, HB283, HB95

Keywords: government contracting, state agencies, local agencies, procurement, marketing contracts, advertising contracts, media monitoring, fact-checking, news ratings, bias ratings, misinformation, journalistic standards, news accuracy, vendor certification, contractor certification, public relations, media analytics, government procurement, Alabama, data privacy

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• State law is very clear.
• This simply tells the state because the Arizona Game and Fish has used their state-owned plane to fly
• ... ...state dollars to bring more, fly them in from other states.
• Citizen-only maps states can do it.
• Were a state census to be enacted, the state would oversee that census, and it is entirely constitutional

Keywords: 1182, all

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• education program at the State<00:19:16.280> of<00:19:16.400> New<00:19:16.559> Hampshire
• You know, when the state put the Fast Forward program in place, that allowed students or children, or
• State ... Can you speak to the cut in that program? It's out of the general fund.
• And so the program was redesigned to allow schools to have an idea that the state would be providing
• to a full-day funded kindergarten program, and under state law, if they go from half day to full day

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Division II committee heard a Department of Education budget presentation from Commissioner Frank Edelblut and CFO Tammy Valen-cour. The department outlined its organizational structure and emphasized that it functions largely as a flow-through agency for school funding. The commissioner reviewed general fund and Education Trust Fund items, including state aid, dropout prevention, special education, building aid, lease aid, charter schools, Education Freedom Accounts, and the district adequacy calculation. He also highlighted the public school infrastructure fund, saying the state has invested well over $50 million in school safety since 2018 for measures such as access controls, locks, and window film, and argued that safety spending should be ongoing rather than reactive. Members asked about the variability in the school infrastructure line, special education aid, and the Discovery Education learning platform. Edelblut explained that some safety funding had come from one-time surplus appropriations rather than the agency line, and said special education aid was underappropriated because districts submitted more invoices than expected; he said the governor added $16 million to address the shortfall. He also described CTE renovation funding, noting four projects were initially proposed but only Jaffrey and Milford were still moving forward, with local votes required and the state covering 75% of costs. He said Milford’s project was omitted from the governor’s budget by oversight. The department also reviewed enrollment trends, noting public school enrollment has fallen from about 230,000 students in 2002 to about 185,000 today. Edelblut clarified that charter students are not eligible for Education Freedom Accounts, while EFA students attending non-public schools are counted as EFA students. He described several one-time surplus-funded initiatives, including Student Clearinghouse, MTSSB work, civics curriculum development, computer science education, and adult education. He also discussed a $4 million CTE tuition and transportation grant, saying it was kept as a competitive grant rather than a formula grant to avoid creating an ongoing maintenance-of-effort commitment that could jeopardize federal Perkins funding. In the final portion, Edelblut identified prioritized needs in the department’s budget, especially funding for a state administrator for assessment to support the legislatively required civics assessment, and additional support for the Discovery Education platform. He said every school in the state is using the platform and cited more than 1.5 million educator engagements, while a member raised concerns about mixed reviews and uneven district awareness of the program. No votes or formal actions were taken during the presentation and question period.

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• As of June 1st of this year, every teacher prep program in the state of Minnesota is ready to teach to
• <00:46:51.520> in<00:46:51.760> the<00:46:51.920> state every teacher prep program
• in the state every teacher prep program in the state of<00:46:52.240> Minnesota<00:46:52.880>
• They failed the purported training that they received as stated by Trisha McLofflin, the assistant secretary
• by Trisha Mclofflin, received as stated by Trisha Mclofflin, the<04:26:30.399> assistant<04:26

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Be encouraged to help the state, including our state senators and our ISDs learn and start following
• Please, for the record, state your name. I mean, please, for the record, state your name.
• States, relating to establishing the Applied Sciences Pathway Program from the Subcommittee on Academic
• Well, it's, it's, it's. diverse as any school district in the state, in our state.
• Yes, there are other states. That's where we took some of this from. from other states.

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• If you require assistance, please call 1-866-325-7000. assistance in registering or testifying, please

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• underfunding of Medicaid at the state underfunding of Medicaid at the state level<00:16:59.839><
• proposed state budget.
• I think the Commonwealth Fund has an interactive map where you can go from state to state and figure
• that states and you can come upon maps. that states and you can come upon maps.
• /c><00:45:33.040> out<00:45:33.200> what state to state and figure out what state to state

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Bills: SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB1, HB4

Keywords: school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments, through-year assessment, diagnostic reports, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plans

Summary: The Senate briefly convened and received a message from the House stating that the House was taking a vote. No bills, motions, or substantive policy matters were discussed in the exchange. Pursuant to a previously adopted motion, the Senate then adjourned until 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 21.

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• State your name for the record. I'm Cindy Irwin.
• Please go ahead and state your name.
• Please state your name for the record. Record?
• So thank you for your assistance.
• State your name and your position on the bill.

Bills: SB2784, HB23, HB247, HB1533, HB2011, HB2013, HB2273, HB2421, HB2464, HB3120, HB3424, HB3575, HB3788, HB4370, HB4809, HB5057, HB5084, HB5534, HB5668, HJR34, HB23, HB247, HJR34

Keywords: Somervell County, hospital district, board of directors, elections, local governance, staggered terms, third-party review, property development, local government, permits, construction inspection, regulatory authority, land development, liability, occupancy certificate, border security, tax exemption, ad valorem, real property, infrastructure

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• This made Texas the number one state in the world. state for total dollars passed during this period
• Many of you probably already received our report. on state-sponsored child abuse or state, yes, state-sponsored
• program.
• So we want to work with you on the program definitions.
• State your name for the record.

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

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• state, not so much.
• On a trip for the state track meet.
• state-level school officials with legislation.
• State your name for the record.
• I'm a housing program manager.

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

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• Insurance prices across the state are growing with...
• We have them all over the place. the state now.
• Thank you for all your you do for this state, you have been a force for positive change. in this state
• And they have a very good program.
• And the bill also creates a needed grant program to assist local governments in acquiring that workable

Bills: HB 13, HB143, HB144, HB145, HB366, HB470, HB805, HB912, HB13, HB143, HB144, HB145

Keywords: emergency communication, infrastructure, first responders, grant program, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, local governments, HB 143, Texas Railroad Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas, well site, surface facility, electrical power line, National Electrical Code, NEC, electrical safety, utility disconnect, service disconnection

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• And is that something y'all talked about or other states addressing this to your knowledge other states
• What are other states doing in that regard?
• rest of the state.
• We pick up a phone when we need assistance.
• Over to the state, do you have any idea?

Bills: HB 13, HB143, HB144, HB145, HB366, HB470, HB805, HB912, HB13, HB143, HB144, HB145

Keywords: emergency communication, infrastructure, first responders, grant program, interoperability, Texas Interoperability Council, local governments, HB 143, Texas Railroad Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas, well site, surface facility, electrical power line, National Electrical Code, NEC, electrical safety, utility disconnect, service disconnection

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• It will assist the programs to be able to have more time to establish their programs.
• More soldiers in, you know, the more benefit for the state to be able to support the state and federal
• So you are steering things towards programs that may not be an excellent use of state funds.
• So you are steering things towards programs that may not be an excellent use of state funds.
• So you are steering things towards programs that may not be an excellent use of state funds.

Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee reviewed a long agenda of agency rules, with most items approved without objection after brief presentations and no public comment. Early items included Department of Energy and Environment rules on landfill post-closure trust fund spending thresholds and liquefied petroleum gas standards, DFA’s electronic odometer disclosure rule, and several Department of Health rules covering ionizing radiation, mobile home and RV parks, lead-based paint, counseling board revisions, hearing instrument dispensers, athletic training, dental examiners, nursing, pharmacy, medical board, speech-language pathology and audiology, radiologic technology, massage therapy, community health workers, doula certification, and cosmetology/body art. Most of these changes were described as updates to match recent acts, federal standards, compact participation, fee adjustments, or cleanup/clarification, and the committee repeatedly approved them without objection. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the Arkansas State Board of Nursing’s broad set of rule changes implementing multiple 2025 acts. Those changes included creating a dialysis patient care technician registry, updating contact information requirements, expanding APRN authority to delegate certain tasks, clarifying death certificate and pronouncement authority, allowing substitution of therapeutically equivalent medications, permitting purchase of compounded products, and updating certified medication assistant rules and training standards. Members asked detailed questions about the meaning of therapeutically equivalent substitutions, delegation limits, compounded products, and how often medication lists would be updated; the board said it would review rules annually and use future rulemaking as needed. The committee also approved new nursing rules for declaratory orders and the new dialysis registry. The Department of Education’s rules drew the most discussion, especially the Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program. The department said the revisions, based on Act 920 of 2025, were intended to add guardrails, clarify eligible expenses, and streamline approvals. Changes included defining core educational expenses, limiting sports-related spending, adding an intentional misuse standard, restricting certain technology purchases and requiring extra justification over $1,000, capping carryover funds at $8,500, and creating a reconsideration process for denied expenses. Members raised concerns about oversight, appeal timelines, sports equipment, provider credentialing, and whether the rules were too restrictive; department officials said the rules were meant to protect taxpayer funds while preserving flexibility, and they noted the program had received extensive public comment. The committee also approved Education rules for scholarships, residency classification, teacher programs, accelerated learning, and graduate medical education, as well as Labor and Licensing rules on wage and hour standards, boiler rules, motor vehicle commission requirements, professional wrestling regulation, appraiser qualifications, and military recruiting incentives.

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• requirements the state has an obligation requirements the state has an obligation to<00:53:33.920
• <00:53:37.799> has it in historically the state has it in historically the state has allocated
• <01:03:20.119> Sarah state Sarah state Sarah Westman<01:03:22.079> thank<01:03:22.240><
• <01:04:37.240> and Minnesota compares to other states and Minnesota compares to other states
• <01:27:05.840> of attorney in the state of attorney in the state of Minnesota<01:27:07.639

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• She also helped launch a rowing program at Nevada State College, which... Philadelphia Eagles.
• This program was created to assist small rural agencies that need federal funding, but are so small,
• This program was created to assist small rural agencies that need federal funding, but are so small,
• This program was created to assist small rural agencies that need federal funding, but are so small,
• <03:57:52.560> local<03:57:52.880> law assistance to our state and local law assistance

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Now, this program, this 340B program, it isn't perfect.
• , not a state program, there might be other things we can do, but right now, it's pretty important that
• Now, this program, this 340B program, it isn't perfect.
• , not a state program, there might be other things we can do, but right now, it's pretty important that
• , not a state program, there might be other things we can do, but right now, it's pretty important that

Keywords: 1183, house

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• decisions to be made around program decisions to be made around program integrity<00:16:24.560><
• <00:17:00.040> Any programs. Thank you, Mr. President. Any programs. Thank you, Mr.
• <00:23:28.880> Senate, Minnesota State Senate, Minnesota State Senate, a<00:23:30.040>
• WomenVenture, representing thousands of women and CEOs in this state, states that data shows women are
• And this just simply states And this just simply states that that that the<00:34:12.919> respective

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened under call, established a quorum, and received routine executive communications and House messages, including the House’s passage of Senate File 3623 on school bus stopping requirements and transmittal of House Files 3241, 3731, 3741, and 3802. The chamber also adopted committee reports and gave second readings to several Senate files and House File 3379, while referring Senate File 4854 to the Capital Investments Committee and Senate Resolution 68 to Rules and Administration. The main floor action involved a series of motions to re-refer bills to different committees. The Senate adopted motions to move Senate File 1671 from Judiciary and Public Safety to Housing and Homelessness Prevention, Senate File 2373 from Finance to Labor, Senate File 4452 from Capital Investment to Human Services, Senate File 4580 from Human Services to State and Local Government, Senate File 4589 from Judiciary and Public Safety to Higher Education, Senate File 4630 from Education Policy to Education Finance, and Senate File 4662 from Capital Investment to State and Local Government. The chamber also adopted a motion to give House File 3378 a second reading and place it on general orders after a roll call vote of 46-21. The Senate then took up Senate Resolution 69, which would amend the temporary rules to allow certain accommodations for members who are new parents. Senators Murphy and Coleman spoke in support, arguing the rules should better reflect modern family life and make the chamber more welcoming to parents, especially mothers. Senator Nelson offered the A4 amendment to allow caucus leaders to permit a member’s child under age one on the floor, with the member responsible for supervision and the child exempt from Rule 17.6. Opponents, including Senator Boldon, argued the age limit was too restrictive and that parents should have more flexibility. After roll call, the Nelson A4 amendment failed 32-35, and the resolution remained pending with additional amendments possible.

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• programs.
• educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs. >> Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman
• action to exclude them from eligibility for the Department of Defense's Tuition Assistance Program in
• The state auditor examined spending on programs to reduce homelessness between 2019 and 2024.
• The state auditor examined spending on programs to reduce homelessness between 2019 and 2024.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, February 2, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• state.
• the effects of pollution that do occur, but the program provides over $1.5 billion to assist industry
• The program provides over $1.5 billion to assist industry with reducing current and legacy methane emissions
• Two in my division were program assistants who provide crucial support for the review process, both early
• > crucial program assistant who provide crucial program assistant who provide crucial support<07:

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 1012, house, all