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TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs May 12th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Financial precedents show that in 2022, the Texas Permanent School Fund incurred a $250 million loss
  • Bremerton School District, finding in favor of high school football coach Joseph Kennedy, who sued the
  • school district because his contract was not renewed in response to him praying on the field immediately
  • Um, our public school employees do not check their First Amendment rights when they walk through the
  • door of our schools.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Leader, members, the more public school spirit leaders are in the house today.
  • High school varsity cheer squad, where are you? Here you are.
  • They competed at the NCA high school virtual nationals.
  • Southmore High School palm squad, here you are.
  • I'm a Union High School senior from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 24th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • for security as already exists for Jewish schools.
  • or parochial schools and non-parochial schools.
  • or parochial schools and non-parochial schools.
  • as well as the Jewish-day schools have.
  • I have survived three school shootings: at high school in Colorado, the University of Arizona, and last
Bills: S0118, S0896, S1690, S1756
Summary: The committee first took up CS for SB 896, a school safety bill expanding the Guardian program to public postsecondary institutions. The bill requires active assailant response plans, security risk assessments, threat-management protocols, use of the suspicious activity reporting tool, and allows voluntary participation in Guardian for colleges and universities. A late-file amendment by Senator Polsky was adopted to clarify that students who are also employees or faculty are not eligible for Guardian. Members debated campus carry concerns, storage of firearms, and whether the bill could lead to broader gun access on campuses. Several faculty and gun-safety advocates testified against the bill, while supporters argued trained guardians can deter violence. The committee reported the bill favorably by roll call vote. The committee then approved CS for CS for CS for SB 1690 on child care and early learning services. The bill updates child care laws, clarifies regulations, and reduces overregulation of before- and after-school programs. An amendment expanded authority for the Florida Education Foundation to fundraise for early learning from birth to VPK. Testimony was largely supportive, emphasizing affordability, access to quality child care, and relief for working families, though one speaker opposed the bill as an expansion of government. The bill was reported favorably. Next, the committee passed CS for CS for SB 118, which clarifies how non-ad valorem special assessments are applied to recreational vehicle parks and limits the square footage used for assessment purposes to the maximum size of an RV space. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 1220, the Department of Transportation package, which addresses seaport and airport planning, personal delivery devices, autonomous vehicles, advanced air mobility, toll programming, and other transportation-related changes. Amendments modified provisions on personal delivery devices, utility permits, autonomous vehicle penalties, and law-enforcement cruiser lights. Both bills were reported favorably. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1756, the medical freedom bill, which proposes new vaccine information requirements, conscience-based school immunization exemptions, limits on compelled vaccination during public health emergencies, and behind-the-counter access to ivermectin for adults. The sponsor and supporters framed the bill as strengthening informed consent and parental rights, while opponents and some senators raised concerns about vaccine hesitancy, herd immunity, and the inclusion of ivermectin. Public testimony was extensive and sharply divided. The transcript ends during continued testimony and debate on SB 1756, before a final vote is taken.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're not trying to get involved with boys having a fight in the school or at the locker room or whatever
  • That's for the principal and the superintendent, the school board necessary to handle that.
  • <00:51:27.040> fight<00:51:27.200> in<00:51:27.359> the<00:51:27.440> school
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • /c><00:15:23.600> children schools our schools for our children schools our schools for our children
  • Uh, one is what we call A1 schools, which are your elementary, high school, middle schools.
  • School.
  • Middle<00:24:31.840> School.
  • <00:24:43.120> So addressing an elementary school. So addressing an elementary school.
Summary: The committee received an informational presentation from the Kentucky Department of Education and the School Facilities Construction Commission on school facilities funding. Staff explained the main funding sources used for school construction and renovation, including the mandatory “nickel” property tax levy, growth and equalized growth nickels, the equalized facility funding nickel, the Fort Knox/BRAC-related nickel for Hardin County, and the recallable nickel that districts can adopt locally. They also described the state equalization formula, noting that local construction costs have risen and that state support is formula-driven rather than a dollar-for-dollar match. The SFCC outlined how unmet facility need is calculated through district facility plans, which are developed locally with community, staff, and board input and then reviewed by KDE staff for consistency and reasonableness. The commission said it will update the statewide unmet need report this fall, adopt it in December, and provide the figure to the committee in January 2026. It reported that the statewide unmet facility need was about $7 billion in 2023, with about $951 million in local revenue available, and said its offers of assistance are paid as debt service over eight years. The commission also said the most recent legislative offer of assistance was its smallest since SFCC’s creation in 1985, and requested an additional $60 million for the next biennium. Members asked about how districts use nickel tax levies, who determines facility need, whether the process includes physical inspections, and how bonding capacity affects offers of assistance. Staff said nickel levies are generally adopted with regular tax rates, that facility need is locally developed but reviewed by KDE, and that KDE project managers and district-hired architects review plans on paper rather than through in-person inspections. They also explained that bonding capacity can affect a district’s ability to use or receive assistance. Questions were also raised about federal funds tied to earlier KIX grants and about districts with zero remaining offers of assistance; staff said most grant-funded projects are underway or complete, and that a zero balance means a district has spent its available assistance. No votes or formal actions were taken.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Urban and Rural Development Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Urban and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • school systems.
  • You go past a city school system in G Shores and have to go all the way to Fing.
  • and drive on into FO to go to a county school, which is about an hour drive.
  • school system. ...your city school system, right?
  • You're driving past a city school in Gulf Shores or Orange Beach to get to a county school, and it puts
Bills: HB402, HB402
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Mar 6th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • was my dad's best friend in high school was my dad's best friend in high school uh Don's oldest son
  • um and his his oldest son in high school um and his his oldest son in high school um and his his oldest
  • with them our kids play we go to school with them our kids play we go to school with them our kids play
  • through driver's your license in school through driver's your license in school through driver's ed
  • to school so I had to drive my kids to school I had to drive drive my kids to school I had to drive
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Mar 6th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He grew up and excelled at Wheatley High School. from Howard University.
  • Austin High Schools.
  • with Save East Austin School, both groups she founded.
  • HR 152 by Vo, Alif Early College High School. HR 167 by Martinez Fisher. Homes High School.
  • Superintendent and Chief Executive Officers of School Districts and Open Enrollment Charmant Schools
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • schools they have in their districts. schools they have in their districts.
  • that needs to be made between um school that needs to be made between um school consolidation<00
  • <00:20:40.080> system consolidation and school board or system consolidation and school board
  • provide for consolidation of schools provide for consolidation of schools between<00:20:45.760><
  • to essentially you know have a school to essentially you know have a school that's<00:21:01.520>
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Economic Development Apr 7th, 2025

Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • We did that with school districts. I viewed it as we need to do the same with 313 and 312.”
  • I refused to do so because each needs to be looked at on their own merits based upon school districts
  • a 10-year school district M&O tax appraised value limitation of 50%.
  • school district M&O tax appraised value limitation of 50%.
  • Nearly 14% of young Texans ages 16 to 24, which is about 500,000, are not in school or employed.
Summary: The committee heard a series of bills, mostly related to economic development, tax incentives, and workforce programs. Senate Bill 1534 would direct a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce Commission on health physics education and workforce needs; resource witnesses from the Workforce Commission and Coordinating Board testified, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1553 would authorize Kerr County to impose a hotel occupancy tax for tourism-related uses, and Senate Bills 1086 and 1087 would authorize similar county hotel taxes for Children’s County and Mason County; all three bills received supportive testimony and were left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1754, which would prohibit county and local tax abatements for renewable energy facilities selling power wholesale, with testimony sharply divided between landowners and policy groups opposing renewable subsidies and industry representatives and some senators arguing the bill would harm clean energy investment and local decision-making; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2322, which would exempt dispatchable electric generation facilities from the JEDI program’s compelling-factor test so they could qualify for school district tax incentives; testimony was mixed, and the bill was left pending. Later, the committee heard Senate Bill 1718, which would add the NRA annual meeting to the state’s major events reimbursement program. The bill’s sponsor and NRA representatives argued the event brings substantial tourism and economic activity, while opponents said it would use taxpayer funds to subsidize an organization that opposes gun safety measures; the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2004 would add the Arlington Grand Prix to the major events reimbursement program, with the committee substitute exempting it from the usual competitive site-selection requirement because of timing; testimony from the event organizers and Arlington tourism officials was supportive, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 2448 would create a rural workforce development grant program at the Texas Workforce Commission to support college-and-career readiness and technical assistance in rural communities; witnesses from Texas 2036, Collegiate Edgination, and a rural school district supported it, and it was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 913 would repeal a special requirement that Alpine dedicate at least 50% of its hotel occupancy tax to advertising and promotion, and Senate Bill 1143 would require more coordination and reporting for youth workforce programs serving disconnected young Texans; both bills received supportive testimony and were left pending. At the end of the hearing, Senator Johnson moved that the committee stand in recess, subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It took away the ability of school districts to grant reinvestment zones and tax abatements.
  • We did that with school districts.
  • This program allows the governor, the school district, and the company to enter into an agreement for
  • As such, they should not be when it comes to school abatement tax incentives.
  • Nearly 14% of young Texans aged 16 to 24, which is about 500,000, are not in school or employed.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We did that with school districts.
  • a 10-year school district M&O tax-appraised value limitation of 50%.
  • As the superintendent of schools in Hamlin, I saw firsthand the positive impact...
  • Orrke here with GW. for our high school graduates. Thank you for hearing our testimony. Thank you.
  • Nearly 14% of young Texans age 16 to 24, about 500,000, are not in school or employed.
Summary: The Senate Economic Development Committee met to hear a series of bills and informational primers, with several resource witnesses from the Governor’s Office, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The chair opened by noting the death of Senator King’s son and asking members to keep the family in their prayers. Most bills were laid out and left pending subject to the call of the chair after brief author presentations and public testimony. The committee heard several local hotel occupancy tax bills: SB 1553 for Kerr County, SB 1086 for Childress County, SB 1087 for Mason County, and SB 913 for Alpine. Supporters, including the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association and local officials, said the measures would allow counties or the city to use hotel tax revenue for tourism-related projects and local development. The committee also heard SB 1534, which would direct a study on health physics education and workforce needs in Texas; resource witnesses from TWC and THECB testified on the bill. All of these measures were left pending. A major portion of the hearing focused on SB 1754, which would prohibit local tax abatements for renewable energy facilities selling power at wholesale, with an exception for certain battery storage tied to dispatchable generation. The bill drew strong support from witnesses who argued counties should not subsidize wind and solar projects that can harm neighboring landowners and that renewables already receive substantial federal support. Opponents from the solar and storage industry argued the bill would remove a voluntary local economic development tool, raise power prices, and discourage investment. Senators also debated landowner impacts, grid reliability, and whether the bill was the right policy tool; the bill was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2322, a committee substitute related to the Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act, which would exempt electric generation facilities from the program’s compelling-factor test so they can qualify for school tax limitation agreements. Supporters said the change would correct an unintended barrier for dispatchable generation, while Senator Johnson argued it would weaken the program’s purpose by subsidizing projects that would locate in Texas anyway. SB 1718 would add the NRA annual meeting to the major events reimbursement program; the NRA supported it, while gun violence prevention advocates opposed using state incentives for the organization. SB 2004 would add the Arlington Grand Prix to the major events program, and SB 2448 would create a rural workforce development grant program; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. The committee also heard SB 1143, a substitute bill aimed at improving transparency and coordination in programs serving opportunity youth ages 14 to 24, with witnesses supporting better reporting and workforce alignment. At the end of the meeting, Senator Johnson moved that the committee stand in recess subject to the call of the chair.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Leg Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • came over from Southeast Asia, Minnesota welcomed folks and took them into their homes, into their schools
  • The senior members are committed to mentoring high school students and homeschool students, and through
  • The history book will live on in our schools, our libraries, and our organization, ensuring that future
  • As schools and rural areas face budget constraints, this also allows our FFA members to find ways to
  • It will be an opportunity for the entire community, including our schools, businesses, churches, multiple
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Legacy Finance Committee 3/26/25

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The senior members are committed to mentoring high school students and homeschool students.
  • school students and homeschool students. school students and homeschool students.
  • <00:55:25.119> and<00:55:25.359> our will live on in our schools and our will live
  • on in our schools and our libraries<00:55:26.079> and<00:55:26.240> our<00:55:26.760>
  • ,<01:03:54.000> businesses, including our schools, businesses, including our schools, businesses
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-07-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where she also received a Pacific-Asian
  • Richardson School of Law at Mānoa. Ms.
  • He received his Juris Doctor from the Suffolk University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Received his juris doctor from the Suffolk University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts after having
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 24th, 2025

S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sergeant Johnson joined the Corps, graduated high school, and served as a radio operator.
  • He was a proud graduate of Willis High School, and FM 1097 is one of the most traveled corridors in Willis
  • I was a one-way K-1, pit instructor, flight instructor at the T-6 school. Oh.