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OK
Transcript Highlights:
- We also have Miss Ortiz, who is an ESL teacher at Putnam City North High School.
- So, there's nothing requiring a school to do it.
- Members, House Bill 4478 simply increases the daily deposit threshold for school districts and school
- That gives the districts and school sites and parent volunteers and school employees more flexibility
- I think giving the schools and really parent volunteers who handle these for school dances...
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
firearm safety, public schools, education policy, student safety, gun control, opt-out option, grading system, student assessment, academic integrity, state funding, opinion conduct, open meetings, school boards, transparency, public access, education governance, HB2961, TSgt Marshal Dakota Roberts Gold Star Survivor Act, Gold Star family, Gold Star recipient
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, House Bill 4478 simply increases the daily deposit threshold for school districts and school
- It gives the districts and school sites and parent volunteers and school employees more flexibility.
- I think giving the schools, and really parent volunteers who handle these for school dances and school
- I think giving the schools, and really parent volunteers who handle these for school dances and school
- I think giving the schools and really parent volunteers or handle these for school dances, school activities
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
firearm safety, public schools, education policy, student safety, gun control, opt-out option, grading system, student assessment, academic integrity, state funding, opinion conduct, open meetings, school boards, transparency, public access, education governance, HB2961, TSgt Marshal Dakota Roberts Gold Star Survivor Act, Gold Star family, Gold Star recipient
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee met and first recognized visiting students and staff from Putnam City North and Edmond Public Schools. The committee then took up several House bills, beginning with HB 3312, which would require annual age-appropriate firearm safety instruction in public schools starting in the 2026–2027 school year, with CLEET and the Department of Education developing the curriculum. The bill was advanced on a 9-2 vote after the author described it as a safety measure and cited a personal tragedy involving children and a firearm.
The committee also passed HB 3700, requiring colleges and universities to adopt policies ensuring grades are based only on academic performance, and HB 2981, requiring school districts to post school board meeting minutes within two weeks of approval. HB 2961, creating the Tech Sergeant Marshall Dakota Roberts Gold Star Surviving Act to provide tuition, fees, and room and board for spouses and children of Gold Star recipients at state public universities or career tech schools, passed unanimously after discussion of a possible fiscal impact. HB 3016, establishing a two-year pilot vision screening program for about 12 schools to identify convergence insufficiency disorders linked to literacy, also passed.
Later, HB 4478 passed to raise the daily deposit threshold for school districts and sites from $100 to $500 while still requiring weekly deposits. HB 4326, a cleanup bill related to Oklahoma’s Promise deadlines, certified teacher definitions, and a contingent T-SET-related provision, passed after debate about its unfinished status and funding concerns. HB 3025 passed with a change excluding donations from general fund collections for carryover balance purposes for one year, and HB 3710 passed to make a new higher education program cohort-based, requiring students to begin eligibility as freshmen. The chair closed by noting the committee had moved quickly, and announced upcoming executive nominee meetings and another committee meeting the following week.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh this is a school safety last year.
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- ,</c><00:12:16.240><c> which</c> district, Scami County Schools, which district, Scami County Schools
- funding for school safety.
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
HB187, court fees, docket fee, sheriff's fund, sheriff's office, jail operations, law enforcement, county sheriff, court filing fees, Alabama Code 12-19-312, solicitor's fund, clerk's fund, forensic services trust fund, budget flexibility, public safety, municipal court, district court, circuit court, cosmetology, makeup application
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- district construction.
- The only high school football stadium whose inflation-adjusted construction cost was more than and anything
- I'm a graduate of that high school, went to that middle school.
- The 10 largest school districts by enrollment were only traditional school districts.
- those have been to replace elementary schools, build new elementary schools for you know replace a school
Bills:
HB19 , HB30 , HB851 , HB1663 , HB1681 , HB1769 , HB1937 , HB1979 , HB2428 , HB2433 , HB2825 , HB3159 , HB3424 , HB3486 , HB3487 , HB3504 , HB3605 , HB3879 , HB3994 , HB4382 , HB4752 , HB5444 , HB5446 , HB5447 , HB3199 , HB4847 , HB19
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
local government debt, property tax, ad valorem tax, bond election, certificate of obligation, anticipation note, school district tax rate, voter-approval rate, debt service cap, municipal finance, county bonds, flood control district, hospital district, public works, tax transparency, property tax notice, November uniform election date, general obligation bonds, local debt reform, taxpayer notice
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Over the last decade, spending on land construction in Texas schools has increased by 116%.
- public schools.
- school, or charter schools.
- This applies to all Texas school districts and open enrollment charter schools.
- For some context, in Frisco ISD, we have 77 schools, 12 of those are high schools.
Bills:
SB604 , SB843 , SB1636 , SB2395 , SB571 , SB1224 , SB1832 , SB2392 , SB747 , SB2623 , SB2624 , SB2185
Committee:
Senate Education
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
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- class I'm not here advocating for or against public schools private schools charter schools I'm advocating
- Schools and school districts should not be invested.
- But Dallas ISD, being as innovative as it is, open to high school, CityLab High School. school, right
- . public schools, ISDs, charter schools.
- Toby mentioned that there is a charter school within 1500 feet of the school.
Bills:
SB604 , SB843 , SB1636 , SB2395 , SB571 , SB1224 , SB1832 , SB2392 , SB747 , SB2623 , SB2624 , SB2185
Committee:
Senate Education
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
TX
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.
Committee:
House Public Education
Keywords:
parental rights, education, school trustees, training, handbook, truancy, attendance policy, chronic absenteeism, school attendance, student absence notifications, parent notification, home visit, attendance officer, truancy court, school district, open-enrollment charter school, student support services, school counselor, principal, administrator
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- by written regulations adopted by a school board or a school district's board of trustees.
- It simply affords school districts, charter schools, private schools, and junior colleges the ability
- The kid is in school and high school, pretty much known, pretty much expected.
- Texas law allows schools to place students in out-of-school suspension for a maximum of three school
- In fact, school behavior and school discipline has only gotten worse.
Bills:
SB27 , SB226 , SB326 , SB570 , SB605 , SB870 , SB991 , SB1871 , SB1872 , SB1873 , SB1874 , SB1924 , SB1925
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, antisemitism, student conduct, education, disciplinary actions, Texas Education Code, truancy, attendance policy, chronic absenteeism, school attendance, student absence notifications, parent notification, home visit, attendance officer, truancy court, school district
Summary:
The committee heard a series of school safety and discipline bills, beginning with SB 870, which would codify an attorney general opinion allowing local school boards to decide whether school marshals may openly carry, conceal carry, or store a firearm in a secure safe on campus. The bill was laid out with no public testimony and left pending. The chair then moved to a combined discussion of SB 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1924, all focused on school discipline, teacher authority, and student safety. Senators Perry and Creighton described the package as a response to rising classroom disruptions, assaults on teachers, and concerns that districts lack effective tools to maintain order.
SB 1871 would expand teacher removal authority, require return-to-class plans before a student removed for certain conduct can return, make some serious offenses mandatory for placement in juvenile justice settings, and provide telehealth mental health services through a consortium. SB 1872 would require expulsion to a JJAEP for assaults on teachers or school volunteers and extend certain expulsion-eligible conduct to off-campus offenses. SB 1873 would restore the prior understanding that in-school suspension is not subject to a three-day limit. SB 1874 would grant teachers immunity from disciplinary action for reporting discipline violations or acting in compliance with Chapter 37. SB 1924 would restore authority for local police and school district police to issue Class C citations for school offenses and require criminal referrals for students posing an imminent threat or assaulting a teacher, with a substitute clarifying referral rules when a citation has already been issued. The committee adopted the substitutes for the bills and moved them forward.
Invited witnesses from teacher and administrator groups largely supported the overall goal of stronger discipline and safer classrooms, while asking for refinements. The Texas Classroom Teachers Association testified that teachers need more autonomy to remove disruptive or violent students and that classroom removals should not mean removal from learning. Superintendents from San Angelo, Grandview, and Wiley ISDs supported the bills’ emphasis on safety, expanded ISS flexibility, mandatory placement for serious offenses, and telehealth mental health services, but asked for more local control, flexibility for Districts of Innovation, more than one campus behavior coordinator in large districts, clearer timelines for return-to-class plans, and more precise definitions for disruptive conduct. Several witnesses stressed that teacher retention and student learning are being harmed by current discipline problems, while some members raised concerns about vague standards and the risk of overuse or public humiliation through citations and removals.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- schools, and junior colleges with the discretion to decide whether their designated school marshal or
- Members, let me be clear that this bill does not compel school districts to establish a school marshal
- It simply affords school districts and chartered. schools, private schools, and junior colleges the ability
- School behavior and school discipline have only gotten worse.
- School issues are prevalent.
Bills:
SB27 , SB226 , SB326 , SB570 , SB605 , SB870 , SB991 , SB1871 , SB1872 , SB1873 , SB1874 , SB1924 , SB1925
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, antisemitism, student conduct, education, disciplinary actions, Texas Education Code, truancy, attendance policy, chronic absenteeism, school attendance, student absence notifications, parent notification, home visit, attendance officer, truancy court, school district
TX
Bills:
SB27 , SB226 , SB326 , SB570 , SB605 , SB870 , SB991 , SB1871 , SB1872 , SB1873 , SB1874 , SB1924 , SB1925
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, antisemitism, student conduct, education, disciplinary actions, Texas Education Code, truancy, attendance policy, chronic absenteeism, school attendance, student absence notifications, parent notification, home visit, attendance officer, truancy court, school district
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- The last bill for you would be House Bill 2551, which allows boards of directors in school districts
- I understand the intent of it and sympathize with school districts who need to raise money for their
- That goes for a school district. That goes for an individual living life.
- That goes for a school district. That goes for an individual living life.
- districts, and others—and school districts, I think, are the important ones—for their operations.
Committee:
House Capital Budget
Keywords:
housing finance, affordable housing, housing commission, state agency, financial assistance, tribal relations, government, state policy, sovereignty, federalism, HB 2514, global war on terror, GWOT, war on terror memorial, Capitol campus memorial, Washington veterans, fallen service members, military memorial, post-9/11 veterans, Iraq War
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Transcript Highlights:
- The Office of Student Financial Assistance administers the grant.
- high school.
- Last year, the College Grant was also reduced for students at public schools.
- I'm Julie Walter, Dean of the School of Health Sciences at Gonzaga University.
- Hello, my name is Vinique Goplin, and I'm currently a high school senior.
Committee:
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Keywords:
nursing education, nursing program standards, board of nursing, state board, national accreditation, accreditation body, nursing school, nurse educator, clinical simulation, simulation director, lead nurse educator, NCLEX, licensure exam pass rate, corrective action plan, technical assistance, higher education, program approval, Washington RCW, professional development, nursing licensure
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-04-09
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We are concerned with the reduction to the soil health financial assistance program.
- You've invested in farm-to-school programs and established a new local food purchasing assistance program
- Despite the program's success, the demand for food assistance has skyrocketed.
- P was a federal program, and she encouraged that to be put back to farm to school.
- funding you put into farm to school.
Bills:
HF2446
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 10th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Director Susanna Feather and our assistant clerk, Benjamin Barnes.
- My staff and I are here to... assist you with anything you might need so please don't hesitate to reach
- He will assist you with that registration.
- To receive funding from the Rural Sheriff's Office Salary Assistance Grant Program and Rural Prosecutors
- ' Office Salary Assistance Program, or Reassistance Grant Program.
Committee:
House S/C on County & Regional Government
Keywords:
hospital district, Cedar Creek, scholarship, dissolution, county judges, healthcare funding, grant program, rural counties, law enforcement, sheriff's departments, funding, public safety, deputy shortages, sheriff, prosecutor, salary assistance, HB 198, Wade Cannon Act, firefighter cancer screening, occupational cancer screening
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (10-18-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLKNASbsSG4, 2026-06-21T07:17:05+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:12
Approval of August Minutes 00:01:51
Introduction of Guests: 00:02:09
School Funding Approaches Update 00:03:01
SEEK & Student Transportation Funding Formulas Discussion 00:17:23
22RS HB 499 Implementation & Social Worker Employment Status Discussion 00:37:08
Water Management Assistance Fund Discussion 01:02:29
Provision of Utilities to Kentucky State Parks Discussion 01:16:14
Follow-up Information from Prior Meeting 01:41:47
Correspondence Received 01:42:22, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Jan 28th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm also a librarian myself, a mom, and a proud parent of a Prattville kindergarten school.
- I'm also a librarian myself, a mom, and a proud parent of a Prattville kindergarten school.
Bills:
SB115 , SB131 , SB93 , HB319 , HB163 , HB268 , SB115 , SB131 , SB93 , HB319 , HB163 , HB268 , HB181 , HB153 , SB132 , SB26 , SB189 , SB196 , HB140 , SB197 , HB117 , HB181 , HB153 , SB132 , SB26 , SB189 , SB196 , HB140 , SB197 , HB117
Committee:
Senate County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
SB115, Alabama, impersonating a peace officer, peace officer, law enforcement impersonation, police impersonation, unauthorized police officer, fake cop, certification revoked, certification suspended, Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission, APOSTC, Class C felony, law enforcement hiring, appointment of officers, federal law enforcement, arrest authority, public order, criminal offenses, Judiciary Committee
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Medical assistance fraud steals from hard-working taxpayers across Minnesota.
- Medicaid Fraud Control Unit already has done great work catching people who steal from medical assistance
- I have some questions on the school enrollment and rental property section.
- Obviously, we don't want kids smoking pot at school, and I'm hearing concerns in multi-housing units
- it can be consumed while on school grounds, is what you're saying.
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, hemp, marijuana registry, patient registry, visiting patient, Tribal cannabis, Tribal medical cannabis program, Tribal sovereignty, Office of Cannabis Management, designated caregiver, home cultivation, adult-use cannabis
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/2/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Medical assistance fraud steals from of.
- </c><00:03:57.599><c> fraud</c> rules for that medical assistance fraud rules for that medical assistance
- </c> I have some questions on the the school I have some questions on the the school enrollment<00:15
- Um, and I'm kids smoking pot at school.
- Seven unexcused absences in school.
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, medical cannabis, medical marijuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, hemp, marijuana registry, patient registry, visiting patient, Tribal cannabis, Tribal medical cannabis program, Tribal sovereignty, Office of Cannabis Management, designated caregiver, home cultivation, adult-use cannabis
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- As someone who, when I was in high school at Blanche Ely High School, my high school coach took care
- It's keeping those kids in school.
- The proposed bill updates the exemption to include district school boards and public schools, and the
- This bill ensures that all Florida school districts formally observe Veterans Day as a school holiday
- Not every school district does.
Committee:
Senate Education Pre-K - 12
Keywords:
public records, open government, sunshine law, education assessments, testing materials, exam security, assessment instruments, test items, answer keys, scoring rubrics, item banks, developmental materials, workpapers, student testing, academic dishonesty, cheating, Florida Department of Education, State Board of Education, Board of Governors, Florida College System
Summary:
The Education Pre-K through 12 Committee considered and reported favorably several bills. SB 1036 on school counselors was amended to clarify certification exemptions and passed, with support focused on addressing counselor shortages and student mental health needs. SB 1136 on dental screenings for K-12 students was converted by delete-all amendment to place the screening definition in the School Health Services Act and to require written parent notice and exemption procedures; it passed with support from PTA and other advocates. SB 920 on mathematics education passed after discussion of applied algebra courses tied to career pathways, while preserving Algebra I standards, end-of-course testing, graduation requirements, and university admission eligibility. SB 178 on athletics and public K-12 schools also passed after amendment adding a $15,000 annual cap on coach-provided personal support per team and discussion of guardrails to prevent recruiting abuses; members emphasized the role coaches play in supporting students. SB 1216 on public school personnel compensation passed with broad support for giving districts more flexibility on pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and advanced degree compensation. The committee also approved SPB 7022, a public records exemption bill extending protections for examination and assessment instruments to 2031 and clarifying coverage for district and school materials. SB 464 on observance of Veterans Day in K-12 schools passed after debate over whether schools should be closed or use the day for programs, with supporters arguing for statewide consistency and honoring veterans. Finally, SB 538 on physical education passed after a delete-all amendment establishing standardized extracurricular participation rules for public, private, virtual, and home education students, addressing coach compensation at the district level, and clarifying participation limits across schools. The committee recessed briefly for Senator Avila’s arrival, postponed SB 430, and adjourned after recording one additional favorable vote on SB 1036.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Schools have a mandate this on school.
- It trains a school-based team in each school to handle those reports.
- It trains a school-based team in each school to handle those reports.
- It trains a school-based team in each school to handle those reports.
- It trains a school-based team in each school to handle those reports.
Committee:
House Education Policy
Keywords:
parental notification, school safety, bullying, harassment, violence, prohibited conduct, student discipline, charter school, school district, data practices, student privacy, parent rights, guardian notification, school incident reporting, cyberbullying, restraint, reasonable force, anti-bullying policy, school administration, student conduct