Video & Transcript Research : 'teacher accountability'

Page 22 of 500
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • a manner that uh something uh an event took place in my family and uh my daughter who is a school teacher
  • </c><00:03:38.879><c> in</c> my daughter who is a school teacher in my daughter who is a school teacher
  • You can't really see it, but if you want to see it up close, this is my husband with the teacher and
  • and some of the with the teacher and some of the students<00:08:51.120><c> from</c><00:08:51.360><c>
  • And I wish that you would honor my husband, uh, and that fourth grade class and their teacher as well
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then account three is our dam and reservoir account.
  • /c> accounts.
  • Account one is new accounts.
  • one to account two.
  • </c> million from account one to account two. million from account one to account two.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources, February 10, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • When this money goes into the account, it would be the state forestry account, I assume.
  • , it would be the state forestry account, it would be the state forestry account,<00:08:03.680><c> I<
  • And then when it um account, I assume.
  • These are local accountability tools, and they already exist.
  • Supporters will say this strengthens accountability. I do not see a gap that this bill closes.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are teachers. Our children do teach us every day. There are teachers.
  • Our children do teach us every day, and they are the real teachers.
  • In these classes, there is so much we can learn, not just from the teacher, but from our other fellow
  • , and ensures accountability that the investments funded from the account are producing the intended
  • , the advanced competing surcharge fee that feeds into that account, and our role on the oversight board
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know what else they want: good teachers, good families, and pro-life policy.
  • I'm not competing with the state of Oklahoma for teachers.
  • It modifies the definition of career teacher to include teachers whose earned career status is accepted
  • I think it protects both students and teachers.
  • But of course, we're in a teacher shortage, so even seven is great.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Meaningful change requires a shared commitment to accountability, prevention, and support for survivors
  • James Yates to the Oklahoma Accountancy Board. Senator Rader, Mr.
  • the Senate do advise and consent to the nomination of James Ryan Yates of Tulsa to the Oklahoma Accountancy
  • Number 34, Jennifer Carlson to the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability.
  • So what accountability measures ensure that taxpayer dollars are protected?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They want good teachers. They want good families, and they want pro-life policy.
  • I'm not competing with the state of Oklahoma for teachers.
  • It modifies the definition of career teacher to include teachers whose earned career status is accepted
  • Teacher to include teachers whose earned career status is accepted by a vote of the board in the teacher's
  • I think it protects both students and teachers.
Summary: The Senate began with a quorum call, gallery introductions, and extended farewell remarks from Senator Jett, who reflected on his six years in the Legislature, his focus on representing constituents, protecting families, and holding government accountable. Several senators responded with personal tributes, praising his conviction, faith, family involvement, and willingness to ask difficult questions. No votes were taken during the farewell portion. The chamber then considered House Bill 2268, a PACE appropriation to support comprehensive care for low-income seniors and expand services in rural Oklahoma. The bill was amended to restore the title, advanced, and passed 34-9, then passed as an emergency measure 36-7. House Bill 3000, a cosmetology and barbering measure, made multiple changes including board reorganization, adding a human trafficking specialist and massage therapist, shifting some licensing functions to Service Oklahoma, and eliminating the massage therapy advisory board. It drew significant debate over process and policy, especially from senators concerned about late changes, lack of board input, and the human trafficking rationale; it passed 25-19 and then as an emergency 33-11. The Senate also passed House Bill 3043, allowing the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs to hire prorated seasonal staff for veterans homes, 37-6; House Bill 3066, creating a revolving fund for federal workforce training money for behavioral health recruitment and retention, 38-6 and as an emergency; and House Bill 3078, allowing donation options on state payment forms for the ODVA revolving fund, 45-0 and as an emergency. Additional measures passed included House Bill 3143, extending the moratorium on new medical marijuana business licenses to 2028, 39-7; House Bill 3144, capping medical marijuana commercial grower licenses at 2,550 after amendment, 34-12; House Bill 3244 on identity theft, 46-0; House Bill 3298 on child interview procedures in court cases, 46-0 and as an emergency; House Bill 3320, replacing the traditional sunset process with more immediate legislative review of agencies, 33-13 and as an emergency; House Bill 3321, requiring county data collection and reporting related to court costs and financial obligations, 45-0 and as an emergency; House Bill 3329, a trailer bill adding a repealer and a sunset for the Board of Psychological Examiners, 33-10 and as an emergency; House Bill 3431, expanding restrictions on foreign entities owning or leasing land and critical minerals, 43-0; House Bill 3464, setting safety and training requirements for certain projects involving fire code compliance and decommissioning, 43-0 and as an emergency; and House Bill 3499, expanding special judges’ authority over vehicle title orders, which was presented and advanced as the transcript ended.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight REVISED: 11:15 a.m. - New Start Time

Health and Human Services Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • 100 employees is a huge difference in the amount of HR, your business manager, you're bringing in accounting
  • 100 employees is a huge difference in the amount of HR, your business manager, you're bringing in accounting
Summary: The Health and Human Services Oversight Committee opened with prayer and then heard a series of bills, most of them request bills from state agencies or related to veterans and military matters. House Bill 3043 would let the Oklahoma Dental Board Association hire temporary or PRN workers during peak periods; it passed 11-1. House Bill 3044 would continue an existing tax-return checkoff for donations and passed 12-0. House Bill 3078 would create an online donation option for the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs during license and tax transactions and passed 12-0. House Bill 3940 made a number of cleanup and policy changes to a prior Oklahoma National Guard measure, including retention, benefits, discipline, museum operations, and state active duty pay issues; it passed 11-0. House Bill 4117 would define family resource centers in statute and emphasize faith-based partnerships, workforce development, and braided funding; it passed 12-0. The committee also advanced House Bill 3428, which would require certain businesses to post information about veterans’ benefits in a conspicuous place to help more eligible veterans enroll in benefits; members discussed raising the employee threshold from 50 to 100, but no amendment was adopted during the meeting, and the bill passed 10-2. House Bill 4275 would allow counties and cities to employ case managers and peer support specialists while maintaining certification, to support sheriffs and first responders, and it passed 12-0. House Bill 3257 would treat 100% disabilities caused by VA medical malpractice as service-connected for state benefit purposes, aligning state law with federal treatment, and it passed 12-0. Two public health bills also advanced. House Bill 3901 would authorize psychological autopsies in suicide and overdose cases to better understand causes and improve prevention; members discussed whether the process should include notifying prescribing physicians when patients die from opioid overdoses, and the bill passed 12-0. House Bill 4298 would allow DHS child care rule changes to be distributed by mail and electronically, reflecting current practice, and it passed 12-0. The committee adjourned after reporting all measures do pass.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh the Alabama math science teacher<00:02:53.920><c> education</c><00:02:54.480><c> program</c><00:02
  • teacher education program is a loan assistance<00:02:56.160><c> program</c><00:02:57.040><c> that</c
  • </c> veterans and uh our school teacher veterans and uh our school teacher shortage<00:05:39.280><c>
  • My mother was the pallet teacher back in the day in Shelby County.
  • My mother was the pallet teacher back in the day in Shelby County.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 22nd, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill creates the Louisiana State Infrastructure Fund and four accounts within that fund.
  • So the amendment set amends all the fund and account language just to conform with our standard language
  • Each account. Vice Chairman Zeringue made a motion to adopt the amendment.
  • We made that available to teachers, to teacher preparation providers.
  • These amendments just amend some language in the bill regarding the fund account.
Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on April 22 and first considered Chairman Beaulieu’s House Bill 646, a constitutional amendment limiting the amount of State General Fund money that may be appropriated in a fiscal year. After adopting a set of amendments creating the Louisiana Income Tax Elimination Fund and making conforming changes, the committee reported the bill favorably as amended. The companion bill, House Bill 824, which establishes the growth limit formula based on CPI, medical CPI, and population change, was also amended and reported favorably as amended. Supporters framed both measures as a way to keep spending within recurring revenues and create a path toward reducing or eliminating the state income tax. The committee then reported favorably as amended House Bill 1157, creating the Louisiana State Infrastructure Fund to help finance infrastructure-related projects, with testimony that it would leverage private and federal dollars and initially focus on rail, port, road, and bridge projects. House Bill 316, which provides a framework for student literacy reforms for grades four through eight, was presented as having no new cost because the Department of Education said the work was already covered by existing resources; it was reported favorably. House Bill 549, creating the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program to provide employer-based training grants, also received support from business groups and was reported favorably as amended. House Bill 1129, dealing with the sale of state-owned surplus movable property, drew support from Louisiana auctioneers who argued local firms should be allowed to bid on the state’s auction contract instead of relying on an out-of-state vendor; it was reported favorably. House Bill 873, which would fund pursuit intervention technology through a $2 driver’s license fee, generated significant concern about adding fees and whether the money should instead come from existing budgets. After discussion of the proposed technologies and training, the committee deferred the bill voluntarily to work on alternatives, including a possible sunset and other funding options. Finally, House Bill 752, which would change the timing and duration of regular legislative sessions by joint rule, was reported without action after members noted the revised fiscal note showed a decrease in state general fund expenditures. The meeting then adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Mar 19th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Katrina Daniel, Chief Health Care Officer for the Teacher Retirement System, as a... resource witness
  • We have access to these types of cost estimates for our state employees and teacher retirement. plans
  • the teacher retirement system plan, the employee's retirement system plan.
  • And let's say of those, half the mediator or arbitrator decides... in favor of the teacher retirement
  • Transparency and accountability measure.
Bills: HB138, HB335, HB388, HB138
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, the result was the next session we had teacher after teacher after teacher coming and say, you
  • Is it the new teacher who, newer teacher who?
  • teachers but prepared teachers.
  • The new teachers, the young teachers who will carry out the project.
  • teachers to migrate to our state to help address the teacher shortage.
Bills: HB2, HB2
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Retired teachers would receive less in benefits or teachers will have to pay in more.
  • the mentor allotment so that teachers and new teachers will have a better support system.
  • teachers on campus.
  • I have an accountant that teaches from here now, one of the best math teachers on my campus because we
  • So most special ed teachers are not teacher of record.
Bills: HB2, HB2