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• the developer a lot more flexibility. the developer a lot more flexibility.
• uh representative for House District 56. uh representative for House District 56.
• district.
• our special fire protection districts. our special fire protection districts.
• As you all know, most of these districts are often drawn around development of our mineral industry because

Bills: SF0082

Keywords: registered agents, corporate governance, entity ownership, business regulations, transparency, 916, all

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• and economic development at KCTCS. and economic development at KCTCS.
• development, and community resource<00:47:28.720> development.
• resource development. resource development.
• in 32 districts. in 32 districts.
• districts across the Commonwealth. districts across the Commonwealth.

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call – 0:00:00 Workforce Pell Grant Update – 0:03:30 Extension Office Update – 0:33:25 Kentucky Academic Standards for Social Studies – 1:07:08 Early Literacy Outcomes – 1:32:20 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 1:58:30 Adjournment 2:13:13, 958, all

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• HB 363 by Bella Coffin relating to the notice and petition for creation of municipal utility district
• and protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue.
• agreements by municipality or county to local workforce Development Boards referred to the Committee
• on Trade Workforce and Economic Development.
• The dissolution of the Cedar Creek Hospital District and disposition of district money, referred to the

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• I now yield to my colleague from House District 20, Representative Grandinetti.
• colleague from house District colleague from house District 36<00:53:47.280> representative
• to my colleague from house District to my colleague from house District 20<00:55:36.280> representative
• And now I turn to my colleague from House District 2.
• And now I turn to my colleague from House District 2.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• And our overall district literacy rates right now are at about 36%.
• We also need to support vocabulary development and text comprehension.
• Um, I believe every school district in New Mexico does it differently.
• Is this district-wide?
• district.

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• District 50B.
• Previously, health education has traditionally been for school districts to develop and modify whenever
• Previously, health education has traditionally been for school districts to develop and modify whenever
• Districts develop plans to meet specific goals and submit a summary of its report to the Department of
• So there's some overlap between 120B.11 and ESSA, but generally districts develop plans to meet the goals

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The Education Policy Committee met for its first hearing of 2025 and began with member and staff introductions, along with opening remarks from Chair Peggy Bennett about her first time chairing the committee. Members briefly described their districts and backgrounds, and the chair also reviewed committee rules and procedures, including deadlines for bill requests, amendments, testifiers, and handouts. Nonpartisan House Research then provided an extensive overview of the committee’s jurisdiction and the education code. The presentation covered the Department of Education’s duties, including supervision of public schools, rulemaking under legislative authority, state and federal education funding and compliance, standards and assessments, accountability systems, student discipline, and model policies. It also discussed related entities such as PELSB, the Board of School Administrators, the Perpich Center, regional centers of excellence, Compass, MTSS, and the READ Act. The committee asked questions about zoning for school sites and about teacher licensure changes, including the tiered licensure system and recent adjustments affecting special education teachers and standards of effective practice. No bills were heard and no votes were taken. The meeting was primarily organizational and informational, focused on orienting members to the committee’s work and the structure of Minnesota’s education policy system.

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• We need to develop clear guidelines and digital literacy education to help students develop the skills
• We need to develop clear guidelines and digital literacy education to help students develop the skills
• <00:13:06.519> clear wellbeing we need to develop clear wellbeing we need to develop clear
• Cloud Area School District? District? About 9,500. If I may, Mr.
• I think what we found is school districts have really relied on their community standards to really develop

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Minnesota Senate Education Policy Committee heard testimony on Senate File 508, a bill to restrict cell phone use in schools. Senator Mann said the proposal was based on roundtables with school districts across the state and on reports from other states, and argued that cell phones are harming student attention, mental health, classroom culture, and student-teacher relationships. She said K-8 restrictions are broadly supported, while high school policies should be more flexible, and emphasized that districts should control implementation. The bill also includes funding for education efforts around why the restrictions are being adopted and how students can use technology responsibly. Testifiers largely supported the bill or the general goal of limiting cell phone use. Dr. Anna Tyranny, a parent and licensed psychologist, said cell phones and social media can contribute to anxiety, poor concentration, cyberbullying, and inappropriate sharing, and urged a balanced approach that includes digital literacy education. St. Cloud Area Public Schools Superintendent Laori Pam and Tech High School staff member Molly Kenzie described their district’s policies, which keep phones away for the day in elementary and middle school and restrict them during class in high school. They cited U.S. Department of Education guidance, research on mental health and sleep disruption, and the need for age-appropriate, equitable, and consistently communicated policies. St. Cloud reported that its middle school policy, piloted and then expanded districtwide, led to a 50% reduction in cell phone discipline referrals and fewer classroom power struggles. The district said high school violations remain concentrated in certain grades, especially ninth and eleventh, and that it continues to address the issue through PBIS teams. No vote or final committee action on the bill was described in the transcript.

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• District does for us.
• Mexico Association of Conservation Districts and serves on the Kauai Soil and Water Conservation District
• We have to develop an ecosystem.
• Long time to develop, but every step is overseen.
• From there on, particularly in larger districts at the district level, where they may have a math specialist

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• So we are capturing 25% to 35% of the total development cost, and those developers are having to get
• We have to fund those developments.
• We have to fund those developments.
• We have to fund those developments.
• So when you said this, how the development is... ...development is concerned.

Summary: The Committee on Community Affairs held its first meeting and heard presentations focused on affordable housing implementation under the Live Local Act. Florida Housing Finance Corporation described its role in administering rental and homeownership programs, including SAIL, SHIP, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, disaster recovery efforts, supportive housing, and the Live Local funding and tax incentives. Officials said the first year’s $150 million Live Local rental allocation was fully committed to 23 developments producing 3,171 units with mixed-income set-asides, and they outlined how projects were selected through competitive solicitations tied to statutory priorities such as mixed-use development, publicly owned land, foster youth, rural areas of opportunity, redevelopment, and housing near military installations. They also discussed the tax credit contribution program, the missing-middle property tax exemption, sales tax rebates, and the year-one ad valorem exemption for qualifying affordable projects. Members asked detailed questions about the data and program design, including the use of area median income figures, per-unit subsidy levels, county targeting, tenant relocation during redevelopment, and whether the programs were helping lower-income households. Florida Housing said it uses competitive scoring and data from the Schimberg Center and that redevelopment projects are supposed to include tenant relocation plans. The homeownership portion of the presentation covered the Hometown Heroes program, which provides down payment and closing cost assistance to first-time homebuyers, with exceptions for active-duty military and veterans. Staff said the program has assisted more than 21,000 families and leveraged over $6.5 billion in first mortgages, and members asked about repayment rates, credit scores, and whether participants were staying in homes long enough to show the program was serving intended buyers. The committee then heard from OPAGA on two required Live Local evaluations: affordable housing strategies in other states and affordable housing policies in Florida. OPAGA reported that Florida has a high share of cost-burdened households, with 1.5 million households cost burdened and 1.4 million severely cost burdened, and that Florida’s counties and municipalities reported more than $1.4 billion in affordable housing expenditures in fiscal year 2023-24. The report identified 13 innovative out-of-state programs, with three considered high-potential for Florida implementation, and summarized Florida local government practices such as SHIP-funded homeownership and rental assistance, expedited permitting, mixed-income zoning, rehabilitation programs, and interlocal cooperation. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentations and questions.

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• THOSE ARE SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT OF RENTAL HOUSING.
• TOTAL DEVELOPMENT COST AND THOSE DEVELOPERS ARE GETTING PRIVATE INVESTMENT AS WELL AND THERE ARE FEDERAL
• DEVELOPMENTS OF SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL IMPACT.
• EVERY DEVELOPMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE MIXED INCOME.
• >> WE DID LAST YEAR OVERALL 106 DEVELOPMENTS.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Our barrier islands cannot handle more development.
• The witness continued that developers would make taxpayers pay for developers' costs, and said citizens
• the size or type of development.
• They were developed and built after World War II.
• In my district, there are very mixed feelings on this.

Summary: The committee heard five housing- and resilience-related bills. HB 793 would create an International Aerospace Innovation Fund administered by Space Florida to support aerospace research, workforce development, and commercialization; it was amended with a clarifying change and passed unanimously. C.S. for HB 411 would extend an affordable housing property tax exemption to certain nonprofit projects on leased land through a housing finance authority, such as Habitat for Humanity projects; it also passed unanimously. HB 701 would require local housing assistance plans to allow mobile home owners on leased land to seek help with lot rent, and it passed unanimously after an amendment and testimony from mobile home advocates and AARP in support. The committee also considered C.S. for HB 393, which expands the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to help eligible condominiums fund hurricane mitigation projects, including roof-related work, with added eligibility and inspection requirements. The bill drew support from condo and housing groups and passed unanimously with committee substitute. The final and most extensive measure, HB 943, would significantly revise state land-use and development rules to promote affordable housing by limiting local restrictions, changing zoning and approval standards, adjusting parking and impact fee rules, and expanding accessory dwelling unit and mixed-use provisions. It generated extensive testimony, with many local officials, city and county groups, and preservation advocates opposing it as overly broad and preemptive, while housing and business groups supported it. HB 943 was amended several times during the meeting, including changes related to church-owned property, parking, historic landmarks, manufactured homes as accessory dwelling units, and fair housing language. The sponsor repeatedly said the bill was a work in progress and that additional changes would be made. After debate from members emphasizing both the need for more housing and the need to preserve local control, the committee approved HB 943 on a 14-1 vote, with Rep. Casello voting no.

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• and we developed at Bott Auto.
• And Kodiak, that's in my district, I know the Senator's district as well.
• Francisco Sanchez on the NMDOT District 2. Welcome to District 2 in this area.
• So the $52 million in 2026 is more of an average of... what District 2 receives from their federal district
• four-lane miles of any district.

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• of developing a new state assessment. of developing a new state assessment.
• districts are doing this work already. districts are doing this work already.
• development, professional development. development, professional development.
• So this would have a large cost to districts, not just the professional development but the curriculum
• and a few others who teach district and a few others who teach child<01:51:28.880> development

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on House Bill 1571, which would direct the Department of Education to review and revise statewide academic standards and curriculum and make an appropriation. Representative Kristen Noble, the sponsor, said the bill is intended to update outdated standards, especially in math, and to have the department create a list of high-quality curriculum and materials aligned to the revised standards. She noted she would likely amend the bill to change a requirement that districts “shall” select from the list to “may,” and said a misplaced crossed-out section would need to be restored and moved by amendment. She also said assessments would need to be updated to match any new standards. Testimony from Marie Banfield strongly supported the bill and the move away from a mandate, arguing that current standards are outdated and that Common Core and related standards have not improved student outcomes. She criticized the math standards for emphasizing multiple strategies and written explanations over computation, and said stronger standards would better support students, including those with learning or communication challenges. She also argued that New Hampshire should follow examples such as Massachusetts, which she said used rigorous standards successfully. Nate Green of the Department of Education did not take a position on the bill but explained that the bill would affect statewide academic standards, state assessments, and potentially federal compliance. He distinguished academic standards from minimum standards in statute, said any standards revision would require work with content experts, State Board approval, and then a corresponding assessment update that could take about two years. He estimated assessment development costs could range from about $200,000 to $500,000 for minor revisions and $1 million to $2 million for a wholesale new set of standards. He also said the bill would apply to public and charter public schools, not private or homeschool students, and that the department does not currently provide a statewide list of curriculum materials because curriculum decisions have historically been local.

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• Offering additional professional development is especially important.
• This period of development is where it really starts.
• But they are physical development...
• Districts say they can't scale up easily given the current barriers.
• How These districts chosen?

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• I represent House District 63.
• I represent District 49, House District 49, which includes Socorro County, Valencia County, Sierra County
• Okay, so Sunray is in my district.
• Roper over at the Economic Development.
• Keep that in mind for your districts.

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• VoteCal was developed in response to a... VoteCal was developed in response to a federal mandate.
• There are a total of 24 cultural districts.
• are within your districts as well.
• I know originally at 14 districts. And did you say that they have... 14 districts.
• So the additional 14 districts then, or I guess 10 additional districts, are now getting maybe $10,000

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• districts to amend community development districts to amend community development districts to amend
• district by a wet community development district by a wet community development district by a wet municipality
• district from fiscal responsibility and district from fiscal responsibility and economic Development
• Three, app developer. Three, app developer.
• . the developer. the developer.

Keywords: 920, all

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• And trust me, appraisal districts love RV parks.
• One is it makes some of these districts that are new.
• And so this bill would ask those new developments in municipal use districts to think about building
• I'm vice, vice president of Land Development for the Howard Hughes Holding Company.
• Um, I'm owner of Ellison Development.

Bills: HB24

Keywords: groundwater, conservation, water permits, sustainability, resource management

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• and community development.
• We primarily fund economic development and community development projects.
• Um, that's how you access our economic development and community development programs.
• Um, and school districts, we're buying down a lot of interest rates on school district loans.
• So the return of those dollars in terms of economic development, community development, that has not

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• , other districts, special districts also.
• So we fund irrigation districts, sanitary districts, the Solid Waste Service District in Tillamook County
• districts, also, so we fund irrigation districts, sanitary districts, the Solid Waste Service District
• Sometimes we have to dig into what special districts are eligible, what districts aren't.
• I've had conversations with economic development people in my district who say that that process can

Summary: The task force met to focus on funding systems and incentive structures for a proposed regional waste infrastructure effort, including how a future WIPA framework might support solid waste planning in the Willamette Valley. Staff and members heard presentations from DEQ on the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, from Business Oregon on the Special Public Works Fund, and from Oregon State Treasury on state bonding capacity and the bond issuance process. Presenters explained how their programs are structured, how projects are scored or approved, what kinds of public entities and projects are eligible, and how interagency coordination and co-funding can work. DEQ emphasized that its revolving loan fund is driven by water-quality benefits and public-health criteria, while Business Oregon described a broader infrastructure loan program for public entities with no scoring system, and Treasury outlined the state’s debt-capacity process and the differences between general obligation and lottery bonds. Members used the presentations to discuss whether similar funding tools could support solid waste infrastructure, especially for transfer stations, regional hubs, and related facilities that may need to be built before Coffin Butte reaches the end of its lifespan. Several questions centered on whether public-private partnerships could qualify, whether equipment inside facilities could be financed, how repayment would work, and whether planning costs could be covered. DEQ and Business Oregon both said they could potentially collaborate on scoring or co-funding, but noted eligibility limits and the need for public ownership in many cases. Treasury said bond capacity is limited and competitive, especially for lottery bonds, and that project authorization generally runs on a two-year cycle, though unused authority can sometimes be reauthorized. In task force discussion, members debated whether the group should pursue a dedicated funding lane for the seven-county region rather than having local governments compete with other statewide needs. Some members stressed the importance of criteria to avoid stranded assets and to ensure funding is available when projects are ready, while others raised concerns about how cities and counties would generate revenue to repay debt during construction and early operations. The group also discussed flow control, system fees, and the need for regional collaboration among counties, cities, and haulers to create enough waste volume to support new infrastructure. Staff noted that pre-session filing materials for the legislature are due September 11, and the chair said the August meeting will focus on organizational structure and identifying partners. During public comment, Representative Kevin Mannix submitted written testimony supporting the WIPA concept and urging the task force to endorse it. Commissioner Bubba King of Yamhill County urged the task force to compare alternatives objectively and warned against adding bureaucracy before evaluating existing infrastructure and costs. Commissioners Kevin Cameron and Roger Nyquist of Marion and Linn counties described regional hub-and-spoke concepts, transfer stations, and intermodal options, emphasizing the need for planning, strategic siting, and collaboration with haulers and local governments.