Video & Transcript Research : 'program licensing'

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KY
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  • > permitted program, the previous program permitted program, the previous program permitted students
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  • PhD programs uh this program these two PhD programs will<01:29:17.199> provide<01:29:17.840>
  • economic viability of the program. economic viability of the program.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the previous meeting minutes, and heard a presentation from Austin Reid of the National Conference of State Legislatures on education-related provisions in the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1). Reid said the law is projected to increase the federal deficit over 10 years, with major savings coming from Medicaid, student loan changes, and SNAP. He focused on how those changes could affect schools, including possible effects on free and reduced-price meal certification, state funding formulas that use SNAP as a proxy for low-income status, and Medicaid-funded school services for students with disabilities. Reid also outlined the new federal scholarship tax credit, which gives a dollar-for-dollar credit for donations to qualifying scholarship-granting organizations. He said families up to 300% of area median income may benefit, the program begins in 2027, and states must opt in and designate eligible organizations. He noted unresolved questions about whether states can add their own criteria and said Treasury regulations will be important. He also described the expansion of 529 plans to cover more K-12 and postsecondary expenses. On higher education, Reid explained a new workforce Pell grant option for short-term programs, with states and governors playing a role in determining eligible programs. He said the programs must meet placement, completion, and earnings measures and that implementation is expected to be tight before the July 1, 2026 effective date. He also reviewed student loan changes, including lower institutional loan limits, prorated borrowing for part-time enrollment, new caps on graduate and Parent PLUS loans, and a new earnings-based accountability standard that could make some programs ineligible for student loans if graduates earn too little. No votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 4/28/25

Education Finance

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  • Minnesota educator of color grant program to be the Educator Tuition Assistance Program. Mr.
  • Line 14 is for the Minnesota Association of Alternative Program STARS program, and so they are receiving
  • Again, they black men teach program.
  • a summer school program program is only a summer school program program is only a few<01:19:50.400
Bills: HF1388
OK
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  • Driver's licenses aren't considered medical documents, so any medical provider will always administer
  • Someone looks at that driver's license and it adds the wrong blood type.
  • Again, there are safeguards since driver's licenses are not considered medical documents.
  • But I'm going back to someone has that on their driver's license, a mistake or just wrong.
  • It's about increasing the blood supply on a voluntary thing that you can put on your license.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

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  • addition to suspending their license addition to suspending their license until<00:13:48.399>
  • license being suspended. license being suspended.
  • or nonstate digital driver license or nonstate driver<00:49:14.960> license,<00:49:15.359>
  • your physical driver license and or your physical driver license and or physical<00:49:21.280>
  • other states who have this license. other states who have this license.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • This was a statewide program.
  • director of child care programs. director of child care programs.
  • creating a new program? creating a new program?
  • How do you ensure a new program program program when<01:14:40.280> we<01:14:40.400> can't
  • Further, program.
Bills: HF4477
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 21st, 2026

Senate Finance

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  • priorities are, working with their staff, their maintenance staff In short order, the STIP is a six-year program
  • now, I think the tribes, at least for some of them are going after the Tribal Transportation Bridge Program
  • after 25 million dollars from the federal government through the Bureau of Indian Affairs bridge program
Bills: SB2
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 14th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

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  • That's why sustained support of the SAFE program is essential.
  • Next, we have the alcohol testing program.
  • They do this through programs such as the post-critical incident seminars.
  • So the fentanyl, the SAFE program, what is the latest designer drug called?
  • The number of students in our residential commitment programs is growing.
Bills: S0054, S0156, S0296, S0298
Summary: The committee first heard a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-27 public safety budget, which totals about $8.2 billion within a $117.4 billion overall state budget. Caitlin Dawkins of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget outlined funding and reductions across the public safety silo, including the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Justice, FDLE, Legal Affairs, the courts, and related entities. Agency heads then presented their requests, with FDLE seeking funding for fentanyl enforcement, career offender registry staffing, alert system upgrades, alcohol testing equipment, officer mental health, criminal alien detection, and statutory staffing needs; DJJ requesting money for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential contract rate increases, a new Broward detention center, and facility maintenance; and DOC requesting major funding for correctional officer pay increases, 500 additional FTE, facility construction and maintenance, communications and security technology, offender information system modernization, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members discussed staffing shortages, prison conditions, immigration enforcement, public records burdens, mental health and substance use treatment, and the need for continued investment in corrections. A member of the public also testified about poor conditions in some prisons, including clothing, food, medical care, and maintenance issues. The committee then considered and passed CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, which would clarify that a person may not resist a law enforcement officer with violence when the officer is performing official duties and would increase penalties in cases involving violence against officers. The bill sponsor described the case of Officer Jason Rayner and said the measure was intended to prevent defendants from using claims about unlawful detention or arrest to justify violence. An amendment conforming the bill’s language was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably after support was noted from several law enforcement and municipal groups. Next, the committee passed CS/SB 54, which addresses use of substances affecting cognitive function. An amendment narrowed the medical-records language to records relevant to investigations of violent offenders and clarified privacy protections. The bill was then reported favorably. The committee also passed CS/SB 296, the Haven Act, which would direct a study of a secure web-based alert system for domestic violence victims so they can contact 911 without alerting an abuser, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to include dating violence victims. Testimony from survivors and advocates emphasized the danger victims face when trying to leave abusive situations. Finally, the committee passed CS/SB 298, the public-records companion bill, which extends confidentiality protections for participants in the Address Confidentiality Program to dating violence victims as well. All three bills were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned after no further business.
TX
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  • I believe through the GLO for a buyout program, and so I would imagine there is perhaps the potential
  • We do have a program through Parks and Wildlife for conservation easements.
  • Maybe we could have a program specifically for riparian areas to help folks privately. Landowners.
  • Maybe we need a program to help those people preserve the land so it doesn’t get built up, so people
  • think about are going to be out in twelve months or so because it will take time to kind of develop a program
Bills: SB3, SB 3
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight REVISED: SB1304 - Added Apr 15th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Health and Human Services Oversight

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  • As legislators, we don't have a doctor's license, and we put these in place.
  • The Medical Board licenses and extracts supervise all licenses for several of our licensed professions
  • They are not going to have the program up and running by that point.
  • resides that the license is terminated so they can swing by and make sure that since there's no license
  • My guess is that it would apply to this license as well.
OK
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  • Senate Bill 1832 just puts a check box on like driver's license, hunting permits, and stuff, and where
  • The money will go for different things, and one of them is an indigent burial program that they have.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSH-HLT Joint Public Hearing - Thu Mar 19, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Human Services & Homelessness

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  • facilitate any other homeless program. facilitate any other homeless program.
  • <01:15:12.280> Does program. So, what does that mean? Does program.
  • or under the homeless programs office. or under the homeless programs office.
  • and all respite programs together. and all respite programs together.
  • positions to support the program. positions to support the program.
Summary: The committee heard SB 709 SD2, which would require the Department of Health to respond to reports involving persons with severe mental illness, assess eligibility for assisted community treatment, and coordinate treatment when appropriate. Testimony from the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health supported the measure, with DOH saying it generally supported the bill but had comments on one section it viewed as unnecessary. The Department of Law Enforcement later explained that the bill would shift certification and standards for crisis intervention officer training from DOH to DLE, while still involving DOH in the training process. Opposition came from the Hawaii Disability Rights Center and an individual testifier, both of whom argued the bill expands state authority over people with mental illness and could worsen forced treatment practices. The Disability Rights Center also raised procedural concerns, saying the bill was effectively moved from a prior administration measure that had not been heard this session, and questioned whether the bill’s changes to assisted community treatment, blood tests, urinalysis, and living arrangements went beyond current law. The individual testifier argued the bill would further entrench harmful psychiatric drugging and urged the committee to defer it. Committee members questioned the administration about the bill’s process, the role of the Attorney General in treatment-over-objection proceedings, and the practical effects of moving CIT certification to DLE. The Attorney General’s office said the bill was intended to fill a gap by allowing it to assist with treatment proceedings, while public defenders would continue to represent respondents and due process protections would remain in place. DLE and DOH said the change would better align certification with law enforcement training needs, improve speed in crisis response, and still keep DOH involved; members also discussed whether WAM counted as a hearing and whether the bill should more explicitly preserve DOH’s role. No vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Oversight Feb 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Education Oversight

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  • However you may feel about diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, programs that are designed to provide
  • They could be granted an exemption and talk about how they would be growing the program.
  • They could be granted an exemption and talk about how they would be growing the program.
  • They just eliminated 41 degree programs.
  • They suspended 21 other degree programs that they found to be low producing.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 27th, 2026

Appropriations

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  • The Texas lottery has contributed more than $296.3 million to veterans programs.
  • We provide services to seniors. leadership programs for teens.
  • But something needs to be done, and a buyout is the simplest program.
  • It provides relative to the creation of a trauma-informed training program.
  • LDH offers the program currently, and they work in conjunction with...”