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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Conference Committee on HF2431 5/13/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, looking at changing the application deadline similar again to the Senate proposal.
  • Um, looking at changing the application deadline similar again to the Senate proposal.
  • The committee then agreed to move on to the final piece, R52, the application deadline.
  • I just also wanted to clarify that I'm certainly not opposed to an application deadline.
  • certainly not opposed to an application certainly not opposed to an application deadline.<01:48:
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The Higher Education Conference Committee reviewed differences among the Governor’s, House, and Senate proposals for state grant parameter changes and their effects on state grant spending, North Star Promise spending, and average student awards. Nonpartisan staff explained that the proposals use different combinations of parameter changes, with the Governor’s and Senate plans modeled to avoid or minimize rationing, while the House plan would require rationing to balance the program. Staff reported projected biennium balances of a positive $29.836 million for the Governor’s proposal, a negative $60.758 million for the House proposal without rationing, a positive $994,000 for the House proposal with rationing, and a positive $3.623 million for the Senate proposal; North Star Promise balances also varied, with the Senate showing a positive balance and the Governor and House with rationing showing negative balances. Staff also said the Senate proposal would extend availability of the state grant appropriation and suspend surplus procedures through fiscal year 2029, allowing the balance to carry forward. The committee then focused on the House-only tuition and fee cap provision, which would limit the tuition recognized for state grant purposes for four-year programs to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities level, with 1% annual increases in fiscal years 2026 and 2027. House members said the cap was intended to address rising tuition, especially at the University of Minnesota, and to produce savings in the state grant program. The governor’s office confirmed the provision was not included in the Governor’s bill. Representatives from the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Private College Council opposed the cap, arguing it would reduce awards for low-income students and shift costs to students rather than address underlying tuition pressures; they also said it could discourage enrollment at higher-cost institutions. Supporters from Minnesota State argued the cap would improve fairness because students at lower-tuition institutions are effectively capped lower, while students at more expensive institutions receive larger awards, and they said the legislature should intervene in a variable that has grown substantially over time. Committee members questioned how the cap would work and whether it was tied to the Twin Cities campus rate. Testifiers clarified that the state grant formula is tied to the University of Minnesota level, but because Minnesota State institutions are below that level, the cap effectively limits their students to their own lower tuition while allowing higher awards at the University of Minnesota and private colleges. No formal vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the chair indicated the committee would continue with item-by-item review of the remaining parameter changes and hear additional testimony from agencies and institutions.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The key is it's a really good system for evaluating what is from wolves and what is from other causes
  • One of the main things we really need to shore up is our ability to evaluate the claims.
  • <01:19:17.080> the shore up is our ability to evaluate the shore up is our ability to evaluate
  • one-off uh claim uh claim evaluations one-off uh claim uh claim evaluations I<01:19:56.320> mentioned
  • And we have this issue of are we going to continue to evaluate the claims in the field?
Bills: HF601, HF271, HF1101, HF979
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Human Services - 02/03/25

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • visits, three specific kinds of evaluations.
  • <01:47:09.800> visits talking about the care evaluation visits talking about the care evaluation
  • visits three specific kinds evaluation visits three specific kinds of<01:48:17.119> evaluations
  • these specific kinds of of evaluations these specific kinds of evaluations<01:48:19.920> are<
  • <01:51:21.560> reimbursements separate care evaluation reimbursements separate care evaluation
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard a presentation from DHS on its early intensive developmental and behavioral intervention (EIDBI) study and related licensing proposal. Christy Grom explained that EIDBI is a Medical Assistance state plan service for children and young adults under 21 with autism or related conditions, and that DHS’s multi-phase evaluation included standards review, community engagement, and a comparison with other states. She said the service is important but that DHS identified gaps in oversight, including stretched clinical supervision, providers affiliated with many centers, out-of-state providers, and rapid growth in enrollment that has outpaced current monitoring capacity. DHS’s main recommendation was to create a provisional license for EIDBI in Chapter 245A as an immediate step, with later work toward full licensing standards. The proposal would let DHS identify controlling individuals, disqualify ineligible people, investigate maltreatment, suspend or revoke licenses, require background studies and qualifications before service delivery, move EIDBI providers into a higher-risk category for revalidation, and make DHS the lead investigative agency for maltreatment. DHS also recommended statutory standards for supervision, caseloads, training, and documentation, while emphasizing the need to balance oversight with continued access to services. Grom said the provisional licensure proposal is part of the governor’s budget and that DHS hopes to begin implementation in 2025, with a possible full license start date in 2028. Testifiers then spoke in support of EIDBI while urging the committee to preserve access and include more community input. Ana Hagi Muhammad, a parent of three autistic children and a Somali community advocate, said EIDBI has been beneficial for her family and that community organizations serving Somali families have not been sufficiently engaged in DHS’s process. Ana Muhammad, a Black mother of a young autistic child, said ABA has helped her son with communication, self-regulation, and independence, and asked that discussions reflect the diversity of family experiences. Committee members asked testifiers to keep remarks brief and to identify which modality they use, and the chair indicated the committee would continue hearing from additional testifiers before further discussion.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division II (02/05/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • or both the SFSP and the EBT. application and what location you submit application and what location
  • <00:31:26.159> being less applications being less applications being F F F out<00:31:31.000
  • to provide paper applications.
  • to provide paper applications.
  • were received uh three applications were received uh three applications<01:29:17.199> were<01
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Finance Committee Division II met with the New Hampshire Department of Education to review school nutrition programs and related funding. Department staff Melissa White and Kelly Rambo walked through a packet covering the National School Lunch Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Community Eligibility (CEP), After School Snack Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program, explaining that these are federally funded USDA programs, with some state supplemental funding in certain areas. They also reviewed reimbursement rates for lunch, breakfast, child/adult care, and summer meals, noting that summer rates follow calendar-year timing while most others follow the state fiscal year. Members asked several questions about how the funding works, especially the difference between federal reimbursements and the state match. Staff explained that the state lunch line in the budget is a fixed match amount tied to federal participation, while breakfast funding is broken out by meal type and reimbursement category. They also discussed why FY 2022 federal spending was much higher during COVID, when USDA covered meals at the free rate for all students, and why FY 2023 and FY 2024 dropped as normal income-eligibility rules returned. A committee member also asked about the “severe need lunch” two-cent rate, and staff said they did not know USDA’s formula. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on summer meals and the distinction between the Summer Food Service Program and Summer EBT. Staff explained that SFSP provides meals at approved sites, which can be open or closed sites, while Summer EBT is a separate DHHS-operated benefit program that provides funds to families. They said some schools or sites may not qualify under USDA rules, but eligible children can often use another nearby open site, and the department posts an interactive map and phone line to help families find locations. The committee also discussed the Community Eligibility Provision. Staff said New Hampshire currently has three CEP schools, that the eligibility threshold had recently been lowered from 40% to 25% identified students, and that the program allows participating schools to offer free meals to all students while the local district covers the non-federal share. Members asked whether any districts in the 25% to 40% range had joined; staff said no. The department offered to provide the eligibility report in Excel and noted that the CEP intent is to reduce application burden, though the lower threshold can make the local cost share harder for some districts to absorb.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • As part of the application for a license to operate an RTC, a prospective licensee must submit a proposed
  • again, Senate Bill 2311 strengthens the current educational planning requirement for RTC license applicants
  • protect children through early identification. informed interventions and improved protocols for case evaluation
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Anonymous threat reporting 3/24/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, we ask for those clear standards to be part of the bill for threat evaluation, prioritization, or
  • , the bill for threat evaluation, the bill for threat evaluation, prioritization,<00:14:00.399>
  • effectiveness as well as to evaluate effectiveness as well as analyze<00:15:26.959> any<00:15
  • <00:15:47.040> overall reporting to evaluate overall reporting to evaluate overall effectiveness
  • evaluating the effectiveness. evaluating the effectiveness.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee heard House File 3764, as amended by the DE1 amendment, which would allow school districts and charter schools to create local anonymous threat reporting systems. Representative Nadeau described the bill as an optional framework that would support 24/7 anonymous tips through an app, hotline, or website, use trained crisis counselors and school-based teams, coordinate with 911 and law enforcement when needed, require public awareness efforts and student training, and direct districts to report usage data to the Department of Education. The chair adopted the DE1 amendment, and the bill was moved before the committee with the intent to place it on the general register. Testimony was largely supportive. Chris Linquist of St. Francis Area Schools said his district has used the Sandy Hook Promise reporting system since 2023-24 and credited it with helping identify bullying, mental health crises, and other safety concerns outside school hours. Alexandra Fitz Simmons of Children’s Defense Fund Minnesota said anonymous reporting systems are an important prevention tool because students are often the first to see warning signs before violence occurs. Representative Lawrence also praised the bill for being encouraged rather than mandated and emphasized local control. Rick Kaufman, speaking for several school organizations, supported the concept but said the bill still lacked clear standards for how tips are evaluated and shared with school officials, and he urged stronger coordination and funding for staffing and training. Joe Oonie of the Department of Education said the department supports anonymous reporting systems but raised concerns about the costs of building data collection and reporting infrastructure, FERPA safeguards, and the need for resources to implement the bill effectively. Chair Bennett pushed back on the funding objection, arguing the department should be able to handle the reporting within existing resources, and Representative Roach later asked whether the department had higher-priority uses for its carryover funds. No final vote on the bill itself was taken in the portion provided, beyond adoption of the DE1 amendment.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 7th, 2026 at 12:19 pm

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If any part or application of the Stop Illegal Gun Trade and Extremely Dangerous Weapons Act is held
  • invalid, the remainder or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected.
  • The severability clause that appears on the bottom of page 18 states that if any part or application
  • Would your amendment be applicable to, let's say, a DECA student in high school?
  • Would this be applicable if that student had taken a hunter safety course?
Keywords: 996, all
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • It takes real-world application.
  • And in that bill, there was an appropriation application.
  • We also, the bill does contemplate that any application that is ultimately filed pursuant to this bill
  • We do have statutory timelines applicable to rate cases that take away from us the ability to manage
  • As it says in the bill, the commission shall not approve an application submitted pursuant to the plan
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Three specific kinds of evaluations are required.
  • <00:05:20.080> visits<00:05:21.080> three home care care evaluation visits three home
  • care care evaluation visits three specific<00:05:21.960> kinds<00:05:22.199> of<00:05:
  • 22.400> evaluations<00:05:23.039> are specific kinds of evaluations are specific kinds
  • Hours, expecting providers to cover the cost of the mandated evaluation visits adds to the challenge
Bills: HF729, HF728
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 29, 2026 - 03:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Public school districts are responsible for evaluation.
  • They do have to do the IEPs, but the evaluations fall on the public schools.
  • Despite this, the district failed to properly evaluate him.
  • Our family paid out of pocket for a private psychological evaluation.
  • The evaluation was completed in a whole two days.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Education Policy - 03/05/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This evaluation needs to be comprehensive to look at all areas of need for a student.
  • initial special education evaluation initial special education evaluation this<00:14:56.160>
  • evaluation<00:14:56.839> needs<00:14:57.079> to<00:14:57.240> be this evaluation
  • <00:15:35.720> also evaluation uh a re-evaluation is also evaluation uh a re-evaluation is
  • education services the re-evaluations education services the re-evaluations don't<00:15:55.279><
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/24/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Sandoval said fewer than a dozen applications were submitted to the board for reimbursement
  • Less than a dozen applications were submitted to the board for reimbursement.
  • The state has long used the income approach for evaluating agricultural property for property taxes.
  • The state has long used the income approach for evaluating agricultural property for property taxes.
  • During committee, we heard from the experts that there were about a dozen applications and only less
Keywords: 1182, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 18, March 3, 2026-PM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, there is no deadline for when the application for a COA may be made or must be made after
  • Page five allows for a SPDI to make an application for an extension of this one-year deadline to the
  • Page five allows for a Speedy to make<03:38:09.760> an<03:38:10.000> application<03:38:
  • for an extension of make an application for an extension of this<03:38:11.279> one-year<03:38
  • Um, my question is on page three, where it talks about application for charter.
Keywords: 916, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS Senate Floor - 25 February, 2026; 10:00 AM

Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • These hands-on applications allow students to apply classroom knowledge to real-world practices, strengthening
  • Several states are doing what we are doing right now, evaluating state-level tax incentives to encourage
  • are doing what we are doing<00:43:27.760> right<00:43:27.920> now<00:43:28.319> evaluating
  • c><00:43:29.119> t<00:43:29.680> state<00:43:30.000> level doing right now evaluating
  • t state level doing right now evaluating t state level tax<00:43:30.800> incentives<00:43:31.440
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer by Reverend Max Smith of Jesus Name Tabernacle in Florence, and then led the Pledge of Allegiance. The chamber quickly dispensed with the reading of the journal and committee reports, and then spent much of the morning recognizing guests, including multiple FFA groups, the Mississippi FFA state officer team, the Mississippi Food Bank Collaborative, optometrists visiting for Optometry Day, and representatives from engineering and fire service organizations. On the calendar, the Senate took up several finance-related bills. Senate Bill 2824, extending deadlines related to renewable energy fee-in-lieu agreements and construction start dates, was explained and adopted, then passed by use of the morning roll call with three no votes and one present. Senate Bill 2867, revising the income tax credit for employer-provided dependent child care or child care stipends, was explained as a targeted, capped credit for actual employer spending on licensed child care; it was adopted and passed by morning roll call. Senate Bill 3109, clarifying that a nonprofit leasing and managing LaFleur’s Bluff State Park land is not subject to ad valorem taxes on state-owned park land, was adopted and passed by morning roll call with one no vote. The Senate also considered Senate Bill 2840, which would provide a 75% rebate or sales tax credit related to inventory taxes and eliminate local privilege taxes. After extended discussion, the committee substitute was adopted, a reverse repealer amendment was added, and the bill passed by morning roll call with one no vote. Senators discussed the burden of inventory taxes on retailers and the need for more data before fully implementing the proposal. Finally, Senate Bill 2868, creating a tax credit tied to employer contributions for individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs), was introduced and explained as a way to encourage employer-supported health coverage for small and midsize businesses; the transcript cuts off during the explanation before final action on that bill.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Jan 20th, 2026

Emerging Issues

Transcript Highlights:
  • And in fact, the standard of care does focus on slow, thorough, meticulous evaluation of these patients
  • is: when the children come in and the parents come in, do they go through any questioning or any evaluations
  • There's very significant evaluation that happens.
  • There's very significant evaluation that happens.
  • They impose a normative developmental timeline as if it were universally applicable.
Keywords: 959, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Mar 3rd, 2025

Education Pre-K - 12

Transcript Highlights:
  • , but requires student performance to make up half of the evaluation.
  • , but requires student performance to make up half of the evaluation.
  • So the bill makes changes to performance evaluations for teachers and it changes it from one-third to
  • What impact will this have on teacher performance evaluations? Okay. Thank you. Let's move on.
  • What impact will this have on teacher performance evaluations?
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 296, as amended by strike-all, on middle and high school start times. Senator Bradley explained that the amendment would repeal the statewide mandate for later start times and return scheduling decisions to local school boards, while still requiring districts to inform the community about the health, safety, and academic effects of sleep deprivation and to consider later start times when setting transportation schedules. Testimony and debate were largely in support, with several school district and education group representatives waiving in support, and members citing transportation, staffing, family logistics, and cost concerns under the existing mandate. The strike-all was adopted, and SB 296 was reported favorably by roll call vote, with Senators Berman, Osgood, and Chair Calatayud voting yes and Senator Gaetz voting no; other members were absent or not recorded in the excerpt. The committee then heard Senate Bill 356, which would designate January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida. Senator Berman said the date matches the UN’s Holocaust Remembrance Day and would require the governor to annually proclaim it, while allowing public observance and instruction about the Holocaust’s harms and its impact on the Jewish community and humanity. There was no substantive opposition in the excerpt, and the bill was reported favorably by roll call vote with yes votes from Senators Berman, Gaetz, and Chair Calatayud. Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 166 on administrative efficiency in public schools. Senator Simon described a broad deregulation package affecting student assessments, grade promotion, teacher evaluations, contracts and certification, school board operations, instructional materials timelines, internal audits, facilities planning, cost-per-student-station limits, emergency make-up days, federal fund timing, and VPK oversight. Testimony was mixed: school district and education organization representatives generally supported the flexibility, while some groups opposed or urged changes to the grade 4 promotion and graduation-related provisions, arguing they could weaken academic standards. After debate focused especially on third-grade promotion and testing requirements, the bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. At the end of the meeting, members recorded their votes on SB 296 and SB 356, and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part I) Apr 10th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • Unfortunately, in this environment, Texas has no formal mechanism for evaluating or approving accreditors
  • The THIAC would be charged with evaluating and approving accrediting agencies best suited to serve Texas
  • This just simply establishes an agency to evaluate accreditation.
  • This is a new agency that we're building just to evaluate the agencies, right, to help determine ones
  • You can choose from them, and we're going to evaluate them based on our criteria.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard several bills and took no final votes, leaving each measure pending. The first major item, SB 1322 by Senator Hagenbuch, would create a Texas Higher Education Accrediting Commission to evaluate and approve accrediting agencies for public colleges and universities using outcome-based metrics such as retention, graduation, employment, debt, and repayment. Supporters, including Kate Byerley of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, argued the bill would add competition and align accreditation with Texas workforce needs; Senator Menendez questioned the need for a new bureaucracy and noted the $3.6 million fiscal note, suggesting existing reporting and oversight structures could serve the same purpose. The committee then heard SB 1998, which would establish a pediatric subspecialty preceptorship program to encourage medical students to enter pediatric subspecialties. Dr. Lauren Gamble testified in strong support, saying the program would help address shortages and improve access for children, especially in rural and underserved areas. SB 2788, authored by Senator Menendez, would add the PSAT as an accepted assessment for dual credit and Texas Success Initiative purposes; Priscilla Camacho of Alamo Colleges supported the bill, citing strong student outcomes and widespread use of the PSAT as a readiness indicator. Senator Creighton laid out SB 2076, which would remove or modify certain Capitol view corridor restrictions affecting the UT Austin Academic Medical Center project, including the planned specialty hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center expansion. He said the existing corridors are outdated and limit development. The committee also heard SB 1418, a cleanup bill replacing outdated references to ACT Plan with Pre-ACT and removing obsolete SAT subject test language. After brief testimony and no opposition on the later bills, the committee closed public testimony and left SB 1322, SB 1998, SB 2788, SB 2076, and SB 1418 pending before recessing for the floor session.
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

State Affairs Jul 22nd, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • previous life, as a systems engineer, in each thing we did, those two items were always in the evaluation
  • We're always in the evaluation of what we're going to do.
  • It's more practical applications through the enforcement agencies.
  • And in that contract, it stated that the recipients are to comply with all applicable federal statute
  • And that was the first ...with all applicable federal statutes, regulations, and executive orders.
Bills: SB 5, SB 11, SB 12
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs took up Senate Bill 5, which Senator Perry described as a ban on intoxicating THC consumer products while preserving legal CBD, CBG, hemp seed, hemp seed protein powder, and hemp seed oil products. Perry argued that most retail THC products are already illegal under federal law, that the industry has used loopholes and misleading labeling to sell high-potency products, and that regulation would be ineffective because chemists can quickly alter formulations. He also said the bill would steer people with medical needs toward the Texas Compassionate Use Program (T-Cup), which he and other supporters described as the proper physician-guided alternative. Committee members and witnesses repeatedly discussed the distinction between legal hemp-derived products and intoxicating THC products, and Perry said the bill would not touch non-consumable hemp uses such as fiber and clothing. Invited testimony came from law enforcement and medical witnesses who supported the bill. Texas Police Chiefs Association representative Steve Dye, Kaufman County District Attorney Early Wiley, and Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne all said regulation would be too costly, too complex, and ultimately unenforceable, while a ban would be clearer and easier to enforce. They cited overloaded DPS labs, the need for expensive private testing, limited police and prosecutor resources, and the difficulty of keeping up with constantly changing cannabinoids and out-of-state products. Hawthorne and Wiley described raids and investigations involving warehouses, retail stores, cash seizures, and products they said were marketed to young people and often mislabeled or imported from other states. They also said the bill would help law enforcement by creating a clearer legal line and protecting legitimate CBD/CBG businesses. Dr. Lindy McGee, speaking for the Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatric Society, testified that retail THC products pose serious risks to children and adolescents, including addiction, impaired brain development, psychosis, suicide attempts, self-harm, accidental toddler ingestions, and possible long-term cognitive effects. She said there is no effective medication treatment for THC addiction comparable to nicotine cessation tools, and she supported restrictions such as child-resistant packaging, no marketing to minors, and age limits, while opposing criminal penalties for possession by minors. Senators asked follow-up questions about brain development, memory, dementia risk, pregnancy, and cardiovascular effects. No vote was taken during the portion provided, and the committee continued with invited testimony and questions.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Funding (01/28/2026)

Education Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, we can look at funding special education better without knowing what it will cost and evaluate that
  • <01:58:21.280> for<01:58:21.520> Medicaid help us making application for Medicaid help
  • us making application for Medicaid money<01:58:22.400> knowing<01:58:22.719> how<01:58
  • <02:57:35.840> at<02:57:36.080> that<02:57:36.560> and<02:57:37.920> evaluate
  • if we can >> to look at that and evaluate if we can come<02:57:39.600> to<02:57:39.840>
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Dotseth, what happens is the Department of Commerce has an application process, and so
  • The Department of Commerce has an application process, and so this would be identified as to where this
  • We can and should return to a human-centric system of evaluating these potential denials and working
  • return to a to a human-centric<01:12:23.600> system<01:12:24.159> of<01:12:24.480> evaluating
  • <01:12:24.960> these human-centric system of evaluating these human-centric system of evaluating