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• </c><00:31:33.919><c> schools</c> schools and to tribal schools schools and to tribal schools because
• </c> in all schools. in all schools.
• Private school, charter school, public school, does not matter.
• ><c> school,</c> school.
• Private school, charter school, school.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• With individual schools or school districts, we come in, we try to work with those district leaders to
• So the school system doesn't pay for any of this. There's no cost to the school at this. Thank you.
• Tessa Craig with Catholic High School Band, Catholic High School Brunettes.
• I can speak from experience because when I went to school, we had separate schools.
• they're homeschool, whether they're charter school, whatever nature, private schools, if we were all

Committee: House Education

Summary: The House Education Committee met on March 25, 2026, with a quorum present and heard a series of education-related bills and one resolution. The committee first took up HB 636 on hazing at public post-secondary institutions. Representative LaFleur presented the bill as a response to Caleb Wilson’s death, and family members, former Rep. Jason Hughes, and other supporters urged stronger prevention, reporting, and penalties. The committee adopted amendments adding implementation details and a lifetime ban on re-chartering an organization if hazing results in death, then reported the bill as amended as the “Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act.” The committee then heard HB 218 on food insecurity screenings in public schools. LaFleur said the bill would formalize a process to identify hungry students and connect families to resources, with amendments tying the screening to existing McKinney-Vento forms and adding food-insecurity questions. Support came from charter school representatives, the Department of Education, and others, while Dr. Will Hall suggested involving caregivers and faith-based groups. The bill was reported with amendments. The committee also approved HB 626, which would require colleges and universities to provide suicide-prevention information, hotline access, and aggregated non-identifiable reporting on suicide risk. Rep. Jordan described it as a response to an uptick in suicides among college-age students, and the Board of Regents said most institutions already use telehealth or 988 resources. The bill was reported favorably. Next, the committee heard HB 749 on the administration of START, START K-12, and ABLE savings accounts. Rep. Carver said the bill would modernize and secure the program by allowing a third-party manager and online platform, while Treasury and Board of Regents staff explained that oversight would remain in place and that ABLE accounts would not be charged fees. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered HB 352 on behavioral health services for public school students. Rep. Mack and advocates from the Arc and ABA providers said the bill would ensure medically necessary services can be delivered in classrooms or other school settings, while the Louisiana Federation of Teachers asked for clearer pre-conference expectations to avoid classroom disruption. After testimony from parents, providers, and school stakeholders, the bill was reported with amendments. Finally, the committee approved HB 201 creating a state seal of fine arts for high school graduates, and HB 738 revising student disciplinary proceedings at colleges and universities to ensure evidence and fairness in disciplinary actions. Both bills were reported favorably. The committee also began hearing HCR 14, which expresses support for federal efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, but the transcript cuts off before any final action on the resolution is shown.

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• , schools, schools, most<00:04:21.359><c> of</c><00:04:21.480><c> them</c><00:04:22.120><c> um</c><00
• </c> build uh a school build uh a school based<00:04:35.760><c> on</c><00:04:35.960><c> our</c><00:04
• </c> new $30 school. new $30 school.
• . school. school.
• </c> the School Foundation Program account. the School Foundation Program account.

Bills: HB0034 , HB0035 , HB0036 , HB0106

Committee: Senate Appropriations

Keywords: HB0034, Wyoming retirement system, Wyoming Retirement Act, firefighter retirement, public employee retirement, retirement benefits, state pension, wildland firefighting, wildland firefighter, crash and rescue, Wyoming National Guard, Office of State Lands and Investments, Wyoming Retirement Board, correctional forestry crew, correctional crew supervisor, correctional forestry crew manager, general fund appropriation, state agency employees, service credit, benefit eligibility

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• So our school utilizes a variety of funding in order to make this work at our school.
• Like I said, I talk at these schools; I talk at different schools every week.
• This approach is very hyperlocal; it's very different from school to school.
• school community.
• And community schools Schools were originated out of the office when I was there.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• youth in our schools.
• This matters to us because Team Child represents many middle school and high school students who are
• really disconnected from school and who really struggle to be... ...and high school students who are
• To put a number on it, in the 2019-20 school year, a school year isolation.
• To put a number on it, in the 2019-20 school year, a school year that was shortened by the pandemic,

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: 904, all

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• to school safely.
• </c> within the schools, to be quite honest. within the schools, to be quite honest.
• </c> but how our kids get to school safely. but how our kids get to school safely.
• , they should not be counted absent from school as they are in the school.
• Plain and simple.” the school all not the district but the the school all not the district but the school

Keywords: 1183, house

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• To public schools statewide and regionally.
• for certain school districts.
• Not in your home, not in your school, not in any place.
• districts like mine, like Shelton School District, in binding conditions, and many other school districts
• Schools also have to pay for. The costs are high.

Summary: The House Education Committee met in executive session on several bills, beginning with House Bill 1795 on restraint and isolation in schools. Staff described the proposed substitute as prohibiting mechanical, chemical, and certain physical restraints, limiting planned use of restraint to cases with written medical necessity and parental consent, and revising the definition of serious harm. Members debated amendments clarifying that serious harm can include harm to another person, barring construction of rooms designed primarily for student isolation, and adding a null-and-void clause. The committee adopted the first two amendments but rejected the null-and-void amendment, then advanced the bill as amended. The final roll call on HB 1795 was 10 ayes, 7 nays, and 2 excused, and it was reported do pass as amended. The committee then considered Second Substitute House Bill 1634, which would create a statewide technical assistance and training framework for student behavioral health, coordinated by OSPI and ESDs with behavioral health agencies and community partners. A second proposed substitute removed some implementation requirements, narrowed the bill to coordination and access to services, added family-focused consultation and planning language, and removed certain reporting and needs-assessment provisions. A null-and-void amendment was offered but failed. Supporters said the bill would provide schools with flexible technical assistance rather than mandates, while opponents raised concerns about fiscal impact and unfunded obligations. The committee approved the bill on a 12-5 vote with 2 excused and reported it do pass. The committee also received staff briefings on House Bill 1662, which would require several education-related agencies and entities to transition to separate administrative services and operational independence on a delayed timeline, and House Bill 1683, which would adjust school board director-district election requirements and thresholds. No amendments were noted on HB 1683, and the committee did not reach final action on either of those bills before adjourning.

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• SENATE BILL 248 EXPANDS THE ABILITY FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL AND HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST
• IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ELECTIVES IN FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION SCHOOLS.
• AT A DIFFERENT SCHOOL.
• IS AT THE PRIVATE SCHOOL?
• PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL HAS TO BE OPEN AND READY TO ACCEPT THEM.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• There are lots of schools statewide that do use school buildings, correct?
• There are lots of schools statewide that do use school buildings, correct?
• There are lots of schools statewide that do use school buildings, correct?
• There are lots of schools statewide that do use school buildings, correct?
• I've talked to many schools.

Committee: House Local Government, Elections and Pensions

Summary: The Elections Committee met in executive session first and adopted a House Committee substitute for House Bill 2387, which combined HB 2387 and HB 2480. The substitute removed provisions on extending no-excuse in-person absentee voting and shortening the absentee voting window, shifted the presidential candidate filing fee to be set by state party committees, and added language to bind presidential delegates to primary results while allowing national party rules to control where required. Members discussed the legal basis for delegate binding, party input on the substitute, and the role of closed primaries, then the committee voted 10-2-1 to do pass HB 2387 as substituted. The committee also passed House Bill 1987 and House Concurrent Resolution 23 without opposition, and passed House Bill 1802 after members discussed election transparency and concerns about applying the measure uniformly across counties; the vote was 11-2. In public hearing, the committee heard House Bill 2605, which would update election notice requirements, especially for bond elections. Sponsor Rep. McGaugh and the State Auditor’s office said the bill would address technical publication errors that had jeopardized voter-approved bond issues by allowing notice defects to be cured if no election contest is filed within 30 days, while also allowing one newspaper publication and one direct mailing notice. Testimony from county clerks, school administrators, a fire district, the Missouri Press Association, and others generally supported the bill as a practical fix, though one witness urged broader website posting of notices. The hearing also covered House Bill 2301, a campaign finance cleanup bill that would clarify definitions and reporting rules in Chapter 130, especially for continuing committees and indirect political spending; the sponsor said it was intended to fix ambiguity from prior law, and the only testimony in favor called for additional restrictions on recurring donations and more transparency. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1787, which would require schools used as polling places to treat election days as school holidays beginning in the 2026-27 school year. The sponsor said the bill was intended to improve child safety and could also help with staffing and voter participation, while members raised concerns about school calendars already being set and whether the mandate should instead be optional or delayed to a later school year. A witness in favor supported the safety goal but asked for local control and a later effective date. No opposition testimony was presented, and the committee adjourned after the hearing.

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• This raises the threshold to $500, giving different school districts and different school sites a little
• The threshold to $500 gives different school districts and different school sites a little bit of leeway
• If it's beneficial for our students to have 542 school districts, then we should have 542 school districts
• If it's beneficial for our students to have 542 school districts, then we should have 542 school districts
• Right now, do we have fewer schools or more public schools, not counting charter schools, than we did

Summary: The Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Education met after an extended recess and first laid over House Bills 3244, 4146, 4158, and later 3718 for a future hearing. The committee also noted that its Wednesday meeting would be held at 4:30 p.m. in Room 4S5. Several bills were then heard and advanced, with PCS substitutes adopted without objection where noted. House Bill 4478, by Rep. Deck, raised the student activity fund deposit threshold from $100 to $500 and required all such deposits to be made by the end of the business week; it passed 6-0. House Bill 3671, by Rep. Provenzano, allowed experienced teachers to carry career teacher status to a new district for evaluation purposes only, not for contract or tenure decisions; after a question about tenure, it passed 7-0. House Bill 3051, by Rep. Stewart, streamlined and modernized the Tulsa Reconciliation Scholarship to make it easier for eligible students to access while preserving the program’s historic purpose; it passed 6-1. House Bill 3671 also drew questions about whether the bill would affect tenure, and the author said it would not. House Bill 3051 prompted questions about eligibility and whether there was any ranking system; the author said the scholarship remained equally available under current law. House Bill 3710, by Rep. Pogemiller, created a bipartisan district realignment commission to study school-district consolidation or reorganization every 10 years, considering financial efficiency, academic outcomes, enrollment, location, and proximity to other schools; supporters argued it would start a needed conversation about district structure and administrative costs, while opponents raised concerns about forced consolidation and local control. After extensive debate, it passed 5-4.

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• school? school?
• </c> it's Medicaid to schools? it's Medicaid to schools?
• ><c> schools.
• The schools have to run their schools.
• school board policies and managing school employees.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 34, which would require parental consent for each new service provided to a student through the Medicaid to Schools program and require reports to legislative policy committees. Senator Ruth Ward said the bill was intended to increase transparency, protect parental involvement, and ensure continuity of care, especially for students with disabilities. She also noted a proposed amendment she received shortly before the hearing that would change the bill’s focus from a “new service” to a “new care plan.” Representatives from the New Hampshire Primary Care Association and Amoscake Health testified that they opposed the bill as written but would support it with the amendment. They explained that tying consent to individual diagnosis codes or services could be burdensome, could delay care, and could create compliance problems if a diagnosis changes during a visit. They said the amendment would better align consent with the overall care plan and avoid interrupting treatment mid-appointment. Committee members raised questions about how the bill would interact with IEPs, individualized health plans, homebound services, telehealth, billing, and whether the amendment would still require parental involvement after a care plan changes. The deputy Medicaid director from the Department of Health and Human Services testified that the amendment was more operationally feasible because Medicaid billing involves many ICD-10 codes that can change or overlap, and consent should be tied to the care plan rather than to each code. He said the current law already requires parental consent for participation in the Medicaid to Schools program and annual consent for billing, but the bill would make explicit consent for care-plan changes. No vote was taken during the portion of the hearing provided, and the committee appeared to continue discussion with DHHS after the testimony.

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• I went to grade school at Cottonwood Elementary School, which is no longer there.
• I've served as a county clerk, a county commissioner, a school board member for the Colbree schools,
• have been a middle school principal and an elementary school principal. principal, a school teacher,
• I cover school nutrition, STEM education, community schools, and other related areas. Thanks.
• to charter schools.

Committee: Senate Senate Education

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• The bill does not punish schools. The bill does not punish schools.
• and it does say schools and school districts and charter schools.
• Okay, so the legislation looks at schools and it looks at school districts.
• Lower rigorous school.
• , and you point to one or two vacant schools. ...schools, and you point to one or two vacant schools.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• , impact tutoring, and out-of-school learning on line 140 to 143. ...impact tutoring, and out-of-school
• We do have data that we collect from all of our participating school districts and charter schools.
• We do have data that we collect from all of our participating school districts and charter schools.
• And high school... ...cost burden. Teens not in school.
• And high school... ...school Proficient in reading, eighth graders not proficient in math, and high school

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: 996, all

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• > schools.
• Um I know most public schools.
• </c> homeschools the same as private schools. homeschools the same as private schools.
• </c><00:30:46.320><c> Um</c> certified non-public school. Um certified non-public school.
• </c> payers pay taxes to the local schools? payers pay taxes to the local schools?

Committee: House Postsecondary Education

Keywords: 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• That needs to occur not only in the school year, but when kids aren't in school.
• I was not attending school. I did not feel like school was a place for me.
• Brown High School.
• School enrollment, school accountability data, attendance improvement, school safety plan, postsecondary
• student, every single high school, and, um, well, middle school, high school.

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• FOR THE USE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDS PROHIBITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS AND RELATED ORGANIZATIONS
• THE BILL ALSO REPEALS FLORIDA SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ALLOWS SCHOOLS TO PURCHASE AND USE EMERGENCY OPIOID
• RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING TEACHERS WHO WORK IN CHARTER SCHOOLS AND THE FLORIDA SCHOOL RECOGNITION PROGRAM
• MAPS USED BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHARTER SCHOOLS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
• SAFETY GUARDS AND EXTENDS PROTECTIONS TO SCHOOL GUARDIANS TO COVER SCHOOL SECURITY GUARDS.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c> hall in that school. hall in that school.
• </c> of the school and nobody at the school of the school and nobody at the school could<00:47:05.520
• ><c> within</c><01:27:30.960><c> a</c><01:27:31.199><c> school</c> actually have a school within a school
• We actually go to the school. program. We actually go to the school.
• </c> school year. school year.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:08 Agency Updates: 00:01:27 Truancy: 00:01:43, 958, all

Summary: The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council met on October 8, 2025, approved the minutes from the August 29 meeting, and then focused its agenda on truancy and chronic absenteeism. Chad Butler, director of pupil personnel for Meade County and president of the Kentucky Department of Pupil Personnel directors, said chronic absenteeism remains a major problem statewide, citing recent Kentucky rates around 28% to 30% and noting that schools are trying to identify best practices to get students back in class. He said causes appear to include post-COVID social-emotional distress and confusion about when students should stay home, and he described a local effort to use a Healthy Kids Clinic model to keep some students in school when possible. In response to questions, he said chronic absenteeism has only been tracked seriously in the last two to three years and that House Bill 611 appears to have increased the number of youth entering the court system for habitual truancy; AOC said it would provide county-by-county data and outcomes later in the meeting. The council then heard from John Tyson of Alabama, a former Mobile district attorney, who described the Helping Families Initiative as a school-community partnership designed to address truancy and related behavior issues without arrest. Tyson said Alabama defines chronic absence as missing 10% of the school year and emphasized that the program is preventive rather than punitive, using warning letters, family engagement, assessments, individualized intervention plans, and referrals to community services. He said the program has operated since 2003, now includes 20 district attorneys and 44 school systems, and served more than 95,000 students, 73,000 families, and 162,000 parents in the most recent year. Tyson reported that in Mobile County the program was associated with a 3.15% attendance improvement in 2023-24 and a 4% reduction in the issue in 2024-25, along with a 50% reduction in truancy and 58% reduction in chronic absenteeism, and he said the program produced a large return on investment. Tyson also stressed that student absenteeism wastes tax dollars and that better attendance improves educational outcomes and community safety. He described the program’s use of a case-management database, real-time data tracking, and more than 1,000 referral agencies, and said the model is intended to be replicated statewide. He closed with examples of students whose attendance and family circumstances required coordinated support rather than punishment, including a teen mother and a disruptive child, to illustrate his view that schools, courts, and social services should work together to address underlying needs and keep children in school.

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• So we have, for example, classical schools and arts schools and STEM schools and CTE schools, and the
• So we have, for example, classical schools and arts schools and STEM schools and CTE schools, and the
• public schools.
• And when it did go out to schools, some schools did distribute it that way.
• And when it did go out to schools, some schools did distribute it that way.

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So I think schools need to do everything they can public and private schools.
• That's a public school on a credit to school because they're all accredited.
• Not all schools will accept credits from other schools.
• Dockets ABC is Scott School, owner of a private small school down for a lot of them.
• I feel like with private schools, private nursing education schools.

Keywords: 999, senate, all