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• Then we'll discuss food security programs and the relative lack of outcome monitoring.
• The first one that comes to mind for me is home visiting.
• That means there are effects we need to monitor. One of the things that was mentioned, Ms.
• I'm not understanding how our food programs are monitoring the needs. Can you expand on that?
• When I go to visit our offices, there are many, many. Senior workers there.

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• installing outdoor AED smart monitored installing outdoor AED smart monitored cabinets<00:05:12.960
• What we're trying to do is make our AED smart monitored cabinets that have the AEDs inside them readily
• What we're trying to do is make our AED smart monitored cabinets that have the AEDs inside them readily
• cabinets that have AED smart monitored cabinets that have the<00:07:19.840> AEDs<00:07:20.479
• that when the schools that came to visit that when the schools that came to visit me,<00:59:20.079

Bills: HF1532, HF1290, HF2231, HF2013

Keywords: eminent domain, reimbursement, property acquisition, appraisal, landowner rights, HF1290, AED, automatic external defibrillator, defibrillator signage, wayfinding signs, roadside signs, directional signage, public access AED, emergency medical response, cardiac arrest, sudden cardiac arrest, public safety, Minnesota Department of Transportation, road authority, transportation law

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• I really love visiting that beautiful town.
• I really love visiting that beautiful town.
• I really love visiting that beautiful town.
• I really love visiting that beautiful town.
• <00:42:28.359> on that can be addressed to a monitor on that can be addressed to a monitor

Bills: HF1247, HF628

Keywords: child care, aides, supervision, child care centers, staffing regulations, childcare, day care, licensed child care center, early childhood education, child care licensing, director qualifications, staff ratios, group size, staff-to-child ratio, substitutes, volunteers, assistant teacher, teacher qualifications, infant care, toddler age

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• , and on-site monitoring.
• So quality assurance monitoring, both at the county level and at the state level, Quality assurance monitoring
• And we monitor those.”
• to the home and review of records, or maybe even multiple visits to monitor that any remedy was implemented
• And was it electronic visit? It was at 85%.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Better monitoring and identification of homeless sex offenders, which make up nationally about 20% of
• We’ve also been involved in past legislation in other states that would provide electronic monitoring
• people just because we want to monitor them.
• We’re going to monitor people until they can become compliant with their own sex offender court order
• I encourage all the members in here, if you have time, to go and visit Our House.

Summary: The committee first approved a motion, then heard a lengthy presentation on homelessness policy and behavioral health. Testimony focused on the view that Arkansas should shift toward more data-driven, outcomes-based responses to homelessness, including stronger treatment options for serious mental illness and substance use disorder, better data collection, provider accountability, and possible statewide use of the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model. Speakers from Fort Smith, Restore Hope, Our House, and Western Arkansas Counseling described local work, the need for better coordination across providers, and the role of crisis services, ACT teams, and employment support. Members asked about sex offender tracking, the difference between sheltered and unsheltered homelessness, how to scale successful programs statewide, and whether Arkansas could apply for a statewide Continuum of Care or CCBHC planning grant. The discussion also touched on camping bans, civil commitment, and federal funding changes, with several speakers urging the state to pursue the CCBHC planning grant and more transparent reporting systems. After the homelessness discussion, the committee moved through a series of Department of Energy and Board of Nursing rule reviews. DEQ proposed updating the post-closure cleanup threshold for solid waste matters from $50,000 to $2 million to match Act 791 of 2025, and members asked about financial assurance and oversight; the rule was reviewed without objection. The Board of Nursing then presented multiple rule changes tied to recent acts, including adding fees for dialysis patient care technician registration, expanding contact-information requirements, implementing APRN delegation authority to unlicensed workers, clarifying APRN authority for death certificates and durable medical equipment prescriptions, updating certified medication assistant training and insulin-injection authority, and conforming independent-practice rules for clinical nurse specialists. Each rule was reviewed without objection. Near the end of the meeting, Senator Irvin announced that UAMS had completed its NCI designation submission for the Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Institute, calling it an important milestone for the state. The committee then adjourned.

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• for the first signs of any disease more effectively than we can in the DNR monitor wild herds.
• <00:43:38.600> their<00:43:38.840> herds you that they can monitor their herds you
• <00:43:46.720> So, in the DNR monitor wild herds. So, in the DNR monitor wild herds.
• And last fall, members of this body went on tours of the state on a bipartisan fashion to visit folks
• And last fall, members of this body went on tours of the state on a bipartisan fashion to visit folks

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The House first adopted a conference committee report on House File 3900, a constitutional amendment related to state government and school trust lands. Members from both parties praised the work on the bill and said the conference committee returned a clean version of the House-passed measure. The report was adopted without opposition, and the bill was repassed as amended by conference on a 134-0 roll call. The chamber then took up Senate File 4282, a forecast-adjustments bill covering K-12 education, human services, children and families, and transportation. Representative Youakim explained that the conference report restored all four forecast articles plus several no-cost education items, including school fund transfers, utility-payment authority, a paraprofessional licensing clarification, a grant extension, and school trust lands language. Representative Mueller moved to refuse adoption, arguing the report had become a catchall and omitted agreed-upon literacy language; that motion failed 62-72. The House then adopted the conference report, and the bill was repassed as amended by conference on a 94-37 vote. Next, the House concurred in Senate amendments to House File 4138, the social media bill aimed at restricting addictive social media harms for minors. The Senate had removed House “threat alert” language, and the author said that was the only substantive difference. Supporters said the bill would protect kids online and require parental permission for social media accounts for children 15 and under. The House concurred and repassed the bill as amended by the Senate on a 131-2 vote. The House then began consideration of Senate File 2373, a labor and industry bill exempting minor league baseball players from minimum wage and overtime requirements. Through a series of amendments, members added provisions on rural cancer research, disability services and employment access, unemployment insurance for certain laid-off Iron Range miners, and agricultural funding items such as depredation, local foods, down payment assistance, and meat processing grants. One proposed amendment to remove the double-fencing requirement for farmed cervidae was strongly opposed as a threat to deer health and was defeated 61-72. The transcript ends during debate on that amendment, before final disposition of the bill is shown.

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• > linguistically appropriate messaging linguistically appropriate messaging home<00:16:17.160> visits
• done by Family Navigators home visits done by Family Navigators student<00:16:19.519> engagement<
• Chair, too, if we visit this topic again, if we can maybe get some folks from the counties and those
• Chair, too, if we visit this topic again, if we can maybe get some folks from the counties and those
• this topic again chair too if we visit this topic again if<00:42:56.480> we<00:42:56.599>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• In 2018, I had the occasion to get in my car that summer and drive the state of Florida, visiting all
• quality of care, and enhance Patients' insurance coverage, monitor quality of care, and enhance provider
• They should also develop and routinely analyze a behavioral health workforce survey, with monitoring
• I've joined you in it, and when you came to Palm Beach County visiting all your managing entities, I
• I want to thank you for coming to visit with me, giving me a chance to talk with you and to understand

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs met to consider several bills and the confirmation of Taylor Hatch as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families. SB 1310, relating to reporting of student mental health outcomes, was temporarily postponed. The committee then took up SB 1354 on behavioral health managing entities, adopted a delete-all amendment, and heard support for the bill’s focus on transparency, accountability, audits, referral patterns, and a DCF report due by December 1. Members discussed the capacity of the current reporting system and the need for coordination with school districts. The committee voted the bill favorably. The committee next considered SB 1620 on mental health and substance abuse disorders, which implements selected recommendations from the 2025 Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders. The bill, as amended, includes reforms on dignity and patient-centered care, crisis response, individualized treatment plans, use of the DLA-20 assessment tool, data analysis by the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, and creation of a research center. Amendments removed a direct medication-provision requirement in favor of a review and report on discharge procedures, medication adherence, and long-acting injectables, and clarified licensure priorities for short-term residential treatment programs. Testimony and debate emphasized the need for action, better data, and efficient use of public funds. The committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard from Taylor Hatch, the Governor’s appointee to lead DCF. Hatch described her background in state government and her priorities for DCF, including coordination, transparency, prevention, permanency, and responsiveness to vulnerable Floridians. Several members spoke in support, citing her experience at APD and familiarity with the agency’s work. The committee voted unanimously to recommend her confirmation, and then adjourned.

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• The majority of these services are provided by regionally based staff that visit children and adults
• It's one of those many efforts to encourage people to simply call or visit our website to learn more.
• We will oftentimes tag team and go on those visits together. We are not territorial in any way.
• VRS, video relay services, is monitored by the Federal Communications Commission.
• It remains based on the audited financial systems and results in more effective monitoring.

Summary: The committee first approved the February 11, 2026 minutes and then received an update from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency on the interagency council on homelessness and continuum of care funding. Testimony described rising homelessness tied to tight housing markets, low incomes, aging homelessness, barriers to rental assistance and public benefits, and limited shelter and case-management capacity. Members discussed the need for more affordable housing, continued one-time funding for the North Dakota Homeless Grant and Housing Incentive Fund, better coordination with Health and Human Services on economic assistance and human service zones, landlord engagement, recovery housing, and reentry housing. The committee also heard that federal continuum of care funding remains uncertain, with possible shifts away from permanent supportive housing and housing-first models; members asked for a future update on the impact if federal rules reduce the share available for permanent housing. The committee then took testimony on accessibility of government services for people who are blind or visually impaired. Paul Olson of North Dakota Vision Services School for the Blind described current screening and service delivery, including infant referrals, regional staff, short-term programs, and collaboration with vocational rehabilitation. He said the targeted screening system is working, recommended maintaining the current model, and noted ongoing challenges with staffing, public awareness, and accessible state websites and documents. Public testimony from a visually impaired resident and a deaf resident emphasized barriers such as CAPTCHAs, inaccessible PDFs, employment forms that screen out applicants based on driver’s license status, shortages of interpreters, and the need for video remote interpreting and video relay services, along with training for users and agencies. Finally, the committee heard a final report on the study of child care provider licensing from HHS Early Childhood Director Kay Larson. The report summarized provider input and committee discussion on simplifying North Dakota’s child care licensing structure, reducing administrative burden, and balancing that with health and safety standards. Key topics included licensing categories, child care assistance eligibility, food program sponsorship, staff qualifications, training requirements, ratios and group size, age bands, and preschool exemptions. The committee’s recommendations included streamlining to three provider types plus a preschool designation, revising ratio and age-band rules, and carrying forward certain preschool outdoor-space exemptions. Larson noted that any changes would require statutory changes, rulemaking, and a transition period before new licensing rules could take effect.

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• Are you visiting our state? Yes, huh? From where? I live in Puerto Rico. Okay.
• Licensees must ensure DHS is notified of any changes in a facility's electronic monitoring policy.
• Licensees must ensure DHS is notified of any changes in a facility's electronic monitoring policy.
• There's some amazing technology out there on radar, monitoring, wearables, things that are in there.
• devices allowed or disallowed but I will of monitoring devices allowed or disallowed but I will vote

Bills: SB1014, SB1094, SB1146, SB1177, SB1192, SB1194, SB1214, SB1372, SB1390, SB1398, SB1399, SB1494, SB1557, SB1561, SB1564, SB1602, SB1603, SB1621, SB1628, SB1629, SB1713, SB1752, SB1776, SB1813, SB1814, SB1821

Keywords: gender transition, gender detransition, health insurance, medical procedures, insurance claims, official documents, Arizona law, gender reassignment, civil liability, minors, medical consent, detransition, dependent children, foster care, periodic review, court hearings, child welfare, public funds, prohibition, Arizona legislation

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• So you'll see some monitoring into 2027 for that as well.
• So we're going to stay engaged with it by continuing to monitor it in terms of an implementation aspect
• Chairman and Representative Block, it is something that we are monitoring because we also were flagged
• We're already conducting visits to some of the virtual charter schools that have asked us to come in
• Then we will select where to go visit based on that and talk to those leaders directly because they're

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• I want to make certain that we visit other states to see exactly how they were able to put it in place
• However, they also noted that maximizing the benefits of technology solely depends on driver monitoring
• So, looking at the issue, monitoring and training of drivers is fine if they're employees.
• Thank you to Senator Hagenbuch for visiting with us about our concerns.
• But the definition... there are determinative of employee status, and we also learned from the visit

Bills: SB215, SB1104, SB1351, SB1931, SB2245, SB2589, SB2707, SB2807, SB1423, SB1568

Keywords: education, funding, school districts, local control, equity, digital identification, identity verification, Department of Public Safety, Texas legislature, wireless communication, Texas, technology, identification program, fee structure, wireless devices, public safety, hunting license, handgun license, fingerprinting, dealer license

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• What's especially notable is that the monitoring tier.
• Monitoring tier once again led overall growth with roughly one-third of students advancing.
• Again, what's especially encouraging is that our monitoring...
• This is the third year of full K-12 iReadyMath implementation, giving us the ability to monitor growth
• So I started visiting some of our schools in Tucson and just visiting, seeing what teaching is, what

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• other words, did that school districts missing opportunity to prepare the students for life by not monitoring
• their 2 point requirement and either they're by not monitoring their 2 point requirement and either
• We encourage them to visit our programs.
• So I invite they come and visit our school board members come and visit.
• And Florida is nationally leading progress monitoring.

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• <00:37:35.079> as scope of the annual Wellness visit as scope of the annual Wellness visit
• um camera is anyone else wish um monitor um camera is anyone else wish you<00:43:51.720> testify<
• Okay, so Barbara, can you turn on your monitor and your microphone so that Peter can testify?
• Okay, so Barbara, can you turn on your monitor and your microphone so that Peter can testify?
• <00:53:22.319> the<00:53:22.520> care officer uh went and visited the care officer

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several health-related bills. HB 72 on pharmacy drew only support, with testimony from the University of Hawaiʻi system, the Board of Pharmacy, pharmacists, and others; no questions were raised. HB 237 on peer support programs also received broad support from the Department of Health, DHS, early learning officials, families, and advocates, with testimony emphasizing the value of peer-to-peer mentoring and support for parents, youth, and people with disabilities; no opposition or questions were noted. HB 250, the prior authorization bill, generated the most discussion. SHPDA supported a revised version focused on reporting prior authorization practices and creating a nonbinding working group to develop automation standards, while PCMA, HMSA, Kaiser Permanente, and others raised concerns about duplicative pharmacy requirements, unintended consequences, and alignment with federal timelines and reporting. Several medical groups and individual patients supported the measure, describing delays and burdens caused by prior authorization. A committee member asked whether the bill’s working group differed from a similar group in Senate Bill 1449, and the witness said it was intended to be the same. HB 303 on health care preceptors was supported by the Department of Health, University of Hawaiʻi, nursing and health care organizations, and the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, which asked that pharmacists’ residency programs be specifically tied to national accreditation standards. HB 341, relating to issuance of SPURS to assist the Hawaii Island Community Health Association, drew support from the health center and related groups. HB 692 on Preschool Open Doors received extensive support from early learning, education, family, labor, and community organizations; testimony stressed the shortage of child care and preschool slots, especially on Kauai, and the need to expand access for families. Committee members asked about adding family child care providers and about licensing/certification barriers, and DHS said the bill was focused on current licensed child care facilities and that certification issues were a separate, broader problem. HB 700 on cognitive assessments also drew strong support, with the Department of Health, the Executive Office on Aging, disability advocates, the Alzheimer’s Association, caregivers, and others urging use of a validated cognitive assessment tool during annual wellness visits and asking that the age 65 threshold be removed; some witnesses supported keeping the data-collection portion as a pilot and emphasized early detection and reporting.

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• However, the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program has limited resources and is only funded to
• Jurisdictions that decide to do their own monitoring will be able to collect data to improve their health
• California's birth defects monitoring program is currently limited to 10 counties to monitor.
• I have experienced firsthand the health effects of wildfire smoke when I visited many of my constituents
• wildfire smoke may have pushed many of my constituents with asthma, COPD, and those who are pregnant to visit

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• These women do not simply visit Annapolis.
• women<00:04:41.040> do<00:04:41.280> not<00:04:41.440> simply<00:04:41.759> visit
• women do not simply visit Annapolis. women do not simply visit Annapolis.
• The clerk will read the next bill. >> House Bill 55, Vehicle Laws, Speed Monitoring Systems, Residential
• <00:17:17.199> where to use speed camera monitoring where to use speed camera monitoring where

Keywords: House streaming session for Thursday, February 19, 2026, 957, house, all

Summary: The House convened with 124 members present, offered prayer, approved the previous day’s journal by consent, and then moved through introductory matters and a ceremonial resolution recognizing Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated for its 113 years of sisterhood, scholarship, service, and social action in Maryland. Members welcomed visiting sorors and applauded the recognition. The chamber later confirmed 131 members present and proceeded to third reading bills. Several bills were passed without opposition, including House Bill 7, authorizing limited music therapy licenses; House Bill 42, revising the State Board of Massage Therapy Examiners; House Bill 164, on yard waste collection and disposal; and House Bill 177, on bicycles, play vehicles, and unicycles at crosswalks. House Bill 55, which would expand speed camera authority to local jurisdictions statewide for certain roads and areas, drew the most debate. Supporters argued it would give counties and municipalities local control to address speeding and safety concerns, while opponents raised concerns about local autonomy, revenue use, and whether camera fines supplement or supplant public safety funding. The floor leader clarified that the bill would extend authority now limited to three counties, that existing notice and public hearing requirements would remain, and that revenues must still be used for administrative costs and public safety. During debate on House Bill 55, members asked about the speed threshold, fine structure, whether citations go to vehicle owners, and whether the bill would change how local governments use camera revenues. The floor leader said the bill itself does not alter the existing rule that revenues after administrative costs must go to public safety, and that local jurisdictions could still further restrict use of funds. After debate, House Bill 55 passed 98-35. House Bill 164 passed 96-38, while House Bill 7 passed 133-0 and House Bill 42 passed 132-0.

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• If you're monitoring, if this machine software is monitoring a certain perimeter around the prison, is
• Is this software going to block it out, or is it going to monitor it?
• Because my understanding— Is this software going to block it out, or is it going to monitor it?
• Because my understanding was it was going to monitor it.
• So it is monitoring as well, yes.

Summary: The committee first filed a report on the executive protection detail and then reviewed a long list of House and Senate bills that were ready for action, with members instructed to hold any items they wanted removed. The committee then took up several agency requests to amend bills: the Auditor of State’s request for a $370 increase for special deputy expense allowance, the Administrative Office of the Courts’ requests for additional funding for court interpreters and substitute court reporters, and requests tied to local sales tax refunds, county property tax redistribution, emergency medical and law enforcement support, and Northwest Arkansas Community College tornado-related repairs. All of those amendments were adopted, and one amendment on House Bill 1034 was held over at Senator Johnson’s request. A major portion of the meeting focused on an amendment for the Department of Corrections to fund a pilot program using mobile technology to identify and disable illegal inmate cell phones at Varner and Cummins prisons. The bill sponsors and Corrections officials described the problem as a serious public safety issue, saying inmates use contraband phones for criminal activity, trafficking, scams, and outside coordination. Members asked about FCC rules, procurement, whether the system would jam or only identify phones, whether it would affect staff or nearby users, how quickly it would work, whether it would be a one-time or ongoing cost, and whether the department had existing budget authority. Officials said the proposal would require an RFP, that current funding was not available in the department’s budget, and that the technology would be a two-year pilot. The committee ultimately adopted the amendment and then gave the underlying bill a do-pass recommendation. The committee also considered an amendment for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, which sought a $4 million increase in appropriation authority. Senators discussed the division’s role in county extension offices, 4-H, research, and salary competitiveness, while others questioned why the division needed more appropriation room when it already had about $10 million in headroom and had requested a different funding level through higher education. Division representatives said the increase would help with salaries and provide flexibility for future funding, and Higher Education staff clarified the original request and recommendation amounts. After extensive discussion, the committee adopted the amendment and gave it a do-pass recommendation. Finally, the committee began acting on governor’s letters, adopting amendments for a homestead property tax credit increase, insurance department conference travel, property appraisal analysis support, career and technical education professional development, regulatory and casino gaming appropriations, a new program integrity line for the Department of Inspector General, consolidation of licensing board appropriations, deletion of a completed Fort Chaffee Readiness Center appropriation, and a revised reappropriation package for prison expansion that included special language limiting use of the funds. Members asked several questions about the prison reappropriation, including whether it still related to the earlier Calico Rock project and whether special language should be considered separately; the committee moved the governor’s letters forward for drafting and further action.

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• SB 373 addresses WestEd's report's concerns about unclear roles in monitoring out-of-state non-public
• Specifically, SB 373 requires LEAs to continue conducting annual site visits to every out-of-state NPS
• serving California students, conduct in-person interviews with students during those visits, aligned
• It makes sure that these out-of-state students are being visited, that they're being monitored, and that
• And Senator Grove, your bill is important to make sure that we continue to monitor the well-being of

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee met without a quorum for much of the hearing and heard several bills out of order. SB 249 by Senator Umberg would move county board of education elections from the primary to the statewide general election. Supporters, including the League of Women Voters and many educators, argued the change would increase turnout and make the electorate more representative. The Orange County Board of Education opposed the bill, saying it would increase costs, reduce local control, and bury education races on crowded general-election ballots. The chair and members discussed turnout, cost, and representation, but the bill was held pending a quorum. Senator Grove presented SB 373, which adds safeguards for California students placed in out-of-state non-public schools through IEPs. The bill would require more robust LEA and CDE oversight, including annual site visits, student interviews, quarterly contact, stronger certification standards, and restrictions on prone, supine, and mechanical restraints. Testimony from a survivor of an out-of-state placement and from advocates emphasized abuse, neglect, and the need for stronger monitoring. There was broad support and no opposition testimony, but the measure was also held pending a quorum. Senator Ashby presented SB 568, the epinephrine in schools modernization act, to clarify and expand requirements for stocked epinephrine so they clearly apply to all public schools, including preschool programs. School nurses and medical experts said the bill would close gaps created by universal preschool and ensure life-saving treatment is available for anaphylaxis. The committee discussed dosing and implementation, and the bill was supported without opposition testimony. The committee also heard SB 414, the Charter School Accountability Act, which would strengthen fiscal oversight, audit standards, and transparency for charter schools and authorizers. Supporters said it responds to fraud and audit findings while preserving charter flexibility; opponents, including school employees and teachers, said it did not go far enough on authorizer accountability and small-district oversight. After discussion, the committee voted 7-0 to pass SB 414 as amended to Appropriations. The committee also briefly heard SB 743 by Senator Cortese, which would create an equalization reserve account to provide additional funding to underfunded school districts and reduce funding inequities tied to ZIP code. The author said the bill would support student achievement and teacher retention over time. The transcript cuts off before testimony or action on SB 743 was completed.

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• We focus on recruitment and retention of bilingual educators, support program monitoring and management
• That includes our monitoring visits and onsite visits for continuing improvement of the programs and
• And we visit what we value, and 67% of our students are Hispanic, period.
• So I think we visit what we value, and I will tell you it is not...
• Lots more information when we're down in Las Cruces and visiting some of the details and specifics.