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• For example, these dollars help us add extra reading and math interventionists and social workers.
• :12:35.839> and dollars help us add extra reading and dollars help us add extra reading and math
• interventionist and social workers math interventionist and social workers so<00:12:39.279> changes
• and behavior supports interventions and behavior supports interventions school<01:13:04.920>
• <01:32:36.280> to developing specific interventions to developing specific interventions to

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Bills: SB169, SB180, SB203, SB87, SB195, SB192, SB169, SB180, SB203, SB87, SB195, SB192, HB132, HB37, HB13, HB54, HB126, HB7, SB30, HB188, HB189, HB26, HB264, HB288, HB248, HB249, HB227, HB228

Keywords: Lieutenant Governor, vacancy, governor appointment, Alabama Constitution, state government, media monitoring, government contracts, state agencies, local agencies, media regulations, transparency, dental insurance, medical loss ratio, premium regulation, insurance commissioner, rebate, consumer protection, midwifery, licensed midwives, State Board of Midwifery

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• When you do the math, you're looking at about a $12 million, $200 impact to...
• candidate... ... that will ensure that more students in your school district are reading and doing math
• the star scores for these two superintendents' districts are even the same. ... reading and doing math
• While Superintendent A has 50% of students reading and doing math on grade level, Superintendent B also
• has 50% of students reading and doing math on grade level, but they're achieving this in a population

Bills: SB2920, SB2929, SB2398, SB865, SB401, SB2619, SB2927, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB1635, SB1581, SB2008

Keywords: steroids, student athletes, athletic competition, University Interscholastic League, medical purpose, gender transition, school athletics, spectator conduct, referees, ejection policy, extracurricular activities, concussion, brain injury, school policy, academic accommodations, student welfare, cardiac arrest, emergency response, CPR training, automated external defibrillators

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• In math and ELA, we found the same pattern.
• school district was featured in the New York Times because they were looking at our achievement in math
• We did a lot of intervention.

Bills: HB447, HB447

Keywords: HB447, school buses, student transportation, public schools, local boards of education, dual enrollment, career technical education, CTE, community college, trade school, technical college, offsite educational venues, student access, transportation policy, school bus law, Alabama education law, Montgomery County, probate court, judge of probate, will registration

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• So the first period, all every kid in the state either isn't ELA or math. So be split in half.
• Determinations completed 308 students receiving tier 2 tier 3 interventions.
• So you can imagine that's 300 students of our 568 ESC students that need tier 2 and tier 3 interventions

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• OUR INSTITUTE FOR DISEASE INTERVENTION, THIS WAS A SPINOFF OF OUR RESEARCH AND CANCER.
• SEE IS I THINK IT'S SCATTERED PRETTY WELL IN THIS VIDEO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IN TERMS OF THE KIND OF MATH
• IT'S A CLASSIC MATH PROBLEM BUT I WILL GIVE YOU A SENSE AND IT WILL PROBABLY FEEL FAMILIAR. >> [VIDEO
• PLAYING] >> MATH MATRIX SCENE TAKE TWO, ACTION. >> [INAUDIBLE] THERE ARE 125 SHEEP AND FIVE DOGS IN
• HELP TEACHERS BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT A VISION OF MATHEMATICS MORE RELEVANT AND ENGAGING THAT BUILDS THE MATH

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• learn to read and do math. learn to read and do math.
• Bodily autonomy is not overridden by utilitarian math.
• Bodily autonomy is not overridden by utilitarian math.
• Bodily autonomy is not overridden by utilitarian math.
• Rather, they are intervention.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• kids can read and they can use this as an empowerment that's gonna put them so much farther ahead in math
• means for a student like me is that because I would leave the classroom for 45 minutes of dyslexia intervention
• This seems unfair because, um, students who need dyslexia intervention also need all the other aspects
• I'm thankful I have finished daily dyslexia intervention, but this funding approach is wrong and it hurts

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• So, in looking at literacy and math rates, pre-kindergarten really is the tool that you want to use if
• We'd like to be closer to 70%, and then for early intervention, of course, we are serving all those who
• We are an early intervention agency providing services to Bernalillo and Sandoval County.
• I am a parent of a child who accessed early intervention services, so I'm going to focus solely there
• April Spaulding about funding early intervention, but I want to focus more on the wage scale and career

Bills: SB2

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• I am Stephen Gross, a Texas State University math instructor, speaking on behalf of myself.
• An educator with 20 years of experience teaching and tutoring math and sciences in both college and K
• meantime, I will continue to educate I don't know how many hundreds, thousands of students in the math
• Likewise, in terms of mathematics, we delve a little bit deeper into some more difficult math problems
• it definitely varies from person to person, but there are certainly folks that get that early intervention

Bills: SB530, SB757, SB769, SB1085, SB1241, SB1242, SB1409, SB1878, SB2138, SB2314, SB2231, SB2361, SB2431, SJR59

Keywords: accreditation, postsecondary education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, program delivery, faculty recruitment, higher education, performance standards, student loan debt, degree programs, funding, students with disabilities, accessibility, enrollment, report, SB 1085, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Del Rio

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a large agenda and repeatedly recessed for floor activity and other committee conflicts. The committee heard and left pending several higher education bills, including SB 2361 to transfer University of Houston-Victoria from the University of Houston System to the Texas A&M System and rename it Texas A&M University Victoria; testimony from university officials, local leaders, and industry representatives strongly supported the move as a way to better align degree programs with regional workforce needs in engineering, agriculture, and STEM. SB 530, which would align Texas accreditation statutes with federal rules allowing institutions to choose among nationally recognized accreditors, also received supportive testimony and was left pending. SB 1085, allowing Sul Ross satellite campuses to offer lower-division coursework toward bachelor’s degrees, was laid out and left pending as well. The committee also took up a series of education policy bills. SB 1241 would expand the standardized tests Texas public universities may accept for admission beyond the SAT and ACT, with supporters from the Classic Learning Test, homeschool advocates, and student-choice groups arguing it would increase access and competition; it was left pending. SB 769 would require a TEA/Higher Education Coordinating Board report on barriers faced by students with disabilities in higher education, and testimony from The Arc of Texas and others emphasized the need for better data and accessibility; the bill was left pending. SB 2231 would designate the second week of October as Free College Application Week, and SB 1878 would modernize terminology and support workforce-oriented programs at the Josie School; both were laid out and left pending. The committee reported several bills favorably after adopting committee substitutes. SB 605, concerning charter school expansion applications while under conservatorship or a management team, passed on a 9-0 vote. SB 1871, SB 1873, and SB 1874, all related to school discipline and teacher immunity/placement review provisions, were adopted and reported favorably, with members noting the need for further discussion on some language. SB 762, dealing with flag displays in public schools, passed on a 7-1 vote. SB 1962, relating to public school accountability and challenges to school system operations, passed 7-1 after a corrected vote. SB 1750, replacing a $60 million statewide charter facilities cap with an attendance-growth-based allotment, passed 7-1 with one member voting present not voting. SB 2252, supporting kindergarten readiness and early literacy/numeracy, SB 2253, concerning educator preparation and certification, SB 2365, on student use of wireless devices during instructional time, and SB 1924, restoring local peace officer citation authority for school offenses and adding reporting and parent-notification requirements, were also reported favorably. The committee additionally heard SB 37 on higher education governance and compliance oversight, which passed 7-1 after a substitute that refined curriculum review, governing board authority, faculty senate rules, and a new compliance office within the Higher Education Coordinating Board.

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• And I did also choose the math standards. I was a math tutor for many years.
• I I did also choose the math standards.
• So I I was a math tutor for many years.
• <00:30:07.919> and if we were just looking at math and if we were just looking at math and
• Um, there should—I don't love our math standards myself—because I can't teach my kids math anymore

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• FOR LITERACY THE BILL REQUIRES INTENSIVE READING INTERVENTIONS BY BE DELIVERED BY PERSONNEL WHO POSSESS
• WE ALSO DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC MATH COMPONENT THAT THE HOUSE HAS REGARDING A TIERED SUPPORT STRUCTURE
• ON THAT SAID STRUCTURE BUT DO FIND VERY IMPORTANT CONTINUED SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH SUPPORTING MATH

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I was in the depths of IEP meetings and conversations about intervention.
• And I was working through intervention. And I was working through ABA. ABA.
• I can't do math—more kids with autism don't have an intellectual disability.
• I can't do math. More 53, whatever. I can't do math.
• <01:28:43.360> work But we have seen early intervention work But we have seen early intervention

Bills: HF3379

Keywords: housing stabilization, disability services, predatory funding, provider requirements, housing accessibility, 1183, house

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• program. closely with our community gun violence intervention program.
• The first step in the violence intervention program started in 2021.
• And the Community Gun Violence Intervention Program was created as a 16-week curriculum.
• I got into the field of gang intervention and diversion.
• They often lead to worse outcomes versus diversion and intervention programs.

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• > is Madam Chair, this intervention is Madam Chair, this intervention is important<00:02:08.960
• > benefit While such interventions can benefit While such interventions can benefit some,<00:02
• <01:15:49.320> radiology, ophthalmology, interventional radiology, ophthalmology, interventional
• She'd be here today, but she had a math test.
• She'd be here today, but she had a math She'd be here today, but she had a math test. test. test

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• If you identify these students early, we want to make sure they get the appropriate interventions.
• Plans must include evidence-based interventions aligned with instructional best practices in reading
• I think this is really going to go a very long way in helping those students get the interventions as
• Senate Bill 624, a bill to be entitled an act relating to batterers intervention program activities.
• Intervention program activities. relating to betterers invention program activities intervention program

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including recognition of the day’s doctor of the day, an intern, and a resolution honoring the late Bob Graham and firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber also adopted a resolution designating August 9, 2026, as Bob Graham Day. After routine announcements, the Senate moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, many of them with House companion bills substituted in place of Senate versions. The first major floor action was passage of a tax-related bill conforming Florida’s Internal Revenue Code to federal changes while excluding certain provisions from H.R. 1; it passed 34-0. The Senate then considered CS/SB 1758 on public assistance and Medicaid, which proposed stronger fraud enforcement, a Medicaid work requirement for able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral health services, pharmacy and drug rebate reforms, and SNAP fraud reduction measures. A Berman amendment to require Medicaid expansion before work requirements was rejected, as was an Osgood amendment to add photo-ID protections and exemptions for certain SNAP users. The bill remained on the calendar for third reading after extensive debate and questioning about implementation, exemptions, and potential impacts on beneficiaries. The chamber also passed bills on technology education and AI instruction, a Parkinson’s disease registry and related public records exemption, designation of the SS American Victory as Florida’s official flagship, electronic payments for local governments, repeal of the sunset on gold and silver legal tender, public records exemptions for financial institutions and custodians, a Florida stablecoin pilot program, local government finance transparency, digital voyeurism, and insurance customer representative licensing. Most of these measures were adopted after brief explanation, minor amendments, or substitution of House companions, with votes generally in favor and several passing unanimously or by wide margins. Later, the Senate took up CS/SB 1756 on medical freedom, which would expand parental vaccine information requirements, add a conscience-based exemption, allow behind-the-counter ivermectin access, and repeal the sunset on the mRNA mandate prohibition. The bill’s first amendments clarified anti-kickback rules for vaccine manufacturers and required informational materials to address risks, benefits, safety, and efficacy; the transcript ends during consideration of this bill, before final passage is shown.

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• On 9.17, this is clarification language, so you see reading is struck and we insert literacy intervention
• are overseen um by a interventions are overseen um by a teacher<00:23:12.000> who<00:23:12.279
• <00:24:55.200> on in insert literacy intervention on in insert literacy intervention on 9.20
• It doesn't talk much about math. Attendance is not much in there, a little tiny bit maybe.
• much about math much about math attendance attendance attendance is<01:07:59.119> not<01:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So if you do the math on that, 2019 should end in 2026. In FY25, P.E.D. spent $13 million.
• " is that the CTE program is not perceived as a separate program for kids who don't know how to do math
• rates and outperforming their statewide peers in science, we are not seeing the same achievements in math
• In the reporting about how math doesn't have that CTE strength.
• As a math teacher, I think it's everywhere. So I think that.

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• from the administration is the fact that the recommendation, just based upon, you know, the simple math
• out of our 350 districts, including charter districts, were at pre-pandemic levels in both ELA and math
• And then 40%, so the 40% or what's, I'm not bad at math. That's why I'm doing this job.
• Communities like Lawrence, where the fear of vice is pervasive, need this level of intervention once
• They're closing STEM positions for math educators that provide project-based learning and intervention

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session held in Lawrence focused on the governor’s proposed FY27 education and local aid budget, with remarks from legislative co-chairs, local officials, and education agency leaders. Acting Mayor Giovanni Rodriguez and Superintendent Ralph Carrero emphasized Lawrence’s high-need student population, the importance of Chapter 70 and Student Opportunity Act funding, and the impact of state aid on schools serving many English learners and low-income families. Carrero highlighted Lawrence High School programs such as early college, dual degrees, career pathways, and early childhood classrooms embedded in the high school, while lawmakers introduced themselves and noted the importance of the hearing to their districts. Acting Secretary of Education Amy Kershaw, Commissioner of Higher Education Noi Ortega, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Pedro Martinez, and Commissioner of Early Education and Care Amy Kershaw outlined the administration’s FY27 priorities. They described investments in literacy initiatives, universal school meals, student mental health, early college and career pathways, higher education affordability, community college and university student-success supports, preschool expansion, child care subsidies, and workforce supports for early educators. The commissioners also discussed federal funding threats, equity gaps, and the administration’s efforts to improve outcomes for Black and brown students, multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and low-income students. Members questioned the panel about the local contribution formula study, the final year of Student Opportunity Act implementation, and the need to revisit Chapter 70 funding to better address rising costs such as special education, transportation, and health care. Officials said the local contribution study report is expected by the end of June, with a draft to be shared after data analysis and public comment. Commissioner Martinez said the Student Opportunity Act narrowed funding gaps but more work is needed, and he pointed to a proposed Accelerating Achievement Initiative to support the highest-need schools. Senator Oliveira also raised concerns about Chapter 70 disparities and asked about partnerships with libraries to support literacy, prompting discussion of broader early literacy collaboration.

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• teachers are struggling with mental health issues, and they oftentimes provide some of those crisis interventions
• those<00:01:18.240> crisis provide some of those crisis provide some of those crisis interventions
• 21.079> they<00:01:21.240> are<00:01:21.840> from<00:01:22.079> my interventions
• um they are from my interventions um they are from my experience<00:01:22.880> great<00:01:23.200
• Early interventions at the preschool level can significantly impact students' success, and expanding

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