Video & Transcript Research : 'preschool programs'
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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I am pleased to welcome the Kohala Middle School Young Innovators Program.
- I am pleased to welcome the Kohala Middle School Young Innovators Program.
- Jonathan also developed and expanded the National History Day program.
- Congratulations and history day program.
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And so, Madam President, this amendment would require not only educator programs and initial licensure
- So this amendment would require that competency be demonstrated, that programs be developed to help to
- Approximately 10% of all preschool children have eye or vision problems.
- Massachusetts has four medical schools, training programs, and two schools.
- They started the program. Get your eyes examined.
Summary:
The Senate first handled a House petition from John H. Rawlers and others seeking eminent domain authority for a parcel in Norwood; Joint Rule 12 was suspended and the matter was referred to the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. The chamber then resumed debate on the literacy bill, with Senator Tarr offering a series of amendments focused on school district funding, teacher competency, reporting, waivers, and curriculum implementation. Most of Tarr’s amendments were rejected, but one requiring written, appealable denials of district waivers was adopted by roll call, and another amendment on reporting from the Early Literacy Fund, including provisions for English language learners and special education educators, was also adopted. A separate amendment extending the timeline for DESE to publish high-quality curricula was adopted, while several other amendments were withdrawn or defeated.
The Senate also considered and adopted an amendment from Senator Comerford addressing rural and regional equity in education funding. That amendment expanded eligible uses of the Early Literacy Fund to include screening assessments, required DESE to prioritize geographic and funding equity, mandated a public hearing in Western Massachusetts before final grant criteria were finalized, and directed technical assistance to rural districts. Senators from across the chamber spoke in support, emphasizing chronic underfunding, declining enrollment, minimum-aid pressures, and the need for a broader review of the Chapter 70 formula and a Foundation Budget Review Commission. The amendment passed unanimously.
Later, the Senate took up an amendment from Senator Moore on children’s vision care, which would have created a registry for vision screening and expanded eye exam requirements, but it was withdrawn after supportive debate. The chamber then adopted the Ways and Means redraft, ordered the bill to third reading, and passed An Act relative to teacher preparation and student literacy to be engrossed by a unanimous roll call. Final passage was also achieved for a separate House land-taking bill allowing the town of Hingham to use municipal property for a center for active living, which passed by the required two-thirds vote and was enacted. The Senate then adopted an order to meet again the following Monday and adjourned in memory of Donna Goldstein.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- of those types of programs. of those types of programs.
- would decide on the health and safety of the programs and on quality of the programs.
- The third type of program is recognized early care and education programs.
- developing a pathway for their program. developing a pathway for their program.
- will go to programs that is the floor. will go to programs that is the floor.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- are parents of preschool age children. are parents of preschool age children.
- The studies are very clear that a dollar invested in preschool programs pays off more than $9 back in
- retain childare and preschool teachers. retain childare and preschool teachers.
- , transferred to the TAN program, transferred to the TAN program, they<01:14:48.560>
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So I think the aspiring teacher program, the grow-your-own programs, and other organic programs that
- program um the grow your own programs program um the grow your own programs other<00:08:02.400><
- program to become a dual emer teacher. program to become a dual emer teacher.
- funding for this scholarship program. funding for this scholarship program.
- We've been able to ensure programs remain strong, but new legislation requires preschool teachers to
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services May 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- across all programs.
- The cost-of-living adjustment for the child care programs and the state preschool program, the 2.01%
- programs that are ongoing programs?
- Are they limited programs? It's a mix of programming.
- or existing programs.
Summary:
The subcommittee first heard May Revision items for child support, child care, and related human services. The Department of Child Support Services described two technical adjustments, which the LAO said raised no concerns. The Department of Social Services then walked through child care proposals, including a shift in how federal and Proposition 64 funding reductions would be absorbed, a 2.01% COLA, disaster-related child care infrastructure grants, an increase in in-contract administrative support costs for alternative payment agencies, reversion of prospective-pay implementation funding after a federal rule change, a one-time allocation to cover the first quarter of Cost of Care Plus payments in the next fiscal year, reappropriation for existing infrastructure grant closeout work, and estimates of unspent child care funds. The department also outlined trailer bill language on a single rate structure, site safety and emergency procedures, CalWORKs child care data sharing, and child care oversight.
The LAO recommended that the Legislature seek more justification for shifting reductions from General Child Care to the Alternative Payment Program, noting that CAP reductions affect more slots and that General Child Care has had significant unspent funds. It supported removing prospective-pay funding, but recommended rejecting the administrative cost shift to a percentage-based rate because it could create future General Fund pressure. It also suggested the Legislature review alignment between the disaster grants and the child care infrastructure program. Senators and members pressed the administration on why the budget would reduce child care slots and COLA percentages while the state still has waitlists and unspent funds, and questioned the need for early funding of Cost of Care Plus payments and the move from a flat administrative amount to a percentage. Public commenters, including providers, advocates, county offices, and infrastructure partners, urged full COLA funding, preservation of child care slots, support for prospective pay, and continued investment in child care access and facilities.
After a short recess, the committee moved to Part B on health and heard the Department of State Hospitals. DSH presented a May Revision budget of $3.2 billion and described proposals for a central utility plant replacement at Metropolitan State Hospital, an electronic health record implementation, reduced county bed billing authority due to phased-in LPS bed capacity, limited contract exemption authority for online clinical subscriptions, reversion of prior-year unspent operating funds, and a workforce development proposal shifting some costs to Behavioral Health Services Act funds, including support for an additional psychiatric training cohort at Napa. The department also outlined IST-related savings and a trailer bill to remove the sunset on the independent placement panel program.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Programs like MDS's birth-to-three programs support language acquisition for deaf and hard of hearing
- Programs like MDS's birth-to-three programs support language acquisition for deaf and hard of hearing
- Programs like MDS's birth-to-three programs support language acquisition for deaf and hard of hearing
- Programs like MDS's birth-to-three programs support language acquisition for deaf and hard of hearing
- The LTFM program was created under laws in 2015 and replaced the health and safety program.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Dec 18th, 2025 at 09:13 am
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 8th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Are you in program management?
- state and 14 SANE programs.
- The expansion of programs has been building programs in communities where people live.
- A sexual assault service program.
- program number up to 21.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Families and Children.(2-17-26)
Families & Children
Transcript Highlights:
- Looking at the programs like the hands program that go into the homes and work with families, so there
- to stress that this is a pilot program. to stress that this is a pilot program.
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um pilot program as a pilot program, um pilot program as a pilot program,
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Families and Children met and heard presentation of Senate Bill 191, a pilot proposal to create the Kentucky Kindergarten Readiness Performance-based Child Care Incentive Program. Senator Danny Carroll explained that the three-year pilot, to be developed with the University of Kentucky College of Education, would reward child care providers or families with a $2,000 payment when a child is found kindergarten-ready, with the award tied to the prior two years of care. He said the program would include child care centers, child care homes, and eligible low-income families, with added supports such as home-visiting resources and curriculum assistance, and would also automatically fund providers caring for children with special needs who cannot be assessed in the same way.
Members asked about logistics, eligibility, diversity, and cost. Senator Meredith asked how parents would participate and how many children might be included; Carroll said UK would help define the details and that the pilot would likely use about $2 million in available funds, with a broad enough sample to produce meaningful data. Senator Thomas raised concerns about direct payments to parents and the fiscal implications of scaling the idea; Carroll responded that the pilot would only test the concept, that public pre-K and Head Start would not be included, and that the program would target families eligible for child care assistance. He estimated the broader annual cost, if expanded statewide, could eventually be much higher, but argued the educational and workforce benefits would outweigh the expense.
Senator Thomas also asked whether the bill’s reference to diverse providers meant geographic, racial, language, and socioeconomic diversity, and Carroll said that was the intent, with UK given latitude to structure the sample and assessment tool. Another senator supported the bill as a step toward universal pre-K and emphasized that learning begins at birth. The discussion ended with a motion and second on the bill, followed by a roll call vote, but the transcript cuts off before the vote result is stated.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This program has a 36% recidivism rate.
- In conclusion, we support a pilot program.
- Texas currently has PACE programs operating in Amarillo, El Paso, and Lubbock, and these programs have
- implement the program.
- elderly, or PACE program.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Jun 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I think they have a great program.
- We have funded a lot of different programs for them.
- Secretary: The NET program. Oh sorry, I keep turning this off.
- Nine of them were finishing the program, and 4 were identified to have completed the program.
- and so they worked throughout to design the program.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Adjournment Sine Die Fri May 2, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 60
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We supported the Lieutenant Governor's initiatives by expanding the preschool open doors program and
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to established farmtofood bank program to established farmtofood bank program - permanent, making homeless programs permanent, making homeless programs permanent,<01:38:00.560>
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at pathway and a BB BS nursing program at pathway and a BB BS nursing program
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Contract Review Committee Meeting Jun 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Sorry—providing the money on the SNAP benefits for the summer food program.
- It is a large program. And you're right.
- This contract is part of our disproportionate share, or DSH, program.
- It's part of the federal requirements with that program.
- Deals with DBE program and all that. Solution. Deals with DBE program and all that.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Meg mentioned the City Connect program, which is a social work program, so that position that we funded
- Meg mentioned the City Connect program, which is a social work program, so that position that we funded
- Meg mentioned the City Connect program, which is a social work program, so that position that we funded
- Meg mentioned the City Connect program, which is a social work program, so that position that we funded
- participate in this Universal program participate in this Universal program that<01:39:51.719>
Summary:
The Education Finance Committee met on February 5, 2025, to hear testimony from representatives of Minnesota’s Catholic and other nonpublic schools, focused on state nonpublic pupil aid, transportation, counseling, nursing, and related support programs. Meg Forette of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis argued that Catholic schools serve more than 30,000 students across many districts, educate a diverse population, and achieve strong academic results while operating at far lower per-student costs than public schools. She urged lawmakers to reject proposed cuts to nonpublic funding, saying they would be inequitable and harmful to lower-income families, and also raised concerns about state teacher-licensing requirements conflicting with Catholic values.
Trisha Menshu, principal of St. John Paul II Catholic School in Northeast Minneapolis, described a student body with high levels of poverty, learning needs, and academic gaps, and said state-funded nurse and guidance-counseling services are essential to keeping students safe, healthy, and on track for high school. She said the school absorbs many costs itself, including medical supplies and significant staff time, and credited the support programs with helping students make strong academic growth and graduate on time. In response to a senator’s question, she clarified that the school uses the nursing aid for limited nurse time and pays other medical-related costs from operating funds, with no billing back to public school districts.
Committee members asked follow-up questions about the relationship between teacher licensing and Catholic values, and about how medical needs for nonpublic students are funded. Forette said the concern was not with welcoming all students but with how DEI-related trainings and language are presented in ways that conflict with Catholic teaching. The committee then moved on to the next testifier, Andrew Hiliker of Stella Maris Academy in Duluth, who began by describing his school’s growth and the state’s role in supporting all students, regardless of school choice.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- phases, on the Perkins program.
- That typically is what we're funding is, you know, our robotics programs, our art programs, programs
- You can name another program. I may be saying the wrong one. Give it the money for a program.
- You can name another program. I may be saying the wrong one. Give it the money for a program.
- Or we make it programming.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 16th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Green Program that this body passed last year trying to incentivize career pathways to becoming a teacher
- to some additional funds, OEQ has requested some flexibility to award more than one teacher prep program
- Leader, Senate Bill 1477 is a request from the state regent's tightening up our concurrent enrollment program
- Bill 1405 reauthorizes the income tax checkoff for donations made to the Oklahoma Wildlife Diversity Program
Bills:
SB44, SB546, SB1213, SB1256, SB1287, SB1443, SB1644, SB1653, SB1716, SB1209, SB1826, SB1919, SB1930, SB1976, SB2028, SB2067, SB2072, SB2117, SB710, SB1477, SB1405
Keywords:
sales tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, contractors, charitable purposes, state law, SB1213, earned credits, inmate credits, good time, sentence reduction, Department of Corrections, DOC, prison reform, corrections policy, inmate classification, class levels, rehabilitation credits, achievement credits, vocational training, educational credits
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- are programs are um programs that are programs are um programs that are provided<00:11:01.680>
- A certified program is actually a program that meets a license exemption.
- programs there.
- programs there.
- > and assistance program that CCAP program and assistance program that CCAP program and created<00
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Workforce, labor and economic development panel hears HF1965 3/27/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This proven program is a cornerstone of DEED's small business programs, and through a competitive process
- Business Assistance Partnership Program Business Assistance Partnership Program has<00:02:01.439
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during level invested in this program during level invested in this program - programs and through a small business programs and through a competitive<00:02:21.000>
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ND