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• <00:01:26.080> information partners, but we uh teach information partners, but we uh teach
• students and communities effectively. students and communities effectively.
• increase<00:36:25.040> class teaching positions and increase class teaching positions and
• And um my dad never teaching job.
• <01:21:11.760> or what are you going to be teaching or what are you going to be teaching or

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Let us teach you how. Let's look at what the House did to this bill and what it tells us.
• parents how to campaign to teach parents how to effectively<00:36:11.440> threaten<00:36:11.920
• > lawsuits<00:36:12.560> against effectively threaten lawsuits against effectively threaten
• Let us teach you how. Let's Sign up now. Let us teach you how.
• Fork Gang who teaches French at Pemroke Fork Gang who teaches French at Pemroke Academy<04:24:32.080>

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• There's research components to this, obviously there's teaching, and there's community engagement.
• So in the focus on improving the quality of teaching and learning, we have elaborated a professional
• We already have 1,300 mathematics teachers... ...teaching among educators in our classrooms every day
• of being able to teach.
• And when I see from learning, teaching teachers to help our students learn, but also from the various

Summary: The Education Postsecondary Committee held its first meeting and focused on state university centers and institutes, with an overview from the Board of Governors on how the more than 500 centers and institutes across Florida’s public universities are categorized, overseen, and reported. The Board described three categories: state-level centers, legislatively established centers, and university-established centers. Members were told universities must maintain policies, notify the Board of changes, publish public inventories, and submit annual reports and compliance certifications. Senator Harrell asked about funding sources and whether underperforming centers are reviewed for elimination; the response was that funding varies by center and that universities decide whether to maintain or disband centers under their own policies, with annual reporting and audit findings shared with the Board. Four university presentations followed. Florida Atlantic University highlighted its Center of Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology, describing research in marine-derived drug discovery, genomics, imaging, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and ocean sustainability, along with spin-off institutes and partnerships that have generated significant grant and contract support. FIU presented its Center of Excellence for Hurricane Damage Mitigation and Product Development, emphasizing the Wall of Wind facility, hurricane and water intrusion testing, code and product innovation, insurance modeling, and future expansion toward higher wind speeds and flood simulation. Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute described work in advanced materials, aerospace composites, sensors, nanocomposites, and AI-enabled materials development, along with patents, industry partnerships, and new facilities tied to economic development. The University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Learning outlined its work on teacher professional learning, literacy, New Worlds Reading, tutoring, and mathematics supports, including microcredentials, statewide book distribution, and early results showing improved reading confidence and growth. Members generally praised the centers for their research, commercialization, workforce development, and education impacts. Senator Jones and Senator Harrell commended the Lastinger Center’s literacy work and the broader return on investment from these programs, while Senator Berman noted the value of the synergies across institutions. The chair emphasized that future funding requests should clearly show measurable success, commercialization, and statewide impact. The committee then adjourned without any formal votes on legislation.

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• I think that it's going to enable teachers to teach the students, not teach to the test, and that's what
• So, the phase-in is effectively in the next school year. on from the A through F side.
• Student growth and readiness more effectively over time.
• The whole teaching to the test problem that we've heard for years and years is problematic.
• I think teachers are frustrated with teaching to the test.

Bills: SB8, SB 8

Keywords: education, accountability, public school assessment, state law, transparency, intervention, performance ratings, sex designation, restroom access, civil penalties, private civil right of action, women's privacy, 1185, senate, all

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• So the result of our work is effects.
• So they have that teaching experience.
• that you're going to be teaching.
• ,<01:50:31.119> you regardless where you are teaching, you regardless where you are teaching
• And it applies whether you're teaching it at a hospital or you're teaching it in a, you know, career

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• The fact is vaccines are safe and effective. They've saved millions of lives.
• The fact is vaccines are safe and effective. They've saved millions of lives.
• And just as importantly, they teach values that we all recognize and admire: discipline, resilience,
• And just as importantly, they teach<00:41:53.760> values<00:41:54.079> that<00:41:54.319
• And he found his second love in life after bike racing, which was teaching math, which he did for almost

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the February 4, 2026 journal as corrected, and received several committee reports and bill status updates. Committee actions included favorable reports on Senate Bills 12, 13, 14, and 16, with some bills amended before being sent to the Committee of the Whole, and notice that Senate Bill 32 had been correctly engrossed and was ready for final passage. The chamber also laid over the general order second reading calendar until Friday, February 6, 2026. The main floor action was final passage of Senate Bill 32, concerning the promotion of immunization access. Supporters argued the bill would help Colorado maintain a science-based vaccine policy, protect public health, and preserve pharmacists’ ability to provide vaccines amid concerns about federal instability. Several organizations were cited as endorsing the measure. The bill passed on a 20-12 vote. The Senate also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 8, honoring Colorado’s 2026 Winter Olympians and Paralympians. Senators highlighted Colorado’s winter sports culture, training facilities, and the state’s many athletes competing in the Games, and one senator offered a tribute to a former Olympian in the chamber. The resolution passed unanimously, 32-0. In addition, the Senate confirmed governor’s appointments to the Department of Higher Education and the Private Occupational School Board on a 32-0 vote. The meeting ended with announcements, including committee schedules and birthday recognition for Senator Zamora Wilson, followed by adjournment until Friday, February 6, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

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• None of that is valued when schools are prepared and pressured to teach to test.
• Not to teach to learn. And the damage is real.
• Teachers lose the freedom to teach deeply in creativity because they have to teach to get the test done
• We want to be teaching our students what, how to fail out an exam?
• So these are the things you're going to be rewarded for teaching.

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• It was up to us to teach them.
• So there's a deep need to teach students when they're 16 years old.
• We must teach them to take control of their future.
• This cueing method became the gold standard to teach reading.
• And third, we're not telling teachers how to teach.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House took up several procedural orders early in the session, including extending the reporting deadline for the Housing Committee on H.4655 and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a petition seeking to rescind prior Article 5 constitutional convention applications. It then advanced three Ways and Means bills on education-related topics: personal financial literacy education (H.4670), expanded access to the state seal of biliteracy (H.4671), and teacher preparation and student literacy (H.4672), each moving through amendment adoption and third reading or engrossment procedures. A major portion of the meeting focused on H.4670, which would require personal financial literacy instruction in middle and high school and establish a financial literacy trust fund for curriculum and teacher training. Members spoke in support, emphasizing budgeting, credit, student loans, and long-term financial planning, and the bill passed to be engrossed by a 154-0 roll call. H.4671, which broadens access to the seal of biliteracy for students in public and private schools, also drew support and passed to be engrossed 155-0. The most extensive debate centered on H.4672, a literacy bill requiring evidence-based reading instruction, DESE-approved curricula or approved local alternatives, screening and progress monitoring, professional development, and related implementation measures. Members described concerns about declining reading scores and argued for a shift away from three-cueing toward phonics-based, science-of-reading approaches. Several amendments were considered: a proposal to change intervention language from “significantly” to “at risk of falling behind” failed, while amendments adding funding language, stakeholder collaboration, and other implementation details were adopted. One amendment clarifying that pictures may be used as a supplement in literacy curricula was also adopted, and the bill ultimately passed to be engrossed 155-0. The House also observed moments of silence for former Judge Leslie Harris, former Representative Mark Carron, and former Representative Dennis Rosa, and adjourned to meet the next day at 11 a.m.

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• Now me and my brother will not have him to teach us how to drive, teach my brother how to tie his tie
• have him to teach us how to drive, teach have him to teach us how to drive, teach my<01:27:32.239
• ,<01:46:13.920> solve to communicate effectively, solve to communicate effectively, solve
• teaching.
• This is my 27th year teaching teaching.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• care from degree-ed exercise... ...receive safe, effective care from a degree of exercise physiologist
• I take pride in teaching families how to navigate systems and how to advocate for themselves.
• I take pride in teaching families how to navigate systems and how to advocate for themselves.
• That's because those families that I teach are then showing other families what they have learned.
• Our modeling does not assume any additional savings or costs from two other potential effects.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee hearing covered a wide range of public health bills, with much of the testimony focused on two major themes: expanding access to care and stabilizing health-related workforces and services. On House 2364, an act relative to medical health and fitness facilities, representatives from Dedham Health and Athletic Club argued for a pilot program recognizing supervised exercise as medicine, saying it could improve outcomes for chronic disease, fall prevention, and mental health while reducing costs. On House/Senate bills concerning community health workers (H. 359/S. 251), multiple witnesses from MACHW, Health Care for All, MHA, Cambridge Health Alliance, Mass General Brigham, Boston Children’s Hospital, Asian Women for Health, and the City of Somerville described CHWs as essential for navigation, trust-building, language access, and addressing social needs, and urged reimbursement by MassHealth, the GIC, and private insurers, along with workforce development measures. One pediatric neurologist also told the committee that losing grant-funded CHW support led to more avoidable ER visits and threatened clinic operations. The committee also heard extensive testimony on hospital closures and essential services. Witnesses including Dr. Alan Sager, MNA President Katie Murphy, nurses from Brockton Hospital and Providence Behavioral Health, and local officials and legislators from Norwood described the loss of hospitals and service lines, especially maternity, pediatric, and behavioral health care, and argued current closure processes are too weak to protect communities. They supported bills such as H. 2460/S. 1503 and H. 2534/S. 1574, which would require earlier notice, community input, stronger state oversight, possible receivership, and limits on reopening or expanding after closures. Testimony emphasized the impact of Steward’s bankruptcy, the closures of Carney and Neshoba Valley, and the need to preserve access to essential services in underserved areas. Several end-of-life and professional regulation bills were also discussed. On H. 2436, Representative Omar Gomez and funeral industry witnesses supported eliminating Office of the Chief Medical Examiner fees for the removal of a child’s body in cases involving children five and under, describing the bill as a small but important relief for grieving families. On H. 2444 and related Senate bills, cemetery and consumer advocates supported legalizing alkaline hydrolysis and natural organic reduction as environmentally friendly after-death options, while cemetery representatives opposed H. 2360, which would allow funeral establishments to operate crematories, arguing cemeteries should retain that role. The committee also heard support for H. 2382, which would exempt dentists and oral surgeons from a new office-based surgical center framework, and for H. 2461, which would create hospital efficiency standards; employers and retailers backed that bill as a way to address rising health care costs. Finally, the committee heard testimony on autism services and hospital governance. On S. 1414, behavior analysts and school representatives said Massachusetts already licenses assistant-level ABA providers but MassHealth does not reimburse them, causing long waitlists and limiting school and family access; an actuary testified that a three-tier ABA reimbursement model could reduce MassHealth costs by up to 6% per child served. Senator Lovely also testified in support of S. 1572, which would require at least one registered nurse on each acute care hospital governing board, arguing nurses’ frontline perspective would improve quality and retention. No votes were taken in the hearing excerpt, but many witnesses urged favorable reports on their respective bills.

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• Of using the three-queuing method to teach reading that didn't work for anybody.
• Right, because the classroom teaches at a certain level. ...It's hard to teach 20 kids in one classroom
• Now, I don't know why school campuses decided not to teach spelling.
• Dean for additional comments on the bill's effects. I move passage.
• Yes, you're teaching me how to vote no in Public Health.

Bills: HB1535, HB 123, HB 111, HB180, HB342, HB 1027, HB 1178, HB610, HB 1277, HB1615, HB1620, HB5342, HB4885, HB4751, HB4689, HB4530, HB4488, HB2149, HB2041, HB2071, HB1813, HB2282, HB2248, HB2243, HB2522, HB2310, HB2513, HB2300, HB1902, HB3719, HB4284, HB4327, HB3743, HB3778, HB3801, HB5153, HB5147, HB4877, HB4850, HB3158, HB3261, HB3005, HB3033, HB3138, HB3099, HB2849, HB2967, HB3488, HB3477, HB3466, HB3396, HB3469, HB2594, HB2776, HB2564, HB2298, HB5331, HB5646, HB5247, HB5323, HB2015, HB4384, HB3896, HB4014, HB3627, HB3594, HB2524, HB510, HB561, HB5111, HB5446, HB 1181, HB3963, HB2785, HB1661, HB2460, HB24, HJR138, HB3800, HB42, HB 129, HB677, HB668, HB2128, HB2038, HB2316, HB3686, HB2563, HB 1160, HB3883, HB2788, HB2663, HB3305, HB3474, HB 1105, HB3490, HB3597, HB 1295, HB3512, HB3783, HB2017, HB3010, HB3112, HB4215, HB3223, HB3464, HB3120, HB4214, HB4081, HB4783, HB4063, HB2783, HB5085, HB2510, HB3426, HB4361, HB 1169, HB2516, HB4700, HB3560, HB3860, HB3146, HB184, HB198, HB247, HB367, HB449, HB1778, HB514, HB632, HB2582, HB766, HB2715, HB2712, HB3069, HB3505, HB 1269, HB4224, HB5032, HB2240, HB5180, HB3348, HB4668, HB4665, HB3395, HB3157, HB4395, HB4325, HB4386, HB4273, HB2760, HB2820, HB1828, HB1579, SB2349, SB1268, SB610, SB1577, SB1369, SB2032, SB2034, SB1057, SB1044, SB922, SB1759, SB1143, SB1506, SB1403, SB2361, SB870, SB372, SB72, SB1583, SB2314, SB1267, SB1273, SB765, SB552, HB2145, HJR112, HB1804, HJR110, HB 1194, HB1531, HB5008, HB3421, SCR27, HB5398, HB1407, HB426, HB1535, HB 123, HB1773, HB1871, HB2035, HB2448, HB2492, HB1411, HB4753, HB4666, HB4529, HB1499, HB1610, HB2028, HB1506, HB886, HB3546, HB796, HB223, HB1475, HB3556, HB4638, HB 111, HB180, HB342, HB 1027, HB 1178, HB610, HB 1277, HB1615, HB1620, HB5342, HB4885, HB4751, HB4689, HB4530, HB4488, HB2149, HB2041, HB2071, HB1813, HB2282, HB2248, HB2243, HB2522, HB2310, HB2513, HB2300, HB1902, HB3719, HB4284, HB4327, HB3743, HB3778, HB3801, HB5153, HB5147, HB4877, HB4850, HB3158, HB3261, HB3005, HB3033, HB3138, HB3099, HB2849, HB2967, HB3488, HB3477, HB3466, HB3396, HB3469, HB2594, HB2776, HB2564, HB2298, HB5331, HB5646, HB5247, HB5323, HB2015, HB4384, HB3896, HB4014, HB3627, HB3594, HB2524, HB510, HB561, HB5111, HB5446, HB 1181, HB3963, HB2785, HB1661, HB2460, HCR98, HCR92, HCR126

Keywords: Trinity River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, board of directors, governor appointment, public water authority, regional water authority, water resources, local government, natural resources, board training, ethics, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, complaint procedures, public comment, director removal, governance reform

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• However, I can certainly go back and find out what in the teaching profession that might include.
• What I am concerned here is, it's been brought up to a degree, but it's the teaching to the test.
• We already know that our teachers want more freedom to teach toward what they see are. the goals for
• What we will end up with is teaching to the state's goals and the goals of the particular test.
• What can we do to keep teachers from teaching to the test?

Bills: SB683, SB1579, SB1389, SB1387, SB1390, SB1391, SB2063, SB1829, SB2060, SB1842, SB1398, SB1212, SB2158, SB102

Keywords: education, tax credit, student support, private school, Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit, financial assistance, homeschooling, qualified expenses, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, school choice, tuition assistance, income limits, parental choice, accreditation, sales tax, motor vehicles

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• with our state agency rules and regulations, which is essential for clarity, accountability, and effective
• All of us know how important it is to learn new strategies. especially if we're teaching in the 21st
• I'm able to teach many things, a pedagogy.
• By supporting this bill, we can can give qualified educators the opportunity to quickly teach in our
• The financial burden and red tape of securing a Texas teaching certificate, sometimes requiring up to

Bills: HB 1178, HB1411, HB1441, HB1773, HB1813, HB2107, HB2598, HB2911, HB2967, HB3672, HB5263, HB3797

Keywords: education, temporary certification, out-of-state educators, teacher shortage, military spouses, personal leave, school holidays, employee compensation, overtime provisions, school safety, peace officers, mental health, de-escalation techniques, trauma-informed care, student trustee, school board, student representation, education policy, nonvoting position, school governance

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• This model, similar to a teaching hospital.
• What made the commission's work so effective was the broad consensus that it built.
• The Teaching Experience Supplement allows Texas Southern to deploy tenured-grade faculty.
• One, the lack of teaching faculty.
• The teachers who graduate are still teaching. That's so huge. I mean, you.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Effectively, automatically not approved.
• No teaching, so there's 34% of our teaching. teachers in our schools that do not have a teacher.
• Still got to teach them English, math, science, and social studies.
• They can teach all those things.
• But he still decides to stay, because he genuinely loves to teach. But if he was.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Second, effective antisemitism education must help people understand what it means to be Jewish, how
• I do believe that at K-12 in particular, the goal should be to teach people how to think and not what
• And we’re committed to fighting for human rights rooted in our Jewish traditions and teachings.
• But robust, mutually supportive interfaith action and dialogue creates effective allyship and can be
• We must keep teaching what happened during the Holocaust.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Special Commission on Combating Anti-Semitism opened by approving the minutes from its November 5, 2025 meeting and outlining plans for its next meeting on November 20, when it expects to vote on the draft master report and recommendations. The chair explained that revised drafts would be circulated, changes would be handled by motion, and the final vote would be by roll call. The meeting then moved through several public panels focused on prevention, education, workplace support, and community safety. Parents for Peace testified that anti-Semitism and extremism should be treated as a public health crisis and urged state funding for training in K-12 schools, healthcare, and law enforcement. The panel described its intervention work with radicalized youth and families, argued for early-warning training for educators, and recommended diversion resources for courts and prosecutors so cases can be addressed before they escalate. Commissioners asked about the origins of radicalization, the need for school-based training, and how to connect courts and police to available resources. Project Shema’s Orrin Jacobson argued that effective anti-Semitism education must be nuanced, pluralistic, and grounded in a better understanding of Jewish identity and contemporary anti-Semitism, especially in conversations about Israel and Palestine. He said the group has run dozens of workshops in Massachusetts and emphasized that institutions should adopt content-neutral norms, train staff and administrators, and measure whether trainings lower tensions and increase willingness to intervene. Commissioners asked about handling activists who reject nuance, the role of faculty versus students, and whether classroom norms should limit teachers from advancing personal agendas. A workplace panel from Klaal and Combined Jewish Philanthropies presented survey data showing many Jewish employees feel unsafe being openly Jewish at work and that antisemitism training is the top requested support. They described rapid growth in Jewish employee resource groups, existing programming and stipends for ERG leaders, and recommended mandatory anti-Semitism training, support for Jewish affinity groups in public and private sectors, and broader convenings of major employers. The commission also heard from Truah rabbis and educators, who urged stronger interfaith solidarity, a state office of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships, and explicit attention to democracy and civil rights as part of anti-Semitism strategy. After a recess, the commission heard from Israeli-American, Russian Jewish, and Persian Jewish witnesses who described antisemitism as a lived, personal, and civic issue affecting immigrants and their families. They called for inclusion of diverse Jewish voices in state initiatives, stronger protections for Israeli-American businesses, and recognition that anti-Zionist rhetoric often becomes direct harassment of Jews. The chair said the testimony and suggested edits would be incorporated into the draft report, and the meeting ended with plans for further revisions before the final vote.

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• The artists that we work with are teaching in schools and after-school programs.
• Some teachers have been teaching newly formed in-person classes, and others are teaching newly formed
• We, as immigrants, were effectively shut down as a cultural community.
• <01:15:03.480> shut We, as immigrants, were effectively shut We, as immigrants, were effectively
• <01:36:46.040> used and how people have so effectively used and how people have so effectively

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• including licensing and registration requirements for limited lines travel insurance producers, effective
• Is that the TIM school's official stance, is that they rather have these hotels teach their students
• than the actual school teach their students or give them the hands-on experience?
• they rather have these hotels teach they rather have these hotels teach their<00:25:40.080> students
• <00:28:12.799> ju<00:28:13.279> July<00:28:13.640> 1st effective ju July 1st effective

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• So, that the effects locally in terms of what your LCFF looks like could be different.
• In effect, in the current year, the Tier 2 rates will be $2,000 because of that.
• It's one of the largest effects.
• The model is leaning towards what the research would suggest is effective.
• I come out of high school teaching, so I know what that's like.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The current law already effectively addresses concerns regarding unsupervised passive use.
• The state currently mandates in the English language arts standards that early educators teach specific
• How are you teaching about technology?'
• How are you teaching about technology?
• So, gosh, as a person who has had to teach in a school where they ban cell phones and then they just

Keywords: 1183, house