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• I grew up having to practice atomic bomb drills in elementary school.
• as I mentioned California's first public medical school in the Central Valley.
• from our schools.
• school where they learned to waltz.
• She was kicked out of school.

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• , universities, and school districts from around the state.
• There were all invitees from public schools, private schools, and in a...
• There were all invitees from public schools, private schools, and independent charter schools who were
• superintendent to consider school library materials; a citizen's advisory group... ...school superintendent
• , private school students, choice students.

Committee: House Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency

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• H.R. 479 by Spiller concerning Nakona High School. H.R. 481 by Police, Richard C. Vinson.
• school district, referred to the Committee on Public Education.
• to high school students, referred to the Committee on Public Education.
• district or an open enrollment charter school, referred to the Committee on Public Education.
• School campuses, referred to the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs.

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• WE HAVE STUDENTS VISITING FROM LAKELAND CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
• OVER 66,000 CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM HAVE AUTISM.
• We have an amazing school in my area. It is called the Hope School for Autism.
• What happens in the summer when kids are not in school with the charter school is...
• What happens in the summer when kids are not in school with the charter school is summer break.

Bills: SJR18 , SCR9 , SCR13 , SB10 , SB11 , SB19 , SB20 , SB25 , SB62 , SB260 , SB263 , SB293 , SB314 , SB384 , SB412 , SB441 , SB442 , SB494 , SB523 , SB569 , SB616 , SB688 , SB707 , SB766 , SB842 , SB869 , SB890 , SB914 , SB929 , SB971 , SB992 , SB1066 , SB1145 , SB1621 , SJR36 , SJR18 , SCR9 , SCR13 , SB616 , SB565 , SB384 , SB372 , SB495 , SB842 , SB971 , SB1066 , SB929 , SB765 , SB523 , SB62 , SB19 , SB18 , SB666 , SB688 , SB707 , SB888 , SB687 , SB706 , SB847 , SB869 , SB890 , SB992 , SB1145 , SB494 , SB290 , SB766 , SB11 , SB10 , SB13 , SB263 , SB412 , SB20 , SB441 , SB442 , SB1621 , SB569 , SB314 , SB25 , SB293 , SB914 , SB260 , SB1248 , SB740 , SB14 , SB1006 , SB20 , SB25 , SB260 , SB293 , SB314 , SB384 , SB442 , SB494 , SB616 , SB869 , SB890 , SB929 , SB992 , SB1145 , SB1621 , SR232 , SR237 , SR242 , SB16 , SB22

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• Um the Senate version of the school.
• </c> through through elementary school. through through elementary school.
• </c><00:25:27.440><c> that</c> play-based learning to the schools that play-based learning to the schools
• And this actually elementary school.
• Um but again we we that school board.

Summary: The Committee of Conference on Senate Bill 578 met to reconcile differences in a bill concerning recess times for children and related early learning provisions. The Senate sponsor described two compromise amendments, both based on the Senate version, that would restore play-based learning through third grade and replace guided reading with interactive shared reading; the only difference between the two was whether recess would extend through fifth grade or eighth grade. The sponsor argued the changes were supported by studies, existing state investment in play-based learning, and examples from schools using recess to improve attendance and behavior. House members opposed the amendments, saying they were concerned about creating an expensive or unfunded mandate and about limiting local control over curriculum decisions. One House member said the state lacked enough fiscal support and implementation time for districts, and another said the proposal should perhaps be studied further before expanding it beyond kindergarten. Supporters countered that the state had already invested in training, that the proposal was a teaching method rather than a new curriculum, and that play-based learning and recess improve mental health, classroom behavior, and student engagement. The committee voted on the 2084S amendment, and it failed on a divided vote. After further discussion, the House reiterated that it would stick with its position and oppose the Senate amendments. The chair then stated that the committee was at an impasse and that the bill was effectively dead, with no further action taken.

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• </c> particular our schools and children. particular our schools and children.
• It's a choice between protecting our schools and our children at schools or just allowing this violence
• I've seen it myself in my schools in my I've seen it myself in my schools in my community. community.
• </c> made that schools should be protected. made that schools should be protected.
• I think kids should be safe at school.

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• We have our school up here, Alamo Navajo School.
• I'm with the Alamo School Board. school board. I'm the president there.
• My question is, who does the school belong to if it’s a BIA school?
• Schools are workplaces.
• and out-of-school.

Committee: House House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs

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• schools.
• For high school students in public schools, let's back up on that, members.
• Assessment instruments in public schools.
• Indicators of achievement and public school performance ratings under the public school accountability
• requirements for high school students.

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Education K-16

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a quorum and considered a long agenda of education-related bills, mostly from the House and several taken up in lieu of Senate measures. Early action included House Bill 27 on personal financial literacy for high school students, which was reported favorably and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also advanced House Bill 4 on public school accountability and assessment, House Bill 4687 on liability and immunity for certain charter school campuses or programs, House Bill 2598 on school psychologists, House Bill 3629 barring registered sex offenders from serving on ISD boards, House Bill 824 adding civics instruction to high school government curriculum, and House Bill 4236 creating a task force to review the comptroller’s school district property value study. Most of these bills were reported out unanimously or near-unanimously and several were certified for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also heard and advanced higher education and school governance measures, including House Bill 127 on protecting public higher education from foreign adversaries and trade secret theft; members adopted a committee substitute after explanation that it revised the Research Security Council, clarified definitions, adjusted gift restrictions, and removed redundant procurement language. House Bill 4361 on timely emergency notifications at public institutions of higher education, House Bill 1868 on studying dual credit funding and workforce capacity, House Bill 718 on restricting certain private partnerships for student housing, House Bill 4848 on competency-based/work-based/degree programs at public institutions, House Bill 2853 on student union building fees at UTEP, House Bill 100 on instructional materials adoption, and House Bill 2243 creating the Texas Commission on Teacher Job Satisfaction and Retention were also reported favorably, with House Bill 2853 drawing one no vote. One bill was held pending further clarification: House Bill 1105, concerning tuition and lab fee exemptions for certain paramedics, after a member raised questions about whether the exemption already exists and whether the bill merely clarifies coverage for EMS first responders. The committee also discussed House Bill 100 as a companion to Senate Bill 451 and noted that House Bill 27 and House Bill 127 were being used in lieu of Senate bills. Overall, the committee reported most measures favorably, often by unanimous vote, and several were placed on the local and uncontested calendar.

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• Joan has been with Gallup-McKinley County School District for over 20 years.
• They are members from Crown Point High School.
• Valerie Wangler, who is a school board member.
• Speaker, that we had 24 schools here today.
• Public schools. Mr.

Bills: HB95 , HB111 , HJR1 , HB32 , HB33 , HB61 , HJM2 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM3 , HM11 , HM14 , HM15 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB8 , HB30 , HB43 , HB156 , HM2 , HM16

Summary: The House opened with a quorum, prayer, pledge, and a series of announcements and recognitions tied to Gallup-McKinley County Day, including the presentation and passage of House Memorial 15 designating February 5, 2026, as Gallup-McKinley County Day. Members spoke at length in support of Gallup and McKinley County, its Native communities, cultural traditions, Route 66 heritage, economic development, and local schools and guests in the gallery. House Memorial 15 passed unanimously, 70-0. The chamber then took up House Memorial 3 recognizing nurses and other health care professionals. Several members and guests from labor and health care organizations spoke in support, emphasizing the dedication of frontline workers and the importance of honoring nurses. The memorial passed unanimously, 70-0. The House also passed House Bill 32, a counseling licensure compact, after adopting a technical amendment, by 63-0; House Bill 33, a psychologist compact, by 64-0; and House Bill 95, creating a fifth judge position in the Second Judicial District family court division, after a friendly amendment removing an appropriation because funding was already in the budget, by 65-0. During committee reports, the House adopted favorable reports on several measures, including House Bill 70 substitute, Senate Bill 3 as amended, House Bills 246, 254, 271, 276, 288, and House Joint Memorial 3. In introductions, the House referred several memorials and Senate bills, including measures on teacher workload study, detention facility reuse, health insurance affordability, gifted education endorsements, special education, and burglary definitions. The House also announced committee meetings, upcoming events, and the annual House-versus-Senate basketball game, then recessed until the next morning.

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• So, an SAO that has a charter school in a district would be required to monitor those schools.
• Extenuating circumstances such as school-sanctioned events, such as athletics, high school athletic
• in any school district.
• offered by all schools, including charter schools, beginning in grade 8.
• We are incorporating civics beginning the 2027-2028 school year in every public charter school.

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• ,</c> stress of working, going to school, stress of working, going to school, taking<00:03:31.920><c>
• So this idea that we're shortchanging public schools in favor of private schools is absurd.
• </c> in favor of private schools is absurd. in favor of private schools is absurd.
• /c><00:54:45.040><c> worried</c><00:54:45.280><c> that</c> school after school, I was worried that school
• uh that's about nine schools, nine, 10 schools in the state of Minnesota.

Committee: Senate Higher Education

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• </c> They also experience fewer school moves. They also experience fewer school moves.
• </c> their school um goals. their school um goals.
• </c><00:56:51.960><c> Um</c> school level. Um school level.
• </c> prepared for school. prepared for school.
• </c> before getting to school. before getting to school.

Bills: HF1660 , HF1824 , HF1926 , HF1002 , HF994 , HF1915 , HF1336

Committee: House Children and Families Finance and Policy

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• What that means is all you need is a high school diploma or GED to come to our school.
• I hardly graduated high school.
• The school has also hired me.
• We have excellent, excellent, excellent faculty at our school. You know, I went to an R1 school.
• We have excellent, excellent, excellent faculty at our school. You know, I went to an R1 school.

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

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• And she's been ostracized at school. She stopped going to school for a while.
• It's destroyed her life. school was in school and and the social school was in school and and the social
• </c> school, protect his mental health. school, protect his mental health.
• </c> school bus. school bus.
• </c> the school buses. the school buses.

Committee: House Criminal Justice and Public Safety

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• schools.
• , getting very little foundation formula for their schools.
• schools with this, but I feel like we're also letting lots of schools have more of a pass on that local
• Letting lots of schools have more of a pass on that local support.
• So reductions, the maximum levy for any school district that imposed a...

Committee: House Special Committee on Property Tax Reform

Summary: The Special Committee on Property Tax Reform met in quorum and first took up House Bill 2780 in executive session. Members discussed a committee substitute and two amendments. One amendment changed the proposed school levy floor from $1.50 to $2.20, with supporters saying it better balanced local effort and taxpayer relief; another technical amendment clarified confusing language about levy limits. After adopting the substitute and amendments, the committee voted House Committee Substitute Number Two for HB 2780 do pass by 11-5. The committee then considered House Bill 2668, which bundled several property tax election and ballot-related changes, including tax abatement language, clearer ballot wording, alphanumeric designations, debt-service clarification, a November election requirement for property tax increase measures, and related bond language. Members asked whether new construction language remained in the bill, and the sponsor said it did not. The committee adopted the substitute and then voted House Committee Substitute Number Two for HB 2668 do pass by 9-6. Next, the committee heard and approved House Bill 2944 after adopting Amendment 06H. The amendment, offered with support from county collectors and the sponsor, would streamline administration of senior property tax credits by reducing annual reapplication burdens, allowing county offices to verify eligibility through state resources or lists, and adjusting deadlines for mailed payments and assessor notices when postal delays or technical problems occur. Members raised questions about trusts, residency, fiscal impact, and whether the language was broad enough, but the amendment was adopted and the committee then voted the substitute do pass 15-0. In public hearing, Representative Taylor presented House Bill 2667, which would allow counties to create a prorated property tax credit for totaled motor vehicles and would also exclude increases in aggregate personal property valuation from being treated as new construction. Committee members and an informational witness from the Missouri Special Districts Association raised concerns about fairness, administrative complexity, multi-county district consistency, and possible impacts on special taxing districts. No vote was taken on HB 2667 before the hearing was closed and the meeting adjourned.

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• In my school district, they have... So in my school district, they have all three.
• We live in a small town, and the high school, middle school, and elementary school are all right together
• She went to nursing school. She was a great person in the community.
• We need it in schools.
• But the school system, this is where I feel it should be, in the school system, in the grade schools.

Committee: House Special Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2901 in executive session. After a brief explanation from the bill sponsor, the committee adopted a House Committee amendment ending in 0.07 that set a five-year expiration date and clarified where reports must be filed. The committee then rolled the amendment into a substitute and voted the House Committee substitute do pass by a roll call of 13 ayes and 0 noes. The committee then heard House Bill 3000, which would fix the signature threshold for petition-driven audits by tying the required number of signatures to the gubernatorial election in effect when the petition process begins, rather than when signatures are submitted. The sponsor and the State Auditor’s office said the change would prevent the required number from shifting during the petition period and provide consistency. No vote was taken on the bill during the hearing. House Bill 313 was then heard, a fentanyl-poisoning response bill that would require naloxone in public buildings, designate October as Fentanyl Poisoning Awareness Month, require fentanyl education for students in grades 6 through 12, and require training and investigation procedures for law enforcement in drug-related deaths. The sponsor and multiple family members who lost loved ones to fentanyl strongly supported the bill, emphasizing prevention, access to Narcan, and more thorough death investigations. Committee members generally expressed support, raised questions about the definition of public buildings, school implementation, and funding, and testimony suggested opioid settlement money as a possible source. No committee action was taken on HB 313 in the transcript.

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• At the time, school enrollment was back in the school districts, in the centers, and in family child
• “I live in Compton, in front of a school.
• I drive them to school and back, and when they have after-school activities, I drive them to tutoring
• school, which means every single child has to be taken to school.
• So when my kids are in school in the morning, I take time to drop them off to school.

Summary: The hearing focused first on how wildfires and other disasters affect child care providers, families, and early education infrastructure. State officials from the Department of Social Services and Department of Education described disaster response and preparedness efforts, including shelter coordination, licensing outreach, emergency waivers, distribution of supplies, and the statewide child care disaster plan. Testimony from providers and advocates emphasized major gaps in recovery funding, insurance coverage, rebuilding support, mental health services, and coordination with local rebuild plans. Several witnesses urged more dedicated disaster-recovery funding for child care facilities and suggested statutory changes, including allowing greater flexibility for rebuilding costs and requiring early childhood programs to be included in local disaster planning. The second panel addressed immigration enforcement and its impact on child care. Advocates from the Children's Partnership, Every Child California, and CHIRLA said enforcement activity is causing families to keep children home, disrupting continuity of care, reducing enrollment, and creating fear and trauma for children and providers. They argued that immigrant and mixed-status families need clearer protections, privacy safeguards, legal support, trauma-informed guidance, and safe-haven policies for child care settings. Speakers also stressed that the child care workforce is heavily immigrant and that recent state laws such as AB 49 and AB 495 will require funding, training, and technical assistance to implement effectively. Public commenters, including child care providers, described personal experiences with fire damage, displacement, permit delays, lost income, and the emotional toll of serving families during crises. Others described how immigration enforcement has made parents afraid to attend events, drop off children, or remain connected to providers. Committee members repeatedly noted that child care is often overlooked in emergencies and asked state officials how child care systems are being integrated into disaster planning and how local and state agencies can better coordinate. No formal votes were taken during the hearing.

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• And so schools were unable to complete phase two because of MDE's failure to finish it.
• And so schools were unable to phase two.
• </c><00:03:43.440><c> So</c> schools and not have the background.
• So schools and not have the background.
• diploma due to receive a high school diploma due to their<00:04:19.079><c> service.

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• </c> So when we're thinking about our school So when we're thinking about our school districts,<00:08
• </c> this going to affect our school this going to affect our school districts<00:26:47.279><c> and</
• </c> now for the school now for the school districts.<00:27:01.360><c> That</c><00:27:01.760><c> is</
• ,</c><00:27:34.400><c> which</c> to affect cuts in our schools, which to affect cuts in our schools,
• And the with a high school diploma.

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• </c><00:10:43.920><c> in</c> you might see your kids go to school in you might see your kids go to school
• </c> this bill does not require a school this bill does not require a school district<00:14:51.519><c
• </c> camera systems should the school camera systems should the school district<00:15:02.839><c> choose
• </c> district choose to install one no school district choose to install one no school district<00:15
• /c><00:16:05.040><c> district</c> needs to stay within the school district needs to stay within the school

Summary: The Kentucky Senate Transportation Committee met with a quorum, approved the February 19 minutes, and opened with a moment of silent prayer for a colleague who had experienced a medical episode. Members also recognized several guests, including students, school board members, and community visitors. The committee then took up Senate Joint Resolution 66, which proposes a task force on Advanced Air Mobility. The sponsor described the measure as a way for Kentucky to study emerging eVTOL and related aviation technology, compare policies with other states, and position the commonwealth to compete for economic development in aviation, aerospace, and logistics. Members expressed support for the forward-looking concept, and the resolution was reported favorably after a roll call vote, with a correction noted that there was no committee substitute attached. The committee next considered Senate Bill 38, dealing with school bus stop-arm safety cameras. The sponsor and a co-sponsor said the bill is permissive, not mandatory, and would help school districts pay for camera purchase, installation, and operation if they choose to use them. They emphasized the goal of reducing illegal passing of stopped school buses, cited survey data showing thousands of violations statewide, and said the bill includes a process for contesting citations and keeps revenue largely within school districts and the court system. A co-sponsor described a personal near-miss involving a child crossing in front of a bus. After discussion, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 63 on street-legal special purpose vehicles. The sponsor and a witness from Back Roads of Appalachia said the bill is intended to support recreation and economic development in Eastern Kentucky by allowing certain UTVs and similar vehicles to be made street legal under defined safety and registration requirements. They stressed that farm and agricultural vehicles are excluded, that the bill is optional, and that vehicles would need inspection, registration, and safety equipment such as roll bars, seat belts, and windshields. Members asked about whether the bill would affect farm use, whether it was aimed at recreation, and how local governments could restrict use; the sponsor said localities could prohibit these vehicles on certain roads and that the measure was not meant to allow long-distance travel on major roads. The discussion also included a reminder to wear helmets. The transcript ends during the committee’s consideration of SB 63, before a final vote is shown.