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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee Jun 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The next bill is SB 121, the Education trailer bill.
- The next bill is SB 130, the higher education trailer bill.
- And I think our education chair and our education budget sub-chair and our education staff that's here
- ... ...and our education budget sub-chair and our education staff that's here today, that is a huge,
- workforce and higher education.
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Committee met to consider the final three-party agreement for the 2026-27 state budget and 19 implementing bills, including two budget bill juniors and 17 trailer bills. Committee leadership and administration officials described the budget as a balanced plan that reduces out-year structural deficits, maintains large reserves, and makes major investments in health care, education, housing, child care, public safety, and other core services while also responding to expected federal cuts and fiscal uncertainty. The Department of Finance outlined the package’s major components, including Medi-Cal adjustments, education funding increases, higher education changes, child care and human services updates, housing and homelessness funding, energy and transportation provisions, and tax and general government changes.
Members asked questions about several provisions, including CSU enrollment targets and turnaround plans, the Prop. 98 settle-up mechanism, the plastics market development payment program, housing accountability measures, NextGen 9-1-1 implementation, and veteran services. Staff and administration witnesses explained that the higher education language is intended to improve campus-by-campus reporting and oversight, that Prop. 98 settle-up would be finalized later through the statutory certification process, and that NextGen 9-1-1 now includes one-time funding, quarterly reporting, an independent technical review, and a state audit. Members also discussed the HAP homelessness funding increase to $900 million and the balance between accountability and timely distribution of funds.
The most extended exchange centered on comparisons between funding for veterans and Medi-Cal/immigrant health coverage. Republican members argued the budget spends far more on undocumented immigrant services than on veterans, while Democratic members and Finance staff responded that the comparison was misleading because many veterans’ services are federally funded and the state budget also includes dedicated veteran support. The chair and other members emphasized that the budget reflects difficult tradeoffs and that the package protects vulnerable populations, preserves health care access, and advances affordability. No final vote was described in the excerpt, but members indicated support for the overall package and said they would support it on the floor.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- This is Senate Education.
- It analyzes educators who move between administrative roles and classrooms.
- Chairman Lent and Senate Education Committee members, good afternoon.
- Education shouldn't be another obstacle. My own family experienced this.
- The least we should get is a fair chance at a stable, quality education.
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee heard two bills. Senate Bill 1358, presented by Sen. Harris, would amend Idaho’s career ladder rules so superintendents and principals who return to classroom teaching can count qualifying administrative experience toward career ladder advancement, rather than restarting at their prior teacher-ladder placement. Testimony from a remote superintendent and the Idaho Association of School Administrators supported the bill as a fairness and retention measure, noting that administrators can face large pay cuts when returning to teaching and that the bill still requires proficient-or-higher evaluations. After brief discussion, the committee voted to send SB 1358 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee then considered House Bill 762, presented by Sen. Woodward, which would give charter schools the option to prioritize enrollment for children of active-duty or active-reserve military members and for foster children who already have a sibling in the school. A long line of testimony from military spouses, veterans, charter school leaders, and military children described frequent relocations, waitlists, and the difficulty of finding stable school placements, arguing the bill would improve access and support military readiness without creating new schools or changing accountability. One witness also noted the bill’s flexibility for charter schools and its limited, targeted nature. The committee voted to send HB 762 to the floor with a due pass recommendation and then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Should schools ban immigration enforcement without a warrant? 2/18/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Every child in Minnesota has a right to an education. A right to an education.
- </c> in Minnesota has access to education. in Minnesota has access to education.
- </c> Minnesota Department of Education. Minnesota Department of Education.
- </c> education and not enforcement. education and not enforcement.
- </c><01:20:57.600><c> our</c> educators that you are educating our educators that you are educating our
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> from</c><00:22:54.080><c> Executive</c> education, House Bill 90 from Executive education, House
- </c> just talked about, special education just talked about, special education services.<00:32:40.640
- ><c> system</c><00:33:38.399><c> the</c> and the educational system the and the educational system the
- </c> scores on professional education scores on professional education assessments.<00:45:15.200><c>
- They don't educational specialists.
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:
- And we'll get into details of all of these in a few education forward in Minnesota. education forward
- </c> policym in the early care and education policym in the early care and education field<00:04:34.080
- </c> the field of early care and education the field of early care and education here<00:04:57.840><c
- </c> recognized early care and education recognized early care and education program<00:08:00.160><c>
- </c> Education Board. And who is the board? Education Board. And who is the board?
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Education Destination is a nonprofit K-12 education center for students with learning challenges, and
- I am an educator. I have taught junior high.
- educated in a faith-based setting.
- Parents are our partners in education.
- I'm an educator, as are my educated teachers in my facility.
Summary:
The committee first heard SB 206, which would require cardiovascular pre-screening and blood pressure testing for student athletes beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. Chairman Miller said the bill was prompted by concerns about undiagnosed hypertension and sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes, and Coach Marcus Scott testified about his own kidney transplant after years of untreated high blood pressure. Members asked about who would perform the screenings and how follow-up would work; the American Heart Association said existing athletic physical processes and referral networks could handle it. An amendment was adopted, and the committee reported SB 206 favorably as amended.
The committee then took up SB 305, which would require a publicly available statewide career-alignment dashboard showing how degree programs connect to workforce outcomes, including completion, employment, wages, and high-demand jobs. Chairman Edmonds and student task force member Cruz Cassard said the goal was to help students understand job opportunities in Louisiana and reduce the number leaving the state after graduation. Workforce and higher education stakeholders supported the measure as a transparency and workforce-planning tool. The committee reported SB 305 favorably.
Next, the committee considered HB 624, a school safety cleanup bill updating references from crisis management plans to emergency operations plans and aligning school emergency language with national standards. Representative Johnson and the Louisiana Center for Safe Schools said the bill would not create new mandates or costs, but would clarify existing requirements. The committee reported HB 624 favorably. The committee then heard HB 1022, as substituted, concerning school-based health care services. Representative Jackson said the bill was intended to clarify that medical decisions in school-based health centers should be made by licensed health professionals, not school staff, while preserving parental consent. Testimony from school-based health center providers supported the bill, but several members raised concerns about consent, parental authority, and whether the language shifted too much responsibility away from schools; the Charter School Association suggested adding more collaborative language. After discussion, the committee adopted the substitute and reported HB 1022 favorably by a 10-4 vote.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Undocumented noncitizens made ineligible for state financial aid programs 3/10/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- education. higher education.
- </c> paying for your education. paying for your education.
- You know, some countries actually have free education, higher education for everybody.
- </c> afford their education. afford their education.
- </c> Office of Higher Education. Office of Higher Education.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> are established for the K12 education are established for the K12 education system<00:07:35.400>
- educ education when students shape our educ education when students are<01:38:55.119><c> given</c><01
- system and education broadly.
- system and education broadly.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the February 3rd meeting of the Postsecondary Education and Workforce Committee.
- The early education scholarship account is created in the custody of the state treasurer.
- that discontinue operations or an educational program of currently enrolled students.
- Where we're desperately short of early childhood educators.
- and meeting our desperate need for early childhood educators.
Summary:
At the February 3 meeting of the Postsecondary Education and Workforce Committee, members reviewed several bills for possible executive session and noted that House Bill 2538 would be heard later in the session, while no action would be taken that day on House Bills 2422, 2427, and 2589. Staff walked the committee through proposed substitutes and amendments on multiple bills, including HB 2438 (early childhood education degree seekers scholarship), HB 2525 (heritage orchard program at WSU), HB 2586 (Passport to Careers and Washington College Grant alignment), HB 2458 (expanding Washington College Grant eligibility to certain non-degree credential programs), HB 2474 (student consumer protections and tuition recovery for school closures), and HB 2540/2450 relating to EMT recertification timing. Members discussed fiscal impacts, use of the GET account, student aid access, support for trades and vulnerable students, and protections for students when institutions or programs close.
The committee adopted a proposed substitute for HB 2438 and reported it out on a 13-4 vote, with supporters emphasizing early childhood workforce shortages and opponents raising concerns about using GET account funds. HB 2525’s proposed substitute and a null-and-void amendment were adopted, and the bill was reported out unanimously. HB 2586 was reported out on a 17-0 vote, with members citing benefits for students experiencing homelessness and foster care. HB 2458’s amendment was adopted and the substitute bill passed out of committee on an 11-6 vote, despite objections about available financial aid funding. For HB 2474, members withdrew several amendments, adopted REN 076 to narrow exemptions for certain private institutions, and then reported the substitute bill out on a narrow 9-8 vote after debate over student protections versus institutional flexibility.
The final bill considered, relating to EMT recertification intervals, was reported out of committee by voice vote with 17 ayes. Throughout the meeting, the committee generally advanced the bills with do-pass recommendations, while recording split views on funding sources, student consumer protections, and the scope of aid eligibility.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Parents already play the central role in their kids' education.
- religious education as part of their school day.
- High-stakes testing affects students, educators, and systems.
- Over the past decade, I have seen a troubling trend in education.
- nutrition education and physical activity.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children.(6-17-26)
Families & Children
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> educational classification of autism. educational classification of autism.
- </c> Department of Education. Department of Education.
- </c> at the Kentucky Department of Education. at the Kentucky Department of Education.
- Department of Education.
- Department of Education.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- As far as the education trust fund.
- </c> education.
- Um we've put education education.
- </c><00:18:03.440><c> And</c> education, to support our needs. And education, to support our needs.
- I'm concerned about the two education<00:34:49.679><c> funding</c> education funding education funding
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/28/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> director of Department of Education. director of Department of Education.
- </c> in paying for that education. in paying for that education.
- </c> for their education. for their education. >> Represent<01:28:59.520><c> Murray.
- </c> the students education, don't you think? the students education, don't you think?
- </c> of education. of education.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee on Education Case 16 will come to order. The clerk will please call the roll.
- Only a few institutions in the state offer competency-based education, or CBE, programs.
- and the Department of Education.
- They don't have a time limit on when they can get their college education, right?
- I grew up in an environment that did not truly value education.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session - part 2 Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- K-12 education, providing policy and funding for general education.
- protecting educational choice, as well as leaving the homeschooling language.
- Those are the big changes with the education policy bill.
- We will need to look in every line for funding to save special education.
- that you're the education governor when you forced $420 million cuts on us.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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- <00:02:01.200><c> for</c> Education for Education for its<00:02:03.280><c> COA</c> program<00:02:15.760
- </c> program this program is to educate program this program is to educate students<00:02:18.239><c>
- </c> behalf of the Department of Education behalf of the Department of Education the<00:02:45.200><c>
- ><00:30:28.080><c> school</c> the board of education to the the school the board of education to the
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 11, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
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- educator Education be Hawaiian educator practitioner<01:06:27.160><c> or</c><01:06:27.359><c> scholar
- The Department of Education is currently in a strategic planning process regarding kapuni education.
- </c> Education um Department of Education Education um Department of Education Department<01:13:05.400
- I've been an educator since 2005.
Summary:
The committee heard three House bills related to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands. HB 606 would extend the Act 279 special fund to June 30, 2028, continue deposits and appropriations to help eliminate the DHHL waitlist, and require a strategic plan and annual reporting. DHHL strongly supported the measure, saying most of the initial $600 million had been used and that the need remains large, with more than 29,000 people on the waitlist. Public testimony also supported the bill, emphasizing its importance to Native Hawaiian families and concerns about Hawaiians leaving the islands because of housing costs. A member noted the bill is a priority and that the committee will keep working on how to fund another $600 million.
HB 1086 would exempt DHHL homestead lot and housing development from general excise and use taxes. DHHL supported the bill, saying any tax savings would reduce the eventual cost of housing for low-income beneficiaries. The Department of Taxation said it could administer the measure and noted it is already being implemented under the governor’s emergency proclamation, with a proposed effective date of January 1, 2026. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered technical comments and urged the committee to weigh existing benefits already received by DHHL beneficiaries.
HB 1307 would appropriate funds for DHHL water well development and geothermal exploration on Hawaiian homelands. DHHL said the bill is a follow-up to prior study funding and would support slim-hole drilling, site evaluation, and consultant work to identify viable geothermal resources, especially on Hawaiʻi Island. Several testifiers opposed the bill, arguing there had been inadequate beneficiary consultation, raising environmental, cultural, and safety concerns, and objecting to using $20 million for geothermal rather than housing. In response to committee questions, DHHL staff explained that the goal is to gather information for a future public-private partnership to develop geothermal electricity, and that a Chapter 343 environmental review would be required later in the process. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/11/2026 - House Appropriations
House Appropriations Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- expenses versus educational expenses?
- purchases are for educational-related topics.
- How do you account for non-educated related expenses versus educated?
- Arizona and education is that parents have always had a choice.
- Parents have been able to choose how their children are educated.
Summary:
The committee first heard HB 2584, which would prohibit public monies from being used for genetic sequencing procedures involving devices made by companies owned or substantially controlled by entities domiciled in a foreign adversary. The sponsor said the bill is intended to protect genetic data from being sold or used against the United States. There was no public testimony, and the committee approved the bill on a 13-5 vote for a do pass recommendation.
The committee then took up HB 2804, which creates a rural development and housing tax credit capped at $2 million per year and tied to federal low-income housing tax credit projects in counties under 800,000 population. Supporters, including the sponsor, the Flagstaff mayor, and housing investors/developers, argued it would leverage private capital to address rural affordable housing shortages, especially for seniors, veterans, and low-income residents. Opponents, including the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, argued state LIHTC programs are inefficient, costly, hard to oversee, and can add complexity and higher per-unit costs. The bill passed 13-4 with one not voting.
HB 2388, as amended, appropriates $100,000 for the Arizona Commerce Authority to study the economic benefits of small modular reactors and data centers, with a report due June 30, 2027. Supporters said the study would help Arizona plan for energy demand and data center growth, while opponents argued the agency should use existing funds instead of a new appropriation. The committee adopted the amendment and then approved the bill 10-7 with one not voting. The committee also received a presentation from the Auditor General on county treasurer procedural reviews, including the response to the Santa Cruz County treasurer embezzlement case and the office’s ramp-up plan for reviews and staffing.
Later, the committee approved HB 2352, which appropriates $2,385,900 in FY2029 to make the Auditor General’s county treasurer review funding ongoing. Members supporting the bill said the office needs certainty to plan audits and retain staff, while opponents objected to funding it so far in advance during budget uncertainty. The bill passed 11-7. The committee also approved HB 2418, as amended, which directs $600,000 to be evenly distributed among five county sheriff task forces in Cochise, Coconino, Navajo, Pinal, and Yuma counties; supporters said it codifies the long-standing distribution practice, and it passed 17-1. Finally, the committee heard HB 2499, which would provide $2.6 million and 12 FTEs to the Department of Education for ESA administration; supporters argued the program’s rapid growth requires more staff for enrollment, reviews, and accountability, while members questioned the lack of standardized testing data and how to measure student outcomes. The transcript ends during that discussion, before a final vote on HB 2499.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 8, February 18, 2026-AM 2
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, with the education component, we can educate the people, our children.
- </c> education in in literature, philosophy. education in in literature, philosophy.
- </c> It's what higher education is all about. It's what higher education is all about.
- Education.
- . education. education.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Education Pre-K - 12 Jan 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Education Pre-K through 12 will now come to order.
- This bill does not impact the educational curriculum schedule of the classroom at all.
- This bill does not impact the educational curriculum schedule of the classroom at all.
- What is educational about their pictures... ...what is educational about their pictures being up while
- Because this is not educational. It feels like it's symbolic.
Summary:
The Senate Education Pre-K-12 Committee met with a quorum and took up several bills. SB 420, by Senator Burgess, would require George Washington and Abraham Lincoln portraits to be prominently displayed in social studies classrooms and K-5 classrooms, with the Department of Education selecting the portraits. Supporters framed the bill as a patriotic and educational measure tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary, while senators raised concerns about exclusivity, precedent, local control, and whether the measure could be expanded politically. Burgess said the bill was intended to be nonpartisan, historically rooted, and not to affect curriculum, and he committed to seeking funding so it would not be an unfunded mandate. The committee reported SB 420 favorably.
The committee then considered CS for SB 206, by Senator Harrell, which revises teacher preparation and training related to autism spectrum disorder. The strike-all amendment requires teacher preparation programs to include autism and other neurodevelopmental disabilities, requires ESE-certified teachers to complete an autism microcredential by August 1, 2027, creates an Autism Education Loan Forgiveness Program, authorizes salary supplements and stipends, and requires district professional development to include autism-specific training with local CARD centers. Senators asked about implementation timelines, grandfathering current teachers, and whether the endorsement requirement should include a grace period; Harrell said she was open to further discussion and wanted to make the bill workable. Public testimony was largely supportive, including from an Orange County Public Schools representative and a parent of a child with autism. The committee adopted the amendments and reported the bill favorably.
Finally, the committee considered CS for SB 556, by Senator Berman, which allows students with disabilities to satisfy the high school physical education requirement by participating in Special Olympics for one year if included in the student’s IEP. An amendment also clarified that two years of marching band participation satisfies both PE and fine/performing arts credit requirements. Testimony supported the bill as an inclusive option that could reduce administrative burdens and give students more flexibility. The committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also voted to recommend confirmation of appointees in tabs 4 through 7, and then adjourned.