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AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • She's a student in the school. >> She's missing school to chair.
  • Kids are in school more than we are home during the school year.
  • missing school to chair. missing school to chair.
  • work all you done for our school. work all you done for our school.
  • Schools and during the school year.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services Apr 30th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • While the local school district is required to enroll these students, the school district could not effectively
  • While the local school district is required to enroll these students, the school district could not effectively
  • And as the school and the RTC resident students themselves at risk as the school district was left in
  • the school The education contact for the child, ensure that the school is able to get timely records
  • So really helping the school understand: are some children going to go To the public school?
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and announced it would vote on pending bills at 10:30, with public testimony limited to two minutes. It first took up Senate Bill 905, a TDLR cleanup bill on licensing regulation of speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Senator Zafferini said the committee substitute would streamline advisory board consultation, remove obsolete provisional licenses, and allow any licensed physician to authorize hearing instruments for minors; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. The committee then heard House Bill 451, which would require universal screening for commercial sexual exploitation risk for children in DFPS conservatorship and youth under TJJD jurisdiction. The author and witnesses from Children at Risk, the Fort Bend Anti-Trafficking Collective, and Texas CASA supported the bill as a prevention tool with existing infrastructure and training; the committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending. The committee next considered Senate Bill 466, which would clarify that families may request a fetal death certificate at any gestational age, while keeping existing filing requirements for physicians. A constituent father testified about losing his 11-week-old daughter and being told he could not obtain a certificate, which he said prevented funeral arrangements; the substitute was adopted and the bill left pending. Senate Bill 2311 followed, requiring residential treatment centers to have a written agreement with the school that will educate resident children before becoming operational. The author cited a local dispute where an RTC and school district lacked communication, and witnesses from Texas CASA and Disability Rights Texas supported clearer educational planning while suggesting the Education Code may need conforming changes; the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 2826, known as Alyssa’s Law, which would create a statewide education program on medical child abuse for medical students, health care professionals, and CPS caseworkers. The author and Sheriff Bill Weyburn described Alyssa’s case as involving repeated unnecessary surgeries and argued the bill would improve awareness and early identification, while several witnesses and members raised concerns about false accusations, impacts on medically fragile children, and the need for scientific, peer-reviewed training and safeguards. After extensive discussion, the chair left the bill pending. The committee also heard House Bill 136, which would add certified lactation consultants as Medicaid providers to expand breastfeeding support; witnesses from lactation and nutrition fields said the bill would improve access, maternal and infant health, and long-term savings, and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2805, a surprise-billing/arbitration measure that would clarify provider identifiers and shift arbitration costs to the losing party. The author said the substitute was a legislative counsel draft with no substantive difference, and witnesses from the Texas Medical Association, Texas Society of Anesthesiologists, and U.S. Anesthesia Partners supported the bill as a modest improvement that would reduce administrative confusion and make arbitration fairer without weakening patient protections. Members discussed how arbitration costs affect settlement behavior and how to define the “winner” in close cases. The bill was heard but not voted out during this segment.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • It will create some gestation programs for those violators that are in school.
  • four years with vaping in our school district.
  • We've had three vaping incidents in the Middle School.
  • For school purposes, yes, so it's not designated primary, but it's for the schools to know what zone
  • Could choose what they think is the better school zone.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've been doing this since I got out of law school in 1989, and I've been doing collection work since
  • certain supplemental payments. certain supplemental payments, modifiers, and other add-on payment programs
  • And it does not appear that those add-on programs are tied into the cap on the hospital lien as part
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • care assistance program. That's fine. care assistance program. That's fine.
  • government programs. government programs.
  • state programs aren't doing so hot. state programs aren't doing so hot.
  • visit and a program integrity visit. visit and a program integrity visit.
  • the term programs a lot. the term programs a lot.
Bills: HF3542, HF3819
Summary: The committee took up House File 3542, authored by Representative Hudson, and first adopted the February 25 minutes. Hudson explained that the bill, as amended in a DE1, would require agencies to disclose to the public, legislators, or the press the existence of certain investigations only after the subject has been notified and the agency has decided to reduce, suspend, or withhold payments. He said the amendment was intended to avoid tipping off subjects before notification while still increasing transparency about investigations involving public funds. A separate A3 amendment was withdrawn after the DE1 was adopted. Several members questioned the bill’s scope and timing, asking what “existence of an investigation” meant and whether the proposal would disclose information before findings were complete. Hudson clarified that the bill was aimed at identifying who is being investigated, not revealing investigative details. The committee then heard extensive public testimony from child care providers and advocates, who opposed the bill and argued it would expose providers to harassment, threats, and stigma before any findings were made. Testifiers described recent threats, ICE-related disruptions, audits, overpayment findings, and the burden of CCAP compliance, saying the bill would punish providers for paperwork errors and worsen safety concerns, especially for Somali and other providers of color. A board member of the Minnesota Child Care Association also opposed the bill, saying providers had been chilled from speaking publicly because of death threats and harassment, and warning that disclosure of investigations could intensify that climate. In response, Hudson said the bill was not about targeting child care providers generally and was limited to confirmed ongoing investigations after notice to the subject. The committee then heard from Inspector General Keys, who explained that CCAP investigations are administrative, not criminal, and are based on evidence of repeated errors or financial misconduct rather than intentional fraud. He said the office looks for patterns beyond simple mistakes and that the bill’s notice requirement would not impede investigations. The discussion ended amid a brief procedural dispute over comments directed at Hudson, after which the chair returned to the bill and the Inspector General’s testimony.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't know what kind of contracts would roll between school years.
  • I don't know if that's a good idea to... ...contracts would roll between school years.
  • I don't know if that's a good idea to get into a long-term contractual obligation of the school or if
  • ...control away from our school districts to be able to charge for the use of their facilities?
  • The language says school districts shall not.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 05-08-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, and I'm sorry that our Hilo High School girls water polo team has left to go to the other
  • He's a Nanakuli boy, graduate of Kamehameha High Schools, also a graduate with a business degree.
  • She has her children that are students at Nanakuli High School.
  • She has her children that are students at Nanakuli High School.
  • It wasn't a very big school.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • When Lauren was accepted mid-career to a Master of Public Health program at Master of Public Health program
  • And she said, "I didn't graduate near the top of my law school.
  • At night she folded over a thousand red cranes on her own time in remembrance of the kidnapped school
  • girls in Nigeria. ...in remembrance of the kidnapped school girls in Nigeria.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Of course, I don't personally know what programs these Commissions might have programs that people are
  • It had nothing to do with the school being Catholic; they just had a playground at their school.
  • These changes would have to do with any sorts of grants or programs.
  • Programs from these three entities.
  • They were with this program.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 22nd, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're pulling out $100 million for that career tech program distributing to the schools.
  • The ProStart program, we... Education. The ProStart program, we zeroed that out.
  • This is a pre-k after-school program and education program run through the Y in Birmingham.
  • So, this amendment will simply add the Health Care Sciences Foundation to the list of schools that are
  • , the Re-Engage program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education May 6th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • in a tier one school.
  • Foundational. Can you clearly define, I guess in your view, what makes a course foundational?
  • Is actually the school that was created by the legislature, the School for Civic Leadership.
  • No one wants me setting curriculum for a welding program or an engineering program.
  • Foundational and fundamental?
Bills: SB 37
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And our special education program in the state is the most underfunded in the whole school finance system
  • . ...education program in the state is the most underfunded in the whole school finance system.
  • community where our school board passed an initiative to move to a four-day school week.
  • for our public schools.
  • the schools?
Summary: State Representative Gina Hinojosa and a group of parents and education advocates testified in support of House Bill 5419, a zero-based budgeting proposal aimed at reviewing Texas Education Agency spending and redirecting more public education dollars to classrooms. Hinojosa argued that public schools are being weakened by chronic underfunding, teacher shortages, delayed special education services, and inadequate school safety funding, and said the bill would help cut bureaucracy, vendor contracts, and other non-classroom spending in favor of teacher pay, safety, and special education. Several witnesses, including self-identified Republicans and former GOP officials, backed the bill as a good-government measure and said they were crossing party lines because public schools need more direct investment. They criticized TEA growth, vendor contracts, public-private partnerships, and what they described as unfunded mandates from the state, including school safety requirements. One witness said rural districts are being forced into four-day school weeks, while others cited campus closures, deferred maintenance, and local tax increases tied to state funding shortfalls and recapture payments. The discussion also focused on the need for a systematic review of TEA spending and the lack of a sunset review for the agency since before 2005. Hinojosa and others said increasing the basic allotment would help districts, reduce recapture pressures, and prevent local tax hikes. The exchange was primarily a public hearing and advocacy session; no vote or formal committee action was described in the transcript.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Energy Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In a nutshell, the program should continue because, one, the low and moderate or LMI income CSG program
  • This is a really strong program.
  • So the main difference, as has been discussed in the legacy program—which is not the program we have
  • The combination of the uncapped program and the price in the original Program caused a lot of energy
  • program short.
Bills: HF2103, HF2793
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • Our Lee School of Business is the largest school at UNLV.
  • for school gardens.
  • for school gardens.
  • Districts and schools can use to assess and perform, assess the performance of pupils and schools, as
  • well as school districts.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/4/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • program that is voluntary for school program that is voluntary for school districts<00:31:51.760
  • foundation to help um schools and local foundation to help um schools and districts<00:45:59.440>
  • I'm with Hennepin County's Be at School program.
  • I'm with Hennepin County's Be at School program.
  • > is To conclude, school attendance is To conclude, school attendance is foundational<01:30:30.400
Bills: HF3776, HF3557, HF3585
Summary: The committee first approved the previous day’s minutes, then took up House File 3776, as amended by the A2 amendment, which clarified how the bill would apply to students with IEPs and 504 plans. The bill’s author argued that Minnesota should address screen time for preschool and kindergarten students, saying current law is too broad, that young children are especially vulnerable to developmental and attention harms from screens, and that parents and teachers should have more control over device use. The bill was laid over after discussion. Testimony on HF 3776 was split. Amanda Faye of Minnetonka Public Schools opposed the bill as drafted, saying it would conflict with existing academic standards, READ Act screening requirements, accessibility tools, and local control, and would force districts back to paper-based screening. Katherine Myers of Live More Screen Less supported the bill, citing concerns about early childhood screen exposure and arguing that screen-free time supports child development. Members raised concerns about local control, parental rights, and how to protect students who need devices for accommodations; the author and nonpartisan staff noted that schools can already adopt cell phone policies, but exceptions may be needed for certain students and uses. After laying over HF 3776, the committee began House File 3557. Representative Craft introduced the bill as a voluntary program to promote practical science education and workforce development tied to climate literacy, including a proposed Minnesota Seal of Climate Literacy for high school students. The bill was only introduced before the transcript ended, with no vote or final action recorded on HF 3557.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • As a foundational principle, these killers that are in our schools, they have access, and you got to
  • We also implement a schoolwide comprehensive school counseling program.
  • School counselors are the ones who are trained to lead lessons and to coordinate schoolwide programs.
  • school mapping programs.
  • Um executing school mapping programs.
Summary: The committee opened its sixth meeting of the 2025 Interim Joint Committee on Education, confirmed a quorum, recorded attendance votes, and approved the minutes. Chair Lewis reminded presenters to keep remarks brief because of the full agenda and limited time. The first presentation was from United Way of Southern Kentucky, with Anne Puckett, Craig Browning, and Warren County Schools Superintendent Rob Clayton introducing a regional early childhood initiative. The presenters argued that kindergarten readiness and early childhood support are critical to later academic and life outcomes. They cited research and statistics about brain development in the first five years, the effects of unprepared kindergarten entry, and links between low literacy, school discipline, dropout rates, and incarceration. They said their region’s readiness scores fell during COVID and after a tornado, and that the most effective response was in-home parent education to help families support children from birth to age five. They described the model as voluntary, community-based, and not requiring new buildings, and said similar programs have been successful in Missouri. The group said it had already raised more than $1 million in private donations and committed three years of funding for four additional staff, expanding service in Allen, Logan, and Warren counties. They requested $600,000 per year for the next two-year budget cycle to add 12 more educators, serve about 360 families and 660 additional children, and build evidence for a possible statewide model. Members generally expressed support for the concept, with Representative Tipton and Representative Jackson discussing a prior home-based preschool pilot and the importance of starting early. Representative Calloway questioned whether increased family chaos and government involvement justified the approach; presenters responded that the program uses community educators, not a government-run organization, and is aimed at helping overwhelmed families. Representative Stalker asked about eligibility and early intervention, and presenters said the program serves children from birth to age five and can help identify needs early enough to connect families with services such as First Steps.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Jan 28th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our school zone speed safety program is achieving great milestones, and the data we've collected over
  • It requires a school district to provide an annual report on the school bus camera program at a school
  • report on school bus camera program at a school board meeting, requires camera data reported to the
  • And our school zone speed safety program is flourishing.
  • Our school zones are active from the moment students arrive until the last after-school program ends.
Bills: S0382, S0628, S0654, S0696, S0880
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum and considered five bills, all of which were reported favorably. First, SB 628 designated a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as “Warrior Sacrifice Way” to honor Ensign Joshua Watson, Petty Officer Muhammad Hatham, and Cameron Walters, who were killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack. Senators spoke in support, emphasizing remembrance and support for the families. The committee then heard CS/SB 382 on electric bicycles and scooters. The bill would require riders on shared pathways to yield to pedestrians, sound an audible signal before passing, and limit speed near pedestrians, while creating an e-bike safety task force and reporting requirements. Law enforcement, local officials, and school board representatives supported the bill and described safety concerns and data gaps, while several senators raised questions about enforcement and asked that e-scooters be addressed more explicitly. The bill was reported favorably. Members also approved SB 880, creating a Miami Northwestern Alumni Association specialty license plate to fund scholarships and school programs, and SB 696, which allows online trademark registration applications and updates Florida’s trademark classification and verification procedures. Finally, the committee took up CS/CS/SB 654 on traffic infraction enforcement cameras for red light, school zone speeding, and school bus violations. The bill and an amendment added guardrails on data use, hearings, reporting, signage, and contract limits; senators raised concerns about privacy, surveillance, and school zone enforcement, and a Hillsborough County sheriff’s representative testified that all-day school zone enforcement has improved safety. All measures were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned after recording additional affirmative votes on SB 628 from Senators Martin and Smith.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 22nd, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • But the scholarship programs... ...programs, the GI dependent. Oh, this is for the dependent.
  • And we've also put in a two-year pilot program for 100 students per year for this pilot program.
  • So, if we eliminated one of the programs that... ...we eliminated one of the programs that we're using
  • And this is significant because if they can get this two-year program or associate level program—by the
  • believe our school systems.