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• </c> Office of Higher Education agency items. Office of Higher Education agency items.
• </c> Education Budget Act. Education Budget Act.
• </c> and will be granted. and will be granted.
• </c> been requested and granted. been requested and granted.
• </c> going to have to fix the State Grant. going to have to fix the State Grant.

Bills: HF4252

Keywords: higher education, student aid, financial aid, grant programs, scholarships, Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, community college, technical college, postsecondary institution, college affordability, student fees, athletic facilities, competitive athletics, developmental education, remedial courses, pregnant students, parenting students, priority registration

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• </c> House file 4266 helps ensure state grant House file 4266 helps ensure state grant the<00:04:41.040
• Higher Education.
• </c> want to enroll in post-secary education want to enroll in post-secary education so<00:12:31.200>
• Chair. grant program. We have got a big grant program.
• Grant program whole.

Bills: HF4266

Keywords: higher education, state grants, financial aid, college affordability, Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State Grant, need analysis, expected family contribution, student aid, grant formula, living and miscellaneous expense allowance, dependent student, independent student, parental contribution, student contribution, surplus appropriation, biennium, summer 2026, 1183, house

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• cyber security grant program included in the 2023 um education budget.
• the Department of Education.
• the Department of Education.
• through the grant process going through the Department<00:09:55.680><c> of</c><00:09:56.000><c> Education
• </c> with the grants of up to 500,000. with the grants of up to 500,000.

Bills: HF3492, HF3493, HF3494, HF3495, HF3602

Keywords: school safety, grants, education funding, Northern Lights Express, security improvements, rural schools, safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, safe schools aid, school security, mental health support, Tribal schools, cybersecurity, funding, mental health, evidence-based plans, public safety

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• File 3220 cancels the otherwise expiring balance of 1.8 million dollars from the 2018 school safety grants
• It was about building, learning, understanding, and educating at all of our elementary schools.
• Higher education within 50 miles of everyone in Minnesota was the goal in the 1960s.
• The statewide network of higher education facilities was built largely by the legislature.
• You are the difference between families getting to their first education.

Bills: HF3220

Keywords: school safety, school security, emergency access, law enforcement access, master key box, secure key box, entry device, school grants, education finance, Department of Education, charter schools, school districts, cooperative units, appropriation cancellation, one-time appropriation, school safety plan, emergency preparedness, public safety, school building security

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• </c> learning, understanding, and educating learning, understanding, and educating at<00:04:03.200><c
• </c><00:07:45.199><c> from</c> intent of our safe schools grant from intent of our safe schools grant
• We would educate students, farming.
• He higher education asset design.
• So I I don't want to first education.

Bills: HF3220

Keywords: school safety, school security, emergency access, law enforcement access, master key box, secure key box, entry device, school grants, education finance, Department of Education, charter schools, school districts, cooperative units, appropriation cancellation, one-time appropriation, school safety plan, emergency preparedness, public safety, school building security, 1183

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• Appropriation out of our educational opportunity fund.
• There is a land grant institution.
• for career technical centers, for a grant program to be run by the... uh for a grant program to be run
• by the state department of education.
• So then you roll into higher education. Education. Um, not a lot here.

Bills: SB305, SB109, SB122, SB111, SB114, SB113, SB150, SB112, SB289, SB303

Keywords: education funding, RAISE Act, student outcomes, public schools, local education agencies, accountability, weighted allocations, special education, English language learners, gifted students, Tuskegee University, Alabama Education Trust Fund, appropriation, agricultural research, Southern Preparatory Academy, fiscal responsibility, financial reporting, Education Savings Accounts, RAISE Fund, CHOOSE Act Fund

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• And then also $100 million to go to the Department of Education to fund a grant program for local boards
• of a grant proposal from at least two education organizations or agencies together.
• Now you have to apply for a grant or apply for some help and get response from the Department of Education
• Plus, we've added on top of that the high need special education grant.
• We've added funding for the robotics grant program, adding $5 million for special education certified

Bills: SB113, SB114, SB305, SB111, HB600, SB112, SB150, SB109, SB122

Keywords: education funding, appropriations, local education boards, school safety, workforce development, Alabama, technology, higher education, career technology centers, public institutions, grants, local education agencies, RAISE Act, student outcomes, public schools, accountability, weighted allocations, special education, English language learners, gifted students

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• MDE is constitutionally required to fund education, so the money passing forth in grants or to our schools
• MDE is constitutionally required to fund education, so the money passing forth in grants or to our schools
• MDE is constitutionally required to fund education, so the money passing forth in grants or to our schools
• MDE is constitutionally required to fund education, so the money passing forth in grants or to our schools
• Education, so the money passing forth in grants or to our schools, which this would cover, money to our

Bills: HF1, HF779, HF1034

Keywords: Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud

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• Welcome to the February 18th meeting of the Postsecondary Education and Workforce Committee.
• This legislation also eliminates the requirement for the Workforce Training and Education Coordinating
• The Washington College Grant is the state's largest financial aid program, providing grants to low-income
• students to pursue post-secondary education.
• It is a good, simple... ...promise to help them further access higher education.

Bills: SB5963

Keywords: SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education, student aid, need-based aid, college affordability, postsecondary education, workforce development, apprenticeship, foster youth, homeless students, unaccompanied youth, low-income students, public assistance, state financial aid account, scholarships, Washington student grants, grant eligibility

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• trying to make sure that we covered the definition of camps and we were excluding residents at an educational
• 00:33:48.320><c> residents</c><00:33:48.799><c> at</c><00:33:48.960><c> an</c><00:33:49.120><c> educational
• </c> excluding uh residents at an educational excluding uh residents at an educational institution.<00
• Roberts educated me on the blood-brain barrier that I heard of it didn't know what it was, but that's
• And um I think at the public hearing you'll hear from some people a lot more educated about this than

Bills: SB174, SB39, SB40, SB206, SB200, HB169, HB345, HB381, HB25

Keywords: business taxes, annual reports, Alabama Tax Tribunal, tax appeals, local government, board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, SB40, Houston/Hunter Act, firearm hold agreement, gun storage, temporary firearm storage, firearms dealer, federal firearms licensee, FFL, civil immunity, gun owner

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• completion, whether it's providing some competitive grants to the Office of Higher Education for institutions
• </c><00:32:10.399><c> plus</c> Grant would get a state Grant plus Grant would get a state Grant plus
• </c><00:32:23.320><c> plus</c> Grant would get a state Grant plus Grant would get a state Grant plus
• A student with an average State Grant would get a State Grant Plus scholarship of about $800.
• A student with an average State Grant would get a State Grant Plus scholarship of about $350.

Bills: HF2090, HF982, HF2229

Keywords: higher education, scholarship, financial aid, state grant, tuition assistance, Pell grants, student retention, education equity, disabled veterans, veterans' dependents, dependent children, college affordability, books and fees, University of Minnesota, public colleges, Office of Higher Education, veterans benefits, military families, permanent disability, 100 percent disability

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• Would you believe that There's a bill filed that is in the Education Committee's purview that would actually
• this legislation and it allows that Heroes team that's been built up by the state department of Education
• We're doubling the scholarshipping amount while they're in their College of Education.
• On page two, it talks about incentivizing regional water system planning grants.
• Members, Senate Bill 1341 creates the Career Counseling Revolving Fund for the State Department of Education

Bills: SB1189, SB1295, SB1297, SB1330, SB1333, SB1338, SB1341, SB1344, SB1355, SB1377, SB1378, SB1546, SB1859, SB1946, SB1990, SB1998

Keywords: school security, funding, public schools, security enhancements, resource officers, domestic violence, fatality review, revolving fund, database, public safety, Oklahoma, census accuracy, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, federal census, grassroots outreach, marketing campaign, SB1330, Pardon and Parole Board, parole board, pardon board

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• Would you believe that there's a bill file that is in the Education Committee's purview that would actually
• And it allows that Heroes team that's been built up by the State Department of Education to continue
• We're really doubling the scholarshiping amount while they're in their College of Education program.
• On page two, it talks about incentivizing regional water system planning grants.
• Hall, Senate Bill 1341 creates the Career Counseling Revolving Fund for the State Department of Education

Bills: SB1189, SB1295, SB1297, SB1330, SB1333, SB1338, SB1341, SB1344, SB1355, SB1377, SB1378, SB1546, SB1859, SB1946, SB1990, SB1998

Keywords: school security, funding, public schools, security enhancements, resource officers, domestic violence, fatality review, revolving fund, database, public safety, Oklahoma, census accuracy, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, federal census, grassroots outreach, marketing campaign, SB1330, Pardon and Parole Board, parole board, pardon board

Summary: The committee met in an appropriations setting and first laid over Senate Bill 1946. It then advanced Senate Bill 1344, creating an insulin access affordability program at the Health Department, on a 19-1 vote. Senate Bill 1295, establishing a Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board revolving fund and database, was amended to delete a section and then passed 21-0. Senate Bill 1355, creating a program for memorials and headstones for eligible National Guard veterans, also passed unanimously. Members then advanced several other measures, including Senate Bill 1998 to help smaller towns qualify for quality events incentives, Senate Bill 1330 raising Pardon and Parole Board salaries, Senate Bill 1297 creating a decennial census revolving fund to support outreach for the 2030 census, and Senate Bill 1189 extending the school security fund for three more years at $50 million annually. The committee also passed Senate Bill 1338 making the Heroes Literacy Instructional Team permanent, and Senate Bill 1546 increasing scholarship support for teacher preparation students. Additional bills passed included Senate Bill 1378 creating the Olympics and Oklahoma Revolving Fund, Senate Bill 1859 creating an OSBI cyber crime and fraud unit fund, Senate Bill 1341 creating a Career Counseling Revolving Fund, Senate Bill 1377 directing DHS to provide bags for foster children’s belongings, and Senate Bill 1990 broadening the Incentive Evaluation Commission’s comparative analysis of incentives. Several bills had appropriations stripped by amendment at the chair’s request before passage, and the committee repeatedly discussed fiscal impacts, local matching expectations, transparency, and whether programs should remain state-funded or rely on local or philanthropic support. The meeting ended with adjournment and notice of a meeting the following week.

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• The CCS grant program, which has been around for a long time, was more of just a small line item issue
• Representative, I thought there was already doing This, we do have a lake access grant program.
• this to like roll the supposed to be taken care of These access roads, these lake industrial access grants
• Is this making higher education now be in the same category as a business because the tax credit is for
• But if I'm reading this correctly, it just says an institution of higher education.

Bills: HB3882, HB4273, HB4280, HB4281

Keywords: transportation, revolving fund, grants, infrastructure, economic development, income tax, aerospace, higher education, tax credit, qualified employee, funding, safety, state highways, bridges, apportionment, Oklahoma, transportation funding, sales tax, road maintenance, public safety

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• Good morning, Senate Education Committee, will come to order. Members, thank you very much.
• I have worked with higher education regents to develop this language.
• I think would be an incredible educational experience for kids.
• Again, for a lot of times, my wife was an educator.
• My mother spent 7 years in public education, and my father 5.

Bills: SB1726, SB1236, SB1633, SB1413, SB1317, SB1360, SB1342, SB1477, SB1189, SB1546, SB1524, SB1338, SB1193, SB1812, SB1617

Keywords: higher education, graduate instructors, training program, academic integrity, First Amendment rights, administrative reporting, education, consolidation, board, public schools, resident tuition, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, state scholarships, financial aid, immigration status, undocumented students, noncitizen students, lawfully present, postsecondary education benefits, college tuition

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• Senate Education Committee will come to order. Members, thank you very much.
• I have worked with higher education regents to develop this language.
• I think that would be an incredible educational experience for kids.
• Education Committee. And so I think that's what's in our purview.
• Report those results to the State Department of Education.

Bills: SB1726, SB1236, SB1633, SB1413, SB1317, SB1360, SB1342, SB1477, SB1189, SB1546, SB1524, SB1338, SB1193, SB1812, SB1617

Keywords: higher education, graduate instructors, training program, academic integrity, First Amendment rights, administrative reporting, education, consolidation, board, public schools, resident tuition, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, state scholarships, financial aid, immigration status, undocumented students, noncitizen students, lawfully present, postsecondary education benefits, college tuition

Summary: The Senate Education Committee heard and advanced a large slate of education bills. Early measures included SB 1726, requiring formal training for university teaching assistants before they teach classes and evaluate students, with emphasis on First Amendment rights; SB 1236, creating an Administrative Report Consolidation Act to reduce duplicative reporting by schools and agencies; SB 1633, codifying existing higher education residency tuition practices; SB 1413, requiring notice to parents when a teacher is emergency certified and limiting adjunct teachers to 270 clock hours per semester; SB 1317, allowing career teacher status to be portable across districts with local board approval; and SB 1360, expanding the state’s math initiative by restoring instructional coaches and creating a math office at the State Department of Education. Most of these bills passed on favorable votes, with SB 1413 drawing some concern over teacher shortages and the adjunct-hour cap, but still passing.

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• </c><00:04:01.960><c> So,</c> education services. So, education services.
• grant.
• Um that seems grant a a grant oversight.
• , I come from a whole family of educators, a long line of educators.
• </c> facing as educators. facing as educators.

Bills: HF4213, HF4198, HF3930, HF3585, HF3451

Keywords: education finance, school funding, K-12, prekindergarten, pre-K, early childhood education, general education aid, special education, literacy aid, school meals, free school meals, school breakfast, school lunch, charter school lease aid, charter schools, nonpublic pupil aid, private school aid, transportation aid, desegregation aid, integration aid

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• Grant us wisdom to discern what is just, courage to stand for what is right, and compassion to seek the

Bills: HCR1006, SB1226, SB1239, SB1309, SB2132, SB1189, SB1344, SB1295, SB1355, SB1998, SB1330, SB1297, SB1338, SB1546, SB1378, SB1859, SB1333, SB1341, SB1377, SB1990

Keywords: campaign finance, election spending, political spending, money in politics, constitutional amendment, Citizens United, free speech, ballot measures, elections, corruption, dark money, outside spending, foreign influence, special interests, corporations, unions, federalism, self-government, political equality, term limits

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• Grant us wisdom to discern what is just, courage to stand for what is right, and compassion to seek the

Bills: HCR1006, SB1226, SB1239, SB1309, SB2132, SB1189, SB1344, SB1295, SB1355, SB1998, SB1330, SB1297, SB1338, SB1546, SB1378, SB1859, SB1333, SB1341, SB1377, SB1990

Keywords: campaign finance, election spending, political spending, money in politics, constitutional amendment, Citizens United, free speech, ballot measures, elections, corruption, dark money, outside spending, foreign influence, special interests, corporations, unions, federalism, self-government, political equality, term limits

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and handled several floor introductions, including recognition of an intern, visiting FFA members, and later a Sand Springs state championship football team and Murray County visitors. The chamber also laid over Senate Bill 2067 and adopted a unanimous-consent request to bring HCR 1006 directly to calendar. HCR 1006, which calls on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment giving states more control over campaign and ballot-initiative money, passed by voice vote. Senate Bill 1226, expanding hit-and-run scene-retention requirements to include property damage, passed 47-0. Senate Bill 1239, dealing with transportation-related statutory cleanup and extending a sunset date for structurally deficient bridge funding from 2026 to 2031, was amended twice, advanced, and passed 44-2, then was approved as an emergency measure. Senate Bill 1309, adjusting the amount that may be reserved from the Roads Fund for debt service, advanced and passed 46-0 as an emergency measure. Later, Senate Bill 2132, increasing a justice surcharge on credit-card point-of-sale transactions from 2% to 3%, passed 28-17; Senator Hall recorded a personal-interest abstention. The Senate then confirmed Daniel LaFortune to the Oklahoma Tax Commission by a 44-1 roll call vote. The body concluded by moving to adjourn until Thursday, February 19, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. when the clerk’s desk is clear.

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• educational environment.
• </c><00:53:02.480><c> Good</c> Education Finance Committee. Good Education Finance Committee.
• In 2023, our educational system.
• Students are educational choice.
• ><c> multil-</c> We provide special education multil- We provide special education multil- language<01

Bills: HF3653, HF2717, HF3451, HF3857

Keywords: education finance, safe schools revenue, school safety, charter schools, funding, safe schools, school security, school levy, pupil units, safe schools aid, cooperative units, intermediate school district, school resource officer, peace officer liaison, sheriff liaison, drug abuse prevention, gang resistance education, violence prevention, suicide prevention, mental health services

Summary: The committee first adopted the March 3rd minutes by voice vote after Representative Lee moved them and there was no discussion. Members then reviewed hearing rules on decorum, safety, and participation before taking testimony from Dr. James Densley and Dr. Jillian Peterson of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center at Hamline University. The presenters summarized research on mass shootings and K-12 school shootings, drawing on a database of homicides in school settings from 2000 to 2025 and a smaller set of 15 K-12 mass shooting cases. They said school shooters are usually insiders, most often current or former students, and typically young males. They described common patterns including a noticeable crisis before attacks, perpetrators viewing the shooting as a final act, studying prior shooters online, and “leakage” in which most tell someone in advance. They also emphasized that many perpetrators use unsecured firearms from family members and argued that prevention should combine reporting systems, behavioral threat assessment, counseling, mentoring, secure storage, and other layered interventions rather than rely on a single solution. The presenters also discussed broader violence trends in the Twin Cities, saying much school violence is spillover from community violence and that pandemic-era disruptions and weakened trust in institutions contributed to serious violence. They cited a national survey finding that exposure to gun violence is associated with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and fear of public spaces, especially among young people. During member questions, Representative Wam asked for clarification on the data set and the rural/small-town share of the survey sample.