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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 9th, 2026 at 08:33 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • If those students are indeed rural students, to be given credit for their rural attendance.
  • And that's been addressed quite well. And that's been addressed quite well.
  • …SAT and math SAT as well.
  • If you have a student, could you introduce a student today?
  • Representative Lara, is your student still here? Did you have a student, Representative Lara?
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Mar 25th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I will say it is.
  • Allison Smith, Assistant Commissioner for Student Health and Wellness at the Louisiana Board of Regents
  • And so we have been working not only with the LLA, as well as Treasury, as well as OZRAP, as well as
  • McMakin: I was a nice student, and I performed well, and glad to say I was at LSU for eight years, three
  • Well, it was with the student loan portfolio. Okay. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. You bet. Thank you, Rep.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 4th, 2026 at 09:26 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our community and our students were way before the free child care.
  • It makes it harder on the student and on the parent.
  • I assume it's going to take into account full-time, part-time students. All that.
  • And it's also going to be the private institutions as well. And how do you capture those students?
  • Okay, well, Madam Chair, that brings up another issue.
Bills: SB132, SM16, SM17
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Our educators want to ensure all students learn, all students.
  • A student uses profanity loudly at a teacher and other students.
  • Well, I'll give you...
  • Well, first of all, I think preserving the dignity of each student is so important.
  • Well, first of all, I think preserving the dignity of each student is so important, and I would never
Summary: The committee heard a series of school safety and discipline bills, beginning with SB 870, which would codify an attorney general opinion allowing local school boards to decide whether school marshals may openly carry, conceal carry, or store a firearm in a secure safe on campus. The bill was laid out with no public testimony and left pending. The chair then moved to a combined discussion of SB 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1924, all focused on school discipline, teacher authority, and student safety. Senators Perry and Creighton described the package as a response to rising classroom disruptions, assaults on teachers, and concerns that districts lack effective tools to maintain order. SB 1871 would expand teacher removal authority, require return-to-class plans before a student removed for certain conduct can return, make some serious offenses mandatory for placement in juvenile justice settings, and provide telehealth mental health services through a consortium. SB 1872 would require expulsion to a JJAEP for assaults on teachers or school volunteers and extend certain expulsion-eligible conduct to off-campus offenses. SB 1873 would restore the prior understanding that in-school suspension is not subject to a three-day limit. SB 1874 would grant teachers immunity from disciplinary action for reporting discipline violations or acting in compliance with Chapter 37. SB 1924 would restore authority for local police and school district police to issue Class C citations for school offenses and require criminal referrals for students posing an imminent threat or assaulting a teacher, with a substitute clarifying referral rules when a citation has already been issued. The committee adopted the substitutes for the bills and moved them forward. Invited witnesses from teacher and administrator groups largely supported the overall goal of stronger discipline and safer classrooms, while asking for refinements. The Texas Classroom Teachers Association testified that teachers need more autonomy to remove disruptive or violent students and that classroom removals should not mean removal from learning. Superintendents from San Angelo, Grandview, and Wiley ISDs supported the bills’ emphasis on safety, expanded ISS flexibility, mandatory placement for serious offenses, and telehealth mental health services, but asked for more local control, flexibility for Districts of Innovation, more than one campus behavior coordinator in large districts, clearer timelines for return-to-class plans, and more precise definitions for disruptive conduct. Several witnesses stressed that teacher retention and student learning are being harmed by current discipline problems, while some members raised concerns about vague standards and the risk of overuse or public humiliation through citations and removals.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 12th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • A student? It's up to the district. Okay.
  • Well, I would just caution anyone.
  • Well, thank you for hearing this bill.
  • He is doing well and is in good spirits.
  • He is doing well and is in good spirits.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • That's why I'm a law student. So my name's Alice Min. I'm, as I just said, a student.
  • This bill aims to ensure transparency online for both current students and prospective transfer students
  • This bill targets only faculty discrimination while ignoring the more common student-on-student religious
  • A law student at UT Austin.
  • I am a second-year law student at the University of Texas, and I'm a big fan of Texas football as well
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm also a third-year law student. students at Texas Law.
  • Students who are here on a visa. students who are immigrants, and students who are Black and Brown students
  • , students do participate in immigrant students. student groups on campus quite actively and it increases
  • the surveillance of those students. students and their student groups.
  • What engages students, what challenges students, and what helps them grow.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • . students. students.
  • . well. well.
  • that approach as well. that approach as well.
  • class for students it's a hard student class for students to<00:42:55.280> pass.
  • Well, well, we we do have developed most Well, well, we we do have developed most of<01:35:09.080>
Bills: HF4698, HF4608
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/24/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We just heard from several students in our last committee from St. Francis as well.
  • from students of St. Francis as well. from students of St. Francis as well.
  • We have student testifiers as well.
  • We have student testifiers two minutes. We have student testifiers as<01:20:04.960> well.
  • And for our students, it is our as well.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 13th, 2026 at 09:07 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our members care deeply about student safety and well-being.
  • Student or others.
  • So I think it gives real agency to students as well, which is very cool.
  • We have over 400 student athletes, roughly 14% of our student population.
  • We are limited both in terms of availability for funding on the student housing side, as well as the
Bills: HB30, HB120, HJR1, SB210, SB306
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 13th, 2026 at 08:35 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our particular interest is in aligning capstone projects with students' IEPs to ensure that students
  • Our particular interest is in aligning capstone projects with students' IEPs to ensure that students
  • or students that are in foster care.
  • , as well as our students that are in foster care.
  • When we looked at student Lexile performance and growth using comparable metrics, New Mexico students
Bills: HB30, HB120, HJR1, SB210, SB306
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU-HHS, HHS, HHS-TRS Public Hearings 02-11-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • students from Maui as well as Aahu get students from Maui as well as Aahu get firstirhand<00:05:
  • testimony as well. testimony as well. >> Thank<00:12:21.600> you.
  • >> All students in DOE. >> All students in DOE.
  • opposition as well. Thank you. opposition as well. Thank you.
  • having patience as well. having patience as well.
Bills: SB3263, SB3261
Summary: The joint Senate Committee on Education and Committee on Health and Human Services heard testimony on several bills related to student health and safety, University of Hawaii programs, and workforce development. For SB 2969, which would appropriate funds for the University of Hawaii to expand and sustain the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study and Maui Health Registry, testimony was overwhelmingly supportive. Witnesses described the ongoing physical and mental health impacts of the August 2023 Maui fires, said the study has identified serious untreated conditions and connected participants to care, and emphasized its role in serving survivors and training students. The committee also heard support from the Department of Health, the Alzheimer’s Association, the American Lung Association, Maui residents, and study staff. No vote was taken during the hearing. The committee then heard SB 2657, which would establish an Alzheimer disease and related dementia research center at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. University of Hawaii and Alzheimer’s Association representatives supported the bill, saying a local center would improve coordination of existing research, build state capacity, and help Hawaii compete for future NIH designation and federal funding. A family member affected by Alzheimer’s also testified in support, citing the disease’s impact in Hawaii. In response to questions, the university said the proposal would follow a five-year phased plan, with the first year funding used to recruit a senior neuroscientist and staff person, at an estimated cost of about $375,000, and that the effort would still strengthen Hawaii’s research infrastructure even if federal funding is not secured. For SB 2612, which clarifies immunity for Department of Education employees and agents who assist students with medication administration under certain conditions, the Department of Education said the bill is intended to protect volunteers and help ensure students can participate in school activities even when staffing is limited. The committee discussed how volunteers would be selected and whether every school would have someone available, and DOE said schools currently rely on health attendants, nurses, and trained volunteers. The committee also briefly discussed liability language and gross negligence exceptions. The hearing then moved to SB 2412, which would fund a bachelor’s degree program in sign language and sign language interpretation at UH Mānoa with a future master’s pathway. Testimony from interpreters, educators, and university officials emphasized the shortage of interpreters, the need to retain local talent, and the program’s role in building a pipeline; university representatives said the initial request would fund a faculty/staff position as a first step, with additional funding needed later. No final committee action or votes were announced in the transcript.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU-EDT, EDU, EDU Public Hearings 02-11-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • . students. students.
  • >> No, we are allowed to give NIL money to international student-athletes as well. >> Thank you. >> Chair
  • student? student?
  • books and student support student books and student publishing.<01:18:25.960> We<01:18:26.120
  • >> Well, >> Well, >> Well, this<01:30:33.000> bill<01:30:33.240> is<01
Bills: SB3263, SB3261
Summary: The joint committees heard testimony on Senate Bill 3263, which would create a state-supported endowment for University of Hawaii athletics NIL (name, image, and likeness) funding. University of Hawaii Athletics Director Matt Eliott supported the bill, saying NIL requires both immediate funding and a longer-term sustainable solution. He asked for several changes: lowering the initial endowment target from $10 million to $2 million so the fund could start sooner, allowing NIL reporting by team rather than by individual student-athlete, and clarifying that athletes may choose whether to use an agent, while still allowing certified agents or a parent/guardian if desired. Committee members raised concerns about using taxpayer dollars for athlete compensation, the burden on a small-state budget, and whether the university could realistically raise the required matching funds. Several senators questioned whether the university had a concrete fundraising plan and whether the endowment would meaningfully help UH compete with larger programs. Eliott said UH is already fundraising privately for current NIL obligations, had raised more than $1.6 million toward a $3 million annual goal, and would continue fundraising for both short-term needs and the endowment match. He also said the university is not trying to compete with Power Five schools on the same scale, but to be successful at its own conference level. Members also discussed transparency and privacy, with some senators arguing that if state money is used, the public should know how it is spent, while Eliott said individual student-athlete NIL information should remain private and team-level reporting would be preferable. He confirmed international student-athletes are eligible for NIL and said about 60 to 70 UH athletes are currently participating, with more than 100 expected next year. The discussion also touched on UH’s Mountain West media rights and local TV rights, with Eliott explaining that the conference distribution is expected to remain around $3.5 million and that local TV rights would be negotiated separately. No vote or final action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Our educators want to end all students learn. All students.
  • A student uses profanity loudly at a teacher and other students.
  • We talk about the teachers' experience as well, but you have classrooms and students that have to learn
  • as well.
  • Sir, well, first of all, I think preserving the dignity of each student is so important.