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• We're also going to look into, uh, our research institutions while we can establish tier one research
• institutions and promote tier two to tier one.
• As a result of the state's investment in the university's work, Texas now leads the nation in top tier
• This performance-based funding is directed at students who are characterized as high risk.
• one or tier one universities is one thing, but enabling y'all to be able to compete.

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• Section 6 requires, for employment and investment, the agreement of a Tier 6 project, and addresses the
• It amends sections relating to access to records, juvenile probation officers, the Legislative Performance
• relates to legislative oversight, access to records, juvenile probation officers, the Legislative Performance
• change provisions, relating to access records, juvenile probation officer, and the legislative performance
• changes to the child and adult food programs to reimburse all participating family daycare homes at tier

Bills: LB737, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB1216, LB1256, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB743, LB745, LB749, LB778, LB787, LB365A, LB823, LB900, LB903, LB940, LB954, LB1127, LB1127A, LB1205, LB1240, LR293, LR296, LR422, LR505, LR507

Keywords: LB737, Olmstead, developmental disabilities, disability services, community-based services, integrated settings, DHHS, Department of Health and Human Services, stakeholder advisory committee, independent consultant, public hearing, legislative oversight, disability rights, community integration, housing, employment, education, transportation, community supports, self-advocacy

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• I was at a high-performing, impressive charter in the Central West District.
• Well, to your point, the tier is not perfect. No, I agree, I agree.
• TIA doesn't just reward teachers for their academic performance; it also encourages teachers to have
• Residency programs in Texas perform comparably to teachers.
• On a quote-unquote top-performing or top-paying district.

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

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• tiers tiers between<00:54:57.559> the<00:54:57.720> tiers<00:54:58.240> ab<00:54
• <00:58:54.920> B's the retirement of tier B's the retirement of tier B's twice<00:58:57.720
• <01:00:05.200> mind does not help tier C and in my mind does not help tier C and in my mind
• B and Tier C.
• But the Senate removed the Tier C portion and left the Tier B portion, so what we could do is take this

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The committee met to continue work on House Bill 2, with the chair saying the goal was to finish the bill as given by the governor, though additional amendments were expected. Members first discussed the bail section and agreed to hold it for later because a separate House bail bill was expected on Thursday and could have significant county cost impacts. They also generally accepted the proposed reorganization of positions between Fish and Game, DNCR, and the Department of Environmental Services, but noted the need to review effective dates and funding details, including a possible double appropriation of $275,000 for a scientist position already funded in HB 1. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on environmental review and native plant-related sections moving functions from DNCR to DES. Members discussed changing the rulemaking timeline from 180 days to 90 days, and clarifying that “begin” means the public hearing stage. They also reviewed how fee revenue would shift between agencies in HB 1 so the budget impact would be net zero. The committee indicated it would prepare amendments reflecting these changes and revisit them at a later vote. The longest discussion concerned the boathouse provisions. Members debated whether the new definitions and construction standards were appropriate in a budget bill, with one member arguing they should be in a separate bill, while others said the provisions were urgent because of a lawsuit and the lack of clear guardrails. Concerns included the February 20, 2025 effective date, which some thought might be retroactive, the detailed limits on what may be stored in a boathouse, and a fee increase that some felt could discourage homeowners from seeking permits. The committee also questioned whether the fee structure should be tiered for smaller projects and whether permit-by-notification projects should be exempted. No final votes were taken on these sections during the discussion; instead, members agreed to seek legal and policy answers and to return with amendments and public hearing input before voting.

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• c><00:17:44.080> the<00:17:44.559> the<00:17:44.799> three-<00:17:45.039> tiered
• we doing it in the the three- tiered we doing it in the the three- tiered process<00:17:45.679><
• For example, I think Melissa mentioned it, but the state performance plan measures 17 items of special
• plan measures 17 items of performance plan measures 17 items of special<00:51:47.040> education
• those students at the tier 2 level, then we're going to see decreased referrals.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The commission met to review and amend the minutes from its previous meeting, correcting the date, several spelling and wording errors, and clarifying references to a scholarship fund and a member’s title. The minutes were then approved as amended, with some members abstaining because they were not present at the prior meeting. The chair then turned to the commission’s work plan under SB 57, emphasizing the need to prioritize the statutory topics and identify which issues require additional research, documentation, and possible spreadsheets. Members discussed a broad range of special education cost drivers and policy questions, including student referral rates, why students are classified as other health impaired, whether referrals increased after COVID school closures, intervention processes before referral, the cost of services required under IEPs and 504 plans, differences between federal law, state law, and DOE rules, reporting of special education costs, out-of-district and residential placements, district sharing of resources, dispute resolution, graduation rates, and adult learning outcomes. Several members raised concerns that school environments, mental health, bullying, and possible overidentification may be contributing to rising special education numbers and costs, while others cautioned that some reported district percentages may be inflated or unclear because of how the data are counted. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 742, which would eliminate prorated special education aid when state appropriations are insufficient and require the governor to draw a warrant to cover shortfalls. Representative Ames explained that the bill had been recommended for interim study because the commission is already examining special education costing, and he highlighted the gap between FY24 special education costs of about $977.1 million and state aid of $33.9 million for catastrophic aid, $67.4 million for differentiated aid, and $50.8 million in federal IDEA funds, leaving local districts to cover about $825.1 million. He argued the commission should ultimately make clear that both the federal government and the state should contribute more. The Department of Education, through Melissa White, answered questions about data and oversight. She said special education counts come from IEPs entered into the state system using SASIDs, that DOE monitors districts through both desk audits and on-site visits, and that billing is checked against the services listed in each student’s IEP. She also said DOE’s special education work is largely federally funded, with roughly $56.7 million received through IDEA this year and about $49.1 million flowing through to LEAs, while the department retains a small amount for administration and statewide support activities. Members also discussed how adequacy calculations use special education counts from the state system and how those figures are reported.

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• as adults and for our children, what do we do to wrap our arms around our schools to improve the performance
• . of our lowest performing schools.
• And so for the last two years, no one has. had any sort of public accountability for performance and
• Nobody outside of school administrators would have... summit performance of their public schools for
• ISD, which is one of the more affluent school districts, a very high-performing school district, great

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• CMS, mandates uh specific time frames for completion of uh full certification surveys as well as a tiered
• <00:04:52.479> a certification surveys as well as a certification surveys as well as a tiered
• > process<00:04:54.479> uh<00:04:54.639> for<00:04:55.840> investigating tiered
• It's a state performance standard system measure, or an SPSS.
• those mandate mandated added to perform those mandate mandated core<00:35:52.800> work.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Human Services met to review budget items carved out in the prior session budget, including long-term care surveyor contracts, funding for local health departments, and expansion of the central laboratory. The committee approved the June 4 minutes and then heard an update from the Office of Inspector General’s Division of Health Care on long-term care certification surveys and complaint investigations. Officials said the $1 million annual appropriation for contracted survey work, along with salary increases and other resources, helped the state reduce its backlog. They reported that Kentucky completed 101 long-term care certification surveys in fiscal year 2024, up from 28 in fiscal year 2023, and had completed 186 surveys by July 7, 2025, with a goal of 40 to 50 more before the end of fiscal year 2025. Outstanding complaints fell from 1,565 at the end of fiscal year 2024 to 695 by July 7, 2025, and outstanding priority-one or immediate-jeopardy complaints were reduced to zero. Members asked about the definition of priority-one cases, survey timing, the number of facilities still overdue, vacancy rates, federal funding reliance, and the use of contract surveyors. Officials said priority-one cases involve serious harm or high risk of harm, that surveys are required within a 12- to 15.7-month window, and that the agency now has 40 contract surveyors and an outside team option. Several members praised the progress but warned that delays in surveys can endanger residents and urged continued funding and monitoring. The committee then began hearing from Mike Tuggle of the Department of Public Health on the Public Health Transformation Initiative, with Tuggle noting the legislation’s importance to public health financing. The transcript cuts off as he began his remarks.

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• as director, and whether she could separate personal whether those views would affect her performance
• Those are tiered in terms of immediate jeopardy and then lower-level complaints, and those are scheduled
• So the way that that works is we do have a team that tiers the complaints, and so immediate jeopardy,
• If we have made a mistake in that tiering, I mean, I would like to understand that, but those immediate
• We can no longer perform this responsibility.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• of the... ...some of the most lackluster performance of state government paying our debts for child
• Performance strategy, Mermer. Loan program, Senate.
• There's a lot, or compute a top-tier public cloud by 2029.
• Do we have a statutory definition of top-tier public cloud?
• This is all—I am not an IT person. ...of top-tier public cloud.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Research shows high-performing districts are more likely to protect their outstanding students but SB
• However, the bill left out a key funding tier leading. to a funding shortfall for adult charter high
• However, when implemented in 2023, we realized that a key funding tier was. missing.
• This bill proposes to add back in an intermediate funding tier, so that we aren't going from receiving
• Additionally, There's another component of the funding model that provides funding based on performance

Bills: HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627

Keywords: education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy

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• Naturally, that varies by plan, but Washington remains in the upper tier of pension funding nationally
• You said we were in the upper tier of other states. How do we compare?
• You said we were in the upper tier of other states. How do we compare?
• And so for that reason, we perform a comparison... ...to come by, and so for that reason we perform a
• The ultimate impacts from those will depend on market performance, so it could be good or bad.

Summary: The committee approved the July minutes and then received an informational presentation from the Office of the State Actuary on the financial condition of the state retirement systems. The actuary reported that employer contribution rates are generally declining, helped by strong investment returns and reduced funding for PERS 1 and TERS 1, while funded ratios have continued to improve; on a combined basis the plans were reported at 100% funded in 2024, with open plans above 95% and legacy plans varying by system. The presentation also reviewed projected rates and funded ratios under current assumptions, noted that pension costs are taking a smaller share of the state general fund, and discussed risks from investment volatility, policy changes, and demographic experience. Committee members asked about savings from lower rates, deferred asset smoothing, and how Washington compares with other states. The committee then considered the state actuary’s recommendation on long-term economic assumptions and adopted all four recommendations by roll call votes: inflation at 3.0%, general salary growth at 3.5%, membership growth for Plan 1 funding at 1.0%, and investment rate of return at 7.25%. The actuaries explained that the inflation and salary growth increases were driven largely by higher long-term inflation expectations, while the investment return recommendation matched the current statutory assumption. Members discussed the timing of the Pension Funding Council’s decision, the effect of tariffs and inflation uncertainty, and how assumption changes would affect future contribution rates and budgets, particularly for open plans. Staff then gave an update on the LEOFF 1 study, explaining the difference between being “ahead of schedule” and truly overfunded, and summarizing responses received from DRS, the State Treasurer, and the State Investment Board on the merger and restatement proposals. DRS said both bills could be administered, though the merger bill’s COLA banking provision would be challenging until its new system is ready; the Treasurer urged caution, especially about the restatement bill and the use of one-time funds; and the Investment Board said removing assets from the trust would have some transaction costs but likely small impacts. The committee discussed whether to invite additional agencies and local government groups to testify, and staff said more responses, including from Ice Miller and the State Actuary, were expected for the October meeting. Finally, the committee heard a briefing on PERS 1/TERS 1 COLA policy and related bills from the last session. Staff reviewed the committee’s prior ongoing COLA recommendation, the SCPP-endorsed bills that would have created a one-time 3% COLA followed by an ongoing COLA, the Senate merger bill, and a separate ad hoc COLA bill. Public testimony largely supported Plan 1 COLAs and stable contribution rates, while several speakers urged caution about transferring LEOFF 1 surplus assets or merging legacy plans, and others raised concerns about climate risk and the pension fund’s investments. No further committee action was taken on the COLA item during this portion of the meeting.

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• The Department of Public Safety perform every day. So quick question on TDA.
• late 23 And even though it's a new a new gang for us here in Texas, we were able to ask that TDA as a tier
• So it's one of the few tier one gangs in Texas. along with the Crips and the Bloods and several others
• they kind of need some. some backing, I guess, to go after certain gangs, but since we've made that a tier
• like and tell me the potential for a problem because you just are physically unable to get there. to perform

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The state has, we've seen, very strong stock market performance lately, driven by artificial intelligence
• program, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards grant, inclusive college programs, multi-tiered
• program, national board for professional teaching standards grant, inclusive college programs, multi-tiered
• appreciation and support for the May Revision proposal of $50 million and the language for multi-tiered
• We support and appreciate the $62 million to increase the tier two rate for ELOP to 1800.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard the Governor’s May Revision proposals for TK-12 education, beginning with a Proposition 98 overview from the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office. Finance said the May Revision increases the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee by about $6.4 billion relative to the Governor’s January budget across the three-year window, with higher guarantees in each year, continued full payment of the outstanding settle-up obligation in 2024-25, and a reduced $3.9 billion settle-up amount in 2025-26. Finance also described larger mandatory and discretionary deposits into the Proposition 98 reserve, ending with an estimated $10.3 billion reserve balance. The LAO said the overall estimates were reasonable, but urged the state to fully fund the guarantee and use other budget tools, including reserves, to manage volatility rather than delay settle-up payments. Members questioned the remaining settle-up amount, the risk of revenue volatility, and possible alternatives such as advance payments or other reserve strategies. The second panel covered Department of Education proposals and trailer bill language. Finance outlined additional state operations funding and positions for CDE, along with trailer bill changes affecting community schools, preschool, literacy, special education, charter accountability, teacher-related programs, and other technical cleanups. The LAO supported the overall structure of the package but recommended changes to several items, including rejecting some additional one-time community schools, literacy, math, multilingual screener, and inclusive college proposals, while supporting the ongoing LCFF and special education increases and raising concerns about the paid pregnancy disability leave proposal’s cost and implementation complexity. CDE supported the special education increase, community schools, literacy and math investments, homelessness funding, and the paid pregnancy leave proposal, while asking for more funding for county office support, clearer homelessness definitions, and continued preschool parity. Members also asked about immigrant student supports, community schools reporting, and the rationale and cost estimate for the paid pregnancy leave proposal, which Finance estimated at $218 million annually. The final panel addressed the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Finance proposed additional legal staffing for SB 848 implementation and educator misconduct caseloads, a fee increase for clear credential renewals from $100 to $125, a $5 million one-time Proposition 98 investment to build a transcript review platform, $2 million ongoing for transcript review staffing, and $30 million one-time for the statewide residency technical assistance center. The LAO had no concerns about the legal staffing, supported the transcript review platform if the fee increase and ongoing staffing were adopted, and recommended rejecting the residency technical assistance center expansion because existing funding runs through 2029. The Commission explained that the misconduct workload has grown over several years, that AI would assist but not replace human review in transcript matching, and that the residency technical assistance center helps recruit and retain teachers and support rural districts. Public commenters largely supported special education, discretionary block grants, community schools, literacy investments, homelessness funding, and teacher credentialing alternatives, while some urged rejection of the settle-up proposal and preschool COLA reduction.

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• You'll see and hear the tiered quality rating system is how we set our rates.
• You'll see in here the tiered quality rating system is how we set our rates.
• You'll see in here the tiered quality rating system is how we set our rates.
• And it clarifies supervision of that tier one new school nurse in districts where they don't have a tier
• They don't have to start at tier one if they have nursing experience.

Bills: SB204, SB241, HB34

Keywords: higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department

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• And so, when we think about that three-tiered delivery model, we often go to just those levels of tiered
• with autism through a multi-tiered with autism through a multi-tiered system<00:41:13.440> of
• with how we build in the support at tier with how we build in the support at tier one.<00:41:31.880
• And when we think about providing support through our tier two and tier three interventions, we're really
• tier two and tier support through our tier two and tier three<00:42:48.440> interventions,<00:

Keywords: 958, all

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• virtual program, the language could say or will say that PED has to consider the historical... performance
• So in this case, a contractor that wasn't performing up to state or federal standards probably in PED's
• We still need considerably more buses to go from four-tier to three-tier.
• We've been on a four-tier system, and a lot of the school districts are not, so we've had major issues

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• signature; 1572, public schools; 1618, military affairs commission; 1635, unlawful alert; 1645, performance
• amount; 1646, absent state elected; 1656, family courts. 1645, performance amount; 1646, absent state
• a little ambiguous, and it ties the segments to what the budget in a prior budget included for the Tier
• a little ambiguous, and it ties the segments to what the budget in a prior budget included for the Tier
• the same length. ...and it ties the segments to what the budget in a prior budget included for the Tier

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Among the many highlights were a record. setting performance in the women's cross-cut event and first-place
• Uniquely, in addition to their top-tier performance, the Sylvans-Ted camp for many nights at a time as
• Substitute Senate Bill 2843 authorizes a CWD chronic wasting study bill to be performed. the parks and
• This bill only applies to businesses with fewer than 250 employees. and introduces three-tiered compliance
• They're allowing the three-tier system, ensuring distillers are not left out of the process.

Bills: HCR35, SJR59, SJR84, SCR30, SB127, SB317, SB324, SB457, SB506, SB511, SB529, SB547, SB584, SB619, SB636, SB646, SB659, SB715, SB732, SB735, SB771, SB784, SB800, SB801, SB904, SB1026, SB1049, SB1065, SB1181, SB1224, SB1250, SB1383, SB1467, SB1524, SB1528, SB1531, SB1568, SB1585, SB1640, SB1681, SB1754, SB1757, SB1777, SB1972, SB1980, SB2007, SB2041, SB2046, SB2050, SB2055, SB2069, SB2080, SB2119, SB2138, SB2139, SB2154, SB2201, SB2225, SB2268, SB2306, SB2308, SB2310, SB2330, SB2366, SB2375, SB2392, SB2401, SB2422, SB2480, SB2514, SB2530, SB2533, SB2543, SB2544, SB2589, SB2610, SB2615, SB2623, SB2660, SB2662, SB2693, SB2695, SB2707, SB2722, SB2742, SB2753, SB2807, SB2843, SB2844, SB2858, SB2880, SB2885, SB2891, SB2925, SB2938, SB2986, SJR3, SJR18, SB5, SB914, SB963, SB1197, SB1415, SB1437, SB1786, SB326, SB767, SB769, SB783, SB1035, SB1271, SB1619, SB1637, SB1806, SB1, SB260, HB135, HB1109, HCR35, HCR64, SJR36, SJR50, SJR63, SJR84, SJR59, SCR12, SCR39, SCR48, SCR19, SCR30, SCR3, SB2023, SB619, SB2742, SB646, SB1026, SB2880, SB62, SB666, SB847, SB284, SB854, SB1073, SB810, SB1505, SB583, SB1502, SB507, SB1434, SB1376, SB1585, SB1772, SB2016, SB1163, SB1122, SB731, SB397, SB508, SB1436, SB287, SB261, SB1882, SB393, SB1791, SB529, SB209, SB2429, SB1999, SB511, SB2309, SB510, SB584, SB1085, SB2046, SB1975, SB2717, SB1262, SB1524, SB636, SB2056, SB884, SB517, SB1200, SB1845, SB1863, SB2681, SB2200, SB2199, SB1757, SB2050, SB2458, SB2201, SB2660, SB2662, SB1065, SB801, SB2533, SB3014, SB3013, SB758, SB1721, SB2366, SB1013, SB2797, SB2383, SB1754, SB2119, SB2448, SB1777, SB1283, SB2392, SB2076, SB2786, SB2876, SB2284, SB2225, SB1540, SB2929, SB1972, SB2540, SB2595, SB2217, SB715, SB2330, SB1383, SB500, SB1640, SB2001, SB2080, SB506, SB2514, SB2753, SB2398, SB1241, SB2927, SB2173, SB2538, SB898, SB1449, SB2529, SB1531, SB2846, SB2476, SB986, SB1181, SB2075, SB2154, SB2864, SB1359, SB2386, SB771, SB2844, SB2550, SB1351, SB1423, SB1931, SB2245, SB2589, SB2707, SB2807, SB410, SB659, SB2776, SB2693, SB2580, SB1980, SB1886, SB1234, SB739, SB456, SB127, SB1666, SB2843, SB2801, SB800, SB2055, SB784, SB2986, SB735, SB1012, SB324, SB2926, SB2938, SB2007, SB2138, SB1242, SB2615, SB1049, SB2310, SB1224, SB2972, SB1568, SB2841, SB2885, SB3016, SB2858, SB2610, SB2139, SB1856, SB2035, SB2308, SB2306, SB2041, SB1528, SB1681, SB1141, SB2401, SB2530, SB2375, SB547, SB1266, SB1373, SB1467, SB2069, SB2269, SB2480, SB2544, SB672, SB904, SB2695, SB2891, SB2422, SB2543, SB1854, SB317, SB2539, SB2532, SB2925, SB1250, SB2082, SB2203, SB457, SB2357, SB2721, SB243, SB1285, SB2568, SB1959, SB1442, SB1454, SB2520, SB2541, SB1708, SB1237, SB1844, SB1586, HB1392, HB22, SB1551, SB3039, SB2819, SB66, SB629, SB1015, SB2342, SB2903, SB2933, SB1965, SB2477, SB3029, SB2605, SB2419, SB1957, SB375, SB250, SB777, SB628, SB2523, SB2367, SB2703, SB2608, SB2778, SB3044, SB2965, SB2521, SB865

Keywords: spaceports, tax-exempt bonds, aerospace investment, Texas space economy, Federal legislation, education funding, Texas State Technical College System, capital projects, infrastructure, higher education, tax exemption, property tax, homestead, fire damage, constitutional amendment, Birding Capital, Matagorda County, wildlife, conservation, Texas Legislature

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• We have 37% of our teachers on Tier 1 and Tier 2.
• one, tier two, and those out-of-field permissions.
• one, tier two, and those out-of-field permissions.
• 3 special educ workforce with my tier 3 special educ ABS<01:41:24.280> license<01:41:25.119><
• Who have more Tier 1 teachers than other public districts.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• OK, our goals and performance Metrics, we're restructuring a lot of our KPIs and goals.
• For the last 25 to 30 years, they have not been adequately performing what the state expects them to
• perform under your organization.
• As I understand it, that is to pay the enhanced tier payments. What is that for?
• Yeah, so on the outstanding enhanced tier.

Keywords: 914, all