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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
JT Business, Financial Services & Trade w/State Government & Tribal Relations Aug 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The canoe journey, for example, is an exciting time for us and a way for us to teach our young people
- Exciting time for us and a way for us to teach our young people our traditions. Next slide, please.
- Our youth are individuals whom we look forward to teaching our traditions, our cultures, and our way
- for gatherings, for traditional gatherings, for songs, dances, and things that are very important to teach
- Teaching our team what it means to help is a primary focus. Next slide.
Summary:
A joint hearing of the Senate Business, Financial Services and Trade Committee and the House State Government and Tribal Relations Committee was held on an amendment to the Puyallup Tribe of Indians Gaming Compact. The Washington State Gambling Commission and Puyallup Tribal representatives described the compact as a restatement of the tribe’s 1996 agreement, updated to reflect prior amendments and current gaming operations. Commission staff outlined several changes, including authorization for electronic table games, extension of credit with customer-protection safeguards, removal of per-facility limits, changes to wager limits, a stepped increase in the tribe’s player-terminal allocation, and new licensing/eligibility/registration and definitions appendices. They also noted added provisions on responsible gaming, non-smoking areas if smoking is offered, emergency-services access, and community commitments.
Puyallup Tribal leaders gave extensive testimony on how gaming revenue has supported tribal self-governance, cultural preservation, education, housing, health care, elder services, youth programs, environmental protection, and charitable giving. They said gaming revenue has funded tribal facilities, a school, a longhouse, housing projects, a funeral home, health and behavioral health services, substance-use treatment, and donations to nonprofits and local public health efforts. Tribal economic development staff also described diversification efforts funded by gaming, including businesses in hospitality, fuel, construction, manufacturing, logistics, and a planned terminal partnership with the Northwest Seaport Alliance. The casino CEO emphasized responsible gaming, compliance, self-exclusion tools, staff training, and a problem-gambling campaign.
Committee members asked about the compact negotiation process and the state’s interests. Gambling Commission staff explained that compact changes are negotiated under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, with the governor’s office, commissioners, and ex officio members providing policy input, and that the current hearing was required within 30 days of completion of the state process. Staff said the commission would hold a public meeting on Thursday to take comment and then vote whether to forward the restated compact to the governor or return it for further negotiation. No public testimony was signed up at the hearing, and no vote was taken by the legislative committees.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Apr 10th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- update the teacher prep program uniform core curricula, which provide for cohesive, evidence-based teaching
- The amendment also requires the DOE to establish the Coaching for Educator Readiness and Teaching Certification
- distorting significant historical events, while at the same time stating that these programs may not teach
- distorting significant historical events, while at the same time stating that these programs may not teach
- To teach these truths is to not distort history. It is to illuminate it.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met and considered a wide range of education-related bills, with most measures receiving favorable reports. Early in the meeting, the committee approved CS/SB 754 on International Baccalaureate bonus funding, CS/SB 1122 on Florida Virtual School updates, and CS/SB 430 requiring public schools to adopt cardiac emergency response plans, train students and staff in CPR/AED use, and maintain accessible AEDs. Testimony on the cardiac bill came from the American Heart Association and the Florida chapter of the American College of Cardiology in support, and the chair noted a survey suggesting many districts already have AEDs in schools. The committee also approved CS/SB 1528 on educational opportunities for military children, which expands coordination and training under the interstate compact, and CS/SB 364, which would move the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys from the Department of Legal Affairs to Florida Memorial University for research and administrative support.
The committee then adopted amendments and favorably reported CS/SB 1590 on educator preparation, which modernizes teacher standards and certification pathways, including updates to FEAPs, a revised teacher exam, and an alternative certification program. The SPLC testified in opposition to part of the bill, arguing that language on historical instruction and systemic racism was contradictory and could limit accurate teaching of history. The committee also approved CS/SB 1702 on education, incorporating a wireless-device-in-schools pilot and other education provisions, with support from the Florida Charter School Alliance and others. CS/SB 444 on human trafficking awareness was amended to require no-cost training for school employees and charter schools; FSU law students testified in support, emphasizing the need for school personnel to recognize trafficking indicators. The committee also approved CS/SB 650 on hazardous walking conditions, expanding transportation eligibility for students walking near limited-access facilities, though members noted the bill carried an indeterminate fiscal impact and no dedicated funding.
Later, the committee favorably reported CS/SB 1102 on school readiness, which expands how disabilities can be identified for early learning services and ties additional funding to training on early identification of delays. It also approved SB 1382 on access to school readiness programs for economically disadvantaged households, revising eligibility and priority tiers to use state median income rather than federal poverty level and refining the waitlist and forecasting process. Several members recorded votes on bills they had missed during the meeting, and the committee adjourned after reporting all of the above measures favorably.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Those grants are the Center for the Book, Starbase, Black Men Teach, Tolcat Administration, and the Sane
- recommendation that the American Indian teacher preparation grants be targeted for those intending to teach
- Find employment teaching in a higher education setting.
- tier Three and four licenses in elementary education to demonstrate knowledge, skill, and ability to teach
- On to teachers, line 29, there's a reduction to the Black Men Teach program.
Bills:
HF1388
Keywords:
BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- At the end of both the police and MDE investigations, my former band teacher still had a valid teaching
- , I don't ever 33 years of teaching, I don't ever remember<00:19:50.880>
during <00:19:51.160>< - And in revoke teaching licenses."
- I also never had room for classes like AVID to teach me what to do after high school financially.
- Teaching and learning are so much more than the book and curriculum.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And if you can find individuals that have those skills and are willing to learn, you can teach them the
- And if you can find individuals that have those skills and are willing to learn, you can teach them the
- <00:29:11.840>
to look at what are we going to have to look at what are we going to have to teach - teach our kids in the future. teach our kids in the future.
- to have to teach people because that<00:29:38.799>
doesn't <00:29:39.039>go <00:29:39.279
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Labor and Technology met on March 6, 2026, and considered four gubernatorial nominations. For GM 690, Jesse Kola Dean was nominated for reappointment to the Hawaii Retirement Savings Board. Testimony from the Retirement Savings Board and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations strongly supported Dean, citing his original membership on the board and his role in advancing implementation of the retirement savings program. Dean described his background and said the program was moving into implementation after the board approved the Connecticut consortium model; in response to questions, he said the main challenges had been finding an executive director and adapting the program from an original opt-in structure to the opt-out consortium model. The committee voted to recommend advise and consent.
For GM 634, Darlene Blakey was nominated to the board of trustees of the Employees' Retirement System. ERS and several individuals submitted support. Blakey, an executive vice president and chief lending officer at First Hawaiian Bank, said her banking and finance background and personal experience with her mother’s retirement benefits motivated her service. She told senators she had attended ERS meetings and was focused on improving retirees’ access to information, education, and retirement planning, and said she would recuse herself from matters involving First Hawaiian Bank because of a potential conflict of interest. The committee again voted to advise and consent.
The committee then considered GM 627 and GM 726, both nominations of Gina Anu Novo to the Hawaii Workforce Development Council for different terms. Written testimony from numerous supporters was read into the record. Novo, a longtime First Hawaiian Bank executive and current vice chair, described her experience building audit, compliance, human resources, and technology functions, and said she wanted to help strengthen workforce pathways, career development, retention, and outreach to youth and workers who do not pursue college. Senators asked about her plans to connect workforce development with education and financial literacy; she emphasized career pathing, training, and adapting to changing skills needs, including the role of technology and AI. The committee voted to recommend advise and consent on both nominations, and the meeting adjourned after all four nominations were approved by the committee.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Education Finance Committee hearing on HF779 2/25/25
Transcript Highlights:
- You can spend it with the organization that helps teach your children.
- You can spend it with the organization that helps teach your children.
- You can spend it with the organization that helps teach your children.
- You can spend it with the organization that helps teach your children.
- You can spend it with the organization that helps teach your children.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- this is that we've heard about is that some candidates come out of the program and then ultimately teach
- The intention of the program was also always for them to be teaching in the K through 12 or E through
- this is that we've heard about is that some candidates come out of the program and then ultimately teach
- And whatever you believe the point of public school is, to teach kids how to read, give them access to
- the point of public school is to teach the point of public school is to teach kids<01:03:50.960>
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- The other teachers buildings teaching.
- <00:25:39.480>
All <00:25:39.680>these to teach him one-on-one. - All these to teach him one-on-one.
- And I ask them, why did you get into the teaching profession?
- That's what they complain about the most with regard to teaching.
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee opened with roll call, recognized homeschool families and Military Kids Day guests, and then took up two bills sponsored by Senator Matt Nunn. Senate Bill 124 would let local school districts create an optional sick-leave cash-out program for teachers, with payouts at current salary rates, a 15-day minimum remaining balance, and a cap discussed in the testimony. Supporters, including Scott County Superintendent Billy Parker, said the measure is intended to reduce substitute shortages, give teachers more flexibility, and avoid adding state pension liability; committee members also noted a related provision allowing use of sick days for religious holidays not on the school calendar.
The committee adopted a sub on Senate Bill 124 and then passed the bill unanimously after a motion, second, and roll call vote. During discussion, members emphasized the compounding value of the cash-out option for teachers and the potential benefit to families, while Senator Higdon and others praised the bill as a win-win for districts and staff.
The committee then moved to Senate Bill 101, also by Senator Nunn, and adopted a committee substitute by voice vote. Nunn said the sub removed a provision that would have allowed county attorneys to charge some 14- and 15-year-olds as adults. As amended, the bill requires local boards to adopt a policy imposing at least a 12-month expulsion for students in grades 6-12 who assault, batter, or abuse school personnel without provocation, with an exception for disability-related conduct under an IEP, and requires immediate reporting of intentional assaults or attempted assaults on school employees to law enforcement, with penalties for noncompliance.
Nunn and a teacher who submitted a written statement described the bill as a response to repeated assaults on educators and the fear and injuries that can drive teachers from the profession. Members began questioning the bill, with Senator Carroll asking about alternative school options for expelled students; discussion was still underway when the transcript ended, and no final vote on Senate Bill 101 was shown in the provided text.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I know Representative Howard, certainly nursing is, is critical, teaching is critical.
- This helps our faculty marry their expert teaching approaches and curriculum with industry needs.
- A perfect example is when we begin expanding the flagship to open a teaching site in McAllen.
- Uh, a lack of faculty to teach the undergraduate coursework.
- One, the lack of teaching faculty statewide.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-02-13 (12:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It also teaches these kids emergency management, gives them certifications.
- Rabbinic teachings emphasize that life is sacred.
- Rabbinic teachings emphasize that life is sacred.
- It's our job to teach people this, too.
- Because we're talking about things like we need to teach five different languages.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Parkland shooting victims, quorum call, and the Pledge of Allegiance. The Rules and Ethics Committee special order report for February 13, 2025 was adopted, setting the day’s special order calendar and debate times. The chamber then took up immigration-related special order items, beginning with Senate Memorial 6C, which urged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance and training for 287(g) agreements. Members debated federal immigration policy and state cooperation with DHS, and the memorial passed 85-27.
The House next considered Senate Bill 4C, an immigration bill creating new state offenses related to unlawful entry and reentry into Florida and requiring a mandatory death sentence for an unauthorized alien convicted of a capital felony. Members questioned the bill’s constitutionality, including Supremacy Clause, due process, and Eighth Amendment concerns, and several speakers argued it would create separate classes of people and invite litigation. Multiple amendments were offered to narrow or expand exemptions, including protections for Venezuelans on TPS, certain Haitian TPS and humanitarian parole recipients, undocumented people brought to Florida as children working in critical professions, and a proposal to delay action pending court rulings; all of those amendments were rejected. The bill passed 85-29.
The chamber then took up Senate Bill 2C, which would create a State Board of Immigration Enforcement led by the Governor and Cabinet, establish a local law enforcement immigration grant program and advisory council, repeal the undocumented-student fee waiver, and appropriate more than $300 million for immigration enforcement. The sponsor described it as supporting cooperation with federal immigration agencies and ending the in-state tuition incentive for undocumented students. Early questioning focused on the impact on “dreamers” and whether the bill would effectively raise their tuition costs; the sponsor said it removed the incentive of in-state tuition but did not bar attendance. The transcript cuts off during that exchange, before final action on SB 2C is shown.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a practicing primary care physician in the Twin Cities and an adjunct professor teaching clinical
- Cities and an adjunct professor teaching Cities and an adjunct professor teaching clinical<00:13
- So, United would teach half the course content and the university would teach the other half.
- <00:21:11.480>
future insurance company teaching future insurance company teaching future - So, we cannot tell a university what they can and cannot teach.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- them to read you know um also teaching them to read and<00:13:29.880>
all <00:13:30.000>the - And we compensate people for that because they have to do it outside of their normal teaching hours,
- hours and so it it makes their teaching hours and so it it makes their work<00:20:45.720>
day - We have staff who teach in both places, so really strong connection there.
- We need to use our cultural teachings because those are our protective factors.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- and mission which is you know teaching and education.<01:33:03.040>
So <01:33:03.280>the sure that if they're going to teach sure that if they're going to teach special<01:57:06.480>- And then also, teaching reading and writing is essential in elementary school.
- It's from where I sit and I listen to them teach.
- Um, I'm okay and I listen to them teach.
Summary:
The joint Education and Higher Education committees met on February 10, 2026, first hearing HB 1676, which would create an AI and education task force, require documentation from AI vendors before procurement or use, and appropriate funds. The Department of Education, Public Charter School Commission, and University of Hawaii all supported the bill’s intent and described existing AI literacy efforts, teacher training, guidance for students and staff, and privacy/monitoring safeguards. DOE said it had already convened an AI task force, produced a report, trained over 10,000 educators, and embedded AI into computer science and broader curricular guidance. Members questioned DOE about student privacy, harmful content monitoring, personal devices, cell phone policy, teacher training, and whether AI literacy should extend beyond computer science into all subjects and across rural schools.
After discussion, the chair announced HB 1676 would be deferred to Friday, February 13, and that a HD1 draft would be prepared. The chair said the committee would revisit the task force composition and procurement standards, with possible elimination of the procurement section, and circulate the revised draft before the next hearing. The committee then recessed and later reconvened for HB 1811, a student loan repayment program for educators. Testimony from the Department of Education, Public Charter School Commission, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Teacher Standards Board, HSTA, and the Democratic Party of Hawaii Education Caucus was generally supportive, with HSTA and the Teacher Standards Board emphasizing teacher recruitment and retention, student loan burden, and the need to address the teacher shortage.
In decision-making on HB 1811, the committees adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass the bill with amendments. The main amendment collapsed the repayment structure into a single disbursement of up to $25,000 after five years of service, with technical/non-substantive changes and a corrected effective date. Both the Education and Higher Education committees voted unanimously in favor. Later in the meeting, the Education Committee began hearing HB 1561 on student meals, which drew broad support from the Public Charter School Commission, Department of Health, HSTA, Hawaii Appleseed, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, and many individuals. Appleseed requested amendments to ensure charter schools are treated the same as other public schools if eligibility expands and to address reimbursement issues for schools already participating in the federal Community Eligibility Provision; members discussed those concerns but no action was taken in the portion of the transcript provided. The committee then moved on to HB 779, on expanding student meal coverage, where DOE supported the intent but said it could not support the bill in its current form because of fiscal constraints.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Committee to Study Reducing the Number of School Administrative Units in the State (10/06/25)
Transcript Highlights:
- best teaching and learning experiences. best teaching and learning experiences.
- <00:56:13.520>
the lot of their time trying to teach the lot of their time trying to teach - the way that or you to lead the to teach the way that or you to lead the teaching<01:04:12.400>
in - It's start teaching together in Henker.
- I know my mother had to teach tests.
Summary:
The meeting focused on school governance and a proposed shift in responsibilities related to SAU consolidation, with committee members first discussing how school board members and other local officials would be selected for future testimony. The main presentation came from the New Hampshire Association of School Principals, whose executive director Brady Belair and several principals argued that mandatory statewide administrative consolidation should be approached cautiously and that any consolidation should be voluntary and locally driven. They said anticipated savings may not materialize, citing possible higher personnel, transportation, and technology costs, and warned that forcing changes could create disruption without improving student outcomes.
Principals testified that their jobs are already broad and demanding, centered on instructional leadership, student safety, staff supervision, family communication, and day-to-day crisis response. Kathleen Murphy of Amherst described working 60 to 70 hours a week and said principals spend substantial time coaching teachers, handling student issues, and supporting school climate; she said adding more administrative duties would compromise student learning and teacher growth. Adam Osborne of Bow Memorial School similarly described principals as daily problem-solvers who set school-level direction and create conditions for schools to thrive. The witnesses also emphasized that principals, superintendents, school boards, and business administrators have different training and responsibilities, and that specialized tasks such as special education compliance, FERPA/HIPAA issues, and labor matters require appropriate expertise.
Committee members questioned the witnesses about overlap between superintendent and principal duties, the completeness of statutory responsibility lists, and whether some functions such as curriculum, discipline, hiring, and evaluation are shared. The principals acknowledged some overlap and collaboration, but said superintendents typically handle broader system-level, legal, and central-office responsibilities while principals focus on building-level leadership and teacher support. One member raised the earlier expectation that districts might move to a principal-plus-business-manager model, but the witnesses said that model did not develop as expected and that district structures vary widely. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/12/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
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we organizations who will decide what we organizations who will decide what we teach - our residents and our medical teach our residents and our medical students<00:53:28.079>
because< - teaching um scientific standards<00:53:33.440>
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House OKs nearly $4 billion higher ed budget that would offset state grant program deficit 4/28/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I was being asked to teach my students to completely overlook the repetitive teachings of compassion
- being asked to teach my students to<00:14:12.000>
completely <00:14:12.639>overlook <00 - And to me, I found it to be cruel to teach otherwise.
- <00:15:46.800>
And <00:15:46.959>I it to be cruel to teach otherwise. - And I it to be cruel to teach otherwise.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, the first bill, SB 209, is about sexual risk avoidance, about sex education and what we're teaching
- our kids in school and what we don't want to teach.
- So it does not limit any talk about contraceptive use, and, you know, we're not going to teach that to
- we're<00:04:09.840>
not <00:04:10.080>going <00:04:10.239>to <00:04:10.480>teach - that to fourth we're not going to teach that to fourth and<00:04:11.599>
fifth <00:04:11.920><
Keywords:
sales tax exemption, Consumer Price Index, local government, clothing, school supplies, emergency preparedness, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, APA, administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, contested case, state agency, regulatory power, individual liberty, statutory interpretation, rule interpretation, license revocation
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 6th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- But here we are with these locations that are teaching children to swim, and HB 1800 just simply asks
- We're talking about a school that teaches babies how to swim.
- Teach on their own. We have a full-time aquatics director who regularly reviews safety.
- In 2024, US Swim School Association members reported teaching over 12 million lessons.
- They have more regulations in these schools that are teaching our babies how to swim.
Bills:
SB 28
Keywords:
groundwater, groundwater conservation district, Water Code, Water Development Board, modeled available groundwater, aquifer, water permit, groundwater transfer, export groundwater, out-of-district transfer, management area, desired future conditions, well permit, retail public utility, potable water, emergency interconnect, subsidiary, controlled entity, aquifer management, water resources
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 10th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- tirelessly in their homes, and for those who slay with exceptionalism in their workplaces; those who teach
- said, women get stuff done, not just That I'm going to teach my daughter, as my colleague said, women
- to the Coachella Valley; this is her 28th year teaching.
- She attended UC Riverside for a B.A. in psychology, National University for a multiple-subject teaching
- She also teaches with Ponders Preneros. She is passionate about serving her community. Thank you.
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call and prayer, then dispensed with the reading of the prior journal and handled routine motions, including re-referring AB 432 and AB 564 to committees. The main item of business was House Resolution 14, proclaiming March 2025 as Women’s History Month. Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry opened on the resolution, and members from the LGBTQ, Native American, Asian American Pacific Islander, Black, Latino, Jewish, and other caucuses spoke in support, emphasizing women’s historical contributions, ongoing inequities, and the importance of representation and parity in public life. Assemblymember DeMaio also supported the resolution while urging attention to girls’ sports. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after 78 coauthors were added.
The chamber then held its annual California Women of the Year ceremony, with Aguiar-Curry and other members recognizing honorees from across Assembly districts for leadership in education, health care, public service, advocacy, business, and community work. The lengthy roll call highlighted a broad range of women’s accomplishments and community impact. Guest introductions followed, including Sacramento District Attorney Tien Ho, VSP Vision Care executives celebrating the company’s 70th anniversary, and EMTs and ambulance support staff being honored by the California Ambulance Association.
The Assembly also took up the second-day consent calendar, which was adopted 71-0. Assemblymember Schultz then delivered an adjournment in memory of Barbara Beckley, founding member and artistic director emerita of the Colony Theatre Company, praising her contributions to Los Angeles theater and the arts. The House then adjourned until Thursday, March 13 at 9 a.m., with a Revenue and Taxation Committee hearing scheduled upon adjournment.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration, January 22, 2026 - PM
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration
Transcript Highlights:
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- I teach at Lynford Elementary School, but I also teach at Centennial and Harmony Rural Elementary Schools
- Um, I teach at Lynford Wyoming.
- , but I also teach at Elementary School, but I also teach at Centennial<03:20:10.960>
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