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• This information will be provided to school districts, school boards, and charter schools through the
• The purpose of this is for schools to notify parents Financial impact.
• days, I'm assuming, and you could tell me if it's calendar or school days.
• district websites as well, the school, actually, each school site, because the incidence needs, we need
• don't make it to school because of certain challenges.

Summary: The Health Professions and Programs Subcommittee met with a quorum and heard two bills. HB 649 would remove the current written physician protocol requirement for certified registered nurse anesthetists, allowing CRNAs to practice autonomously. The sponsor and supporters argued the change would modernize Florida law, address anesthesia workforce shortages, keep graduates in the state, and improve access especially in rural areas; opponents, including the Florida Medical Association and a cardiologist, warned that physician oversight is important for patient safety and that anesthesia complications can arise quickly. After debate, the committee passed HB 649 favorably by a vote of 12 yeas and 6 nays. The committee then heard HB 723, which requires the Department of Health, working with school districts, to develop informational materials on early detection of type 1 diabetes and have schools notify parents within the first 30 school days about those materials. The sponsor said the goal is to help parents recognize warning signs earlier and avoid emergency diagnoses such as diabetic ketoacidosis, with minimal fiscal impact because the materials would be distributed digitally. Members generally supported the bill and discussed timing and distribution methods, suggesting the notice not get lost in back-to-school paperwork. HB 723 passed unanimously, 18 yeas and 0 nays, and was reported favorably.

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• district in Kentucky uh I want school district in Kentucky uh I want each<00:56:40.119><c> School</c
• Many of you know that my school district, Rockcastle County Schools, we are in the process of building
• a new middle school right now.
• </c><00:58:12.319><c> district</c> you know that my school district you know that my school district
• </c> years ago the Simpson County school years ago the Simpson County school board<00:59:38.640><c> approved

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Senate Roll Call 00:00:00 House Roll Call 00:00:10 Discussion of Recent Disaster 00:01:18 House Adjourned 00:42:28 SB 218 Discussion 00:43:00 SB 218 Vote 00:46:46 SB 186 Discussion 00:47:22:00, 958, all

Summary: The concurrent House-Senate meeting opened with a roll call and then received a briefing from Kentucky Emergency Management and the Transportation Cabinet on the February storms and flooding. Officials described the event as ongoing and statewide in scope, beginning in western counties and then heavily affecting Eastern Kentucky, including major impacts in Perry, Letcher, Clay, Bell, Martin, Pike, and other counties. They reported widespread power and water outages, nearly 600 people initially sheltered, more than 1,500 water rescues, over 250 National Guard members activated, and substantial mutual aid from other states and FEMA. They also said 73 counties had declared emergencies, 23 fatalities had been confirmed at that point, and individual assistance had already distributed $5.5 million to residents after the federal declaration was signed. The administration emphasized that recovery needs were still being assessed but were already significant. Kentucky Emergency Management said public assistance estimates were about $58 million and rising, with about 2,005 homes and 272 businesses inspected so far. Debris removal was identified as a major issue, and officials said they had requested Category A federal assistance for debris in four counties while continuing to seek more as assessments continued. They also noted that disaster recovery centers were opening and that teams were going door to door in affected areas. On transportation, KYTC reported 39 counties affected, a peak of 355 road closures reduced to 49, 18 damaged bridges, 94 bridges with debris on them, and 579 roadway damages, while continuing to clear roads and move supplies such as water, food, blankets, and heaters. Secretary Hicks then asked lawmakers to consider additional funding mechanisms. He said the current $50 million emergency cap in the budget was likely to be exhausted, with $21.5 million already allocated, and proposed either lifting the cap or creating a new “safe fund” for this disaster, similar to prior funds used after the western Kentucky tornadoes and the 2022 eastern Kentucky floods. He said the state could redirect about $25 million from an unused western Kentucky economic development allocation and about $20 million from an eastern Kentucky transportation allocation, for a total of $45 million, to help with this response. Members and officials also discussed debris disposal, with the Pike County landfill expansion identified as a possible site to receive some of the debris and reduce costs. Representative Fugate thanked the agencies for their response and described severe local impacts, including water outages, road slides, damaged water treatment plants, and heavy debris in homes and driveways.

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• levy, but it's the school levy without the 220.
• The school district can't. But to your question, we would either have to...
• The school district can't.
• The schools are going to lose X and up, could lose, not lose.
• School districts most of the time do not.

Committee: House Special Committee on Property Tax Reform

Summary: The Special Committee on Property Tax Reform met in executive session with a quorum present and took up a House Committee substitute for Senate Substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 1066 and 1088. Members discussed several amendments that bundled multiple property tax provisions, including clarification of the 15% commercial ownership threshold, school levy language, senior property tax freeze language, no-tax-increase bond wording, ballot language requirements, and a severability clause. One proposed amendment to preserve a comparison to a single-rate calculation in the auditor’s multi-rate tax form drew extended discussion about whether the current siloing approach could reduce projected revenue for taxing districts; the sponsor ultimately withdrew that amendment after noting the issue would need further study. The committee then adopted another amendment shortening ballot language requirements, and later adopted the underlying committee amendment and rolled the changes into a new substitute. Members also discussed a tax abatement provision added to the bill, with concerns raised that large abatements, such as those tied to a data center project, could affect levy calculations; supporters argued the language would apply to cities and counties rather than school districts. After debate, the committee voted to adopt the substitute and then voted the House Committee substitute for the Senate substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 1066 and 1088 do pass by a roll call vote of 11 ayes and 5 noes. The committee then adjourned.

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• THEY ARE MOVING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN PRIVATE SCHOOLS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HOMESCHOOLING.
• SO THE SENATE OFFER HAS THE FOLLOWING FEATURES WHICH REPRESENT CHANGES FROM THE WAY SCHOOL CHOICE IS
• OUR MODIFIED SENATE OFFER REFLECTS FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM PARENTS PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL
• FIRST AN EXTENDED TIMELINE FOR THE APPLICATION WINDOW FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR MOVING FORWARD AND SECONDLY
• RESULTING IN SERIOUS DISADVANTAGES FOR SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SIGNIFICANT AND SOMETIMES VERY UNFAIR

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• That would really help schools.
• . schools. schools.
• locker rooms or bathrooms, and that's for all students in middle school or elementary school.
• Our school system federal funding.
• </c> won't make our kids safer in school. won't make our kids safer in school.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• So in the special school district, St.
• Representative Justice, having to do with emergency responses in schools, be due pass.
• having to do with emergency responses in schools be due pass. Is there any discussion?
• . ...I did not want to carry a bill that was an unfunded mandate on our schools.
• But if this passes, the school has to go ahead... ...that.

Committee: House Rules - Legislative

Summary: The Missouri House Legislative Rules Committee met to consider a long hearing notice of bills and resolutions. Chair Cupps opened by explaining that the committee would proceed through all items on the notice, including a late-added House Committee Substitute for HB 3383, and announced an initial motion to recommit Senate Substitute for SB 889 back to its House committee of origin. He said the bill’s language appeared to be aimed at banning corporal punishment in public schools, and he wanted the originating committee to review it further before the Rules Committee advanced it. That recommit motion passed 9-2. The committee then took up and mostly advanced a large number of measures, including bills on tourism revenue, county health officers, library boards, soil erosion control, child maintenance after DWI fatalities, initiative petitions, foreign law, post-conviction relief, property development applications, local taxation, child care licensing, administrative rules, workforce training grants, water resources, judiciary offenses, water service line fees, hospital zones, prepaid wireless emergency charges, a commemorative day, disabled veterans’ property tax credits, unemployment administration, school district operations, military leave, health care provider networks, mobile food vendors, school emergency response devices, compensation for property owners in certain cities, young driver offenses, insurance regulations, tax credit cleanup, public water supply districts, downtown redevelopment incentives, workplace violence prevention in health care, pass-through entity taxation, county development disability resource board levies, county finances, and a civic recognition resolution. Most of these passed unanimously or with only a few dissenting votes; HB 1734 failed 5-6, and HB 2291, HB 2124, HB 2139/2175, HB 2254, HB 2693, HB 2699, HB 2767, HB 2933, HB 32110, and HB 3220 each drew some opposition or abstentions. Several bills prompted discussion. HB 2933, dealing with school district operations, was explained as banning seclusion rooms and restraints in response to a DOJ probe; it passed 10-1. HB 3174, on emergency responses in schools, would provide wearable panic buttons subject to appropriations, and members discussed funding and whether it created an unfunded mandate; it passed 11-0. HB 2877, on unemployment administration adjustments, was clarified as shifting existing unemployment tax money for administrative funding without adding cost to employers, and it passed 11-0. HB 3383, on nonprofit corporations’ hiring practices and signature gathering for initiative petitions, was described as requiring E-Verify for certain signature gatherers; after questions about burdens on employers and election process concerns, it passed 9-0 with two present. The committee also advanced HCR 52 encouraging participation in America 250 celebrations and HCR 31 creating a Seal of Civic Recognition Award. At the end, the committee took up House Committee Substitute for Senate Bills 1066 and 1088, a property taxation measure, and it was given a due pass recommendation. Chair Cupps thanked the sponsors who stayed through the lengthy hearing and said the committee might meet again later in the week, likely Thursday, before adjourning.

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• Or if the child went to the school and said, I want to be a girl or a boy, If the child went to the school
• So if a teacher sees a boy at school wearing a dress, that does not trigger a reporting.
• schools and charters, many cosmetology schools that take 16-year-olds.
• Many cosmetology schools that take 16-year-olds.
• It simply informs the parents about what is going on with their child in a school setting.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and received messages from the Governor and Senate. The Governor reported signing House Bill 624, while the Senate transmitted enrolled Senate Bill 1332 for the Speaker’s signature, sent Senate Bill 1361 to the First Reading Calendar, returned several House bills for enrollment, and reported House Bill 610 had failed in the Senate. Committee reports moved multiple bills forward, including appropriations measures and policy bills on elections, youth service organizations, agriculture, health and welfare, revenue and taxation, and general government. House Joint Memorial 19, calling for elimination of the U.S. Department of Education, was referred for printing. Several new appropriation and policy bills were introduced and referred, including House Bills 866 through 874 and Senate Bill 1361. The main floor debate centered on House Bill 822, a parental-notification bill concerning minors’ requests related to social or medical transition in schools, child care, and health care settings. Supporters argued it protects parental rights and prevents schools or providers from withholding important information from parents, while opponents said the bill’s definitions were vague, its notification standard was unclear, and the potential penalties—up to $100,000—would chill teachers, coaches, child care workers, and medical providers. Concerns were also raised about committee procedure and the burden on professionals, while supporters responded that the bill only applies when a minor requests help facilitating a transition and that existing processes would prevent the hypothetical problems raised. House Bill 822 passed the House on a 59-9 vote, with two abstentions and two excused, and was sent to the Senate. After passage, the House suspended Rule 27 by a 57-11 vote to prevent a minority report on the bill from being printed in the journal, prompting objections from minority members about procedural fairness. The House then held remaining third-reading bills one legislative day, made announcements, and adjourned until 10:30 a.m. on March 12, 2026.

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• to junior high school to high school.
• We just started school last Thursday, and the day before school opened, I was given a directive that
• I saw what the schools paid for professional painters to come in and paint the schools.
• You know, and it was young people, I'm going to say, mid-school, high school age.
• Yeah, elementary school.

Committee: House House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

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• </c> and physical Healthcare during school and physical Healthcare during school hours<00:10:40.480><
• </c><00:16:35.480><c> perform</c> make kids less healthy schools perform make kids less healthy schools
• </c> authority um could be a teacher a school authority um could be a teacher a school administrator<
• </c> been hiding it and they're the school been hiding it and they're the school counselor<01:11:01.880
• </c><01:29:48.000><c> isn't</c> that conversation the school isn't that conversation the school isn't

Keywords: 1183, house

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• May you continue. ...decision on school closures.
• I think all of us will remember our school days when we arrived in school.
• As I said, I think all of us remember our school days arriving and seeing the school custodian, a person
• These individuals are not just caretakers of our school buildings.
• I think we might have played at your high school, maybe.

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• HB 8 by Buckley relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implication
• indicators and achievement, public school performance ratings and interventions and sanctions under
• the Public school accountability systems, a grant program for the school district, local accountability
• HB number 79 by Kane relating to reducing school district maintenance and operations Adviarum taxes.
• HB number 173 by Hicklin relating to the use of school district or school district employee of public

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• school as early as September 1st for the next two school years.
• districts that do not currently school districts that do not currently have<00:04:50.080><c> the</c>
• days before Labor Day to begin school days before Labor Day to begin school<00:04:54.240><c> as</c><
• </c><00:04:57.840><c> school</c><00:04:58.280><c> years.
• Any discussion to next two school years.

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• This article requires the Department of Education and school districts to award high school diplomas
• </c><00:39:44.960><c> education</c> to finish their high school education to finish their high school
• We visited a grade school, I believe, in the largest school district in the state.
• We visited a grade school, I believe, in the largest school district in the state.
• We visited a grade school, I believe, in the largest school district in the state.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and out-of-school youth.
• of an apprenticeship while still in school.
• and out of school youth. creating a connected pathways for both in school and out of school youth.
• There were three things I wanted to do in high school, none of them were high school.
• They get that in high school.

Summary: The hearing opened the Select Committee on Effective Postsecondary Career, Technical Education, and Workforce Development Programs at Santa Ana College, with Assemblymember Mike Fong emphasizing the need for affordable, accelerated pathways into high-demand careers and noting his bill AB 1098 creating the California Interagency Education Council. Chancellor Marvin Martinez welcomed the committee and urged changes to AB 927 to remove the “duplication” barrier for community college bachelor’s degrees, arguing that applied baccalaureate programs can lead to high-wage jobs and expand access for low- and middle-income students. The first panel focused on statewide workforce trends and policy. California Community Colleges Vice Chancellor Anthony Cordova highlighted credit for prior learning, Strong Workforce funding, dual enrollment, and apprenticeship growth, asking the Legislature to restore and increase Strong Workforce funding and expand applied baccalaureate degrees. LAEDC’s Josep Bilayo described regional labor market data showing growth in health care, education, construction, bioscience, and clean energy, while stressing the need for employer-led, data-driven programs, wraparound supports, and flexible funding. Andrew Gonzalez of the Building and Construction Trades Council argued that registered apprenticeship must be paid, combine classroom and on-the-job training, and end in a portable credential; he also promoted apprenticeship readiness programs, community workforce agreements, and stronger exposure to trades starting in K-12. Eric Morrison Smith of the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color discussed the California Opportunity Youth Apprenticeship Grant Program and related youth apprenticeship recommendations, including bridge programs, intermediary infrastructure, reduced employer barriers, and better coordination of state funding. A later panel highlighted Santa Ana College’s fire technology and firefighting academy programs. President Annabelle Neri and Vice President Jeffrey Lamb said the college is one of the state’s largest fire training providers, with strong partnerships with local fire agencies, law enforcement, and the U.S. Forest Service, and with high job placement and six-figure starting salaries for some graduates. They also described related certificates, advanced officer training, wellness services, and workforce preparation such as mock interviews and sponsorships. Throughout the hearing, members and panelists repeatedly stressed the importance of aligning education with labor market demand, expanding apprenticeships and work-based learning, and using regional collaboration to connect students to living-wage careers.

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• She went to high school in PV and went to U of A as well as U of A Medical School.
• At U of A as well as U of A Medical School.
• SB 1582, appropriation school safety program; SB 1583, school safety and operability monies return; SB
• SB 1627, schools prohibition on manned aircraft.
• SCR 1032, educator salary increases, school reporting.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• </c> public safety in schools. public safety in schools.
• > that</c> public school or private school that public school or private school that wants<02:57:26.960
• But I think there are some<02:57:41.920><c> schools</c> some schools some schools uh<02:57:43.920><c>
• </c> every school. every school.
• </c> our schools. our schools.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• But you did check, like, with high schools or High School League or somebody?
• </c> but you did check like with high schools but you did check like with high schools or<00:24:32.240
• School league or or High School league or somebody<00:24:35.120><c> dear</c><00:24:35.640><c> Scott<
• <00:28:38.440><c> league</c> School league School league chapter<00:28:40.360><c> that's</c><00:28:40.600
• </c><00:37:17.240><c> I</c> grader as a senior in high school I grader as a senior in high school I participated

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Members and guests are asked to join the Westborough High School law students in the Pledge of Allegiance
• House Bill 515, an act exempting Hancock schools, local approval received.
• House Bill 751, an act exempting Warwick schools, local approval received.
• An act exempting Hancock schools, House Bill 515. An act exempting Warwick schools, House Bill 751.
• An act exempting Hancock schools, House Bill 515. An act exempting Warwick schools, House Bill 751.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then received a message from the Governor filing a fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill responding to recent federal actions, which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The House also adopted several Rules Committee orders extending reporting deadlines for the Committees on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities and on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery to March 18, 2026, and it adopted resolutions congratulating Webster School on being named a 2025 National Elementary and Secondary Education Act Distinguished School and commending Daval Advoid for 50 years of service to the Plainfield Volunteer Fire and EMS Association. The House suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow two petitions to proceed: one on further regulating state and local participation in federal civil immigration enforcement, and another on energy costs, transparency, and sustainability. It also concurred in a Senate order for a sick leave bank for a Department of Corrections employee. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee then placed several House bills on the calendar, including measures exempting Hancock and Warwick schools, addressing homeowners insurance repairs, landlord notice of gas or electric shutoffs, locksmith notice requirements, retirement benefits, regional transit authority advisory boards, and naming an overpass in Sandwich for U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Torval. The House suspended Rule 7A and ordered those bills to a third reading, then welcomed Westborough High School law students and guests visiting to learn about the legislative process. Later, the chamber enacted Senate Bill 24 on the Great Barrington Fire District and House Bill 4589 authorizing Ludlow to pay an unpaid bill. It also engrossed House Bills 4235, 4349, 4701, and 4908, dealing respectively with Rochester’s fire chief employment, a Boston police age waiver for Lewis Cabral, expanding Orange’s select board, and a sick leave bank for a Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office employee. Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn until Thursday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.

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• they're still in high school.
• And I'm just going to put a shout-out at my school district: the Ukiah-Calpella Joint Unified School
• The associate college credits when they graduate from high school.
• It has come up on a number of occasions with the state school board, that was that the title, school
• board, that was that the title, school board members, but Mr.

Summary: The Senate Rules Committee approved several governor’s appointments not required to appear, including Dorka Keene to the California Arts Council, Luciana Profaca to the Commission on Disabilities, Sarah Han Shapiro to the Commission on Disability Access, Robin Umberg and Veronica Zoror to the California Veterans Board, and Daniel Curtin to the California Water Commission. Two appointments to the State Park and Recreation Commission, Phil Ginsburg and Francesca Viter, were approved on split votes of 3-2. The committee also unanimously approved a motion to refer bills to committees. The committee then heard testimony from three appointees to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors: Jesse Melgar, Tom Epstein, and Joseph Williams. They emphasized student success, affordability, workforce alignment, dual enrollment, basic needs support, housing, and adapting to AI. Members questioned them about financial aid and ghost-student fraud, regional career technical education needs, enrollment declines, standardized testing and AB 705, community college baccalaureate degrees, and the new career passport initiative. Public commenters strongly supported the nominees, and the committee voted 5-0 to send all three appointments to the full Senate for confirmation. Finally, the committee heard from Mark Beckley, nominated as Chief Deputy Director for Operations at the Department of State Hospitals. He described his background in state operations and said his priorities would include recruitment and retention, improving treatment through a new electronic health record system, maintaining aging facilities, and supporting community providers. Senators asked about high vacancy rates at state hospitals, especially Atascadero and Patton, and about coordination with law enforcement oversight on patient deaths and safety trends. The committee voted 5-0 to advance his appointment to the full Senate for confirmation.

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• </c><00:26:47.919><c> The</c><00:26:48.159><c> bill</c> schools in Vermont for PCBs.
• The bill schools in Vermont for PCBs.
• Yet schools are currently facing a July 1, 2027 deadline to complete the testing.
• </c><00:28:39.200><c> built</c> construction dollars on a school built construction dollars on a school
• </c> the the requirement to test school the the requirement to test school buildings<00:30:03.760><c>

Keywords: 926, house, all