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• And excelled at Wheatley High School. He graduated cum laude from Howard University.
• Austin High Schools.
• HR 152 by Vaux Alif Early College High School.
• HR 167 by Martinez Fisher, Holmes High School, HR 179 by Leo Wilson.
• Executive officers of school districts and open enrollment charming schools referred to the Committee

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• of school-based health center services.
• of school-based health center services.
• to report allegations of child abuse by school employees.
• to report allegations of child abuse by school employees.
• consultation with the principal at the school.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• of our Public Schools meaning Department schools<00:10:40.279><c> face</c><00:10:40.680><c> as</c><00
• </c> need more of these people in our schools need more of these people in our schools to<00:26:12.600
• Moving on to House Bill 904 HD1, this is relating to Charter Schools.
• Moving on to House Bill 904 HD1, this is relating to Charter Schools.
• House Bill 904 HD1, this is relating to Charter Schools.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• </c> here's what school districts will get. here's what school districts will get.
• </c> school closures and a lessening budget. school closures and a lessening budget.
• That's the school board.
• </c> little bit going to school districts. little bit going to school districts.
• and school districts, boon for schools and school districts, they<04:31:08.159><c> will</c><04:31:08.399

Keywords: 981, all

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• And then you don't pay the non school taxes from 50 to 75.
• So we'll see. 25 years ago, the non school taxable value was 700 Billion.
• It's a of a similar story for the school taxes levied.
• and Non-school in terms of taxes levied.
• It's about a little over 30 billion non-school levees and a little over 20 billion for school levies.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c> been set in Municipal and School been set in Municipal and School District<00:51:30.240><c> law<
• </c><02:12:01.520><c> and</c> boiler uh for the middle school and boiler uh for the middle school and
• <c> project</c> the school Beach Street school project the school Beach Street school project so<02:14
• My name is Lori Lane, and I am the superintendent of schools for the Pittsfield School District.
• <c> me</c><05:13:33.440><c> school</c><05:13:33.600><c> board</c> Amhurst has five School me school board

Committee: House Municipal and County Government

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• School districts and other applicants would come from across New Mexico.
• Is this summer employment or throughout the whole school year, Madam Chair?
• It's during the school year, and the Aztec schools are a perfect example.
• So, Madam Chair and Representative, there are a variety of mechanisms that schools and school districts
• So some schools put students on their payroll.

Summary: The committee first addressed a procedural dispute over House Bill 280, with one member arguing it had already been heard and tabled in another committee earlier that day. The chair ruled the bill was properly before the House Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee because it had been assigned there and published in the notice. HB 280 would create a three-year pilot program to support paid internships for students through grants to school districts, nonprofits, and tribal entities, with the Department of Workforce Solutions administering the program, collecting data, and reporting outcomes. Supporters said it would help build a sustainable funding source for school-year internships, expand access in rural and tribal communities, and connect internships to graduation credit and workforce pathways. Committee members asked about administrative costs, student selection, matching funds, program duration, and whether government entities and land grants could participate. The bill was described as flexible enough to allow different local program designs, including stipends or payroll arrangements. The committee voted do pass on HB 280. The committee then heard House Memorial 46, which honors the Hurley family, especially Major General Patrick Hurley and his son Wilson Hurley, for military service and public contributions to New Mexico. The memorial highlighted Patrick Hurley’s service in World War I and World War II, his diplomatic roles, and his decorations, as well as Wilson Hurley’s military service and later career as an artist. There was no opposition, and the memorial received a do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 270, a public works apprenticeship bill that would require contributions to apprenticeship and training programs or the Public Works Apprentice and Training Fund on most public works construction projects, while exempting trades with no approved program. Supporters argued the bill would close loopholes, strengthen workforce development, and ensure contractors benefiting from public projects contribute to training. Opponents from asphalt, utility, and contractor groups said they already support existing training programs, warned the bill could raise costs and create participation problems for contractors without access to suitable programs, and noted the Transportation Committee had already considered the bill earlier that day. Sponsors responded that the earlier Transportation action was a procedural glitch and that the bill was a cleanup measure to make the existing law more effective and fair. After extended debate over costs, workforce shortages, and the effect on highway contractors, the committee voted do pass on HB 270 by a 5-3 tally.

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• And it is now a middle school and up is now a STEM field.
• school level.
• We're going to partner with the school board's.
• in Jamaica for part of my high school experience.
• There's always an effort to try to connect the companies with the high schools in the technical schools

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• I mean, we don't have any such requirement on our public schools to my knowledge.
• And now we are coming in and saying the school has to change their policy.
• Know this school shares 3 or 4 different accrediting agencies.
• Homeschooled students and students from unaccredited high schools shall have to complete high school
• They do not have to meet the same requirements as our public school students.

Bills: HB3700 , HB3315 , HB3242 , HB3379 , HB3129 , HB3132 , HB2950

Committee: House Postsecondary Education

Keywords: education policy, grading system, student assessment, academic integrity, state funding, opinion conduct, higher education, bachelor's degree, feasibility study, Oklahoma State Regents, accreditation, credit hours, emergency declaration, gender, privacy, public schools, sleeping quarters, restrooms, criminal history, admissions process

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• policy to mandate that we have sworn officers in school in every school, and it kind of never happened
• You go to our high schools, you graduate from our high schools, you go to our colleges, you graduate.
• You go to our high schools, you graduate from our high schools, you go to our colleges, you graduate
• place in those public schools.
• When I came out of school, I worked three jobs and I put myself through nursing school.

Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the reading of an amended joint proclamation expanding the Legislature’s immigration agenda. The proclamation added items calling for financial penalties for government officials, enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement in enforcing federal immigration law. The chamber then took up the special order calendar, beginning with Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill. Most of the meeting was devoted to debate and questions on the strike-all amendment to SB 2B. Sponsor Senator Gruters described the bill as a broad immigration enforcement package aligned with President Trump’s agenda. He said it would require greater cooperation with federal immigration authorities, strengthen participation in the 287(g) program, create a chief immigration officer and council, authorize financial penalties for noncompliance, provide bonuses for officers assisting ICE, and direct information-sharing with federal agencies. He also said the bill would bar DHSMV from issuing licenses or ID cards to unauthorized aliens and would end in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Berman, Osgood, and others questioned the scope of the bill, whether it would affect schools, churches, cities, nonprofits, and green-card holders, and how the 287(g) provisions would work in practice. Gruters repeatedly said the operational focus was on jails and detention facilities, not street-level enforcement. A major point of controversy was the bill’s proposed mandatory death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of certain capital offenses. Senator Fine said the covered crimes were the most serious capital felonies, including murder, child sexual battery, destructive-device offenses causing death, and certain trafficking offenses, and argued the provision was intended to withstand constitutional challenge. Senator Pizzo raised Eighth Amendment concerns and questioned whether the bill could mandate death sentences. The tuition waiver provisions also drew extended debate: Fine said the state would save about $41 million by ending discounted tuition for undocumented students, while Democrats argued the savings would not return to general revenue and that the policy would harm students who are already enrolled. Fine and Gruters said green-card holders would not be affected and that the bill targeted only students in the country illegally. The discussion also covered appropriations and implementation. Senator Smith asked about the bill’s large funding levels, and Fine broke down the spending as including $375 million for the chief immigration officer, $100 million in grants to local law enforcement, $29 million for the new Office of State Immigration Enforcement, and $10 million for an unauthorized-alien transport program. Gruters said the funds would reimburse local governments and help address staffing shortages, while critics questioned the lack of benchmarks and the fiscal impact. No final vote or disposition on the bill appears in the transcript excerpt.

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• Charter schools<00:05:07.880><c> are</c><00:05:08.000><c> often</c><00:05:08.320><c> discussed</c> schools
• I understand charter schools are public schools, but have been delivered by outside entities.
• I understand charter schools are public schools, but have been delivered by outside entities.
• </c> them as seriously in the charter school them as seriously in the charter school context<00:14:45.960
• Unlike public schools that you can't close down, if charter schools weren't making it, they would close

Committee: House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We love this school. Um, it is a Spanish immersion school.
• . school. school.
• </c> up my kids school. up my kids school.
• </c> to school. to school.
• </c> schools, and hospitals. schools, and hospitals.

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> the state the school information system. the state the school information system.
• </c> fiber to all the schools at that time. fiber to all the schools at that time.
• We have more school districts.
• So those 39 schools though don't have the same level of service as all the other schools?
• <00:49:52.000><c> Greg</c><00:49:52.480><c> type</c> schools? Greg type schools?

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:15 Kentucky Department of Education 00:01:20 Kentucky Communications Network Authority 00:36:45 Accelecom 01:01:22 Auditor of Public Accounts 01:29:50, 958, all

Summary: The Information Technology Oversight Committee met to hear a presentation from Kentucky Department of Education officials David Couch and Mike Lingham on the history and current status of Kentucky’s K-12 internet network, including its relationship to KentuckyWired. They described the original KETS design from 1995, when KDE established district internet hubs and left local districts to connect to them, and said that model helped Kentucky become a national leader in school connectivity and cloud-based services. They also emphasized the importance of E-rate eligibility, saying it has saved the state substantial money and remains central to KDE’s network contracting. Couch and Lingham said the current “next generation Kentucky K-12 internet” contract with Education Networks of America is more reliable, offers more functionality, and costs less than the prior system, including lower bandwidth and firewall costs. They explained that the transition was complicated by build-out and provisioning issues, especially the need for more “type two” connections through local providers, which pushed some implementation past the June 30, 2024 E-rate deadline. As a result, 39 sites remain on type two connections, and KDE absorbed the loss of federal discount dollars for the portion of the transition that extended into July. The witnesses also discussed home internet access for students. They said KDE has tracked home access for about 20 years and estimates about 4.5% of students still lack adequate internet at home, with roughly 3% able to reach access nearby and 1.5% having no access. They said the biggest barrier is usually cost rather than lack of available lines, and noted that temporary hotspot support during COVID helped students continue schoolwork. Senator Williams asked about the costs of the transition, the current type two sites, and the potential cost of any future transition, but the transcript cuts off before a full answer was given.

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• c><00:09:50.240><c> well</c><00:09:50.320><c> as</c><00:09:50.399><c> a</c> school by school basis as
• well as a school by school basis as well as a state-by-state<00:09:51.200><c> basis</c><00:09:51.519
• So I wanted to start there schools.
• </c> just for high school students. just for high school students.
• </c> standards by which schools were judged. standards by which schools were judged.

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call: 0:00:00 Approval of Minutes: 0:01:45 Federal Education Updates 0:02:12 Dual Credit Updates: 0:43:38 Kentucky State University's Doctoral Program Request: 01:27:08 Postsecondary Accreditation: 1:49:05 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations: 2:14:48 Adjournment 2:16:31, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the previous meeting minutes, and heard a presentation from Austin Reid of the National Conference of State Legislatures on education-related provisions in the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1). Reid said the law is projected to increase the federal deficit over 10 years, with major savings coming from Medicaid, student loan changes, and SNAP. He focused on how those changes could affect schools, including possible effects on free and reduced-price meal certification, state funding formulas that use SNAP as a proxy for low-income status, and Medicaid-funded school services for students with disabilities. Reid also outlined the new federal scholarship tax credit, which gives a dollar-for-dollar credit for donations to qualifying scholarship-granting organizations. He said families up to 300% of area median income may benefit, the program begins in 2027, and states must opt in and designate eligible organizations. He noted unresolved questions about whether states can add their own criteria and said Treasury regulations will be important. He also described the expansion of 529 plans to cover more K-12 and postsecondary expenses. On higher education, Reid explained a new workforce Pell grant option for short-term programs, with states and governors playing a role in determining eligible programs. He said the programs must meet placement, completion, and earnings measures and that implementation is expected to be tight before the July 1, 2026 effective date. He also reviewed student loan changes, including lower institutional loan limits, prorated borrowing for part-time enrollment, new caps on graduate and Parent PLUS loans, and a new earnings-based accountability standard that could make some programs ineligible for student loans if graduates earn too little. No votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes.

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• </c><00:09:22.959><c> Hurricanes</c> 2026 Hartford High School Hurricanes 2026 Hartford High School Hurricanes
• School. School.
• </c> top-seated Loyal Union High School top-seated Loyal Union High School Lancers<00:10:02.320><c> for
• School. School.
• </c> Harper High School women's basketball. Harper High School women's basketball.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• I worry about school boards.
• at the school finance report?
• A school district, a small school district that's trying to put a roof on their high school...
• A school district, a small school district that's trying to put a roof on their high school is trying
• And so some schools, some of the charter schools, are actually in kind of shambles because they didn't

Committee: House Special Committee on Property Tax Reform

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• </c> disabilities in Kentucky schools disabilities in Kentucky schools were<00:10:01.560><c> qualified
• </c> school becoming a psychologist. school becoming a psychologist.
• </c><00:50:51.440><c> and</c><00:50:51.640><c> school</c> uh at the at the school and school uh at the
• at the school and school district<00:50:52.200><c> level.
• </c> the school system? the school system?

Committee: Joint Families & Children

Keywords: 958, all

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• </c> High School. High School.
• </c><00:13:46.200><c> The</c> peer-to-peer supports in schools.
• The peer-to-peer supports in schools.
• </c><00:14:29.480><c> and</c> mental health literacy in schools and mental health literacy in schools
• 14:31.680><c> grant</c> after-school programs, with a grant after-school programs, with a grant program

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• Have you guys had any discussions about a school safety plan?
• The House Republicans had their school safety earlier this week. House Democrats are doing theirs.
• Have you guys had any discussions about a school safety plan?
• The House Republicans had their school safety earlier this week. House Democrats are doing theirs.
• The House Republicans had their school safety earlier this week. House Democrats are doing theirs.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: A Senate DFL leader discussed the upcoming supplemental budget and said nearly half of it is being shaped by the federal budget bill passed last July, which he argued is driving hospital distress, higher county costs, and pressure on family budgets. He said the budget will focus on affordability, health care, and responding to federal actions, including an uncompensated care fund for hospitals in distress and possible one-time county technology upgrades to handle new Medicaid-related requirements. He estimated Senator Wiklund’s health and human services proposal includes about $50 million for those upgrades and said that item would likely be handled in an appropriation bill rather than a bonding bill. The leader also said bonding is a top priority this year and that public asset maintenance remains important, including projects tied to sports and civic facilities. On HCMC and broader hospital funding, he said he is confident the Legislature will act, but wants to address the hospital within the context of the statewide hospital delivery system. He also said the Senate has not yet taken a position on a proposed tax related to fraud restitution, but emphasized support for fraud prevention, an independent inspector general, and more resources for the Attorney General. School safety was another major topic. He said Senate Democrats plan to bring a comprehensive package to the floor that includes school safety funding, mental health care, and measures addressing weapons of war, and he expressed hope that some Republicans will support it. He said the Senate education finance bill already includes more school safety funding than the House GOP version, less funding for private school safety, and no weapons-of-war language, but that a broader package will come through the Finance Committee soon. He also said the Senate expects to take up a stand-alone building security package to cover ongoing screening and staffing costs, and he supported creating a special security response unit for threats against lawmakers. Other issues mentioned included support for banning NDAs for local governments, continued attention to public safety and accountability in response to federal immigration enforcement actions, and interest in a bill affecting Minneapolis sports-related taxes and PGA funding, though he said those proposals are still being worked on and may not pass this year.

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• was that she needed to be in school for socialization and inclusion.
• the, you know, at the end result when they finish school.
• I am a high school teacher at Pine Ridge High School in Deltona. Go Panthers. I promise.
• I am a high school teacher at Pine Ridge High School in Deltona. Go Panthers.
• I have been a teacher at Pine Ridge High School for 26 years.

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and heard six bills, all of which were reported favorably. HB 1567, relating to insulin administration by direct support professionals, was amended to clarify the type of insulin that may be administered and to allow supervision of self-administration of an insulin pen. Supporters described the bill as a way to keep people with developmental disabilities in group homes rather than forcing institutional placement; the amendment and bill both passed unanimously, 17-0. PCS for HB 1103, on services for persons with disabilities, would expand the APD managed care pilot statewide in phases, require more transparency on waitlist data, create a statewide family care council, and address transition services for young adults leaving foster care. Testimony was mixed: supporters emphasized the long APD waitlist and the need for a voluntary option, while some witnesses and members raised concerns about the accelerated rollout, limited data, and preserving consumer-directed care. The committee adopted the bill 17-0. CS for HB 127, on exceptional student education, would create micro-credentials and coordinate with the Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities and OSHA to support students with disabilities transitioning to work; it passed 17-0 after testimony from a parent and advocates. HB 989, concerning licensure of family foster homes, was amended to streamline license transfers for foster parents moving within Florida while maintaining oversight and directing DCF rulemaking. A teacher and other supporters said the bill would reduce bureaucracy and help children remain in stable homes; it passed 17-0. PCS for HB 1091, on substance abuse and mental health care, updates processes related to the 988 crisis line, methadone treatment needs assessments, and forensic evaluators, and adds data/reporting requirements for DCF managing entities. After one amendment and testimony from supporters and one opponent, it passed 16-0. Finally, HB 633, on behavioral health managing entities, was amended and then approved 17-0; it requires more structured data and reporting from managing entities to increase accountability and transparency in the behavioral health system.