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• </c> to any budget disruptions. to any budget disruptions.
• ><c> delays</c><00:43:18.400><c> were</c> total, budget shifts and delays were total, budget shifts and
• All to budget for and try to achieve.
• So they would basically build a budget according to that.
• It's within a reasonable projected budget amount.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• However, this the department's budget.
• ,</c> In the last budget cycle, In the last budget cycle, that<00:47:24.680><c> fund</c><00:47:24.960
• And so, in a sense, it doesn't reopen the budget. Reopen the budget?
• </c> Senate in terms of the 2-year budget Senate in terms of the 2-year budget cycle. cycle. cycle.
• It's scary for them to look at their budget and see, can we afford it.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• . >> Or it's done in the budget. >> Pardon me. >> Or it's done in the budget. >> Or it's done in HB 2
• . >> Pardon me. >> Or it's done in the budget. >> Or it's done in HB 2. >> So the purpose would be to
• . >> Pardon me. >> Or it's done in the budget. >> Or it's done in HB 2. >> So the purpose would be to
• . >> Pardon me. >> Or it's done in the budget. >> Or it's done in HB 2. >> So the purpose would be to
• </c><01:18:17.840><c> year</c> This is not a budget year.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The Legislative Oversight Committee met to review statewide education improvement and assessment issues under RSA 193-C:8-a, with the chair focusing on curriculum frameworks, academic standards, and resource elements tied to the state’s adequate education statutes. The chair walked through the statutory relationship between minimum standards for public school approval, academic standards, and local control of curriculum, noting that New Hampshire law requires curriculum frameworks to guide what students should know and be able to do while leaving districts flexibility in instruction. He also raised concerns that some subject areas appear to have current frameworks or standards while others do not, and suggested the committee may need to consider an amendment creating a curriculum frameworks and academic standards coordinator at the Department of Education. Nate Green, director of the Division of Education Analytics and Resources, explained that the terms “academic standards” and “curriculum frameworks” have evolved over time and are often used interchangeably, but can mean different things depending on the subject area. He said the state’s more prescriptive standards largely developed after No Child Left Behind, especially in math, ELA, and science, while older or less-tested subjects such as arts, physical education, and health often retained looser framework-style documents. Green outlined one possible approach of standardizing terminology, but also said New Hampshire could instead define curriculum frameworks separately as a combination of standards, curriculum, and instructional approaches. He emphasized that state standards must support statewide consistency and assessment, while local districts retain control over how they teach. Committee members discussed how these distinctions affect different grade levels and subjects, using examples from math and science to show that minimum standards are broad while academic standards are more specific and grade-level based. Green described how science standards are organized by physical science, life science, and earth/space science across grade bands, while math standards are more directly tied to individual grades. No votes were taken and no formal action was reported during this portion of the meeting; the discussion remained informational and exploratory as members considered whether statutory language or departmental organization should be updated.

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• This bill was a dramatic budget bill.
• 18:06.000><c> forecast</c> recently released state budget forecast recently released state budget forecast
• Energy and utility bills are core expenses in a family's budget.
• The sharp spike in family's budget.
• </c> their list within their budget. their list within their budget.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We recognize this budget communities.
• Transparent public reporting through dashboards and budget-to-actual tracking.
• </c> reporting through dashboards and budget reporting through dashboards and budget to<00:21:16.720>
• If I were to lump it all together according to the most recent budget, the 2024 and 2025 budget, there's
• ><c> 25</c><02:01:17.119><c> budget,</c><02:01:18.159><c> there's</c> um 2020 24 and 25 budget, there's

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call - 0:00:00 Approval of Minutes – 0:03:50 Robotics Education – 0:04:18 Canopy KY – 0:14:15 Comprehensive Support and Improvement – 0:23:20 Postsecondary Credit Alignment – 0:53:15 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in K-12 Settings – 1:21:25 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 2:05:15 Adjournment 2:05:41, 958, all

Summary: The committee opened with a roll call, confirmed a quorum, approved the minutes by voice vote, and recognized a guest of Senator Hickden, retired judge Dan Kelly. The chair then moved through a tight agenda and limited public presentations and questions. The first presentation was on robotics education in Kentucky, led by Representative Chris Lewis, Kentucky FIRST Robotics executive director Kelly Gowen, and students from Whitfield Academy. They argued that robotics should be expanded in high schools as a workforce pipeline for engineering, manufacturing, and advanced technology jobs. The presentation emphasized hands-on learning, industry certifications, teacher development, and a proposed framework to fund robotics education programs statewide. Committee members were not allowed to ask questions because of time constraints. The second presentation was from Canopy Kentucky, led by Adam Watson and founder Scott Collins. They described Canopy’s business and entrepreneurship education programs for fifth graders and high school students, including the NextGen Good Biz initiative and an eight-classroom high school unit. Canopy requested a one-time $750,000 appropriation for fiscal year 2026, matched by private funds, to expand into more schools and rural areas, train educators, and report outcomes. Members asked a brief question about how the programs fit into school schedules and the difference between the elementary and high school offerings. The final presentation, from KDE’s Kelly Foster and Todd Allen, reviewed the state’s school improvement classifications. Foster explained CSI, TSI, and ATSI status, the federal and state legal framework, and how House Bill 298 returned CSI identification to an annual cycle. She reported that Kentucky identified 50 CSI schools on the most recent release, with 53 CSI schools statewide, along with 39 TSI schools and 102 ATSI schools. She also outlined KDE’s support process, including education recovery staff, diagnostic reviews, turnaround plans, and required professional learning for CSI schools.

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• , at least in the recent jobs budget.
• , at least in the recent jobs budget.
• Chair, I know you have a lot of demands on your committee budget.
• Chair, I know you have a lot of demands on your committee budget.
• Chair, I know you have a lot of demands on your committee budget.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> going to go up but for budgeting going to go up but for budgeting purposes<00:19:18.760><c> I</c
• We're only dealing with a two-year budget, and we're giving some approximations out there.
• Unfortunately, we don't have regular order in the federal budget.
• Unfortunately, we don't have regular order in the federal budget.
• Unfortunately, we don't have regular order in the federal budget.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met in a work session on revenue estimates and reviewed updated spreadsheet pages for several tax categories, using prior agreements and new testimony to refine FY 2025-2027 estimates. Early discussion covered insurance tax estimates, where members reviewed a letter from the insurance commissioner saying he was comfortable with the numbers provided; the committee accepted those estimates without opposition. Members also discussed utility property tax, with testimony about recent infrastructure buildout, tariffs, depreciation, and the difficulty of forecasting future growth. After debate over whether to use the average of high and low estimates or lean lower, the committee unanimously adopted the utility property tax numbers. The committee then turned to real estate transfer tax and communications tax. For real estate transfer tax, members cited county input, housing market conditions, interest rates, lumber costs, and uncertainty about future policy; they agreed to use the averages and adopted those estimates unanimously. For communications tax, members noted the decline in landline-based revenue and the shift to data services. After discussion of whether to use the low estimate or the average, the committee settled on the average with a small rounding-down adjustment when the figure ended in .5, and adopted the numbers unanimously. The chair also clarified that these estimates remain subject to change until the final resolution is adopted. The committee next accepted interest and dividends estimates as presented, with members noting the decline in that revenue source and the lack of additional information beyond the department’s analysis. Finally, the committee began discussing tobacco tax revenue, with members noting long-term declines in smoking, offsetting effects from out-of-state sales, and a suggestion to take a slightly conservative approach by reducing the average by 0.5. The transcript cuts off during that discussion, so no final vote on tobacco is shown in the excerpt.

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• </c> home, we actually balanced budgets. home, we actually balanced budgets.
• </c> We're forced to with a balanced budget We're forced to with a balanced budget amendment.<00:42:34.400
• > proposed</c><01:15:40.239><c> a</c> leaked Republican budget proposed a leaked Republican budget proposed
• Trump's budget doesn't support local law enforcement. It hurts them.
• ,</c> million out of the police budget, million out of the police budget, leaving<03:04:43.600><c> the

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Basically, your annual groundwater budget.
• X amount of groundwater is your budget.
• And you get to what the budget is in water here.
• what's allotted in the budget.
• Groundwater districts have small budgets and sometimes...

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• I've just seen how the budget package.
• We passed a budget. We then passed the new budget and then we passed a bill.
• Medicaid goes up between 20 and 30% under our budget over the next 10 years.
• over the next 10 30% under our budget over the next 10 years. years. years.
• </c> budget related reconciliation package. budget related reconciliation package.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Friday, June 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• to to be able to evaluate a proposal and make a determination about fully about the impact on our budget
• kind of acknowledges Services budget kind of acknowledges that<00:31:23.600><c> by</c><00:31:24.279>
• Chair, could you, in terms of thinking about budget targets, will these mandate benefits apply to our
• targets will that will these budget targets will that will these mandate<00:54:18.799><c> benefits</
• The full anticipation is that all fiscal costs for mandates will be borne in the HHS budget, and all

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• factor for DWRS, we know that our human service systems are always a big target when it comes to budgets
• it</c><00:07:26.320><c> comes</c><00:07:26.600><c> to</c><00:07:27.160><c> to</c><00:07:27.280><c> budgets
• </c><00:07:27.720><c> and</c> target when it comes to to budgets and target when it comes to to budgets
• That's usually how I find out what our budget targets are, is from that group.
• </c> usually how I find out what our budget usually how I find out what our budget targets<00:20:36.400

Keywords: 1183, house

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• My understanding is that this separation for the department and the commission was done in a budget bill
• bill and it seemed was done in a budget bill and it seemed to<00:26:32.960><c> be</c><00:26:33.440><
• I do again remember the Department of Energy was created through a budget process.
• 28:01.919><c> um</c><00:28:02.159><c> and</c><00:28:02.399><c> while</c><00:28:02.640><c> we</c> a budget
• Uh and um and while we a budget process.

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Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and adopted the consent calendar without objection. It then took up Department of Safety Rule 25161 on administrative license suspension forms. After discussion of a staff concern that the rule text should expressly require a defendant’s signature or refusal to sign, and the officer’s witness signature, the agency agreed to revised language. The committee voted to grant conditional approval with those edits. The committee next considered Department of Agriculture rule 192, concerning importation of bovines and domestic animals. Staff identified several issues, including an overly broad federal citation, an unclear definition of infection, a possible conflict between provisions on telephone-issued permits and documents that must be carried, and missing struck-through repeal language. Because the department had not proposed written fixes, members moved to postpone the item until next month, and the motion passed. A second Agriculture item, 25207, was discussed as a long-expired set of rules that the agency said were still needed to run its programs; the committee granted conditional approval. The Public Utilities Commission’s competitive natural gas supplier and aggregator rules prompted the most extensive debate. Staff argued the cited statutes did not clearly authorize the commission to impose fines on natural gas suppliers, while the agency responded that authority could be read from related Department of Energy transition language and general rulemaking provisions. Members discussed whether the issue reflected a statutory gap created when responsibilities were split between the Department of Energy and the commission. The committee ultimately voted to waive and postpone the item to next month so the attorneys could work out the authority question. The committee also postponed Department of Energy items 219 and 220 at the agency’s request, and it noted that the Liquor Commission’s emergency rule had been revised to reduce reporting from monthly to quarterly before being reissued, with the item also postponed.

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• of Representatives, House Bill 835 by the Appropriations Committee: An act relating to the state budget
• I guess we're in a tight budget year and we don't have enough ink. But you can see the red ink.
• The money's not in the budget. Again, this is a creative fix. A little bit of pain.
• And there were recommendations last session that if we would have structurally changed some of our budget
• , There were recommendations last session that if we would have structurally changed some of our budgeting

Keywords: 989, all

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• The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance and the Assembly Education Committee will
• once, so you'll get tired of hearing it: We are not here to discuss the proposal in the Governor's budget
• I'm pleased to be joining the Budget Subcommittee to hold this joint hearing.
• Again, we're not speaking about the proposal in the budget.
• Again, we're not speaking about the proposal in the budget.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution, which requires a balanced federal budget
• :38:39.599><c> balanced</c> states for ratification a balanced states for ratification a balanced budget
• 40.960><c> to</c><00:38:41.200><c> the</c><00:38:41.359><c> United</c><00:38:41.680><c> States</c> budget
• amendment to the United States budget amendment to the United States Constitution<00:38:42.960><c> and
• </c><00:38:58.320><c> and</c><00:38:58.560><c> House</c><00:38:58.800><c> Joint</c> federal budget. and

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 04:45 Calendar/2nd Readings 05:20 Report of Committees 07:05 Orders of the Day 08:23 HB 214 08:33 HB 416 12:26 HB 281 16:20 HB 134 18:13 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 21:08 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 37:01 Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 39:15 ConC/Rules Report 42:29 Floor Amendments 44:27 Correction to Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 46:14 Adjournment 46:40, 958, all

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• Roll it forward to this budget cycle.
• </c><00:24:14.960><c> Again,</c> Medicaid budget was $10 billion.
• Again, Medicaid budget was $10 billion.
• Roll it forward to this budget<00:24:30.880><c> cycle.
• Now, it's approaching $22 budget cycle.

Keywords: 958, all

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• And if we're going to do this, I hope that those on budget will make sure that we have the budget to
• And whenever the formula was revised in 2008, we used to have a line item in the budget just for gifted
• And whenever the formula was revised or revised in 2008, we used to have a line item in the budget just
• For instance, right now there's $190 million that was in the department's budget request to fully fund
• They're the ones that are going to be playing out right now as we move into this budget year and talk

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• So we created the... ...case that may cost a million dollars, and that kind of blows their budget.
• the notice of award to be issued from CMS and the opportunity to negotiate with CMS on the final budget
• CMS has informed states that each year, CMS will recalculate the workload funding amount for each budget
• And with that, oh, one more slide. ...during the budget period. Ah, rats, it's not posting.
• We provide feedback on bills, rules, policy, and budgets.

Keywords: 985, all

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• Our school districts need to receive this mandate and have money in the budget to do this.
• Senators, Chair Hooper has an update on the budget.
• If you care about the budget and amendments, pay attention, please.
• The Appropriations If you care about the budget and amendments, pay attention, please.
• The Appropriations Committees have completed developing their budget proposals.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum present, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and included several member introductions and recognitions, including awareness resolutions and visiting groups in the galleries. The chamber then moved to a special order calendar and took up a series of bills, with most receiving unanimous or near-unanimous support. Early measures included SB 88 on utility terrain vehicles, which would allow local governments to designate certain roads for UTV use under safety restrictions; it passed 32-5 after debate over safety concerns. SB 102 on exceptional student education would create a workforce credential and badge program for students with autism spectrum disorder or modified curricula, and passed 36-0 after discussion of workforce access and district costs. SB 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults would allow alternative service of process through the same app used by scammers, and passed 37-0. SB 130 on compensation for victims of wrongful incarceration would extend filing deadlines and remove restrictive bars to compensation, and passed 38-0. SB 158 would eliminate cost sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams under the state employee health plan, and passed 38-0 after testimony about early detection and access to follow-up care. The most extensive debate came on SB 234, which would revise laws on resisting law enforcement and add a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter of a law enforcement officer. Supporters argued it was needed after the killing of Officer Jason Raynor and to clarify that violent resistance to officers is not justified; opponents raised concerns about removing “good faith” language, potential impacts on Fourth Amendment issues, racial profiling, and the severity of the mandatory sentence. An amendment to restore “in good faith” failed, and after further debate the sponsor temporarily postponed the bill. The Senate then passed SB 262 on technical trust-code changes by a 36-0 vote, and later recognized Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members in the gallery. Additional bills passed with broad support. SB 274 designated portions of Orlando roadways as Harris Rosen Way and Geraldine Thompson Way, honoring philanthropist Harris Rosen and the late Senator Geraldine Thompson; it passed 38-0 and drew a motion for co-sponsorship. SB 280 created an enforcement mechanism for candidate party-affiliation qualification requirements and passed 38-0. SB 296 repealed the statewide mandate for later middle and high school start times and shifted the issue to local districts after reporting requirements, passing 38-0. SB 356 designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida and passed after remarks about the Holocaust memorial and the need to confront antisemitism. Throughout the session, senators frequently framed their votes in terms of public safety, education, access to care, civil justice, and commemorating community leaders and historical events.