Video & Transcript Research : 'grade levels'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- required level.
- Somewhat grading our paper. It's not used for that purpose.
- We're built at ground level, and now they build higher up.
- Do they get graded as well as you? I mean, I'm just, I don't, do they go down to the mid-level?
- To just pick a different number at the local level.
NH
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (03/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- proficiency is at that level.
- But why not start at a lower level?
- But why not start at a lower level?
- But why not start at a lower level?
- But why not start at a lower level?
Summary:
The executive session focused primarily on HB 563, which revises the school funding formula, especially the adequate education grant amounts for special education students and the treatment of fiscal capacity disparity aid. Representative Ladd moved OTPA on Amendment 06508, explaining that FY 26 would largely hold the current formula steady, while FY 27 would increase several per-pupil amounts, including base cost, free and reduced-price meals, English language learner aid, and special education differentiated aid. He said the special education change was based on estimated case loads across disability categories and that the amendment also reinstates fiscal capacity disparity aid, using a formula intended to better assist property-poor communities.
Several members supported the amendment as a step in the right direction, saying it better recognizes special education costs and separates property wealth from low-income student counts. Others raised concerns about the lack of time and the absence of a printed spreadsheet showing how the fiscal capacity disparity aid would affect each town. In response, sponsors said the spreadsheet existed, that the LBA had copies, and that the amendment would help about 40 target towns, while Manchester would be the main community receiving less under the new formula because of prior shifts in the extraordinary needs grant.
Discussion also covered the broader impact of the bill, with members noting that about 200 of the state’s 245 cities and towns would see an increase and 45 a decrease under the proposed FY 27 changes. Supporters argued the bill was a compromise given limited revenues and that it should move forward so it can be considered by the full House and then Finance. No final vote on the amendment or bill was taken in the portion provided, and the chair indicated the committee was still deciding whether it had enough information to proceed.
VT
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- the distribution of the still important pink message slips to members, and supervising the eighth-grade
- daily sessions, working<00:09:58.520>
with <00:09:58.640>the <00:09:58.760>eighth-grade - working with the eighth-grade working with the eighth-grade legislative<00:10:00.040>
pages college level. college level.- Officiated soccer from youth through college level.
Summary:
The House opened with a devotional performance by the State House singers, then moved to routine chamber business. The Speaker announced that the Committee on Ways and Means had reported favorably on Senate Bill 214, which concerns pre-kindergarten education in geographically isolated school districts and includes an appropriation; it was referred to Appropriations under House Rule 35A. House Resolution 17, affirming that all Vermonters are presumed competent to communicate and must be provided effective communication resources of their choice, was read by title only and placed on the calendar for action on the next legislative day.
The chamber also took up two adopted House Concurrent Resolutions honoring long-serving State House staff. HCR 279 honored Head Doorkeeper Michael C. Waite and his wife, Sergeant-at-Arms Administrative Assistant Donna Waite, for their public service, and HCR 282 honored Doorkeeper Dennis Miles for his dedication to the General Assembly and Vermonters. Both resolutions recounted the honorees’ military, law enforcement, educational, and State House service and directed the Secretary of State to send copies to the honorees.
Several members then offered remarks recognizing the Waite and Miles families, praising their mentorship, service, and support for the page program and chamber operations. Additional announcements included a diaper and wipes drive in the State House lobby to support Vermont military families through the National Guard Family Readiness Program, a welcome for Vermont nurses participating in a national rally, and recognition of guests from Champlain Community Services. The House then recessed until approximately 2:00 p.m.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education. (3-18-26)
Primary and Secondary Education
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- Someone has graduated fifth grade and is rising to sixth grade.
- <00:29:45.360>
Are grade and is rising to sixth grade. - Are grade and is rising to sixth grade.
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means >> graduated fifth grade, that means >> graduated fifth grade, that - <00:50:17.120>
leadership Uh one is a high-level leadership Uh one is a high-level leadership
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/11/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- You can see there at least 56.9% at the associate's degree level and 6.5% at the certificate level.
- and at the state level.
- and at the state level.
- and at the state level.
- that has you know commercial grade that has you know commercial grade refrigeration<00:57:38.680
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We can change the reading-level adjustments.
- And then we have a wide range of both state-level and national outreach.
- One, at the K-12 level, these AI tools don't give you the answers.
- level that a teacher would need for AI?
- So a teacher, in giving a lesson, could say level one: no AI.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Education Pre-K through 12 met to hear a panel discussion on artificial intelligence in K-12 education. Dr. Maya Israel of the University of Florida gave an overview of AI literacy, the benefits of AI for personalized learning and teacher support, and the risks involving data privacy, overreliance, hallucinations, and misuse. She described the Florida K-12 AI Task Force, which published statewide guidance in March and is now providing professional development, case studies, surveys, and resources for teachers and families. She also noted that teacher preparation programs and microcredentials are being developed, but there is not yet a statewide baseline standard for teacher AI training.
Superintendents Van Ayers of Hillsborough County and Kevin Hendrick of Pinellas County described district policies and implementation efforts. Hillsborough adopted an AI governance policy, created an implementation guide, and set rules barring generative AI use for students in pre-K through 7th grade while allowing limited, teacher-approved use for older students with district-vetted tools. Pinellas emphasized digital responsibility, parent transparency, data-use agreements, and a governance process for approving tools. Both districts said AI is being used for lesson planning, tutoring, reading-level adjustments, scheduling, and other administrative tasks, but they do not yet have reliable evidence that AI is improving academic performance. They also discussed teacher training, stipends, and certification efforts, including partnerships with universities and vendors such as Microsoft, Google, Magic School, and Gemini.
Drew Allen of FSU Inspire offered an industry-focused perspective, arguing that AI is not new but that education must adapt more quickly to industry needs. He described Inspire’s workforce and research mission, its AI and robotics training for teachers, and the need to build teacher comfort and confidence through incentives and applied training. Committee members raised concerns about student dependence on AI, academic integrity, mental health, moral decision-making, data privacy, and whether schools should return to more paper-based testing. The panel generally agreed that AI should be used with strong guardrails, human oversight, and a balance between technology use and traditional learning. No legislation was considered, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which was adopted without objection.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 4331 is a TrS cleanup bill at a high level.
- They have transcripts showing all courses and grades that they made.
- At a higher level, because we don't trust your education path. That is not fairness.
- By their grade point average and about, and and and they have filled out all of the forms.
- It's kind of great dependent because there's different seats available in different grades. Levels.
Bills:
HB3674, HB4326, HB4331, HB3029, HB2963, HB3551, HB2973, HB3019, HB3461, HB2961, HB3261, HB3759, HB3429, HB3069, HB3372, HB3705
Keywords:
school resource officer, sexual assault training, law enforcement training, CLEET, school safety, mental health, continuing education, HB4326, Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, Oklahoma's Promise, scholarship, tuition assistance, higher education, State Regents for Higher Education, eligibility expansion, adopted students, foster care, DHS custody, child-placing agency, tribal custody
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Apr 22nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I teach first grade and I also am in support. Thank you.
- Roger McCoy, still a fifth-grade teacher.
- But there is one first-grade teacher who is also the second-grade teacher.
- One first-grade teacher who is also the second-grade teacher, who is also the third-grade teacher—that
- Linda Valdez, first-grade teacher, Santa Clarita, in support.
Summary:
The committee hearing covered several higher education bills, with extensive testimony on student aid, affordability, and institutional debt. AB 587 would add veteran representation to the California Student Aid Commission; the author said the change would bring lived experience from the veteran community to student aid policy, and members raised a concern about keeping the commission’s membership odd-numbered, which the author said would be addressed by amendment. AB 791 would standardize cost-of-attendance housing calculations using objective data and improve notice of the adjustment process; supporters said current budgets often underestimate students’ real living costs, while UC, CSU, and independent colleges opposed or had concerns about the bill’s prescribed methodology, fiscal impact, and a 14-day turnaround for adjustments. AB 850 would create a one-term grace period for students with institutional debt to re-enroll while arranging repayment, bar reporting that debt to credit agencies, and require more transparency; proponents described students being blocked from continuing school over debts, while CSU, UC, and private-college representatives said they already use holds and payment plans and worried about added liabilities and budget pressures. AB 537 would extend the California College Promise Program to part-time community college students; supporters said most community college students attend part-time and should not be excluded from fee waivers, while the committee noted fiscal concerns but ultimately advanced the bill. AB 7 would allow universities to consider whether an applicant is a descendant of American chattel slavery in admissions as a reparative measure; supporters framed it as lineage-based reparative justice, while opponents argued it would function as a racial proxy and conflict with Proposition 209 and equal-protection principles. The committee took roll-call votes on the measures, advancing AB 587, AB 791, AB 850, and AB 537 to Appropriations, with AB 850 and AB 537 receiving fewer votes and the roll left open for additional members.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Education Committee and Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education May 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I think recognizing that what students should know and be able to do in each course and each grade level
- involves hundreds, maybe thousands, of... ...course and each grade level involves hundreds, maybe thousands
- , of considerations for each course at each grade level.
- I would have to tell you, like, in detail, here's exactly what should be taught in each grade level.
- I would have to tell you, like, in detail, here's exactly what should be taught in each grade level.
Summary:
The joint Senate Education and Budget Committee hearing focused on Governor Newsom’s education governance proposal, which would reorganize state K-12 education leadership by shifting day-to-day management of the Department of Education from the elected Superintendent of Public Instruction to a governor-appointed education commissioner, while giving the superintendent a more policy-focused role and voting seats on the State Board of Education and the California Community Colleges Board of Governors. Brooks Allen, for the State Board of Education and Governor’s office, argued the change would reduce fragmented authority, improve accountability, and align California with other states that use appointed chief education officials. Amber Alexander of the Department of Finance outlined the budget-neutral staffing transfers and transition timeline, and LAO analyst Sarah Cortez said the LAO supports the shift to an appointed commissioner but recommends Senate confirmation, clearer statutory duties, preserved legislative oversight, and a cost-neutral fiscal plan.
Committee members raised substantial concerns about timing, constitutionality, voter expectations, and whether the proposal would actually improve student outcomes. Senator Cabaldon argued the change would effectively alter the meaning of the constitutionally created superintendent office during an election year without voter approval, and questioned whether governance restructuring has evidence of improving achievement or should instead yield savings. Other senators asked how the new structure would work in practice, who would be accountable if it failed, whether a governor-appointed commissioner was the best model, and whether local districts would truly see clearer lines of authority. Allen responded that the Legislature retains plenary authority over education, that the transition would be minimally disruptive, and that the proposal was designed to create a single line of management and clearer communication for local districts.
The discussion also covered the Legislature’s role in curriculum and education policy. LAO staff explained that the Legislature has broad authority over education and can direct curriculum-related policy, though it has generally delegated detailed curriculum work to the State Board and the Instructional Quality Commission. Several senators said the current system already creates confusion for voters and local educators, while others argued the proposal adds another layer of bureaucracy and overpromises on results. No vote was taken at this hearing; members continued questioning witnesses and indicated the proposal would be examined further in later panels, including testimony from local education leaders.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Accordingly, the state followed suit for other state workers at this level.
- And in that particular provision, it does say limit that availability to 6th through 12th grade.
- For all other distance learning programs, they're able to continue offering them to any grade level.
- But they have children that are in the grades kindergarten through fifth grade.
- Okay, what I was looking for, where I was concerned about 6th through 12th grade, is on page 17.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Kids can't read at grade level, but we're spending time and money on gender ideology?
- Sky Tooley, 5th grade teacher in Los Angeles. I support.
- Level 2DA is a serious warning sign.
- We're not leveling mountains.
- That's why we have to create a new funding level.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 23rd, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- From right now it's $50,000, $60,000, and $70,000 for levels 1, 2, and 3.
- At different grade levels, students essentially generate different amounts of money.
- There's sort of a six-tier grading system, if you will.
- Sonny, on lines 8 to 9, we discussed the unit value raising 6th grade and then grades 7 to 12 to 1.30
- We have yet, at the state level...
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/18/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- only three to four students per grade only three to four students per grade level<00:41:10.240><
- down to one teacher per grade level, right?
- c> through grade level, um kindergarten through grade level, um kindergarten through sixth<01:00:
- <01:01:03.040>
I one teacher per grade level, right? - I one teacher per grade level, right?
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Jun 22nd, 2026
Business, Professions and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- In other words, do I get to grade my own paper, is what I’m saying.
- city to do an expedited process on a self-graded paper.
- “I will tell you that they don’t get to grade their own paper.
- As far as I understand, there are two levels.
- You submit the design plan…” “I understand there are two levels.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- In Spring Valley, a sixth grade teacher at Kingsland Public School with 44 teachers and 500 students
- The survey will provide district level The survey will provide district level data<00:31:29.600>
- I am a fifth- and sixth-grade language arts and reading teacher in Kingsland Public Schools.
- There this is not as my fifth grade<00:54:03.680>
teacher, <00:54:04.000>Mrs. - Blley, taught me grade teacher, Mrs.
Keywords:
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FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-05-02 (11:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- lower than a C in at least three of the previous five years that the school received a grade and has
- not earned a grade of B or higher in the most recent two school years.
- in the bill, will the School of Hope have two more years to have C or lower grades?
- Even when we get students back from charter schools or private schools that are below grade levels and
- This is where we need to be working hard and getting to that new level of nursing.
Summary:
The House took up a series of Senate messages and concurred in several amendments before passing multiple bills. Early actions included unanimous passage of CS/CS/HB 1299 on Department of Health matters, CS/HB 1549 on financial institutions after removing a Senate-added trust-account provision, and CS/CS/SB 768 on foreign ties in business ownership after trimming registration requirements. The chamber also insisted on its housing amendment to CS/CS/CS/SB 184 after the Senate refused to concur.
A major portion of the meeting focused on CS/CS/HB 875 on educator preparation. The House adopted an amendment restoring two teacher-prep courses, preserving the Florida Center for Teaching Excellence at Miami-Dade College in partnership with USF, and modifying the teacher candidate testing framework and mentor qualifications. Supporters said it reduced barriers while keeping standards; opponents raised concerns about the remaining “identity politics” language and other provisions. The bill then passed 91-22.
The House also passed HB 1101 on out-of-network providers after adopting a House amendment that kept the original bill’s notice and referral provisions with a good-cause exemption, despite objections that it placed too much responsibility on doctors. Later, the chamber approved CS/CS/SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response, with members highlighting debris management, emergency planning, crane safety, and hurricane recovery provisions; it passed unanimously. The House then rejected concurrence in a Senate amendment to HB 1609 on waste incineration, and later spent substantial time debating CS/CS/HB 1115 on education, especially Schools of Hope, expanded co-location authority, funding, transportation, and school-district agreement terms. Critics argued the language was added late and could disadvantage traditional public schools, while supporters said it would expand options for students; the debate continued with the bill still under consideration at the end of the excerpt.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It's been too long, but I was in eighth grade. It was like a middle school of some sort. Okay.
- Below a certain level was the idea, and that would include the townships.
- You are competing against presidential candidates, Senate, House, state level, and federal level in different
- I see a very, very different. level of engagement than those reports claim in our school.
- If you could provide a high-level answer to the question, that would be great.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- That would be handled at the school level, and if there's a disagreement at the school level, potentially
- at the district level, if the parent goes that far, potentially at the school board level, if the parent
- and the district level.
- To provide for grade levels to be served, to provide for an effective date, and to provide for related
- Cole, Poinichan, from pre-K to fourth grade, and we're simply extending that to eighth grade.
NH
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- at that level, there are the next level at that level, there are the next level eventually<01:00
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100K, level, 100K, level, 100K, the<03:39:33.600>local <03:39:34.000>- skin in the game at a level period. skin in the game at a level period.
- levels of special education. levels of special education.
- It can be a good thing if it is at the lower grade levels because it can indicate that students are being