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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Mar 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • District Burbank High School.
  • , K-12 in Texas. at public schools, and students attend public schools.
  • at a high school, an all-black high school has a student car- whatchamacallit, a club.
  • So if all public schools in Texas this applies to charter schools as well? That's right.
  • charter schools.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Mar 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the school day.
  • their school duties.
  • We do not need to. and indeed should not, turn public schools into Sunday schools.
  • Senate Bill 13 provides increased structure and transparency to the processes and standards for school
  • material in our school libraries.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Medicaid reimbursement to participating school districts and public charter schools for delivering direct
  • Over time, this program ballooned and at really no... blame our school districts.
  • We work with approximately 150 school districts, large and small.
  • In some cases, school districts were charging for the cost to transport the student on the bus. to school
  • Then we pay the federal portion through to the schools. Excellent. Thank you.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Education Policy

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  • If there's any questions or school.
  • year that was required a local school year that was required a local school board<00:08:38.320><
  • <00:09:23.200> work responsible for any missed school work responsible for any missed school
  • are already in the school those that are already in the school school<00:15:07.360> systems<00
  • There's limited slots per school. school. school.
TX
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  • She believed that crossing guards, the unsung heroes of the schools, should receive recognition. for
  • Okay good afternoon I'm Charlotte Fieldsmith and I'm a junior at Heath High School.
  • and talented teacher asked us to create a type 3 project that pushed the boundaries of a typical school
  • Elaine and I present I presented them to her on our school television show.
  • I've slowly grown this project throughout my school district and finally with my SAGE English teacher
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Tourism and Gaming Working Group (TGWG) - Wed Apr 15, 2026 @ 11:30 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

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  • Number four is transparency and accountability.
  • Number four is transparency and accountability.
  • Number four is transparency and accountability.
  • Number four is transparency and accountability.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

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  • Uh this is a school safety last year.
  • technology this would be where um school technology this would be where um school officials<00:11
  • whether it actually be on the school whether it actually be on the school grounds<00:11:33.200><
  • ,<00:12:16.240> which district, Scami County Schools, which district, Scami County Schools
  • funding for school safety.
Bills: HB187, HB341, HB4, HB175, HB326
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Mar 20th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We wear John Parker attends Hoover High School and is Parker attends Hoover High School and is Parker
  • or regarding the Alabama Charter School or regarding the Alabama Charter School Finance Authority is
  • And we've done charter schools. schools. And we've done charter schools. schools.
  • And we've done charter schools.
  • School the 2025 American Association of School Administrators National Superintendent Administrators
Bills: SCR 13, SCR 24, SB 1, SB 12, SB 15, SB 17, SB 24, SB 57, SB 65, SB 213, SB 371, SB 372, SB 378, SB 379, SB 388, SB 400, SB 402, SB 427, SB 495, SB 499, SB 502, SB 509, SB 535, SB 583, SB 610, SB 621, SB 650, SB 706, SB 740, SB 840, SB 854, SB 856, SB 875, SB 893, SB 918, SB 925, SB 974, SB 995, SB 1006, SB 1018, SB 1025, SB 1061, SB 1073, SB 1106, SB 1121, SB 1194, SB 1252, SB 1253, SB 1268, SB 1300, SB 1343, SB 1362, SB 1447, SJR 36, SJR 12, SJR 57, SCR 25, SCR 22, SCR 12, SCR 24, SCR 8, SB 565, SB 372, SB 765, SB 62, SB 666, SB 707, SB 888, SB 687, SB 847, SB 1248, SB 740, SB 14, SB 1006, SB 504, SB 925, SB 1121, SB 995, SB 857, SB 305, SB 296, SB 284, SB 815, SB 1379, SB 1300, SB 1497, SB 1499, SB 1498, SB 1061, SB 65, SB 241, SB 304, SB 402, SB 499, SB 621, SB 974, SB 1023, SB 1024, SB 1025, SB 1106, SB 686, SB 112, SB 371, SB 204, SB 400, SB 609, SB 1447, SB 670, SB 502, SB 427, SB 850, SB 854, SB 413, SB 1555, SB 1362, SB 1346, SB 1033, SB 1220, SB 1073, SB 810, SB 987, SB 1539, SB 893, SB 447, SB 875, SB 406, SB 509, SB 985, SB 965, SB 1119, SB 1505, SB 24, SB 57, SB 1194, SB 1253, SB 1215, SB 1532, SB 1268, SB 1302, SB 856, SB 650, SB 583, SB 673, SB 840, SB 213, SB 681, SB 1172, SB 1252, SB 378, SB 610, SB 918, SB 1343, SB 608, SB 487, SB 955, SB 957, SB 988, SB 990, SB 1019, SB 1021, SB 1120, SB 251, SB 958, SB 535, SB 761, SB 1, SB 541, SB 315, SB 379, SB 1018, SB 1737, SB 266, SB 1415, SB 57, SB 499, SB 974, SB 1025, SB 1061, SB 1268, SR 302, SR 303, SR 304, SR 305, SB 30, SB 1333, SB 1666, SB 30, SB 1333, SB 1666
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Transcript Highlights:
  • We have now reached more than 36,000 school students.
  • setting, or with a school employee, and a teacher or any Other school employee has been in the statute
  • say that they're going to have the school investigate this.
  • Speaker, that we want to be preaching to our kids we want to turn Monday school into Sunday school, and
  • What we're doing is we're helping schools how to navigate when this happens.
Bills: HR1046, SB1733, SB1439
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • or in high school.
  • schools.
  • The public schools, invest in your public schools.
  • schools.
  • Because again, our school was a C, D, or an F school at one point, and now we're a B school.
Bills: S1062, S1718, S7038
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met to consider several education bills and the proposed fiscal year 2026-2027 Department of Education budget. The committee first took up CS/SB 1062 on speech and debate, which would formalize Florida’s Speech and Debate Week, strengthen the partnership between the Department of Education and the Florida Debate Initiative, require annual public reporting, and support statewide speech and debate programming. The bill drew extensive supportive testimony from students, alumni, and advocates who said debate improved civic engagement, literacy, confidence, and school performance, while also noting the need for equitable access and funding for travel and competition. The committee adopted a delete-everything amendment and then reported the bill favorably as amended by a unanimous vote of members present. The committee then heard SB 1718 on educator preparation and certification, which expands access to educator preparation coursework, broadens eligibility for temporary certification for some formerly certified professionals, and allows prior subject-area exam results to satisfy requirements. Public testimony largely supported easing barriers for experienced educators while emphasizing that certification changes are only a partial solution to teacher shortages and should be paired with better pay, retention, and professional respect. The bill was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered SB 7038 on education, which included a wide range of higher education and workforce-related changes, including a tuition waiver for Florida State Guard members, residency clarifications, oversight changes for blind services and vocational rehabilitation providers, licensure updates for private colleges, dual enrollment and assessment revisions, scholarship and funding changes, and reserve-fund requirements. An amendment restored the Classical Learning Test as a qualifying option for a grandparent tuition waiver, adjusted a Pell Grant performance metric, changed accreditation timing, and made other technical revisions. A dental education stakeholder raised concerns that one provision could disrupt long-standing exemptions for dental assisting programs, and the Florida Dental Association said it was working with the sponsor to avoid unintended impacts. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably as amended. The final major item was a high-level review of the proposed pre-K-12 budget, totaling $34.9 billion with local funds. Highlights included $30 billion for public schools and K-12 scholarships, a $50 increase in the base student allocation, a 1.64% increase in total funds per FTE, $4.5 billion for family empowerment scholarships as a separate FEFP categorical, $25 million for districts facing future enrollment declines, $65.3 million to help districts with current-year enrollment losses, $432.8 million for VPK, and $30.4 million for regional education consortia. Senators asked about reductions or flat funding in some allocations, teacher pay, declining enrollment support, Schools of Hope funding, and support for non-teaching school staff. Public testimony on the budget focused heavily on concerns about charter and voucher funding, especially the $6 million for Schools of Hope, with speakers urging more investment in traditional public schools, teacher compensation, and school infrastructure. The committee concluded the meeting by adjournment after no further business.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> I'm Billy Parker, superintendent of Scott County Schools in Georgetown, Kentucky.
  • Georgetown, Scott County Schools in Georgetown, Kentucky.
  • <00:13:38.800> And specific Sky County Schools data.
  • And specific Sky County Schools data.
  • I've just got a couple of questions and I always try to say for transparency I work for public schools
Summary: The committee first took up Representative John Blanton’s bill on pension spiking and Kentucky Public Pension Authority administration. Blanton said the measure would make a prior court-related pension-spiking fix retroactive to July 1, 2022, so employees who retired between that date and the court ruling would be treated the same as those covered by the earlier legislation. KPPPA staff said they did not think the bill would go beyond the Court of Appeals ruling, but noted it could prompt requests from people who retired before July 1, 2022. Members asked about how many retirees might be affected, whether the language was narrow enough, and whether the bill could open the door to additional claims; Blanton estimated roughly 1,000 retirees would need review, with fewer actually impacted. No vote was taken on the bill in the excerpt. The committee then heard Senator Matt Nunn and Scott County Schools Superintendent Billy Parker present a proposal allowing school districts to offer teachers and other employees a voluntary payout for unused sick days. Supporters said the idea could improve attendance, reduce substitute costs and classroom disruptions, help retain younger teachers, and potentially lower long-term retirement-related costs because the payout would not count toward pension compensation. They emphasized the program would be optional for districts and employees, would require teachers to keep at least 15 sick days in reserve, and would be district-funded rather than a state cost. Members raised questions about budget impact, tax treatment, pension effects, and whether the incentive would actually change behavior; the bill sponsor and witnesses said the payout would be taxed like other compensation and would not affect TRS or CERS benefits. One member requested reporting on how the program would be used, and the sponsor said he would be open to adding that. The sponsor also noted a later committee-substitute change would allow use of accumulated sick leave for observance of religious holidays not otherwise on the school calendar, with a personal statement from the employee.
KY
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Summary: The committee first handled routine business, including roll call, introductions, and approval of the previous meeting minutes by voice vote. It then heard a presentation on SB 253, focused on expanding support for teacher apprenticeship and teaching-and-learning pathways. Senator Hickman and staff from the Kentucky Department of Education and Nelson County Schools described how the program uses dual credit, work-based learning, and registered apprenticeship to help students earn an associate degree in high school and continue toward a teaching degree. They said the goal is to address the teacher shortage by creating a sustainable pipeline into the profession. Witnesses emphasized that the main barrier is cost. Mary Taylor said Kentucky’s youth apprenticeship model has been successful in other fields and that education should be added as an in-demand sector, but an associate degree alone will not solve the teacher shortage because teachers still need a bachelor’s degree and certification. Laura Arnold of Nelson County Schools described the district’s Lead Nelson program, saying the district has invested more than $800,000 since 2021, currently has 37 students in the pathway and seven committed apprentices, and spends about $85,000 per apprentice from freshman year through certification. She said district staffing, planning, and university partnerships are also significant hurdles. Members asked about job guarantees, tenure, and retirement; Arnold said employment is performance-based and retirement issues are being considered. Senator Hickman said the bill would use lottery funds to help cover tuition and dual credit costs so more districts can participate, noting that a prior version died because of a high fiscal note. Representative Payne and Representative Tipton praised the program but stressed the need for funding and noted inconsistencies between statute and budget language on Work Ready Kentucky and dual credit support. Representative Tipton also cautioned that lottery revenue may not keep pace with demand and said the General Assembly may need to make broader funding decisions. After the apprenticeship discussion, the chair moved the committee to the next agenda item on computer science and AI literacy, where Code.org began a presentation on the importance of computer science for all students.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate and Governmental Affairs May 27th, 2026

Senate & Governmental Affairs

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  • Other than that, we just appreciate the goal of transparency, but transparency should be balanced with
  • Again, we're not against transparency. We want to be transparent. We really do.
  • Again, we're not against transparency. We want to be transparent. We really do.
  • if they want to enroll in school.
  • But prior to going to law school, I was a teacher.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 18, 2026

Judiciary

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  • I started working with the Department of Audit last February on this fiscal transparency measure.
  • These reports are invaluable for transparency, and I thank the department for assisting me in crafting
  • This fiscal transparency is good for Wyoming, and I would stand for questions and I also... it's creating
  • This fiscal transparency<00:11:27.760> is<00:11:28.000> good<00:11:28.160> for<00
  • and I transparency is good for Wyoming and I would<00:11:30.480> stand<00:11:30.720> for
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

General Government REVISED: Links added Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

General Government

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  • Transparency without transparency is a must. Transparency is a must.
  • It's pro-taxpayer, pro-school, and pro-local consent.
  • This allows for transparency and accountability.
  • It's on the school district, and they have a school board election.
  • It just says that we need transparency.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Government Oversight Mar 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Government Oversight

OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 17th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting