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CA
Transcript Highlights:
- the academic spending leading to bigger effects, because it's very targeted on learning math and literacy
- If you, in your first two years of school, don't end up getting the literacy basics, don't get... the
- And then just different programs, new literacy programs. that we have actually put in place.
- Tutors, professional development, literacy programs?
- Are you referring to any particular types of literacy programs? Well we use what's called UFLY.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Organizational business meeting to consider committee rules for the 119th Congress, and other pending calendar business. Jan 21st, 2025
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- solving the nation's education woes, the committee must look at the severity of declining child literacy
- We will examine this and work with local and state partners to improve literacy nationwide and to address
- literacy.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- courses that integrate the use of technology must include instruction to improve students' digital literacy
- It specifies that if a high school computer science course includes instruction on artificial intelligence
- , that instruction should include foundational understanding. ...computer science course includes instruction
- science courses that use AI, and also requires that the Department of Education create new computer
- provisions related to the general education core courses and artificial intelligence in high school computer
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and recognitions, including a resolution honoring Bob Graham and a moment of silence for firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber then moved through a special-order calendar with multiple bills, many of them paired with House companions and amended before final passage. Early action included adoption of a tax conformity bill tied to federal changes in the Internal Revenue Code, with a 34-0 vote.
The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/SB 1758, a Medicaid and SNAP reform bill. The sponsor described provisions to strengthen fraud enforcement, impose work requirements for able-bodied adults, expand behavioral health services through a waiver, modernize Medicaid drug purchasing, and require a SNAP fraud-reduction plan and photo ID on EBT cards. Democrats offered amendments to delay work requirements until Medicaid expansion and to add protections for SNAP users such as caregivers, seniors, disabled individuals, and domestic violence survivors; both amendments failed. Senators also questioned implementation details, exemptions, and potential effects on vulnerable populations. After debate, the bill was placed on the calendar for third reading.
The Senate also passed bills on technology education and AI instruction, a public records exemption and related Parkinson’s Disease Registry measures, designation of the SS American Victory as the state flagship, electronic payments for local governments, repeal of the sunset on legal tender recognition for gold and silver, public records protections for financial and digital-asset custodians, a Florida stablecoin pilot program, local government budget transparency, digital voyeurism, insurance customer representative licensing, and a medical freedom bill with amendments on vaccine-related materials and anti-kickback provisions. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, though the public records bill for gold/silver custodians and the legal tender repeal drew a few dissenting votes.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 10, February 20, 2026-AM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate File 59, K through 12 Language and Literacy Program, sponsored by Education.
- Program sponsored by and Literacy Program sponsored by Education.
- It it doesn't understanding of literacy.
- professional development for literacy. professional development for literacy.
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Uh that is dealing with literacy. Uh that is dealing with literacy.
OK
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- that I have come across, and I think it just speaks to his diligence and his interest in education, literacy
- I know he has worked closely with members of this committee and leadership in our literacy efforts in
- we were able to have, I really want to encourage you to lean into the areas where we know adult literacy
- other ways in which individuals who are not of public school age have a way to receive the gift of literacy
- I think it will pay dividends and being able to address those literacy concerns for our young learners
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- students, parents, and chaperones, and faculty from Le Jardin Academy in Kailua here to advocate for literacy
- and this requires dyslexia screening, effective interventions, and teacher training in structured literacy
- interventions, and teacher training in interventions, and teacher training in structured<00:04:22.640>
literacy - >
And <00:04:23.640>I <00:04:23.720>have <00:04:23.960>to structured literacy - And I have to structured literacy.
Bills:
SB3225, HCR53, HCR57, HCR101, HB1878, HB1481, SCR40, SCR59, SCR114, SCR197, SCR198, SR30, SR107, SR185, SR186
Keywords:
statutory revision, Hawaii Revised Statutes, clarification, obsolete provisions, legal accuracy, University of Hawaii, Board of Regents, associate degree, degree audit, reverse transfer, credit audit, student completion, credential attainment, community college transfer, four-year campus, higher education, postsecondary attainment, workforce development, student retention, graduation pathways
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Conference Committee on HF2431 5/16/25 - Part 1
Transcript Highlights:
- language, the treatment of appropriations section, the Senate-only provision for the College Financing Literacy
- language, the treatment of appropriations section, the Senate-only provision for the College Financing Literacy
- only provision for the<00:10:53.120>
College <00:10:53.440>Financing <00:10:54.000>Literacy - <00:10:54.560>
Act <00:10:54.880>is the College Financing Literacy Act is the College - Financing Literacy Act is out.<00:10:57.360>
The <00:10:58.160>differing <00:10:58.640>
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Postsecondary Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- AFTER BEING NAMED AS A PARTNER WE LAUNCHED IN 2018 A PATHWAY TO THE READING ENDORSEMENT WE CALL THE LITERACY
- WE ARE FOCUSED ON AN ECOSYSTEM OF SUPPORTS SO OUR LITERACY PROGRAM IS WHERE WE HAVE HAD THE GREATEST
- PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AROUND THOSE BOOKS, OVER 1200 EDUCATORS AND WE WILL TELL Y'ALL MORE ABOUT THE LITERACY
- WORLD STATUTE BEGAN TO INCLUDE WAS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATORS IN THE FORM OF WORK EARLY LITERACY
- FUNDING AVAILABLE TO EDUCATORS SO WE CREATED THREE COMPETENCY-BASED MICRO-CREDENTIALS IN EMERGENT LITERACY
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 5th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Assembly Bill 1454 by Speaker Robert Rivas and others, an act relating to literacy.
- Assembly Bill 1454 by Speaker Robert Rivas and others, an act relating to literacy. Mr.
- We worked closely with educators, administrators, families, literacy experts, civil rights advocates,
- aligned with evidence-based practices, and new administrator training standards to support effective literacy
- So literacy is the foundation; it is the future for all of us, and we should all be adult readers as
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long floor file of bills. Early measures passed with little or no debate, including AB 698 on local transfer taxes and affordable housing analysis, AB 456 on mobile home sales, AB 1129 on reportable infant health conditions, AB 69 on Fair Plan insurance notices and voluntary market searches, AB 357 on expedited student and faculty housing permits, AB 383 on firearms code cleanups, AB 426 on drones interfering with emergency response, AB 825 on energy affordability and transmission financing, and AB 699 on ballot transparency for local tax and bond measures. Most of these bills passed unanimously or with strong bipartisan margins, while AB 825 drew the most extended debate over whether it would lower costs or expand state control of energy infrastructure; it ultimately passed 45-5.
The most contentious item was AB 84, which would strengthen oversight of non-classroom-based charter schools and tighten accountability for charter spending and operations. Supporters argued it was needed to stop fraud and misuse of public education dollars, citing major scandals and audit findings, while opponents warned it would harm legitimate charter schools, reduce educational options, and disproportionately affect rural and special-needs students. Several members said they supported the bill only to keep negotiations going, and others urged more targeted or delayed action. After extensive debate and multiple amendments, the Assembly passed AB 84 on a 41-22 vote.
The chamber also took up AB 610, a housing bill that would require cities and counties to disclose planned housing restrictions and limit new constraints for three years after housing element approval. The author framed it as a certainty and transparency measure to help address the state’s housing shortage, while noting continued discussions with local governments and housing advocates. The transcript ends with the bill’s presentation and request for an aye vote, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- services ranging from housing assistance and food programs to transportation and early childhood literacy
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Imagination <04:46:26.878>- And I'm concerned Elon Musk wants to privatize Social Security, and he through his new computer company
company and he through his new computer company and he through his new computer
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We launched in 2018 a pathway to the reading endorsement that we call the Literacy Matrix.
- And so our literacy program is where we've had the greatest elaboration of all of the different supports
- And we'll tell you a little bit more about the literacy microcredentials that we've offered online in
- And so we created three competency-based microcredentials: an emergent literacy, an elementary, and a
- All of this together, it's almost 27,000 educators that we've been able to reach through the literacy
Summary:
The Education Postsecondary Committee held its first meeting and focused on state university centers and institutes, with an overview from the Board of Governors on how the more than 500 centers and institutes across Florida’s public universities are categorized, overseen, and reported. The Board described three categories: state-level centers, legislatively established centers, and university-established centers. Members were told universities must maintain policies, notify the Board of changes, publish public inventories, and submit annual reports and compliance certifications. Senator Harrell asked about funding sources and whether underperforming centers are reviewed for elimination; the response was that funding varies by center and that universities decide whether to maintain or disband centers under their own policies, with annual reporting and audit findings shared with the Board.
Four university presentations followed. Florida Atlantic University highlighted its Center of Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology, describing research in marine-derived drug discovery, genomics, imaging, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and ocean sustainability, along with spin-off institutes and partnerships that have generated significant grant and contract support. FIU presented its Center of Excellence for Hurricane Damage Mitigation and Product Development, emphasizing the Wall of Wind facility, hurricane and water intrusion testing, code and product innovation, insurance modeling, and future expansion toward higher wind speeds and flood simulation. Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute described work in advanced materials, aerospace composites, sensors, nanocomposites, and AI-enabled materials development, along with patents, industry partnerships, and new facilities tied to economic development. The University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Learning outlined its work on teacher professional learning, literacy, New Worlds Reading, tutoring, and mathematics supports, including microcredentials, statewide book distribution, and early results showing improved reading confidence and growth.
Members generally praised the centers for their research, commercialization, workforce development, and education impacts. Senator Jones and Senator Harrell commended the Lastinger Center’s literacy work and the broader return on investment from these programs, while Senator Berman noted the value of the synergies across institutions. The chair emphasized that future funding requests should clearly show measurable success, commercialization, and statewide impact. The committee then adjourned without any formal votes on legislation.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Commission on Race & Access to Opportunity (6-24-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- We've always done um literacy part.
- > that's<00:35:06.880>
helping financial literacy and that's helping financial literacy and - You say financial literacy.
- You say financial literacy.
- You say financial literacy.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony focused on barriers facing minority-owned businesses and on local programs intended to improve access to capital and contracting opportunities. A representative from the U.S. Black Chambers described disparities in minority spending, argued for more intentional and transparent investment in Black communities, and emphasized the need to disaggregate data, hold officials accountable, and expand tools such as the byBlack certification directory. He also stressed that businesses need technical assistance, resources, and opportunities to grow through mergers, consortiums, and joint ventures.
The main presentation then came from Larry Forester and Tyrone of Commerce Lexington, who outlined what they called eight major barriers for minority businesses, including limited access to capital, weak mentorship networks, discrimination and bias, bureaucratic hurdles, branding and visibility challenges, stereotyping, generational knowledge gaps, and limited financial literacy. They described several Commerce Lexington initiatives: the Access Loan Program, which brings small businesses before a pool of 26 lenders; a Minority Business Accelerator to help firms scale and connect with prime contractors; and an Opportunity Exchange for business owners to share experiences and lessons learned. They said the Access Loan Program has funded nearly $26 million in loans with an average loan size of about $62,000.
Members asked about bias in lending and how to make contracting and certification easier for minority firms. Forester said applications are vetted by a subcommittee before reaching the full lender group, with attention to completeness and readiness, and that only one lender needs to say yes. On contracting, the witnesses said certification can be burdensome and suggested more hands-on help from the state, relationship-building events that include decision-makers, and incentives rather than mandates. They also relayed policy ideas from a business owner, including culturally informed underwriting, public-private matching grants, supplier diversity enforcement, and mentorship tied to capital access. No votes or formal committee actions were taken in the portion provided.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Education (8-18-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- The document was enhanced to improve usability, particularly the interdisciplinary literacy practices
- practices graphic was updated literacy practices graphic was updated on<00:10:35.279>
the <00: - That's kind of the gold standard for literacy. However, there is no gold standard for numeracy.
- the gold standard for for literacy. the gold standard for for literacy.
- When we did and literacy coaches.
Keywords:
Call to Order and Roll Call - 00:13
Approval of Minutes - 4:07
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing - 5:18
Math Improvement Committee Report - 21:02
ETS Praxis Exam - 41:47
KDE Performance Review Data - 1:15:04
Adjournment - 1:57:54, 958, all
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from KDE on the revised Kentucky academic standards for reading and writing. KDE explained the statutory six-year review process, the public comment periods, and the main revisions, including updates tied to the science of reading, decodable text, encoding/decoding, and an updated vision statement. KDE said 308 responses were received on the initial public comment, most respondents favored keeping standards as-is, and about 12% of standards were revised. The department also said the document was streamlined by removing repeated graphics and reducing its size by about 24%, and that a later comment period drew more than 400 responses. No new standards were flagged for review.
Members asked about alignment between standards, curriculum, assessments, and NAEP, and KDE said instructional resources should be aligned to standards, KSA assessments are aligned to the standards, and screeners/diagnostics help identify student needs. Representative Truett raised the idea of a textbook-to-standards crosswalk, and KDE said publishers and a future repository partner should provide such crosswalks for local districts. Representative Bojanowski asked why foundational reading skills are not directly assessed on the third-grade KSA; KDE responded that the assessment is designed to measure end-of-grade expectations, while screening and diagnostics are used earlier to identify decoding needs. Representative Gel asked about early childhood supports, and KDE said it is working with early learning and special education offices and promoting LETRS professional learning for both teachers and preschool educators.
The committee then received the mathematics improvement committee report. KDE said the mathematics committee unanimously approved a new strategic plan for improving math achievement from pre-K through grade 20 and adult education. The plan centers on six priorities: student empowerment, effective mathematics teaching and learning, continuous educator development and growth, a continuum of learning, community and family partnerships, and teacher recruitment and retention. KDE said the plan is intended as a living document with goals, recommended actions, and evidence bases, and that it aligns with the Kentucky Numeracy Counts Act by supporting high-quality instructional resources, professional learning, and family resources. In response to Senator Thomas, KDE explained that the professional learning recommendation means districts should tailor teacher training to classroom needs and instructional materials so math teachers are better equipped to implement standards and support students.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
A&B Health Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- Bill 3016 comes from a personal experience in my life as we focus this year on our need to improve literacy
- we get into the funding question and what we're willing to spend to solve these issues regarding literacy
- This came up kind of kind of Quickly, with our focus now on literacy and other issues, we have addressed
Keywords:
dental insurance, claims, medical necessity, appeal procedures, dentist reimbursement, education, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, family caregiver, tax credit, activities of daily living, elderly care, Oklahoma tax law, HB3066, Health Care Workforce Training Commission, workforce recruitment, health care workforce
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We have seen incredible increases in our literacy.
- invest more heavily into literacy invest more heavily into literacy improvements<01:17:29.440>
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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Jan 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am
A&B Education Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- Public libraries are hubs for early childhood literacy and school readiness, digital skills building,
- workforce development, health literacy, and lifelong learning.
- $588,050 are pass-through sub-grants to public libraries, so that is Youth services, early childhood literacy
- , summer reading, health literacy, citizenship, and civic engagement: all of those dollars are directly
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 10, February 20, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I [clears throat] We all get a lot of email on our computers and one of the reports we get is on the
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Committee on Federal Funding, Policy and Accountability Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
House Committee on Federal Funding, Policy and Accountability
Transcript Highlights:
- Nutrition literacy, Woburn Public Library and Brockton Public Library.
- Nutrition literacy programs at the Beckett Atheneum, Springfield City Library, Athol Public Library,
- aimed at students all the way across the educational spectrum, so we were able to keep the early literacy
- We were able to keep the early literacy one and Encyclopedia Britannica, which is used by school-age
- If we do not find the vehicles through which to help support that training and that literacy and that
Summary:
The hearing focused on the impact of recent federal policy and budget actions on Massachusetts libraries, humanities organizations, arts institutions, and tourism. Testimony from library leaders described the loss or jeopardy of Institute of Museum and Library Services funding, including statewide databases, local grants, staff positions, E-rate/hotspot support, and digital equity programs. Witnesses said the cuts have already forced reductions in services, canceled grants and workshops, and in some cases left schools, students, job seekers, and low-income patrons without access to key resources. Members of the committee asked for lists of affected communities and databases, and several witnesses said they would provide additional written detail.
Arts and humanities witnesses said federal terminations from the NEA, NEH, and IMLS have hit organizations across the Commonwealth, including Mass Cultural Council, Mass Humanities, Mass MoCA, and local museums and historical societies. They described canceled or rescinded grants, layoffs, reduced programming, and a chilling effect on future applications and on artistic and scholarly work, especially where federal awards had already been matched with local or private funds. Several speakers also raised concerns about executive-branch DEI conditions attached to funding and about book challenges and book banning, saying these trends threaten intellectual freedom and public access to culture and history. Committee members emphasized the economic importance of the sector and the need to publicize the impacts.
Tourism officials from Meet Boston and the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism testified that federal cuts and broader geopolitical and tariff issues are hurting international visitation, especially from Canada and Western Europe, and could affect major upcoming events such as the 2026 World Cup and Sail Boston. They said reduced funding for Brand USA and Discover New England will weaken long-term marketing efforts and international partnerships, with downstream effects on hotel tax revenue, jobs, and workforce recruitment. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, with members mainly asking questions and requesting follow-up written testimony and data.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion
Transcript Highlights:
- And are there opportunities where maybe we can start having this financial literacy conversation, even
- And so as we're having the conversation around financial literacy, I just want to ask if we can get that
- And if we could have some conversations about financial literacy, but also not just on wages, but also
- You heard my conversation about financial literacy, I'm assuming?
- Is most of the confidence not the initial deposit, but the financial literacy that comes with the family
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion held a hearing on the impact of federal policy on the racial wealth gap in Massachusetts, the fourth in a series on federal impacts on racial equity. Chair Bud Williams and Chair Miranda opened by emphasizing that no bills were being heard and that the committee would instead take testimony from invited witnesses; public written testimony was also accepted. The chairs and witnesses repeatedly cited long-standing wealth disparities affecting Black and brown communities, including homeownership, wages, business ownership, and access to capital, and linked those disparities to federal policy changes, housing, education, health care, and workforce development.
Administration officials testified first. Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Lauren Jones described persistent labor market disparities, including higher unemployment for Black and Latino residents, lower median hourly wages, and underemployment among degree holders, and highlighted state efforts such as ESOL-for-work funding, workforce training grants, MassHire career centers, skills-based hiring, and the state equity dashboards. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kiami Mahania argued that poverty drives poor health, not the reverse, and said wealth gaps contribute to chronic disease, maternal health inequities, medical debt, and shorter life expectancy; she pointed to the Advancing Health Equity Massachusetts initiative, a health care affordability working group, and the governor’s push to bar medical debt from credit reporting. Assistant Secretary Juan Vega of EOED focused on entrepreneurship and procurement, citing technical assistance grants, founder support programs, place-based investment, the Business Front Door, and the need to broaden access to contracts, capital, and business growth opportunities.
Committee members pressed the panel on the effects of the federal “big beautiful bill” on households, especially single-parent and Black women-led households, and on whether the state could develop more timely data systems instead of relying on federal numbers. Officials said the impacts were still being monitored, but warned that Medicaid and SNAP changes would likely hit lower-income households and community institutions hard. Members also asked about unions and apprenticeships, microbusiness definitions, supplier diversity, pay equity, and degree inflation; the administration said registered apprenticeships and skills-based hiring are key tools, and noted that wage equity reporting is still in its early stages. Later testimony from BECMA’s Nicole O’Bean stressed that tariffs, DEI rollbacks, immigration enforcement, capital gaps, and federal funding cuts are constraining Black-owned businesses and inclusive procurement, while Gastón Institute researchers described severe Latino homeownership and rent burdens, educational inequities, and the need for housing, labor, and education policy changes to close the wealth gap.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/23/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I would suggest that that term be changed to financial literacy, something like that. And so, Mr.
- I would suggest that that term be changed to financial literacy, something like that. And so, Mr.
- That term be changed to financial literacy, something like that. And so, Mr.
- financial literacy. financial literacy.
- , at the definition of financial literacy, at the definition of financial literacy, it's<00:15:49.519