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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our most vulnerable students, English language learners, low-income students, students with learning
  • High-need students are low-income students, ELL students, and students with disabilities.
  • Students with anxiety, depression, and aggressive behavioral concerns as young as four or three and as
  • with Boston Public Schools across more than 22 years to prevent and respond to student behavioral health
  • Years to prevent and respond to student behavioral health needs.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Ways and Means Committee held its final public hearing on the FY26 state budget, with chairs and members emphasizing that public testimony would help shape the budget and asking speakers to keep remarks brief. Committee leaders introduced members, explained the hearing process, and repeatedly thanked residents, students, and advocates for participating. No votes were taken during the hearing. Testimony focused heavily on education funding and the Chapter 70 formula. Students from Amherst, Northampton, Gateway Regional, Chester Elementary, and other districts described budget-driven cuts to electives, special education supports, paraprofessionals, counselors, transportation, and building maintenance. They urged higher Chapter 70 aid, increased minimum aid, rural school aid, and a reopening or restructuring of the funding formula, arguing that current formulas leave many districts unable to meet student needs and force local layoffs and overrides. Other speakers urged funding or protection for a range of programs and facilities, including the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide survivor services, the Museum of African American History, the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and CART/interpreter services, the Access to Counsel housing legal aid program, the Department of Mental Health and Pocasset Mental Health Center, and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children. One speaker opposed offshore wind-related spending and urged a reset of the state’s energy approach, while another advocated ending the aircraft sales tax exemption. Committee members responded sympathetically to many speakers, asked a few follow-up questions, and several expressed support for maintaining or expanding the programs discussed.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:26:11.279> that different categories of behavior that different categories of behavior
  • So it's really important that the adults also exhibit those behaviors because our students are watching
  • So it's really important that the adults also exhibit those behaviors because our students are watching
  • So it's really important that the adults also exhibit those behaviors because our students are watching
  • . students. students.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee on Education heard testimony on HB 1895, which would add education-worker protections by expanding harassment-related offenses. The Department of Education, HSTA, HGA, and several school employees and principals testified in support, describing increased harassment and threats toward teachers and staff, especially since COVID, and saying the bill would help deter bad actors. The Office of the Public Defender opposed the measure, saying the language was vague and overbroad, could criminalize ordinary parental advocacy or speech, and might not survive constitutional scrutiny. In response to questions, the public defender said existing statutes already cover threatening or assaultive conduct against educational workers, while DOE representatives said the bill was aimed at excessive and repetitive disruptive behavior. No vote or final action was taken in the excerpt. The committee then took up HB 1592, concerning protections for educational workers and sports officials. DOE, the Charter School Commission, HGA, HSTA, school principals, athletic programs, and many individual testifiers supported the bill, with several describing threats, harassment, and aggressive behavior at schools and athletic events. One principal said he had repeatedly involved law enforcement after threats and incidents on campus, and a teacher testified about the need to keep school environments safe and orderly. The Office of the Public Defender again opposed the bill, arguing that current law already enhances penalties for assaults and terroristic threatening against educational workers and sports officials, and that new offenses would have little deterrent effect. Committee members questioned whether the bill should be a separate statute and how to distinguish passionate advocacy from harassment; DOE said the line was crossed when conduct became excessive and repetitive, while the public defender urged clearer drafting and more emphasis on prevention, education, security, and de-escalation. No vote or final action was announced in the excerpt.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 14th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're students. They're student athletes. They're student athletes.
  • Any student under the age of 18, because by 18 a student can sign their consent themselves.
  • Members, HB 352 is intended to ensure that students with autism and other behavioral health needs have
  • First time in student education.
  • Helped with someone at the school helping with the behavioral health of a student instead of just continuing
Keywords: 974, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Transcript Highlights:
  • Crisis Lifeline be printed on student ID cards.
  • It ensures every student has a lifeline in their hands, literally.
  • Not every student feels comfortable asking an adult for help, but a phone number on the back of a student
  • We teach our students how to prepare for fire drills and lockdowns.
  • IDs for grade 6 through 12 and IDs for college students.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery opened its first public hearing of the 2025–26 session with remarks from the Senate and House chairs outlining the committee’s priorities. They noted recent work on addiction and recovery legislation, the ongoing youth behavioral health crisis, and that members might need to leave periodically for floor votes. The chairs explained hearing procedures, including three-minute testimony limits, written testimony deadlines, and reporting deadlines for Senate and House bills. The hearing then focused on several bills related to youth mental health, overdose prevention, and psychedelic treatment research. A major portion of the hearing centered on bills to improve youth crisis response and overdose prevention. Testimony strongly supported bills to print the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline on student ID cards, with speakers from mental health organizations, crisis centers, and individuals sharing personal stories of depression, suicide attempts, and the importance of making 988 as familiar as 911. Another set of bills would require schools to stock naloxone and provide overdose prevention education. Physicians, harm reduction advocates, students, and grieving family members testified that school-based Narcan access and education could save lives, reduce stigma, and help students recognize overdoses and understand Good Samaritan protections. Senator O’Connor and Tamika Perry also testified for a bill to strengthen substance use prevention education and reduce overdose abandonment, emphasizing the need to teach students about overdose risks and the legal protections for calling 911. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to authorize a pilot program for psychedelic treatment in licensed facilities. Senator Friedman and several medical and behavioral health professionals argued the proposal was a narrow, research-based approach distinct from the broader ballot question rejected in 2024. They said the bill would allow only a small number of supervised clinics to use psychedelics for conditions such as depression, PTSD, anxiety, and substance use disorders, with data reporting and Department of Public Health oversight. Supporters described it as a cautious way to study promising treatments while avoiding unsupervised or commercialized use. Finally, the committee heard support for a bill to create a special commission and five-year strategic plan for children’s behavioral health services, with testimony that the current system is fragmented, difficult for families to navigate, and strained by workforce and funding challenges. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing; the committee primarily received testimony and questions on the bills.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • funding for certain students.
  • How are student needs, whether academic Behavioral and social issues in schools today and what support
  • student behaviors.
  • Behaviors we're just seeing are much more challenging, and whether the students receiving lots of students
  • Student engagement, I think, is the key to student attendance.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Aug 18th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • 86 students in the pipeline.
  • . students in the fall of 2026.
  • , and then the demographics of the students.
  • We send our clinical instructor and all of our students, and they teach the students how to perform basic
  • Which students can qualify for that? Madam Chair, so it's all of our students.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • ... ...where we can find an idea that nudges positive social behavior, positive sustainable behavior
  • , positive sustainable behavior for students and see which methods work the best.
  • I think there’s a student-led advertising difference that drove student choices.
  • I wonder if you can talk a little bit about that, and, you know, are student choices and student demand
  • I know the students want burgers because when I was a student I always wanted to have food.
Summary: The Select Committee on Alternative Protein Innovation held its second informational hearing at UCLA, focusing on California’s alternative protein sector and the role of public institutions in expanding plant-based, fermentation, and cultivated protein options. Chair Ash Kalra opened by highlighting prior state investments in UC research centers, the importance of student engagement, and the hearing’s three panels: reducing the carbon footprint of institutional meals, addressing market challenges to scaling alternative proteins, and advancing future food research and workforce development. Assemblymember Isaac Bryan also briefly praised the committee’s work and its relevance to climate and health goals. The first panel featured Friends of the Earth, UCLA Dining, and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Megan Jones described California school food efforts, including technical assistance and microgrants that helped districts expand plant-based meals, reduce water and carbon footprints, and improve student satisfaction. Pete Angelese explained how UCLA Dining uses concept-driven venues, sustainable purchasing, and marketing nudges to increase plant-forward choices, while Dr. Michelle Wood outlined Los Angeles County’s 2024–2025 board motions to expand plant-based options in county food venues and programs, including joining the World Resources Institute’s Cool Food Pledge. Committee members asked about costs, procurement, and how student and consumer behavior can be influenced. The second panel addressed market barriers to scaling alternative proteins. Zach Weston and Daniel Gertner emphasized that the sector faces a cost-and-scale trap, high capital needs, and financing gaps, and they recommended grants, tax credits, loan guarantees, procurement commitments, and workforce development. T.K. Pillen of Beyond Meat argued that the category has faced a recent downturn due to consumer skepticism, industry attacks on “fake meat,” and pricing pressures, and said the key to renewed growth is increasing demand through better taste, health, pricing, and messaging around “plant protein.” Panelists also discussed hidden subsidies and structural advantages for conventional animal agriculture, and committee members raised questions about iBank loan guarantees and supply chain challenges. The final panel highlighted UCLA’s research and training efforts. Dr. Amy Roet described the Future Food Fellows program, which trains students across disciplines in science, communication, leadership, and community-building, and supports research on scalable, safe, and nutritious alternative proteins. Corinne Smith shared her cultivated meat research and student leadership in the Alternative Proteins Project at UCLA. Dr. Janet Tomiyama presented consumer psychology findings showing that disgust, gender norms, and terminology strongly affect acceptance, with “plant protein” and “complementary proteins” testing better than “fake meat.” The hearing concluded with support for continued public investment, clearer messaging, and expanded education and workforce pipelines to help California remain a leader in alternative protein innovation.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • The end of the year is when students miss more school.
  • Children's behavior also becomes worse toward the end of the year.
Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, and pledge, and then took up a series of Senate amendments, conference reports, and Senate bills. Early action included unanimous adoption and passage of House Bill 3940, which added a five-year Oklahoma National Guard service requirement for benefits. Members also passed H.J.R. 1096 on Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority rule changes, H.J.R. 1100 on Office of Management and Enterprise Services fleet-related rules, and H.J.R. 1099 on Oklahoma Health Care Authority rules, with little debate. The chamber also rejected Senate amendments to H.J.R. 1067 and held a special recognition for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People awareness, including a citation honoring MMIP advocates and Oklahoma’s response through Ida’s Law and related efforts. Several other measures were considered and passed, including House Bill 2992 on Corporation Commission/data center ratepayer protections, Senate Bill 1636 establishing a procedure for cold-case review, House Bill 4302 on children-related disclosure language, Senate Bill 1613 on liquefied petroleum gas, Senate Bill 1443 on anesthesiologist payment in health benefit plans, House Bill 1409 on open meetings, House Bill 1675 on emergency management, House Bill 1225 on vital records, and House Bill 4359 on extending the school testing window from the last three weeks to the last four weeks. House Bill 1381 on alcoholic beverages failed on final passage after debate. Several bills also carried emergency clauses, including House Bill 2992, House Bill 1225, and House Bill 4359, and those emergency votes were adopted where applicable. The longest and most contentious debate centered on Senate Bill 1503, the Choosing Childbirth Act. Supporters argued it would help pregnant women choose childbirth, connect them to resources, and save babies’ lives, while opponents raised concerns about women’s autonomy, maternal health, privacy of online data, out-of-state nonprofit involvement, and whether state funds should instead support Oklahoma-based services and broader health care needs. After extensive debate and multiple questions, the House passed the bill 73-18. The chamber also heard announcements recognizing the Doctor of the Day, Nurse of the Day, Beef Day at the Capitol, and a farewell acknowledgment for Representative Kevin West, who was noted as having presented his last bill on the House floor.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have multiple ways that students can transfer.
  • puts dead in the water the parameters we have on ensuring that education is the first priority for students
Summary: The House considered and passed a series of Senate bills and Senate amendments, mostly on criminal justice, education, health, and administrative matters. Measures approved included SB 1319 creating a revolving fund for the Corporation Commission; SB 1264 expanding the definition of great bodily harm; HB 4237 streamlining court collection of fees, fines, and costs; SB 1277 codifying OESC employment-benefit procedures; SB 269 creating the Advanced Nuclear Office through a strike-everything amendment; HB 3066 renaming a health workforce revolving fund; HB 2153 removing statutory eligibility language and leaving OSSAA transfer rules to the association; HB 2268 adding $2.5 million for PACE; HB 2961 providing a tuition waiver for Gold Star recipients; SB 1679 reaffirming the Oklahoma and U.S. Constitutions as courtroom standards; SB 2018 addressing ad valorem tax cost basis for new construction; HB 4294 restoring title and enacting clause on a health insurance measure; SB 2095 protecting landowners in guiding-service situations; HB 4113 clarifying voting rights restoration for felons; SB 1894 allowing extra professional development hours for newer teachers; SB 1810 updating human trafficking victim and expert-testimony provisions; HB 4268 adjusting terms on the education commission; HB 1752 allowing certain prosecutorial agencies to buy vehicles directly; HB 3413 modifying contract-services dashboard reporting; SB 625 using a strike-everything amendment for domestic-violence/civil-procedure cleanup; and HB 3644 on venous thromboembolism, with title/enacting-clause restoration and other cleanup. Most bills passed with little or no debate, and several emergency clauses were adopted by the required two-thirds vote. One notable bill that failed was HB 2115, which would have moved administration of the federal weatherization assistance program from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Human Services. Representative Osborne explained the bill as a placement change for the program, but after questions about possible budget synergies, the House rejected it 39-41. Osborne later gave notice of intent to reconsider the vote. HB 2153 drew the main substantive debate: Representative Pogemiller opposed the measure, arguing it would weaken transfer-eligibility safeguards for student athletes, while Representative Hall said the bill simply removed duplicative statutory language and left eligibility decisions to OSSAA rules. The chamber also handled several Senate amendments that were largely technical, such as restoring titles and enacting clauses or clarifying fund names and commission terms. Votes on the measures that passed were generally strong, including unanimous or near-unanimous support on several bills. The House later noted a main water break in the building, shifted to announcements and introductions, and adjourned with a motion to reconvene on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm competing with the state of Oklahoma for great students who graduate prepared.
  • Those great students come from classrooms that have a great teacher in front of it.
  • Are the students included? Also, are you trying to protect a particular professor?
  • I think it protects both students and teachers.
  • Didn't that used to be an issue between the student and the professor?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • professional contributions include extensive teaching curriculum development and mentorship of medical students
  • We all agree that students deserve safe buildings or working HAC systems and strong learning environments
  • So this will change it from an assumption that student athletes would need to wait a year to each case
  • receiving school unless the transfer is from a district school that does not offer the grade the student
  • Because would you agree that we'll allow a student to more easily advantage another school by simply
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Seclusion Working Group 12/10/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:54:22.960> Um, actually teach students. Um, actually teach students.
  • access to breaks increase the students' ability to regulate and decrease disruptive behavior.
  • students outbursts and behavioral uh uh students outbursts and behavioral uh uh students who<01:
  • their students. their students.
  • . students. students.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The Seclusion Working Group approved the minutes from its previous meeting by motion and vote. Members then began discussing a set of proposed recommendations submitted by Woodward, Havman, and Hull aimed at addressing concerns about the use of seclusion in special education settings. The recommendations focused on several areas: requiring a mental health professional on the IEP team before seclusion is added to a student’s plan; replacing passive parental consent with explicit written consent in the parent’s native language; limiting seclusion to students receiving setting 3 or setting 4 services; requiring annual review of seclusion frequency and duration data by the IEP team; and creating stronger monitoring and accountability through a reporting system modeled on Minnesota’s existing disproportionality process. The group also proposed mandatory annual staff training, more preventive crisis-intervention supports such as CPI and Ukeru, direct funding and technical assistance for districts, and incorporating restraint/seclusion data into disproportionality calculations. Members discussed how the proposed accountability system might work in practice, including whether a third party or parent reporting mechanism should be added. Woodward explained Minnesota’s current disproportionality framework, including year 1, year 2, and year 3 notifications and the possibility of required coordinated early intervening services if problems persist. Participants also raised concerns about whether schools should track law-enforcement involvement as an alternative or related response to student behavior; some noted that such data is already collected in certain district reporting systems and could be useful to monitor alongside seclusion data. The discussion remained ongoing, with no final action taken on the recommendations during this portion of the meeting.
CT
Transcript Highlights:
  • You're not talking about that kind of behavioral health billing, right?
  • billing for behavioral services.
  • Maybe you need behavioral health in school and behavioral health in the community.
  • health issues impacting students in the state receiving special education.
  • This is for students—special education students with behavioral health issues, right?
Keywords: 962, all
Summary: The meeting began with approval of the May minutes and then moved into administrative updates on several 2025 legislative workstreams. Staff reported progress on two marketing efforts tied to the youth mental health crisis: one focused on increasing awareness and use of urgent crisis centers, and another broader crisis-continuum campaign led by United Way. Both projects are refining materials based on working-group feedback and aim to have materials ready before the start of the school year. Updates were also given on the UCC private insurance review and the crisis continuum review, both of which are gathering data and reconvening working groups over the summer. The main discussion centered on a Civic Solutions Group update on Medicaid school billing. The contractor explained that the project is examining why Connecticut schools are not billing for behavioral health and related services, with the goal of maximizing federal reimbursement. Members clarified that the study is about schools billing for services, not private providers billing in schools. Questions focused on whether Medicaid has caps or authorization issues when students receive services both in school and in the community, and whether recent federal or state changes affect billing. The contractor said the work is still in data collection and analysis, and that some issues, such as reauthorization procedures, were outside his scope. Participants also raised concerns about perceived barriers, fee-for-service limitations, and the need to distinguish school-based billing from provider billing. A second major presentation came from Disability Rights Connecticut on a separate legislative study concerning behavioral health issues affecting students receiving special education. The subgroup is examining the feasibility and impact of requiring evidence-based interventions, especially for challenging behaviors that can lead to restraint and seclusion, and is also looking at monitoring and random audits of restraint and seclusion practices. The team described its project plan, including literature reviews, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and data requests from the State Department of Education and other stakeholders. Members emphasized that the work is aimed primarily at private providers under the statute, but may have broader relevance. Questions from the group focused on whether the study would include public schools, how evidence-based practices apply to students with intellectual disabilities and autism, and whether caregivers or parents would be interviewed; the presenters said caregiver input is not currently part of the charge. The meeting ended with reminders about the July 15 meeting, which will include a Solnit briefing, and a note that August TCB meetings will not be held, though a workshop on the Connecticut Children’s Behavioral Health Provider Survey is being planned for late July or early August.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 03/03/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • These students disproportionately experience escalated behaviors that may result in exclusion, seclusion
  • Assumptions about the intent of the students' behavior further perpetuate these negative interactions
  • Assumptions about the intent of the students' behavior further perpetuate these negative interactions
  • <01:26:25.120> behavior<01:26:25.840> further<01:26:26.239> perpetuates students
  • behavior further perpetuates students behavior further perpetuates these<01:26:27.120> negative
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Policy - 02/05/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:03:59.439> Students<00:03:59.840> are violent behaviors.
  • Students are violent behaviors.
  • As educators and parents, we're asking for assistance and options for students with extreme behaviors
  • problem behavior, reinforcing positive behavior.<00:26:02.880> Um<00:26:03.279> students
  • Um students are reporting that behavior.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPN Informational Briefing 01-14-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to guide students. to guide students.
  • enhance how students learn. enhance how students learn.
  • For students, it does their students.
  • For students needing more intensive supports, we have our school-based behavioral health specialist,
  • For students, there are student actions.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education (01/20/2026)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 578 will make our students happier, which creates healthier and better regulated behaviors in the
  • behavioral supports which are intended to<01:33:41.600> help<01:33:41.840> students<01
  • or restrict participation in recess while staff work with those students to address the behavior and
  • , supervise larger groups of students, and address behaviors in real time.
  • interventions when students struggle with behavior during unstructured settings.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Seclusion Working Group - 08/13/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So my area of special interest was in students with challenging behaviors or students that other teachers
  • > challenging<00:20:19.440> behaviors<00:20:20.160> or<00:20:20.559> students
  • > with challenging behaviors or students with challenging behaviors or students that<00:20:21.120>
  • We have behavior interventionists in all of our buildings that work individually with students during
  • student voice and um allow students student voice and um allow students speak<01:05:24.880> to
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Public Education Mar 18th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Students don't know how to do those things.
  • behavior.
  • Because now our standards are behavioral, we're assessing our children's values, beliefs and behaviors
  • I've seen students um be more aware.
  • And have, have student outcomes improved? Student outcomes, yes. I have definitely seen our scores.
Bills: HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Policy - 03/18/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • due to a challenging student behavior. due to a challenging student behavior.
  • We are seeing high-intensity behaviors, students threatening harm, hitting, kicking, throwing objects
  • , We are seeing high-intensity behaviors, We are seeing high-intensity behaviors, students<02:18:
  • As teacher having clear, consistent behavior expectations helps set students and educators up for...
  • in classrooms while addressing students in classrooms while addressing behavioral<02:34:50.560> um
Keywords: 1187, senate, all