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• It was the central contribution of the Health, Education and Welfare Advisory Committee on Automated

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• reviewed and approved emergency rules for the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education
• One, reviewed and approved emergency rules for the Department of Human Services, the Department of Education
• The subcommittee accepted the recommendations of the Division of Career and Technical Education concerning
• That may help the Education Department. I would appreciate it if you'd share that.
• That may help the Education Department and ClassWallet take care of some of the delay problems, the losing

Committee: All ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)

Summary: The meeting began with a quorum call, prayer, and approval of the previous minutes. Members then adopted a resolution honoring Lori McDonald of the Department of Human Services for nearly 28 years of state service, with remarks praising her legislative work, constituent services, leadership, and emergency response roles. McDonald thanked the committee, and the Senate also presented her with a citation, flag, and commemorative coin. The committee received the May 2026 revenue report, which showed gross adjusted collections of $7.76 billion year-to-date, up 4.4% from the prior year, and a projected surplus of $585.8 million. The executive subcommittee report was adopted, covering emergency rules for DHS and the Department of Education, school district waiver requests, committee fund allocations, cancellation of the July ALC meeting, and authorization for subcommittees to meet in July on urgent matters. The administrative rules report was also adopted after members noted that most rules were approved, with a few pulled by agencies or held. Members then heard a lengthy exchange on the Arkansas Education Department’s ClassWallet contract and delays in expense review for education savings account payments. Department officials said they were meeting regularly with ClassWallet, enforcing contract standards, keeping some reviews in-house, and adding staff and technology improvements to speed processing while maintaining oversight. The committee also adopted reports from Game and Fish and State Police, Hospital/Medicaid/Developmental Disabilities, Lottery Oversight, Occupational Licensing Review, Peer Review, Review, State Insurance Programs Oversight, and Personnel, including a Department of Commerce reallocation tied to a broader shared-services realignment. Under review of communications, members filed several retirement system investment items as reviewed, approved rural community grant funding, gave favorable advice for state park additions, approved special maintenance funding for state parks, and filed Office of State Technology service-rate changes as reviewed. The meeting concluded with no new business and adjournment.

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• the bill expands the parents' bill of rights to include the right to access a child's complete educational
• Chair and members, SB 1798 establishes the financial aid awareness program within the Department of Education
• Yeah, but somebody at the Department of Education is going to have to do all this.
• Can the Arizona Department of Education facilitate this without any cost to them, like hiring another
• And yeah, I just wanted to, if I could just jump in, the Department of Education did not weigh in on

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• Uh, we also have Department of Education. They have submitted written comments.
• Uh we also have Department<00:03:38.400><c> of</c><00:03:38.440><c> Education.
• </c> Department of Education. Department of Education.
• Uh, we also have the Department of Education. They have submitted written in support.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard several resolutions related to state facilities and agency procedures. SCR 177/SR 172 asked the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) to convene a cooperative working group to address state projects requiring county permitting; DAGS supported the measure, and it was adopted unanimously. SCR 37/SR 36 requested a study on the costs and benefits of creating an Office of the State Architect; DAGS offered comments, but the chair deferred the resolution, citing a similar bill and lack of funding for a study. The committee then considered SCR 86/SR 77, which would require bi-level lighting in newly constructed state buildings and facilities beginning in 2028. DAGS and the State Energy Office provided comments, while DLNR, Citizens Climate Lobby, and Climate Future Forum testified in support. The committee amended the measure to apply to state buildings and facilities with designs finalized on or after January 1, 2028, and adopted it. SCR 122/SR 114, which would require written notice before final administrative action affecting protected liberty or property interests, drew comments from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and written comments from DOE, but was deferred due to limited support and time constraints. In the joint GVO/HHS portion, the committee heard SCR 87/SR 79, encouraging the state to examine requiring AEDs in all state-owned buildings and to pursue existing AED programs. The State Health Planning and Development Agency, DOE, the American Heart Association, the Department of Health, an individual testifier, and DAGS all supported the measure; DAGS also described ongoing installation and training efforts in its facilities. The measure was adopted without amendment by both committees, with members noting broad support and no reservations.

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• Retirement Committee to the Public Safety Committee, Public Employment and Retirement Committee, and Education
• and AB 2771, Business and Professions, from the Business and Professions Committee to the Higher Education
• and AB 2771, Business and Professions, from the Business and Professions Committee to the Higher Education
• As a former school board member in East Bay Education, As a former school board member and East Bay education

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• You know, the Jewish community has made contributions to our state in public service, education, business
• Senate Bill 1471 is withdrawn from the Committee on Education.
• Senate concurrent resolution 1012 is withdrawn from the Committee on Education and additionally referred
• Health and Human Services; SB 1204, Appropriations; SB 1557, Health and Human Services; SB 1798, Education
• Education. Placed on file. Second reading of bills. SB 1235 EMS, reciprocity.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Have any of the stakeholder organizations or the State Department of Education weighed in on this?
• to cut funding to an essential service in Idaho, where Idaho is effectively at the bottom in most education
• to cut funding to an essential service in Idaho, where Idaho is effectively at the bottom in most education
• Things like virtual education that has been using IDLA, but there are already virtual educators.

Committee: House Ways and Means

Keywords: 989, all

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• The clerk will read House Joint Resolution 1088 by Kendrix of the House, a resolution relating to education
• So she Recently, she moved to Tulsa to finish up some education, met her husband, and now she's a proud
• It's a faith-based university, and they are all the education and programs are built around that.
• would like to recognize them for what they do, their service to our state and our service to our education
• back behind me in the northeast corner here is A young lady that is here with a group of future educators

Bills: HB3419 , HB4153 , HB3430 , HB3791 , HB3277 , HB4119 , HB4408 , HB3905 , HB3968 , HB3835 , HB3386 , HB2650 , HB3742 , HB3588 , HB3748 , HB4303 , HB4311 , HB3028 , HB4428 , HB4429 , HB4132 , HB1889 , HB3265 , HB1739 , HB4434 , HB3313 , HB3852 , HB4263 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3418 , HB3420 , HB2116 , HB2206 , HB3625 , HB2939 , HB3721 , HB1823 , HB2425 , HB4440 , HJR1087 , HB4003 , HJR1077 , HB1770 , HB1675 , HB3627 , HB3891 , HJR1067 , HB3462 , HJR1053 , HJR1054 , HJR1044 , HB3472 , HB1225 , HJR1019 , HB4145 , HJR1081 , HB1746 , HJR1069 , HJR1050 , HB1638 , HB3327 , HJR1055 , HB3127 , HB4488 , HB2955 , HB3781 , HB3783 , HB3802 , HB2471 , HB2937 , SCR16 , HB2960 , HB3466 , HB3262 , HB3269 , HB3152 , HB4140 , HB4142 , HB3148 , HB3378

Keywords: corruption, nonpublic information, government accountability, criminal law, public office, driver license, reading proficiency, minors, education requirements, alternative testing, attendance, remedial reading, public school, oath of enrollment, court financial obligations, cost hearing, payment plan, community service, court compliance program, debt relief

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• Today I have in front of you Senate Bill 2173 and it creates an educator. There's a committee.
• establishes a landowner energy negotiation, agro agriculture preservation, and orphaned whale mitigation education
• the Corporation Commission but does not require them to establish an energy land remediation and education
• are risks with all this, and I think that when we try to take out, I think these people are more educated
• of people's lives, or do we want to say we believe you're an adult, we believe that you have the education

Bills: SB2173 , SB2028 , SB2117 , SB2127 , SB2134

Committee: Senate Agriculture and Wildlife

Keywords: landowner, energy negotiation, agricultural preservation, orphaned wells, renewable energy, raw milk, unpasteurized milk, milk products, dairy, pasteurization, food safety, consumer warning label, health warning, farm sales, direct-to-consumer sales, ungraded milk, goat milk, raw milk cheese, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, agricultural regulation

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• Partner's Club Empowerment, Tessa advocates for meaningful inclusion and positive change in special education
• Her heart is so good, she's so kind, and of course, my passion for education and special ed students.
• never forget, he goes, 'We bring them here for shotgunning, for fishing, and we trick 'em into an education
• He was a historian, educator, and author.
• about meeting families where they are so we can encourage more participation in saving for higher education

Bills: SR29 , SB667 , SB1466 , SB1942 , SB1989 , SB1670 , SB1716 , SB1521 , SB1273 , SB1433 , HJR1032 , SB1969 , SB1953 , SB1277 , SB1287 , SB1061 , SB1916 , SB1589 , SB2178 , SB1444 , SB1438 , SB1501 , SB1873 , SB1364

Keywords: Black History Month, Black Oklahomans, civil rights, Tulsa Race Massacre, Greenwood, Jim Crow, segregation, all-Black towns, Boley, Langston University, Clara Luper, NAACP Youth Council, Oklahoma Civil Rights Trail, Black history, African American history, racial justice, commemorative resolution, Black excellence, state history, heritage month

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• he was elected to the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board, where he championed public education
• A product of public education, Representative Grijalva was a steadfast advocate for public schools, health
• A product of public education, Representative Grijalva was a steadfast advocate for public schools, health
• And whereas International Holocaust Remembrance Day calls for educating future generations about the
• The Education Committee will be meeting at 2 p.m. in House Hearing Room 1. Representative Griffin.

Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the Journal, and recognized Dr. Heidi Teval as Doctor of the Day. Members then offered several points of personal privilege, including tributes to former Representative Noel Campbell, introductions of guests, and observances tied to Muslim Day at the Capitol, Food Bank Day, and Holocaust Remembrance Day. The chamber also heard remarks from Holocaust survivors and community members, and the House later adopted a proclamation recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The main legislative action was House Concurrent Resolution 2045, honoring the life and public service of former Congressman Raul Grijalva. The resolution detailed his career in education, county government, and Congress, and highlighted his work on public lands, tribal sovereignty, environmental protection, public education, and social justice. The House unanimously adopted the resolution and stood for a moment of respectful silence, then received the Grijalva family in the chamber. Additional floor business included referral changes for HB 2351 and HB 2573, the first reading of several bills, and the second reading of a larger slate of measures covering water, land, energy, agriculture, public safety, immigration, and other topics. No substantive debate or votes on those bills occurred during this session. The House also announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.

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• he was elected to the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board, where he championed public education
• A product of public education, Representative Grijalva was a steadfast advocate for public schools, health
• A product of public education, Representative Grijalva was a steadfast advocate for public schools, health
• And whereas International Holocaust Remembrance Day calls for educating future generations about the
• The Education Committee will be meeting at 2 p.m. in House Hearing Room 1. Representative Griffin.

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• Head Start provides the poorest, least advantaged kids with early childhood education, as well as health
• Head Start provides the poorest, least advantaged kids with early childhood education, as well as health
• We provide prenatal care and affordable child care so parents can focus on their education, their careers
• make it easier for farmworker families to access vital services such as meals, snacks, parental education
• Meals, snacks, parental education, and social service referrals, including professional development opportunities

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services met to hear several measures focused on children, foster youth, farmworker families, and disaster assistance. AJR 12, recognizing May 2025 as Head Start Month and urging Congress and the President to protect and increase Head Start funding, was presented by Assemblymember Hadwick on behalf of Assemblymember Arambula. Testimony emphasized Head Start’s role in early education, health, and family support, especially in rural and low-income communities. The resolution passed 6-0. The committee also heard SB 624, which would expand access to the California Foster Youth Tax Credit by requiring counties to mail notices and provide guidance to non-minor foster youth about filing taxes and claiming the credit. Supporters from John Burton Advocates for Youth and former foster youth described the credit as a meaningful poverty-reduction tool that helps with rent, transportation, and other basic needs. Members praised the bill, and it passed 7-0 as amended to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. SB 778 would broaden eligibility for the Migrant Child Care and Development Program by redefining migrant agricultural worker family and allowing self-certification of income eligibility. Support came from the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation, California Citrus Mutual, and First 5 California, with witnesses saying the changes would ease enrollment for farmworker families facing seasonal and verification challenges. The bill passed 7-0 to Appropriations. The committee also approved a consent calendar containing SB 444, SB 471, and SB 792, all on a 7-0 vote. Finally, SB 739 would authorize the Department of Social Services to check whether counties in disaster areas can provide timely CalFresh and Disaster CalFresh services, aimed at improving coordination when local systems are damaged or overwhelmed. Supporters said the bill would help protect access to food benefits after disasters, and members noted its importance in light of recent Los Angeles County emergencies. The bill passed 7-0 to Appropriations, and the meeting adjourned after all items were acted upon.

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• plays in pollinator health through identifying ways we can prevent habitat. loss, consider public education
• In Farr, Texas, a local high school built a pollinator garden to educate students about the value of
• Aimed at protecting pollinator habitat and educating about the importance of pollinators, states have
• I think one of the issues is just lack of education and awareness.
• That's one of the things this task force would do: look at ways that we can educate. the public.

Bills: HB630 , HB685 , HB1318 , HB2692

Committee: Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Keywords: outboard motors, certificate of title, vessel regulation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, marine documentation, HB 685, municipal utility rates, water rates, sewer rates, local government code, rate discrimination, tax-exempt entities, sales tax exemption, ad valorem tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, charitable organizations, municipal water service, municipal sewer service, utility billing, public utilities

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• Veteran education. We have a federal grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
• We also have the state education benefit, which is Hazelwood.
• They also send out releases for us, such as our Veteran Education Excellence Award press release.
• That's where we award those institutions of public education for their superior service to veterans.
• like Project Lifeline, which allows us to conduct outreach efforts on post and provide critical education

Committee: Senate Veteran Affairs

Summary: The Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs heard a briefing from the Texas Veterans Commission on its major programs and outreach efforts. TVC described its claims assistance, health care advocacy, education oversight, employment services, entrepreneurship support, mental health and suicide prevention work, women veterans services, grant funding for nonprofits and local governments, and support for veteran treatment courts. The agency also highlighted its communications strategy, including media outreach, events, newsletters, social media, and the Texas Veterans State Benefits Booklet, and noted that less than 58% of veterans were aware of TVC in the latest needs assessment. A committee member asked about performance metrics, and TVC said each appropriation has associated measures and that it could provide recent results. The committee then took up Senate Bill 651, which would allow a county veterans service office in a large county to report either directly to commissioners court or to a designated county executive official. Senator West explained the bill as a cleanup of current practice, and Dallas County testified in support, saying the change would streamline internal management. No opposition was heard, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 897 would reduce the non-state matching requirement for the Texas Veterans and Family Alliance grant program in larger counties from 100 percent to 75 percent in the committee substitute, rather than the 50 percent reduction in the filed version. Supporters from MetroCare and Emergence Health Network said the lower match would help sustain and expand veteran mental health services, citing increased demand and program growth. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also adopted its rules. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 1814, which would create an interagency database to collect and coordinate contact information for transitioning veterans so agencies could proactively connect them with services. Senator Hancock said the goal was to better use information already being collected, though he noted the bill had a significant fiscal note. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1818, which would create a temporary six-month licensing and certification process for military members and spouses assigned to Texas while they wait for letters of good standing from other states. VFW testified in support, emphasizing the importance of employment for military families. Both bills were left pending, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• He puts a lot into it and adds a lot to it, and he educates me so very.
• He puts a lot into it and adds a lot to it, and he educates me so very.
• He puts a lot into it and adds a lot to it, and he educates me so very.
• He puts a lot into it and adds a lot to it, and he educates me so very.
• He puts a lot into it and adds a lot to it, and he educates me so very.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:56 SJR 28 Discussion 01:44 SJR 28 Roll Call Vote 03:32 SB 179 Discussion 04:08 SB 179 Roll Call Vote 07:33, 958, all

Summary: The committee opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approval of the minutes. After no special guests were recognized, members took up a joint resolution carried by Senator Nemes for Senator Adams concerning reformulated gasoline requirements in Jefferson County and parts of Oldham and Bullitt counties. The resolution would direct the Energy and Environmental Cabinet to revise the state air quality implementation plan to remove the reformulated gas mandate. Senator Nemes argued the requirement is outdated and has little practical effect given modern vehicles and fuel standards, and members voted to pass the resolution unanimously. The committee then heard Senate Bill 179 from Senator Danny Carroll, which would create a nuclear energy development grant program within the Nuclear Energy Development Authority. Carroll explained that the bill would set aside $10 million from the previously appropriated $40 million investment for grants supporting nuclear energy development in Kentucky, with grants capped at $2 million and administered entirely by NEITA rather than through Economic Development. He and several members emphasized the need for Kentucky to invest in nuclear energy to keep pace with states like Tennessee, which was cited as having invested heavily and attracting business activity around small modular reactors. Members expressed strong support for the bill, with Senator West and others praising the initiative and calling it important for Kentucky’s energy future. The committee voted the bill out favorably with an expression that it shall pass. Before adjournment, the chair encouraged members to review the other energy bills that had been heard recently and stressed the importance of moving quickly on energy policy measures. A motion was then requested to close the meeting.

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• Sarah Kate Hawthorne was placed in the Education Committee.
• Board of Education.
• They were victories for the American promise that education and opportunity belonged to everyone.
• As a parent and lifelong educator, I'm a big supporter of athletic programs, but every student deserves
• They have been artists and educators, veterans and advocates, parents and neighbors.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• It can also be community engagement, education, job training.
• I'm also a trustee serving on the San Juan Unified Board of Education, the seventh largest school district
• California Edge Coalition advocates for education and workforce investments as well as systems change
• to co-sponsor SB 1054 because California needs stronger workforce data to understand whether our education
• streamlined work verification, helping preserve access to food and health care that make work in education

Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee heard several bills, with most of the discussion focused on insurance transparency, claims handling, privacy, and regulatory enforcement. SB 877 and SB 878 by Senator Pérez addressed post-disaster claims practices: SB 877 would require insurers to disclose original and revised loss estimates and related claim materials to policyholders, while SB 878 would add automatic interest penalties for delayed claim decisions or payments and require written identification of disputed items. Fire survivors, consumer groups, AARP, the Department of Insurance, and other advocates supported both bills, while insurer groups moved to neutral after amendments. Both bills were voted out on roll call and reported to the Committee on Appropriations. The committee also considered SB 1054 by Senator Cabaldon, which would expand data sharing and reporting to improve workforce program evaluation and help counties verify work requirements for Medi-Cal and CalFresh using employer-reported hours worked. County officials, workforce advocates, and the Department of Insurance supported the measure, and no opposition was heard. The bill passed on a due-pass-as-amended motion to the Committee on Labor and Employment. SB 1209 by Senator Allen, presented with Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, would give the commissioner stronger enforcement tools to require insurers to carry out corrective actions identified in market conduct examinations, including fines and hearings for noncompliance. The commissioner and author said the bill would close an enforcement gap and improve accountability; there was no opposition testimony, but the bill was left on call after the roll. The committee also heard SB 354 on insurance privacy, presented by Senator Padilla on behalf of Pro Tem Limón, which would modernize insurance privacy rules by expanding consumer rights over personal data, limiting sale and use of sensitive information, and increasing disclosure requirements. Supporters said the bill updates outdated 1980s-era rules, while insurers, agents, and business groups raised concerns about scope, compliance burdens, and small-business impacts. Members indicated the bill was still being negotiated and would return in a revised form in the Privacy Committee.

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• It can also be community engagement, education, or job training.
• I'm also a trustee serving on the San Juan Unified Board of Education, the seventh largest school district
• California Edge Coalition advocates for education and workforce investments as well as systems change
• to co-sponsor SB 1054 because California needs stronger workforce data to understand whether our education
• streamlined work verification, helping preserve access to food and health care that make work and education

Committee: House Insurance

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So right now all that highlighting shows the sessions that are educational that we currently give, either
• But we do have two things there: the open administrative officer position and the education and training
• administrative officer position that's open right now, you know, can we transition that into the education
• And then the education and training specialist.
• Emily is saying, what we want to do to help the legislature be more effective in its role to help educate

Committee: Joint Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee

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