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• </c><00:24:02.679><c> uh</c><00:24:02.880><c> at</c> 53,000 students uh at 53,000 students uh at 1868
• </c> concert um they've prepared my students concert um they've prepared my students for<00:27:23.159
• Well, we open this up to all students, not just students at St. Michael-Albertville.
• students not just students<01:00:11.240><c> at</c><01:00:11.400><c> St</c><01:00:11.599><c> Michael<
• and members of vo's 8 I've both students and members of vo's 8 I've had<01:00:33.680><c> students</c

Bills: HF1679 , HF1019 , HF2321 , HF1740 , HF2278

Committee: House Legacy Finance

Keywords: public television, funding, grants, arts and culture, Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, arts education, cultural heritage, community engagement, public radio, community radio, educational grants, community cable, public access, programming funding, civic engagement, ethnic media, public access television, Minnesota Humanities Center, funding appropriation

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• So students could bring their gym.
• </c> language arts projects where students language arts projects where students read<00:28:14.320><c
• Um, it also student is important.
• </c> keeping students successful in school. keeping students successful in school.
• And those rights of and students.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• On campuses across America, Jewish students have the right.
• He drove his car up on the curb, saw students outside, and tried to run them over.
• But, in a general sense, students just want the ability for normal campus life.
• Since a lot of our students, 12% of U.S.
• Every student in America should hear what David Schachter shared with us today.

Committee: Senate Aging (Special) Committee

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• Now, obviously, FFA is an agricultural organization, but we are also student-led.
• So we focus heavily on student leadership growth and civic engagement.
• Now, obviously, FFA is an agricultural organization, but we are also student-led.
• So we focus heavily on student leadership growth and civic engagement.
• This year, I believe we had around 300 students that we took out there.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 989, all

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• </c><00:09:48.519><c> athletes</c><00:09:49.160><c> are</c><00:09:49.480><c> students</c> remember student
• athletes are students remember student athletes are students first<00:09:50.959><c> and</c><00:09:51.120
• The evidence across the country is clear: the more students you allow to play, the more students will
• you allow to play the more students you allow to play the more students<00:31:56.880><c> will</c><00
• </c><00:36:45.079><c> to</c> sports are safe for all students to sports are safe for all students to

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And the question in my mind is, why do we decide to take students out?
• schools picking students because of their athletic ability.
• schools picking students because of their athletic ability.
• We're adding back students to local ISD school, Senator West: Students to local ISD school health advisory
• He took students off of the board.

Summary: The Senate first adopted a motion to move the intent calendar deadline to 4 p.m. and then took up several bills by suspending the regular order of business. Senate Bill 2031, concerning removal of high fences around breeder deer release sites, passed after an amendment shortened the testing period from five years to three, tied visible identification requirements to the date Parks and Wildlife began requiring them, and made the bill effective immediately. Senate Bill 1490, a cleanup to adult charter high school funding, and Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2227, creating a process for delayed birth certificates and renamed the Charles E. Barton Act, both passed unanimously after floor amendments. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1964, regulating artificial intelligence systems used by state agencies, also passed unanimously after the author described guardrails for high-risk AI and disclosure requirements. The Senate then considered Senate Bill 2877, which increases penalties for election fraud and related attempts; after debate over whether existing law already covers some conduct and whether the bill was necessary given the small number of convictions, it passed to engrossment and later final passage on a 21-10 vote. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2658, on brackish groundwater production and study, passed after four amendments, including one giving water districts authority to stop production if monitoring shows harm to freshwater supplies or subsidence and another returning a portion of transported water revenue to districts. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 648, strengthening recording requirements for real property instruments to help prevent deed theft, also passed on a 26-4 vote. Other measures approved included Committee Substitute Senate Bill 401, making it easier for homeschool students to participate in UIL activities through local district opt-in/nearest-district participation rules; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 407, requiring health care facilities to honor conscience or religious vaccine exemptions for employees, despite extensive questioning about patient safety and immunocompromised patients; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2117, creating a Texas Committee on Foreign Investment to review risky foreign acquisitions; Senate Bill 1718, adding the NRA annual meeting to the major events reimbursement program after a failed amendment seeking equal space for gun-control advocacy; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1626, clarifying limits on censorship and interference with digital expression by social media platforms; and Senate Bill 2206, updating the state R&D franchise tax credit and related sales tax treatment, which passed 31-0. The chamber also debated Senate Bill 1395 on school health advisory councils. An initial amendment to restore voting seats for teachers and school employees failed, but a later amendment by Senator West added students back in an advisory, non-voting capacity. The Senate then handled routine motions, committee scheduling, first-reading referrals, and adjourned until April 29, with the session ending in memory of two constituents.

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• It does not target by students.
• </c> um he would provide for the students. um he would provide for the students.
• </c> the students needs academically. the students needs academically.
• And we're talking about one student in this school and maybe two students in that school and no students
• </c> students in that school and no students students in that school and no students in<03:45:44.720>

Committee: House Education Funding

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• of students coming through our program.
• Let me tell you the reason that's important: a lot of the students enrolling are not full-time students
• ; they are part-time students.
• So for example, we have several scholarships that are now geared for students—students that want to pursue
• So we are actually, for those students.

Committee: House Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee

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• </c><00:28:25.200><c> And</c> students, that's a real problem. And students, that's a real problem.
• </c><00:30:08.880><c> loans</c> their student loans their student loans themselves<00:30:10.960><c> and
• from public school students.
• </c> students from uh public school students. students from uh public school students.
• . students. students.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Ring, a Hampton resident and a member of Operation Shamrock, an organization aiming to educate, mobilize
• have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars taken from the accounts of everyone from high school students
• to</c><00:49:33.520><c> senior</c><00:49:33.839><c> citizens,</c><00:49:35.280><c> but</c> school students
• to senior citizens, but school students to senior citizens, but the<00:49:35.760><c> result</c><00:49
• teaching a class, if I would go and get 10 iTunes credit cards so she could buy software for her students

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And as the Butte Valley FFA advisor, he has poured his heart and soul into helping students discover
• I'd like to recognize seven outstanding students from St.
• Please join me in welcoming these exceptional students and Ms.
• Today I am privileged to introduce some amazing students from the San Fernando Valley. Mr.
• Today I am privileged to introduce some amazing students from the San Fernando Valley.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and proceeded with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of guest introductions recognizing FFA students, district staff, public health leaders, and visiting students from local schools. Several members highlighted agriculture education, public health week, and civic education, and one member also announced the birth of a calf before introducing an honored agriculture teacher. The chamber then moved through the daily file, passing over second- and third-reading items and taking up Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, which establishes the joint rules for the 2025-26 legislative session; it was adopted on a 50-14 vote and sent immediately to the Senate. On the consent calendar, Assembly Bill 565, Assembly Bill 708, and Assembly Concurrent Resolution 42 were adopted unanimously, 71-0. ACR 42, relating to adult education, also received 65 co-authors. Additional guest introductions followed, including students from the San Fernando Valley and a Jewish day school, with remarks emphasizing leadership, agriculture, and community service. The Assembly then held an adjournment in memory for U.S. Army Sergeant Edvin F. Franco of Glendale, who died in a training accident in Lithuania. Members honored his military service, awards, and family. The house announced its next schedule and adjourned until Monday, April 7 at 1 p.m.

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• encouraging the University of Hawaii to evaluate and expand its current mental health services for students
• </c> and charter schools to protect students and charter schools to protect students health<00:19:10.160
• I am currently a student at Manoa, and as a student studying sustainability, I have learned firsthand
• :23:23.039><c> and</c><00:23:23.280><c> as</c><00:23:23.440><c> a</c><00:23:23.679><c> student</c> student
• at uh Manoa and as a student student at uh Manoa and as a student studying<00:23:24.400><c> sustainability

Committee: House Health

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Health met on April 2, 2025, and heard several resolutions focused on student mental health, autism data collection, school heat exposure, and climate change as a public health issue. Testimony on HCR 96/HR 92 supported encouraging the University of Hawaii to evaluate and expand student mental health services; the University of Hawaii testified in support, and a student speaker said expanded services would make students more likely to seek help. The committee also heard HCR 145/HR 139, which urges state agencies to collaborate on planning for Hawaii’s participation in CDC autism prevalence surveillance; supporters included the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities and an autism advocate who said Hawaii needs better local representation in the data. The committee then heard HCR 186/HR 179, requesting a study of heat exposure management in Department of Education and charter schools. The Department of Health and the climate change and health working group supported the measure, citing rising temperatures, heat-related illness risks during outdoor activities, and the value of wet bulb globe temperature standards. Finally, the committee heard HCR 188/HR 182, declaring climate change a public health emergency and calling for statewide coordination on cross-sector solutions. Supporters from the Hawaii Public Health Institute, the climate change and health working group, and a Native Hawaiian physician emphasized climate-related health harms such as heat illness, wildfire impacts, chronic disease, and inequities; one member opposed the measure as politicized and said it could dilute attention from other urgent problems. In decision-making, the committee adopted recommendations to pass HCR 96/HR 92, HCR 145/HR 139, and HCR 186/HR 179 as is. For HCR 188/HR 182, the committee recommended passage with amendments, specifically a House draft one for technical clarity, consistency, and style. During the vote on the climate emergency resolution, Representatives Elos and Garcia voted no, while the rest of the members present supported the recommendation. The meeting then adjourned.

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• So the Kindergarten students today will take the third grade MCA. in the 27-28 school year, and so we
• There is a secondary student pathway program as well, so it's for adults and students.
• I just think that our vulnerable students shouldn't have to carry this on their backs.
• I believe that districts do a really good job of being efficient with how they serve students.
• These negative impacts will lower morale for students and for staff.

Bills: HF2430 , HF2433

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: education finance, teacher training, Read Act, state aid, school funding, education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation

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• of the student ID cards.
• </c> Our students oppose this unanimously. Our students oppose this unanimously.
• I recognize Senator Murphy. students are. Those same students can students are.
• So the students on campus.
• So the students on campus.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• </c><00:05:16.000><c> are</c> One to look at an age which students are One to look at an age which students
• </c><00:05:24.479><c> There's</c> our K through three students.
• There's our K through three students.
• It invests in our students and school districts for the next two years.
• It invests in our students and school districts for the next two years.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• For Title I low-income students, it's about $18 billion.
• And for IDEA students with disabilities, it's $15 billion.
• and leave students that are not rich and not diverse behind.
• Public school students, folks. Public school students, folks.
• And ultimately threatens the quality of education that students receive.

Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, guest introductions, and several proclamations and recognitions, including Arizona’s hosting of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four, Autism Awareness Day, Farm Worker Day, and Passover observances. Members also welcomed guests from the Arizona Psychiatric Society, Tucson International Airport, Autism Bringing Change, and others. No substantive debate occurred during these ceremonial items, and the House later noted the Doctor of the Day and approved the prior journal. The chamber then moved through Committee of the Whole consideration of several Senate bills. SB 1024, SB 1078, SB 1123, SB 1164, SB 1232, SB 1293, SB 1493 as amended, SB 1520, SB 1572, and SB 1160 as amended all received do-pass recommendations, while SB 1665 was retained on the calendar. Debate centered most heavily on SB 1142, a federal scholarship tax credit conformity bill, with supporters arguing it would allow Arizona students to benefit from an existing federal tax credit and opponents warning it would divert public resources to private schools and expand voucher-like programs without accountability. SB 1293 drew debate over GPLET property tax abatements and whether the bill would protect school district revenues or hinder housing and economic development. SB 1572 also prompted discussion over civics instruction and whether it imposed an unfunded mandate on schools. On third reading, the House passed SB 1097, SB 1166, SB 1216, and SB 1787. SB 1787 passed on a 31-24 vote after debate over municipal and county development and due process. The House also adopted a floor amendment to SB 1160 before passing it as amended, with supporters framing it as a public safety measure for drone restrictions near venues and opponents raising constitutional and drafting concerns. The House then adopted the Committee of the Whole reports, properly engrossed the measures, and adjourned until Thursday, April 2, 2026.

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• For Title I low-income students, it's about $18 million, billion dollars.
• And for IDEA students with disabilities, it's $15 billion.
• and leave students that are not rich and not diverse behind.
• Public school students. Folks.
• Representative Neil Carter continued: “Public school students, folks.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• What kind of communication are you having with those students?
• What outreach do you do to the students at that school?
• “What outreach are you doing to the students?”
• How do we communicate to the students?
• But most of my students at the time are monolingual; they are Chinese, Thai, all kinds of students, because

Summary: The joint sunset oversight hearing reviewed five regulatory entities: the Board of Behavioral Sciences, the Board of Psychology, the Physician Assistant Board, the Podiatric Medical Board, and the California Massage Therapy Council. Across the hearing, each entity described recent accomplishments, licensing and enforcement workload, workforce shortages, and efforts to modernize processes. Common themes included streamlining licensure, expanding access to care, addressing telehealth or emerging technology, and balancing consumer protection with workforce needs. For the Board of Behavioral Sciences, members discussed workforce shortages in mental health, supervision barriers, telehealth confidentiality, AI in therapy, interstate compacts, school-based services, and military spouse licensure. The board said it has expanded outreach, improved licensing processes, and created temporary practice authority tracking, while also expressing concern about counseling compacts and emphasizing California-specific law, ethics, and cultural competency. Public commenters supported the board’s work and the possible move to a national MFT exam, while also urging more resources. The Board of Psychology highlighted fee adjustments, streamlined licensure pathways, enforcement process improvements, new CPD requirements, and proposed changes including a psychotherapist-client privilege exception for investigations. Committee members and public witnesses focused heavily on that privilege proposal, with some members opposing it as too broad and privacy-invasive, while the board argued it is needed to obtain records in bias and sexual misconduct cases. The board also discussed workforce shortages, processing improvements, and the use of inactive status for psychological associates. The Physician Assistant Board reported growth in the PA workforce and education programs, SB 697 implementation, and financial pressure from rising enforcement costs. The main policy debate centered on physician-to-PA ratios and practice agreements, with board representatives and many public commenters arguing that current restrictions limit access to care, especially in rural areas, while the California Medical Association defended the need for explicit ratios and agreements. The board also discussed AI, fee increases, and tracking temporary practice authority. The Podiatric Medical Board described licensing and renewal reforms, residency expansion, enforcement support, and budget constraints, while public testimony raised concerns about a proposed fee increase and about reimbursement parity and practice recognition for podiatrists. Finally, the California Massage Therapy Council defended the certification model over licensure, citing lower costs, local government collaboration, anti-trafficking work, and its role in vetting applications and disciplining bad actors; no formal votes or final actions were taken during this portion of the hearing.

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• </c> mandated to reveal um to students mandated to reveal um to students families<00:06:36.319><c> are
• </c> 11 relative to biological sex in student 11 relative to biological sex in student athletes<00:10
• If you have a complaint, people are going to know who the student is.
• </c><02:06:00.440><c> so</c><02:06:00.760><c> there's</c><02:06:01.000><c> student</c> nurses or students
• so there's student nurses or students so there's student with<02:06:01.400><c> an</c><02:06:01.559><

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• for Hispanic students, compared to 50 percent for white students, these gaps have remained largely unchanged
• And the student outcomes reflect that. 52% of students fail to meet.
• And the student outcomes reflect that. 52% of students fail to meet English standards and 63% fail to
• While proficiency rates on the state assessment drop to 20% for black students, 26% for Hispanic students
• students are being failed by that system.

Summary: The Assembly met in session after a quorum call and opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a ceremonial observance for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Members from multiple caucuses spoke in support of House Resolution 107, which designates May as AAPI Heritage Month, emphasizing the community’s contributions, resilience, and the need to confront discrimination and hate. The resolution was adopted, and the chamber then recognized 13 honorees for the 2026 AAPI Heritage Month celebration, highlighting leaders in education, business, labor, media, cultural preservation, and public service. After guest introductions, the Assembly took up a series of bills. Measures discussed included HOA reserve funding for common interest developments (AB 2050), professional review requirements for lawsuits against design professionals (AB 2106), direct home delivery of enteral formula (AB 1794), expanded CalWORKs-related support for student parents (AB 1829), longer insurance moratoriums for wildfire survivors (AB 2038), election cybersecurity (AB 2281), medical privacy protections for reproductive and gender-affirming care (AB 2448), water district board compensation (AB 2568), county public contract change-order authority (AB 1658), and several other education, health, and licensing bills. Most measures passed with broad support; AB 2050 passed 44-6, AB 2038 passed 45-8, AB 2448 passed 49-13, and AB 1658 passed 61-2, while several others passed unanimously or near-unanimously. The Assembly also adopted AJR 29, a resolution opposing a federal executive order affecting vote-by-mail and affirming California’s mail voting system. The resolution prompted extended debate over election integrity, voter access, and federal versus state authority, with supporters arguing mail voting is secure and accessible and opponents calling for stronger voter list maintenance and verification. The resolution passed 47-13. In addition, ACR 141 and ACR 123 were adopted by voice vote after co-author roll calls, and the chamber continued or passed on numerous other file items as it worked through the daily file.