Transcript Highlights:

• </c> affordable prices along with educational affordable prices along with educational services. services
• to retain education, retain the services<00:25:43.520><c> we</c><00:25:43.840><c> provide</c><00:25:
• </c><00:26:50.559><c> staff</c> hire full full-time educational staff hire full full-time educational
• </c> anything, what you give for education. anything, what you give for education.
• because they need to know these educated because they need to know these things. things. things.

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Rodriguez, what are the primary goals of your bill in terms of education policy?
• Senator Robert, Senator, what are the primary goals of your bill in terms of education policy?
• Senator Martin: I'm not aware of a formal education plan.
• This is not the influence we need on our State Board of Education. We owe our children better.
• A bill to be entitled an act relating to education. Show that bill temporarily postponed.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and heard several member introductions and recognitions. The Rules Chair moved CS/CS/SB 622 to the end of the special order calendar, which was adopted without objection. SB 80 on state land management was temporarily postponed, as were later bills SB 716 and CS/CS/CS/SB 1348. The chamber then took up a series of bills, often substituting House companions and adopting amendments before final passage. Measures approved included a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan (HB 295, 38-0), mitigation banking and land development changes with a phosphate mining lands amendment (CS/CS/SB 492, 35-3), aggravated animal cruelty with a searchable FDLE database and sentencing multiplier (HB 255, 37-0), the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism and related training/funding (HB 711, 37-0), newborn screening for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (CS/CS/HB 1089, 36-0), and revisions to the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to expand eligible mitigation projects and adjust approval thresholds (CS/CS/HB 393, 37-0). The Senate also passed workforce education legislation allowing charter schools access to grant funding and expanding money-back guarantees (HB 1145, 37-0), a statewide study on automation and workforce impact (HB 827, 35-0), parole guideline revisions (HB 181, 37-0), court-appointed psychologist procedures in family law cases (HB 901, 37-0), sexual cyber harassment protections covering digitally forged intimate images (HB 1451, 37-0), a home health aide program for medically fragile children with training and reimbursement provisions (CS/CS/SB 1156, 37-0), substance abuse and mental health care changes including 988 oversight and involuntary examination procedures (HB 1091, 37-0), a feasibility study for a statewide pond data database (HB 1359, 37-0), and Department of Law Enforcement housekeeping changes and retired police dog reimbursements (HB 1053, 37-0). The most extensive debate centered on the charter schools bill (HB 443), which expanded charter autonomy, reporting parity, enrollment flexibility, and governance rules; after a delete-all amendment and a friendly amendment, it was placed on the third-reading calendar rather than immediately voted on. Several bills were briefly discussed with concerns about transparency, accountability, funding, and constitutional issues, but all bills brought to a vote during this segment passed.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:13:54.920><c> is</c> GED providing this level of education is GED providing this level of education
• </c> with Minnesota higher education with Minnesota higher education institutions<00:14:32.519><c> across
• </c><00:20:30.559><c> uh</c><00:20:31.000><c> re-education</c><00:20:32.400><c> and</c> get their educating
• uh re-education and get their educating uh re-education and thinking<00:20:34.200><c> you</c><00:20:
• </c> Services the social services Educational Services the social services Educational Services<00:36

Committee: House Capital Investment

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> We're required to provide an education. We're required to provide an education.
• </c> And at the very least, that education And at the very least, that education should<01:27:39.840>
• </c><02:02:43.520><c> uh</c> by Republicans into the educational uh by Republicans into the educational
• </c><02:48:44.560><c> bill</c> waiting to try to put an education bill waiting to try to put an education
• </c> the what we focused on in education the what we focused on in education policy.<02:52:02.319><c>

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• We know that the top barrier to post-secondary education is cost.
• We know that the top barrier to post-secondary education is cost.
• Higher education uniform personnel, campus police, also have interest arbitration.
• Thank you all for all the education and information that you provided.
• Thank you all for all the education and information that you provided.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Employment Relations

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• For education and as an example of someone who believes in lifelong learning, he is a Sacramento State
• He joined Pacific after more than 25 years in higher education.
• He joined Pacific after more than 25 years in higher education leadership, most recently as the founding
• We must continue the work of education, of remembrance, of vigilance, thank you.
• I want to thank my colleague from Los Angeles, all the work he's done on Holocaust education.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayers and the pledge, and spent much of the early portion of the session on guest introductions recognizing visitors from Leadership Torrance, former Assembly Member Hector de la Torre, and several university presidents and academic leaders. The body then moved through routine business, including approval of the Senate journals and reading of several bills on the second reading file, before taking up gubernatorial appointments. Three appointments to the Board of Behavioral Sciences were confirmed: Justin Hufft, Cali Rana Singhe, and Dr. Annette Walker. The Senate also confirmed Villian Corral to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors. In each case, the appointing committee recommendation was noted and roll calls were taken, with the confirmations approved by the required vote margins. On third reading, the Senate adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 140, designating April as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month, with supportive remarks from several senators and advocates emphasizing research, awareness, and the lived experience of Parkinson’s disease. The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 92, marking California Holocaust Memorial Day, with extensive floor statements from multiple senators on remembrance, education, antisemitism, and the importance of teaching Holocaust history. Finally, the Senate passed Assembly Bill 1389, an urgency measure ratifying a tribal-state gaming compact amendment with the Yurok Tribe; the measure and urgency clause both received unanimous support. The session concluded with committee announcements and several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including honors for coach John Bean, Cynthia Brantley Pierce, and Detective Armando “Mando” Santana. The Pro Tem then announced the next floor session and the Senate recessed.

Transcript Highlights:

• Our charter at Dairy West as a Dairy Checkoff is to focus on promotion, education, and research.
• Our charter at Dairy West as a Dairy Checkoff is to focus on promotion, education, and education, and
• at Dairy West as a Dairy Checkoff is to focus on promotion, education, and research.
• So we do a lot of education to high school athletes and beyond.
• And we like to educate people about that.

Committee: Senate Agricultural Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I remind the body that classified and certified in education are very different than in the business
• Back to my previous statement about just how different education language is from day-to-day language
• Back to my previous statement about just how different education language is from day-to-day language
• We also added Director of Special Education, which previously was under instruction, and now is here
• I mean, just as a comment, it is really important to me as an educator that we remove those concerns

Committee: House Education

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes from February 16 and 17 without objection. It then heard House Bill 623, which would require a 60-second moment of silence at the beginning of each public school day. The sponsor and several supporters, including a rabbi, a pastor, a church representative, and a former teacher, argued that the bill is neutral, low-cost, and intended to promote calm, reflection, and better student behavior while protecting religious freedom and parental authority. Some members raised concerns about mandating the practice, local control, whether it could be seen as encouraging prayer, and how it would apply to late arrivals or charter schools. The sponsor said it would apply to public and charter schools but not private schools, and that students could silently read or pray if they wished. The committee passed HB 623 on a 10-4 roll call vote and sent it to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 728, a school funding and staffing definitions bill sponsored by Representative Church. She said the bill would clarify statutory definitions for instructional, administrative, classified, and per-pupil staff, and would move positions that are not directly instructing students into the administrative category, based on LSO review and Department of Education guidance. Supporters said the bill would improve transparency and accountability in how state education dollars are categorized and spent. Questions focused on how the new definitions would affect principals, superintendents, teacher-leaders, mentors, instructional coaches, and rural districts that split duties between teaching and administration. The Idaho Association of School Administrators testified in opposition, warning that the bill would reduce flexibility and could make instructional coaching unsustainable, especially in smaller districts with limited administrative allocations. Members debated whether to hold HB 728 for further clarification or move it forward. A substitute motion to hold the bill until February 27 failed on a 6-8 roll call. The committee then voted on the original motion to send HB 728 to the floor with a due pass recommendation, and that motion passed unanimously on the recorded vote.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bills 1288, 1289, 1290, and 1291 will all be referred to the Education Committee.
• In the House of Representatives, House Bill 624 by Education Committee, an act relating to education,
• Former Superintendent of Education Tom Luna will open this service with a prayer.
• The Education Committee reports out House Joint Memorial 11 and recommends that it do pass.
• In the Senate, Senate Bill 1317 by the Education Committee, an act relating to education, to provide

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the corrected journal, and received communications on substitute senators, gubernatorial appointments, and House bills transmitted for introduction. Committee reports moved a number of measures forward, including Senate Joint Memorial 110, House Bill 533, House Concurrent Resolution 24, Senate Bill 1258, and several newly printed Senate bills that were referred to standing committees. The chamber also advanced multiple bills through first and second reading, including measures on self-defense immunity, digital identification, state office vacancies and agency director appointments, beer sales, highway district elections, polling place liability, rangeland improvement, concealed weapons instruction, virtual education, and public charter schools. The Senate then recessed into a memorial service honoring former Senator Carl Crabtree, former Senator Reese Werner, former Senator Wayne Kidwell, and former Secretary of the Senate Janine Wood. Each memorial was adopted unanimously after brief readings and motions, and senators and guests offered tributes highlighting the honorees’ public service, integrity, work ethic, and impact on Idaho. The service included prayer, a musical performance, and remarks from current and former senators and family members. After the memorial service, the Senate returned to business, received additional committee reports and first-reading bills focused on water, irrigation, juvenile corrections, human fetal tissue, ignition interlock systems, public assistance, naturopathic licensing, hospital maternity price transparency, health exemptions, and regional education service centers. The chamber also heard a brief announcement from a guest and then adjourned until the next day.

Transcript Highlights:

• We will meet on postsecary education.
• To Postsecondary Education: House Bill 287.
• To Primary and Secondary Education: House Bills 298, 289, 415, and 416.
• ,<00:23:17.679><c> House</c><00:23:17.919><c> Bill</c><00:23:18.159><c> 298</c> education, House Bill
• <c> secondary</c><00:23:20.880><c> education,</c> to primary and secondary education, to primary and

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Calendar/Second Readings 06:39 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 07:36 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 17:37 Recess for ConC and Rules Meeting 19:15 ConC and Rules Report 22:17 Adjournment 24:18, 958, all

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• However, their training and education records are being withheld from them until August 2025.
• Employees have no other way to require their employers to provide them with their education or training
• Mitch Steiger with CFT, a union of educators and classified professionals, also in support.
• Other outreach programs, such as the domestic worker rights education program and the garment worker
• On the flip side, workers who had been educated by a trusted messenger organization through CWOP are

Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard and advanced several bills focused on worker protections, training access, wage enforcement, outreach, and workplace safety. SB 513 would require employees to have access to their training and certification records; supporters, including laid-off refinery workers and labor organizations, said employers sometimes withhold records during layoffs, while committee members called the practice unacceptable. The bill passed 5-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations. SB 809 addressed misclassification of construction truck owner-drivers by offering employers amnesty if they reclassify workers as employees and adopt a two-check payment system; labor and construction trades groups supported it, and it passed 5-0 to Judiciary. SB 578 would codify the California Workplace Outreach Program, which funds trusted community organizations to educate workers about their rights. Supporters described the program as a proven way to reach low-wage, immigrant, and hard-to-reach workers, especially amid wage theft, retaliation, and immigration enforcement concerns. The bill passed 5-0 to Appropriations. SB 261 would strengthen collection of wage theft judgments by creating a public list of nonpaying employers and adding penalties after six months of nonpayment; county enforcement officials and labor advocates said it would help workers recover unpaid wages. It passed 6-0 to Judiciary. The committee also approved SB 369, which would require skilled and trained workforce standards for Salton Sea restoration projects, with supporters saying the work is hazardous and should use trained labor; it passed 6-0 to Appropriations. Finally, SB 20 sought to address silicosis in stone countertop fabrication by requiring training and certification protections for workers; supporters said the disease has caused deaths among mostly Latino workers, while industry groups supported the bill with amendments and requested implementation resources. It passed 6-0 to Appropriations. The committee also adopted a consent calendar of four additional bills and adjourned after all listed measures were moved forward.

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• This would be administered by the Delaware Department of Education in collaboration with local education
• This would be administered by the Delaware Department of Education in collaboration with local education
• It will also help the educators as well.
• Yes, Cindy Martin, Secretary of Education. Thank you very much.
• Despite equivalent levels of education, licensure, and professional Despite equivalent levels of education

Keywords: 1064, all

Transcript Highlights:

• ...discussion about allowing educational opportunities to meet work requirements.
• Please don't educate your caucus on how this works. We'll be in trouble.
• And Reagan Miller, who's the guru on education. She'd give Tim Elwell a run for his money.
• competence like a traditional educator certification would require.
• Funds from the educational enrichment allocation may be used for this.

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.

Transcript Highlights:

• Senator Rodriguez, what are the primary goals of your bill in terms of education policy?
• I move to separate Dan Foggenholy, appointee to the State Board of Education, from the list.
• He was soon after appointed to the State Board of Education.
• Please vote down on the confirmation of Daniel Fogunholy to the State Board of Education.
• A bill to be entitled an act relating to education. Show that bill temporarily postponed.

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and heard several member introductions before moving to the special order calendar. The chamber first took up SB 200/HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, which directs DEP to develop a statewide recycling strategy by 2026 with stakeholder input and a three-year implementation roadmap; the House bill was substituted and passed 38-0. Senators then approved CS/CS/SB 492 on mitigation banking and land development after adopting two McLean amendments, including one on out-of-service credits and another incorporating phosphate mining lands provisions; the bill passed 35-3 after debate over possible constitutional issues. CS/SB 494 on aggravated animal cruelty was also amended and substituted with the House companion to add a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers and a sentencing multiplier, with an agriculture-related exemption; it passed 37-0. The Senate next passed CS/CS/SB 500/HB 711 creating the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, including training and coordinated alert procedures, with a House amendment to align implementation timing and funding; it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 524/HB 1089 added Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening tests and passed 36-0. CS/CS/SB 592/HB 393 revised the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program by lowering approval thresholds, clarifying eligibility and ownership issues, and adding sliding-door wind-driven rain mitigation devices; it passed 37-0 after discussion about funding and insurance premium credits. CS/SB 742/HB 1145 on workforce education allowed charter schools direct access to grant funding and expanded money-back guarantees for certain programs, and it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 822/HB 443 on charter schools generated extensive debate and multiple amendments, including a Jones amendment requiring parent acknowledgment of school rules; the bill would expand charter autonomy, reporting flexibility, enrollment capacity, and governance provisions, and it was placed on the calendar for third reading after the amendment process. Later, the Senate passed HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, which would examine job displacement, wages, vulnerable regions, and training needs, by a 35-0 vote. It also passed CS/CS/SB 964/HB 181 on parole guidelines, CS/SB 976/HB 901 on court-appointed psychologists, and CS/SB 1084/HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment and digitally forged intimate images, all unanimously. CS/CS/SB 1156 on a Home Health Aid for Medically Fragile Children Program was amended to clarify training requirements and passed 37-0 after supportive debate about helping parents care for medically fragile children. Finally, CS/CS/CS/SB 1240/HB 1091 on substance abuse and mental health care was amended to allow designated facilities to retain certain stabilized patients during the 72-hour involuntary examination period and passed 37-0. Several other bills were temporarily postponed, and the chamber also recognized guests and interns throughout the session.

Transcript Highlights:

• Let's talk about education priorities in early childhood.
• We've allocated roughly $380 million for voucher programs, but when it comes to early childhood education
• Colleagues, I would argue that a strategic investment in early childhood education would create jobs
• Strategic investment in early childhood education would create jobs all over the state, empower parents
• spending, ...education spending at record levels this past session, Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies, free

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• By class, establishing better classification allows local communities to better educate the public, and
• for parents and families to better educate their children on the safety of it.
• the public for parents and educate the public for parents and families<00:08:24.000><c> to</c><00:08
• :24.200><c> better</c><00:08:24.520><c> educate</c><00:08:25.000><c> their</c> families to better educate
• their families to better educate their their<00:08:26.640><c> children</c><00:08:27.320><c> on</c><00

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The committee took up House File 3785, a bill from Representative DePauw dealing with classification issues for electric bicycles and electric motorcycles. DePauw said the bill responds to concerns raised by a constituent, the Department of Public Safety, insurance companies, and law enforcement about the lack of a clear category for electric motorcycles and the need for clearer rules on where these vehicles may be used and how accidents and liability are handled. Several members spoke in support of the bill’s safety and education benefits, while also noting that the issue is still evolving and may need further work before final passage. The committee first considered and adopted the DePauw A11 amendment, described as a technical amendment to allow the Department of Natural Resources to use appropriated money or license-fee revenue for signage. Fiscal staff explained that the DNR has a $30,000 cost and $32,000 in offsetting revenue in a special revenue fund, but cannot access that revenue without a direct appropriation, making the amendment necessary. Representative Frazier noted the bill still needs additional work and confirmed with DePauw that further changes would be made before the bill reaches the floor. After discussion, including comments about the growing use of e-bikes by seniors, people with disabilities, commuters, and families, the committee voted to advance House File 3785 as amended. The motion to refer the bill to the general register passed on a voice vote, with no opposition recorded.

Transcript Highlights:

• AB 1572, the motion is due pass to the Assembly Committee on Education. Ward? Aye. Lackey? Aye.
• coaches are required to complete training to support student athlete physical health, including education
• have repeatedly shown, The California Interscholastic Federation and the California Department of Education
• The motion is due pass with amendments to the Assembly Committee on Education. Ward. Aye. Ward.
• AB 1572, motion is due pass to the Assembly Committee on Education. Assemblymember Ward? Aye.

Summary: The committee heard two education-related bills. AB 1572, by Assembly Member Alanis, would require the California Interscholastic Federation to conduct annual reviews of sports officials’ safety training and qualifications and create an online system for schools to verify certification status. The author and CIF support argued it would improve transparency, accountability, and student-athlete safety; one late witness opposed the bill, criticizing CIF policies more broadly. The bill was moved forward on a due-pass motion and ultimately passed the committee 9-0. AB 1665, by Assembly Member Pacheco, would require school coaches to complete a California Department of Education-approved mental health training course. The author and supporters, including a former athlete and representatives from hospitals, professional sports teams, and psychiatrists, said coaches are often the first adults to notice mental health struggles and should be better equipped to respond. Opponents argued the bill could be used to advance gender-identity policies and questioned the need for additional training. Committee members in support said the bill was important for student mental health and that coaches already receive other safety training. The bill was amended and passed the committee 9-0. The chair also noted committee procedures at the start, including limits on witnesses and testimony time, and welcomed the new committee secretary. After both items were taken up and roll calls completed, the committee adjourned for the day.

Transcript Highlights:

• House Bill No. 515 by the Education Committee, an act relating to education, amending Section 33-1631
• House Bill No. 515 by the Education Committee, an act relating to education, amending Section 33-1631
• House Bill No. 516 by the Education Committee, an act relating to education, amending Section 33-601,
• Idaho Code, to revise provisions regarding parental rights and education, and declaring an emergency
• House Education Committee will not meet Friday, January 23, Hawkins, Chairman.

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• >> THE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER.
• REPRESENTATIVE LONG, WELCOME TO THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE. [APPLAUSE] >> Rep.
• IF YOU COULD TELL US WHAT DISTRICT AN AREA YOU ARE FROM WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN EDUCATION. >> Rep.
• ON INTERESTED IN THE EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE.
• LAURA HEIN EDUCATION ADMINISTRATOR AND WOULD LIKE TO APPEAR IN PERSON.

Transcript Highlights:

• All of our grant funds provide an opportunity to provide educational opportunities, telehealth and health
• This currently is in hand at the Department of Education for approval.
• Educational institution, as mentioned, Miami-Dade College has been a very big partner in all of our efforts
• So when we are educating and have a footprint on those literacy training efforts workforce development
• and Are able to provide for this program, so when we are educating and training some of our constituents

Committee: Senate Commerce and Tourism

Summary: The Committee on Commerce and Tourism met briefly and first announced that Senate Bill 232 by Senator Rodriguez was temporarily postponed at the sponsor’s request. The main item was a presentation from Leo Garcia of the Office of Broadband on Florida’s broadband programs, current deployment progress, and upcoming funding opportunities. Garcia said the office is administering multiple grant programs that have awarded hundreds of millions of dollars for broadband infrastructure, community facilities, and digital device access, with a focus on rural areas, workforce development, and digital literacy. He also described the state’s strategic plan and partnerships with local governments, ISPs, workforce boards, community colleges, and community action agencies. Garcia explained that Florida has already deployed over 1,100 miles of fiber and enabled about 4,300 connections, and said the remaining unserved and underserved locations should drop significantly by the end of 2026 before the BEAD program addresses the rest. He said BEAD is a fully federal program for Florida, providing $1.16 billion from NTIA, with most of it reserved for infrastructure and additional amounts for workforce training and cybersecurity/digital literacy. He noted that Florida is prioritizing fiber but will also use fixed wireless or satellite where fiber is not cost-effective or feasible. He also said the office is seeking additional spending authority for the Digital Capacity Grant Program. Members asked about county coverage, especially Duval County, and Garcia said Duval and Monroe had not yet received funds because they currently have limited unserved or underserved areas, but they are expected to be addressed through BEAD and related workforce and literacy efforts. Senator Davis raised permitting delays as a major challenge, and Garcia said the office is exploring ways to help local communities process permits more quickly. Senator Wright asked about competition with satellite-based broadband providers, and Garcia said the state is technology-agnostic but prioritizes fiber for reliability. There were no public comments, no votes or formal actions taken, and the meeting adjourned.