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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Aug 26th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I guess the school board is not within your district. That’s right, that’s exactly right.
  • The school board member or city council.
  • Otherwise, you're increasing the cost to local entities, school districts for example.
  • It helps with electronic notice, but the one school district mentioned...
  • Say that school district cost $60,000 if they have to go to every person.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 30th, 2026 at 12:05 pm

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mike’s High School. High School. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you for all your hard work.
  • She is our school board member on the Alamogordo Public School Board.
  • from private schools.
  • A bill amending the Public School Finance Act, requiring school districts and charter schools to report
  • amending the public schools. ...an act relating to public schools, amending the Public School Finance
Bills: HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HB9, SB2, SB19
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 11th, 2026 at 06:30 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So remember in grade school, when you took the math test, you had to show your work, and that's how you
  • we provide people the opportunity to donate good car seats and for families that can't afford to purchase
  • It also adds car seats and strollers, two of the most expensive items you might purchase as a new parent
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 11th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Public school students for their use during a school year.
  • Public school students for their use during a school year. Senator Hunt.
  • President, any teacher in their school room, any principal in their entire school, or their school room
  • , any principal in their entire school, or any school board for their school district, can do this and
  • need to remain at our local school board level and school district policy level.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 11th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I pledge to be elected today by sent to Amelia Florentino, who is a student at Renton High School from
Summary: The Senate convened with roll call, the colors presented by the Sons of the American Revolution Color Guard, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a prayer by Pastor Jesse Bradley. The journal was approved, and the chamber received House messages announcing passage of several bills, including House Bill 1687, Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1960, House Bill 102, and Substitute House Bill 1. The Senate then adopted Senate Resolution 8684, which honored Washingtonians with ties to Team USA at the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina. Senator Riccelli spoke in support, praising the athletes’ determination and Washington connections. The resolution passed by voice vote. The Senate next considered gubernatorial appointments. Brian C. Bennett was confirmed 49-0 as Director of the Washington State Lottery, with Senator Lovick speaking in support and highlighting Bennett’s public service and transition-team work. Angela Ramirez was then confirmed 49-0 as Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, with Senators Claire Wilson and Christian praising her experience, commitment, and attention to human services issues. After the confirmations, the Senate stood at ease for caucuses.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • So is that 90,000 times schools, 90,000 times cities, 90,000? You see what I'm saying?
  • And then they're generally trying to get their stuff done prior to their school year.
  • I work in government relations for the Texas Association of School Boards.
  • However, schools are funded on ADA, which is enrollment minus attendance, which is significant.
  • So, one of the things you're suggesting too is that school districts could drive people to this.
Bills: HB17, HB23
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Aug 22nd, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • CPI measures groceries, rent, and other consumer items that are purchased.
  • Cities don't purchase those things.
  • An example: in 2022, we purchased a fire engine for $640,000.
  • Our school passed a school bond for a new middle school in West Odessa.
  • That middle school goes into play in August of 2026.
Bills: HB17, HB23, SB 10
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • That's why you have a the school.
  • </c> from Frankfurt and 171 different school from Frankfurt and 171 different school districts.<00:09
  • As far as school-based, uh, the topics range from the election to the school-based council.
  • them either school-based call them either school-based decisionmaking<00:10:41.440><c> investigations
  • </c> the election to the school-based the election to the school-based council.<00:10:51.440><c> We</
Summary: The subcommittee opened its first meeting with roll call and procedural business, including elections of co-chairs. The House elected Representative Truett as House co-chair, and the Senate elected Senator Denine as Senate co-chair. After the organizational votes, the committee heard the Office of Educational Accountability’s annual report, beginning with Brian Jones and Deborah Nelson describing OEA’s investigations and research divisions and recent staffing turnover. On the investigations side, OEA said it handled complaints only when submitted in writing and generally opened cases only when it had enough facts to evaluate. Jones reported complaint volume declined from 805 in 2023 to 738 in 2024, with 325 in the first half of the current year. He outlined the kinds of matters OEA investigates, including school-based council issues, open meetings, board eligibility, nepotism, conflicts of interest, certification, activity funds, and surplus property, while noting that routine personnel matters, bullying, child interviews, and cases tied to litigation are generally handled locally or referred elsewhere. He also said OEA refers special education, assessment/testing, discrimination, and serious misconduct matters to the appropriate agencies, and that he did not see a need for statutory changes to improve OEA’s work, though he said cases should move more quickly. The research division presentation focused on OEA’s district data profiles and annual research agenda. Nelson explained that OEA reviews KDE-reported data and underlying datasets to verify accuracy, analyze trends, and produce reports for the General Assembly. She highlighted 2024 publications on district governance models and student achievement, and said this year’s agenda includes district data profiles, student discipline analysis, and a review of early childhood regional training centers. She also noted OEA received an NCSL notable document award for its 2023 staffing shortages report, its 10th such award. Sabrina Smith then walked through the district data profiles, which compile demographic, staffing, finance, and performance data for all 171 districts, plus statewide and comparative data. She noted changes in the report format, the continued availability of an online interactive version, and several trends: adjusted average daily attendance declined statewide from 2015 to 2024; the counselor-to-student ratio has improved but has not yet reached the statutory goal of one counselor per 250 students; the share of teachers moving from rank three to rank two has declined; special education identification has risen from 13% to 16%; and starting teacher salaries vary widely by district, with Kentucky’s average starting salary around $40,000 ranking near the bottom compared with surrounding states and the nation. Members asked about the history of the research division and whether the paper copies of the district profiles would continue, and staff said the printed versions would continue unless legislators asked otherwise.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 2nd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, you remember this bill by Chairman Harris, relating to the right of a purchaser to terminate
  • a contract of purchase and sale of real property for failure to provide notice that the property is
  • respectfully oppose House Bill 3466, as it adds new exemptions to the three-day right to cancel for purchases
  • ... ...as it adds new exemptions to the three-day right to cancel for purchases made outside of a merchant's
Bills: HB112, HB199, HCR9
Summary: The Committee on Trade, Workforce and Economic Development met with a quorum and moved quickly through a long agenda, hearing testimony and taking recorded votes on several bills. Early in the meeting, HB 2214 was laid out to exempt certain short-term residential leases and leaseback arrangements from flood-disclosure requirements; Texas Realtors supported the change, and the bill was left pending. The committee then voted out a series of pending measures, including HB 46, HB 186 (with a committee substitute), HB 431, HB 1147, HB 1154, HB 2468, HB 2488, HB 2788 (with a substitute), HB 2791 (with a substitute), HB 3260, and HCR 90, all reported favorably to the full House, with HB 1147 receiving two nays and the others passing unanimously or nearly so. A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 112, which would create a Texas Science Park district and commission to support advanced manufacturing and innovation sites. The bill’s author and supporters, including Samsung Austin Semiconductor, the Texas Association of Business, and the Governor’s economic development office, argued it would strengthen supply chains, attract investment, and support national security and workforce development. Testimony described interest from semiconductor and advanced manufacturing companies and referenced the model of foreign science parks such as Sinshu in Taiwan. HB 112 was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard HB 3698 and HB 3699, both related to unemployment insurance administration. HB 3698 would expand eligibility for the Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment program using federal funds, while HB 3699 would tighten the definition of “last work” to help the Texas Workforce Commission investigate UI fraud. Both bills were discussed with TWC resource witnesses and left pending after the committee withdrew the substitutes. HB 1349, which would extend HOA transparency and property-rights provisions to condominiums and refine HOA rules, and HB 621, which would require HOA meeting spaces to be available for residents to reserve for qualified political candidates or elected officials, were also heard and left pending. Finally, the committee heard HCR 9 to designate the first Saturday of each month as Small Business Saturday, HB 199 to index unemployment benefit duration to the state unemployment rate, and HB 3466 to exempt certain cancelable service contracts from Texas’s in-home sales cooling-off law; each drew supportive and opposing testimony and was left pending before adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • of our public schools.
  • input from schools and teachers.
  • Depending on the size of the school.
  • School systems and school systems with higher levels of poverty.
  • or designations into those schools?
Bills: SB26, SB 26
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Mar 3rd, 2026

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • home rule petition allows Plymouth to thoughtfully manage land use and maintain an account for purchasing
  • land... ...allows Plymouth to thoughtfully manage land use and maintain an account for purchasing land
  • for local control and the direct means for town officials to invest in the Plymouth community by purchasing
  • This legislation will allow them to devote resources to purchasing land that will benefit the residents
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, members, Senate Bill 1315 requires each school district and charter school to develop or select
  • A district or charter school is exempt from the requirement if the school uses an existing secure multimedia
  • Starting July 1, 2027, each school district and charter school must annually submit an affidavit to the
  • I don't think we need to be asking or should be asking individual schools and school districts to put
  • That's a program that pays for school resource officers, school safety officers, school counselors, social
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Administrative Rules Feb 24th, 2026

Administrative Rules

Summary: The committee met in a new room and took up a package of 10 bills, mostly sunset extensions. Chairman Kendrick explained that although the bills were drafted as one-year extensions, he moved committee amendments on each to change the sunset date from 2027 to 2031 so the agencies would stay on a five-year cycle and avoid having too many sunsets come due in the same year. The committee adopted the amendments, and the bills were then presented and advanced. The bills extended the Board of Cosmetology and Barbering (HB 3000), Child Death Review Board (HB 3001), Commission on County Government Personnel Education and Training (HB 3002), Board of Chiropractic Examiners (HB 3003), Board of Examiners of Optometry (HB 3004), Oklahoma Climatological Survey (HB 3005), Oklahoma Advisory on Indian Education (HB 3006), Environmental and Natural Resources Advisory Councils (HB 3007), and Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence (HB 3008). HB 4319 was a separate policy bill changing the Administrative Procedures Act to require specific and explicit statutory authority, codifying a common-law requirement. Most bills passed unanimously after the amendments, with HB 3007 passing 9-2. After the bill votes, Chairman Kendrick returned to the chair and gave an update on administrative rules work, saying the committee was preparing multiple rules bundles and resolutions for floor consideration. He emphasized that fiscal analyses marked “unknown” are unacceptable under the Administrative Procedures Act and the Raines Act, and that agencies must provide a comprehensive analysis or use “zero” or “none” instead. The meeting then adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Jan 26th, 2026 at 08:38 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • School employees.
  • It appropriates $73.2 million from the SDG to the schools and the charter schools.
  • And dollars from the SDG to the schools and the charter schools.
  • By setting a clear equitable minimum contribution for school districts and charter schools, this legislation
  • Contribution for school districts and charter schools, this legislation sends a strong message that New
Bills: SB29, SB64
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Jan 26th, 2026 at 08:32 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And in the same way, we've got to make sure that focus in elementary schools and middle schools really
  • As a former middle school and elementary principal in very culturally diverse schools, I think when I
  • The majority of the schools in my district are 1A schools.
  • When I was on the school board at my little 1A school, funding was always a problem.
  • When I was on the school board at my little 1A school, funding was always a problem.
Bills: SB29, SB64