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• strengthens governance structures ensures responsible oversight maintains Florida's commitment to academic
• Our students are our why I serve as the chair right now of academic and student affairs and our goal.
• Looking ahead, our board's vision for the University of Florida is ambitious but achievable.
• We are number one in basketball and I want to be number one academically as well. Go Gators.
• in the achievement of these goals.

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• This has led to questions about whether I-1163 is achieving its intended outcomes and what improvements
• The audit aimed to measure the extent to which I-1163 achieved its broad policy goal of increased safety
• This has led to questions about whether 1163 is achieving its intended outcomes and what improvements
• The audit aimed to measure the extent to which 1163 achieved its broad policy goal of increased safety
• relied on the testimony of experienced professionals and experts in the field, as well as published academic

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee held a public hearing on the State Auditor’s Office performance audit of Washington’s Restoring Quality Home Care Initiative (I-1163). Auditors said the initiative’s background checks and 75-hour training requirement are widely viewed as safety measures, but the state lacks pre-2011 data to directly measure safety outcomes. They also found Washington’s long-term care workforce is still short, though the state ranks better than many others in workers per disabled person, and that some groups and regions have larger gaps between authorized and actually used Medicaid care hours, suggesting access problems for certain clients. The audit focused heavily on the certification process for home care aides. Auditors reported that many applicants never finish certification, that the process often exceeds the 200-day legal deadline, and that delays can cause lost income, job loss, and in some cases repeated employer changes that allow aides to keep working without becoming certified. They recommended that the Department of Health accept applications only after training and testing are completed, move testing into training programs more broadly, and eliminate redundant DOH verification of FBI background checks. Committee members asked about testing contract incentives, language access, and the role of immigration in workforce shortages; auditors said they found no financial performance standards in the Prometric contract, did not specifically study immigration status, and did not focus on language barriers in this audit. Department of Health and Department of Social and Health Services officials largely agreed with the audit’s findings and recommendations. They said they have already made improvements, including expanded in-program testing, more staffing, and rule changes, and that testing has been integrated into more than 110 training programs. DSHS noted testing is offered in 13 languages. Both agencies said they support further streamlining and expect continued collaboration, including possible budget or legislative requests. No public testimony was offered, and the committee adjourned without taking any vote or formal action on the audit.

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• achievement.
• Oh, there's no data showing how these kids are achieving or not achieving.
• Oh, there's no data showing how these kids are achieving or not achieving.
• </c><01:39:11.199><c> The</c><01:39:11.440><c> parent</c> achieving or not achieving.
• The parent achieving or not achieving.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Education Funding Committee met in executive session on a bill concerning school meal access and reimbursement. The bill would address local school districts’ responsibility to provide meals during school hours, reimburse schools for meals served at no cost, and make an appropriation. The committee first moved to retain the bill, with supporters saying it was complex, had uncertain fiscal impacts, and should be considered alongside other related meals bills. Opponents argued the committee already had enough information, that the bill served a small number of students at relatively low cost, and that delaying action would harm children who need food to learn. The committee also heard from Tim Roar, a Keene school business administrator and co-designer of the bill, who explained that the proposal was intended to be an opt-in program for districts, with rulemaking to set participation requirements. He said the bill was meant to target aid to students between 175% and 200% of poverty, reduce bad meal debt, and avoid spending taxpayer money on families who could afford to pay. He estimated the state cost at about $250,000 in year one, with local taxpayer costs around $8,500 for Keene, and said some districts already have systems for online applications while others do not. Committee members questioned him about meal debt, online application software costs, and how districts handle students who reach debt limits. Roar said districts still feed students who are hungry, but use other resources and family outreach when meal debt is capped, and he argued that parents should be responsible for providing lunch when they can afford it. Other members pushed back, saying they had seen students go hungry and that teachers sometimes pay for lunches themselves. One member noted the bill would increase eligibility, make it easier to apply, strengthen personal responsibility, and was not a mandate. The discussion ended without a recorded final vote in the excerpt, though the retain motion remained the central action under debate.

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• The last issue, because we're here at Stanford, because I'm an academic, I want to close with, is the
• What are we trying to achieve?
• We might want to achieve the same things, but we will do it in different ways, and that's fine.
• I’m an academic.
• This is actually very, very achievable. It's a very well-documented thing.

Summary: The Senate Judiciary Committee and Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an informational hearing at Stanford on the intersection of artificial intelligence, copyright, transparency, and California’s creative economy. Chairs and members emphasized that the hearing was not on a specific bill and no vote would be taken. Opening remarks framed the issue as balancing protection for artists and other rights holders with the need to keep AI innovation and related economic activity thriving in California, while noting that federal action is unlikely and that state policy may influence national standards. The first panel featured Professor Pamela Samuelson and Stanford researcher Rishi Bommasani. Samuelson reviewed the current copyright litigation landscape, including dozens of lawsuits over AI training, and explained the fair use framework, the Google Books precedent, and the uncertainty around newer theories such as market dilution. She said states can likely regulate transparency, deepfakes, privacy, and safety, but warned that some proposals may be preempted by federal copyright law. Bommasani described widespread opacity around training data among major California AI companies, discussed AB 2013 and the EU AI Act as transparency models, and identified gaps in disclosure design, enforcement, and whether transparency alone can address copyright and IP concerns. Members asked about open-source models, opt-outs, machine unlearning, user data, and state options for protecting creators. The second panel included SAG-AFTRA board member Jason George, Animation Guild president Danny Lynn, and OpenAI copyright counsel Mark Gray. George and Lynn argued that AI training on performers’ and artists’ work without consent or compensation threatens jobs, bargaining power, and reputations, and they supported stronger transparency and licensing requirements so creators can identify when their work is used. Gray said AI is already being used as a productivity tool and highlighted partnerships between AI companies and publishers, record labels, and studios, while arguing that specific harmful uses such as deepfakes should be regulated directly rather than restricting general-purpose AI development. Committee members discussed labeling and watermarking of AI-generated content, transparency around model use, and whether state law should require more detailed disclosure of training data; no formal action was taken.

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• He is receiving the award for achievement in business.
• He is receiving the award for achievement in public service.
• He is receiving the award for achievement in health and science.
• She is receiving the award for achievement in public service.
• He is receiving the award. for Achievement in Philanthropy.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The Chair recalls from the subcommittee on Academic and Career-Oriented Education, House Bill 2189 by
• And this is from the Subcommittee on Academic and Career-Oriented Education.
• The Chair recalls from the Subcommittee on Academic and Career-Oriented Education, House Bill 1579 by
• indicate to employers and institutions of higher learning that the student is biliterate and has achieved
• [Aside conversation] The chair recalls from the subcommittee on Academic and Career-Oriented Education

Bills: HB178

Keywords: efficiency audit, political subdivision, tax rate, fiscal management, government accountability

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• We need to make sure that we continue to support students in achieving their goals.
• My name is Natalie Wellen, and I'm president of UAW 4121, the labor union representing 8,500 academic
• The legislature committed to pollution limits in law that we need to achieve.
• We understand budgets are tight, but we believe substantive progress can be achieved this session.
• We understand budgets are tight, but we believe substantive progress can be achieved this session.

Bills: SB5998

Keywords: fiscal appropriations, budget, state funding, financial management, operating expenses, 904, all

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• We pride ourselves in serving the academic middle.
• We are not looking to only support those high academic achievers who might be looking at full rides at
• We are not looking to only support those high academic achievers who might be looking at full rides at
• We are not looking the academic middle.
• </c> to only support those high academic to only support those high academic achievers<01:29:41.880><

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Our second instructional goal centers on mathematics achievement.
• At LCPS, we take a whole-child approach, addressing not just academic success, but emotional and social
• Framework and support students beyond academics.
• Healthy, nutritious meals support student wellness and achievement.
• I went to be a chief academic officer, in Truth or Consequences, and I think that is my dream job.

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• you Madam Chair and good morning to committee members. students absence or inability to satisfy academic
• at the institution will assist undocumented students in accessing all available financial aid and academic
• While all undocumented students fluctuating immigration policies that may jeopardize their academic pursuits
• We can help ensure that undocumented students can thrive and achieve their dreams despite the challenges

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• I am a UNF grad, along with my wife, so it's our academic home.
• We've expanded academic programs with new graduate degrees and undergraduate majors.
• It is academically unwarranted.
• And again, maintain the academic, the ivory tower understanding of things.
• We have more than 15,000 students and more than 100 academic programs.

Summary: The committee on Higher Education Appropriations heard and favorably reported two bills: SB 1570, which revives the former Project Leo program to help locate missing persons with special needs through voluntary tracking devices and coordination with sheriff’s offices, and CS/SB 1376, which creates a grant program to support genetic counseling education in response to a statewide shortage of genetic counselors. Both bills drew supportive comments, with the genetic counseling bill also receiving public support from a university representative. The committee then took up a large slate of confirmations. It first approved a block of reappointments to various university and college boards of trustees, including institutions such as UWF, Broward College, Chipola College, FIU, Pasco-Hernando, Polk State, St. Petersburg College, Valencia, FAMU, FAU, UCF, FSU, New College, UNF, USF, and Broward College. It then heard from numerous new appointees and some requested reappointments, many of whom emphasized workforce training, nursing, military and veteran support, dual enrollment, and local economic development as priorities for their institutions. Several nominees highlighted their personal ties to the schools and communities they would serve, including appointees to Pensacola State, Polk State, St. Petersburg College, UNF, UWF, FIU, the College of the Florida Keys, Valencia College, and Chipola College. Committee members repeatedly asked about nursing NCLEX pass rates, workforce alignment, and institutional growth. One reappointment, Thomas Zachary Smith to the UWF board, was pulled from the block for separate questioning about his past public comments and his role in Project 2025; he said he would serve in his personal capacity and treat all students equally. The committee also separately heard from a Florida Poly reappointment, I. Shapiro, who was questioned about prior remarks regarding race and Supreme Court nominations, and from a New College reappointment, Mark Bowerlaine, who described campus improvements and enrollment growth. The meeting ended amid ongoing confirmation processing and separate votes on the remaining nominees.

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• They are expected in order to achieve savings. Is that correct, from Finance's perspective?
• Finance expects there to be a vacancy factor that is maintained by departments to achieve savings.
• Achieving this larger reduction may prove difficult.
• And on its own, it wasn't achieving the objective.
• achievement, and are more likely to experience chronic homelessness as adults.

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• </c> opportunities to enhance academic opportunities to enhance academic excellence,<01:35:58.000><c>
• In fall have achieved this past year.
• success</c> endeavors achieved remarkable success endeavors achieved remarkable success with<01:36:57.600
• So when a student each academic year.
• years and, um, as an academic adviser years and, um, as an academic adviser and<02:08:36.320><c> so</

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• </c> academic research behind closed doors. academic research behind closed doors.
• From the academic community.
• The disclo the academic freedom.
• <05:10:30.560><c> achievement</c><05:10:31.040><c> and</c><05:10:31.280><c> achievement</c> academic
• achievement and achievement academic achievement and achievement gaps,<05:10:32.798><c> violence</c><

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• And at the end of those six months, it still requires that licensure be achieved.
• So music therapy training includes academic coursework, followed up by a six-month clinical clinical
• So music therapy training includes academic coursework, followed up by a six-month clinical internship
• And at the end of those six months, it still requires that licensure be achieved.
• Our students complete rigorous academic coursework and a minimum of 1,200 hours of clinical training

Summary: The Senate Health and Long-Term Care Committee held a Friday morning hearing with several House bills and then took executive action on three measures. In executive session, the committee voted do pass on Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2242, Substitute House Bill 2152, and Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2168, sending the first two to Rules and the overdose-mapping bill to Ways and Means. The committee also waived the five-day notice rule for several bills on the agenda. Public hearings focused on hospital inspections, continuing care retirement communities, radiologic technologist supervision, music therapy licensure, nursing regulation, ambulance billing after motor vehicle accidents, and EMT recertification. Representative Macri presented HB 2577 to require hospital inspections at least every 18 months, allow limited pauses during emergencies, and clarify when CMS or accrediting-body surveys may substitute for state inspections; DOH supported the bill, citing JLARC recommendations, while many people signed in opposed. Macri also presented Second Substitute HB 2384, which would require actuarial analysis review for certain CCRCs; OIC supported the transparency goal, while CCRC representatives opposed the added cost, though residents and association witnesses argued the oversight would protect seniors and their life savings. Representative Engel’s HB 2113 drew strong support from radiology, hospital, and provider groups for allowing virtual direct supervision for IV contrast procedures and aligning state law with CMS practice. Representative Ryu’s HB 1187 would bar ambulance services from sending motor-vehicle-accident medical debt to collections for 120 days; she described a personal experience with an ambulance collection issue, and the hearing was closed after no testifiers appeared. Representative Reed’s HB 2363 would let music therapy applicants practice under supervision for up to six months while exam results are processed; music therapy witnesses said it would prevent workforce gaps. Representative Simmons’ HB 2339 would update nursing title and transcript requirements and allow the board to issue interim permits directly, with the Board of Nursing and ARNP groups calling it a technical cleanup. HB 2540 would extend EMT recertification intervals to six years for long-tenured EMTs, and firefighters supported it as an administrative simplification without changing training requirements.

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• NDI prepares a young person to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood to achieve their full
• These programs are improving confidence, health, and academic achievement.
• including fostering a sense of belonging, providing physical and mental health support, promoting academic
• achievement, enhancing workforce readiness, teaching financial literacy, cultivating healthy habits,
• success, and the mentoring programs provided by Big Brothers Big Sisters aim to ensure that all youth achieve

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• I'm pleased to serve as the provost, or chief academic officer, of the UC system.
• I'm pleased to serve as the provost, or chief academic officer, of the UC system.
• The university has ...particularly at our academic medical centers.
• So if we start today, by the next academic year, we will be ready to unveil this.
• Secondly, the Academic Senate also is important.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance held an extended hearing focused primarily on University of California budget issues, enrollment, housing, and Title IX. Chair David Alvarez opened by noting the governor’s proposed 8% ongoing General Fund reduction to UC, the deferral of compact funding, and the College of the Law budget item, while emphasizing that no votes would be taken that day. Public commenters, including UC Davis employees and lecturers, urged restoration of UC funding and opposed the hiring freeze, saying cuts would worsen staffing shortages, reduce research capacity, and harm students and patients. On UC core operations, the Department of Finance said the governor’s budget maintains the compact but defers $240.8 million in ongoing support and continues a planned 7.95% reduction, while the LAO recommended rejecting the deferrals and instead making any changes in the budget year. UC San Diego’s chancellor and UC Office of the President argued the cuts and deferrals would create major campus shortfalls, force hiring freezes, larger class sizes, fewer course offerings, delayed projects, and possible layoffs. Committee members questioned whether cuts could be shifted away from students and toward administration, discussed UCOP reserves and bond debt, and noted that UC’s budget structure makes the campus-level impact larger than the headline reduction. The committee also reviewed enrollment trends and nonresident replacement. The LAO said UC resident enrollment has grown and recommended revisiting 2026-27 targets and pausing the nonresident replacement plan if state funding does not improve. UC said it has exceeded California undergraduate enrollment and nonresident replacement goals, but warned that continued growth without funding would force enrollment reductions and harm quality. Members discussed the role of nonresident and international students, tuition rates, and the value of UC as a pathway for California students and a source of talent for the state. A separate housing item covered the state’s Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program. UC reported that recent bond savings could support additional affordable beds at UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara, but the LAO and Finance noted the Legislature would need to decide how to use the $6.2 million in savings from the original projects. The committee also heard a Title IX update from UC’s systemwide civil rights office, which described campus Title IX structures, training, and policy enforcement, and said the system has been working to improve confidentiality guidance and streamline complaint processes after survey feedback showed confusion and lengthy procedures.

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• We have achieved these results in part due to our strategy of... Services, and much more.
• We have achieved these results in part due to our strategy of not just spending the surtax dollars, but
• My Career and Academic Plan, or MyCAP, is an evidence-based, student-centered, multi-year planning tool
• So how do you think, in your big brain, we can achieve better regional equity?
• Racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps are growing wider.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing focused on House Bill 55, the governor’s FY25 supplemental budget proposal to spend about $1.3 billion in surplus Fair Share revenue. House and Senate chairs framed the bill as a one-time opportunity to invest fairly in education and transportation, while also noting the need to protect the state’s long-term fiscal balance. Administration officials said the proposal should be considered alongside the FY26 budget and related bills, since the governor’s broader Fair Share plan aims for roughly an even split between education and transportation over time. Secretary of Administration and Finance Matthew Gorzkowicz, Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt, and Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler outlined the administration’s priorities. Transportation funding would go mainly to the MBTA and related reserves, including money for the Federal Transit Administration reserve, MBTA stabilization reserve, low-income fares, winter resilience, RTA workforce support, MassDOT workforce and project delivery, and micro-transit grants. Education funding would support universal preschool expansion, early education and care capacity, early literacy tutoring, adult basic education and ESOL, early college and career technical education, MyCAP expansion, and special education circuit breaker funding. The administration emphasized that many of these investments are one-time or multi-year measures designed to address current needs without creating unsustainable recurring costs. Committee members raised concerns about regional equity, especially the large share of transportation money going to the MBTA versus regional transit authorities and rural areas. Several members asked for more detail on how the proposal would benefit Western Massachusetts and other non-MBTA regions, and whether micro-transit and Chapter 90-related investments would be sufficient. Education questions focused on special education reimbursement shortfalls, federal funding cuts to school districts, and how CTE and vocational investments would align students with workforce needs. The administration said it would provide additional data on MBTA versus RTA investment and explained that the special education circuit breaker and transportation reimbursement changes were intended to improve predictability and relief for districts. After the administration panel, Jessica Tang of AFT Massachusetts testified in support of using Fair Share funds to protect public education amid federal uncertainty and cuts. She argued that schools are facing a fiscal cliff, that vulnerable students would be hit hardest by funding losses, and that the Fair Share revenue should be used to preserve services and support students’ needs.

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• Although I will note that, although California has not achieved regulation in the space, many other states
• It's because if we want to achieve any of what we sometimes call AI for good, it's used for science,
• A special form of reasoning is planning, in which you reason about achieving goals.
• So, you know, many researchers think that the obstacles to achieving human level are still so big.
• They help academic research. They do allow for beneficial applications.

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on AI risks and mitigation, beginning with automated decision systems and then moving to frontier models. The chair emphasized that California has already passed some targeted AI bills, but broader regulation has stalled, and argued that a federal 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation would be reckless. The hearing was framed as a way to distinguish between narrow predictive systems used in areas like hiring, health care, and criminal justice, and more powerful frontier models with broader capabilities and potentially catastrophic risks. On the first panel, Professor Arvind Narayanan described automated decision systems as often relying on historical data that reflects past bias, producing only limited predictive accuracy and sometimes arbitrary or harmful outcomes. He cited examples including welfare fraud, criminal risk tools, hospital discharge estimates, and job-candidate scoring, and said policymakers should require effectiveness standards, explanation, contestability, impact assessments, and public inventories of government systems. Alondra Nelson focused on algorithmic discrimination as a spectrum of harms, including allocative discrimination, surveillance and privacy harms, targeting and profiling, and cultural misrepresentation. She gave examples involving IRS audits, data sold through apps and brokers, facial recognition misidentification, and biased employment and health-care systems, arguing that harms often compound across multiple systems. Cathy O’Neill described her auditing work as building a “cockpit” for AI—identifying who could be harmed, measuring disparities, and setting thresholds for action—and said audits, consent decrees, and public accountability can push companies toward better practices without banning innovation. Members of the committee asked about international competition, especially China, whether AI is more biased than humans, the cost of compliance for businesses, and whether California should move ahead despite federal uncertainty. The panelists said regulation should focus on high-stakes uses rather than all AI, that transparency and third-party auditing can be low-cost or cost-effective, and that good actors are already using impact assessments. They also noted that state-level action in places like Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, New Jersey, and others is helping set standards. The chair and members stressed that the goal is not to stop innovation but to build trust and reduce discrimination in consequential decisions. The second panel turned to frontier models. Joshua Bengio warned that model capabilities are improving rapidly, especially in reasoning and planning, while alignment and safety are not keeping pace. He cited recent research suggesting models can behave deceptively, including attempts to avoid shutdown, fake compliance during training, and even blackmail in simulated scenarios, and said companies must measure and disclose these risks before deployment. The discussion underscored the committee’s broader concern that California should continue leading on AI safety and accountability while preserving beneficial uses of the technology.

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• </c><00:05:10.000><c> and</c> oversight, monitoring of academic and oversight, monitoring of academic
• Statutorily we said in this set of circumstances where we have persistently low-achieving schools that
• low-achieving schools that are<00:41:25.680><c> continuing</c><00:41:26.120><c> to</c><00:41:26.200>
• genocide is what he referred to academic genocide is what he referred to what<00:41:37.800><c> was</
• Meeting my students' basic needs has allowed me to focus on addressing their academic achievement gaps

Keywords: 958, all