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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This concurrent resolution sets the date for a joint meeting of the Senate and House higher education
- This is the date we agreed upon with the higher education co-chairs in the other body, and I would ask
- The Senate is now in recess. education committees uh as tomorrow education committees uh as tomorrow
- <00:11:47.120><c> with</c><00:11:47.240><c> the</c><00:11:47.399><c> higher</c><00:11:47.639><c> education
- </c><00:11:48.200><c> co-chairs</c> upon with the higher education co-chairs upon with the higher education
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Local and County Government Apr 21st, 2026
Local and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Libraries are foundational to our communities, supporting education, access to information, and lifelong
- and my career has provided me with an opportunity to have a good perspective that's grounded in education
- through my work, I've developed strong skills in governance, strategic decision-making, community education
- But not only was he very involved at OSU, he went on to get his master's in educational administration
- also want to thank Governor Stitt for trusting in me and believing in me, as well as Secretary of Education
Committee:
Senate Local and County Government
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Local and County Government met and first considered the nomination of Mary Westman to the Oklahoma Department of Libraries Board. Senator Standridge presented Westman, highlighting her background in nursing, health care, law, and business. Westman said she would focus on working within the board’s statutory authority, supporting local communities, and using resources efficiently. After a brief question-and-answer period, the committee voted 6-0 to advance her nomination to the full Senate.
The committee then considered the nomination of Samuel Alaback to the same board, presented by Senator Reinhardt. Reinhardt emphasized Alaback’s leadership experience at Oklahoma State University and his work as a middle school literature teacher. Alaback said he wanted to help address the state’s literacy challenges and support libraries as community spaces, while learning from other board members. Following questions about his priorities and plans, the committee voted 6-0 to advance his nomination to the Senate. The meeting then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 12th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 6, number one on the calendar for the day, is an act relating to education, modifying the
- Article 2 is education innovation.
- Under this article, local school boards engage with educators, parents, and their communities to decide
- There is a section on the Educator Licensing Board, which is even more concerning.
- I will be asking the body to re-refer this bill back to education finance.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We need more education in the state. We need more education on this topic.
- And I agree: education. We need more education in the state. We need more education on this topic.
- education.
- education.
- Well, gentlemen, I want to. his biosynthesization and education, public education.
Committee:
House Public Health
Summary:
The House Committee on Public Health heard House Bill 5, a proposal to ban THC products outside the Texas Compassionate Use Program while allowing non-intoxicating CBD and CBG products under tighter regulation. Chair Van Deaver gave a lengthy background on the 2018 federal Farm Bill and Texas’s 2019 hemp law, arguing that the lack of guardrails allowed a large, unregulated THC market to develop. HB 5 would impose licensing fees, product registration, testing and inspection requirements, and restrictions intended to keep products away from children.
Invited witnesses from law enforcement strongly supported the bill. Steve Dye of the Texas Police Chiefs Association and Brian Hawthorne of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas argued that THC consumables are widely mislabeled, often far more potent than advertised, and linked to youth access, impaired driving, and organized crime. Both said regulation would be ineffective and would amount to legalization, while a ban would be easier for officers to enforce. They also emphasized support for the Texas Compassionate Use Program and said medical THC should remain available.
Dr. Peter Stout of the Texas Association of Crime Lab Directors and Alice Amelot of Texas DPS testified as resource witnesses about forensic testing. They said current lab resources are already stretched thin, that quantitative testing for THC and related cannabinoids is expensive and time-consuming, and that a ban would simplify enforcement because labs could focus on presence/absence testing rather than concentration. Amelot said DPS labs are neutral on the bill but explained that mislabeled products and inaccurate certificates of analysis are common. Committee members asked about traffic safety, impairment, youth use, and the costs of enforcement and lab testing; witnesses repeatedly said the bill would reduce complexity for law enforcement but that any approach would still require more resources for labs.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> to,</c> boards of education to, boards of education to, uh,<00:09:59.200><c> to</c><00:09:59.520
- House Bill 828, Delegate Ebersole, State Board of Education membership, educational support member.
- House Bill 828, Delegate Ebersole, State Board of Education membership, educational support member.
- Senate Bill 70, Chair, Education, Energy, and Environment Committee, Adult Education and High School
- Senate Bill 70, Chair, Education, Energy, and Environment Committee, Adult Education and High School
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:57:56.520><c> housing</c> with te with cuts to education housing with te with cuts to education
- </c> a23 this is exemptions um for education a23 this is exemptions um for education and<01:19:42.040
- </c><01:19:53.920><c> institution</c> practice for an educational institution practice for an educational
- system because they American education system because they have<01:25:41.280><c> educational</c><01:
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (02/24/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:04:47.400><c> and</c> duties we set the hiring educational and duties we set the hiring educational
- </c> Hampshire HB 677 passed the education Hampshire HB 677 passed the education committee<03:34:15.080
- and would not have an impact on the Department of Education.
- Oh, I already gave them to the Department of Education. Thank you, that's all I wanted to do.
- ><c> our</c> as for the Department of Education our as for the Department of Education our part<04:16
Summary:
The Finance Division 2 hearing took testimony from the director of New Hampshire Police Standards and Training on the agency’s budget request and operations. He described the agency’s role in setting hiring, education, certification, and discipline standards for police, corrections, probation and parole, and court security officers, and noted that the agency runs the full-time, part-time, corrections, and court security training programs. He also outlined the agency’s staffing, facility, and budget request for FY 2026-27, including a request to keep funding level with the governor’s recommendation while shifting funds to support an IT manager position by defunding a vacant administrative slot.
The agency requested several statutory changes in Chapter 106, including clarifying the definition of police misconduct, allowing a temporary member on the Conduct Review Committee, clarifying reporting requirements for misconduct allegations, and codifying the Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission. The director also reviewed new responsibilities added in recent years, including crisis intervention training, statewide accreditation, the Conduct Review Committee, and increased annual in-service training requirements. He explained that crisis intervention funding is carried in a continuously appropriated, non-lapsing account and that some budget lines were reclassified, including software and janitorial services, to reflect actual spending needs.
Members asked about national standards, the different academy tracks, crisis intervention funding, maintenance and contract changes, temporary positions, and the court security training program. The agency said it coordinates with national peers through IADLEST, that the part-time and corrections academies are longstanding programs, and that the new court security academy can be delivered either as a full academy or as in-service training depending on resources. The director also said the agency has been running extra full-time academies because of high vacancy rates, but expects to return to three full-time academies this year, with two corrections academies and one or possibly two part-time academies. He also explained the current approach to misconduct records and public disclosure, saying sustained findings under RSA 106-L are heard by the council and published, replacing the older, less standardized exculpatory list process.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/18/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- It's tied to educational investment.
- c> access,</c> differences in educational access, differences in educational access, credential<00:30
- And then when it comes to education, of.
- </c><01:16:22.880><c> skills</c> certification or educational skills certification or educational skills
- There's a lot that can be education.
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a cleaner education programs.
- </c> kids buy in to the idea that education kids buy in to the idea that education is<00:37:03.359><c
- </c><01:04:06.160><c> And</c> environment in higher education. And environment in higher education.
- </c> coming out of the joint higher education coming out of the joint higher education hearing.<01:14
- </c> education prohibited." education prohibited."
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:54:47.760><c> For</c> limiting educator compensation. For limiting educator compensation.
- We prioritize our educators.
- We prioritize our educators.
- We prioritize our educators.
- ,</c> that into continuing education, that into continuing education, salaries,<01:07:25.760><c> Mr.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 11, February 21, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We need educators and career and technical education.
- more of those educators.
- We need educators and career and technical education.
- We need educators and career and technical education.
- </c> education, even though liberal education education, even though liberal education had<03:29:51.120
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not just tax policy; it is an evidence-based investment in children's health, education, and
- education inequalities in Minnesota.
- Through state general aid funding and universal high-quality education, we equalize educational opportunities
- handle, and definitely too many to provide the education that our kids deserve.
- </c> state, to our people, to our education state, to our people, to our education system,<01:38:12.760
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
child tax credit, financial assistance, low-income families, state revenue, tax policy, net investment income, taxation, business income, self-employment, tax increase, wealth tax, fairness, public services, high-income earners, economic equity, Internal Revenue Code, employee classification, federal law, Minnesota statutes, 1183
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 17, 2026 - PM
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Higher education research funding. Tell us what you got in mind with this bill. >> Mr.
- :03:18.720><c> committee</c> side conversation education committee side conversation education committee
- very educational for us. >> Wait, did you say you're on the school board?
- :17:20.560><c> the</c><01:17:20.880><c> importance</c> an education standpoint the importance an education
- </c> that public lands are very educational that public lands are very educational for<01:17:40.719><
Keywords:
landowner licenses, hunting, wildlife management, quota hunt areas, game and fish commission, game management, hunting regulations, black bear, tracking dogs, wildlife conservation, conservation, contracting, supervisor, funding, districts, hunting licenses, donated licenses, life-threatening illness, vision impairment, nonprofit organizations
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on State Government (11-13-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- When we come to higher education.
- of higher education for actual higher<00:43:47.440><c> education</c><00:43:48.000><c> needs</c><00:43
- :48.240><c> and</c><00:43:48.480><c> student</c> higher education needs and student higher education
- So I agree that higher education should be something that should be considered on that issue.
- So I agree that higher education should be something that should be considered on that issue.
Keywords:
Discussion of BR 25 (2026 RS) 04:15
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Summary:
The committee met, approved the October 21 minutes, and then took up BR 25 for the 2026 regular session, a proposal to prohibit the use of tax dollars and public resources to advocate for or against ballot questions, including constitutional amendments. Senator Rawlings and the other presenters argued the current law already bars such advocacy but lacks meaningful enforcement, citing the 2024 school choice amendment campaign and other examples where public officials and school systems allegedly used taxpayer-funded resources to influence voters. They said the bill would add civil and criminal penalties, while preserving First Amendment rights for public employees acting in their personal capacities.
Much of the discussion focused on whether the bill should be limited to school districts or broadened to cover other public entities, and on how to define terms such as “advocating in impartial terms.” Members raised concerns about possible effects on county and city lobbying through groups like KLC and KCO, on legitimate factual explanations by public officials, and on whether the bill could unintentionally restrict needed representation for local governments. The sponsors said the measure was intended to be narrow, would be vetted further, and would not bar individuals from speaking on their own behalf.
Several members suggested revisions. Representative Lockett asked that schools and school employees be specifically named, and suggested separating the lobbying restrictions from the ballot-measure provisions into different bills. Representative Layman questioned the meaning of the bill’s language and whether it would cover factual testimony by officials. Representative Heen asked about a Jefferson County example involving legal fees used to challenge petition signatures; counsel said that situation would likely be allowable under the bill as drafted, though some members thought it should be covered. No final vote was taken on BR 25 during this discussion.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> underfund and adequate public education. underfund and adequate public education.
- They value public education. services. They value public education.
- </c> average is half the cost of education. average is half the cost of education.
- </c> reach, educate, and mobilize. reach, educate, and mobilize.
- </c> department of education. department of education.
Committee:
House Election Law
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 19, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to welcome everyone to the Higher Education Budget Subcommittee.
- We have an exciting meeting planned for today as we continue our work on workforce education training
- and education funding.
- You'll recall that during our last meeting we took a broad look at Florida's workforce education system
- Lively Technical College is one of the state's career and technical education providers.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Jun 1st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- There's also provisions in there that go into education Provisions in there that go into also education
- That would be under education in public schools.
- And you may say, well, libraries are education?
- So we're constantly looking at certainly ways to improve our education.
- We've eliminated education, but we still have cities and counties.
Summary:
The Committee on Appropriations took up SJR 2-F, a proposed constitutional amendment to reduce property taxes by lowering assessment caps on non-homestead property, expanding homestead exemptions over time, and allowing local governments to increase exemptions further. The sponsor argued the measure would provide broad property tax relief while requiring revenues to be directed to core services such as public safety, education, infrastructure, and natural resource projects, with a trust fund intended to help local governments transition. Senators raised concerns about the lack of a fiscal score, the effect on counties, cities, school districts, and special districts, and whether the proposal would shift costs to fees or other taxes.
Several amendments were debated. Senator Polsky’s amendment to explicitly authorize user fees and non-ad valorem assessments to offset lost property tax revenue failed. Senator Avila’s amendment broadening permissible uses of ad valorem revenue to include county constitutional officers and other expenditures approved by local governing bodies was adopted after debate over whether the bill would otherwise underfund essential functions. Senator Smith’s sunset amendment, which would have made the constitutional changes expire after five years, failed. Senator Smith’s amendment to allow tourism development tax revenue to support public safety and education also failed. Senator Graal’s amendment removing the constitutional trust fund language was adopted, with supporters arguing the Constitution should not promise an unfunded account.
Additional late-file amendments were considered. Senator Berman’s proposal to change the ballot title to more neutrally describe the measure as affecting property taxes and local community service reductions failed. Senator Trumbull’s amendment removing school board ad valorem taxes from the proposal was adopted, preserving school taxes. Senator Smith’s amendment narrowing the non-homestead assessment cap reduction to small businesses only failed. The committee then returned to the bill as amended and continued questioning the sponsor about eligibility, fiscal impacts, and whether the proposal could lead to local governments offsetting lost revenue through special assessments or other charges.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations Feb 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- For the record, Saranda Ross, staff to the Post-Secondary Education and Workforce Committee.
- For the record, Saranda Ross, staff to the Post-Secondary Education and Workforce Committee.
- I totally agree that the early education degree seekers scholarship is a good idea.
- I totally agree that early education degree seekers scholarship is a good idea.
- What this would do is establish a council of education stakeholders to begin evaluating education policy
Summary:
The committee first received staff briefings on amendments for a series of bills, including measures on child care workforce standards, homelessness programs, community preservation authorities, domestic violence survivor relief, public defense funding, student behavioral health supports, water system ownership changes, nonprofit health carrier surplus assessments, 340B drug pricing reporting, Secretary of State filing fees, step housing, campaign security reimbursements, digital equity programs, a Boys and Men’s Commission, a waste-to-energy facility’s Climate Commitment Act obligations, 6PPD tire substitutes, and an early education scholarship. Staff described the policy changes and, where available, the expected fiscal effects of each proposed substitute or line amendment. The committee then went into caucus before returning for executive session.
In executive session, the committee voted out House Bill 1073, then adopted a Couture line amendment to House Bill 1128 exempting private K-12 schools with licensed child care programs from the child care employer definition before reporting the bill out as Second Substitute House Bill 1128. House Bill 1316, 1408, 1591, 1592, 1634, 1906, 1960, 2073, 2145, 2248, 2266, 2301, 2333, and 2365 were also reported from committee, with several amendments adopted along the way. Notable actions included adopting an emergency clause for House Bill 1408, rejecting proposed amendments to House Bill 1591 that would have narrowed relief for survivors and removed retroactivity, adopting a narrower amendment to House Bill 1592’s public defense funding formula, and adopting a substitute to House Bill 2145 that limited 340B reporting to hospitals.
The committee also debated and rejected several amendments to the step housing bill, House Bill 2266, including proposals for larger school/daycare buffers, more local oversight, and broader local government authority; the bill still advanced on a 16-13 vote. House Bill 2073, which requires nonprofit health carriers to contribute surplus funds to Cascade Care Savings, advanced over concerns about using one-time money for an ongoing program. House Bill 2248 advanced after an amendment redirected annual license fee deposits to the state treasury rather than the Secretary of State’s revolving fund. House Bill 2333 was narrowed to allow use of campaign funds for personal security reimbursements, and House Bill 2365 advanced with some amendments adopted and others rejected as the committee began discussing additional digital equity oversight provisions.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Service Jul 14th, 2026
Joint Committee on Public Service
Transcript Highlights:
- Even though we are public school educators working in Springfield, we supervise principals, we evaluate
- We create unique models that give students in Springfield access to a high-quality education, and we
- do that in partnership with Springfield Public Schools, the Springfield Education Association, and the
- Department of Education in Massachusetts.
- This is certainly a gap that's impacted us as public educators within the state, and I won't belabor
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Service
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I also sit on Resources and House Education. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- It is quite entertaining as well as educational.
- It is quite entertaining as well as educational.
- I also serve on Commerce and Human Resources and just got switched from Education to Health and Welfare
- . sources and just got switched from education to health and welfare.
Summary:
The meeting was a brief introductory session for a legislative committee with a new member present. Members and one student participant introduced themselves, sharing their districts, professional backgrounds, prior committee assignments, and a few personal updates. Several members noted their interest in issues likely to come before the committee, including technology, health and welfare, commerce, education, and nuclear-related matters tied to the Idaho National Laboratory.
A short discussion followed about whether artificial intelligence legislation might be assigned to this committee. The chair said such issues have traditionally gone to State Affairs, but he was open to asking leadership to route more technology-related bills to this committee, including AI proposals, if they arise. Representative Ilana Rubel then introduced herself, noting her Southeast Boise district and her background as an intellectual property attorney with experience in technology law.
No bills were heard, no testimony was taken beyond introductions, and no votes were held. The chair closed the meeting after the introductions and discussion of possible future committee jurisdiction.