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• Our state's budget deficit has required the legislature to carefully evaluate where every single dollar
• These pathways include test-based, course-based, and performance-based options.
• These pathways include test-based, course-based, and performance-based options, and there's a number
• Specifically, Edexcel in statute will allow the board to evaluate it within existing processes with no
• Edexcel in statute will allow the board to evaluate it within existing processes with no presumption

Bills: SB6078, SB6089, SB5859, SB5861, SB6065, SB5956, SB5901

Keywords: SB 6078, child care, childcare, daycare, licensed child care provider, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, DCYF, prelicensing, licensing support, resource guide, child care center, family home child care, family home provider, outdoor nature-based child care, school-age child care, early learning, provider application, local permit notice, city permit, county permit

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• the need to evaluate how AI is<00:03:21.519><c> being</c><00:03:21.760><c> integrated</c><00:03:22.360
• capacity to perform really complicated tasks<00:07:25.400><c> as</c><00:07:25.520><c> well</c><00:07
• AI-driven workforce management tools are already being used to evaluate nurse performance, to predict
• AI-driven workforce management tools are already being used to evaluate nurse performance, to predict
• </c><01:07:03.960><c> and</c> not only the concern of performers and not only the concern of performers

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Many of these drag performances, regardless of their location, have sexual themes woven into the performance
• It's a performer dressed in an over-the-top outfit reading a book in a performative way.
• Performance or identity?
• Drag performers may or may not be trans. Drag performers may or may not be gay.
• Drag performers are pretty energetic folks. They're performers. They're artists.

Bills: SB34, SB75, SB330, SB1535, SB18, SB 18, SB 34

Keywords: wildfire, wildfire mitigation, wildfire prevention, volunteer fire department, Texas A&M Forest Service, West Texas A&M University, prescribed burning, fuel loading, fuel reduction, firefighting equipment database, emergency communications, disaster preparedness, rural fire protection, asset hardening, natural resource management, emergency management, large wildfire risk, fire grant funding, fire suppression, Texas Legislature

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• Chair, regarding one of the performance measures.
• On the performance measures, I see some really different numbers here.
• There's a copy of the fourth quarter performance report card on page 132 of volume 1.
• The COMPASS evaluation tells us what their needs and risks are.
• Beyond that, analysts reach consensus on all the performance measures.

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• We could perform better from a HEDIS performance measure perspective, and we need to set targets and
• Also removing the requirement that home health agencies must use a direct employee to perform admissions
• , evaluations, and discharges, but also be allowed to hire contract staff as well as direct employees
• It mandates an annual assessment of the home health aide program to evaluate caregiver satisfaction and
• These are parents who will be taking care of their children, and there will be an evaluation process

Summary: The Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and took up a long agenda of health care, Medicaid, and patient-access measures, along with confirmation votes. The committee first reconsidered and amended SB 1606 on patient access to records, clarifying portal obligations, deleting a section affecting nursing home facility records, and setting a January 1, 2026 effective date; the bill then passed favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also recommended confirmation of a block of appointees and separately confirmed Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration after Harris testified about priorities including financial accountability, managed care oversight, transparency, and quality improvement. Senators asked about audit findings and Medicaid managed care performance, and several witnesses and committee members voiced support for her appointment. The committee then advanced a series of bills, most of them with amendments, including claims bills SB 28 and SB 22 for South Broward Hospital District settlements, SB 772 on undesignated glucagon in schools, SB 998 on death certification by physician assistants and APRNs, SB 1412 on home health administration flexibility, SB 1800 creating a Parkinson’s disease research consortium at USF, SB 306 on managed care network access during holidays and after hours, SB 1768 on stem cell therapies by physicians, SB 1602 on pediatric readiness in emergency departments, SB 1156 on the home health aide program for medically fragile children, SB 1490 on Children’s Medical Services and managed care administration, and SB 1182 on Medicaid coverage of continuous glucose monitors. Most of these bills received support from industry, advocacy, or provider groups and were reported favorably as committee substitutes. The most debated measure was SB 1270, a broad strike-all amendment combining provisions on mRNA vaccine documentation, vaccination-status protections in the Patient Bill of Rights, medical marijuana reporting and background-screening definitions, compact language, and volunteer immunity. The committee heard extensive testimony both for and against the vaccine-related provisions, including concerns about discrimination, patient safety, provider discretion, and medical liability. After additional technical amendments and a time-certain motion, the bill passed favorably as a committee substitute, with Senators Davis and Osgood voting no and Senator Harrell expressing a weak yes. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded their votes on selected tabs, and the committee adjourned.

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• reviews notices of intent to performance reviews notices of intent to terminate<00:47:22.839><c> or<
• As an authorizer, our job is to monitor and evaluate the academic, fiscal, and operational performance
• As an authorizer, our job is to monitor and evaluate the academic, fiscal, and operational performance
• It's simply the best practices of the best performing and healthy charter schools in the state.
• It's simply the best practices of the best performing and healthy charter schools in the state.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I became convinced that restricting what I ate was necessary to perform at the highest level.
• Lastly, the superintendent would evaluate laws and programs.
• You have a role to perform here.
• This has been evaluated by the Court of Appeals in the Honig litigation earlier referenced.
• capacity so that we're not relying again on the implementers to evaluate their own work.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee first heard two bills. AB 1665 by Assemblymember Pacheco would require school sports coaches to complete approved mental health training. Supporters said coaches are trusted adults who are often first to notice student-athlete distress, and a witness described personal experience with body image and disordered eating pressures in athletics. There was no opposition, and the bill was moved out of committee on a due pass as amended motion to Appropriations, ultimately passing 9-0 after add-on votes. AB 2316 by Assemblymember Hoover would allow charter schools to apply for the same financial hardship relief in the state school facilities program that traditional districts can seek. Supporters argued this would improve parity and help smaller and low-income charter schools access permanent facilities; some initially opposed agencies said their concerns were addressed by amendments. The bill also passed unanimously, 9-0, to Appropriations. The committee then took up a consent calendar containing 12 additional measures, including bills on education funding, facilities, and other school-related matters, plus a resolution. Those items were approved on a 7-0 vote, with the roll left open for add-on votes. After the bill hearing portion was recessed and later reconvened, additional members added votes to AB 1665, AB 2316, and the consent calendar, bringing each to 9-0. The committee then held an informational hearing on state-level education governance, centered on Governor Newsom’s proposal to restructure the California Department of Education and the role of the elected Superintendent of Public Instruction, with AB 2117 serving as a policy vehicle carrying the same language and no action to be taken. Testimony came from the Legislative Analyst’s Office, the Education Commission of the States, and former CDE chief deputy Richard Zager. Witnesses reviewed the history of California’s governance structure, compared it with other states, and discussed accountability, legislative oversight, and the role of the superintendent under the proposal. Committee members raised concerns about preserving checks and balances, the fiscal implementation plan, county-office relationships, and whether the superintendent’s role would be reduced too far; no vote was taken at the informational hearing.

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• I became convinced that restricting what I ate was necessary to perform at the highest level.
• Then, lastly, it would evaluate laws and programs.
• You have a role to perform here.
• on behalf of students, reducing reliance on implementers to evaluate their own work.
• The implementers to evaluate their own work. Thank you for that.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• He's fully tested and evaluated for us for a long service life.
• So we have to evaluate everything right, too. The bridge components.
• Additionally, they track performance metrics and they hold public engagement.
• They look at system performance and that's not travel time reliability.
• And then they also tracked transit performance metrics as well.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Because of its complexity, it is related to the evaluation of transmission cost recovery.
• What is your thought process on how you evaluate this 12CP?
• the game, and if they don't perform, they lose the money.
• , test, and improve safety performance in real-world conditions.
• Systems are built and tested to recognize standards, including U.L. 9540 and 9540A, which evaluate performance

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• of performance at the end of the last year of the Marshal's term and really reappoint based on performance
• Since the Marshal is really only serving five-year terms, they can do a performance evaluation at the
• end of the last year of the Marshal's term and reappoint based on performance, not an arbitrary term
• evaluation of performance at the end of evaluation of performance at the end of the<00:12:52.199><c>
• </c> really reappoint based on performance really reappoint based on performance not<00:12:57.120><c>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Labor and Technology heard testimony on several measures. SB 338, relating to taxation, would temporarily reinstate the Act 221 technology infrastructure renovation tax credit and expand eligible technology-enabled infrastructure to include data servers; Tax Department said it had no requested changes, SurfPAC supported the bill, and the Tax Foundation offered comments. Members later advanced SB 338 with amendments, including a report to the Legislature before the 2029 session and technical changes. SB 1491, on departmental data sharing, would add the Department of Taxation to the state longitudinal data system to share aggregated wage data; UH, Hawaii P20, and the Tax Foundation supported it, and Taxation said it could comply as written. The committee amended the bill to also include DBEDT and then passed it with amendments. The committee also considered SB 1156 on sexually explicit deepfakes, SB 853 on an immigration services trust fund, SB 436 on limiting State Fire Marshal service to three terms, and SB 1034 on rest periods in the food service industry. The Attorney General said SB 1156 was unnecessary because existing law already covers AI-created deepfakes, and the committee deferred the bill. SB 853 drew support from DLIR/Office of Community Services and civil rights advocates, but opposition testimony noted substantial public opposition; the committee deferred the measure, saying existing resources from Act 7 made the trust fund premature. SB 436 drew concerns from the State Fire Council representative that term limits would add complications, but the committee passed it with amendments. SB 1034 drew mixed testimony: DLIR stood on comments, the restaurant association supported the intent but suggested changing the five-hour threshold, and the Hawaii Food Industry Association opposed it over the lack of a definition of food service industry; the committee amended the bill to add that definition and passed it with amendments. At the later 3:15 p.m. decision-making-only agenda, the committee deferred SB 730 indefinitely after conferring with the PSM chair, saying it was special legislation needing further work in the interim.

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• Madam Chair, Senator Miranda, as you know, the board has its set of frameworks that it evaluates each
• They work with students on IEPs and doing evaluations.
• So it's a performance report. School districts get Auditor General performance reports.
• They select a number of schools and they go through the performance report.
• timelines to conduct an evaluation or have an IEP in effect.

Bills: HB2093, HB2370, HB2376, HB2380, HB2381, HB2383, HB2423, HB2481, HB2621, HB2895, HB4005, HB4043, HB4109

Keywords: mental health, school curriculum, education policy, instruction requirements, statute repeal, charter schools, education, weapons detection, public safety, school administration, school districts, real estate transactions, school property, bond issuance, land use approval, capital improvements, school governance, board meetings, education funding, parental notification

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• the State Library’s performance in the actual implementation of the Imagination Library and getting
• So if it is a performing arts center, if it is a gym, if it is a classroom, if that classroom is for
• Well, right now, the program itself is undergoing an evaluation by a third party, and I think we just
• Evaluation showed that 90% of participating districts report improved culinary capacity and 94% report
• components that are currently creating instability across districts. ...performance-based components

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• And that's within the CalReady system so that local health department staff can evaluate the case and
• an evaluation of these systems.
• Again, I would emphasize that the purpose of performing this assessment with regards to these systems
• I also want to debunk the fact that, or not debunk, but clarify that as you evaluate the utilization
• So the administration over the past couple months has been performing this analysis of these systems.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The vendor performed on-call HVAC repairs at the North Little Rock Veterans Home on an ongoing basis
• This is for the nursing assistant competency evaluation program.
• This is for the nursing assistant competency evaluation program.
• This is for psychological evaluations for DCFS clients. 128 is with The Answer Foster Care, a private
• This is to deliver an integrated and independent evaluation framework that supports the goals of Build

Summary: The committee met to review a supplemental agenda, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, and a member disclosure. The Office of State Procurement presented rule changes tied to 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, with updates to sole-source definitions, unrealistic bids, protest requirements, debarment procedures, and recodification references; the committee voted to accept the supplemental agenda and approve the rules. Members also approved eight methods of finance covering university repairs, equipment replacement, property purchase, and capital projects, along with a large slate of discretionary grants for courts, health, DHS, historic preservation, and tobacco prevention programs. The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys, Department of Health costs from an ice-storm-related water leak, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, Veterans Affairs HVAC and medical-service payments, and a UA Little Rock painting contract. The Department of Public Safety ratification drew extended questioning about why the expired Motorola contract had not been renewed sooner and why the issue took months to reach the committee; agency officials said the project was bond-funded, had not been tracked in ASIS, and involved ongoing negotiations and system updates. Despite concerns, the committee approved the ratifications. Members also reviewed a long list of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including numerous university, DHS, health, corrections, and state agency agreements. Several contracts were discussed in more detail, including an SAU custodial contract question about sales tax and transparency reporting, and Department of Corrections aerial application contracts for Tucker and Cummins farms, which officials said served separate facilities in different parts of the state. The committee approved the contract lists, reviewed reports, and accepted a disclosure from Representative Andrew Collins regarding his investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services before adjourning.

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• TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE'S FUNDING PRIORITIES WE WILL USE THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS OF THE YEAR TO EVALUATE
• THIS WILL HAVE KEY ISSUES INCLUDING PERFORMANCE MEASURES, DATA COLLECTIONS AND USE ACCOUNTABILITY AND
• OUR BUDGET DECISIONS ARE THOUGHTFUL, FAIR, AND BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF PROGRAM PERFORMANCE
• SAP D HAS PERFORMED THE DUE DILIGENCE WITH MANAGING THE PROGRAM.
• I CALL THIS THE FISCAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT YEAR OVER YEAR.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And that's being evaluated by the separate evaluator.
• So that means you have to be evaluated by the entity that does the evaluating.
• And that's being evaluated by the separate evaluator.
• There's a different entity that evaluates. Yeah.
• So we're constantly evaluating what they are.

Summary: The committee began with a work session on Washington’s child care oversight and subsidy system, focusing on Working Connections Child Care, licensing, audits, and fraud prevention. DCYF officials said the program serves over 63,000 eligible families, with about 6,600 licensed providers and roughly 2,200 license-exempt family, friend, and neighbor providers. They described annual unannounced licensing visits, complaint investigations, attendance tracking, eligibility verification, random and focused audits, and referrals to the Office of Fraud and Accountability or Office of Financial Recovery when needed. Senators asked about voucher amounts, visit frequency, and what happens when children are not present; officials said the average subsidy is about $2,200 per month, providers are paid directly, and repeated failed visits can lead to license closure. Child Care Aware and provider testimony emphasized the quality system, Early Achievers, and a virtual provider described the practical realities of home-based care and unannounced inspections. The committee then heard Senate Bill 5952, which would standardize the process for waiving high school physical education requirements. The bill’s sponsor said the goal was to make PE waiver decisions consistent across districts so students who move schools are not disadvantaged, especially in six-period schedules with limited room for electives. Student supporters said a uniform process would improve fairness and help students fit in AP, career, or other coursework. Opponents, including PE teachers and the Washington Association of School Principals, argued that PE is a core academic subject, that athletics is not interchangeable with PE, and that local flexibility should remain. The State Board of Education supported the bill, saying current district policies vary widely and a standardized process would improve equity and transparency. Next, the committee took testimony on Senate Bill 5961, which would transfer the Imagination Library of Washington from DCYF to OSPI. The sponsor called it a simple administrative move to align the book-gifting program with early literacy and K-12 education, noting the program serves about 120,000 children in all 39 counties. OSPI and program representatives supported the transfer, saying it better fits the birth-to-grade-three literacy continuum and strengthens accountability. Testifiers highlighted the program’s role in school readiness, early brain development, and access to physical books for young children. Finally, the committee opened Senate Bill 5969, which would allow a student’s IEP transition plan to satisfy high school and beyond plan requirements if the IEP team chooses. The sponsor, a special education teacher, said the bill would reduce duplication and better support students with disabilities as they transition to postsecondary life. The committee then began hearing testimony on the proposal.

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• </c> with a review of investment performance. with a review of investment performance.
• ><00:23:20.320><c> helps</c> that positive performance again helps that positive performance again helps
• to performance.
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Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:01 Attendance Roll Call: 00:01:26 Approval of Minutes: 00:02:27 Investment, Cash Flow, and Legislative Update: Bo Cracraft – Judicial Form Retirement System: 00:03:12 Ryan Barrow – Kentucky Public Pensions Authority: 00:21:52 Beau Barnes – Teachers’ Retirement System: 00:34:31 Adjournment: 01:07:25, 958, all

Summary: The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer, followed by a roll call confirming a quorum and approval of the prior minutes. A special guest, Dave Eager, was welcomed before the committee moved to presentations from retirement system officials. Bo Craycraft, executive director of the Judicial Form Retirement System, gave a quarterly update on investment performance, asset allocation, and cash flow. He said the plans had held up well amid market volatility, with fiscal year-to-date returns above benchmark and long-term returns remaining strong. He explained that the plans are targeted to a 70% equity/30% fixed-income allocation, that some cash is being held for cash-flow management, and that negative cash flow is expected because of funding and contribution levels. He also said Senate Bill 183, dealing with proxy voting and economic analysis for certain votes, was not expected to materially affect the plans because of their small number of holdings and Bear Trust’s long-term investment approach. Ryan Barrow and Erin Surrod then presented for the Kentucky Pension Authority. They reported positive quarterly performance across the retirement and insurance funds, though results varied by period and remained tied to broader market conditions. They said recent asset-allocation changes had been completed and the funds were now within target ranges. On cash flow, they noted some plans remained negative or near zero, with one plan benefiting from a large appropriation. In the legislative update, they described House Bill 30 as codifying an exclusion from pension-spiking calculations for across-the-board raises, and Senate Bill 10 as increasing retiree health insurance subsidies and changing employee health insurance contribution rules for certain CERS members beginning in 2026. They also said Senate Bill 183 would likely have limited impact, though the agency would review voting policies and incorporate any required economic-analysis procedures.

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• Corrine Hall, and she is the Senior Manager of State Fiscal Policy Project, Government Performance, and
• We see states that do independent reports; we see states that nest them into their actuary evaluation
• ERB is doing an actuarial evaluation. They work with GRS.
• We perform the same analysis. Could you please introduce yourself? All right.
• So, we perform the same analysis. Same studies, virtually identical.

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• THEY HAVE INCOME THAT THEY RECEIVED THROUGH THE PROGRAM DISREGARDED WHEN THEY ARE EVALUATED FOR MEDICAID
• ORDER TO STAY HEALTHY AND IT MANDATES ANNUAL AGENCY ASSESSMENTS OF THE HOME HEALTH AIDE PROGRAM TO EVALUATE
• AND THIS WAS BECAUSE THE RECORD WERE FOR THE ABUSE EVALUATION.
• FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL AUDITS FOR ENTITIES AND PROVIDER NETWORK REFERRAL PATTERNS AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
• STEM CELL THERAPIES FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL ISSUES PROVIDING THAT THE TREATMENT IS PERFORMED WITH STEM CELL

Keywords: 999, senate, all