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• <00:20:12.880> or<00:20:13.080> language<00:20:13.600> with language or language
• just to strike them from the language. just to strike them from the language.
• language for OPMs.
• which is the Senate language for OPMs. which is the Senate language for OPMs.
• . language. language.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The committee discussed a higher education attainment-goals bill and several related amendments. Members first reached agreement on funding changes: one amendment redirected money for fraud-prevention software for MnSCU and $5,000 for trees in Bemidji, and another moved $570,000 for workforce development-related funding. Members noted the use of general fund dollars to cover a FIG shortfall and expressed support for addressing fraud prevention while also saying MnSCU should be made whole in the next biennium. Both amendments were adopted. The main policy debate centered on an amendment updating the statewide attainment goal and related P-20 partnership language. Senator Um Ruebain proposed returning the attainment goal from 75 percent to 70 percent, and members discussed whether the bill’s expanded reporting and coordination duties would create costs for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). Nonpartisan staff and Commissioner Olsen said the Office of Higher Education and the P-20 partnership expected no costs, while DCYF’s fiscal note assumed reporting and staffing costs. After discussion, DCYF indicated it would absorb the costs, but some members still objected to expanding the partnership and creating additional bureaucracy. Members also debated whether early childhood and K-12 subgoals should be included as part of the attainment-goals framework. Supporters said aligning early childhood, K-12, and higher education goals is necessary to improve postsecondary attainment, while opponents argued the committee should focus on existing higher education goals and basic K-12 achievement. The committee ultimately adopted the Senate language on the attainment-goals section as amended, including the change back to 70 percent and revisions directed by staff to ensure the correct references were updated. The A12 amendment on pregnant and parenting students was also adopted earlier in the meeting.

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• safe, dry, and functional, and have a place for the next generation of Minnesota's teachers and learners
• generation of Minnesota's teachers next generation of Minnesota's teachers and<00:04:16.959> learners
• and learners. and learners.
• Currently the language in the statute Currently the language in the statute restricts<00:44:45.560>
• It's a statutory suggest language.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Review panels are provided with specific statutory language so they are aware of the legislative intent
• This is the fourth year that we have done the Dakota Ojibwe Language Symposium.
• I appreciate the work of this legislation. and identifying the importance of language preservation.
• expanded the number of books within that series from three to five, to twelve, to support early language
• work that we do within the schools to support their work, but as you know, all of us are lifelong learners

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• I am the owner and director of Little Learners Early Child Centers, with sites in Minnesota.
• Little Learners has the only licensed child care centers in Norman County. us<00:26:26.600> oh
• Early Child centers with sites learner Early Child centers with sites in<00:27:05.440> Minnesota<
• in there just to approval language in there just to alleviate<00:40:18.880> that<00:40:19.160
• He said the language aligns with federal law in the Adam Walsh law and will hopefully result someday

Bills: HF1367, HF2732, HF1897, HF1424, HF1383, HF2728, HF2863, HF1685, HF2929

Keywords: child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination

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• restricting... ...advocated for language restricting federal funding for abortion, and signed legal
• Gladis is a high school bilingual English language learners teacher with over 20 years of classroom experience
• Her work to share her culture and language encourages children...
• Her work to share her culture and language encourages children across Illinois's third congressional
• commend Shaisa Mala for reminding us of the strength we can find in connecting to our roots, our language

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• educational platform, which is that inpatient clinical delivery system, has largely become saturated with learners
• It becomes a hub where all learners can come and visit.
• program, Where can they go if they feel they were unjustly treated as a result of their ethnicity, language
• We have a learning environment office that we created specifically for these learner issues so that students
• whatever the service might happen to be, if it's a service that is Medicaid billable, then we put language

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• Patel ask the first question, but I have to just share real quick: I'm a visual learner by trade, and
• Sorry, I just, I'm a visual learner, and I just, you just kind of compile everything you've said to what
• So some of the information regarding some of our language service gaps we've seen in the County of San
• gaps is language, culturally competent programs, making sure that they're all tailored for our different
• it's not a designated zone, particularly as a promise zone, there was a lot of high cultural and language

Summary: The Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact held an informational hearing in San Diego focused on “Making Sense of California’s Economy: Real Cost Pressures and Household Impacts Facing San Diego.” Chair Salas and Assemblymember Darshana Patel opened by emphasizing affordability, housing, and the importance of bringing state policy discussions into the community. The first panel featured leaders from Cal State San Marcos and the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, who described the region’s innovation ecosystem, the university’s role in social mobility and workforce development, and the importance of partnerships with K-12 schools, community colleges, military installations, and industry. They also highlighted regional strengths in life sciences, aerospace and defense, advanced manufacturing, clean energy, and venture-backed innovation, while warning that housing costs, federal research cuts, permitting delays, and small-business fragility threaten growth and talent retention. Committee members asked about collaboration among higher education institutions and what state policy changes could help. Panelists said the region’s universities are complementary rather than competitive and stressed the value of public-private partnerships, social innovation, and aligning academic programs with employer needs. On policy, they urged faster permitting, possible regulatory sandboxes, stronger research investment, support for cross-border trade and manufacturing, and more housing affordability to keep workers in the region. The second panel centered on small business and entrepreneurship, with testimony from Hydrostasis founder Dr. Debbie Chen, Amai co-founder Sven Davison, and Asian Business Association San Diego CEO Jason Pagal. Chen described building a hydration-monitoring wearable, the barriers women founders face in accessing capital, and the importance of SBDC, Stella Foundation, and university internship support. Davison described Amai’s edible cup business and how tariffs, supply-chain costs, and financing constraints forced the company to pivot manufacturing plans. Pagal presented survey data showing high relocation intent, difficulty hiring, and low confidence among businesses, and recommended expanded technical assistance, regional cost-of-living adjustments, and small-business affordability zones. During questioning, members discussed targeted procurement and local incentive models, the role of SBDC and other support networks, and how to better tailor state programs to local conditions. Public comment came from the California Southern Small Business Development Corporation, which stressed that access to affordable capital remains a major challenge and noted the volume of loan guarantee requests coming from San Diego. No formal votes were taken; the hearing concluded with closing remarks from both members underscoring the need to use local testimony to shape future state policy and support California’s economy, families, and small businesses.

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• I am the owner and director of Little Learners Early Childhood Education.
• Little Learners has the only licensed child care centers in Norman County.
• I do need to make sure if it's notes requested on the DE, because we just got the language.
• I know that last week, and I'm just looking at it, but I'm not super dug into the language about Chair
• So this language does align with federal law in the Adam Walsh Act.

Bills: HF1367, HF2732, HF1897, HF1424, HF1383, HF2728, HF2863, HF1685, HF2929

Keywords: child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination

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• We serve primarily English-speaking families who choose our program because they want their children
• to learn another language early in life.
• were being done just for C-CAP to centers or to family child care or for all funding such as early learner
• /c><01:50:27.040> such<01:50:27.320> as<01:50:27.480> early<01:50:27.720> learner
• all funding such as early learner all funding such as early learner scholarships<01:50:28.600>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Oh, you're talking my language. Let me hold on—let me write this down. Okay, say more.
• So it begins to get me to think about what do we need to begin to do through trailer bill language and
• If I may, just thinking about trailer bill language and With us to change it.
• learner supports and inclusive classroom approaches.
• learners, as well as supporting inclusive classroom approaches.

Summary: The joint hearing focused on California’s child care, preschool, and transitional kindergarten oversight, with chairs emphasizing the state’s Master Plan for Early Learning and Care and the need to break down silos between programs. CDSS and CDE reported progress toward the plan’s goals, including universal access to TK for all four-year-olds next school year, expanded access for low-income three-year-olds, and more children with disabilities being served in state preschool. They also noted ongoing work on quality rating/review reform, funding structure changes, and the need to address rates, workforce shortages, and federal uncertainty around Head Start. Testimony from advocacy groups and providers largely supported expanding access while simplifying the system. Children Now, Every Child California, and the California Budget and Policy Center argued that California still has uneven access, especially for infants, toddlers, and three-year-olds, and urged investments in mixed delivery, inclusion, full-day options, and a cost-of-care rate methodology. Every Child California recommended consolidating part-day and full-day contracts, streamlining eligibility priorities, making the two-year-old option permanent, and funding staffing incentives. Parent testimony highlighted how child care gaps and county-to-county transfer delays can disrupt work, safety, and children’s stability, and providers described low reimbursement rates, the need for health and retirement benefits, and support for delinking subsidy rates from private pay. The second panel addressed universal transitional kindergarten. The Learning Policy Institute reported rapid TK expansion, with most districts now offering TK, but said access still depends on facilities, staffing, and whether programs are available at all school sites. The Department of Finance said the governor’s budget would fully implement TK by adding funding for all eligible four-year-olds and lowering the adult-to-child ratio from 12:1 to 10:1. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the administration’s enrollment and cost assumptions were optimistic and estimated lower TK enrollment growth and lower costs for the ratio change. CDE supported the expansion and urged continued funding for UPK coordinators, teacher development, and mixed-delivery planning grants. Members questioned facilities shortages, staffing competition, and how to ensure TK expansion does not displace CSPP or Head Start classrooms. No formal votes or actions were taken in the hearing.

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• English language proficiency, $948,273,8963,11,59833,415,661.
• <04:14:32.640> language<04:14:32.960> proficiency English language proficiency English
• English language proficiency. Program 11,756,637, I D10, 4.6 FTE.
• English language proficiency. Program 11,756,637, I D10, 4.6 FTE.
• Three English Language Learners, $44,457,565, 394,256, 3,360.

Keywords: 981, all

Summary: The committee and floor took up House Bill 1411, which concerned the Cover All Colorado program. Debate centered on whether removing the program’s cap would create an open-ended entitlement and add pressure to the state budget. Supporters and opponents argued over fiscal impacts, with several members saying the program had grown far beyond its original cost estimate and that the state needed to protect the budget and maintain a balanced plan. The bill was ultimately passed as amended. House Bill 1412 was then considered, authorizing the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to use statistical sampling and extrapolation to recover Medicaid overpayments in certain provider audits, including ABA therapy and non-emergency medical transportation. Sponsors said the measure would help recapture millions in overpayments tied to fraud, waste, and abuse, and noted safeguards such as strict benchmarks, internal audit review, and a third-party audit firm. An amendment striking the word “alleged” from the bill was adopted, and the bill passed as amended. House Bill 1413, which changes leave provisions for certain public servants, was also approved. The bill removes a statutory cap on how much sick leave state employees may earn, while leaving actual leave policies to departments and bargaining agreements, and increases annual military leave to align with federal law. Members described it as a modest employee-benefit measure in a year without across-the-board pay raises. The House also laid over House Bill 1410 until later in the day and received the committee of the whole report on a large slate of other bills. Later, Representative Richardson sought to reverse the committee’s action on an amendment to House Bill 1389, which involved the comprehensive human sexuality education grant fund, arguing the grant program should be repealed if it is no longer funded.

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• Functionally blind is not used anywhere in IDEA, the state language, or federal language.
• Functionally blind is not used anywhere in IDEA, the state language, or federal language.
• this state language or federal language this state language or federal language this was<01:08
• understand the speech and language understand the speech and language person<01:20:27.159> is
• challenges in this bill the language challenges in this bill the language literally<01:38:48.840

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Education Policy and Administration Committee heard testimony on HB 222, which would repeal the requirement that a chartered public school and the resident school district sign a memorandum of understanding on how students with disabilities will receive special education services. The prime sponsor, Rep. Peggy Balboni, said the bill was requested by the New Hampshire Association of Special Education Administrators and the New Hampshire Alliance for Public Charter Schools. She argued that federal and state law already require districts to provide FAPE and that the MOU requirement has created extra work, legal costs, and delays without improving services. She said many MOUs remain unsigned, but students are still receiving services and complaint numbers have not changed. Rep. Mooney also supported repeal, calling the MOU duplicative and impractical because IEPs and 504 plans already govern services. Testimony from Jane B. Brulu of the special education administrators’ association and Beth McLure of the charter schools alliance echoed that view, saying the MOU has not helped students, has added hours of work and legal fees, and has mostly been a source of disputes over funding and service costs. McLure said her school has worked with more than 15 districts and has always been able to reach agreements, though the first year of the requirement took substantial time and money. Committee members asked about the original purpose of the law, unsigned MOUs, and whether disputes could be resolved without the requirement. A representative from the Department of Education said the MOU was originally proposed to address reports that some students were not getting services on time and to provide some oversight, but the department has no authority to order charter schools or districts to agree and no appeal process if they cannot. The department also said it does not currently audit charter school special education services because it lacks authority to monitor charter schools directly, and it urged the committee to consider some alternative oversight if the MOU requirement is repealed. The hearing on HB 222 was then closed, and the committee announced it would begin the hearing on HB 699 after a short break.

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• well as the K-5 art program, affecting the development of creativity and expression in our youngest learners
• We've had the elimination of language programs.
• school German and middle school Spanish programs have been cut, depriving... ...students of valuable language
• That a well-nourished child is a better learner, test taker, and participant in school.
• The language adopted today in A4 around the reporting on the individual student reports along with the

Bills: HF51, HF1161, HF2201, HF2786, HF1053

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• imperative to transform the future of learning, which means supporting student success for more learners
• imperative to transform the future of learning, which means supporting student success for more learners
• imperative to transform the future of learning, which means supporting student success for more learners
• imperative to transform the future of learning, which means supporting student success for more learners
• learners across Minnesota and beyond. learners across Minnesota and beyond.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• If we weren't in public, I'd have some strong language about that.
• If we weren't in public, I'd have some strong language about that.
• If we weren't in public, I'd have some strong language about that.
• If we weren't in public, I'd have some strong language about that.
• But um I I think language about that.

Bills: HF4266

Keywords: higher education, state grants, financial aid, college affordability, Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State Grant, need analysis, expected family contribution, student aid, grant formula, living and miscellaneous expense allowance, dependent student, independent student, parental contribution, student contribution, surplus appropriation, biennium, summer 2026, 1183, house

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• We still got 50% of our college-going, or eligible college-going, population to work with: adult learners
• <00:26:56.840> work<00:26:57.159> with<00:26:57.600> adult<00:26:57.880> learners
• population to work with adult learners population to work with adult learners we've<00:26:58.679
• I mean, I will tell you some efforts that we can make quickly, and I'm going to go to your adult learner
• I mean, that's why I will come to you and say, what can we do around adult learner to get more of these

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: Aaron Thompson, president of the Council on Postsecondary Education, and Travis Pal briefed the committee on Kentucky higher education performance, affordability, workforce alignment, and budget needs. Thompson said the state has made progress toward its 60x30 attainment goal, reporting 56.2% of adults with a credential of value and a 6.4% one-year increase in credentials. He highlighted gains in completion, enrollment recovery after COVID, lower student borrowing and debt, and faster degree completion, saying Kentucky is now back to an average of 4.1 years for four-year degrees. He also emphasized that postsecondary education has a strong return on investment for both students and the state. A major theme was student success and access. Thompson described efforts to reduce barriers through test-optional admissions, the elimination of zero-credit developmental education, expanded wraparound supports, and Bridge programming for students not fully prepared for college. He also promoted Futurity, a student-facing information website, and said CPE wants modest ongoing funding to maintain it. He argued that higher education must work in a P-20 system with K-12, and that the state should better communicate the value of certificates, trade programs, and other credentials, especially for adult learners and men, who he said are underrepresented in college-going. The presentation also focused on performance funding, capital needs, and workforce initiatives. Thompson and Pal said performance funding has pushed institutions toward more need-based aid and lower costs for low-income students, but they want more base funding, more performance funding dollars, and relief from about $38 million in mandated tuition waivers. They also said asset preservation and deferred maintenance remain major needs, estimating roughly $7 billion in campus need overall. On workforce, they cited healthcare pipeline work supported by state funding and private partners, and said HB 200 continues that effort into aviation, aerospace, and defense. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the presentation, which ended with members indicating interest in further discussion.

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• 01:29:38.360> and<01:29:38.520> online<01:29:38.880> adult<01:29:39.199> Learners
• <01:29:40.119> in Through 12 and online adult learners.
• chair then asked whether the Department wanted to speak, and Melissa White, division director for learner
• ahead Melissa white division director ahead Melissa white division director for<01:45:40.199> learner
• support at New Hampshire for learner support at New Hampshire Department<01:45:41.920> of<01:

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• And the needs of learners, even in the same classroom can be I'm quite expansive and so support for a
• class where they are and help move them forward is one of the things that can make can support our learners
• The body language hearing the way they speak to their tutors, hearing their excitement when it's time
• I'm just watching the body language of what's going on there.

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• Representative Megan Murray continued: "Our learners who receive special education services may find
• The amendment that we just passed adds<00:49:51.200> language<00:49:51.599> from adds language
• That That That language<00:50:02.400> says<00:50:03.240> that<00:50:04.240> the<
• if is language says that the child if is applied<00:50:06.880> for<00:50:07.280> best<
• The speaker continued: "If I know that this bill takes language that has already passed the House and

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• We request that the legislature adopt language requiring the public Director of the Graduate Education
• That is the language.
• They're a much heavier lift, especially for an adult learner who has a family and is working and going
• So, no budget increases, but language is equally important to me.
• But, like I said, a flat budget, but give me those wonderful language changes and we'd be a very happy

Keywords: 996, all