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• tremendous initiative by advocating that financial literacy education be available to every public school
• Please join me in welcoming William Hine and Izzy May Adams of Situate High School to the Senate Chamber
• Will and Izzy May, our 11th grader, is at Situwood High School, and they first reached out to me back
• Will and Izzy May and to every public school student in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Please join me and welcome to the Senate Chamber, William Hine and Izzy May Adams at Situate High School

Keywords: 1212, all

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• I'm just a little concerned that 30 days and some of your larger school districts that may have a lot
• But my next question is how school nurses are trained to do this, and I mean, what kind of specialized
• So these vision exams are different than the rough screening exams that are already being done at school
• So is there a mechanism that would allow these kinds of exams if there's a school nurse or a school clinic
• One of whom found out about it in her mid-orties after successfully completing law school and pursuing

Bills: HB4329 , HB3016 , HB4118 , HB3066 , HB3649 , HB3650

Committee: House A&B Health Subcommittee

Keywords: dental insurance, claims, medical necessity, appeal procedures, dentist reimbursement, education, vision screening, binocular vision, kindergarten, elementary education, health, family caregiver, tax credit, activities of daily living, elderly care, Oklahoma tax law, HB3066, Health Care Workforce Training Commission, workforce recruitment, health care workforce

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• I'm a public school teacher.
• I go to school at Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, and I also serve as a senator in my North Idaho College
• I keep trying to retire, but I ended up going back to school and just finished my master's degree in
• She's 15, a freshman in high school. And I'm excited to be here.
• She's 15, freshman in high school. And I'm excited to be here.

Committee: House Environment, Energy and Technology

Keywords: 989, all

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• THE CONSORTIUM IS A CONSORTIUM OF 14 SCHOOL DISTRICTS WEST OF HERE, ALL SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS I'VE HAD
• WE ARE A SMALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
• IT CAME RIGHT THROUGH AND DESTROYED OUR SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THAT
• EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WORKS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS CARES ABOUT KIDS.
• AND I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> Chair McClure: GREG BLACK MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL

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• Now it's YAG, Youth and Government program, a program I was in in high school.
• We have 14 schools that will be... We have 14 schools that will be up here for it, hopefully.
• We've been working with the school district as well as the principals of the various charter, private
• , and public schools to make sure that this runs smoothly and that each school will nominate the 14 Glory
• So we're planning on having 14 from each school. 14 from each, so yeah, 14, 14.

Committee: House Consent and Procedure

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• </c><00:51:41.119><c> District</c> the Shauny Mission School District the Shauny Mission School District
• Those who knew Horizon's High School.
• </c> spent 32 years with LA Unified School spent 32 years with LA Unified School District,<01:04:26.319
• ><c> Medicine,</c><02:16:36.000><c> an</c> at Morehouse School of Medicine, an at Morehouse School of
• </c><06:04:59.680><c> and</c> mental health care in our schools and mental health care in our schools

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• This is designed to incentivize employers and school districts to comply with the law.
• There are over 400 public school districts in Massachusetts, including public charter schools and collaboratives
• I'm Edward Boynton, a 13-year educator currently teaching middle school math in Braintree.
• These plans were pitched to me by sales agents who had approved access to my school building but never
• disclosed the full cost of using their services and offered no... ...access to my school building but

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Public Service

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several public service and retirement-related bills. Senator Kelly Dooner and Rep. O’Rourke supported a Taunton home rule petition to extend Chief Walsh’s service during the city’s transition to a new public safety facility, citing the need to manage new equipment, cameras, and 911 systems smoothly. Senator Lovely testified in favor of bills expanding retirement savings access through the SMART Plan and the CORE Plan, arguing that automatic enrollment and broader eligibility would help state, municipal, and nonprofit workers save for retirement. No questions were raised on the Taunton petition, and the hearing later moved through the remaining testimony without any votes taken during the transcript. Mary Waldron of the Old Colony Planning Council and Jeffrey Walker of the Southeast Regional Planning and Economic Development District urged support for legislation protecting regional planning agencies from being required to make retroactive payments to the State Retirement Board for past employer contributions. They warned that the costs would be unsustainable, could force layoffs or closures, and would jeopardize their ability to provide transportation, housing, economic development, and planning services. Bill Keith and Patrick Charles of PEREC testified on several retirement administration bills, including measures to ease statement-of-financial-interest filing rules, require payment for certain creditable service purchases, and clarify the definition of wages to include sick, vacation, and personal time; committee members asked questions about regional transit authorities joining retirement systems and about adding local retirement board representation to a proposed commission. Jonathan Osimo and Rob Fabino of the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System supported bills to penalize delinquent pension reporting by employers and to create a special commission to study retirement credit purchases, saying better reporting would improve retirement processing and that a broader review could improve fairness and sustainability. Eddie Boynton of the Braintree Education Association backed the SMART Plan bill, describing how automatic enrollment and low-fee fiduciary oversight could protect educators from high-cost supplemental retirement products. Matthew Nugent testified for a bill to divest public pension funds from firearms and ammunition. After the final witnesses, the chairs asked if anyone else wished to testify, heard none, and then adjourned the hearing.

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• How this bill came about is I've got a grandson who's now in high school at Tocoi Creek in St.
• Do our high school students who are registered or pre-registered, do they have volunteer options now
• Do our high school students who are registered or pre-registered?
• So what the bill would do would be to both allow high school registered and pre-registered voters to
• Thank you. ...allow high school registered and pre-registered voters to volunteer, and secondly would

Bills: S0564 , S0572 , S0414 , S0620 , S0500 , S0092

Committee: Senate Ethics and Elections

Keywords: student volunteers, polling locations, election administration, community service, Florida statutes, ethics, public officers, employment of relatives, transparency, government accountability, campaign finance, child care, elections, fund usage, political candidates, candidate qualifying, federal office, election integrity, regulatory compliance, political candidacy

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered several election- and ethics-related bills. Senate Bill 572 by Senator Harrell, which would update ethics statutes so the definition of “relative” includes foster parents and foster children, received supportive testimony from the Commission on Ethics and passed unanimously. Senate Bill 414 by Senator Bracy Davis, allowing campaign funds to be used for campaign-related child care expenses, was presented as a way to reduce barriers to public service but was temporarily postponed after the sponsor said it lacked the votes to advance. Senate Bill 500 by Senator Avila would require FDLE protective security details for major-party nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and cabinet offices from nomination through assumption of office; members questioned the scope, definitions of major and minor parties, and whether taxpayers should bear the cost, and the bill was reported favorably on a divided vote. Senate Bill 620 by Senator Mayfield would require candidates for federal, state, county, district, judicial, and school board offices to disclose any non-U.S. citizenship or dual citizenship; testimony opposed the bill as stigmatizing dual citizens, but it was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for SB 92 by Chair Gaetz, which creates whistleblower-style protections for public employees who file ethics complaints based on firsthand knowledge and face retaliation, with support from the Commission on Ethics. In addition, the committee unanimously approved a block of gubernatorial appointments and then passed Senate Bill 564 by Senator Yarborough, allowing registered or pre-registered high school students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours; members discussed whether the bill would create new volunteer opportunities and whether the term “community service hours” needed clarification. The meeting ended with adjournment.

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• Pastor Scott is a graduate of Turner Ashby High School.
• Madison University, earning a master's degree in reading education and educational leadership and school
• Myers Elementary School. Over the years, he served as a fourth-grade teacher at John C.
• Myers Elementary School.
• Today we pause to honor the memory of Nayae Hill, a Granby High School graduate, a young woman whose

Keywords: March 13, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all

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• She's waiting with great anticipation to go back to school.
• Monday, she came over to the house and she had her school outfit on.
• She's going to go back to her Catholic school. ...over to the house and she had her school outfit on.
• She's going to go back to her Catholic school. And she had it on.
• I'm on a school board, so when it comes to children, they touch my heart. Yeah.

Committee: House Special Committee on Tourism

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• We had in the city of Puyallup a homeless drop-in center in a neighborhood very near a school.
• We had in the city of Puyallup a homeless drop-in center in a neighborhood very near a school.
• Fifty-three percent of the school kids had free and reduced-price lunches.
• And so in Puyallup, we had to erect a giant fence around the school.
• More than 48,252 public school children experienced homelessness during the 2024-25 school year.

Bills: HB2266 , HB2489

Committee: House Housing

Keywords: housing, supportive housing, transitional housing, emergency shelters, homelessness prevention, public space, local governance, life-sustaining activities, statewide standards, regulation, 904, all

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• So when we look at how can we get natural sugars in kids' school lunches and in their breakfast programs
• How can we get natural sugars in kids' school lunches and in their breakfast programs?
• Back when I was in high school, I took trombone lessons from his dad.
• He graduated from high school with a scholarship to go to Diesel Mechanics School.
• He graduated from high school with a scholarship to go to Diesel Mechanics School.

Committee: House Agricultural Affairs

Keywords: 989, all

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• He finally ran for the school board.
• He now chairs the school board and he also is chair of the North Country Supervisory Union.
• Please listen to the third reading of the bill. volunteering at our school and volunteering at our school
• He finally ran for the school town.
• He now chairs the school board board.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• You can go to school. Yes, you can.
• We have that for middle school and high school, but there isn't a mandate for colleges.
• Senator Bernard got Northwestern, and that was his home school.
• But I think we got to put it into law where everybody Was his home school, but I think we got to put
• of Public Power. what they do within the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy.

Summary: The task force met to review the prior minutes, hear introductions from members and stakeholders, and receive an update on the HCR 86 study on African American suicide in Louisiana. Dr. Williams summarized survey findings from 94 university respondents and said the work focused on college students as a key risk group, with financial stress and other early triggers identified. He said universities had resisted participation because of stigma and concerns about enrollment and reputation, and he recommended stronger statewide reporting requirements, better data collection, and more targeted prevention efforts. Members discussed possible policy responses, including mandatory suicide prevention training, gatekeeper training for faculty and staff, student awareness materials, and adding 988 information to student IDs and campus outreach. Dr. Thomas described existing LDH efforts, including 988 partnerships, a university toolkit, and training through the Louisiana Center for Prevention Resources. Senator Boudreaux and others said the issue should be addressed through legislation rather than voluntary action alone, while Dr. McKee noted that occupational licensing rules and statutes could support required training and reporting. The task force agreed to revise the report language to say reporting would be confidential unless otherwise required by law, and to circulate additional state examples and recommendations before February 1 for use as a legislative template. Members also asked that the Office of Public Health be included in discussions about a centralized suicide data hub, since it already tracks real-time suicide data. The chair thanked the participants, said the final recommendations would guide possible legislation, and adjourned the meeting without setting another date unless further action is needed.

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• high school students?
• I know there's exploratory programs from middle school through high school, but is this a tool being
• used by high school counselors today that you're aware of?
• I don't know how it's being used at the high school level at the moment.
• It may be that they are going to law school, going to another graduate school first, and then moving

Summary: The committee heard a presentation on the State University System’s new strategic plan, SUS 30, from Emily Sykes and later the system’s legislative budget request from Sarah Denagie. The strategic plan centers on five priorities: One SUS collaboration, elevating student success, operational excellence, world-class talent, and innovative research and economic development. Testimony highlighted Florida’s continued status as the nation’s top higher education system, record rankings, improved four-year graduation rates, higher median graduate wages, strong licensure pass rates, and expanded focus on research commercialization and workforce alignment. Senators asked about programs of strategic emphasis, mental health and teacher workforce needs, use of the My Florida Future wage data tool, support for first-generation and Pell students, and the role of liberal arts degrees. The system said it would provide follow-up information, including the full strategic-emphasis list and a report on campus safety best practices after a recent summit following the FSU shooting. The committee also received an update on line funding for nursing and health care partnerships. Officials said the $6 million appropriation was fully subscribed through 24 proposals from all 10 nursing programs, supporting scholarships, faculty recruitment, internships, simulation, and expanded nursing capacity. They reported more than 1,900 new nursing graduates, over 200 new student slots, more than 300 scholarships, and a 92% NCLEX pass rate. Senators asked about expanding eligibility for the program, and staff indicated that would be examined this year. For the legislative budget request, the Board of Governors asked for $634.5 million total, including $295 million to maintain the institutional performance-based funding base, $400 million for the state investment portion of performance-based funding, $125 million for preeminence funding, $100 million for faculty recruitment and retention, $6.4 million for UF/IFAS extension workload, and $3.1 million for state fire marshal inspections. The chair noted that resources are limited and that difficult budget decisions will be required. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentations and questions.

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• Today, joining us in the gallery are fifth grade students from North Star Elementary School, along with
• North Star Elementary school is an Islamic faith-based school located in my district, city of Hayward
• members, I ask that we welcome these young and brilliant fifth grade students of North Star Elementary School
• rise to welcome a group of California's best and brightest students who hail from Shadow Hills High School
• been targeted and in historic Armenian harm lands it is Armenian Americans who have been targeted schools

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• district, and open enrollment charter schools.
• In 2021, the legislature added Windham School District to the list of schools that are eligible to apply
• Windham School District is the school that serves the adult prison system.
• And applications, um, currently, uh, school districts, ISDS, um, as well as open enrollment charter schools
• And after the May, after the Rob school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, we had.

Committee: House S/C on Juvenile Justice

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• Whereas, 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the Minnesota High School Page Program.
• Whereas, Speaker Sabo was instrumental in founding the Minnesota House High School Page Program with
• These are dollars that should have gone to roads, health care, schools, and essential services.
• Our school districts right now are losing their minds.
• The vacancy rates—you should all go back and talk to your schools.

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• Lauren Olivaura was born and raised in Turlock and graduated from Turlock High School.
• Students' data is encrypted and remains protected until the data reaches school personnel.
• In our schools, educators, counselors, and other school employees with DACA status are wondering whether
• School leaders are also struggling with staffing shortages.
• Shortly after Brian graduated from Tulare Union High School, he began his law enforcement career.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We've had the University of Utah reserving medical school... ...to educate WAMI students.
• And you know, Idaho at the table as we build out medical school options and getting students on track
• We're not training them just to go anywhere, which is really kind of how medical school curriculum has
• So in addition to building out that school, we can also purchase seats, consistent.
• I think the larger expansion of the school here is great, but I don't know if we can't obligate future

Summary: The Rural Health Transformation Committee approved the May 28 minutes and received a status update from DHW Director Juliet Sharon on the Rural Health Transformation Program. Sharon reviewed the committee’s expedited review process for solicitations and subgrants, explained where funding opportunities are posted, and noted a new email subscription feature for stakeholders. She said the department has focused first on administrative and contractor awards, with provider-oriented subgrants coming soon, and said the committee will receive information on applicants, scoring, and awards. Members raised concerns about process complexity, outreach, and whether smaller rural providers may be disadvantaged; Sharon said DHW is working to simplify applications and expand outreach. The committee also discussed the first maternal and child health solicitation, with Sharon saying she would follow up on the applicant pool and would bring any need to pivot back to the committee. The committee then heard from the Idaho Military Division on its rural health priorities. Bureau Chief Wayne Denny said the division is partnering with DHW on modernizing the 911/emergency communications system, including next-generation 911 work with counties, relocating the backup state communications center, and coordinating exercises. He also described rural health extenders, including community health workers and community health EMS, and said the goal is to place at least one paid full-time EMS provider in every county and use prevention and chronic-care management to reduce emergency room use. Members asked about how the extenders would function, how the 911 work would be funded and implemented county by county, and how sustainability would work after the five-year grant period. Jennifer White of the State Board of Education outlined higher education and workforce proposals, including mobile simulation training, shared statewide clinical infrastructure, learn-in-place programs, and targeted equipment and facilities for nursing and allied health. She said the board is also working on graduate medical education, with about $5 million of ready-to-launch projects and roughly $3 million still available, and proposed a strategic rural GME incubator and a rural training site network. A lengthy discussion followed about whether remaining funds should support GME, broader medical education, or undergraduate medical education, including a proposed University of Idaho/University of Utah partnership and possible satellite campus. Some members supported using funds to build Idaho’s medical pipeline and noted existing policy for UME expansion, while others warned against creating long-term state obligations without legislative approval. The committee also discussed outreach, the first federal progress report due at the end of August, and plans to create a governor-appointed rural health transformation task force with legislative and stakeholder representation. The meeting ended with plans for an additional committee meeting on August 18 and a later meeting in late September, with adjournment following.