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• McClure: It repeals the waiver for undocumented students and prohibits undocumented students from receiving
• Will the bill allow SROs and local law enforcement to go into an elementary school and pick up the student
• My question has to do with is there a place in the bill that has protections for migrant students to
• Every student has the right to an education. Rep.
• Eskamani: And so when we talk about our students who are here on in-state tuition as Florida high school

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• Um, 40% of UMD students are from the Twin Cities.
• Um, 40% of UMD students are from the Twin Cities.
• Um, 40% of UMD students are from the Twin Cities.
• Every time that I've taken it... ...Um, 40% of UMD students are from the Twin Cities.
• We're going to be able to get students to school.

Bills: HF1167 , HF1242

Committee: House Transportation Finance and Policy

Keywords: Northern Lights Express, NLX, Minneapolis-Duluth rail, passenger rail, intercity passenger rail, high-speed rail, Duluth, Minneapolis, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Council, transportation funding, rail appropriation, general fund, trunk highway fund, rail project cancellation, infrastructure spending, commercial driver training, CDL, financial assistance

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• He said this program keeps students fed and focused on learning, and that hungry students struggle academically
• He said this program keeps students fed and focused on learning, and that hungry students struggle academically
• </c><01:25:26.960><c> struggle</c> shows that hungry students struggle shows that hungry students struggle
• </c> um it's something that aids Student um it's something that aids Student Success<01:26:07.040><c>
• </c> know in our classrooms for our students know in our classrooms for our students not<01:31:44.040

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Its work reflects a deep commitment to equity, innovation, and student potential.
• , regardless of background, has student, regardless of background, has the<00:31:08.520><c> chance</c
• Today, we honor and student potential.
• </c><00:31:37.200><c> to</c><00:31:37.320><c> realize</c><00:31:37.680><c> their</c> empowering students
• to realize their empowering students to realize their dreams<00:31:38.240><c> and</c><00:31:38.360><

Keywords: 981, all

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• These were scholarships that students either decided not to use or maybe they decided to go out of state
• Accountable and aligns with students' needs and district needs.
• Currently, the state reimburses every IDLA enrollment for public students, private students, and homeschool
• students $445 per course.
• There's also situations where we have schools that get their full ADA, so we pay for all of the students

Keywords: 989, all

Summary: The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee opened the session with roll call, confirmed a quorum, and introduced new members, staff, and pages. Co-chairs and staff then reviewed JFAC’s role as the legislature’s main budget committee, the committee’s daily schedule, and the resources available through legislative staff, the impact team, and the newly released 2026 Legislative Budget Book and related budget tools. The committee received a detailed briefing from the Division of Financial Management on the JFAC calendar and then from Governor’s Budget Director Lori Wolf on the governor’s FY 2026 and FY 2027 budget recommendations. Wolf said the budget is balanced but tight, relying on a mix of ongoing reductions and one-time actions rather than reserve fund transfers. Major budget actions included a 3% ongoing reduction across most state agencies, reversions of certain one-time balances to the general fund, no recommended pay increase for state employees or teachers, and higher employee health insurance costs. The budget also proposed reductions or policy changes in Medicaid, virtual school funding, Idaho Digital Learning Academy, and some transportation and water-related funds, while preserving funding for public safety, education, water, and transportation priorities. Members questioned the assumptions behind the budget, especially the projected ending balances, the use of one-time transfers, the impact of rising health insurance costs on employees, the effect of Medicaid cuts on services and cost shifts, and the rationale for reductions to online education and IDLA. Several members also asked about the proposed federal tax conformity changes, including the timing of implementation and the treatment of Idaho’s existing R&E tax credit. Wolf said the conformity estimate was based on Tax Commission analysis and that the administration was not recommending use of the budget stabilization fund. No votes or formal actions were taken; the committee concluded by noting that the Economic Outlook Committee would meet later in the week and that JFAC would continue budget hearings the next day.

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• </c> student at Mount Brook High School. student at Mount Brook High School.
• </c> away from from students. I yield back. away from from students. I yield back.
• and</c><07:33:48.160><c> community</c> join students, families, and community join students, families
• There were something like 165 students here on valid student visas who had been arrested with no due
• There were something like 165 students here on valid student visas who had been arrested with no due

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, June 5, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• At a college and high school level, what you're looking at is agents representing student athletes for
• I also know that he would want you to continue to send students and athletes to Louisiana College.
• So does this bill address only high school students or high school and college? Thank you, Mr.
• So does this bill address only high school students or high school and college?
• As it relates to the high school students, how are those kinds?

Committee: House Civil Law and Procedure

Summary: The Civil Law and Procedure Committee met on May 18, 2026, and took up Senate Bill 389 by Senator Connick, which would update Louisiana’s athlete-agent law to cover NIL representation for high school and college athletes. The Attorney General’s office said the bill is needed because NIL agents are currently largely unregulated, especially as NIL activity has expanded into high school sports. Assistant Attorney General Olivia Nuss explained that the bill is based on the revised Uniform Athlete Agent Act and would create a state registry, require disclosure and background checks, and help protect student-athletes and families from unqualified or predatory agents. John Curtis, head of school and football coach at John Curtis Christian School, testified in support, saying schools are seeing more agents around practices and recruiting situations, often charging high fees and making misleading promises. He argued the bill would give parents and athletes a way to verify whether an agent is registered and qualified, and said the LHSAA could help distribute information to schools and families. Members asked about how the law would be implemented, whether the LHSAA or the Department of Justice would oversee it, and how the bill would interact with existing NIL disclosure legislation; the witnesses said DOJ would administer the registry while LHSAA would mainly help disseminate information. The committee adopted a technical amendment set, then Representative Edmondson moved to report SB 389 as amended. There was no objection, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also voluntarily deferred Senate Bill 525 at the author’s request, and then adjourned.

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• set to ensure DVMs earn enough to compensate them for their level of education and service their student
• are at private universities that charge higher tuition, so graduates will have higher than average student
• These cross-listed courses comprise 13 DVM courses that are already being offered to the DVM students
• All of our students come into our program as registered veterinary technicians or licensed or certified
• Most of our students also have many years of hands-on veterinary experience, and they are already leaders

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• limited to establishing ... a hunger task force, designating a staff member responsible for assisting students
• in enrollment in SNAP, and providing options for students to use SNAP benefits on campuses, and also
• We have John Brady, FSU Student Government Office of Government Affairs, waving in support.
• I would like to welcome the students from the Agriculture Policy class from Warner University, along
• The students from the Agriculture Policy class from Warner University, along with the instructor, Justin

Committee: Senate Agriculture

Summary: The Senate Committee on Agriculture met and considered four bills. SB 178, by Senator Rouson, created an agronomic study to be conducted by Florida A&M University, subject to appropriation, to identify viable crops or products for land taken out of production by disease or weather and to assess environmental and economic impacts; it passed unanimously and was reported favorably. SB 980, by Senator Bernard, created a one-year Hunger-Free Campus Pilot Program within FDACS to help postsecondary institutions address student hunger through task forces, SNAP assistance, food pantries, and related measures; DACS support was noted, one student government representative appeared in support, and the bill was reported favorably. SB 786, by Chair Truenow, prohibited assignment of assessments on agricultural improvements for agricultural purposes on lands classified as agriculture; it also passed unanimously and was reported favorably. The committee then took up SB 700, the FDACS “farm bill,” via a strike-all amendment. The amendment included a broad package of technical and substantive changes, including restrictions on additives to public water systems, limits on ESG considerations in agricultural lending, criminal penalties related to drone harassment, updates to disaster loan programs, truth-in-labeling provisions, charity registration changes, on-farm worker housing provisions, and support for FFA and 4-H dues. A major point of discussion was the provision preempting local governments from deciding whether to fluoridate water; supporters argued for statewide consistency and consumer choice, while opponents, including the Florida Dental Association and local officials, warned it would remove local control and harm public health, especially for low-income residents. Other speakers addressed concealed carry due process concerns, landowner rights, and labeling issues. The strike-all was adopted, and CS/SB 700 was reported favorably, with some senators noting they would continue working on concerns before later stops. At the end of the meeting, Senator Burton asked to be recorded as voting yes on SB 178, SB 980, and SB 786, and the committee agreed. The chair also welcomed Warner University agriculture policy students visiting the Capitol, and the meeting adjourned without objection.

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• Universities have to put the students to work. So the students are there, they are working.
• The school districts enroll students, and money generally follows the students, so they can either...
• We also by definition see higher student outcomes for TIA.
• Total student population essentially flatlined.
• I think that's my point is is that when you go back it's a 7% growth in students in the growth of student

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• </c> providing school buildings for students providing school buildings for students to<00:33:40.080>
• </c><00:48:33.040><c> enrollment</c> number of students enrollment number of students enrollment &gt;
• </c> for um for for for student learning." for um for for for student learning."
• </c><01:53:31.520><c> particularly</c> important for your students particularly important for your students
• </c> for the good of the students. for the good of the students.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee began its first meeting on retained education funding bills, focusing on HB 366, which concerns school building aid for eligible projects, and HB 295, which would make school building aid program funds non-lapsing. The chair framed the discussion around broader questions about how school building aid should work, noting the state’s limited available funding, the existing debt service obligations, and whether the current formula should continue or be changed. He also raised concerns about the state’s overall revenue constraints and the need to consider renovation, new construction, and possibly leasing within any future program. Members and the Department of Education representative discussed whether school building aid is a state or local responsibility, the current backlog of projects, and the condition of school facilities statewide. Tim Carney of the Bureau of School Facilities described his background and answered technical questions about current programs. Representative Luno argued that under the ConVal decision the state has responsibility for school buildings, including construction and renovation, and that the program also serves an equity function by helping districts with less property-tax capacity. Representative Papich urged the committee to focus on policy structure and fairness rather than just available dollars, saying the current system creates winners and losers and suggesting a simpler per-capita or similar allocation model, while acknowledging a possible transition for projects already in the pipeline. The discussion also covered CTE facilities and leasing. Carney explained that charter schools, and possibly CTE centers, can receive limited leasing aid, and that CTE capital requests are funded through a state capital process, while federal Carl Perkins funds cannot be used for construction. He and others described a separate rotational funding approach for CTE centers, but several members said that model can leave programs waiting too long and may not match changing workforce needs. The chair and others noted that a report from a related study group on CTE policy and funding was still pending, and that its absence could affect legislation for FY28. No votes were taken and no bill was acted on in the portion of the meeting provided; the discussion ended with interest in modeling alternatives, reviewing the waiting list, and examining the tradeoffs of reducing upfront state aid versus funding more projects overall.

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• I know I was the student.
• I know I was the student that would come there and rant and rave about student rights.
• I know I was the student that would come there and rant and rave right about student rights.
• at ASU are foreign students.
• When tuition rises, families take on more debt or students delay opportunity, and we need our students

Keywords: 1182, all

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• </c><00:48:09.520><c> are</c> One to look at an age which students are One to look at an age which students
• And I want to student support personnel.
• And um madam chair before I go students.
• </c><01:28:00.400><c> with</c> working directly with students with working directly with students with
• </c> volunteered um in their students volunteered um in their students classrooms.<01:28:12.719><c> So

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c><00:03:20.800><c> support</c> base dollar amount for student support base dollar amount for student
• </c><00:15:36.880><c> and</c> uh per student and uh per student and 7705.<00:15:38.959><c> Those</c><
• These are the school, feed our students.
• Uh these are the people that students.
• Uh and if they rather students lunches.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• A student teacher told me I should go for it, and here we are.
• </c> if they have paid off their student if they have paid off their student loans<00:55:45.400><c> to
• </c><00:55:56.039><c> loan</c> off their student loan off their student loan try<00:55:57.640><c> to<
• </c> on line 12 and 13 it says their student on line 12 and 13 it says their student loan<00:56:12.319
• </c> most people if you stick with it student most people if you stick with it student loans<01:17:33.920

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• We register students on and near college campuses.
• verification requirement would apply to that student.
• Supreme Court, the case kind of on college student voting.
• I wanted to address a Vice Chair Busey's concern about college students.
• I wanted to address Vice Chair Busey's concern about college students.

Bills: HB1968 , HB2279 , HB2739 , HB2803 , HB3909 , HB3918 , HB4253 , HB4475 , HB5115 , HB5430

Committee: House Elections

Keywords: election services, contracting, political subdivisions, county elections, election code, voter registration, citizenship status, election law, cancellation, disqualification, Texas Election Code, voter identification, registration, election integrity, identification documents, election, watcher, polling place, removal, Texas Elections Code

Summary: The committee first voted out two previously heard Senate bills without amendment: SB 688, relating to the date of the meeting of presidential electors, and SB 914, relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date of their general election for officers. Both motions passed on 8-0 votes with one member absent. The committee then heard HB 3909, which would change the current prohibition on wireless device use from a 100-foot boundary around a voting station to only inside the room where voting is taking place, with a committee substitute also adding state-prescribed signage. The author and supporters said the change would reduce confusion and make enforcement easier for election workers, while opponents argued the existing 100-foot rule helps prevent electioneering, recording, and possible technical interference with election equipment. The bill was left pending. Members also heard HB 1968, which would repeal a provision that requires counties to provide election services to certain political subdivisions in odd-numbered years but not even-numbered years, making county-provided election services consistent across years. Supporters said it would improve consistency for smaller cities and school districts, while opponents warned it could strain county equipment and staffing during heavy election cycles. The bill was left pending. HB 2279 would require voter registrars to remove a person from the rolls if the person swears under oath during jury service that they are not a U.S. citizen; supporters said this would streamline removal of ineligible voters, while opponents raised concerns about mistaken identity and loss of due process. The bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard HB 2803, which would require a presiding judge to give a poll watcher a signed statement explaining any removal from service. Supporters said this would improve documentation and accountability, and one witness asked for clarification that improper removal would remain a criminal offense; the author said he would consider a floor amendment and further discussion. The committee also heard HB 4253, which would create a more uniform voter-roll maintenance process based on inactivity, sending confirmation notices to voters who have not voted in the prior 25 months and eventually removing those who do not respond after multiple election cycles. Supporters said it would clean up outdated records and help keep voters registered where they actually live, while opponents argued it could wrongly remove eligible voters who simply do not vote regularly. HB 4253 was left pending as well.

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• She is the executive director of student care and basic needs at Long Beach State University.
• For these students, complex vocabulary is transformed into electrifying entertainment.
• For these students, complex vocabulary is transformed into electrifying entertainment.
• can learn. as well today and remains focus on building durable, equitable systems where every student
• Beyond her role as a counselor, she serves as co-advisor for the school's Unity Club, GSA, a student

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• We're now five schools, roughly 2,200 students in the city.
• Right now it's about a dozen or so student situations, so we don't expect much more than that.
• We are supportive of the spirit of the bill and the intent to make sure that funding follows the student
• We weren't sure, reading it, if this means that if a student were to transfer to a Renaissance school
• Put another way, if Collingswood public schools were to pay $22,000 a year per pupil, and the student

Committee: Senate Senate Budget and Appropriations

Keywords: 1146, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So now students... ...enrollment. We add that as a criteria for the three.
• So now a student can have either two or three: the GPA, the ACT, or dual enrollment credits.
• So, yeah, the part-time piece is, you know, a lot of the students that go to the community technical
• So, yeah, the part-time piece is, you know, a lot of the students that go to the community technical
• But that's where a lot of the students take, you know, a little bit longer to take the classes and so

Committee: Senate Finance

Summary: The Finance Committee met on May 27, 2026, with six members present and took up a series of House bills, most of them dealing with education funding, criminal justice staffing, transportation, health care access, and economic development. HB 325 was reported favorably after testimony that it would expand TOPS eligibility by allowing dual-enrollment credits to satisfy eligibility criteria and by making part-time students eligible for TOPS Tech, with supporters saying the program has been underused and the change would help working students. HB 719 was amended and reported favorably to increase assistant district attorney positions in various judicial districts; the Louisiana District Attorneys Association said the changes were based on workload data and local input, and members discussed the need to coordinate any expansion with public defender funding. The committee also reported HB 749 favorably, which would move Louisiana’s 529 savings accounts to a more secure online platform after a cyber incident, and HB 1028 favorably, which concerns transportation reimbursement for providers and was described as already subject to appropriation. Several bills focused on food access and local economic development. HB 1222, the Grocery Initiative Act, was reported favorably to let LED use existing grant resources to map food deserts and develop a program, with members noting it could return for funding later if needed. HB 1194 was amended and reported favorably to define food deserts and direct the LSU AgCenter and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to identify and map them, with authors emphasizing it was a study and not a government-run grocery program. HB 755, which would create IDIQ contracting for architects and engineers on smaller state projects, was reported favorably with no fiscal impact. HB 823, a local diversion pilot for Orleans Parish, was also reported favorably after the fiscal note was revised to remove state impact and reflect only local costs. The committee spent substantial time on HB 488, a proposal from Plaquemines Parish to use severance-tax revenue to help buy out a private toll concession on the parish’s bridge. The author and local officials described severe toll burdens, economic harm to local businesses, and what they called an unfair contract, but members noted the bill was not funded and ultimately deferred it without a motion. HB 797, the Bayou Gold/Louisiana Sound Money Act, was amended to make implementation subject to appropriation and then reported favorably. The committee also took up HB 198, which would raise Medicaid reimbursement for ambulatory surgery centers for certain outpatient procedures; after extensive discussion about fiscal notes, access to care, and potential long-term savings, the bill was amended to narrow its scope and make implementation subject to appropriation, then reported favorably as amended. The meeting ended with the chair noting it would be the committee’s last meeting and asking members to spread the word.

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• So now students...
• So now a student can have either two or three: either the GPA, the ACT, or dual enrollment credits.
• So, yeah, the part-time piece is, you know, a lot of the students that go to the community technical
• But that's where a lot of the students take, you know, a little bit longer to take the classes and so
• That's most of the students that go to career and technical college are working, too.

Bills: HB198 , HB325 , HB488 , HB719 , HB749 , HB755 , HB797 , HB823 , HB1028 , HB1194 , HB1222

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: Medicaid, reimbursement, ambulatory surgical centers, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, healthcare funding, Louisiana Department of Health, surgical procedures, TOPS-Tech, scholarship, education, eligibility, college credit, dual enrollment, state funding, HB 488, Belle Chasse Bridge, Belle Chasse Bridge Merit-Based Special Fund, Plaquemines Parish