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• specifies that the legislature's exemption from the two-thirds vote requirement only applies to legislative
• I would rather support our education in Arizona than in Michigan or other states.
• It increases money for education, period, end of story. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
• We've already seen the dismantling of the Department of Education or the downsizing of it.
• The state uses it, meaning that the state can invest more money in education.

Bills: SB1142, SCR1028

Keywords: scholarships, tax credit, education funding, nonprofit organizations, Arizona Revised Statutes, constitutional amendment, state revenue, tax policy, legislative approval, two-thirds vote, 1182, all

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• Welcome to the Committee on Higher Education Appropriations.
• We don't want to educate our students into poverty; we want to educate them into high-paying wage jobs
• Youth and education, their education, are our future, and I appreciate Pensacola State's legacy in Northwest
• Secretary of Education on higher education and accreditation.
• Education accreditation.

Bills: S1570, S1376

Keywords: missing persons, special needs, autism, search-and-rescue, Florida, voluntary program, funding, genetic counseling, education grants, state universities, faculty recruitment, student financial assistance

Summary: The committee heard and approved two bills before moving to a long confirmation agenda. SB 1570, by Sen. Gates, would restore Project Leo, a previously sunset program that helps locate missing persons with special needs through voluntary tracking devices and coordination between CARD centers and local sheriffs; it was praised as a proven tool for families and first responders and was reported favorably. CS/SB 1376, by Sen. Burgess, would create grants to support genetic counseling education and help address Florida’s shortage of genetic counselors; testimony noted the state’s limited supply of licensed counselors and the need to expand clinical training, and the bill also passed favorably. The committee then considered a block of reappointments to university and college boards of trustees, including institutions such as UWF, Broward College, Chipola College, FIU, Pasco-Hernando, Polk State, St. Petersburg, Valencia, FAMU, FAU, UCF, FSU, New College, UNF, USF, and others. No one requested separate votes on the reappointments, and the block was confirmed unanimously for recommendation to the next committee. A series of new appointees then appeared and largely emphasized workforce training, nursing, military support, and local economic development at their institutions. Witnesses included appointees to Pensacola State, Polk State, St. Petersburg College, UNF, FIU, UWF, Valencia, the College of the Florida Keys, and others; several highlighted strong NCLEX pass rates, dual enrollment, and partnerships with employers or military communities. One nominee, Florida Poly reappointment Ilya Shapiro, faced pointed questioning from Sen. Bracey Davis about past comments regarding race and the Supreme Court; he said his remarks were about hiring criteria, not a specific justice, and reiterated opposition to race- or sex-based selection. The committee also briefly struggled to reach Sherry Young by phone before hearing her testimony for Chipola College, where she said she wanted to give back as an alumna and nurse practitioner. Most new appointees were recommended for confirmation in a block, while Thomas Zachary Smith of UWF was pulled for separate consideration.

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• Members, we're going to take up tab one, Senate Bill 1376, on grants for genetic counseling education
• Mornings like this morning make you realize how grateful you are for your legislative aides and how well
• The bill would establish an education grant program to support students pursuing a career in genetics
• So now we are really promoting the education of them and making sure that we increase the numbers.

Bills: S1376, S1570

Keywords: genetic counseling, education grants, state universities, faculty recruitment, student financial assistance, missing persons, special needs, autism, search-and-rescue, Florida, voluntary program, funding

Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and first considered SB 1376, which would create an education grant program to help address Florida’s shortage of genetic counselors by supporting students in genetics programs at state universities. Senator Burgess described genetic counselors’ roles in oncology, prenatal care, rare diseases, and other clinical settings, and noted Florida’s limited number of licensed counselors. The committee adopted an amendment requiring graduate programs to be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling and to show sufficient clinical training capacity. Members spoke in support, and CS/SB 1376 was reported favorably by roll call vote. After a brief recess, the committee took up SB 1570, which would revive Project Leo, a prior Florida program that helped locate missing persons with special needs who are at high risk of wandering or elopement. President Gates explained that the bill would allow participating CARD centers to work with local sheriff’s offices to provide voluntary tracking devices and included $1 million in nonrecurring funding. Senators Berman and Harrell supported the measure, citing the dangers of wandering, especially for individuals with developmental disabilities or autism, and the importance of preventing drownings and other tragedies. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. No other business was raised, no senators requested to be recorded on the bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.

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• The Committee on Education Postsecondary will now come to order. Secretary, please call the roll.
• It's called the Line Fund, and the line is Linking Industry to Nursing Education.
• She was the Minnesota legislator.
• She's the Minnesota legislator. She was killed in her house last year, if I'm not mistaken.
• And it reminds us that how we legislate memory does not exist in isolation.

Bills: S0194, S1246

Keywords: Charlie Kirk, remembrance, free speech, civic engagement, youth leadership, nursing shortage, health care, education funding, workforce development, LINE Fund, monetary contributions, nonmonetary contributions

Summary: The Committee on Education Postsecondary met with a quorum and first considered SB 1246, which would expand Florida’s Line Fund for health service workforce shortages. Senator Davis explained that the bill would broaden eligibility beyond nursing to include health science education programs and students, allow matching funds from private contributions, and permit use of funds for scholarships, faculty recruitment, equipment, simulation centers, and facility renovations. Senator Harrell asked for more specificity about which professions would qualify, and Davis said the bill was intended to add flexibility but could be made more concrete. Several witnesses supported the bill, and the committee reported SB 1246 favorably without additional funding being requested. The committee then took up SB 194, which would designate October 14 as Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance. Senator Martin said the bill would recognize Kirk’s influence on civic engagement, youth leadership, and constitutional education without creating a state holiday. The bill drew both support and opposition from public speakers, with supporters emphasizing Kirk’s advocacy for free speech and unborn children, and opponents arguing that his public statements on race, civil rights, and Black leaders made him an inappropriate figure for state honor. Members also debated whether statute was the right vehicle for such recognition and whether the bill could encourage future requests for similar commemorations. A late-filed amendment by Senator Jones would have added George Floyd to the remembrance language, framing the issue as selective remembrance and pointing to Floyd’s death as another national reckoning. Senator Martin opposed the amendment as unfriendly, and it failed on a roll call vote. The committee then debated SB 194 at length, with supporters describing Kirk as a defender of open debate and opponents saying the bill would legitimize divisive rhetoric. The committee ultimately reported SB 194 favorably, with Senators Berman, Harrell, and Jones voting no, Senator Rodriguez and Chair Simon voting yes, and Chair Calatayud casting the deciding favorable vote. The committee then adjourned after a motion to record Tab 2 in the affirmative was adopted.

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• do think that this is something we need to instill so that when they are parents, they will value education
• . ...they will value education.
• At the appropriate time, I do have an amendment that's in your packet that we have worked on with educators

Bills: HB332, HB166, SB336, HB447, HB244

Keywords: education policy, wireless communication devices, internet safety, social media, mental health, gender identity, sexual orientation, public schools, classroom instruction, Alabama, 1136, house, all

Bills: HB159

Keywords: U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, public facilities, space exploration, education programs, bond issuance, Governor involvement, 923, senate, all

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• I'm not sure how long the session will last because we actually have legislation on the floor.
• We've come a long way as an agency in just the past two legislative sessions, thanks to your support.
• Legislative Budget Board, I'll be laying out the Office of Public Utility Counsel, also known as the
• Since the last legislative session, the board has been busy with a new rule for local anesthesia for
• We are extremely grateful for the 10% that was allotted in the last legislative session.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• their education at an out-of-state primary school.
• Committee on Education, and I am really, really proud of it.
• We work with both the Texas Education Agency and the Higher Education Coordinating Board to promote plumbing
• We're dividing Article 3 into public education and another for higher education.
• Also, based on our discussion on higher education, the graduate medical education (GME) slots and the

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• I would welcome and appreciate legislative guidance.
• Finally, let me say thank you to you legislators.
• We made a commitment and we passed legislation.
• Workforce Commission and the Higher Education Coordinating Board, and our public education schools, TEA
• This is a number of legislators.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• . $5,000 silver, of course, as well as the in the agency's operating budget and legislative appropriations
• Mark Wiles, Legislative Budget Board.
• veterans, providing disaster relief. preserving the Alamo, safeguarding our coast, funding public education
• That's legislative session, correct.
• been very proactive working with the Veterans Commission and doing quite a bit of outreach work to educate

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• I'm AJ with the legislative budget board.
• Good afternoon, Craig Pritzlaff, Director, Office of Education.
• By any legislators? You and I have discussed concrete batch plants.
• Your agency has received from legislation. Passed and answered.
• educational campaign across the state to educate residents about water. issues.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• An education savings account program that is contingent upon legislation.
• There was a fix last legislative session that assisted some of our educators, and that fix was made during
• Despite new funding for public education in almost every legislative session, the LBB reports a decrease
• An appropriation for legislation to expand the Compensatory Education Allotment would help sustain this
• In the last regular legislative session, the passage of HB... 3928 moved dyslexia under special education

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Aligning law education with contemporary legal education standards is critical, facilitating the development
• Education presents a greater challenge for addressing and dealing with the rigors of higher education
• Higher Education Fund this session.
• With the Legislative Budget Board.
• Legislative session.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• Thank you. of higher education.
• We do have a lot of online, especially in our College of Education. ...education, but then we also do
• Legislative session.
• you doing about educating..."
• UNT's legislative priorities.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• and also the cost of higher education.
• It appears as though that in higher education costs, the deferred maintenance costs in higher education
• I will present the higher education funds together using this two-page packet titled "Higher Education
• It depends on the level of education.
• and other allied health education programs. education processes, which means in the future, we will

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• The LIDAs do not consistently educate or guide families on how the system works.
• education funding, civic leader, and mom of a son with severe IDD.
• We appreciate all of your support in helping to get that legislation passed.
• The LIDAs do not consistently educate or guide families on how the system works.
• We appreciate all of your support in helping to get that legislation.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• You educate on it.
• Thank you. to say that we educate every day in schools.
• We're educating them, we're trying to save lives, but the next step is...
• I'm the Legislative and Political Director for the Texas State Employees Union.
• Luis Figueroa here, Chief of Legislative Affairs for Every Texan.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• I think in June of 2024 he said everyone is going to come back on campus. educating, I paraphrase, educating
• All medical medical, not Treatment or education because you talked about educational beds.
• Thank you, my name is Amit Patel, Legislative Budget Board.
• education But there is prevention and treatment.
• So going into to the next legislative session.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• **Julie Lindsey**: I'm **Julie Lindsey** with the Legislative Budget Board.
• I don't remember in the legislation; I can look in the enabling.
• My name is **Charlie Smith**, and I am with the Legislative Budget Board.
• **George Purcell**: Yeah, I'm not aware of any legislation either.
• Again, Charlie Smith, Legislative Budget Board.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all

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• John Posey again with the Legislative Budget Board.
• Tezer's was created in this legislative session...
• You're saying you're limited by legislation? Yes.
• I'm Charles Smith, Legislative Budget Board.
• people on the importance of education.

Bills: SB1, SB 1

Keywords: appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards, 1185, senate, all