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• And really, these parents like families are being forced to make absolutely impossible decisions to pay
• And<00:14:50.639><c> really,</c><00:14:50.959><c> these</c><00:14:51.279><c> parents</c><00:14:52.079
• ><c> like</c><00:14:52.320><c> families</c> And really, these parents like families And really, these
• parents like families are<00:14:53.440><c> being</c><00:14:53.839><c> forced</c><00:14:54.240><c> to
• Chairman. >> On your last slide regarding the indirect medical education payments for that $52 million

Committee: Joint Medicaid

Keywords: Medicaid - Room 216, 4 February, 2026; 2:00 PM, 925, all

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• </c> education and many many other things. education and many many other things.
• What this specializes in education.
• </c><02:49:00.880><c> our</c> educational choices back to our educational choices back to our families
• </c> Bill 123, Education Savings Accounts. Bill 123, Education Savings Accounts.
• Chief Clerk, please call the roll. make an educated decision on this make an educated decision on this

Keywords: 916, all

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• No one reaches these heights of wealth without public roads, public education, employees.
• No one reaches these heights of wealth without public roads, public education, employees.
• I don't forget the fact that my family nearly lost the farm that they had gotten from their parents,
• I don't forget the fact that my family nearly lost the farm that they had gotten from their parents,
• I am gracious to my parents that I was able to obtain their farm, which I hope to pass on to my child

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: 1183, house

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• </c> specifically from teachers or educators specifically from teachers or educators as<00:40:21.839>
• </c><01:47:35.520><c> So,</c> for education finance. So, for education finance.
• </c> always struggled with that special educ always struggled with that special educ education<02:20:
• Special education covers about 50% of our district special education costs.
• <02:26:10.880><c> cross</c> education cross education cross subsidy.<02:26:13.120><c> Mr.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Next up is the Standing Committee on Educational Institutions, and Senator Dees will be presenting that
• the March meeting. 103 education audits were included on the committee's agenda for review.
• This program is administered by the Department of Education.
• the Department of Education here that can answer questions.
• Greg Rogers, Department of Education. And if you don't mind, stand to be sworn in.

Committee: All LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING

Summary: The Legislative Joint Auditing Committee met on June 5 and first adopted prior minutes and several committee reports. The executive committee report noted adoption of its minutes, staff updates on scheduled audits, approval of an annual financial audit for the City of Horseshoe Bend, and an update on the intern program. The Counties and Municipalities report covered delinquent private water and sewer audits, compliance follow-up with towns including Denning, Gum Springs, Omer, Fargo, Jericho, and Haynes, and review of current and deferred reports; the committee filed most current reports but deferred several and referred some matters to prosecutors and the Attorney General. The Educational Institutions report said 103 education audits were reviewed, most with no findings, while several school districts had findings and one Booneville School District finding was referred to law enforcement. The State Agencies report included findings at the Department of Finance and Administration and a deferred Department of Health report, and the committee filed 13 reports. The committee then received lengthy presentations on the State of Arkansas annual comprehensive financial report and the state single audit for fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. Legislative Audit issued unmodified opinions on the state financial statements, but identified two material weaknesses: insufficient internal controls at the Office of State Technology to monitor threats and unauthorized access, and improper methodology changes and documentation issues at the Division of Workforce Services affecting year-end estimates for unemployment-related accounts. The single audit covered $12.4 billion in federal awards across 469 programs, with 16 major programs reviewed. Auditors reported 33 findings overall, including 31 federal findings, $12.9 million in outstanding questioned costs, and qualified opinions for the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer program, the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund, and the Child Care Development Fund cluster. Committee members questioned DHS, the broadband office, OST, DFA, Education, and Workforce Services about the findings, corrective actions, cyber protections, federal drawdowns, child care reporting, and accounting methodology changes. Several agencies described corrective steps. DHS said it had changed how it draws Summer EBT funds, addressed provider revalidation and incarceration-related Medicaid issues, and updated internal processes and staffing. The broadband office said the questioned costs reflected invoice documentation disputes rather than missing payments and expected Treasury review to resolve the issue. OST said it was expanding logging, endpoint detection, and enterprise monitoring, and described broader cybersecurity investments, training, and a roadmap. DFA and Workforce Services addressed the workers’ compensation and unemployment accounting issues, with Workforce Services saying it had updated its policy and submitted the methodology to DFA. After discussion, the committee voted to hold the two statewide audit reports over until the August meeting, with members asked to submit specific questions in advance so only needed agencies would return. The final item was a special report on the Hot Spring County Solid Waste Authority for January 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025. The audit reviewed compliance with laws, board procedures, bidding, payroll, permits, inspections, and cash handling. It noted prior private audit findings on segregation of duties, that recent private audit reports had not been obtained for 2023 through 2025, and that the current administrator said prior office staff and bookkeeping contractors resigned when he was hired. The authority’s operations and revenue sources were described, and the report was presented for committee review.

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• After almost four semesters of education, there is still so much left to learn.
• After almost four semesters of education, there is still so much left to learn.
• And this education cannot be given in five semesters of online school.
• It said that VPAs would be unqualified with minimal educational standards.
• VPAs will have had six years of higher education. Six years.

Bills: S0302 , S0394 , S0480 , S0546 , S0636 , S0774 , S0796 , S1028 , S1050 , S1066 , S1120 , S1230 , S1288 , S1682

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Keywords: cybersecurity, information technology, data management, local government compliance, cloud services, state agency oversight, integrated governance, conservation lands, land exchange, state-owned land, Acquisition and Restoration Council, Florida water management, environmental protection, beach management, beach erosion, beach nourishment, coastal resilience, shoreline protection, critical erosion, critically eroded beach

Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with CS/SB 796, which would create Veterinary Professional Associates as a new supervised veterinary role, expand telehealth prescription timeframes, and set training and scope limits. Supporters said it would improve access to care, lower costs, and create a career path, while opponents argued the proposal lacked a clear regulatory framework, could create liability and federal-law conflicts, and would not address the real shortage in rural large-animal practice. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably. Members also heard and favorably reported SB 1682 on local authority over derelict and abandoned vessels, CS/SB 1028 on a commercial Citizens clearinghouse for property insurance, SB 394 on exempting certain reinsurance underwriting managers from licensing, SB 636 on beach management and erosion designations, CS/SB 546 on public notice for conservation land sales or exchanges, CS/SB 302 on Biscayne Bay nature-based solutions and related coastal resiliency provisions, SB 1050 on pharmacy choice for pet medications, and SB 774 extending workers’ compensation benefits to 911 public safety telecommunicators for mental and nervous injuries. Testimony on these bills generally focused on access, regulatory clarity, environmental protection, or workforce support, with some concerns raised on insurance consumer protections and beach-management language. Senator Harrell’s bills were also taken up and reported favorably: CS/SB 480, a major overhaul of state IT governance creating DIGIT and new procurement, reporting, and workforce structures; CS/SB 1230, restricting PFAS-containing firefighting foam and adding testing, inventory, and disposal requirements; and CS/SB 1288, a naming bill designating the Andrew Red Harris Shoal and requiring markers. Finally, the committee heard extensive testimony on SB 1066 regarding restoration of the Oklawaha/Rodman system, with supporters emphasizing ecological restoration, flood-risk reduction, and economic benefits, and opponents warning about local impacts, water quality, and the loss of a world-class fishery. The transcript ends during testimony on that bill, before final action is shown.

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• Parents are forced out of the workforce.
• Parents forced financially devastated.
• They know parents know the care.
• So I first want to call out the parents.
• So I first want to call out the parents.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• can have the resources they need to provide education to our kids.
• On the higher education side, now transitioning to higher education, we rejected the May revision proposals
• As Chair of the Assembly Education Committee, I want to focus on the education part of the budget.
• , quality childcare being quality education.
• We thank the Assembly for maintaining the promise of higher education through higher education investments

Committee: House Budget

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• </c><00:11:40.320><c> happens</c> they're seeing and the education happens they're seeing and the education
• Um but it the education to get them up.
• Um, but education is really successful.
• And I think earlier about education.
• </c><03:23:16.479><c> with</c> coordinated effort for education with coordinated effort for education

Committee: House Resources, Recreation and Development

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• So when nursing is unavailable, parents do become the automatic and immediate backup.
• And unfortunately, in far too many cases, I've seen parents lose their full-time jobs entirely because
• These parents are not stepping in by choice, but because there is no other option.
• Supporting parent caregivers is not only compassionate, but it is necessary, responsible, and overtly
• Do we have any questions for Jamie, our parent? All right. Thank you. Appreciate it.

Summary: The House Health Care and Wellness Committee met at policy cutoff and first took up executive session on four bills. It considered a proposed substitute for HB 1589 on health carrier contracting practices, which would require carriers to provide providers advance notice and clean copies of contract changes and payment methodologies, and would also add notice requirements for significant payer contract modifications. The committee also considered HB 2402 on phthalates in IV solution containers and tubing, with a substitute delaying implementation dates and creating shortage and FDA-related exemptions. HB 2555, concerning Medicaid coverage of traditional health care practices, and HB 2685, concerning tribal data and disease reporting to tribal health jurisdictions, were also before the committee. HB 2599 was deferred. The committee reported HB 1589, HB 2402, HB 2555, and HB 2685 out of committee with do pass recommendations, with recorded votes showing some members voting no or no without recommendation on the more contested bills. The committee then held a work session on private duty nursing in the Medically Intensive Children’s Program. Health Care Authority and DSHS staff described how the program serves children with complex medical needs through managed care and fee-for-service pathways, the role of prior authorization and medical necessity review, and the ongoing shortage of nursing staff. They said many approved hours are not filled, especially in rural areas, and that family members often provide unpaid care to fill gaps. Committee members asked about the structure of the children’s and adult PDN programs and about how many authorized hours are actually being served. The committee also heard testimony from a home care agency representative and a parent caregiver, both of whom described severe staffing shortages and the burden on families when nursing shifts go unfilled. They supported models that would allow trusted family caregivers to be paid for some of the skilled care they already provide. The committee then heard examples from Montana and Massachusetts of similar family caregiver or complex care assistant programs. Montana described its pediatric complex care assistant model as a gap-filling service with prior authorization and a set hourly rate, while Massachusetts outlined its complex care assistant program, including training, supervision, wage pass-through requirements, and early growth in participation. The meeting concluded after the work session.

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• to invest in education and educational programs that will help all students get back on track.
• to invest in education and educational programs that will help all students get back on track.
• to invest in education and educational programs that will help all students get back on track.
• to invest in education and educational programs that will help all students get back on track.
• . through2 education.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• They've been educated in this.
• They've been educated in this.
• They've been educated in this.
• They've been educated in this.
• They've been educated in this.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• </c> I'm concerned about all of the parents I'm concerned about all of the parents in<00:53:11.920><c
• If you look, but it's all about education and schools is in the amendment.
• </c><01:01:15.599><c> Um,</c> schools or education in particular.
• Um, schools or education in particular.
• </c> public services, and then education. public services, and then education.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I challenge my colleagues, go to a pediatric cancer wing and tell a child with leukemia and their parents
• I challenge my colleagues, go to a pediatric cancer wing and tell a child with leukemia and their parents
• Army veteran and community leader Alcario Al Casayano for his dedication to advancing education, arts
• ,</c> his dedication to advancing education, his dedication to advancing education, arts,<00:15:32.320
• </c><00:52:57.760><c> This</c> Educator of the Year Award. This Educator of the Year Award.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• I hope you can understand the fear of losing my license when an improperly educated VPA harms a patient
• After almost four semesters of education, there is still so much left to learn.
• And this education cannot be given in five semesters of online school.
• It said that VPAs would be unqualified with minimal educational standards. ...day.
• years of higher education.

Bills: S0302 , S0394 , S0480 , S0546 , S0636 , S0774 , S0796 , S1028 , S1050 , S1066 , S1120 , S1230 , S1288 , S1682

Committee: Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Keywords: cybersecurity, information technology, data management, local government compliance, cloud services, state agency oversight, integrated governance, conservation lands, land exchange, state-owned land, Acquisition and Restoration Council, Florida water management, environmental protection, beach management, beach erosion, beach nourishment, coastal resilience, shoreline protection, critical erosion, critically eroded beach

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• , is created to ensure that every Washingtonian has access to non-commercial media that informs, educates
• The objectives of these roles include content development, education, technical expertise, and training
• The PEG fees, public education and government fees, were then diverted directly to the jurisdictional
• The PEG fees, public education and government fees, were then diverted directly to the jurisdictional
• I've spent my whole career working in PEG, public educational and government channels, and I'm a big

Bills: HB2579

Committee: House Technology, Economic Development, & Veterans

Keywords: public media, digital equity, funding, media access, communication technology, 904, all

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• So we do have that happen in education.
• So, on page 6 of the document, under major funding items, I'll begin with public education.
• for an education and savings account and $400 million for the school safety allotment.
• For higher education, there's contingent funding of $850 million for a Texas State Technical College
• If you include all of Texas Education Agency funds...

Committee: House Ways & Means

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• </c><00:05:43.400><c> Intervention</c><00:05:43.919><c> Program</c> Early Education Intervention Program
• Early Education Intervention Program also<00:05:44.840><c> in</c><00:05:44.960><c> the</c><00:05:45.080
• women’s housing for some of our probationers, substance use screening and treatment for youth and parent
• /c><00:23:31.600><c> for</c><00:23:31.880><c> Youth</c><00:23:32.240><c> and</c><00:23:32.440><c> parent
• </c> and treatment for Youth and parent and treatment for Youth and parent groups<00:23:34.000><c> um

Committee: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard House Bill 4000, the Judiciary’s biennium budget bill for FY 2026-2027. Judiciary Director of Policy and Planning Brandon Kimura testified in strong support, outlining operating requests of about $6.17 million in FY 26 and $6.25 million in FY 27, 17 permanent positions and one temporary position, plus $9.9 million in capital improvements. He described funding needs for specialty courts, preparations for the Wahiawa District Court, an additional district court judge and staff for Kona, cybersecurity upgrades, the Criminal Justice Research Institute, statewide priority items, and restoration of several essential staff positions. He also said the Judiciary was seeking an additional $2 million for the Children’s Justice Center relocation lump sum because updated estimates had risen to about $8 million. The committee also discussed potential impacts from uncertain federal funding and asked for written follow-up on those risks and on the capital request, including coordination with Budget and Finance. Several organizations and individuals testified in support of the Judiciary budget, including the Hawaiʻi State Bar Association, Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi, and legal service providers. Mioko Eto asked for an additional $1 million for civil legal service providers, explaining that the current funding is spread across multiple providers and that the need remains high. David Copper of Legal Aid supported the request, citing statewide demand, 105 staff, 7,100 cases closed in the past year, and 15,000 calls received, while noting that many people seeking help cannot be served because of capacity limits. He also said recent federal funding disruptions and proposed cuts could affect legal services and related programs. Committee members asked about the Criminal Justice Research Institute’s mission; Kimura said its primary statutory role is to build a database focused on pre-trial reporting and data analysis, though it is also working on probation and mental health-related projects. No vote or final action on HB 4000 was taken in the hearing excerpt provided.

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• So have we as her parents.
• I chose to stay with Seale's parents and the parents of girls who are my daughter's best friends.
• was to parent myself.
• I'm going to read from one of the parents, a grieving parent; it was the last parent, Matthew Childress
• You have seen the pain of these parents.

Committee: House The July 2025 Flooding Events, General Investigating

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• They said they didn't really care about the parent date of birth, but they really cared about the baby's
• statute now is not... said they didn't really care about the said they didn't really care about the parent
• 51.240><c> birth</c><00:05:52.240><c> but</c><00:05:52.720><c> they</c><00:05:53.000><c> really</c> parent
• date of birth but they really parent date of birth but they really cared<00:05:53.759><c> about</c><
• so even our building education so even our building officials<00:48:09.200><c> they</c><00:48:09.319

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all