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NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 03/10/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a new organization with a powerful mission to engage Jewish youth in civic education and teach
- PEOPLE, IT IS A NEW ORGANIZATION WITH A POWERFUL MISSION TO ENGAGE JEWISH YOUTH IN CIVIC EDUCATION, AND TEACH
- AND IT WOULD BE KNOWN TODAY AS But that position teaches you something: it teaches you to fight for your
- It teaches you to prove yourself. And the Bronx has spent more than a century doing exactly that.
Summary:
The Senate met on March 9, 2026, approved the prior journal, and took up several procedural items, including substituting identical Senate Bill 6734A for Assembly Bill 4382A and adopting a resolution calendar with exceptions for Resolutions 1718 and 1723. The chamber also received amendments on another bill and heard multiple guest introductions, including students from Ahavas Bas Yaakov of Monsey and Dr. Angela Odoms-Young, who was recognized for her work on food and nutrition policy and health equity.
A major portion of the session was devoted to Resolution 1680 commemorating Bronx Day. Senators Fernandez, Bailey, Myrie, Serrano, Sepúlveda, Krueger, and others spoke in praise of the Bronx’s history, diversity, culture, resilience, and contributions to music, fashion, sports, and civic life. The Senate also adopted Resolution 1718 recognizing Harriet Tubman Day, with remarks highlighting Tubman’s work on the Underground Railroad, her Civil War service, and her later life in Auburn, and adopted Resolution 1723 marking the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday and emphasizing the continuing importance of voting rights protections.
The Senate then passed a series of bills from the calendar. These included measures on general municipal law, public health, executive law, education, vehicle and traffic law, criminal procedure, labor law, and legislative law. Several members explained their votes on health-related bills: Senator Cleare spoke about period poverty and access to free menstrual products in educational institutions; Senator Webb supported a bill requiring hospital governing boards to include a registered professional nurse; and Senator Murray, joined by Senator Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, described personal experiences with blood clots and pulmonary embolism in support of a bill creating a working group on the issue. Most bills passed with broad support, though some had notable negative votes, and the Senate adjourned until Wednesday, March 11 at 3:00 p.m.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-01-14 (4:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- great deal of these scholarship programs as far as the locale of where they are, quote unquote, teaching
- question, how are we ensuring that these children who we're paying taxpayers' money to and we're teaching
- them in areas that is not conducive for a learning environment, and the individuals teaching them, quote
- unquote, we don't know if they're actually teaching those children.
- basic skills, because individuals, whether qualified or not, those individuals weren't actually teaching
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including recognition of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s Founders’ Day and a visiting debate student. The chamber then received and adopted, by a 39-0 vote, a committee report confirming 52 gubernatorial executive appointments to various state, regional, and local boards and commissions.
The first major bill was SB 250 on rural communities, described as a broad “Rural Renaissance” package. Sponsor Senator Simon outlined provisions creating an Office of Rural Prosperity, a Renaissance Grant Program for counties facing population loss, housing and transportation investments, additional funding for rural education, and rural health care support. Two amendments were adopted to remove overlapping grant language tied to new federal rural health funding and to update hospital funding estimates. Senators from both parties generally supported the bill, though some raised questions about eligibility for certain rural areas and how funds would be accessed. The bill passed 39-0.
The Senate then took up CS/SB 318 on educational scholarship programs. Senator Gates said the bill responds to Auditor General findings by separating scholarship funding from public school funding, requiring student identification and enrollment verification, reducing administrative fees for scholarship funding organizations, requiring annual audits, and directing the Department of Education to develop a competitive selection and performance-based business plan for those organizations. Three amendments were adopted, including changes to the stabilization fund and documentation requirements. Senators from both parties debated transparency, accountability, and implementation concerns, with some also urging future attention to declining-enrollment school districts and the quality of scholarship providers. The bill passed 38-0.
At the end of the session, the Senate waived rules to immediately certify SB 250 and CS/SB 318 to the House, welcomed Palm Beach County visitors in the gallery, and adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Sep 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- More than half of business leaders don't think that our traditional education system is teaching the
- So they're redesigning their school day; they're doing classes differently, teachers are teaching differently
- Let's teach them how to work.
- Let's teach them how they can actually go and make good money without selling drugs.
- Offer professional development in assessment for the teachers that are teaching these courses.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- She is an Abilene ISD legend whose teaching and coaching career spanned over 3 generations.
- Charlie Perkins, an exceptional young teacher when I was a student in high school, whose passion for teaching
- of you that we've had the opportunity to speak with in Bear County who are wanting to come back to teach
- You've already retired, you've already gained your pensions, and you wanna come back to teach again.
- Than just teaching us reading, writing, and arithmetic, and I thank you for giving us the supportive
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (04/15/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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them shaped um and this people who teach them shaped um and this people who - teach them are<01:21:14.719>
credentialed <01:21:15.440>particularly <01:21:16.000> - As a person who taught in Title I schools forever, um, teaching young children, I saw what it did when
- young children, I saw what um, teaching young children, I saw what it<04:10:33.680>
did <04:10 - So if we follow your argument too far, then these private schools, who may want to teach DEI, you know
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 292, which would authorize a governor’s warrant to cover special education aid shortfalls from the education trust fund, and from the general fund if needed, so local school districts would not have to absorb prorated costs or raise local property taxes. Senator Lang said the bill was prompted by a prior $15 million special education funding shortfall caused by higher-than-expected catastrophic aid claims, including more qualifying students and the recent increase in the special education age limit to 22. He emphasized that the bill is intended to ensure the state meets its funding commitment and avoid shifting costs to towns.
Members asked about how the bill interacts with House Bill 742 and House Bill 773, including whether the language should be merged or whether the state should fund 100% versus an 80% floor. Lang said he was open to improving the bill and to adding a study committee or performance audit on special education costs, but maintained that the state should not push costs to local taxpayers when it has available funds. The hearing on SB 292 was then closed, with no vote taken.
The committee then opened Senate Bill 98, which would extend for five more years a tax credit program for donations to regional career and technical education centers. Senator Waters said the program has been successful in building partnerships between CTE centers and employers, especially through equipment donations that support training and apprenticeships. He cited examples including automotive, marine trades, and advanced manufacturing programs, and said the five-year extension would let lawmakers continue to review whether the incentive is working as intended.
Several members questioned whether the credit is effectively a 100% subsidy and how the cap works. Waters and another member explained that the underlying program has an aggregate cap of $500,000 and that credits are prorated if requests exceed that amount; they also said the donations are primarily equipment, not cash. Some members raised concerns about whether businesses could also claim other tax deductions or credits, but the sponsor said the existing structure has been in place for years and has been revisited periodically. No vote was taken during the hearing excerpt provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Elections and Constitutional Amendments
Transcript Highlights:
- I have had the opportunity to teach many of the people who are now employees in our district, one of
- So now, this amendment, ACA 7, is asking for constitutional amendments. for different educational teaching
- My basic question is whether treating, even teaching methodology, differently based upon racial background
- I teach in the Black Studies Department, the Africana Studies Department, and in the College of Education
- I teach a classroom of diverse students. The majority of them do not look like me.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments heard several measures, beginning with SCA 5, Senator Cortese’s proposal to create an Equalization Reserve Account to help reduce long-standing per-pupil funding disparities between basic aid and non-basic aid school districts. Supporters, including education leaders and school employees, argued the measure would provide a stable, long-term funding source to improve student services and staffing. Charter school representatives opposed the bill, saying it excluded charter schools from the benefits and could raise equal protection concerns. Senator Cortese responded that the bill only addresses district funding and does not alter charter funding formulas. After quorum was established, SCA 5 was approved and sent to Appropriations.
The committee also heard S.J.R. 18, a resolution by Senator McNerney condemning the Citizens United decision and urging limits on corporate influence in elections. The author argued that corporate and dark money have overwhelmed campaign finance and weakened public trust. There was no formal witness testimony in support or opposition, and members discussed the resolution’s symbolic nature and its relationship to free speech and campaign finance rules. The resolution was adopted and referred onward. The committee then took up ACA 7, Assembly Member Jackson’s constitutional amendment to clarify Proposition 209 and allow more race-conscious tools in education to address racial equity gaps. Supporters said current law prevents targeted, evidence-based interventions and that the measure would help close persistent disparities; opponents argued it would weaken Prop. 209, invite discrimination, and likely fail at the ballot or in court. After extensive debate, the measure was approved as amended and sent to Appropriations.
The committee next heard ACA 18, which would add a second student voting seat to the University of California Board of Regents, ensuring both undergraduate and graduate student representation. The author and student regent witnesses said the UC board is the only major higher education governing board in California with just one student vote, and that more student representation would improve decision-making and reflect the student body. The measure drew support from student organizations and was approved. Finally, AJR 29 was heard, opposing a federal executive order affecting vote-by-mail administration and defending California’s mail voting system as safe and secure. The author said the order would improperly interfere with state election administration. The resolution was adopted. Items 3 and 4 on consent were also approved, and the committee adjourned after all agenda items were acted upon.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm sorry, and who's teaching in those schools.
- Who's teaching those classes? Who are the administrators running those programs?
- Teacher teaching in real time with their students.
- Inside of that, as soon as I started teaching it, then I had all of these outside companies contacting
- I don't know how they would know, but you're doing a great job, and we want you to come teach for our
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- And teachers who are interested in teaching autism spectrum disorder students, and teachers who are interested
- in teaching them with the view towards obtaining these important workforce credentials, have the incentive
- And teachers who are interested in teaching autism spectrum disorder students, and teachers. who are
- interested in teaching autism spectrum disorder students and teach them with the view towards obtaining
- We guide them, we teach them, but nobody but the caregivers are at home with them when they go to bed
Summary:
The committee heard and approved several bills. CS for CS for CS SB 138, Trenton’s Law, would broaden DUI and boating-under-the-influence laws to cover any impairing substance, increase penalties for refusal to submit to breath or urine testing, allow blood warrants in misdemeanor DUI/BUI cases, enhance penalties for DUI with death or vehicular homicide involving prior convictions, and authorize DUI diversion programs. Supporters included law enforcement and prosecutors, who said the bill addresses gaps involving over-the-counter drugs and refusal cases; the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers raised concerns about the breadth of the “any impairing substance” language and record consequences for first refusals. The bill was reported favorably.
The committee also reported favorably SB 400, which removes the repeal date from Florida’s Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children, and CS for SB 102, which creates a workforce credentialing program for exceptional student education students, especially those with autism, to earn badges for job skills and safety-related competencies. SB 102 drew questions about fiscal impact and teacher training, with supporters emphasizing workforce readiness and parent involvement while some members raised concerns about costs and implementation. SB 130, which updates compensation for wrongfully incarcerated people found factually innocent, was also reported favorably after supporters argued Florida’s current law is too restrictive and too few exonerees have been compensated.
The committee then approved CS for CS for SB 296, which repeals the statewide mandate for later middle and high school start times and returns the decision to local districts, while requiring districts to document their analysis of sleep, safety, transportation, and other impacts. An amendment added a reporting requirement to show how districts considered later start times and any unintended consequences. The bill drew broad support from school officials and education groups, with members noting transportation and extracurricular challenges. Finally, SB 234, dealing with criminal offenses against law enforcement officers, was reported favorably after debate over whether the bill should retain “good faith” language and how it would affect defenses and officer accountability. The committee also passed CS for SB 274, designating a portion of International Drive as Harris Rosen Way and adding a memorial designation for the late Senator Geraldine Thompson near the Wells Built Museum; members praised both honorees and the bill was reported favorably. The committee adjourned after recording one member’s request to be shown voting yes on the first bill.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- in our high school diploma programs, our teachers are all certified in the subject area that they teach
- And they leave when they don't know how to teach.
- They teaching is a profession and so I'm cautious about um uncertified teachers. Thank you.
- the state of Texas to mandate in our code a higher standard for teacher certification for people who teach
- illegal alien criminals than who teach American citizen students in our ISDs.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: New Data Supporting Minnesota’s Equal Rights Amendment - 02/18/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Our faith teaches us that every human being has the spark of the divine and is worthy of kavod habot,
- It is un-American, and absolutely contrary to the values of dignity and inclusion that my faith teaches
- Tu Bishvat teaches us to recognize the potential for change and renewal.
- Our faith teaches us that every human being has the spark of the divine and is worthy of kavod habot,
- Tu Bishvat teaches us to recognize the potential for change and renewal.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Education Pre-K - 12 Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- This manage you raises to my teaching staff the last 4 years.
- years because he has a family of 5, 1, going into college next year and just going over there and teaching
- reading teachers in the world are first second 3rd grade teachers school teachers because that's who teaches
- Now, when I when I started back in my teaching career, but he my superintendent would put down what my
- The one out of every one teach the one-mile G so they really doesn't matter.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Floor Session 5/12/25 - Part 1
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a trust and a belief that God will show us and teach us that everything that happened to us for
- will<00:03:56.560>
show <00:03:56.720>us <00:03:56.879>and <00:03:57.200>teach - belief that God will show us and teach belief that God will show us and teach us<00:03:58.159>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Those grants are the Center for the Book, Starbase, Black Men Teach, the Teachers of Color and Indigenous
- includes requirements relating to how candidates for teacher licensure must demonstrate their ability to teach
- Candidates would need to demonstrate that they can teach the science of reading.
- When I first started teaching, I taught English for two hours a day, at which time I went home and gave
Bills:
HF1049
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The Talmud teaches that the world stands on three things: justice, truth, and peace.
- collaboration over conflict.<00:06:20.319>
The <00:06:20.560>tomid <00:06:21.199>teaches - The tomid teaches that the conflict.
- The tomid teaches that the world<00:06:22.479>
stands <00:06:22.880>on <00:06:23.280>
MN
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the demonstrate um that they can teach the demonstrate um that they can teach - Uh, when I first started teaching, I taught English for 2 hours a day, at which time I went home and
- Uh, when I first started teaching, I taught English for 2 hours a day, at which time I went home and
Bills:
HF1049
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Meanwhile, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing issued a one-week suspension of his teaching license
- The state of California, through the CTC, has allowed him to continue to teach.
- If they are taking classes they don't need, we can't be teaching them the extra stuff that we want to
- teach them.
- But on the same token, all the teaching assignments, that is the one that especially impacted by the
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Apr 9th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- He said teaching is an honorable profession and that teachers are getting ready the next generation.
- He said the messaging is that teaching is a horrible job, that everything is bad, and that teachers are
- and mentioned having a niece in that age group who cannot wait to get into teaching.
- And we're going to be teaching them the math they need as they're taking it.
- They didn't truly understand how a faculty was qualified to teach welding or diesel tech.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Early on, I wanted to try and teach Kaylee how to sign 'I'm hungry' and mistakenly taught her the sign
- Kaye how to sign I'm to try and teach Kaye how to sign I'm hungry<00:16:31.199>
and hungry and - Her passion for teaching little ones was obvious and inspiring.
- Carla and her team have a real gift for teaching the children in the birth-to-three program.
- <00:27:31.880>
them <00:27:32.039>signs tips and tricks try to teach them signs tips
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (02/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2009, I was invited to teach a two-day in-service class, which was much more comprehensive, and I
- Then you, at one point, were teaching a two-day course. It was 16 hours.
- If I were to teach the course, it would be guided.
- <00:32:47.279>
uh that the doctor uh uh used to teach uh that the doctor uh uh used to teach - What does it teach?
Summary:
The subcommittee work session focused on HB 153, a bill intended to improve law enforcement response to animal cruelty cases. The bill’s sponsor explained that the proposal would require one sheriff or deputy and one state trooper in each county to receive specific training in animal cruelty laws so they could serve as knowledgeable resources. The sponsor described real-world examples where agencies were unclear about jurisdiction, veterinary involvement, and response protocols, arguing that better training was needed because animal cruelty cases can require quick action and many towns do not have animal control officers.
Jerry Sorenson, a retired UNH professor and longtime animal cruelty instructor, described the existing training structure at Police Standards and Training. He said recruits receive a required two-hour introductory block at the academy, while additional animal cruelty materials and a more comprehensive online resource library are available through the Benchmark system for certified officers. He noted that the older two-day in-service course he taught was more detailed and guided, but the current online materials are more of a self-study resource and are not mandated for in-service officers. He also said the committee could track usage through Benchmark analytics.
Kurt Arenberg of the Humane Society of the United States and Rob Johnson of the Farm Bureau both supported the goal of ensuring a trained law enforcement contact is available statewide, but they questioned whether assigning one trained officer per county would be the best way to achieve it. They emphasized the need for a real-time response and for officers to know where to find help and guidance, rather than expecting one person per county to handle all cases. Vincent Greco of State Police said the agency is willing to help and has handled animal cruelty matters, but he said one trooper per county would not realistically meet the goal given coverage demands and vacancy rates; he suggested broader access to resources and training may be more effective. Representative Freeman asked how cases are handled now and was told State Police responses generally follow standard criminal investigation steps, with assistance from animal control, veterinarians, and other resources when available. No vote or final action was taken during the work session.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- average teaching salaries of 67859. 67859. 67859.
- schools in a way that makes teaching schools in a way that makes teaching harder,<00:40:39.040><
- I teach social studies at Cody High School. You heard from one of my students, Wade Bower.
- Um, I teach social studies >> I'm Brad Cox.
- I teach a humanities class, and then I also run the IB program here in Cheyenne.