Video & Transcript Research : 'grading system'

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MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So then we asked, what grade is your student in?
  • But this one was, you know, 67% through sixth grade.
  • And it's that sixth-grade to eighth-grade mentality for families.
  • I can respond in terms of that sixth-grade to eighth-grade age group.
  • I'm thinking more of like the eighth grade and ninth grade that we talked about in terms of, you know
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Employment Subcommittee of the Permit Commission on Status of Persons with Disabilities met on April 27 and approved the prior meeting minutes before hearing a presentation from the Lawrence Partnership for Transition to Employment (LPTE). Presenters from UMass Boston’s Institute for Community Inclusion, the Arc of Greater Haverhill-Newburyport, Northeast, and Lawrence Public Schools described LPTE as a five-year grant focused on improving transition outcomes for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Lawrence through community partnerships, work groups, and family engagement. A major focus was a family survey designed to better understand barriers to transition planning and IEP participation. Presenters said the survey response rate increased sharply after Lawrence Public Schools helped distribute it, rising from about a dozen responses to more than 200. Survey findings showed common barriers such as scheduling conflicts, language access, childcare, transportation, and limited understanding of IEPs and transition planning. The data also suggested that many families expect college or employment outcomes for their children, but fewer reported access to pre-employment training, indicating a communication gap rather than a lack of services. Lawrence school staff explained that the district has a five-person transition team, bilingual resources, workshops, and a developing online transition hub, and that they are using the survey results to improve visibility and access to existing supports. Committee members discussed the need to start transition planning earlier, expand real-world work experiences, improve outreach to Latino families, and better connect students with college, trade, and employment pathways. Several members suggested partnerships with summer youth employment, volunteer programs, and college or alumni panels. The presenters said the grant ends in September, but the resource hub will continue through the Arc and they are exploring ways to sustain the consortium model. The meeting ended with thanks to the presenters, an update that committee members would meet with Seed on Massachusetts as a model employer, and notice that the next meeting would feature the Office of Veteran Affairs before adjournment.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education. (3-4-26)

Primary and Secondary Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, it goes from a numbering system on those options to a naming system.
  • And so if you have a certification in a different grade band and you want to add to a different grade
  • Thank you. system. A fractured system would likely system.
  • long-term sustainability of the system. long-term sustainability of the system.
  • extra system, use the national system extra system, use the national system and<01:26:08.960>
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee began with introductions of student guests, including an FCCLA national officer who spoke in support of career and technical education. She emphasized that CTE connects classroom learning to real careers, builds leadership and employability skills, and deserves continued state supplemental funding to keep programs current, expand offerings, and support student organizations. Members thanked her for her remarks and for representing FCCLA students. The committee then considered House Bill 67, a cleanup bill to address unintended consequences from last session’s Senate Bill 181 on traceable communication in schools. Rep. Josh Calloway explained that the substitute clarified definitions of family members, coaches, volunteers, certified/classified/contract employees, and virtual instruction; exempted group messaging, public social media posts, translation services, parent-provided phone numbers, emergency communications, and field trip/work-based learning contacts; and allowed teachers to disclose outside commercial or nonprofit involvement so they can communicate with students for those purposes. He said the bill was developed with input from school boards, administrators, KDE, school HR groups, Kentucky League of Cities, and Farm Bureau. The committee approved the substitute and passed HB 67 favorably. Next, the committee heard House Bill 759, which KDE described as a consistency bill for teacher certification pathways. The bill renames and standardizes alternative certification routes, clarifies content mastery requirements, allows teachers to add certifications more consistently, and lets educators extend certification into lower grade bands if they already hold higher-level certification and pedagogical knowledge. Members asked about chemistry majors, CTE occupational pathways, the veterans pathway, and grade-band “bandwidth”; KDE said the bill preserves the veterans route, does not create a new pathway but reorganizes existing ones, and will help make certification options easier to understand. HB 759 also passed favorably. Finally, Rep. Shane Baker presented House Bill 654, a follow-up to last year’s effort to reduce administrative burdens on schools. He said the bill would eliminate additional reporting requirements, bar KDE from requiring components of a comprehensive improvement plan not expressly required by statute or federal law, and allow EARS to temporarily authorize reports when the legislature is not in session while preserving necessary reporting tied to SEEK funding and school operations. The committee took up the substitute and began discussion of the bill.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Apr 15th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • to construct, acquire. improve, extend, and equip utility systems located on university system property
  • grade awarded in that class on a student's transcript as long... ...along with the grade or letter they
  • It's if the average grade or the meeting grade of the class was maybe a 70 and someone Someone who's
  • grades that they get every time there's a grade posted, or is it on the transcript?
  • And I think it's going to really fit into the system and the philosophy of Texas the NM University system
Keywords: 1184, house, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and grade four math, the bill expands the requirement to grade eight.
  • DLA and fourth grade ELA, but it still... ...would create the same system where eventually someone will
  • Guess what their grade is? A D. Guess what their grade was last year? A D.
  • This requires school districts to implement a comprehensive mathematics system for Pre-K through grade
  • Let's say I try to use the system, but for some reason the system crashes.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 13, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • their appropriate grade level reading. their appropriate grade level reading.
  • by grade for the lowest 10% of students in relation to grade level proficiency.
  • reading it at grade level means. reading it at grade level means.
  • . 11th grade takes ACT.
  • grade have top um 11th grade takes ACT. grade have top um 11th grade takes ACT.
Bills: HB0076, HB0102, HB0115
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • > grades.
  • We had automatic increases in place when we revised our school grading system. We took those out.
  • increase in the accountability system. increase in the accountability system.
  • Eighth grade is another story. students. Eighth grade is another story.
  • But when more and more schools are earning high grades, it's a signal that the accountability system
Keywords: 1136, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Policy - 02/03/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:20:36.159> requiring student information system requiring student information system requiring
  • System that is proactively decreasing the amount of chronic absenteeism within our system.
  • Our system was built on reactive responses based on county systems.
  • we see especially higher grades of high school.
  • <00:42:43.920> level consolidating data I think grade level consolidating data I think grade
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • community college system. community college system.
  • The system started working. The system started working.
  • cleaning up the system. cleaning up the system.
  • college system? college system?
  • Grade three.
Keywords: 924, joint, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • to second grade, but also second grade to second grade, but also second grade to second grade, but also
  • In third grade, only 10% of them grade. In third grade, only 10% of them grade.
  • So we look at it both ways, second grade to second grade. But those second grade to second grade.
  • But those second grade to second grade.
  • to 7th grade especially like sixth grade to 7th grade especially like sixth grade to 7th grade that
Bills: SB199, HB142, SB86, HB152, HB297, SB1, SB1
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • My little sister is in eighth grade.
  • An A letter grade, the bill says that any student that gets an A letter grade in math has to automatically
  • That would mean that a student that gets an A in seventh-grade math would be skipping eighth-grade math
  • An A letter grade, the bill says that any student that gets an A letter grade in math has to buy. an
  • a letter grade the bill says that any student that gets an a letter grade in math has to automatically
Summary: The committee first approved the March 18, 2026 minutes and then considered the nomination of John Snyder to the State Board for Charter Schools. Snyder described his background in municipal finance, charter school financings, and prior service with Arizona charter school organizations and the Arizona School for the Arts. Members asked about how his finance experience would help the board’s oversight role, and the committee voted 6-0 with one not voting to recommend his confirmation to the full Senate. The committee then heard HB 2093, which would remove the statutory requirement that health education include mental health instruction tied to multiple dimensions of health and would repeal related consultation requirements in 2037. The sponsor argued the bill would remove social-emotional learning from schools and return mental health matters to parents, while opponents, including students, a suicide-loss parent, and youth mental health advocates, said school-based mental health education saves lives and should remain available with parental opt-out. After debate, the committee voted 4-3 to give the bill a do pass recommendation. Several school safety and education bills followed. HB 4043, requiring at least one campus employee trained in CPR, first aid, and AED use where applicable, passed unanimously after testimony from the sponsor and school administrators. HB 4005, requiring instruction on ethical and educational uses of artificial intelligence in school districts beginning in 2027-28, passed 4-3 despite opposition from the Arizona Education Association over unfunded mandate concerns. HB 2895, allowing Native American language proficiency to satisfy a world language requirement and adding language clarifying districts are not required to offer such courses, passed unanimously as amended. HB 2383, renaming trampoline court safety legislation as Ty’s Law, also passed unanimously as amended. The committee also advanced HB 4109, a school public safety and notification bill requiring district safety policies, parent and law enforcement notification after life-threatening violence or weapon incidents, annual public safety reporting, and misdemeanor penalties for noncompliance. Testimony was sharply divided: supporters cited delayed or inadequate notification in serious incidents, while opponents argued the bill was too broad and criminalized administrators. The bill passed 4-3. The committee then approved HB 2376, appropriating $40 million for the school safety program and prioritizing school resource officers and school safety officers, and HB 2380, requiring greater public access to governing board meetings, materials, video, and out-of-state travel approvals; both passed 4-3. Finally, the committee began considering HB 2381, a major strike-everything amendment on career technical education district governance and funding, along with a follow-up amendment, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 11th, 2026 at 08:39 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Third-grade students had a 9% increase, fourth grade 12%, fifth grade 6%, sixth grade 13%.
  • Third grade students had a 9% increase, 4th grade of 12%, 5th grade 6th, 6th grade 13%.
  • My name is Riley Gough, and I'm a third-grade student.
  • , I didn't pull out the first grade for this.
  • Grade for this. But it is this.
Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • similar grades?
  • for both grade levels. for both grade levels.
  • grade level.
  • Why not display more grades? How about that? >> Both grades at both levels. >> Both grades.
  • Why not display more grades? >> All right. Why not display more grades?
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first reviewed and approved the prior day’s minutes after making several corrections, including changing references to the “majority report,” fixing wording and spelling in the special education section, clarifying language about NAPE scores, and correcting a funding figure from 2,000 to 20,000. Members also agreed to add a sentence noting that the conclusions of the special education study commission should be considered in any consolidation plan. The minutes were then adopted unanimously. The committee then worked through the minority report, making edits to soften or clarify language. Changes included replacing “partisan” with “participation,” revising a statement about test scores so it reflected that “the minority believes” some committee members lacked a complete understanding, and adding “the minority believes” before a statement that the structure of education funding is inequitable because of its reliance on local property taxes. Members also discussed whether some wording was factual or opinion-based, and agreed to leave some comments in place or make minor wording adjustments. After discussion, the committee voted on the final report of the majority of the committee, with edits and appendices, and approved it by a 5-2 vote. Representatives Damon and Bricky voted no. Members noted that a minority report would also be included in the final materials. Finally, the committee authorized the committee assistant to make technical corrections, fix remaining typos, and include the minutes of the meeting, and then adjourned.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Education Committee Jul 16th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've taught every grade from kindergarten to 12th grade over my 13 years as a virtual educator, but my
  • Anna Cordero, eighth grade teacher at California Virtual Academies, Anna Cordero, eighth grade teacher
  • Um, ...back a little bit on is the hybrid education system.
  • Stronger California education system. Thank you. Thank you.
  • The Legislature came up with a system that did that.
Summary: The Assembly Education Committee met without a quorum for much of the hearing and heard several bills out of order. SB 249 by Senator Umberg would move county board of education elections from the primary to the statewide general election. Supporters, including the League of Women Voters and many educators, argued the change would increase turnout and make the electorate more representative. The Orange County Board of Education opposed the bill, saying it would increase costs, reduce local control, and bury education races on crowded general-election ballots. The chair and members discussed turnout, cost, and representation, but the bill was held pending a quorum. Senator Grove presented SB 373, which adds safeguards for California students placed in out-of-state non-public schools through IEPs. The bill would require more robust LEA and CDE oversight, including annual site visits, student interviews, quarterly contact, stronger certification standards, and restrictions on prone, supine, and mechanical restraints. Testimony from a survivor of an out-of-state placement and from advocates emphasized abuse, neglect, and the need for stronger monitoring. There was broad support and no opposition testimony, but the measure was also held pending a quorum. Senator Ashby presented SB 568, the epinephrine in schools modernization act, to clarify and expand requirements for stocked epinephrine so they clearly apply to all public schools, including preschool programs. School nurses and medical experts said the bill would close gaps created by universal preschool and ensure life-saving treatment is available for anaphylaxis. The committee discussed dosing and implementation, and the bill was supported without opposition testimony. The committee also heard SB 414, the Charter School Accountability Act, which would strengthen fiscal oversight, audit standards, and transparency for charter schools and authorizers. Supporters said it responds to fraud and audit findings while preserving charter flexibility; opponents, including school employees and teachers, said it did not go far enough on authorizer accountability and small-district oversight. After discussion, the committee voted 7-0 to pass SB 414 as amended to Appropriations. The committee also briefly heard SB 743 by Senator Cortese, which would create an equalization reserve account to provide additional funding to underfunded school districts and reduce funding inequities tied to ZIP code. The author said the bill would support student achievement and teacher retention over time. The transcript cuts off before testimony or action on SB 743 was completed.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 12, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • uh about half the budget that the system uh about half the budget that the system of<00:02:29.040
  • And then the read by grade level.
  • Some of those include students who cannot even read at grade level and are reading numerous grade levels
  • grade students who was a slow reader. grade students who was a slow reader.
  • <00:33:44.960> to uh capabilities in the 911 system to uh capabilities in the 911 system to
Bills: HB0111, HB0112, HB0122
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Mar 18th, 2025

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are removing HB 553, the timber Grading Act, from the consent calendar so that there can be discussion
  • establishes consistent grading standards for timber products in New Mexico.
  • Madam Chair and Senator, I think that New Mexicans are smart enough to grade timber. I really do.
  • , and the moisture content of the timber at the time of grading.
  • In other words, our tax system should be progressive.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're located in Dorchester and offer grades 5 through 12.
  • And so I share that Boston Collegiate serves grades 5 through 12.
  • So our incoming cohort is in the fifth grade.
  • We take new students in other grades, but the fifth grade is clearly the biggest cohort.
  • , 7 to 12 grade students from the regional district.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Education held a lengthy hearing on a large slate of bills focused primarily on charter school policy and vocational technical education. Committee members opened with ground rules for testimony, including a two-minute limit, written testimony acceptance, and a live-streamed format. The committee then heard testimony on bills to expand collective bargaining rights in Horace Mann and Innovation Schools, reform charter school funding and reimbursement, allow enrollment preferences for high-need students in charter lotteries, and require BESE to consider district impacts when approving new or expanded charters. Several witnesses, including union leaders, parents, educators, and legislators, argued that charter growth has strained district budgets and that funding formulas should be reworked to better protect public schools; charter advocates and alumni countered that charter schools serve high-need students well and should not be penalized for their success. A major portion of the hearing focused on vocational technical education bills, including proposals to expand access and capacity, create a large grant program, and increase MSBA reimbursement rates for vocational school construction. Supporters described long waitlists, strong labor-market demand, and the higher cost of building and maintaining vocational schools, while municipal officials emphasized the tax burden on local communities. The committee also heard testimony on charter school reimbursement bills that would extend the state’s reimbursement schedule, with witnesses from districts such as Boston, Worcester, Fall River, and New Bedford describing large net losses to charter tuition and arguing for longer reimbursement periods and structural reform. The committee took no final votes during the hearing. In one instance, the chair said a bill would be held open until a missing senator could testify. Members asked several detailed questions about charter admissions lotteries, special education placements, funding formulas, and the practical effects of proposed charter caps and reimbursement changes. The hearing remained informational, with witnesses and committee members presenting sharply different views on whether the bills would improve equity and opportunity or harm existing public school systems.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Education Finance - 02/05/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • With over 30,000 students in our Catholic school system alone, we are saving the state's education system
  • With over 30,000 students in our Catholic school system alone, we are saving the state's education system
  • As a result, our tiered system of support almost flips statistically by eighth grade, where only 20%
  • As a result, our tiered system of support almost flips statistically by eighth grade, where only 20%
  • As a result, our tiered system of support almost flips statistically by eighth grade, where only 20%
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The Education Finance Committee met on February 5, 2025, to hear testimony from representatives of Minnesota’s Catholic and other nonpublic schools, focused on state nonpublic pupil aid, transportation, counseling, nursing, and related support programs. Meg Forette of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis argued that Catholic schools serve more than 30,000 students across many districts, educate a diverse population, and achieve strong academic results while operating at far lower per-student costs than public schools. She urged lawmakers to reject proposed cuts to nonpublic funding, saying they would be inequitable and harmful to lower-income families, and also raised concerns about state teacher-licensing requirements conflicting with Catholic values. Trisha Menshu, principal of St. John Paul II Catholic School in Northeast Minneapolis, described a student body with high levels of poverty, learning needs, and academic gaps, and said state-funded nurse and guidance-counseling services are essential to keeping students safe, healthy, and on track for high school. She said the school absorbs many costs itself, including medical supplies and significant staff time, and credited the support programs with helping students make strong academic growth and graduate on time. In response to a senator’s question, she clarified that the school uses the nursing aid for limited nurse time and pays other medical-related costs from operating funds, with no billing back to public school districts. Committee members asked follow-up questions about the relationship between teacher licensing and Catholic values, and about how medical needs for nonpublic students are funded. Forette said the concern was not with welcoming all students but with how DEI-related trainings and language are presented in ways that conflict with Catholic teaching. The committee then moved on to the next testifier, Andrew Hiliker of Stella Maris Academy in Duluth, who began by describing his school’s growth and the state’s role in supporting all students, regardless of school choice.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Education. (3-19-26)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • the three queuing system. the three queuing system.
  • <00:10:53.160> would<00:10:53.360> work system would work system would work is is is a<
  • And none of us are going to grade ourselves as harshly as real life grades us.
  • grades<00:34:56.159> us.
  • in the eighth grade. in the eighth grade.
Keywords: 958, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Finance Sep 24th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • So our maintenance department is graded just like our students are graded.
  • The school system is part of the solution, but it's not a school system problem to solve.
  • System.
  • , but for doing 6th through 12th grade.
  • So, 6th grade got elevated, and then 6th through 12th grade got elevated. That was a big jump.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 6th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 4th grade.
  • I chose third grade.
  • That show a child to be lagging behind in being able to achieve grade level by third grade.
  • To help those children close the gap and read on grade level by third grade. Is that right?
  • at third grade will be re-educated to be on third-grade level.
Bills: HB1535, HB 123, HB 111, HB180, HB342, HB 1027, HB 1178, HB610, HB 1277, HB1615, HB1620, HB5342, HB4885, HB4751, HB4689, HB4530, HB4488, HB2149, HB2041, HB2071, HB1813, HB2282, HB2248, HB2243, HB2522, HB2310, HB2513, HB2300, HB1902, HB3719, HB4284, HB4327, HB3743, HB3778, HB3801, HB5153, HB5147, HB4877, HB4850, HB3158, HB3261, HB3005, HB3033, HB3138, HB3099, HB2849, HB2967, HB3488, HB3477, HB3466, HB3396, HB3469, HB2594, HB2776, HB2564, HB2298, HB5331, HB5646, HB5247, HB5323, HB2015, HB4384, HB3896, HB4014, HB3627, HB3594, HB2524, HB510, HB561, HB5111, HB5446, HB 1181, HB3963, HB2785, HB1661, HB2460, HB24, HJR138, HB3800, HB42, HB 129, HB677, HB668, HB2128, HB2038, HB2316, HB3686, HB2563, HB 1160, HB3883, HB2788, HB2663, HB3305, HB3474, HB 1105, HB3490, HB3597, HB 1295, HB3512, HB3783, HB2017, HB3010, HB3112, HB4215, HB3223, HB3464, HB3120, HB4214, HB4081, HB4783, HB4063, HB2783, HB5085, HB2510, HB3426, HB4361, HB 1169, HB2516, HB4700, HB3560, HB3860, HB3146, HB184, HB198, HB247, HB367, HB449, HB1778, HB514, HB632, HB2582, HB766, HB2715, HB2712, HB3069, HB3505, HB 1269, HB4224, HB5032, HB2240, HB5180, HB3348, HB4668, HB4665, HB3395, HB3157, HB4395, HB4325, HB4386, HB4273, HB2760, HB2820, HB1828, HB1579, SB2349, SB1268, SB610, SB1577, SB1369, SB2032, SB2034, SB1057, SB1044, SB922, SB1759, SB1143, SB1506, SB1403, SB2361, SB870, SB372, SB72, SB1583, SB2314, SB1267, SB1273, SB765, SB552, HB2145, HJR112, HB1804, HJR110, HB 1194, HB1531, HB5008, HB3421, SCR27, HB5398, HB1407, HB426, HB1535, HB 123, HB1773, HB1871, HB2035, HB2448, HB2492, HB1411, HB4753, HB4666, HB4529, HB1499, HB1610, HB2028, HB1506, HB886, HB3546, HB796, HB223, HB1475, HB3556, HB4638, HB 111, HB180, HB342, HB 1027, HB 1178, HB610, HB 1277, HB1615, HB1620, HB5342, HB4885, HB4751, HB4689, HB4530, HB4488, HB2149, HB2041, HB2071, HB1813, HB2282, HB2248, HB2243, HB2522, HB2310, HB2513, HB2300, HB1902, HB3719, HB4284, HB4327, HB3743, HB3778, HB3801, HB5153, HB5147, HB4877, HB4850, HB3158, HB3261, HB3005, HB3033, HB3138, HB3099, HB2849, HB2967, HB3488, HB3477, HB3466, HB3396, HB3469, HB2594, HB2776, HB2564, HB2298, HB5331, HB5646, HB5247, HB5323, HB2015, HB4384, HB3896, HB4014, HB3627, HB3594, HB2524, HB510, HB561, HB5111, HB5446, HB 1181, HB3963, HB2785, HB1661, HB2460, HCR98, HCR92, HCR126