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• that we need to kind of track how many students are taking dual credits but never continue into the NDA
• So we have two shorter names for NDA Plus written out, or NDA Plus with the actual A plus.
• Pearson is our vendor and our partner with NDA Plus, and Dynamic Learning Maps is our partner with the
• The NDA Plus we administer in the spring. We are administering it right now.
• The NDA plus we administer in the spring. We are administering it right now.

Summary: The committee met to hear presentations on dual credit programs from North Dakota higher education leaders, a school superintendent, and teachers. Valley City State University described its dual credit model, emphasizing quality control through annual teacher training, syllabus and outcomes alignment, faculty qualification review, school visits, and pathways aimed at the College Studies Certificate. Members asked about teacher employment, course scheduling, revenue, scholarships, and whether a centralized model might improve efficiency; VCSU said most instructors are K-12 employees, online offerings are still small, and centralization could weaken local relationships and choice. Lake Region State College similarly stressed access and partnerships, noting about half of its headcount is still in high school, with both online and face-to-face dual credit options, district reimbursement arrangements, and support for rural schools. Lake Region also said dual credit helps students who might not otherwise see themselves as college-bound, but reduced tuition can still be a barrier for some families. Fargo Public Schools reported continued growth in dual credit, with 50 courses offered in partnership with several NDUS institutions and a 12.61% increase in participation. The superintendent highlighted a growing education pathway, including students completing Introduction to Education and field experience, and said the district is exploring a grow-your-own teacher pipeline. He also raised concerns about inconsistent institutional processes, teacher credentialing requirements, and transfer clarity, arguing for more aligned statewide systems. In response to questions, he said AP and dual credit can coexist, with AP often better for highly selective out-of-state colleges and dual credit better for students targeting North Dakota institutions, and he described some use of Arizona State online courses in earlier rural partnerships but said Fargo is focused on local institutions. Two teachers then testified on the classroom perspective. A West Fargo anatomy and physiology teacher said dual credit has expanded access, lowered costs, and prepared students well, but agreed that foundational science courses may be more effective when taken later in high school to reduce knowledge loss before college. A Drake-Anamoose English teacher, who has taught dual credit for more than 20 years, said the program has supported many students who went on to a wide range of careers and emphasized that small rural schools rely on dual credit to provide opportunities they otherwise could not offer. No formal votes or actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Madam this NDA will achieve that.
• 65th consecutive NDA if signed into law. 65th consecutive NDA if signed into law.
• makes<04:48:11.120> key This year's NDA also makes key This year's NDA also makes key investments
• This year's NDA our national interest.
• This NDA border to our eastern flank.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• NDAs, we talked about the use of using.
• NDAs, we talked about the use of NDAs<00:36:02.640> by<00:36:02.880> corporations,<00:36
• kind NDAs by corporations, a different kind of<00:36:04.880> business.
• <00:36:12.240> And NDAs, unfair licensing agreements.
• And NDAs, unfair licensing agreements.

Bills: HF3698, HF4243, HF4239, HF4241, HF4242, HF4240

Keywords: libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, campaign finance, elections, political contributions, disclosure, reporting thresholds, economic interest statements, financial disclosure, ethics, public officials, local officials, metropolitan governmental unit, metropolitan area, candidate filings, principal campaign committee, political committee

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• Uh, they've stated that they do provide that information and that they do that through NDAs.
• Uh, they've stated that they do provide that information and that they do that through NDAs.
• Uh, they've stated that they do provide that information and that they do that through NDAs.
• Uh, they've stated that they do provide that information and that they do that through NDAs.
• They do provide that information and that they do that through NDAs.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• My district entered into or created an NDA, some language that we can work on that's together to come
• My district entered into or created an NDA, My district entered into or created an NDA and required 113
• staff members to sign the NDA.
• district. ...offer a legal opinion that differed from that of the district about the validity of an NDA
• I think she's gotten some terrible advice on these NDAs in particular and on the public records request

Summary: The committee first considered CS/SB 1434 on infill redevelopment. A late-filed strike-all amendment narrowed eligibility to certain contaminated or brownfield properties in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, added adjacency and density/intensity limits, and excluded agricultural land, park land, land outside the urban growth boundary, and land near military installations. The amendment was adopted without opposition, and the bill was reported favorably on an 8-0 vote, with limited support and opposition noted in waived appearance forms. Members then took up CS/CS/SB 212 on sexual offenders and sexual predators. The strike-all added public swimming pools and related child-centered locations to residency and presence restrictions. Testimony was sharply divided: proponents argued the bill would help protect children and law enforcement, while opponents, including treatment experts and homelessness advocates, said there was no empirical evidence the restrictions reduce abuse and warned of retroactive punishment and increased homelessness. The amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 8-1. The committee also approved CS/CS/SB 686 on agricultural enclaves after an amendment allowing certain enclaves adjacent to interstates to be developed for commercial, industrial, or single-family residential uses and clarifying exclusions for protected areas. Opponents argued it would weaken zoning and comprehensive plans, while supporters framed it as a property-rights measure; the bill was reported favorably 10-0. SB 554 on nonprofit corporations, a technical update to nonprofit law modeled on prior for-profit corporate revisions, also passed unanimously after supportive waived testimony. Later, the committee approved SB 1338 on charitable giving, which creates a donor remedy for endowment restrictions and limits state reporting burdens on certain regulated or exempt organizations; members discussed cy pres and the sponsor said further changes would be worked out later. CS/SB 532 on court fees was amended to let clerks retain all collections above revenue projections rather than half, with supporters saying clerks have been underfunded for years; it passed 10-0. The committee also favorably reported SB 218 on land use regulations, which restores normal land-use authority to counties not affected by recent hurricanes, and CS/SB 692 on cybersecurity standards and liability, which creates a presumption against liability for entities that comply with cybersecurity frameworks and reporting requirements; the cybersecurity bill drew concerns about retroactivity and the adequacy of compliance incentives but passed 9-2.

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• <03:37:38.480> at uh framework for how NDAs at uh framework for how NDAs at municipalities
• <03:37:44.520> We've<03:37:44.680> done NDAs cannot be entered into.
• We've done NDAs cannot be entered into.
• NDA, not just<03:38:03.200> seeking<03:38:03.480> information.
• There’s no enforcement provision above and beyond just not entering into NDAs.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• We're met with NDAs, exclusivity contracts. It's just simply not fair.
• applications.<00:10:04.880> We're<00:10:05.120> met<00:10:05.360> with<00:10:05.800> NDAs
• We're met with NDAs, applications.
• We're met with NDAs, exclusivity exclusivity exclusivity contracts.<00:10:09.279> It's<00:10:09.680

Keywords: 1183, house

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• 00:25:10.159> new<00:25:10.320> requirement<00:25:10.720> that<00:25:10.880> NDA
• it includes a new requirement that NDA it includes a new requirement that NDA evaluate<00:25:11.919

Bills: HF2446

Keywords: agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant

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• I on the other side of the aisle, we just passed the bill in the Elections Committee that said no NDAs
• <00:17:47.360> no the elections committee that said no the elections committee that said no NDAs
• NDAs. NDAs.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The majority of them are not allowed to testify here today because they've been forced to sign NDAs and
• they have been successful in litigating or pressuring, not actually getting to court, and putting NDAs
• And putting NDAs on all of these settlements.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Sometimes the questions of NDAs come up. Sometimes the questions of NDAs come up.
• <02:11:40.000> And companies and others to sign an NDA.
• And companies and others to sign an NDA.
• <02:25:52.479> We to use NDAs with local governments.
• We to use NDAs with local governments.

Keywords: 916, all

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• pathway, it now provides students with the option to earn an equivalent score of 24 on the ACT on the new NDA
• pathway, it now provides students with the option to earn an equivalent score of 24 on the ACT or the new NDA
• accountability exam and instead will be moving toward taking the indicator of proficient or better on the NDA

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum call, then took up House amendments to Senate Bills 2009, 2147, and 2113. On motion, the Senate refused to concur in the House amendments and appointed conference committees for each bill. The chamber then considered several House bills, adopting amendments and passing House Bill 1556, which creates a Children's Cabinet work group to study out-of-home placement and treatment for children with behavioral health issues, and House Bill 1363, which directs development of a customizable cardiac emergency response plan template for schools and athletic events. House Bill 1533, requiring students to complete a half-unit of financial literacy for graduation, also passed after amendment. House Bill 1226, dealing with masks in public places and protest-related identification concerns, passed after the Judiciary Committee removed language about complying with law enforcement requests to unmask.

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• I can't remember, the NDAS document that we used to set the rates, the orthodontic rates actually dropped
• I can't remember, the NDAS document that we used to set the rates, the orthodontic rates actually dropped

Summary: The Arkansas Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a large set of agency rules and reports. Early items were routine filings: emergency-rule reports, subcommittee review reports, and administrative directive reports were filed without objection. One rule from the Department of Agriculture on maternal health providers and remote monitoring was noted as pulled by the agency and not considered. The committee then reviewed and approved several Agriculture rules, including repeal of equine ID-chip rules after Act 703 of 2025, updates to finance rules adding a new water and sewer treatment facilities grant and consolidating revolving-fund rules, and a pesticide rule creating a Class J pesticide category for feral hog toxicant use. It also approved a Commerce/Insurance rule removing duplicative workers’ compensation plan provisions, and a Corrections rule creating a unified visitation rule for correctional facilities and community correction centers. A member asked about prison visitation hours during COVID, and staff said they would check on that. The committee next approved multiple Department of Human Services rules. These included marketing rules for provider-led organizations under Act 301 of 2025, a comprehensive revision of the DCFS policy manual, changes to Medicaid eligibility to include fictive kin placements and to expand ABLE account eligibility under Act 875, presumptive eligibility changes for pregnant women to align with federal rules, and a follow-up SNAP/TEA/Work Pays rule with updated work requirements, mandatory employment and training, alien eligibility changes, and job-search requirements for certain applicants. DHS also presented a rule implementing federal coverage for certain incarcerated youth before and after release, and the committee approved it. Another DHS rule updated nurse aide training requirements to match federal CNA hour standards and moved criminal-records-check procedures to the agency website. The most extended discussion involved DHS Division of Medical Services’ dental rate rule under Act 1025. The agency explained that it was increasing pediatric dental rates and certain oral-surgery-related rates, but not orthodontic rates or a broader special-needs benefit limit because CMS would not approve a diagnosis-based limit. Members debated whether the statutory language was intended to cover general dentists performing oral surgery procedures, with legislators, the Dental Association, and DHS discussing legislative intent, fiscal impact, and whether a future fix or emergency rule might be needed. Despite the disagreement, the committee approved the rule. The committee also approved other DHS medical rules: adverse-decision appeal changes and prior-authorization posting requirements, an increased RSV administration fee for children, expanded emergency treat/triage/transport ambulance authority, and clinic-based physical and occupational therapy coverage. Later, the committee approved permanent rules for the new state insurance program under Shared Administrative Services, procurement rule revisions recommended after an ACASO review, and commodity-management rule updates including a new revenue distribution model. Under Act 595 of 2021, the committee granted two Department of Commerce/Insurance requests to be excluded from rulemaking requirements: one for Act 772 on forced organ harvesting, and one for restorative reproductive medicine, with the department saying it would promulgate rules later when clinical guidelines are available. Finally, the committee accepted a recommendation to keep and extend the Department of Education, Division of Career and Technical Education rules, filed outstanding rulemaking updates, and adjourned without further business.

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• I'm a tech worker here to talk about curbs on NDAs that are proposed in S. 1237 and S. 1272.
• to HR, they dismissed it to a point that they accused me in writing of faking a disability, put an NDA
• me less They dismissed it to a point that they accused me in writing of faking a disability, put an NDA
• in front of me less than 48 hours later, and while seeking that NDA, allowed the same boss in the screenshots

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development held a lengthy hearing on June 18 focused on workers’ compensation, independent contractor and classification issues, workplace safety, warehouse worker protections, extreme temperature protections, retaliation against injured workers, and workplace bullying. Committee chairs outlined procedures for the hybrid hearing and noted that members would be leaving intermittently for floor votes. Testimony also touched on a bill to expand workers’ compensation disfigurement benefits by removing the current $15,000 cap and extending coverage beyond scars on the hands, neck, and face. A major theme was workplace safety in warehouses and in extreme heat or cold. Teamsters, warehouse workers, and labor advocates described high injury rates, strict quotas, lack of water, inadequate ventilation, frozen or missing safety equipment, and pressure to work through heat waves and snowstorms. Supporters urged favorable reports on bills protecting warehouse workers and requiring employers to adopt heat- and cold-safety plans, while the NFIB opposed the temperature bill as overly prescriptive and burdensome for small businesses. Sen. Edwards, Sen. Roche, Rep. O’Day, and others argued that the measures are needed to prevent heat illness, provide shade, water, rest breaks, training, and emergency plans, and to cover all workers regardless of immigration status. Another major subject was the “Act to Protect Injured Workers,” backed by labor groups, immigrant worker centers, legal services organizations, and individual workers. Witnesses said employers often retaliate after injuries by threatening deportation, lying about how injuries occurred, delaying care, or firing workers, and they supported stronger anti-retaliation enforcement, multilingual notices, and a rebuttable presumption of retaliation within 90 days of protected activity. The Mass AFL-CIO and immigrant advocacy groups supported the bill and opposed measures they said would weaken employee classification standards. Testimony also supported a funeral-benefits bill to raise workers’ compensation death-benefit reimbursement for burial and funeral costs, based on a family’s experience after a workplace fatality. The committee heard additional testimony on workplace bullying bills, with some witnesses urging a new legal duty for employers to prevent and respond to bullying, while others described the harms of toxic workplaces and the lack of effective remedies.

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• 15:50.040> have<00:15:50.160> a Just wondering if you have a stance on the bill to ban NDA
• And unfortunately, the demand for some city electeds to sign NDAs has created a real problem.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: A Senate DFL leader discussed the upcoming supplemental budget and said nearly half of it is being shaped by the federal budget bill passed last July, which he argued is driving hospital distress, higher county costs, and pressure on family budgets. He said the budget will focus on affordability, health care, and responding to federal actions, including an uncompensated care fund for hospitals in distress and possible one-time county technology upgrades to handle new Medicaid-related requirements. He estimated Senator Wiklund’s health and human services proposal includes about $50 million for those upgrades and said that item would likely be handled in an appropriation bill rather than a bonding bill. The leader also said bonding is a top priority this year and that public asset maintenance remains important, including projects tied to sports and civic facilities. On HCMC and broader hospital funding, he said he is confident the Legislature will act, but wants to address the hospital within the context of the statewide hospital delivery system. He also said the Senate has not yet taken a position on a proposed tax related to fraud restitution, but emphasized support for fraud prevention, an independent inspector general, and more resources for the Attorney General. School safety was another major topic. He said Senate Democrats plan to bring a comprehensive package to the floor that includes school safety funding, mental health care, and measures addressing weapons of war, and he expressed hope that some Republicans will support it. He said the Senate education finance bill already includes more school safety funding than the House GOP version, less funding for private school safety, and no weapons-of-war language, but that a broader package will come through the Finance Committee soon. He also said the Senate expects to take up a stand-alone building security package to cover ongoing screening and staffing costs, and he supported creating a special security response unit for threats against lawmakers. Other issues mentioned included support for banning NDAs for local governments, continued attention to public safety and accountability in response to federal immigration enforcement actions, and interest in a bill affecting Minneapolis sports-related taxes and PGA funding, though he said those proposals are still being worked on and may not pass this year.

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• Specifically, we asked, we were looking into this because of the NDA last year that directed the close
• So I have submitted an NDA proposal for this year.

Keywords: NDAA, military recruitment, personnel readiness, testimony, military leaders

Summary: The committee meeting focused on pressing issues related to the U.S. military's recruitment and personnel strategies, especially in light of the upcoming NDAA for fiscal year 2026. Chairperson expressed appreciation for the service of witnesses including senior military leaders from different branches, emphasizing the importance of personnel as the backbone of national defense. Discussions revealed concerns regarding the recent lowering of recruitment standards across military branches, which could potentially affect the quality of service members and long-term military readiness. Witnesses were asked to address the implications of these changes on military health and efficiency.

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• Uh, two other states also have similar legislation prohibiting the misuse of NDAs in certain sexual abuse
• And on the last page, it's a very short bill, members, NDAs in certain sexual abuse settlements.
• Uh, two other states also have similar legislation prohibiting the misuse of NDAs in certain sexual abuse
• 00:07:36.639> of legislation prohibiting the misuse of legislation prohibiting the misuse of NDAs
• in certain sexual abuse NDAs in certain sexual abuse settlements.<00:07:40.240> Trey's<00:07:

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• and she refused to sign an NDA and then they stopped communicating.
• This Google Center that was just snuck in by our county judge and commissioners with the NDA and 100%
• With the NDA and 100% abatement, you know, we didn't know until just a few months.
• Oh, and NDAs. Okay.
• Their general manager has signed an NDA. I did a FOIA request. I have that NDA.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• We also can get access to confidential information subject to signing an NDA, right?
• Representative Basu, where does it say they have to sign the NDA? Let's see.

Bills: HB565, HB3743, HB4310, HB5083, HB5129, HB5195, HB5331, HB5469, SB21, HB3185, SB 21

Keywords: constitutional amendment, fiscal impact, state budget, ballot measure, transparency in voting, management-to-staff ratio, state agencies, employee regulations, government efficiency, workforce management, public information, governing board, transparency, confidentiality, access rights, privacy, identifying information, state agency, consent, occupational license

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• Just wondering if you have a stance on the bill to ban NDA use for local governments.
• Um, and unfortunately, the demand for some city electeds to sign NDAs has created a real problem. governments
• ><00:57:47.280> electeds<00:57:47.960> to<00:57:48.120> sign<00:57:48.400> NDAs

Keywords: 1187, senate, all