Video & Transcript Research : 'Performing Arts Grants Program'
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- There are better ways to judge a school's performance.
- It's sort of graded, it's programmed based upon human grading.
- It does not improve the performance of students.
- If a school performs poorly as a result of a pandemic, it's...
- What percentage of students did you perform better or worse than?
Bills:
HB8
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we reward our teachers in TIA. for growing their academic performance.
- Is it spread out based on the way that this child performs from the first to the end?
- The bill separates out the writing component of the English language arts or reading language arts assessment
- And while there is a new grant program that will further allow the district to design the accountability
- , and interventions and sanctions under the Public School Accountability System, a grant program for
Bills:
HB8
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program
- There are better ways to judge a school's performance.
- It does not improve the performance of students.
- It does not improve the performance of students.
- What percentage of students did you perform better or worse than?
Bills:
HB8
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
Summary:
The House Committee on Public Education met to hear House Bill 8, which would replace STAAR with a new assessment and accountability system beginning in the 2027-28 school year. The chair described the bill as reducing testing time, limiting benchmark tests, adding beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year assessments, requiring faster score turnaround, involving Texas teachers in test development, and tightening accountability timelines and transparency rules. Members also discussed provisions on A-F ratings, cut scores, CCMR, local accountability plans, and TEA reporting requirements.
Committee members and invited witnesses split sharply on the bill’s approach. Supporters, including the chair, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, and Ed Trust’s Nicholas Munyon Penny, argued the bill would reduce high-stakes pressure, provide quicker and more actionable data, limit over-testing, and better align assessments to Texas standards while preserving criterion-referenced accountability. They said the new system would help teachers and parents intervene sooner and would improve transparency, including parent access to student responses and automatic rescoring in some writing cases.
Opponents, including Rep. Hinojosa and student witness Ella Moran, argued the bill still increases testing and replaces one high-stakes test with multiple TEA-created tests. Moran testified that STAAR creates anxiety, disrupts instruction, and does not reflect real learning, while Hinojosa said the House had previously passed a better bill based on a nationally norm-referenced model and criticized the new proposal as a concession to the Senate. Questions also focused on AI scoring of writing, rescoring rates, and whether the bill’s new accountability rules would be reliable and fair. The committee did not take a final vote during the portion provided, but the chair said a vote on HB 8 would be called after public testimony later in the day.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPN DEFER, CPN-HOU, CPN, CPN-EDT Public Hearings 02-03-2026
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- rental own program. rental own program.
- contest program.
- The amateur mixed martial arts program. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yes. Thank you.
- The amateur mixed martial arts program. program. program.
- ,<00:27:08.960>
relief information about grants, relief information about grants, relief programs
Keywords:
combat sports, boxing, mixed martial arts, health regulations, safety standards, licensing, event regulation, 912, senate, all
Summary:
The committees first took up SB 2071 on rent-to-own housing. Testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC and Hawaii Realtors, but Sierra Club of Hawaii and others opposed the bill unless it was amended to exclude ceded lands from the 99-year lease provision. Members discussed the scope of ceded versus non-ceded lands and whether an inventory exists. The committees ultimately recommended passage with amendments, including HHFDC’s proposal to make the fixed-price period flexible by tying it to an option period and Sierra Club’s language limiting the program to non-ceded state or county land.
They then heard SB 2191 on limited profit housing associations. HHFDC supported the measure, while the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Office of the Auditor urged caution about tax exclusions and asked for clearer, more targeted limits and measurable outcomes. The committees adopted amendments to add a statement of purpose, include measurable metrics, apply the tax provisions to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025, and delay the effective date to allow for administrative changes. SB 2191 was recommended for passage with amendments.
The committees also considered SB 2197, which would have replaced the five-year fixed-price period in rent-to-own housing with an option period set by HHFDC, but deferred it indefinitely because its issues were addressed in SB 2071. SB 2180 on deposits of public funds drew comments from the Hawaii Bankers Association questioning definitions and noting banks are already subject to Community Reinvestment Act requirements; decision-making was deferred to the next day in the CPN committee and to a later date for the housing committee. Finally, SB 2210 on housing discrimination received support from disability advocates and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, which asked for one additional investigator; the committees passed it with amendments adding a blank appropriation for one full-time position and planned to notify Ways and Means for possible re-referral.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- incentive to keep someone in the program incentive to keep someone in the program learning<00:25
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he <00:34:12.720>is running this program and he is running this program and - public programs into independence. public programs into independence.
- whole range of incentives and programs whole range of incentives and programs has<00:52:39.920><
- programs that are far less effective. programs that are far less effective.
Keywords:
child welfare, fiscal analysis, third-party consultant, program evaluation, Minnesota, HF776, Minnesota Family Assets for Independence Initiative, family assets for independence, FAI, asset-building, matched savings, financial literacy, family savings, economic mobility, children youth and families, general fund appropriation, family support, low-income families, financial stability, budget bill
TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 21st, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Congress, this amendment would create a reimbursement grant program for counties or municipalities that
- As a reimbursement grant program, this amendment would simply recognize the actual costs incurred outside
- This amendment would only create a grant program. It would not appropriate state funding.
- That would have to be done through a future appropriations bill or Or once the grant program exists,
- And that's the two hundred and forty million dollars that goes into the disaster grant program in the
Keywords:
youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 2nd, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Keywords:
education trust fund, appropriations, budget, fiscal year 2026, public education, K-12, pre-K, early childhood education, community colleges, higher education, Alabama Community College System, teacher pay, teacher stipend, school nurses, literacy, numeracy, reading coaches, math and science teachers, career and technical education, CTE
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, this is an existing program.
- Um, this is an existing program.
- grant for those projects. grant for those projects.
- competition uh for that program. competition uh for that program.
- <01:07:50.559>
Um funded with with the program. Um funded with with the program.
Keywords:
emergency shelter, grant program, homelessness, capital investment, Minnesota Statutes, appropriation bonds, public funding, housing, infrastructure bonds, funding, appropriation, Minnesota constitutional amendment, public debt, state bonds, general obligation bonds, information technology, IT infrastructure, software licenses, technology modernization, capital improvements
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- successful program that is empowering the African diaspora youth workforce development grant.
- <01:09:42.679>
and <01:09:42.799>members grant program from there um and members grant - There are several competitive grant programs in the agencies we oversee that relate to youth programs
- <01:43:08.080>
programs <01:43:08.760>that might be competitive Grant programs that - might be competitive Grant programs that um<01:43:09.599>
uh <01:43:09.760>applicants <
Keywords:
workforce development, youth employment, career guidance, education, job skills, Duluth Promise, education funding, career training, employment support, youth apprenticeship, economic development, minority support, internship program, Bloomington, funding, youth mentorship, job training, disadvantaged youth, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Youthprise
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- For the past seven years, more or less, we've been able to have an annual grant program for producers
- For the past seven years, more or less, we've been able to have an annual grant program for producers
- I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
- I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
- I have nothing against the program. The program is a good program.
Keywords:
agriculture, depredation compensation, livestock, crop damage, elk, wolves, wildlife management, skills path program, career and technical education, CTE, dual credit, postsecondary options enrollment, apprenticeship, apprenticeship readiness, dual training, work-based learning, career pathways, skilled trades, workforce development, high school to career
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- programs and and the uh performance programs and and the uh performance metrics<00:16:03.600>
- your own programs some other grants<01:29:36.679>
teacher <01:29:37.040>apprenticeship - to build out our a grant to build out our pre-apprenticeship<01:37:13.679>
program <01:37:14.280 - Instead, we'd recommend streamlining the bill to indicate grant funds could be used to establish a program
- Instead, we'd recommend streamlining the bill to indicate grant funds could be used to establish a program
Keywords:
teacher apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, teacher licensure, teacher shortage, workforce development, education finance, K-12 education, higher education, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, Tier 3 license, teacher preparation, mentor teacher, school district, cooperative unit, teacher pipeline, alternative licensure, apprenticeship program, labor and industry, union representation
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not a grant program. Child care assistance is a public assistance program. It's forecasted.
- Grants are managed differently than public assistance programs.
- This is not a grant program. Child care assistance is a public assistance program. It's forecasted.
- Grants are managed differently than public assistance programs.
- She said that is a different, very big program, and it is not a grant.
Keywords:
Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This program includes strong safeguards.
- Growing up we had a viceros program. Is this kind of patterned after that? Absolutely.
- I was trying to be brief, as brief as I could, uh, but it is very much like that program.
- Chair calls Grant Moody, Daniel Woodward, Alyssa Steglich, and Nicola Marsic.
- Grant Moody.
Bills:
HB 256, HB 1308, HB 1554, HB 1743, HB 2308, HB 2351, HB 2858, HB 3676, HB 3784, HB 4312, HB 4552, HB 4823, HB 4852, HB 5007, HB 5010, HB 5520, HB 5524, HCR 19
Keywords:
E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Council on the Arts, $125,000 with Alabama Symphony, and $1.2 million for arts grants across the state
- We’ve added $500,000 for a micro school grant program.
- >
the <00:50:50.559>state grant programs administered by the state grant programs administered - Micro schools are school grant program.
- But that's a grant program like that.
Bills:
HB235, HB236, HB565, HB237, HB238, HB239, HB240, HB241, HB242, HB235, HB236, HB565, HB237, HB238, HB239, HB240, HB241, HB242
Keywords:
social media, age verification, minors, under 16, children online safety, online privacy, platform regulation, deceptive trade practice, Attorney General, civil penalties, punitive damages, consumer protection, account creation, algorithmic feeds, internet safety, youth social media, HB236, Baldwin County, Board of Equalization, per diem
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means May 31st, 2025 at 09:00 am
Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- NV Grow is not just a program.
- And what's nice about the Nevada Rural Housing Authority program and this program is that they dovetail
- And what's nice about the Nevada Rural Housing Authority program and this program is that they dovetail
- And I could go over a number of these programs with you.
- There's a huge variance of costs between maybe creating an OBGYN program, creating a cardiology program
Bills:
AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495, AB62, SB104, SB119, SB132, SB193, SB262, SB422, SB431, SB435, SB468, SB503
Keywords:
higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
ECD Public Hearing - Wed Feb 11, 2026 @ 8:30 AM HST
Economic Development & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- program but how long was this program program but how long was this program under<00:06:55.360><
- the program? the program?
- This bill aligns arts and cultural programs with economic development by moving key cultural agencies
- <02:52:46.319>
programs, <02:52:46.960>journalist credits, grant programs, journalist - credits, grant programs, journalist fellowships,<02:52:48.000>
subsidies <02:52:48.399>for
Keywords:
business development, arts, cultural affairs, Hawaii, commissions, administrative transfer, funding appropriation, Hawaiian culture, sense of place, land management, environmental stewardship, cultural preservation, 910, house, all
Summary:
The committee heard several bills related to permitting and economic development. On HB 2603, relating to permits, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development said it supported the measure with comments. Committee discussion focused on the fact that the state’s facilitated permit process appears to have been rarely or never used, the need to identify specific projects that would use it, and whether DBEDT would need dedicated staffing to administer it. DBEDT said it had found no projects under the current process, had no capacity to run the program as structured, and estimated it would need about 7 to 9 FTEs, including permitting, coordination, data, systems, and possibly legal support. The chair suggested exploring a staff assignment and comparing the concept to federal FAST-41-style expedited permitting.
On HB 2140, relating to essential permitting positions, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development again supported the bill with comments. Testimony and questioning centered on a pilot program to help counties pay competitively for permitting staff. A DBEDT representative said the issue of competitive pay affected both county and state permitting offices and that the bill was intended as a temporary pilot, though a more permanent solution would be preferable. When asked how counties would fund the salary support, the witness said that was not yet discussed with the counties and agreed to follow up. The committee also noted the bill applies to participating counties.
On HB 2598, relating to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, the State Procurement Office and HTDC offered comments, and the Department of the Attorney General raised constitutional concerns. The AG said the bill’s residency-based certification requirements, when tied to procurement, could implicate the dormant Commerce Clause, and that the required 1% contribution tied to state contracts raised unconstitutional-conditions concerns. In questioning, the AG characterized these as legal risks rather than automatic lawsuits. The committee did not take a vote.
The committee then heard HB 2141, relating to state enterprise zones. Taxation, DBEDT, HCDA, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center, and HTDC testified in support, while the Tax Foundation noted the program was intended to help economically depressed areas create jobs. HTDC said the bill would help preserve the Maui Research and Technology Center’s enterprise-zone status after rezoning. Committee discussion focused on whether the enterprise zone program is being used effectively, how the bill might attract businesses to areas where the state is investing, and whether the program’s labor requirements are too burdensome for new businesses. DBEDT explained that the program requires a 10% workforce increase in the first year, which must be sustained, and said it promotes the program through county coordinators and in-person outreach. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Sub. on Economic Development, Pub. Protection, Tourism, and Energy (2-10-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- Mona Jett, chief of staff for the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. >> Good morning.
- tourism arts and heritage cabinet. cabinet. cabinet.
- <00:04:49.280>
Our programs, amenities, and services. - Our programs, amenities, and services.
- programming software will be also will also<00:15:31.279>
be <00:15:31.360>upgraded.
Keywords:
00:02 Call to Order and Roll Call
01:44 Approval of Minutes
01:56 Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet
54:59 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Protection, Tourism, and Energy received an update from Kentucky State Parks and the Finance Cabinet on the status of major capital projects funded through recent legislative appropriations. Commissioner Mark Keelin, Deputy Commissioner Chris Perry, and Finance Cabinet/DECA representatives described progress on campground upgrades, utility and broadband improvements, building systems repairs, life-safety work, accommodations and hospitality renovations, pool and beach projects, playgrounds, golf course improvements, marina work, and wastewater upgrades across the state park system. They emphasized that Kentucky has 44 state parks and that the funding has supported completed work and projects still under construction or in design.
The presentation highlighted funding tied to House Joint Resolution 76, House Joint Resolution 56, and House Bill 6. Parks reported roughly $72 million invested to date, with 66 projects completed and 17 under construction, including campground renovations at sites such as My Old Kentucky Home, Kin Lake, Carter Caves, Cumberland Falls, and others; broadband projects at several campgrounds; electrical grid resilience work at parks including Kentucky Dam Village and Kin Lake; and completed life-safety upgrades such as lock systems. Officials also noted pool and beach work, ADA improvements, lodge and guest room renovations, marina replacements, and wastewater plant upgrades. DECA said it currently manages 1,335 active capital projects statewide, including 149 for Parks, and credited additional project management capacity and regular coordination meetings for accelerating delivery.
Committee members asked for a copy of the presentation and pressed the department for more detailed accounting of House Joint Resolution 56, including how much money remains, which projects are complete, and whether current appropriations are sufficient to finish the listed work. The department also requested a larger maintenance pool appropriation of $40 million for the next budget, arguing that routine and emergency maintenance needs across 44 parks exceed current resources and that preventative maintenance would reduce long-term costs. No votes were taken during the meeting.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- So TOPS Tech is restricted to specific programs, and so only those programs would be eligible.
- Some of the programs maybe you have to.
- The initial fiscal note was staff to set up the program.
- If they decide the program is a larger program, they can come back to this body for funding to do that
- a local program to Orleans Parish.
Keywords:
Medicaid, reimbursement, ambulatory surgical centers, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, healthcare funding, Louisiana Department of Health, surgical procedures, TOPS-Tech, scholarship, education, eligibility, college credit, dual enrollment, state funding, HB 488, Belle Chasse Bridge, Belle Chasse Bridge Merit-Based Special Fund, Plaquemines Parish
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 3/11/26
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- provide direct grants.
- Office grants, and veteran service organization grants, since they each have their own statutory grant
- A summary of the grants.
- Veterans Service Office grants veteran service organization grants since they each have their own statutory
- grant requirements.
Keywords:
veterans property tax, homestead exclusion, disabled veteran, totally and permanently disabled, service-connected disability, property tax relief, market value exclusion, surviving spouse, family caregiver, county veterans service officer, Minnesota property tax, assessment year 2027, homestead tax benefit, veterans tax exemption, DD214, VA disability rating, veterans, veterans affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, grant standards
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Bills:
HF2431
Keywords:
higher education, college affordability, student aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, financial aid, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, tuition relief, work-study, child care grants, hunger-free campus, food insecurity, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct, Title IX