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• Which would permit the school districts and charter schools to pay 80% of the health insurance for all
• of their school employees.
• And the main driver with this was Albuquerque Public Schools.
• Albuquerque Public Schools does not participate in NMSIA because of its size.
• 113 projects sought by 75 public entities.

Bills: HB63 , HB64 , HB184 , HB200 , HB47 , HB48 , HB2 , HB9

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: water project fund, New Mexico Finance Authority, NMFA, Water Trust Board, water infrastructure, wastewater, drinking water, flood prevention, watershed restoration, water storage, conveyance, delivery, water treatment, recycling, reuse, municipal infrastructure, local government finance, capital outlay, grants, loans

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• And with me today is Paul Ludi, my finance director.
• I know it impacted our schools. I know some teachers had to be let go.
• So the question I have is, what did the schools do then? What did the schools do then?
• Every student is so significant to the prosperity of our schools.
• And so we had it at the high school. There were 26 employers. And so we had it at the high school.

Bills: HB63 , HB64 , HB184 , HB200 , HB47 , HB48 , HB2 , HB9

Committee: Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: water project fund, New Mexico Finance Authority, NMFA, Water Trust Board, water infrastructure, wastewater, drinking water, flood prevention, watershed restoration, water storage, conveyance, delivery, water treatment, recycling, reuse, municipal infrastructure, local government finance, capital outlay, grants, loans

Summary: The committee heard testimony on the expected impacts of House Bill 9 on private detention facilities and the surrounding counties and municipalities, focusing on Cibola County/Milan, Torrance County/Estancia, and Otero County. Corrections Secretary Alicia Lucero explained that the Corrections Department does not oversee the immigration detention facilities directly, but said the department could help displaced workers through hiring fairs and expedited hiring into state positions, and suggested possible alternative uses for the buildings such as behavioral health treatment, training campuses, or transitional living centers. She also noted that a memorial would task several state agencies and affected counties with exploring alternate uses and economic options, and that Workforce Solutions had scheduled job fairs in February for the affected communities. Local officials described major fiscal and community impacts. Cibola County and Milan said the loss of the facility would reduce gross receipts tax revenue, force service cuts, and potentially shrink the county budget substantially; they also warned that the village uses the detention population to support federal grant applications and industrial park development. Torrance County and Estancia said the closure would eliminate jobs, reduce GRT revenue that funds public safety, and require transporting prisoners to other facilities at much higher bed rates, with estimated annual impacts around $3 million. Otero County reported 284 jobs and $20.8 million in payroll at risk, along with about $3 million in annual GRT and a $68 million facility that could be foreclosed if bonds defaulted. Committee members pressed for more precise numbers, including employee counts, transport costs, current bed costs, and the total fiscal impact after accounting for existing contract payments. Several members emphasized that each facility and community is different and asked for separate, detailed plans, including short-term cost replacement and long-term economic diversification. There was discussion of possible hold-harmless assistance, emergency bill drafting, and coordination with Workforce Solutions, Economic Development, and higher education partners. No formal vote was taken; the chair directed staff and agencies to meet the next morning to continue developing an emergency response and requested more detailed information from the counties and the department.

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• But I'll give you a quick rundown of the finance, and I'll talk about the policy of the finance provisions
• My school district, where I live, does the summer school for the school districts around it, so their
• Any public testimony?
• ESPs are in schools; they make up the fabric of our schools.
• Talk to any school and ask them about their hourly school workers.

Bills: HF1049

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: school library aid, education finance, school districts, charter schools, funding eligibility

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• to the table for public safety?
• He goes out, assaults a public servant. back in jail, felony public service charge, PR bond.
• Public safety is not one thing.
• Public safety is not one little sliver of a thing. Public safety is. It's everything.
• Public safety is a...

Bills: HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HB799 , HB 1135 , HJR15 , HJR16 , HB36 , HB75 , HB76 , HB166 , HJR15 , HJR16

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: family violence, global positioning monitoring system, victim resources, electronic monitoring, protective orders, magistrate, criminal procedure, probable cause, written findings, law enforcement, bail bonds, bail fund, charitable bail fund, nonprofit bail organization, public funds, local government spending, political subdivision, county, city, taxpayer lawsuit

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• I am here in support of limiting phone usage in public schools.
• With the current prevalence of school shootings in public schools, it scares me to think about the possibility
• Seattle Public Schools.
• It allows public and private schools to maintain and use a supply of albuterol at each school beginning
• It allows public and private schools to maintain and use a supply of albuterol at each school beginning

Bills: SB6192 , SB6206 , SB5346 , SB6125 , SB5841 , SB5907 , SB5951

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: education, reading, mathematics, student intervention, instruction, academic standards, child care, first responders, incentives, pilot program, mobile phones, cell phones, smartphones, school phones, classroom distraction, digital citizenship, media literacy, internet safety, cyberbullying, student mental health

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• Charter schools are public schools.
• Charter schools are public schools.
• Charter schools are public schools.
• Public schools and help with the safety of Minneapolis public schools.
• We are a public school. We coaches. We are a public school.

Bills: HF3653 , HF2717 , HF3451 , HF3857

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: education finance, safe schools revenue, school safety, charter schools, funding, safe schools, school security, school levy, pupil units, safe schools aid, cooperative units, intermediate school district, school resource officer, peace officer liaison, sheriff liaison, drug abuse prevention, gang resistance education, violence prevention, suicide prevention, mental health services

Summary: The committee first adopted the March 3rd minutes by voice vote after Representative Lee moved them and there was no discussion. Members then reviewed hearing rules on decorum, safety, and participation before taking testimony from Dr. James Densley and Dr. Jillian Peterson of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center at Hamline University. The presenters summarized research on mass shootings and K-12 school shootings, drawing on a database of homicides in school settings from 2000 to 2025 and a smaller set of 15 K-12 mass shooting cases. They said school shooters are usually insiders, most often current or former students, and typically young males. They described common patterns including a noticeable crisis before attacks, perpetrators viewing the shooting as a final act, studying prior shooters online, and “leakage” in which most tell someone in advance. They also emphasized that many perpetrators use unsecured firearms from family members and argued that prevention should combine reporting systems, behavioral threat assessment, counseling, mentoring, secure storage, and other layered interventions rather than rely on a single solution. The presenters also discussed broader violence trends in the Twin Cities, saying much school violence is spillover from community violence and that pandemic-era disruptions and weakened trust in institutions contributed to serious violence. They cited a national survey finding that exposure to gun violence is associated with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and fear of public spaces, especially among young people. During member questions, Representative Wam asked for clarification on the data set and the rural/small-town share of the survey sample.

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• Cleave. ...from Lake Superior Public Schools and Mr. Gross. Which one's up? Cleave? And Ms.
• But, you know, as a father of four kids that go to public school, my sister's a teacher.
• meals to generate $85 million in new revenue from public school families.
• school nutrition programs, improving school nutrition finances.
• I'm the Superintendent of Goodhue Public Schools.

Bills: HF51 , HF1161 , HF2201 , HF2786 , HF1053

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• I'm from High School. We're the Scarto. I'm from High School.
• Schools and school workers could apply to that before.
• My one school district where I live does the summer school for the school districts around it.
• </c><00:18:13.280><c> around</c> school for the school districts around school for the school districts
• </c> schools. started out at the high school schools. started out at the high school way<00:31:20.799

Bills: HF1049

Committee: House Taxes

Keywords: school library aid, education finance, school districts, charter schools, funding eligibility, 1183, house

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• If no further questions, we'll proceed, we'll continue to proceed with the public testimony.
• So, along with our public service, uh, teams out here in our VSOs, the VFW, Tom Palladino, the, the,
• I represent, uh, the Texas Public Policy Foundation and I am in support of House Bill 930.
• Uh, I did this because I want people to understand in the public who are totally unaware of what's going

Bills: HB39 , HB227

Committee: House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Keywords: public school finance, property values, homestead exemptions, funding allocation, education policy, HB227, kratom, Mitragyna speciosa, kratom products, kratom processor, kratom retailer, controlled substances, Texas Controlled Substances Act, Health and Safety Code, Penalty Group 1, tianeptine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, mitragynine, synthetic kratom, kratom alkaloids

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• Although COs are oftentimes used to finance public infrastructure.
• When we look at public finance, Hilltop Securities, through our predecessor firm, has been representing
• Having served on a school board, you don't get many people showing up to school board meetings or to
• financing instrument.
• I'm the Vice President of Public Policy.

Bills: HB1453 , HB1718 , HB2043 , HB2207 , HB2798

Committee: House Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Keywords: local governments, anticipation notes, certificates of obligation, public works, flood control, financial management, local government, municipal financing, private activity bonds, closing definition, real estate finance, bond issuance, government regulation, bond election, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, political subdivision, city bonds, county bonds, school district bonds

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• the school nutrition programs and improving school nutrition finances.
• the school nutrition programs and improving school nutrition finances.
• And, you know, as a parent of four kids in public school, with having a teacher that's in public school
• You know, as a parent of four kids in public school, with having a teacher that's in public school teaching
• I'm the superintendent of Goodhue Public Schools.

Bills: HF51 , HF1161 , HF2201 , HF2786 , HF1053

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: HF51, Sibley County, State-Aid Highway 21, capital investment, bonding bill, general obligation bonds, transportation infrastructure, road improvements, sanitary sewer, water main, storm sewer, local infrastructure, county grant, Minnesota Department of Transportation, bond proceeds fund, public works, utility infrastructure, education finance, school district funding, tax base adjustment

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• My name is Ben Barton, and I am the superintendent of Princeton Public Schools.
• I am the proud superintendent of Princeton Public Schools.
• As I was introduced, I'm Megan Reyes, elementary school counselor here in Rochester Public Schools and
• <00:31:11.000><c> to</c> in Rochester Public Schools and a mom to in Rochester Public Schools and a mom
• Paul Public Schools.

Bills: HF56 , HF780

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: HF56, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Hutchinson Area Transportation Services, Hutchinson, McLeod County, transportation facility, vehicle storage, equipment storage, fueling facility, temperate storage, local infrastructure, public works, general obligation bonds, education finance, school funding, state aid, appropriations

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• This legislation will put public dollars to better use, alleviate pressure on county and school district
• ,</c> representing librarians from public, representing librarians from public, school,<00:03:59.760>
• Many school libraries rely on public library collections because they cannot afford or cannot purchase
• This bill applies to public and K-12 school libraries and aims to protect taxpayer dollars, restore local
• 08.320><c> K12</c><00:10:08.959><c> school</c> applies to public and K12 school applies to public and

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

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations

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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• Secondly, $19 million for academic, public school, and tribal libraries statewide.
• And finally, $351.6 million for higher education, special schools, and tribal school projects.
• We'll go to public comment first.
• White Sands School, which is a blue ribbon school in my district, their library floods every time it
• And so I think with the public school capital outlay fund and this, I think that very old building will

Bills: HB248 , HB309 , HB332 , SB48

Committee: House House Taxation & Revenue

Keywords: general obligation bonds, GO bonds, capital projects, bond election, property tax levy, state debt, state finance, capital outlay, senior centers, senior citizen facilities, aging services, long-term services, libraries, library acquisitions, broadband for libraries, higher education, university capital projects, community colleges, tribal schools, special schools

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• My name is Carlos Lucero, with the public service company.
• My name is Carlos Lucero, with the public service company in New Mexico.
• If you wish to make some public comments, our Sergeant will hold the mic.
• Make some public comments. Sergeant will hold the mic. Thank you, Mr.
• If you wish to make public comment, you're welcome to come up to the front.

Bills: HB248 , HB309 , HB332 , SB48

Committee: House House Taxation & Revenue

Keywords: general obligation bonds, GO bonds, capital projects, bond election, property tax levy, state debt, state finance, capital outlay, senior centers, senior citizen facilities, aging services, long-term services, libraries, library acquisitions, broadband for libraries, higher education, university capital projects, community colleges, tribal schools, special schools

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• Finally, state law requires public schools to observe Temperance and Good Citizenship Day in January
• The bill before you today directs each public high school to observe National Voter Registration Day
• On or about that day, as resources allow, public high schools must coordinate a voter registration event
• Please know how much we value your leadership for students and for public schools.
• My name is Robert Maxwell, and I am the superintendent of Pullman Public Schools.

Bills: SB6130 , SB6247 , SB6260 , SB6268 , SB6278

Committee: Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education

Keywords: voter registration, elections, national holiday, civic engagement, government initiative, school funding, financial management, budgeting, transparency, district governance, SB 6260, public education, K-12, Washington State, OSPI, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, education finance, school transportation, school buses, zero-emission bus

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• Paul Bourgeois, Executive Director of Finance and Operations for Minnetonka Public Schools.
• </c> Minneapolis public school.
• </c> public school system. public school system.
• Charter School build Minneapolis public Charter School build Minneapolis public schools<01:06:39.039>
• </c> Minneapolis Families for Public Schools. Minneapolis Families for Public Schools.

Bills: HF3790 , HF3654 , HF3371 , HF3470 , HF1099

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: education finance, lease levy authority, graduation ceremonies, school districts, Minnesota Statutes, local revenue, funding increase, education, state appropriation, local control, HF3371, local optional revenue, school finance, general education aid, school district funding, referendum revenue, referendum market value, equalization aid, state aid, property tax levy

Bills: SB5 , SB11 , SB12 , SB41 , SB43 , SB49 , SB5 , SB11 , SB12

Keywords: hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity

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• Senate Bill 686 permits traditional public school students to transfer to any traditional public school
• and concerns. in our Texas public schools.
• their public school. really can't help them.
• Children's school Two boys in public school one in middle school and the other in first grade.
• the Californian public schools.

Bills: SB12 , SB1565 , SB13 , SJR12 , SB686 , SB371 , SB204 , SB609 , SB112 , SB400 , SB813 , SB 12 , SB 13

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Education K-16

Keywords: parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, school district, grievance procedure, public education, diversity and inclusion, funding penalties, school libraries, library advisory councils, library materials, educational content, challenging materials, constitutional amendment, school choice

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• Texas public schools.
• We have to have a public accounting accountable system for a public school system.
• does not know how the public school system is doing, the individual parents don't know how the school
• Our public school opened in 2012. We're a B-rated school serving about 1,150 students.
• Charter schools are public schools. They're tuition free and they're highly accountable.

Bills: SB451 , SB762 , SB1490 , SB1262 , SB1459 , SB1750 , SB1962 , SB2252 , SB2253 , SB2365

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools