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• We're going to talk basically about two key...
• New Mexico is reserving secure confinement in CYFD secure facilities for more severe offenses.
• Page 23: Why are the secure facilities not fully staffed?
• What's the reason for not fully staffing our secure facilities?
• On secure alternatives or those kinds of things.

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• I know that's not a lot of time, but we're confident you can make your key points succinctly in that
• I needed that sense of security and that sense of safety for my child, for me and for him, to be able
• Asking all the people I knew about his teachers, do they know them, all to get the sense of security
• Asking all the people I knew about his teachers, do they know them, all to get the sense of security
• It's like opening Pandora's box.

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Education held a hearing focused primarily on special education-related bills, with testimony centered on two major themes: transition planning for students aging out of school-based services at age 22, and the fiscal strain special education costs place on districts. Committee members explained hearing procedures, noted the House was in formal session, and periodically stepped out for votes while staff recorded testimony. A separate bill on special education due process was also taken up briefly, along with a bill on special education finance and another on equitable access/data reporting. On House Bill 752 and Senate Bill 313, witnesses from the Arc of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, the Developmental Disabilities Council, families, self-advocates, and Senator Comerford described the “Turning 22” transition as a crisis point that often leaves families without adult placements, services, or clear communication. Testimony emphasized earlier planning, more accountability, better data collection, and a commission to improve coordination and residential placement. Several parents and advocates shared personal accounts of traumatic transitions, delayed placements, and the need for plans to begin at least a year before age 22. The committee later closed testimony on these bills after hearing from all signed-up speakers. House Bill 4217, on special education due process, drew support from Representative Sullivan-Almeida, parents, and advocates who argued that the burden of proof should shift from families to school districts. Testimony described costly legal battles, delays, and parents having to become experts in reading instruction or hire advocates and attorneys to secure services. Brody Dwyer, a 10-year-old student with dyslexia, and his mother described how evidence-based instruction helped him after years of struggle. The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 546/Senate Bill 317, which would require DESE to publish cross-tabulated data on race, disability, gender, income, and other factors; advocates said this would better expose disparities and help address the school-to-prison pipeline. Finally, on House Bill 691/Senate Bill 430, school leaders, educators, and union representatives testified that special education costs are outpacing district budgets and that increasing circuit breaker reimbursement and creating a commission to study long-term sustainability would help prevent staffing cuts and service reductions. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee repeatedly closed testimony on individual bills as speakers finished and moved through the agenda.

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• And one of the key problems is that the agencies just aren't doing it.
• The BCA has some of the highest security standards when it comes to data protection.
• The BCA has some of the highest security standards when it comes to data protection.
• BCA um has some of the highest security BCA um has some of the highest security standards<00:58:
• <00:59:34.319> requirements most AR stringent security requirements most AR stringent security

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Attorney General's political orbit and back into the Department of Public Safety's own authority to secure
• The key thing is they have about 8,000 firefighters in insurance.
• The funding is designed to strengthen border security and public safety efforts, particularly in the
• It to the Senate and then having it stuck in the budget box over there. We have no negotiations.
• Just like we just voted on a $20 million border security fund, we should be appropriating dollars for

Bills: HB2063, HB2271, HB2416, HB2478, HB2593, HB2692, HB2813, HB2992, HB2993, HB4044

Keywords: corrections oversight, appropriation, independent office, public safety, funding, firefighters, insurance rates, workers' compensation, firefighter cancer reimbursement, rate deviations, cost analysis, premiums, border security, drug trafficking, human smuggling, law enforcement funding, Arizona, immigration, education reform, K-12

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• The key elements of...
• Modernization such as upgrading secure log-in capabilities for several and then my subsystems.
• I feel like at this point in time they probably have the security codes are building.
• I feel like at this point in time they probably have the security codes are building.
• It's asking security questions right then and there. If there's assets...

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The work that we do is critical, of course, for both food security and the economic stability of our
• You have your pretzels, and then let's see, oh, I have my one keys more ter ing budget meeting, huh,
• So, you can see that box right under Our accomplishments.
• Our key performance metrics are the number of seniors served.
• That's a key performance metric. So in 2022, it was new, so that's why the data is not there.

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• national security roles, protecting Americans from foreign enemies.
• While most security division employees are fantastic, some FBI leaders still remain within the security
• Around the world, our security depends on trust and reliability, and the national security role of the
• Kash Patel lacks those two key qualities. He has traffic in...
• Because, yes indeed, he is out of the box.

Bills: SB331

Keywords: fentanyl, controlled substances, drug trafficking, public health, research regulations, law enforcement, Kash Patel, FBI director nomination, S331, Fentanyl Act, committee meeting, legislative discussion

Summary: In this committee meeting, the primary focus was on the nomination of Kash Patel for the position of director of the FBI, which had sparked considerable debate over the past week. Members discussed the extensive vetting process Patel underwent, including a lengthy hearing where he addressed numerous questions, which emphasized his qualifications and the support he received from various law enforcement organizations. The meeting included significant arguments from both sides, reflecting the polarized nature of the nomination, especially regarding the allegations made against Patel by some committee members. As discussions continued, the committee decided to hold off on the Fentanyl Act, listed as S331, until the next meeting, indicating a prioritization of the nomination vote over new legislative measures at this time.

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• Speaker of the House and his family, all of my colleagues and their families, all the staff, the security
• Families, all the staff, the security, and everyone that touch or have something to do with the well-being
• Senator Kleinpeter is an act in Title 17 relative to public school safety, to require exterior master key
• boxes to be installed in public schools under certain circumstances.
• I'm not going to try to dictate your calendar, but that would be a key day.

Bills: SCR12, HB221, HB509, HCR58, SB78, SB25, SB80, SB132, SB155, SB157, SB202, SB228, SB250, SB414, SB433, SB479, SB513, SCR9, SCR58, SB65, SB215, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, SB514, HCR32, HB17, HB41, HB73, HB223, HB244, HB759, HB906, HB966, HB1006, HB1009, HB1086, HB1107, HB1112, HB1215, HB1242, SB217, SB283, SB469, HB36, HB42, HB74, HB119, HB159, HB259, HB302, HB414, HB459, HB776, HB848, HB956, HB1017, HB1028, HB1095, SB208, SB312, SB382, SB389, HB210, HB258, HB359, HB368, HB468, HB552, HB732, HB784, HB870, HB953, HB1117, HB1236

Keywords: logging, recognition, John Keith, environment, safety, Mississippi River bridge, Trump Expressway, transportation, federal funding, Louisiana highways, injection wells, public hearing, geologic sequestration, environmental impact, public comment, Ascension Parish, state capitol, economic development, community partnership, celebration day

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• The security of their infrastructure needs to be protected. Their costs need to be recovered.
• Last week, we had a fiber attacher that pulled the meter box in their breaker box off a person's home
• We're running them from a little black box. One of them is doing business in China.
• My little black box serves me well, you know.
• However, it does so with key distinctions from 3448, including.

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• today's folders on your box account. today's folders on your box account.
• This is a Pandora's box of regulation.
• <02:08:00.320> of this is a giant Pandora's box of this is a giant Pandora's box of regulation
• Uh uh once you open this box regulation.
• /c> box store shut down, box store shut down, all<03:39:52.800> the<03:39:53.040> other

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• When it comes to physical activity in this country, the statistics are staggering: 93% fail key metabolic
• And food transparency: we've all seen it, the box of cereal sold in the United States with the mile-long
• Yes, that's a national security issue, but it's also a canary in the coal mine for those kids concerning
• healthy nutrition they need, I urge you to consider making medically tailored or therapeutic nutrition a key
• consumer transparency, as evidenced by our Facts Up Front program, a voluntary program that presents key

Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314

Keywords: attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all

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• Here's a problem: for box trucks and box trailers, it's impossible to comply with this law.
• Here's a problem: for box trucks and box trailers, it's impossible to comply with this law.
• Branson: So, Representative Sinsky, last wintertime, 10-wheel box trucks.
• And that's, I think, key in our ability to move forward legislation. And you'll be missed.
• Why we need an expansion to Leg Hall for many different things, especially security.

Keywords: 1064, all

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• This would add a needed level of security for colleges and universities can be substituted for House
• It's about securing Texas's long-term prosperity.
• First, secure funding commitments, then get the coordinating board's nod and ABA accreditation, and open
• If we secure fund, if we secure funding commitments in the next 12 to 18 months, a formal proposal to
• I urge you to support HB 3475 so we can open the doors of opportunity in El Paso and in doing so, secure

Bills: HB232

Keywords: disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management

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• <00:12:28.279> was office recently America's security was office recently America's security
• what president Trump has done to secure what president Trump has done to secure our<00:12:40.440
• Trump calling Social Security a scam and Mr. Musk calling Social Security a Ponzi scheme.
• scam and Mr musk calling Social Security scam and Mr musk calling Social Security a<00:38:35.599
• counting on us to help them secure counting on us to help them secure access<04:19:10.840> to

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• We're gonna hear from the Texas Securities Board. The chair calls. I'm sorry. Where did it go?
• Securities commissioner at the Texas State Securities Board. Welcome.
• Um, the State Securities Board is considered by many of the best state securities regulator in the country
• Our outreach and education department is a key component to support licensing and compliance.
• The Board of Plumbing Examiners, the State Securities Board.

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• For our schools and districts with any matters relating to school safety and security.
• . for our schools and districts with any matters relating to school safety and security.
• indicators are, like your most common key indicators are.
• All the school safety and security, just as the other gentleman at this table.
• So we work closely and train through our Office of Safety and Security.

Summary: The subcommittee first heard an overview from Department of Education Chancellor Paul Burns on Florida’s K-12 governance structure and major divisions, including early learning, public schools, safe schools, school choice, and accountability. He highlighted school readiness and VPK, teacher preparation and licensure, school safety functions, scholarship and virtual/home education programs, and FAST progress monitoring. Burns also cited statewide gains such as higher mid-year reading performance, a record graduation rate of 89.7%, and record CTE enrollment, while members questioned the meaning of Florida’s “number one” education rankings, teacher pay, post-COVID learning loss, vacancies, and chronic absenteeism. St. Lucie County Superintendent John Prince then described the scale and responsibilities of a mid-sized district, emphasizing student safety, transportation, meals, hurricane shelter operations, career and technical education, teacher recruitment and retention, progress monitoring, remediation, and mental health supports. Members asked about school shelter construction standards, remediation funding, late school start times, attendance, and concordance scores; Prince argued for more flexibility for CTE pathways and noted that local districts use a mix of state and federal funds to support remediation and staffing. The committee then moved to an early warning systems panel. Burns explained that Florida law requires districts to use attendance, behavior/suspensions, course performance, FAST results, and other academic indicators to identify students needing support, with districts and families developing intervention plans. Superintendents from Putnam, St. Johns, and St. Lucie counties said chronic absenteeism is tied to achievement and NAEP decline, but causes vary by district, including poverty, transportation, daycare, family instability, travel, and student athletics. They described MTSS, PBIS, home visits, attendance letters, and community partnerships as responses. Members also discussed VPK access, full-day VPK funding, excused versus unexcused absences, and the need for earlier intervention in pre-K and K-2. Finally, Vice Chancellor Darren Norris outlined Florida’s post-Parkland school safety measures, including armed school officers, anonymous reporting, behavioral threat assessment teams, mental health training, panic alert systems, emergency drills, active assailant response policies, and firearm detection canines. Superintendents said compliance is costly and often requires shifting local funds, but they praised state grants for mental health, hardening, and mapping. They noted ongoing challenges with new mandates, capital costs, manual reporting burdens, and the need to balance safety requirements with classroom resources.

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• Key difference is of State party saying an agency purchasing these roles function very differently.
• State term contracts include IT, Staff, Augmentation Services, digital security solutions and it independent
• What you don't want to do is then say, but you got to do it in this box.
• And if those are really well defined that we can say, which of those can we meet out of the box, which
• So there is oversight in terms of our specific requirements for network capabilities, security.

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• So not not necessarily security online.
• 20:22.400> uh >> certified information security uh >> certified information security
• for information security uh information security<01:20:32.640> framework.
• That's sort of our security framework.
• like this box to be green and sideways. like this box to be green and sideways.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:00:27 Legislative Research Commission 00:01:15 KentuckyWired Operations Company 00:17:30 Wireless Internet Service Providers Association 00:40:15 Administrative Office of the Courts 01:08:55 Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts 01:33:00, 958, all

Summary: The committee first approved the July 9 minutes without objection and heard from Jay Hartz and Jonathan Harris of the Legislative Research Commission. Members asked about Capitol and legislator security in light of recent targeted shootings in other states. Hartz said LRC had removed members’ home addresses from its website, was reviewing other state-government records for similar information, and was working with the Speaker, Senate President, Kentucky State Police, and outside security experts on broader safety measures. He also said LRC is exploring commercial products to help block personal contact information from public view, but declined to name vendors publicly. Harris added that driver’s license scans at the Capitol are handled by Kentucky State Police, while LRC has a process for flagging high-volume or concerning contacts for police review. The LRC also reported that redistricting work has already begun, with census coordination underway, evaluation of redistricting software including Mapitude and open-source tools, and plans to make the same tools available to the public in the LRC library. The committee then heard from Kentucky Wired Operations Company CEO Robert Morphonius, COO Tom Snyder, and counsel Patrick Hughes about the Kentucky Wired network. They explained the corporate structure: Kentucky Wired Operations Company is a private for-profit special purpose entity that designs, builds, operates, and maintains the network; Kentucky Wired Infrastructure Company is a nonprofit instrumentality used for financing; and Open Fiber Kentucky handles commercialization of excess capacity under a wholesale agreement. They said Kentucky Wired Operations is in the operations and maintenance phase, with those obligations continuing until 2045, and that technical changes to the network generally require KCNA approval through formal change-order processes. They also said the company conducted a market test in June 2023 under Schedule 19 of its contract, considered proposals including Open Fiber and the incumbent service provider, and retained the existing provider. Members asked about KCNA’s role, procurement, network customers, and revenue. The witnesses said Quac operates outside normal state procurement because its process is governed by contract, while KCNA acts as the Commonwealth’s oversight authority and filter for changes. They identified current network users as including AOC, KCTCS, postsecondary education, and other Commonwealth agencies, with all requests routed through KCNA; they also said a separate change process for Exceliccom is in litigation. On funding, they said the operation is paid through monthly appropriations, with roughly a million dollars a month for the service provider and a couple hundred thousand for Quac’s oversight, not including debt service, which is bundled into the availability payment. The discussion ended as members began asking about responsibility for damage-related costs such as squirrel-related outages.

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• Finally, disability determination services is tied to the Social Security Administration.
• value and a key goal for us at the department.
• value and a key goal for us at the department.
• value and a key goal for us at the department.
• That remains a key value and a key goal for us at the department.

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Summary: The committee held an introductory organizational meeting for the newly named Workforce and Economic Development Committee, with Chair Dave Baker noting a quorum and that no votes or formal actions were scheduled. Members and staff introduced themselves and described their districts, backgrounds, and priorities. Several members emphasized worker protections, labor experience, small business concerns, rural economic issues, and the importance of balancing employer and employee interests. Others highlighted education-to-workforce pathways, affordability, support for seniors, and opportunities for immigrant and refugee communities. Chair Baker said he wants the committee to find a balance between protecting labor and ensuring a strong employment base, fair rules, and fair taxes, while also acknowledging concerns about recent policy trends and the need to get proposals right before they leave the committee. Members from both parties echoed themes of collaboration and economic opportunity, though some Republicans criticized past rules and regulations as burdensome on small businesses. The committee also welcomed nonpartisan staff and DFL/GOP staff, including the committee administrator, legislative assistant, House Research, and fiscal analysis staff. The committee then received an overview from DEED Commissioner Matt Varilek and deputy commissioners. Varilek described DEED’s mission as empowering growth of the Minnesota economy for everyone, increasing prosperity and extending it broadly, and coordinating with other agencies such as Labor and Industry to avoid duplication and use taxpayer dollars efficiently. He said DEED focuses on business attraction, retention, and expansion, workforce development, and helping Minnesotans—including people with disabilities—prepare for jobs and independent living. A deputy commissioner began outlining the economic development division’s structure and operations, but the transcript cuts off before the full presentation was completed.

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• sites to meet security needs, including the protection of outdoor assets.
• It makes it easier to install crime-prevention and security solutions.
• This key word seems to be knowing. It says the same thing.
• And the key word in this whole thing is stolen, right?”
• It’s easy to put this into a little box and try to claim victimhood, right?

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