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• This year's winners are Amanda Chen, who is in ninth grade from Mission San Jose High School.
• This year's winners are Amanda Chen, who is in ninth grade from Mission San Jose High School; Annie Yu
• grade from Valley Christian School; Elaine Kim, who is in fourth grade from Ruskin Elementary School
• ; and Mia Jang, who is in first grade from Leila Bringhurst Elementary School.
• We have First Vice President Gabe Kito, Mayor Pro Tem, El Cerrito.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer honoring Pope Francis, and then proceeded through routine motions, guest introductions, and floor business. Members welcomed several groups, including youth art contest winners, local city officials for Cal Cities Week, emergency dispatchers and 9-1-1 youth heroes, a school group from Northridge Community School, and Sheriff Michael Johnson. The body also handled procedural actions such as re-referring bills, withdrawing AB 16 from Appropriations because it was no longer fiscal, and allowing committees to notice bills pending re-referral. On the floor, Assembly Concurrent Resolution 44, proclaiming April 20–26 as California Cities Week, was adopted by voice vote after opening the roll for co-authors. The Assembly then passed several bills, including AB 793 on dog dangerousness proceedings and AB 533 reauthorizing health care districts’ use of design-build for health facility construction, both by unanimous roll call. AB 764, which would add mute swans to the list of exotic non-game birds that can be legally managed, also passed unanimously. House Resolution 32, recognizing Cambodian Genocide Memorial Week, drew extensive remarks from multiple members about the historical tragedy and the Cambodian American community; it was adopted by voice vote after 70 co-authors were added, followed by a moment of silence. The consent calendar was then taken up and adopted 69-0, including AB 369 and a series of other bills and resolutions. The session concluded with an adjournment in memory of Officer Paul Philip Jordan, a longtime LAPD officer who served the Hollywood community, and the House adjourned until Monday, April 28 at 1 p.m.

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• And I can remember Miss McConnell, my first grade teacher, pulling me beside her desk one day, and she
• At first grade, I got that speech.
• </c><00:04:42.919><c> grade</c><00:04:43.160><c> teacher,</c> Miss McConnell, my first grade teacher,
• Miss McConnell, my first grade teacher, pulling<00:04:43.760><c> me</c><00:04:44.320><c> beside</c><
• </c><00:41:02.120><c> I</c> first grade teacher to my coaches. I first grade teacher to my coaches.

Keywords: 958, all

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• </c><00:04:12.079><c> time</c> classroom and again for the first time classroom and again for the first
• </c><00:54:32.079><c> by</c> system I would like to start first by system I would like to start first
• We will need additional funding to update kindergarten through second grade and grades six through 12
• </c> to update kindergarten through 2 grade to update kindergarten through 2 grade and<01:32:05.760><
• </c> phonics in all of our Elementary grades phonics in all of our Elementary grades and<01:32:11.600

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And I know that when I first came here I found out that we were 44th in the nation in student-to-counselor
• </c> the principles out there if on the first the principles out there if on the first day<00:04:20.680
• girl or a sixth grade boy?
• girl or a sixth send to a 11th grade girl or a sixth grade<00:11:27.320><c> boy</c><00:11:27.800><c>
• boy that Mom Dad why why does the grade boy that Mom Dad why why does the president<00:11:30.560><c>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Up first, we're going to have House Bill 3622 being presented by Representative Lawson.
• And on your first statement, I would disagree.
• And that the data clearly shows the importance of third, fourth, and fifth grade for the development
• And so in this consultation with Representative Lowe, he felt like on some of the early grades, could
• I'm familiar with what it might look like in the eighth grade. Can you show me the...

Bills: HB3622, HB3621, HB3151, HB3882, HB3661, HB4273, HB3644, HB3706, HB3708, HB2021, HB3986, HB3972

Keywords: HB3622, 2030 Census, Decennial Census, U.S. Decennial Census Revolving Fund, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, census preparation, federal census, state treasury fund, revolving fund, continuing fund, deemed appropriated, technology upgrades, census outreach, redistricting, population count, Title 74, OMES, State Treasurer, budgeting

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• First, state your full name for the record, then tell us a little bit about some of the good stuff you
• Our first technical order of business: Senate File 4172, Senator Howe, State veterans cemeteries burial
• Our first uh technical All right, folks.
• </c><00:04:12.080><c> we</c> All testifiers are remote, so first we All testifiers are remote, so first
• </c> Do you know which one's first? I'm going to say it's the grants first.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard an introductory presentation from Sam Daily of Believe It Canine Service Partners, a nonprofit that trains service dogs free of charge for disabled veterans. Daily described the organization’s work with veterans, including placements with MACV and a service dog at Veteran Village in Eagan, and said the group has placed 80 teams so far. Senator Howe asked whether the organization had pursued Support Our Troops grants, and Daily said it had received two SOS grants. The first bill taken up was Senate File 4172, as amended, which would expand eligibility for burial in Minnesota state veterans cemeteries to honorably discharged reservists, National Guard members, and Air National Guard members, and would allow some honor guard use for eligible people. Senator Howe said the bill corrects an inequity for Guard and reserve members who served honorably but are not currently eligible. Glenn Pence testified in support, saying the bill recognizes National Guard service and should allow those veterans to be buried with others they served alongside. MDVA’s David Swantek supported the concept but warned that expanded eligibility would increase demand, especially at Little Falls, and could shorten its projected capacity timeline from about 48 years to about 30 years. The committee adopted the A1 amendment and then laid the bill over for inclusion in the Veterans and Military Affairs Finance Omnibus Bill. The committee then heard Senate File 4026, which sets standards for MDVA competitive grants and adds accountability and residency requirements. Senator Koran said the bill would help the department review grants and ensure funds serve Minnesota veterans and families. MDVA chief of staff Dave Belfi supported the bill, saying it reflects agency feedback, aligns with existing residency rules, and does not affect CVSO, VSO, or Support Our Troops grants. The A1 amendment was adopted, and the bill was laid over for inclusion in the omnibus bill. Next, Senate File 4807 was heard, a bill to update pay for National Guard soldiers and airmen called to state active duty. MDVA and National Guard officials said the bill would simplify statute language and raise the minimum base pay for lower ranks to the E5 level, with future adjustments tied to federal pay tables. Senator Kunesh asked about funding, and staff explained the cost would come through an open general-fund emergency appropriation, estimated at about $30,000 annually but varying with activations. The committee adopted amendments to incorporate SF 4172 and SF 4026 into SF 4807, made technical corrections, and then recommended SF 4807, as amended, to pass and be referred to the full committee. Finally, the committee heard Senate File 3603, which would create a program allowing school districts to issue high school diplomas to Minnesota veterans who left school to serve during the Korean conflict or Vietnam War. Senator Rasmussen said the bill recognizes veterans who interrupted their education for service. MDVA’s John Kelly supported the bill, noting it reflects input from MDVA and the Department of Education and that similar programs exist in other states. The committee voted to recommend the bill to pass and refer it to the full committee. The meeting also began discussion of Senate File 4560, which would formalize the Commander's Task Force, but the transcript cuts off before that bill was acted on.

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• Speaker, members, I want to first First off, say, if you have memorial resolutions that you truly care
• emigrated from Mexico, not only graduated, from a public high school in America but then became a first-grade
• And I remember my first grade teacher, Ms. Barnes, and she took time with me. She invested in me.
• And I got good grades.
• And I made my first B in fifth grade. I got punished the whole summer.

Bills: HB630, HB420, HB767, HB1708, HB2842, HB1404, HB2457, HB140, HB333, HB227, HB913, HB201, HB2198, HB 109, HB2763, HB519, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB1318, HB2358, HB2415, HB2765, HB2735, HB3307, HB1373, HB694, HB 1242, HB272, HB1437, HB1888, HCR78, HCR12, HCR128, HR7, HR11, HR37, HR69, HR83, HR89, HR100, HR123, HR129, HR137, HR254, HR258, HR289, HR293, HR318, HR324, HR350, HR368, HR370, HR372, HR379, HR406, HR407, HR432, HR445, HR471, HR504, HR506, HR507, HR528, HR567, HR572, HR591, HR592, HR593, HR603, HR614, HR621, HR673, HR684, HR685, HR687, HR700, HR701, HR711, HR712, HR754, HR757, HR758, HR760, HR764, HR765, HR766, HR767, HR768, HR769, HR770, HR771, HR772, HR774, HR776, HR777, HR778, HR779, HR780, HR783, HR784, HR784, HR6, HR6, HR17, HR17, HR18, HR18, HR49, HR49, HR170, HR170, HR236, HR236, HR247, HR275, HR355, HR356, HR364, HR672, HR690, HR690, HR755, HR755, HR756, HR756, HR759, HR759, HR762, HR762, HR763, HR763, HR781, HR781, HR785, HR785, SB2, SB260, SB569, HB2, HB2000, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117

Keywords: outboard motors, certificate of title, vessel regulation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, marine documentation, HB 420, Texas Water Code, special district, water district, board meetings, meeting location, teleconference, videoconference, remote meeting, public hearing, tax rate hearing, special districts, Cedar Creek Reservoir, county boundary, local government

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• If you read the first kind of section here, one, it really states the sole purpose of this.
• Idaho is not the first to go down this route.
• Fifth grade, the grade that I teach, we're the first grade that really starts to dig into U.S. history
• Fifth grade, the grade that I teach, we're the first grade that really starts to dig into U.S. history
• And for the first two years I was in session, that's where my STEP money went.

Summary: The House Education Committee heard Senate Bill 1336, a late-session education measure centered on civics, American history, and American government instruction in Idaho public schools. The bill’s sponsor and supporters said it is intended to codify and strengthen civics education ahead of America 250 by requiring instruction in core civic virtues, foundational documents, the principles of the U.S. republican form of government, and selected totalitarian ideologies. It also would require secondary students to take two credits each in American history and American government, add related English language arts instruction when appropriate, encourage patriotic curriculum materials, and allow the State Board of Education to grant exemptions to charter schools with unique missions. Dr. Samuel Lair and Greg Wilson of the State Department of Education testified that the bill largely aligns with recently adopted social studies standards and existing civics requirements, and that the language was developed after extensive stakeholder discussions. They emphasized that the bill is meant to provide statutory durability and broad guardrails rather than micromanage local curriculum. Several members raised concerns that the bill’s detailed requirements, especially the long list of documents and the English language arts component, could be too burdensome for schools and difficult to fit into existing high school schedules. Multiple representatives also objected to the charter-school exemption, arguing that alternative and magnet public schools with similarly unique missions should have access to the same relief. After debate, Representative Marmon moved to send Senate Bill 1336 as amended to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee then took a roll call vote and the motion passed 8-6. Representatives Nelson, Pickett, Veeley, Matthias, and Galavis voted no, while the bill advanced to the floor.

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• 10th grade.
• 10th grade.
• 10th grade.
• That expansion to sixth grade.
• </c> That expansion to sixth grade. That expansion to sixth grade.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Votruba Young Scholars Academy 00:01:55 Taxation of Financial Deposit Institutions 00:36:50, 958, all

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• The first thing is, I was shocked. The first thing is, I was shocked.
• First, beginning with general revenue.
• First, it is including all historically...
• First, we have local funds.
• through third grades, and 69% in fourth through 12th grades.

Summary: The House and Senate Education Committee first approved minutes from February 2 and 3, then heard an interim study proposal on Arkansas adult education and the Excel Center model, presented by Goodwill Industries of Arkansas and the University of Notre Dame’s Lab for Economic Opportunities. Witnesses argued that about 300,000 Arkansas adults lack a high school diploma or GED and described the Excel Center as a diploma-granting public charter option for adults 19 and older, with wraparound supports such as child care, transportation, tutoring, life coaching, and career services. They said the Arkansas campuses are not state-funded, highlighted growth in enrollment and graduation outcomes, and cited research showing improved employment, earnings, and reduced criminal justice involvement for graduates. Committee members discussed the role of Goodwill’s nonprofit mission, the need for multiple adult education pathways, and the relationship between adult education challenges and broader state efforts such as LEARNS and ACCESS. The committee then debated the interim study proposal procedure, including whether questions should have been taken before the vote. The motion to adopt the ISP passed, and members noted that the study would broadly examine adult education, GED testing, high school diplomas, charter schools, in-person adult education, and funding allocation. Several members asked for follow-up information on current adult education funding, the availability of Excel Centers, and the criminal justice study results. After that, staff from the Bureau of Legislative Research gave a detailed adequacy funding overview for Arkansas K-12 education. They reviewed national funding principles and then explained Arkansas’s revenue streams and distribution system, including general revenue, the Educational Excellence Trust Fund, the Educational Adequacy Fund, local property-tax revenues, and facilities partnership funding. They also walked through the state’s foundation formula, categorical aid, supplemental aid, and additional funding, including the per-student matrix amount of $7,771 for 2025 and how funds are allocated to districts and charters. Members asked about student support staff, special education high-cost occurrences, ALE funding, teacher salary equalization, and the Excel Center’s treatment in funding totals; staff said some of those questions would be addressed in a later spending presentation. The meeting ended after the committee was told the department was present mainly to answer questions and no further business remained.

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• But first, Representative Mirabal Moya, if you would introduce yourself, please.
• First, is there variation in how different preparation programs prepare teachers?
• First question: I see the University of the Southwest is on here.
• the endorsement area requirements for a seventh grade teacher and a second grade teacher are not necessarily
• My first question goes back to the Literacy Summer Institutes.

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• The first is called a program profile area.
• The first panelist is Logan Schmidt, Amul Samir, and Samantha Scott.
• Whoever sits down first, if you'd start, and this always happens. No one wants to sit first.
• So, Roz, would you like to go first? You bet.
• As a mother of a first-grade teacher, I get nearly daily or weekly stories of kiddos who enter her classroom

Bills: SB5952, SB5961, SB5969, SB5841, SB5943

Keywords: physical education, school districts, student requirements, education policy, high school, early literacy, childhood literacy, book distribution, Imagination Library, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, preschool, pre-K, reading readiness, school readiness, birth to age five, young children, nonprofit contract, OSPI, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, DCYF

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• We have two panels today, so the first in-person is Julie Watts, really a panel of one.
• So preschool through to grade 14, grade 16 or 20. And the idea of P20 workforce was...
• So preschool through to grade 14, grade 16 or 20.
• Simone, would you like to go first? Okay.
• So we'll have the first panel. All right.

Bills: SB6078, SB6089, SB5859, SB5861, SB6065, SB5956, SB5901

Keywords: SB 6078, child care, childcare, daycare, licensed child care provider, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, DCYF, prelicensing, licensing support, resource guide, child care center, family home child care, family home provider, outdoor nature-based child care, school-age child care, early learning, provider application, local permit notice, city permit, county permit

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• First of all of commitment.
• </c> percentage among all among all grades. percentage among all among all grades. 14<01:27:31.360><c
• So first is um just the for that. So first is um just the assault<01:49:55.520><c> ladder.
• </c> teacher is the first one I I'll share. teacher is the first one I I'll share.
• They report it by grade.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Agency Updates: 00:01:45 26RS SB 125: 00:02:10 26RS SB 101: 01:14:58, 958, all

Summary: The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council met on February 6, 2026, took roll, approved a motion to convene, and heard agency updates from materials in the packet. The council then took up Senate Bill 125 out of order because Senator Carol was present. The bill was presented as a collaborative effort focused on creating a secure, state-run high-acuity mental health facility for justice-involved youth who need specialized psychiatric care and cannot be appropriately served in detention or by private hospitals. Speakers said the facility would fill a gap in services, improve safety and treatment outcomes, and be designed with trauma-informed, medically equipped spaces rather than a jail-like setting. The presenters also outlined other parts of the bill, including a placement process in which DJJ and CHFS would evaluate youth and provide recommendations before the judge makes the final decision, with certain hospital-declination provisions to be delayed until the new facility is operating. They described payment incentives for hospitals treating high-acuity youth, confidentiality and escape-related disclosure provisions, and contracts with a public teaching university for clinical services. The proposed facility was described as a 24-bed center at Central State, with staffing to include mental health professionals and juvenile detention staff receiving enhanced training. Dr. Clark Lester said staffing needs would vary by youth and could include one-to-one supervision for some patients. The bill also addressed female juvenile detention capacity. Speakers said the number of detained girls has risen sharply since 2024, peaking at 51 in 2025, and that current facilities cannot meet the separation requirements for boys and girls or high- and low-level youth. The proposal would build two female detention centers, with possible locations discussed in central Kentucky and western Kentucky, and a third or fourth center could be added if population data show the need. Members asked about hospital placement authority, staffing, and average length of stay for girls; the presenters said the current court-order process would remain until the new facility is built and that they would provide additional data later. No vote was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.

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• First, the Chair lays out House Bill 121 by Senator Nichols.
• The engrossed version of House Bill 5294 required all medical school coursework to be graded using...
• The committee substitute requires at least 50% of coursework to be graded using a traditional A through
• F letter scale or another grading scale that utilizes at least four tiers.
• Standardization of the grading and all that, I'm just concerned this would do anything that would, in

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• </c> &gt;&gt; California, I think, passed it first. &gt;&gt; California, I think, passed it first.
• K through 5, 2 and 1/2; grades 6 through 8, 2 and 1/2; and grades 9 through 12, five.
• </c> seventh grade or maybe something else. seventh grade or maybe something else.
• So, back when I first started teaching, we actually did have some measures at fourth grade and eighth
• that</c><01:40:26.800><c> were</c> fourth grade and eighth grade that were fourth grade and eighth grade

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The task force met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the August 20 meeting, and then heard testimony from Representative Steven Doan on House Bill 439, a school nutrition bill aimed at restricting certain ultra-processed foods in schools. Doan said the bill was inspired by his own health journey and his work in agriculture, and he described the measure as targeting specific chemical additives in foods served during the school day, not concession sales or after-hours activities. He said the bill would phase in later to give schools time to adjust and noted that the list of restricted additives was drawn from efforts in other states and advocacy groups. Members asked about the chemical abstract numbers, fiscal impact, summer meal programs, fundraisers, and whether the bill would affect parent-provided items; Doan said he had not done a fiscal note and explained that the bill was intended to apply only during instructional time on school property. Committee members generally reacted favorably, with some raising practical concerns about cost and implementation. One member asked about high fructose corn syrup, which Doan said was not included because it is too pervasive in the food system. Another member noted that schools already limit some homemade items and asked about the line between school-provided and parent-provided food. Doan also said the list was based in part on Turning Point USA materials and similar laws in other states, and he referenced federal efforts to define ultra-processed foods. The committee then heard from Kentucky Department of Education officials Matt Ross, Lauren Moore, and Katie Embry on school meals and nutrition programs. They outlined Kentucky’s school lunch, breakfast, summer meals, and other USDA child nutrition programs, including participation and reimbursement figures, and explained how community eligibility provision schools, meal patterns, offer-versus-serve, smart snacks, and local wellness policies work. They said USDA and FDA are currently seeking public input on a uniform definition of ultra-processed foods, that there are no current USDA requirements specifically on ultra-processed foods, and that schools already operate under federal and state rules governing competitive foods, including a state time restriction on smart snacks. They also discussed local purchasing, noting its benefits but also the procurement and staffing challenges schools face. No votes or final actions on the bill were taken in the portion provided.

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• Would you call the first bill, please? >> SP 209 by Senator Shelnutt. >> Senator Shelnutt.
• Two bills on the calendar and up first and second. Thank you so much.
• levels or certain age groups, grade levels or certain age groups, right?
• Um, first of all, we're glad to be back before you this year with this bill.
• The displays would be in every 5th to 12th grade U.S. history classroom.

Bills: SB209, SB248, HB122, SB99, SB209, SB248, HB122, SB99

Keywords: sales tax exemption, Consumer Price Index, local government, clothing, school supplies, emergency preparedness, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, APA, administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, contested case, state agency, regulatory power, individual liberty, statutory interpretation, rule interpretation, license revocation

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• <00:44:37.040><c> level</c><00:44:37.359><c> of</c> grade level of grade level of mathematics
• Yeah, this one comes first.
• come, first serve students on a first come, first serve basis,<01:29:39.840><c> which</c><01:29:40.480
• And so we moved him first. at this time. And so we moved him first.
• First is that for a few reasons.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• ARE THAT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION INSTRUCTS THEM TO DEVELOP CURRICULA TAILORED TO VARIOUS GRADE
• THIS CURRICULUM IS DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS., GARDEN AND GRADE 3.
• GRADES 4 THROUGH 6 FOCUS ON AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER, GRADE 7-9 EDUCATION ON HEARING IMPAIRMENTS AND
• GRADES 10 TO 12 UNDERSTANDING STYLES AND INTELLECTUAL.
• YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> FIRST OF ALL, THAT IS MY SON EVAN.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c> keep the grant funding in the first keep the grant funding in the first bienium<00:04:29.440><c>
• ><c> and</c><00:59:26.720><c> second</c> our students are first and second our students are first and
• grade and also kind of watches them all the way through fifth grade, they're trained by the schools
• grade and also kind of watches them all the way through fifth grade, they're trained by the schools
• The speaker continued, “Special ed, special paraprofessionals that work with them from first grade and

Bills: HF1388

Keywords: BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching