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• There'd be no testing.
• There'd be no testing.
• There'd be no testing.
• And then there's subsequent, you know, toxicology testing that's performed.
• I think that’s a fair point, Doctor, particularly because there is no required drug testing on folks

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Summary: The special commission on xylazine met virtually to review and discuss the first draft of its final report. Chair Mindy Domb opened the meeting, confirmed quorum, and the commission approved the minutes from its December 11 public meeting. Staff then walked commissioners through the proposed report structure, including background on xylazine as both an FDA-approved veterinary drug and an illicit drug supply contaminant, as well as appendices for public meeting materials and public resources. The commission discussed findings and recommendations for several working groups. For oversight and enforcement, members focused on licit versus illicit sources of xylazine, noting that the illicit supply is typically obtained through online vendors rather than diverted from veterinary use. Recommendations included better storage and reporting practices in authorized settings, review of manufacturing and distribution information, and focusing enforcement on fentanyl trafficking and large-scale xylazine importation rather than personal possession. Commissioners also discussed whether xylazine should remain in Schedule 6 or be subject to additional penalties, and several members emphasized the need for coordination, information-sharing, and possibly a DPH task force or advisory body to monitor emerging drug threats. For outreach and treatment, staff summarized strong existing programs such as drug checking, wound care education, naloxone distribution, mobile and low-threshold care, and self-directed wound kits, while noting gaps including the lack of an FDA-approved reversal agent for xylazine, difficulty distinguishing xylazine from other exposures, and uneven access by geography, insurance, and audience. Commissioners stressed the need for provider education, including physicians, nurses, pharmacists, family support networks, and first responders, and for clear guidance on wound care and when more intensive treatment is needed. The education and training section identified first responders, clinicians, non-clinicians, and people who use drugs and their families as key audiences for tailored, stigma-free materials, with emphasis on real-time, centralized data, naloxone and breathing support, recognition of overdose versus xylazine exposure, and adapting materials as the drug supply changes. The meeting ended with discussion of next steps: staff will circulate a revised draft by March 2, the commission will meet again on March 9 to consider the report and recommendations, and an additional late-March meeting was reserved if needed before the statutory deadline.

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• This is not a standardized test, and standardized tests are not good for individuals.
• are really good in math don't fear standardized math tests.
• And so if we up the instruction, it reduces a lot of that fear over standardized tests as well.
• You know, we talked earlier about standardized tests. That doesn't start till third grade.
• You know, with this bill, reading tests may only measure English skills, not bilingual learning.

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• Where they found it was a first-of-a-kind blood testing study of people in the Clovis area, where they
• Awareness training, then we do the validation by conducting penetration testing.
• Penetration testing, similarly with cybersecurity awareness training, etc., etc.
• And there is no test that we can, or there's no governing body that has given them a seal of approval
• Off to somebody else to get the test, so they can come in and say, With respect to our co-branches of

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• testing, and how we better share data from the individual organizations and stakeholders and agencies
• that are doing testing.
• Uh, and it was that could test for PAS.
• Those that do have tested for a higher level than the allowable amount.
• Area, and we will go out and test people's ground wells to see if there's PAS impact.

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• :12:01.600> testing.
• test here in this next couple of weeks. test here in this next couple of weeks.
• <03:17:44.880> tests<03:17:45.279> our<03:17:45.680> state our state tests tests
• our state our state tests tests our state standards<03:17:46.560> and<03:17:46.800> each
• mean as far as a test mean as far as a test place<03:19:53.840> on<03:19:54.080> a

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• Next. you make sure you test five before five next we're going to do house 279 and we have a panel dr
• test, but the answer is not to throw out the test; rather, the better approach is to work with that
• Let that speak for itself for folks who fail the test by a few points.
• Because if we lose workers because of this flawed test, then families lose supports.
• Because if we lose workers because of this flawed test, then families lose supports.

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Summary: The committee held a hybrid hearing on a range of bills affecting children, families, disability rights, homelessness, and social services. Early testimony focused on H.215, which would support children experiencing homelessness by speeding access to child care vouchers and early intervention screenings. Boston officials, Horizons for Homeless Children, Head Start, pediatric and early education advocates, and families described delays in child care and early intervention, the developmental risks of homelessness, and the need for automatic referrals and faster access to services. Testimony also supported H.216, which would improve emergency housing assistance by restoring presumptive eligibility, reducing documentation barriers, extending shelter stays from six to nine months, and creating an ombudsperson; providers and legal advocates said current rules leave families sleeping in cars or outside and create unnecessary administrative hurdles. The committee also heard strong support for H.210, which would repeal the “Learn Fair” school attendance sanction that cuts cash assistance to families when children miss school. Advocates from legal aid, education, and anti-poverty organizations argued the policy is punitive, burdensome, and ineffective, disproportionately affecting low-income, disabled, and Hispanic/Latino families. Several speakers said chronic absenteeism should be addressed through supports such as family outreach, wraparound services, and school engagement rather than benefit cuts. Legislators and school officials from Salem also testified that their districts reduced absenteeism through supportive strategies, not sanctions. Additional testimony addressed children’s vision bills H.202 and H.166, with optometrists and researchers urging better screening, data systems, and treatment access to close achievement gaps caused by untreated vision problems. Senator Lovely also presented S.2714, proposing a study of discrimination in public accommodations for people with service animals. Later, testimony on H.279 supported changing social work licensure rules to remove exam requirements that speakers said disproportionately exclude multilingual candidates and candidates of color. The hearing also included testimony on bills related to the Judge Rotenberg Center and electric shock devices, with disability rights advocates opposing continued use of the devices and urging the committee to reject licensing or authorization for them. No votes or committee actions were taken during the hearing.

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• And I think we can all agree, since our teachers are having to teach so much to testing and that happens
• And I'm glad you brought up the point about testing.
• One of the benefits of a bill like this is that it is not going to increase the amount of testing that
• And so, with the testing staying constant, this bill would allow more time to be spent on instruction
• My question wasn't directly about testing. My question wasn't directly about testing.

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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• THEIR AND CAN ONLY BE USED INCIDENCES OF TESTING AND MAINTENANCE OR WHEN THERE IS AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY
• SUCH AS NOISE STANDARDS AND NOISE ORDINANCE WE DO NOISE TESTING AT THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY LINE
• THIS OF THE COMPANY DOES, ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS, ET CETERA BEFORE THEY MOVE INTO AN AREA THAT HAS BEST
• WHICH IS THE BEST TIME TO DO THOSE TESTS? >> GREAT QUESTION.
• ACQUIRING LAND, DOING THE TESTING, AND GIVE THE COMMUNITY. DOES THE INDUSTRY REGULATE THAT?

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• So now, in the past, we had about 13 of our sites that were identified for GED testing sites.
• We now have well over half of our facilities are set up as GED test... GED testing sites.
• We now have well over half of our facilities are set up as GED testing sites.
• Our prior model for the last several years was based on a pre-test and a post-test and looking at only
• Okay, and then to sort of test the efficacy, have you heard—I mean, this presumably maybe not tracking

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Eric Hall on the Florida Scholars Academy, a new unified education model for youth in residential commitment programs. He explained that the academy replaced the prior decentralized district-run system with a contracted model through Florida Virtual School, allowing individualized blended learning, real-time progress monitoring, expanded special education services, and a broader course catalog including dual enrollment, CTE, GED testing, and postsecondary pathways through the Florida Youth College partnership with Tallahassee State College. Hall said the department is using data to focus on academic achievement, workforce credentials, and peer-group change as strategies to reduce recidivism, and reported early results including 60 diplomas or GEDs, a 5.5% teacher vacancy rate, and progress-monitoring gains for most students. Hall also reviewed implementation of House Bill 1181 on swift accountability and juvenile justice reforms. He said the law strengthened pre-arrest delinquency citation use, raised the target for eligible citations to 70%, required written justification for releasing youth charged with certain felony firearm offenses, and directed the department to develop a firearm-offending curriculum focused on avoidance and consequences. He described a new statewide graduated sanctions matrix for probation technical violations, intended to provide quicker and more consistent responses without overburdening courts. He said early data showed reductions in weapons/firearm offenses and auto theft, and that the department had conducted circuit-level outreach to law enforcement, courts, and providers to support implementation. Members asked about the number of unauthorized alien children in detention or residential care, teacher vacancies and whether instruction continues when staff are absent, screen-time and supervision concerns with laptops, and whether students are reentering local schools with improved academic performance. Hall said he did not have data on immigration status, that FLVS and classroom staff provide continuity when teachers are absent, that devices are checked in and out and security has been tightened, and that the department is still early in implementation but is hearing positive anecdotal feedback from parents. Vice Chair Smith asked for more detail on the firearm curriculum, and Hall offered to provide it. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after no public testimony was offered.

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• they<00:36:22.320> are When species are tested, they are When species are tested, they
• The Canadians tested differently than the Americans tested.
• Association did their own testing. Association did their own testing.
• The Canadians tested differently bus.
• > tested.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• but if you're 18, you can walk in and just take the written exam, take the eye exam, take the road test
• Statutorily mandated that if you're 16 or 17, you have to take Driver's Ed to come to the DMV and test
• I mean, the way the state statute reads, you have to take driver's ed in order to come in and test if
• So at 18, you can just come in and take the test.
• So at 18, you can just come in and take the test.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It could also pay for testing because I understand DES said that there was no money for testing.
• I'm not going to test that.
• We are simply exterminating the young. to test that. Um they will often send to test that.
• Six of these individuals tested positive for more than one compound, and two tested positive for all
• > for<01:54:19.280> more individuals tested positive for more individuals tested positive

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• used and that information helped guide used and that information helped guide the<00:04:35.759> testing
• <00:04:36.240> and the testing and the testing and we<00:04:38.160> also<00:04:38.400
• were used, how much was used, and should be given the safety data sheets right away so the proper testing
• /c><00:06:34.000> so<00:06:34.160> the<00:06:34.400> proper<00:06:34.639> testing
• <00:06:34.960> and right away so the proper testing and right away so the proper testing and

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: The committee took up House File 3782, Chair Mueller’s bill, and first adopted an oral amendment changing the term “distraction” to “diversionary” in four places. The DE2 author’s amendment, as amended, was then adopted. The bill was described as a response to concerns raised after the summer’s events and is intended to address safety and cleanup issues when law enforcement deploys chemical irritants inside buildings. Colin Hortman testified virtually about the cleanup of his parents’ home after tear gas was used there. He described extensive residue, health effects when re-entering the house, months of delay before it could be safely occupied, difficulty determining what chemicals and quantities had been used, and confusion over who was responsible for remediation costs. He said clearer documentation, immediate disclosure of the agents used, and faster communication would make the process safer and less traumatic for future victims. Chair Mueller explained that the bill would require law enforcement that uses chemical irritants inside a building to leave a standardized notice for occupants or owners, including information on what was used and how much, and to direct them to the agency for more details. Members asked about the logistics of the notice requirement, including how it would work in multi-agency operations; Mueller said the agency in command of the scene would leave the notice. Representatives expressed support for the bill and its purpose. The committee then renewed and approved the motion to re-refer House File 3782, as amended, to the Judiciary, Finance, and Civil Law Committee.

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• allows for the department to do what they kind of already do actually, but go around and randomly test
• allows for the department to do what they kind of already do actually, but go around and randomly test
• That's for technology and the testing of fentanyl.
• That's for technology and the testing of fentanyl.
• <00:21:23.840> of That's for technology and the testing of That's for technology and the testing

Bills: HB44, HB400, HB444, HB487, SB249, SB252, SB58, HB44, HB400, HB444, HB487, SB249, SB252, SB58

Keywords: teachers retirement, credit purchase, St. Clair County, DAY Program, pension reform, dental insurance, benefit rollover, healthcare, insurance policy, annual maximum, HB444, vaccines, vaccine exemption, religious exemption, religious liberty, private school, church school, faith-based school, parochial school, school immunization

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• You know, we encourage people to take the test. I think in the...
• We encourage people to take the test.
• I think in the last 10 years, we only have one person who has applied and taken the test.
• Have you taken the test? The process costs $75.
• Particularly now, we're testing mammals particularly now we're testing mammals for a variety of diseases

Bills: HB448, HB448

Keywords: wildlife rehabilitation, conservation, good samaritan, injured animals, orphaned animals, debilitated wildlife, wild birds, wild animals, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, permit exemption, animal rescue, animal welfare, veterinary medicine, veterinary licensing, animal cruelty, wildlife care, rehabilitation act, non-federally protected species, endangered species

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• And if we want to see those benefits, we want to see it be able to be tested. Thank you.
• And if we want to see those benefits, we want to see it be able to be tested. Thank you.
• And if we want to see those benefits, we want to see it be able to be tested. Thank you.
• And if we want to see those benefits, we want to see it be able to be tested. Thank you.
• And if we want to see those benefits, we want to see it be able to be tested. Thank you.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate File 285, a bill to shift MnDOT highway project cost participation away from local governments and onto MnDOT. The bill’s author and several city representatives said current cost-share policies force cities to spend local aid, property taxes, or debt on state highway projects they do not control, leaving less money for local streets and maintenance. Testifiers from Richfield, Elk River, Faribault, Minneapolis, and the Minnesota Association of Small Cities all supported the bill, describing the policy as one-size-fits-all, financially burdensome, and especially harmful to smaller cities and cities with major state highways running through them. Witnesses gave examples of large and sometimes changing local cost-share obligations, including Richfield’s spending of most of its MSA funds on projects it does not own and a small-city project where the estimated local share rose from about $2.3 million to over $3 million. Several testifiers said cities often have little practical ability to refuse MnDOT projects because the projects are valuable and MnDOT can move on if a city declines. One witness also raised concerns about money being paid upfront and held in an account during construction, causing cities to lose interest earnings while funds sit unused. Members asked whether cities truly have a say in these projects and whether there are limits on how much the local share can increase. Testifiers said MnDOT does engage cities, but the cost participation policy largely dictates the outcome, and they described the municipal consent statute as too narrow in practice. Senators expressed concern about fairness and the burden on local budgets, while one member noted the bill may not fully address the broader consent issue. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• If you really want it taught, are you going to test it with a standardized test?
• If you really want it taught, are you going to test it with a standardized test?
• it with a taught, are you going to test it with a standardized<01:49:29.360> test?
• Hampshire expect in test results. Hampshire expect in test results.
• So they can exclude certain people based on means testing. We no longer have means testing.

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• Our audit tested 40 expenditures totaling over $39 million.
• Just want to clarify a little bit on the testing that we've done.
• Just want to clarify a little bit on the testing that we've done.
• Significant testing included tests of expenditures, appropriations, solid waste pilot projects, and fees
• Significant testing included tests of expenditures, appropriations, solid waste pilot projects, and fees

Summary: The committee was called to order, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were offered, and the minutes from the previous meeting were approved. Members then received a memo summarizing major audit items and began hearing audit presentations from the State Auditor’s Office and private auditors on a range of state agencies and organizations. Several audits were reported as clean, including the Bank of North Dakota, the North Dakota Guaranteed Student Loan Program, the Office of the Governor, the Office of the State Treasurer, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Transportation’s flexible transportation fund, Lake Region State College, and the Department of Environmental Quality. The North Dakota Stockmen’s Association also received an unmodified opinion, though repeat findings were noted for limited segregation of duties and financial statement preparation due to its small staff. The Council on the Arts audit found two findings: payroll charged to federal awards without adequate timekeeping records, and unallowable expenditures from a restricted cultural endowment fund. The Department of Public Instruction audit identified unsupported scholarship applications in the paraprofessional-to-teacher program, though additional testing showed the funds were used for their intended purpose. The most extensive discussion centered on the North Dakota Racing Commission audit, which identified four findings: overspending the promotion fund’s 25% operating limit, grant conditions not being met, improper Breeders Fund awards, and improper procurement for advertising services. Racing Commission director Bruce Johnson acknowledged complacency and weak controls, said the agency would tighten procedures, and explained that the commission had since worked with procurement and would follow the rules more closely. Auditors also explained that the commission would now be audited every two years because of the findings. Another major discussion involved the University of North Dakota School of Law, where auditors found a lack of documentation supporting admissions decisions for post-baccalaureate programs. UND officials said they remain in good standing with the American Bar Association but agreed better documentation and tools are needed; the committee pressed for more transparency and follow-up on admissions criteria. The committee also received an update on Dakota College at Bottineau, where Minot State University reported that bank reconciliations had been brought current after a significant backlog and would now be maintained through shared services. Members requested a written follow-up report on the issues and corrective actions. Finally, the North Dakota Fair Association explained that its foundation has been dissolved and remaining funds were transferred to another nonprofit for continued support of the state fair, and the Department of Public Instruction provided an update on school meal debt, saying the reported amount was about $1.1 million from a partial district survey and that debt remains a local issue, though it could be revisited if school meal funding changes.

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• The first test, basically the way it works is you start with the first test, and if the applicant does
• not meet the first test, only then would the ZBA move on to determining whether the second test is met
• I'd be interested to see anything you'd be willing to share with. unnecessary hardship test.
• It takes some unnecessary hardship test.
• >> can we have you summarize test? >> can we have you summarize test?

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• I'm currently the district test coordinator.
• , no territory has the same test, and nothing has been done to actually compare that.
• Many districts have never given a NAEP test in the last 20 years.
• And then there are several districts that have given a NAEP test every year for the past 20 years.
• No one has ever seen a NAEP test. No one has ever seen the questions.

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