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• One of the most exciting aspects of House Bill 2196 is its potential for career technology education
• They have families who travel or they're just students who don't want to be in the regular classroom,
• And we compare that since he's a twin, we see the curriculum that's happening in the classroom and on
• And he has a plethora of friends in the in the virtual classroom and in the brick and mortar school.
• We can provide that very fluidly in the classroom.

Bills: HB117

Keywords: county regulation, impervious cover, land use, unincorporated areas, environmental management

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• It uses the platforms' own technology that they're already using.
• The technology to make this happen already exists.
• > this<01:15:19.280> happen The technology to make this happen The technology to make this
• We know where even reach a classroom.
• And this is happening of the classroom.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So because of the advancements, you know, everybody hears about artificial intelligence and technology
• It's in Nazi Germany and Russia that we find curriculum micromanaged, classrooms more monitored, and
• major-specific coursework, unfortunately, becomes obsolete because of opportunities created by new technology
• The space of openness and collaboration in that classroom is a sacred trust I strive to create each semester
• I'd really like to clear up some serious misconceptions about what actually happens in university classrooms

Bills: HB2476, HB2893, HB4848, HB5062, SB37, SB60, HB2860, HB4930, SB646, SB 37

Keywords: living expenses, higher education, student support, homeless students, financial aid, grant program, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, workforce development, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, competency-based education, baccalaureate degree, cost of attendance, dual credit, computer science, course credit, foreign language requirement, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council

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• Able to have access to good technology and good physical plant locations and all of this other stuff
• And those spaces provide us with enormous opportunities to have different programs and classrooms running
• So our teachers at headquarters in a virtual classroom can utilize their tablets with the persons at
• different sites to either do tutoring or classroom lessons.
• As we're kind of going through the wondrous multitude of possibilities for tablets and other technology

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission approved the July 11 minutes and then received a detailed follow-up presentation from the Department of Correction on facility footprint, mission-driven housing, programming, and technology. Commissioner Jenkins and Deputy Commissioner Peterson explained recent and planned facility changes, including the closures of Walpole, MCI Cedar Junction, and MCI Concord, the transition of the Plymouth Section 35/Mass Act program to Health and Human Services, the return of Bay State to DOC control for possible future use, and the Shattuck Hospital move to East Newton Pavilion. Members asked about operational capacity, the exclusion of support beds from occupancy figures, and the status of mothballed or unused facilities. Framingham drew particular attention because of its historically low women’s population and planned renovations; members raised concerns about the cost and the need to consider the broader women’s correctional system. A major portion of the meeting focused on mission-driven units and evidence-based programming. DOC described specialized units for health services, nursing care, clinical stabilization, mental health, residential treatment, protective custody, reentry, emerging adults, education, and substance use recovery, and noted that security threat group support beds are not used. Staff explained the distinction between general population beds and support beds, and between programming and treatment. They said core recidivism-reduction programs are based on risk-need responsivity and COMPAS assessments, with Spectrum Health Systems as the current vendor, and presented recidivism data showing lower reoffending among participants who completed programs such as violence reduction, criminal thinking, and the Correctional Recovery Academy. For women, they highlighted the pathways model at MCI Framingham, which combines trauma-informed, gender-responsive services, and reported strong outcomes for those engaged for at least 26 weeks. Members asked about how needs are identified and counted, how declinations are handled, and how the department distinguishes completion from ongoing maintenance. DOC said participation is voluntary, individuals are re-recommended over time, and completion is recorded in the system when criteria are met. They also discussed educational supports for learning disabilities and trauma, including IEP/504 coordination, tutoring, and a new school psychologist for testing. Questions were raised about family reunification programming, and DOC pointed to family-focused services, mediation, Read to Me Mommy, and the Brave unit for young fathers. Sheriff Cabral and Sheriff Cochie praised the presentation and emphasized the importance of family reunification and the realities of trauma in incarcerated people’s lives. The final section highlighted the expanded use of tablets across all facilities. DOC said tablets now support free phone calls, emails, video visits, surveys, educational content, medical updates, sick-call requests, and an earned-good-time app, while also helping with communication during facility closures and with ongoing programming. Staff said the tablets are used both for learning and recreation, and that more than half of the incarcerated population uses them monthly for educational purposes. Members discussed whether user feedback or “reviews” of programs could help increase participation, and DOC said tablet-based surveys make that possible. The meeting ended with general agreement that the department has expanded programming and technology substantially and is using them to support reentry, communication, and facility operations.

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• And I don't believe that the technologies are properly managed to reduce risk at this point.
• The Office of Wildfire Technology Research and Development serves as California's central organizing
• And certainly classrooms that are not prepared to receive and teach the workforce of the future.
• How embarrassing is it when you go into a classroom or a lecture hall.
• Members, technology is changing fast, and as it evolves, so must our laws.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• So much so, he was never supposed to be in a classroom with two of them.
• classroom with two of them. classroom with two of them.
• At some point in time, we have got to step up and stop allowing this violence in the classrooms.
• I'm a yes. the classrooms. It is it appalling to the classrooms.
• But if we don't have teachers in the classroom, none of this happens.

Keywords: 958, all

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• In today's world, modern technology and artificial intelligence are critical to improving government
• ... ...empowers FFA leaders across the state to go into elementary classrooms and teach hands-on lessons
• That commitment to real-world readiness starts in the classroom.
• We're hearing from educators that lunchrooms are louder, classrooms are more focused, and students are
• We're hearing from educators that lunchrooms are louder, classrooms are more focused, and students are

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• It doesn't reflect day-to-day classroom It doesn't reflect day-to-day classroom inevitabilities<
• , being present in the classrooms, being present in the classrooms, observing<00:03:43.880> children
• Uh there's technology changes that need to come up.
• Uh there's technology changes that need to come up.
• technology changes that need to come up. technology changes that need to come up.

Bills: HF4382, HF2929

Keywords: child care, day care, child care center, family child care, family day care, group family day care, licensed child care, licensing modernization, early childhood education, preschool, infant care, toddler care, school-age care, drop-in child care, night care, sick care, community-based child care, provider training, staff ratios, group size

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• leaking roofs, the obvious ones, and then the not-so-obvious ones as the world has evolved and technology
• A classroom may become overcrowded. There are consequences when we don't exercise good judgment.
• So for me, this is a technology issue, if you will, and I think we need to move forward with technology
• , utilizing technology, because students like me and California Community Colleges in general...
• We believe no face significant challenges outside the classroom.

Summary: The committee hearing covered several higher education bills, with extensive testimony on student aid, affordability, and institutional debt. AB 587 would add veteran representation to the California Student Aid Commission; the author said the change would bring lived experience from the veteran community to student aid policy, and members raised a concern about keeping the commission’s membership odd-numbered, which the author said would be addressed by amendment. AB 791 would standardize cost-of-attendance housing calculations using objective data and improve notice of the adjustment process; supporters said current budgets often underestimate students’ real living costs, while UC, CSU, and independent colleges opposed or had concerns about the bill’s prescribed methodology, fiscal impact, and a 14-day turnaround for adjustments. AB 850 would create a one-term grace period for students with institutional debt to re-enroll while arranging repayment, bar reporting that debt to credit agencies, and require more transparency; proponents described students being blocked from continuing school over debts, while CSU, UC, and private-college representatives said they already use holds and payment plans and worried about added liabilities and budget pressures. AB 537 would extend the California College Promise Program to part-time community college students; supporters said most community college students attend part-time and should not be excluded from fee waivers, while the committee noted fiscal concerns but ultimately advanced the bill. AB 7 would allow universities to consider whether an applicant is a descendant of American chattel slavery in admissions as a reparative measure; supporters framed it as lineage-based reparative justice, while opponents argued it would function as a racial proxy and conflict with Proposition 209 and equal-protection principles. The committee took roll-call votes on the measures, advancing AB 587, AB 791, AB 850, and AB 537 to Appropriations, with AB 850 and AB 537 receiving fewer votes and the roll left open for additional members.

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• time that the United States was not competing on the global stage in the education of science, technology
• not siloed, that there is a common touchpoint for each of the amazing programs in this science, technology
• They can go to all the professional developments in the world, but when they get back to the classroom
• We have New Mexico State that is ongoing as technology goes.
• Technology, we still have the median age for a farmer right now is, what is it, 60 or 70?

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• We also use technology that flags concerning content typed on any of our district devices, and it enables
• Counselors at our sites use it for classroom lessons or targeted group interventions based on universal
• So we go out to every single classroom.
• Has had the same resources of technology as me.
• Technology is growing exponentially. It's developing every day.

Summary: The hearing focused on youth mental health and treatment access in California, with opening remarks emphasizing that youth distress, self-harm-related emergency visits, and difficulty obtaining care remain elevated, while workforce shortages and reliance on one-time funding continue to limit access. Assemblymember Lori Davies echoed concerns about unstable funding and said lawmakers need to hear directly from providers and families as they prepare for the budget and legislation. The chair framed the hearing as a chance to hear from county, school, provider, and student perspectives, especially in San Diego County, where needs are high and investments have not always matched demand. County and school officials described the current system and recent state initiatives, including the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, school-linked fee schedules, payment reform, and the Behavioral Health Services Act transition. San Diego County Behavioral Health said it serves Medi-Cal youth with specialty mental health needs through a broad continuum of care, including outpatient clinics, school-based services, crisis response, residential treatment, and new crisis and residential facilities. San Diego County Office of Education and San Marcos Unified School District described efforts to expand school-based services and reimbursement through CYBHI, but said implementation is slowed by complex billing rules, insurance-data collection concerns from families, administrative burden, and uncertainty about sustaining staff positions funded by grants or soft money. School counselor testimony highlighted reduced stigma through campus outreach and clubs, but also noted that counselor-to-student ratios remain well above national standards and that budget cuts threaten supports. Provider testimony stressed that the system remains fragmented and that youth often move between emergency rooms, inpatient care, outpatient therapy, schools, and county programs without smooth handoffs. A child psychiatrist described crisis cases in which the main choices are brief hospitalization or discharge with limited follow-up, and argued for stronger warm handoffs, more outpatient and intensive outpatient options, better school-clinic coordination, and broader use of mobile crisis and 988. Rady Children’s Hospital and Aurora Behavioral Health described large increases in behavioral health demand, expansion of integrated care, and major barriers tied to low reimbursement rates, delayed payments, and administrative complexity. Across the panel, witnesses called for more stable funding, clearer reimbursement rules, better parent education on warning signs, and stronger collaboration among schools, counties, hospitals, and community providers to reduce stigma and improve timely care for youth.

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• There's some technology out there that if it's not the person, it won't go off.
• I think there's some technology out there that actually can help prevent that. allows somebody to have
• I was assaulted in my classroom. ...by a student, and had I been armed, either I or the student would
• These are some of the most technologically advanced tools available. that we don't have access to.
• Reyes, were watching a movie together in their fourth grade classroom when gunshots rang out.

Bills: HB259, HB259, HB 1128, HB1337, HB1506, HB1794, HB2215, HB2470, HB2771, HB2882, HB2993, HB3053, HB3428, HB3669, HB3789, HB3924, HB4201, HB4675

Keywords: redistricting, Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission, Texas Legislature, elections, district boundaries, voter representation, healthcare, insurance, patient rights, medical expenses, access to care, affordability, legislation, firearms, penal code, regulation, short-barrel firearms, ammunition, gun control, public safety

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• Students are going to school and they are sitting there all day, afraid to get up, to leave the classroom
• People are sitting in classrooms in a very hot classroom with a scarf or sweater tied around their waist
• labels that appear at grocery stores and large box stores, and the reason for that is because as technologies
• LABELS THAT APPEAR AT GROCERY STORES, AND LARGE BOX STORES, AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE AS TECHNOLOGIES

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate opened with routine business, approved the prior journal, and received several motions to discharge identical Assembly bills from committee and substitute corresponding Senate bills. Members also offered brief recognitions for visitors, including Yemeni American community advocates and Cheri Davis, who was honored for her Alzheimer’s advocacy and support work. The chamber then took up several previously adopted resolutions, including Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Period Poverty Awareness Week, and Nurses Week, with senators speaking in support of each measure’s purpose and importance. The body then moved through a long calendar of bills, passing a wide range of measures on education, public health, correction law, environmental conservation, municipal law, agriculture, and consumer protection. Notable floor discussion included Senator Ramos explaining her support for a bill requiring salons and similar businesses to display multilingual domestic violence resource information, and Senator Gianaris and Senator Borrello debating a bill to prohibit electronic shelf labeling in stores over concerns about surveillance, dynamic pricing, and impacts on brick-and-mortar retailers. Senator May and Senator Skoufis also spoke on an environmental conservation bill concerning American eel management, with May supporting the species protections and Skoufis objecting to the bill’s structure. Most bills were adopted by wide margins, though several drew recorded negative votes. The Senate passed the domestic violence information bill, the electronic shelf-labeling bill, and multiple other measures, including bills on eviction notice procedures, surrogate court procedure, and environmental conservation. After completing the calendar, the Senate reported no further business and adjourned until the next day at 11:00 a.m.

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• This isn't, this isn't some technological breakthrough for voting digitally. OK.
• bilingual clerks at the polling place and place and needs at least one or two people who are good with technology
• Classroom A collected $100. Classroom B collected $150 and class.
• Something happened between the classroom and the main office.

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• of child care providers, speeds up the process for getting child care teachers hired and in the classroom
• This legislation allows the most qualified individuals to serve on the Assistive Technology Council.
• other jurisdictions or have completed a Department of Education driver education traffic safety classroom
• makes applicants for a learner's driver's license now complete a driver education traffic safety classroom
• We're adding specific exemptions to lock classroom requirements for certain CTE spaces like a welding

Summary: The committee took up a series of bills and amendments, reporting several measures favorably. Early in the meeting, CS for CS for SB 344 modernizing the Telecommunications Access System Act was approved without opposition. The committee then adopted amendments and passed CS for SB 714 on non-opioid advanced directives, CS for SB 738 updating child care and early learning provider regulation, CS for SB 756 revising health insurance coverage for individuals with developmental disabilities, and CS for CS for SB 1356 creating a Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases at FSU and a newborn genetic testing pilot. Later, the committee also approved CS for SB 1624 on higher education, CS for SB 1626 on child welfare, SB 178 on an agronomic study for emerging crops, SB 1162 on water access facilities and boat ramp parking, CS for CS for SB 958 creating a type 1 diabetes early detection program, CS for CS for SB 1402 expanding dropout retrieval eligibility, SB 774 requiring electronic transmission of certain court orders, SB 1516 creating an international aerospace innovation fund, and SB 994 revising driver education requirements. Most of these bills were reported favorably by roll call votes after brief explanations and, in several cases, amendments. Several measures drew substantive discussion and public testimony. CS for CS for SB 1624 prompted questions about replacing “minority” with “underrepresented,” the role of the Florida Department of Education’s Commission for Independent Education in overseeing private religious postsecondary institutions, and whether the changes could affect access for students at institutions such as FAMU and FIU. CS for CS for SB 1070 on ECGs for student athletes received extensive emotional testimony from parents and advocates describing children lost to sudden cardiac arrest and urging mandatory screenings; the sponsor said the bill would be cost-neutral for districts by encouraging partnerships with screening groups. SB 994 on driver education was discussed as a vehicle to add distracted driving instruction, and the sponsor agreed to work on that issue. SB 774 was presented as a response to a fatal delay in transmitting an ex parte order, with support from clerks and sheriffs. The most extended debate centered on SB 810 on stormwater management systems. The sponsor said the bill, as amended, would narrow annual inspections to infrastructure identified as vulnerable by MS4 entities, but the Florida League of Cities, Florida Association of Counties, and Florida Stormwater Association warned the proposal could impose major costs and duplicate existing MS4 permit requirements. Committee members questioned the fiscal impact, whether the bill would apply to FDOT or other entities, and whether annual inspections were feasible for large and small jurisdictions alike. Despite those concerns, the sponsor and several members emphasized flood prevention and public safety, and the bill remained under discussion with the sponsor indicating continued willingness to work with stakeholders.

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• to use in other ways in classroom to use in other ways in classroom instruction,<00:51:31.960>
• away from the classroom. away from the classroom.
• However, the success of these systems is not defined by the app or the technology.
• , technology, technology, uh<01:06:42.760> but<01:06:42.960> then<01:06:43.360> everything
• and everything following the technology and everything following it it it um<01:06:46.920> uses

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• A couple of information technology projects, although there are a few other items in there, and you'll
• million reduction in the funding to pay for lower staffing ratios in transitional kindergarten classrooms
• And technology projects at the community colleges.
• K classroom staffing ratio. There's obviously been a lot of conversation about this over the years.
• And so with fewer classrooms, we assume that there will be fewer teachers needed.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• and employees with disabilities at risk, and increases the risk of spread of fatal diseases in classrooms
• It risks the spread of fatal diseases in classrooms, community centers, dorms, and fails to give public
• With these laws that are going to be enforced in the classroom.
• We would preserve resources for the classroom. Right now, this proposal doesn't do that.
• We would preserve resources for the classroom. Right now, this proposal doesn't do that.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Senate met with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through several Committee of the Whole calendars considering House bills on topics including licensing timeframes, homicide, forcible entry and detainer, nuisance actions, family/abortion-related offenses, patient records, education, public health, child support, school curricula, tax administration, state treasurer investments, public records, shopping carts, health professional licensure, and state land use. Most bills were reported out with do-pass recommendations, several with committee amendments adopted first. The transcript includes repeated roll-call and voice votes, with members often explaining opposition on bills involving vaccination mandates, fetal/prenatal development instruction, public records fee exemptions for legislators, shopping cart regulation, and small subdivision water-supply concerns. Supporters generally framed bills as clarifying law, improving enforcement, or limiting burdens on government and businesses. Opponents raised concerns about public health, local control, school costs, transparency abuses, and water policy. The Senate also recessed briefly and later returned to third reading votes on multiple bills. Several measures passed on final vote, including HB 2016, HB 2140, HB 2195, HB 2439, HB 2028, HB 2557, HB 2086, HB 2830, HB 2327, HB 2460, HB 4056, and HB 2660, with recorded vote totals generally ranging from 16-10 to 26-0. The session ended with committee announcements, a note about a softball game sign-up, and adjournment until the next scheduled meeting.

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• I reserve the balance of my time. is to adopt technology that has been is to adopt technology that has
• <03:15:50.560> for to deploy scanning technology for to deploy scanning technology for certain
• For those recognition or OCR technology.
• Imagine a world because it's technology.
• I yield technology for the greater good.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, April 27, 2026, 1012, house, all

Bills: HJR1101, SB1319, SB1264, HB4237, SB1277, SB2069, HB3066, HB2115, HB2153, HB2268, HB2961, SB1679, SB2018, HB4294, SB2095, HB4113, SB1894, SB1810, HB4268, HB1752, HB3413, SB625, HB3644, HB3940, HJR1096, HJR1100, HJR1099, HB2992, SB1636, HB4302, SB1613, SB1443, HB1409, HB1675, HB1225, HB1381, HB4359, SB1503

Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ