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• The speaker said the way to start is by example and then take that into the classroom, teaching children
• Nutrition education takes place in the classroom, but not only in the classroom, right?
• classroom but not only in the classroom classroom but not only in the classroom right<01:40:36.719
• I talked a lot about nutrition education in the classroom, but it's also really holistic and integrated
• , but it's also really in the classroom, but it's also really holistic<01:50:48.560> and<01:50

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Summary: The task force met for its third meeting, approved the minutes, and heard testimony from Dr. Jack on behalf of the American Beverage Association and Kentucky Beverage Association. Dr. Jack argued that the “totality of the science” supports low- and no-calorie sweeteners as safe and useful tools for reducing sugar and calories, citing FDA and other domestic and international reviews, clinical trials, and the FDA’s recent healthy-label rule. He also described the industry’s transparency efforts, including a “Good to Know” database compiling ingredient and safety information, and said the beverage industry has voluntarily worked to offer more choices with less sugar. Members questioned him about whether beverage ingredients are restricted in other countries, possible health effects beyond weight and cancer, concerns about metabolic issues and gut microbiome effects, whether sweeteners are addictive, and why companies do not simply remove sweeteners. Dr. Jack responded that most ingredients are permitted in many jurisdictions, that broad food-safety reviews have looked at multiple endpoints and found the ingredients safe, that the gut microbiome is still being studied, and that recent clinical evidence does not show increased sweetness preference. He also said business decisions about formulations are up to companies and noted that cane sugar and high-fructose corn syrup are metabolically similar. The committee also discussed consumer apps and ingredient-scoring tools; Dr. Jack said the industry’s website presents facts without interpretation and is based on food-safety agency assessments. At the end of his testimony, the chair accepted additional fact sheets for the committee. The meeting then moved on to introduce Dr. Gary Huber, who began testimony by emphasizing integrative medicine, metabolic syndrome, and the role of diet, exercise, sleep, and stress in health, but his full presentation was not included in the excerpt.

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• Um, daycare safety does not stop at the classroom doors.
• Um, daycare safety does not stop at the classroom doors.
• Um, daycare safety does not stop at the classroom doors.
• Um, daycare safety does not stop at the classroom doors.
• <00:46:05.839> for had been in this teacher's classroom for had been in this teacher's classroom

Bills: HF1027, HF2226, HF1916, HF1915, HF1567, HF1986

Keywords: mortgage foreclosure, redemption, foreclosure surplus, sheriff's sale, junior lienholder, mortgagor, homeowner protections, loss mitigation, dual tracking, foreclosure redemption period, certificate of redemption, certificate of sale, sheriff, county recorder, registrar of titles, homeownership center, lien priority, real property, foreclosure by advertisement, surplus funds

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• Austin and a master's in education from SMU, where he studied classroom pedagogy and the school finance
• I think that we've been very diligent, from sitting in public school classrooms with teachers all over
• He followed the classroom rules and was overall a great kid.
• This is not for instructional classroom instruction. All right. Let me ask you another question.
• It was either a moment where it was a student cutting herself in the classroom.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 convened with a quorum, adopted its committee rules, and heard opening remarks from members introducing staff and outlining priorities for the session. Several senators emphasized support for public education, teacher pay and safety, parental choice, and the combined K-16 jurisdiction of the committee. The chair also reviewed hearing procedures, including public testimony registration and time limits. The main item was Senate Bill 2, the Texas Education Freedom Act, laid out by Chairman Creighton. He described the bill as an education savings account program intended to expand school choice, with a $200 million universal eligibility pool and an additional $800 million targeted to students with disabilities and lower-income families. He said the bill includes anti-fraud safeguards, criminal background checks for vendors, reporting requirements, data protections, and annual testing for participating students, while not imposing STAAR on private schools or homeschoolers. He also said the bill removes a prior hold-harmless provision for public schools and is separate from public school funding and teacher pay legislation. Members questioned the bill’s income threshold, lottery and priority structure, treatment of homeschoolers, microschools, charter schools, religious freedom protections, citizenship/lawful presence language, cybersecurity, open records, and disability-related issues, including whether 504 students and foster children should be included. Creighton said the bill is designed to prioritize former public school students with disabilities or lower incomes, while also allowing universal eligibility within the program’s first funding tier, and that the Comptroller would oversee vendor screening and cybersecurity rules. He said the bill does not direct curriculum or interfere with religious beliefs and that amendments may be offered later on citizenship and other issues. After member questions, the committee began invited testimony, starting with EdChoice representative Robert Inlow, who testified in support of SB 2 and cited national growth in school choice programs and studies he said show positive effects for students and public schools.

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• That it allows those schools, those school districts, those classroom teachers to say, 'Hey, there's
• That it allows those schools, those school districts, those classroom teachers to say, 'Hey, there's
• In response to that, I want to change the way I do things in my' Classroom because I know I can get a
• program just puts everybody on notice that we need to be bringing our very best every day to the classroom

Bills: HB1675, HB3242, HB1739, HB3320, HB3047, HB4434, HJR1089, HB4432, HB3718, HB3705

Keywords: emergency management, severe weather, youth camp, summer camp, overnight camp, day camp, outdoor education, adventure camp, wilderness program, campground safety, tornado preparedness, flooding, flash flood, high winds, hail, lightning, extreme heat, extreme cold, wildfire smoke, evacuation plan

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• And the bill also requires that, beginning not later than the 2028-29 school year, each K-5 classroom
• teacher providing literacy instruction be trained in the science of reading, and that classroom teachers
• successfully... ...teacher providing literacy instruction be trained in the science of reading, and the classroom
• bill also allows the Department of Education to provide accommodations for those counties whose classroom

Keywords: 994, senate, all

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• Each thing that doesn't happen at the system level or the college level ends up in the classroom.
• To work with Minnesota State, work with you all to maintain the integrity of our online classrooms.
• Entirely sure if that would include that classroom-level... Of screening. Welcome back.
• AND HINDERS THEM Second, classroom disruption: fraudsters sometimes enroll at scale, hundreds or thousands

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• If you walk into a math classroom, an English classroom, you're likely to see desks in rows, a pretty
• Uh, we actually do not have our building completed, so I won't even have all of my classrooms next year
• career in California in a program in which I was for many years, usually the only white person in my classroom

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• extensive recognition is a true reflection of her commitment to fostering an inclusive, innovative classroom
• 17:03.240> Innovative fostering an inclusive Innovative fostering an inclusive Innovative classroom
• :05.120> please<00:17:05.360> join<00:17:05.600> me<00:17:05.760> in classroom
• environment please join me in classroom environment please join me in congratulating<00:17:06.640>

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• boards to adopt a policy for the temporary were temporary removal of instructional personnel from the classroom
• Any instructional personnel from the classroom be shared on the disqualification list maintained by the
• Some kids come into our classrooms, carrying the world on their shoulders and it becomes our job to kind
• are facing challenges and supporting students with disabilities and ensure they remain in their classrooms

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• forth and especially the parents of special needs children being an educator at spent time in a classroom
• particularly important to me because my daughter, Gina, as placed on the wrong side of a locked classroom
• We have a welding classroom where the door inside of a locked perimeter should probably be open because
• would only be participating in the scholastic sports and we're not take up space in any class or classroom

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• said on Zoom, the problem is the funding is not going specifically to CTE; it's not getting to the classroom
• and they don't have rods to weld because they're not buying the supplies for it. ...for the CTE classrooms
• They're not getting to the classroom.
• They're not gonna come teach in the classroom for 55,000 a year.

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• saying they can go into the classroom saying they can go into the classroom and<01:10:25.440>
• <01:13:06.480> is<01:13:06.880> is >> and every child in that classroom is is
• >> and every child in that classroom is is different. different. different.
• When that person gets in that classroom and finds out that that's not what they really want to be when
• uh setting, or pep rally, a classroom uh setting, or whatever<01:23:24.800> that<01:23:25.040

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• We've converted two buildings into offices and classrooms.
• and classrooms we have three<00:24:22.000> programs<00:24:22.600> college<00:24:23.240
• <00:26:11.480> during<00:26:11.760> the is one of our main classrooms during the is
• <00:26:49.799> more you'll find another classroom more you'll find another classroom more
• <00:34:51.159> work Human Services through my classroom work Human Services through my classroom

Keywords: 1183, house

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• BELIEVE THE RIGHT TO STUDENT EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BE SUPERSEDED BY THE PRESENCE OF WEAPONS IN THE CLASSROOM
• THE CLASSROOMS NOW HAVE BETTER DOOR LOCKS AND PANIC BUTTONS. I LOVE MY SCHOOL.
• LISTEN WHEN I SAY THAT WHAT WE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IS THE PRESENCE OF DEADLY WEAPONS IN THE CLASSROOM

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• If she determined her classroom needed a new set of microscopes, she could make that purchase, but she
• <01:11:07.360> I what is taught in the classroom I what is taught in the classroom I imagine
• That's a lot of classroom teachers or paraprofessionals, or you don't have that much of materials you
• teachers or Paris or you don't classroom teachers or Paris or you don't have<01:59:21.040> that
• <06:39:07.840> into risks turning classrooms into risks turning classrooms into Battlegrounds

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Education Policy Committee opened a hearing on HB 748, which would establish a local education freedom account (EFA) program. The prime sponsor, Rep. Kevin Verville, described the bill as enabling legislation that would let local voters decide whether to create a local EFA program by petition and ballot vote, with a 60% threshold to approve or repeal it. He argued that public education is about funding rather than a specific school building, said the proposal would expand parental choice, and cited Deerfield’s move from a single high school option to multiple tuitioned options as an example of local flexibility. Verville said the local EFA would be funded at twice the state adequacy amount, with the district matching the state portion, while other aid categories such as free and reduced meals, English language learner, and special education aid would not be doubled. He said students using a local EFA would still count in average daily membership, that unspent EFA funds would revert to the district, and that the bill would prohibit double-dipping with other scholarship or EFA programs. He also said special education services would remain under district discretion and that local EFA participants would still take statewide assessments for accountability. Committee members pressed him on several issues, especially special education, transportation, and fairness. Rep. Woodcock and Rep. Murray asked whether districts would still have to provide special education and transportation services if a student used a local EFA; Verville responded that special education would remain in the local district at district discretion, while transportation would generally become the family’s responsibility unless already required in an IEP. Rep. Cornell raised an equity concern about no income eligibility cap, asking whether higher-income families should receive the same public support; Verville replied that New Hampshire does not means-test public education and that the local EFA is a public funding mechanism, not a tuition subsidy that would cover full private-school costs. No vote or committee action was taken in the portion provided.

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• move to the Senate's position on funding $200,000 for the display of patriotic portraits in the classroom
• move to the Senate's position on funding $200,000 for the display of patriotic portraits in the classroom

Summary: The House Pre-K through 12 Education Budget Conference convened and organized by naming Rep. Persons-Mulicka as chair and Sen. Burgess as vice chair, with both selections approved without objection. Members also agreed, without objection, that ties are not allowed in committee meetings. Opening remarks from both chairs emphasized working together to resolve outstanding budget issues for the 2026-27 Pre-K-12 education budget. The House then presented its first budget offer. The chair highlighted several points: additional non-recurring child care and development funding to help prevent any child from being disenrolled from the school readiness program in fiscal year 2026-27; agreement to the Senate’s position on $200,000 for patriotic portraits in classrooms; continued support for a $100 million teacher salary increase focused on veteran teachers; and an adjustment to the base student allocation increase to match the Senate’s $50 increase. The offer also included project funding, FEFP summary changes, and proviso/back-of-the-bill items aligned with the House budget offer. No public testimony was offered and no questions were raised on the House offer. The chair reminded attendees that the conference was operating on a one-hour meeting notice. The meeting then adjourned on a motion to rise, without objection.

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• I'm guessing, was due to this being during the time of COVID in our slow ramp-up to going back to classroom-based
• And I do—we have been back in the classroom for years now, and they're still not expending all of the
• Yeah, and obviously we want quality classroom settings, but certainly not.
• They are in a single classroom setting.
• They're in a single classroom setting.

Summary: The committee heard an update on the administration’s Career Education Master Plan and the new California Education Interagency Council. Administration and agency staff described efforts to better connect K-12, higher education, workforce, and data systems, including the California Cradle to Career Data System, e-Transcript California, and a proposed career passport. They emphasized regional coordination with workforce boards and community colleges, and said the new council’s immediate tasks are to hold its first meeting by the end of June, enter into a data-sharing MOU, and complete a strategic plan by the end of November. Members asked about the council’s authority, reporting requirements, and how it would relate to the broader Master Plan for Higher Education; staff said the council will make recommendations but does not have implementation authority. The committee then took up the Governor’s proposed $100 million one-time expansion of dual enrollment grants and related changes to instructional minute requirements. Finance and the Department of Education said the proposal would support middle college, early college, and CCAP programs, add technical assistance, prioritize high-need LEAs, and reduce the minimum instructional day for certain dual enrollment students from 240 to 180 minutes to ease scheduling barriers. The Chancellor’s Office strongly supported the investment, citing access, acceleration, and equity benefits, while the LAO recommended rejecting the funding, arguing the state already provides ongoing support and that the proposal does not address major barriers. Members raised questions about adult learners, A-G alignment, reporting on outcomes and expenditures, rural access, transportation, staffing, and whether the funding would create lasting program capacity. The item was left open after discussion. The committee also considered trailer bill language to align the definition of long-term English learners across data systems. Finance and CDE said the change would simplify identification by defining LTELs as students who have not attained English proficiency within seven years and RTELs as students not proficient within six years, matching the dashboard and research-based timelines. CDE said the current mismatch between dashboard and assessment definitions creates confusion and delays, while some members and advocates worried the change could reduce earlier intervention or should be handled through policy committees rather than the budget process. The committee voted to reject the proposal and refer it to policy, though the administration said it still supports the budget language. Finally, the committee heard a proposal to extend the Supporting Inclusive Practices project by one year, through June 30, 2027. CDE said the project is promising but raised concerns about the contract structure and fiscal management, while Marysville Joint Unified School District testified that SIP had helped expand inclusive preschool and district-wide practices and reduce reliance on more restrictive placements. Members questioned why funds had not been fully encumbered and whether the remaining money should be redirected to areas with greater implementation need. The item was discussed but no final action was described in the excerpt.

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• Broken HVAC systems, outdated wiring, leaking roofs, and classrooms that are not prepared to receive
• We need access to safe, affordable housing as part of our college facilities and modernized classrooms
• infrastructure failures like broken HVAC systems, outdated wiring, leaking roofs, and certainly classrooms
• We need access to safe, affordable housing as part of our college facilities and the modernized classrooms
• so that we can close as part of our college facilities and the modernized classrooms so that we can

Summary: The Assembly convened with a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long daily file of bills. Early procedural motions included a failed attempt to suspend the rules for AB 1219, followed by consideration of numerous measures on housing, veterans, education, elections, energy, wildfire prevention, public safety, and consumer affordability. Several bills drew bipartisan support and passed overwhelmingly, including AB 878 on safety accommodations for survivors of violence, AB 948 on school district facility maintenance, AB 81 and AB 88 on veterans’ mental health and student aid, AB 640 on school board fiscal training, AB 660 on housing permit timelines, AB 1048 on workers’ compensation billing disputes, AB 1119 on dual credentialing, AB 1172 on inhalable anti-seizure medication access, AB 1227 on wildfire prevention, AB 1285 and AB 696 on lithium-ion battery safety, AB 1417 on offshore wind transparency, AB 1530 on disaster recovery assistance, and AB 353 on affordable home internet. Some measures drew opposition or more divided votes, including AB 704 on sealing certain misdemeanor records, AB 1249 on early voting access, AB 1280 on thermal energy incentives, AB 1448 on offshore oil protections, AB 380 on price gouging, AB 402 on Cal Grant increases, AB 1074 on CalWORKs reunification, and AB 1084 on expedited gender-change and name-change court orders. The Assembly also granted reconsideration on AB 435, a child passenger safety bill, and passed it after debate on the five-step safety-seat standard. The floor debate featured recurring themes of affordability, housing, wildfire preparedness, election access, veterans’ services, and public safety. Supporters of the election bill AB 1249 argued it would simply add a Saturday early-voting option in non-VCA counties, while opponents raised concerns about verification and county staffing. AB 30, authorizing E15 gasoline in California, was presented as an urgency measure to lower fuel costs and passed unanimously on the urgency and the bill. AB 1466 on groundwater disputes was also taken up, with the author arguing it would reduce frivolous litigation and better represent all water users; the vote was 42 ayes and 17 noes. After completing the file, the Assembly recessed for lunch, later returned, and continued with additional file items, with many measures passing on strong bipartisan votes.

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• It makes me want to go back into the classroom to really see it to really see those students earning
• So our tag line is from classroom to casework to competent leadership.
• And we're doing that through different innovative technology integration, into classrooms into pre service
• So faculty will be able to integrate those resources into their classroom.
• child protective investigators for case managers and for licensing staff place a heavy focus on classroom

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We get the chance to get out of the classroom. We want them to do it, too.
• So together, FFA, classroom instruction.
• c> that classroom instruction, and that classroom instruction, and that experiential<00:01:56.720
• We get the chances to get out classroom.
• We want them to do it, of the classroom.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all