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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:06 am

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • peer-reviewed publications on produced water, with several additional papers expected later this summer
  • microbial communities, which was a 40-week water, with several additional papers expected later this summer
  • The industry tried again, citing new science this summer, but again, it did not support the discharge
  • The Water Quality Control Commission nonetheless put in place a research-based pilot program to bring
  • The explanation I got, offering a way out of what happened this summer, to me didn't hold merit.
Keywords: 996, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Residency Program.
  • I started at 13 years old in a City of LA summer youth work program.
  • I started at 13 years old in a City of LA summer youth work program.
  • I started at 13 years old in a City of LA summer youth work program.
  • I started at 13 years old in a City of LA summer youth work program.
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance heard an extended discussion on state efforts to recruit, prepare, and retain teachers, with a focus on whether current programs are sustainable and well targeted. Testimony from the Learning Policy Institute, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the Department of Education, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office described persistent shortages, especially in special education, math, science, bilingual education, and high-need schools. Speakers emphasized that residency programs, Golden State Teacher Grants, National Board incentives, classified employee pathways, and undergraduate teacher pipelines have helped increase preparation and retention, but many of these efforts rely on one-time funding and lack long-term certainty. Committee members repeatedly raised concerns about the “leaky pipeline,” working conditions, the burden of student debt, and whether the state should simplify and institutionalize support for aspiring teachers rather than rely on a patchwork of grants. The agencies presented data showing continuing shortages and uneven distribution of fully credentialed teachers. CTC reported projected hiring needs of roughly 20,000 to 25,000 teachers annually, with the highest needs in self-contained classrooms, special education, and certain regions of the state. It also noted that emergency permits, waivers, and intern credentials remain high, and that teachers entering through those routes have higher turnover. LPI cited research showing residency-prepared teachers are more effective and more likely to stay, and argued that Golden State Teacher Grants attract candidates who might not otherwise enter teaching and help them complete preparation. CDE stressed that most new demand comes from attrition and urged support for multiple entry points, tuition assistance, and campus-based coursework. Several members also discussed the role of community college pathways, dual credentialing, and support for school leaders as part of retention. The LAO recommended rejecting the educator pipeline proposals under discussion, citing limited evidence of effectiveness and suggesting that any new spending should be more narrowly targeted to the highest-need schools and long-standing shortage subjects. The LAO also said that if the Legislature funds new programs this year, Proposition 98 would be preferable given the state’s fiscal condition. Committee members pushed back on the idea that declining enrollment or layoffs would solve shortages, noting that shortages and layoffs can coexist in different subject areas and regions. The discussion ended with agreement that staff would continue working with agencies on how to make teacher pipeline investments more consistent, coherent, and easier for candidates to navigate. The committee then turned to the Golden State Teacher Grant Program. Finance proposed $50 million in one-time General Fund support to extend the program for one additional year, while the LAO recommended rejecting the proposal because the first CSAC evaluation is not due until later in the year and because the funding would be non-Proposition 98. CSAC supported the extension, saying demand has been strong, over 20,000 aspiring educators have been served since 2021, and the agency had to pause applications after receiving more than 9,200 this year; it also said more than 2,500 candidates had already expressed interest for next year. Members asked how many students the new funding would serve, and CSAC estimated just under 5,000 awards at $10,000 each. The discussion also covered whether the grant could be moved into Proposition 98 and how the one-time nature of the funding affects confidence among prospective teachers.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • I think this is a program, a measure that all in agriculture could support.
  • This is a great program.
  • And so, again, overall, great program.
  • The RTCP program chair heard is correct.
  • The RTCP program chair herd is correct.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee first considered three gubernatorial nominations. GM510, Faith Tui Pulotu to the Molokai Irrigation System Water Users Advisory Board, received strong support from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau, though the nominee was not present online. GM614, Mark Gordon to the Environmental Advisory Council, also drew unanimous support from state and private testifiers; Gordon described his environmental health and safety background and said he could commit the time needed. GM696, James Falconer to the Advisory Board on Pesticides, was supported by the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity and the Hawaii Farm Bureau; Falconer discussed his long experience in coffee and sugar, including work responding to coffee leaf rust and the need for timely pesticide tools. All three nominations were recommended for advise and consent and were adopted by four-member votes. The committee then heard several agriculture bills. HB 1603 HD1 would allow the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to extend agricultural park leases without the current county-population restriction; supporters called it an equity measure and asked that it apply to all ag park leases, while the department gave standard testimony. HB 1707 HD1 would create a local agricultural transportation cost reimbursement program; supporters said transportation is a major production cost and suggested amendments to define “necessary supplies” and explicitly include honey. HB 2155 HD1 would establish an agricultural statistics program, with supporters emphasizing the need for better data to guide planning. HB 2594 HD1 would direct a study on insurance coverage for small producers, which supporters linked to recent storm damage and the lack of tailored insurance products. HB 2595 HD1 would create a regional agricultural feasibility and food systems production working group; supporters said it should consider markets as well as crop suitability and regional conditions. Members asked questions about lease competition, transportation reimbursement amounts and anti-double-dipping safeguards, the usefulness of agricultural data, and whether state or federal insurance models could be used as templates. Testifiers generally said the bills would help reduce costs, improve planning, and support small and neighbor-island producers, while noting that implementation details and funding levels would need further work. The committee then voted to pass all five bills with amendments, generally including a deferred effective date of July 1, 2050, and in the case of HB 1707, the committee adopted the suggested amendments to define necessary supplies and add honey to the covered commodities.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:13:16.480> are care and public preschool programs are care and public preschool programs
  • School Readiness plus statutory program School Readiness plus statutory program requirements<01:
  • So that's for the public preschool programs.
  • So that's for the public preschool programs.
  • system apply to all types of programs system apply to all types of programs where<01:41:16.080><
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Education (04/22/2025)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • . program. program.
  • When you look at the bottom, this is for tuition and fees for summer education programs and specialized
  • <02:10:29.199> education<02:10:29.920> programs and fees for summer education programs
  • and fees for summer education programs and<02:10:31.199> specialized<02:10:31.920> education
  • <03:24:35.520> in program a neutral benefit program in program a neutral benefit program in
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Ways and Means (04/30/2025)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • vacation, the summer for your summer vacation, the summer for your summer vacation, maybe<00:43:06.079
  • for the next for this upcoming summer. for the next for this upcoming summer.
  • Uh Canadians, uh one of New summer.
  • them are saying that their summer them are saying that their summer bookings<01:27:03.520> are
  • Um this past summer we barely hit 2500. Um this past summer we barely hit 2500.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • Then we pass legislation in 2010 to establish programs and then in 2020 in accordance with the prior
  • So even if it's a federal funded program, it has a state impact in the state is to protect that.
  • We're banning these types of weather modification programs.
  • Chairman, this bill creates a resilient building tax credit program.
  • So quick look at recipient SITE program program. Success is dependent on recipient site.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 8, 2026 - PM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, they did that this summer.
  • Um, they did that this summer.
  • Um, they did that this summer.
  • Um, they did that this summer.
  • Um, they did that this summer.
Keywords: 916, all
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, what is your connection to the program?
  • ownership development program report. ownership development program report.
  • what is your connection to the program? what is your connection to the program?
  • Talk to me about this program specifically. What does it aim to do?
  • The reality is there is not enough government money, whether it be this program or similar programs,
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The program opened the 2026 Senate session with tributes to Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and others lost or injured during the interim, including Senator John Hoffman, who returned to the floor after surviving an attack. Senators repeatedly framed the session around courage, grief, civil discourse, and a commitment to govern despite heightened fear and political violence. The Capitol itself has changed in response, with locked doors, new security systems, more law enforcement presence, and new visitor guidelines. A major segment focused on Capitol security. Senator Bonnie Westlin said the Axtell report, commissioned by the Department of Public Safety, was the basis for new screening measures and identified weapon screening as the top priority. She said the goal is to create a safer perimeter for members, staff, and the thousands of annual visitors, while keeping access workable through single entry points and Evolv screening machines. She also discussed Senate restrictions on guns in the gallery, possible future legislation to ban guns on the Capitol complex, encrypted badges, internal access controls, and behavioral threat assessments. She noted some recommendations will require funding, with the Department of Administration seeking about $41 million. The program also highlighted the Senate fiscal review, described as a nonpartisan summary of the enacted budget that is being moved toward a more interactive web format. Another segment featured Senator Eric Lucero on affordable housing and home ownership. He said the Minnesota Housing workforce and affordable home ownership program is intended to increase owner-occupied housing supply, but argued that 123 homes built statewide is not enough to address the shortage. Lucero blamed regulation and permitting delays for higher costs, said Minnesota homes can cost $50,000 to $150,000 more than comparable homes in neighboring states, and said he will continue pushing for regulatory rollbacks to make home ownership more attainable.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Aug 29th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Bright High School The high school and college students here today have spent the summer interning
  • So please join me and give a warm welcome to Supervisor Brian Cobert and his summer interns.
  • Job site standards and apprenticeship programs, never mincing his words when it came to his passion.
  • She helped secure an extension for the Secure Rural Schools Program.
  • And she helped us obtain increases for educational programs that served infants and toddlers.
Summary: The Assembly convened with a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a largely procedural floor session. Members also heard guest introductions recognizing the 20th anniversary of UC Merced and visiting interns and local officials. The Speaker reminded members about floor managers for Senate bills and noted several items were passed and retained on file or deferred during the day’s business. On the Daily File, the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments to AB 385 on park property and AB 1119 on teacher credentialing, both by unanimous 57-0 votes. The house also passed SB 351, a health practices measure presented as strengthening enforcement of California’s corporate practice of medicine rules and protecting the doctor-patient relationship, by a 61-0 vote. SB 697, relating to water rights adjudication and allowing the State Water Board to use technology such as drones for investigations, passed 55-0. The Assembly then took up SB 346 on local government and short-term rentals. Supporters said it would help cities collect transient occupancy taxes, enforce local ordinances, and identify unpermitted rentals; Assembly Members Bauer-Kahan, Papin, and Dixon spoke in favor, with Dixon describing local regulatory challenges from her time in Newport Beach. The bill passed 50-0. The second-day consent calendar was then approved. The remainder of the session was devoted to adjournment in memory remarks honoring Miguel Antonio Cano, Officer of the California Highway Patrol; Vincent Dino, a longtime Palmdale water district and civic leader; Andrew Meredith, a labor and building trades leader and former Galt mayor; and Erica Hoffman, a California School Boards Association advocate for public education. The Assembly then adjourned until Tuesday, September 2 at 1 p.m.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Education Finance (02/12/2025)

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to ask you about a similar program, the state's biggest program, which is the Medicaid program
  • <00:28:52.640> if<00:28:52.799> we're um if the program if we're um if the program
  • First of all, the EFA program is a discretionary program.
  • This is a program that, statistically overall, is an exclusionary program.
  • program was going the Boucher program program was going the Boucher program was<01:52:47.679>
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division II (03/24/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • So on page number 11 is the programs So on page number 11 is the programs that<00:37:32.160>
  • This is a pilot program.
  • This is a pilot program.
  • over the summer over the summer<01:25:57.040> and<01:25:57.280> fall.
  • We cannot support expanding the program at this time. It is not a popular program to expand.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee met with Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre and Charitable Gaming Chief Compliance Officer Kulie Aoyo to review proposed changes in HB 2 and related amendments affecting video lottery terminals, historic horse racing, charitable gaming, and scratch tickets. McIntyre said the late-arriving amendment made revenue estimates difficult, especially because the bill would allow operators to decide when to convert from HHR to VLTs and would change the floor-space rules. He explained that the existing 70/30 floor-space split between machines and table games was negotiated to protect charity revenue, and warned that moving to a 90/10 split could reduce charity revenue, potentially by as much as $17 million, while also changing the character of the facilities. Committee members discussed whether to keep the 70/30 split, and McIntyre said he could provide updated estimates later that day, including net impacts after any offsetting gains or losses under current law. Members also asked about the governor’s proposed operator share versus the Sweeney amendment’s higher operator share. McIntyre said the governor’s 45% figure was based on his own estimate and on comparable rates in other states, and he supported it as a way to maximize revenue for the state and charities. He also described a change to high-stakes tournaments: after speaking with Rep. Sweeney, he said the amendment was clarified to apply only to those tournaments and would lower the house take from 10% to 5% to encourage participation in rare, high-buy-in events. The committee also discussed a separate proposal to raise the maximum scratch ticket price from $30 to $50; McIntyre said the change would take time to implement, would likely increase net state revenue by about $1 million in year two, and was consistent with pricing in neighboring states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut. Additional questions covered sports betting and a separate Kino-related estimate. McIntyre said March Madness is the busiest period for sports betting and that the state’s sports betting revenue has exceeded initial expectations. He also said he had estimated that removing a municipal-vote restriction for Kino could cost about $12 million total, with $2 million in the first year and $10 million thereafter. No formal votes were taken during the discussion; the chair indicated the committee would revisit the VLT amendment and other sections later, and McIntyre agreed to send updated revenue estimates to committee members.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/06/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • /c><00:01:01.960> in<00:01:02.199> regards program program and this is in regards program
  • time hosts uh a lot of activities summer time hosts uh a lot of activities summer or<00:02:56.440
  • <00:27:30.440> concert Art displays summer concert Art displays summer concert series<00:27
  • Art displays summer art concert Ser<00:29:18.760> summer<00:29:19.159> concert<00:29:19.600
  • the home to a studio Residency program the home to a studio Residency program that<00:29:26.840>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard several Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund requests and laid them over for possible inclusion. Senate File 673 sought $795,000 to help replace or refurbish the structurally unsound Marshall bandshell. Senator Gary Dames, Marshall Mayor Bob Burns, and Parks and Recreation Superintendent Preston Stenard described the bandshell as an iconic community venue used for concerts and arts events, noting prior repairs in 2004, a 2001 structural report, and the need for full replacement due to settlement and deterioration near the Redwood River. They said the project has local support and a local funding commitment for the remaining costs. Senate File 627 requested $850,000 for the Olmsted County Historical Society to continue rehabilitation of the George Stoppel Farmstead. Senator Liz Balden, Dr. Mark Warner, and Commissioner Sanum said the site includes three National Register buildings and preserves immigration and agricultural history in southeast Minnesota. They reported that $1.1 million had already been raised and that prior Legacy funding helped stabilize one structure, but additional work is needed on the bank barn and Stoppel house to complete restoration and improve accessibility. Senate File 822 proposed $65,000 in fiscal year 2026 for the Minnesota State Band to provide free public performances across Minnesota. Testifier Craig Allen said the volunteer band, formed in 1898, uses the funding to travel to small towns and schools, including outreach to students and veterans. Conductor Keith Leuty emphasized the educational value of school visits and upcoming concerts in Moose Lake, Grand Rapids, and Cloquet, including a performance at Fond du Lac Ojibwe School. Members expressed support, and the bill was also laid over. The committee then began hearing Senate File 575, which would appropriate $3.8 million for the Grand Rapids Old Central School renovation. Senator Iorn, city councilor Rick Blake, and City Administrator Tom Pagel described the 1895 building as a historic and arts-centered community landmark with artist residencies, galleries, concerts, and other public uses. They said the building needs major repairs, including a new roof, structural truss work, HVAC replacement, and ADA and elevator upgrades, and they were in the middle of detailing those needs when the transcript ended.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/11/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • reduced price program um or free program reduced price program um or free program um<00:04:33.199
  • <00:09:52.959> so beefing up our facilitated program so beefing up our facilitated program
  • and do art and have others who were not part of the program to be a part of their program.
  • and do art and have others who were not part of the program to be a part of their program.
  • and do art and have others who were not part of the program to be a part of their program.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/29/2026 - House Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Artificial Intelligence & Innovation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The seventh best program on Capitol TV is now in session: the House AI and Innovation Committee.
  • So last summer, during the hottest point in the summer, we hit 8.7 gigawatts of peak demand.
  • So last summer, during the hottest point in the summer, we hit 8.7 gigawatts of peak demand.
  • So last summer, during the hottest point in the summer, we hit 8.7 gigawatts of peak demand.
  • We filed our case in June, and we'll be through in the hearing process this summer.
Bills: HB2133, HB2592
Summary: The House AI and Innovation Committee first heard an informational presentation from Arizona Public Service (APS) on the rapid growth of data centers and AI-related electricity demand in Arizona. APS said Phoenix now ranks near the top in North America for data center development and projected its peak load could rise from 8.7 gigawatts to 12 gigawatts by 2035, with about 19 gigawatts of potential data center demand in its queue. APS emphasized three principles for serving this growth: maintaining reliability for existing customers, preventing data center costs from being shifted to residential and small business customers, and preserving capacity for other growth. APS described its proposed approach as a combination of a pending Corporation Commission rate case and bilateral contracts, including minimum bill requirements, queue management, long-term financial commitments, and direct cost assignment to data center customers. Committee members asked about rate impacts, self-generation, behind-the-meter power, seasonal load, and possible future nuclear or other generation options; APS said it is pursuing an all-of-the-above resource strategy and that the proposed data center rate increase is 45 percent, though not yet approved. The committee then considered House Bill 2133, which would require commercial entities that knowingly distribute or publish sexual material online to obtain reasonable consent and age verification, including for synthetic or AI-generated altered images, and would impose civil penalties for violations. A five-page amendment narrowed the bill by excluding internet service providers, affiliates, search engines, and cloud providers from liability for content they do not create or directly host. The sponsor said the bill is intended to protect people in adult content from exploitation and non-consensual use, including revenge porn and trafficking-related material, and to extend protections to synthetic media. Members discussed the penalty structure, with the sponsor explaining it was modeled on similar penalties in related laws and set at $10,000 per day of violation. After no public opposition was presented, the committee adopted the amendment and voted 5-0, with 2 members present, to return HB 2133 as amended with a due pass recommendation.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Mar 11th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • or a building trades program or some other type of program that fits the job market there.
  • And there are some capital support. program, specifically a JET program administered by the Workforce
  • New fellowship programs, scholarship programs.
  • If you can't get it in this program, what about this program?
  • Spring to spring, for example, or summer to summer. to summer.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Health Subcommittee Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:30 am

A&B Health Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • services, and research programs.
  • So, how that works is typically, it's over the summer that program because most of those kiddos are enrolled
  • That program got absorbed into one of our other programs, so it's covered in other ways.
  • However, it varies by program.
  • and other teaching programs.
Keywords: 914, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 03/25/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Programs like MDS's birth-to-three programs support language acquisition for deaf and hard of hearing
  • Programs like MDS's birth-to-three programs support language acquisition for deaf and hard of hearing
  • Programs like MDS's birth-to-three programs support language acquisition for deaf and hard of hearing
  • Programs like MDS's birth-to-three programs support language acquisition for deaf and hard of hearing
  • The LTFM program was created under laws in 2015 and replaced the health and safety program.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AR
Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, so we do have public school districts in the state who opt to have summer programming and go throughout
  • We have in the past been able to utilize ABC funds to provide some summer programming.
  • But definitely you have public school districts who are offering summer programming sometimes out of
  • funds to provide some summer programming.
  • But definitely you have public school districts who are offering summer programming sometimes out of
Summary: The meeting began with approval of the previous minutes and then focused on an update from the Department of Education on early childhood programs, especially the state-funded Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) program. Secretary Jacob Oliva and Deputy Commissioner Stacey Smith said Arkansas had received a federal Preschool Development Grant and described ongoing work to review ABC slots, which have been flat for years at about 23,800 slots and roughly $114 million. They said about 1,000 slots statewide are currently unfilled despite a waiting list of more than 2,000 families, and the department is shifting toward paying based on enrollment rather than guaranteed slots. Members asked about school choice, income eligibility, year-round access, curriculum flexibility, transportation, and whether funding should be increased or rebalanced; the department said it is collecting data, may survey providers more formally, and is considering whether to modernize income thresholds, daily rates, and other program rules. The committee agreed to form an early childhood subcommittee and asked the Bureau of Legislative Research to help gather historical information on income limits and other program details. The second major portion of the meeting was a legal presentation on the framework for Arkansas school adequacy by BLR education attorney Taylor Lloyd. She reviewed the constitutional basis for a “general, suitable, and efficient” public school system, the Dupree and Lake View cases, and the principle that adequacy and equity are different but related: adequacy asks what resources are needed, while equity asks whether those resources are distributed fairly. She explained that the General Assembly must define adequacy, study it, and react to evidence over time, and that the current adequacy definition includes curriculum and career/technical frameworks, the 38 mandatory Carnegie units, state testing standards, and sufficient funding. She also described the matrix as a funding tool, not a spending mandate, and noted that categorical funds are separate from the matrix. BLR’s Elizabeth Bynum then gave the historical framework, tracing legislative responses from Dupree through Lake View and into the present. She highlighted major changes such as the creation of equalization funding, fiscal distress and academic distress laws, the adequacy study process, the Educational Adequacy Fund, facilities and transportation changes, declining enrollment and student growth funding, and later adjustments to teacher salaries, isolated funding, and categorical programs. She explained that the adequacy study has evolved through committee hearings, surveys, site visits, and outside consultants, and that recent changes include updates to accountability references and the addition or removal of certain funding categories. Members asked follow-up questions about how the matrix is used, whether homeschool or private-school funding raises comparable issues, whether stakeholders include private and homeschool participants, whether school board members should be surveyed, and whether the state should revisit average daily membership versus attendance-based funding. No votes were taken on the adequacy presentations, but the committee did agree to continue the early childhood discussion in a future subcommittee meeting.
CT
Transcript Highlights:
  • will start before the school year. marketing campaign that will start before the school year this summer
  • health advocate, Howard, DCF, and DOI, and we will be looking to reconvene that larger group this summer
  • to discuss our and we will be looking to reconvene that larger group this summer to discuss our findings
  • into as we do this work: compilation of incidents, interventions by the department on schools or programs
  • In terms of the educators, timing is key, and you might catch them in summer, so July and August are
Keywords: 962, all
Summary: The meeting began with approval of the May minutes and then moved into administrative updates on several 2025 legislative workstreams. Staff reported progress on two marketing efforts tied to the youth mental health crisis: one focused on increasing awareness and use of urgent crisis centers, and another broader crisis-continuum campaign led by United Way. Both projects are refining materials based on working-group feedback and aim to have materials ready before the start of the school year. Updates were also given on the UCC private insurance review and the crisis continuum review, both of which are gathering data and reconvening working groups over the summer. The main discussion centered on a Civic Solutions Group update on Medicaid school billing. The contractor explained that the project is examining why Connecticut schools are not billing for behavioral health and related services, with the goal of maximizing federal reimbursement. Members clarified that the study is about schools billing for services, not private providers billing in schools. Questions focused on whether Medicaid has caps or authorization issues when students receive services both in school and in the community, and whether recent federal or state changes affect billing. The contractor said the work is still in data collection and analysis, and that some issues, such as reauthorization procedures, were outside his scope. Participants also raised concerns about perceived barriers, fee-for-service limitations, and the need to distinguish school-based billing from provider billing. A second major presentation came from Disability Rights Connecticut on a separate legislative study concerning behavioral health issues affecting students receiving special education. The subgroup is examining the feasibility and impact of requiring evidence-based interventions, especially for challenging behaviors that can lead to restraint and seclusion, and is also looking at monitoring and random audits of restraint and seclusion practices. The team described its project plan, including literature reviews, interviews, focus groups, surveys, and data requests from the State Department of Education and other stakeholders. Members emphasized that the work is aimed primarily at private providers under the statute, but may have broader relevance. Questions from the group focused on whether the study would include public schools, how evidence-based practices apply to students with intellectual disabilities and autism, and whether caregivers or parents would be interviewed; the presenters said caregiver input is not currently part of the charge. The meeting ended with reminders about the July 15 meeting, which will include a Solnit briefing, and a note that August TCB meetings will not be held, though a workshop on the Connecticut Children’s Behavioral Health Provider Survey is being planned for late July or early August.