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• all NCACE designated universities in Florida College System institutions beginning the 2026-2027 academic
• It ensures every district equips educators to support academic success, positive behavior, effective
• a standardized service log, improving consistency and clarity across the district, and this was achieved
• 218 SERVICE LOG IMPROVING CONSISTENCY  AND CLARITY ACROSS THE DISTRICT  219 AND THIS WAS ACHIEVED
• talk mostly about athletics, I feel that certainty that this bill makes sure we are recognizing academics

Committee: House Education & Employment Committee

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and began by welcoming students and coaches participating in the inaugural Sunshine State Debate. Members then heard and voted on a series of education-related bills, with most measures receiving favorable reports by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The first bill, HB 1081, created a Cybersecurity Internship Clearance Readiness Program in the Department of Commerce for NCACE-designated universities and Florida College System institutions; a friendly amendment expanded access to private schools, and the bill passed 19-0. HB 1201 updated Florida’s epilepsy/seizure plan law to clarify protections for charter school students, require acceptance of physician-submitted plans, extend training validity to five years, and expand training to regular bus drivers; epilepsy advocates supported it, and it passed 19-0. HB 851 required annual autism-specific professional learning opportunities for teachers and school-based administrators, and it also passed 19-0. HB 615, dealing with IEPs, required quicker parent notice when services are missed, faster access to service logs, individualized parent orientation, and standardized district service logs; parents and advocates testified strongly in support, and the bill was reported favorably. HB 1503 added technology-related competencies to education courses and directed the Department of Education to develop computer science certification coverage; it passed 19-0. HB 371 required public schools to display portraits of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in common areas and passed 19-0 after testimony both for and against. HB 731 revised extracurricular eligibility rules and allowed local policies for compensating coaches and activity sponsors; an amendment broadened manual requirements and clarified fee actions, and the bill passed 18-0. The committee also took up HB 173, a parental rights bill that drew the most extensive debate and public testimony. The bill would require parental consent for many medical decisions for minors, give parents access to medical records, and expand parental review/opt-in rights for certain school surveys and biofeedback devices. Supporters argued it restores parental authority, improves safety, and prevents children from being cut out of important medical decisions; opponents warned it would remove confidential access to STI treatment, crisis mental health care, and other services for minors in unsafe or abusive homes. Members raised questions about abuse exceptions, emergency care, and how the bill would affect routine treatment and time-sensitive care. The bill was not voted on in the portion provided, and debate continued through multiple rounds of sponsor responses and member comments.

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• practitioners and folks in the profession statewide via the Canvas platform, where they can still achieve
• Provost and VP for Academic Affairs for Highlands, thank you. So go ahead. Try this again? No?
• We typically decide $6,000 per student per academic year to support based on our legislative funding,
• Just to follow up, you said they have to do that certain number of hours per academic year.
• To really achieve that pay equity and that financial stability for our students.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• Issues, academic support, teacher compensation.
• School meal programs can improve students' academic performance, boost attendance, and promote health
• We find that the program is still working to overcome early challenges in achieving and measuring meal
• Skills are another bottleneck to achieving quality as the school menu transitions toward more scratch
• Do you have any indicator about any other improvement, like attendance, academics, after the program

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• We also provide of stem support to create academic programming for STEM initiatives in our districts.
• with the chamber and we also go out and do the comprehensive local needs assessment to align our academic
• Yeah, student achievement is number one.
• Most importantly, we're looking at student achievement now.
• The rank somewhere around. 37 through 38 from the state academically, struggling financially.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It can be delivered at scale, and it's proven to improve student achievement.
• I would have to go back to Assistant Commissioner Burnham and our members in our academic standards team
• </c><01:15:49.520><c> standards</c><01:15:50.080><c> team</c> 2023 through our academic standards team
• 2023 through our academic standards team um<01:15:50.920><c> we</c><01:15:51.199><c> host</c><01:15:
• </c> only in suspensions but in achievement only in suspensions but in achievement um<01:42:09.599><c

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So when they come into the achievement.
• achieving in other schools.
• achieving in other schools.
• achieving in other schools.
• ><c> works</c><01:59:30.960><c> of</c> Academic research or creative works of Academic research or creative

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call - 0:00:00 Approval of Minutes – 0:03:50 Robotics Education – 0:04:18 Canopy KY – 0:14:15 Comprehensive Support and Improvement – 0:23:20 Postsecondary Credit Alignment – 0:53:15 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in K-12 Settings – 1:21:25 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 2:05:15 Adjournment 2:05:41, 958, all

Summary: The committee opened with a roll call, confirmed a quorum, approved the minutes by voice vote, and recognized a guest of Senator Hickden, retired judge Dan Kelly. The chair then moved through a tight agenda and limited public presentations and questions. The first presentation was on robotics education in Kentucky, led by Representative Chris Lewis, Kentucky FIRST Robotics executive director Kelly Gowen, and students from Whitfield Academy. They argued that robotics should be expanded in high schools as a workforce pipeline for engineering, manufacturing, and advanced technology jobs. The presentation emphasized hands-on learning, industry certifications, teacher development, and a proposed framework to fund robotics education programs statewide. Committee members were not allowed to ask questions because of time constraints. The second presentation was from Canopy Kentucky, led by Adam Watson and founder Scott Collins. They described Canopy’s business and entrepreneurship education programs for fifth graders and high school students, including the NextGen Good Biz initiative and an eight-classroom high school unit. Canopy requested a one-time $750,000 appropriation for fiscal year 2026, matched by private funds, to expand into more schools and rural areas, train educators, and report outcomes. Members asked a brief question about how the programs fit into school schedules and the difference between the elementary and high school offerings. The final presentation, from KDE’s Kelly Foster and Todd Allen, reviewed the state’s school improvement classifications. Foster explained CSI, TSI, and ATSI status, the federal and state legal framework, and how House Bill 298 returned CSI identification to an annual cycle. She reported that Kentucky identified 50 CSI schools on the most recent release, with 53 CSI schools statewide, along with 39 TSI schools and 102 ATSI schools. She also outlined KDE’s support process, including education recovery staff, diagnostic reviews, turnaround plans, and required professional learning for CSI schools.

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• Student loans help borrowers achieve educational and career goals, but they also can have long-term negative
• </c><00:03:33.920><c> Financial</c> debt build assets and Achieve Financial debt build assets and Achieve
• </c><00:06:36.440><c> their</c><00:06:36.639><c> financial</c> savings and achieving their financial
• You know, she's unlike her dad, very academically minded and doing great.
• </c> very uh academically very uh academically minded<00:48:43.440><c> and</c><00:48:44.440><c> um</c

Committee: Senate Higher Education

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Whereas mentorship plays a critical role in the personal, academic, and professional development of young
• ><c> personal,</c> plays a critical role in the personal, plays a critical role in the personal, academic
• ,<00:57:53.280><c> and</c><00:57:53.599><c> professional</c><00:57:54.160><c> development</c> academic
• , and professional development academic, and professional development of<00:57:54.880><c> young</c><00
• </c> remarkable scientific achievements. remarkable scientific achievements.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum, excused absent members, and approved the journal. During second reading, several bills and a joint resolution were reported to the Rules Committee, including measures on trauma center provider coverage, cremation, public library trustees, local occupational license fees and taxes, and a food-is-medicine resolution. The House also communicated passage of House Bills 176, 178, and 280 and requested concurrence. Committee reports advanced Senate Bill 39, Senate Bill 181 with a committee substitute, Senate Bill 17 with a committee substitute and title amendment, and Senate Bill 34. The chamber then took up and passed Senate Bill 13, which would allow military installations to have ex officio representation on nearby planning and zoning bodies to improve communication about land use near bases. It passed 37-0. Senate Bill 46, concerning school transportation, was amended by committee substitute to require background checks and drug testing for drivers of school vans and to extend van use to 10-passenger vehicles; it passed 37-0 after a brief clarification about the amendment’s display in the system. Senate Bill 22, expanding the dual credit scholarship program to support a teacher apprenticeship pathway, was amended to require a 2.75 GPA and then passed 36-1 after questions about employment status and liability; the sponsor explained it would help address teacher shortages and reduce student debt. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 90, which extends the behavioral health conditional dismissal pilot program from 2027 to 2031 to continue offering treatment-based alternatives to incarceration for eligible low-level offenders; it passed 37-0. Senate Bill 51, a proposed constitutional change to freeze property tax assessment increases for homeowners age 65 and older on their primary residence, also passed 37-0. Senate Bill 30 was passed over but retained its place in the orders of the day. The rules committee later posted Senate Bills 27, 40, and 76 for the next day, and the Committee on Committees referred Senate Bill 109 to Licensing and Occupations, Senate Bill 68 to State and Local Government, and Senate Resolutions 45 and 46 to the Senate floor.

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• commutes, overcrowded apartments, or unstable living arrangements, which impact their health and academic
• When I hear about the academic accomplishments at charter schools, not in my area, I read a lot about
• When I hear about the academic accomplishments at charter schools, not in my area, I read a lot about
• California has one of the worst achievement gaps in the entire country.
• And reading skills, strong reading skills, are the gateway to academic success, lifelong confidence,

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long floor file of bills. Early measures passed with little or no debate, including AB 698 on local transfer taxes and affordable housing analysis, AB 456 on mobile home sales, AB 1129 on reportable infant health conditions, AB 69 on Fair Plan insurance notices and voluntary market searches, AB 357 on expedited student and faculty housing permits, AB 383 on firearms code cleanups, AB 426 on drones interfering with emergency response, AB 825 on energy affordability and transmission financing, and AB 699 on ballot transparency for local tax and bond measures. Most of these bills passed unanimously or with strong bipartisan margins, while AB 825 drew the most extended debate over whether it would lower costs or expand state control of energy infrastructure; it ultimately passed 45-5. The most contentious item was AB 84, which would strengthen oversight of non-classroom-based charter schools and tighten accountability for charter spending and operations. Supporters argued it was needed to stop fraud and misuse of public education dollars, citing major scandals and audit findings, while opponents warned it would harm legitimate charter schools, reduce educational options, and disproportionately affect rural and special-needs students. Several members said they supported the bill only to keep negotiations going, and others urged more targeted or delayed action. After extensive debate and multiple amendments, the Assembly passed AB 84 on a 41-22 vote. The chamber also took up AB 610, a housing bill that would require cities and counties to disclose planned housing restrictions and limit new constraints for three years after housing element approval. The author framed it as a certainty and transparency measure to help address the state’s housing shortage, while noting continued discussions with local governments and housing advocates. The transcript ends with the bill’s presentation and request for an aye vote, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.

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• transmission of Hawaiian knowledge both transmission of Hawaiian knowledge both in<00:05:22.320><c> academic
• </c><00:05:24.320><c> He</c> in academic and community settings.
• He in academic and community settings.
• I also believe that that will be achieved through transparency. Great. Thank you.
• Themselves lose the right to that benefit that they've waited so long to achieve. Right.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Committee on Hawaiian Affairs heard nominations for several members of the Burial Council and the Hawaiian Homes Commission. For Burial Council nominations, the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Historic Preservation Division testified in support of Leimana Abunes, Cyrus Sito, Chantel Freeman, and Chadley Shiml Fenig, emphasizing their genealogical ties, cultural knowledge, experience with iwi kupuna, and commitment to preservation and reinterment. Each nominee also briefly introduced themselves and described their background and motivation to serve. Committee members said they had favorable conversations with the nominees and indicated votes would be taken at the end of the agenda. The committee then took up Governor’s Message 773, Shaylin Ornellas, for the Hawaiian Homes Commission. Testimony in support was strong, including 45 written supports and no opposition, along with oral testimony from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and community supporters. Supporters highlighted Ornellas’ education, real estate and development experience, public service, and connection to Kauaʻi and homestead communities. Ornellas said she was answering a call to serve and discussed her background and commitment to the community. Members questioned Ornellas closely about Act 279, the DHHL waitlist, beneficiary consultation, housing options, and the department’s “paper lease” practice. She said Act 279 was intended to help reduce the waitlist, supported broader housing options and beneficiary input, and acknowledged limited familiarity with the technical details of paper leases. One senator raised concerns that paper leases may not guarantee actual lots and urged further research. The discussion also touched on policy issues such as beneficiaries maintaining their waitlist positions after declining offers or taking rentals, with committee members noting these are commission policy choices rather than statutory mandates.

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• It requires targeted academic support.
• It does not lower academic or content standards.
• ,</c> by many significant achievements, by many significant achievements, including<00:27:12.960><c>
• Citation of achievement.
• It's a testament to the school's unwavering commitment to academic excellence.

Keywords: Convene 00:00 Senate Message 04:45 Calendar/2nd Readings 05:20 Report of Committees 07:05 Orders of the Day 08:23 HB 214 08:33 HB 416 12:26 HB 281 16:20 HB 134 18:13 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 21:08 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 37:01 Recess for ConC/Rules Meeting 39:15 ConC/Rules Report 42:29 Floor Amendments 44:27 Correction to Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 46:14 Adjournment 46:40, 958, all

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• So I'm curious, can you give me some goal specifics that we've achieved? Okay.
• So I'm curious, can you give me some goals specifics that we've achieved? ...concern.
• I'm curious, can you give me some goal specifics that we've achieved with this money?
• original contract is for recruitment services for the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic
• It amends an existing contract for janitorial services on campus. ...for academic affairs.

Committee: All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Summary: The committee considered and approved several temporary appropriation requests in Section B, including spending authority for the Court of Appeals to pay appointed counsel in criminal appeals, Commerce/Aeronautics airport and aviation grants, and Insurance Department items for workers’ compensation benefits and premium tax refunds. It also approved ARPA-related requests in Section C to return unused federal funds from DHS aging, mental health, substance abuse, and Older Americans Act grants. In Section D, the committee reviewed and approved Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requests, including Agriculture grants for wildfire preparedness and forestry capacity, a large Commerce broadband BEAD request, environmental recycling-related reallocations, and Oil and Gas Commission grants for facility repairs and sample preservation. Members questioned the broadband program’s audit process and performance safeguards; the State Broadband Director said the funds are federal, subject to audits, and payments are released only after engineering certification of completed work. The committee also approved DHS reallocations in Section E, including major transfers within Medical Services from hospital medical appropriations to private and public nursing home lines, as well as transfers for children and family services, developmental disabilities, and youth services. The committee then reviewed cash fund requests, miscellaneous federal grants, pay plan and performance fund transfers, methods of finance, and a large set of contracts. A Northwest Arkansas Community College official explained storm-damage repairs and insurance settlement issues, and DHS explained its hospital medical transfer was moving excess appropriation rather than cash. Members also questioned several UAPB tobacco prevention subgrants, especially arts-based outreach, and asked for more data on effectiveness; the committee later voted to expunge and re-refer the J-2 item for further review at a later ALC meeting. Additional discussion covered a DEQ grant to Free Geek of Arkansas for e-waste recycling, a UAPB tobacco program, and various contracts for universities, DHS services, corrections, and public safety. The meeting ended with reports filed for information and a brief member comment thanking others for concern after a tornado in Stone County; no one was injured.

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• Speaker, members, it's a great honor to rise today and talk about the great achievements that the state
• Under Sheriff Fagan's leadership, Fort Bend County has seen remarkable achievements.
• for Parker County Day, but maybe more importantly, um, we're here to recognize some outstanding achievement
• exemption from teacher certification examinations for certain persons who graduated from general academic
• course of automobile maintenance for public school high school students or for the subcommittee on academic

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• </c><00:04:12.400><c> standard</c> maintain that same academic standard maintain that same academic standard
• But for the general academic credit.
• Students cannot be denied or accepted based on their needs, academic or athletic achievement so that
• </c><02:19:35.280><c> or</c> based on their needs, academic or based on their needs, academic or athletic
• we</c><02:19:37.519><c> don't</c> athletic achievement so that we don't athletic achievement so that

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• They support students academically, but they also help teachers by giving them structured time to work
• </c><00:03:46.319><c> On</c> fulfill their academic needs. On fulfill their academic needs.
• They support students<00:04:11.040><c> academically,</c><00:04:12.000><c> but</c><00:04:12.159><c> they
• </c><00:04:12.400><c> also</c> students academically, but they also students academically, but they also
• Thank you for your time and achieve it.

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So we are talking about academic standards.
• It's just not clearly identified. with academic standards and trying to with academic standards and trying
• </c><00:06:01.360><c> So</c> talking about academic standards. So talking about academic standards.
• </c> indicator, what is an academic standard. indicator, what is an academic standard.
• But compromises made to achieve that.

Committee: House Education Funding

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Some of those include virtual school instruction and academic feedback mechanisms.
• </c><00:09:16.640><c> So</c> um and academic feedback mechanisms.
• So um and academic feedback mechanisms.
• </c><00:09:56.240><c> uh</c> be helpful for like our academic uh be helpful for like our academic uh
• In most achievement of the coordination.

Committee: House Primary and Secondary Education

Keywords: 958, all

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• Fifty-three campuses will begin in the 2026-27 academic year, adding eight campuses from the current
• 2025-26 academic year.
• For this current academic year, we have a 98% enrollment rate, the highest enrollment rate since the
• But the challenge with boutique programs is that when they don't achieve that scale, it seems possible
• So maybe you could respond to that notion, and then if we have or can get data or find some academic

Summary: The subcommittee first heard an informational overview from the Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement (GoServe), including California Volunteers, the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, and the Youth Empowerment Commission. GoServe reported strong participation in programs such as California Service Corps, College Corps, Youth Service Corps, Climate Action Corps, and the new men’s service challenge. Testimony emphasized enrollment, retention, and completion outcomes, outreach results, and efforts to reduce administrative costs. The Department of Finance said the administration supports the programs but has already made reductions to help address the budget deficit, while the LAO said it had no new recommendations on the informational item. Committee members raised questions about program scale, demographics, and effectiveness, especially for Climate Action Corps and whether the programs are duplicative of existing volunteer opportunities. One member criticized the programs as too fragmented and costly, while others asked for more data on who is being served and whether the programs increase actual participation in state services. GoServe said it would follow up with demographic and regional impact information. The committee also discussed the men’s service challenge, which GoServe said has formed partnerships with organizations such as YMCAs and Big Brothers Big Sisters and has already attracted more than 2,000 participants. The item was informational only. The committee then heard a BOE overview and a budget request to implement SB 293, which gives wildfire-affected families additional time to claim intergenerational Prop. 13 property tax transfers. BOE requested $154,000 for guidance, public materials, and inquiry response, explaining that the work is urgent and tied to disaster relief in Los Angeles County, especially Altadena. The LAO had no concerns, and Finance had no comment. Members asked how many cases might be affected and whether more funding would be needed later; BOE said the full number is not yet known and that future requests are possible. The committee also heard BOE’s IT modernization proposal for the state-assessed property tax system, a 30-year-old mainframe replacement costing $3.2 million in 2026-27 and $3.1 million in 2027-28. BOE and Finance supported the project as necessary, while the LAO said it had no concerns but urged a high bar for new IT spending. Members generally supported modernization but cautioned about implementation risk. Finally, CDTFA presented an overview and two policy proposals. The department described administering 42 tax and fee programs, collecting $98 billion in FY 2024, and improving administrative efficiency. Members then discussed local sales tax tools and revenue-sharing agreements, with concerns raised about transparency, consultant-driven tax allocation disputes, and the impact on local communities. CDTFA and the LAO explained that local jurisdictions control how district sales tax revenues are spent and noted the Legislature could revisit the statutory cap on local add-on sales taxes. The committee then heard CDTFA’s proposal to treat all delivery network companies as marketplace facilitators so they must collect and remit sales tax on delivery-app orders. CDTFA said the change would resolve confusion, shift compliance from thousands of small restaurants to a few large platforms, and raise about $44 million annually. Several members questioned whether the proposal would effectively raise consumer costs and whether it would create a competitive advantage or disadvantage among delivery platforms. The item remained under discussion, with no vote taken in the transcript.

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• In King County, like many other counties around the state, we face that dilemma every day in achieving
• SB-4346 is an incredible historic first step to achieving this ultimate goal.
• Our data shows TTK is providing the greatest academic and social emotional gains for students who are
• The same change goes into effect the following academic year for College Bound Scholarship.
• The same change goes into effect the following academic year for College Bound Scholarship.

Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on February 6, 2026, and first voted to suspend the five-day notice rule for all bills on the agenda. Senators Braun and Gildon objected, arguing the bill needed more public review and that the fiscal note had only just been released, but a roll call vote passed 15-9 and the committee proceeded to Senate Bill 6346. Staff briefed SB 6346 as a proposal to create a 9.9% income tax on Washington taxable income above a $1 million per-household standard deduction, with a $50,000 charitable deduction, apportionment rules for nonresidents and certain professions, quarterly estimated payments, and credits for capital gains tax and certain business taxes. Staff said the tax would begin in 2029 and eventually raise about $3.5 billion annually from roughly 30,000 taxpayers. The bill also would expand the Working Families Tax Credit, create a sales tax exemption for grooming and hygiene products, increase the small business B&O tax credit and filing threshold, and end the B&O surcharge on high-grossing businesses one year early. Members questioned the bill’s constitutionality, its exemption from referendum, treatment of student athletes, natural-resource industries, and whether real estate gains would be captured. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including labor groups, educators, health care advocates, counties, child care workers, and some business owners and high-income individuals, said the bill would make the tax code more progressive and provide stable funding for health care, education, child care, public defense, and other services, while expanding the Working Families Tax Credit. Opponents, including many small business, construction, housing, and taxpayer advocates, argued the measure would function as a tax on pass-through businesses and retained earnings, harm housing production and investment, encourage wealthy residents and businesses to leave the state, and violate the state constitution or the will of voters. No final action on SB 6346 was taken during the hearing.

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• On page one, line 25, it reads, “for veterinary education students, beginning in the 2027 academic year
• Students beginning in the 2027 academic year? Is that 26-27 or 27-28? Mr.
• As you see in this visual, the Idaho Literacy Achievement Accountability Act requires the Idaho Comprehensive
• The Idaho Literacy Achievement Accountability Act requires the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Plan.

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: 989, all