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• Multi-grade classrooms impact instructional depth and pacing.
• I've already mentioned that we have multi-age classroom groupings, integrated school activities.
• Special ed classrooms should be allocated the same or more storage and features as other classrooms,
• Special ed classrooms, service students, pre-K through 12.
• Security systems are not funded. In the adequacy planning guide. Why is that the case?

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• I appreciate your work and your advocacy that extends beyond your time in the classroom.
• type of legislation that will help lift some of those regulations so you... ...can return to the classrooms
• with Ibogaine for the treatment of opioid use disorder, demonstrating efficiency for the purposes secured
• HB 3822 by Kane relates to the parental leave policies for certain public school classroom teachers.
• Officer referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans Affairs.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• But Senate Bill 37 turns a classroom into a surveillance environment rather than a learning one.
• My classroom is thriving because I create space for diverse perspectives and...
• How will I hold classroom discussion if SB37 passes?
• SB37 would drastically limit freedom of speech in classrooms.
• Let's start with political appointees being given control over classroom content and material.

Bills: SB 37

Keywords: fetal development, education, public health curriculum, middle school, age-appropriate instruction, 1184, house, all

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• then the under the of objection process, parent or county resident can object to materials using classroom
• The effects of 10 69 have removed a lot of access to classroom libraries and oftentimes students in the
• It provides an exception for law enforcement for public safety, the crowds and security.
• to note that these cases would likely fall under federal jurisdiction in the context of national security
• So security for not just judges but for hearing officers magistrates and for the other quasi judicial

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• They helped me apply for Social Security when I turned 18.
• They cannot afford to lose wages or risk job security.
• They cannot afford to lose wages or risk job security.
• They cannot afford to lose wages or risk job security.
• Think about the parent who wants smaller classrooms.

Summary: The committee met for public testimony on the Finance budget, with the main discussion focused first on funding for disability services and then on the LA GATOR scholarship program. Several individuals testified in support of fully funding Families Helping Families and Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS), describing how advocacy, transition services, and direct support workers help people with disabilities access education, employment, and independent living. Witnesses urged the committee to preserve or increase state general funds to draw down federal matching dollars, and provider groups said current reimbursement rates and staffing shortages are leaving agencies in deficit, creating waitlists, overtime costs, and difficulty retaining workers. Committee members thanked the speakers and noted that the testimony would be used to compare the governor’s, House, and remaining budget requests. The committee then heard extensive testimony in support of increasing funding for the LA GATOR scholarship program. Supporters included policy groups, school leaders, parents, and students who argued that the program expands educational choice, helps low-income and special-needs students find schools that fit their needs, and should be fully funded at the level of demonstrated demand. Speakers from Catholic and Christian schools said GATOR funding had helped students thrive academically and spiritually, but that shortfalls left many eligible students without awards, hurt kindergarten enrollment, and forced schools to raise private donations to cover gaps. Several witnesses emphasized that the program is not a zero-sum attack on public schools, but a way to let education dollars follow students. A few committee questions focused on the fiscal impact and on whether choice programs improve outcomes without harming public schools. Testimony cited enrollment growth, parent demand, and data from other states to argue that school choice can improve student and parent outcomes and may also strengthen traditional public schools through competition. No votes or formal actions were taken during the public testimony portion of the meeting.

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• And it's not just our kids' kids' school at stake, it's also our state's financial security right now
• Every dollar wasted on luxury perks is a dollar stolen from a kid's classroom.
• This is a national security threat. Great. Thank you.
• And so we have these alarming rates of, you know, more than 50% of educators in classrooms.
• So outside the classroom.

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• /c> eliminates a significant security eliminates a significant security concern<00:08:52.000> if
• So with the cameras are secure.
• We found the daycare and appreciated the security of the building, the small classroom ratios, and that
• We found the daycare and appreciated the security of the building, the small classroom ratios, and that
• records again getting those uh secured records again getting those uh secured is<01:14:15.920>

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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• There are some pretty amazing details: spacious classrooms, a therapeutic pool, a rooftop playground
• When a student struggles to succeed in a classroom, we immediately look to how we can support them.
• When a student struggles to succeed in a classroom, we immediately look to how we can support them.
• In the stream table project, ...extends beyond the classroom.
• Students' success depends on more than just what happens inside the classroom.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Education heard testimony on several bills centered on school accountability, receivership, graduation requirements, charter school access, community schools, school libraries, and student voting rights. Much of the discussion focused on the Thrive Act, S. 374, which would end state receivership and change the state’s accountability approach. Supporters, including educators, parents, advocacy groups, and students, argued that receivership has not improved outcomes in districts such as Lawrence, Holyoke, Southbridge, Boston, and the Dever, and that local communities should have more control, with greater emphasis on community schools, wraparound services, and broader measures of school quality. They also supported related bills on community schools and school library standards, and several witnesses backed a bill to expand student representative voting rights on school committees. Opponents of S. 374, especially charter school leaders, parents, students, and some education advocates, focused on Section 4 of the bill, which would change the charter school net school spending cap in the lowest-performing districts. They argued that the provision would reduce access to charter seats in communities where families are seeking more options, and that schools such as Roxbury Prep, Excel Academy, Brook, Veritas Prep, and Libertas Academy have produced strong results for students, including students of color, low-income students, and students with special needs. Several witnesses said the section would force schools to shrink or close and would remove opportunities for families in districts with long waitlists. Committee members questioned witnesses on both the effectiveness of receivership and the charter school cap language. Chair Lewis and Chair Gordon emphasized the need for a better accountability system and noted concerns about whether current measures, including MCAS-based designations, accurately reflect school quality. Some witnesses said they had discussed the possibility of removing Section 4 from the Thrive Act and suggested it might be addressed in separate charter reform legislation. No votes were taken during the hearing; testimony was received and the committee later closed testimony on S. 374 and several related bills before moving on to the student voting rights bill, S. 367.

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• WE USED TO TREAT OUR PRISON AS A PRISON AND YOU HAD FROM A HIGH LEVEL OF THE SECURITY TO A LOW LEVEL
• >> Secretary Dixon: THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND IN THE SYSTEM WE CAN OPERATE WITH LESS SECURITY STAFF
• AS WE CONTINUE TO STAFF BETTER WE CERTAINLY WILL DIVERGE OUR STAFFING RESOURCES TO THOSE HIGHER SECURITY
• SO WE'VE USED A LOT OF OUR SECURITY ENHANCEMENT MONEY TO IMPACT ALL THOSE AREAS.
• A LOT OF THE STAFFING NEEDS WILL ENHANCE AT LEAST WITH SECURITY.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Safety and security.
• Safety and security.
• Safety and security.
• Safety and security.
• Safety and security.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:00:05 Approval of Minutes 00:01:48 Welcome New Members 00:02:03 Information Items 00:02:35 Review of Executive Branch Agency Plans 00:03:33 A. Cabinet for Health and Family Services 00:04:00 B. Kentucky Department of Education 00:17:03 C. Education and Labor Cabinet 00:29:33 D. Energy and Environment Cabinet 00:42:38 E. Finance and Administration Cabinet 0:53:30 F. Justice and Public Safety Cabinet 01:13:28 G. Personnel Cabinet 01:31:04 H. School Facilities Construction Commission 01:41:39, 958, all

Summary: The meeting was the first of the year for the Capital Planning Advisory Board. Members were called, a quorum was confirmed, new co-chairs and members were welcomed, and the board approved the prior year’s meeting minutes. The chair also reviewed the capital planning timeline, packet organization, and the list of agencies that submitted plans but would not testify. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services presented first, outlining priorities centered on public safety, protecting existing infrastructure, preventive maintenance, and improving service delivery. Its major requests included a $21 million maintenance pool for 14 campuses and 175 buildings, phase 2 construction funding for a new public health laboratory, an 18-bed psychiatric hospital for children and adolescents with severe mental health needs, and several projects at Western State Hospital, Western State Nursing Facility, Hazlewood, and Oakwood. Members asked about the youth facility’s relationship to a separate DJJ project, vacant buildings, the high per-bed cost of the children’s hospital, and how the cabinet determined the need for the youth facility. CHFS said the youth project would be a separate facility serving high-acuity youth, the cost reflected the specialized nature of the unit and an 18-bed cap, and the broader youth plan also includes prevention, in-home services, and coordination across agencies. The Kentucky Department of Education then described projects for its three state-operated facilities: the Kentucky School for the Deaf, the Kentucky School for the Blind, and the FFA leadership training center. It requested additional funding for the FFA classroom and activity building after bids came in higher than expected, plus funding for a new education finance application system to support SEEK budgeting. Other priorities included a maintenance pool, FFA pool renovation, electrical upgrades, campus education enhancements, lighting improvements, safety and security work, door and window replacements, and HVAC maintenance. Members asked about student outcomes, the size of the FFA pool, and construction cost assumptions; the department said it tracks students through the schools and short-course programs, the pool size figure may have been a typo, and current construction estimates are being adjusted upward because of inflation and supply-chain pressures. The Education and Labor Cabinet began its presentation with 12 priority projects, including a state labor exchange system to connect job seekers and employers, renovation of the McDow Vocational Rehabilitation Center, and a new adult education and family literacy management information system. The cabinet said the labor exchange would help match workers with employers at no cost, while the McDow renovation was needed because the 30-year-old facility has safety and code concerns. The adult education system was described as outdated and lacking adequate case-management and tracking capabilities.

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• other funding recommendations outlined on this page include... general revenue funding for armed security
• Because it sounds like we're, they're spending 80% of their day in the general ed classroom, but not
• I'm Pamela McPeters and I represent the Texas classroom teachers Association.
• teachers improving their ability to effectively manage their classrooms.
• We do not help kids in our classrooms.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Anytime I go to anything, whether it's about schools or even just about the economic security of our
• And when I have a classroom... ...money that we have to be able to spend happens, and when I have a classroom
• One of them is full at 24 kids in that classroom. The other one maybe is at 20.
• Despite budget constraints, we have maintained classroom spending.
• , and 6% in non-classroom departments.

Keywords: 1182, all

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• Learn things that they just can't learn in the classroom.
• Display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
• I'm talking about classrooms.
• Now, we are requiring every... classroom to have it.
• But it doesn't need to be in every single classroom on the wall.

Bills: HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24, HB4, HB54, HB775, HB850, HB 1122, HB 1249, HB1405, HB2336, HB2757, HB3372, HB3622, HB4442, HB4687, HB4893, HB5089, HB5515, HB5606, SB10, SB24, HB1573, HB3369

Keywords: district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, citizenship, U.S. citizen, non-citizen, public office, advisory board, task force, state government, local government, political subdivision, commission board, appointment eligibility, officeholder qualifications, public service, naturalization, Texas Government Code

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• It's truly education in a classroom.
• He had classroom was not four walls.
• That was his classroom. secondary place. That was his classroom.
• security as a whole. security as a whole.
• just want to reiterate national security just want to reiterate national security and<01:14:57.600

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Attendance Roll Call 00:01:00 Approval of Minutes 00:02:31 Kentucky Farm Bureau 00:02:42 Kentucky Department of Agriculture 00:28:18 Kentucky Cattlemen's Association 01:48:13, 958, all

Summary: The committee heard first from Kentucky Farm Bureau leaders, who outlined the organization’s current priorities and recent work on farmland transition. Eddie Melton said Farm Bureau is working through 983 county and advisory committee resolutions and highlighted support for the updated selling farmer tax credit, now law through House Bill 775, as well as Senate Bill 28’s agriculture economic development provisions. He said Farm Bureau’s likely priorities include maintaining the 50% share of the tobacco settlement fund for agriculture, protecting funding for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, preserving sales tax exemptions on farm inputs, keeping property taxes controlled, and exploring additional tools to keep farmland in active farmers’ hands, including possible loan or inheritance-tax changes. He also raised concerns about eminent domain transparency, nuisance deer permits, and access to agricultural inputs and crop protection products. Alita Bots described the farmland transition initiative in more detail, saying the revised state tax credit is generating strong interest and that a new federal tax provision now allows eligible land sales to actively engaged farmers to spread capital gains taxes over time. She said the initiative has reached 22 counties and more than 1,300 people this year through outreach and meetings, and that Farm Bureau is pairing policy work with resources to help farm families plan transitions and prepare wills and other estate documents. Drew Graham added that the effort is also meant to bridge the rural-urban divide and support rural communities, and Farm Bureau invited members to its annual meeting in early December. Members asked about rising insurance costs and deer damage. Farm Bureau representatives said severe convective storms, inflation, and higher repair and material costs have driven insurance rate increases, citing five major storm events since 2021 and a recent Owensboro hailstorm that caused about $350 million in losses; they said the company is moving toward percentage deductibles to help moderate increases. On deer, they said crop-loss totals are hard to quantify but acknowledged the problem and discussed possible coordination with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and Hunters for the Hungry. Commissioner Jonathan Shell then began the Department of Agriculture presentation, reporting gains from the department’s school agriculture outreach program, including a 23% increase in county participation between March and September and improved teacher-reported student learning, before continuing into the department’s legislative priorities.

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• Additionally, this measure will secure Additionally, this measure will secure community-based<01
• :50.920> by these classrooms are serviced by these classrooms are serviced by um Actually,<03:
• educators are actually in the classroom educators are actually in the classroom and<03:08:19.720
• Which is the case for our pre-kindergarten classrooms.
• <03:20:32.480> next with long-term subs in classrooms next with long-term subs in classrooms

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• The teacher in the classroom is the single most important. school factor impacting student outcomes.
• that in recent years but we're sort of at the infancy of that policy change beginning to affect classrooms
• in a classroom, the intervention supports for students, especially in special education, also have an
• And making sure that when a teacher doesn't feel safe or comfortable with a child in the classroom, they
• is paid for by the employee, but some of that's paid for by the employer, just like, say, Social Security

Keywords: committee meeting, legislation, public testimony, discussion, procedural

Summary: The meeting covered various topics, but specific discussions and bills were not detailed in the available transcript. Despite the lack of documented debates or acknowledgments, it was noted that committee members were present, and there may have been attempts to address crucial legislative matters. The dynamics of the meeting suggested a standard procedural gathering where routine insights were likely shared among the attendees.

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• elementary educator in rural Indiana, very rural Indiana, and really dreamed of being an educator, a classroom
• They do so through hiring students, offering internships and job sharing, guest lecturing in classrooms
• Lecturing and classrooms.
• I mean, when we're talking about semiconductors, it goes down to national security, really, if you think
• I mean, when we're talking about semiconductors, I mean, it goes down to national security, really, if

Summary: The Careers and Workforce Subcommittee heard a panel discussion focused on how Florida schools and colleges are exposing students to in-demand careers in manufacturing, semiconductors, transportation, and related fields, and how they are building pathways from middle school through postsecondary training. Panelists from Seminole County Public Schools, Lake Technical College/Lake County Schools, and St. Petersburg College described their career academies, dual enrollment options, industry certifications, and partnerships with employers, local governments, and state colleges. They emphasized early career awareness, counseling, and parent outreach as key to helping students understand technical education as a viable and prestigious path. Seminole County highlighted 51 career and professional education academies and new offerings in agricultural biotechnology, global finance, firefighting, and planned aerospace engineering. Lake County described Lake Technical College’s programs, strong completion and placement outcomes, and three partnerships: a flexible-day high school/workforce model at Lincoln Park Education Center, the Lake Works pathway collaboration with Lake Sumter State College, and a Transportation Innovation Hub with the City of Tavares that trains students on municipal vehicles and serves multiple local governments. St. Petersburg College discussed its manufacturing and engineering technology programs, including semiconductor processing, mechatronics, soldering, and clean-room training, along with new grant-funded expansion at its Midtown campus. Members asked about wages, the semiconductor workforce, how to change perceptions of technical education, how parents are engaged, and how Bright Futures CAPE and Gold Seal scholarships are communicated. Witnesses said school counselors, CTE teachers, parent nights, and district communications are used to promote these options, and that many students can earn strong wages through short-term certifications or two-year degrees. Lake Technical College also raised concerns about workforce funding not keeping pace with teacher pay increases and inflation, noting that funding covers only about 80% of what it earns and tuition has remained unchanged for 18 years. The meeting ended with members praising the programs, and the subcommittee adjourned without any vote or formal action beyond rising and adjournment.

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• In my child's classroom, he is blessed to have a fully inclusive classroom with the services he needs
• Its consequences now extend far beyond the classroom.
• These investments go straight to the classroom where they are needed the most.
• The classroom educator is but one person on any student's team.
• HIP is what makes Massachusetts one of the most food-secure states in the country.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Ways and Means Committee held its final public hearing on the FY26 state budget, with chairs and members emphasizing that public testimony would help shape the budget and asking speakers to keep remarks brief. Committee leaders introduced members, explained the hearing process, and repeatedly thanked residents, students, and advocates for participating. No votes were taken during the hearing. Testimony focused heavily on education funding and the Chapter 70 formula. Students from Amherst, Northampton, Gateway Regional, Chester Elementary, and other districts described budget-driven cuts to electives, special education supports, paraprofessionals, counselors, transportation, and building maintenance. They urged higher Chapter 70 aid, increased minimum aid, rural school aid, and a reopening or restructuring of the funding formula, arguing that current formulas leave many districts unable to meet student needs and force local layoffs and overrides. Other speakers urged funding or protection for a range of programs and facilities, including the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide survivor services, the Museum of African American History, the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and CART/interpreter services, the Access to Counsel housing legal aid program, the Department of Mental Health and Pocasset Mental Health Center, and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children. One speaker opposed offshore wind-related spending and urged a reset of the state’s energy approach, while another advocated ending the aircraft sales tax exemption. Committee members responded sympathetically to many speakers, asked a few follow-up questions, and several expressed support for maintaining or expanding the programs discussed.

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• farmer by bringing down costs, securing farmer by bringing down costs, securing new<00:08:07.280
• , to be attentive in the classroom, to learn in the classroom.
• , to be attentive in the in the classroom, to be attentive in the classroom,<02:39:19.600> to<
• classroom, to learn in the classroom. classroom, to learn in the classroom.
• security. And here's a key point. security. And here's a key point.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, December 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• They're not getting to the classroom.
• They're not gonna come teach in the classroom for 55,000 a year.
• Department of Homeland Security and the Cabinet Secretary there.
• Colors annually for FY 19 through 2022 for school security initiative.
• A lot of the schools use that money for security infrastructure. How is that allowed? Mr.