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• Finally, we've been building on the university's academic and research excellence, including leading
• Degrees eliminated, course offerings reduced, and fewer academic and student support services for the
• They are not one-off; they're well-established credentials that are not within the academic enterprise
• I'm a professor at Cal State Northridge, and I'm the vice chair of the Academic Senate of the CSU.
• Chair of the Academic Senate of the CSU. I'm here to ask you not to cut the CSU.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• >> -- Madam President. >> To the students from Niskayuna, congratulations on your academic excellence
• >> TO THE STUDENTS FROM NISKAYUNA, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.
• She called 911 immediately and, despite not having any formal training, she began performing CPR with
• SHE CALLED 911 IMMEDIATELY AND DESPITE NOT HAVING ANY FORMAL TRAINING, SHE BEGAN PERFORMING CPR WITH
• There isn't a facet of society, whether it's academic, science, arts, law, at the highest level, that

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior day’s journal, and then processed a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate or Assembly versions for third reading. The chamber also adopted the resolution calendar with exceptions and took up several resolutions and ceremonial recognitions, including a resolution mourning Hudson Talbott, a Dairy Month resolution highlighting New York’s dairy industry, and introductions honoring Niskayuna academic teams, Gabriella Scheer for receiving the Liberty Medal, the Hartstein family’s civic engagement, and Diana Cochran’s advocacy for safe firearm storage. The Senate then moved through the calendar and passed many bills on topics including insurance, public health, education, labor, social services, banking, local government, veterans, public service, consumer protection, criminal procedure, cannabis, parks, taxation, election law, and highway matters. Several members explained votes on notable measures: support for acupuncture insurance coverage, consumer protections for doorbell-camera data sharing, expanded protections in debt collection cases, trauma-informed procedures for sexual assault survivors, a Legionnaires’ disease awareness program, changes to mandatory minimum sentencing, and universal safe storage of firearms. A number of home rule and local authorization bills were also approved, including parkland alienation measures and local tax exemption authorizations. Most measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though some drew recorded opposition. Notable roll calls included the consumer debt uniformity bill, the mandatory minimum sentencing bill, the safe storage/firearms bill, and the public housing and public health measures, each with more divided votes. The chamber also accepted a lengthy Rules Committee report sending many additional bills directly to third reading, and then began the supplemental calendar, passing at least the first items before the transcript ended.

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• We also provide a data portal that performs an initial compliance check and data validation.
• in on demand wheelchair accessible transportation, as well as supporting setting the associated performance
• However, in 2025, we've encountered challenges in meeting performance metrics, although that has not
• was also an urgency to understanding the impacts of TNCs in San Francisco, so we partnered with academic
• The impact studies were peer reviewed and published in academic journals.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• qualification efforts and stockpile-related projects, resulting in three large team Distinguished Performance
• comprehensive human sexuality education, and requiring the Public Education Department to develop academic
• content and performance standards for comprehensive human sexuality education.
• Defining terms and providing minimum requirements for academic content for comprehensive human sexuality
• And I think it's going to be very important that this guardrails bill have performance standards.

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• that accept public funds to perform that accept public funds to perform background<00:54:48.880>
• also um if they have seen academic also um if they have seen academic Improvement<01:43:34.480><
• That would give us some credibility information if it's just because they want to go a higher academic
• tests, or perform surgeries.
• They cannot perform their services without access to the student data.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee opened with House Bill 184, which would create a committee to study changing school start times. Members discussed Amendment 0394, which made the study committee’s duties more investigative and adjusted reporting recipients, including the Governor. Several members raised questions about whether the committee should review evidence-based studies, local district decisions, and existing district reports; supporters said the amendment would better allow the committee to gather information and recognize local control. The amendment passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Representative Litchfield noted that no one had testified in opposition and encouraged the future study committee to review an Oyster River School District report on school start times. The committee then took up House Bill 394, concerning cooperative school district budget committees and board member representatives. Amendment 0476 was adopted 17-0 after discussion that it clarified the bill’s language and reflected work with the School Boards Association. The committee then voted OTPA on the bill, which also passed 17-0. House Bill 738, requiring background checks for employees and volunteers at certain non-public schools or education service providers receiving public funds, was moved inexpedient to legislate. Supporters said the bill would create practical and legal problems for private citizens and homeschooling families, and the motion passed 15-2 with no minority report, placing the bill on consent. The committee next considered House Bill 235, which would amend the educator code of ethics and conduct to add responsibilities to parents. Supporters argued parents should be explicitly included in the code, while opponents said parents were already covered in existing ethics language and statute. The bill passed narrowly, 9-8. The committee then returned to House Bill 532 on alternate dispute resolution and individualized education plan team meeting facilitation. Amendment 0480H clarified that different rules would apply separately to neutral conference, mediation, and IEP facilitation; it passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Finally, the committee moved to House Bill 564, concerning adoption of school administrative unit budgets, and voted to retain the bill for further review because members said there was still confusion about how it would apply to single-district and multi-district SAUs.

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• The uses really have to do with almost any purpose related to enhancing academic performance of students
• performance.
• performance, not for other reasons. ...the measure of poverty doesn't match the academic need at that
• performance, not for other reasons.
• performance, not for other reasons.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• That is performative nonsense, said DeSantis. Representative, your time has expired in debate.
• That is performative nonsense, said DeSantis. Representative, your time has expired in debate.
• That is performative nonsense, said DeSantis. Representative, your time has expired in debate.
• That is performative nonsense, said DeSantis. Representative, your time has expired in debate.
• RATHER THAN PROMOTING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, THIS BILL DEEPENS FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY.

Bills: HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29, SB 5, SB 262, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 106, HB 18, HB 48, HB 27, HB 37, HB 1481, HB 581, HB 1696, HB 2216, HB 1035, HB 1633, HB 742, HB 754, HB 1689, HB 1690, HB 2669, HB 391, HB 517, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 2986, HB 972, HB 502, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 796, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 589, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 1360, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 2337, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2391, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 1749, HB 3109, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2001, HB 2798, HB 107, HCR 29

Keywords: water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty

Summary: The Florida House of Representatives conducted legislative business including prayer, pledge, and voting on multiple bills. Key legislation included HB 1105 expanding Florida Bright Futures Scholarship eligibility, HB 443 on charter school regulations (passed 83-23), and HB 1539 on materials harmful to minors (passed 81-29) after extensive debate about book challenges in schools. Other bills addressed education funding, law enforcement benefits, parole guidelines, and various local issues. The Speaker announced budget negotiations with the Senate have stalled, with disagreements over spending levels and tax cuts. The House will not meet this weekend as originally planned. Session adjourned until tomorrow at 10 AM.

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• At the same time, students need strong academic, social, emotional, and wellness supports to fully succeed
• It's young people, in this case, graduate and student workers, help make our academic institutions run
• And we have been in consultation with the Inspector General about what it would take to be able to perform
• And this is, they actually had academic and publication citations to support why updating and keeping
• And this is, they actually had academic and publication citations to support why updating and keeping

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate considered a supplemental appropriations bill and a series of amendments focused on education, health, transportation, tax administration, and oversight. Senator Kennedy spoke in support of increasing funding for DTA caseworkers to improve SNAP access and reduce delays, but then withdrew the amendment by unanimous consent. Senator O’Connor’s amendment adding $500,000 for Free Period to provide free menstrual products in public schools was adopted, as was Senator Miranda’s $1 million METCO transportation and student support amendment. Senator Collins briefly proposed extending paid family and medical leave and unemployment insurance coverage to graduate student workers, but withdrew that amendment for later discussion. Several amendments were debated and either adopted or rejected. Senator Tarr’s proposal to create oversight of the Group Insurance Commission and fund an Inspector General review was defeated after opposition argued existing oversight was sufficient. Tarr also offered amendments on MBTA deficiency fund withdrawals and on requiring 90 days’ notice before state tax code decoupling changes; both were rejected after standing votes. Senator Driscoll’s amendment for Randolph Public Schools restroom improvements was adopted, while his veterans student loan forgiveness amendment was withdrawn. Additional amendments were adopted for Bridgewater Middle School water filtration, Uffum’s Corner Health Center, and NeighborHealth’s pharmacy technician training program for local high school students. A major discussion centered on school funding and enrollment declines. Senator DiDomenico withdrew an amendment that would have provided $100 million to address Chapter 70 funding losses tied to enrollment drops, but he and Senator Collins used the floor to argue that districts facing declining enrollment and rising costs need a broader state response. The Senate also adopted a new draft of the supplemental budget and then passed the bill to be engrossed by a roll call vote, with 35 members in the affirmative and 4 in the negative. The chamber then adjourned to meet again Monday, and did so in memory of Arthur H. Tobin, a former Quincy mayor, state legislator, and clerk magistrate.

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• Starting off strong, Article 1, Section 1, beginning on line 1.22, clarifies that academic standards
• in the academic standards statute are not grade-level specific.
• Academic standards are established for the K-12 education system as a whole in Minnesota, but benchmarks
• Section 8, beginning on line 26.10, requires the Charter School Authorizer Performance Evaluation Report
• Article 4, Section 7, on line 33.32, strikes a reference to "oral" when we are talking about academic

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• arts, and preserving traditional Cambodian dance through education and performance.
• Stockton also has a powerful legacy of Filipino... ...boating dance through education and performance
• He is also the co-founder of TN Performing Arts, which promotes Vietnamese culture through traditional
• drumming, lion dancing, and other cultural performances.
• Mira first rose to stardom with her performance in Mighty Aphrodite, where she won an Oscar for Best

Keywords: 988, house, all

Summary: The Assembly convened after initially lacking a quorum, completed the prayer and pledge, and then held a lengthy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month ceremony. Members from both parties and several caucuses spoke in support of HR 107, emphasizing AAPI contributions, resilience, and the need to oppose hate and discrimination. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, and the chamber then recognized 13 honorees for the 2026 observance, including community leaders, educators, advocates, business leaders, and cultural institutions. After guest introductions, the Assembly took up the Daily File and passed a series of measures, including AB 2050 on HOA reserve funding, AB 2106 on lawsuits involving licensed design professionals, AB 1794 on direct home delivery of enteral formula, AB 1829 on CalWORKs-related student aid, AB 2038 extending wildfire insurance moratorium protections, AB 2281 on election cybersecurity, AB 2448 on protecting sensitive medical information, AB 2568 on water district board compensation, and AB 1658 on county public contract change-order authority. Most of these bills passed with broad support, though AB 2050, AB 2038, and AB 2448 drew some no votes. The Assembly also adopted AJR 29, a resolution opposing a federal executive order affecting vote-by-mail and election administration, after a contentious floor debate over election trust, voter access, and decorum. Additional measures passed unanimously or near-unanimously, including AB 2125 on notice in water-rights adjudications, AB 2784 on State Bar fees, AB 1614 on e-bike passenger restrictions, AB 2503 on high school heat safety guidelines, AB 1703 on osteopathic title protections, AB 1920 on community college Promise eligibility, AB 1999 on veterinary workforce and animal shelter care, and ACR 123 recognizing Duan Wu Jie. The chamber then began consideration of ACR 189 designating May 2026 as Foster Youth Awareness Month, with supportive remarks from members, before the transcript cuts off.

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• It's one of CYFD's performance measures. That number in FY 24 was 15%.
• Garcia's presentation on child welfare performance challenges and the data.
• So, can data be correlated across the board to assess, evaluate performance, and to give us the ability
• That's been a performance measure that we have not met for 2 years, but now we have met it and we've
• You'll see there the performance indicators. This is a full scale approach.

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• What is considered to be in concord with academic and the church?
• <03:36:15.439> academic<03:36:16.479> and<03:36:16.720> the<03:36:16.960> church
• academic academic and the church? academic academic and the church?
• <03:36:26.720> or<03:36:26.960> the address human depravity, academic or the address
• human depravity, academic or the church.<03:36:27.359> It<03:36:27.520> is<03:36:27.680

Keywords: 916, all

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• to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee's Committee to hear State Auditor's Office performance
• They help people perform activities of daily living. Or disability in many different settings.
• States with more requirements to enter this field of work perform no differently.
• were not performance standards set in the contract.
• So there's no financial relationship in terms of the performance measure. Correct.

Keywords: 904, all

Summary: The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee heard a State Auditor’s Office performance audit on the Restoring Quality Home Care Initiative (I-1163), which created home care aide certification requirements, FBI background checks, and an abuse/neglect registry. Auditors said some requirements likely improve safety, especially background checks and training, but the state lacked pre-2011 data to measure outcomes directly. They also found Washington has a long-term care workforce shortage, though its workforce supply ranks better than many states, and that more stringent entry requirements do not appear to reduce workforce participation compared with other states. The audit’s main concern was that the certification process is slow and burdensome. Auditors reported that most applicants never finish certification, that only about one-third of fiscal year 2025 applicants were certified within the 200-day legal deadline, and that the average time to certification was 463 days. They identified delays between training and testing, limited testing access in some areas, and redundant Department of Health verification of FBI background checks as key causes. The audit recommended streamlining the process by accepting applications later in the process, expanding testing within training programs, and eliminating the redundant background-check verification. Department of Health and Department of Social and Health Services staff largely agreed with the audit’s findings and recommendations. They said they have already made improvements, including moving exams into more than 110 training programs, increasing credentialing staff, and reducing barriers through rule changes. DSHS noted testing is offered in 13 languages. Committee members asked about testing contract incentives, language access, and whether the agencies would seek statutory or budget changes to implement the recommendations. No public testimony was offered, and the meeting adjourned without any vote or formal action by the committee.

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• It was found that appropriations exceeded demand and that this is likely due to inadequate performance
• The logic model can serve as a basis for revised and expanded performance measures.
• The next finding, Madam Chair, on page 19 is HCA could refine and expand their performance measures.
• Analysts to ensure that their performance measures meet these criteria.
• So there's room up or down depending on the performance measures, yeah, depending on the performance

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• and middle schools is that they have a summer program coming this summer, and it has to have an academic
• <00:08:05.840> component and it has to have an academic component and it has to have an academic
• So we sit at the University of Hawaii system office under the vice president for academic affairs. >>
• um performance metrics on that?
• <00:47:47.359> more make that level of performance more make that level of performance more

Bills: SB2901, SB2902, SB2903, SB2904, SB2905, SB2906, SB2907, SB2908, SB2909, SB2910, SB2911, SB2912, SB2913, SB2914, SB2915, SB2916, SB2917, SB2918, SB2919, SB2920, SB2921, SB2922, SB2923, SB2924, SB2925, SB2926, SB2927, SB2928, SB2929, SB2930, SB2931, SB2932, SB2933, SB2934, SB2935, SB2936, SB2937, SB2938, SB2939, SB2940, SB2941, SB2942, SB2943, SB2944, SB2945, SB2946, SB2947, SB2948, SB2949, SB2950, SB2951, SB2952, SB2953, SB2954, SB2955, SB2956, SB2957, SB2958, SB2959, SB2960, SB2961, SB2962, SB2963, SB2964, SB2965, SB2966, SB2967, SB2968, SB2969, SB2970, SB2971, SB2972, SB2973, SB2974, SB2975, SB2976, SB2977, SB2978, SB2979, SB2980, SB2981, SB2982, SB2983, SB2984, SB2985, SB2986, SB2987, SB2988, SB2989, SB2990, SB2991, SB2992, SB2993, SB2994, SB2995, SB2996, SB2997, SB2998, SB2999, SB3000

Keywords: geological subsurface characterization, groundwater, geothermal resources, environmental review, Hawaii groundwater and geothermal resources center, scientific research, non-extractive, public trust doctrine, clean energy, greenhouse gas, carbon sequestration, climate change, energy policy, Hawaii state energy office, emissions reduction, sustainable development, fare-free transportation, greenhouse gas emissions, public transit, tax on petroleum

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• In many cases, it not only prevents them from performing their duties, but when you're trying to intervene
• nature, if you have a third party that's directly interfering in that to the point that you cannot perform
• But don't you think that all academic disciplines involving frameworks or theories—how do you draw a
• I think the four performance ratings are reward, monitor, sanction, or sunset, correct?”
• Does anyone on the UT System Board of Regents have an academic background in history or racial history

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks. The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.

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• [National anthem performed.]
• performance.
• He said students cannot be denied or accepted based on academic or athletic performance.
• on their need academic or athletic performance<01:10:01.880> the<01:10:02.040> new<01:
• 10:02.440> or<01:10:02.920> receiving performance the new or receiving performance the

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• For 125 years, Sweet Briar has stood as a testament to academic excellence and preparing women for lifelong
• stood as a 125 years, Sweet Brier has stood as a testament<00:10:31.519> to<00:10:31.839> academic
• <00:10:32.399> excellence<00:10:32.959> and testament to academic excellence and testament
• to academic excellence and preparing<00:10:33.680> women<00:10:33.920> for<00:10:34.079
• nearly four decades ago, performing nearly four decades ago, performing lawful<00:38:28.079>

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

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• It is appropriate for teachers to answer questions about students' academic performance, their school
• It is appropriate for teachers to answer questions about students' academic performance, their school
• It is appropriate for teachers to answer questions about students' academic performance, their school
• It is appropriate for teachers to answer questions about students' academic performance, their school
• It is appropriate for teachers to answer questions about students' academic performance, their school

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• There being 13 ayes, 0 nays, 0 present on voting, 0 absent, the motion performs.
• performance for those kids long-term in school.
• Within TCEQ... is uniquely situated to perform its statutory duty.
• So, one of OPIC's performance measures, so a lot of things in the budget, but I'm guessing conceding
• statute, but in every one there's a performance measure, and it's to provide effective representation

Bills: HB512, HB2248, HB2679, HB2832, HB3112, HB3368, HB3490, HB3512, HB3623, HB3666, HB3700, HB3711, HB3770, HB3963

Keywords: grievance procedures, state agency, employee rights, workplace regulations, employment law, employees, employment actions, appeal, state employees, workplace rights, disciplinary actions, employment conditions, employment disputes, job protections, public information, transparency, government accountability, information access, notification requirements, federal funding