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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • plates to worry about, they don't need plates to worry about, they don't need to<00:26:25.840>
  • removes several long-standing work study removes several long-standing work study provisions.<01
  • talked about to the work study program. talked about to the work study program.
  • To the second question about the federal part where state work study overlaps with federal work study
  • study overlaps with<01:44:31.840> federal<01:44:32.560> work<01:44:32.800> study
Bills: HF4362, HF4252, HF4440
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Fiscal May 19th, 2026

Revenue & Fiscal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And there's ...fair as far as what documents they'll need to produce and things like that.
  • And help support each other if needed.
  • Is that something we need to do that would behoove us to do that? Yeah, possibly so.
  • Honor, do I need to reference—Ms. Loose Land?
  • Do I need to reference a specific number for these amendments?
Bills: HB2, HB3, HB799, HB1039
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Let's give Sage a round of applause for studying law.
  • He wants to study international studies. Let's give Davis a round of applause.
  • Once to 10, oh, you want to study law and psychology.
  • He wants to attend Texas A&M to study horticulture.
  • To study political science and world affairs.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • made plain the need for this law. made plain the need for this law.
  • Waltz needs to be held accountable. Waltz needs to be held accountable.
  • The impact assessment found 76,000 residents just in the city of Minneapolis in immediate need of food
  • , a $500,000 study the study, a $500,000 study then<00:29:06.159> what then what then what >
  • ><01:35:03.920> to<01:35:04.080> take we need to do because we do need to take we need
Summary: The committee first attempted to approve minutes from February 24 and March 3, but members identified multiple spelling errors in names, so approval was held and the motion withdrawn. The committee then took up House File 3477, a bill by Representative Long proposing a civil remedy for constitutional violations by government actors, including federal actors. An author’s amendment (A4) was adopted to remove a subdivision and clarify retroactivity. In discussion, members raised concerns about Supremacy Clause and immigration-related issues; the author responded that the bill applies evenly to state and federal actors and is meant to enforce constitutional rights, not immigration law. After debate, the motion to re-refer the bill to the general register failed on a 6-7 vote, with one member excused. The committee next heard House File 3480, authored by Representative Howard, which would commission an independent economic impact study of Operation Metro Surge. An A2 amendment was adopted to add a dollar amount for the study and clarify timing. Representative Howard said the study would help the legislature understand statewide impacts and noted reported harm to businesses, child care, schools, and local governments. Testimony in support came from Laura Santiago, reading a statement from Christopher Gomez of Willmar, who described ICE agents entering his family’s restaurant, the detention and deportation of family members, and resulting business losses. Rachel Ser, Minneapolis emergency management director, cited a preliminary city assessment estimating major impacts including food insecurity, lost wages, business revenue losses, hotel cancellations, and rental assistance needs. Some members questioned the cost and usefulness of the study, while others said suburban and greater Minnesota communities also wanted the data. The transcript ends during continued discussion of the bill.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • One is on assessment.
  • When we change an assessment, we need to be really mindful about the support that we provide to teachers
  • You need to know your times tables, you need to have basic algebra. Reasoning.
  • It replaces local assessments with approved beginning and middle of year assessments.
  • From our perspective, SB 8 begins to address the assessment concerns but needs refinement on accountability
Bills: SB8, SB 8
TX
Bills: SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB1, HB4
Summary: The Senate briefly convened and received a message from the House stating that the House was taking a vote. No bills, motions, or substantive policy matters were discussed in the exchange. Pursuant to a previously adopted motion, the Senate then adjourned until 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 21.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Ways & Means Mar 3rd, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I suggest that needs to be done.
  • But for schools to be properly funded, we need, we need our economy to continue to perform at the high
  • the assessment and the value can be wrong and what that was like for you?
  • The assessment was and how far apart those numbers were. So it's really difficult to navigate.
  • And the local municipalities and ESDs, I feel like need to be made whole.
Bills: HB8, HB9, HJR1, HB 22
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 09:01 am

House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is just the studying part of it.
  • The study that's going to be done, I also agree that we should have done the study before we implemented
  • That's also a purpose of the study.
  • I think there's a lot of flexibility in there that's needed.
  • I think there's a lot of flexibility in there that's needed.
Bills: HB310, HB323, HM51, HB194
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • RTC's<00:03:01.040> provide The study finds that RTC's provide The study finds that RTC's
  • > while<00:20:39.520> RTC's The study concludes that while RTC's The study concludes that
  • Um, we that was not part of the study Um, we that was not part of the study and<00:25:01.120>
  • our study. our study.
  • any needed additional requirements. any needed additional requirements.
Summary: The subcommittee heard an Office of Education Accountability report on Kentucky’s early childhood regional training centers (RTCs). OEA said the centers provide valuable training, consultation, technical assistance, and materials for preschool personnel, especially for children with disabilities and at-risk students, and that the services align with state and federal requirements. However, the report found uneven student and teacher populations across regions, wide variation in per-student funding, some staffing data inaccuracies, and several fiscal oversight concerns, including inconsistent indirect cost rates, a building rental charge that may have been duplicative, and host districts recording RTC expenditures in a way that could blur them with district finances. OEA also said some documentation of progress toward goals was incomplete and that the technology lending library appeared underused. The report recommended stronger KDE oversight, uniform coding and accounting practices, review of budgets and expenditures, and an evaluation of whether the current five-center model remains the most efficient structure; OEA also suggested the General Assembly may wish to revisit KRS 157.318. Members asked about KDE’s response, whether the centers are required by federal law, how the centers operate, and whether changing the model would affect federal funding. OEA said KDE had only discussed the findings informally and had not issued a formal response, the centers are required by state law but not federal law, and changing the model would not jeopardize IDEA preschool funds. The committee accepted the report by motion. The subcommittee then approved the minutes from its July 14, 2025 meeting after initially delaying action because quorum was not yet present. After that, members turned to the Office of Education Accountability’s proposed 2026 study agenda. OEA said the three proposed topics are the annual district data profiles, facilities funding, and implementation of early literacy statutes. The district profiles would add an appendix showing the number and percentage of students moving to private school or homeschool by district and another appendix noting data-quality issues that affect comparability. OEA explained that district staffing data can undercount contract staff because those employees are not always entered into the system, and members expressed interest in tracking whether prior recommendations were implemented. One senator also raised a separate interest in reviewing whether KDE created and implemented regulations related to KFIX. The discussion remained informational, with no final vote on the study agenda shown in the transcript excerpt.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Revenue Committee, February 26, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • only assesses 58. only assesses 58.
  • county level based on how they assess. county level based on how they assess.
  • <00:26:45.360> The different level of assessment. The different level of assessment.
  • assessment ratio. assessment ratio.
  • I'll I'll follow up if need be. I'll I'll follow up if need be.
Bills: SF0110, SF0044, SF0046
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules REVISED Apr 20th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't need to go into my background.
  • Madam Chair, are you needing me? No, sir, I was.
  • assessments.
  • of assessments.
  • This bill really needs to have a lot of work on it.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need all of the scales of solar.
  • service study to assess the true service study to assess the true Financial<00:20:06.320> impact
  • the distributed generation and they need the distributed generation and they need additional<00:
  • Has anyone studied that?
  • I think that this data needs to be looked at, and I would ask for a study on this.
Bills: HF845