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• or assessment value.
• . the predictability of the assessment collections.
• owe the entire assessment over the 20, 30, or 40-year period at once.
• We maintain assessment rolls for over 100,000 lots in Florida right now.
• They send it to us in Excel spreadsheets, and we've calculated the assessments.

Bills: HB145 , HB311

Committees: House Tourism , House Economic Development and Tourism

Keywords: HB145, scrap tires, scrap tire disposal, illegal dumping, ADEM, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, environmental enforcement, Class 2 municipality, municipal court, local enforcement, delegation agreement, primacy, waste management, tire recycling, tire hauling, environmental quality act, misdemeanor penalties, Class A misdemeanor, Class B misdemeanor, Class C misdemeanor

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• —$18,600 per pupil—obviously that's an average number, right?
• The needs assessment in particular does require LEAs to do that targeted assessment, looking at their
• percentage of 75% to those with an unduplicated pupil percentage of 55%.
• At the release of the 20th, otherwise known as unduplicated pupils.
• as well as in the state assessments.” “...well in the national assessments as well as in the state assessments

Summary: The committee heard presentations on the Governor’s education budget proposals for the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), Learning Recovery Block Grant, and Expanded Learning Opportunities Program (ELOP), followed by testimony from State Board of Education President Linda Darling-Hammond. On LCFF, Finance outlined the proposed 2.43% COLA, repayment of prior deferrals, and a trailer bill penalty for LEAs that fail to adopt Local Control Accountability Plans on time. The LAO said its COLA estimate was slightly lower and raised concerns that the Governor’s proposed TK staffing ratio increase may be more costly than estimated. Members also discussed whether the current COLA formula should better reflect California-specific or district staffing costs, and whether TK should be more clearly separated from the K-3 grade span adjustment to avoid larger K-3 class sizes. The chair asked staff to work with the LAO on both the TK/K-3 issue and alternative COLA calculations. For the Learning Recovery Block Grant, Finance proposed restoring the first of three delayed payments, $378.6 million one-time Proposition 98 General Fund, while the LAO recommended adopting the proposal but extending the expenditure deadline by at least a year. The LAO reported that districts had spent $1.6 billion of the $6.8 billion received through 2023-24 and said most districts were only now shifting from federal COVID relief to block grant spending. Members questioned whether the large state and federal investments were improving outcomes, citing declining reading and math trends, while Finance and the State Board president pointed to some signs of improvement, especially in math, attendance, and gains for some student groups. Darling-Hammond emphasized that student needs have grown, that recovery spending has gone to devices, ventilation, staffing, tutoring, summer school, and community schools, and that targeted interventions appear to be helping some districts recover faster than others. On ELOP, Finance proposed adding $435 million to expand universal access by lowering the Tier 1 threshold from 75% to 55% unduplicated pupils, bringing ongoing funding to $4.4 billion. The LAO said the estimate was reasonable but recommended delaying implementation for a year, aligning ELOP with ASES to reduce overlap, moving toward funding based on participation rather than enrollment, and considering a fixed Tier 2 rate. Members and witnesses discussed staffing challenges, the use of funds for students with disabilities, and uncertainty in Tier 2 funding caused by unspent dollars and opt-outs. Darling-Hammond supported ELOP as part of California’s broader after-school and summer learning strategy, said most districts are now offering full-day TK and expanded learning, and urged the state to reduce fragmentation across categorical programs and build more unified systems for funding, reporting, and support.

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• It adjusts per-seat funding to match current per-pupil amounts.
• I guess the reading assessment is under 105 as well, so the reading assessment in third grade too.
• But because there's no assessment behind the outcome, they can still be evaluated here.
• , teacher-developed assessments, or assessments aligned with the standards identified in the area the
• that are captured, so the bottom 20 percent of pupils.

Committee: Assembly Education

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• need to remove OGB from that, because then that takes, look, the oversight, the evaluation, the assessment

Bills: HB12 , HB145 , HB222 , HB291 , HB430 , HB821 , HB874 , HB909 , HB951 , HB979 , HB1193

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: survivor benefits, law enforcement, reserve officer, auxiliary officer, public safety, firefighters, medical expenses, dental expenses, disability benefits, Medicaid, dental coverage, healthcare access, medical necessity, Louisiana Department of Health, health insurance, survivors benefits, Lafayette, school security, nonprofit security, emergency preparedness

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• Those are the main assessments unless otherwise noted.
• The alternate assessment testers are around 574.
• went through for the new NDAA plus data assessment.
• If we did that, I think we've got to drop the per pupil because we've said some of the per pupil on kids
• If we did that, I think we've got to drop the per pupil because we've said some of the per pupil on kids

Committee: Joint Special Education Funding Committee

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• </c><00:05:17.199><c> practices</c> account for varying assessment practices account for varying assessment
• District's uh entc per pupil is is District's uh entc per pupil is is relatively<00:14:19.720><c> small
• </c> expressed as a percent change per pupil expressed as a percent change per pupil beginning<00:23:
• </c><00:59:13.039><c> and</c> cross subsidy based on the pupils and cross subsidy based on the pupils
• unit and the ENTC per pupil.

Committee: Senate Education Finance

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• And then the alternate assessment, also called the NDAA.
• Those are the main assessments unless otherwise noted.
• went through for the new NDA plus date assessment.
• It is both subjects, basically, are included in that assessment.
• Because when you look at the per-pupil payment, we always talk about state, but the per-pupil payment

Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then received a lengthy DPI presentation from Stanley Schauer on statewide reading and math assessment data for students with and without disabilities. He explained the assessment systems used over time, the absence of 2019-20 data, and how North Dakota’s standards are set by educators. Members asked about alternate assessments, cohort trends, the apparent drop in proficiency in higher grades, and the new NDA+ assessment. Schauer emphasized that the biggest pattern in the data was the relative stability of students with disabilities, the post-pandemic drop and partial recovery, and the need to focus on reducing the novice category. He also said the state plans to revisit high school standard setting and that future data could be broken out by program, disability category, and schools using science-of-math or other initiatives. Public testimony from special education staff suggested that the flat performance of students with disabilities during COVID likely reflected continued services and intensive supports, and committee members discussed whether the current disparity goal is realistic and whether growth measures would be more useful than simple proficiency buckets. After the presentation, the committee took a short break and then moved into discussion of special education funding models. Chair Richter said members should contact Schauer directly with ideas for additional data views and noted that the committee would continue its work on funding and possible model changes. Brandon Bomback of Grand Forks Public Schools began a presentation arguing that the special education funding formula, especially the weighting factor, should be reconsidered if the committee wants a system that better reflects accountability and student needs. He said his comments were based on the perspective of a larger district and focused on the special education weighting factor rather than other parts of the formula. The remainder of his presentation was not included in the excerpt.

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• pupils that they send.
• So that is in the cost per pupil.
• pupil pupil um<03:32:11.840><c> the</c><03:32:12.840><c> obligation</c><03:32:13.479><c> may</c><03:
• </c> significantly less value um per pupil significantly less value um per pupil the<03:32:45.920><c>
• or some kind of cost per pupil, and then taking the lowest expenditure per pupil.

Summary: The committee held a work session focused on school funding formulas, adequacy aid, and special education aid, with the chair outlining a schedule for the next several Tuesdays and noting that the committee would likely need multiple executive sessions to narrow down the bills. Members discussed the FY 26 formula, including base cost, differentiated aid, extraordinary needs grants, hold harmless provisions, and the roughly $28 million in excess statewide education property tax (SWP) funds that are not currently returned to the state under the existing formula. The first bill discussed was HB 137, which would allow excess SWP funds to remain with the local municipality for school and municipal purposes. Representative Spilsbury argued the issue is fundamental and suggested the state should require excess funds to be remitted back to the state, while Representative Damon said the bill appears to codify current practice and may be unnecessary, especially given possible court action. The discussion then shifted to a related bill from Representative Fellas that would redefine SWP as local money rather than state money and keep the current adequacy aid numbers revenue-neutral for now. Representative Fellas explained that SWP was created in 1999 after the Claremont lawsuit as part of the state’s effort to show increased school aid, but that it effectively labeled part of the local property tax as state money without changing property tax bills. She argued the state should not be tapping local property tax revenue and said her bill would preserve the current distribution while removing the SWP tax label, with future work possible on a different measure of local capacity such as income, home values, or poverty rate. Members also referenced prior discussions of fiscal capacity aid, relief aid, and other formula changes as part of the broader effort to restructure school funding.

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• basically, apartment complex, apartment complex is a 20 units or more that they are going to be assessed
• letter 'n' and before the word 'valuation' the word 'the' and inserting the words 'for annual'. assessments
• There are three different ways that they can assess a property in what we Felt was a little more appropriate
• make sure that it was a long enough runway that the projects could get built without a large tax assessment
• I'm not talking about how the county assessor assesses other properties.

Bills: SB1327 , SB1372 , SB1403 , SB1937 , SB277 , SB2131 , SB1749 , SB1348 , SB1469 , SB2018 , SB1931 , SB1530 , SB2155

Committee: Senate Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Keywords: tourism, recreation, economic development, Oklahoma Commission, executive director, probation, credits, educational advancement, Oklahoma Statutes, criminal justice reform, job incentives, tax rebates, Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program, employment growth, wage requirements, labor organization, incentives, employer practices, union neutrality, worker rights

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• Senate Bill 6077 relates to property assessment appeal procedures.
• or class of personal property is entered on the assessment list at its true and fair value according
• A taxpayer may appeal the annual assessed value of their property by the county assessor by submitting
• Turning to the bill before you, a county assessor must make valuation assessment information available
• I'm the Chief Appraiser for the King County Department of Assessments.

Bills: SB5820 , SB6064 , SB6077 , SB6101 , SB6013 , SB6066

Committee: Senate Local Government

Keywords: freight rail, rail corridor, short-line railroad, rail-dependent uses, industrial land use, growth management act, GMA, comprehensive plan, transportation element, land use planning, local government, county planning, city planning, critical areas, agricultural lands, forest lands, mineral resource lands, urban growth area, development regulations, notice on permits

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• </c> and and assessment. and and assessment.
• . assessment.
• </c> assessment, Hawaii performs very well. assessment, Hawaii performs very well.
• </c> poor pupil, this is 2011, the poor pupil poor pupil, this is 2011, the poor pupil was<02:08:13.119
• </c> factored into the pre per pupil funding. factored into the pre per pupil funding.

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• </c> um to explain the average cost per pupil um to explain the average cost per pupil is<00:04:14.640
• And um when level per pupil.
• </c><00:08:50.560><c> versus</c> calculation for cost per pupil versus calculation for cost per pupil
• </c><00:09:09.120><c> taxpayers</c><00:09:09.760><c> are</c> pupil that that the taxpayers are pupil
• ,</c><00:25:13.279><c> which</c> information for cost per pupil, which information for cost per pupil

Summary: The committee of conference first discussed House Bill 557, which concerns information on the school budget ballot. The main issue was how to define and calculate the “average cost per pupil.” House members favored a simple calculation dividing the operating budget by enrollment, arguing that it is clearer to the public and matches how taxpayers think about school costs. Senate members preferred the existing RSA-based definition for consistency across statutes and noted that the current definition was about to take effect. Members also debated whether the ballot language should specify the figure as being for the “preceding year,” and some House members ultimately agreed to that clarification while one member did not. After discussion, the Senate declined to move off its position on the calculation method, but agreed to a compromise amendment adding “for the preceding year” to the Senate language so it would align with the rest of the ballot information. The committee then agreed to draft the report with that amendment. The committee then turned to House Bill 71, dealing with restrictions on using public school and higher education facilities to shelter certain migrants, along with a Senate-added provision requiring DHHS contracts to comply with the patient bill of rights. Members generally said they supported the base policy of the bill, but Representative Noble raised a drafting concern about a repeal section that appeared to undo the new contract requirement; the group discussed removing that repeal language and adjusting effective dates. The committee also reviewed Senate-added language creating a donation fund for a proposed accessible pier at Hampton Beach. Supporters said the project would be privately funded through donations, with the state park division managing the fund and any remaining balance eventually transferring to an existing state park donations account if the pier is not built. Members questioned maintenance costs, fundraising responsibility, and whether the account was necessary, but the Senate explained the fund was intended to provide a mechanism for private fundraising and future maintenance support.

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• If you get an A on the end-of-course assessment, could that be an opportunity?
• Our amendment takes out the local district assessments.
• I'm curious why the assessment—why remove that one?
• And so the provision, Madam Chair, left in was the statewide assessment.
• and provide the pupil a free and appropriate public education.

Bills: HB2093 , HB2370 , HB2376 , HB2380 , HB2381 , HB2383 , HB2423 , HB2481 , HB2621 , HB2895 , HB4005 , HB4043 , HB4109

Committees: Senate Education , Senate Senate Education Committee of Reference

Keywords: mental health, school curriculum, education policy, instruction requirements, statute repeal, charter schools, education, weapons detection, public safety, school administration, school districts, real estate transactions, school property, bond issuance, land use approval, capital improvements, school governance, board meetings, education funding, parental notification

Bills: HB55 , HB104 , HB55 , HB104

Committee: House Financial Services

Keywords: mortgage, payments, financial institutions, borrowers, principal, escrow, homeownership, abandoned property, digital assets, state treasurer, unclaimed property, liquidation, finders, contracts, electronic reporting, fishing, licensing, jubilee, Marine life, Alabama

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• </c> RUF report break it down in on and pupil RUF report break it down in on and pupil teacher<00:33:
• </c> cost per pupil up. cost per pupil up.
• </c> the average cost per pupil of a student. the average cost per pupil of a student.
• </c><04:28:32.800><c> So</c> number of pupils, that's the ADM. So number of pupils, that's the ADM.
• </c><04:29:33.439><c> So</c> roughly $2.5 million per pupil. So roughly $2.5 million per pupil.

Committee: House Education Funding

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• So if we don't require participating schools to administer state assessments, then how do we measure
• Because we've tried a couple of times to change how we assess our schools and try to get away from the
• Because we've tried a couple of times to change how we assess our schools and try to get away from the
• This is moving the statewide assessments to the last four weeks of the school year.
• So this bill moves the assessments to the last of the bill as it is written currently three weeks.

Bills: HB2210 , HB2398 , HB2959 , HB3006 , HB3026 , HB3151 , HB3315 , HB3372 , HB3467 , HB3590 , HB4268 , HB4359 , HB4427

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: youth apprenticeship, career education, workforce development, high school programs, mentorship, vocational training, state oversight, credential of value, education, labor market, government reporting, school abuse reporting, child abuse, neglect, mandatory reporting, student safety, school employee misconduct, administrator reporting, superintendent, law enforcement notification

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• The needs assessment in particular does require LEAs to do that targeted assessment looking at their
• Otherwise known as unduplicated pupils.
• Duplicated pupil percentage of 75% to those with an unduplicated pupil percentage of 55%.
• I mentioned that they have continued to do well in the national assessments as well as in the state assessments
• For a while, I think The national pupil-teacher ratio was 16 to 1.

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• Our amendment takes out the local district assessments.
• I'm curious why the assessment was removed.
• And so the provision, Madam Chair, left in was the statewide assessment.
• , we would do quarterly benchmark tests that are basically the reflection Assessments.
• and provide the pupil a free and appropriate public education.

Committee: Senate Senate Education Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee first considered the executive nomination of John Snyder to the State Board for Charter Schools. Snyder described his background in municipal finance, charter school financings, and prior service with Arizona charter school organizations, and said his finance experience would help the board evaluate school viability and oversight. The committee voted 6-0 with one not voting to recommend his confirmation to the full Senate. The committee then heard HB 2093, which would remove the statutory requirement that health education include mental health instruction and would repeal related consultation requirements over time. The sponsor argued schools should focus on academics and that social-emotional learning and mental health content belong with parents, while opponents, including students, a suicide-loss parent, and mental health advocates, said school-based instruction saves lives, helps students seek help, and preserves parental choice through opt-out provisions. After debate, the committee voted 4-3 to give HB 2093 a do pass recommendation. Members also considered HB 4043, requiring at least one campus employee trained in CPR, first aid, and AED use where applicable; HB 4005, requiring districts to teach ethical and educational uses of AI beginning in 2027-28; HB 2895, allowing Native American language proficiency to satisfy a world language graduation requirement; HB 2383, renaming trampoline court safety legislation as Ty’s Law; HB 4109, requiring school district public safety policies, notifications, and annual reporting after serious violence or weapon incidents; HB 2376, appropriating $40 million for the school safety program; and HB 2380, requiring public access to board meeting materials and tighter rules on out-of-state travel. HB 4043, HB 2895, and HB 2383 all received unanimous or near-unanimous do pass recommendations, while HB 4005, HB 4109, HB 2376, and HB 2380 each advanced on 4-3 votes, with some members citing concerns about unfunded mandates, criminal penalties, local control, or the scope and timing of required disclosures.

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• And then the ALT assessment, also called the NDAA.
• Those are the main assessments unless otherwise noted.
• went through for the new NDA plus data assessment.
• If we did that, I think we've got to drop the per pupil because we've said some of the per pupil on kids
• Because when you look at the per-pupil payment, we always talk about state, but the per-pupil payment

Committee: Joint Special Education Funding Committee

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the March 4, 2026 minutes, and received a lengthy Department of Public Instruction presentation from Stanley Schauer Jr. on North Dakota student performance data in math and ELA, with comparisons between students with disabilities and students without disabilities. Schauer explained the assessment systems used, the 1% alternate assessment cap for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, the absence of 2019-20 data due to the pandemic, and how state standards are set by North Dakota educators. Members asked about cohort trends, the role of alternate assessments, grade-level patterns, and whether the state should focus more on reducing the novice category than on moving students from approaching to proficient. Schauer also discussed the new NDA Plus assessment, the state’s planned growth model, and the possibility of future breakdowns by disability category or by schools using science-of-math approaches. Special education educators testified that students with disabilities continued to receive services during COVID because of FAPE obligations, which likely helped limit learning loss, and emphasized that IEP teams focus on individual growth rather than only proficiency buckets. Committee members then shifted to special education funding and possible funding models. Brandon Bombach of Grand Forks Public Schools presented on the state aid formula, focusing on the special education weighting factor and arguing that the current formula does not adequately respond to growing student needs because it counts enrollment but does not adjust when the number of students with IEPs rises. He used examples to show that a district can have the same enrollment and receive the same weighting even if the number of students needing services increases. Members discussed whether the formula should be tied more closely to actual need and accountability, and the chair indicated that the committee would continue gathering data and ideas for a later meeting.

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• in the district or a district’s maximum per-pupil limit.
• These per-pupil amounts were increased last session by $500 per pupil.
• projected $2,223.80 per pupil, and by $250 per pupil in calendar year 2027 to a projected amount of
• $2,540.51 per pupil.
• year or $3 per $1,000 of assessed value.

Bills: HB2675 , HB2681 , HB2714 , HB2688 , HB2481 , HB2116 , HB1408

Committee: House Appropriations

Keywords: accounts, finance, business regulation, transparency, audits, cannabis, license fees, regulatory framework, revenue generation, legalization, HB 2714, caseload forecasting, food assistance, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, state food assistance, budget forecasting, caseload forecast council, caseload forecast supervisor, Washington State