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• Funds are available for the Superintendent options under APRA.
• This reliable schedule would also ensure and inform local adoption processes.
• I'm excited to see freshly prepared meals at the local community level.
• We're seeing some great changes in our menu in our local school districts.
• How do we currently support the composting process for our local agencies?

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• Uh, I just wanted to say thank you to, uh, Superintendent Luck and his staff at Roswell.
• Thank you, Superintendent. I was just wondering, does it also have Lucy Hall?
• Um, so Superintendent, what is your vacancy rate?
• Superintendent. Any other final comments? No, sir. Just a quick clarification.
• That they created local level those two credits at the local level. Mr. Chair, that's all I have.

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• So basically, my understanding—my superintendent, Dr.
• My understanding—my superintendent, Dr.
• Unexpected tuition obligations of this magnitude undermine responsible local planning.
• We are not asking... ...of this magnitude undermine responsible local planning.
• So it went unnoticed until Superintendent Rebecca from Hancock started to look into this.

Bills: H4867 , H4927

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Education

Keywords: school choice, education policy, educational funding, public schools, student enrollment, applied behavior analysis, autism, education, special needs, school access, therapeutic interventions

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• They're serving their local children and students and families.
• decision and that's local bargaining.
• I'm Brianna Burns, on behalf of the California County Superintendents, representing the 58 county superintendents
• Superintendents of Schools.
• I'm Brianna Burns, on behalf of the California County Superintendents, representing the 58 County Superintendents

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance heard an extended discussion on state efforts to recruit, prepare, and retain teachers, with a focus on whether current programs are sustainable and well targeted. Testimony from the Learning Policy Institute, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the Department of Education, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office described persistent shortages, especially in special education, math, science, bilingual education, and high-need schools. Speakers emphasized that residency programs, Golden State Teacher Grants, National Board incentives, classified employee pathways, and undergraduate teacher pipelines have helped increase preparation and retention, but many of these efforts rely on one-time funding and lack long-term certainty. Committee members repeatedly raised concerns about the “leaky pipeline,” working conditions, the burden of student debt, and whether the state should simplify and institutionalize support for aspiring teachers rather than rely on a patchwork of grants. The agencies presented data showing continuing shortages and uneven distribution of fully credentialed teachers. CTC reported projected hiring needs of roughly 20,000 to 25,000 teachers annually, with the highest needs in self-contained classrooms, special education, and certain regions of the state. It also noted that emergency permits, waivers, and intern credentials remain high, and that teachers entering through those routes have higher turnover. LPI cited research showing residency-prepared teachers are more effective and more likely to stay, and argued that Golden State Teacher Grants attract candidates who might not otherwise enter teaching and help them complete preparation. CDE stressed that most new demand comes from attrition and urged support for multiple entry points, tuition assistance, and campus-based coursework. Several members also discussed the role of community college pathways, dual credentialing, and support for school leaders as part of retention. The LAO recommended rejecting the educator pipeline proposals under discussion, citing limited evidence of effectiveness and suggesting that any new spending should be more narrowly targeted to the highest-need schools and long-standing shortage subjects. The LAO also said that if the Legislature funds new programs this year, Proposition 98 would be preferable given the state’s fiscal condition. Committee members pushed back on the idea that declining enrollment or layoffs would solve shortages, noting that shortages and layoffs can coexist in different subject areas and regions. The discussion ended with agreement that staff would continue working with agencies on how to make teacher pipeline investments more consistent, coherent, and easier for candidates to navigate. The committee then turned to the Golden State Teacher Grant Program. Finance proposed $50 million in one-time General Fund support to extend the program for one additional year, while the LAO recommended rejecting the proposal because the first CSAC evaluation is not due until later in the year and because the funding would be non-Proposition 98. CSAC supported the extension, saying demand has been strong, over 20,000 aspiring educators have been served since 2021, and the agency had to pause applications after receiving more than 9,200 this year; it also said more than 2,500 candidates had already expressed interest for next year. Members asked how many students the new funding would serve, and CSAC estimated just under 5,000 awards at $10,000 each. The discussion also covered whether the grant could be moved into Proposition 98 and how the one-time nature of the funding affects confidence among prospective teachers.

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• And Luke, we'll move those determination from the local school districts to the governing organizations
• The second permit superintendents to consider athletic directors and coaches, administrative personnel
• So if the district decides superintendent decided to hire an individual has administrative personnel
• Is it the school board or the superintendent or is it the union through collective bargaining?
• Chair. >> So that is done dumb locally.

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• So on Sunday we had sort of an impromptu two-hour meeting to make some changes to our local rules to
• The superintendents know them all on a first-name basis. How do we help schools?
• . superintendent You know at that time.
• But without fail, what the superintendents told me was we just want to know the rules.
• So we sit down with the superintendent and tailor that to the school.

Committee: Senate Nominations

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• to a superintendent, to have this recognition today.
• Cleveland did as the first superintendent of Rio Rancho Public Schools, and the only superintendent up
• It's beyond being a superintendent.
• Senator, do you believe that any of this decision-making will be driven to the local level where local
• school boards... ...to the local level where local school boards once again might feel like they're

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation from Rabbi Jack Stocker for New Mexico’s first Jewish Community Day at the legislature, and then proceeded with the Pledge of Allegiance, Spanish pledge, flag salute, and national anthem. Early floor business included unanimous-consent approvals for cameras on the floor and in the gallery, a relaxed dress code for guests, and an excuse for Senator Hickey. Majority Floor Leader Peter Wirth noted it was the last day for bill introductions and reviewed the day’s observances and receptions, including Multiple Sclerosis Advocacy Day, Jewish Community Day, Santo Domingo Pueblo Day, Lincoln County Day, and UNM Day. A large portion of the meeting was devoted to honoring the Artesia Bulldogs football team, recognized for winning another state championship and for their long record of success. Senators and coaches praised the team’s resilience, community support, and the role of local fundraising and school support in sustaining athletic excellence. The Senate also observed a moment of silence for New Mexico State Police Officer Darien Jarrett on the fifth anniversary of his death in the line of duty, with Senator Brantley speaking about Jarrett’s service and the impact of his loss on law enforcement and the region. The chamber then celebrated UNM Day with a formal certificate recognizing the University of New Mexico’s role as the state’s flagship university, its enrollment, degrees awarded, research, patents, health sciences, and hospital services. Multiple senators spoke in support, emphasizing UNM’s impact on education, health care, public service, first-generation students, and athletics, and several introduced guests from UNM programs and leadership. The Senate also read and adopted a certificate recognizing Dr. V. Sue Cleveland for 32 years leading Rio Rancho Public Schools, with members praising her role in building the district and supporting its growth and success. Later, the Senate recognized Valencia County Day and Hidalgo County Day, with senators highlighting each county’s history, economic development, agriculture, transportation, and community identity, and introducing local officials, business leaders, and youth honorary lieutenant governors. Additional floor remarks honored nurses and health care professionals tied to Lincoln County Day and related observances, with senators introducing guests from nursing, education, and hospital settings and emphasizing the importance of the nursing workforce and rural health care.

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• They talked about local hire.
• Local companies who employ local folks, who have been educated at local schools, live locally, family
• members open businesses locally.
• Because you talk about educating locally, hiring locally, and yet you're advocating for bills that discriminate
• “SB 1262 compromises that local authority and reaches into areas that are locally negotiated with our

Summary: The committee heard several education-related bills. SB 1154 would let community college districts use best-value procurement for public works over $1 million. The author and community college supporters argued it would improve project quality and reduce delays and change orders, while contractor groups opposed it, saying the bill’s skilled-and-trained workforce and safety provisions would narrow competition and add subjectivity. The bill passed the committee on a 4-2 vote and was placed on call. SB 1347, a cleanup bill clarifying that stock albuterol may be kept in all public schools, including preschool programs, drew support from school nurses, respiratory care advocates, and a physician who said it would help schools respond to asthma emergencies. With no opposition, it passed unanimously and was placed on call. SB 1222 would create a pilot program designating a lead county office to help regions improve career technical education implementation; supporters said it would expand access and build regional capacity, while Senator Cabaldon questioned the need for another pilot and urged more direct funding instead. The bill passed and was placed on call. The committee also considered SB 1378, which would create a California Excellence in Service Learning designation for schools and districts. Supporters said it would recognize and encourage service-learning programs without mandating curriculum changes, while some members raised concerns about adding more state designations and administrative work. It passed and was placed on call. SB 1048 would create a Seal of Climate Literacy for high school students; supporters said it would recognize climate-related learning and connect students to green careers, while members cautioned against using seals to influence curriculum and noted equity and implementation concerns. It also passed and was placed on call. Finally, SB 1101 would require higher education institutions to notify students, faculty, and staff when their personal information is shared with federal agencies in OCR-related investigations or subpoenas. Supporters framed it as a privacy and free-speech protection in response to recent federal requests for campus information, while the author said the bill would not block lawful subpoenas but would require notice and limit voluntary disclosures. The committee discussed legal and constitutional issues, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.

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• Um and we know that superintendent.
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Committee: Senate Education

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• And before we begin with the bills, I'd like to bring up our superintendent, Superintendent Brumley,
• Superintendent Brumley. Good morning, Chairwoman Schlegel.
• They are employees of their local district.
• Superintendent Student Advisory Council.
• And just last month, we had our final meeting of the year, where our superintendent, Superintendent Javier

Bills: HR249 , HR251 , HB395 , HB902 , SB83 , SB132 , SB157 , SB338 , SB450 , SB484 , SB501 , SB507

Committee: House Education

Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, content standards, K-12 education, public schools, curriculum, digital literacy, computer science, STEM, technology education, student privacy, ethical AI, workforce development, future-ready workforce, instructional resources, education policy, school standards, Louisiana education

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• Three, demonstrate alignment with state and local continuous improvement plans.
• We have some that are so small that the superintendent is the principal is the teacher.
• I'm the superintendent of the Twin Falls School District.
• That includes your superintendent, your elementary principal, your secondary principal.
• Hoy's statements, they are essential in these schools to the superintendent of Twin Falls.

Committee: Senate Education

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• Basically, this establishes a cybersecurity safe harbor for local governments when they adopt and maintain

Bills: HB1739 , HB1784 , HB1889 , HB2116 , HB2206 , HB3625 , HB2939 , HB3028 , HB3265 , HB3313 , HB3413 , HB3414 , HB3415 , HB3416 , HB3417 , HB3418 , HB3420 , HB3588 , HB3748 , HB3721 , HB3852 , HB4132 , HB4263 , HB4303 , HB4311 , HB4428 , HB4429 , HB4434

Committee: House Government Oversight

Keywords: retirement, law enforcement, disability benefits, pension system, Oklahoma, education reform, local control, student outcomes, curriculum changes, school funding, public retirement systems, pension, retirement benefits, cost-of-living adjustment, COLA, inflation adjustment, CPI-U, Consumer Price Index, firefighters pension, police pension

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• She's the Sacramento local Girl Scout championing this legislation.
• She's the Sacramento local Girl Scout championing this legislation.
• With school staff, parents, and local first responders.
• Good afternoon, Chair, Assembly Member, Superintendent. My name is David Bologger.
• Finally, these contracts are paid locally and do not have any state costs.

Committee: House Education

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• The project has no local match requirement, but the Tensas board has agreed to commit $100,000 in local
• State and local. The local tax, well, the local taxes are also... ...full amount? Correct.
• State and local?
• Are you asking to keep the state portion and the local portion? Not all of the local portion.
• Thank you, Superintendent Brumley.

Summary: The committee first adopted the fiscal status statement and five-year baseline summary after a brief discussion about how the baseline percentages are calculated and why projected expenditures exceed revenues in later years, with staff explaining that inflation assumptions drive much of the increase. The Office of Facility Planning and Control then received approval for several items: adding eight higher education deferred maintenance projects, approving a $412,993 change order for LSU’s Jesse Coates Building project, reporting four smaller change orders for information, and combining two Hornbeck water projects into one expanded water plant/well and distribution plan. The committee also approved a two-year extension for UL Lafayette’s Banner ERP consulting contract and approved additional Water Sector Commission funding of $5.5 million for the Tensas Water District Association, with a $100,000 local commitment noted. The most extensive discussion centered on a proposed tax increment financing package for a new 1,000-room Omni headquarters hotel adjacent to the New Orleans Convention Center. Project representatives said the hotel would require about $550 million in private investment, with the authority contributing land and $80 million, and that the package would dedicate state and local tax increments for 45 years after opening. Senators and representatives questioned the structure, the length of the incentive, the expected return to the state, possible cannibalization of existing hotel tax revenue, and why the convention center would receive a 1% stream for so long. Several members said they wanted more information on projected annual revenues and the overall return before voting, and the committee deferred the item to the next month. Later, Louisiana Economic Development requested one-year extensions for two marketing-related contracts with Zender Communications and Graham Group, and the Department of Education sought an amendment to the Odyssey contract for the Louisiana Gator program. The education discussion focused on the per-student cost of $143.50, the use of current enrollment and appropriation levels to set the contract ceiling, the fact that startup costs were no longer included, and the need for continuity before the current contract expires June 30. Members asked for an RFP to be considered for future years and for more information on student outcomes and actual spending. The committee took no vote on the education item during the discussion, and the meeting adjourned after the final exchanges.

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• This aligns with the League's belief that local governance should reflect the voice of the many, not
• Last year Governor Newsom vetoed the bill based on local control.
• We do believe in local control.
• There's a whole cottage industry that helps local governments do this.
• Jeff Vaca representing the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools.

Committee: House Education

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• One is a former superintendent. To date, as was just... and it's not even...
• They had a very strong superintendent and principal that took control of the...
• And we're not trying to take the place of the local county sheriff or the local police department.
• The following superintendent ended that program.
• Superintendent at Oktaha for many years. And Miss Montague, is it not true that you were also a...

Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on Oklahoma school safety from Commissioner Tipton, OSSI director Mike Fike, OACTIC director Alan Young, OSBI lieutenant Isiles Keene, and Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton. The main focus was a statewide school-safety framework built around response, prevention, and recovery. Witnesses described training law enforcement in the LASER active-shooter response model, adding A-TURK training for coordinated law enforcement/fire/EMS response, expanding run-hide-fight and Stop the Bleed instruction for educators and staff, conducting risk and vulnerability assessments, and using the Rave panic-button system and the ProtectOK tip app to speed reporting and dispatch. They also emphasized behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) teams as a prevention tool to identify and support at-risk students before violence occurs. Members asked about administrator and teacher training, school counselor involvement, how apps are deployed on personal versus school devices, and whether schools are actually using the programs. Witnesses said administrators, counselors, and SROs should be part of BTAM, that training is most effective when it is realistic and repeated, and that Rave is geofenced and typically invited onto devices by schools. Several members stressed that school leaders must buy in for safety plans to work, and one member raised concerns about traumatic training and the need for mental-health support as part of prevention. Witnesses said mental-health referral and monitoring are part of BTAM, but the school and local partners must manage the process. OSBI’s lieutenant added broader context, comparing school safety to fire safety and noting that Oklahoma still lacks some statutory requirements for intruder drills and stronger penalties for school threats. He also discussed possible future tools such as surveillance analytics, gunshot detection, ballistic-rated doors and walls, and better access controls, while warning that technology should supplement, not replace, basic safety systems and training. Sheriff Walton closed by describing rural response challenges and his foundation’s effort to place ballistic shields in schools and police cars, arguing that human resources and rapid communication remain the biggest gaps. No votes or formal actions were taken in the meeting.

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• Mackey is the superintendent of the state board of education. Uh, Dr.
• Um, it also allows Alabamians to appeal improperly charged local business taxes to the Alabama state
• Committee, this is HB498 that I'm bringing on behalf of the State Superintendent of Education, Dr.
• who is... ...directly from the superintendent who is then conducting that investigation.
• And that authority would come directly from the superintendent.

Bills: SB324 , HB395 , HB222 , HB310 , HB285 , HB144 , HB251 , HB380

Committee: House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:

• But we are certainly doing whatever we can to recruit, which includes going to local organizations, local
• When I sit on the state board and I listen to superintendents specifically, I remember having a superintendent
• Christina Sarasar with the Riverside County Superintendent of Schools and strong support of Dr.
• Lindsay Tornitori on behalf of the California County Superintendents and strong support of Dr.
• Thank you. ...Superintendents and strong support of Dr. Cynthia Glover Woods, Dr.

Committee: Senate Rules

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• That's because we took what was then a mostly locally funded system, right, which meant that wealthy
• It continues the lowering of the local match.
• This is really to align the way that we prepare principals and superintendents with best practices.
• This bill would create different pathways for a principal license, as well as for a superintendent.
• We've had to negotiate how we fund that and what we ask of school districts as a local share to do.

Committee: House House Education

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• House Bill 110, HD1, relating to local agricultural products.
• My name is De Ucha, Deputy Superintendent, Department of Education, testifying.
• Superintendent, shall we try round two on this bill? Shoot, let's go.
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• of the superintendent.

Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 110, HD1, which would clarify local food purchase goals for the Department of Education. DOE said it supports the measure and will work toward the 30% local food mandate by 2030. The Department of Agriculture also supported the bill, and outside advocates from the Hawaii Public Health Institute and Hawaii Farm to School Network strongly backed it as consistent with prior farm-to-school laws and helpful for measuring progress toward the goal. The committee then took up House Bill 293, which would exempt certain DOE purchases of local edible produce and packaged food products from electronic procurement rules and allow written-quote purchasing thresholds, including a lower quote requirement for some rural schools. DOE, the Department of Agriculture, the State Procurement Office, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau all supported the measure, describing it as a tool to help the department test and add local products and meet the 30% goal. However, members pressed DOE on the bill’s purpose and mechanics, questioning why the department could not simply add products to vendor lists or use existing procurement flexibility. DOE explained it was trying to test new local products, including products not yet on the USDA-approved list, and said the bill would allow limited pilot purchases while it works through USDA approval and vendor-list updates. Members also raised concerns about whether the bill was being used to bypass procurement and whether small farmers or aggregators could realistically supply the needed volume. House Bill 1069, which would add two voting members representing DOE and the Board of Education to the School Facilities Authority, also drew support from DOE and the Board of Education. Supporters said the change would improve accountability, strategic input, and communication on school facilities matters. SFA testified that it has already increased coordination with DOE through regular meetings and that recent discussions have been more robust. Committee members questioned whether voting seats were necessary given that DOE and BOE could already attend meetings and receive updates, and they raised concerns about how a voting representative would report back and whether the measure would actually solve communication problems. No votes or final actions were taken on the measures during the portion of the meeting provided.