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• She identified Michael May and Mia Rutherford in grade seven, Catalina Perry and Maddox Defe in grade
• Michael May and Mia Rutherford in grade Michael May and Mia Rutherford in grade seven,<00:21:18.799
• Members, please hold your grade 12.
• Grade five, uh let's see, we applause.
• Trigilus, sixth grade science teacher. Trigilus, sixth grade science teacher.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• this is graded as SPFs. this is graded as SPFs.
• grading designation. grading designation. >> Follow<00:40:24.320> up.
• because of that that grading. because of that that grading.
• So why don't we change the grading?
• The only different grades we had were one and two. And now you're adding another grade.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• grades 12 7 through 12. grades 12 7 through 12.
• in grades 6 through 12. in grades 6 through 12. sexually<00:31:29.679> transmitted<00:31:
• level K through 5, as well as the grade band of 6 through 8 and the grade band of 9 through 12.
• level K through 5, as well as the grade band of 6 through 8 and the grade band of 9 through 12.
• level K through 5, as well as the grade band of 6 through 8 and the grade band of 9 through 12.

Bills: HF3489, HF3550

Keywords: grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension

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• So, we did not get that first grade So, we did not get that first grade until until until 2018<00
• We had more D's and Fs we issued grades.
• Eighth grade is another story. Still struggle quite a bit with eighth grade performance as well.
• Eighth grade is another story. students. Eighth grade is another story.
• Focusing more grade performance as well.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• So, we want every student reading on grade level by the end of third grade.
• students to meet the third grade students to meet the third grade reading.<01:31:31.760> And<
• level at the end of grade three.
• Grade three.
• They were in that 12% that weren't on grade level, but they got promoted on to fourth grade anyway.

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• My school community serves 685 children between the grades of preschool and grade 4.
• at grade level.
• actually given in the 11th grade because you're measuring 10th grade.
• measuring their 10th grade knowledge. measuring their 10th grade knowledge.
• Does every 11th grade student grade.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met to hear from the New Hampshire Association of School Principals as part of its review of a proposal involving statewide administrative consolidation and changes to school governance. Members first discussed how school board witnesses would be selected, with the chair saying the committee would seek a mix of district sizes and structures and would also accept emailed input. The principals’ association said it represents more than 550 principals and assistant principals and urged caution about any mandatory consolidation, arguing that successful consolidations are gradual and voluntary. Association leaders and principals testified that principals already handle a wide range of responsibilities, including instructional leadership, student discipline, safety, staff supervision and evaluation, family and community engagement, and day-to-day crisis response. They argued that shifting more legal, budgetary, and administrative duties onto principals would reduce time for coaching teachers and supporting students, increase burnout and turnover, and create legal and training risks, especially in areas such as special education, privacy, and labor issues. They also said the roles of superintendents, principals, and school board members are distinct and require different training and expertise. Members asked detailed questions about how responsibilities are divided between principals and SAUs, whether principals recruit and evaluate staff, and how much time principals work. One principal said she works about 60 to 70 hours a week and that additional duties would be difficult to absorb. Another principal described his school’s structure, the importance of community building, and the need to preserve district-wide alignment if consolidation moves forward. No votes were taken during this portion of the meeting.

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• Our third grade reading proficiency was only at 50% in 2011.
• That also means that 60% At third grade.
• Students in the third grade have a critical switch. Before third grade, you are learning to read.
• You're learning to read from zero to third grade. At third grade, you are now reading to learn.
• And I know I... ...was diagnosed at fourth grade.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate considered a series of amendments to a primary care health care bill and also took up a separate literacy bill. Several amendments were withdrawn, including one on artificial intelligence in health care and others related to cost controls, direct primary care, and provider studies. The Senate adopted amendments on preserving access to treatment for serious mental illness, modernizing the definition of primary care, clarifying payment rates for community health centers, excluding pharmaceutical spending from primary care expenditure calculations, and strengthening health equity reporting. Other amendments on rate bands, alternative payment systems, private equity reporting, scope of practice, and ownership disclosure were rejected. The Senate then approved the Ways and Means amendment and ordered the primary care bill to a third reading. The chamber also took up final passage of An Act Relative to Teachers Preparation and Student Literacy, with senators describing it as a long-awaited compromise focused on improving early reading outcomes. Supporters said the bill requires evidence-based K-3 literacy curricula, regular student screening and family notification, dyslexia screening protocols, professional development for teachers, and a free state-developed curriculum option. Senators emphasized the need to address declining third-grade reading proficiency and equity gaps. The bill passed to be enacted by a unanimous roll call and was sent to the Governor. After the literacy bill, the Senate returned to the primary care bill, where senators again debated cost containment, innovation, and access. The final version included the adopted amendments and was passed to be engrossed by a roll call vote of 35-4. The Senate then adopted an adjournment order and recessed, adjourning in memory of Henry Thomas III, former Representative Ben Swan, and Mr. Dennis Frane.

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• and grade four math, the bill expands the requirement to grade eight.
• It starts on page 57 where the school grades, the new school grades implementation...
• with the student grade scale.
• Guess what their grade is? A D. Guess what their grade was last year? A D.
• Guess what their grade is? It was an F, a C, and a D.

Bills: SB 5, SJR 3, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, 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 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972, SB 365, SB 1786, SB 5, SJR 3, HB 14, HB 43, HB 36, HB 26, HB 149, HB 121, HB 206, HB 136, HB 3114, HB 2733, HB 1732, HB 3700, HB 467, HB 1130, HB 1846, HB 1442, HB 1147, HB 2176, HB 2701, HB 805, HB 2890, HB 1154, HB 1644, HB 2118, HB 1718, HB 2488, HB 2596, HB 2468, HB 484, HB 2578, HB 3204, HB 1041, HB 307, HB 685, HB 538, HB 2525, HB 3125, HB 2027, HB 2894, HB 3077, HB 106, HB 18, HB 11, HJR 72, HB 48, HB 27, HB 144, 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 1775, HB 1024, HB 1607, HB 252, HB 1716, HB 1562, HB 4116, HB 1866, HB 1741, HB 2103, HB 2637, HB 2884, HB 3707, HB 503, HB 1089, HB 1757, HB 2986, HB 972

Keywords: dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, licensing, reciprocity, regulation, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, interstate agreements, tax exemption, intellectual disability

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• subjects and grade levels. subjects and grade levels.
• I went to 6th through 8th grade at the beautiful old Spalding graded school, which was previously the
• I went to 6th through 8th grade at the I went to 6th through 8th grade at the beautiful<00:27:44.480>
• old Spalding graded school beautiful old Spalding graded school which<00:27:47.120> was<00:27
• grade and subject. grade and subject.

Keywords: 927, senate, all

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• Egg department. And you guys, this is what we're dealing with.
• And so the request from the agency is that they'd have some more flexibility within the pay grades and
• have some more flexibility within the have some more flexibility within the pay<01:25:16.800> grades
• 18.480> be<01:25:18.639> able<01:25:18.880> to<01:25:20.239> adjust pay grades
• and uh be able to adjust pay grades and uh be able to adjust through<01:25:21.679> HR<01:25:22.800

Keywords: 916, all

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• So what can we do to instruct kids like grades 9 through 12?
• And they need to get on that track in 9th, 10th, or 11th grade at least to get there.
• Ninth grade now, and I guess hopefully the Department of Education is listening.
• I need to provide age- and grade-appropriate materials and information regarding this topic.
• We're adding scientifically accurate and age- and grade-appropriate materials on the website.

Keywords: 974, senate, all

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• grade awarded in that class on a student's transcript as long... ...along with the grade or letter they
• It's if the average grade or the meeting grade of the class was maybe a 70 and someone Someone who's
• to have that added to the transcript or is it to the grade?
• grades that they get every time there's a grade posted, or is it on the transcript?
• A's or B's, 45 to 45. of all grades are A's.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• We have more chronic absenteeism, specifically in 11th and 12th grade.
• We have more chronic absenteeism, specifically in 11th and 12th grade.
• <00:42:43.920> level consolidating data I think grade level consolidating data I think grade
• The declining grades aren't making a change in our district.
• The declining grades aren't making a change in our district.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• student can be suspended from grades student can be suspended from grades K3<00:54:13.680> in
• He's in fifth grade. The concern occurred when he was in kindergarten.
• <01:27:56.440> K suspensions for students in grades K suspensions for students in grades K
• Frank was a second-grade student that was adopted by a family in our district.
• dismissal in kindergarten through grade dismissal in kindergarten through grade three<01:41:28.520

Keywords: 1183, house

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• At its core, this bill 12th grade.
• grade reading on the NAPE to 21st. grade reading on the NAPE to 21st.
• instructional role and grade band. instructional role and grade band.
• sixth grade teachers to take.
• at a third grade level.

Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025

Keywords: extracurricular activities, public school participation, enrollment, Wyoming, student access, charter schools, application process, authorizers, public hearing, community support, scholarship, education, eligibility, continuous enrollment, 916, all

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• Trees grown north of the political boundary are graded as SPF, while trees grown south of this are graded
• south of graded as SPF while trees grown south of this<00:35:13.520> is<00:35:13.839> graded
• this is graded as SPFs. this is graded as SPFs.
• U can I ask who does the grading<00:41:30.640> of<00:41:30.880> one, grading of one, grading
• because of that that grading. because of that that grading.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 497, a technical correction to last year’s capital budget. Shannon Reid of the Community College System of New Hampshire explained that the bill removes leftover state-agency boilerplate from a repurposed capital appropriation and replaces it with community college language, without changing any dollar amounts. She also described a requested amendment to rename a respiratory therapy renovation appropriation at Nashua Community College as an allied health instructional center, so the space can be used more flexibly for programs such as phlebotomy, radiologic technology, and LNA training. Terry Poff of the General Court then testified on the second part of the bill, which changes legislative space references to support the move of General Court offices from the second floor to the fourth floor of the annex as part of the legislative office building reconfiguration. Members asked whether the community college changes affected funding, and Reid confirmed the amounts do not change and that the bill simply speeds up a correction that otherwise would have been handled later in the lapse process. Poff said the annex space change is part of a permanent transition, though the work cannot proceed until the General Court has legal control of the space. The committee then entered executive session, adopted Amendment 1031H on a 12-0 vote, and voted ought to pass as amended on SB 497 by a 12-0 vote, with several members absent. The bill was placed on the consent calendar. The committee next opened a hearing on Senate Bill 529FN, which would give preference to lumber sourced in the United States on state-funded building projects. Representative Davis, introducing the bill for Senator Roachford, argued that New Hampshire timber is disadvantaged by grading rules that treat U.S. lumber differently from Canadian SPF lumber, even when the wood is from similar species and climates. He said the bill is intended to support New Hampshire’s timber industry and that architects and engineers would still be able to specify stronger materials when needed. Committee members questioned whether the bill should instead refer specifically to New Hampshire lumber, how it would be enforced, and what the cost impact would be. Davis and later witness Mike Olette said the issue is tied to industry grading standards rather than a government code, that the bill is meant to create a preference rather than a mandate, and that price differences are hard to pin down because lumber is a commodity. Olette, who lives near the border, testified that New Hampshire logs are often sent to Canada for milling and then return under a different grade, which he said puts New Hampshire loggers and mills at an economic disadvantage.

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• In math, California was about 0.7 grade levels.
• From one grade level in 2003 to a third of a grade level in 2019 and now only a fifth of a grade level
• So in math that gap was 2.3 grade levels in 2003. 3.9 grade levels in 2019 and 3.1 grade levels in 2024
• 2.5 grade levels, and the white-black gap has grown from 3.1 grade levels to 3.4 grade levels during
• or fourth grade.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The position requested is a Supreme Court police chief at a grade LESO5, with a salary range of $67,000
• But when you collapse everybody's existing pay grades... ...to 15%.
• But when you collapse everybody's existing pay grades...
• But when you collapse everybody's existing pay grades or titles, and you get rid of a whole bunch of
• And then even if we get to the midpoint on those pay grades, ours are still falling way below.

Summary: The committee met to consider several budget and staffing requests tied to constitutional offices and the Supreme Court, with opening remarks noting that fringe benefits are now calculated at 40% to 45% and that constitutional officers may pay the maximum if they choose. Item B, a Supreme Court request for one new Supreme Court police chief position with no appropriation increase, was approved. Item C, from the Secretary of State, sought five additional Capitol Police corporal positions, title realignments, and salary maximum adjustments, along with a $498,000 appropriation increase; members questioned how the office could absorb pay changes without new funding, and the office explained it was cleaning up a large and outdated classification structure while also preparing to provide security for an additional building. The item was approved. Item D, from the Lieutenant Governor’s Office, proposed moving from line-item maximum salaries to state pay-plan grades, with no change in total positions but about a $349,000 increase in salaries and matching funds. Office representatives said the office had not had raises in nearly a decade and needed the change to stay competitive and retain staff, but members raised concerns about comparing the office’s pay to other agencies and about office staffing and accessibility. Senator Hill asked to hold the item for offline discussion, and the committee agreed to hold it until the next day. Item E, from the Auditor’s Office, requested salary realignments, increases to line-item maximums, and two new positions tied to UCP claims and compliance work, with a total increase of $579,468. The auditor said the office had already pulled a government relations position from the request after an updated packet was issued, and defended the remaining increases as market-based and revenue-neutral, with some work funded by interest earnings. Members questioned the need for a legislative affairs position and whether the salary increases were aligned with the market, but after discussion the committee approved the item. The meeting then adjourned.

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• of growth in grade one, by the time students get to fourth grade, where they don’t have pictures, where
• of growth in grade one, by the time students get to fourth grade, where they don’t have pictures, where
• And none of us are going to grade ourselves as harshly as real life grades us.
• grades<00:34:56.159> us.
• in the eighth grade. in the eighth grade.

Keywords: 958, all

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• Cordero, eighth-grade teacher at California Virtual Academies, in support. A.
• Cordero, eighth-grade teacher at California Virtual Academies, in support. Good afternoon.
• I've taught every grade from kindergarten to 12th grade over my 13 years as a virtual educator, but my
• Nancy Maui, first grade teacher with California Virtual Academies, and I oppose.
• Anna Cordero, eighth grade teacher at California Virtual Academies, Anna Cordero, eighth grade teacher

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee met without a quorum for much of the hearing and heard several bills out of order. SB 249 by Senator Umberg would move county board of education elections from the primary to the statewide general election. Supporters, including the League of Women Voters and many educators, argued the change would increase turnout and make the electorate more representative. The Orange County Board of Education opposed the bill, saying it would increase costs, reduce local control, and bury education races on crowded general-election ballots. The chair and members discussed turnout, cost, and representation, but the bill was held pending a quorum. Senator Grove presented SB 373, which adds safeguards for California students placed in out-of-state non-public schools through IEPs. The bill would require more robust LEA and CDE oversight, including annual site visits, student interviews, quarterly contact, stronger certification standards, and restrictions on prone, supine, and mechanical restraints. Testimony from a survivor of an out-of-state placement and from advocates emphasized abuse, neglect, and the need for stronger monitoring. There was broad support and no opposition testimony, but the measure was also held pending a quorum. Senator Ashby presented SB 568, the epinephrine in schools modernization act, to clarify and expand requirements for stocked epinephrine so they clearly apply to all public schools, including preschool programs. School nurses and medical experts said the bill would close gaps created by universal preschool and ensure life-saving treatment is available for anaphylaxis. The committee discussed dosing and implementation, and the bill was supported without opposition testimony. The committee also heard SB 414, the Charter School Accountability Act, which would strengthen fiscal oversight, audit standards, and transparency for charter schools and authorizers. Supporters said it responds to fraud and audit findings while preserving charter flexibility; opponents, including school employees and teachers, said it did not go far enough on authorizer accountability and small-district oversight. After discussion, the committee voted 7-0 to pass SB 414 as amended to Appropriations. The committee also briefly heard SB 743 by Senator Cortese, which would create an equalization reserve account to provide additional funding to underfunded school districts and reduce funding inequities tied to ZIP code. The author said the bill would support student achievement and teacher retention over time. The transcript cuts off before testimony or action on SB 743 was completed.