Video & Transcript Research : 'regional program'

Page 6 of 500
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 25, 2026 PM 1

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Rural health transformation funds, as you know, can go towards helping with regionalization and other
  • We have seen consolidation and some really good examples of regionalization taking place, but most of
  • towards helping with uh regionalization towards helping with uh regionalization and<00:02:52.640
  • We're working on a proposal to the reenlistment bonus programs.
  • programs.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 25th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The university offers over 130 undergraduate programs, over 80 master's degrees, and more. programs,
  • and offers 50 doctoral programs.
  • The program is open to full-time students.
  • The director of the program is Dr.
  • There are 17 PA program in Texas, each awarding a graduate degree to practice.
Summary: The meeting was marked by significant resolutions recognizing various contributions to Texas and celebrating community initiatives. Key discussions included the adoption of resolutions commemorating Texas Hispanic Judges Day and highlighting the 100th anniversary of Memorial Park. Senators expressed appreciation for the judges' dedication and legacy, with notable mentions of individual judges and their impact on the community and legal landscape in Texas. The Senate also honored students and organizations contributing positively to their communities, showcasing the interconnectedness of public service and the legislative process.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 25th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it's about shaping leadership with 14 flown astronauts that have come through our program, and two
  • Whitesides, a Democrat from California, also at our national level, have come through our program.
  • When I left the astronaut program, I became Chief Scientist for the International Space Station up in
  • I work for Aerospace Corporation, now running a STEM program.
  • I think you'll see as students come from that program, we've already seen some of them become engineers
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 25th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • My goal is to help expand our programs. My goal is to help expand our programs that we need.
  • I know our cybersecurity program and our AI program are fairly new, and I think with this partnership
  • one day we'll have a doctorate program in the nursing program at West Florida.
  • One of the best programs is the nursing program, where the practical nursing students pass at 90.91%,
  • , they both are doing workforce programs?
Bills: S1570, S1376
Summary: The committee heard and approved two bills before moving to a long confirmation agenda. SB 1570, by Sen. Gates, would restore Project Leo, a previously sunset program that helps locate missing persons with special needs through voluntary tracking devices and coordination between CARD centers and local sheriffs; it was praised as a proven tool for families and first responders and was reported favorably. CS/SB 1376, by Sen. Burgess, would create grants to support genetic counseling education and help address Florida’s shortage of genetic counselors; testimony noted the state’s limited supply of licensed counselors and the need to expand clinical training, and the bill also passed favorably. The committee then considered a block of reappointments to university and college boards of trustees, including institutions such as UWF, Broward College, Chipola College, FIU, Pasco-Hernando, Polk State, St. Petersburg, Valencia, FAMU, FAU, UCF, FSU, New College, UNF, USF, and others. No one requested separate votes on the reappointments, and the block was confirmed unanimously for recommendation to the next committee. A series of new appointees then appeared and largely emphasized workforce training, nursing, military support, and local economic development at their institutions. Witnesses included appointees to Pensacola State, Polk State, St. Petersburg College, UNF, FIU, UWF, Valencia, the College of the Florida Keys, and others; several highlighted strong NCLEX pass rates, dual enrollment, and partnerships with employers or military communities. One nominee, Florida Poly reappointment Ilya Shapiro, faced pointed questioning from Sen. Bracey Davis about past comments regarding race and the Supreme Court; he said his remarks were about hiring criteria, not a specific justice, and reiterated opposition to race- or sex-based selection. The committee also briefly struggled to reach Sherry Young by phone before hearing her testimony for Chipola College, where she said she wanted to give back as an alumna and nurse practitioner. Most new appointees were recommended for confirmation in a block, while Thomas Zachary Smith of UWF was pulled for separate consideration.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Postsecondary Jan 28th, 2026

Education Postsecondary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill would establish an education grant program to support students pursuing a career in genetics
  • I'm glad we're going to continue this program.
  • So I think that having these kinds of programs and monitors will really save lives.
  • So thank you for continuing this program. I'm happy to.
  • I remember when we started the program as a pilot program, and I was disappointed when it was no longer
Bills: S1376, S1570
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and first considered SB 1376, which would create an education grant program to help address Florida’s shortage of genetic counselors by supporting students in genetics programs at state universities. Senator Burgess described genetic counselors’ roles in oncology, prenatal care, rare diseases, and other clinical settings, and noted Florida’s limited number of licensed counselors. The committee adopted an amendment requiring graduate programs to be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Genetic Counseling and to show sufficient clinical training capacity. Members spoke in support, and CS/SB 1376 was reported favorably by roll call vote. After a brief recess, the committee took up SB 1570, which would revive Project Leo, a prior Florida program that helped locate missing persons with special needs who are at high risk of wandering or elopement. President Gates explained that the bill would allow participating CARD centers to work with local sheriff’s offices to provide voluntary tracking devices and included $1 million in nonrecurring funding. Senators Berman and Harrell supported the measure, citing the dangers of wandering, especially for individuals with developmental disabilities or autism, and the importance of preventing drownings and other tragedies. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. No other business was raised, no senators requested to be recorded on the bills, and the committee adjourned without objection.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • My question is regarding the Infrastructure Liaison Officer program, specifically about the training
  • We have threat-to-life teams in every region now, and these are not funded.
  • In key regions of Mexico, state authority has collapsed, and cartel networks function as parallel governments
Bills: SB36, SB2202, SB 36
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • My mother is a longtime educator, currently the certified teacher running the First Start program in
  • What this bill does, it's an existing program that we have with the Alabama Student Grant Program administered
  • .. participation in the program from 40% to 20%.
  • veterans to participate in the scholarship program.
  • This is a voluntary program; nobody has to do it.
Bills: HB46, HB379, SB22, HB487, HB273, HB525
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee, February 23, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first bill for our consideration is Senate File 14, literacy position for K through 3 reading program
  • It appropriates $240,000 from the public school foundation program account to the Department of Education
  • 00.879> to<00:01:01.199> the<00:01:01.520> deployment<00:01:01.920> of program
  • account to the deployment of program account to the deployment of educ<00:01:02.559> uh<00:01
  • However, you all as part of the program.
Bills: SF0014, SF0053
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-25-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would like to introduce and welcome students from the Young Entrepreneur Program at Kiyuki High School
  • I would like to welcome students from the agricultural program at Wipahu High School.
  • , which is a 12-week program that examines what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur.
  • , which is a 12-week to Mck program, which is a 12-week program<00:04:07.680> that<00:04:08.000
  • that examines what it takes to program that examines what it takes to become<00:04:10.319> a<
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-24-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • led the In this role, he's led the organization's<00:03:52.879> flagship<00:03:53.440> programs
  • <00:03:53.840> and organization's flagship programs and organization's flagship programs and
  • :11.360> strong continued partnership and the strong continued partnership and the strong regional
  • connections that he's helped to regional connections that he's helped to create.<00:04:14.000> Let's
  • that support elected officials and nonpartisan legislative staff throughout the region.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 11, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • bill today that we're going to take a look at is Senate File 14, Literacy Position for K-3 Reading Program
  • Program. And I've asked uh members of Program.
  • intervention um literacy program. intervention um literacy program.
  • We just haven’t, you know, used this and filled the program. And I don’t know, I could be wrong.
  • Madam Chairman, for Senate File 14, Literacy Position for K-3 Reading Program, do pass amended.
Bills: SF0014, SF0018
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/29/2026 - House Rural Economic Development

Rural Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • to your point, there's an affordability issue across the state, and I think I would prefer to see programs
  • Madam Chair, I think there's the BEAD program, Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, and obviously
  • felt that it was unfair. ...of a, they felt that it was unfair that Pinal Partnership, that Pinal Regional
  • happy to stand for questions. of a, they felt that it was unfair that Pinal Partnership, that Pinal Regional
Summary: The Committee on Rural Economic Development met briefly, adopted its committee rules, and heard several bills focused largely on Apache Junction, La Paz County, broadband, transportation, and rural economic development. HB 2258 would add La Paz County to Area 4 for representation on the Tourism Advisory Council and was described as correcting an omission; it passed unanimously 7-0. HB 2065 appropriates $9.5 million for Apache Junction housing infrastructure, rehabilitation, and blight abatement; members discussed statewide housing shortages and the need for targeted rural-adjacent investment, and the bill passed 6-1. The committee then considered HB 2066, which appropriates $8 million for broadband and fiber optic expansion in Apache Junction. The sponsor emphasized rural connectivity and safety concerns, especially for the Navajo Nation and students, and expressed openness to federal BEAD funding and amendments; the bill passed 6-1. HB 2106, an emergency measure to direct undistributed county transportation excise tax revenues to ADOT for Pinal County road projects, was explained as a way to use escrowed funds for the voters’ intended purpose after litigation over the tax; it passed unanimously 7-0. Finally, HB 2071 would appropriate $15.5 million for a rural business and workforce hub, infrastructure revitalization, and a rural health and community services facility in Apache Junction. Members discussed whether the proposal should be broadened to other rural areas and the need for accountability and possible amendments, including for the Navajo Nation; it passed 6-1. The chair noted that one remaining bill would be held for the next agenda, and the committee adjourned.