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• I heard concerns from leaders in higher education about some of... their members, schools, governing
• boards being absent from important meetings.
• governing board.
• Among the board review organizations, one was a large charity, Feed the Children, boards that pay people
• But just real board meetings, I think you should be present. Thank you. Appreciate that.

Bills: SB37, SB1489, SB452, SB724, SB1067, SB1741, SB1273

Keywords: higher education, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council, ombudsman, faculty governance, decision-making, transparency, public meetings, department head, employment approval, public institutions, institutional oversight, education, funding, accountability, state budget, school performance, employment, Texas legislation

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• and Chris White Bear Lake School Board.
• White Bear Lake School Board. And while White Bear Lake School Board.
• My name is Chris Strife OG, and I'm a school board member in White Bear Lake and the director of Compass
• other subjects in schools. other subjects in schools.
• This school year, we are in 232 schools in Minnesota.

Bills: HF3421

Keywords: early literacy, reading instruction, teacher preparation, teacher candidates, teacher licensure, educator licensing, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, field experience, supervised practicum, evidence-based reading, science of reading, literacy methods, teacher training, preservice teachers, school-based experience, reading intervention, Minnesota education policy, 1183, house

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• the substitute really changes from what we passed in the House was some technical language that the board
• They wanted to use different terminology; for example, instead of saying you would register with the board
• It's the boards who oversee them.
• We're adding some requirements for a sheriff or his designee to be a part of the board, if there is one
• This requires ads in athletic venues for both public and private schools.

Bills: HB441, HB425, HB416

Keywords: speech-language pathology, licensure, clinical supervision, educational qualifications, healthcare assistant, mental health, regional authority, board of directors, local governance, public health, sudden cardiac arrest, automated external defibrillator, AED, school safety, emergency response, cardiac emergency response plan, training, athletic events, first aid, 923

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• Okay, we will take up tab 1, CS for SB 556 on requirements for a standard high school diploma by Senator
• CS for SB 556 on requirements for a standard high school diploma by Senator Berman.
• Under this bill, a student with a disability who participates in the Special Olympics for one school
• All right. participates in the Special Olympics for one school year can meet their graduation requirements
• And I had to make a request to the school... ...for my younger son to have his hours of participation

Bills: S0556, S0794, S1600

Keywords: high school diploma, graduation requirements, physical education credit, performing arts credit, marching band, Special Olympics, students with disabilities, IEP, individual education plan, 504 plan, Florida education, school credits, diploma substitution, ROTC, dance class, State Board of Education, public schools, graduation pathways, adaptive physical education, Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs considered three bills and a confirmation. On SB 1600, the committee adopted a strike-all amendment and a technical amendment that shifted the bill from creating an accreditation process to requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation, DCF, and community-based care lead agencies to study liability insurance coverage and availability in the child welfare sector and report findings to the legislature by January 1, 2027; the bill also included enforcement provisions for failure to provide requested information. Support was noted from child and family advocacy groups, and the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard CS for SB 556, which would allow students with disabilities to satisfy a physical education graduation requirement through participation in Special Olympics, if included in the student’s IEP, and would clarify that two years of marching band participation can satisfy both PE and fine arts credit. Special Olympics Florida, families, and other supporters testified in favor, emphasizing flexibility, access, and recognition of rigorous activity. The bill was reported favorably. The committee then considered CS for SB 794, which requires background screening for employees of residential facilities and day training programs serving people with developmental disabilities and directs a review of waiver support coordination, including quality, consistency, access, competencies, recruitment and retention, caseloads, and geographic gaps in services. An amendment to conform to the House version was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably. Members then questioned Secretary Taylor Hatch regarding her confirmation as Secretary of the Department of Children and Families. Senators raised concerns about child welfare system performance, parent notification and rights, CBC funding formulas, managing entities, opioid settlement spending, peer support expansion, and technology/interoperability improvements. Hatch described DCF’s recent data and initiatives, including reductions in out-of-home care entries, youth advisory efforts, missing children recovery operations, expanded behavioral health capacity, and technology upgrades for benefits processing. Public comment included support from family and provider organizations and concerns from a former foster care worker about medical misdiagnosis cases. The committee voted to recommend Hatch’s confirmation favorably, with Chair Grall voting no, and adjourned after allowing Senator Sharief to be recorded as voting in favor of SB 1600.

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• Our school board and school boards across the state are innovators.
• Our school board and school boards across the state are innovators.
• I'm the school board chair in North Branch, Minnesota.
• <00:44:10.079> Branch<00:44:10.760> uh school board chair in North Branch uh school

Bills: HF846, HF1538, HF1959

Keywords: education, special education, apprenticeship, funding, grants, intermediate school districts, teacher apprenticeship, registered apprenticeship, teacher licensure, teacher shortage, workforce development, education finance, K-12 education, higher education, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, Tier 3 license, teacher preparation, mentor teacher, school district

Bills: SB216, SB229, SB216, SB229

Keywords: retired law enforcement, retirement benefits, employment, firemedics, salary cap, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, school board policy, church-state separation, parochial education, Bible class, faith-based instruction, student release, attendance credit, State Board of Education, local school board, parental consent

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• Schools for EVA Elementary School outdoor activity center. $375,000 to Orange Beach Culinary School.
• of education to reduce the local boards of education to reduce middle<00:45:56.240> school<00
• middle school divisors. middle school divisors.
• Micro schools are school grant program.
• Bill's given from the board. Thank you, Dr. Board.

Bills: HB235, HB236, HB565, HB237, HB238, HB239, HB240, HB241, HB242, HB235, HB236, HB565, HB237, HB238, HB239, HB240, HB241, HB242

Keywords: social media, age verification, minors, under 16, children online safety, online privacy, platform regulation, deceptive trade practice, Attorney General, civil penalties, punitive damages, consumer protection, account creation, algorithmic feeds, internet safety, youth social media, HB236, Baldwin County, Board of Equalization, per diem

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• She's a student in the school. >> She's missing school to chair.
• Kids are in school more than we are home during the school year.
• missing school to chair. missing school to chair.
• work all you done for our school. work all you done for our school.
• Schools and during the school year.

Bills: HB329, HB8, HB353, HB329, HB8, HB353, HB50, HB78, HB225, SB75, SB209

Keywords: military installations, tall structures, local government, construction approval, wind energy facilities, tobacco regulation, vaping, sales restrictions, youth protection, tobacco compliance, public health, education programs, electronic nicotine delivery systems, judicial compensation, salary adjustments, district attorneys, Judges, local officials, computer science, education reform

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• So if a school district has denied a charter school application, they appealed to the state board of
• school can go outside of that chain of command and get approval all the way up to the state board of
• But I think it starts just at the local level with parents engaging their school board.
• Because when I was on the school board, what frustrated me is we felt like we were handcuffed.
• They have a relationship with their school board member.

Bills: SB1627, SB227, SB366, SB1193, SB1433, SB1450, SB1481, SB1749, SB1810, SB1812, SB1921, SB1948, SB2044, SB2178, SB169, SB1877, HB1409, SB1266, SB1432

Keywords: criminal code cleanup, duplicate statutes, statutory consolidation, repealer bill, emergency clause, Title 21 crimes, Title 47 DUI, child abuse reporting, child neglect, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, sex offenses, rape, stalking, domestic abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking, sex trafficking, gang-related offense, eluding police

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• the substitute really changes from what we passed in the House was some technical language that the board
• We had it on there that you would register with the board.
• here is updating the statute that relates to the ...updating the statute that relates to the 310 boards
• It's the boards who oversee them.
• This requires ads in athletic venues for both public and private schools.

Bills: HB441, HB425, HB416

Keywords: speech-language pathology, licensure, clinical supervision, educational qualifications, healthcare assistant, mental health, regional authority, board of directors, local governance, public health, sudden cardiac arrest, automated external defibrillator, AED, school safety, emergency response, cardiac emergency response plan, training, athletic events, first aid, sessions

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• Madam Chair and members, Senate Bill 1475 requires a school district governing board to prohibit a student
• Senate Bill 1475 requires a school district governing board to prohibit a student from participating
• district governing board to prohibit a student from participating in school-sponsored interschlastic
• The fences that we're talking about are not addressed by the school board districts consistently, which
• My name is Lupe Castro and I serve as the Governmental Relations Associate at the Arizona School Board

Bills: SB1074, SB1327, SB1475, SB1582, SB1583, SB1598

Keywords: student discipline, classroom management, temporary removal, administrative action, education policy, foreign relations, university governance, research security, international agreements, Arizona Board of Regents, interscholastic activities, student eligibility, criminal offenses, school district, youth sports, academic participation, conduct, planned communities, homeowners association, HOA

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• And that's why we voluntarily removed full beverage calories from schools in 2006 through our school
• So, you know, they've banned it... ...schools.
• I mean, this would take school lunches.
• It's just what's in the schools in their lunches, the meals provided by the schools.
• But when... get 21 or out of school.

Bills: SB87, HB491, SB43, SB101

Keywords: midwifery, licensed midwives, State Board of Midwifery, licensure fees, professional liability insurance, complaints investigation, emergency care plan, out-of-hospital care, HB491, public schools, K-12, school nutrition, school lunch, cafeteria, artificial dyes, food additives, food coloring, synthetic dyes, Red Dye No. 3, Red Dye No. 40

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• Education to establish certain guidelines, administer certain physical fitness tests, and direct school
• districts to use student performance results. ...directing school districts to use student performance
• this program was that we are using these folks who are not traditionally trained, and how in our schools
• Senate Bill 1812 requires school districts to make the results of benchmark assessments in grades K-3
• selecting programs and vendors, this would enable the State Department of Education and the State Board

Bills: SB1432, SB1338, SB1437, SB1812

Keywords: teacher certification, pilot program, education, state board, alternative pathways, education grants, competitive grants, revolving fund, State Department of Education, State Board of Education, Strong Readers Act, literacy instruction, reading intervention, dyslexia, science of reading, structured literacy, multisensory instruction, school districts, public education funding, education innovation

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• House Bill 3312 is the firearms education in schools K-12 education.
• It's as simple as when we go to our schools.
• building has a legitimate purpose to come in the school building.
• And then you move on and suspend that because it says, 'shall you suspend school personnel and you do
• Yes, and here's why: We want to ensure the school administrators do the right thing, and you have to

Bills: HB1937, HB2210, HB2398, HB3021, HB3129, HB3312, HB3557, HB4358

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

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• Now, luckily, our board doesn't currently have a waitlist, so she was able to get assistance.
• These are youth aged 16 to 24 who are neither in school nor employed.
• Those dollars are distributed to the 28 local workforce development boards to help opportunity youth
• And requiring that local workforce development boards... boards are notified of large-scale, subsidized
• , perform poorly in school, and have difficulty obtaining and maintaining long-term employment.

Bills: HB669, HB 1306, HB3173, HB3807

Keywords: healthcare, Medicare, insurance, financial assistance, families, wage theft, employers, penalties, Texas Workforce Commission, employee rights, employer database, worker rights, death investigation, emergency services, medical benefits, exposure claims, public safety, workforce development, TWC, youth workforce

Bills: HB2028, HB1859, HB1851, HB1660, HB1890, HB1892, HB1893, HB2122, HB2012, HB1770, HB2121, HB1979, HB1650, HB1982, HB218

Keywords: Labor Day, construction workers, tax credit, economic development, state law, employer support, workforce development, employment, career counseling, local economy, high-demand jobs, taxation, apprenticeship, income tax credit, qualified apprenticeship program, HB1660, Hawaii, county labor standards, counties, contractors

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• Students aged 13 to 21 without a high school degree are eligible for concurrent enrollment.
• of Trustees for Oklahoma State.
• a more across-the-board level of instruction.
• more directly into the state board of career and technology education for certain Functions.
• The amendment allows the state board of Regents to take a workforce assessment.

Bills: SB1477, SB1480, SB1593, SB1633, SB1670, SB1725, SB1726, SB1735, SB1632

Keywords: education, concurrent enrollment, students, age restrictions, academic access, apprenticeship, career education, youth programs, employment, technology centers, SB1593, OSU Tulsa, Oklahoma State University/Tulsa, Board of Trustees, higher education, university governance, A&M Board, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, presidential search, board rules

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• It requires local education agencies such as school districts and their boards of trustees or governing
• Then the school board.
• Actions of or decisions of any school district board of trustees that violate laws employment contrast
• The next goal was gaining a conservative board of trustees in CISD so we could could align schools with
• School board members for Latino equity.

Bills: SB12, SB1565, SB13, SJR12, SB686, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB112, SB400, SB813, SB 12, SB 13

Keywords: parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, school district, grievance procedure, public education, diversity and inclusion, funding penalties, school libraries, library advisory councils, library materials, educational content, challenging materials, constitutional amendment, school choice

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• There's no physical impact; only creating a 15-member board.
• , the board in the past has had problems with this.
• The problem was that the board wasn't being informed on things.
• I think we put these board members in Positions to run the run help run it.
• And this has support of OML as well as of course city officials and school board members across our state

Bills: HB1002, HB1250, HB2710, HB3008, HB3045, HB3086, HB3595, HB3678, HB3695, HB3831, HB4107, HB4408

Keywords: stalking, victim notification, law enforcement, harassment, penalties, criminal justice, protection orders, local law enforcement, Public Safety Technology Revolving Fund, grants, state funding, law enforcement technology, alcohol testing, drug influence, public safety, Board of Tests, accident response, motor vehicle, fire department, fee prohibition

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• The first one is the old school 'peeping tom'.
• Madam Leader, Senate Bill 1593 modifies language regarding the board of trustees for Oklahoma State University
• embedded in the schools and...
• Hearing that this is about schools that have law enforcement already embedded in the schools, and it
• About 10 schools that have that.

Bills: SCR17, SB2104, SB2155, SB1428, SB1250, SB1651, SB1794, SB444, SB1061, SB1327, SB1425, SB1455, SB1458, SB1460, SB1480, SB1530, SB1543, SB1555, SB1593, SB1209, SB1730, SB1733, SB1769, SB1805, SB2069, SB2095, SB1503

Keywords: trusts, Oklahoma Uniform Trust Code, trust administration, trustee, beneficiary, qualified beneficiary, nonjudicial settlement agreement, trust accounting, fiduciary duty, forfeiture clause, no-contest clause, in terrorem clause, certification of trust, trust property, district court jurisdiction, venue, surcharge trustee, trust protector, trust advisor, principal distribution