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• It was her last school picture.
• It just seems inexcusable to me that our school buses lack this safety measure.
• We serve school districts across 38 states.
• I would also like to point out this is not designed to replace school buses.
• Even if the doors are closed, the anti-drag feature is key for school buses because over 75% of school

Bills: S2743, S2861, S3021

Keywords: domestic violence, police training, suspicious deaths, homicide investigation, victim support, school bus safety, commission, student safety, operator training, safety standards, Legislative oversight, public health, student transportation, school bus, school pupil transportation, pupil transport, child passenger safety, school van, transportation contractor, motor vehicle safety

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• And so SB 11 aims to expand religious liberty in Texas schools while including safeguards to ensure participation
• So unless you did it after school, it's possible you could do it during the school day, but sometimes
• So that's left to local school boards and local governing bodies of, when I say school boards, we all
• There's no required participation. Everyone that participates, they either do or they don't.
• chaplains in public schools.

Bills: SB 6, SB 11, SB 33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• SB11 aims to expand religious liberty in Texas schools while including safeguards to ensure that participation
• So it could be before school, it could be after school, it might be. ...maybe during lunch or recess,
• open enrollment charter schools.
• Last session in favor of Senate Bill 763 to allow school chaplains in public schools.
• the beginning of each school day.

Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• Why would a company participate?
• We are only one participant in the data center industry, but we are an integral player in real projects

Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• Department of Education, or ADE, to recognize public schools that elect to participate in a nationally
• Schools that elect to participate in the program may include the fitness program designation in the school's
• Schools can participate if they want to.
• We just want to say if you are participating in your school that's doing these activities, you'll be
• acknowledged on the ADE website and on the report card to say this is a school that's participating in

Bills: HB2008, HB2075, HB2203, HB2395, HB2409

Keywords: school libraries, public school libraries, library funding, professional associations, library associations, librarians, information services, dues, membership fees, public monies, school governing body, county free library district, municipal library, library contracts, library services, books and programs, Arizona education, Title 15, Library Freedom Act, school district transparency

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• It specifies that the tax exemptions for schools applies to both school districts and educational service
• The tax exemptions for schools apply to both school districts and educational service districts.
• It also specifies that the tax exemptions for schools apply to both school districts and ESDs in the
• The effect would add that companies that deliver propane as a participating utility may elect to participate
• House Bill 1796, relating to school district's authority to contract indebtedness for school construction

Bills: HB2675, HB2249, HB2120, HB1069, HB1983, HB2431, SB6006, SB6297, SB6351, SB6353, HB2521, HB2091, HB2104, SB6355, HB2254, HB2385, SB5808, HB1796, HB1376, SB6260, HB2353

Keywords: accounts, finance, business regulation, transparency, audits, HB 2249, Washington Technology Solutions, WaTech, civil service, classified service, exempt employees, state employment, state personnel, network security, cybersecurity, information technology, IT contracting, data center, systems integration, network engineering

Bills: HB444, HB444

Keywords: HB444, vaccines, vaccine exemption, religious exemption, religious liberty, private school, church school, faith-based school, parochial school, school immunization, testing requirement, disease testing, parental rights, school enrollment, attendance requirements, CHOOSE Act, school choice, education funding, tax exemption, corporate income tax

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• </c> coordinator for Larie County School coordinator for Larie County School District<00:37:29.119><c
• </c> National Association of School Nurses. National Association of School Nurses.
• , especially secondary school nurses, especially secondary school<00:37:43.280><c> nurses,</c><00:37:
• </c> seeing it in schools seeing it in schools and<00:38:17.839><c> I'd</c><00:38:18.000><c> stand</c
• But today, an elementary school that.

Bills: HB0103, HB0070, HB0091

Keywords: First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation

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• </c> civic participation. civic participation.
• </c><00:16:36.959><c> at</c> basically not a public participation at basically not a public participation
• Parker Jackson, an his school records.
• </c> amidst the challenges facing our school amidst the challenges facing our school district,<00:33:
• Um the free public participation.

Bills: HB0103, HB0070, HB0091

Keywords: First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation

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• and now I coach in high school.
• Empower School is a digital platform that all of our schools in the state are using. Yes, sir.
• So this comes at the request of the charter school folks. request of the charter school folks.
• Sessions, my question would be, this um, on the charter schools, would this cover cyber schools?
• this cover cyber schools? Totally different animals. Yeah. Okay. All right.

Bills: HB315, HB152, HB205, SB184, SB209, HB309, SB280, SB267

Keywords: sales tax, local exemption, Consumer Price Index, tax holiday, clothing tax exemption, school supplies, sales tax exemption, baby supplies, baby formula, maternity clothing, menstrual hygiene products, use tax, exemption, tax conformity, tangible personal property, Alabama Department of Revenue, retail tax, consumer use tax, nonresident, religious publications

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• It creates medical issues. schools.
• That population is eight times larger than the high school population.
• Currently, participation in dual enrollment courses is left at the discretion of the local high schools
• The State Board of Education is requesting that it applies to middle school instead of high school.
• today, just in the school... next week in this committee.

Bills: SB140, HB102, SB133, SB34

Keywords: Coach Safely Act, youth athletics, noncompliance penalties, Department of Public Health, youth athlete, dual enrollment, high school, community college, university, educational access, high school credit, juvenile court, juvenile delinquency, school notification, student safety, K-12, public schools, private schools, superintendent, principal

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• public school.
• A school must excuse a student to participate in this program.
• schools as well.
• They've gone to Texas schools, played Texas sports, and participated in Texas churches.
• Yet they've followed all the other rules, attending school, learning English, participating in communities

Bills: SB1798, SB1835, SB1319, SB2942, SB2928, SB784, SB1049

Keywords: higher education, tuition rates, financial support, immigration status, Texas law, SB 1835, resident tuition, nonresident students, scholarship students, public higher education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Education Code Section 54.213, tuition waiver, in-state tuition, out-of-state students, higher education finance, enrollment cap, capacity limit, workforce development area, nonimmigrant visa

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• School board rules in general allowed school workers to apply for UI before; however, they were denied
• That's the school district, and I won't name all the alphabet soup that we have for school districts.
• My school district, where I live, does the summer school for the school districts around it, so their
• ESPs are in schools; they make up the fabric of our schools.
• Talk to any school and ask them about their hourly school workers.

Bills: HF1049

Keywords: school library aid, education finance, school districts, charter schools, funding eligibility

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• Uh, just clarifies that the uh library aid is for school districts that are independent or special school
• Uh, just clarifies that the uh library aid is for school districts that are independent or special school
• Uh, just clarifies that the uh library aid is for school districts that are independent or special school
• Metropolitan School Districts.
• My name is Cat Briggs, and I'm a school bus driver for Independent School District 196.

Bills: HF1048, HF1049, HF745, HF2210

Keywords: charter schools, education funding, revenue calculation, general education revenue, special education, school library aid, education finance, school districts, funding eligibility, compensatory revenue, task force, free meals, school funding, education equity, HF2210, school unemployment aid, Minnesota Department of Education, general fund appropriation, unemployment insurance, unemployment claims

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• , and so we have 400 participating high schools that already are signed up for that.
• the consolidated school district must automatically continue to participate in the CTED in the same
• school receives consent from each participating student's parent.
• school day.
• Our public schools are meant to serve everyone, and even though participation is voluntary, in practice

Bills: SB1004, SB1424, SB1497, SB1507, SB1572, SB1684, SB1711, SB1741, SB1754, SB1763, SB1798, SCR1012, SCR1041, SCR1051

Keywords: sex offender registration, sex offender registry, A.R.S. 13-3821, sexual offenses, public safety, GPS monitoring, electronic monitoring, transient offender, homeless registrant, online identifiers, internet identifiers, sheriff notification, Department of Public Safety, DPS, DNA collection, juvenile adjudication, kidnapping of a minor, unlawful imprisonment of a minor, lifetime registration, community notification

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• Thank you for your time today. school about dyslexia, but her struggles school about dyslexia, but her
• Schools are now improving literacy.
• </c><00:16:24.560><c> I</c> graduate school for special ed. I graduate school for special ed.
• And I just participate in democracy.
• Uh, charter schools, innovation, and school safety—these are areas that I think we can continue to work

Bills: HF60, HF3067, HF3730, HF3638, HF3401

Keywords: interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, paraprofessional, paraprofessional qualifications, education support staff, teacher aide, teacher assistant, special education, Title I, federal personnel qualifications, Minnesota Department of Education, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Read Act, reading instruction, math instruction

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• They sit in the classroom with college students, not just with their high school peers. school classmates
• people to all of these schools.
• This is a school district open enrollment charter school or district or charter school employee may not
• However, if schools feel uncertain about allowing staff to participate in facilitation, even for a program
• This simply does not happen outside of school. I'm heavily involved in my children's schooling.

Bills: SB12, SB226, SB413, SB1049, SB1191, SB2398, SB571, SB2920, SB 12

Keywords: parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, school boards, transparency, public meetings, attendance, recording, released time, religious instruction

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• </c> school areas. Yes. school areas. Yes.
• elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.
• </c><01:59:12.400><c> This</c> school, and one high school. This school, and one high school.
• . school. school.
• ><c> elementary</c><02:57:43.920><c> schools</c> school primarily the elementary schools school primarily

Bills: SB2613, SB2147

Keywords: public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139, Board of Land and Natural Resources, BLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, Kauai, Maui, Honolulu, Kaimuki Middle School, Wilcox Elementary School, school property

Summary: The committee heard SB 2613, a cleanup bill relating to public school land transfers under Act 307 (2022), which revises tax map key references and the conveyance process for properties transferred to the Department of Education. The Hawaii State Public Library System supported the measure, saying it would complete the long-unfinished separation of the library system from DOE property control and make future building projects more efficient and cost-effective. DOE also supported the bill and requested an amendment to remove TMK 43-62 parcel 10, the Wilcox Elementary School parcel, so that it could instead be transferred to the county for use with the adjacent park and tennis courts. Members focused heavily on why land transfers and construction approvals have been slow, especially the need for right-of-entry documents and an MOA for a library construction project. Library and DOE witnesses said the delays stemmed from site-control issues and confusion over property status, and that the bill would clarify which parcels are transferred by operation of law and remove the need for additional transactional documents in many cases. Several members questioned whether the bill actually changes authority or simply clarifies existing practice, and DOE said it wanted legislative clarity so the transfers are unmistakably effective on a date certain. The committee also discussed a separate section of the bill dealing with public use of school facilities after hours, including parking fees on property under DOE jurisdiction. DOE explained that any parking charges would apply only to property it controls, not county roads, and that fees are set through existing facility-use procedures. Members raised concerns about the pace of land transfers generally and urged DOE to move more expeditiously on pending parcels. The hearing then moved on to SB 2147, which would designate the first Friday in February as Love My Library Day; the library system testified in support as the committee began that measure.

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• best for the students, families, and schools in the district.
• For the 26-27 school year, then, right, so that's a whole school year they would have the option if it
• So then schools would get to choose.
• So theoretically, you could have in this next school year...
• The school superintendents' NASS, Nevada Association of School Superintendents, are in support of the

Bills: AB386

Keywords: AB386, Washoe County School District, reading assessment, literacy, elementary school, pupil assessment, statewide assessment, alternative assessment, reading proficiency, standards-based testing, valid and reliable test, State Board of Education, Department of Education, pilot program, school testing, assessment equivalency, education grant, Nevada education, NRS 388.157, school accountability

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• The act applies to school districts, charter schools, and state tribal education compact schools, and
• So many stories from students who have lost their friends, middle school, high school, across our state
• So many stories from students who have lost their friends, middle school, high school, across our state
• So many social worker, psychologists, school nurses, Social worker, psychologist, school nurses, advocate
• I attended Orleans Parish Public Schools as a young child and Catholic schools since then.

Bills: HB1796, SGA9249, SGA9269, SGA9244

Keywords: school construction, contract indebtedness, school districts, bonding authority, education funding, 904, all