Video & Transcript Research : 'student welfare'

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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 23rd, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • our student athletes.
  • So we can assess that student, diagnose that student, and coordinate with their community provider. student
  • to students?
  • The school currently educates 744 students, with 604 students in grades K through 7 and 140 students
  • students.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 4/16/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • If the student qualifies, we then look to develop the IEP to see what that student will need for their
  • </c><00:10:02.480><c> And</c> FAPE to all of our students. And FAPE to all of our students.
  • Vote yes to protect our students.
  • Right now, that's $371 a student.
  • </c> you care about student safety? you care about student safety?
Bills: HF4893
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 4/1/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:03:03.280><c> native</c> students native students native language.<00:03:05.200><c> Section</c><00
  • </c><00:04:13.599><c> learning</c> evaluate and accelerate student learning evaluate and accelerate student
  • </c> students experiences that allow students students experiences that allow students to<00:04:57.600
  • > in</c><00:15:48.720><c> tribal</c> students and students enrolled in tribal students and students enrolled
  • Uh that idea students with IEPs.
Bills: HF1306
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • students?
  • students?
  • next highest-achieving students on campus are often student parents.
  • </c><01:36:10.720><c> is</c> the student, but like the student is the student, but like the student is
  • </c> for federal student loans. for federal student loans.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Feb 18th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so I'm glad to bring it forward and work with the students.
  • financial aid programs are made available to eligible students.
  • are excited and well prepared to streamline access to state financial aid for these students.
  • This will help these students feel more secure in their financial ability to afford college.
  • But we are hoping that students who are income eligible can automatically qualify for...
Bills: SB5963
Summary: The Postsecondary Education and Workforce Committee held public hearings on two bills. Substitute Senate Bill 5931, a companion to House Bill 2311, would make administrative changes to the Workforce Education Investment Accountability and Oversight Board, including extending co-chair terms from one to two years, allowing more than four meetings per year, requiring consultation with the Student Achievement Council when evaluating outcomes, and removing the requirement for a public data dashboard. Committee staff and Student Achievement Council testimony described the bill as technical, with no fiscal impact, and said the dashboard was never created and was later defunded. The bill’s sponsor, Senator Warnock, and the lone testifier supported it, and no opposition was presented in the hearing. The committee then heard Senate Bill 5963, the companion to House Bill 2586, which would change Passport to Careers and Washington College Grant rules so that students eligible for Passport to Careers—former foster youth and unaccompanied homeless youth—would automatically qualify as income-eligible for the Washington College Grant beginning in the 2026-27 academic year. Staff explained that the bill also aligns the financial need formula with the federal student aid index and directs Passport to Careers funds into the state financial aid account. Testimony from the Student Achievement Council, Washington Student Association, and Western Washington University strongly supported the bill, emphasizing the barriers faced by foster and homeless youth, the high rates at which these students already receive maximum grant awards, and the bill’s role in streamlining access to aid. Senator Nobles said the measure would not increase costs and urged support. At the close of the hearing, the chair said the committee intended to executive both bills on Tuesday if a majority of members wanted that, with amendment requests due by Monday at 10 a.m. and amendments approved by 6 p.m. Monday. The committee also announced it would not meet on Friday.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Apr 8th, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • to distinguish between... to talk about to distinguish between criminal investigations and child welfare
  • As mentioned, if you look at your... mentioned, if you look at your materials, it defines child welfare
  • So we take the definition of child welfare investigation and plug it into the bill. investigation and
  • Counsel, then we will make sure DHR has his timeline for the welfare of the child, not the parents of
  • Right, so on line 75, we put if doing so would jeopardize the welfare of the child.
Bills: HB493
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:07:45.440><c> than</c><00:07:45.599><c> the</c> students and students of color than the students
  • :07:52.560><c> students.
  • </c><00:07:55.840><c> in</c> students, like every student in students, like every student in Minnesota
  • </c><00:26:21.679><c> are</c> students feel safe, that students are students feel safe, that students
  • </c><00:38:23.040><c> student</c> fraud, strengthening our student student fraud, strengthening our student
Bills: HF4362, HF4252, HF4440
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Apr 8th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • a student on the top 10?
  • Great student. Tell me what you mean when you say a great student.
  • , maybe homeschool students.
  • . students.
  • There is a counselor dashboard, so they'll be able to see student by student.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education Apr 8th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Union East, with a student voter turnout which, funny enough, was the highest student engagement seen
  • Students frequently gather in the union, whether it be for collaborative projects, student organization
  • students.
  • I think we have a 2,500 student presence online, and we have about 23,000 students that are in person
  • Countries and our student body.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-21

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • students.
  • $851 for a tribal college student.
  • Student debt, and many of us of that generation saw student debt become something that has really held
  • As was said, the students graduate with low debt.
  • We did levers we felt were the least harmful to students.
Bills: HF2312
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/21/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Line 13 is the student in the bill.
  • </c><00:07:40.080><c> student</c><00:07:40.400><c> loan</c> 32, which is the student student loan 32,
  • which is the student student loan counseling<00:07:41.039><c> appropriation.
  • Thank you. supporting 82 students. Of those, 20 do supporting 82 students.
  • </c> student response will be to the program. student response will be to the program.
Bills: HF2312
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/26/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yes, non-public school students, 10% of Minnesota students. 90% of the students in Minnesota are public
  • > students.
  • </c> their students. their students.
  • , but with students.
  • </c> students, but with students. students, but with students. Thank<01:29:29.600><c> you.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Oh, Senator Burgess, I just had a question, like on behalf of the students.
  • The hair thing left me probably just after many of these students that are child students here, shortly
  • We're down 3,000 students.
  • We're down 3,000 students.
  • population and in the count where the students are in the world of universal school choice.
Bills: S7036
Summary: The Senate Committee on Pre-K-12 Appropriations met with a quorum present and announced it would not be presenting its budget at this time, per a Senate memorandum. The sole bill on the agenda was SB 7036 by Senator Corey Simon, which was described as a broad education package strengthening school turnaround tools, early literacy supports, early learning policies, academic offerings, and educator pipeline provisions. Senator Simon explained that the bill addresses persistently low-performing schools, Title I use for STEM curricula, charter school renewal and dismissal rules, epinephrine device policies, VPK summer bridge eligibility, disability-aligned interventions, agriculture and Algebra 1 instruction, GATE access, and certification updates for teachers and computer science. An amendment was adopted that removed provisions on temporary door locks and DOE-developed instructional materials and added a GATE startup grant update. The committee heard numerous appearance forms, with many individuals and organizations waving against the bill, while one student, Ella Latimore, appeared and spoke briefly. Much of the exchange with her was lighthearted and unrelated to the bill, but Senator Simon used his closing to note that concerns from the prior stop had been addressed by removing the DOE materials and door-lock language, and he asked for favorable support. The committee then voted on the bill as amended, and CS for SB 7036 was reported favorably. After the vote, members made several informal statements, including remarks about a Valentine’s Day visit from students and appreciation for community member Misty Cash. Senator Osgood also raised a serious concern about declining immigrant student enrollment affecting district budgets, especially in Broward County, and urged the committee to address the issue proactively with school districts. The chair said staff were already working with districts on the matter and that more discussion would follow. The meeting then adjourned after additional light banter among members.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have more students coming in.
  • , students like me, and students like us.
  • From unique backgrounds and stories to tell... ...that harm students, students like me, and students
  • Trust our students to think critically.
  • We built a movement led by students, for students, demanding a seat at the table.
Summary: Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT) held an advocacy event at the Texas Capitol focused on youth participation in policymaking and opposition to recent education-related legislation. Speakers, including student organizers and SEAT leaders, argued that students should have a direct voice in decisions affecting public schools, curriculum, and school governance. Representative Donna Howard briefly attended to support the group, praised their advocacy, and referenced the idea that if young people are not given a seat at the table, they should “bring your own chair.” Several student speakers criticized the newly passed school vouchers bill as a threat to public education and said it would divert resources from public schools. Others opposed bills such as Senate Bill 12 and Senate Bill 13, describing them as harmful to LGBTQ+ students and inclusive education. One speaker also condemned book bans and library censorship, arguing that students need access to diverse books and truthful, inclusive curricula. The speakers framed these issues as matters of student rights, belonging, and free expression. SEAT executive director Cameron Samuels closed by describing the organization’s history of student-led activism against book bans and exclusion from school policymaking. Samuels said the group had distributed challenged books, pursued legal action over blocked internet resources, and delivered a Student Bill of Rights to superintendents and legislators. The event ended without any formal legislative vote or committee action, serving instead as a press conference and advocacy rally urging lawmakers to listen to students.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Adi Haleel, and about 40 physical therapy students representing various institutions across our state
  • Adi Haleel, and about 40 physical therapy students representing various institutions across our state
  • therapist, and I'm proud to be here today with my physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, and student
  • pregnant women, the disabled, individuals in substance abuse treatment programs, Native Americans, students
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Feb 3rd, 2026

Education Pre-K - 12

Transcript Highlights:
  • and student-to-student misconduct, including consideration of... ...teacher-to-student and student-to-student
  • NDAs add nothing to student safety.
  • Protecting students must remain our top priority.
  • It allows parents of exceptional student education students to request in writing to the school's principal
  • It's about protection and accountability for students and for staff.
Bills: S0824, S1170, S1620, S1738, S7036
Summary: The Education Pre-K-12 Committee considered several K-12 bills and resolutions. SJR 1104, by Senator Massullo, would place on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment protecting voluntary religious expression in public schools; supporters said it simply codifies existing law and protects student and employee rights, while opponents warned it could entrench religious pressure and exclusion. The resolution was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 1738, by Senator Yarborough, on educational facilities; an amendment removed crime-prevention-through-environmental-design language and adjusted transparency/safe-space provisions, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. SB 824, by Senator Truenow, was amended into a transparency measure requiring districts to submit annual reports on unimproved land holdings to DOE, and it was reported favorably. Appointments in tabs 7 and 8 were recommended for confirmation. The committee then took up SPB 7036, a comprehensive education package by Chair Simon. The bill would expand educational emergency triggers, adjust Title I withholding uses, align charter school rules with school improvement processes, update safety and early learning provisions, expand literacy and math interventions, and revise educator pipeline policies. Members raised concerns about a provision that could allow the state to develop instructional materials; Simon said that section was still being considered and would need guardrails. The committee adopted a motion to submit the bill as a committee bill, and it was reported favorably. SB 1620, by Senator Leak, proposed a “school board members’ bill of rights” giving board members direct access to district documents and staff, limiting district attorneys’ dual representation, strengthening nepotism rules, and prohibiting nondisclosure agreements. Volusia County school board members and others testified both for and against the bill, with supporters citing transparency and accountability and opponents warning about confidentiality, staff pressure, and undermining the superintendent’s authority. The bill was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1170, by Senator Calatayud, as amended, would allow parents of students in self-contained ESE classrooms to request cameras, with district policies governing review, notice, timelines, and appeals. Parents, advocates, and educators testified strongly in support, while one witness opposed it as an unfunded mandate. The committee reported the bill favorably.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

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

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The university's enrollment has grown from 12 students in 2021 to about 100 students in fall 2024.
  • Funds through the Alabama Student Grant Program will assist the university's work of reaching students
  • Directly impact our students.
  • benefits to those students.
  • So, at least two students enrolled in student affairs, a representative from the financial aid office
Bills: HB46, HB379, SB22, HB487, HB273, HB525