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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Education (6-2-26)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:10:23.839><c> 70%</c> must meet three standards. 70% must meet three standards. 70% completion
  • </c> is for the required academic standards is for the required academic standards for<01:08:33.359><
  • standards criteria seen here and the standards writers<01:09:11.279><c> anchored</c><01:09:11.759><c
  • </c> expectations for Kentucky standards. expectations for Kentucky standards.
  • looks like compared to that fourth-grade standard compared to that fifth-grade standard.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The social studies standards have Minnesota studies at the sixth-grade level, and this textbook and the
  • 00:07:13.120><c> the</c><00:07:13.400><c> social</c><00:07:13.720><c> study</c><00:07:14.080><c> standards
  • </c> is in use uh the social study standards is in use uh the social study standards have<00:07:15.160
  • to the bill author: the bill designates the lieutenant governor as the person who will establish standards
  • </c> the person who will establish standards the person who will establish standards and<01:10:03.719
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce Apr 7th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I'm not debating whether a fortified standard is a good standard versus the wind mitigation survey
  • So it's not, to me, you know, what the standard should be.
  • those standards in the name of uniformity.
  • But I was curious: we hold Alabama up as the standard on this.
  • in a way that they met what are the fortified roof standards, the current building code standards in
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • We operate under strict rules of engagement, high standards, and real consequences.
  • Not by lowering standards, not by cutting corners, not by creating shortcuts, but by recognizing equivalent
  • They will still meet medical, physiological, and fitness standards.
  • This legislation creates a uniform, statewide standard by prohibiting drones.
  • This legislation creates a uniform, statewide standard by prohibiting drones within one mile, with the
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/24/25

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Minnesota Department of Transportation, MDOT, will develop a standardized AED sign for general use.
  • 00:03:57.599><c> will</c><00:03:57.840><c> develop</c><00:03:58.159><c> a</c><00:03:58.400><c> standardized
  • </c><00:03:59.360><c> AED</c> Mandot will develop a standardized AED Mandot will develop a standardized
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Feb 3rd, 2026

Education Pre-K - 12

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.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Health Policy Jan 26th, 2026

Health Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • up payment decisions, lowers administrative cost for providers, and uses a proven fair national standard
  • Their statutes further direct the respective state boards of pharmacy to adopt rules establishing standard
  • their statutes further direct the respective state boards of pharmacy to adopt rules establishing standard
  • And the standard protocol recommends that unvaccinated children stay home for 21 days.
  • Yes, I still want to go back to the standard operating procedure that had been in effect for so long,
Bills: S1082, S1168, S1756, S1156, S1480
Summary: The committee took up several health-related bills. SB 1082, on a statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program, was presented as a way to let providers and insurers use the federal independent dispute resolution process for emergency out-of-network claims under state-regulated commercial plans. A late-filed amendment clarified when providers and health plans could access the state program, and the bill was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 1168, which would centralize background screening clearinghouse functions at the Agency for Health Care Administration, also passed as amended after an amendment requiring sealed and expunged records to be included in screenings for qualified entities. Supporters said centralization would improve turnaround times, reduce duplication, and save costs; the sponsor said the bill also addresses coaches’ background screening language from last session. The committee then approved SB 1156, which moves ambulatory surgery center regulation out of the hospital-focused chapter of law into a standalone section, and SB 1480, as amended by a strike-all, which would grandfather certain temporary certificate holders practicing in areas of critical need if federal designation changes affect those areas. Testimony on SB 1480 emphasized continuity of care for patients in underserved communities, and the bill was reported favorably. The final and most heavily debated measure was SB 1756 on medical freedom, which would require state-approved educational materials on childhood vaccines, require practitioners to provide those materials and alternative schedules before vaccination, expand school immunization exemptions to include conscience-based objections, clarify that the Surgeon General cannot order vaccination during a public health emergency, and authorize pharmacists to provide ivermectin behind the counter without a prescription with written information and safeguards. The sponsor argued the bill strengthens parental choice and informed consent. Committee members raised concerns about vaccine-preventable disease risks, immunocompromised children, school outbreaks, and the impact of adding a new exemption. A Department of Health representative said the department would need to provide details on the history of exemption consultations and noted that removing the earlier consultation requirement had not been shown to increase outbreaks. The committee adopted a friendly amendment to give physicians the same liability protection as pharmacists for ivermectin dispensing, but rejected a substitute amendment that would have required a consultation for exemption requests. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed to the bill, with physicians, pediatric specialists, cancer advocates, parents of immunocompromised children, and public health groups warning that it would lower vaccination rates and endanger vulnerable Floridians. The bill remained pending after testimony, with the committee continuing to hear public comment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/17/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:19:48.160><c> of</c><00:19:48.880><c> fiscal</c><00:19:49.280><c> management,</c> standards of fiscal
  • management, standards of fiscal management, violations<00:19:50.640><c> of</c><00:19:50.880><c> law,
  • </c> All districts and charters are required to put state standards into place so that students receive
  • </c><00:24:21.279><c> uh</c> MTSS framework uh academic standards uh MTSS framework uh academic standards
  • </c><00:24:24.400><c> into</c> required to put state standards into required to put state standards into
Bills: HF3487, HF3421