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• <01:38:29.320> close<01:38:29.639> communication<01:38:30.520> and fostering close
• We need to foster the spirit of collaboration to ensure every child receives the care they need when
• the spirit of other we need to Foster the spirit of collaboration<02:03:50.639> to<02:03:50.800
• his children were in and out of foster his children were in and out of foster care<02:14:46.719>
• Without it, foster care and academic failure would be this family's legacy.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Increased ninth-grade math gains and appropriate placement because we’re focusing on preschool to third
• literature, kind of growing consensus around what you might call highly mobile youth: migrant students, foster
• Students in foster and homeless student populations.

Summary: The joint hearing focused on coherence in California’s education planning and reporting systems, especially the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and related grant plans. Committee chairs and members described widespread frustration with duplicative, lengthy, and sometimes conflicting reporting requirements, while emphasizing that the goal was not to reduce accountability but to make planning more useful, stable, and student-centered. State Superintendent Tony Thurmond also previewed the Governor’s education budget priorities, including expanded learning, community schools, universal transitional kindergarten, literacy supports, and concerns about the proposed Prop. 98 deferral. Panelists from the State Board of Education, Fresno County Superintendent of Schools, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office said the LCAP was intended to balance local flexibility with statewide transparency, but has become overloaded by repeated revisions and additional requirements. They argued for fewer core reporting elements, more stability over time, better alignment of planning cycles, and integrated systems that reduce duplication. Fresno County staff described a multi-year calendar and support tools that help districts manage timelines, but said these tools only ease the burden rather than solve the underlying problem. The LAO noted that some newer plans, such as expanded learning and transportation plans, are narrative-heavy and often less informative than separate reporting requirements. Local district leaders and county officials described the practical effects of the current system: staff time diverted from instruction, multiple portals and forms, audit risk aversion, and planning documents that can exceed 100 pages. Several superintendents said coherent systems work best when districts have clear priorities, stable governance, and aligned budgets, and when state requirements are predictable and tied to outcomes like literacy, attendance, and student achievement. The California Federation of Teachers added that coherence also depends on meaningful collaboration with educators, classified staff, parents, and communities. Committee members repeatedly asked whether the state should streamline reporting, create a uniform portal, or develop a more unified grant-reporting structure, and Thurmond said the department was piloting a simplified common form and was willing to work with the Legislature and districts on broader solutions.

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• Transportation may accept and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of the initial placement
• They oversee construction projects, they guide new development on campus, and they're charged with fostering
• They oversee construction projects, they guide new development on campus, and they're charged with fostering

Keywords: 981, all

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• I just still have the same concern about placement and preempting local governments from being able to
• We foster conservation by educating our guests, again, from all over the world, about these fragile ecosystems
• We foster conservation by educating our guests, again, from all over the world, about these fragile ecosystems

Summary: The committee heard and acted on a long agenda of local, housing, education, construction, and claims bills. It first took up SB 1730 on affordable housing/Live Local changes, adopting an amendment that narrowed and clarified several provisions, including density, height, parking, attorney fees, and exclusions for certain protected areas, then reported the bill favorably. It also approved SB 1674, which clarifies that local investment restrictions cannot block Israel bonds, after a clarifying amendment. SB 140 on charter schools was reported favorably after significant debate over school conversion, teacher contracts, local control, and the use of surplus school property for housing or other public purposes; several speakers opposed it as harmful to public schools, while the sponsor said it preserved district authority and added options for municipalities and job creation. The committee also passed SB 96 and SB 4, two local claims bills, and SB 1714, which allows SHIP funds to help mobile home owners with lot rent and requires local housing plans to address mobile home park closures.

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• Davis was in the top placement in the same championship as well.
• was<00:10:29.960> in<00:10:30.080> the<00:10:30.200> top<00:10:30.440> placement
• Davis was in the top placement And Mr.
• Davis was in the top placement in<00:10:30.920> the<00:10:31.280> same<00:10:31.720>

Keywords: MS House Floor - 20 March, 2026; 9:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, and dispensed with the reading of the journal. There were no reports from select committees, and the chamber moved through routine introductions and recognitions of visitors, including students, family members of members, and guests from the Magnolia Bar Association and MML. Members also highlighted a few individual visitors and student achievements, including cross-country competitors from Forest Hill. On the calendar, the only substantive action was on House Bill 4073, the sole item on the supplemental calendar. The House agreed to the motion to invite conference on the bill. No other calendar items were taken up. Before adjournment, a member announced a post-adjournment wellness-related event in Room 401 for the first day of spring. The House then adopted a motion to adjourn until 4:00 p.m. on Monday.

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• THEY WOULD SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT EITHER DATA THAT EXPLAINS SOME THING LIKE THEIR JOB PLACEMENT OR
• ARE ENROLLED IN THOSE PROGRAMS ARE ACTUALLY PRODUCING WHAT THEY ARE INTENDED TO DO WHICH IS JOB PLACEMENT
• OVER TO THE CD PROGRAMS WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS IN OUR SKILLED TRADE PROGRAMS THERE ARE 100 PERCENT PLACEMENT
• A JOB PLACEMENT RATE OF 91 PERCENT AND A LICENSURE PASS RATE OF 98 PERCENT.
• THEY LOOK AT ENROLLMENT, THEY LOOK AT COMPLETION, AND THEY LOOK AT PLACEMENT AND LICENSURE.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• We will support clinical placements for our students in rural, tribal, and other underserved communities
• the medical education that fostering the medical education that saves<01:18:03.760> lives<01:
• Our mission is to foster a healthier Minnesota, as has been summarized through education, accessible
• a healthier Minnesota as has to foster a healthier Minnesota as has been<01:20:15.639> summarized
• care settings and the child foster care settings and the program<01:41:36.280> Integrity<01:41

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• and 12 years of outof District placement and return<01:25:13.480> to<01:25:13.639> the
• She was so bullied that we had to do an out-of-district placement for her mental health.
• She was so bullied that we had to do an out-of-district placement for her mental health.
• I'm curious, with the out-of-district placement, was there a special reading program that was used?
• within the same school district mandatory in the absence of a valid reason to deny placement.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The House Education Policy and Administration Committee heard testimony on HB 222, which would repeal the requirement that a chartered public school and the resident school district sign a memorandum of understanding on how students with disabilities will receive special education services. The prime sponsor, Rep. Peggy Balboni, said the bill was requested by the New Hampshire Association of Special Education Administrators and the New Hampshire Alliance for Public Charter Schools. She argued that federal and state law already require districts to provide FAPE and that the MOU requirement has created extra work, legal costs, and delays without improving services. She said many MOUs remain unsigned, but students are still receiving services and complaint numbers have not changed. Rep. Mooney also supported repeal, calling the MOU duplicative and impractical because IEPs and 504 plans already govern services. Testimony from Jane B. Brulu of the special education administrators’ association and Beth McLure of the charter schools alliance echoed that view, saying the MOU has not helped students, has added hours of work and legal fees, and has mostly been a source of disputes over funding and service costs. McLure said her school has worked with more than 15 districts and has always been able to reach agreements, though the first year of the requirement took substantial time and money. Committee members asked about the original purpose of the law, unsigned MOUs, and whether disputes could be resolved without the requirement. A representative from the Department of Education said the MOU was originally proposed to address reports that some students were not getting services on time and to provide some oversight, but the department has no authority to order charter schools or districts to agree and no appeal process if they cannot. The department also said it does not currently audit charter school special education services because it lacks authority to monitor charter schools directly, and it urged the committee to consider some alternative oversight if the MOU requirement is repealed. The hearing on HB 222 was then closed, and the committee announced it would begin the hearing on HB 699 after a short break.

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• While public conservators scramble to find Murphy conservatee placements, their families, their victims
• He was waiting for placement in local detention for the State Department of Hospitals when Lurkey was
• He was waiting for placement in local detention for the State Department of Hospitals when Lurkey was
• The law already states that placement in a less restrictive setting won't be approved if it would...
• I just want to note also the amendment that was made to allow for the option of interim placement in

Summary: The committee met without a quorum and operated as a subcommittee while hearing several bills, with members repeatedly noting that votes would be taken later once a quorum was established. Early in the meeting, the committee heard SB 1446 on parole en banc review and SB 1278 on elderly parole eligibility for certain sex offenses. SB 1446’s author said the bill would give commissioners more discretion in en banc review, make votes public, and allow referral for sexually violent predator evaluation in certain cases; supporters included the California District Attorneys Association, while opponents from Uncommon Law, the Ella Baker Center, and public defender groups argued it would add confusion, create constitutional and litigation concerns, and duplicate existing safeguards. SB 1278 would exclude certain rape, child sexual abuse, and habitual/serial sex offense convictions from elderly parole eligibility; district attorneys and police chiefs supported it as a victim-safety measure, while civil rights and defense organizations opposed it as unnecessary, costly, and inconsistent with evidence on aging and recidivism. Both bills were discussed but not voted on due to the lack of quorum. The committee then heard SB 1354, which would bar out-of-state military or law enforcement personnel from entering California to perform such functions without the Governor’s permission. The author and supporters framed it as protecting state sovereignty and limiting unauthorized armed incursions; the committee accepted an amendment removing a criminal penalty and leaving enforcement to the Attorney General. No opposition testimony was offered, and members expressed support, but no vote was taken because quorum was still lacking. The committee also heard SB 926, a bill to fund implementation of Proposition 36. Supporters, including sheriffs, district attorneys, probation officials, and the League of California Cities, said local agencies need funding for treatment, supervision, and administration; opponents argued the proposal was fiscally reckless, lacked accountability, and overemphasized incarceration. Amendments removed a specific appropriation and shifted funding decisions to the budget process, but the bill was also held pending quorum. Later, the committee heard SB 874, which would require background checks for unlicensed providers of Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, create a stakeholder workgroup, and direct DHCS to issue guidance and report on program integrity. Support came from local health plans and behavior analysis providers, who said the bill would improve safety and consistency; there was no opposition testimony. The committee then heard SB 1210, which would extend CalGang oversight and due process protections to local gang databases as well as shared ones. Supporters described privacy abuses, racial disparities, and personal harm from inaccurate gang labels; law enforcement opposition argued the bill would impose CalGang standards on informal investigative files and would significantly change the gang definition. The author said the bill closes a loophole and preserves prior reforms, but no vote was taken. The committee also began hearing SB 1019 on creating a California Cargo Thief Task Force, with strong support from BNSF, trucking, shipping, port, and supply-chain representatives who described organized, multi-jurisdictional cargo theft and rail sabotage; no opposition was heard, and members indicated support, but action was deferred pending quorum. The meeting then moved to SB 1217 on a non-consensual intimate image clearinghouse, with the chair and author describing privacy-related amendments and the bill’s focus on helping survivors remove exploitative images; the transcript cuts off as that presentation began.

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• You said your placement rate was 94%? Can you tell me what that looks like 2510 years out?
• Define placement rate.
• We define placement rate of the continued in education or they started their job immediately or they
• So we know that they go immediately into that positive placement, but we don't know where they are in
• So, when we start to see placement rates, our funding formula from the state level, we redid a year ago

Keywords: 914, all

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• With this new rollout of a priority placement...
• With this new rollout of a priority placement...
• With this new rollout of a priority placement...
• With this new rollout of a priority placement, I think you called it a preference.
• Priority placement. What is it called? Priority placement.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on several education resolutions, beginning with HCR 11 and HR 14, which ask the Board of Education and the State Public Charter School Commission to report on improving access to stable, suitable, and affordable facilities for public charter schools. The Charter School Commission supported the measure, and OHA also supported it while noting long-standing facility challenges, the lack of a dedicated facilities appropriation, and the strain on charter schools that have had to use operating funds for buildings and temporary structures. Kealakehe Academy, Hawaii Technology Academy, and several individuals also testified in support. The committee then took up HCR 181 and HR 171, which seek a shared decision-making committee to develop an action plan for a K-12 Ka Waihona School in Kapolei. The Department of Education said it has already developed a strategic plan for Kaipuni education, has expanded immersion programs over the past decade, and is addressing growth through interim guidance and a new priority placement process. Community witnesses, including representatives of Ke Alo Ever, strongly supported the resolutions, emphasizing the need for a K-12 pathway, the importance of Hawaiian language and culture, and the role of community voice in planning. They argued that teacher shortages, especially for licensed Hawaiian immersion teachers, remain a major barrier and proposed a kumu recruitment and retention program tied to community, UH, and DOE partnerships. The committee also heard HCR 187 and HR 177, which urge the Department of Education to begin initiatives to address teacher retention statewide. DOE and the University of Hawaiʻi College of Education said teacher retention is already being addressed through the Teacher Education Coordinating Committee, a five-year plan focused on building capacity, improving satisfaction, and compensation, and a new DOE human resources plan. In response to questions, DOE said it is seeking better school-level data on why teachers leave, is preparing for contract negotiations, and is working with the standards board and DLIR on an apprenticeship-related grant. TECC representatives said the group has been working since the pandemic era, may narrow its focus to retention as the most actionable area, and expects to provide more concrete recommendations in its annual report. The transcript ends as the committee moves on to the next item, HCR 47 and HR 43, without showing any votes or final actions on the measures heard.

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• President, House Bill 1556 is a bill related to a delinquent child needing services and out-of-home placement
• amendment, Section 4, creates a small working group under the Children's Cabinet to study out-of-home placement
• House Bill 1556 is a bill that was related to a delinquent child needing services and out-of-home placement
• with disabilities, but now including individuals who are not disabled, the human service zones on placement
• with disabilities, but now including individuals who are not disabled, the human service zones on placement

Keywords: 908, all

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the pledge, and a quorum call, then took up House amendments to Senate Bills 2009, 2147, and 2113. On motion, the Senate refused to concur in the House amendments and appointed conference committees for each bill. The chamber then considered several House bills, adopting amendments and passing House Bill 1556, which creates a Children's Cabinet work group to study out-of-home placement and treatment for children with behavioral health issues, and House Bill 1363, which directs development of a customizable cardiac emergency response plan template for schools and athletic events. House Bill 1533, requiring students to complete a half-unit of financial literacy for graduation, also passed after amendment. House Bill 1226, dealing with masks in public places and protest-related identification concerns, passed after the Judiciary Committee removed language about complying with law enforcement requests to unmask.

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• So, I'll make the motion that House File 2437 be recommended for placement on the general register.
• File 2437 as amended be<00:08:44.159> recommended<00:08:44.640> for<00:08:44.800> placement
• <00:08:45.120> on<00:08:45.279> the be recommended for placement on the be recommended
• for placement on the general<00:08:45.760> register<00:08:46.160> with<00:08:46.320>

Bills: HF2437

Keywords: tax credits, tax increments, housing development, local government, economic aid, 1183, house

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• Without this appropriation, our providers will be forced to limit work experience placements.
• 00:03:44.560> experience forced to limit work experience forced to limit work experience placements
• > Thousands<00:03:46.720> fewer<00:03:47.120> youth<00:03:47.840> will placements
• Thousands fewer youth will placements.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And let me tell you, that is not the ideal placement for... incarcerated mental health treatment to the
• And let me tell you, that is not the ideal placement for. ...to shelter beds that may be there.
• And let me tell you, that is not the ideal placement for anybody leaving incarceration to go to a shelter
• So we offer placement wherever that is.
• So we offer placement wherever that is.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The commission met to continue its review of the county sheriffs’ role in corrections, reentry, and public safety. After approving the prior meeting minutes, the sheriffs completed a lengthy presentation describing how their offices provide regional jail services, women’s programming, mental health and substance use treatment, reentry support, community partnerships, and auxiliary public safety functions such as BCI work, TRIAD, Meals on Wheels, and event support. They emphasized that services are tailored to local needs, that women’s facilities are designed to keep mothers close to family and support reunification, and that programming, housing, and job placement are central to reducing recidivism. They also discussed challenges including K2/synthetic drugs in facilities, gang classification and separation, and the difficulty justice-involved people face obtaining IDs and birth certificates, especially for people from Puerto Rico. Commission members generally praised the sheriffs’ work and asked for more detail on how regional women’s facilities operate, how community-provider cuts might affect reentry services, how no-cost phone/tablet communication is balanced against programming time, and what the most essential programs are if funding is reduced. The sheriffs said programming must come first, identified mental health, substance use treatment, domestic violence programming, and housing/job placement as critical, and explained that community organizations and the Registry of Motor Vehicles are key partners in reentry. They also described their approach to gang management through classification, separation, and information sharing, and noted that the Registry has become more flexible but Real ID requirements have made documentation barriers more significant. The commission chair stressed that the purpose of the study is collaboration and improving system performance, not an adversarial effort against the sheriffs or a decarceration debate. Members noted that future meetings would hear from probation in June and the Department of Correction in July, and that the commission would continue gathering information before deciding on next steps. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn, which passed unanimously.

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• It identifies barriers, including... ...appropriate placements are unavailable.
• I have heard several times that a barrier to admission has been no discharge placement.
• In 1999, my parents hired an educational advocate to fight and ultimately win his placement at Pappas
• Every DCF student under 22 who has left has been sent to one of these placements, shifting hundreds of
• that may not... ...lack of long-term admissions, and discharges of individuals to placements that may

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The special legislative commission on the future of Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children held a hybrid public hearing focused on the hospital’s future, admissions, staffing, infrastructure, and whether the facility should be preserved, expanded, or reimagined. Opening remarks from legislators, commissioners, parents, and union representatives emphasized that Pappas provides a unique combination of medical, rehabilitative, educational, and residential services for children with complex needs, and several speakers argued that the hospital is effectively being depopulated through reduced admissions and ongoing discharges despite public assurances that it remains open. Multiple speakers urged the commission to extend its authorization and continue its work before any closure or major change can occur. Testimony from labor leaders, including AFSCME, SEIU Local 509, and the Massachusetts Nurses Association, described a “silent closure” in practice, with staff reporting confusion about the hospital’s status, declining census numbers, blocked admissions, and uncertainty about the workforce’s future. They called for immediate action to stop admission denials and unnecessary discharges, and some proposed short-term solutions such as temporary modular structures to address infrastructure barriers and allow admissions to resume. Parents and former patients testified that Pappas provided life-changing independence, specialized therapy, and campus-based supports that they said could not be replicated elsewhere, and they criticized alternative placements as inadequate. Commissioner Robert Goldstein of the Department of Public Health said the administration supports keeping Pappas open and funded while the commission works, but he argued that admissions must comply with hospital-level-of-care rules and that the campus’s deteriorating infrastructure limits the kinds of children who can safely be served there. He said the department is continuing admissions for appropriate patients, working to expand outreach and services, and exploring long-term options, including broader statewide models of care. Commissioners pressed him on whether discharge status or lack of a clear discharge plan had been used as a barrier to admission, and requested de-identified data on patients recommended for admission but denied. No formal votes were taken during the hearing.

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• <00:26:51.399> uh<00:26:51.520> both<00:26:51.720> the<00:26:51.919> placement
• <00:26:52.679> and and the the uh both the placement and and the the uh both the placement
• /c> protections of needing to serve uh protections of needing to serve uh former<01:37:46.480> foster
• > care<01:37:48.000> um<01:37:48.520> regardless<01:37:49.040> of former foster
• care um regardless of former foster care um regardless of where<01:37:49.800> you<01:37:49.920

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Division 3 work session continued its review of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid budget and related policy issues, with CFO Nathan White and Medicaid Director Henry Litman presenting updated materials. The discussion focused on a crosswalk between the adjusted FY 2025 Medicaid budget and the governor’s FY 2026 recommendation, plus handouts showing service additions, eligibility changes, dental rates, and other Medicaid changes since 2019. The department also said it would provide a clearer breakdown of the pharmacy cost-sharing item by general, federal, and other funds. Members asked detailed questions about the Medicaid enhancement tax, the 80% plan, and how funds are allocated between hospital payments, directed payments, and DSH uncompensated care. The department explained that the MET is being used more toward rates and directed payments to better align with federal matching rules, while DSH remains important for uncompensated care. They also noted that a pending Senate Bill 249 would keep the 80% structure and move to Senate Finance. On the trigger law, the department identified the governing provision as Chapter 342:12, Laws of 2018, and explained that if the federal match for Medicaid expansion falls below 90%, the state must notify legislative leaders and participants and the program would sunset after 180 days unless the legislature acts. The committee also reviewed current Medicaid expansion enrollment and program trends. Officials said enrollment was just under 59,000 as of March 3, with about 87,000 people enrolled over the past year and more than a quarter-million residents having used the program over its lifetime. They said enrollment has fallen from a post-pandemic high of nearly 97,000 and may eventually settle in the low 50,000s. Finally, the department discussed federal DSH funding risk, saying New Hampshire could face a significant reduction if Congress does not extend current protections, which is part of why the state has shifted more funding toward payment rates and directed payments.

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• <00:30:36.799> which finding appropriate placements which finding appropriate placements which
• waiting for the appropriate placement waiting for the appropriate placement not<00:32:08.399>
• But what happens when we don't have the appropriate placement for people?
• But what happens when we don't have the appropriate placement for people?
• Placement for people, right?

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• . >> Members, there will be no discussion as these are items agreed to by this body for placement on
• the motion. >> Members, there will be no discussion as these are items agreed to by this body for placement
• for placement on the consent calendar. for placement on the consent calendar.
• A lot of our unhoused youth may actually be in foster home, foster care, or unaccompanied, but current
• while well-intentioned, this contains provisions that fundamentally undermine its stated goal of fostering

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• bill, we do have one concern: the licensing moratorium on community residential services and adult foster
• That is the existing foster care moratorium language that has been rewritten at the beginning of Article
• That is the existing foster<00:19:31.159> care<00:19:31.520> moratorium<00:19:32.360>
• > language<00:19:33.080> that<00:19:33.320> it foster care moratorium language that
• it foster care moratorium language that it has<00:19:33.880> been<00:19:34.159> re- has

Keywords: 1187, senate, all