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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's also some language in the bill that protects resources that entities have, such as schools and
  • Nothing in this section shall prohibit a public K through 12 school or public institution of higher education
  • Since the state docks is based in House District 97... the state docks is based in House District 97.
Bills: HB1 , HB247 , HB1
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Other - PSCOC Dec 11th, 2025

Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

Transcript Highlights:
  • For more UN videos visit www.un.org Item E, S 24023 Combined School for Melrose School District, this
  • It's provided to state charter schools as well as district schools that are leasing facilities for the
  • about half of the funding that district schools receive.
  • Chairman and members, Project P23 008 is for Milwaukee Middle School, Milwaukee Valley School District
  • Each of those is broken down by the project number, district, and school or schools that they will be
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • "Hancock County School District Finance Corporation plans to issue an estimated $25,950,000 in school
  • ><c> Finance</c> Hancock County School District Finance Hancock County School District Finance Corporation
  • ><c> to</c> in school building revenue bonds to in school building revenue bonds to finance<00:52:37.920
  • Taylor County School District Finance Corporation plans to issue $4 million in general obligation bonds
  • Taylor County School District Finance Corporation plans to issue $4 million in general obligation bonds
Summary: The Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee met on July 16 and approved the June meeting minutes. Members received six information items, including quarterly capital project status reports, notice that the committee did not approve a Kentucky Community and Technical College System fire academy maintenance building project, reports of upcoming school district debt issues, leasehold improvements, a Northern Kentucky University asset preservation revision, and prior debt issues from the School Facilities Construction Commission. The committee then heard five project reports from the Finance and Administration Cabinet. Three new projects were presented for action and approved: a $1.3 million White Haven rest area renovation in Paducah, a $6.5 million Boone County north- and southbound rest area remodel and expansion to add truck parking, and a $4.5 million Bluegrass Station Building 14 modernization project funded by a Department of the Army grant. Members asked several questions about the Boone County rest area project, including truck congestion, restroom capacity, staffing, and the need to keep the facility open during construction; Transportation staff explained the project is meant to expand parking and improve facilities. Two emergency projects were reported with no action required: an amended Fort Boonboro flood remediation project in Madison County and a Kentucky Horse Park emergency flood repair project. The committee also approved three new leases after hearing from the Division of Real Properties. The leases included Department of Corrections parking spaces in Louisville, a Kentucky State Police office and lab lease in Hopkins County, and an Education and Labor Cabinet lease in Kenton County that was negotiated at a lower rate. Members asked about lease terms and how local match or negotiated rates were set, and staff explained that lease lengths are generally set by lessors and that the Kenton County lease was reduced through direct negotiation to stay within budget. A separate lease modification for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, involving reception-area renovations, was reported with no action required. Finally, the committee considered seven grant reallocations from the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority, including six Clean Water Program grants and one EKSF-related reallocation. Members questioned whether some flood-related water infrastructure work, especially an Olive Branch subdivision storage tank project, fit the intended purpose of the funding; staff explained the reallocations were needed to keep federal dollars from being returned and to move funds to eligible projects. The committee initially failed to approve the package on a 4-4 vote, but after a member noted a missed vote and changed to yes, the grants passed with favorable expression. The committee then began hearing three Kentucky Product Development Initiative grants for industrial site development in Russell County, Cumberland County, and Berea/Madison County, with members asking about match requirements, funding sources, and the scope of the projects; the transcript ends during the roll call on those grants.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Commerce and Economic Development Mar 5th, 2025

House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our school districts losing the 25% that was part of the 100% left from the 75% going to the bonds.
  • This not only impacts Las Cruces Public Schools, but also Gadsden Independent School District, Truth
  • We are also an at-risk school district.
  • I mean, I'm sorry, to the bond. And then the other 25 is still going to the school.
  • The money's still there. 25% of the schools. The bonds are still being paid off.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Elections Mar 3rd, 2026

Local Government, Elections and Pensions

Transcript Highlights:
  • districts have had their voter-approved bonds put in limbo.
  • It will help the schools with their bonding information. It's been...
  • It will help the schools with their bonding information.
  • districts have school calendars that are set two and three years out.
  • I know at least two school districts in St.
Summary: The Elections Committee met in executive session first and adopted a House Committee substitute for House Bill 2387, which combined HB 2387 and HB 2480. The substitute removed provisions on extending no-excuse in-person absentee voting and shortening the absentee voting window, shifted the presidential candidate filing fee to be set by state party committees, and added language to bind presidential delegates to primary results while allowing national party rules to control where required. Members discussed the legal basis for delegate binding, party input on the substitute, and the role of closed primaries, then the committee voted 10-2-1 to do pass HB 2387 as substituted. The committee also passed House Bill 1987 and House Concurrent Resolution 23 without opposition, and passed House Bill 1802 after members discussed election transparency and concerns about applying the measure uniformly across counties; the vote was 11-2. In public hearing, the committee heard House Bill 2605, which would update election notice requirements, especially for bond elections. Sponsor Rep. McGaugh and the State Auditor’s office said the bill would address technical publication errors that had jeopardized voter-approved bond issues by allowing notice defects to be cured if no election contest is filed within 30 days, while also allowing one newspaper publication and one direct mailing notice. Testimony from county clerks, school administrators, a fire district, the Missouri Press Association, and others generally supported the bill as a practical fix, though one witness urged broader website posting of notices. The hearing also covered House Bill 2301, a campaign finance cleanup bill that would clarify definitions and reporting rules in Chapter 130, especially for continuing committees and indirect political spending; the sponsor said it was intended to fix ambiguity from prior law, and the only testimony in favor called for additional restrictions on recurring donations and more transparency. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1787, which would require schools used as polling places to treat election days as school holidays beginning in the 2026-27 school year. The sponsor said the bill was intended to improve child safety and could also help with staffing and voter participation, while members raised concerns about school calendars already being set and whether the mandate should instead be optional or delayed to a later school year. A witness in favor supported the safety goal but asked for local control and a later effective date. No opposition testimony was presented, and the committee adjourned after the hearing.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Apr 7th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • I I needed to communicate with the different law enforcement agencies throughout the district, which
  • We had Barnsdall, you know, in my district. We had Sulfur that he had.
  • House Bill 3678 modifies the definition of public officials to include municipal officials and public school
  • And this has support of OML as well as of course city officials and school board members across our state
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • For the record, Senator Carroll from District 28, probably one of the most important districts in this
  • For the record, Senator Frank Carroll, District 28.
  • We have a young lady that needs to go back to school. Oh, please.
  • Mary Bashar Catholic School and a daughter of Lauren Matt Magnus.
  • I'm actually dealing with an issue in District 3. ...of the bill at times.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Experiencing a variety of difficulties, personal, familial, school, or even chemical problems, with the
  • They were staying home for safety reasons, and we learned that not only was this child missing school
  • </c> schools and other places of employment. schools and other places of employment.
  • I mean, like<00:43:20.440><c> school</c><00:43:20.760><c> districts</c><00:43:21.240><c> don't</c><00
  • :43:21.520><c> get</c><00:43:21.720><c> paid</c> like school districts don't get paid like school districts
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 18th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , like bonding more money for roaddes or why do we think we need that extra money in that area?
  • Just in anticipation of what those future bonds may be, this may not actually be spent, but as It says
  • I think this is just the anticipation of current bonds or current projects that are on the board.
  • School. Myself, Senator Gallagher, and Senator Coleman are honored to represent Sandsprings.
  • And whereas this championship represents only the 2nd football title in school history and the first
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • , District 11.
  • contracts with a vendor to produce school mapping data, the agencies and schools, that if a school contracts
  • with a vendor to produce school mapping data, the agencies in school will have access to the data and
  • and develop the school map. ...so that they can create those plans with the schools and develop the
  • school mapping data software.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • as we continue to build up funding for that commitment that we made to those children and to those school
  • They championed trying to save this money for these schools.
  • This is for the health science school. If you want to handle it on the floor...
  • We've done this for our other schools. They're looking to construct down in Demopoulos.
  • Um, this bill will help people of all ages in your district.
Bills: HB86 , HB273 , HB379 , HB386 , HB387 , HB388 , HB389 , HB487 , HB600 , SB120 , HB176
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • It is now up to 21% after they mandated skim milks in the school districts.
  • </c> for students and uh and school for students and uh and school districts.<00:19:59.840><c> Now,</
  • And so there doesn't school districts.
  • Um, and so those are all positive things that can change with more choice left to the school districts
  • And uh it really is is school districts.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Other - PSCOC Oct 8th, 2025

Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

Transcript Highlights:
  • The award language to Silver Consolidated School District for the Cliff Combined School includes an increase
  • On improvement of our processes, how do we support the school districts and charter schools in this process
  • It's really good to see school districts coming.
  • But also, how do they phase out their bonding capacity when you have multiple schools in a district?
  • Our relationships and partnerships with New Mexico school districts.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • To provide brief background, a school district may contract indebtedness and issue bonds without a vote
  • A school district ...limits these non-voted bonds to certain capital purposes.
  • This legislation would allow those school districts to bond against the revenue that's coming in, contract
  • a bond and there would be many more school districts tapping into SCAP dollars?
  • We know that small school districts don't have the same ability to access bond capacity, bond debt, to
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several House education bills. HB 1796 would allow school districts, under existing debt limits and with voter-approved capital levies, to issue non-voted bonds for certain new construction projects. The sponsor and school district witnesses said it would let districts front-fund projects, speed construction, and reduce inflation-related costs; a member of the public opposed it as bypassing voters. HB 2317 would exempt school-day ECEAP and Head Start programs located in public school or community/technical college buildings from child care licensing. The sponsor and providers said the current licensing process is duplicative, delays services, and creates barriers to expanding early learning; no opposition was heard. The committee also heard HB 2594, which would codify McKinney-Vento homeless student protections in state law, require OSPI planning and reporting, and reinforce district responsibilities for students experiencing homelessness. The sponsor gave personal testimony about experiencing homelessness as a student, and advocates said the bill would improve coordination and accountability at no added cost. For HB 2557, which requires school districts to give parents a copy of special education evaluation reports by the 35th school day and hold the eligibility meeting at least five school days later, the sponsor said it would give families time to review reports; school psychologists and OSPI supported the substitute version, while some advocates asked for shorter timelines and clearer waiver language. After the hearings, the committee moved to executive session and advanced two bills: Substitute HB 2360, allowing schools to maintain and use stock albuterol under specified conditions, and Engrossed Substitute HB 2534, updating requirements for military families’ enrollment, records transfer, and related services. Both bills received due pass recommendations and were sent to Rules, with no recorded opposition in the executive session.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Capital Improvement Committee Meeting Jun 23rd, 2026

Capital Improvement

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section 128, under Department of Education, requires each school district to notify the Department of
  • Section 131, for Dickinson High School, makes the Red Clay School District equalization funding contingent
  • is subject to the MOU between the state and the Christina School District.
  • Section 145, for Capital School District, authorizes the district to use remaining funds from certain
  • District are vested in the Board of Education of the Polytech School District.
Summary: The committee met for a fiscal year 2027 capital budget writing session with all 12 members present. It first reviewed and approved the DNREC Resource Conservation and Development drainage project list, which would add projects across New Castle, Kent, and Sussex counties and bring the total eligible projects to 1,561. Members offered personal remarks thanking retiring conservation district staff, especially Kevin Donnelly, for years of work on drainage and water issues. The committee then reviewed DelDOT Rule 12 changes, including annual date updates and a reduction in the inflation markup applied to older estimates, and approved the rule as amended. The committee next adopted DelDOT Appendix A and the FY27 paving and rehabilitation list, including the subdivision street management fund and various road resurfacing projects. DelDOT explained that paving projects are for state-of-good-repair work and that major changes from corridor studies would be handled separately. The committee also approved DelDOT epilogue changes, including updates to authorization amounts, a $25 million increase for toll infrastructure work, changes to subdivision street paving language, and an increase in the subdivision street paving management fund to $30 million. Several sections were placed on hold for later updates. The committee then moved through boilerplate epilogue sections in the bond bill, approving a wide range of provisions affecting conservation districts, housing, economic development, corrections, DNREC, public safety, transportation, agriculture, fire prevention, education, and other agencies. Many sections were adopted in groups, while some were held for later revisions or deleted as no longer needed. The session included updates to school capital rules, transportation restrictions and reporting requirements, DNREC conservation and land-use provisions, and funding and administrative authorities across multiple agencies. The committee broke for lunch after approving the education-related sections through 147, with additional sections still pending.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Finance and Taxation Apr 8th, 2025 at 09:00 am

Finance and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • School districts have a base of 5%. School districts have a base of 5%.
  • The school district can increase, again, 5%, and that's what you're seeing.
  • It is counties, cities, school districts, park districts, townships, incorporated cities, and regular
  • On the levy limitations under school districts, I don't know...
  • But school districts have never had a limit on the amount of bonds they can ever do.
Bills: HB1428
Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met with a quorum and took up House Bill 1482, which would require certain municipal bond elections to be held on primary or general election days rather than at special elections. Senator Rummel walked the committee through a proposed amendment from Representative Wagner that would remove special-election language, align ballot timing requirements, and make related cleanup changes. Members discussed the distinction between constitutional debt limits and the bill’s election-timing requirements, with Senator Powers seeking clarification that the measure did not change levy or bond limits themselves. The committee also discussed whether the amended language would comply with the Secretary of State’s requirements. Chairman Weber and Senator Rummel said they had consulted legislative council and wanted a further check before the bill moved forward, and the chairman said he would hold the bill until that review was complete. The amendment was approved unanimously, 6-0, and the bill as amended was then adopted unanimously, 6-0. After passage, the committee discussed who would carry the bill, eventually settling on Senator Rummel as carrier. The chair also said several other bills, including gas tax and property tax measures, would be held for the time being while the committee waited for developments in the House. The committee announced it would not plan to meet the next day unless called from the floor, and then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/17/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> having on our school district budgets. having on our school district budgets.
  • Katina Taylor: Yes. school district budgets need to school district budgets need to understand<00:35:
  • Michael-Albertville School District.
  • Michael-Albertville School District.
  • Districts. In this case, local school districts.
Bills: HF238 , HF3381 , HF3754 , HF1049
Committee: House Taxes
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - Senate Education

Senate Education Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair and members, House Bill 4033 expands the information that a school district bond election
  • The Tucson Union High School District issued bonds, five of them over the last five or seven years.
  • Arizona school districts depend heavily on voter-approved bonds to fund critical capital needs such as
  • Because of these gaps, school districts must often ask local voters to approve bonds simply to maintain
  • High School District.
Summary: The committee approved the March 11, 2026 minutes and then heard several education bills. HCR 2015, which supports efforts for students to receive at least 60 minutes of daily physical activity and for schools to display dietary guidelines, drew strong support from advocates for recess, student health, and physical education, and passed 6-0 with one not voting. HB 2040, requiring adoption-related information when school employees discuss contraception or STI testing and adding adoption content to sex education curricula, drew opposition from Reproductive Freedom for All and the Arizona Education Association, but was still given a due pass recommendation 4-2. HB 2255, extending Arizona Teachers Academy eligibility for community college students from two to four academic years, passed unanimously with a due pass recommendation. HB 2764, creating a state seal of computer science proficiency for high school graduates, also passed unanimously after support from the Arizona Technology Council. The committee then considered HB 2600, which would require written parental permission for students in grades 6-8 to join school clubs or organizations. The ACLU of Arizona opposed it, arguing it could suppress participation in clubs involving sensitive identities such as LGBTQ, religious, or cultural groups; the bill received a due pass recommendation 4-2. HB 2379 would require school district governing board members to complete finance and governance training, with an amendment narrowing the requirement to newly elected or appointed members and adjusting reporting; the Arizona Association of County School Superintendents supported it, while the Arizona School Board Association opposed parts of it, and the amended bill passed 4-2. HB 2142 would create a School Safety Center and School Safety Council within ADE to provide training, technical assistance, and risk assessments; supporters said it would help schools, especially smaller and rural districts, while opponents raised concerns about funding and council composition, and it passed 4-2. Later, HB 4033, which would require more detailed school bond election pamphlets and separate ballot propositions for certain large or specialized projects, was supported as a transparency measure by the sponsor but opposed by education groups that warned it could make it harder for districts to fund facilities; it passed 4-2. HB 2482, limiting job order contracting on building renewal grant projects to $1 million and requiring verification against artificial splitting of projects, drew concerns from builders and school board groups about delaying repairs and limiting procurement flexibility, but the sponsor said it was needed to improve competition and transparency; it passed 4-2. Finally, HB 2575, the Anti-Semitism and Education Act, would prohibit public schools and higher education institutions from teaching or promoting anti-Semitism and set up reporting and discipline procedures; the sponsor said it was needed to protect students, while the ACLU and Arizona Education Association warned it could chill speech and expose educators to legal risk. The transcript cuts off during testimony on that bill, and no final committee vote is shown in the provided text.