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• centers provide specialized assessments and evaluations, academic and behavioral consultations, collaborate
• Our teams of experts that are to see an F IMC collaborate with school districts.
• We also collaborate with other ID funded projects that are within our system, as well as in federal products
• We do that through the building of partnerships, working collaboratively with all stakeholders to ensure
• is is a great idea and to collaborate with others who have expertise in can help us beat the need.

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• So this is related to the Bureau of Child Development and Head Start collaboration.
• This is related to the Bureau of Child Development and Head Start collaboration. It's a long name.
• This is related to the Bureau of Child Development and Head Start collaboration. It's a long name.
• Uh, quick question on the Rel, where it says, um, Head Start collaboration—what is that?
• Head Start Collaborative is essentially that.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a Division 3 budget work session focused on the Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Economic Stability. Karen Hebert, the division director, and Nathan White, DHHS chief financial officer, walked members through the governor’s operating budget pages and a briefing book, explaining that the division was consolidated in 2018 and serves programs aimed at financial stability, poverty reduction, child care access, and related supports. Members repeatedly asked for clearer breakdowns of general fund spending, historical growth since consolidation, and how the division’s broad mission areas map onto specific budget lines. A major portion of the discussion centered on the Bureau of Child Development and Head Start collaboration and the child care subsidy program. Hebert said the child care scholarship/subsidy helps low- and moderate-income families access daycare so parents can work, attend school, or receive treatment, and that eligibility is based on state median income up to 85%. She reported a 45% increase in utilization, 4,032 children receiving daycare support as of the end of January, and about 15% of eligible children being served. She also described the quality improvement system “Granite Steps for Quality,” with 160 providers enrolled out of 717 licensed programs, and noted that 1,200 child care professionals added credentials in the last year. Members pressed for cost-benefit information, asking for data on how much the state pays, how many providers and children are served, and whether the department could quantify unmet need. The witnesses said some projects were funded with short-term ARPA child care dollars and that detailed cost data for specific examples, such as the Gorm Community Learning Center expansion, would need to be looked up. They also explained that the child care fund is a federal block grant with required spending set-asides of 9% for quality, 3% for infants and toddlers, and up to 5% for administration, and that unused funds remain available. The committee also reviewed slide 10’s accounting units, including that the Child Care Workforce Fund is 100% general funds and was created as a priority item under HB 2 from the 2024 session, while some other child care-related units are 100% federal funds.

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• mentioned a few times already several of the implementation plans that have been developed in collaboration
• And we want this to be a collaboration of all of us.
• disparities and the traffic stops work that they've done over the years, and we look forward to the collaboration
• is, you know, whether it's controlled by JJPOC or whether they have it or not, but I think the collaboration
• Expertise Work Group ...was questioning about whether or not the Community Expertise Work Group, in collaboration

Keywords: 962, all

Summary: The Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee (JJPOC) met for administrative updates, approved the April meeting minutes, and discussed a proposed shift from monthly full committee meetings to a quarterly schedule beginning later this year. Members generally supported the change, saying it would reduce strain on agency and committee resources and allow more time for work groups to complete implementation tasks. Several members also asked for more flexible agendas and a clearer way to add issues between meetings, with staff suggesting a standardized form for submitting topics in advance. Work group updates covered cross-agency data sharing, diversion, education, incarceration, and community expertise. The data-sharing group reported continued work on the Equity Dashboard 2.0, a statewide expulsions analysis, municipal-level data collaboration with UConn’s IMRP, and a cross-system analysis of crossover youth. The diversion group described work on POST curriculum revisions for juvenile law, a youth-focused law enforcement interaction training, a community-police relationship toolkit, expansion of youth diversion teams, and pre-arrest diversion policy. The education group is reviewing implementation of the law creating educational oversight in juvenile facilities, along with a free public transportation pilot for high school students and truancy cleanup legislation. The incarceration group is tracking conditions of confinement, DOC restraint and chemical agent reports, the DOJ settlement monitoring process, the reentry success plan, and gender-responsive programming. The community expertise group emphasized elevating lived experience, youth voice, prevention, and conditions of confinement, with members urging the committee to focus on stability, infrastructure, and meaningful use of lived-experience perspectives. A major presentation from OPM outlined Connecticut’s effort to re-enter the federal Title II juvenile justice formula grant program. OPM explained the program’s core compliance requirements, including deinstitutionalization of status offenders, adult jail and lockup removal, sight-and-sound separation, and addressing racial and ethnic disparities. Staff said Connecticut is currently not fully compliant because of issues including youth being held in adult facilities and the state’s six-hour detention rule, and that Title II funding is on hold while OPM works toward compliance. OPM is developing a monitoring manual, identifying facilities to be monitored, and forming a state advisory group (SAG) to support the application and compliance process. Members questioned why a separate SAG is needed, whether JJPOC or the community expertise group could serve that role, and how lived-experience members would be selected; OPM said federal rules require the SAG to include youth or parents with lived experience and that the group cannot be composed of state or government employees in the key leadership roles. The committee agreed to circulate the federal parameters and ask members to suggest candidates for the SAG and to help move compliance work forward over the summer.

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• to make sure things are more seamless and easier and to increase dialogue around cross-agency collaboration
• It's been almost a year since I've returned to the Agency collaboration challenges.
• My vision is that we foster a collaborative relationship with our licensees where we're not just showing
• We are forming intentional collaboration opportunities using trend data, We are forming intentional collaboration

Summary: The committee met to consider a large slate of appointments, with the main discussion centered on the confirmation of Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Harris testified about her background in state service and outlined agency priorities including Medicaid financial accountability, transparency, managed care oversight, behavioral health redesign, rural health access, workforce recruitment, and use of technology and AI. Senators questioned her extensively about the Hope Florida/Medicaid settlement controversy, opioid settlement-funded advertising campaigns tied to marijuana prevention and the 2024 Amendment 3 election, public records compliance, abortion reporting and enforcement under the Heartbeat Protection Act, managed care denials, value-based purchasing, and Medicaid funding pressures. After debate, the committee voted to recommend her confirmation, with Senator Polsky voting no. The committee then considered Anna Ortega and Robert Payne for the Florida Public Service Commission. Ortega, a current PSC commissioner and former staff advisor, discussed utility regulation, data center load issues, ratepayer protections, transparency in PSC decisions, and lessons from other states. Payne, a former legislator and longtime utility co-op employee, emphasized his technical background and the need to balance utility returns with consumer affordability. Both nominees were confirmed by unanimous or near-unanimous votes and recommended favorably to the full Senate. Next, the committee heard from Jeffrey Aaron for reappointment to the Public Employees Relations Commission. Aaron described PERC’s role in public-sector labor disputes and said his work had been upheld in appellate courts without reversal. Senators questioned him about his law firm’s state contracts, his role as chairman of Attorney General James Uthmeier’s PAC, and his connection to the Hope Florida Foundation matter; he declined to discuss the pending investigation. Public testimony included opposition from Florida Voice for the Unborn. The committee nevertheless recommended his confirmation, with several no votes. Finally, the committee approved the remaining appointees on tabs 5 through 46 in a single vote, postponing Dr. John Littell and DCF Secretary Hatch, and then adjourned.

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• So, this is a good connection that we've made, and we'll be collaborating on healthcare in rural Oklahoma
• And yes, I've already been talking about some solutions that I have in mind, but also collaboratively
• We collaborate with many other agencies but we do not duplicate any other agency Our role is to provide
• operations through staying focused on ensuring every student has a high quality certified teacher we collaborate
• dove into, as about that, we have worked with them because they own that data, and so they have collaborated

Keywords: 914, all

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• the policy level, he is crucial in helping us review that scientific evidence and partnering and collaborating
• And then the complex treatment unit is a collaborative staffing with the worker's attending provider.
• .. ...collaborative staffing with the worker's attending provider and our doctor to look through the
• But I think the first person is here. collaborative staffing with the workers attending provider and
• We have had an underground economy task force before, and it's worth saying that the collaboration between

Summary: The committee first received an update from the Attorney General’s office on a new workers’ rights unit and two request bills. The office said the unit will focus on wage theft and civil rights enforcement, using existing resources for a small staff. It also described a bill to expand civil investigative demand authority for labor, wage theft, prevailing wage, and discrimination investigations, and an Immigrant Worker Protection Act that would require employer notice when federal immigration authorities request employee records, limit access to nonpublic work areas without a warrant, and restrict disclosure of employee data without proper legal process. Senators asked about costs, funding sources, and the scope of the proposed authority, and the office said it would follow up with more detail. The committee then heard a detailed presentation on Washington’s workers’ compensation system from Labor and Industries, including how claims are filed, how the medical provider network works, and how treatment authorizations and utilization review are handled. L&I said the network was created to improve care quality and return workers to work, and explained that most routine care is automatically authorized while certain procedures require prior approval or review. A question from Senator Conway focused on the role of the medical director and the appeals process; L&I said decisions can be protested and reconsidered, with exceptions reviewed through a complex treatment unit and medical staff. An experience panel followed with testimony from labor representatives, physicians, and an injured-worker attorney, who argued that the medical provider network and treatment guidelines can delay or deny needed care, especially in complex cases such as PTSD, brain injuries, and serious orthopedic injuries. They described long appeals, utilization review barriers, provider shortages, and the impact on injured workers and families, while L&I’s presentation emphasized the system’s structure and review safeguards. The committee then heard a report from the Underground Economy Task Force in the construction industry. L&I summarized the task force’s findings on worker misclassification, unregistered contractors, and unpaid taxes and premiums, and outlined consensus and majority recommendations, including better interagency communication, stronger penalties for repeat offenders, more authority to address successorship, possible contractor notice requirements, and further study of cash payments. The Attorney General’s office, labor, and business representatives generally supported the report’s goals but differed on some recommendations, especially those affecting independent contractors, contractor liability, and administrative burdens. The chair and Senator Conway thanked participants and said the report would inform future legislation.

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• NGOs and others for improved coordination, resource sharing, and alignment among New Mexico's collaborative
• The Institute's collaboration program led to the development of the New Mexico Collaboration Hub, a statewide
• Economic development facilities and projects include the Mercedes Zunida Center, which is a collaboration
• Um, important collaboration and discussion.

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• I also want to note that the State Tribal Collaboration Act is another law that should have been listed
• of practices and procedures, and staffing for reviewing holdings. as well as funds for tribal collaboration
• together, but on the slide about applicability, it says the spirit of New Mexico State Tribal Collaboration
• So state Tribal collaboration is leader-to-leader formal consultation, which we absolutely do when we
• I love collaboration.

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• Over time, the Ports to Plains collaborative is really focused on ensuring that those improvements remain
• quarterly host sponsors and partners from across the state to have education as a platform for collaboration
• the voice of the state's airport system, sharing our successes, identifying our challenges, and collaborating
• Representative, actually, the air races were really a good collaboration between the county, the city
• Training includes collaboration with the Administrative Office of the District Attorney and the courts

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• Senator Nava, on the bill here with your medical expert there, would you agree that more collaboration
• President, that we want more research and more collaboration.
• We're removing it. removing that collaboration from the ACIP. Mr.
• And to the people of New Mexico because you are not collaborating, which you said you wanted more collaboration

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• Value very much our collaboration with the State Aging Department and the solutions to mitigating the
• risks that Alzheimer's and dementia bring to our people and our state can only be done in collaboration
• year was a public awareness campaign that the Alzheimer's Association and the Aging Department collaborated
• In summary, Madam Chair, members, House Memorial 53 requests collaboration among the Aging, Long-Term
• This is a collaborative effort where roughly about 3,000 providers find jobs throughout now rural and

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• staff for their thoughtful work, and I do want to say a special thank you to Tanya for all her collaborative
• With the most recent amendment it reflects an in-depth conversation and collaboration that we have taken
• of work you've acknowledged that has gone into this bill and our chair's bill as well and the collaborative
• changeable by the legislature because it's a bill but I am really responding to your offer of collaboration
• is the way I heard it or invitation to collaborate because I think on the constitutional amendment and

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Um, we haven't had collaboration spaces like we need to, so we are really grateful to be, um, almost
• And then, do your analysts ever collaborate, for example, with the LFC, um, or DFA analysts, just in
• Do they, is there any collaboration across your agency with the government, with the state agencies?
• And so there's more informal uh collaboration going on behind the scenes, um, and then, You know, depending
• on the program, we collaborate very heavily with the SIC on our venture capital program.

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• House Bill 2310 ensures collaboration across multiple levels of government and community by requiring
• By promoting improved collaboration and leveraging existing resources, the bill enhances sustainability
• HB 2310 would require the Texas Education Agency, in collaboration with the Health and Human Services
• HB 2310 would require the Texas Education Agency in collaboration with the Health and Human Services
• to better outcomes for children with disabilities, but also foster empathy, understanding, and collaboration

Bills: HB126, HB121

Keywords: election laws, attorney general, prosecution, criminal offenses, voting integrity, education, property values, school districts, comptroller, funding formula

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met to hear testimony on a full agenda of education-related bills. Several measures were laid out and left pending, including HB 322 to allow JET Grant funds to be used for subscription-based and ongoing technology costs for career and technical education; HB 3062 to require fentanyl and drug-poisoning prevention instruction for entering college students; HB 121 to update school safety laws, including TEA peace officer commissions, annual renewal of certain safety exceptions, new reporting requirements, and special education behavior threat assessment changes; HB 3627 to let the State Board of Education chair employ staff; HB 5515 to curb inflated shipping and handling charges on instructional materials; HB 2674 to prohibit new state regulation of homeschool programs; HB 2310 to require a statewide strategic plan for early learning and inclusion for young children with disabilities; HB 367 to standardize documentation for excused absences due to serious illness; HB 1178 to speed certification for out-of-state educators and military spouses; and HB 1481 to expand cell phone restrictions to the full school day. Testimony was generally supportive on most bills, with some concerns raised on HB 121 about school district police departments investigating misconduct and on HB 2674 about how it would interact with the new ESA program in SB 2. HB 5515 drew support from instructional materials coordinators who described extreme shipping invoices and argued the bill would restore transparency and fiscal responsibility. HB 2310 was supported by disability advocates and early learning groups, who said a coordinated state plan would improve access and inclusion for children with disabilities. HB 367 was presented as a simple clarification to reduce confusion for medically vulnerable students and families, and HB 1178 was described by TEA as a modest pathway that would help bring experienced out-of-state teachers into Texas schools more quickly. HB 126, updating Texas’ NIL law to align with the pending House settlement and allow direct payments and pre-enrollment NIL agreements, received extensive testimony from university counsel and committee questioning about the settlement, recruiting, and future college athletics rules. HB 1481, expanding school cell phone restrictions from instructional time to the entire school day, drew strong support from parents, students, educators, and advocates who linked phones to distraction, cyberbullying, and mental health harms; one teacher asked for flexibility so phones could still be used for limited academic tasks. No bills were voted out; each measure heard was left pending subject to the call of the chair, and the committee then recessed to attend the floor session.

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• The Commander Hannon Act directed better collaboration between the VA and the Department of Defense and
• certain. its own employees, especially those in high needs areas, are fully aware of the program and collaborating
• And third, VA collaboration and compliance.
• We have formal collaborations with major veteran employers across the state, consistent engagement at
• and I can say Oklahoma Veterans United has already developed internal models for cross county collaboration

Keywords: veterans, mental health, suicide prevention, Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Grant Program, HOPE Act, BRAVE Act, Every State Counts for Vets Mental Health Act, advocacy, legislation, mental health resources

Summary: The committee meeting focused primarily on the critical issues surrounding veterans' mental health and suicide prevention. Discussions centered on the reauthorization of essential programs aimed at providing non-clinical support services to veterans, particularly the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program. Senators emphasized the urgent need for adequate mental health resources as the suicide rate among veterans remains alarmingly high. Key testimonies were provided by various advocates and officials, illustrating both successful implementations of these programs and areas needing improvement.

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• Members, committee substitute to House Bill 1233. directs a collaborative effort to better integrate
• and implement a pilot program to test those recommendations in practice, allowing institutions to collaborate
• And I met this engineer out of the college station area who had recently collaborated with the machinist
• Another commendable aspect of this bill is its proactive approach to fostering and collaboration between
• It is a collaborative effort amongst all research institutions whether Whether they're private or public

Bills: HB42, HB 125, HB 1233, HB2853, HB3148, HB3326, HB3701, HB4066, HB4361, HB4762, HB4909, HB4912, HB42, HB125

Keywords: higher education, funding, financial allocation, state budget, Texas A&M University, University of Houston, education funding, medical education, osteopathic medicine, healthcare workforce, Tarleton State University, industry-recognized credentials, workforce development, career opportunities, feasibility study, student fees, university funding, student union, education, UT El Paso

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• At one point, we met with the Jefferson County attorney to talk about how we can collaborate more, how
• At one point, we met with the Jefferson County attorney to talk about how we can collaborate more, how
• At one point, we met with the Jefferson County attorney to talk about how we can collaborate more, how
• At one point, we met with the Jefferson County attorney to talk about how we can collaborate more, how
• At one point, we met with the Jefferson County attorney to talk about how we can collaborate more, how

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00 Roll Call: 00:06 SB24 Discussion: 01:08 SB24 Vote: 13:22 SB18 Discussion: 14:40 SB18 Vote: 21:54, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first took up Senate Bill 24, a measure aimed at combating property and casualty insurance fraud. Senator Girdler and witnesses from the Insurance Institute of Kentucky and the National Insurance Crime Bureau said the bill would expand the definition of a fraudulent insurance act to cover statements that misrepresent the scope of property damage or repair costs, with the goal of addressing inflated storm-damage claims and out-of-state bad actors. Members discussed whether existing prosecutors were already handling these cases, the role of Commonwealth’s attorneys versus the Attorney General, and the need to keep the bill narrowly tailored to criminal intent rather than negligence or ordinary disputes over value. The committee substitute was adopted, the bill received favorable expression, and a title amendment was also adopted. The committee then heard Senate Bill 18, which would address a shortage of insurance options for automobile dealers by allowing nonadmitted carriers to provide garage liability coverage in Kentucky. Testimony from an insurance agent and a legislative agent for Big I Kentucky described a shrinking market in which some small dealers cannot find coverage at all, risking closure. Members asked about the meaning of garage liability, consumer protections, solvency concerns, and whether more competition could lower prices; witnesses said surplus lines carriers already operate in Kentucky, agents play an important vetting role, and errors-and-omissions coverage would apply to the agent. The bill was supported as a way to preserve dealer businesses and expand coverage options, and it passed the committee with favorable expression after roll call.

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• , again, for coaches to be able to provide that high-quality feedback, and then this notion of collaboration
• We need our teachers to be able to continue to collaborate, to really focus on making sure that we've
• Let's stay right there with how do you achieve that collaborative implementation model with the staff
• They collaborate with another team that we have, which is our state regional literacy directors.
• So if those schools are double down and focused on literacy, they collaborate with our math team.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Pre-K through 12 Education received a Department of Education presentation from Deputy Commissioner Juan Copa on Florida’s K-12 assessment system, including FAST progress monitoring, end-of-course exams, science, writing, alternate assessments, English language acquisition testing, and VPK progress monitoring. Copa reported year-over-year gains in ELA and mathematics, noted that end-of-course and science results also improved, and explained how assessment data are used for school grades, third-grade promotion, graduation requirements, and other accountability measures. He also reviewed the independent study required by SB 1048, which recommended keeping PM3 as the primary accountability measure, proceeding cautiously on further test-length reductions and remote testing expansion, and using PM1/PM2 only as supplemental evidence in limited cases. Committee members focused on whether the new system is improving student outcomes enough, what supports teachers and schools need to use the data effectively, and how Florida compares nationally. Chancellor Dr. Burns said the department is emphasizing implementation of the new standards, high-quality instructional materials, coaching, professional learning, collaboration, and school improvement support, and also pointed to resiliency education standards and mental health supports. Copa said Florida’s latest NAEP results remain mixed but still generally outperform the nation in some grades, while members pressed for more information on best practices, other states’ approaches, and how districts are using the data. Several members requested follow-up information, including the independent review report, breakdowns of PM1/PM2/PM3 results by grade and subgroup, details on VPK outcomes by provider type and full-day versus half-day programs, and data on use of the CLT versus SAT/ACT for graduation concordant scores. The committee also discussed third-grade retention outcomes, computer-based testing, district assessment calendars, and whether some districts still administer additional local testing. No votes were taken on legislation, and the meeting adjourned after Senator Davis moved to adjourn.

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• And that has to do with things like collaborative practices and a change in school culture.
• At the same time, TIA has encouraged meaningful professional reflection and collaboration, effective
• If that is the case, I think school districts should collaborate and gather labor market data to find
• I think we're seeing just the opposite across Texas, that you're seeing really more collaboration as
• The idea is that you either get a group of districts or charter schools to collaborate and say, 'Hey,

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• So what SF 328 does is it supports the collaboration in my community.
• This is a pilot program that we're trying to sort of encourage the kind of collaboration that's happening
• But first, in order to do that work as well as we can, to facilitate that collaboration, we need your
• And the model that we’ve adopted is to maintain that collaboration.
• This is not merely collaboration.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all