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• It's making sure that we're performing our carrier oversight to support public safety, the resilience
• It's making sure that we're performing our carrier oversight to support public safety, the resilience
• My understanding is that some of the individual awardees are evaluating their alternative options in
• I think that's going to be critical and something that I'll want to always evaluate.
• . always evaluate what options we have to tie those funds to different kinds of projects to make sure

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• The idea for this bill came as a result of the work our legal team and executive officers performed over
• so you can see that challenge ...of date and needs to be evaluated, so you can see that challenges are
• A couple of weeks into my role as acting administrator, the governor asked me to evaluate merging the
• This is the timeline depicting how I worked with the commission to go about evaluating our agency.
• Our formal evaluation process lasted from July to November.

Summary: The House Resources and Conservation Committee met to consider several RS drafts and receive agency updates. The committee introduced RS 33151, described as a federalism bill intended to clarify state and federal roles in Idaho code; RS 33217, which would clarify distribution of the big game depredation fund so remaining money is paid pro rata to farmers and ranchers; RS 33284, proposing hunting as Idaho’s state sport; and RS 33287 C1, a revised version of a prior bill related to notice language and fish and game issues. RS 313185 was removed from the agenda at the sponsor’s request. The committee also approved pending rule docket 24-3501-2501 for the Outfitters and Guides Licensing Board. The committee then heard an extensive update from the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses. Officials said the division now oversees more than 259,000 licenses across 44 boards and three safety programs, has consolidated offices and systems to improve efficiency, and is moving toward two-year renewals and more function-based organization. They also outlined upcoming executive legislation on controlled substances, board consolidations, and unified disciplinary procedures, and reported on fee reductions, zero-based rulemaking, and board cash-balance corrections under prior legislation. The Department of Water Resources and the Idaho Water Resource Board provided lengthy presentations on budget holdbacks, water administration, groundwater conditions, recharge, cloud seeding, the Bear River Compact, and a proposed merger with the Soil and Water Conservation Commission. Director Weaver described budget reductions, staffing challenges, delivery-call enforcement on the Eastern Snake Plain, expansion of groundwater administration into tributary basins, and new monitoring and modeling work in the Treasure Valley. Chairman Raybould reviewed state water funding, recharge and canal-efficiency projects, cloud seeding, and the ESPA sustainability program, including grants for groundwater-to-surface-water conversion and telemetry. The committee asked questions about aquifer management, canal lining and recharge, Bear River depletion rights, and conversion projects. The meeting ended with approval of the February 3 minutes and notice that another RS would likely be taken up at the final meeting later in the week.

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• literature, a third of expenditures in health care can be counted as waste, and so we're trying to evaluate
• that's what this bill is to do, is to find out what that costs. is to small business, as well as evaluate
• type of analysis existed, certainly I think we would use that as a point of reference. as we're performing
• And we can only, as people of science, evaluate anything based on the data that we have.
• Making those evaluations on that as well, and so there's other things are going to be coming in to play

Bills: HB138, HB335, HB388, HB138

Keywords: health impact analysis, cost analysis, coverage mandates, health insurance, legislative analysis, health care data, education, funding, classroom resources, teacher support, student outcomes, health benefits, provider dentists, payment reimbursement, insurance code, noncontracting, dental care, reimbursement, health benefit plans, noncontracting providers

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• </c><01:03:47.359><c> and</c> therefore, programming is evaluated and therefore, programming is evaluated
• That puts Kentucky as a top performer across the nation.
• </c><01:35:54.400><c> to</c> really closely with our evaluator to really closely with our evaluator to
• The evaluation from 2025 be partner.
• </c><02:04:06.880><c> is</c> system to determine if an evaluation is system to determine if an evaluation

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call – 0:00:00 Workforce Pell Grant Update – 0:03:30 Extension Office Update – 0:33:25 Kentucky Academic Standards for Social Studies – 1:07:08 Early Literacy Outcomes – 1:32:20 Consideration of Referred Administrative Regulations – 1:58:30 Adjournment 2:13:13, 958, all

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• </c> literacy, improve student performance literacy, improve student performance and<00:59:56.000><c>
• We took this evaluation to her school, and they still did not want to evaluate her for special education
• ,</c><01:16:42.480><c> relieving</c> educational evaluations, relieving educational evaluations, relieving
• It supports teacher mentorship, teacher performance pay, performance increments, professional learning
• ,</c> pay, performance increments, pay, performance increments, professional<01:24:37.760><c> learning

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• they are not positioned to provide the consistent day-to-day oversight necessary to effectively evaluate
• a superintendent's performance.
• 04.000><c> effectively</c> oversight necessary to effectively oversight necessary to effectively evaluate
• <00:11:05.360><c> a</c><00:11:05.680><c> superintendent's</c><00:11:06.480><c> performance.
• </c> evaluate a superintendent's performance. evaluate a superintendent's performance.

Bills: HB180

Keywords: education, county superintendent, appointed, elected officials, Conecuh County, local control, 1136, house, all

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• that were put to one time last year, which have allowed us an opportunity to really go back and evaluate
• And then also the list of performance metrics and outcomes, can you submit a list of those to me?
• So I would say that is absolutely part of what our team has been evaluating, as is every other state.
• I really appreciate Senator Cook's evaluation.
• I really appreciate Senator Cook's evaluation, regardless of those services being there, they're not

Summary: The Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee met with a quorum present and first took up questions about a separate Rural Health Funding Task Force. Members asked who created it, its purpose, whether it was replacing JFAC, and whether it was tied to the governor’s task force. The chair said it was created by legislative leadership, not this committee, and that JFAC would still control funding decisions; the task force was described as a structure to help shape how any future appropriation would work. The committee also recognized guests from Boise State’s Executive Educational Leadership Program before moving to the General Fund Daily Update and then the Department of Health and Welfare budget review. Legislative Services analyst Alex Williamson reviewed Health and Welfare’s Division of Welfare, Mental Health Services, and Psychiatric Hospitalization budgets. Major items included one-time Medicaid eligibility system changes tied to federal law and House Bill 345, ongoing SNAP administrative cost shifts to the general fund, Medicaid expansion work requirement implementation costs, restoration of some transfer authority, and several behavioral health adjustments. In mental health, the department requested partial restoration of positions and funding tied to the former Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, but the director said the center itself had been disbanded and the request was instead for 15 FTE to support children’s mental health and the Jeff D. settlement. Other items included funding for mobile crisis services, a fund shift for hospital benefits and cost increases, replacement items at the state hospitals, and endowment fund adjustments. Director Juliet Sharon and Behavioral Health Administrator Ross Edmonds answered extensive questions about federal changes, managed care, and behavioral health service reductions. They said the department is implementing work requirements and more frequent Medicaid redeterminations required by federal law, starting with a one-month compliance period for applicants, and is not seeking a waiver to delay implementation. On behavioral health, they explained that reductions to Medicaid and non-Medicaid services were mirrored, that ACT services were discontinued as a bundled service but individual components remain available, and that the department is tracking hospital utilization, crisis services, and client touchpoints through Magellan. Members also asked about audits, deceased-member payments, endowment funds, staffing shortages, and whether some services were being duplicated; the director said program integrity processes are in place and that the department is trying to reduce duplication while maintaining reporting transparency. No formal votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after indicating it would meet again Monday morning.

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• Automatically generated reports related to officer performance and attendance provide a good starting
• As a result, reports related to an early warning system, including performance evaluations, are crucial
• In an officer's performance or attendance evaluations, this can be problematic. ...rises to a level of
• Until such a scenario, we would like to keep attendance and performance-related reports confidential.
• In most cases, the data and the reports are used to evaluate the conduct of entire units and the larger

Bills: SB 15

Keywords: law enforcement, department file, employee records, misconduct, confidentiality, Texas occupations code, 997, house, all

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• So far this year, EHS students have performed nearly 11,000 searches in this database.
• which um databases are chosen evaluate which um databases are chosen for<00:17:56.000><c> usage</c><
• of staff performance.
• <01:06:18.160><c> of</c><01:06:18.559><c> staff</c><01:06:19.240><c> performance.
• </c> evaluation of staff performance. evaluation of staff performance.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• A lot of them don't know they can actually go through a board and question their evaluation they can
• This will help those families compare academic performance The bill further states that beginning with
• They will have clear information on how well their child's school is performing academically similar
• We already know that private schools are performing well if you look at any number of tests or studies
• We made sure that those that come into the state as performers of some type are for sure paying their

Bills: SB683, SB1579, SB1389, SB1387, SB1390, SB1391, SB2063, SB1829, SB2060, SB1842, SB1398, SB1212, SB2158, SB102

Keywords: education, tax credit, student support, private school, Oklahoma Parental Choice Tax Credit, financial assistance, homeschooling, qualified expenses, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, school choice, tuition assistance, income limits, parental choice, accreditation, sales tax, motor vehicles

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• It authorizes school districts and charter schools to place current and retired high-performing classroom
• I am assuming the high performing teachers are probably in schools that have much higher grades than
• school in that same area from where the higher performing teachers are?
• teachers to go work in low performing schools.
• But when you are able to do that and get high performing teachers to go into low performing schools because

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• In fact, a standard of care and a requirement is that we do have to perform a pregnancy test prior to
• And you're doing an evaluation. And then this is on a list of options, like if you, evaluation.
• But they have a standard in a statute that all of us facilities that perform these exams can follow.
• It’s one flat fee that the state pays for us just performing the exam on the victim, and that wouldn’
• So it has a flat fee for an exam being performed. So it has a flat fee for an exam being performed.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• be challenged or reported for identical behaviors that are viewed as neutral or appropriate when performed
• be challenged or reported for identical behaviors that are viewed as neutral or appropriate when performed
• J-LARC is supported by nonpartisan staff who complete performance audits, tax preference reviews, and
• The bill before you requires J-LARC to complete a performance audit of fraud in the state's financial
• There is basically an unfunded mandate for J-LARC to conduct exhaustive systemic performance audits.

Bills: SB6090, SB5931, SB5963, SB5978, SB6082

Keywords: heritage orchard, agriculture, program, state funding, local agriculture, workforce education, accountability, oversight, administrative changes, investment, SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education, student aid, need-based aid, college affordability, postsecondary education, workforce development

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• And yet every time I watch our students perform their dances or speak their languages, I move to tears
• Sophany performs dances that a people who were nearly wiped out by genocide.
• And yet every time I watch our students perform their dances or speak their languages, I move to tears
• because it means our people and our cultures perform their dances or speak their languages, I moved
• Sophony performs dances that a people who were nearly wiped out by genocide.

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 5901, which would change the school construction assistance program so that instructional space on military bases is excluded from a district’s available space inventory when calculating state construction aid. Staff explained the bill would also require state assistance to equal approved project cost minus federal funding received. Senator Christian said the measure is intended to prevent military-base facilities from unfairly reducing districts’ ability to modernize or build schools. Testimony in support came from OSPI, Clover Park School District, and Medical Lake School District, which said the current formula penalizes districts serving military families and can leave them unable to secure needed renovation funding. No opposition was heard, and the bill was later described as having an indeterminate fiscal impact. The committee then took up Senate Bill 5860 on school board compensation. The bill would raise director pay from $50 to $100 per day, increase the annual cap, allow child care expenses to be reimbursed, require OFM to periodically adjust compensation, and direct WASDA to develop finance training for school directors. Senator Cortez said the changes are needed to broaden who can serve on school boards and to help working families participate. Supporters from OSPI, WASDA, and South Sound superintendents said compensation could improve diversity and help recruit and retain board members, though WASDA noted concerns about diverting district funds and said its members do not have consensus on mandatory training. Opponents argued the bill would misuse levy funds and that child care and other expenses should not be paid from local education levies. The committee also heard Senate Bill 5956 on artificial intelligence, student discipline, and surveillance in schools, which would bar automated systems from being the sole basis for discipline decisions, prohibit risk scores and biometric surveillance, require OSPI guidance updates, and direct WASDA to create model policy. Senator Nobles and supporters said the bill is needed to protect students from discriminatory and inaccurate AI-driven decisions; no vote was taken in the hearing. Finally, the committee heard a proposed substitute for Senate Bill 5574, which would require districts to include instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, Latino American, and Black American history in required social studies courses during the regular curriculum review cycle, with reporting beginning in 2030. Senator Nobles said the bill is meant to address exclusion and bias in history education and to help students see themselves reflected in the curriculum. Testifiers from education, student, parent, and community groups overwhelmingly supported the measure, saying it would improve belonging, reduce bullying, and build on existing curriculum resources without creating a new course or major new cost. The hearing ended without a vote or other formal action on SB 5956 or SB 5574.

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• :06:38.880><c> and</c> granddaughter was eval evaluated and granddaughter was eval evaluated and given
• </c> perform academically. perform academically.
• </c> the ability to educate and evaluate the ability to educate and evaluate their<01:30:05.040><c> children
• </c> appropriate methods for evaluating appropriate methods for evaluating mastery.<01:41:05.679><c>
• The early evaluation was in first grade, kindergarten, first grade, and second grade.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Education met on February 17 and announced it would limit public testimony to one minute because more than a thousand testimonies were expected on one measure. The first bill heard was HB 1934, relating to the Imagination Library of Hawaii. The state librarian and Friends of the Library supported the bill, saying the program is a proven, cost-effective way to improve early literacy and should be expanded statewide for children ages 0 to 5. Friends of the Library said the current 50/50 match requirement would be too difficult to meet immediately and asked for state funding for the first few years to help launch the expansion. Testimony included eight supporters and one opponent, and members asked whether the proposal was an expansion of an existing program; the state librarian said it would expand service beyond currently targeted communities. The committee then heard HB 20004, which would extend the floating librarian pilot program. The state librarian, Department of Education, HSTA, and several individuals testified in support. Supporters said the program helps address staffing needs and improves student readiness, especially for college and information literacy. One retired community college librarian said school librarians help students prepare for college and are increasingly important in teaching critical evaluation of misinformation and AI-generated content. Members asked about implementation of the existing pilot, including recruitment of certified librarians for neighbor island and Oahu complex areas; DOE said those positions had been identified and recruitment was underway, and existing funds remained intact. The final major discussion was HB 2398, which clarifies the library system’s role in RNMSP-related projects and public library construction on or near school land. The state librarian and public library system supported the bill, while the Department of Education and Attorney General’s office raised concerns about vague language, especially the phrase “land controlled by the board,” and suggested amendments. In questioning, the state librarian explained that the bill was prompted by conflicts on shared or adjacent school/public library sites, including traffic, pickup and drop-off access, and other operational issues. DOE described significant disruption from one project’s traffic changes and said planning for such projects should involve early coordination and formal agreements. The state librarian responded that the new bill would clarify oversight and help avoid delays and disputes over property control and future renovations.

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• to become non-low-performing schools. ...schools to become non-low-performing schools by still providing
• Bartleman, because of your experience as a teacher in high-performing and low-performing schools, as
• Then I'll talk about the persistently low-performing schools.
• I want to be very clear: a low-performing school does not... ...schools.
• teacher, where there are high-performing teachers in low-performing schools, and it's a matter of resources

Keywords: 998, house, all

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• health care provider you are, if you are going to be offering a vaccine, if you are going to be performing
• If you are going to be offering a vaccine, if you are going to be performing a service, that you are
• We've heard words like merit, equity, intelligence, performance, which, in a way, they're insulting,
• And then I made the 100% Club, which was for the top sales, marketing, systems engineers performance.
• Meritocracy, equity, intelligence, performance, all that stuff, man, those are just cold words.

Summary: The subcommittee first took up HB 339, which would create liability for vaccine manufacturers that advertise in Florida and require them to stand behind their products if consumers are harmed. The sponsor argued the bill is meant to restore trust in vaccines, improve informed consent, and address inadequate federal vaccine-injury compensation systems; he said he was open to amendments and noted the bill was modeled on Texas law. Opponents, including a former vaccine-court official, a Florida Justice Reform Institute representative, and a physician, argued the bill is preempted by federal law, raises First Amendment concerns, is vague, and is unnecessary because existing federal compensation programs already provide a remedy. After an amendment delaying the effective date by three months was adopted, the committee heard extensive public testimony, mostly opposed, and then approved HB 339 as amended by a 12-4 vote. The committee then began HB 1001, a strike-all on official actions of local governments that would bar counties and municipalities from official DEI-related actions and spending, define DEI and related terms, add enforcement provisions, and include broad exceptions for holidays, observances, and certain content-neutral civic events. The sponsor said the measure is intended to curb what he described as divisive and wasteful DEI activity in local government while preserving compliance with anti-discrimination laws and other listed exceptions. Members questioned the lack of definitions for terms like “preferential treatment” and the bill’s possible effects on local festivals, language-access services, Pride events, memorials, and community programs; the sponsor said some concerns were addressed by exceptions and that he was open to further changes. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers warning of overbreadth, preemption, frivolous lawsuits, harm to local autonomy, and impacts on marginalized communities, while supporters said the bill would restore neutrality, accountability, and merit-based governance. The amendment to HB 1001 was adopted, and the committee continued hearing testimony and debate on the bill as amended.

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• You know, I think if we just started there, just kind of evaluating—not making decisions, but maybe evaluating
• The fourth of the five topics here is low expenditure performance.
• And really, when I think about it, this is a...” “...expenditure performance.
• So there's an evaluation that happens on our side before it's allowed to proceed.
• Okay, Roger, give me an evaluation. You do a lot of stuff.

Keywords: 965, house, all

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• WITH ANY PERFORMANCE DATA.
• It focuses on helping entrepreneurs evaluate whether an artificial intelligence tool is useful for their
• IT FOCUSES ON HELPING ENTREPRENEURS EVALUATE WHETHER AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOL IS USEFUL FOR THEIR
• This legislation does not alter the criteria the board currently uses to evaluate judges, and it does
• THIS LEGISLATION DOES NOT ALTER THE CRITERIA THE BOARD CURRENTLY USES TO EVALUATE JUDGES, AND IT DOES

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• their performance goal and again<00:21:18.600><c> that's</c><00:21:18.720><c> a</c><00:21:18.880><c>
• Every district has to have a teacher evaluation process, and there's some requirements in statute for
• </c><00:24:12.720><c> um</c> management and teacher evaluation um management and teacher evaluation um
• They also provide support for planning, implementation, and evaluation of local literacy plans.
• and evaluation of local literacy<00:32:05.039><c> plans</c><00:32:05.840><c> um</c><00:32:06.039><c>

Keywords: 1183, house