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• First enrolled act for our consideration, enrolled act number two.
• Next enrolled act for consideration is Senate Enrolled Act Number Three.
• Next enrolled act for our consideration is Senate Enrolled Act Number Four.
• </c> Next enrolled act, number seven. Next enrolled act, number seven.
• Next and last enrolled act for us today is enrolled act number 10.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Are there existing students that were already enrolled but are now eligible for this?
• It did drive some enrollment choices, whether to enroll as a recent high school graduate, a new freshman
• What would that look like for our enrollment? It's a special revenue account.
• How many had been previously enrolled, or how many of them weren't enrolled before?
• Report that they also had an uptake in their enrollment. Is that correct?

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

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• The bill requires... ...holding large sums of taxpayer money in their own accounts.
• The bill requires SFOs to return funds as a result of audit findings.
• and require them to establish user-friendly operating... ...performance requirements and require them
• This amendment removes the requirement that documentation of admission or enrollment from a private school
• That's the essence of the business plan that would be required. Senator Davis.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• </c> school district under open enrollment school district under open enrollment those<00:21:33.520><
• So for some of your schools with declining enrollment or changing enrollment, this weighting of students
• </c><00:26:34.640><c> the</c> those like PSO and open enrollment the those like PSO and open enrollment
• </c> three main groups of uh of enrollment three main groups of uh of enrollment for<00:29:27.440><c>
• </c> years uh in large part the enrollment years uh in large part the enrollment Statewide<00:31:41.240

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Those programs enrolled 152 students at the time.
• Our enrollment strategy... ...and reduce unnecessary duplication.
• is having an impact on your enrollment.
• the field experiences that are required.
• Generally, there are no students enrolled in those programs.

Committee: Joint Higher Education Institutions Committee

Keywords: 908, all

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• What this bill does is it brings state requirements in alignment with the federal requirements.
• It is the reason I am able to enroll, stay enrolled, and continue pursuing my degree.
• Some low-enrolled programs may more than pay for themselves, while some higher-enrolled programs may
• Some low-enrolled programs may more than pay for themselves, while some higher-enrolled programs may
• Because a lot of classes count toward requirements in multiple programs.

Summary: The Workforce Development Committee heard public testimony on several higher education bills. Senate Bill 5954 would expand veteran survivor tuition waiver eligibility to better align state law with federal DEA benefits, allowing eligible children and surviving spouses/domestic partners to use the waiver outside current age and time limits. The sponsor and veteran advocates said the change would help families access earned benefits; no opposition was heard, and the public hearing was closed. The committee then heard Senate Bill 5826, which would require public postsecondary institutions to provide access to medication abortion through student health centers or referrals and web-based information by the 2027-28 academic year. Supporters, including students and reproductive health advocates, said the bill would reduce barriers, travel burdens, and stigma and help students stay enrolled. Opponents, including clergy, Catholic Conference representatives, and other individuals, argued the bill promoted abortion, raised safety and moral concerns, and was outside the mission of colleges. The public hearing was closed after extensive testimony. Senate Bill 5828 would restore and adjust Washington College Grant and College Bound Scholarship awards for students attending private not-for-profit four-year institutions, using the average award at public institutions rather than the reduced formula adopted last session. The sponsor and many students, private college leaders, and business and workforce groups supported the bill as a matter of fairness, access, and student choice, while public university faculty and representatives opposed it, saying state aid should prioritize public institutions and that the bill would deepen funding inequities. The committee also heard Senate Bill 5909, which would require public baccalaureate institutions to review and potentially discontinue low-enrollment degree programs; supporters framed it as a transparency and efficiency measure, while faculty and student representatives opposed it as too blunt and potentially harmful to smaller, specialized, or equity-focused programs. No votes were taken on any of the bills during the hearing.

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• These institutions, as public institutions, are almost required to respond to increased enrollment demand
• </c> public institutions are almost required public institutions are almost required to<00:18:50.000>
• > to respond to increased enrollment to respond to increased enrollment demand<00:18:52.240><c> by</c
• I might I might be enrollment.
• </c> enrolling in college to to get a leg up. enrolling in college to to get a leg up.

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• requirements, certain benefit requirements, and most all states have some sort of a waiver.
• </c> services to Medicaid enrolles. services to Medicaid enrolles.
• Co-chair. enrolled anyway. That is my enrolled anyway.
• And so, regardless of um enrollment.
• </c> has some very specific requirements has some very specific requirements about<00:59:08.720><c> uh

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call – 00:00:00 Introduction of Board Members – 00:02:04 Overview of the Purpose and Goals of the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board – 00:12:46 Medicaid Legislative Update - 00:20:26 Discussion of Next Steps and Future Meeting Dates – 01:04:06 Adjournment – 01:06:37, 958, all

Summary: The first meeting of the Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board opened with Chair Ken Fleming and Co-Chair Rocky Adams welcoming members, explaining the board’s purpose, and introducing the diverse membership of legislators, providers, advocates, and state officials. Fleming said the board would meet monthly, allow public comment at the end of meetings, and operate transparently with materials posted online and distributed in advance. Both chairs emphasized that the board’s work would focus on improving Medicaid outcomes, efficiency, and oversight, while preparing for possible federal changes and avoiding premature assumptions about what Congress may do. Members then gave brief introductions describing their backgrounds in medicine, nursing, hospital administration, behavioral health, insurance, budgeting, pharmacy, and Medicaid administration. Several noted direct experience with Medicaid populations or managed care, including the Department for Medicaid Services commissioner, health plan representatives, hospital and clinic leaders, and legislators with health care backgrounds. The board also heard from Stephanie Bates of the LRC Office of Health Data Analytics, who said her office supports the General Assembly with health-related data, policy, and research and would serve as a resource to the board. Bates then began a presentation on Medicaid basics, explaining that House Bill 695 created the board and that the presentation would cover eligibility, enrollment, covered benefits, waivers, managed care, the budget, and the federal reconciliation bill. She described Medicaid eligibility as complex, noted that Kentucky had more than 1.4 million enrollees, and explained enrollment churn and the unwinding of pandemic-era continuous coverage. She also outlined mandatory and optional Medicaid benefits, the requirement that services be medically necessary and provided by enrolled providers, and the main waiver types used in Kentucky, including 1115, 1915(b), and 1915(c) waivers. No votes or formal actions were taken at this meeting beyond organizational setup and receiving the initial informational presentation.

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• to ensure that they are both enrolling kids, but also enrolling them at a rate that they can sustain
• to ensure that they are both enrolling kids, but also enrolling them at a rate that they can sustain
• Additionally, we have upcoming policy changes to reimburse the CCTR enrollment, now moving from enrollment
• Had we chosen to enroll families in state preschool who were two Had we enrolled state-based migrant
• So this proposal requires trailer bill language to align state law with new federal requirements to ensure

Summary: The committee heard an extensive Department of Social Services presentation on child care budget issues, including the Governor’s proposed 2026-27 budget, federal CCDF changes, Prop. 64 revenue adjustments, and a one-time $11.5 million disaster-related infrastructure grant for licensed child care facilities affected by 2025 declared disasters. DSS said federal formula updates and lower Prop. 64 revenues would reduce funding and could result in about 4,176 CCTR slots being reduced, but the department said it was working to avoid impacts to currently enrolled children. The LAO supported aligning general child care funding with lower revenues and asked for more detail on the disaster grant. Members pressed DSS and Finance on why reductions were not being backfilled and why so many awarded slots remain uncontracted or unused; DSS said delays are largely due to providers building new infrastructure, licensing, staffing, and enrollment challenges, and that some unspent funds revert to the General Fund. The committee also discussed whether some contract dollars should be shifted to vouchers and whether more flexibility should be allowed for infrastructure and expansion costs. A second panel focused on the state’s commitment to expand child care and on rate reform. DSS reported that nearly 125,000 new slots have been awarded since 2021-22, but speakers from Stanislaus County Office of Education, Parent Voices California, and the California Budget and Policy Center argued that unmet need remains large and that the system still leaves many families without access. Stanislaus County described a large local shortage of infant and toddler care and said reimbursement disparities between child care programs and state preschool create disincentives for providers. Parent Voices gave testimony about the burdens and instability families face when trying to access care, especially for survivors and low-income parents, and called for a universal, publicly funded system. The Budget Center said only about 16% of eligible children were enrolled in 2024, urged expansion across the mixed delivery system rather than concentrating investment in TK, and called for faster rate reform and new revenue. LAO estimated that bringing certain CCTR adjustment factors up to CSPP levels would cost $88 million to $131 million ongoing. Members and witnesses discussed the single rate structure, automation needs, and the need for deadlines and a ramp-up plan; DSS said the goal is to eliminate disparities, but that policy decisions are still needed before automation can proceed. The committee then reviewed several trailer bill proposals. DSS outlined a 2026-27 COLA proposal that would apply a 2.41% increase through cost-of-care-plus payments, though the department said it had inadvertently excluded CalWORKs Child Care and the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program and would revise the proposal; LAO recommended making the COLA methodology uniform across programs. DSS also proposed replacing the market rate survey with the federally approved alternative methodology on a triennial schedule, limiting temporary absences in family child care homes to 20% of monthly hours, defining excessive unexplained absences as more than 30 days in a year, and aligning family fee deductions with new federal requirements so providers receive the full voucher value. Members generally supported the temporary absence change and asked about implementation timing for the family fee deduction, with DSS saying it was in contact with Riverside County. The committee also heard a brief update on the Early Childhood Policy Council reappropriation, which would extend unused funds through June 30, 2028 because prior costs came in higher than expected.

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• to ensure that they are both enrolling kids, but also enrolling them at a rate that they can sustain
• Additionally, we have upcoming policy changes to reimburse the CCTR enrollment now, moving from enrollment
• to enrollment.
• So this proposal requires trailer bill language to align state law with new federal requirements to ensure
• To meet those requirements.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• that we require.
• that we require.
• that we require.
• enrollment.
• enrollment.

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• . requirement. requirement.
• and that enrollment requires more services.
• enrollment and that enrollment<01:16:26.560><c> requires</c><01:16:27.120><c> more</c><01:16:27.440>
• </c><01:16:28.239><c> So</c> enrollment requires more services.
• So enrollment requires more services.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint informational briefing by the Health and Human Services and Commerce and Consumer Protection committees focused on projected impacts to Hawaii consumers from federal changes affecting Med-QUEST and the ACA marketplace, including the loss of ACA premium tax credits, OBVA/HR1-related Medicaid changes, immigrant eligibility restrictions, and new Medicaid work/community engagement requirements. Committee members noted the meeting was being streamed live and emphasized the need to explain potential coverage losses affecting a significant share of the state population. Med-QUEST administrators reported current enrollment at 390,766, about 27% of Hawaii’s population, and broke that down into major groups including roughly 128,000 ACA expansion adults and about 52,000 parent/caretaker relatives. They said the expansion adult population would be most affected by the new federal requirements, which will shorten renewal periods from 12 months to 6 months and impose community engagement rules beginning in late 2026 and 2027. They described the work requirement as 80 hours per month of work, community service, work program participation, or half-time education, with an income-based pathway tied to $580 per month at the federal minimum wage; they also noted a long list of exemptions, but said many details are still awaiting federal guidance and rulemaking. The administrators said federal changes to immigrant eligibility would eliminate Medicaid coverage for certain noncitizen categories, with an estimated 1,200 to 2,400 people affected, though about 200 may remain covered through a state-funded program for otherwise eligible individuals. They also said marketplace subsidies would no longer be available for some immigrants under 100% of the federal poverty level starting January 1, 2026, with further restrictions expected in 2027. For Hawaii overall, they estimated the new Medicaid work and renewal rules could push an additional 19,000 to 38,000 people into uninsured status, with another estimated 6,000 at risk from the six-month renewal process alone. Members asked about how exemptions would be determined, especially for medically frail and seriously mentally ill individuals, and administrators said they were still awaiting detailed federal rules and were working on data-matching and verification processes to reduce coverage losses.

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• Driver's ed is listed at 167 enrollments, and high school classes is 196 enrollments.
• Driver's ed is listed at 167 enrollments, and high school classes is 196 enrollments.
• Look at your sheet and look at your dual enrollment, your dual credit enrollment for college and high
• IDLA, you fail two classes that you can't enroll again.
• Non-debatim motion requires two-thirds of the body or 47 votes to pass.

Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and received messages from the governor and Senate, including notice that Governor Little signed House Bill 556 and that several enrolled Senate and House measures were transmitted for signatures or filing. The chamber also handled numerous committee reports, including printing House Resolution 33 and House Bills 944-951, enrolling and engrossing several previously passed bills, and advancing Senate Bill 1294 from the Health and Welfare Committee. Several bills were returned to committee by unanimous consent, including House Bills 649, 567, 627, 530, 903, 763, 857, and 614. A major floor debate centered on House Bill 940, which would restructure Idaho Digital Learning Alliance funding and use. Supporters said the bill would realign IDLA to its original purpose of supplementing, not supplanting, local schools, curb double-dipping and duplicate funding, eliminate or reduce uses such as driver’s education, LaunchPad, and some virtual-school and private-school access, and preserve core services for rural districts. Opponents argued the bill would cut a successful program too deeply, harm rural and small districts, reduce access to advanced and required courses, and unfairly affect students who rely on IDLA. After extended debate and a roll call, the House passed HB 940 by a vote of 48-22. The House also debated Senate Concurrent Resolution 123, recognizing the International Year of Rangeland and Pastoralists. Supporters framed it as a tribute to Idaho ranchers and rangeland heritage, while opponents objected to its connection to a United Nations initiative and raised sovereignty concerns. The resolution passed after a roll call vote of 39-28. Earlier, the House concurred without objection in Senate amendments to House Bills 629, 678, 522, 684, 561, and 860, and later the chamber recessed and reconvened, received additional governor and Senate messages, and continued with first readings of new bills and resolutions, including measures on public utilities, elections, and fisheries task force membership.

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• to accomplish the required review.
• So districts are required to meet all of those requirements before they begin using ESA funds on salaries
• Because of reporting requirements related to declining enrollment, districts cannot transfer funds out
• of declining enrollment.
• districts to submit a three-year ESA plan which should that the requirement and requiring districts

Summary: The committee approved the March 9 and 10 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Arkansas Department of Education on the Arkansas Excellence in Teaching Fellowship, featuring three third-grade teachers from Cabot, Poyen, and Drew Central who are also teacher merit pay recipients. The teachers described the fellowship as a year-long Zoom-based collaboration with about 23 educators statewide, focused on sharing classroom strategies, data use, and professional support. Members asked about the teachers’ experience, how they share what they learn with their districts, the range of grades represented in the fellowship, and the relationship between the fellowship and merit pay. The teachers emphasized building relationships with students, using data to drive instruction, early intervention, and collaboration across grade levels, while the secretary said the program is intended to identify and elevate high-performing teachers and spread their practices. A major portion of the discussion focused on third-grade reading, retention, and the new ATLAS testing system. Teachers and the secretary said students are screened and progress monitored throughout the year, families are notified early if students are at risk, and schools are using interventions, tutoring, and individualized reading plans. They said ATLAS results are now available much faster than in the past, often within 24 hours or a few days, allowing teachers and parents to respond quickly. Members asked about the impact of poverty, trauma, foster care, DHS involvement, IEPs, and critical shortage areas; teachers said relationship-building, small-group instruction, and coordination with counselors and special education staff are key. The secretary said the fellowship is a small subset of a broader merit pay program, that participation was voluntary, and that the state is trying to build a coherent system with literacy coaches, high-impact tutoring, and clearer standards rather than teaching to the test. Members also discussed broader policy issues, including the need for more positive public messaging about public education, teacher input in decision-making, and support for early childhood education. Several legislators asked whether the state should expand funding for early learning and whether more literacy or academic coaches are needed in districts that improve and then lose eligibility for state support. The secretary said the state has committed literacy coaches to D and F schools and is still working through how to sustain support as schools improve. He also said the administration would look at data and return on investment before supporting additional funding, and he encouraged legislators to help recruit eligible teachers into future fellowship cohorts. After the teacher panel concluded, the committee moved on to the adequacy resource allocation study, where Bureau of Legislative Research staff began a presentation on state and local education funding sources, categorical funds, and district spending patterns.

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• Requirements, and then we're not giving them that funding.
• He is also required to use a ventilator in order to breathe.
• Enrollment capacity for calendar year 2025 is 12,574.
• As of March 6th, there were 9,672 people enrolled, with 932 individuals pending enrollment.
• Collectively, they've successfully supported hundreds of thousands of Californians in enrolling and re-enrolling

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• They asked why enrollment growth funding is only 0.5 percent this year.
• and workforce entry, and asked why the budget is funding enrollment growth at only 0.5 percent.
• 0.5 percent enrollment growth is effectively 1.5 percent in 2026-27.
• We also oppose the implementation of H.R. 1 work requirements on our immigrant population.
• These safer projects require stable, multi-year funding to ensure consistent funding.

Committee: House Budget

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• to accomplish the required review.
• So districts are required to meet all of those requirements before they begin using ESA funds on salaries
• Previously, statute required districts to submit a three-year plan to the department, The statute required
• Because of reporting requirements related to declining enrollment, districts cannot transfer funds out
• of declining enrollment.

Keywords: 1204, all

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• Required just like it's required upon anyone else.
• dual enrollment.
• dual enrollment.
• So if that needs to be tailored, extracurriculars will extend and will require that dual enrollment piece
• So if that needs to be tailored, extracurriculars will extend and will require that dual enrollment piece

Committee: Senate Education

Summary: The Senate Education Committee first approved unanimous-consent requests to print two RS measures, including RS 33-510, a resolution asking the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop proposed school funding formula legislation, and RS 33-484. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1290, the PROM Act, which would let homeschool students voluntarily obtain a social access pass to attend certain school-sponsored social events such as dances and college fairs without enrolling in public school. Supporters said it would improve community integration and expand opportunities for homeschool families, while opponents from Homeschool Idaho argued it was unnecessary, could create administrative burdens, and might blur lines between homeschool and public-school systems. Committee members raised concerns about fees, liability, discipline, and whether the bill could be used for field trips or other activities; after discussion and proposed amendments, the bill was not advanced immediately but was held at the call of the chair for further work. The committee next considered House Bill 608, which clarifies and revises the school facilities cooperative funding program created to address unsafe school buildings. The sponsors explained that the bill streamlines prior law, adjusts when districts must run bonds before seeking state assistance, clarifies supervision and repayment provisions, and ensures unused funds can still be used for safety-related projects. No one testified against the bill, and it was sent to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation. House Bill 635 also passed with a due-pass recommendation; it requires the Professional Standards Commission to report complaints involving suspected criminal behavior to law enforcement while leaving its existing licensing and disciplinary role unchanged. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 636, which would allow school districts and charter schools to use remaining school district facility funds for lease-purchase agreements after bond and levy obligations are met. The sponsor and West Ada Superintendent Derek Bubb said the change would align the statute with existing facility-funding language, support debt reduction, and give districts more flexibility for future facility needs. The committee approved the bill and sent it to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation before adjourning and announcing the next meeting for Monday at 3 p.m.

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• </c><00:08:05.759><c> departments</c> is about is it um requires departments is about is it um requires
• cap and are always enrolled.
• </c> law are not subject to the enrollment law are not subject to the enrollment cap<00:23:31.600><c>
• This is total student enrollment.
• new</c><00:34:45.919><c> EFA</c> enrollment cap before enrolling new EFA enrollment cap before enrolling

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Committee first took up Senate Bill 63, which Representative Maguire described as a straightforward bill setting funding for the Division of Travel and Tourism. He said it was not controversial. The committee voted to retain the bill by roll call, with one no vote and one member absent, and the motion passed 23-1-1. The committee then considered Senate Bill 74, dealing with annual reporting requirements for state departments that issue permits. Representative Maguire explained Amendment 2282 would shorten the reporting burden by requiring summary data on delayed permits rather than listing every permit, and would delay the first report until 2027 so agencies would not have to reconstruct old data. The amendment was adopted by voice vote, and the bill was then approved as amended by a 24-1 roll call vote. Next, the committee heard Senate Bill 241 on construction of a public pier at Hampton Beach. Representative Sweeney moved inexpedient to legislate, saying the project was ambitious and lacked public support. The motion passed unanimously 25-0, sending the bill to consent. Division Two then took up Senate Bill 145, a replace-all amendment to the education freedom account bill. Supporters said the amendment clarified the bill, kept the policy intact, removed a reimbursement program and an open-ended appropriation, and established a cap of 10,000 students with priority for current students and certain other groups. Opponents argued the measure was still a major expansion, would increase spending after crossover, and that the cap was not meaningful. After discussion, Amendment 2301H was adopted and the bill was approved as amended by a 25-0 vote, with members noting it could go on consent because no money remained in it.

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• SB 81 is ordered enrolled. The Assembly is to be notified of our action.
• SB 319 is ordered enrolled. The Assembly is to be notified of our action.
• SB 60 is ordered enrolled. The Assembly is to be notified of our action.
• SB 80 is ordered enrolled. The Assembly is to be notified of our action.
• SCR 8 is ordered enrolled and sent to the Assembly.

Keywords: 909, all