Video & Transcript Research : 'Grow Your Own Educator Program'
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TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 21st, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We had to shovel churches, several parishes, to bury your loved ones, your little ones.
- I share your concern.
- Your advocacy means just as much as mine.
- In honor of your children and your families, I move passage. Mr.
- They can modify their own rules.
Keywords:
youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Conservation Jan 29th, 2026 at 09:13 am
Senate Conservation
Transcript Highlights:
- And so it's important that not only we have this program statewide, but we also are educating our citizens
- Farm to Food Bank program.
- So thank you for your time and for keeping... ...the value of this program and we don't want to lose
- So thank you for your time and for keeping this program intact. Thank you, Madam Chair.
- We are in support of the Farm to Food Bank program, and we would hope for your support, too.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine bridging the gap, focusing on enhancing outreach to support veterans' mental health. Apr 29th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Senate Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- this program and grow these efforts.
- O'Toole, it's great to hear from VA how successful the program is. been in your testimony, you mentioned
- Thank you for your service to veterans. or your appearance here today.
- Thank you for your time and your commitment to our nation's heroes. to share my story about this program
- Thank you for your presence here today, your ability to tell us your story, and thank you for your service
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.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Scheer and members of the House Education Committee, thank you for your time.
- own.
- In your local communities, like we're doing with the North Star Promise Program, New York State has actually
- program.
- Please begin your testimony, state your name for the record, and then if your testifiers are available
Keywords:
North Star Promise, scholarship, higher education, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, in-demand jobs, workforce development, career training, job market, high-demand occupations, high-demand industries, college aid, state financial aid, FAFSA, student eligibility, program of study, degree program, certificate program, community college, university, labor market data
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair and members of the House Education Committee, thank you for your time.
- Chair and members of the House Education Committee, thank you for your time.
- own in your local communities like we're doing with the Northstar Promise program.
- own in your local communities like we're doing with the Northstar Promise program.
- You educational and workforce programs.
Keywords:
North Star Promise, scholarship, higher education, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, in-demand jobs, workforce development, career training, job market, high-demand occupations, high-demand industries, college aid, state financial aid, FAFSA, student eligibility, program of study, degree program, certificate program, community college, university, labor market data
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Appropriation and Revenue. (1-21-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- . programs. programs.
- It's not a program.
- It's not a program. It's a accelerator. It's not a program.
- activation part of the grant program? activation part of the grant program?
- your project. your project.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Roll Call 00:00:08
Infrastructure Grant Program 00:00:45
SB 76 Discussion 00:25:50
SB 76 Vote 00:31:55, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met without a quorum at first, so it began with an informational presentation from Dr. Kristen Goodell, executive director of LifeKY, about innovation infrastructure and a proposed grant program to support life sciences and other startup facilities. She argued that Kentucky’s research investments only translate into jobs and companies if startups have access to physical lab and equipment space, and said shared facilities can serve many companies over time. Goodell described LifeKY’s Northern Kentucky facility as a proof of concept, noting it has attracted companies from other states and Japan, secured a Thermo Fisher Scientific partnership, and could be replicated elsewhere in the Commonwealth. Members asked about university pipelines, local talent development, sustainability, and how the grant program would measure return on investment; Goodell emphasized public-private partnerships, earned revenue, philanthropy, internships, and STEM programming as part of the model.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 76, sponsored by Senator Bledsoe, which would limit school board occupational license tax increases by raising the population threshold for such increases from 300,000 to 500,000. Bledsoe said the bill was intended to respond to Fayette County’s recent tax controversy, restore public trust, and provide stability for employees, employers, and the school system. He argued that occupational taxes affect many commuters who work in Fayette County but live elsewhere, and said the measure would give time for community buy-in before any future increase. Supportive comments came from Senator Nunn and others, while Senator Boswell asked about the tax rate and cautioned against local tax increases offsetting state income tax reductions.
After discussion, the committee called the roll on SB 76. The bill advanced on a roll-call vote, with Senator Armstrong explaining a no vote because he did not want to take tools away from local government and preferred local control. The transcript indicates the measure moved forward from committee after the vote.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- If you have questions about that program. program. program.
- We want to ensure that no barriers exist to living independently in your own home.
- Please state your name for the record and present your testimony.
- Please state your name for the record and present your update.
- deficiencies in your view? deficiencies in your view?
Keywords:
home care, licensing, fines, advisory council, grant program, client safety, healthcare regulation, HF3375, Minnesota disability waiver, waiver rate system, human services, individualized home supports, individualized home supports with training, individualized home supports with family training, positive support services, employment support services, employment development services, employment exploration services, billing limits, service authorization year
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So, you can see how the benefits of the program affected communities in your district.
- If one of these programs is in your district and you haven't visited them, you really should get out
- But I do understand your your they need.
- So Chair Kaggel, to your bill to wrap up. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Um, this is a great program.
- end that program. end that program.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- see the department of education. see the department of education. Chief.
- public safety, welfare, and education. public safety, welfare, and education.
- Very much for your testimony.
- to make your citizens maybe pay more. to make your citizens maybe pay more.
- So strongly urge your other.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee, what's your pleasure? >> Moved by Chairman Bear to pass. >> Yeah.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- That is your right. It's not purchases. That is your right.
- your land. You can't put a structure. your land.
- Um, I just would like to hear from your perspective kind of a history in your community.
- Are fortunate to own homes, think about. Right, to the point we actually own it.
- Committee, what is your<02:38:26.479>
pleasure? your pleasure? your pleasure?
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- So the proposed amendment, again for your consideration, would be after program insert 'make it programs
- So the proposed amendment, again for your consideration, would be after program insert 'make it programs
- So the proposed amendment, again for your consideration, would be after program insert 'make it programs
- So the proposed amendment, again for your consideration, would be after program insert 'make it programs
- So the proposed amendment, again for your consideration, would be after program insert 'make it programs
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation (7-15-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for your presentation, gentlemen. Thank you for your presentation, gentlemen.
- wondering what's your thoughts on that? wondering what's your thoughts on that?
- There's one privately owned area.
- your presentation. your presentation. >> Absolutely. >> Absolutely.
- watch your email. Thank you very much. watch your email. Thank you very much.
Keywords:
00:01 Call to Order and Roll Call
00:47 Approval of Minutes
01:07 Airport Projects
12:17 Riverport Projects
38:27 Electric Vehicle Charging Program
54:10 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation met on July 15, 2025, approved the June 4 minutes, and heard updates on aviation and riverport funding programs. Commissioner Mark Carter of the Kentucky Department of Aviation reported on the $200,000 grants for general aviation airports included in House Bill 1, saying the money is being used mainly for hangar projects, fuel trucks, parking lot resurfacing, airport equipment, crew cars, and public education efforts. He said about 25 hangar-related projects were reported, with an estimated 60 T-hangars and four or five box hangars supported, and noted that the grants are often used to match federal funds. He also said the state’s jet fuel tax revenue generates about $23 million annually, up from about $19 million in 2021, and that most airports are now compliant with the ADS-B/VOR-related reporting system required in budget language, which has improved reported operations and may help airports qualify for FAA grants.
Members asked about the pace of airport projects, the limited number of contractors for hangar construction, and whether airports could finance hangars themselves. Carter said timing has generally been good, though federal projects have slowed somewhat and contractor capacity remains a challenge, and he said there is no statute preventing airports from financing part or all of a hangar project. Questions also focused on the long-term need for hangars and the effect of the jet fuel cap, with Carter saying general aviation airports still have significant hangar demand and rely on state assistance because hangars are a key revenue source.
Jeremy Edgeworth of the Transportation Cabinet and Brian Wright of the Kentucky Association of Riverports then reviewed riverport projects funded through House Bill 265 and House Bill 1. Edgeworth said the cabinet’s riverport grant program awarded $500,000 in each of fiscal years 2025 and 2026 for 13 projects under an 80/20 match, and that House Bill 1 provided $7.5 million per year for public riverports with no local match. He described completed or underway projects at multiple ports, including equipment replacements, dock and road repairs, material handling upgrades, mooring cell rehabilitation, and a waterline loop at Owensboro. He said $12.6 million of the KPRCM funds had been awarded across 20 projects, with about $2.4 million still to be awarded later in the fall.
Wright said the riverport investments are helping ports replace aging assets, expand capacity, and match federal dollars, but he also said the statewide capital need remains large, with the current list of top projects already in the $90 million range and longer-term needs still estimated at $60 million to $90 million. Members asked about timelines and future needs, and Edgeworth said many of the larger projects will take two to five years because of permitting and coordination with the Army Corps of Engineers. No additional votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/10/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- And they have told us, given some of the increases that are in overall activity, we think your program
- And they have told us, given some of the increases that are in overall activity, we think your program
- is too small and should grow based on the metrics that we have compared to all MFCU programs in every
- assessment as to whether or not that is a credible allegation of fraud for programs within its own oversight
- Um where your pick from your printout.
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud, payment withholding, withheld payments, program integrity, public funds, state agency, program participant, credible allegation of fraud, administrative reconsideration, contested case, chapter 14, data practices, confidential data, protected nonpublic data, anti-fraud
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes from March 5 by voice vote and welcomed new member Representative Van Binsbergen. It then took up House File 2354, which Chair Liebling moved to re-refer to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Representative Norris presented the bill as an updated version of the Medical Assistance Protection Act, aimed at strengthening the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, closing loopholes, equalizing fraud penalties, and increasing penalties for large-scale Medicaid fraud. Attorney General Ellison said the bill would add 18 specialized staff to the unit, moving it from 32 to 50 positions, and argued the federal-state matching structure makes the Attorney General’s office the proper home for the funding because the unit is dedicated to Medicaid fraud work.
Nick Wonka, director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, explained the bill’s provisions affecting committee jurisdiction: expanded subpoena authority to obtain financial account contents in provider-fraud investigations, conforming legal representation language to preserve the unit’s authority, venue changes to allow charging in counties where parts of the offense occurred, and a restitution change to let courts order restitution for related conduct in the same scheme. He said the subpoena change would speed investigations and align the Attorney General’s authority with other agencies, and that the restitution change would help recover more fraudulently obtained Medicaid funds.
No public testimony was offered. Members questioned why the funding should go to the Attorney General’s office rather than the BCA, whether the new records authority was federally required, how the venue language would work across state lines, and whether the added FTEs indicated the fraud problem was larger than expected. Ellison and Wonka responded that the federal grant requires the work to stay within the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, that the unit’s investigators are specialized and work with, but separate from, law enforcement, and that the venue provision applies only within Minnesota while out-of-state matters would be referred to the appropriate authorities. The amendment that had been posted was withdrawn and not offered.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I appreciate you moving your meeting this morning, what you. did for us, so I appreciate that.
- It's like any other fee that you would pay, other than your attorneys.
- Senator Brooks, will you clarify your question somewhat? Yes, sir. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- So, I ask for your vote. Thank you, that concludes debate. Clerk, please call the roll.
- The school debt, if that helps you with your question. Follow up, thank you.
Keywords:
substance abuse, counseling, assessment fees, mental health, alcohol and drug programs, domestic violence, domestic abuse, assault and battery, assault, battery, strangulation, dangerous weapon, family or household member, intimate partner, pregnant woman, great bodily injury, batterers intervention program, batterers' intervention, anger management, victim safety
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- They target predatory behavior, not educators. Thank you for your time. true with Hannah.
- Another program that has shaped me is Best Black Educated Successful Thriving, which is not just a program
- One thing that's big in our field is having your own set of tools.
- your own mistakes, customer learn from your own mistakes, customer service<01:26:57.040>
experience - Thank you for your time and consideration. Transparency around program costs and outcomes.
Keywords:
student career pathways, education framework, experiential learning, employer engagement, career technical education, career and technical education, CTE, postsecondary scholarship, postsecondary grant, school district funding, cooperative unit, Minnesota high school, apprenticeship, certificate program, tuition assistance, workforce training, military transition, education finance, student aid, career pathways
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Retirement and Government Resources REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Retirement and Government Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- To explain your amendment, yes, this section's words is the Indian Education Act.
- What is your objection?
- Would you go ahead and continue your answer, please?
- So, please ask for your support on this bill.
- Thanks for your willingness to look at that.
Bills:
SB134, SB1356, SB1407, SB1611, SB1639, SB169, SB1722, SB182, SB1870, SB2039, SB432, SB609, SB715, SB716
Keywords:
retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, state government, OMES, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Rehabilitation Services, civil service, human capital management, state employee disputes, whistleblower, veterans employment, veterans placement, fleet management, state fleet, motor vehicles
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The statute stipulates that for students in special education programs.
- Homeowners, it's your equity. Cities, this is your tax base. declining educated workforce.
- Students in special education programs deserve tailored and supportive educational environments.
- And you don't have to comment now, but I want you to look at 21-906 on the Grow Your Own. deal, what
- Thank you for your service on this committee and your commitment to public education.
Keywords:
public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for your attention and your thoughtful questions.
- Both my husband and I started in public school. education through the alternative certification programs
- We are currently in the design phase of the great state that Texas could be for Education and needs your
- My own children, 42 and 35, are prodigies of public education.
- for your students and your fellow teachers and your communities.
Keywords:
public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Finally, the preparation allotment provides the opportunity to scale grow-your-own strategies that create
- We have fewer education programs, and we're just producing fewer, according to the data.
- Innovation, Grow Your Own, TIA Enhanced, Certification Program, High Q Training program.
- That would go to the educator preparation program to support some of those costs.
- If you're talking about program specific, I'll say the state has been doing a version of Grow Your Own
Keywords:
public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace