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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 29th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- school year.
- school year.
- But we know that with a million school kids and 295 school districts, this is nuanced.
- And I don't have kids in school.
- Seattle Public Schools.
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
Keywords:
education, reading, mathematics, student intervention, instruction, academic standards, child care, first responders, incentives, pilot program, mobile phones, cell phones, smartphones, school phones, classroom distraction, digital citizenship, media literacy, internet safety, cyberbullying, student mental health
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Mar 18th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So, I'm reading your bill and I understand what you're saying, but you mentioned just the school board
- Okay, but the bill does not limit this just to the Board of Regents and school boards, correct?
- Cormier, I see my lady from LMA, and we have some school board folks. Ms.
- Paulette's here and the school board. What are their opinions in this matter?
- LMA, and we have some school board folks. Ms. Paulette's here and the school board.
Committee:
House House and Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
Department of State, statutory entities, re-creation, termination, Louisiana laws, Department of State Civil Service, Louisiana legislation, government re-creation, authority termination, financial disclosure, public servants, ethics, immediate family, transparency, legislators, transportation, foreign travel, cultural exchange, public service, HB393
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- deliver that flat dollar amount for schools.
- Members, this bill respects local control, protects bondholders, and school finance.
- El Paso's largest school district, El Paso Independent School District, recently closed eight elementary
- schools due to dwindling student numbers.
- Schools are at risk, and local businesses are staggering for customers.
Bills:
HB485 , HB1367 , HB1370 , HB1827 , HB1879 , HB2032 , HB2133 , HB2357 , HB3581 , HB3830 , HB4060 , HB4085 , HB4270 , HB4979 , HB5217 , HB5268 , HB5478 , HJR96 , HJR97 , HJR119 , HJR195 , HJR209 , SB4 , SB23 , SJR2 , SJR85 , SB 4 , SB 23 , SJR 2
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
healthcare, insurance, access, affordability, public health, emergency services district, sales tax, gas and electricity, residential use, tax exemption, emergency services, gas, electricity, HB 485, ESD, use tax, residential utilities, utility tax, local option tax, Texas Health and Safety Code
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Children and Senior Advocacy
Transcript Highlights:
- The pool that you used to compare yourself to was the school that you went to.
- yourself<00:26:50.559><c> to</c><00:26:50.799><c> was</c><00:26:50.960><c> the</c><00:26:51.200><c> school
- <00:26:51.440><c> that</c><00:26:51.679><c> you</c><00:26:51.919><c> went</c> yourself to was the school
- that you went yourself to was the school that you went to.<00:26:52.559><c> Now</c><00:26:53.440><c>
Committee:
House Children and Senior Advocacy
Keywords:
Ebony Alert, missing youth, public safety, law enforcement, racial equity, HB170, supplemental appropriations, Education Trust Fund, Alabama education budget, school funding, K-12 education, local boards of education, textbook adoption, school buses, school safety, charter schools, summer programs, afterschool programs, reading intervention, college and career readiness
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Apr 1st, 2025
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Keywords:
Jefferson County, pistol permit, gun permit, firearm license, concealed carry, carry permit, sheriff, permit fee, local bill, county revenue, school funding, school security, retirement system, Sheriff's Fund, legislative delegation office fund, Gardendale, Birmingham, firearms regulation, Second Amendment, local government finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- finance formulas facilities funding and and so. you know, you need to build a new school or replace
- But I can say that. that in the school finance law, in the education code related to, you know, tax rates
- I'm a graduate of that high school, went to that middle school.
- those have been to replace elementary schools, build new elementary schools for you know replace a school
- One is Chairman Turner's point, which is that we haven't touched school finance. and since 2019, right
Bills:
HB19 , HB30 , HB851 , HB1663 , HB1681 , HB1769 , HB1937 , HB1979 , HB2428 , HB2433 , HB2825 , HB3159 , HB3424 , HB3486 , HB3487 , HB3504 , HB3605 , HB3879 , HB3994 , HB4382 , HB4752 , HB5444 , HB5446 , HB5447 , HB3199 , HB4847 , HB19
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
local government debt, property tax, ad valorem tax, bond election, certificate of obligation, anticipation note, school district tax rate, voter-approval rate, debt service cap, municipal finance, county bonds, flood control district, hospital district, public works, tax transparency, property tax notice, November uniform election date, general obligation bonds, local debt reform, taxpayer notice
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is using public school capital outlay reserves, excess money that they can't mobilize to help
- That includes public schools and higher education. Retirees? Not retirees. That's in the para.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
Keywords:
cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Committee:
House Boards, Agencies and Commissions
Keywords:
athlete agents, commission, state regulation, Alabama, higher education, athletics, membership diversity, school psychologist, school psychology, interstate compact, licensure compact, license reciprocity, portable license, equivalent license, professional licensing, psychology board, school mental health, student services, educational services, interstate practice
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee REVISED: SB1262 added pursuant to Speaker's waiver of 48 hr rule Apr 8th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
A&B Education Subcommittee
Committee:
House A&B Education Subcommittee
Keywords:
school funding, general fund carryover, State Aid, educational finance, budget penalties, emergency clause, tuition waiver, human trafficking, education, higher learning access, victims' rights, Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant, higher education, financial aid, income eligibility, student grants, scholarships, capital improvements, teacher incentives, Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarship Act
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- for schools this fall.
- school portion of this.
- Schools of demand.
- schools and the other schools.
- There's lots of schools, not just charter schools, but around the state, all types of schools.
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
teacher certification, certification appeals, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Teacher Certification Appeals Council, educator licensure, teaching license, teacher licensure, appeals process, certification denial, administrative appeal, special meeting, board president, retroactive application, education board, Louisiana teachers, Department of Education, statutory entities, re-creation, termination date
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 24th, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Sergeant Johnson joined the Corps, graduated high school, and served as a radio operator.
- He was a proud graduate of Willis High School, and FM 1097 is one of the most traveled corridors in Willis
- I was a one-way K-1, pit instructor, flight instructor at the T-6 school. Oh.
Committee:
House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Keywords:
Tuskegee Airmen, commemoration, African American history, civil rights, military recognition, veterans, mental health, Texas Veterans Commission, peer support, suicide prevention, community mental health, grant program, defense, grants, local government, economic support, community development, health and wellness, outdoor recreation, state land use
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Before- and after-school care programs are defined in the bill as programs for school-age children that
- So, for instance, if a school purchases IT technical support services, then the school would not owe
- or a secondary school—we don't, schools don't actually buy the services as the school district—so changes
- School districts are responsible for the purchase and maintenance of their school buses.
- school bus repair and maintenance.
Bills:
SB5808 , HB2254 , HB2385 , SB6006 , SB6351 , SB6198 , SB6260 , SB6353 , SB5949 , SB6129 , SB6228 , SB6231 , SB6229 , SB6173
Committee:
Senate Ways & Means
Keywords:
health insurance, premium assistance, funding, healthcare access, state budget, HB 2254, Washington, Health Care Authority, partnership access line, psychiatric consultation line, first approach skills training, behavioral health, mental health, assessment, administrative costs, health carriers, self-funded plans, multiple employer welfare arrangement, MEWA, employers
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/25/26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:02:03.759><c> and</c> empower local governments to finance and empower local governments to finance
- It lowers financing great tool for this.
- </c> qualifying bond rating um not school qualifying bond rating um not school districts<00:25:14.400
- districts and school districts wouldn't districts and school districts wouldn't be<00:25:15.600><c>
- She said, “I’m a campaign finance lawyer.”
Bills:
HF4348 , HF4186 , HF4202 , HF4455 , HF3884 , HF3883 , HF3882 , HF3881 , HF2688 , HF3295 , HF3862 , HF3362 , HF4242 , HF3798
Keywords:
HF4186, Minnesota local government finance, housing and redevelopment authority, HRA, public investment authority, qualifying government, State Board of Investment, SBI, index mutual fund, multifamily housing development, long-term equity investment, investment-grade fixed income, federally insured securities, government-sponsored entities, municipal investing, local government investments, housing finance, public funds, investment policy, risk of loss
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 22nd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- School District.
- We have many school districts already elect their school board members by district.
- how school boards operate.
- And that will end. school is sub one in the 11th biggest school district in the state.
- see a school district fail.
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
Keywords:
SB 6078, child care, childcare, daycare, licensed child care provider, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, DCYF, prelicensing, licensing support, resource guide, child care center, family home child care, family home provider, outdoor nature-based child care, school-age child care, early learning, provider application, local permit notice, city permit, county permit
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- finance? Yes, exactly.
- We're already in the counties and we're meeting with County Commissioners, judges, local folks, maybe school
- the entire state, but not to mention. oil and gas production very literally funds our roads and our schools
- ensuring public health safety, promoting water conservation and unnecessary water loss, reducing school
- 20 years and I don't have all those letters after my name and everything but I did also serve on a school
Committee:
House Energy Resources
Keywords:
pipeline, construction, cash bond, county authority, local government, HB 1285, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, drones, unmanned aircraft, UAS, drone inspections, oil and gas, pipeline inspection, surface mining, well sites, tank batteries, disposal wells, injection sites, natural resources
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- We call that in our Legislative Finance Committee.
- We call that in our Legislative Finance Committee.
- So this amendment was requested by the Board of Finance within the Department of Finance and Administration
- I'm the director of the State Board of Finance. Okay.
- The Legislative Finance Committee.
Committees:
Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
cancer treatment, revenue bonds, Gila Regional Medical Center, Nor-Lea General Hospital, healthcare funding, capital outlay, capital projects, appropriations, reversion, encumbrance, reauthorization, reappropriation, general fund, capital development and reserve fund, tribal infrastructure project fund, Department of Finance and Administration, DFA, state board of finance, severance tax bonds, tax-exempt bonds
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 27th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Early Learning & K-12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- , school district, or ESD.
- schools.
- So I represent a pretty wide array of schools from what would be first-class schools, second-class schools
- I have. schools.
- The school district does not.
Committee:
Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education
Keywords:
voter registration, elections, national holiday, civic engagement, government initiative, school funding, financial management, budgeting, transparency, district governance, SB 6260, public education, K-12, Washington State, OSPI, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, education finance, school transportation, school buses, zero-emission bus
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Mar 24th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- There is an exception for school board members and superintendents to be able to hire school bus drivers
- So this does allow school bus operators to be immediate family members of a superintendent or a school
- I actually ran a bill for school bus drivers. There's a shortage for school bus drivers.
- It will allow for school board members or psychologists.
- School board members who have a teaching certificate or a certified psychologist to serve in their school
Committee:
House House and Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
court reporter, official court reporter, courts, judicial system, ethics, post-employment restrictions, cooling-off period, two-year waiting period, rehiring, reemployment, contractual services, former public employee, public employer, Louisiana ethics law, R.S. 42:1121, Act 532, lobbying, public service, statewide officials, compensation
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Mar 5th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- high school diploma.
- The non-traditional high school diploma has the same weight as a traditional high school diploma.
- Then that is turned over to the local high school, and the local high school goes through the transcripts
- Not every school has a school... occur.
- Not every school has a school nurse or another system set up to handle this.
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
Keywords:
education, diploma, adult education, dropout prevention, nontraditional high school program, driver's license eligibility, vaccination exemption, religious exemption, medical exemption, vaccine mandate, testing requirement, public schools, K-12, students, parents, guardians, higher education, college enrollment, university attendance, public institutions of higher education
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- public school could create a mission-based school if it wanted to.
- schools and public schools can come under the umbrella of the bill.
- This type of school could be a regional school of choice focused on vocation. Rep.
- or public schools.
- Well, you know, charter schools or public schools.
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
TOPS, education funding, workforce development, postsecondary education, Louisiana Works, tech training, declining enrollment, public schools, school districts, Louisiana Department of Education, state superintendent, school closures, budget cuts, teacher layoffs, school consolidation, education policy, enrollment decline, birth rates, migration, private schools