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• The firearms education in schools. It's K-12 education.
• It's as simple as when we go to our schools, when I walk up, they have...
• It's as simple as when we go to our schools.
• building has a legitimate purpose to come in the school building.
• I have two kids in public schools, but I have been involved in conversation.

Bills: HB1937, HB2210, HB2398, HB3021, HB3129, HB3312, HB3557, HB4358

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

Summary: The Education Oversight committee heard and advanced several House bills, mostly with policy recommendations or amendments accepted and then due-pass votes. HB 4358, by Pro Tem Moore, would limit screen time for pre-K through fifth grade and shift online testing/remediation provisions to shorter, per-class-period limits; it was sent out due pass. HB 2398, by Rep. Hill, would recognize “credentials of value” for students in career tech and higher education based on workforce demand and other indicators, and it also passed due pass. HB 3557, by Rep. Williams, would keep 4-H fundraising money in the county where it was raised and prevent commingling with other funds; the committee agreed to strike the title and send it out due pass. The committee also advanced HB 3129, which would prevent colleges from charging security fees to students or student organizations based on public expression, and HB 3312, which would create K-12 firearms education curriculum developed with OSDE and CLEET, focused on safety, storage, and response, with no live firearms or ammunition. HB 2210 modernizes the youth apprenticeship program by allowing earlier entry into career pathways, expanding eligibility, and assigning CareerTech oversight and ROI reporting; it passed due pass. HB 1937, in a committee substitute, was discussed at length and would require corroborating evidence before school personnel are suspended over alleged improper communications with students, while still requiring action and reporting; it was also sent out due pass. Finally, HB 3021, a lengthy graduation-related cleanup bill, was explained as reconciling conflicting statutes and making several technical changes, including allowing tribal language to count as a non-English language for graduation purposes. After extensive stakeholder work and a late-filed committee substitute, the committee accepted the PCS and sent the bill out due pass. The meeting concluded after all House bills on the agenda were advanced.

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• My school board, someone with my school system asked about this particular program, but in a broader
• I'm kind of leaving our school boards in charge. Right.
• So, again, I would leave it to the school boards.
• We have Danny Garrett with the School Board Association.
• Danny Garrett with the School Board Association and Mr.

Bills: HB28, HB50, HB196, HB268, HB271, HB285, HB316, HB649, HB807

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

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• It creates a corrections oversight board.
• It creates a corrections oversight<00:08:30.319><c> board.
• So, if anybody else on this board,<00:44:10.160><c> I</c><00:44:10.400><c> mean,</c><00:44:10.480><c>
• , I mean, on our committee has a board, I mean, on our committee has a concern.<00:44:12.640><c> You<
• That's for the principal and the superintendent, the school board necessary to handle that.

Bills: HB426, SB24, SB106, SB254, HB505, HB458, HB535, HB509, HB320, HB518, HB261, HB426, SB24, SB106, SB254, HB505, HB458, HB535, HB509, HB320, HB518, HB261, SB316, HB228, SB318, SB260, HB132, HB347, HB405, HB86, HB263, HB302, SB336

Keywords: Alabama Ad Valorem Advisory Committee, ad valorem taxes, property tax, real property, personal property, tax assessment, tax collection, county tax officials, Department of Revenue, Commissioner of Revenue, taxpayer representation, resident taxpayers, local government, property tax administration, Association of Alabama Tax Administrators, tax policy, advisory committee, public input, governance reform, body-worn camera

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• </c> what we're doing here is the state board what we're doing here is the state board of<00:03:21.120
• </c> at the schools at the schools and<00:05:05.440><c> and</c><00:05:05.600><c> and</c><00:05:06.639
• </c> schools are that do not have devices. schools are that do not have devices.
• Uh, the local superintendent and boards will uh develop policies, and uh, it is a constitutional amendment
• Uh, the local superintendent and boards will uh develop policies, and uh, it is a constitutional amendment

Bills: HB329, SB5, HB329, SB5, HB43, HB75, HB396

Keywords: military installations, tall structures, local government, construction approval, wind energy facilities, archives, history, board of trustees, vacancies, government control, computer science, education reform, digital literacy, high school graduation, teacher training, education, public schools, constitution amendment, national anthem, weekly broadcast

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• This year, our school board Our school board adopted and our school has enforced a district-wide policy
• And I think that That would help local school boards and school districts, but I think the implementation
• We should be working with our local school boards. asking them what's going on.
• Current law applies broadly to all local. school public officials, not school boards specifically.
• And we're locally, we have locally elected school boards that hold us accountable to that.

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• Bill 222 by Representative Tallarico, relating to the permissible uses of the school safety allotment
• under the foundation school.
• It just allows for school districts and educators to be able to.
• To use the school safety allotment for classroom. management training.
• She said don't touch any of the TEEX in the first week of school.

Bills: HB6, HB27, HB 123, HB210, HB213, HB222, HB610, HB 1085, HB1481, HB6, HB27, HB123, HB210, HB213, HB222

Keywords: mental health, telehealth, public schools, discipline management, behavioral interventions, financial literacy, high school education, curriculum requirements, economics, personal finance, HB 123, kindergarten readiness, early literacy, early numeracy, reading screening, math screening, foundational literacy, foundational numeracy, dyslexia screening, reading intervention

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• SB 1277 is a local bill extending the reauthorization period of the street maintenance.
• This is a local bill bracketed specifically for the city of Coppell.
• level. local level to be able to plan as you move forward.
• The problem with this bill is that it really restricts local fiscal planning.
• So we really feel like we'd like to keep as much flexibility at that local level.

Bills: SB1277, SB1531, SB2452, SB2520, SB2521, SB2529, SB2538, SB2539, SB2541, SB2873

Keywords: municipal sales tax, street maintenance, local option tax, Tax Code Chapter 327, sales and use tax, street repair, sidewalk maintenance, water infrastructure, wastewater system, stormwater system, local election, ballot language, reauthorization, municipal finance, infrastructure funding, Texas municipalities, street and sidewalk tax, special district tax, public works, property tax

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• I'm bringing this because it's a local issue.
• It's the Board of Pardons and Paroles; it simply changes the confirmation dates. >> Move favorable. >
• I How many people are currently on the board? >> Right now there are two because there's a vacancy.
• </c> people are currently on the board? people are currently on the board?
• Uh, I'm ready to do this today, but um, uh, the attorney for the appraisers board has called and wants

Bills: SB169, SB180, SB203, SB87, SB195, SB192, SB169, SB180, SB203, SB87, SB195, SB192, HB132, HB37, HB13, HB54, HB126, HB7, SB30, HB188, HB189, HB26, HB264, HB288, HB248, HB249, HB227, HB228

Keywords: Lieutenant Governor, vacancy, governor appointment, Alabama Constitution, state government, media monitoring, government contracts, state agencies, local agencies, media regulations, transparency, dental insurance, medical loss ratio, premium regulation, insurance commissioner, rebate, consumer protection, midwifery, licensed midwives, State Board of Midwifery

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• , county, or state level, you're not supposed to be serving on water boards, sewer boards, and... ...
• serving on water boards, sewer boards, and fire protection authorities under Section 11-...
• Let's say that there are plenty of people that love to serve on those boards, particularly at the local
• This bill is going to address public boards, water boards, from restricting public access to the water
• Was it a staff decision through a board interaction? Okay, but no official vote? Did you... Board.

Bills: HB471, HB473

Keywords: water authority, sewer management, fire protection, local governance, board of directors, local officers, water recreation, public access, water bodies, recreational use, water commissions, 1136, house, all

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• So are school districts bonding for instructional expenditures, or is this the way in which school districts
• T-SET board.
• Senator Hickshed Board. be up to the T-SET board, which remains intact under this legislation.
• T-Sept Board, Senator, that is funded right now by the T-SET board, and that could still continue to
• be funded by the T-Sept board.

Bills: HB3327, HB3711, HB4104, HJR1077, HB3329

Keywords: State Board of Education, Oklahoma education board, board appointments, school governance, education reform, governor appointments, legislative appointments, speaker of the house, president pro tempore, senate confirmation, board vacancies, removal for cause, public education, state superintendent, school board training, board member qualifications, emergency clause, Oklahoma statutes 70 O.S. 3-101, school funding, transparency

Summary: The committee first considered House Bill 3711, which was described as a work in progress aimed at increasing transparency for taxpayers about instructional expenditures in school bond communications. Members questioned whether the bill changed what districts may bond for, and the author said it did not alter the bond process, only added communications. After title was struck, the bill passed committee 13-5. House Bill 4104, dealing with repeat peeping Tom and clandestine recording offenses, was presented with an amendment adding conduct involving three or more separate victims as a basis for felony treatment. The amendment was adopted after questions about its legal basis and a recent court decision. The bill as amended then passed committee unanimously, 18-0. The committee also took up House Joint Resolution 1077, which would send to voters a proposal to move $1 billion from the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust corpus into a new Oklahoma’s Futures Trust Fund. The proponent said the T-SET board would remain in place, the corpus would stay protected, and annual earnings from the new fund would be split between reinvestment and legislative appropriations for health and education. Opponents argued the measure would shift money from an independent endowment to a politically controlled process and could weaken existing T-SET programs. After debate, the resolution passed committee 14-4. Finally, House Bill 3327 proposed expanding the State Board of Education from seven to nine members, with appointments divided among the governor, speaker, and president pro tem, and allowing removal only for cause. Members raised questions about geographic representation and vacancy appointments, but the bill passed as amended 15-2. House Bill 3329, a trailer bill related to sunset legislation, added a July 1, 2027 sunset for the Board of Psychological Examiners after concerns about its handling of a complaint and a recent court ruling; it passed as amended 14-2, and the committee then adjourned.

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• this is, of course, for early warning flood sirens at the discretion points by the Water Development Board

Bills: SB2, SB3, SB5, SB9, SB10, SB14, SB16, SB34, SB18, SB 2, SB 3, SB 5, SB 9, SB 10, SB 14, SB 16, SB 18, SB 34

Keywords: flooding, public safety, outdoor warning sirens, disaster preparedness, emergency response, flood warning, outdoor sirens, local government, safety measures, flood management, emergency preparedness, municipal safety, disaster response, disaster relief, emergency funding, Meteorological forecasting, local government assistance, training facilities, hemp regulation, consumable products

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• nominate teachers to review assessments, with the House adding conforming language to the coordinating board
• I'm with the Texas Association of School Boards.
• The bill does a few things in particular that we think are very important and schools have been asking
• That's what you probably have been hearing from schools. school districts that they wanted when the last
• These are items that schools have been asking for with regard to assessments and accountability.

Bills: HB8, HB26, HB192

Keywords: HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround

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• Members, this is the school board members' bill of rights to clarify and expand individual school board
• Our sitting school board, Mrs.
• In closing, I see that my entire school board has showed up today with their school board attorney and
• “In closing, I see that my entire school board has showed up today with their school board attorney and
• And I was that school board member.

Bills: S0824, S1170, S1620, S1738, S7036

Keywords: school district, real property, inventory, land use, education, video monitoring, safety, special education, parental rights, public education, school board rights, transparency, employment conditions, nondisclosure agreements, educational facilities, student safety, teacher accountability, physical plant, school design, construction standards

Summary: The Education Pre-K-12 Committee considered several K-12 bills and resolutions. SJR 1104, by Senator Massullo, would place on the ballot a proposed constitutional amendment protecting voluntary religious expression in public schools; supporters said it simply codifies existing law and protects student and employee rights, while opponents warned it could entrench religious pressure and exclusion. The resolution was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 1738, by Senator Yarborough, on educational facilities; an amendment removed crime-prevention-through-environmental-design language and adjusted transparency/safe-space provisions, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. SB 824, by Senator Truenow, was amended into a transparency measure requiring districts to submit annual reports on unimproved land holdings to DOE, and it was reported favorably. Appointments in tabs 7 and 8 were recommended for confirmation. The committee then took up SPB 7036, a comprehensive education package by Chair Simon. The bill would expand educational emergency triggers, adjust Title I withholding uses, align charter school rules with school improvement processes, update safety and early learning provisions, expand literacy and math interventions, and revise educator pipeline policies. Members raised concerns about a provision that could allow the state to develop instructional materials; Simon said that section was still being considered and would need guardrails. The committee adopted a motion to submit the bill as a committee bill, and it was reported favorably. SB 1620, by Senator Leak, proposed a “school board members’ bill of rights” giving board members direct access to district documents and staff, limiting district attorneys’ dual representation, strengthening nepotism rules, and prohibiting nondisclosure agreements. Volusia County school board members and others testified both for and against the bill, with supporters citing transparency and accountability and opponents warning about confidentiality, staff pressure, and undermining the superintendent’s authority. The bill was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1170, by Senator Calatayud, as amended, would allow parents of students in self-contained ESE classrooms to request cameras, with district policies governing review, notice, timelines, and appeals. Parents, advocates, and educators testified strongly in support, while one witness opposed it as an unfunded mandate. The committee reported the bill favorably.

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• The school board had previously fired him because he refused to use a student's preferred pronouns.
• It will happen in Texas because of the local policies that the Texas Association of School Boards has
• At just 16 years old, my brother walked into a local convenience store near his high school. and bought
• Money that funds schools, infrastructure, infrastructure, and local communities.
• schools.

Bills: SB3, SB810, SB965, SB1073, SB1119, SB1505, SB 3

Keywords: Texas Education Code, public schools, school district, open-enrollment charter school, teacher speech, employee speech, biological sex, pronouns, gender identity, retaliation, discipline, workplace protections, school personnel, education policy, LGBTQ, transgender, charter schools, SB 965, religious speech, prayer

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• This is not an abstract policy debate for our teachers and school employees.
• President would like to speak, Larry Carter, with the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and Schools.
• This is not an abstract policy debate for our teachers and school employees.
• If we want to recruit and retain school employees, then we have to act like it.
• that doesn't report. requires, or it carries a penalty against any school that doesn't report.

Bills: SB25, SB132, SB155, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB250, SB433

Keywords: registrar of voters, parish registrar, chief deputy registrar, confidential assistant, election administration, elections, salary schedule, compensation, merit evaluation, population-based pay, census-based pay, Department of State, Secretary of State, State Board of Election Supervisors, redistricting, senate districts, Senate District 33, Senate District 34, Senate District 35, precincts

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• Chairman, board. Boon County Department of Public Health.
• So, I understand this is a local bill, but we're running it statewide. Is that it?
• </c> you're trying to handle a local you're trying to handle a local situation. situation. situation.
• But this isn't a local problem.
• I don't care who the appointing board is. This could be the county commission.

Bills: SB85, SB263, HB277, HB267, SB288, SB85, SB263, HB277, HB267, SB288

Keywords: 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, immunization, religious tenets, sincerely held belief, school health policy, Alabama, AHSAA physical form

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• Is any of that part of the board of water and sewer commissions in the city of Birmingham?
• I say it protects what his intent of the bill is. board of water and sewer commissions in board of water
• and I had &gt;&gt; who is on that board and I had conversations<00:09:20.160><c> and</c><00:09:20.399
• >> What are these utilities charged on the local level, and comparative?
• These decisions should be made at the local level by local officials who are accountable to their constituents

Bills: SB222, HB560, HB475, HB484, HB583, HB542, HB566

Keywords: medical clinic board, clinic board, hospital bankruptcy, Chapter 11, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, municipal indebtedness, municipal bankruptcy, health care provider, acute care hospital, lease property, board immunity, director liability, civil liability, healthcare finance, insolvency, debt readjustment, federal bankruptcy law, Alabama Code 11-58-5.2, library materials

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• the 2028 to 2029 school year by resolution at the local school board.
• </c> the local school board the funding the local school board the funding flexibility<00:03:35.959><
• There would be a process for schools to be able to do this, including their local school boards having
• There would be a process for schools to be able to do this, including their local school boards having
• school boards and do trust our local school boards and administrators<01:24:41.320><c> and</c><01:24

Bills: HF957, HF877

Keywords: education, mandate relief, school funding, local control, state laws, fund transfers, 1183, house

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• We, instead of saying primary or secondary schools, it's around all schools, private and public.
• It’s really going to make it from a local to a statewide...
• Local government procurement.
• Therefore, local government... ...We'll have more flexibility to pay for goods and services.
• Replace local calendar. Members, any questions for the author?

Bills: SB32, SB464, SB996, SB1163, SB1173, SB1277, SB1452, SB1453, SB1548, SB1882, SB1883, SB2016, SB 32

Keywords: ad valorem taxation, tax exemption, franchise tax credit, income production, personal property, SB 464, school buffer zone, tobacco retailer, vape shop, e-cigarette, vaping, nicotine, tobacco products, retail permit, comptroller, Class A misdemeanor, school proximity, youth access, public school, private school

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• Our charter law allows two entities to authorize charter schools: local school boards or the State Board
• Yes, and if you're locally authorized, your local school board is also providing oversight in academics
• Alange, just to respond to, it's still, like, the local school board still has to authorize this.
• school board for the school board to oversee that.
• school board for the school board to oversee that.

Bills: HB256, HB272, HB350, HB363, HB386, HB434, HB445, HB690

Keywords: mandatory reporting, school employees, child protection, training requirements, Department of Children and Family Services, education, reading program, student eligibility, literacy, school performance, R.E.A.D. program, book distribution, École Pointe-au-Chien, French immersion, public school, Terrebonne Parish, grade levels, independent school, virtual school, extracurricular activities