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• It takes time to learn structured literacy.
• It took Mississippi a decade before they truly had an structured literacy.
• If you use structured literacy, almost every child can learn to read.
• If you use structured literacy, almost every child can learn to read.
• do with structured literacy.

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• structured literacy.
• You know, so enough said about, about the balanced literacy versus structured literacy.
• For me, I thank you for having that structured literacy piece.
• For the last 4 years, we have put money specifically in the budget for early literacy, structured literacy
• They're 35th for the same reason. 40 states, 40 states are moving to structured literacy.

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• My members are very committed to structured literacy.
• My members are very committed to structured literacy.
• My members are very committed to structured literacy.
• My members are very committed to structured literacy.
• My members are very committed to structured literacy.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Structured literacy, same thing that we're doing.
• Chair, Senator Trujillo, we're further in terms of literacy obviously with structured literacy, we frankly
• Is that I'm going to say structured literacy because that's on the tip of my tongue.
• Structured literacy as an example.
• Structured literacy, Secretary, I think the law was passed in 2019.

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• The state has made significant investments in structured literacy over the last five to six years.
• Analysis focused on structured literacy practices would be a great next step as we look at this.
• I want to say that structured literacy, Letters training, AIM training, and disciplinary literacy in
• and the structured literacy as possible.
• We're doing our structured literacy.

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• expert in your literacy.
• evidence-based literacy curriculum? evidence-based literacy curriculum?
• One is called the dyslexia specialist endorsement, and one is called a structured literacy endorsement
• <01:40:01.040> And<01:40:01.280> so structured literacy endorsement.
• And so structured literacy endorsement.

Bills: HB0076, HB0102, HB0115

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• The structured literacy<00:46:04.079> endorsement<00:46:04.880> is<00:46:05.200> a
• <00:46:21.280> literacy<00:46:21.839> comp issue where the structured literacy comp
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• the structured literacy um endorsement<01:04:13.760> competency.

Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025

Keywords: extracurricular activities, public school participation, enrollment, Wyoming, student access, charter schools, application process, authorizers, public hearing, community support, scholarship, education, eligibility, continuous enrollment, 916, all

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• They will never receive that high school financial literacy.
• That's why education, structure, and support matter.
• These are structural vulnerabilities.
• Tax literacy is extremely low.
• I had no financial literacy, and I had no lawyers.

Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on name, image, and likeness (NIL) and financial literacy for student athletes, with members framing California as a national leader on NIL but emphasizing the need for stronger protections and more consistent education. The chair and witnesses discussed how NIL opportunities now include both third-party endorsement deals and school revenue-sharing arrangements, and how the current landscape varies widely by institution, leaving athletes with a patchwork of rules and support. Several witnesses argued that student athletes, especially younger ones and those from low-income or first-generation backgrounds, are vulnerable to predatory contracts, tax problems, and pressure from family, agents, or lenders. The first panel featured Tyree Dillingham and Brandon Copeland, who called for standardized financial literacy, better guardrails against predatory NIL advances, and a player-led association or similar collective voice for athletes. They described examples of athletes not understanding paychecks, taxes, or contract terms, and warned that some schools and collectives blur the line between education and marketing. Copeland also argued that college athletics now functions like a professional business and that athletes need representation and a standard contract structure to protect them. The second panel focused on lived experience, including testimony from attorney Anthony Coronae and student athlete Mikey Williams. Coronae described reviewing a contract that he said functioned like a predatory loan disguised as marketing support, with the company taking exclusive rights to Williams’ NIL and requiring repayment far beyond the advance. Williams testified that he signed without a lawyer, later lost endorsements, scholarship, and housing stability, and only later learned the contract’s consequences. He said a required financial literacy course at Sacramento State helped him begin to understand budgeting, taxes, and contracts, and he urged the legislature to require legal review or stronger safeguards for athletes. The third panel, from San Diego State University, highlighted a more structured institutional model. Athletic director Brendan Hill described a mandatory four-year life-skills program that includes financial literacy, resume workshops, internships, and branding education, while student athlete Sloan Benchoff said the program helped her manage money and prepare for post-college life. Witnesses agreed that support is uneven across schools, that some agents and lenders are exploiting athletes, and that California should consider standardized financial education and agent regulation while also being careful not to create rules that unintentionally restrict athlete rights. No formal vote or bill action was taken at the hearing.

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• A fourth is strengthening the foundational skill of early literacy through Mass Literacy.
• need for stronger early literacy education.
• Launch, with $25 million for year three of Literacy Launch to improve early literacy and young learners
• Literacy Launch is... Literacy Launch is key to the expectations we have for students and teachers.
• structures, regional structures.

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Summary: The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session held in Lawrence focused on the governor’s proposed FY27 education and local aid budget, with remarks from legislative co-chairs, local officials, and education agency leaders. Acting Mayor Giovanni Rodriguez and Superintendent Ralph Carrero emphasized Lawrence’s high-need student population, the importance of Chapter 70 and Student Opportunity Act funding, and the impact of state aid on schools serving many English learners and low-income families. Carrero highlighted Lawrence High School programs such as early college, dual degrees, career pathways, and early childhood classrooms embedded in the high school, while lawmakers introduced themselves and noted the importance of the hearing to their districts. Acting Secretary of Education Amy Kershaw, Commissioner of Higher Education Noi Ortega, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Pedro Martinez, and Commissioner of Early Education and Care Amy Kershaw outlined the administration’s FY27 priorities. They described investments in literacy initiatives, universal school meals, student mental health, early college and career pathways, higher education affordability, community college and university student-success supports, preschool expansion, child care subsidies, and workforce supports for early educators. The commissioners also discussed federal funding threats, equity gaps, and the administration’s efforts to improve outcomes for Black and brown students, multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and low-income students. Members questioned the panel about the local contribution formula study, the final year of Student Opportunity Act implementation, and the need to revisit Chapter 70 funding to better address rising costs such as special education, transportation, and health care. Officials said the local contribution study report is expected by the end of June, with a draft to be shared after data analysis and public comment. Commissioner Martinez said the Student Opportunity Act narrowed funding gaps but more work is needed, and he pointed to a proposed Accelerating Achievement Initiative to support the highest-need schools. Senator Oliveira also raised concerns about Chapter 70 disparities and asked about partnerships with libraries to support literacy, prompting discussion of broader early literacy collaboration.

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• So structured literacy is about slide.
• <00:50:05.200> literacy<00:50:05.680> instruction structured literacy instruction structured
• :52.079> including structured literacy programs, including structured literacy programs, including
• going<01:10:43.840> to structured literacy approach is going to structured literacy approach
• I think the more structured literacy.

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• In particular, for example, Senate Bill 398, which implemented structured literacy, which the state also
• Initiated its structural literacy program in 2021, and then the letters professional development for
• That we've made in structural literacy, HQIM, culturally relevant teaching and learning practices, and
• We see that with literacy.
• They're part of the literacy; it's part of the overall literacy score.

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• communicate with their literacy lead. communicate with their literacy lead.
• instruction but and to create a sustainable long-term system change toward structured literacy and evidence-based
• <00:09:49.519> literacy<00:09:49.920> and<00:09:50.240> evidence-based structured
• literacy and evidence-based structured literacy and evidence-based practices<00:09:53.760> and
• Let us focus on literacy. Let's stop at. Let us focus on literacy.

Bills: HF2430, HF2433

Keywords: education finance, teacher training, Read Act, state aid, school funding, education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation, 1183, house

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• The 2nd Amendment is about the structured literacy for prep programs.
• Elementary teachers have been required to study structured literacy. The PED in October 2023.
• The structured literacy approach.
• The structured literacy approach. Is still using English in fact Mr.
• And, and this would require all the colleges to teach structured literacy, right? Mr.

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• Literacy coaches at $15 million.
• Now, the specific goals of the regional literacy network, of course, are to strengthen that core literacy
• instruction and to create a sustainable long-term system change toward structured literacy and evidence-based
• Regional literacy network bucket that is being used to support the regional literacy networks, as well
• District literacy leads participate in a community practice, as well as the regional literacy network

Bills: HF2430, HF2433

Keywords: education finance, teacher training, Read Act, state aid, school funding, education funding, children with disabilities, transition aid, special education, school district consolidation

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• Douglas Knapp, first-grade teacher in West Sacramento and literacy coach who participated in the literacy
• students who demonstrate climate literacy through both coursework and hands-on learning.
• Employers are increasingly seeking workers with climate literacy and workforce-ready green skills.
• Employers are increasingly seeking workers with climate literacy and workforce-ready green skills.
• On behalf of Ten Strands and the California Environmental Literacy Initiative, support.

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• On line 90, there's $14.5 million for structured literacy and then split between line 60 and... ...and
• Those items include a Martinez-Yazi action plan coordinator, EPP faculty, and structured literacy.
• We have—our Madam President Pro Tem has been pushing structured literacy for a long time.
• So schools get funding through the SECG to support structured literacy.
• Additional funding for structured literacy could be utilized... ...funding formula.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Recommendation of the chair is to pass with Amendment, which requires structured literacy instruction
• A structured literacy approach shall provide multiple opportunities for students to practice a skill
• Number two, clarifying the definition of structured literacy instruction to mean an evidence-based approach
• systematic instruction a structured systematic instruction a structured literacy<01:45:42.080>
• <01:46:01.880> literacy definition of structured literacy definition of structured literacy

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Committee on Education and Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs heard Senate Bill 422, which would authorize the Department of Education to award a high school diploma to qualified people whose schooling was interrupted by military service or wartime practices during World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. The Department of Education testified in support, noting a prior law that created the Kono diploma program before it sunset in 2020. Several members of the public also testified in support. Both committees later recommended passage of SB 422 without amendments, and the recommendation was adopted by voice votes. The committees then heard Senate Bill 530 on Braille literacy. The bill would establish Braille literacy as state policy, require Braille-related literacy assessments for eligible blind and low-vision students, authorize DOE rulemaking, create a Braille Literacy Resource Center, and appropriate funds. DOE and the Department of Human Services supported the measure, as did the National Federation of the Blind, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, and a blind testifier who described the importance of early Braille instruction. The Attorney General’s office raised concerns about statutory language requiring yearly assessments and suggested revisions so annual decisions remain with IEP teams. The committees voted to pass SB 530 with amendments, including the Attorney General’s suggested changes, and adopted the recommendation. The next measure was Senate Bill 532, which would allow school staff and agents trained by a licensed clinician to volunteer to administer medication to students in public schools under certain conditions and clarify who may prescribe such medication. DOE and Department of Health testimony supported the bill. The Attorney General recommended replacing the term “licensed clinician” with the defined term “health care professional.” The Hawaii Academy of Physician Assistants supported the bill but asked that physician assistants be included among providers who may prescribe medications for school administration. After questions about current school health aide duties and field-trip medication procedures, the committees voted to pass SB 532 with amendments, including the Attorney General’s terminology change, and adopted the recommendation.

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• Douglas Knapp, first grade teacher in West Sacramento and literacy coach who participated in the literacy
• students who demonstrate climate literacy through both coursework and hands-on learning.
• Employers are increasingly seeking workers with climate literacy and workforce-ready green skills.
• In that role, I worked directly with districts, teachers, and students to expand climate literacy.
• On behalf of Ten Strands and the California Environmental Literacy Initiative, support.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a long slate of education bills, beginning with SB 685 on nonpublic schools for students with disabilities. Senator Cortese and the California Department of Education described the bill as a response to the Ninth Circuit’s Laughman decision, removing the obsolete “non-sectarian” requirement while preserving secular use of public funds, nondiscrimination protections, background checks, credentialing, and incident reporting. There was no opposition, and the bill later passed 7-0 to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 1181, a pilot grant program for violence prevention, student wellness, and school safety in Central Valley and other schools. Supporters framed it as a prevention measure, while opponents from EFF, ACLU Cal Action, and community advocates warned it could increase law enforcement involvement, surveillance, and use of fusion centers; despite those concerns, it ultimately passed 5-0 to Appropriations. Members then considered SB 1067, which would create a statewide framework for annual K-2 math assessments starting in 2028-29 to identify students needing early intervention. The author and supporters argued California faces a serious math achievement crisis and that early assessment would help close gaps, while CTA and several educators and administrators sought additional clarity and amendments to ensure alignment with existing diagnostic practices and limits on high-stakes use. The bill drew broad support from educators, parents, and advocacy groups and passed 7-0 to Appropriations. SB 1107, a school shade-structure bill, would expand eligible shade projects and allow bundling through design-build to reduce costs; it received support from LAUSD, school boards, and climate-focused groups and passed 7-0. SB 1128, on take-home devices and screen time for kindergarteners, was presented as a modest first step to give families more flexibility and reduce early screen exposure, with support from early childhood advocates and no opposition, and it passed 7-0. The committee also approved SB 1048, creating a voluntary State Seal of Climate Literacy for students who complete climate coursework and hands-on projects. Supporters, including Ten Strands, students, teachers, and county offices, said it would recognize real-world climate learning and green career readiness; it passed 7-0. SB 1140, sponsored by CFT, would require LEA construction contractors to follow campus security provisions during school projects to reduce unauthorized access; it drew support from labor and gun violence prevention groups and passed 7-0. SB 930, requiring end-to-end encryption for proctoring companies handling K-12 exam data, was presented as a student privacy measure in response to cybersecurity risks and passed 6-0. Finally, SB 1083 was introduced by Senator Perez as a follow-up to last year’s Safe Learning Environments Act, with extensive committee amendments to refine the statewide misconduct data system, disclosure rules, contractor fingerprinting, and access requirements; the transcript cuts off before the bill’s full hearing and vote are shown.

Bills: HB3552, HB2984, HB4124, HB3934, HB3448, HB3131, HB4200, HB4201, HB3011, HB1912, HB3380, HB3881, HB3538, HB3851, HB3907, HB4430, HB4431, HB4457

Keywords: childcare, differential pricing, Department of Human Services, child care subsidy, licensed providers, emergency legislation, child care, subsidy program, annual report, program integrity, overpayments, ivermectin, over-the-counter medication, pharmacy immunity, healthcare access, FDA approval, prescription, public health, dentistry, licensing

Bills: SB213, HB24, HB163, HB226, HB271, HB288, HB319, HB24

Keywords: utility tax, poultry industry, energy consumption, agricultural exemption, tax exemption, HB24, Volunteer Rescue Squad Tuition Reimbursement Program, EMS, emergency medical services, EMSP, paramedic training, EMT training, tuition reimbursement, scholarship, workforce development, volunteer rescue squad, volunteer fire department, ambulance service, nonprofit ambulance, Alabama Department of Public Health