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• I will now go over some key elements of the structure of today's hearing.
• harms still felt by Californians today, from disparities... ...their structural harms still felt by
• But this bill is not anticipating—there's no change in the fee structure.
• There will be an administrative structure in order to implement this. And I'd ask for an aye vote.
• There will be an administrative structure in order to implement this. And I'd ask for an aye vote.

Summary: The committee heard several higher education bills. It first approved the consent calendar, which included SB 67 and SB 619. The main discussion centered on SB 437, which would direct the CSU system to develop a fair, evidence-based process for verifying whether someone is a descendant of a person enslaved in the United States, as part of the state’s reparations work. Supporters said the bill fills a gap left by the Reparations Task Force and would create a transparent, credible lineage-verification process; opponents argued genealogy methods already exist, the bill would waste money and delay action, and some raised constitutional concerns. The committee took a vote on SB 437, but the roll was left open after the initial tally showed three ayes and three noes. The committee then heard SB 790, which would allow California to join the interstate reciprocity agreement for online postsecondary education. The author and supporters said the bill would improve consumer protections for California students taking out-of-state online courses and help California institutions compete more effectively by reducing the burden of seeking separate state approvals. Opponents, including University of Phoenix and other groups, argued the bill conflicted with the existing reciprocity framework, could exclude some institutions, and might not actually secure California’s entry into the agreement. The committee voted 3-1 to pass SB 790 as amended to the Business and Professions Committee, with the roll left open. The committee also heard SB 391, which would authorize the Community College Chancellor’s Office to charge fees for research partners seeking access to data. Supporters said the office is absorbing significant unfunded workload from data requests and that fees would help recover costs; opponents, including the California Teachers Association community college association, warned the fees could create barriers for faculty and smaller researchers. Members discussed possible exemptions and implementation details. The committee voted 5-1 to pass SB 391 as amended to the Appropriations Committee, with the roll left open. Finally, the committee heard SB 685, a pilot program to provide cost-of-attendance assistance at four CSU campuses for students who experienced homelessness in high school. Supporters said it would help students cover housing, food, and transportation costs and reduce dropout risk; members asked about eligibility and implementation, and the author explained the bill would use McKinney-Vento homelessness designations and target students at risk of “summer melt” and college homelessness.

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• I wrote a dissertation about it, but we integrate lots of structured literacy.
• High school structure Um, high school support structure, uh, policy to allow students to retain at a
• A transparent, structured application process run through the public education department for schools
• So could you speak to the structured literacy?
• Do you have those same tutors for literacy, for the structured reading?

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• The structure of the office and the process for selecting the head of the office set forth in HB 5 are
• Anything that we can do to better what we're doing for our kids, I just have some structural question
• Because the structure was changing radically.
• It's the structure of saying all departments report to the governor.
• It also ensures that there is a structure to make sure that this is happening.

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• Uh<00:50:23.840> to<00:50:23.960> the Or a stand-alone structure, not facility; it's structure
• structure not facility it's<00:51:31.440> structure.
• it's structure. it's structure.
• <00:52:13.480> that take that's a stand alone structure that take that's a stand alone structure
• renovate the stand alone structure? renovate the stand alone structure?

Bills: HF4094, HF3390, HF3813, HF3583, HF3751, HF4324, HF4789, HF3596, HF4033, HF4424, HF4053

Keywords: Crosby, local sales tax, bonding authority, community projects, voter approval, Owatonna, use tax, special law, community center, municipal finance, capital project, sales and use tax, local option tax, city tax, public facility, general election, bond referendum, debt limit, levy limit, Minnesota local government

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• and a different structure.
• :19:05.200> structure.
• I don't want and a different structure.
• If you think of the incentive<00:46:54.400> structures, incentive structures, incentive structures
• <01:08:58.000> that's relationship and structure that's relationship and structure that's

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It's a very complicated structure, and you will find on your desk a copy of the structure that we are
• ... ...and you will find on your desk a copy of the structure that we are establishing.
• You'll see the workgroups listed on the whole organizational structure.
• And it introduces the creation of structured career paths.
• With no reductions allowed for being temporary structures.

Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding. Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.

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• different cost structures in the bill.
• Uh that tiered structure is bill.
• Chair. in the structure that the two in the structure that the two representatives<00:25:25.800> have
• We field a a structural fire team.
• us to fight structural fires. us to fight structural fires.

Bills: HF1016, HF2800, HF156, HF3051, HF526, HF2658, HF2062, HF2801

Keywords: local government aid, Baldwin, taxation, base year formula, municipal funding, population aid, aid penalty forgiveness, Minnesota, city funding, appropriations, HF156, lawful gambling, veterans organizations, licensed veterans organization, Minnesota gambling law, gross profits, lawful purpose, real property repair, facility maintenance, capital assets

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• By permitting schools to start before Labor Day, districts can structure their academic calendars in
• <00:06:54.240> their Day districts can structure their Day districts can structure their academic
• Senate File 1336 provides schools with much-needed flexibility to structure their academic calendar in
• First, as you heard, Minnesota has a strong authorizer and charter school accountability structure in
• it's addressing this the big structural it's addressing this the big structural issue<01:31:14.159

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• And if you could implement one structural change today, what would that be to stabilize?
• And if you could implement one structural change today, what would that be to stabilize the fund?
• Just if you had one tip of one structural change today to help stabilize Fund 9, what would that be?
• I mean, there's some structure...
• This is a significant investment in bringing these historic structures, which are iconic in a number

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• The skills required in the workforce will continue to change, and so we are creating structures to be
• The workforce will continue to change, and so we are creating structures to be responsive to learners
• Things of that nature that could be more structural change to kind of implement.
• The infrastructure just is that at CDE or at the site level currently, as the contract structured in
• the budget, we provide a... ...as the contract structured in the budget, we provide as much assistance

Summary: The committee heard an update on the administration’s Career Education Master Plan and the new California Education Interagency Council. Administration and agency staff described efforts to better connect K-12, higher education, workforce, and data systems, including the California Cradle to Career Data System, e-Transcript California, and a proposed career passport. They emphasized regional coordination with workforce boards and community colleges, and said the new council’s immediate tasks are to hold its first meeting by the end of June, enter into a data-sharing MOU, and complete a strategic plan by the end of November. Members asked about the council’s authority, reporting requirements, and how it would relate to the broader Master Plan for Higher Education; staff said the council will make recommendations but does not have implementation authority. The committee then took up the Governor’s proposed $100 million one-time expansion of dual enrollment grants and related changes to instructional minute requirements. Finance and the Department of Education said the proposal would support middle college, early college, and CCAP programs, add technical assistance, prioritize high-need LEAs, and reduce the minimum instructional day for certain dual enrollment students from 240 to 180 minutes to ease scheduling barriers. The Chancellor’s Office strongly supported the investment, citing access, acceleration, and equity benefits, while the LAO recommended rejecting the funding, arguing the state already provides ongoing support and that the proposal does not address major barriers. Members raised questions about adult learners, A-G alignment, reporting on outcomes and expenditures, rural access, transportation, staffing, and whether the funding would create lasting program capacity. The item was left open after discussion. The committee also considered trailer bill language to align the definition of long-term English learners across data systems. Finance and CDE said the change would simplify identification by defining LTELs as students who have not attained English proficiency within seven years and RTELs as students not proficient within six years, matching the dashboard and research-based timelines. CDE said the current mismatch between dashboard and assessment definitions creates confusion and delays, while some members and advocates worried the change could reduce earlier intervention or should be handled through policy committees rather than the budget process. The committee voted to reject the proposal and refer it to policy, though the administration said it still supports the budget language. Finally, the committee heard a proposal to extend the Supporting Inclusive Practices project by one year, through June 30, 2027. CDE said the project is promising but raised concerns about the contract structure and fiscal management, while Marysville Joint Unified School District testified that SIP had helped expand inclusive preschool and district-wide practices and reduce reliance on more restrictive placements. Members questioned why funds had not been fully encumbered and whether the remaining money should be redirected to areas with greater implementation need. The item was discussed but no final action was described in the excerpt.

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• I taught students from a variety of family structures and belief systems and perspectives and I also
• We would really structure. We would create that function in a way. That will work for our kids.
• The structure that is, I can't even call it redundant, it is redundant for sure.
• Dividing folks that need to be working together and as I read this structure, as I read the structure
• The structure is really problematic.

Keywords: 988, house, all

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• Whenever I think of and structure.
• So is that an effective co-chair structure?
• So is that an effective co-chair structure?
• So is that an effective co-chair structure?
• <02:32:02.800> as officials on the board um structure as officials on the board um structure

Keywords: 916, all

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• Next, we'll take up tab 1, SM 1186 on Florida National Guard increased force structure by Senator Wright
• Next, we'll take up tab 1, SM 1186 on Florida National Guard increased force structure by Senator Wright
• Next, we'll take up tab 1, SM 1186 on Florida National Guard increased force structure by Senator Wright
• examine the resource allocations of the Florida National Guard and allow an increase in its force structure

Bills: S1512, S1602, S1604, S1656

Keywords: Space Florida, tax exemption, governmental purpose, aviation, defense industry, space exploration, semiconductor technology, veterans, housing, property management, incentives, Florida Housing Finance Corporation, vacancy relief, risk mitigation, housing finance, trust fund, Homes for Veterans, S1656, SB 1656, official state flagship

Summary: The Committee on Military Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum and considered several memorials and bills. It first passed Senate Memorial 1714, urging Congress to support the “No Tax Dollars for Terrorist Acts” measure to prevent U.S. funds from benefiting the Taliban in Afghanistan. The committee then favorably reported SB 1512, which expands tax exemptions and procurement flexibility for Space Florida, and SB 1656, which designates the SS American Victory as Florida’s official state flagship in place of the Western Union. The committee also favorably reported SM 1186, which urges Congress to increase the Florida National Guard’s force structure, with supporters citing Florida’s large population and disaster response needs. Senator Sharif voiced support for the effort. Next, the committee took up SB 1602, creating a Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program in selected counties to help landlords house veterans through vacancy relief and risk mitigation funds; two amendments were adopted, and the bill was reported favorably as committee substitute. SB 1604, which creates the associated trust funds within the Florida Housing Finance Corporation, also received one technical amendment and was reported favorably as committee substitute. Throughout the meeting, several measures drew supportive testimony or comments, including representatives from Space Florida and the Florida Chamber on SB 1512 and a supporter on SB 1602. Multiple members offered to co-sponsor or support veterans-related measures. No bills were opposed in debate, all amendments were adopted without objection, and each item was reported favorably before the committee adjourned.

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• easement covering a portion of state submerged lands at Kikiwoa Kaha Kawaii for a shoreline protection structure
• Kikiwoa Kaha Kawaii for a shoreline Kikiwoa Kaha Kawaii for a shoreline protection<00:10:03.839> structure
• and<00:10:04.480> for<00:10:04.640> use<00:10:04.959> repair protection structure
• and for use repair protection structure and for use repair maintenance<00:10:05.760> of<00:10

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• instance of an entity that was doing this already but wasn't allowed to qualify for the new granting structure
• that was structured two years ago and still had a contracts to provide that services, and this was a
• It comes to federal tax policy or how the accounts in and of themselves will be structured.
• House and Russo in the Senate, got to a number where they were more comfortable with at 250 to structured
• Yes sir, they're the structuring of this with the different types and kinds of assets that it can hold

Bills: SB1177, SB1177

Keywords: education funding, mental health services, public safety, housing, state budget, 914, all

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• THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOME OF THE SMALLER LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES HAVING TO FIND ALL THESE STRUCTURES
• FOR THE INSPECTION AND THEN THERE'S OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT PERHAPS MAY HAVE THOUSANDS OF KNOWN STRUCTURES
• WITH SENATOR HARRELL WONDER IF YOU'RE OPEN TO MAYBE PERHAPS RATHER THAN INSPECTING ALL THE KNOWN STRUCTURES
• THIS ONLY APPLIES I BELIEVE TO PUBLIC STRUCTURES, IS THAT CORRECT? >> Sen.
• PERSON'S ABILITY TO RECEIVE A NO FURTHER ACTION NOTICE SO IT'S ONE PERSON AND WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT STRUCTURE

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• It narrows the assessment<00:11:42.120> structure.
• It prevents assessment structure.
• It narrows and clarifies the assessment structures.
• It protects the plans that structures.
• It's very structure. That's not vague.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Under legislation, the constitutional structure is every state is allowed to have.
• This was really it's a formal structure to have structured input on our policy, on rules, and on system
• What is the fee structure compared to say the state offices?
• The current structure.
• We'd like to figure out how we want to structure the LCF in the long term.

Keywords: 914, all

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• By providing structured supportive educational environments, NMMI aims to break the cycles of recidivism
• Rising juvenile offenses post-pandemic and staffing consistencies demand scalable, proven structures
• So, I know the governor's office and I know the legislature is looking at employee salary structures
• NMSU is also looking at employee salary structures.
• And the reason is it provides that participatory learning structure in... ...collaboration with public

Keywords: 996, all