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• > license hear about uh drivers license hear about uh drivers license testing<00:11:39.920> exam
• appointments<00:11:41.279> so<00:11:41.760> with<00:11:42.040> that testing exam
• appointments so with that testing exam appointments so with that I'll<00:11:42.480> throw<00:
• State Patrol is all funded Security State Patrol is all funded through<00:19:34.600> the<00:19
• <00:19:37.080> which<00:19:37.159> is<00:19:37.280> all for Capital Security

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• Some years back, the city of Houston was able to secure similar non-binding agreements with their law
• music to be turned down at 2:30 or 3:30 or 4:30 in the morning, the night before your children have an exam

Bills: HB1597, HB2364, HB2437, HB3205, HB3253, HB3310, HB3648, HB3906, HB4259, HB5645

Keywords: county jailer, jail training, veterans, Texas Veterans Commission, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, TCOLE, criminal justice system, county jail, law enforcement training, mental health training, jail standards, correctional officers, veteran services, veteran interaction, occupations code, jailer licensing, parking, county courthouse, infrastructure, local government

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• The Town of Southbridge secured seven new district licenses approved through Chapter 214 of the Acts
• We've had $27 million that we've pursued and secured locally in funding over 2021 to 2025.
• I know that Massachusetts is a 1,000-hour state and passes a licensure exam, which meets the requirements

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on late-filed bills and home rule petitions, with both in-person and remote testimony. Committee chairs reviewed logistics for public testimony and then heard a series of bill presentations on topics including nitrous oxide sales, liquor license extensions and alcohol license density, cosmetology licensure compacts, electronic textbooks, HVAC supervisor licensing, and automotive warranty reimbursement rates. Several members asked questions about the public health, consumer protection, economic mobility, and regulatory impacts of the proposals. Representative John Barrett testified in support of H. 4907, which would regulate the sale of nitrous oxide, arguing it is a public health measure aimed at reducing recreational misuse by young people while preserving legitimate culinary, medical, dental, and industrial uses. Southbridge officials Peg Dean and David Adams supported a local liquor license extension bill, saying delayed revitalization and staffing disruptions from the pandemic-era “Great Resignation” had slowed development and postponed demand for the licenses. MassPack supported H. 4597 to limit new alcohol retail licenses near existing stores after 2026, citing oversaturation and public health concerns, while the committee also heard testimony on a cosmetology compact bill from industry and state-government representatives who said it would improve workforce mobility, especially for military spouses, though members questioned its fee structure and interaction with existing reciprocity rules. Representative Mindy Domb testified for H. 559, which would create a commission to study electronic textbooks and automatic textbook billing, arguing that digital course materials can limit consumer choice, raise costs, and reduce students’ ability to share or resell materials. Student testimony echoed those concerns. The committee also heard strong support for H. 4719, a bill to create HVAC construction supervisor licensing, from industry witnesses who said it would improve consumer protection, accountability, and clean-energy implementation; and opposition testimony on H. 4019, which would change how auto dealers are reimbursed for warranty work, with dealers supporting a fix to manufacturer reimbursement practices and manufacturers warning the bill would raise costs and allow overpayment. At the end of the hearing, the chairs read the agenda items and the committee adjourned by unanimous voice vote.

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• of people with the skill set to use AI, they'll be getting paid more and they'll have better job security
• They'll be getting paid more, and they'll have better job security than everyone else.
• They have practice exams that are AI-generated.

Summary: The meeting opened with a report on annual solvency certification for institutions of higher education, which required no action and was to be distributed later. The main presentation focused on artificial intelligence in K-12 and higher education, delivered by students from Arkansas State University, the University of Central Arkansas, and Valley View High School. They argued that AI is becoming central to education and the workforce, especially as Arkansas adds major data center investments, and said students should be taught to use AI responsibly so they can compete for jobs, improve internships, and keep talent in-state. They also emphasized concerns about academic integrity, cybercrime, and the need for ethics training and district-level guidance. The presenters shared survey findings from educators in several Arkansas districts, saying most teachers support teaching responsible AI use, believe students without access to AI will be disadvantaged, and want training and district-level management. They described existing AI uses at Arkansas colleges, including AI tutors, AI-generated practice exams, homework feedback tools, and classroom applications in business, climate science, and urban forestry. They also proposed an AI library built on the state’s Access Act infrastructure so K-12 and college students could access shared AI tools and resources across Arkansas. Committee members asked about student attitudes, classroom concerns, and whether AI could help standardize course materials and objectives across institutions. The presenters said reactions among students are mixed, with arts students especially worried about copyright and originality, but that many recognize AI’s real-world value. A UCA representative added that faculty training, ethics discussions, and academic dishonesty guidance are already underway there. The chair thanked the students, noted their work on related research projects, and then moved to a second presentation from Pine Bluff community leaders. The Pine Bluff group described community-based school support efforts, including the Pastors on Patrol program, mentoring, anti-bullying and nonviolence training, drug and vaping education, leadership clubs, and a youth diversion effort for students at risk of detention. They said their work is aimed at improving school climate, encouraging citizenship and scholarship, and reducing negative behavior. Members praised the group’s efforts and asked about expanding the programs to other districts; the presenters said their model and curriculum can be shared and adapted. The meeting ended after the chair thanked both groups and adjourned with no further business.

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• Gonzalez-Pittman: I ask for your support to protect American industry and secure our manufacturing, ensuring
• The checks extend up to $1,000 beyond the amount of the state's security deposit.
• It's an exam garrison. And welcome to the Florida House. Any other public testimony?

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• CONCERN WITH PLAQUE STICKS OUT IN THE OCEAN AS WELL AS WITH THE OTHER IMPACTS FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY
• YEARS AFTER THIS SO IT IS NOW ONE OF OUR INSTITUTES AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S RULES ARE COASTAL AND FOOD SECURITY
• IT'S TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT IN RESPONSE TO THE ALGEBRA ONE END OF COURSE EXAM THAT BECAME A GRADUATION

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• <00:52:34.599> Um securely ship these kits to the lab.
• Um securely ship these kits to the lab.
• It reflects extensive work by Security.
• The member gave examples such as warning signage or secure packaging to protect gift cards and asked
• The issue of security for these cards um The issue of security for these cards um uh<01:25:06.239>

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Seven-year-old girls being given invasive vaginal exams so they can prove to another person that they
• reproductive to an internal and external reproductive to an internal and external reproductive exam
• 7-year-old girls being given exam 7-year-old girls being given invasive<00:16:05.560> vaginal
• <00:16:06.160> exams<00:16:06.680> so<00:16:06.880> they<00:16:07.040> can
• ><00:16:07.199> prove invasive vaginal exams so they can prove invasive vaginal exams so they

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• YOU ARE RECOGNIZED >> WHAT ARE THE OTHER WAYS >> IT COULD BE SECURE EMAIL, IT COULD BE A CD, IT COULD
• AND THEY GOT HAD BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T SECURING IT.
• MEASURES SUCH AS A PLAN TO SECURE MOBILE DEVICES AND LEGAL TECH PROVIDERS.
• INSANE YOU MUST SECURE YOUR SYSTEMS AND THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO BYPASS IT.
• THAT IS VERY REASONABLE HOWEVER THE ISSUE IS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A PHYSICAL EXAM.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Uh, and quite frankly, right now, there's not a problem with exam turnaround.
• Uh, and quite frankly, right now, there's not a problem with exam turnaround.
• <00:09:27.760> With<00:09:28.080> the problem with exam turnaround.
• With the problem with exam turnaround.
• impact of actually decreasing exam impact of actually decreasing exam appointment<00:10:00.360><

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• Law enforcement and security officers is essential in maintaining a gun-free academic environment in
• So if there was a bill that spoke to much more funding for security, armed security for the protection
• But I'd be I will chip in personally from or an added security on campus.
• I have been turned around by security guard. They would have done the shooting on that campus.
• And the armed security at the school supported that it did not let the Jewish students walk through.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• And you would also be passing step one and two of the medical licensing exam. So that's required.
• So that means they have passed step one and step two of the medical licensing exam.
• Then they get evaluated again, and they have to pass the final step of the medical licensing exam.
• And they have to pass the final step of the medical licensing exam, which is the same test that all physicians

Bills: HB99, HB38, HB165, HB127, HB72, HB151, SB40, SB104, SB136, SB164

Keywords: medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process

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• I mean, is it clear what they're asking for as the detailed information it is when we do an exam, we
• So we're going we have exam or is it going to do that?
• We try and were paying for the costs of these exams.
• So in theory, we've done an exam to make sure those are valid claims because what you know, we don't

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• <00:25:05.279> and security and security and affordability<00:25:07.760> in<00:25:07.919
• sometimes very intrusive medical exams sometimes very intrusive medical exams physical<01:25:39.320
• <03:27:15.120> or nothing to promote election security or nothing to promote election security
• This bill merely seeks to address that issue in a timely, secure, crystalline manner. Thank you.
• address that issue in a timely secure address that issue in a timely secure crystalline<03:48:50.399

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• One is TEA, the safety and security, somebody from that, and then somebody from the safety center themselves
• make certain that there are no missteps in terms of us having safety plans and providing as best security
• When we're called, we can access school security cameras during our response.
• I currently serve as the chief of safety and security for the Bernie Independent School District.
• I'm directly responsible for their safety and security in making sure that they return home the same

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a quorum and announced a full agenda, including combined public testimony for two bills related to student personal communication devices. The committee first took up Senate Bill 1262 by Senator Nichols, a school safety cleanup bill following House Bill 3. The bill would allow TEA to commission peace officers for school safety purposes, require annual renewal of good-cause exceptions to armed guard requirements, create a new report based on intruder detection audits and vulnerability assessments, and require behavioral threat assessment teams to include someone with specific knowledge of a special education student’s disability. Committee members asked about the difference between TCOLE licensing and TEA commissioning, the scope of the officers’ authority, and how the good-cause exception would work. The committee substitute was adopted, and public testimony included support from school safety and drone-response advocates, Disability Rights Texas in favor of the special education provisions, and a student witness raising concerns about the mental health impact of repeated lockdowns and the need for immediate, reliable school safety responses. The bill was left pending after testimony, then the committee briefly recessed and later reopened testimony to hear the student witness. The committee then laid out Senate Bill 2252 by Senator Creighton, a major early literacy and numeracy bill for kindergarten through third grade. Creighton said the bill builds on prior literacy efforts by funding teacher stipends for literacy and math academies, providing free and clearly administered screeners and assessments, expanding screening options, clarifying how results are used, supporting high-quality pre-K, and increasing the early education allotment. He emphasized low reading performance and the need for early intervention. Members discussed how the bill differs from earlier academy models and whether the assessments are diagnostic or high-stakes; Creighton and witnesses said the tools are intended to identify students needing support, not to serve as punitive testing. The committee adopted the substitute. Witnesses for SB 2252 largely supported the bill. A Uplift Education representative described strong gains from small-group literacy tutoring and said students receiving targeted support can make more than a year of growth in a year. An education specialist explained that the bill aligns general education screening with existing dyslexia and special education practices and helps districts identify students who need intervention before a disability evaluation is required. A Commit Partnership witness cited statewide reading data, the importance of high-quality pre-K, and the need for transparent, consistent progress monitoring and parent engagement. Members asked about the meaning of the growth data, how dyslexia screening works, and how the bill would help identify struggling students earlier. Before finishing all questions, the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair after the floor session.

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• There were security threats at that time, but I would decide it the same way simply because it's what
• There were security threats at that time, but I would decide it the same way simply because it's what
• with the Supreme Court as an ambassador... ...within Delaware to teaching civics in schools, the bar exam
• Department of Education currently has a one-year extension from the Department of Safety and Homeland Security

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• in the area of the State Engineer, which begins on line 127, including $2.5 million for the Water Security
• in the area of the state engineer, which begins online 127, including $2.5 million for the Water Security
• So like the gentleman that's in the back on part of our security is with the Medvedo Ranchos and with
• education to continue workforce economic supports, including some money there for high school equivalency exams

Bills: SB193, SB132, SB35, SB145

Keywords: SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement

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• bringing this amendment which basically would require consent before someone is given a sensitive exam
• <00:12:54.399> given<00:12:54.639> a<00:12:54.880> sensitive<00:12:55.519> exam
• someone um is given a sensitive exam someone um is given a sensitive exam while<00:12:56.079>
• on them as part practice sensitive exams on them as part of<00:13:37.440> their<00:13:37.680>
• <00:13:53.600> to your consent to be part of the exam to your consent to be part of the exam

Keywords: 1183, house

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• more likely to attend other classes, and in many cases have outpaced their peers on assessments and exams
• AP exams would be greatly negatively affected by this.
• The test security agreement we all signed as test administrators prevented me from sharing this on the
• He then asked whether, if a school is going to accommodate a student who needs online exams, that is

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Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2266, which would change school district and charter governing board policy from permissive to mandatory for excusing students for religious instruction during the school day. The sponsor and supporters framed it as a parental-choice and religious-liberty measure that preserves release-time programs, while opponents argued it would reduce local control, take students out of core instruction, create peer pressure and bullying, and raise constitutional concerns. After testimony from Secular AZ, a LifeWise Academy board member, and a school board president, the committee voted 7-5 to give HB 2266 a do pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 2193, a cleanup measure related to student directory information and parent organizations such as PTOs/PTAs/APTs. Supporters said the bill would restore parent-to-parent communication that had been unintentionally limited by prior privacy legislation, while some members raised concerns about how the information could be used and suggested narrowing the language to prevent political or lobbying uses. The bill advanced on a 10-1 vote, with members generally supporting school-community communication but asking for possible amendments. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2075, which requires public school districts to submit superintendent and other top administrator contracts or attestations to ADE and have the information posted in a searchable database. The sponsor and Goldwater Institute supporters said the bill is a transparency measure because base salary reports do not show total compensation, benefits, or allowances; opponents from school administrator groups and rural districts argued the bill singles out districts while ignoring charters and other publicly funded education providers, and they said superintendent pay is already publicly available in other forms. Discussion also touched on whether the bill should be expanded to charters and private schools. The sponsor closed by emphasizing transparency and the committee continued discussion of the measure.

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• us one AED in the building um secured us one AED in the building um and<01:23:37.800> then<01
• and section seven removes a requirement that tier one teachers have to take but not pass a content exam
• and section seven removes a requirement that tier one teachers have to take but not pass a content exam
• and section seven removes a requirement that tier one teachers have to take but not pass a content exam
• and section seven removes a requirement that tier one teachers have to take but not pass a content exam

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