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• This means flexible programs, collaborative degree models across campuses and regions, and using technology
• procurement system that was launched in January that allows every university to find the best deals or collaborate
• The goals in the compact are around access, affordability, collaboration, and graduation rates.
• The goals in the compact are around access, affordability, collaboration, graduation, graduation rates
• health, all CSU campuses provide counseling and psychological services, and counseling centers collaborate

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance held an oversight hearing on the California State University system covering enrollment, core operations, Title IX/civil rights, and basic needs. The Department of Finance said the Governor’s 2026-27 budget does not change CSU enrollment targets from the prior year and proposes a 5% ongoing General Fund increase for core operations as the final year of the compact. The Legislative Analyst’s Office recommended a lower resident undergraduate enrollment target than the Governor’s proposal, separate funding for enrollment growth rather than folding it into base, a smaller or no base increase tied more closely to inflation, earmarking some base funds for capital renewal, retiring deferred payments, and avoiding new multi-year compact commitments. CSU said enrollment has rebounded for three straight years, but growth is uneven across campuses, with several Northern California campuses still facing structural declines tied to demographics and community college pipelines. CSU described a multi-year reallocation plan shifting about 10,000 FTE and $89 million in ongoing funding toward higher-demand campuses, plus $40 million in one-time support, and said seven campuses submitted turnaround plans aimed at recovering enrollment over the next several years. The system highlighted strategies such as dual enrollment, guaranteed admission pathways with community colleges, outreach to high school students, retention and advising efforts, and new degree models for working adults and military-connected students. Members raised questions about how campus targets are set, whether the May Board of Trustees discussion will address a systemwide enrollment framework, and how CSU will manage future deficits if projected out-year funding does not materialize. On core operations and facilities, CSU said it faces about $320 million in mandatory cost increases in 2026-27 and is pursuing shared services, procurement consolidation, campus administrative sharing, and program redesigns to reduce costs. CSU and the LAO emphasized the system’s large deferred maintenance backlog, estimated at $8.6 billion, and discussed whether CSU’s bond/debt capacity is sufficient to address it; CSU requested up to $1.1 billion for deferred maintenance, while the administration did not propose new funding. The committee also heard CSU’s annual Title IX and civil rights update: CSU said it has implemented 15 of 16 State Auditor recommendations, has dedicated Title IX coordinators at every campus, is using a systemwide case management dashboard, and is piloting centralized investigations at five campuses. Finally, on basic needs, the Governor maintained current funding levels for food assistance/basic needs, rapid rehousing, and mental health. CSU reported heavy use of food pantries, CalFresh support, emergency housing, and counseling services, while warning that federal changes to CalFresh and related funding could make it harder to serve students in need.

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• It's been collaborative, right, as mentioned.
• But really, the ability to audit those teacher prep programs, we have to do that collaboratively.
• And so, I've worked very hard to collaborate with the deans of colleges of education across the state
• And so they're meant to be collaborating.
• Are they gonna be doing the same effective Collaboration and cooperation with the state hospital, the

Bills: SB1778, SB1570, SB134, SB1966, SB1636, SB1725, SB1726, SB259, SB504, SB592, SB2030, SB1572, SB843, SB1242, SB1255, SB1262, SB1264, SB1286, SB1581, SB1290, SB1316, SB1319, SB1369, SB1379, SB1381, SB1400, SB1427, SB1436, SB1461, SB1496, SB1509, SB1534, SB1553, SB904, SB1592, SB1645, SB1684, SB1767, SB1772, SB1813, SB1894, SB1928, SB1946, SB1980, SB2040, SB2060, SB2061

Keywords: reading instruction, literacy, educational equity, intervention services, third grade retention, Strong Readers Act, child welfare, child safety, administrative transition, Department of Child Safety and Well-being, Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, juvenile justice, foster care, retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, memorial highways, bridge designations

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• Fininky in that I think maybe some more collaboration even behind the scenes to really get to the root
• Fininky in that I think maybe some more collaboration even behind the scenes to really get to the root
• Fininky in that I think maybe some more collaboration even behind the scenes to really get to the root
• Fininky in that I think maybe some more<00:26:38.640> collaboration<00:26:39.520> even<
• 00:26:39.919> behind<00:26:40.240> the more collaboration even behind the more collaboration

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We can make those changes and work collaboratively with you.
• on the website that supported the Breaking Bad Habits larger advertising campaign, which was a collaborative
• We want to be very close collaborators on that. Great. Thank you very much.
• We do have endorsed In collaboration with other states, we've had several individuals from Texas and
• So between the two agencies, there's a collaboration, and actually, of course, with Workforce Solutions

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• As we transition into our next panel, Workforce Training Collaboration, let's go ahead and introduce
• So, what we're trying to do is band together as a large collaborative and say How do we come together
• And what we're doing in our collaborative is let's just get one CTE instructor for whatever the field
• The second part of that is, how do we collaborate in the attracting and retention of new businesses and
• Thank you all for helping us understand how collaboration affects positively and leads to New Mexico's

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• And I do want to say a special thank you to Tanya for all our collaborative efforts with my office throughout
• And I do want to say a special thank you to Tanya for all our collaborative efforts with my office throughout
• With the most recent amendments, it reflects an in-depth conversation and collaboration that we've taken
• of work you've acknowledged that has gone into this bill and our chair's bill as well, and the collaborative
• But I'm really responding to your offer of collaboration, or invitation to collaborate, because I think

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee met without a quorum for much of the hearing and heard several bills out of order. SB 249 by Senator Umberg would move county board of education elections from the primary to the statewide general election. Supporters, including the League of Women Voters and many educators, argued the change would increase turnout and make the electorate more representative. The Orange County Board of Education opposed the bill, saying it would increase costs, reduce local control, and bury education races on crowded general-election ballots. The chair and members discussed turnout, cost, and representation, but the bill was held pending a quorum. Senator Grove presented SB 373, which adds safeguards for California students placed in out-of-state non-public schools through IEPs. The bill would require more robust LEA and CDE oversight, including annual site visits, student interviews, quarterly contact, stronger certification standards, and restrictions on prone, supine, and mechanical restraints. Testimony from a survivor of an out-of-state placement and from advocates emphasized abuse, neglect, and the need for stronger monitoring. There was broad support and no opposition testimony, but the measure was also held pending a quorum. Senator Ashby presented SB 568, the epinephrine in schools modernization act, to clarify and expand requirements for stocked epinephrine so they clearly apply to all public schools, including preschool programs. School nurses and medical experts said the bill would close gaps created by universal preschool and ensure life-saving treatment is available for anaphylaxis. The committee discussed dosing and implementation, and the bill was supported without opposition testimony. The committee also heard SB 414, the Charter School Accountability Act, which would strengthen fiscal oversight, audit standards, and transparency for charter schools and authorizers. Supporters said it responds to fraud and audit findings while preserving charter flexibility; opponents, including school employees and teachers, said it did not go far enough on authorizer accountability and small-district oversight. After discussion, the committee voted 7-0 to pass SB 414 as amended to Appropriations. The committee also briefly heard SB 743 by Senator Cortese, which would create an equalization reserve account to provide additional funding to underfunded school districts and reduce funding inequities tied to ZIP code. The author said the bill would support student achievement and teacher retention over time. The transcript cuts off before testimony or action on SB 743 was completed.

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• I am with Good Reason Houston, and we are a nonprofit that collaborates with public school systems in
• It encourages collaboration and allows students to focus on truly mastering the material and developing
• The support and collaboration that occurs in my school goes beyond simply studying in groups because
• of my institution to make my first semester pass-fail, enabling us to build a community of... collaboration
• like myself, specifically chose schools with pass-fail systems because they prioritize these. ...collaborative

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• Fresh Energy is committed to collaborating with lawmakers and stakeholders as the bill moves forward,
• Fresh Energy is committed to collaborating with lawmakers and stakeholders as the bill moves forward,
• Fresh Energy is committed to collaborating with lawmakers and stakeholders as the bill moves forward,
• <00:27:20.679> with<00:27:20.799> lawmakers<00:27:21.360> and collaborating with
• lawmakers and collaborating with lawmakers and stakeholders<00:27:22.240> as<00:27:22.360>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Representative Freiberg said, “I think that there is less time to truly collaborate in committee about
• those same bureaucrats or nonprofit executives who are seeking monetary gain instead of cross-collaboration
• So, very little time for true collaboration.
• <01:07:18.520> between of cross [snorts] collaboration between of cross [snorts] collaboration
• . collaboration. collaboration.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The DE2 amendment that's in front of us today, members, is kind of the result of some work and collaboration
• appreciated Representative Igo's ongoing commitment and efforts to make the issue a bipartisan collaboration
• Our ability to work with our joint power agencies, collaborative efforts, all agencies— we're not saying
• c> with<00:49:04.079> other<00:49:04.240> countries<00:49:04.520> and collaborating
• with other countries and collaborating with other countries and other<00:49:04.880> states<00

Keywords: 1183, house

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• It is that collaboration across sectors, putting the whole learner at the center, thinking about the
• It is that collaboration all of you.
• It is our focus on collaboration between education systems and alignment with workforce outcomes that
• See, that's a good answer, but I appreciate the collaboration. Thank you. And I want to thank...
• collaboration. Thank you. collaboration. Thank you.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• MCAA is committed to continuing collaborative efforts with our justice partners and other stakeholders
• MCAA is committed to continuing collaborative efforts with our justice partners and other stakeholders
• MCAA is committed to continuing collaborative efforts with our justice partners and other stakeholders
• with um I would note that collaborate with um I would note that the<01:03:42.039> St<01:03:42.359
• is committed to continuing collaborative is committed to continuing collaborative efforts<01:05:

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• According to the DOE, that's never happened before: the collaboration of trying to figure out where we
• <00:14:54.320> of happened before the collaboration of happened before the collaboration of
• So Molokai, we are working with the HU... collaborative energy M.
• HTA and it wouldn't be lost in the governor's person to collaborate with HDA and achieve some of the
• <02:02:34.040> with governor's person to collaborate with governor's person to collaborate

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• We have Pola Collaborative in support. >> Matt Proberg on behalf of Pola Collaborative.
• We have Pola Collaborative in >> Thank you.
• We have Pola Collaborative in support. support. support.
• We stand on our written Collaborative.
• I really feel like if we just take some time, step back from this bill, collaborate with the various

Bills: HB1183, HB1656, HB1658, HB1661, HB1663, HB1664, HB1859, HB2116, HB2271, HB2276, HB2335, HB2360, HB2387, HB2472, HB1805, HB2469, HB1815, HB1860, HB2117, HB2118, HB2437, HB2438, HB2604, HB1590, HB2156, HB2268

Keywords: retirement, pension, law enforcement, public safety, Hawaii Revised Statutes, indebtedness, salary recovery, employee compensation, deductions, financial management, collective bargaining, employee relations, impasse procedures, arbitration, public employment, HB1661, cafeteria plan, Section 125, Internal Revenue Code, flexible spending account

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• I think that a collaborative model with the CTE program would be worth exploring.
• I think that a collaborative model with the CTE program would be worth exploring.
• Um, teamwork,<01:44:46.239> collaboration,<01:44:46.960> strategy.
• <01:44:47.840> It teamwork, collaboration, strategy.
• It teamwork, collaboration, strategy.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• What a great way to collaborate.
• So, I a what a great way to collaborate.
• How do we press for better collaboration?
• Um and again, for better collaboration?
• , Department of Agriculture collaborating, Department of Agriculture collaborating, sharing<01:31

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee approved the minutes unanimously and then heard extended testimony from Senator Jimmy Higdon, who reflected on Kentucky’s 2011 childhood obesity task force and said the state’s childhood obesity problem has worsened since then. He described prior recommendations from that task force, including more physical education, nutrition education, classroom-based physical activity, complete streets, bike lanes, sidewalks, and safe routes to school. Higdon also argued that government programs have contributed to obesity and drug abuse, focusing especially on SNAP and Medicaid, and said he has long advocated for a waiver to distribute SNAP benefits twice a month rather than once a month. Higdon said SNAP fraud and abuse are significant, claiming some recipients sell benefits and some retailers bend the rules on eligible purchases. He also said spreading benefits through the month could help families keep fresh food in the home and stabilize grocery store business, especially in food deserts and rural areas. In response to questions, he said he would not support allowing hot prepared foods under SNAP, though he said a grocery-store produce incentive similar to the farmers market match could be beneficial if structured separately. He also said the WIC program is a model for how SNAP could be better administered. Members thanked Higdon for his service and discussed whether the issue is food insecurity or poor nutrition. Senator Douglas emphasized adding stronger guardrails to nutrition-related programs, and Representative Proctor asked about the challenges of operating grocery stores in rural areas and food deserts. Higdon said independent grocers face thin margins, competition, and cyclical market pressures, and that SNAP distribution patterns can worsen those challenges. After Higdon’s testimony, the committee heard from Ann Cressilious, a registered dietitian with the Kentucky Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, who began a presentation on the profession and on efforts to improve nutrition and access to nutrition information in Kentucky.

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• We have federal agencies like USDA, HHS, SBA that are highlighting the progress and collaboration that
• I'd love to see some more collaboration. I'm anxious to help you in legislation with that.
• Do you think collaborating with agencies such as Dare to Care would be beneficial?
• <00:51:37.200> anxious<00:51:37.520> to some more collaboration I'm anxious to some
• > with<00:51:42.240> agencies do you think collaborating with agencies do you think collaborating

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Make America Healthy Kentucky Task Force met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then heard a presentation on the state’s “food is medicine” efforts. Chair Funky Fromm opened by describing a recent foot injury from a road hazard and used it to emphasize the importance of infrastructure, nutrition, sleep, and activity as part of a broader wellness culture. The main witnesses were Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell, Holly Harris of Appalachian Regional Health Care (ARH), and Jim Muser of the Kentucky Hospital Association. Shell and Harris described a partnership between the Department of Agriculture, the Kentucky Hospital Association, and hospitals such as ARH to connect local farmers with hospital cafeterias, farmers markets, CSA-style subscription food boxes, and medically tailored meals. Harris said ARH serves a large region with 14 hospitals, more than 95 clinics, about 6,700 employees, and 1,300 medical staff, and that the system began by improving employee food options because hospital workers often have limited access to healthy meals during shifts. They reported examples such as a local-protein burger, parking-lot farmers markets, subsidized CSA boxes for employees, and plans for container gardens at some hospitals. The witnesses said the program is intended to improve health outcomes, reduce readmissions, support chronic disease management, and also increase rural prosperity by expanding demand for Kentucky farm products. Shell said more than 40 hospitals had already been onboarded into the food-is-medicine program, with measurable outcomes being studied through pilots such as one at Russell County Hospital. He also noted that some systems, including CHI St. Joseph Health, Taylor Regional, and UK King’s Daughters, have formally embedded food-as-medicine goals into strategic plans. Members and witnesses also discussed barriers, especially the lack of reimbursement, fragmented short-term funding, and regulatory or purchasing hurdles that make it difficult for small farmers to participate. Shell said the goal is to make the model scalable and easier for hospitals and farmers to navigate, while Harris emphasized that ARH has been funding its efforts without reimbursement because of its mission. No votes or formal policy actions were taken beyond approving the minutes.

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• This is a collaborative group involving various stakeholders who work together to enhance the quality
• This is a collaborative group involving various stakeholders who work together to enhance the quality
• > uplift<00:14:31.680> the We work collaboratively to uplift the We work collaboratively
• :32.399> involving is a collaborative group involving is a collaborative group involving various
• My plan is to move into next session with some really great ideas and great collaborations.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Culture and the Arts held an informational briefing on May 22 with the Hawaii Arts Alliance, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission. Chair Capella said the purpose was to better understand the organizations’ work and strengthen relationships ahead of the interim and next session. The Hawaii Arts Alliance, led by Executive Director Gay Humphrey, described its mission to enrich Hawaii’s cultural fabric through arts education, advocacy, and community engagement, and highlighted its history tied to Alfred Price, including the creation of Hawaii’s 1% for art law and the alliance’s 45 years of service. The alliance outlined its current work, including administering SFCA-funded statewide programs such as Artist in the Schools and the new folk and traditional arts program, with 34 teaching partners serving more than 100 public and charter schools and Kumu Hawaii as the single grantee for traditional weaving instruction. It also discussed Arts First Partners, the incubation of Arts at Mark’s Garage, expanded advocacy efforts supported by Creative West grants, and new multi-year philanthropic support from the Hawaii Community Foundation and Atherton Family Foundation. The alliance said it is launching statewide listening sessions and an arts advocacy training program, and noted that most SFCA funds pass through the alliance to program partners, with the organization retaining 10 to 14 percent for administration. SFCA Executive Director Karen Ewald then described the agency’s role as the state arts agency, its strategic planning process, and its main programs, including Art in Public Places, the Capital Modern museum, Artist in the Schools, apprentice mentoring grants, community arts grants, the Hawaii State Poet Laureate program, a statewide cultural extension program, and the Hawaii Open Arts Program. She said SFCA has 21 staff with one vacancy, is awaiting a federal NEA partnership agreement, and is considering new revenue streams such as a cultural trust. She also noted that the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission was recently attached to SFCA, which has improved coordination and allows SFCA to provide funding for conservation and upkeep of the King Kamehameha statues statewide. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only, with questions deferred until after the presentations.

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• Additionally, the bill provides legislative findings and creates the Cancer Connect collaborative research
• incubator within the Department of Health, to be overseen by the collaborative, to provide funding for
• Senator, how will the collaborative ensure equitable distribution of grants across different regions
• The center will manage the model moving forward, but will collaborate with other universities, including
• This bill, Senate Bill 958, simply requires the Department of Health, in collaboration with the Florida

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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• Most importantly, our work was done collaboratively.
• See, we're working collaboratively already. That's our goal. That's us. One step closer.
• See, we're we're working collaboratively<01:10:34.080> already.
• collaboratively already. collaboratively already.
• legislate it and so a collaborative legislate it and so a collaborative effort<01:35:39.679>

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The subcommittee met to continue its review of recommendations for New Hampshire’s family court, with the chair emphasizing a collaborative approach and noting that the group would focus on the origins of the family division, recurring problems identified in earlier reports, and comparisons with other states. Members discussed organizing testimony into three broad topics: the court hearing process and pro se litigant preparation, mediation/arbitration/counseling, and the interaction of domestic violence issues with family court and related criminal proceedings. The chair also noted that the subcommittee would not meet again for two weeks and encouraged members to review materials from Judge Michael Mace and NCSL research on other states’ family court systems. Attorney Heather Culp, senior administrator for the judicial branch’s circuit court, testified about New Hampshire’s ADR programs. She explained that the Office of Mediation and Arbitration, created by statute in 2007, oversees more than 12 statewide ADR programs across the Supreme, Superior, and Circuit Courts, including family division programs such as divorce-parenting mediation, neutral case evaluation, guardianship, termination of parental rights, and voluntary adoption mediation. She said the divorce-parenting mediation program is the largest family division ADR program, with about 3,400 mediation sessions in 2023 out of roughly 6,700 cases, and that most cases involving minor children are referred to mediation soon after the first appearance session. Culp described the family division process as beginning with a first appearance session led by a case manager, who provides information, helps with paperwork, and schedules mediation, usually within 30 to 45 days. She said mediation is strongly encouraged in parenting and divorce cases, but there is no requirement to reach agreement, and parties may settle some issues while leaving others for court. She also explained that mediation is prohibited or limited in certain domestic violence cases: cases with active civil protection orders may proceed only with both parties’ consent and possible safeguards, while cases involving criminal protective orders are not sent to mediation. Mediators in court-referred family cases are contracted with the court and must be certified by the executive branch’s mediator certification board; mediators do not communicate with judges, except through a brief ADR report noting whether the case settled or what the next procedural step is. Members asked about referrals, timing, and the meaning of “neutrals,” and Culp said the court uses in-house contracted neutrals for family division ADR and does not refer divorce-parenting cases to outside providers.