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• Right now, if students are found vaping on school property... ...now, if students are found vaping on
• And by the way, I heard yesterday that I think it was Mobile...
• Yesterday, I think it was Mobile, our only class two municipality. Correct.
• Mobile is the only class two municipality. Birmingham? Yeah, just Birmingham. Okay. All right.
• Technology has changed, and back when this particular bill was written, mobile phones were not really

Bills: SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307, SB210, SB292, HB360, HB233, HB66, HB356, HB164, HB238, HB209, SB223, HB307

Keywords: hospital liens, medical billing, government healthcare, insurance claims, patient rights, education oversight, subpoena authority, investigation, State Superintendent, school misconduct, drug courts, accountability, veterans, mental health, substance abuse, rehabilitation, criminal justice, court intervention, elder abuse, financial exploitation

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• I think involving students in this process is good.
• He talked about the increased socialization of students.
• We have bills before the legislature related to students.
• The increased socialization of students, we have bills before the legislature related to student mental
• We have other policies related to student behavior.

Bills: HB2720, HB2073, HB2487, SB5816, SB5919, SB5995, SB5831, SB6134, SB6136, SB6137, HB2689, SB5922, SB5944, SB5957, SB5988, SB5994, SB6011, SB6065, SB6103, SB6151, SB6244, SB5420, SB5868, SB6044, SB6132, SJM8002

Keywords: behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, insurance tax, state regulation, insurers, taxation, budget impact, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives

Summary: The House took up a series of Senate bills and moved most of them quickly to third reading and final passage, often suspending the rules and adopting committee amendments without objection. Early action included Senate Bill 5944, which addresses compensation for interpreters working for L&I when appointments are canceled or missed; it passed 86-10. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5837, dealing with guardianship and supported decision-making, drew debate over a new right to counsel in guardianship cases and concerns about expanding civil legal obligations, but it passed 73-23. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6197, a plumbers enforcement/discipline measure tied to task force work on wages and the underground economy, passed unanimously. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6019, fixing a loophole in home care worker parity law, also passed unanimously, as did Senate Bill 6011, which extends authority for Court of Appeals bailiffs to assess threats against judges and staff, though members noted concerns about access to non-conviction data. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6058, aimed at improving Labor and Industries’ ability to address wage theft complaints and backlog, passed 96-0 after House amendments. Substitute Senate Bill 5923, allowing an island hospital in Skagit County to become a critical access hospital, passed 96-0 amid support for rural health care. Senate Bill 5994, which changes how timber tax revenue is distributed so school districts are not penalized when levies fail, also passed 96-0. Substitute Senate Bill 6076, streamlining public utility district procurement and raising spending thresholds, passed 95-1 after a capital budget amendment. The House then moved to second reading of Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5925, a major bill expanding the Attorney General’s authority to issue civil investigative demands in constitutional and discrimination-related matters. The bill prompted extensive debate over civil liberties, due process, and the potential for government overreach. Amendment 2160, which would have required clear and convincing evidence before a CID could issue, was rejected 38-48. Amendment 2149, creating a right to cure before a CID, was also rejected. Amendment 2150, requiring assistant attorney general approval and a reasonable suspicion standard, failed 38-48. Amendment 2151, requiring the Attorney General personally to approve CIDs in writing, failed as well. However, several narrowing amendments were adopted, including limits on scope and relevance (2288), a prohibition on CIDs to federal agencies (2289), a ban on sharing CID-derived information for criminal law enforcement purposes (2290), and a requirement that the Attorney General’s office consult with other agencies in certain overlapping investigations (2154 was rejected, but later amendments continued). Other proposed protections, such as fee-shifting for successful CID challenges and reimbursement when a CID produces no action, were debated at length but not adopted in the portion of the transcript provided.

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• These colleges and universities serve and support students from all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic
• helped dismantle the doctrine of separate but equal and opened the doors for public education for students
• for generations of students who would otherwise have been denied those opportunities.
• Pathways to higher education, workforce participation, and economic mobility for generations of students
• the very promise and purpose of educational desegregation, expanding opportunity and access for students

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Senate Bill 1457, amending Section 288604, A.R.S., relating to the Advanced Air Mobility Fund.
• Relating to the Advanced Air Mobility Fund.
• I suppose their mobility fund. Here for the third read of Senate Bill 1457.
• So why are we spending money on air mobility stuff that law enforcement isn't asking for?
• House Bill 2118, amending sections 9485.01-36-1761-A, relating to mobile food vendors.

Summary: The House convened, approved the prior journal, received gubernatorial communications, and then moved into an additional Committee of the Whole to consider Senate bills on two calendars. In that committee, members adopted floor and committee amendments and reported SB 1100, SB 1160, and SB 1178 out as amended. On the second calendar, the committee considered SB 1200, SB 1560, SB 1627, and SB 1723, adopting amendments on SB 1200, SB 1627, and SB 1723 and reporting all four measures out, while SB 1725 was retained on the calendar. The House then adopted the committee reports and sent the amended bills to engrossing or third reading as appropriate. The chamber then took up a long series of third-reading votes. Several bills passed with recorded votes and some member explanations focused on public safety, parental rights, school safety, health care, local control, property rights, and wildlife management. Among the measures that passed were SB 1013, SB 1015, SB 1046, SB 1094, SB 1095, SB 1124, SB 1186, SB 1214, SB 1275, SB 1280, SB 1315, SB 1318, SB 1205 on reconsideration, SB 1327, SB 1416, SB 1418, SB 1582, SB 1613, SB 1662, SB 1664, SB 1670, SB 1711, SB 1741, SB 1821, and several concurrent memorials. A number of bills failed, including SB 1052, SB 1170, SB 1457, SB 1074, SB 1540, SB 1649, and SB 1663. Debate on several bills drew pointed partisan and policy disagreements. Members opposing health-related bills argued they targeted LGBTQ people or medical decision-making, while supporters framed them as protecting children or bodily autonomy. On SB 1170, members said the bill contained a drafting error that would create extreme penalties and strain prison capacity. On SB 1280, supporters and opponents split over Mexican gray wolf management and federal conservation efforts. On SB 1199, the Salt River horse herd bill, members discussed herd management, heritage, property impacts, and a required emergency clause; it passed with the needed two-thirds majority. The House also adopted a group concurrence motion on numerous House bills and passed several House bills on final reading, including HB 2013, HB 2016, HB 2028, HB 2086, HB 2118, HB 2140, HB 2170, HB 2226, HB 2244, HB 2248, HB 2249, HB 2327, HB 2379, HB 2380, and others, forwarding them to the Governor.

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• </c><00:03:04.320><c> council</c> the Puckett High School student council the Puckett High School student
• Can they receive ESA funding and CPA funding on the same student population?
• </c> student population? student population?
• She was in the students, Adrian Fields. She was in the north<00:57:53.880><c> gallery.
• </c><01:50:10.600><c> Um</c> on mobile sports betting tax. Um on mobile sports betting tax.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 25 February, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• of our peers and are proud to rank number one in economic mobility for our students.
• of our peers and are proud to rank number one in economic mobility for our students.
• of our peers and are proud to rank number one in economic mobility for our students.
• of our peers and are proud to rank number one in economic mobility for our students.
• of our peers and are proud to rank number one in economic mobility for our students.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• The author passed AB 727 last year, which put the Trevor Project contact number on the student IDs.
• The author passed AB 727 last year, which put the Trevor Project contact number on the student IDs.
• Following the 2025 fires, General Motors deployed mobile charging units to assist affected residents,
• There are mobile charger stations. There are that you can bring in.
• There are mobile charger stations. There are that you can bring in.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• I rise to recognize the outstanding student leaders from Broward College student government representing
• They are lay women and men, priests and religious, and students from across Florida.
• leadership, and success of Florida's college students.
• The bill does not change how Florida Virtual School serves students day by day.
• from the Student Government Association at the college are here.

Summary: The Florida Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing visiting groups and guests, including college students and leaders, health and nonprofit organizations, Catholic Days at the Capitol participants, foreign dignitaries from Morocco, and others. Senators also observed a moment of silence for the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, with remarks honoring the Parkland community and the school safety law that followed. The chamber then took up a special order calendar of bills, beginning with several claims bills and local relief measures. SB 14 for Jose Correa against Miami-Dade County passed 37-1, and HB 6517 for A. Sanchez-Mayan against the City of St. Petersburg passed after substitution. HB 6515 for Lordes Latour and Edward Lator against Miami-Dade County also passed 38-1. The Senate then approved SB 52 on volunteer armed security at places of worship (39-0), SB 124 updating Florida Virtual School statutes (39-0), SB 504 on code inspector body cameras (39-0), and SB 506 on related public records (38-1). A lengthy debate centered on SB 7040, which recreates the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund through December 31, 2027. Several senators argued for tighter oversight and supported an amendment by Senator Berman that would have limited fund use and required Legislative Budget Commission approval for continued spending; that amendment failed 12-27. The underlying bill then passed 29-10. Senators also adopted SB 594 on local housing assistance for mobile home owners (39-0), SB 656 strengthening Internet Crimes Against Children programs (39-0), SB 806 creating right-to-repair protections for wireless devices and agricultural equipment (39-0), SB 816 establishing the University of Florida Diabetes Institute (39-0), SM 1186 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure by voice vote, SB 308 creating the Florida Museum of Black History with a late-filed amendment clarifying ex officio nonvoting legislative members (39-0), and SB 572 updating ethics law to include foster children and foster parents, as amended (38-0). The Senate also withdrew SB 1360 from further consideration, certified passed bills to the House, and adjourned until February 19.

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• </c> The major prediction market platforms have entered mobile sports betting here in Minnesota, where
• For years, MIGA leaders have together supported a legal, state-regulated mobile sports betting market
• For years, MIGA leaders have together supported a legal, state-regulated mobile sports betting market
• gambling as you've used today uh mobile gambling as you've used today for<01:09:34.319><c> sports</c
• </c> Ohio should not have legalized mobile Ohio should not have legalized mobile sports<01:21:44.760>

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• He also implemented the Institute for Automated Mobility.
• Seattle is a city that embraces innovation and mobility options for residents and visitors.
• We also manage one of the most active shared mobility programs in the country.
• The Open Mobility Foundation's Mobility Data Specification, also referred to as MDS, The Open Mobility
• Waymo and Zoox are members of the Open Mobility Foundation. They already know this standard.

Summary: The committee held a work session on autonomous vehicles, beginning with an overview from the Washington State Transportation Commission on the state’s five-year AV work group. The commission described its 2018 legislative mandate, the 35-member executive committee and seven subcommittees, and the resulting 29 recommendations and “roadmap to the future.” The presentation emphasized six policy “building blocks” for Washington: agency readiness, public outreach, equity, safety, testing and pilots, and a path to deployment. It also noted current Washington law requires AV testing companies to self-certify with the Department of Licensing, carry $5 million in liability insurance, report collisions and violations, and notify local law enforcement before testing; three companies are currently certified. State regulators from California and Arizona then outlined their AV frameworks. California described its long-running permit system for testing with and without a safety driver and for commercial deployment, its current rulemaking to expand use cases to heavy-duty trucks and passenger shuttles, and new requirements for mileage, operational assessments, and more detailed crash and incident reporting. California also said it is creating a new enforcement tool allowing citations to be issued to manufacturers for moving violations by AVs. Arizona described its executive-order-based approach, later codified by statute, which allows testing and driverless operations through self-certification, law enforcement interaction plans, quarterly meetings with companies, and reporting of crashes or near misses; Arizona also said it tracks crashes monthly and has not recorded fatalities attributed to AVs. Industry representatives from Waymo, Zoox, and the Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association argued that AVs can improve safety, accessibility, and mobility while creating jobs. They described extensive sensor systems, community outreach, first-responder engagement, and current operations in multiple cities. Waymo cited more than 127 million rider-only miles and said its data show large reductions in injury-causing and pedestrian crashes; Zoox said it operates in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Seattle and stressed its purpose-built electric robotaxi and local jobs; AVIA said its members have driven more than 145 million autonomous miles and that 26 states now expressly authorize driverless operations. Members asked about public education, crash and fatality tracking, enforcement, weather, school zones, first-responder interactions, and labor impacts. Labor and public-safety witnesses from the Teamsters, firefighters, and driver unions opposed commercial AV deployment without stronger safeguards. They argued Washington should not be an unregulated testing ground, especially for heavy trucks and hazardous materials, and warned of job losses for drivers, taxi and rideshare workers, and related occupations. Firefighters and driver representatives raised concerns about AVs interfering with emergency scenes, blocking responders, and creating risks in dynamic roadway incidents. Committee members also asked for comparisons to human-driven vehicles, data on citations and crashes, and more information on how AVs interact with pedestrians, first responders, and workers.

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• This will allow each tribal nation to offer retail and mobile sports betting on tribal land.
• Draft King, Caesars, etc., can enter into partnerships with the tribes to offer mobile sports betting
• Programs under our S and T fund will benefit student athletes at our two major Division 1 universities
• Would you agree that I found a student at the University of Central Oklahoma, who is a D2 student who
• Also, when we think of not just higher education with NIL deals, are you aware of high school students

Bills: HB3834, HB3940, HB4346, HB2947, HB3257, HB3264, HB4326, HB4421, HB3944, HB3979, HB4118, SCR22, SB169, HB1047, HB2123, HB2650, HB3260, HB3403, SR41, HB3649, HB3742, HB3831, HB3996, HB4321, HB4339

Keywords: HB3834, Oklahoma Breakthrough Therapy Act, ibogaine, ibogaine-based therapeutics, ibogaine analogs, clinical trials, FDA approval, breakthrough therapy designation, opioid use disorder, substance use disorder, traumatic brain injury, mental health, neurological disorders, drug development, public-private partnership, State Department of Health, intellectual property, revolving fund, research funding, medical licensing

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• Critics of mobile driver's licenses argue that without proper safeguards, these mobile driver's licenses
• </c><03:22:42.920><c> driver's</c> safeguards these mobile driver's safeguards these mobile driver's
• </c> available to all the Hampshire students available to all the Hampshire students Statewide<03:48:
• </c><04:09:28.199><c> or</c> many others were full-time students or many others were full-time students
• </c><04:46:49.160><c> at</c> yourself into a full-time student at yourself into a full-time student at

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Under this bill, this student will no longer be able to vote with his or her student ID, and this student
• to use their student ID to... ...just because we're no longer going to allow students to use their student
• student from Chile.
• their student ID.
• ...students here.

Keywords: 998, house, all

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing guests, interns, public safety officials, and a doctor of the day. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and took up several bills, with some measures temporarily postponed and others substituted with House companions before final passage. No committee reports, governor messages, or House messages were on the desk at the start of the regular order of business. The first major bill passed was CS/CS/HB 355 on health care patient protection, which requires hospitals with emergency departments to have evidence-based pediatric emergency care policies, training, pediatric equipment, a designated pediatric emergency care coordinator, and participation in the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment. Senators also passed CS/CS/HB 1113 on public records, clarifying confidentiality protections for victims and for law enforcement officers who become victims in the course of duty, though that bill drew questions about access to information in misconduct cases and received four no votes. The Senate then passed CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity, creating a Florida Digital Service-administered program to help local governments obtain cybersecurity services and grants, with amendments shifting the grant-award deadline and rejecting House differences such as locating the program at USF and adding a sunset date. The chamber also passed CS/CS/HB 925 on clerks of court, allowing clerks to retain all revenue above Article V projections and revising related fee distributions, despite concerns from some senators and municipalities about revenue shifts. Additional bills passed included CS/CS/HB 679 modernizing trademark registration, and CS/CS/CS/HB 589 on septic system permits, which addresses long permit delays and clarifies liability if construction begins before a permit is issued. Several other bills were taken up, including elections legislation (SB 1334/HB 991) that generated extensive debate and multiple failed amendments on voter ID, citizenship verification, student and senior IDs, and implementation timing; the transcript ends while that bill is still under consideration, after the Senate adopted one amendment and rejected several others.

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• Alex Limer on behalf of the Environmental Protection Information Center and the Resource for Nillan Student
• most recent air attainment document: CARB has over 50 years of experience reducing emissions for mobile
• It's the mobile sources, right? The trucking association. And I spoke to Mr. Shimoda about this.
• was perfect, could never fully make up for the emissions reductions we've lost from, you know, our mobile
• source air toxic standards. ...criteria pollutant emission standards, quote, mobile source air toxic

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Families, churches, and businesses have mobilized to give aid, support, and comfort to the victims of
• For the past year, as Penn Staters have done for more than 50 years, these students devoted countless
• hours to supporting pediatric cancer patients through THON, the largest student-run philanthropy in
• </c><00:22:29.039><c> at</c> extraordinary group group of students at extraordinary group group of students
• </c><00:22:50.000><c> run</c> through thawn the largest student run through thawn the largest student

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, March 3, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• On behalf of Assembly Member Abila Farías, members once again joining us in the gallery are more students
• Members, once again joining us in the gallery are more students and faculty from De La Salle High School
• Assembly Bill 391 by Assembly Member Michelle Rodriguez and act relating to mobile homes.
• AB 391 would allow the mobile home residency law, or MRL, to be electronically delivered to mobile home
• California students and researchers contribute to groundbreaking research that has a global impact.

Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed visiting students from De La Salle High School and a guest for Assembly Member Kalra, and then moved through a lengthy concurrence and third-reading agenda. Early actions included concurrence on ACR 21 honoring fallen Galt Police Officer Herminda Grewal, followed by a series of mostly noncontroversial bills on utilities, reclamation districts, housing, wildfire relief, mobile homes, environmental quality, health care coverage, and local government. Several measures were presented as technical, clarifying, or urgency bills, and many passed with unanimous or near-unanimous votes; notable items included AB 238 (wildfire mortgage forbearance), AB 571 (Southern California Veterans Cemetery permitting/CEQA exemption), AB 574 (health care coverage), AB 696 (lithium-ion battery safety advisory group), AB 1150 (airport car rental facility maintenance), AB 1154 (ADU parking standards), and SB 499 (impact fee deferrals for emergency-related parkland and utility infrastructure). SB 499 drew the most debate, with supporters emphasizing disaster resilience and dual-use parkland and an opponent arguing it would worsen housing-related fee burdens; it ultimately passed after a call was lifted. The chamber also adopted SJR 4 urging restoration of NIH funding, and passed SB 230 expanding workers’ compensation presumptions to additional firefighters, SB 92 tightening density bonus law to curb loopholes, SB 782 creating disaster relief financing districts, SB 40 capping insulin copays at $35 and limiting step therapy, SB 362 strengthening small-business financing disclosures, SB 513 requiring workers access to training records, SB 489 requiring public agencies involved in housing approvals to post requirements online, SB 31 promoting recycled water use, SB 551 introducing normalization and dynamic security concepts in corrections, SB 639 extending flood-protection deadlines for Sacramento/Yuba projects, SB 653 defining environmentally sensitive vegetation management, AB 652 on air pollution, and SB 221 updating stalking law to include threats to pets. Several bills received recorded opposition or split votes, including SB 551, SB 439, SB 782, and SB 499, but most measures passed comfortably. The Assembly also concurred in Senate amendments on AB 516 and AB 1523, and later lifted the call on SB 499 to complete passage. The session included an adjournment in memory of Rick Bryson of Long Beach, with Assembly Member Lowenthal highlighting Bryson’s athletic, business, and civic contributions. The day ended with reminders to secure floor managers for pending bills, a notice of the next day’s 10 a.m. floor session, and adjournment until Thursday, September 4th.

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• Traditionally, student employment helps students fill financial gaps while attending school.
• But today, student employment plays a much more pivotal role in the ability of students to remain in
• In the final category, student employees, represented academic student employees total 5,202 and are
• Traditionally, student employment helps students fill gaps, financial gaps, while attending school.
• But today, student employment plays a much more pivotal role in the ability of students to remain in

Keywords: 904, all

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• As a result, U.S. innovators were able to develop the first mobile apps.
• statutory protections so that spectrum reallocation doesn't threaten national security. and from mobile
• And so we're already seeing how these cell phones are. are and mobile technology is critical.
• that they have far more mid-band spectrum available, that their carriers can use the lower three for mobile
• I think we have to develop an American pipeline of students that is going to be able to work on that.

Keywords: spectrum policy, FCC auction authority, national security, innovation, technology development, 9-1-1 modernization, adaptive technologies, China competition

Summary: The meeting centered on the critical examination of spectrum policy and its implications for innovation and national security. The committee discussed the lapse of the FCC's spectrum auction authority, which has been in effect since March 2023, emphasizing the urgency of restoring this authority to maintain U.S. technological leadership against competitors like China. Witnesses provided testimony regarding the need for adaptive and reconfigurable spectrum technologies to enhance communication capabilities for both civilian and military applications. Senator Klobuchar highlighted the importance of modernizing 9-1-1 systems and ensuring robust emergency communication frameworks leveraging new spectrum innovations.

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• But in that, every student in New Hampshire who participates in an EFA looks like a public school student
• </c><04:29:25.840><c> and</c> EFA but you can be an EFA student and EFA but you can be an EFA student
• </c> need the vendor name we need the student need the vendor name we need the student name<04:39:09.160
• </c><05:38:39.080><c> Transit</c> eom accomodations so as mobile Transit eom accomodations so as mobile
• </c> College we heard about the Nash student College we heard about the Nash student who's<06:04:47.040

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The Finance Division 2 work session first took up HB 506, a bill dealing with the return of seized firearms. Members discussed how the measure would shift background-check processing for firearm returns through the Department of Safety, while the physical firearms would still remain with local police unless State Police had taken custody. The department said the bill would change which cases come to it, and members clarified that the bill concerns the background-check decision rather than possession of the firearms. The committee then voted OTP on HB 506 FN by a 7-0 roll call. The committee next discussed HB 671, establishing a kindergarten literacy readiness program. Department of Education staff explained that the bill grew out of a COVID-era Waterford contract that provided home-based early literacy support for families using federal relief funds, at a cost of about $600,000 per year, but that the program ended when those funds expired. Members raised concerns that the bill’s $1 appropriation was not realistic, that the prior program lacked sufficient outcome data, and that the references to ESSA tier-one benchmarks were unclear. The department said it was conducting a broader literacy needs assessment and updating the state literacy plan, including data from the zero-to-five range, K-5, and dyslexia-related work. Waterford representatives described the program as an early-literacy, pre-K readiness service for children ages zero to five, originally designed to work in homes with computers and internet provided where needed, and later expanded in some settings such as daycares and pre-K classrooms. They said the program used assessments at the beginning and end, had served hundreds of children, and was intended to support family engagement and kindergarten readiness. Despite that testimony, members remained concerned about funding and the lack of clear results, and one member moved to retain the bill for more information. The discussion ended with the bill retained rather than advanced.

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• </c> the University of West Alabama students. the University of West Alabama students.
• could choose for their student. Correct. could choose for their student. Correct.
• Repres Drummond be the lady from Mobile.
• So we're as well as uh in Mobile.
• </c> hey we will help you with your student hey we will help you with your student loans<04:00:29.840

Keywords: 1136, house, all