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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Health & Long-Term Care
Transcript Highlights:
- And one of the things that we did in Olympia is that we always ask their students, because students are
- the very best at being students, right?
- Students often come into these sessions with major misconceptions.
- Students often come into these sessions with major misconceptions.
- She was a student, and she had to go back to class. Oh, well, thank you, Ms.
Bills:
SB5921 , SB5185 , SB6182 , SB6115 , SB6258 , SB5916 , SB5981 , SB5985 , SB6019 , SB6161 , SB6183
Committee:
Senate Health & Long-Term Care
Keywords:
psilocybin, mental health, therapy, decriminalization, legalization, international medical graduates, preceptorship, hardship pathways, medical practice, licensure, abortion, reproductive health, pregnancy termination, clinic access, abortion access fund, abortion savings account, health carrier assessment, insurance assessment, health insurer tax, Department of Health
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> than the students. than the students.
- </c> Minnesota students. Minnesota students.
- . students. students.
- . students. students.
- The new language will help address root causes of the behavior, support students building critical skills
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Education
Transcript Highlights:
- The students do.
- our students still pay the price.
- The Lawrence school has about 150 students, and the other two schools are about 180 students.
- The student then gets sent back to the sending district and they then place the student?
- These impacts are greatest for low-income students, students of color, and students receiving special
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Education
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Education held a lengthy hearing on a large slate of bills focused primarily on charter school policy and vocational technical education. Committee members opened with ground rules for testimony, including a two-minute limit, written testimony acceptance, and a live-streamed format. The committee then heard testimony on bills to expand collective bargaining rights in Horace Mann and Innovation Schools, reform charter school funding and reimbursement, allow enrollment preferences for high-need students in charter lotteries, and require BESE to consider district impacts when approving new or expanded charters. Several witnesses, including union leaders, parents, educators, and legislators, argued that charter growth has strained district budgets and that funding formulas should be reworked to better protect public schools; charter advocates and alumni countered that charter schools serve high-need students well and should not be penalized for their success.
A major portion of the hearing focused on vocational technical education bills, including proposals to expand access and capacity, create a large grant program, and increase MSBA reimbursement rates for vocational school construction. Supporters described long waitlists, strong labor-market demand, and the higher cost of building and maintaining vocational schools, while municipal officials emphasized the tax burden on local communities. The committee also heard testimony on charter school reimbursement bills that would extend the state’s reimbursement schedule, with witnesses from districts such as Boston, Worcester, Fall River, and New Bedford describing large net losses to charter tuition and arguing for longer reimbursement periods and structural reform.
The committee took no final votes during the hearing. In one instance, the chair said a bill would be held open until a missing senator could testify. Members asked several detailed questions about charter admissions lotteries, special education placements, funding formulas, and the practical effects of proposed charter caps and reimbursement changes. The hearing remained informational, with witnesses and committee members presenting sharply different views on whether the bills would improve equity and opportunity or harm existing public school systems.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- has offered students a combined educational and experiential opportunity to engage in the full scope
- </c> And whereas the participating student And whereas the participating student attorneys<00:17:22.560
- to improve their critical thinking and public speaking skills.
- And the school's student witnesses were Leland Stromberg, Eli Welsh, and Gilbert Comstock.
- The skills they've people's house today.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
- on the student behavior end.
- , but in Nevada we have one for every 1,866 students.
- have one social worker for 8,750 students students.
- We have one social worker for 8,750 students.
- For school counselors, the recommendation is 1 to 250 students; we have 1 to 544 students.
Committee:
Assembly Education
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Postsecondary Education (2-4-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- labeled student success leads or builds into student success.
- could have a student they you could have a student Yes.
- </c> per student. per student.
- </c> per student increase. per student increase.
- </c> minority students. minority students.
Summary:
The House Postsecondary Education Committee held its first-ever meeting and first meeting of the session, with Chairman Tipton outlining committee procedures, attendance rules, and the process for submitting committee substitutes. After a roll call confirmed full attendance, the committee heard a presentation from Senator David Givens on the history and purpose of Kentucky’s performance-based funding model for postsecondary education. Givens said the model was created to replace an older “shares” approach that distributed funds based largely on prior-year allocations, and argued the new system better aligns funding with student success and the state’s long-term educational attainment goals.
Council for Postsecondary Education President Aaron Thompson and CPE staff then explained the model in more detail. They said the system was designed to address long-standing funding disparities among institutions, reward outcomes such as degrees, credit-hour progression, and completion in high-demand fields, and support the state’s “60 by 30” goal of having 60% of Kentuckians hold a postsecondary credential by 2030. Thompson said Kentucky is now at 56.2% attainment, above the national average, and highlighted gains in graduation and retention rates, lower student borrowing, and improved completion outcomes. He also emphasized that the model is part of a broader strategy that includes affordability, adult learners, low-income students, and wrap-around support services.
CPE staff described the work group process that developed and periodically revises the model, noting that the General Assembly created the framework in House Bill 303 and later enacted Senate Bill 153 and Senate Bill 191 to codify changes. They explained that in 2016 the legislature carved out about 5% of institutional budgets, roughly $43 million, to be redistributed through the new model, and that the model has been reviewed every three years with changes made each time. Recent revisions included increasing the student-success weight, adding a premium for low-income students, creating a premium for adult learners, and redefining underrepresented students as first-generation college students. No votes were taken at this meeting, and the committee adjourned after the informational presentation and discussion.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 4, 2025 - 03:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- as we provide our students with the skills and the opportunity.
- As we provide our students with the skills and the opportunities they need to have successful outcomes
- Knowledge, skills, abilities.
- And, yeah, we want to graduate students with the skills to be successful, but we're also a Kids at Hope
- , the teachers have collaborative planning meetings where each student—we go through student by student
Summary:
The subcommittee first heard an overview from Department of Education Chancellor Paul Burns on Florida’s K-12 governance structure and major divisions, including early learning, public schools, safe schools, school choice, and accountability. He highlighted school readiness and VPK, teacher preparation and licensure, school safety functions, scholarship and virtual/home education programs, and FAST progress monitoring. Burns also cited statewide gains such as higher mid-year reading performance, a record graduation rate of 89.7%, and record CTE enrollment, while members questioned the meaning of Florida’s “number one” education rankings, teacher pay, post-COVID learning loss, vacancies, and chronic absenteeism.
St. Lucie County Superintendent John Prince then described the scale and responsibilities of a mid-sized district, emphasizing student safety, transportation, meals, hurricane shelter operations, career and technical education, teacher recruitment and retention, progress monitoring, remediation, and mental health supports. Members asked about school shelter construction standards, remediation funding, late school start times, attendance, and concordance scores; Prince argued for more flexibility for CTE pathways and noted that local districts use a mix of state and federal funds to support remediation and staffing.
The committee then moved to an early warning systems panel. Burns explained that Florida law requires districts to use attendance, behavior/suspensions, course performance, FAST results, and other academic indicators to identify students needing support, with districts and families developing intervention plans. Superintendents from Putnam, St. Johns, and St. Lucie counties said chronic absenteeism is tied to achievement and NAEP decline, but causes vary by district, including poverty, transportation, daycare, family instability, travel, and student athletics. They described MTSS, PBIS, home visits, attendance letters, and community partnerships as responses. Members also discussed VPK access, full-day VPK funding, excused versus unexcused absences, and the need for earlier intervention in pre-K and K-2.
Finally, Vice Chancellor Darren Norris outlined Florida’s post-Parkland school safety measures, including armed school officers, anonymous reporting, behavioral threat assessment teams, mental health training, panic alert systems, emergency drills, active assailant response policies, and firearm detection canines. Superintendents said compliance is costly and often requires shifting local funds, but they praised state grants for mental health, hardening, and mapping. They noted ongoing challenges with new mandates, capital costs, manual reporting burdens, and the need to balance safety requirements with classroom resources.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
January 15, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- We're in charge of student success, of student academic success.
- with our students.
- Did you survey students? Did you get any kind of data from students?
- Students in other ways.
- in front of our students.
Summary:
The Student Academic Success Subcommittee met to review Florida’s cell phone and social media literacy law, with Representative Brad Yeager describing the 2023 policy as aimed at removing classroom distractions and teaching students how to use social media responsibly. He said the law was intended to keep phones out of classrooms unless used for instruction, require social media literacy education, and limit access to certain sites on school Wi-Fi and government devices. Yeager said feedback since passage has been mixed: many teachers support it and some have adopted inexpensive shoe-organizer or pouch systems, but implementation varies by school and administrator enforcement. He said he is not currently pursuing a broader statewide mandate.
Superintendent Dr. Maria Vazquez and Timber Creek High School Principal Mr. Wasco described Orange County’s approach as bell-to-bell phone restrictions, while Pasco County’s Dr. Zetchy described a similar policy with some flexibility during lunch or passing periods at the high school level. Both districts said the policy was implemented with parent communication, town halls, surveys, and transition periods, and that concerns about emergencies were addressed by allowing phones to be returned at the end of the day and by establishing procedures for parent contact. They reported few theft problems and said discipline issues related to phones have generally been manageable, though some teachers still struggle with enforcement or with students trying to evade the rules.
A major portion of the discussion focused on social media literacy instruction. Orange County said it uses counselor-led programs, Canvas courses, resiliency days, and curriculum materials to teach students about cyberbullying, human trafficking, privacy, and the permanence of online posts, with progress tracked through the learning platform. Pasco said it has some resiliency modules but lacks a fully built-out, pre-made social media curriculum and would welcome more guidance from DOE, especially for high school classrooms where instructional time is limited. Members also asked about student anxiety, 504/IEP accommodations, caregiver students, and parent education; the districts said exceptions are handled through school committees and that parent academies and district resources are being used to help families set boundaries and understand the risks and benefits of phones and social media. No votes were taken.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the students, teachers, and parents from Animas High School.
- President, it was It was great to meet with these students yesterday evening.
- and effort, but our student region, and that is Mr.
- to go ahead and be best not only for student government but for the university. life.
- She cares about our students. Lastly, Mr.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Nov 5th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- how they individually can help make that happen and have a direct impact on the education of the students
- , but the bottom line is this: real skills for real jobs to make real money.
- I've been at numerous events for the college, spoke at a student awards.
- Candidates and students wherever they are in life.
- Grow dual enrollment, how we can increase the access for high school students and for students recently
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to consider a slate of trustee confirmations for several Florida state colleges and universities. Chair Harrell outlined the process, including swearing in nominees, allowing brief presentations and questions, taking public comment after each nominee, and voting on the full slate at the end unless a member was pulled for separate consideration. One nominee, Edward Fleming, was not heard and was deferred to a future meeting. The committee also dealt with several technical issues for remote participants before proceeding through the agenda.
Nominees and reappointees emphasized their personal ties to their institutions and focused their remarks on workforce development, affordability, and partnerships with local employers. Several highlighted nursing and allied health programs, with committee members repeatedly asking about NCLEX pass rates; reported figures included Polk State at 100%, Lake-Sumter at 97.5%, Northwest Florida State at 100%, Daytona State at 95%, Pasco-Hernando at 97% for associate degree and 100% for practical nursing, Pensacola State at 90% practical nursing and 85% RN, and Hillsborough College at 87.5%. Other priorities mentioned included construction technology, agriculture and ag technology, surveying/geodetic programs, maritime and diesel mechanics, aircraft maintenance, dual enrollment, AI, cybersecurity, and support for military and veteran transitions.
After hearing from all nominees, the committee asked whether any names should be voted on separately; none were requested. Senator Bradley moved a block vote to recommend confirmation, the motion was approved by roll call, and all nominees heard that day were recommended for confirmation except Tab 10, Edward Fleming, who was postponed to a later meeting. The committee then adjourned.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- , white students, Hispanic students, and black students in California.
- students.
- The, just the increase and exponential impact, negative impact on students of color and students who
- Unfortunately that our students of color and our students who are economically disadvantaged and our
- Not just students. I think our students who even before were not qualified for free meals.
Committee:
House Education
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 29th, 2026 at 11:10 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the students there is... One of the students there is Nazar. If Nazar can please stand.
- Who is a student? Okay.
- This morning, the Santa Fe High School students, there were five students with teacher Leslie Kerasic
- Her students demonstrate strong academic and practical skill growth, and many go on to pursue agricultural
- Math is a critical skill.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-04 (4:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Cursive writing isn't just a skill, ladies and gentlemen.
- This is something that I was just, I was really shocked to. this skill.
- By the Student Academic Success Subcommittee and Representative Gossett Seidman.
- students in Florida in the last year.
- There is no framework for how or when a student is allowed to... ...framework for how or when a student
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Washington County administrator Alan Massey, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then adopted the special order report setting the day’s floor calendar. The chamber also approved the journal and moved into special-order bills. Early action included unanimous passage of CS/HB 967, which creates an electronic payment option for constituents dealing with local governments, and HB 127, which adds cursive writing to required instruction for grades 2 through 5; supporters framed both bills as modernizing basic public services and preserving literacy and heritage. HB 453 also passed unanimously, creating pathways for students in Special Olympics and marching band to satisfy physical education and arts graduation requirements.
The House then took up HJR 583, a proposed constitutional amendment to protect religious expression in public schools. The resolution drew extensive debate over whether it merely codified existing law or could create ambiguity about prayer, religious speech, and discrimination issues in schools and at school events. Supporters argued it would strengthen protections for faith expression and let voters decide; opponents raised First Amendment, church-state separation, and implementation concerns, including questions about what counts as religious expression and how schools would handle potentially offensive remarks. The resolution passed 93-17.
Several health-related measures followed. CS/HB 237, requiring APRNs who use the title “doctor” to clarify they are APRNs when communicating with patients, passed 111-0. CS/HB 363, creating a dental therapy license and a new mid-level dental provider to address access shortages, prompted sharp debate over training, anesthesia risk, and whether the bill would create a lower tier of care; it passed 80-29. HB 375, removing a mandatory supervision requirement for autonomous CRNAs, passed 78-28, and HB 301, authorizing psychiatric mental health APRNs to provide mental health services within existing licensure, passed 88-18. The House also passed HB 863, giving Citizens Property Insurance policyholders the choice between arbitration and court for disputes, by 105-3, and HB 1399, increasing oversight of property insurers’ affiliate transactions, by 160-3. The chamber then began consideration of a local claims bill, HB 6517, for relief related to an incident involving the City of St. Petersburg.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- classroom, social skill development in terms of the.
- Our unique nonprofit serves 192 K-12 students at full capacity. 12 students at its full capacity and
- All of this is at no cost to the students or their families.
- And unfortunately, we have to have a waiting list for students.
- It allows us to mentor our students year after year.
Committee:
Senate Senate Education
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (02/05/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- A skills assessment is critical.
- A skills assessment is critical.
- A skills assessment is critical.
- I would be really concerned about the safety and the confidence and the skills of these students.
- I would be really concerned about the safety and the confidence and the skills of these students.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development Feb 17th, 2026
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- and up to volunteer and serve their communities, while participants gain professional and technical skills
- contributions and successful community members, all of which aligns much more with DWD's goals to skill
- This commission really dovetails With the skills and education needed for success.
- This commission really dovetail. with the skills and education needed for success.
- This commission really deftails the volunteerism, really helps folks with the skills that they need to
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-04 (4:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Cursive writing isn't just a skill, ladies and gentlemen.
- This is something that I was just, I was really shocked to. this skill.
- By Student Academic Success Subcommittee and Representative Gossett Seidman.
- students in Florida in the last year.
- There is no framework for how or when a student is allowed to... ...framework for how or when a student
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- When in today's practices do the labor, the skills of those who are skilled and trained actually bid
- trades, the skilled workforce, and these skilled professions that deserve those wages, that can't be
- Recent legislation has allowed student housing for low-income students to receive the basic density bonus
- student housing.
- AB 2480 provides a way to integrate BMR students with students paying market rate by allowing rental
Summary:
The committee hearing covered a long agenda of local government and housing-related bills, with the chair repeatedly noting the committee was operating without a quorum for much of the meeting. Several measures were heard with no opposition, including AB 2639 on Merced County flood control coordination, AB 1788 on allowing best-value contracting for general law cities and the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, AB 2058 on reducing duplicative permitting and inspection costs for factory-built housing, AB 2576 on clarifying historic resource protections in a housing law, AB 2568 on increasing the compensation cap for water district board members, AB 2224 on updating county recorder fees and requiring electronic recording, AB 2469 on water-supply review and cost responsibility for data centers, and AB 2397 on requiring local governments to justify denials of certain housing-finance decisions. Most of these bills were presented as targeted fixes to improve efficiency, reduce delays, or modernize outdated statutes, and the authors generally requested aye votes and noted committee amendments where applicable.
The most extended debate centered on AB 1751, which would streamline approval of qualifying townhome projects while setting a $28 hourly minimum wage floor for construction workers on covered private projects. Supporters argued the bill would expand homeownership opportunities, raise wages for largely non-union residential workers, and preserve existing prevailing wage law while adding enforcement tools and developer liability. Opponents, including several building trades and labor organizations, argued it would undercut prevailing wage standards, create a race to the bottom, and potentially affect wage-setting more broadly. Committee members asked detailed questions about land-use barriers, the relationship to prevailing wage, and whether the bill would affect unionized work; the author and supporters responded that it applies narrowly to private for-sale townhome projects and does not alter prevailing wage requirements.
AB 2469 also drew a substantive split. Supporters said data centers should be required to provide water-supply assessments before approval, pay for infrastructure they trigger, and account for impacts on overdrafted groundwater basins and local ratepayers. Opponents from the Chamber of Commerce, Data Center Coalition, counties, and tech groups argued existing law already covers water planning, that the bill imposes unique and burdensome requirements on one industry, and that some reporting provisions could raise security concerns. The author responded that the bill is about front-end planning and local accountability, not daily reporting, and emphasized the hyperlocal strain data centers can place on small water systems. No final votes were taken during the hearing because the committee lacked a quorum, though members repeatedly indicated support or intent to vote aye once a quorum was present.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- go forward in this meeting, may we strive to provide the proper education to the children and the students
- MIRS was... ...students, and I echo what Mr. MIRS was saying.
- If this was just one student or a couple of students, if this was a one-off or a one-time thing, I would
- Regarding their academic opportunities, unless that student reaches out, that's important because students
- But these offerings can only work if a student knows about them.
Committee:
House Education Policy
Keywords:
Coach Safely Act, youth athletics, noncompliance penalties, Department of Public Health, youth athlete, dual enrollment, high school, community college, university, educational access, high school credit, violence prevention, conflict resolution, mediation, public education, high school graduation, 1136, house, all
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Postsecondary Education & Workforce
Transcript Highlights:
- Gerry Pollet from the 46th, that includes North Seattle College and the most faculty, students, and staff
- the University of Washington. ...46th, that includes North Seattle College and the most faculty, students
- It took months for her to get licensed in each new state, depriving patient access to her skills while
- Association student lobbyists.
- There's an invite in everyone's mailbox, and I hope that you can join us to meet the student lobbyist
Bills:
HB2088
Committee:
House Postsecondary Education & Workforce