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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Jun 9th, 2025
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a high school teacher, so I'm used to distractions. I'll put your name on the.
- I am also a high school teacher, so I'm trying to find a day that I'll actually have some, uh, quiet
- areas with no available housing for teachers.
- Of those teacher housing awards, we have Corona, who had 2 teacher housing duplexes awarded and Hatch
- Uh, noticing the discrepancy is good, the teachers in the building noticing that, all right.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/27/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:35:45.160><c> who</c> the impact of responsive teachers who the impact of responsive teachers
- </c><00:47:23.240><c> and</c> there listening to your teachers and there listening to your teachers and
- I'm a teacher quick okay I'm a teacher I'm a teacher I'm<00:53:40.680><c> there</c><00:53:41.319><c>
- </c> conversations I've had with teachers conversations I've had with teachers about<00:58:08.559><c>
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- We will hold them to account.
- We will hold them to account. And law. We will hold them to account.
- or our Thrift Savings Account, the cash accounts, and those things.
- Turns out good accounting<05:28:50.320><c> isn't</c> accounting isn't accounting isn't really<05:28:52.958
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The law has accountability measures.
- And members, more importantly, I have two The law has accountability measures.
- </c><00:37:51.200><c> Teachers</c><00:37:51.520><c> may</c> respects union status.
- Teachers may respects union status.
- ,</c> access, delivery, rigor, accountability, access, delivery, rigor, accountability, and<01:05:24.480
Committee:
House Education Policy
Keywords:
foster care, child welfare, enrollment priority, education programs, child care assistance, education, school board, elections, local governance, school district, site-governed schools, education reform, local control, autonomy, interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, student eligibility
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- , not only teachers, but volunteers.
- As a teacher myself, a prior public school teacher myself, you are constantly balancing work and life
- Do not weaken teacher voices.
- Do not weaken teacher voices.
- They don't want accountability.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, guest introductions, and a proclamation recognizing March as International Women’s Celebration Month. Members also welcomed guests from several school districts and the Arizona FFA. The chamber then moved through first readings of numerous Senate bills and took up several motions, including reconsideration of HB 2169 and referral of HB 210 and HB 2103 to an additional Committee of the Whole for further amendment.
In Committee of the Whole, the House advanced HB 2100 and HB 2103 with technical amendments and due-pass recommendations. It then considered a series of bills on Calendar 2, including HB 2048, HB 2364, HB 2415, HB 2775, HB 2833, HB 2862, HB 2870, HB 2995, and HB 4067. Debate centered on election administration, sovereignty and international organizations, private school regulation, law enforcement face coverings, domestic violence and coercive control, and voter roll categories. HB 2862 drew the most procedural attention, with a division vote on a substitute amendment; the House rejected a motion to replace the adopted amendment, and the report was later adopted.
On Calendar 3, the House considered education bills. HB 2093, which repeals the requirement for K-12 health education to include mental health instruction, prompted extensive debate over student suicide prevention, school counseling, parental responsibility, and whether schools should provide mental health support; it received a due-pass recommendation by a 27-22 division vote. The House also advanced HB 2313, which was described as responding to a Tucson Unified School District work stoppage tied to a political protest, and HB 2423, HB 2478, and other education measures after amendments and, in one case, withdrawal of an appropriations amendment. The session continued into HB 2830 as the transcript ended.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Fund our public schools, pay teachers a living wage. Our kids and teachers deserve better.
- Fund our public schools, pay teachers a living wage. Our kids and teachers deserve better.
- I'm also the husband of a teacher with over two decades of service to our children.
- Teachers build their lives around these schools.
- And while students eventually graduate and move on, our teachers are the constant.
Committee:
Senate Community Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard and acted on a long agenda of local, housing, education, construction, and claims bills. It first took up SB 1730 on affordable housing/Live Local changes, adopting an amendment that narrowed and clarified several provisions, including density, height, parking, attorney fees, and exclusions for certain protected areas, then reported the bill favorably. It also approved SB 1674, which clarifies that local investment restrictions cannot block Israel bonds, after a clarifying amendment. SB 140 on charter schools was reported favorably after significant debate over school conversion, teacher contracts, local control, and the use of surplus school property for housing or other public purposes; several speakers opposed it as harmful to public schools, while the sponsor said it preserved district authority and added options for municipalities and job creation. The committee also passed SB 96 and SB 4, two local claims bills, and SB 1714, which allows SHIP funds to help mobile home owners with lot rent and requires local housing plans to address mobile home park closures.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- TO BE MORE SPECIFIC TO THE NEEDS OF THE TEACHERS AND COACHES WHO ARE IN THOSE SCHOOLS.
- IT'S ABOUT COLLABORATIVELY PLANNING WITH TEACHERS. IT IS ABOUT DATA ANALYSIS.
- IT ALSO PROMOTES TEACHER EQUALITY AND INCREASED GRADUATION RATE.
- THEN THERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE THAT WE REPORT OUT TO OUR BOARDS TO THEN THERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY
- I HAVE ONE ALGEBRA TEACHER, BIOLOGY AND SO FORTH.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- As the analysis noted, close to 50% of the cases, as most recently data shows, are being accounted for
- His teacher and the school's principal are here today to share how students have had this problem for
- My name's Alicia Temby, and I'm a U.S. history teacher and principal at the Grower School in Encinitas
- Teachers like me who rely on local libraries for projects would benefit from a simplified process.
- I also wanted to share that I was previously a teacher for seven years.
Committee:
House Education
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Apr 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Jean Chadbourne, lifelong Democrat, teacher, mother, proud mother of a gay son, in opposition.
- I am a former teacher and wanted to express that sometimes kids need help.
- And again, as a mother, as a teacher, I can tell you, I've seen so many kids that need some support.
- Auditors selected a sample of 32 accounts.
- The selected example of 32 accounts was specifically flagged for duplicate addresses.
Summary:
The Communications and Conveyance Committee heard several bills focused on telecommunications, emergency response, and digital access. AB 1540 by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez would restore the 988 “press 3” option for LGBTQ+ youth crisis support, with strong support from suicide prevention advocates, mental health organizations, local governments, and family groups, and opposition from groups arguing it politicizes crisis services and raises safety concerns. Members emphasized the bill’s life-saving purpose and noted it would depend on federal approval. The committee voted AB 1540 out on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations.
The committee also approved the consent calendar, including AB 2093 and AB 2193, both sent to Appropriations. AB 1832 by Assemblymember Ransom, as amended, would expand and stabilize statewide 211 services through a state fund, a community needs dashboard, and integration into emergency planning; supporters described 211’s role during disasters and service gaps in many counties, and the bill passed unanimously as amended to Appropriations. AB 2289, the chair’s bill, would create an Office of Broadband and Digital Equity, consolidate broadband programs, and narrow CPUC jurisdiction to voice communications; TURN and CWA District 9 opposed the regulatory changes but acknowledged shared goals, and the bill passed to Appropriations.
AB 2424 by Assemblymember Carrillo would create a new low-income telecommunications advisory board to oversee California Lifeline and address fraud and oversight concerns. Supporters said the board would add needed telecommunications expertise and improve access for low-income and immigrant communities, while opponents argued an existing advisory structure already serves that role and warned of added costs and surcharges. After discussion, the committee voted AB 2424 out on a 7-2 vote to Appropriations. The meeting concluded after all listed bills were reported out.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Apr 15th, 2026
Communications and Conveyance
Transcript Highlights:
- Jean Chadbourne, lifelong Democrat, teacher, mother, proud mother of a gay son, in opposition.
- I am a former teacher and wanted to express that sometimes kids need help.
- And I, again, I was a teacher, so not all of them came to me, but some kids did come because they felt
- And again, as a mother, as a teacher, I can tell you, I've seen so many kids that need some support.
- Auditors selected a sample of 32 accounts.
Committee:
House Communications and Conveyance
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Karen Rosola, Florida Parent Teacher Association, waves in support.
- Karen Mazzolo, Florida Parent Teacher Association, waves in support. Any debate?
- So this will allow our districts to pivot quickly to get teachers like ESE teachers back into the classroom
- So this will allow our districts to pivot quickly to get teachers like ESE teachers back into the classroom
- If it's difficult for the parents, it's definitely difficult for the teachers.
Committee:
Senate Rules
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 21st, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Assembly Bill 2060 by Assembly Member Succi, relating to teachers. Mr.
- teachers who help prepare the next generation of educators.
- Teacher retention is one of the biggest challenges facing public education.
- AB 2060 would provide a stipend for mentor teachers supporting student teacher candidates.
- AB 2060 would provide a stipend for mentor teachers supporting student teacher candidates.
Summary:
The Assembly met on May 7, 2026, after an initial delay caused by the absence of a quorum, then proceeded with prayer, a moment of silence for victims of a hate-motivated attack at the Islamic Center in San Diego, and the Pledge of Allegiance. The Speaker pro tempore then moved through the daily file, repeatedly urging members to be on time and at their desks as the House of Origin deadline approached. Procedural actions included dispensing with the journal, deferring some items, and moving AB 1667 to the inactive file.
The bulk of the session was devoted to floor consideration of many bills, most of which passed with little or no opposition. Measures approved included bills on artificial intelligence provenance information (AB 2713), community college trustee compensation (AB 2528), transit camera enforcement and privacy (AB 1837), excess proceeds claims in taxation (AB 2705), HOA technical cleanup (AB 1892), hepatitis C treatment access (AB 1843), child care planning in local general plans (AB 1914), greenhouse energy code flexibility (AB 2200), rent-now-pay-later consumer protections (AB 2350), housing cleanup and density bonus measures (including AB 2390, AB 2480, AB 1567, AB 1751, and others), spay/neuter access (AB 2010), workforce housing financing tools (AB 2110), supportive housing and homelessness-related changes (AB 2146), mental health and health plan notification measures (AB 1598, AB 2613), student aid and education bills (AB 1534, AB 1636, AB 1669, AB 1728, AB 1784, AB 1871), public safety and criminal justice bills (AB 1546, AB 1572, AB 1872, AB 1877, AB 1932), and several health and social services measures (AB 1602, AB 1628, AB 1680, AB 1825, AB 1845, AB 1906, AB 1907, AB 1925). Most bills were described as support measures, often with bipartisan backing and no opposition, and passed by wide margins.
A few bills drew more discussion, especially AB 1751, a housing/townhome bill that sparked extended debate over wages, prevailing wage, stakeholder engagement, and whether the measure could depress pay for construction trades; despite concerns and an opposition speech, it ultimately passed 44-0. AB 1793, which would allow symmetrical rounding of cash transactions to the nearest nickel in light of the penny’s phaseout, also drew light debate and passed 47-1. AB 1932, an urgency measure expanding community-based crisis response, passed with one no vote on both the urgency and the bill. Several urgency or 54-vote bills, including AB 1534 and AB 1932, required later roll calls or calls to be lifted, but all measures described in the transcript were ultimately approved.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It provides for a teacher endorsement option, authorizes certified teachers to earn an endorsement in
- Florida Parent Teacher Association, Karen Mazzola, waves in support.
- In your closing, can you talk about how that teacher endorsement is a cost on the teachers?
- Karen Mazzulo with the Florida Parent Teacher Association is waving in support.
- Karen Mazzulo with the Florida Parent Teacher Association is waving in support.
Committee:
Senate Education Pre-K - 12
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Education Pre-K through 12 met with a quorum present and heard several education-related bills. The committee first considered CS/SB 1062 on speech and debate, which would create a Speech and Debate Hall of Fame, designate Speech and Debate Week, authorize a teacher endorsement, require FLVS to establish an institute for speech and debate, direct development of related coursework and credentials, and require annual district reporting. Supporters, including a parent and representatives of the Florida Debate Initiative and school groups, emphasized the academic and civic benefits of debate and the need for funding for travel and training. The committee adopted a delete-all amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard and reported favorably SB 1718 on educator preparation and certification, with testimony from an Orange County principal and others supporting a proposal to let educators bank professional learning hours, and SB 1646 on educational facilities, which revises how facility funding is calculated and prioritized, including safety and planning considerations.
The committee then took up CS/SB 564 on student volunteers at polling locations. An amendment clarified that high school students who are registered or pre-registered to vote may volunteer at polling places and count the service toward graduation or postsecondary financial aid requirements. Testimony from a county supervisor of elections and civic groups supported the bill as a way to engage students in elections and expand volunteer opportunities, while clarifying it would not conflict with existing election funding rules. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.
Finally, the committee heard SB 1340 on coordinated screening and progress monitoring, which requires school districts to screen students for characteristics of dyslexia and dyscalculia, place identified students on support plans, and use evidence-based interventions, with State Board of Education rulemaking to implement the process. The sponsor and a supporting parent group stressed early identification and intervention. The committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also recommended confirmation of Laila Collins to the State Board of Education, and then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) May 21st, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Our paraprofessionals in our public school system do incredible work to support our teachers in being
- Tarr: Teacher Tax Reduction. Thank you, Mr. President, and through you to the members. Mr.
- It takes into account probably property valuation. And I assumed, oh, we must have a formula.
- It takes into account probably property valuations.
- to have sunlight, transparency, and accountability.
Summary:
The Senate continued debate on the FY27 state budget, with several distinguished introductions and a series of amendment actions. Early amendments from Senator Collins on restoring DCF social worker funding and educator pay were withdrawn without objection. The Chair then sustained a point of order that a group of tax-related amendments, including proposals on teacher tax relief, tips, overtime, estate tax, and income tax rates, were out of order because they would create money bills that must originate in the House; the Senate voted 35-4 to uphold that ruling. Senator Tarr’s gas tax suspension amendment and several other amendments were defeated, while Senator Fattman’s amendment extending domestic violence leave protections to contract employees was adopted unanimously, 39-0. The Senate also adopted Senator Fernandes’ amendment creating a commission to study the adequacy, reliability, and distribution of unrestricted general government aid (UGA), after debate focused on inequities in local aid distribution and the need for a modern formula.
The chamber then took up House No. 5375, the Chapter 90 municipal roads and bridges bill, and passed it to be engrossed. Additional amendments were considered on the budget, including a community programming amendment and a Senate Ways and Means amendment, both adopted, after which the Ways and Means amendment as amended was adopted and the underlying budget was ordered to a third reading. The Senate also handled several procedural matters, including concurrence in a House referral for a bill on poverty-related legislation and ordering a sick leave bank bill for Carla Johnson to a third reading.
After extensive closing remarks from the Ways and Means chair, minority leader, and others praising the collaborative budget process and highlighting investments in local aid, education, public safety, and other priorities, the Senate voted on final passage of House No. 5501, the FY27 appropriations bill. The roll call showed 40-0 in favor, and the bill was passed to be engrossed. The Senate then adopted an order to reconvene the following Tuesday at 11 a.m. and adjourned in memory of Trooper Kevin Thomas Traynor.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a basic measure for accountability.
- It's a basic measure for accountability.
- It's a basic measure for accountability.
- It's a basic measure for accountability.
- It's a basic measure for accountability.
Committee:
House Judiciary
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Community Affairs Mar 31st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- FOR TEACHERS, FIRST RESPONDERS OR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS OR FOR CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES RECREATION
- WHERE DO WE GET THE NUMBER 50 PERCENT OF WHY WE REQUIRE 50 PERCENT SUPPORT FOR THE TEACHERS EMPLOYED?
- FUND OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PAY TEACHERS A LIVING WAGE, OUR KIDS AND TEACHERS DESERVE BETTER.
- OF THE FLORIDA POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER AND THE HUSBAND OF A TEACHER WITH
- TEACHERS BUILD THEIR LIVES AROUND THE SCHOOLS GO DRIVE BY ANY SCHOOL ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY AND YOU
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The unique thing about this program is that it also can include supports and training for teachers, as
- ><c> by</c><00:14:53.519><c> the</c> Account of districts served by the Account of districts served by
- </c><00:46:51.119><c> and</c> the youth goes to their teacher and the youth goes to their teacher and
- </c><00:46:57.520><c> knows,</c> And at least then the teacher knows, And at least then the teacher knows
- uh teacher is critically important. important. important.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 9th, 2025 at 01:24 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- My last question is regarding, I believe it's teacher pay.
- And when we talk about teacher pay... we're talking about that being a priority.
- a designation in classes as a teacher.
- Our accountability measures are changing in the state.
- We need greater accountability and transparency, and I hope we can provide that to you.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (03/10/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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- account.
- account.
- account.
- Accounting is accounting, however.
Summary:
The Finance Division II committee heard a Department of Education budget presentation from Commissioner Frank Edelblut and CFO Tammy Valen-cour. The department outlined its organizational structure and emphasized that it functions largely as a flow-through agency for school funding. The commissioner reviewed general fund and Education Trust Fund items, including state aid, dropout prevention, special education, building aid, lease aid, charter schools, Education Freedom Accounts, and the district adequacy calculation. He also highlighted the public school infrastructure fund, saying the state has invested well over $50 million in school safety since 2018 for measures such as access controls, locks, and window film, and argued that safety spending should be ongoing rather than reactive.
Members asked about the variability in the school infrastructure line, special education aid, and the Discovery Education learning platform. Edelblut explained that some safety funding had come from one-time surplus appropriations rather than the agency line, and said special education aid was underappropriated because districts submitted more invoices than expected; he said the governor added $16 million to address the shortfall. He also described CTE renovation funding, noting four projects were initially proposed but only Jaffrey and Milford were still moving forward, with local votes required and the state covering 75% of costs. He said Milford’s project was omitted from the governor’s budget by oversight.
The department also reviewed enrollment trends, noting public school enrollment has fallen from about 230,000 students in 2002 to about 185,000 today. Edelblut clarified that charter students are not eligible for Education Freedom Accounts, while EFA students attending non-public schools are counted as EFA students. He described several one-time surplus-funded initiatives, including Student Clearinghouse, MTSSB work, civics curriculum development, computer science education, and adult education. He also discussed a $4 million CTE tuition and transportation grant, saying it was kept as a competitive grant rather than a formula grant to avoid creating an ongoing maintenance-of-effort commitment that could jeopardize federal Perkins funding.
In the final portion, Edelblut identified prioritized needs in the department’s budget, especially funding for a state administrator for assessment to support the legislatively required civics assessment, and additional support for the Discovery Education platform. He said every school in the state is using the platform and cited more than 1.5 million educator engagements, while a member raised concerns about mixed reviews and uneven district awareness of the program. No votes or formal actions were taken during the presentation and question period.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (03/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:16:27.399><c> that</c> lack of a better term um teachers that lack of a better term um teachers
- </c><00:24:20.400><c> can</c> the the the respondent the teacher can the the the respondent the teacher
- </c><00:30:21.840><c> credentialing</c> investigation of teacher credentialing investigation of teacher
- It's not defending teachers; it's because teachers are just implements to educate our children.
- When I set up a telephone account, when I set up a streaming account, when I use any service and give
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee met to hear House Bill 520, which would authorize the Department of Education to issue subpoenas in investigations and hearings involving the code of conduct for New Hampshire educators. Representative Lynn, the bill sponsor, said the measure was intended to give the department standard subpoena power during investigations and in later adjudicatory proceedings, with a process for challenging overbroad subpoenas. He argued that agencies with investigative and hearing authority should also have the power to compel witnesses and documents, and said the bill was narrowed from an earlier broader draft to focus on teacher credentialing and address concerns about scope.
Members raised several concerns about whether the department already has enough authority, whether the Attorney General could handle subpoenas instead, and whether the bill creates an imbalance by giving subpoena power mainly to the investigating side. Representative Burroughs said she did not feel she had enough information and was uncomfortable with the bill, especially regarding who bears subpoena costs. Representative Biron questioned the trial analogy and whether both sides truly have equal subpoena rights. Lynn responded that the investigative stage is like a grand jury process, where only the investigating body subpoenas witnesses, while the adjudicatory stage allows both sides to seek subpoenas through the hearing officer.
Other questions focused on the bill’s scope. Representative Andreos asked what investigative authority the Department of Education already has, and Representative Organ questioned why the bill is limited to educators rather than also covering vendors, charter school boards, or the EFA scholarship organization. Lynn said the limitation to educators was deliberate, because earlier broader versions drew objections for being too expansive. Representative Tur asked whether the Attorney General could already handle such matters, and Lynn said that while the AG might be able to pursue some investigations or court subpoenas, agencies should be able to conduct their own internal investigations. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.