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• These rules are the amendments to the rules pertaining to radiologic technology licensure.
• These rules are the amendments to the rules pertaining to radiologic technology licensure.
• Further, any technology purchases over $1,000 will require additional justification.
• with regards to technology?
• But the technology cap, first of all, I guess I should say thank you. I really do appreciate this.

Summary: The Administrative Rules Subcommittee reviewed a long agenda of agency rules, with most items approved without objection after brief presentations and no public comment. Early items included Department of Energy and Environment rules on landfill post-closure trust fund spending thresholds and liquefied petroleum gas standards, DFA’s electronic odometer disclosure rule, and several Department of Health rules covering ionizing radiation, mobile home and RV parks, lead-based paint, counseling board revisions, hearing instrument dispensers, athletic training, dental examiners, nursing, pharmacy, medical board, speech-language pathology and audiology, radiologic technology, massage therapy, community health workers, doula certification, and cosmetology/body art. Most of these changes were described as updates to match recent acts, federal standards, compact participation, fee adjustments, or cleanup/clarification, and the committee repeatedly approved them without objection. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the Arkansas State Board of Nursing’s broad set of rule changes implementing multiple 2025 acts. Those changes included creating a dialysis patient care technician registry, updating contact information requirements, expanding APRN authority to delegate certain tasks, clarifying death certificate and pronouncement authority, allowing substitution of therapeutically equivalent medications, permitting purchase of compounded products, and updating certified medication assistant rules and training standards. Members asked detailed questions about the meaning of therapeutically equivalent substitutions, delegation limits, compounded products, and how often medication lists would be updated; the board said it would review rules annually and use future rulemaking as needed. The committee also approved new nursing rules for declaratory orders and the new dialysis registry. The Department of Education’s rules drew the most discussion, especially the Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program. The department said the revisions, based on Act 920 of 2025, were intended to add guardrails, clarify eligible expenses, and streamline approvals. Changes included defining core educational expenses, limiting sports-related spending, adding an intentional misuse standard, restricting certain technology purchases and requiring extra justification over $1,000, capping carryover funds at $8,500, and creating a reconsideration process for denied expenses. Members raised concerns about oversight, appeal timelines, sports equipment, provider credentialing, and whether the rules were too restrictive; department officials said the rules were meant to protect taxpayer funds while preserving flexibility, and they noted the program had received extensive public comment. The committee also approved Education rules for scholarships, residency classification, teacher programs, accelerated learning, and graduate medical education, as well as Labor and Licensing rules on wage and hour standards, boiler rules, motor vehicle commission requirements, professional wrestling regulation, appraiser qualifications, and military recruiting incentives.

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• makes appropriations to the Department of Corrections for various purposes relating to certain technology
• makes appropriations to the Department of Corrections for various purposes relating to certain technology
• offsets to the two decreases in federal grant funding, professional development costs, information technology
• offsets to the two decreases in federal grant funding, professional development costs, information technology
• boards from acting swiftly to remove graphic or inappropriate content from school libraries and classrooms

Keywords: 909, all

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• The fourth meeting of the Science, Technology, and Telecommunications Committee.
• Our rodeo, our cowboy arts, wind technology, and paleontology draw from a wider. area, and then we also
• We do use technology—lots of technology. in our educational approach.
• Some of it that way, but then we also have some that don't have as much access to technology.
• It's more like a 15 to 20-year span between the technology from what we have to current.

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• Once again, our FEFP includes an increase of $101.6 million in the classroom teacher and other instructional
• Technologies for harmful algal blooms: $15 million; coral reef protection and restoration: $15 million
• Having none, are there any questions for Chair McFarland on the information technology portion of the
• My name is Marquesas Blyams and I work in assistive technology.
• I'm an assistive technology specialist and I serve people with disabilities across the state.

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• These new technologies are turning waste into economic value, all while protecting our environment.
• to detect development of technology to detect methane<02:48:59.680> that<02:48:59.880> its
• <03:21:14.199> have 42% our Innovation and Technology have 42% our Innovation and Technology
• and a secure modern technology and a secure modern technology infrastructure<07:08:17.638> end
• Technologies and determined their best Technologies and determined their best path<07:24:52.840> to

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• but I believe that there are other bills moving through the process that could enforce a level of classroom
• And, you know, under the provisions number two, it says that it continues to declare science, technology
• It continues to declare science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and workforce programs, state
• party from attempting to enter into a contract with a state agency for electronic or information technology
• The Senate amended the bill by specifying that when submitting it... ...or information technology.

Summary: House Republican caucus met on April 29 to review the FY 2027 budget package and several related “budget implementation” bills, with Chairman Livingston noting that HB 2415 was being held. Staff and members walked through HB 4138, the General Appropriations Act (“feed bill”), which appropriates about $17.96 billion from the general fund and includes one-time fund transfers, 5% lump-sum reductions for most agencies, funding for the state health insurance plan, school facilities, child care, correctional officer stipends, public safety, and other prior-year items. Members emphasized that the budget reflected House and Senate negotiations after the governor left budget talks, and Republican leaders framed it as a package that lowers taxes, shrinks government, and funds priorities such as K-12, child care, foster care, and public safety. The caucus then reviewed a series of mostly standard budget bills: HB 4139 on gaming/racing assessments; HB 4140 on federal monies, the budget stabilization fund, and ACE initiative savings reporting; HB 4141 on capital outlay, highway construction, airport funding, and rural transportation match funds; HB 4142 on commerce and lottery distributions; HB 4143 on corrections reporting; HB 4144 on environmental provisions and water-related fund uses; HB 4145 on state employee health insurance premiums and DES reforms; HB 4146 on higher education funding provisions; HB 4147 on SNAP administration and error-rate reduction; HB 4148 on K-12 inflation adjustments, school facilities, and ASDB property-sale oversight; HB 4150 on county expenditure flexibility and state office rent rates; HB 4151 on the Department of Revenue’s integrated tax system funding and related charges; HB 4152 on tax conformity, deductions, and repeal of several renewable-energy tax preferences and the Rio Nuevo diversion; and HB 4153 on transportation reporting. Discussion repeatedly centered on health plan solvency, SNAP/ACCESS eligibility and fraud controls, school funding, rural transportation, and tax conformity and relief. The caucus also took up several blue-sheet bills: HB 2035 on extended-family placement notifications in child welfare cases; HB 2170 restricting certain PRC-controlled companies from state IT contracts; HB 2249 expanding Parents’ Bill of Rights provisions; HB 2573 on DUI interlock/restricted-license rules and psychotherapy definitions; and HB 2873, which was amended to allow withdrawal of referendum petitions before ballot qualification. HB 2415 was held. The Speaker closed by praising the caucus for its budget work, saying the package delivers tax relief, protects vulnerable populations and public safety, and reflects months of Republican negotiations, and the meeting adjourned to the floor.

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• state's classrooms. state's classrooms.
• Not so much from the classroom.
• are struggling in a classroom are struggling in a classroom >> and<01:15:55.600> you
• >> Real teacher pay raise classroom. >> Real teacher pay raise classroom.
• What's and the type of technology they're and the type of technology they're required<03:25:23.600>

Keywords: MS House Floor - 15 January, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a quorum present, and approval to dispense with the reading of the journal. Members introduced guests from Humphreys County and South Haven, then moved to the calendar and took up House Bill 2, a broad education-related measure. The bill was called up, the rules were suspended, and a committee substitute was adopted. An initial amendment correcting drafting errors in the charter school section and subsection numbering was then adopted without objection. Members then gave extended explanations of HB 2, describing it as a comprehensive school choice and education reform package. Supporters said the bill would create Magnolia student accounts/education savings accounts funded from existing per-pupil dollars, prioritize lower-income families, require testing and financial audits, expand special needs ESAs, and allow public-to-public transfers without a sending district veto. The bill also would expand charter schools into districts with D or F schools, create an accountability dashboard for public and private school reporting, expand the Tim Tebow Act for homeschool extracurricular participation, extend literacy and math requirements through eighth grade, adjust teacher and assistant teacher pay and retirement-related provisions, create a specialized school option program, and require a federal testing waiver. Supporters framed the measure as empowering parents while preserving public schools. During questions, members raised concerns about charter schools, the cost of the program, accountability, and whether the bill would help or harm public education. One member asked whether failing charter schools were addressed; the response was that the bill was aimed at reconstituting the system rather than directly fixing those schools. Another questioned why a child accepted for transfer could still be denied by a receiving district; the bill sponsor said districts would set and publish acceptance policies and could deny students for lack of room. The discussion remained focused on the bill’s scope and policy rationale, and the transcript does not show a final vote on passage of HB 2 in the excerpt provided.

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• <00:02:47.519> services office of Enterprise technology services office of Enterprise technology
• It’s all been technology-focused primarily.
• focused primarily everything technology focused primarily everything technology<01:03:24.599> but
• primarily driven by from a technology primarily driven by from a technology perspective<01:04:00.279
• the office of Enterprise technology the office of Enterprise technology Services<01:10:06.280>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Ways and Means and Government Operations committees received a biennium budget preview from Keith Regan, Comptroller and Director of the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS), who introduced department leadership and described DAGS’ broad responsibilities across accounting, public works, procurement, elections, archives, risk management, and other attached agencies. He emphasized that DAGS supports nearly every state department and cited ongoing workforce challenges, while noting progress in reducing the department-wide vacancy rate from 21% in 2023 to 17.7% in 2024. He also highlighted recruitment efforts, including new salary schedules for engineers and architects, job fairs, internships, and outreach to retiring federal employees. A major focus was modernization of the state’s aging financial systems, especially the 55-year-old FAMIS platform and the Enterprise Financial System (EFS) project. DAGS said it expects to release the RFP for the FAMIS replacement by the end of January and is seeking a second tranche of CIP funding, including $35 million, plus position augmentation and creation of a Business Transformation Office to manage EFS and future modernization work. The department also described major capital projects such as the Aloha Stadium Entertainment District, Wahiawā Civic Center, Kauaʻi Civic Center, and Ahuimanu Community Correctional Center, and reported that Public Works is managing 455 projects statewide valued at more than $2.5 billion. Other budget requests discussed included funding for cemetery operations, with DAGS asking for two positions and $1 million in operating funds to support maintenance of eight cemeteries; a $200 million ceiling increase tied to anticipated insurance proceeds for West Maui fire-related recovery and rebuilding; and several staffing and operating items for district offices and facilities. These included full-year funding for positions in West Hawaiʻi and East Hawaiʻi, support for a small business coordinator at the State Procurement Office, funding for cloud hosting and PeopleSoft licensing, six positions and staff augmentation for the EFS project, electricity costs, and security-related funding. DAGS also noted that two requested reductions totaled $7.9 million, including transferring the security contract to the Department of Law Enforcement and reducing nonrecurring expenses; members discussed whether some security funding should remain with or be moved to DLE, and DAGS said it would not object to that transfer. No votes were taken in the portion provided.

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• million to cool 1,000 public classrooms million to cool 1,000 public classrooms in<00:01:05.920>
• use to air condition their classrooms. use to air condition their classrooms.
• $120,000 per classroom that was cooled. $120,000 per classroom that was cooled.
• present isn't in classrooms. present isn't in classrooms.
• these classrooms cool? these classrooms cool?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• <04:24:30.040> Instead,<04:24:31.040> long investing in technology.
• Instead, long investing in technology.
• Uh unlike the uh member technology cost.
• <05:06:33.638> advancements services more technological advancements services more technological
• that they're using the latest technology that they're using the latest technology to<05:06:49.840

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• But then you'll also see welding technology.
• So this includes everything that is our career certificate programs, our applied technology diplomas,
• Again, in our recording arts technology, so many businesses are using multimedia platforms and skills
• Cybersecurity, information technology, and here in Florida, HVAC, you're always going to be up there
• I did want to allude to one question that you asked, Senior Chancellor, about technology."

Summary: The Higher Education Appropriations Committee met for its first session of the year, took roll, welcomed new member Senator Bracey Davis, and had members briefly describe their backgrounds and interest in higher education. Chair Harrell framed the committee’s focus on maintaining Florida’s top national ranking in higher education and workforce development, with an emphasis on funding decisions tied to student success, workforce needs, and the state college system. Senior Chancellor Kevin O’Farrell presented the Department of Education’s workforce and Florida College System budget requests and data. He described requested increases for adult education, Florida College System program funding, workforce development, and several grant programs, including workforce capitalization, apprenticeship/teacher apprenticeship, Open Door, and CAPE industry certifications. He highlighted record enrollment and completion growth across Florida’s colleges and technical centers, major gains in career dual enrollment, and expansion in programs such as nursing, AI, cybersecurity, welding, HVAC, and manufacturing. Members asked about labor-market demand, the impact of artificial intelligence on future job training, teacher apprenticeship details, mission creep and duplication in CTE programs, student placement and wages after graduation, and articulation between technical college clock hours and college credit. South Florida State College President Fred Hawkins testified about challenges facing a rural college, including low local college-going rates, long travel distances, limited faculty recruitment due to salaries, and the need for more operational funding to expand capacity. He cited strong job placement and licensure outcomes in nursing, dental hygiene, EMT/paramedic, and radiography, and said the college is exploring AI tools to improve student services and reduce staffing pressure. Pinellas Technical College Executive Director Mark Hunter described strong dual enrollment, high job placement, employer partnerships, and a reported 400% return on investment, while also warning that many programs have waiting lists because of staffing and equipment constraints. He explained how technical college coursework is aligned with state college credit through content-based articulation agreements. The committee then opened the floor for public comment, but no additional business was taken up, and the meeting adjourned.

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• It sounds like we just need to bring home back to the classroom.
• have to do gentlemen, don't mean you have to do away<01:29:54.159> with<01:29:54.400> classrooms
• Doesn't mean that away with classrooms.
• So, our custodians, our plumbers, they're not in the classroom, they're not teaching.
• and industry and defense in technology and industry and defense of<02:02:17.840> our<02:02:18.000

Keywords: 916, all

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• economic... future from top-tier research and energy and health to advancements in business... and technology
• Vocations such as structural engineering, welding, automotive technology, diesel equipment technology
• Relaying to the display of the 10 bills. commandments in public school classrooms to education K through

Bills: SJR36, SJR2, SB4, SR45, SR47, SR63, SR66, SR70, SR85, SCR14, SB10, SB11, SB10, SB11

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

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• So this this legislation classrooms.
• . classrooms. classrooms.
• ideas in a classroom, to do that safely. ideas in a classroom, to do that safely.
• is supposed to take place in a classroom is supposed to take place in a classroom uh<02:50:29.120
• That's not happening in the classrooms That's not happening in the classrooms and<02:52:31.359><

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It's not something that has to be in a classroom somewhere or preschool.
• It's not something that has to be in a classroom somewhere or preschool.
• something that has to be in a classroom something that has to be in a classroom some<00:20:58.760
• And yes, it is technology, but I think it can't hurt, right?
• their former students in their classroom their former students in their classroom our<05:01:54.160

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first addressed House Bill 415, which would remove the requirement that schools provide menstrual products. Members supporting an ITL said the mandate was unfunded, had been in place since 2019, and was already working without complaints from districts. Other members opposed the bill, arguing menstrual products are essential and that the requirement helps students, especially those with fewer resources. The committee voted ITL on HB 415 by a roll call of 17 yeas, 0 nays. The committee then took up House Bill 388, concerning public reports on special education. Supporters of ITL said they agreed with the goal of transparency but were concerned about student privacy, especially in small districts, and thought the bill’s information requests went too far. They noted that related issues could potentially be addressed in another bill, HB 557. The committee voted ITL on HB 388, 17-0. House Bill 730, which would require schools and some colleges to provide information on adoption, was also moved ITL. The sponsor said adoption is personally important to him but that the bill was not the right vehicle and involved entities such as colleges and the Attorney General unnecessarily; he said related ideas might be folded into other bills later. The committee agreed and voted ITL, 17-0. The committee then discussed House Bill 671, a preschool/early literacy proposal involving a statewide nonprofit digital program, likely Waterford. Members raised questions about who would be covered, data privacy, prior use of federal ESSER funds, whether the program had measurable results, and whether the bill’s nonprofit requirement was too restrictive. Department of Education witness Melissa White said the state had spent $400,000 in FY22 and $600,000 in FY23 on a Waterford contract using ARP ESSER funds, but she did not have participant counts and said the department could not measure literacy gains for that population. She also said the bill’s funding level would likely require an RFP and that, if enacted as written, the program would probably still be Waterford-based. The discussion continued without a final vote in the portion provided.

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• I completely agree with you, and obviously we have the technology now to save lives, and it's there,
• which at the time made sense because we were setting up the phone systems and it really was a technological
• This translates to real savings, both in keeping teachers healthy and keeping them in the classroom,
• IEP students are similarly situated to medically exempt students for purposes of classroom presence.
• Marisol Ibarra-Buslama, with Consumer Brands Association and the California Manufacturers Technology

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• Areas of our building are over 100 years old, and the majority of our classrooms and learning spaces
• increased ventilation, the addition of a new secured front entrance, additional renovated elementary classrooms
• , special education classrooms, career and technical classrooms, a career and technical education classroom
• 29.600> career, security, maintenance, a new career, security, maintenance, a new career, technology
• 31.200> center,<00:32:31.919> as<00:32:32.159> well<00:32:32.240> as technology

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• At our last meeting, we discussed the technology inside the rooms and when we found lots of different
• Will the facility allow us to bring in technology?
• It doesn't take much technology anymore to turn something into a projector. It's pretty amazing.
• Our learners intersect our Teachers intersect, so any way we can align what we do with the technologies
• I am the district instructional technology.

Keywords: 914, all

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• Maria is not here today; I think she's teaching in the classroom. So she's not here.
• So as technology improves and as we integrate that into our.
• I am serious as we talk about the new technology that's hitting.
• That's the new technology from the 1920 Industrial Revolution that's going to push nations ahead.
• Arizona and chip manufacturing, and how other states handle technology in California.

Bills: SB2

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways

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• I think she's teaching in the classroom. So she's not here. Viviana is back there.
• The technologies behind pavement design haven't changed a ton over the last decade or so.
• As we talk about fusion and the new technology that's hitting...
• The new technology from the 1920 Industrial Revolution that's going to push nations ahead.
• Technology in California. Just spend a little time and just look at that World Economic Forum.

Bills: SB2

Keywords: SB 2, State Highway Project Bonds, highway funding, transportation bonds, state road fund, motor vehicle fees, vehicle registration fees, electric vehicle fee, EV surcharge, plug-in hybrid fee, weight distance tax, road construction, infrastructure financing, Department of Transportation, State Transportation Commission, bonding authority, county road funds, municipal road funds, transportation improvement program, state highways