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• So I'm looking at Cape, and they accredit most of the universities, public and private here already.
• Am I correct in that, and do you believe that that organization will expand to include public as well
• And we had kids in public schools all the way through five of them, four states, five different districts
• And are you further aware that when we had this law 10 years ago, Oklahoma City Public Schools was sued
• before the Office of Civil Rights for a significant racial discrepancy?

Bills: HB2987 , HB3026 , HB3076 , HB3288 , HB3315 , HB3467 , HB3711 , HB3885 , HB4427 , HB4359 , HB4363

Committee: House Education Oversight

Keywords: education, academic standards, subject matter standards, State Board of Education, legislative review, joint resolution, curriculum, school standards, Oklahoma Administrative Code, education oversight, common education, curriculum standards, state education policy, rulemaking, legislative veto, kindergarten, military families, education policy, school districts, international military dependents

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• Mostly, it's coming from the correctional officers themselves.
• And so maybe we're trusting them — correctional officers or trusting their fellow correctional officers
• know that their fellow corrections officers are bringing in drugs.
• This time would be earned by the correctional officer.
• Alliance for Safety and Justice is a multi-state nonprofit that does public policy and public safety

Bills: HB153 , HB1828 , HB2306 , HB2498 , HB3464 , HB3488 , HB3636 , HB3673 , HB3834 , HB3860 , HB4120 , HB4937 , HB1515 , HB153

Committee: House Corrections

Keywords: education, funding, student resources, technology access, equal opportunity, veterans treatment court, mental health, criminal justice, rehabilitation, eligibility criteria, veterans, treatment court, military service, legislation, legislative leave, correctional officers, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, accumulated leave, compensatory time, parole eligibility

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• The public testimony is now closed in Senate Bill 757.
• No public testimony.
• Public testimony on Senate Bill 1878 will close.
• Okay, with no public testimony, public testimony will close and Senator Campbell, Vice Chair Campbell
• If not, public testimony. is closed.

Bills: SB530 , SB757 , SB769 , SB1085 , SB1241 , SB1242 , SB1409 , SB1878 , SB2138 , SB2314 , SB2231 , SB2361 , SB2431 , SJR59

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: accreditation, postsecondary education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, program delivery, faculty recruitment, higher education, performance standards, student loan debt, degree programs, funding, students with disabilities, accessibility, enrollment, report, SB 1085, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Del Rio

Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met with a large agenda and repeatedly recessed for floor activity and other committee conflicts. The committee heard and left pending several higher education bills, including SB 2361 to transfer University of Houston-Victoria from the University of Houston System to the Texas A&M System and rename it Texas A&M University Victoria; testimony from university officials, local leaders, and industry representatives strongly supported the move as a way to better align degree programs with regional workforce needs in engineering, agriculture, and STEM. SB 530, which would align Texas accreditation statutes with federal rules allowing institutions to choose among nationally recognized accreditors, also received supportive testimony and was left pending. SB 1085, allowing Sul Ross satellite campuses to offer lower-division coursework toward bachelor’s degrees, was laid out and left pending as well. The committee also took up a series of education policy bills. SB 1241 would expand the standardized tests Texas public universities may accept for admission beyond the SAT and ACT, with supporters from the Classic Learning Test, homeschool advocates, and student-choice groups arguing it would increase access and competition; it was left pending. SB 769 would require a TEA/Higher Education Coordinating Board report on barriers faced by students with disabilities in higher education, and testimony from The Arc of Texas and others emphasized the need for better data and accessibility; the bill was left pending. SB 2231 would designate the second week of October as Free College Application Week, and SB 1878 would modernize terminology and support workforce-oriented programs at the Josie School; both were laid out and left pending. The committee reported several bills favorably after adopting committee substitutes. SB 605, concerning charter school expansion applications while under conservatorship or a management team, passed on a 9-0 vote. SB 1871, SB 1873, and SB 1874, all related to school discipline and teacher immunity/placement review provisions, were adopted and reported favorably, with members noting the need for further discussion on some language. SB 762, dealing with flag displays in public schools, passed on a 7-1 vote. SB 1962, relating to public school accountability and challenges to school system operations, passed 7-1 after a corrected vote. SB 1750, replacing a $60 million statewide charter facilities cap with an attendance-growth-based allotment, passed 7-1 with one member voting present not voting. SB 2252, supporting kindergarten readiness and early literacy/numeracy, SB 2253, concerning educator preparation and certification, SB 2365, on student use of wireless devices during instructional time, and SB 1924, restoring local peace officer citation authority for school offenses and adding reporting and parent-notification requirements, were also reported favorably. The committee additionally heard SB 37 on higher education governance and compliance oversight, which passed 7-1 after a substitute that refined curriculum review, governing board authority, faculty senate rules, and a new compliance office within the Higher Education Coordinating Board.

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• This issue was brought to us by a constituent of Representative Cook's office.
• Are there residences or public establishments nearby? No, sir.
• Public businesses along the route.
• Members, any further questions for Officer Villarreal? Thank you for coming.
• Any issues with the public as a result of increased traffic and fuel?

Bills: HB767 , HB 1242 , HB1373 , HB1404 , HB1708 , HB1936 , HB2041 , HB2198 , HB2270 , HB2315 , HB2415 , HB2427 , HB2455 , HB2457 , HB2522 , HB2523 , HB2686 , HB2763 , HB2775 , HB2944 , HB3034 , HB1683 , HB1695

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: highway designation, memorial, Montgomery County, Paul P. Mendes, transportation, HB 1242, Texas Transportation Code, U.S. Highway 281, Brooks County, Ernesto Soliz Cantu, memorial highway, road naming, TxDOT, road signage, commemorative resolution, memorial markers, county road 304, Huppergate Road, Los Robles Trail, Farm-to-Market Road

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• Officer Condonosa dedicated his life to service.
• Officer Traylor's widow, Melissa, and his daughter, Haley, are here to testify to the character of Officer
• While Andy served as a police officer, He was an officer working long hours, missing birthdays, anniversaries
• My name is Jared Williams, Vice President of the Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association
• If you're a DWI driver, all those public records become public, and I just—I understand that.

Bills: HB767 , HB 1242 , HB1373 , HB1404 , HB1708 , HB1936 , HB2041 , HB2198 , HB2270 , HB2315 , HB2415 , HB2427 , HB2455 , HB2457 , HB2522 , HB2523 , HB2686 , HB2763 , HB2775 , HB2944 , HB3034 , HB1683 , HB1695

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: highway designation, memorial, Montgomery County, Paul P. Mendes, transportation, HB 1242, Texas Transportation Code, U.S. Highway 281, Brooks County, Ernesto Soliz Cantu, memorial highway, road naming, TxDOT, road signage, commemorative resolution, memorial markers, county road 304, Huppergate Road, Los Robles Trail, Farm-to-Market Road

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• For all those interested in submitting a public comment, Chair: please view the notice of public hearing
• what's a public benefit in one city may be different than what's a public benefit in another county.
• There's one public benefit here.
• Just as you talk about your bill, I would assume it's about the office, not an office holder.
• I represent the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Bills: HB21 , HB211 , HB223 , HB323 , HB524 , HB530 , HB636 , HB762 , HB21 , HB211 , HB223

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation

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• I'm the legislative officer.
• what is a public benefit in one city may be different than what's considered a public benefit in another
• But what we're doing is the public benefit.
• My family has never been on public assistance.
• I would assume it's about the office, not an office holder. ...And so anyway, I'm not trying to get into

Bills: HB21 , HB211 , HB223 , HB323 , HB524 , HB530 , HB636 , HB762 , HB21 , HB211 , HB223

Committee: House Intergovernmental Affairs

Keywords: housing finance, multifamily residential, low income, tax exemption, audit requirements, affordable housing, local government, development bonds, housing assistance, financial assistance, low income housing, community support, affordability, veterans housing, community involvement, air conditioning, tenant support, healthcare, elderly, taxation

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• I appreciate your time on this public safety matter and I want to thank you for your leadership.
• As you all know, impersonating a police officer has been unlawful for many years.
• We've discussed this with local law enforcement officers and the U.S.
• I enjoy being out, you know, in the public. Period.
• The public hearing, now we do have a public hearing, don't we?

Bills: SB76 , SB35 , SB116 , SB119 , SB118 , SB129 , SB32 , SB31 , SB115 , SB75 , HB27 , HB40

Committee: Senate Judiciary

Keywords: jury duty, nursing mothers, exemption, legal rights, parental responsibilities, sexual extortion, criminal law, felony, threat, blackmail, SB116, machine gun conversion devices, switches, pistol conversion device, auto sear, firearm accessories, machine gun, automatic weapon, semiautomatic pistol, gun control

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• </c><00:46:27.680><c> infrastructure</c> and also So the public infrastructure and also So the public
• </c><00:47:19.839><c> policy</c> siloed into a different public policy siloed into a different public
• </c> seem more aligned in the general public seem more aligned in the general public on<00:51:44.000>
• </c> chief advocacy officer at Tech Equity. chief advocacy officer at Tech Equity.
• </c> education to lawmakers and the public. education to lawmakers and the public.

Bills: HF1316 , HF4369

Committee: House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Keywords: HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers, W-9, W-4, newly hired workers, rehired employees, labor organization

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• This bill also requires a tax officer to provide acknowledgement or response.
• Tax officers must provide written responses to consent or dispute any errors.
• Tax officers are still obligated to respond through physical mail.
• Office either regular mail or electronically.
• It could also create a disincentive for recruiting future public safety employees.

Bills: HB2089 , HB2090 , HB2092 , HB2120 , HB2138 , HB2173 , HB2273 , HB2693 , HB2786

Committees: Senate Finance , Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference

Keywords: retirement benefits, health insurance, premium payment, Arizona State Retirement System, contingent annuitant, long-term disability, benefits limitations, disability compensation, social security, retirement system, elected officials, ASRS, eligibility waiver, age 65, property tax exemption, disability, veterans, widows, income limits, Arizona Revised Statutes

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• closure, or placement of cesspools that present a demonstrated risk to surface water, groundwater, or public
• rural areas where residents are unable to connect to centralized wastewater treatment systems or public
• .rural areas where residents are unable to connect to centralized wastewater treatment systems or public
• These are a public health concern because if they are dug deep enough or if rained or snowed on hard
• In my previous life, I was the public health director in Gila County, which oversaw the on-site wastewater

Bills: HB2029 , HB2096 , HB2116

Committees: Senate Natural Resources , Senate Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference

Keywords: water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, cesspool remediation, cesspool replacement, forgivable principal, forgivable loan, wifa, water infrastructure finance authority, clean water revolving fund, drinking water revolving fund, wastewater infrastructure, on-site wastewater system, septic system, groundwater protection, public health, nonpoint source pollution, county water projects

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• It changes the timing of the statutory transfer of funds between the Public Works Assistance Account
• and the Move Ahead Washington account. ...between the Public Works Assistance Account and the Move Ahead
• And again, this is another one of those situations where public testimony is very important.
• But the committee does meet tomorrow to take up several Senate bills for public hearing.
• So look for an announcement from the chief clerk's office. The meeting on Friday is still pending.

Bills: HB2306 , HB2711

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: transportation budget, capital budget, operating budget, appropriations, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, Washington State Patrol, Department of Licensing, ferry funding, state ferries, highway maintenance, road preservation, bridge replacement, tolling, express toll lanes, traffic safety, speed cameras, ignition interlock, transit grants, public transit

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• We have a pretty full morning with a public hearing on House Bill 2735 and an executive session on 11
• For the public testimony on House Bill 2735, as much as...
• Thank you. begin with our public testimony and we are All right. Thank you.
• Transparent findings improve appellate review and public trust.
• , affecting our public policy here.

Bills: HB2735 , SB5868 , SJM8006

Committee: House Civil Rights & Judiciary

Keywords: family law, constitutional floor, legal standards, child custody, divorce, SB 5868, superior court, judge, judgeship, judicial vacancy, court administration, Skagit County, Yakima County, RCW 2.08.061, Washington courts, county judges, caseload, docket backlog, judicial workload, elected judge

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• We will have a public hearing on two bills, and we will begin with House Bill 2060.
• We're here to hear public testimony.
• We're here to hear to listen to public testimony.
• We'll close the public hearing on House Bill 2306.
• site, but on the public side it's not on the public site from what I'm pulling up on the public site

Bills: HB2306 , HB2711

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: transportation budget, capital budget, operating budget, appropriations, Washington State Department of Transportation, WSDOT, Washington State Patrol, Department of Licensing, ferry funding, state ferries, highway maintenance, road preservation, bridge replacement, tolling, express toll lanes, traffic safety, speed cameras, ignition interlock, transit grants, public transit

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• Paul Public Schools.
• Paul Public Schools.
• public schools and a volunteer with Minneapolis Families for Public Schools.
• </c> across the road, four officers. across the road, four officers.
• </c> are entitled to a free public education. are entitled to a free public education.

Bills: HF3435 , HF3409

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: school access, school site, school district, charter school, federal agents, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, immigration enforcement, judicial warrant, student privacy, school safety, sanctuary schools, warrant requirement, federal warrant, school grounds

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• </c><00:32:15.360><c> There</c><00:32:15.519><c> are</c> the public member is missing.
• There are the public member is missing.
• </c> our teaching assignments in public our teaching assignments in public schools<00:40:24.240><c> are
• Thank you all for your public service to our state.
• Thank you all for your public today.

Bills: HF3435 , HF3409

Committee: Senate Education Policy

Keywords: school access, school site, school district, charter school, federal agents, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, immigration enforcement, judicial warrant, student privacy, school safety, sanctuary schools, warrant requirement, federal warrant, school grounds

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• We can't have an hour of public testimony.
• We can't have an hour of public testimony, just so people know.
• In seclusion and how it is used in our public schools.
• The Public Education Department supports House Bill 120.
• In FY25, my office supported over 177 families.

Bills: HB30 , HB120 , HJR1 , SB210 , SB306 , HB30 , HB120 , HJR1 , SB210 , SB306

Committees: Senate Senate Education , Senate House Education

Keywords: teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model

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• Codifying the office...
• office and their intense support.
• Jami Gonzalez, Public Charter Schools in New Mexico.
• Senate Bill 64 codifies a dedicated office of ...special education, as you know, within the Public Education
• I'm a public school teacher. My husband is disabled.

Bills: HB30 , HB120 , HJR1 , SB210 , SB306

Committee: House House Education

Keywords: teacher residency, Teacher Residency Act, public schools, teacher preparation, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, student teachers, apprenticeship, co-teaching, mentor teachers, residency stipend, teacher salary, level one teacher, charter schools, school districts, New Mexico education, teacher workforce, principal stipend, cohort model

Bills: SB193 , SB132 , SB35 , SB145

Committee: Senate Senate Finance

Keywords: SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement

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• So, we put it under the Department of Health, and they have the same criteria as in a physician's office
• It would be the right spot to do to research and to gather the medical examiner's office.
• s office and their investigators. Do we know what data they do collect.
• s office investigators or law enforcement that may be involved.

Bills: HB3287 , HB2947 , HB3784 , HB3901 , HB4275

Committee: House Public Health

Keywords: public health, domestic violence, human trafficking, healthcare facilities, hospital protocols, behavioral health, Medicaid expansion, clinical interns, mental health services, licensing requirements, micropigmentation, medical procedure, physician oversight, nursing certification, state regulations, psychological autopsy, mental health, suicide prevention, state health department, investigation