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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm currently a substitute teacher to understand what's happening in our classrooms and see what educators
- This would again better define what restraint and seclusion are to keep kids and teachers safer in classrooms
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- the question. ordinary educator who is actually in the ordinary educator who is actually in the classroom
- <00:48:48.400>
That <00:48:48.559>may classroom rooms in the system. - That may classroom rooms in the system.
- of the task force and the things we've set up have been made almost exclusively by people in the classroom
- You look at our literacy task force and things like that, people that are in the classroom teaching and
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Across our state, there are students sitting in classrooms right now who are more than ready for advanced
- Across our state, there are students sitting in classrooms right now who are more than ready for advanced
- Across our state, there are students sitting in classrooms right now who are more than ready for advanced
- I love everything else in there, but sometimes teachable moments come up in a classroom environment,
- I love everything else in there, but sometimes teachable moments come up in a classroom environment,
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 15, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I was one of the many students lucky enough to sit in her classroom.
- Carman's commitment to service extended far beyond the classroom or the written word.
- In 1997, I participated in a classroom.
- <00:08:53.200>
or <00:08:53.440>the <00:08:53.600>written beyond the classroom - or the written beyond the classroom or the written word.<00:08:54.959>
She <00:08:55.200>was
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We have this same issue in our public school classrooms.
- We have this same issue in our public school classrooms.
- Until we get back to where I'm going here, it's 10% in the classroom.
- In the classroom, it's probably less than 5% that's running the whole experience.
- In the classroom, it’s probably less than 5% that’s running the whole experience.
Bills:
SB1
Keywords:
campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards
Summary:
The committee heard a Legislative Budget Board presentation and then testimony from the Department of Public Safety on the Article 5 public safety budget. LBB said DPS’s 2026-27 recommendation totals $3.7 billion, down from the prior base, while FTEs rise by 856.7. Major items included increased funding for driver license services and customer support, new trooper funding and recruit schools, crime lab operations, border security, and reductions tied to one-time facility, vehicle, and aircraft spending. The committee also discussed new riders, including one to lapse unused trooper funds and require reporting after recruit schools.
Members focused heavily on driver license operations, questioning why prior staffing increases and a prior efficiency study had not solved long wait times, high call abandonment, and appointment delays. DPS and LBB said the agency receives about 22,000 calls per day, answers only about 9 percent, and is seeking more staff plus technology upgrades such as automation, kiosks, and better online processing. Senators also raised concerns about rural access, REAL ID document requirements, and whether the department should rethink its processes rather than simply add employees.
DPS leadership then described needs for the Williamson County training academy, additional troopers, Capitol and Alamo security, border operations, aircraft and vehicle replacement, and regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio. Members asked about Operation Lone Star costs, overtime, pursuit safety, border crime, oilfield theft, and sexual assault kit and toxicology backlogs. DPS said border deployments remain focused on criminal threats, that overtime is partly driven by deployments and staffing shortages, and that the sexual assault kit backlog is down to 118 cases with a goal of zero by April. The committee later recessed and began the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission budget presentation, where LBB outlined a $115.1 million recommendation and noted ongoing costs for the AIMS technology project.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- uh I hear you know New classroom uh I hear you know New Hampshire<03:46:58.080>
has <03:46:58.439 - And I know in Chichester we have some pretty small classrooms.
- We have two adults, I think, in every classroom, and, you know, so there's money we could save.
- we have two adults I think in classrooms we have two adults I think in every<04:16:49.319>
classroom - and you know so there's every classroom and you know so there's there's<04:16:52.199>
money <04
Summary:
The public hearing focused on HB 290, which would raise cigarette and e-cigarette/vaping taxes and create a committee to study tobacco and nicotine tax policy. Representative Jerry Stringham introduced the bill as both a public health and revenue measure, arguing that nicotine use causes health harms and public costs, and that New Hampshire’s cigarette tax has been unchanged at $1.78 per pack since 2013. He said the bill would raise the cigarette tax by $1 per pack to $2.78, still below most New England states, and would also adjust vaping taxes, which he described as having been set as placeholder rates in 2019. He said the bill would also establish a study committee to review broader tobacco and nicotine taxation, including products such as premium cigars.
In response to questions, Stringham said the proposed cigarette tax would be roughly equal in real dollars to the 2008 rate after inflation, and he suggested that a smaller annual increase could be considered, though he believed a larger increase would have a stronger public health effect. He explained that the vaping tax structure differs between closed and open systems because one taxes a fixed hardware product while the other taxes reusable liquid, and he said the proposal would move the rates toward a more uniform approach. He also said New Hampshire would remain below neighboring states even after the increase, though members raised concerns about cross-border shopping, business impacts, and preserving the state’s competitive advantage.
Several members questioned whether the bill’s main purpose was revenue or reducing smoking and vaping. Stringham said he viewed it primarily as a public health bill, but also as a revenue measure, and said he would consider it successful even if consumption fell enough to reduce revenue. Other members emphasized personal freedom and argued the committee should focus on taxation rather than cessation, while some supported the bill as a way to capture revenue from out-of-state buyers and keep New Hampshire’s rates below surrounding states. The hearing consisted of testimony and questions only; no vote or final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- by more than the 90% of classrooms by more than the 90% of Granite<01:14:38.320>
State <01:14: - This proposal does not cut classroom funding. It does not impact teachers or students.
- Teachers and classrooms are excluded by design.
- If we want to<01:27:50.000>
protect <01:27:50.400>the <01:27:50.800>classrooms, < - 01:27:52.000>
preserve to protect the classrooms, preserve to protect the classrooms, preserve
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- interactions or classroom observations? interactions or classroom observations?
- , which is their primary classroom, which is their primary responsibility.<01:22:40.880>
Um, <01 - Play reduces the incidence of troublesome behavior in the classroom and helps students create healthy
- <03:54:50.319>
and <03:54:50.560>helps behavior in the classroom and helps behavior - in the classroom and helps students<03:54:51.120>
to <03:54:51.359>create <03:54:51.600
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/16/26 - Part 4
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- How could we come together that we are a classroom of learners?
- And it was really interesting to be able to come to a classroom and be able to engage with them, how
- we could come up with ideas for classroom management together.
- and be able to to come to a classroom and be able to engage<02:22:43.520>
with <02:22:43.840>< - <02:22:49.040>
management up with ideas for classroom management up with ideas for classroom
Summary:
The House began with a resolution recognizing May 15, 2026, as Peace Officer Memorial Day and the week of May 10-16 as Police Week in Minnesota. Members read a series of “whereas” clauses honoring fallen peace officers, including three names added to the memorial this year, and thanking the thousands of officers serving across the state. The resolution was adopted without objection, and the chamber also received a Rules and Legislative Administration report placing several bills on the calendar for the day.
The main floor action was on House File 4252, the higher education finance and policy conference committee report. Supporters said the bill includes funding for identification verification systems in the MNSCU system to combat enrollment fraud, money to cover a shortfall in Fostering Independence grants for foster youth, and a small appropriation for trees at Bemidji State University. Several members praised the public conference committee process and the bipartisan work behind the bill. Others criticized the bill for not addressing the larger state grant shortfall and raised concerns about how grant dollars are allocated. The House adopted the conference report and repassed the bill 101-33.
The House then concurred in Senate amendments to House File 3825, a public safety vehicle bill that also carried a package of scope-of-practice and licensing changes. Members described provisions affecting acupuncture, athletic trainers, massage therapy, mortuary science, music therapy, social work title protection, pharmacist prescribing, physical therapy, and advanced practice nursing. Supporters argued the changes improve access, affordability, workforce flexibility, and patient care, while one member warned that some scope expansions were insufficiently scrutinized and could harm the health care system. After debate, the House agreed to the Senate amendments and moved the bill forward.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- All of us support the work that happens in the classroom.
- They could get more money back in that classroom.
- <02:22:53.200>
They <02:22:53.360>could money back in that classroom. - They could money back in that classroom.
- It’s just to get more funding back in the classroom.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 11, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I stopped by classrooms and even a cafeteria to see students in action, even helped teach a math class
- We must keep working to build a brighter future for every child in every classroom across the nation.
- I stopped by classrooms<01:57:06.080>
and <01:57:06.320>even <01:57:06.480>a <01: - <01:57:30.239>
across every child in every classroom across every child in every classroom - in both New York and nearby classrooms in both New York and nearby Connecticut,<02:00:04.639>
and
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- classroom, and have the access to all classroom, and have the access to all the<04:12:31.840>
resources - objection, the gentleman is recognized for<04:17:03.680>
one Whether in city hall or in a classroom - hall<04:17:25.199>
or <04:17:25.439>in <04:17:25.520>a <04:17:25.680>classroom - ,<04:17:26.239>
she's <04:17:26.560>made city hall or in a classroom, she's made city - hall or in a classroom, she's made community<04:17:27.359>
a <04:17:27.600>cornerstone
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/28/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- <01:26:05.080>
We <01:26:05.360>know <01:26:06.000>where even reach a classroom - We know where even reach a classroom.
- Without a state allocation to meet this new requirement, it will come directly out of the classroom.
- And this is happening of the classroom.
- And if we can take care of this issue, that will not only attract those teachers back into the classroom
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Artificial Intelligence Task Force 2025 (9-11-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- for a building or you're designing a shoe, when you're designing them in your basement, in your classroom
- got<01:25:16.400>
up <01:25:16.480>to <01:25:16.719>110 some of those classrooms - got up to 110 some of those classrooms got up to 110 degrees<01:25:17.600>
because <01:25:17.840 - ,<01:25:49.360>
uh <01:25:49.520>there basement, in your classroom, uh there basement - , in your classroom, uh there are<01:25:50.080>
a <01:25:50.320>lot <01:25:50.480>of
Summary:
The Intelligence Task Force met with a quorum present and approved the minutes from the August 14 meeting. The first presentation was from the National Retail Federation on artificial intelligence in the retail sector. NRF described AI use cases in three areas: consumer-facing tools such as chatbots, product descriptions, and marketing; employee-facing tools such as company-specific apps trained on employee manuals; and internal uses such as supply chain forecasting, inventory planning, fraud detection, cybersecurity, and coding support. The presenters said retail has been among the top deployers of AI and emphasized that the goal is to improve both customer and employee experience.
NRF also outlined its principles for responsible AI use, organized around governance and risk management, customer engagement and trust, workforce applications, and business partner accountability. The group said retailers should maintain strong internal oversight, be transparent with customers, ensure compliance with existing laws, closely review workforce-related uses because they can be high-risk, and clearly define responsibilities between retailers and third-party developers. In policy discussion, NRF urged a tiered approach focused first on high-risk uses such as hiring, health care, financial, mortgage, and rental decisions, warned against fragmented rules that could favor only the largest firms, and encouraged voluntary standards and worker upskilling incentives. In response to a question about dynamic pricing, NRF said its members do not target consumers based on pricing and offered to follow up with more information.
The committee then moved to a follow-up discussion on energy policy and data centers, hearing from Bartley Cleland of NetChoice. He explained that AI runs largely in data centers and that cloud computing shifts processing and storage away from individual devices, which he argued improves efficiency and can reduce costs. He said electricity demand has been rising over time and that AI will increase compute-related electricity use, but framed electricity as a normal input to economic growth. No votes or formal actions were taken after these presentations.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- The classroom where less than 80% of children are immunized against these serious illnesses will not
- We want them to continue to attend school, participate in classroom discussions, run for school office
- Parents shouldn't have to guess whether their child's classroom is safe.
- Parents shouldn't have to guess whether their child's classroom is safe.
- These shifts do not stop at the classroom. Forbes, citing U.S.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Health held a hearing on several vaccination-related bills, including proposals to eliminate non-medical or religious exemptions for school immunizations (notably H. 2554 and S. 1557), a bill to require or improve reporting and administration of immunization data and exemptions (described as the Community Immunity Act, S. 1618), and H. 2431, which would prohibit COVID-19, mRNA, or gene-altering vaccine requirements. The committee also heard testimony on H. 2463, which would classify funeral directors as public health workers for vaccine-priority purposes during emergencies. The chair reviewed testimony rules and repeatedly asked speakers to keep comments orderly and brief so the committee could hear as many people as possible. No votes were taken during the hearing.
Testimony on H. 2554 and S. 1557 was sharply divided. Pediatricians, infectious disease specialists, public health advocates, and groups such as the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Massachusetts Medical Society, March of Dimes, Massachusetts Families for Vaccines, and several parents supported eliminating religious exemptions, arguing that vaccination protects medically vulnerable children and adults, improves herd immunity, and helps prevent outbreaks of measles, pertussis, and other diseases. They cited local school data showing pockets of lower coverage and incomplete reporting, and several speakers referenced outbreaks in other states and the need for stronger, more consistent reporting and exemption management. Opponents argued the bills would infringe on religious freedom and parental rights, force families to choose between faith and education, and unfairly target a small number of families; some also said Massachusetts already has high vaccination rates and that the real issue is incomplete data or the gap population rather than religious exemptions.
H. 2431 drew testimony from supporters who said COVID-era mandates caused job losses, privacy concerns, and harm, and that the bill would prevent future requirements for COVID, mRNA, or gene-altering vaccines in schools, workplaces, and public settings. Supporters described personal experiences with alleged vaccine injury or mandate-related hardship. H. 2463 was supported by the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association, which argued funeral directors work in infection-facing settings and should be eligible for vaccine priority during public health emergencies. The hearing featured extensive public testimony but no committee action beyond hearing the bills and taking questions from members.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- In many toddler classrooms, children keep a small stuffed animal or a well-loved blanket in their cubby
- is built through simple but essential experiences: a trusted caregiver, predictable routines, a classroom
- time, only an hour before ICE agents murdered Renea Good, I dropped my daughter off in her pre-K classroom
- What it would do if passed is protect children from witnessing armed enforcement in their classrooms
- <00:45:09.480>
It classrooms or on the playground. It classrooms or on the playground.
Bills:
HF3415
Keywords:
child care, day care, licensed child care center, license-exempt child care, immigration enforcement, ICE, Customs and Border Protection, CBP, USCIS, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, judicial warrant, facility access, sensitive locations, immigrant families, Minnesota Statutes chapter 142B, 1183, house
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The city in that way acts as an extension of our classrooms, offering our students extraordinary opportunities
- If you're looking for the impact on our campuses and our classrooms, I can't think of anybody's perspective
- ,<00:17:34.880>
I <00:17:34.960>can't campuses and our classrooms, I can't campuses - and our classrooms, I can't think<00:17:35.320>
of <00:17:35.400>anybody's <00:17:35.840 - It follows them into our classrooms, offices, and common spaces.
Summary:
The committee adopted the minutes from its February 24, 2026 meeting after a motion by Vice Chair Coulter. The hearing then focused on the impact of federal immigration enforcement, referred to throughout as Operation Metro Surge, on Minnesota college campuses. The chair said the purpose was to document alleged abuses, campus fear, and racial discrimination, and to hear from testifiers about effects on students, faculty, and staff. Representative Novotny briefly objected to the framing, saying the committee should be finding facts rather than making a predetermined presentation, and the chair responded that members should remain respectful and that questions would be held until after all presenters testified.
Augsburg University President Paul Pribbenow described what he called relentless and unprecedented disruption, including student stops and interrogations, family separations, and an ICE operation on campus in which armed masked agents allegedly detained a student without a warrant and pointed weapons at students and staff. He said the campus received bomb threats afterward, increased virtual learning options, and saw spikes in student support needs, housing assistance, and leaves of absence. Jenna Chernega of the Inter Faculty Organization said faculty across Minnesota State universities reported widespread student and colleague stress, increased workload, disappearing students, and a need for clearer sensitive-location protections and academic freedom guidance. Mark Grant of Minnesota State College Faculty said community conditions inevitably affect classrooms, that campuses have not yet had an ICE incident but are bracing for one, and that faculty want to support students and may need financial help if enrollment declines.
Jennifer Irwin of AFSCME said fear from ICE activity extends beyond campus boundaries and is affecting attendance, work, and daily life for staff and students; she cited a member detained in St. Paul while trying to prove legal status. Student testifiers Brendan Frazier of Concordia University, St. Paul, Jonathan Fitzgerald of Minnesota State Mankato, Sudi Adow of Lead MN, and Will Luther of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities described panic, reduced attendance, food insecurity, disrupted classes, and fear of leaving home or commuting to campus. They urged stronger student privacy protections, support for international and immigrant students, emergency aid, and policies to keep campuses safe. No further committee action or votes were taken after the minutes approval.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We transport, feed, and support students in the classroom.
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work Representative Hill concluded, “And so when I look back on my 25 years in the classroom - day in some very difficult conditions, and then the folks serving the most vulnerable kids in our classrooms
- said, “Um, as a teacher for 20 years, I have a special appreciation for our hourly workers in the classroom
- Um, as a teacher for 20 years, I have a special appreciation for our hourly workers in the classroom.
Bills:
HF1388
Keywords:
BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- valuable educator time as well as district resources that could be far better allocated to direct classroom
- <00:29:47.640>
teacher <00:29:48.559>supporting <00:29:49.039>their classroom teacher - supporting their classroom teacher supporting their implementation<00:29:49.880>
as <00:29:50.000 - Thanks, and mostly I'm just trying to marry my experience in a classroom with my experience with ACT
- <00:51:08.839>
with I want to marry my experience in a classroom with my experience with ACT
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-29 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In the classroom, whether it's a public school classroom, traditional public school, a public charter
- , or any other classroom, there are tools, there are academic tools that are electronic in nature that
- In the classroom, whether it's a public school classroom, traditional public school, a public charter
- or any other classroom, there are tools, there are academic, There are tools, there are academic tools
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge, and heard several member introductions before moving to the special order calendar. The chamber first took up SB 200/HB 295 on a comprehensive waste reduction and recycling plan, which directs DEP to develop a statewide recycling strategy by 2026 with stakeholder input and a three-year implementation roadmap; the House bill was substituted and passed 38-0. Senators then approved CS/CS/SB 492 on mitigation banking and land development after adopting two McLean amendments, including one on out-of-service credits and another incorporating phosphate mining lands provisions; the bill passed 35-3 after debate over possible constitutional issues. CS/SB 494 on aggravated animal cruelty was also amended and substituted with the House companion to add a searchable FDLE database of convicted animal abusers and a sentencing multiplier, with an agriculture-related exemption; it passed 37-0.
The Senate next passed CS/CS/SB 500/HB 711 creating the Spectrum Alert for missing children with autism, including training and coordinated alert procedures, with a House amendment to align implementation timing and funding; it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 524/HB 1089 added Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening tests and passed 36-0. CS/CS/SB 592/HB 393 revised the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program by lowering approval thresholds, clarifying eligibility and ownership issues, and adding sliding-door wind-driven rain mitigation devices; it passed 37-0 after discussion about funding and insurance premium credits. CS/SB 742/HB 1145 on workforce education allowed charter schools direct access to grant funding and expanded money-back guarantees for certain programs, and it passed 37-0. CS/CS/SB 822/HB 443 on charter schools generated extensive debate and multiple amendments, including a Jones amendment requiring parent acknowledgment of school rules; the bill would expand charter autonomy, reporting flexibility, enrollment capacity, and governance provisions, and it was placed on the calendar for third reading after the amendment process.
Later, the Senate passed HB 827 on a statewide study of automation and workforce impact, which would examine job displacement, wages, vulnerable regions, and training needs, by a 35-0 vote. It also passed CS/CS/SB 964/HB 181 on parole guidelines, CS/SB 976/HB 901 on court-appointed psychologists, and CS/SB 1084/HB 1451 on sexual cyber harassment and digitally forged intimate images, all unanimously. CS/CS/SB 1156 on a Home Health Aid for Medically Fragile Children Program was amended to clarify training requirements and passed 37-0 after supportive debate about helping parents care for medically fragile children. Finally, CS/CS/CS/SB 1240/HB 1091 on substance abuse and mental health care was amended to allow designated facilities to retain certain stabilized patients during the 72-hour involuntary examination period and passed 37-0. Several other bills were temporarily postponed, and the chamber also recognized guests and interns throughout the session.