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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance May 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Special ed, what I've seen, because I also have the luxury of being married to the special ed teacher
- So, Ever since COVID, our special ed numbers have increased. So the spacing for special ed.
- Now back to Ed Fellows. Back to my my my fist pump for PED.
- Special ed classrooms, service students, pre-K through 12.
- Um, the other thing is I was kind of bothered by your Ed fellow.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And at least as far as the existing capital outlay processes go and this one for higher ed, the funds
- And at least as far as the existing capital outlay processes go and this one for higher ed, the funds
- And at least as far as the existing capital outlay processes go and this one for higher ed, the funds
- So those are the other projects remaining that Higher Ed will determine the processes to award.
- So who looks at it in Higher Ed? Who prioritizes in Higher Ed?
Keywords:
foster children, school transportation, education funding, public education, child welfare, New Mexico Highlands University, soccer field, women's sports, infrastructure improvement, funding allocation, student athletes, appropriation, New Mexico State University, nutrition, travel support, funding, education, university support, financial assistance, parenting students
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ALC-EXECUTIVE SUBCOMMITTEE Mar 19th, 2026
ALC-EXECUTIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a consideration of a consultant services agreement between BLR and Work Ed Consulting.
- This is a consideration of a consultant services agreement between BLR and Work Ed Consulting.
- The contract will be between the Bureau and Work Ed Consulting, and this will be for the use of the Hospital
- Work Ed has indicated, as you'll see in the scope of services attached to the contract, that they're
- So it's really his expertise that we're getting when we use Work Ed. Okay. All right.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- The contract will be between the Bureau and Work Ed Consulting, and this will be for the year.
- The contract will be between the Bureau and Work Ed Consulting, and this will be for the use of the Hospital
- Work Ed has indicated, as you'll see in the scope of services attached to the contract, that they're
- Mason Bishop, and he's the lead for this Work Ed group. So he's worked with the Georgia Institute.
- So it's really his expertise that we're getting when we use Work Ed. Okay. All right.
Summary:
The Executive Subcommittee met and first considered a waiver request from the Stuttgart School District to use the TIPS interlocal purchasing system for a turf replacement project instead of the traditional competitive bid process. Superintendent Jeff McKinney explained that three bids were received but none fully met the RFP specifications, including warranty and insurance requirements. He said the district, with its architect’s guidance, determined that United Turf and Track was the best option because it met the 10-year warranty requirement, had resolved the insurance issue, had prior experience with the district, and could complete the work in time for summer installation. The committee approved the waiver request.
Members then approved a consultant services agreement between the Bureau of Legislative Research and WorkEd Consulting for work related to the workforce system study and potential legislation for the 2027 session. Senator Jane English and Representative Mary Bentley said the consultant would help the legislature develop reforms after prior audit findings showed the current workforce system was inefficient and ineffective. They noted WorkEd’s experience in other states, including Louisiana, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Virginia, and explained that some subcontractors would include people who had worked on the earlier Georgia Center for Opportunity study. The contract was approved.
The committee also approved a renewed actuarial and consultant services agreement with Perrin Knight for services related to the state’s new property insurance captive. Jill Thayer said the contract would provide independent actuarial support to legislative subcommittees, especially the State Insurance Properties Oversight Subcommittee, with services billed only as used. Members asked about budgeting, frequency of work, and overlap with existing executive branch contractors; Thayer and Senator Goodmore said the service had been anticipated from the start and would be separate and independent. Finally, Marty Garrity requested use of committee room funds to renovate Committee Room C in the Big Mac Building because its audio-visual equipment is outdated. That request was approved, and the meeting adjourned.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 6 March, 2026; 9:00 AM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- If you've ever been in a room with If you've ever been in a room with special<00:17:06.880>
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a <00:17:07.959>special <00:17:08.360> - ed teacher and children with a special ed teacher and children that<00:17:10.560>
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Summary:
The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, found a quorum, dispensed with reading the journal, and moved through routine calendar business. Members tabled motions on several Senate bills, including Senate Bill 3230 and Senate Bill 2699, and there was discussion about a member’s right to hold a bill even after immediate release had been granted the prior day. The chamber also handled a hold request on Senate Bill 2838 and later tabled a motion related to it.
The main floor action centered on Senate Bill 2103, which was called up and amended with a strike-all amendment. The bill was described as a broad education and retirement package focused on teacher pay, assistant teacher pay, PERS changes, school attendance officers, and support for struggling school districts. The sponsor said it would provide a $5,000 across-the-board teacher pay raise, a $3,000 increase for special education teachers, a $3,000 increase for assistant teachers, and an approximately $5,000 increase for school attendance officers. It also would reduce retirement service requirements for some state employees and first responders, allow retired teachers to return to work while drawing retirement, and create a district-of-innovation provision for D and F districts to help address teacher shortages and other needs.
Several members questioned the scope of the bill, asking whether it included school choice, vouchers, portability, or other contentious provisions; the sponsor said it did not. Questions also focused on the superintendent salary cap language, the effect on PERS contributions for returning retirees, and whether the bill still contained the counselor ethics language that had been discussed earlier; the sponsor said that language had been struck out. After debate, the House adopted the strike-all amendment and then passed Senate Bill 2103 by a vote of 122-0.
After passage, members made announcements and vote-change requests on prior calendar items, including Senate Bill 2432 and Senate Bill 3111. The Speaker also announced a press conference after adjournment to discuss the teacher pay raise. The House then adjourned until 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- [Applause] That brings me into the ED fund, which will require $2.56 billion.
- All told, we'll send almost $800 million to the ED fund just this year.
- <00:14:03.680>
fund, <00:14:04.560>which >> That brings me into the ED fund, - which >> That brings me into the ED fund, which will<00:14:05.040>
require <00:14:05.680> - to the ed fund just this year. to the ed fund just this year.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The curriculum director, special ed The curriculum director, special ed director,<01:37:16.560><
- It's going to affect your special ed students.
- special ed or unanticipated that way. special ed or unanticipated that way.
- She's director of special ed education.
- charter school that's special ed charter school that's special ed qualified<03:30:39.279>
and
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (03/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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special addressing the issue of Ed special addressing the issue of Ed special - I understand the special ed justification for increasing the special ed per pupil by basically $100 per
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by increasing the special ed per pupil by increasing the special ed per pupil by 100<00:46:31.680 - So this is mixed in with the special ed increase also.
- So this is mixed in with the special ed increase also.
Summary:
The committee met in executive session on HB 563, which revises the adequacy education grant formula, including differentiated aid for free and reduced-price meals, English language learners, and special education, and also restores fiscal capacity disparity aid. Members explained that for FY 26 the formula largely stays the same with the usual 2% increases, while FY 27 would raise the base cost and several aid categories, including a substantial increase in special education differentiated aid. Supporters said the bill recognizes higher special education costs and separates fiscal capacity disparity from the extraordinary needs grant, which they argued better targets property-poor communities.
A major point of discussion was the fiscal capacity disparity aid component. Some members asked for more detail on how the formula affected individual towns and how much money was being allocated. The sponsors said the spreadsheet showed the impacts and estimated the fiscal capacity disparity portion at about $13.3 million, benefiting roughly 40 communities, with Manchester the only municipality expected to receive less under the new approach. They also said the change partially rebalances money that had shifted heavily toward larger cities under the extraordinary needs grant and that the special education increase is new money, not taken from the hold harmless or extraordinary needs funds.
Several members supported the amendment as a good-faith step and a bipartisan compromise, while others expressed frustration that they did not have enough time or information to review the spreadsheets in detail before voting. After extended debate, the committee recessed for lunch to allow the spreadsheet to be distributed and reviewed, with the understanding that the bill would continue later in the day and then move on to the other bills on the docket.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- though, that was interesting, is left in a new standard that tracks the standard that's used for higher ed
- It's the same process that we use for higher ed, and it's the same process we use for the Interstate
- And it's modeled on what's existing language for higher ed.
- So we've had this same language from all the higher ed appointments. They haven't done that.
- Thank you, Senator Ed. Thank you, Senator Ayakos. Madam Chair, thank you, Senator Hottomero.
Keywords:
wildlife commission, removal procedures, malfeasance, appointed officials, governance, education reform, public education, state board of education, superintendent, chartering authority, constitutional amendment, policy setting, insects, insect workshop, insect identification, ecology, monitoring, management, pollinators, pollination
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education. (3-25-26)
Primary and Secondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- the Senate Ed Committee. the Senate Ed Committee.
- An elected administrator that sat before Senate Ed and said he did not want that power.
- An elected administrator that sat before Senate Ed and said he did not want that power.
- An elected administrator that sat before Senate Ed and said he did not want that power.
- An elected administrator that sat before Senate Ed and said he did not want that power.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE Mar 2nd, 2026
ALC-HOSPITAL, MEDICAID, & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES STUDY SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- all have in your packet a copy of a draft consultant services agreement between the Bureau and Work Ed
- Work Ed has set out their fees and estimated expenses in Attachment B to the contract.
- all have in your packet a copy of a draft consultant services agreement between the Bureau and Work Ed
- Work ed has set out their fees and estimated it. hours.
- Work ed has set out their fees and estimated expenses in attachment B to the contract.
Summary:
The committee met to review an audit and recommendations from the Alliance for Opportunity on reforming Arkansas workforce and social service delivery. Members discussed creating a more integrated, regional, “one-door” system that would combine eligibility screening, job training, and service referrals across DHS, workforce, health, and related programs, with an emphasis on reducing administrative overhead and redirecting more funds to direct services and training. Several members raised the need to include groups such as people in generational poverty, rural residents, reentry populations, and people involved in the court system, while also ensuring access for those without digital skills or technology.
Artificial intelligence was a major topic. Members suggested using AI and a centralized database or virtual hub to pre-populate forms, identify program eligibility, notify workforce agencies, and improve efficiency, while still maintaining case managers and in-person support for those who need it. There was also discussion of benefit cliffs, DHS processes that may hinder employment, and the need for industry input and working groups to study AI and other issues. Members repeatedly asked for measurable outcomes, including return-on-investment estimates, cost savings, and performance metrics tied to the number of people moved into self-sufficiency and employment.
The committee then reviewed a draft consultant services agreement with Work Ed Consulting LLC, represented by Mason Bishop, to assist with the study under Act 145 of 2025. The contract would run from March 20, 2025 through June 30, 2027, with a maximum amount of $158,000 plus possible additional services up to 10% if approved. Bishop said his work would include ongoing ROI updates and that his experience included helping create Utah’s workforce department and assisting Louisiana with similar reforms. After questions about oversight and deliverables, Representative Beck moved to advance the contract, Senator Sullivan seconded, and the committee approved it by voice vote before adjourning.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 9
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Lee, >> Miss Lohen, >> Miss Martin, >> Mr. Matayoshi, >> Miss Matsumoto, >> Mr.
Bills:
HB2028, HB1859, HB1851, HB1660, HB1890, HB1892, HB1893, HB2122, HB2012, HB1770, HB2121, HB1979, HB1650, HB1982, HB218
Keywords:
Labor Day, construction workers, tax credit, economic development, state law, employer support, workforce development, employment, career counseling, local economy, high-demand jobs, taxation, apprenticeship, income tax credit, qualified apprenticeship program, HB1660, Hawaii, county labor standards, counties, contractors
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Fri Jan 23, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 3
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I show you're registered as Ed Johnson.
- I show you registered as Ed Johnson.
- I, uh, have you registered as Ed Johnson.
- I show you registered as Ed Johnson.
- I show you registered as Ed Johnson.
Bills:
HB304
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/21/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- provide hunter ed courses in some cases. provide hunter ed courses in some cases.
- Representative Beldoni. the hunter ed program design. It's the hunter ed program design.
- certification um of the hunter's ed certification um of the hunter's ed course. course. course.
- The public schools must special ed.
- ,<05:21:06.080>
etc., could be $2,000 for special ed, etc., could be $2,000 for special ed
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Chair calls Ed Johnson with the Harris County Ballot Security.
- The Chair calls Ed Johnson representing himself. Welcome back, sir.
- We show you registered as Ed Johnson representing yourself.
- We show you registered as Ed Johnson representing yourself.
- I show you registered as Ed Johnson.
Keywords:
HB 817, Texas Election Code, majority vote, majority threshold, ranked-choice voting, preferential voting, instant runoff voting, vote reassignment, ballot ranking, election administration, public office election, Election Code Section 2.0215, runoff elections, plurality vs majority, voting systems, education reform, budget allocation, teacher retention, student performance, accountability measures
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So that means if they were a special ed teacher five years ago, they're still a special ed teacher, which
- , because this is more in higher ed, because this is more in higher ed, right?
- to do is extend more time in higher ed. to do is extend more time in higher ed.
- education work in the higher ed path. education work in the higher ed path.
- partner a higher ed institution in that. partner a higher ed institution in that.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- remainder of that school year, which we have 21 inclusive and then we have through age 22 in special ed
- and then we have through age 22<00:06:28.639>
in <00:06:28.960>special <00:06:29.280>ed - <00:06:30.720>
So, <00:06:31.039>the 22 in special ed law right now. - So, the 22 in special ed law right now.
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I inquired of the Department of Ed, I inquired of the Department of Ed, I
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 3432 - Omnibus Judiciary and Public Safety Appropriations - 05/13/26
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Bjorn Olson, 22A, that's Martin County, Faribault County, Watonwan County, and the largest portion
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Olson, <00:02:47.000>22A, <00:02:47.720>that's <00:02:48.000>Martin - I'm Bjorn Olson, 22A, that's Martin I'm Bjorn Olson, 22A, that's Martin County,<00:02:48.520>
Summary:
The Safety and Security Conference Committee met on May 13, 2026, with a quorum present and no immediate vote taken. Chairs explained the committee was working ahead of a possible target so it could act quickly later if needed, then proceeded with member introductions and a reminder about committee decorum. Staff noted a microphone delay and said the meeting would include a side-by-side walk-through of the House and Senate policy language and a review of the fiscal spreadsheet.
Fiscal staff summarized major differences in court, public safety, and legislative security funding. The House and Senate proposals differed on safety and security funding for the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and District Courts, as well as on courthouse grants, capital security enhancements, and a new legislative/protective services unit. Staff also reviewed Senate-only and House-only items, including a Senate proposal to require removal of insignia from public safety vehicles sold to the public, and House provisions for a security services task force and member security costs. Total general fund impacts were reviewed, with the House total corrected to include an open appropriation that had been omitted from the spreadsheet totals.
Nonpartisan staff then walked through the policy differences. The Senate language focused on a Protective Services Unit and security for principal state officials, while the House language focused on a Legislative Services Unit and security for legislators. Both bills included provisions on Capitol Complex Security, reporting requirements, and reimbursement arrangements with local law enforcement, but differed on details such as whether elected officials must provide contact information to DPS and how requests for personal protective services are handled. The House-only amendment A8 was presented for discussion; it would revise emergency contact provisions, replace the House’s personal protective services request language with a more detailed threat assessment and mitigation framework, direct implementation of the new unit, and make related reimbursement and technical changes.
Judge Richard Kyle, president of the Minnesota District Judges Association, testified in support of stronger judicial and court safety measures. He described rising threats against judges, citing survey results showing high rates of judges limiting personal information, receiving inappropriate communications, changing personal behavior, and experiencing threats to themselves and family members. He said the association supports legislative authorization and funding for home security and personal data protections for judicial officers, and emphasized that safety concerns for judges and court staff have become more serious in recent years.