Video & Transcript Research : 'educational support'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/16/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- Education Minnesota is supportive of doing something here.
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education. - She served on the supported education.
- This is an education finance bill, and it should be focused on educating kids and supporting them.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EDN Info Briefing - Fri Jan 9, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- support of the Department of Education support of the Department of Education and<00:44:34.000><
- I also want to thank the legislature and the Board of Education for your support over the long...
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the <00:51:47.359>long Education for your support over the long term - public education system. public education system.
- Education? Education?
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Jun 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Attention must be directed at restructuring the education support programs and services that schools
- Support staff operate in silos.
- I know we've got some of the higher salaries in the state for our educators and even our support staff
- We are prepared to provide comprehensive support to schools, districts, and educators from technical
- So we support school districts that are carrying out high quality career technical education programs
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Deb Corhouse, attorney with Education Minnesota: We support the additional training components envisioned
- Thank you for your time and your continued support of public education.
- Thank you for the honor of speaking today and thank you for your support in students in their education
- So, thank you for your support of this bill and your ongoing support of our educators.
- Thank you for your support of this bill and your ongoing support of our educators.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
Transcript Highlights:
- The Commonwealth and its higher education community are powerful partners, supporting each other and
- The Commonwealth and its higher education community are powerful partners supporting each other and contributing
- Third, direct and in-kind support.
- : more access to education.
- Education.
Summary:
The committee held an informational hearing on the economic impact of Massachusetts higher education institutions, with opening remarks noting the significance of September 11 and the role colleges and universities play in the state’s economy, workforce, and research ecosystem. UMass leaders testified first, describing UMass as a major employer and economic driver that educates large numbers of Massachusetts residents, supports thousands of jobs, and generates billions in annual economic activity. They emphasized the importance of research funding, warned that federal grant cancellations, suspensions, and slowdowns were harming research operations and talent retention, and voiced strong support for Governor Healey’s proposed DRIVE initiative as bridge funding to protect research capacity and jobs.
Committee members focused heavily on workforce preparation in emerging fields such as AI, cyber, quantum computing, and engineering. UMass leaders said AI is being embedded across curricula and research, but also warned that financial constraints forced reductions in PhD admissions, especially in computer science and engineering, which could weaken the future workforce pipeline. They also described the practical effects of grant uncertainty, including reduced graduate admissions and concerns about losing researchers to institutions abroad. Members asked for more detailed data on grant timing, funding gaps, and where students and researchers were going.
A second panel from private colleges and universities, including AICUM, Suffolk, Smith, and Clark, highlighted the broad economic and civic contributions of private higher education. Testimony cited large annual economic impacts, job creation, tax revenue, community service, legal clinics, dual enrollment, entrepreneurship support, sustainability investments, and access programs. Speakers also discussed enrollment pressures, COVID-related social and mental health challenges, student visa and federal policy concerns, and the need to preserve liberal arts alongside career-focused training. The committee then heard from MIT, where testimony focused on research commercialization, biotech spinouts, and the role of federal, philanthropic, and industry funding in sustaining innovation; members pressed for more data on funding sources and asked what state policy could do to keep talent and businesses in Massachusetts. The hearing continued with additional public higher education testimony, including Bridgewater State, Bristol Community College, and Northeastern, which emphasized workforce-aligned programs, social mobility, apprenticeships, co-op education, and the need for better coordination between higher education, employers, and state workforce systems.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Educational Consortium.
- Organizations and the Florida Department of Education to provide district supports and professional learning
- And we are appreciative of what those consortiums provide to us: the support for educational services
- And not just teachers, but educational support personnel. Can you talk to me about that dynamic?
- Education—uh, not education, it was the technology money back when they had that.
Summary:
The Senate Education Pre-K-12 Committee met to discuss the needs of rural school districts and the role of Florida’s three regional education consortia: the Panhandle Area Education Consortium, Northeast Florida Educational Consortium, and Heartland Educational Consortium. Executive directors and several rural superintendents described the consortia as member-led organizations that provide shared services, professional learning, leadership development, grant support, cooperative purchasing, risk management, IT/cybersecurity help, and back-office assistance that small districts could not afford to provide on their own. They emphasized that rural districts are often very small, have limited staff, and must still meet the same state reporting and compliance requirements as large urban systems.
Testimony focused heavily on teacher recruitment and retention, alternative certification, and the difficulty of staffing specialized roles such as CFOs, MIS directors, IT staff, and content-area teachers. Superintendents said many new hires are career changers or alternatively certified teachers who need consortium-supported training, and several argued for more flexibility in funding so districts can raise salaries and compete with neighboring districts and nearby states. Members also asked about the impact of declining enrollment, homeschooling, and voucher-related school choice; superintendents said those trends are reducing FTE and creating budget instability, while also requiring districts to right-size staff and programs.
Several speakers described the financial strain on rural districts, including rising insurance costs, transportation costs, and the challenge of forecasting budgets when enrollment changes after the school year begins. One superintendent recounted major hurricane damage and said consortium risk-management support was essential to recovery. Others said the consortia help districts pool resources for property and health insurance, payroll, student data systems, and procurement, and that this shared approach saves money and improves services. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the meeting.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EDN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 16, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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mu <01:13:13.199>educator schools to offer um educator mu educator schools - But what is the process of support to get them to, uh, support?
- So for us, the support is just here are the 14 educator preparation programs, and we support our EPS
- How does the board, or you folks, help support that process for educators?
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Many things are education, as you know. You're an old educator yourself.
- She's an educator. Her parents are educators. Her siblings are educators.
- It's my privilege and honor to stand in support of Secretary Padilla for the Secretary of Public Education
- or early education.
- Their whole support is in the right direction for supporting what is best for our children's education
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I have, I'm here today in support of Senate Bill 569 because I've seen first-hand virtual education change
- education.
- That speaks to the kind of support I have received at every level of my online education.
- I hope you will support Senate Bill 569 because virtual education empowers students. students like me
- So, Senate Bill 11 recognizes that education isn't just about academic knowledge, but about supporting
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/10/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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- HB 283 is the antithesis of support for public education.
- HB 283 is the antithesis of support for public education.
- HB 283 is the antithesis of support for public education.
- HB 283 is the antithesis of support for public education.
Summary:
The committee began by announcing that afternoon hearings, including House Bill 283, would be moved to Representatives Hall because of expected public interest. It then took up House Bill 671, which would establish a kindergarten literacy readiness program. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Mark Pearson, described the measure as a way to close gaps in early reading readiness and said it was intended as a first step, with only a placeholder appropriation while details are developed. He framed it as a targeted effort to help children who are not entering first grade ready to read.
Testimony on HB 671 was largely supportive. Representatives asked about the bill’s structure, whether a specific program had been identified, how it would interact with play-based learning, and why the provider was limited to a registered nonprofit. Waterford.org representatives Teresa Rosenberger and Rob Riley testified in support, describing Waterford Upstart as a home-based, evidence-based early learning program already used in New Hampshire. They said the program provides adaptive instruction, family coaching, and technology support, including computers, tablets, internet access, and translation services in more than 100 languages. They also said the model has been successful in New Hampshire, including a Nashua pilot and later statewide efforts, and that similar legislation has existed in other states. Rep. Jonah Wheeler also spoke in support of the bill. The chair then closed the hearing on HB 671.
After a fiscal note for HB 671 was distributed, the committee moved to House Bill 781, which would require school districts to adopt policies for a cell phone-free education and includes an appropriation. The transcript cuts off as Rep. Litchfield was introduced to testify on that bill, so no testimony, debate, or vote on HB 781 is included in the excerpt.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 26th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- We are grateful for the support of the 88th.
- In conclusion, I'd like to thank everyone for their strong support of higher education. in the last legislative
- We are grateful for your support.
- We're also requesting support of two facility projects to support our technical program expansions.
- This is due in large part to your continued support of LIT that support resulted in further of our tuition
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- It requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Department of Education, in
- support for that.
- Carson to support the bill.
- those kinds of support.
- We have another card present in support, not wishing to speak: green card in support, J.C. Harmon.
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, AI, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, content standards, K-12 education, public schools, curriculum, digital literacy, computer science, STEM, technology education, student privacy, ethical AI, workforce development, future-ready workforce, instructional resources, education policy, school standards, Louisiana education
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 24, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- will support American America it will support American manufacturing<00:07:07.639>
our <00:07: - Speaker, I'm proud to support H.R. 730, the Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act, sponsored
- As a former educator myself and an engineer by education and profession, I know personally that there
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 29th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- by supporting AJR 7.
- I rise in support of my colleague, we need to, this is not a partisan issue, this is a education issue
- This is a support support and I respectfully ask for your aye vote.
- I rise in support of AB 264, which would extend education benefits to families members of those who have
- support this.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Higher education committee considers HF2908 4/3/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I urge the committee to support this bill, not just as an investment in education but as a strategy for
- I urge the committee to support this bill, not just as an investment in education but as a strategy for
- College Bound is education.
- College Bound is education.
- College Bound is education.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus K-12 Education Bill - 06/02/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and support to our education system.
- We know that the reduction in student support personnel, libraries, and educator workforce supports will
- Minnesota students, educators, support Minnesota students, educators, and<00:14:25.040>
schools. - to our education service and support to our education system. system. system.
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will <00:15:38.720>be and educator workforce supports will be and educator workforce
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
2026 Joint Budget Subcommittee on Education - 03/18/2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, the Senate recognizes the importance of early childhood education and is supportive of
- Welcome to all of you, and thank you for your interest and support for our educational system in New
- I would say we support the numbers and education, but I think something in the subject...
- We believe in public education, but we believe in supporting every child, and I think we have a track
- WE BELIEVE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, BUT WE BELIEVE IN SUPPORTING EVERY CHILD, AND I THINK WE HAVE A TRACK
Summary:
The Education Budget Conference Joint Committee met on March 18 to begin negotiations on the state education budget. Co-chairs Senator Shelley Mayer and Assembly Member Benedetto outlined their chambers’ priorities, with the Senate emphasizing Foundation Aid changes to better support students experiencing homelessness or foster care, English language learners, a minimum 2% increase for all districts, expanded universal pre-K, and continued support for special education programs and nonpublic schools. The Assembly highlighted its one-house proposal, including a $1.4 billion increase in Foundation Aid, a higher ELL and pupil needs weighting, a new weight for students in foster care or housing instability, removal of the pupil needs cap, $600 million for New York City class size reduction, additional community schools funding, and restorations or increases for libraries, teacher resource centers, 4201 schools, My Brother’s Keeper, and educational television and radio.
Members from both chambers offered opening remarks stressing education as a top budget priority and expressing confidence that a compromise could be reached. Senator Tedisco focused on school safety and bullying, arguing that parents should be notified when their children are bullied and citing the need to protect students’ ability to learn. Assembly Member Vanel emphasized education as a tool for economic mobility and called for stronger financial literacy instruction. Assembly Member Carroll supported funding for libraries and evidence-based reading programs, while Assembly Member Smith said the Foundation Aid formula remains outdated and urged more support for English language learners, special education, and community schools. Assembly Member Chludzinski stressed local control, criticized the electric school bus mandate, and called for greater support for libraries and fiscal restraint.
No votes were taken. The meeting was an opening conference session, with both sides stating their intent to continue negotiations and work toward an on-time budget that reflects shared priorities for students, schools, and libraries across New York State.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (03/24/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- or even the education trust fund could be supported.
- Uh, but in support of adult education, um, I don't feel I can support cutting this.
- And so, in support of that early childhood education, I don't think I can support getting rid of this
- I think that the value that early childhood education has for the state means we should continue to support
- I think that the value that early childhood education has for the state means we should continue to support
Summary:
The committee met with Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre and Charitable Gaming Chief Compliance Officer Kulie Aoyo to review proposed changes in HB 2 and related amendments affecting video lottery terminals, historic horse racing, charitable gaming, and scratch tickets. McIntyre said the late-arriving amendment made revenue estimates difficult, especially because the bill would allow operators to decide when to convert from HHR to VLTs and would change the floor-space rules. He explained that the existing 70/30 floor-space split between machines and table games was negotiated to protect charity revenue, and warned that moving to a 90/10 split could reduce charity revenue, potentially by as much as $17 million, while also changing the character of the facilities. Committee members discussed whether to keep the 70/30 split, and McIntyre said he could provide updated estimates later that day, including net impacts after any offsetting gains or losses under current law.
Members also asked about the governor’s proposed operator share versus the Sweeney amendment’s higher operator share. McIntyre said the governor’s 45% figure was based on his own estimate and on comparable rates in other states, and he supported it as a way to maximize revenue for the state and charities. He also described a change to high-stakes tournaments: after speaking with Rep. Sweeney, he said the amendment was clarified to apply only to those tournaments and would lower the house take from 10% to 5% to encourage participation in rare, high-buy-in events. The committee also discussed a separate proposal to raise the maximum scratch ticket price from $30 to $50; McIntyre said the change would take time to implement, would likely increase net state revenue by about $1 million in year two, and was consistent with pricing in neighboring states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Additional questions covered sports betting and a separate Kino-related estimate. McIntyre said March Madness is the busiest period for sports betting and that the state’s sports betting revenue has exceeded initial expectations. He also said he had estimated that removing a municipal-vote restriction for Kino could cost about $12 million total, with $2 million in the first year and $10 million thereafter. No formal votes were taken during the discussion; the chair indicated the committee would revisit the VLT amendment and other sections later, and McIntyre agreed to send updated revenue estimates to committee members.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Elementary and Secondary Education Jan 15th, 2026
Elementary and Secondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Beginning July 1, 2027, this bill further strengthens support for gifted education by including gifted
- funding gifted education.
- Beginning July 1, 27, this bill further strengthens support for gifted education by including gifted
- students and calculation. strengthens support for gifted education by including gifted students in the
- Our adopted resolutions support additional funding for gifted education.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We've also stepped into supporting beyond students with Algebra Nation, but also supporting educators
- It offers in-person and virtual supports, and to date we have served over 41,000 educators in Florida's
- And over the course of subsequent years, that's been grown to include supports for educators as well.
- So thanks for your support in being able to make that available and to incentivize educators in participating
- to mathematics educators.
Summary:
The Education Postsecondary Committee held its first meeting and focused on state university centers and institutes, with an overview from the Board of Governors on how the more than 500 centers and institutes across Florida’s public universities are categorized, overseen, and reported. The Board described three categories: state-level centers, legislatively established centers, and university-established centers. Members were told universities must maintain policies, notify the Board of changes, publish public inventories, and submit annual reports and compliance certifications. Senator Harrell asked about funding sources and whether underperforming centers are reviewed for elimination; the response was that funding varies by center and that universities decide whether to maintain or disband centers under their own policies, with annual reporting and audit findings shared with the Board.
Four university presentations followed. Florida Atlantic University highlighted its Center of Excellence in Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology, describing research in marine-derived drug discovery, genomics, imaging, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and ocean sustainability, along with spin-off institutes and partnerships that have generated significant grant and contract support. FIU presented its Center of Excellence for Hurricane Damage Mitigation and Product Development, emphasizing the Wall of Wind facility, hurricane and water intrusion testing, code and product innovation, insurance modeling, and future expansion toward higher wind speeds and flood simulation. Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials Institute described work in advanced materials, aerospace composites, sensors, nanocomposites, and AI-enabled materials development, along with patents, industry partnerships, and new facilities tied to economic development. The University of Florida’s Lastinger Center for Learning outlined its work on teacher professional learning, literacy, New Worlds Reading, tutoring, and mathematics supports, including microcredentials, statewide book distribution, and early results showing improved reading confidence and growth.
Members generally praised the centers for their research, commercialization, workforce development, and education impacts. Senator Jones and Senator Harrell commended the Lastinger Center’s literacy work and the broader return on investment from these programs, while Senator Berman noted the value of the synergies across institutions. The chair emphasized that future funding requests should clearly show measurable success, commercialization, and statewide impact. The committee then adjourned without any formal votes on legislation.