Transcript Highlights:

• >> The additional revenue, the additional salary bonus? >> I'm sorry.
• . salary. salary.
• </c> &gt;&gt; salary bump if you get designations. &gt;&gt; salary bump if you get designations.
• Uh upon there if they get salary matrix.
• </c><00:52:44.160><c> I</c> Dau said, is the salary increase. I Dau said, is the salary increase.

Committee: House Education Policy

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Senate Bill 1415 prescribes specified qualifications for salaried employees of insurers or managing general
• limits a person who has obtained licensure without taking the examination to only adjust claims as a salaried
• This adjuster license is valid and renewable only while the licensee adjusts claims as a salaried employee
• Don Isaacson, welcome. without taking the examination to only adjust claims as a salaried employee of
• specifies this adjuster license is valid and renewable only while the licensee adjust claims as a salaried

Bills: SB1181 , SB1252 , SB1254 , SB1415

Committee: House Commerce

Keywords: certified public accountants, CPA certification, accounting regulations, professional standards, continuing education, assignment for benefit of creditors, ABC act, insolvency, creditor claims, debt liquidation, business wind-up, receivership, liquidation, secured creditors, unsecured creditors, proof of claim, voidable transactions, fraudulent transfer, wage claims, priority claims

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> proposed average salary is. proposed average salary is.
• </c> years they could get an overall salary years they could get an overall salary increase<00:54:18.000
• Now, that its teacher salary schedule.
• </c><01:22:14.640><c> level</c> teachers at the salary level teachers at the salary level that that that
• </c><01:38:14.360><c> at</c> it's starting to fund the salaries at it's starting to fund the salaries

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• What are the salaries? Which are in greatest need?
• Our entry-level faculty salary starts around $47,000.
• One particular challenge that comes up is that our faculty starting salaries are far less than the salaries
• Our entry-level bachelor degree faculty salary is $47,000.
• You know, locally we have to use those dollars to keep up with salary increases.

Summary: The Higher Education Appropriations Committee met for its first meeting of the session and heard presentations focused on workforce education in the Florida College System and district technical colleges. Members introduced themselves and discussed their personal connections to higher education, then heard from Department of Education senior chancellor Kevin O’Farrell, South Florida State College president Fred Hawkins, and Pinellas Technical College representative Mark Hunt. O’Farrell outlined the department’s budget request, including increases for adult education, Florida College System program funds, workforce development capitalization grants, apprenticeship and teacher apprenticeship programs, Open Door scholarships, and CAPE industry certification funding. He emphasized record growth in enrollments, completions, dual enrollment, and program offerings, and described grant-funded expansion in fields such as health sciences, manufacturing, logistics, aerospace, and AI-related programs. Committee members raised concerns about whether current programs match actual labor-market demand, how artificial intelligence may reduce future human labor needs in some fields, and how the state should avoid unwarranted duplication of programs. O’Farrell said the department uses economic forecasts, employer demand data, and a CTE audit process to review programs and phase out those that do not meet performance thresholds. Members also asked for more detail on the teacher apprenticeship model, the transition from technical college clock hours to college credit, job placement and salary outcomes, and the LPN-to-RN pathway. O’Farrell said he would provide additional information later. Hawkins described South Florida State College’s rural service area, low college-going rates, and difficulty recruiting and retaining faculty and staff because salaries lag behind local market alternatives and nearby school district pay. He said the college has had to turn away students in high-demand programs due to staffing and operational limits, while also noting strong outcomes in nursing, dental hygiene, EMT/paramedic, and radiography. Hunt said Pinellas Technical College serves about 5,000 students annually, including many dual-enrolled high school students, and reported a placement rate above 90% and strong local economic returns. He said many programs have waiting lists and that additional operational funding is needed to meet demand, maintain equipment, and keep pace with salary and cost increases. The meeting ended after public comment was opened and no further business was brought before the committee, and the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• It's also hard to recruit based on salaries.
• Salary next year will be under 44,000 neighbor to the West 58,000.
• So we just heard about teacher salary issues.
• And I am kind of surprised because I thought we had a $47,000 minimum starting salary here in the state
• They'll always in place that we will have a minimal salary of 47 5.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We reduced the ask for salaries down to, we're capping it at 10% of the current budget.
• It's not my call to It's not my call to determine who gets the salary bump.
• And your office already received $241,000 in additional salary for 2025.
• And, $41,000 in additional salary for 2025.
• I understand the heartburn about the salaries.

Committee: All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Summary: The committee first took up the Special Language Committee report, which adopted nine amendments tied to Governor’s Letter 7 and HB 1005, and then approved several items for due pass as amended, including HB 101 (Department of Corrections), HB 1017 (Department of Agriculture promotion boards), HB 1009 (Department of Public Safety), and SB 10 (Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Services). A question was raised about the $10 million unemployment insurance modernization item in SB 10, and Commerce staff said it was a continuation of a previously approved appropriation rather than a new increase. The main discussion centered on the Treasurer’s budget request, especially salary increases. Committee members questioned why the office had already received substantial raises in 2025 and whether additional funds would go to lower-paid staff or mainly to top leadership. Treasury staff said the request was intended to retain talent, that the office’s investment team manages an $11.5 billion portfolio, and that the state benefits from those returns; they also said the treasurer would be open to discussing a cap on raises. Members expressed concern that prior funds had not gone where expected and that the treasurer was not present to answer directly. Representative Lundstrum moved to hold the Treasurer’s budget until the treasurer could return and provide more information, and the motion passed. Representative Kavanaugh also asked about a $150,000 preparedness and safety appropriation, and staff said it would support IT and security upgrades related to a move from AIS to S4 HANA and a cloud-based system. The committee then batched and passed a series of supplemental and reappropriation bills, followed by individual due-pass votes on multiple House and Senate bills, all of which were approved without objection. The meeting ended with procedural guidance about filing special-language items and a request to release a hold on HB 1064, after which the committee adjourned.

Transcript Highlights:

• We reduced the ask for salaries down to, we're capping it at 10% of the current budget.
• It's not my call to determine who gets the salary bump.
• Your office already received $241,000 in additional salary for 2025.
• And, in, uh, $41,000 in additional salary for 2025.
• I understand the heartburn about the salaries.

Committee: All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Keywords: 1204, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And if we're serious about attracting and retaining great judges, of course salaries aren't the only
• And the salaries for qualified lawyers in the private and public sector have risen dramatically.
• If that sounds high, It's only because the salary hasn't gone up in 12 years. since 2013, according to
• You're welcome to do whatever you want with my salary. But don't do this for the judges.
• we're not allowing our Constitution to operate the way it was designed Instead of holding down the salaries

Keywords: 1184, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Could you say roughly what that adjunct salary is?
• So they're looking at their instructor salaries, costs of operating with those salaries, those individuals
• and institution support staff salaries.
• What does that institution instructor salary represent?
• I don't think, though, that there would be instructor salaries in that line.

Committee: Joint Higher Education Institutions Committee

Keywords: 908, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Our inability to provide a competitive salary has created significant challenges with recruitment and
• He said he found a job posting right now in Hennepin County, and the salary range is $23.81 to $395.
• </c><00:41:45.560><c> range</c><00:41:45.920><c> is</c> county and the salary range is county and the
• range, and here it has just one salary amount.
• </c> range and here it has just one salary range and here it has just one salary amount<00:42:48.480>

Committee: House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Keywords: 1183, house

Transcript Highlights:

• In rural districts, the starting salary point median is $41,000.
• Then if you move to major suburban, the starting salary median is about $56,000.
• How do I think about building this into salary for teachers?
• Okay, may I ask you what your beginning salary was?
• May I ask what your beginning salary was? 47,000. Were you okay? Thank you.

Bills: HB2 , HB2

Committee: House Public Education

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace

Transcript Highlights:

• It has an average salary times 2% times years of service.
• And then in the final bullet there, we saw higher rates of salary growth when that salary growth is isolated
• There's salary increases that are related to that service growth, and we saw higher rates of increase
• Moving down to the salary figure, that's a two-year growth. Thank you.
• Moving down to the salary figure, that's a two-year growth, the 11% in the far-right-hand column.

Committee: Joint Pension Funding Council

Keywords: 904, all

Transcript Highlights:

• We didn't have a food service worker salary, so we used the salary in the model for custodians.
• You could argue for a different salary, but that's what we had to work with.
• And $1.147 million is salaries. If we look just at benefits, that's $200,000.
• Our labor is inclusive of salary and Our labor is inclusive of salary and benefits, and it is about 60%
• Our salaries are half of that, $510,000. Benefits, $272,000.

Committee: Joint Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• Pinkney, you'll be presenting an Act to Amend Title 14 of the Delaware Code relating to employees and salary
• This bill increases the salary supplement from 6% to 12% for nationally certified school counselors and
• The current version of this bill provides a 12% state salary supplement for school counselors, school
• . social workers have for more than a decade been excluded from the annual salary supplement provided
• Doubling the salary supplement from 6% to 12% for nationally certified school counselors, nurses, and

Committee: Senate Education

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with enough members present to conduct business and approved the June 17 minutes. It first heard HB 459 with House Amendment 1, which would prohibit the sale of energy drinks on public middle and high school campuses during school hours or school events. The sponsor and Department of Education explained that the bill targets beverages containing caffeine and marketed as energy drinks, not ordinary soft drinks or coffee/tea products. Public testimony from the Medical Society supported the bill on health grounds, while the beverage industry said its companies already voluntarily limit school offerings and that the bill does not reflect current practice. No vote was taken in the transcript. The committee then heard HB 461, a follow-up to prior legislation on New Castle County property reassessment and school tax rates. Senator Cruz said the bill would let New Castle County school districts adjust and reset tax rates to reflect reassessment changes without increasing projected operating revenue, and that it includes a sunset. DSEA supported the measure, saying fair property values are important to public education funding. The committee also heard HB 452, which would require additional background checks and training for DIAA sports officials and strengthen DIAA enforcement procedures. Members questioned how checks would be handled, who would see the results, and who would provide training; the DIAA compliance coordinator said the checks would be maintained through the state process and that associations would verify eligibility. The bill’s sponsor and DIAA said the goal was to align officials with existing child-safety standards. Next, the committee considered HS1 for HB 425, which raises the salary supplement from 6% to 12% for nationally certified school counselors, nurses, and school social workers, and allows DOE to identify additional qualifying positions by regulation. Supporters, including school social workers, nurses, and DSEA, argued the change would improve retention and recognize advanced credentials. Senator Hansen raised concerns that school psychologists were not included; sponsors said a broader study and possible future legislation or budget language would address other nationally certified school-based professionals. The committee then heard HS1 for HB 358 on student elopement notifications, inspired by Ace’s Law, but administrators and the chair raised concerns that the bill may be too prescriptive and difficult to implement in practice, especially when schools may not immediately know a student has left campus. Finally, the committee discussed HB 379 on the comprehensive school discipline improvement program; DOE said the substitute was intended to consolidate prevention and intervention supports and avoid competition for funding, while DASA asked that the bill be paused or tabled. The meeting ended before action on the remaining bill, and HB 443 was deferred to a future executive meeting.

Transcript Highlights:

• There are differences between districts based on salary apportionment and benefit apportionment and where
• And that is because a support unit includes the salary apportionment and benefit apportionment.
• And the amount that you receive in salary apportionment and benefit apportionment is determined by where
• The support unit also includes discretionary funding and health insurance funding, and part of the salary
• The support unit also includes discretionary funding and health insurance funding, and part of the salary

Committee: House Education

Keywords: 989, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It doesn't say salaried state employees.
• And the, the definition of salary state employees is in the very same definition section.
• And it includes salary. Officers.
• They didn't use salaried state officer or salaried appointed officer.
• As salary, the per diem is the property of the legislator.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> commission on salaries and adjustments. commission on salaries and adjustments.
• </c> &gt;&gt; we don't see what that salary is now. &gt;&gt; we don't see what that salary is now.
• ,</c> the budgeted amount on these salaries, the budgeted amount on these salaries, who<02:21:34.479>
• So we didn't list the specific salary, but we can give you the actual salaries last paid. >> We do have
• give you the actual salaries last can give you the actual salaries last paid. paid. paid.

Bills: SB1 , SB4 , SB6 , SB9 , SB16 , SB17 , SB20 , SB22 , SB28 , SB29 , SB36 , SB41 , SB45 , SB77 , SB85 , SB87 , SB96 , SB98 , SB110 , SB126 , SB139 , SB143 , SB164 , SB167 , SB171 , SB186 , SB188 , SB195 , SB197 , SB198 , SB204 , SB205 , SB206 , SB207 , SB209 , SB210 , SB211 , SB217 , SB219 , SB220 , SB225 , SB231 , SB237 , SB238 , SB241 , SB244 , SB246 , SB247 , SB272 , SB294 , SB315 , SB346 , SB364 , SB366 , SB367 , SB386 , SB392 , SB403 , SB415 , SB427 , SB431 , SB437 , SB457 , SB459 , SB469 , SB471 , SB478 , SB484 , SB489 , SB502 , SB503 , SB507 , SB508 , SB510 , SB516 , SB517 , SB518 , SB519 , SB521 , SB535 , SB543 , SB550 , SB564 , SB568 , SB570 , SB575 , SB577 , SB578 , SB590 , SB607 , SB616 , SB621 , SB634 , SB644 , SB647 , SB649 , SB652 , SB655 , SB656 , SB663

Keywords: agricultural lands, foreign ownership, state agriculture policy, real estate regulation, land conservation, SB4, Royal Mausoleum, Mauna Ala, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, OHA, Department of Land and Natural Resources, DLNR, stewardship, Hawaiian affairs, cemetery, burial site, ancestral remains, cultural preservation, state land management, agency transfer

Transcript Highlights:

• That is how we're going to help them improve salaries.
• On average salaries, I'm not going to give you anecdotal.
• It's still a very low salary in Boston.
• On average salaries, I'm not going to give you anecdotal.
• It's still a very low salary in Boston.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session held in Lawrence focused on the governor’s proposed FY27 education and local aid budget, with remarks from legislative co-chairs, local officials, and education agency leaders. Acting Mayor Giovanni Rodriguez and Superintendent Ralph Carrero emphasized Lawrence’s high-need student population, the importance of Chapter 70 and Student Opportunity Act funding, and the impact of state aid on schools serving many English learners and low-income families. Carrero highlighted Lawrence High School programs such as early college, dual degrees, career pathways, and early childhood classrooms embedded in the high school, while lawmakers introduced themselves and noted the importance of the hearing to their districts. Acting Secretary of Education Amy Kershaw, Commissioner of Higher Education Noi Ortega, Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Pedro Martinez, and Commissioner of Early Education and Care Amy Kershaw outlined the administration’s FY27 priorities. They described investments in literacy initiatives, universal school meals, student mental health, early college and career pathways, higher education affordability, community college and university student-success supports, preschool expansion, child care subsidies, and workforce supports for early educators. The commissioners also discussed federal funding threats, equity gaps, and the administration’s efforts to improve outcomes for Black and brown students, multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and low-income students. Members questioned the panel about the local contribution formula study, the final year of Student Opportunity Act implementation, and the need to revisit Chapter 70 funding to better address rising costs such as special education, transportation, and health care. Officials said the local contribution study report is expected by the end of June, with a draft to be shared after data analysis and public comment. Commissioner Martinez said the Student Opportunity Act narrowed funding gaps but more work is needed, and he pointed to a proposed Accelerating Achievement Initiative to support the highest-need schools. Senator Oliveira also raised concerns about Chapter 70 disparities and asked about partnerships with libraries to support literacy, prompting discussion of broader early literacy collaboration.

Transcript Highlights:

• continuation retirement benefits, salary continuation when<00:12:01.120><c> they're</c><00:12:01.279
• </c><00:12:17.680><c> Anyway,</c> uh, even based on salary alone.
• Anyway, uh, even based on salary alone.
• </c><00:12:22.399><c> of</c> the 2026 minimum in season um, salary of the 2026 minimum in season um,
• workers who may treated as salaried workers who may perform<00:13:10.079><c> certain</c><00:13:10.480

Committee: Senate Commerce

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• It was, and I'm looking at a quote, that sheriff's offices have many other costs outside of salaries,
• And there was another quote that said... ...bump in salary.
• questioning of my colleague from Del City here, isn't it true that the reason we have problems with salaries
• and county governments is because we base their salaries off arcane formulas that came out of the fact
• Isn't that the bigger problem, that the way we calculate salaries for county government isn't based on

Bills: SB227 , SB1942 , SB1627 , SB625 , SJR39 , SJR47

Committee: House Rules

Keywords: gross production tax, ad valorem tax, property exemption, Oklahoma Tax Commission, oil and gas production, regulatory impact, economic implications, dental insurance, health care, medical necessity, insurance claims, dentist rights, criminal code cleanup, duplicate statutes, statutory consolidation, repealer bill, emergency clause, Title 21 crimes, Title 47 DUI, child abuse reporting

Summary: The committee heard several measures, led by SJR 39, a proposed constitutional amendment to send to voters that would cap annual homestead property tax valuation growth at 1% and all other property at 3%. The speaker argued it would not cut taxes but slow growth for taxpayers facing rising assessments, while opponents questioned the effect on county revenues, sheriff funding, and whether growth below inflation would strain local governments. After debate, the committee voted 10-2 to report the resolution due pass. The committee also heard HJR 47, which would place proof-of-identity requirements for voting in the Constitution. Supporters said it would strengthen election integrity and noted existing law already requires proof of identity, while opponents raised concerns about impacts on voters with disabilities and the difficulty of changing constitutional language if problems arise. The measure was reported due pass on an 11-1 vote. Senate Bill 227, described as supporting fair taxation and investment without duplicative tax, and SB 1942, clarifying the distinction between reimbursable and reimbursed dental services to protect providers and patients, both passed the committee on near-unanimous votes. The committee then advanced SB 1627, a 116-page sentence-modernization and consolidation bill that was described as a cleanup measure with no substantive change to existing law, and it was reported due pass unanimously. Finally, SB 625 was presented as temporary cleanup language related to domestic violence legislation and judicial requests, with the sponsor noting the bill would be replaced by a floor substitute later; the committee approved it due pass 10-0. The meeting ended with the chair noting the committee was dismissed and likely to meet again under the rules committee schedule.