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• is amended to make clarifying changes out with Republicans not voting SB 804 Archuleta hydrogen pipeline
• SB 542, oil spill prevention, do pass with author's amendments to narrow bill to specified pipelines.
• make other clarifying changes that's out with Republicans not voting SB 767 Richardson crude oil pipeline
• reporting do passes amended to modify information a pipeline operator is to report that's out with Republicans
• SB 614 Stern, Carbon Dioxide Pipelines.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Through a clear pipeline of mid-band spectrum, American companies will have a better chance of winning
• I think we have to develop an American pipeline of students that is going to be able to work on that.
• Clark, we heard from my colleague Senator Fischer that a pipeline bill would require exclusive licensed
• Now as you know, the Spectrum Pipeline Act that I've authored requires a pipeline of full power, not

Keywords: spectrum policy, FCC auction authority, national security, innovation, technology development, 9-1-1 modernization, adaptive technologies, China competition

Summary: The meeting centered on the critical examination of spectrum policy and its implications for innovation and national security. The committee discussed the lapse of the FCC's spectrum auction authority, which has been in effect since March 2023, emphasizing the urgency of restoring this authority to maintain U.S. technological leadership against competitors like China. Witnesses provided testimony regarding the need for adaptive and reconfigurable spectrum technologies to enhance communication capabilities for both civilian and military applications. Senator Klobuchar highlighted the importance of modernizing 9-1-1 systems and ensuring robust emergency communication frameworks leveraging new spectrum innovations.

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• That's clear from existing projects, projects in the pipeline, and other announcements.
• well as the interplay between subsurface pore space, existing legacy wells, induced seismicity, pipelines
• cautionary example of Satarsha, Mississippi. and the 2020 gassing incident that occurred when a CO2 pipeline
• There will be CO2 pipelines as part of the sequestration projects.
• And property farmland for pipelines and for sequestering carbon dioxide.

Bills: HB1647, HB2612, HB3125, HB3158, HB3240, HB3506, HB3516, HB3707

Keywords: carbon sequestration, environmental policy, Texas, energy, climate change, regulatory council, geothermal energy, workforce development, education and training, energy industry, apprenticeship, energy production, energy policy, renewable energy, state council, administrative law, public information, transparency, government accountability, judicial process

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• Carbon capture projects often require extensive infrastructure, including pipelines to transport CO2
• ruptures one leading to dozens pipeline ruptures one leading to dozens of<00:26:20.799> rural
• primary use of CO2 from these pipelines primary use of CO2 from these pipelines is<00:26:30.279>
• CO2 captured in Minnesota would likely be transported via high-pressure pipelines.
• No pipeline is without risks, but CO2 pipelines are uniquely dangerous.

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• So you have quite a few in the pipeline.
• So how many are in the pipeline, if you will, and how many did you...
• So how many are in the pipeline, if you will, and how many did you graduate last year? Sure.
• So our program, right now, somewhere in the pipeline, we average around 300 students somewhere across
• So, in Eldon, this means Grow Your Own pipeline isn't just a theory, it's a career ladder.

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• And then there are pipeline funds. You'll hear more about that coming.
• , and Learners through Incentives for Nursing Education, hereafter known as the pipeline.
• So I have a couple questions on pipeline.
• So I have a couple questions on pipeline. So I have a couple questions on pipeline.
• So I'm So I have a couple questions on pipeline.

Summary: The Higher Education Budget Subcommittee met to review funding models for the Florida College System and district workforce education programs, with an emphasis on how new dollars are allocated in the program fund and how performance and targeted funding are incorporated. Chancellor Hebda explained the Florida College System model, including base program funding, student success and pipeline funds, performance incentives for industry certifications, and the 2022 president-developed formula that weights enrollment, workforce enrollment, completions, small-college factors, and regional cost differences, plus a targeted funding floor for colleges below a minimum per-FTE level. Vice Chancellor Goodman then outlined the district workforce model, which uses lagged enrollment, program cost weights, local revenue offsets, small-district adjustments, and unmet-need calculations to distribute lump-sum appropriations to school districts offering workforce education. The department also provided updates on several grant programs and funding delays. Goodman said the Workforce Development Incentive Grant, Pathways to Career Opportunities Grant, Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education Startup Grant, and teacher apprenticeship/mentor bonus programs all involve multi-year awards and often require reversions and reappropriations because projects are delayed, extended, or not fully obligated by year-end. She said the department is moving toward an electronic grants system and had already adjusted internal deadlines to speed awards, while acknowledging some reimbursement delays and explaining that mentor bonuses for teacher apprentices will not be paid until the first cohort reaches the statutory timing requirement. Members asked about tracking whether CTE students work in their trained fields, how Xello is used to inform students about career pathways, how FTE is calculated, whether the funding formulas could encourage growth over quality, and how students with disabilities are counted in workforce funding. Questions also focused on tuition, enrollment trends, and the gap between college and university funding. The committee heard that tuition has remained flat for more than a decade, enrollment has rebounded from COVID and is projected to exceed pre-pandemic levels, and the college system’s funding per FTE varies widely. Valencia College President Kathleen Plinsky testified in support of the proposed formula and an additional $200 million for the Florida College System, saying Valencia is the second-largest college in the state but ranks last in per-FTE funding, which has made it difficult to recruit and retain faculty and admit qualified students in high-demand programs like nursing. The committee took no vote and adjourned after the presentations and questions.

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• , right, than the physician pipeline.
• physician pipeline. physician pipeline.
• But these pipeline programs are operating with limited and often insufficient funding.
• > UNH's<02:10:02.000> advanced pipeline programs like UNH's advanced pipeline programs
• /c><02:11:05.679> with pipeline programs are operating with pipeline programs are operating with

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first handled roll call and approved the prior meeting minutes. Members discussed attendance and substitutions, then moved to the DHS commissioner’s update, which focused on New Hampshire’s Medicaid 1115 waiver and the new community re-entry initiative for people leaving correctional facilities. The presenter explained that the waiver lets the state cover certain services not normally covered under Medicaid, including substance use disorder treatment, serious mental illness services, adult dental benefits, and the new community re-entry component. She also noted that a separate youth re-entry component is federally required, with youth defined up to age 21 and foster-care-related coverage extending to age 26. The update described how the adult re-entry program works for incarcerated individuals with behavioral health needs, providing up to 45 days of pre-release services, care coordination with managed care organizations and DOC staff, telemedicine assessments, discharge prescriptions, insurance cards, and connections to community mental health, primary care, and substance use providers. For youth, the program includes more intensive case management, 30 days of pre-release services, and 30 days of post-release care coordination, with a stronger emphasis on screening, diagnosis, and holistic assessment. The presenter said New Hampshire received the adult waiver in July 2024, has implemented the program in state correctional facilities, and is beginning work at the youth center. Members and the presenter discussed why the program is structured as a waiver rather than a standard Medicaid benefit, with the explanation that CMS is allowing this as a newer policy area and that states generally pursue waivers for certain services. The chair and others emphasized the need for real cost and outcome data, and the presenter said an independent evaluator and evaluation plan are required under the 1115 waiver. Early results cited included 30 adults enrolled so far, 10 released, five youth enrolled with one released, and anecdotal early successes such as housing, employment, and better continuity of medication and treatment. The committee did not take any additional votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes.

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• build upon and retain a diverse and highly skilled workforce, including... ...expansion of career pipelines
• in other states, which is dramatically limiting the return on investment in the nursing education pipeline
• We don't have those rates of graduation; even if they're high, it doesn't indicate a strong pipeline
• So CNAs is another professional type that the state has really focused on increasing the pipeline.
• large section on the opportunities that exist and some recommended strategies for increasing the pipeline

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Summary: The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities subcommittee on workforce supports met with Chair Andrew Lerault presiding. Members completed roll call, approved the August 2025 minutes, and then heard a presentation from Amy Doyle, director of the Behavioral Health Workforce Center at the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission. Doyle described the center’s launch in September 2024 and its legislative mandate to study behavioral health payment rates, workforce needs, and licensure/certification barriers, with an emphasis on recruitment, retention, capacity building, diversity/equity, and sustainability. She also shared data on unmet behavioral health needs, ED boarding, workforce shortages, aging and turnover in nursing and direct care, and the need to improve data collection on non-licensed workers and populations such as people with developmental disabilities and autism. Committee members asked questions about what provider types were included in the workforce data and whether DDS-related residential and direct support roles were captured. Doyle said the center is still working to define and measure the full behavioral health workforce, including non-licensed roles, and welcomed follow-up on missing data sources. Members suggested additional sources such as CHIA and the Association of Developmental Disability Providers’ workforce survey. Doyle noted that the center is working with CHIA and that new licensure renewal surveys for behavioral health and allied mental health professionals will begin in 2025, which should improve future workforce data. The discussion also touched on the Health Policy Commission’s broader workforce findings, including nurse attrition, burnout, low wages, and the importance of career ladders and advanced training. Doyle said the center’s first policy recommendations will come from its rate study, expected in the next one to two months, and will likely focus on capacity building and sustainability. After the presentation, members thanked Doyle and discussed subcommittee leadership. Chair Lerault announced he was stepping down, and Chris White volunteered to serve as co-chair; the committee agreed to move forward with that arrangement and to revisit FY26 goals once new leadership is in place. The meeting then adjourned by motion and second.

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• PIPELINE, PERFORMANCE BASED INCENTIVES, STUDENT SUCCESS, THAT CHANGES EVERY YEAR AS PERFORMANCE CHANGES
• WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO RECEIVE PIPELINE FUNDS.
• I THINK SOME OF OUR INSTITUTIONS SUPPLEMENT THE HIGH COST OF HEALTHCARE WITH THE PIPELINE FUNDS EVEN
• AND AS TARIFF MENTIONED PIPELINE FUNDS.
• PIPELINE FUND IS THE AMOUNT, 40 MILLION THAT IS DEDICATED JUST TO THE FLORIDA COLLEGE INSTITUTIONS.

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• We currently have a pipeline of over 500 units and growing in that category.
• We currently have a pipeline of over 500 units and growing in that category.
• We're looking at $75 million in that pipeline for over 500 homes.
• We currently have six applications, and we're working on additional items in the pipeline and notices
• The timelines of their projects, and who's in the pipeline.

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• We need to make sure that there are producers in the pipeline that are doing these practices and have
• So about $1,000 per new producer that we assist to get them into this pipeline.
• And that's the $3 million, about $1,000 a producer to get them into the pipeline?
• To get them into the pipeline? Yeah, that's based. Tell me, what is it that it helped?
• How does it get them into the pipeline? Absolutely.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee heard the administration’s spending plan for Proposition 4’s climate smart agriculture and biodiversity chapters, along with related trailer bill language. CDFA outlined proposed funding for existing programs such as SWEEP, Healthy Soils, Urban Agriculture, and invasive species work, plus new or phased-in programs including year-round and mobile farmers’ markets, tribal food sovereignty, and regional farm equipment sharing. The Department of Conservation described funding for the California Farmland Conservancy Program and Working Lands and Riparian Corridors Program, while the Department of Finance and LAO discussed pending allocations and generally found the overall approach reasonable, though LAO suggested the Legislature may want more statutory guidance and reporting, especially for new programs. Members focused on implementation details, equity, and accountability. Questions covered how programs would serve vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, whether new solicitations would be reopened for previously oversubscribed grants, how outcomes are tracked, and how to structure guidance for new programs such as farm equipment sharing. The chair emphasized that the Legislature wants clearer direction on program design and noted that AB 2313 should guide implementation of the regional farm equipment sharing allocation. The committee also discussed the administration’s request to directly appropriate bond funds to departments and to exempt bond program guidelines from the Administrative Procedures Act; LAO supported the APA exemption with possible legislative guardrails for public notice and comment. The committee then heard on the farm-to-school proposal, with CDFA requesting $24.9 million General Fund for incubator grants, technical assistance, and network support. CDFA said the program has reached nearly half of California schoolchildren and has shown strong demand and positive evaluation results. LAO supported the core program but recommended rejecting the $3 million technical assistance component as too broad and suggested the Legislature consider using Proposition 98 for some of the funding. Members debated that point, with some expressing concern about using General Fund dollars for a new discretionary request during a tight budget year. The biodiversity and nature-based solutions chapter included funding for the Wildlife Conservation Board, state conservancies, and tribal nature-based solutions. WCB described major recent investments and proposed projects tied to 30 by 30, habitat restoration, tribal partnerships, and public access. Members raised concerns about long-term stewardship, the size of the WCB allocation, and whether the Legislature should receive more detail on how funds will be distributed. The committee also heard requests for Bolsa Chica wetlands maintenance and Rincon Island decommissioning funding from the State Lands Commission, with members questioning long-term liability, remediation costs, and the role of private oil operators. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with public comment from stakeholders largely supporting the APA exemption, farm-to-school funding, biodiversity investments, and related conservation programs.

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• believes that we can grow and adapt and support the long-term requirements for a semiconductor talent pipeline
• believes that we can grow and adapt and support the long-term requirements for a semiconductor talent pipeline
• You see, the data points listed in this bill are the dots needed to create a stronger workforce pipeline
• The way we've consistently done something about it is make certain that we have a pipeline.
• Something combined has made certain the way of a pipeline.

Summary: The Senate Education K-16 Committee heard Senate Bill 1961, which would expand reporting on post-secondary outcomes and workforce data, including employment, earnings, regional labor demand, and credentials of value. Senator Bettencourt said the bill is intended to close data gaps and improve alignment between education programs and workforce needs. Witnesses from Opportunity Austin, Texas 2036, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, and the Fort Worth workforce community testified in support, saying better data would help students, parents, schools, employers, and regional economic development efforts. After questions from members about regional workforce pipelines and semiconductor talent needs, public testimony closed and SB 1961 was left pending. The committee then took up several pending bills and reported them favorably, including SB 1325, SB 604, SB 1832, SB 747, SB 2185, and SB 2395, with committee substitutes adopted where needed. SB 1325 was amended to remove the DSHS commissioner’s authority to issue standing orders for respiratory distress medication in schools. SB 1832, relating to school transfer or private-school funding options for students victimized by a public school employee, and SB 747, relating to intimate visual material policies, were both advanced on recorded votes. SB 2185, on the bilingual education allotment, was initially moved to a local calendar but was later backed up and reported to the full Senate after a fiscal note was noted. SB 2395, on school district general obligation bonds, was also reported favorably and then moved to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also heard SB 646, which would expand the Mental Health Professional Loan Repayment Program to additional professions, increase award amounts, and add stipends for rural and bilingual service. Senator West said the bill responds to mental health workforce shortages and inflation. The Texas Counseling Association supported the measure, and a Hogg Foundation representative said participation has grown sharply since prior changes. SB 646 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2647, which would create a Texas state accrediting agency and interim oversight system for higher education accreditors; supporters from the Texas Public Policy Foundation and a massage school owner argued it would improve accountability and reduce accreditor overreach, while Senator Menendez raised concerns about effects on law and medical school accreditation and student opportunities. SB 2647 was left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2786, which would exempt first responders from the Texas Success Initiative entrance exam, and SB 2615, which would standardize remote-work policies across public higher education institutions. The Texas State Association of Firefighters supported SB 2786, saying it would remove an extra step for career advancement; the bill was left pending because the committee substitute had not yet been adopted. SB 2615 was presented as a way to ensure more consistent in-person staffing expectations while preserving exceptions for illness, disability, and some non-teaching roles; it too was left pending. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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• That's clear from existing projects, projects in the pipeline, and other announcements.
• to the cautionary example of Satarsha, Mississippi and the 2020 gassing that occurred when a CO2 pipeline
• There will be CO2 pipelines as part of the sequestration, the classic sequestration projects, um.
• South Dakota, Iowa, North Dakota, where they were actually, the, the citizens were fighting the pipeline
• For pipelines and for sequestering carbon dioxide.

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• A lot of these industry bases are held back on potential. expansions by pipelines that could be improved
• , and we see this as a great opportunity to better align those pipelines so that our region of the state
• We feel that we also have a project pipeline of over 25 billion dollars' worth. and 4,000 new jobs that
• An educational pipeline that will make them more comfortable in making these investments in the state
• Schools, community college, and university to create a pipeline of talent to fill our many IT vacancies

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

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

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• We're moving along the educational pipeline. Thank you.
• We're moving along the educational pipeline. Great. Good afternoon, Chair Vargas and Chair Gomez.
• Bunker Hill is proud to be part of the cradle-to-career pipeline.
• Right, so this is the pipeline.
• strengthen the pipeline so it's not leaking. It's too much leaking going on at this point.

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Summary: The Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business held its final hearing of the session on H. 5187 and S. 3022, the Enough Act, with Chair Andy Vargas and Senator Adam Gomez opening by thanking committee members and stakeholders for their work during the session. The bills were described as a grant-based, place-based anti-poverty initiative intended to support cradle-to-career services by funding local nonprofits, schools, community organizations, and backbone entities that can coordinate housing, education, health, workforce, and family supports in high-poverty neighborhoods. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bills. Speakers including Strategies for Children, Chelsea Public Schools, Bunker Hill Community College, Senator Sal DiDomenico, Rep. Kate Lipper-Garabedian, Rep. Antonio Cabral, the Harlem Children’s Zone’s Kwame Owusu Kesse and Jeffrey Canada, former Education Secretary Paul Reville, AFT Massachusetts, United Way, the Boston Foundation, Give Black Alliance, Eastern Bank Foundation, and others argued that poverty is a systems issue that schools alone cannot solve. They emphasized the need for local control, community voice, coordinated services, and long-term public-private investment, often citing examples from Chelsea, New Bedford, Springfield, Lowell, Boston, and other communities, as well as the Harlem Children’s Zone and Maryland’s similar model. Committee members asked several questions about how the bill would function in practice, including what organizations would do on day one, how it would interact with existing efforts like community schools, McKinney-Vento, and the Student Opportunity Act, and how it would be sustained over time. Witnesses said the act would help create or strengthen backbone organizations, reduce duplication, align existing resources, and leverage philanthropy and future revenue sources for long-term sustainability. No vote was taken during the hearing, but multiple speakers urged the committee to report the bill favorably and quickly.

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• There are really emphasis behind that is making sure that CO2 is either a pipeline built out.
• There are really emphasis behind that is making sure that CO2 is either a pipeline built out.
• There are really emphasis behind that is making sure that CO2 is either a pipeline built out.
• There are really emphasis behind that is making sure that CO2 is either a pipeline built out.
• <00:32:21.840> out projects that are in the pipeline out projects that are in the pipeline

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• The second issue is pipelines.
• And because of that, our pipelines faltered a bit.
• So that's pillar two, and I will go through some The second issue is pipelines.
• And because of that, our pipelines faltered a bit.
• And then non-traditional pipelines.

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• supply California from across the Rocky Mountains and only a limited number of pipelines deliver to
• this bill will advance the offshore provisions of SB 542, Lamone, and AB 1448, Hart, applying new pipeline
• safety requirements and revising permitting requirements for the Sable pipeline.
• Applying new pipeline safety requirements and revising permitting requirements for the Sable pipeline
• We can keep our pipelines going.

Summary: The Assembly Natural Resources Committee heard three major bills. SB 237, by Senator Grayson, proposed a package of fuel-supply and permitting changes aimed at stabilizing gasoline prices during California’s energy transition. Supporters, including state officials, Kern County representatives, labor groups, and industry groups, said it would help retain in-state refining and drilling capacity, reduce price spikes, and protect jobs. Opponents, including environmental justice and conservation groups, argued it would expand oil drilling without enough community protections and would not meaningfully address climate goals. After extensive testimony and questions about emissions, sunsets, and long-term strategy, the committee passed SB 237 on a due pass vote, with some members voting no or not voting. SB 352, by Senator Reyes, sought to strengthen implementation of AB 617, the community air protection program, by codifying the Environmental Justice Bureau in the Department of Justice, extending monitoring requirements, and requiring annual legislative reporting. Supporters said the bill would improve accountability and ensure that funding for impacted communities actually produces emissions reductions. Some environmental justice advocates were neutral or not fully supportive because they wanted stronger language, while business and industry groups opposed the bill, arguing it was added late and duplicated existing processes. The committee approved SB 352 on a due pass vote. SB 840, by Senator Limon, was the cap-and-invest reauthorization package. It would update offset protocols, adjust how revenues are spent, and continue funding for key climate, housing, transit, and community programs, including AB 617. Support came from environmental groups, labor, local governments, housing advocates, and clean transportation organizations, while some agricultural interests objected that the package did not sufficiently prioritize climate-smart agriculture and methane reduction programs. The committee passed SB 840 on a due pass vote as well. All three measures were later confirmed out of committee after calls were lifted.

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• We need to make sure that there are producers in the pipeline that are doing these practices and have
• Them into this pipeline.
• And so this would be even before that piece to make sure that there are farmers in the pipeline that
• And that's the $3 million, about $1,000 a producer to get them into the pipeline? Yeah.
• How does it get them into the pipeline? Absolutely.

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• We'll be working with them, honestly, as a pipeline of students.
• So pipeline for recruitment, absolutely.
• I'm also still working with JBS to, again, use them as a pipeline and also share any resources that I
• We'll be working with them, honestly, as a pipeline of students.
• So pipeline for recruitment, absolutely.

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Summary: The meeting began with a presentation from Run the Gamut, a new two-year transition program for young adults with autism ages 18 to 24. Staff described the program’s focus on person-centered planning, independent living skills, social connection, and experiential learning, including a teaching kitchen, laundry room, community-based instruction, and job shadowing. They said the program is intended to complement existing Massachusetts services and partnerships rather than duplicate them, and that it is inspired by the founders’ experience helping their daughter transition to adulthood and employment. Committee members asked about employment outcomes, employer readiness, funding, eligibility, and whether students with intellectual disabilities could participate. Run the Gamut said the program is currently private-pay tuition-based, but a grant is covering tuition for the first cohort while they explore additional funding sources, including possible school-district or insurance pathways. They said students with intellectual disabilities would not be automatically excluded if they meet admissions criteria. Staff also emphasized building employer relationships in advance, using job shadowing and industry partnerships to improve hiring practices and create real opportunities for students. They noted partnerships with programs such as PYD, JBS, Aspire, and Boston University, and said the program is opening soon with about eight students enrolled and an open house planned for September 18. After the presentation, the committee shifted to planning its proposed workshop for the Massachusetts APSE conference, “Employment Matters,” themed “Partners in Progress.” Members discussed submitting the application by the August 31 deadline, selecting a second presenter, and shaping interactive questions for attendees using a live polling tool. Suggested audience questions focused on the benefits of hiring people with disabilities and the barriers or challenges employers and employment advocates face, with an emphasis on connecting responses back to commission resources and partnerships. The committee also approved the minutes from the prior meeting unanimously and ended with a discussion of future fiscal year goals, including interest in a possible veterans-and-disability-focused event or resource effort.