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• Of the state and hearing about some of the challenges you're having with open enrollment as well.
• <00:19:59.960> across seeing um shrinking enrollments across seeing um shrinking enrollments
• I ask you to be part of the solution and make school safety a top priority in Minnesota.
• I ask you to be part of the solution and make school safety a top priority in Minnesota.
• Students do not have to be a member of that district or cooperative unit to enroll into ALC, but must

Bills: HF827, HF1258, HF2387, HF2388, HF2534, HF2016

Keywords: education, school funding, consolidation aid, financial support, Minnesota Statutes, education finance, ice arena, school districts, cooperation agreement, equal sports opportunities, school milk program, nutrition, food waste, kindergarten, public schools, supplemental revenue, charter schools, funding, state appropriations, general education funding

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• Three, enrollment, once again, is not great.
• um is something that's a top priority um is something that's a top priority for<00:30:10.039>
• Protecting our children who are in these settings is always a highest priority.
• um of of course we want to do Priorities um of of course we want to do whatever<01:10:29.320> we<
• number three it increases Priority number three it increases Priority Access<01:31:40.920> for

Bills: HF1367, HF2732, HF1897, HF1424, HF1383, HF2728, HF2863, HF1685, HF2929

Keywords: child maltreatment, child abuse, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, human trafficking, child protection, local welfare agency, county social services, Minnesota Department of Human Services, judicial review, district court appeal, venue, out-of-state abuse, cross-border investigation, Minnesota child welfare, family assessment, maltreatment determination

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• workforce Pell Grant program in the state by which federal Pell Grants may be awarded to students enrolled
• If not, the clerk will take the call. enrolled in short-term program that enrolled in short-term program
• determination conducted by the department or influence or implement certain policies, standards, priorities
• or implement certain certain certain policies,<00:23:23.280> standards,<00:23:23.880> priorities
• <00:23:24.400> or policies, standards, priorities or policies, standards, priorities or eligibility

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Thursday, April 9, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate first outlined its plan to clear pending concurrence items, focusing on Senate bills with House amendments and not taking up unamended House bills. Members then approved several motions not to concur with House amendments, including Senate Bills 514, 626, and 866, with the clerk reading the formal Senate messages in each case. The chamber also addressed an excused-vote question, with the presiding officer explaining that excused votes do not count as missed votes. The Senate then concurred in House amendments and passed a series of Senate bills, including SB 11 on campaign finance reporting and the Fair Campaign Financing Fund, SB 164 on the Pamela J. Kelly Tree Maryland program, SB 266 on local regulation of invasive trees, SB 509 on workforce Pell Grant implementation, SB 553 reestablishing the lithium-ion battery safety commission, SB 581 on statewide technology master plan reporting, SB 670 on polling-place authority, SB 848 on municipal election reporting, and SB 940 on water quality testing. Most of these House amendments were described as technical, clarifying, or conforming changes, and each bill received the required constitutional majority on final passage. The chamber also took up House Bill 862, a rail safety bill requiring certain freight trains to have crews of at least two under specified interstate conditions. After questions from the minority leader about the bill’s trigger conditions and effect on an Eastern Shore rail line, a senator explained support for the measure and the bill passed with 33 affirmative votes. Additional special-order House bills passed as well, including HB 497 on protective order durations, HB 552 establishing a commission on the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, and HB 573 on fair housing and discriminatory effect standards. Later, the Senate continued with more concurrence items from Finance, including SB 22 on Department of Disabilities housing programs, SB 412 on forensic review boards and community forensic aftercare, SB 413 on morticians and funeral directors board operations, SB 496 on Medicaid coverage for obesity treatment, SB 555 on dementia services and brain health resources, and SB 579 on no-cost preventive cancer screening for retired volunteer firefighters. These bills were generally amended in the House with clarifying or conforming changes, and the Senate adopted the amendments and passed the bills by constitutional majority.

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• There are no priorities.
• Anybody is There's no priorities.
• priority<00:21:18.640> list.
• priority. There's no priority list. priority. There's no priority list.
• health priorities. health priorities.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on September 24, 2025, approved the minutes from the September 9 meeting, and then continued its discussion of Medicaid waivers with Leslie Hoffman and Carmen Hancock from the Department for Medicaid Services. Members asked for updates on the 2024 waiver waitlist management assessment recommendations, including aligning waiver policies, standardizing applications and waitlist placement, and modernizing data systems. DMS said that work is being done jointly with Aging and Independent Living and Behavioral Health/Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities through task forces, that ARPA spending delayed action, and that implementation timelines extend through March 2027. The board also reviewed per-member waiver cost averages for fiscal years 2023 through 2025 for ABI, ABI long-term care, HCBS, Model II, Michelle P, and SCL. DMS emphasized these figures were benefit-only averages based on paid claims, not full waiver costs, and explained that true budget neutrality is calculated on an aggregate basis against institutional care comparisons approved by CMS. DMS said all six waivers remain in compliance with budget neutrality and that the most recent 18-month lag review for FY 2022 and FY 2023 found costs at or below institutional care. Members also asked about unused waiver slots; DMS said slots generally cannot be reallocated mid-year if they have been used, except in cases such as death or reserved capacity, because CMS treats participants as unduplicated for the waiver year. A major portion of the meeting focused on the new child waiver created under House Bill 6. Legislators questioned whether the waiver’s design, including the exclusion of participant-directed services and the emphasis on high-acuity children with behavioral health, DCBS, or juvenile justice involvement, matched the bill’s intent to keep children at home. DMS said it used the $14.7 million appropriated for FY 2026 to develop the program, that there is no priority list, and that the waiver is intended to serve the highest-acuity children while also addressing residential needs for those sleeping in offices or placed out of state. Members also raised concerns about the rapid growth of the HCBS waiting list and asked for more detail on age and timing patterns, which DMS said it would provide later. Finally, DMS gave average processing times from application to eligibility determination and from approval to service start, and said the overall average from application to services beginning was about 80 days, while members requested follow-up information on the Carewise assessment contract and related costs.

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• It to change its spending priorities.
• Budgets are about priorities. You know what really signals someone's priorities? Their actions.
• Budgets are about priorities. You know what really signals someone's priorities? Their actions.
• <02:19:36.080> Their priorities? Their priorities?
• <02:31:10.800> joint before the House an enrolled joint before the House an enrolled joint

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, May 15, 2025, 1012, house, all

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• >> This is probably my number one priority >> This is probably my number one priority
• <01:36:09.120> And promote AI strategic priorities. And promote AI strategic priorities.
• So we chose to supplement rents in view of other priorities.
• come to McCarthy Mall next as to when our priorities are.
• priorities of the university. priorities of the university.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• ><00:25:59.559> a finances allowing academics to be a finances allowing academics to be a priority
• in my life attending a priority in my life attending a nonprofit<00:26:02.799> private<00:26:
• She asked why the bill limits enrollment to schools operated by the Board of Regents of the University
• <01:29:25.840> uh it's it's been a it's been a priority uh it's it's been a it's been a priority
• in schools operated by the can enroll in schools operated by the Board<01:30:57.360> of<01:30

Bills: HF2090, HF982, HF2229

Keywords: higher education, scholarship, financial aid, state grant, tuition assistance, Pell grants, student retention, education equity, disabled veterans, veterans' dependents, dependent children, college affordability, books and fees, University of Minnesota, public colleges, Office of Higher Education, veterans benefits, military families, permanent disability, 100 percent disability

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• standards that we already have, like open enrollment.
• We have open admission, open enrollment. We do not select students.
• We're currently at 253 this year in our enrollment.
• Started with one year in our enrollment.
• <01:25:10.719> grade state, enrollment in eighth grade state, enrollment in eighth grade algebra

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The meeting focused on Kentucky school choice and innovation, with discussion of the state constitution’s “common schools” requirement and how that has been interpreted alongside newer education models. Chairman Tipton described model laboratory schools, Gatton and Craft Academies, magnet and virtual programs, and said these options show that Kentucky has long expanded opportunity through innovation. He then turned the discussion to Senate Bill 207, which he said was designed to support schools of innovation. Senator Steve West reviewed the history of Kentucky charter schools and explained that SB 207 was modeled on a South Carolina approach. He said the bill allows a local school board to contract with a third-party entity to manage an existing school, seek waivers from certain state rules, and receive SEEK funding while also allowing outside private investment. He emphasized that the district initiates the process, that the school remains public, and that the bill includes accountability through a time-limited contract that can be ended if the school is not performing. Members asked about the difference between SB 207 and the earlier charter school law, whether schools could cherry-pick students, and whether teachers would remain district employees. West and Tipton said the new model is tied to an existing school rather than a new charter, cannot cherry-pick students, and keeps teachers as district employees. Representative Brown raised concerns that charters and exceptions could leave some children out, especially lower-income students, while West responded that the proposal is intended to expand choice for families who may not otherwise have it and cited examples from other states where similar models improved low-performing schools. No vote or formal action was taken during the discussion.

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• This is a Women's Caucus priority. Ms. Addis, can you move the mic up a little bit?
• This is a Women's Caucus priority bill that will establish standard minimum protections for parental
• The moment they enroll at a UC or a CSU, that documentation seems to be treated as void.
• It says a permanent diagnosis does not expire upon enrollment into a CSU or UC.
• The Governor has many priorities, and we see that many priorities.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• develop science to better understand what groundwater levels are necessary to sustain communities, priority
• Three of the key priority areas that have emerged is growing downtown university presence. creating densely
• We think it accomplishes all three of these key priority areas wrapped into one.
• Number one legislative priority. AB 823 support from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
• Board for Dual Enrollment Frameworks and AB 1025 related to Standby Caretaker Act for individuals impacted

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I'm not honestly sure, given the enrollment numbers that...
• The additional funding for SSIS obviously I think is a priority for everyone on this committee.
• It was invoked yesterday that the chair has the privilege to put their priorities in the bill.
• I don't have any priorities in this bill.
• My priority as chair is making the best bill that we can for the people of Minnesota.

Bills: HF2436, HF2929

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, HF2929, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, food assistance, nutrition assistance, public benefits, eligibility determination, income eligibility, federal poverty guidelines, poverty level, county agency, Tribal agency, human services, children and families, benefits administration

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• As outlined in this bill, listening and speaking language acquisition is giving preference and priority
• And some states, including Florida, which is a rather populous state and has a high SNAP enrollment,
• That mainly happened because of an increase in enrollment, because of suspension of work requirements
• Enrollment on the program in Arizona right now.
• If you're enrolled through broad-based categorical eligibility, it'd be 185%.

Bills: HB2180, HB2184, HB2188, HB2194, HB2206, HB2321, HB2322, HB2438, HB2442, HB2448, HB2727, HB2797

Keywords: appropriation, funding, University of Arizona, education, state budget, fetal death, funeral homes, informed consent, abortion, women's rights, medical assistance, emotional support, language acquisition, early intervention, hearing impairment, grant program, deaf education, health care, insurance claims, prior authorization

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• <00:30:53.760> decline over the state face enrollment decline over the state face enrollment
• Many of you have talked to me about two top priorities: one, student achievement; two, student safety
• I want to work with you on those priorities. on what's ahead. the future of our on what's ahead. the
• <00:35:22.720> One,<00:35:23.440> student two top priorities.
• One, student two top priorities.

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call: 0:00:08 26RS SB 3: 0:02:50 26RS SB 1: 0:21:12, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 3, which would expand financial transparency requirements for Kentucky school districts. Sponsor Senator Lindsey Tichenor said the bill would require public access to budgeting and spending information, including final working budgets, monthly credit card statements, superintendent contracts and compensation, audits, and related financial reports posted on district websites. A committee amendment correcting citations was adopted by voice vote. Supporters, including Laura O’Brien, described examples of district spending they viewed as excessive and argued that more detailed public disclosure would help taxpayers and school boards identify misuse of funds. Senator Higdon and others voiced support for transparency, while Senator Meredith said he supported the intent but wanted the bill to go further. The committee passed SB 3 with 11 aye votes and one no vote, with favorable expression. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Senator David Givens, which would restore and clarify governance changes for Jefferson County Public Schools by defining the roles of the school board and superintendent. Givens said the bill responds to a state Supreme Court ruling and includes 42 stated reasons for the governance changes. Opponents, including Jefferson County Teachers Association president Maddie Shepard, JCPS Superintendent Brian Yearwood, and board member James Craig, argued the bill would weaken local democratic control, concentrate authority in one administrator, and reduce community voice. Yearwood said he works collaboratively with the board and that the bill is about adults and governance rather than students, while Craig said the district needs stronger oversight, not less. Supporters of the bill argued that the current structure has not produced adequate results and that the changes are needed to improve outcomes and accountability. The transcript ends during the SB 1 testimony and discussion, before a final vote is taken.

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• So, but there may be various priorities you have. Let's assume your thing is crime prevention.
• So, but there may be various priorities you have. Let's assume your thing is crime prevention.
• So, but there may be various priorities you have. Let's assume your thing is crime prevention.
• So, but there may be various priorities you have. Let's assume your thing is crime prevention.
• So, but there may be various priorities you have. Let's assume your thing is crime prevention.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first opened with brief remarks about a member’s recovery and then heard House Bill 518, which would require the commissioner of Health and Human Services to provide a detailed annual report of all costs related to DCYF. The sponsor, Representative Erica Layon, said the bill was intended to improve transparency, clarify how much time and money are spent on DCYF work versus other departmental work, and help future discussions about staffing, resources, and whether DCYF should remain within DHHS or become a separate department. She said the department could likely produce the report without additional cost, though she was open to adjusting the reporting date and possibly adding more detail about federal mandates. Former Representative Betty Gay and several members supported the bill as a way to better document costs and procedures, while DCYF Director Marie Nunan said the department was not taking a position on the bill, already has many policies and operating procedures, and believed it could comply without a fiscal note. Members raised questions about whether the reporting requirement duplicated existing oversight, whether it should apply to other agencies, and whether the report should include federal funding mandates. Some suggested that a broader review or subcommittee on DCYF might be more useful than a single reporting bill. In executive session, the committee voted 15-1 to retain HB 518, so it will not go on the calendar. Members said they wanted more time to discuss the bill, watch the budget process, and consider whether the reporting requirement could be implemented informally or through a broader oversight effort. The committee then moved on to House Bill 775, which was introduced by Representative Jodi Nelson as a measure to support supervised visitation centers. Dr. Scott Hampton testified in favor, describing the loss of visitation centers since 2019, the role of supervised visitation in protecting children and vulnerable parents in domestic violence cases, and the potential benefits for child safety, crime prevention, and family preservation.

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• <00:15:01.680> for<00:15:01.880> me uh one of the the top priorities for me uh one
• of the the top priorities for me is<00:15:02.279> going<00:15:02.399> to<00:15:02.560><
• Now the November 4 forecast has laid an important task ahead of us: how do we maintain our priorities
• strides we made for the priorities in the past few years while also making some proposals to meet the
• They depend on substantial tuition assistance to enroll in our schools.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• They want to enroll in college.
• ... ...our enrollments have been declining in these five programs.
• We believe that the cost of UMass tuition is one of the reasons leading to declining enrollments.
• Our Black enrollment dropped, our Latino enrollment dropped, our low-income enrollment dropped.
• , stay enrolled in school, and having to drop out.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Joint Committee on Higher Education held its first hearing and heard testimony on a wide range of bills, including hunger-free campuses, FAFSA completion, early college/college-in-high-school programs, banning legacy preferences, AP credit consistency, and tuition equity for the Stockbridge School of Agriculture. Committee leaders opened by outlining the hearing process and noting the three-minute testimony limit. Legislators and advocates generally framed the bills as equity and access measures aimed at improving college affordability, student success, and workforce development. Representative Vargas testified for H. 1466 and H. 1467, arguing that hunger-free campus should be codified because many public college and community college students face food insecurity, and that FAFSA completion should be improved through individualized outreach and an opt-out or completion requirement. Senator Lovely, the Greater Boston Food Bank, and other advocates supported the hunger-free campus bill, citing data that 44% of public university and community college students experienced food insecurity in 2023 and that food insecurity harms graduation rates. Femi Stoltz and Shanti Lopez Toro backed the FAFSA bill, saying many students miss out on Pell grants and need direct support; they pointed to state examples such as Louisiana and to recent state action requiring FAFSA awareness. Committee members asked about the federal FAFSA rollout, regional equity in food access, and the need for long-term funding and data collection. A large panel supported H. 1455 on college and high school/early college, including former Chair Roy, the Massachusetts Alliance for Early College, a student graduate, MBAE, and Tripp Jones. They described early college as a proven model that helps low-income and first-generation students, improves degree attainment, and supports workforce needs; witnesses said the goal is to scale from about 9,000 students and 55 partnerships toward 22,000 to 25,000 students by 2030, with possible future growth beyond that. Members raised questions about funding, public-private partnerships, parental involvement, faculty development, and whether the bill should include data review and more standardized policies across institutions. Representative Garcia also testified for H. 1432 on AP credit, saying students should receive consistent credit for AP scores of 3, 4, or 5. Senator Edwards and James Murphy testified for the legacy preference ban, arguing it is unfair and rooted in exclusionary history; they said some states have already banned legacy preferences in public and private institutions. Finally, UMass Dean Michael Fox, alumnus Dan Mayer, and student Jake Rasmussen supported S. 920 to include Stockbridge associate degree programs in MassEducate, saying tuition equity would help enrollment and support Massachusetts agriculture and green-industry jobs.

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• We work very closely with all those local businesses and we we place a high priority on designing how
• Less than a year later that the college has already reported. 209 folks have been enrolled in 108 have
• So as I mentioned, our next priorities are in addition to continued systemwide improvements, we're also
• We really place priority on those that are on the master credentials list.
• Those receive first priority.

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• His priority was the ERP computer system, which he said was a $5 million ask, but it's a scalable ask
• :28.480> means<00:49:28.720> the concurrent enrollment, it means the concurrent enrollment
• Their priority is the tramway.
• Their priority is the tramway. needs. Their priority is the tramway.
• Uh and the tram is one of our<01:29:04.080> priorities.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• districts with a higher percentage of students who do not qualify for free or reduced meals and overall enrollment
• Enrollment has been decreasing, but the costs of meals go up about 4% per year.
• And we have also seen an increase in school enrollments to participate in the program.
• programs, and so as you all consider the right way to fund these programs that you've all made a priority
• This is very significant with the dual enrollment costs and importance. Do we know anything?

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• In addition to taking dual enrollment classes at Pensacola State, myself as a high school student, both
• Universities are size have been dropping enrollment for the last 10 years and are in trouble.
• community and potential students who feel that our other trustees not wanting female students to enroll
• . our other trustees not wanting female students to enroll.
• in the current Cycle, University of Florida has been and will continue to be one of my highest priorities

Keywords: 999, senate, all