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• I just want to back up that rural library—there's a lot of nice, I mean, the rural libraries in my district
• It's a great comprehensive library, and if it weren't for rural library funding, they wouldn't be able
• For a school that gets to choose who they enroll, I mean, the traditional charter school doesn’t get
• For a school that gets to choose who they enroll, I mean, the traditional charter school doesn't get
• The school serves kids from across the state.

Keywords: 996, all

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• And they also added some advertising restrictions within 1,000 feet of school property.
• One, they added something related to the core transfer library, making sure that the tests that high
• schoolers take, such as AP tests, are counted in our core transfer library.
• So the House added language, as I mentioned with the core transfer library.
• funding Pages longer when it came back to us, and it was only supposed to be a change of the school

Keywords: 964, all

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• campus, $50 million in project completion funds, $72 million for regional kitchens to support local school
• For the libraries, $52 million for the state library system, and under public safety, $7 million to address
• For the libraries, $52 million for the state library system, and under public safety, $7 million to address
• , $52 million for the state library system, and under public safety, $7 million to address ADA compliance
• For the libraries, $52 million for the state library system, and under public safety, $7 million to address

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Institute of Museum and Library Institute of Museum and Library Services.<00:33:47.160> Okay.
• <00:44:05.520> and Finance and the public school and Finance and the public school and uh<
• School of Math and Science.
• School of Math and Science, 2-year School of Math and Science, 2-year contract<00:45:24.360> to
• our school our school for<00:45:29.160> um<00:45:29.360> Nash<00:45:29.760> Campbell

Keywords: 924, joint, all

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• The grantee is an organization called New Native Theater, and it's a free summer camp for grade school
• and high school students.
• So whether that's a school residency or... School performance.
• It might be a performance in a library or readings in a library.
• I found out a couple of years ago, **Representative Cha:** Yes, high school photographer, dragging in

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• We have Waco ISD school board secretary Trustee Jeremy Davis, the tall guy out there, Waco ISD school
• HB 3587 by McLaughlin relating to firearm safety instruction in public school and certain private schools
• a public school challenging the operations of the public school system authorizing administrative penalty
• In Veterans Affairs HB 3670 by Isaac rulings the access of the catalog for public school library materials
• The review of library materials included in public school libraries are providing a civil penalty for

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• When school lets out, the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii offers keiki a fun, educational, safe place to
• After-school programs like the Boys and Girls Club help provide structure and meaningful activities to
• nominees<00:20:45.720> for<00:20:45.840> the<00:20:45.920> Boys When school
• After-school programs like the Boys and Girls Club help provide structure and meaningful activities to
• He's a senior at Leilehua High School and an active participant in programs such as Keystone.

Bills: HR209, SB3131, SB2494, SB2447, SB2727, SB2145, SB2143, HR22, HCR22, HR97, HCR105, HR138, HCR146, HCR16, HCR35, HCR40, HR3, HCR4, HR161, HCR171, HR109, HCR117, HR33, HCR33, HR141, HCR149, HR190, HCR200, HR193, HCR203, HR194, HCR204, HR196, HCR206, HR197, HCR207, HR191, HCR201, HR12, HCR10, HR148, HCR157, HR184, HCR194, HR195, HCR205, HR192, HCR202, HR173, HCR183, HR179, HCR189, HR181, HCR191, HR21, HCR21, HR23, HCR24, HR60, HCR66, HR113, HCR121, HR145, HCR153, HR74, HCR82, HR77, HCR85, HR90, HCR98, HR27, HCR36, HR165, HCR175, HR187, HCR197, HR5, HCR6, SB2054

Keywords: entertainment, comedy, youth wellness, cultural identity, Hawaiian culture, mental health, public service, job title, administrative assistant, executive assistant, state personnel, civil service, modernization, employment standards, bribery, corruption, statute of limitations, public servant, criminal justice, campaign finance

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• These leaders helped schools create more inclusive environments and navigate challenges.
• And ensure schools follow state and federal laws.
• Allen ISD our independent school district under the leadership of Dr.
• From the wonderful Allen Independent School District, our superintendent, Dr.
• schools by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, refer to the Committee.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• And if I courses in our high schools.
• :32.160> are of our high school students who are of our high school students who are enrolled<
• of a middle school student in New<02:33:44.200> Hampshire.
• Parents with kids in school can't uproot their families.
• Parents with kids in school can't uproot their<04:27:53.439> families.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• You're going to go to school.
• I also have from Cobre schools, from Cobre High School, Zayana Grijalva, Zeeland Peña, and James Ford
• An act relating to public schools, requiring school districts to establish policies regarding the management
• of public school libraries and the administration of library programs and services, prohibiting retaliation
• Senate Bill 84, introduced by Senator Padilla, an act relating to public schools, creating the high school

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• or charter school.
• engaging in a strike or organized work stoppage against the school district or charter school.
• officer of a charter school to make modifications to a weapons detection system at a school district
• or charter school.
• like this in a private school already, because they don't have the rules that public schools do.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of bills and resolutions, with staff giving brief descriptions and members flagging which items were on consent, had unanimous committee votes, or should be pulled for further discussion. Topics included education, health care, public safety, labor, water, taxation, housing, and elections. Several measures were noted as party-line or mixed votes, while many others were reported as unanimous and placed on third-read or consent calendars. Among the more discussed items were bills on school and labor policy, including a proposal to prohibit teacher strikes, a measure restricting school district bond actions, a bill requiring school safety protocols and assigning felony penalties for noncompliance, and a resolution limiting public money for labor organization activities. Members also raised concerns or requested further review on bills involving pharmacist testing authority, expired opioid antagonists, a county sheriff-related measure, a housing affordability district proposal, and a tobacco/vape regulation bill. Some measures were explicitly pulled from consent, including a Medicaid audit resolution, a budget-related pay-withholding resolution, and several education and public safety bills. The caucus also heard multiple health and human services measures, such as genetic counselor licensing, nursing board and pharmacy board continuations, foster care rights, psychiatry access funding, and free school meals. In addition, there were water and energy bills on Colorado River management, groundwater, transmission-line review, and renewable energy valuation, plus election and campaign-related proposals. The meeting ended with announcements, including an upcoming Colorado River breakfast briefing and an internal award recognizing Representative Brian Garcia, followed by adjournment.

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• Senator Andrew Lang is online. grandfather was a um PhD in library grandfather was a um PhD in library
• Again, these children may be open enrolled in private schools; they may be in charter schools, but this
• they may be um in private schools they may be um in charter<00:21:12.480> schools<00:21:12.960
• <00:24:10.200> age looking just at the school age looking just at the school age population
• <00:29:57.320> AG<00:29:57.600> children School AG children School AG children uh<00:29

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Education Finance Committee met on January 21 with a quorum present for the first meeting of the 2025 biennium. The co-chairs described the temporary power-sharing arrangement in the tied Senate, introduced committee staff and pages, and had members briefly introduce themselves and share what subject they would teach. After the introductions, the committee moved to a presentation from State Demographer Susan Brower. Brower reviewed Minnesota’s school-age population trends and projections, noting that the state had just under 1 million children ages 5 to 17 in 2023 and that, for the first time, the older adult population exceeded the school-age population. She said the school-age population is concentrated in the Twin Cities metro and other regional centers, and projected an overall decline of about 5% over the next 15 to 20 years, driven mainly by declining birth rates and long-running net outmigration of young adults. She also explained that growth is expected in some areas, especially along the I-94 corridor north of the metro, while northern regions are projected to see the largest declines. She clarified for members that her figures measure resident children, not school enrollment, and that boundary changes are not reflected in the district-level data. The presentation also covered demographic change among students. Brower said about 35% of Minnesota children ages 5 to 17 are children of color, with growing multiracial populations and increasing linguistic diversity. She reported that about 20% of school-age children have at least one foreign-born parent, and about 18% of enrolled students speak a language other than English at home, with Spanish, Somali, and Hmong the largest home languages. She also discussed child poverty, saying Minnesota’s rate is just under 10%, below the national rate of about 15%, and that poverty is concentrated in Minneapolis-St. Paul, some first-ring suburbs, and parts of northern Minnesota, including districts with larger Native populations. Members asked questions about whether the projections accounted for migration and whether open enrollment affected the figures; Brower said the data reflect where children live, not where they attend school, and that the projections are based on recent migration and birth patterns, with future changes more likely to come from international immigration than from domestic migration.

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• And finally, it appears that the technology lending library may be underutilized.
• support services to school districts. support services to school districts.
• >> So, the ones that are at the school building, they're inside of the district.
• the ones that are at the school the ones that are at the school building,<00:25:56.559> they're
• The first is the district data profiles for the 2025 school year data.

Keywords: Call to Order and Roll Call: 00:22 Office of Education Accountability Report: Early Childhood Regional Training Centers (RTCs): 01:22 Approval of July 14, 2025 Minutes 31:21 Office of Education Accountability: 2025 Study Agenda 32:35 Adjournment: 39:12, 958, all

Summary: The subcommittee heard an Office of Education Accountability report on Kentucky’s early childhood regional training centers (RTCs). OEA said the centers provide valuable training, consultation, technical assistance, and materials for preschool personnel, especially for children with disabilities and at-risk students, and that the services align with state and federal requirements. However, the report found uneven student and teacher populations across regions, wide variation in per-student funding, some staffing data inaccuracies, and several fiscal oversight concerns, including inconsistent indirect cost rates, a building rental charge that may have been duplicative, and host districts recording RTC expenditures in a way that could blur them with district finances. OEA also said some documentation of progress toward goals was incomplete and that the technology lending library appeared underused. The report recommended stronger KDE oversight, uniform coding and accounting practices, review of budgets and expenditures, and an evaluation of whether the current five-center model remains the most efficient structure; OEA also suggested the General Assembly may wish to revisit KRS 157.318. Members asked about KDE’s response, whether the centers are required by federal law, how the centers operate, and whether changing the model would affect federal funding. OEA said KDE had only discussed the findings informally and had not issued a formal response, the centers are required by state law but not federal law, and changing the model would not jeopardize IDEA preschool funds. The committee accepted the report by motion. The subcommittee then approved the minutes from its July 14, 2025 meeting after initially delaying action because quorum was not yet present. After that, members turned to the Office of Education Accountability’s proposed 2026 study agenda. OEA said the three proposed topics are the annual district data profiles, facilities funding, and implementation of early literacy statutes. The district profiles would add an appendix showing the number and percentage of students moving to private school or homeschool by district and another appendix noting data-quality issues that affect comparability. OEA explained that district staffing data can undercount contract staff because those employees are not always entered into the system, and members expressed interest in tracking whether prior recommendations were implemented. One senator also raised a separate interest in reviewing whether KDE created and implemented regulations related to KFIX. The discussion remained informational, with no final vote on the study agenda shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• He was educated in the Boston Public Schools, graduated from South Boston High School in 1970, and attended
• He was educated in the Boston Public Schools, graduated from South Boston High School in 1970, and attended
• the Department of Correction, H. 4426; and an act exempting certain affordable housing and branch library
• the Department of Correction, H. 446, and an act exempting certain affordable housing and branch library

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The Senate convened with the Pledge of Allegiance and first took up final passage of H. 4426, establishing a sick leave bank for Paul Starvasky of the Department of Correction. A standing vote was required for the emergency preamble, which was adopted, and the bill later passed to be enacted along with H. 4158, expanding the Select Board of the Town of Weston, and H. 4532, exempting certain affordable housing and branch library space in Dorchester from public procurement laws. All three bills were signed by the President and sent to the Governor. The chamber also adopted a Senate resolution commending Hope and Comfort Incorporated for observing Hygiene and Security Awareness Week. In addition, the Senate ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed S. 1859, a retirement bill for Walter L. Gertner, a former Attleboro firefighter, and H. 360, a bill further regulating certain on-premises alcoholic beverage licenses in Holyoke. The Senate also suspended rules to advance a petition concerning purchase of out-of-state service and referred it to the Committee on Public Service, and received a House bill revising the charter of the town of Millis, which was ordered to a third reading. The Senate referred a House petition on expanding access to the family self-sufficiency program to the Committee on Housing. Members then adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Stephen E. Strum, with a brief remembrance read into the record. Finally, the Senate adopted an order to meet again the following Thursday at 11 a.m. and adjourned.

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• The clerk will read: Assembly Bill 279 by Assembly Member Patel and relating to the school libraries.
• Assembly bill 279 by assembly member Patel and appellating the school libraries.
• And people will leave schools.
• It's just another reason why people are going to leave public school. People will leave schools.
• Their schools.

Summary: The Assembly met after a quorum call and first dealt with a procedural dispute over four amendments to AB 1240. The Speaker ruled the amendments out of order as not germane, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on a 49-16 vote. Members then added co-authors to several consent-calendar resolutions, including measures on the National Conference of State Legislators, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month, before adopting the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions, including a welcome for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and took up a motion to bring AB 41 up out of file, which failed 19-48. The bulk of the meeting was floor action on a long series of bills and resolutions, many of which passed with broad bipartisan support. Measures approved included ACR 40 supporting immigrant students and FAFSA privacy; AB 917 on permanent status for certain school employees; AB 985 on anesthesia access; AB 7 and AB 42 on higher education and student services; AB 245 providing property tax relief for wildfire victims; AB 255 allowing funding for drug-free recovery housing; AB 279 updating K-12 library standards; AB 289 creating a pilot for automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones; AB 291 on an educator apprentice program; AB 327 addressing swatting; AB 340 on confidential union communications; AB 341 creating an oral health technical assistance center for people with disabilities; AB 356 on San Diego health care infrastructure; AB 410 on bot disclosure; AB 476 on copper theft enforcement; AB 477 on educator pay targets; AB 485 on stolen wages and business licensing; AB 487, the insurance committee’s technical omnibus bill; AB 573 on tobacco retail license fees; AB 598 on school mapping technology; AB 635 on mobile home law enforcement referrals; AB 651 on remote participation for incarcerated parents in dependency hearings; AB 654 on homelessness hotline assistance in Los Angeles County; AB 662 creating a South County higher education task force; AB 667 on language access in professional licensing; AB 669 limiting early denial of addiction treatment; AB 670 on naturally occurring affordable housing; AB 695 on online continuation of community college for deported students; AB 723 on disclosure for digitally altered real estate images; AB 727 placing Trevor Project information on student IDs; and AB 736, a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the June 2026 ballot, which passed on a 61-11 urgency vote after extensive debate. Debate on AB 736 was the most extensive of the day, with supporters arguing the bond would help address California’s housing crisis and give voters a chance to weigh in, while opponents criticized the state’s bond debt and past spending results. The Assembly then recessed for caucus meetings and later returned to continue the daily file, where additional measures were taken up, including AB 798 adding diapers and wipes to the emergency food bank reserve program, which passed 56-0, and AB 821 on career technical education, which was presented as bipartisan-supported as the transcript continued.

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• We don't want to put that mandate on schools, but I think schools are willing to do that.
• That is National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs.
• School District or Charter<01:48:14.000> School Charter School Charter School would<01:48:15.960
• tribal schools don't get funds from the permanent school trust.
• the schools don't get permanent School the schools don't get permanent School trust<02:01:33.800

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Summary: The committee met to hear a Minnesota Department of Education presentation on federal education funding and the potential effects of federal actions on those dollars. Chair Kunesh framed the discussion around concerns about threats to the U.S. Department of Education and noted that federal funds make up about 10% of Minnesota’s education budget, or roughly $1.4 billion. Senator Lang pushed back, emphasizing that 90% of school funding comes from state and local sources and urging the committee to focus on state mandates and how to pay for them. New member Senator Clark introduced himself and said he would teach ethics or running if he were a teacher. Department staff explained that federal education dollars are divided between entitlement/formula funds and competitive/discretionary grants. They said Minnesota receives federal money through established systems and that the department is seeking clarity about how federal changes might affect the flow of funds, oversight, and program administration. They also outlined Minnesota’s legislative review process for federal funds, which includes several pathways such as the governor’s biennial budget, supplemental budget submissions, legislative advisory committee review, and expedited review processes when needed. The presentation then focused on ESEA Title funding, especially Title I. Staff said Title I is one of the largest federal education programs in Minnesota, with about $200 million in current funding, and supports 476 local education agencies. They described how funds are allocated through Minnesota’s North Star accountability system and Compass support structure, based on measures such as poverty, graduation rates, and state assessment performance. Examples of allowable supports included professional development, attendance initiatives, reading curriculum, training, and peer coaching. Senators asked whether executive action could affect these funds and whether the money flows directly to districts or through the state; staff responded that they would avoid speculation and would continue explaining the different funding streams and oversight structure.

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• Uh, the select board met with the school board, and the school board said no.
• When I was on the school budget committee, I had the high school.
• When I was on the school budget committee, I had the high school.
• When I was on the school budget committee, I had the high school.
• When I was on the school budget committee, I had the high school.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• It will also contain 2.8 library.
• The first one is a library project.
• of a very small library.
• of a very small library.
• of a very small library.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• AUTHORITY AND THE FEDERAL GRANT TRUST FUND REQUESTING IT TO MATCH THE TOTAL GRANT AWARD FROM THE LIBRARY
• SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY ACT FROM THE INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES.
• THIS ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY WILL BE SUPPORTING A NONRECURRING INCREASE IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES LIBRARY
• PRACTITIONERS BY PROVIDING PAYMENTS FOR THE SHORTFALL IN PHYSICIAN MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL

Keywords: 999, senate, all

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• Minitex obviously treats like one library becomes the state's library.
• library becomes the state's library. library becomes the state's library.
• 2029 2030 school year. 2029 2030 school year.
• > act<01:26:30.159> regarding private career school act regarding private career school
• support as they begin their med school support as they begin their med school um<02:23:31.680>

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: The Higher Education Finance and Policy Conference Committee met publicly to compare House and Senate positions on the higher education budget, with the chairs emphasizing transparency and alternating gavel control. Nonpartisan fiscal staff walked through a spreadsheet of differences across the Office of Higher Education and Minnesota State, including major items such as state grants, childcare grants, work study, tribal college grants, emergency assistance grants, hunger-free campus grants, student parent support, direct admissions, paramedic scholarships, and several medical residency and fellowship programs. The House and Senate also differed on administrative funding, campus sexual assault reporting, and a House FY25 cancellation that would be carried forward. Members discussed several of the larger policy and funding choices. The Senate explained its increase for Minitex as support for operating costs and statewide access to information. The House explained its cuts to student parent support and other items as necessary to work within a zero target and to prioritize direct aid to students, while the Senate said it focused on direct appropriations and access-related programs. On hunger-free campus grants and emergency assistance grants, the Senate said it was changing the distribution method and direct appropriations rather than reducing the overall money, while the House noted differences in whether nonprofit institutions remained included. The committee also reviewed Senate-only additions and reductions in Minnesota State, including free course materials, Lake Superior College remediation, and changes to the Kids on Campus appropriation. A representative from Lake Superior College testified that the PAS remediation funding would help address contamination issues at an emergency training site near Lake Superior and that the money was shifted from the Kids on Campus initiative. No final conference agreement or vote was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee continued discussing differences and testimony.