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• Senator Nun, thanks for bringing this because, as we know, the teachers of old in general want to teach
• Teachers now want to teach the kids, but they're also want to, you know, be off too.
• Senator Nun, thanks for bringing this because, as we know, the teachers of old in general want to teach
• Teachers now want to teach the kids, but they're also want to, you know, be off too.

Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00 Attendance Roll Call: 00:11 Legislative Proposal: Representative Blanton: 01:12 • House Bill 220 Approval of Minutes: 10:07 Legislative Proposal: Senator Nunn: 10:24 • Sick Leave Flexibility for School District Employees Adjournment: 34:35, 958, all

Summary: The committee first took up Representative John Blanton’s bill on pension spiking and Kentucky Public Pension Authority administration. Blanton said the measure would make a prior court-related pension-spiking fix retroactive to July 1, 2022, so employees who retired between that date and the court ruling would be treated the same as those covered by the earlier legislation. KPPPA staff said they did not think the bill would go beyond the Court of Appeals ruling, but noted it could prompt requests from people who retired before July 1, 2022. Members asked about how many retirees might be affected, whether the language was narrow enough, and whether the bill could open the door to additional claims; Blanton estimated roughly 1,000 retirees would need review, with fewer actually impacted. No vote was taken on the bill in the excerpt. The committee then heard Senator Matt Nunn and Scott County Schools Superintendent Billy Parker present a proposal allowing school districts to offer teachers and other employees a voluntary payout for unused sick days. Supporters said the idea could improve attendance, reduce substitute costs and classroom disruptions, help retain younger teachers, and potentially lower long-term retirement-related costs because the payout would not count toward pension compensation. They emphasized the program would be optional for districts and employees, would require teachers to keep at least 15 sick days in reserve, and would be district-funded rather than a state cost. Members raised questions about budget impact, tax treatment, pension effects, and whether the incentive would actually change behavior; the bill sponsor and witnesses said the payout would be taxed like other compensation and would not affect TRS or CERS benefits. One member requested reporting on how the program would be used, and the sponsor said he would be open to adding that. The sponsor also noted a later committee-substitute change would allow use of accumulated sick leave for observance of religious holidays not otherwise on the school calendar, with a personal statement from the employee.

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• And there was a lesson plan; I know our program manager is involved with that with teaching the kids.
• I think that inherently, when we are teaching. About Dr.
• We are making reference to his speeches and his teachings, and you know, his life and the examples that
• That inherently is one of the most powerful ways that we can teach our youth that nonviolence is, you

Keywords: 996, all

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• Sandia has been operating a program called CubeCamp for several years already, where they teach teachers
• how to teach K-12 students about the quantum opportunities.
• Alamos National Laboratory are hosting a summer boot camp for largely high school teachers in order to teach
• the teachers how to teach their.

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• It teaches them better. It's a cultural thing, right?
• So it's a program to get African American and Black students into the teaching pipeline.
• I teach 50% of my content in English and 50% in Spanish.
• Then, when teachers hit the public schools, we don't understand why they're not teaching bilingually.

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• So now we will be evaluated on a test that has nothing to do with what we're teaching?
• And are you saying because there's only one test for high school, if I teach freshmen, am I going to
• Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Support Account grants to sponsors of apprenticeship programs in teaching
• Nevada Registered Apprenticeship Support Account grants to sponsors of apprenticeship programs in teaching

Keywords: 909, all

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• We must know who's teaching our children and who is influencing our schools, especially when those relationships
• there was this notion that you really you just have to know the thing, you don't have to know how to teach
• model was to bring in uncertified educators sort of temporarily, as long as they were smart enough to teach
• Has grown relative to the teaching staff, so their productivity has declined.

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• I also teach reading to students in my community, and the Braille Institute Library helps me to get the
• same materials that they are reading so that I can teach them.
• Institutions are now to the point where they are starting to remove teaching faculty in some direct student
• shared with us today about how to maintain courses open and career pathways open using new models of teaching

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• some of them don't even have a diploma or have no education background, but the plan is willing to teach
• background but uh the plan um is<00:16:21.680> willing<00:16:21.959> to<00:16:22.160> teach
• them<00:16:23.319> but<00:16:23.720> the<00:16:23.880> thing is willing to teach
• them but the thing is willing to teach them but the thing is<00:16:24.480> what<00:16:25.000>

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 345, which would establish ʻōpae ʻula as the state shrimp. The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Kua Ulu Aumo testified in strong support, saying the designation could help protect endemic shrimp in anchialine pools and increase public education and awareness. In response to questions, DLNR said it would use existing education programs, press releases, and partnerships for statewide outreach and was not seeking a separate appropriation for that purpose. Members then took up SCR 132 and SR 111, which encourage adoption of recommendations from the UN Global Plastics Treaty and the Rapa Nui Summit Declaration on climate justice and sustainable development. Greenpeace Hawaii supported the measures, arguing that plastic production is tied to fossil fuel interests and that microplastics pose serious health and environmental risks. The committee later adopted the measures with amendments, including a change from “waste hierarchy” to “zero waste hierarchy” and technical edits. The final measures, SCR 157 and SR 127, urged the state to adopt and implement the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea agreement on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. DLNR testified that it had only just reviewed the resolution but stood on its written testimony. The committee passed SCR 157 and SR 127 as is. The meeting also included a separate hearing on SCR 89 and SR 72, which would create a University of Hawaiʻi Community College pathway for meat processing. The Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council supported the idea, citing workforce needs and local protein supply, while several members raised concerns about whether a formal educational pathway or degree requirement might unnecessarily limit entry into the field; discussion focused on whether the proposal should be more vocational and whether there is enough data on workforce demand. No final vote on those measures was shown in the transcript excerpt.

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• Essentially, it takes what those basic standards were—teach these people how to practice in the state
• you know what those basic standards were you know hey<00:21:36.760> here's<00:21:37.400> teach
• c> people<00:21:38.120> how<00:21:38.240> to<00:21:38.480> you hey here's teach
• these people how to you hey here's teach these people how to you know<00:21:38.840> practice<

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations met with a quorum and first heard Senate Bill 20, sponsored by Senator Matt Nunn, which would bar state agencies from adopting administrative regulations with implementation and compliance costs above $500,000 over a two-year period unless an exception applies. Nunn said the bill is intended to increase legislative oversight, reduce burdensome regulation, and preserve agency authority for routine rules, with exceptions for emergency actions, loss of federal funds, express legislative authorization, and health facility/service matters. Senators asked about the definition of “major economic impact,” whether broader societal costs were considered, and how the legislature could respond quickly to year-round agency rulemaking; Nunn said the bill is meant to force those larger policy choices into the legislative process. Several members voiced concern that the threshold was too low and could tie agencies’ hands, while others supported the bill as a check on regulation. The committee voted to report SB 20 favorably, with some members voting no or passing. The committee then took up Senate Bill 127, sponsored by Senator Shelley Frommeyer, concerning real estate license reciprocity. Frommeyer and representatives from Perry Real Estate College explained that the bill would codify Kentucky’s current education and licensing standards for out-of-state real estate licensees, rather than relying on bilateral agreements that can be terminated by other states. They said the measure was prompted by the end of reciprocal agreements with states such as Ohio and West Virginia, which left students and licensees uncertain, and argued that codifying the standards would provide stability, help military spouses, and support Kentucky’s real estate industry. Senators questioned whether a compact would be better, whether the bill would disadvantage Kentucky licensees seeking to practice elsewhere, and whether it would weaken Kentucky’s leverage in future negotiations. Supporters said the bill only fixes Kentucky’s side of the process and could encourage other states to adopt similar standards; opponents worried it was unilateral and might not produce reciprocity from other states. The committee ultimately reported SB 127 favorably, with several members explaining yes, no, or pass votes, and then adjourned.

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• But see, I think we need to do everything we can to employ methods of teaching our kids because the children
• It's kind of irreplaceable what they bring to the table, as well as what they can teach to the new generation
• Can teach to the new generation of officers that are coming.
• The thing that I would like to point out to members again is that this method of teaching, which is somewhat

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• I'll be working in conjunction with Trenholm College to come in and teach the courses and try to offer
• them the training... instead of giving them the training because I am a true believer that if you teach
• a man, don't just give it to him, but teach him, you'll get a better product.
• of these individuals, including some educators, who are around here sleeping... ...with kids that teach

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• /c><00:57:19.799> your<00:57:20.000> dedicated We cannot forget that service takes teaching
• And if we don't teach our kids, they aren't going to learn it.
• and our communities that our next generation step up and contribute. demonstrating and if we don't teach
• our demonstrating and if we don't teach our kids<00:57:39.280> we<00:57:39.559> they<00

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• I am a graduate teaching assistant at San Francisco State University and a member of UAW 4123.
• I teach AP Environmental Science and Biology at Albany High School.
• I teach AP Environmental Science and Biology at Albany High School.

Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on June 24, 2026, but initially lacked a quorum and began by hearing presentations only. SB 308 was presented as a bill to streamline fiscal reporting for California community colleges by combining two overlapping annual audit reports into one. SB 895, the California Science and Health Research Bond, drew extensive testimony from the authors and many supporters, who argued it would help offset federal research cuts, protect California’s science infrastructure, support jobs, and preserve life-saving research in areas such as cancer, HIV, Parkinson’s, ALS, climate resilience, and quantum computing. The bill was described as a bond measure that would require a three-party agreement and was sent to suspense. After quorum was established, the committee took up the consent and suspense calendars. Several bills were approved on consent, including SB 308 and a large group of other measures, while the suspense calendar was deemed approved, including SB 895 and other bills listed by the chair. Public comment on SB 895 continued for a long period, with many researchers, students, labor representatives, university officials, and patient advocates speaking in strong support and urging the bill be moved to the floor. The committee also heard SB 1350, which would expand green hydrogen by allowing renewable portfolio standard credits for certain hydrogen use in power generation; the author and supporters said it would help clean energy development, create jobs, and support projects like ARCHES and Element. Later, SB 1306 was presented to align California law with federal exemptions for certain chemical mixtures containing GBL used in semiconductor manufacturing research. The author and SEMI’s representative said the bill would reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens, avoid disrupting semiconductor supply chains, and not change rules for pure GBL. The bill passed out of committee on a roll call vote, with one no vote and one not voting. The hearing then adjourned.

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• I'd like to thank their parents, who are teaching them that they can do hard things.
• I'd like to thank those parents for teaching their children how to be resilient and also teaching them

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• I was working at Apex, and they teach us how to work instead of transferring out in the community.
• director of the Developmental Disability Council of Oklahoma through an educational program that teaches
• that we may think through and solve through the opportunity for on-the-job Training and being able to teach

Keywords: 914, all

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• The years that I was there teaching, I had people afraid to come to school.
• And I spent a lot of summers teaching summer school, and that also got cut back a lot.
• A lot of summers teaching summer school, and that also got cut back a lot, and it seems to just get cut

Bills: SB1152, SB1156, SB1157, SB1213, SB1232, SB1268

Keywords: immigration, public benefits, asylum, verification, Arizona Revised Statutes, appropriation, public safety, detention, unauthorized aliens, local government funding, border security, fencing, appropriations, southern border, local government, immigration enforcement, probation, law enforcement, court notification, civil rights

Summary: The Military Affairs and Border Security Committee met and approved the January 26, 2026 minutes, then took up several bills related to veterans, immigration, and border security. SB 1268 was described as an emergency cleanup measure clarifying that a 100% service-connected disabled veteran’s primary residence is fully exempt from property tax, including when jointly owned with a spouse; county assessors supported it as needed to fix ambiguous language before the 2026 tax year, and it passed 7-0. SB 1152 would make people with pending asylum applications eligible for state or local public benefits until asylum is granted; supporters framed it as limiting state spending on pending cases, while opponents argued it was redundant, could encourage racial profiling, and conflicted with humanitarian and economic considerations. It passed 4-3. SB 1156 would appropriate $20 million to reimburse cities, towns, and counties for short-term detention costs involving unauthorized persons; supporters said local governments were bearing an unfair burden, while opponents said the money should go elsewhere and that the state was already spending heavily on border issues. It passed 4-3.

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• By statute, to investigate and manage allegations against a teacher's license to teach and against other
• with being able to investigate and provide people... actually investigate and provide people with teaching
• licenses and remove teaching licenses from people.

Bills: SB324, HB395, HB222, HB310, HB285, HB144, HB251, HB380

Keywords: Morgan County, judge of probate, legal qualifications, equity jurisdiction, constitutional amendment, campaign finance, electronic notifications, civil penalties, Fair Campaign Practices Act, Secretary of State, sex offenders, treatment programs, electronic media, post office box restrictions, Class C felony, parole, probation, human cloning, criminal penalties, embryo

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• The Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) Early Childhood Program really just allows more
• Oakland's preschool has been instrumental in teaching her healthy ways to communicate. express how she
• turned to our foundation, our Red Wing Shoe Company Foundation, to cover gaps like hiring tutors to teach

Bills: HF2436, HF470, HF2643, HF2456, HF102, HF1367

Keywords: child welfare, economic assistance, child care, grant program, video security cameras, early education, scholarships, funding, children, families, Minnesota education, child care licensing, family child care, child care center, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, correction order, conditional license, fix-it ticket, documented technical assistance, license suspension

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• Over my 26 years of teaching, this has included things that develop knowledge and skills around civics
• I do want to say that most of the students that I teach, I'm fairly confident that all of the juniors
• met a fellow named Dean Erdahl and the work he was doing in this area to lift up the importance of teaching

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• So how have we redefined the math that we teach in school in order to change it so that we can say something
• that would be impossible to teach someone in a statistics class?
• It's just this is not mathematically possible, you know, based on how they teach statistics at the University

Summary: The Committee on Community Affairs held its first meeting and heard presentations focused on affordable housing implementation under the Live Local Act. Florida Housing Finance Corporation described its role in administering rental and homeownership programs, including SAIL, SHIP, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program, disaster recovery efforts, supportive housing, and the Live Local funding and tax incentives. Officials said the first year’s $150 million Live Local rental allocation was fully committed to 23 developments producing 3,171 units with mixed-income set-asides, and they outlined how projects were selected through competitive solicitations tied to statutory priorities such as mixed-use development, publicly owned land, foster youth, rural areas of opportunity, redevelopment, and housing near military installations. They also discussed the tax credit contribution program, the missing-middle property tax exemption, sales tax rebates, and the year-one ad valorem exemption for qualifying affordable projects. Members asked detailed questions about the data and program design, including the use of area median income figures, per-unit subsidy levels, county targeting, tenant relocation during redevelopment, and whether the programs were helping lower-income households. Florida Housing said it uses competitive scoring and data from the Schimberg Center and that redevelopment projects are supposed to include tenant relocation plans. The homeownership portion of the presentation covered the Hometown Heroes program, which provides down payment and closing cost assistance to first-time homebuyers, with exceptions for active-duty military and veterans. Staff said the program has assisted more than 21,000 families and leveraged over $6.5 billion in first mortgages, and members asked about repayment rates, credit scores, and whether participants were staying in homes long enough to show the program was serving intended buyers. The committee then heard from OPAGA on two required Live Local evaluations: affordable housing strategies in other states and affordable housing policies in Florida. OPAGA reported that Florida has a high share of cost-burdened households, with 1.5 million households cost burdened and 1.4 million severely cost burdened, and that Florida’s counties and municipalities reported more than $1.4 billion in affordable housing expenditures in fiscal year 2023-24. The report identified 13 innovative out-of-state programs, with three considered high-potential for Florida implementation, and summarized Florida local government practices such as SHIP-funded homeownership and rental assistance, expedited permitting, mixed-income zoning, rehabilitation programs, and interlocal cooperation. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentations and questions.