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• assessment for that or other decisions.
• I want to discuss such an assessment made by the IC.
• Were you aware of the declassified assessments, the one I referenced? Yes, I was.
• One, that assessment was made with high confidence and low information.
• evidence and assessments already conducted by the IC? Yes, I did. Okay, thank you.

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• I do want to mention regarding assessments that health plans are currently being assessed.
• I do want to mention regarding assessments that health plans are currently being assessed.
• I do want to mention regarding assessments that health plans are currently being assessed.
• I do want to mention regarding assessments that health plans are currently being assessed.
• I do want to mention regarding assessments that health plans are currently being assessed.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Summary: The committee heard a reinsurance overview from Deputy Commissioner Julia Dryer of the Minnesota Department of Commerce on the Minnesota Premium Security Plan. She explained that reinsurance helps stabilize premiums in the individual market by reimbursing insurers for high-cost claims, and said Minnesota’s program has lowered premiums, preserved carrier participation, and helped maintain consumer choice. She warned that without continued funding, the program would be depleted and individual-market premiums could rise by about 25%, with potential losses in coverage and access to care. She also described the program’s structure under a federal 1332 waiver, the role of MCHA in administering the program, and the state’s receipt of more than $650 million in federal pass-through funds to date. Dryer said the current program is funded through the end of 2025, though the federal waiver authority runs through 2027. The governor’s proposal would create a new assessment on insurers, estimated at roughly 2% to 3%, to fund the state share of the program and avoid another full waiver submission. She noted that the proposal assumes MinnesotaCare funding would be held harmless and that the program would be reduced if federal basic health plan funding were negatively affected. She also said projected costs changed because individual-market enrollment has grown and enhanced federal subsidies were removed from the estimate. Members raised concerns about the proposal’s impact on premiums and the history of the fund. Senator Rasmusson argued the new assessment amounts to a large tax increase on health insurance and questioned who would be assessed and whether the surcharge would be capped. Dryer responded that the assessment would be based on annual claims experience and market conditions, with final amounts determined at the end of each year, not monthly. Senator Duckworth and Senator Frentz supported reinsurance as a way to keep premiums lower, while also questioning how the program should be financed. Senator Green asked about the mechanics of the assessment and the role of the department in setting it, and Senator H questioned why the fiscal note assumed 12% annual growth for program costs when general premium growth was lower. No vote or formal action was taken in the meeting.

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• <00:17:08.160> which the smarter balanced assessment which the smarter balanced assessment
• <00:25:42.720> experts Education where uh assessment experts Education where uh assessment
• of developing a new state assessment. of developing a new state assessment.
• c><00:26:31.760> be cost on the assessment side would be cost on the assessment side would be
• report for assessment every year. report for assessment every year.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee held a hearing on House Bill 1571, which would direct the Department of Education to review and revise statewide academic standards and curriculum and make an appropriation. Representative Kristen Noble, the sponsor, said the bill is intended to update outdated standards, especially in math, and to have the department create a list of high-quality curriculum and materials aligned to the revised standards. She noted she would likely amend the bill to change a requirement that districts “shall” select from the list to “may,” and said a misplaced crossed-out section would need to be restored and moved by amendment. She also said assessments would need to be updated to match any new standards. Testimony from Marie Banfield strongly supported the bill and the move away from a mandate, arguing that current standards are outdated and that Common Core and related standards have not improved student outcomes. She criticized the math standards for emphasizing multiple strategies and written explanations over computation, and said stronger standards would better support students, including those with learning or communication challenges. She also argued that New Hampshire should follow examples such as Massachusetts, which she said used rigorous standards successfully. Nate Green of the Department of Education did not take a position on the bill but explained that the bill would affect statewide academic standards, state assessments, and potentially federal compliance. He distinguished academic standards from minimum standards in statute, said any standards revision would require work with content experts, State Board approval, and then a corresponding assessment update that could take about two years. He estimated assessment development costs could range from about $200,000 to $500,000 for minor revisions and $1 million to $2 million for a wholesale new set of standards. He also said the bill would apply to public and charter public schools, not private or homeschool students, and that the department does not currently provide a statewide list of curriculum materials because curriculum decisions have historically been local.

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• our entire program, from skin assessments to mobility assessments, respiratory assessments, and everything
• our entire program, from skin assessments to mobility assessments, respiratory assessments, and everything
• assessments to mobility assessments,<01:44:03.119> respiratory<01:44:03.679> assessments,<
• /c> assessments, respiratory assessments, assessments, respiratory assessments, and<01:44:04.480>
• . assessment. assessment.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So we do that by doing cybersecurity maturity assessments.
• So what is a cybersecurity maturity assessment?
• I guess the challenge to that would be it is a self-assessment.
• Yes, so Chairman Bosch, it is a self-assessment. It's not mandatory.
• They do their self-assessment.

Summary: The committee approved the March 26 minutes and then received a quarterly update on major IT projects from NDIT. Staff reported the portfolio included 116 major projects totaling about $546 million, with the overall portfolio under budget but slightly behind schedule. They reviewed projects over the 20% variance threshold, including an Industrial Commission grants management system and DOT’s roadway pre-construction replacement, and then heard startup and closeout reports from HHS, OMB, DPI, and DOT. Several previously troubled projects were closed, including HHS bed management, vital records modernization, and DOT roadway capital planning; some projects finished under budget and ahead of schedule, while others were significantly behind schedule or over budget but were now closed or being remediated. The committee also reviewed NDIT’s annual report, including service-fund financials, peer-state rate comparisons, records management, and customer satisfaction efforts. Members asked about how service-fund revenue and grant administrative charges are accounted for, how chargebacks work, and whether NDIT tracks customer satisfaction scores. NDIT said it does track CSAT-type measures in some service areas and has survey data, but it is not planning another customer survey this summer. Members encouraged more regular reporting of customer satisfaction, service-level metrics, and performance data to help guide future improvements. A major portion of the meeting focused on the state’s mainframe modernization effort. NDIT said the overall effort is still targeting about 2030, with multiple HHS and DOT projects underway and a $15 million tech-debt appropriation already removing some components. Staff described the main obstacles as data cleanup, complex integrations, limited staff capacity, retirements, and vendor constraints, and said they are seeking a vendor with modernization support in the next contract cycle. Members pressed for clearer accountability and faster progress, and NDIT and HHS emphasized that they are working jointly but need continued support and better tools. The committee then heard a cybersecurity update on NDIT’s statewide services and maturity assessments. NDIT explained that it provides vulnerability scanning, endpoint protection, security awareness training, threat briefings, and penetration testing, and that these services are tied to a cybersecurity maturity assessment based on CIS controls. Members questioned the sharp drop in participation since 2020 and whether the self-assessment should be mandatory or tied more strongly to StageNet access or insurance incentives. NDIT said participation is voluntary, but Enderf is now requiring annual assessments to keep a 4% insurance discount, and members discussed whether stronger requirements or audit authority may be needed. The meeting ended as the committee began a follow-up discussion on BEAD broadband connection costs and why some locations are much more expensive to connect than others.

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• Um, a current assessment we have underway, as I mentioned, we have a cooperative assessment underway
• So, new assessments.
• Our injury assessment and the damage assessment is, is objective.
• We had completed our injury assessment, we had completed the damage assessment that we believed represented
• We're getting our assessment ready.

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• <00:25:42.720> experts Education where uh assessment experts Education where uh assessment
• of developing a new state assessment. of developing a new state assessment.
• c><00:26:31.760> be cost on the assessment side would be cost on the assessment side would be
• to keep some aspects of the assessment to keep some aspects of the assessment but<00:30:38.799><
• , whether it's teacher-led assessments or student-led assessments and rubrics for projects.

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• , but then the assessment is done.
• They assessed all different job.
• change right so you have an assessment change right so you have an assessment so<02:00:48.480> it
• after the initial assessment.
• <02:09:15.520> I assessment. um from the mainland. I assessment. um from the mainland.

Bills: SB2003

Keywords: Mauna Kea, land management, University of Hawaii, astronomical observatories, leasable lands, natural resource management, stewardship authority, 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint committees on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts and Education heard testimony and discussed SB 20003, which would require the auditor’s report under Act 255 to include a recommendation on whether the Monarch Stewardship and Oversight Authority is fit to continue managing Monaca lands. Testimony focused on the bill’s reversion language, the role of the auditor, and whether the measure gave the auditor too much discretion without clear criteria. The Office of the Auditor’s position, read into the record, was that it had strong reservations because the bill did not provide standards for assessing fitness and asked that the requirement be held or amended. Other testimony suggested a work group with relevant agencies and Hawaiian practitioners to manage the transition and reduce conflict. Committee members debated whether the bill should simply restore the original reversion language or also require an audit-based fitness determination. Several members questioned the need for a 2031 audit when Act 255 already provides for a performance and financial audit in 2031 and noted that the bill could shift authority away from the legislature. In response, the committee chair explained that the measure was intended to restore language removed during conference and to address the transition back to the University of Hawaii if the authority was not meeting the act’s purpose. The committees ultimately recommended SB 20003 be passed with amendments. The amendments would strike the auditor/audit section, add language addressing timelines by providing a 10-year lease extension and sublease extension, and make technical changes including a defective date. The committees voted to adopt the amended measure and send it forward as an SD1. The transcript also included a separate Education Committee hearing on SB 3286, which would require the University of Hawaii to develop a facilities and student housing master plan and report to the legislature. University of Hawaii testimony said the system supports the intent but that the bill’s requirements are a heavy lift across 10 campuses and should follow development of a broader academic strategy. Members raised concerns about deferred maintenance, shifting priorities, and the lack of a systemwide plan, while the university said it already has a six-year capital improvement plan but acknowledged it does not fully incorporate the broader academic and housing strategy the bill contemplates.

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• AND ALSO REQUIRED SCHOOLS, EVERY SCHOOL, TO PERFORM A SECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT ANNUALLY AND AND ALSO
• TEAM BE INVOLVED IN THE THREAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND FINAL DECISION MAKING.
• THAT IS WHY OUR THREAT ASSESSMENT MODEL FOCUSES ON STUDENTS OF CONCERN AND CONCERNING BEHAVIORS.
• WOULD BE UNDER, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE CARE OF A THREAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS.
• THAT THE PERSON WHO DEALS WITH THE THREAT ASSESSMENT PROCESS?

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• is when the portfolio assessment is to start be put in place.
• Portfolio definition and then how do we assess that portfolio?
• Do we assess individual projects within a portfolio?
• We currently do assess property owners.
• We do assessments and street assessments, and the happy people we get to deal with doing that.

Bills: HF4807

Keywords: overweight vehicles, aggregate mining, local ordinance restrictions, legislative audit, transportation, resource inventory

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• But if there's some way to assess the. if there's some way to assess the funding that's coming in, you
• I think it would help us better assess the gaps.
• Each memory assessment clinic is staffed by...
• So anything that could be done to increase the number of people doing assessments that are... doing assessments
• I think you did very well coming with the needs assessment.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

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• This particular assessment would be an addition to that assessment, and there has been some conversation
• > there addition to that assessment and um there addition to that assessment and um there has<00:
• <00:21:05.760> as and will not be assessed as and will not be assessed as significantly<00
• the A2 Amendment which would uh assess the A2 Amendment which would uh assess the<00:43:50.680><
• uh probably the assessment option and to uh probably the assessment option and then<01:02:58.319>

Bills: HF837

Keywords: health insurance, premium security plan, federal funding, state innovation waiver, Minnesota, 1183, house

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• All other property can have its assessed value increased by up to 10% each year.
• It changes the assessment increase from every year to once every 3 years.
• This just slows that assessment down to every 3rd year.
• Their assessment would be in 2031.
• It's on the assessment limitations.

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• . assess. assess.
• <00:14:34.520> and that the assessment training and that the assessment training and performance
• um, assessments. um, assessments.
• <00:16:14.880> and comprehensive patient assessment and comprehensive patient assessment and
• continue to assess. continue to assess.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• There are also requirements to implement program assessment and child assessment, and there are also
• We also have two assessments. The first assessment is called the CLASS assessment.
• We also have two assessments. The first assessment is called the We also have two assessments.
• The first assessment is called the class assessment.
• We also have a child assessment.

Summary: The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee held its first interim meeting, took roll, and established a quorum. Members introduced themselves, many noting backgrounds in education, school boards, local government, or parenting, and Chair Jenna Persons-Mulicka outlined the committee’s goal of building the fiscal year 2025-26 Pre-K-12 budget. She also reviewed the fiscal year 2024-25 education budget, noting that the Pre-K-12 portion totals about $21 billion, with the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) as the largest driver, along with major funding for VPK, school readiness, and school recognition. She explained that federal COVID relief funds have ended and that recent school choice legislation has affected budget structure. Commissioner Manny Diaz and department leaders then gave overviews of their divisions. Diaz highlighted Florida’s education rankings, record graduation rate, progress monitoring, expanded school choice participation, charter school growth, and teacher salary investments, while emphasizing a focus on literacy, math, and early learning. Carrie Miller described the Division of Early Learning’s school readiness and VPK programs, their funding, eligibility, accountability systems, and the importance of kindergarten readiness. Paul Burns outlined the Division of Public Schools’ work on educator quality, literacy, standards, certification, family outreach, federal programs, and school improvement. Suzanne Pridgen reviewed finance and operations functions, including budget management, FEFP calculations, grants, procurement, transportation, and emergency management. Adam Emerson described parental choice programs, including scholarships, charter schools, schools of hope, virtual education, and home education. Darren Norris detailed the Office of Safe Schools’ responsibilities for risk assessments, compliance inspections, threat management, grants, and training created after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas tragedy. Members asked questions about several issues, including whether the Safe Schools office recommends changes to the school safety grant distribution formula, whether early learning eligibility should shift from federal poverty level to state median income, how scholarship payments are verified to avoid funding students who return to public school, and whether daily attendance systems could improve funding accuracy. Other questions addressed hurricane-related survey disruptions, VPK provider reimbursement rates and instructional hours, teacher salary increases, school start time costs, and how voucher schools handle IEP accommodations. Department officials generally said some issues remain under review, supported moving school readiness eligibility to SMI, noted that scholarship and enrollment data are cross-checked and adjusted when needed, and said progress monitoring now helps schools support mobile students. On school safety, officials said exemptions are allowed in statute for some items but not for classroom doors, and that district-specific conditions matter. No votes were taken and no formal actions were reported beyond receiving presentations and discussion.

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• , which is closely related to Dibbles, to the Dibbles assessment.
• Not that a teacher assesses, because a teacher, you do know within days, but that this assessment is
• Chairman, you mentioned that for this one, the assessment would be a mirror assessment that we have in
• place would be the assessment.
• or kind, I would say, of assessment that we should be using.

Summary: The committee first heard a detailed staff presentation on the LESC FY27 public school support recommendation. Staff reviewed the budget structure and explained that, despite a downward revision in state revenue estimates, the recommendation still relied on recurring and non-recurring revenue to support educator compensation, insurance, transportation, literacy, math, special education, and other school programs. Major recurring items included a 3% compensation increase, funding for an 80-20 health insurance cost share, insurance premium growth, and transportation adequacy funding. Staff also flagged a possible supplemental need of up to $35 million for virtual education tied to rapid enrollment growth in Chama and Santa Rosa, and members raised concerns about the quality, accountability, and funding model for virtual programs. Members asked questions about transportation for rural districts, the Martinez-Yazzie lawsuit fees, the treatment of enrollment declines in the school funding formula, and whether the word “average” in salary language should remain in the budget. Staff explained that the SEG should remain whole, that the insurance and transportation recommendations applied to all public school employees but not contractors, and that the budget included multiple math-related investments spread across several lines rather than one single appropriation. There was also discussion of out-of-school learning grants, school meals, literacy center operations, special education training, and the Public Education Reform Fund, including the use of multi-year, evaluation-based appropriations for high-impact tutoring and community schools. After discussion, the committee adopted the LESC budget recommendation. The committee then moved to endorsed legislation proposals. It endorsed a bill allowing the secretary to suspend an individual school board member, with notice and appeal procedures clarified, and a bill creating an 80-20 health insurance cost-share requirement for public school employees, along with a study of the sustainability of public school insurance programs. It also endorsed a bill on attendance provisions for students with severe medical conditions, which would keep those students from being classified as excessively absent. Finally, the committee discussed a teacher residency bill that would raise stipend levels, allow residents to complete service anywhere in New Mexico, and remove the requirement that sponsoring schools must hire them, though the bill did not include an appropriation. Members also raised questions about bilingual, Hispanic, and Black education funding, cultural and linguistic supports in teacher preparation, and where various programs should be placed in the budget or PERF framework.

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• And then that's assessed value."
• reflected on your notice of assessment. reflected on your notice of assessment.
• assessment rate to 8.3%. assessment rate to 8.3%.
• I advised the assessment office. I advised the assessment board.
• I advised the assessment board. office. I advised the assessment board.

Keywords: 916, all

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• Department of Education will develop and recommend a list of assessments that meet those standards.
• School districts may continue using local assessment tools, including kindergarten readiness assessment
• Department of Education has long recommended early assessment and intervention.
• Department of Education has long recommended early assessment and intervention.
• Every child deserves the Early math assessment into their math improvement strategies.

Summary: The Assembly Education Committee heard a long slate of education bills, beginning with SB 685 on nonpublic schools for students with disabilities. Senator Cortese and the California Department of Education described the bill as a response to the Ninth Circuit’s Laughman decision, removing the obsolete “non-sectarian” requirement while preserving secular use of public funds, nondiscrimination protections, background checks, credentialing, and incident reporting. There was no opposition, and the bill later passed 7-0 to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 1181, a pilot grant program for violence prevention, student wellness, and school safety in Central Valley and other schools. Supporters framed it as a prevention measure, while opponents from EFF, ACLU Cal Action, and community advocates warned it could increase law enforcement involvement, surveillance, and use of fusion centers; despite those concerns, it ultimately passed 5-0 to Appropriations. Members then considered SB 1067, which would create a statewide framework for annual K-2 math assessments starting in 2028-29 to identify students needing early intervention. The author and supporters argued California faces a serious math achievement crisis and that early assessment would help close gaps, while CTA and several educators and administrators sought additional clarity and amendments to ensure alignment with existing diagnostic practices and limits on high-stakes use. The bill drew broad support from educators, parents, and advocacy groups and passed 7-0 to Appropriations. SB 1107, a school shade-structure bill, would expand eligible shade projects and allow bundling through design-build to reduce costs; it received support from LAUSD, school boards, and climate-focused groups and passed 7-0. SB 1128, on take-home devices and screen time for kindergarteners, was presented as a modest first step to give families more flexibility and reduce early screen exposure, with support from early childhood advocates and no opposition, and it passed 7-0. The committee also approved SB 1048, creating a voluntary State Seal of Climate Literacy for students who complete climate coursework and hands-on projects. Supporters, including Ten Strands, students, teachers, and county offices, said it would recognize real-world climate learning and green career readiness; it passed 7-0. SB 1140, sponsored by CFT, would require LEA construction contractors to follow campus security provisions during school projects to reduce unauthorized access; it drew support from labor and gun violence prevention groups and passed 7-0. SB 930, requiring end-to-end encryption for proctoring companies handling K-12 exam data, was presented as a student privacy measure in response to cybersecurity risks and passed 6-0. Finally, SB 1083 was introduced by Senator Perez as a follow-up to last year’s Safe Learning Environments Act, with extensive committee amendments to refine the statewide misconduct data system, disclosure rules, contractor fingerprinting, and access requirements; the transcript cuts off before the bill’s full hearing and vote are shown.

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• I do appreciate the conversation on accountability and assessment reform.
• We need an assessment, and we need accountability.
• One of those is really that end-of-year assessment.
• Um, with the assessments, we were only familiar with one in our district.
• Assessment. You can compare state to state.

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• And then for plan year 27, there will be assessments on group health carriers, and that assessment revenue
• > that<00:07:35.680> assessment<00:07:36.800> uh health carriers and that assessment
• Um it is the assessments will 116.
• Um those assessments 266.833 million.
• that they were um of the assessments that they were um assessed<00:08:24.879> in<00:08:25.199

Keywords: 1187, senate, all