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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> schools to public charter schools. schools to public charter schools.
- Charter schools are specific um schools.
- of our public schools into charter schools. schools. schools.
- </c> back to schools. back to schools.
- Private schools, or to private school.
Committee:
Senate Education
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> of the district school. of the district school.
- </c><01:05:24.880><c> already</c> School District and the school already School District and the school
- Look at your elementary school, middle school, high school, and see if it was compliant or not.
- <c> schools.
- </c> 294 schools. 294 schools.
Committee:
Senate Education
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- . schools. schools.
- </c><00:19:21.280><c> staff</c><00:19:22.559><c> to</c> schools to provide more school staff to schools
- And really having our student support staff, our school social workers, school nurses, school counselors
- to school.
- ><c> school</c> Minneapolis public school school Minneapolis public school school counselor,<00:59:53.920
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (04/15/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> receiving school. receiving school.
- or who go to non-public charter schools or who go to non-public schools schools schools um<00:54:28.720
- We're talking about with non-public schools, I presume private schools as well as religious schools.
- school hours, reimbursing schools during school hours, reimbursing schools for<03:37:32.080><c> meals
- </c> schools and their children to school schools and their children to school hungry,<04:17:21.520><
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 292, which would authorize a governor’s warrant to cover special education aid shortfalls from the education trust fund, and from the general fund if needed, so local school districts would not have to absorb prorated costs or raise local property taxes. Senator Lang said the bill was prompted by a prior $15 million special education funding shortfall caused by higher-than-expected catastrophic aid claims, including more qualifying students and the recent increase in the special education age limit to 22. He emphasized that the bill is intended to ensure the state meets its funding commitment and avoid shifting costs to towns.
Members asked about how the bill interacts with House Bill 742 and House Bill 773, including whether the language should be merged or whether the state should fund 100% versus an 80% floor. Lang said he was open to improving the bill and to adding a study committee or performance audit on special education costs, but maintained that the state should not push costs to local taxpayers when it has available funds. The hearing on SB 292 was then closed, with no vote taken.
The committee then opened Senate Bill 98, which would extend for five more years a tax credit program for donations to regional career and technical education centers. Senator Waters said the program has been successful in building partnerships between CTE centers and employers, especially through equipment donations that support training and apprenticeships. He cited examples including automotive, marine trades, and advanced manufacturing programs, and said the five-year extension would let lawmakers continue to review whether the incentive is working as intended.
Several members questioned whether the credit is effectively a 100% subsidy and how the cap works. Waters and another member explained that the underlying program has an aggregate cap of $500,000 and that credits are prorated if requests exceed that amount; they also said the donations are primarily equipment, not cash. Some members raised concerns about whether businesses could also claim other tax deductions or credits, but the sponsor said the existing structure has been in place for years and has been revisited periodically. No vote was taken during the hearing excerpt provided.
MN
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- </c> School Librarians um that every school School Librarians um that every school should<00:24:59.760
- to school.
- </c><00:28:08.960><c> to</c> these vary greatly from school to these vary greatly from school to school
- As a result, many school school safety.
- Area Schools. Um I'm an enrolled member Area Schools.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We've heard from a school nurse.
- We also work closely with school districts and charter schools to strengthen family-school partnerships
- in the virtual school.
- She was moved within the same school district, Caldwell School District.
- At that time, we joined two other virtual schools, which were both charter schools.
Committee:
Senate Education
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Education Committee and Senate Education Committee Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- How are your schools, or what are your schools doing for America’s 250th birthday?
- She did not have any high school or middle school financial literacy education.
- preparation and the middle school look ahead to the high school course once we know what the high school
- School District.
- This certification involves specializing in school counseling, school social work, school psychology,
Summary:
The joint Senate and Assembly Education Committee hearing featured opening remarks from legislators welcoming students from the California Association of Student Councils and SABLE, with members emphasizing student voice and noting that several past student proposals had become law. The hearing then moved through multiple student panels presenting policy ideas, with members responding in a mix of support, technical questions, and cautions about cost, implementation, and tradeoffs in instructional time.
The first panel proposed an annual civic engagement day for grades 7-12 to increase civic literacy and participation through flexible school-based activities. Members asked about costs, flexibility for sixth grade, voter registration, and how the proposal would fit within existing curriculum and standards. The second panel proposed amending Education Code Section 35012 to require at least one student board member in every unified and high school district, with added motioning rights and training on budgeting and LCAPs; members raised concerns about mandate costs, board size, and the scope of motioning authority. The third panel proposed middle school financial literacy instruction, potentially embedded in existing classes like math, with a 10-year phase-in for teacher training and curriculum updates; members questioned whether the state should wait for the already-approved high school financial literacy course to be implemented first.
The fourth panel proposed expanding restorative justice by creating a CDE task force and authorizing PPS-certified staff to use restorative justice materials in discipline processes; members discussed prior legislation, confidentiality in expulsion hearings, and the likely cost of a state task force. The fifth panel proposed short, twice-a-semester mental health and life-skills sessions for grades 7-12, but members expressed skepticism that brief classroom sessions could meaningfully address mental health needs and suggested wellness centers or student-led awareness efforts instead. The hearing then began panel six on AI implementation in classrooms, with students arguing that districts need clearer guidance on AI use and that education must adapt rather than ignore the technology.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Education Committee and Assembly Education Committee Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- preparation and the middle school look ahead to the high school course once we know what the high school
- School District.
- This certification involves specializing in school counseling, school social work, school psychology,
- This certification involves specializing in school counseling, school social work, school psychology,
- However, at my current high school At my current high school, Wheatland Union High School, we had programs
Summary:
The annual joint Senate and Assembly Education Committee hearing featured student proposals from the California Association of Student Councils and SABLE, with opening remarks from legislators emphasizing student voice and the value of hearing youth ideas. Committee members noted the hearing was being streamed and that they would review the testimony even though some members could not attend because of fog-related travel issues. The first panel proposed an annual civic engagement day for grades 7-12, with flexible school-led activities such as discussions, mock elections, and voter registration-related events. Members generally praised the idea but raised concerns about costs, instructional time tradeoffs, how to evaluate effectiveness, and whether the proposal should better connect to existing civics standards and local curriculum.
The second panel proposed amending Education Code Section 35012 to require at least one student board member in every unified and high school district, with added training and the right to make motions. Legislators supported student representation in principle but questioned whether the proposal should require one or two student members to avoid board tie issues, why some districts do not already have student trustees, and how the mandate would be funded if it became a state requirement. They also raised technical concerns about the scope of motioning power and the fiscal impact of converting a voluntary local practice into a statewide mandate.
Later panels proposed adding middle school financial literacy instruction, expanding restorative justice practices, and creating more structured mental health education time. On financial literacy, students suggested integrating finance into existing middle school classes and teacher training over time; members worried about curriculum overload and suggested aligning the idea with the already-approved high school finance course. On restorative justice, students proposed a CDE task force and training for PPS-certified staff; legislators discussed prior related bills, confidentiality concerns in discipline hearings, and the likely cost of a state task force. On mental health, students proposed short, twice-semester classroom sessions focused on coping skills and awareness of resources, but members questioned whether such brief lessons could be effective and suggested that wellness centers, student-led awareness, and outside referrals might be more practical. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational and ended with encouragement for students to refine their proposals and follow up with legislators.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Education Committee and Senate Education Committee Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- How are your schools, or what are your schools doing for America’s 250th birthday?
- She did not have any high school or middle school financial literacy education.
- preparation and the middle school look-ahead to the high school course once we know what the high school
- School District.
- This certification involves specializing in school counseling, school social work, school psychology,
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- to school to expectations from school to school to classroom<00:47:54.760><c> to</c><00:47:54.960><c
- elementary school school elementary school principles<00:58:42.799><c> um</c><00:58:43.680><c> thank
- every school district has to have a policy, but many of the schools, and most of the schools, started
- </c> of the schools and most of the schools of the schools and most of the schools um<01:03:18.200><c
- </c> school as we heard from High School school as we heard from High School principles<01:08:44.480>
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Practices vary between districts, charter schools, and private schools.
- School.
- charter schools, who have very high-performing schools.
- in their schools.
- in their schools.
Committee:
Senate Education
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's take up Senate Bill 296 on middle school and high school start times.
- Let's take up Senate Bill 296 on middle school and high school start times.
- Let's take up Senate Bill 296 on middle school and high school start times by Senator Bradley.
- This strike-all amendment removes the statewide mandate for middle schools and high schools to start
- Many employees work in a particular school based on the time that the school starts so that they can
Committee:
Senate Education Pre-K - 12
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 296, as amended by strike-all, on middle and high school start times. Senator Bradley explained that the amendment would repeal the statewide mandate for later start times and return scheduling decisions to local school boards, while still requiring districts to inform the community about the health, safety, and academic effects of sleep deprivation and to consider later start times when setting transportation schedules. Testimony and debate were largely in support, with several school district and education group representatives waiving in support, and members citing transportation, staffing, family logistics, and cost concerns under the existing mandate. The strike-all was adopted, and SB 296 was reported favorably by roll call vote, with Senators Berman, Osgood, and Chair Calatayud voting yes and Senator Gaetz voting no; other members were absent or not recorded in the excerpt.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 356, which would designate January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida. Senator Berman said the date matches the UN’s Holocaust Remembrance Day and would require the governor to annually proclaim it, while allowing public observance and instruction about the Holocaust’s harms and its impact on the Jewish community and humanity. There was no substantive opposition in the excerpt, and the bill was reported favorably by roll call vote with yes votes from Senators Berman, Gaetz, and Chair Calatayud.
Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 166 on administrative efficiency in public schools. Senator Simon described a broad deregulation package affecting student assessments, grade promotion, teacher evaluations, contracts and certification, school board operations, instructional materials timelines, internal audits, facilities planning, cost-per-student-station limits, emergency make-up days, federal fund timing, and VPK oversight. Testimony was mixed: school district and education organization representatives generally supported the flexibility, while some groups opposed or urged changes to the grade 4 promotion and graduation-related provisions, arguing they could weaken academic standards. After debate focused especially on third-grade promotion and testing requirements, the bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. At the end of the meeting, members recorded their votes on SB 296 and SB 356, and the committee adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- He attended charter school, regular school, alternative high school, home school, and he graduated from
- The school funding formula pays for the operational pieces of schools.
- You'll see in the budget when we talk on Wednesday that the number of schools, charter schools, and school
- And it's the money that flows directly to school districts and charter schools.
- to school districts.
Committee:
House House Education
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We do everything in partnership with a school, whether that's a charter school or an in-person school
- public brick-and-mortar school, their virtual charter school, their in-person charter school, wherever
- We have middle school.
- Two months of school left, six weeks-ish of school left.
- school, virtual charter school.
Committee:
House Education
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And so we are asking that school districts and school systems report both, So we are asking that school
- school.
- I know that some of the schools, if you have a school nurse, or we all have school nurses, right, but
- High School, Champion High School, it doesn't matter.
- And also the same with the big school, the ability of small schools versus big schools to pay.
Committee:
House Public Education
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Education Committee and Assembly Education Committee Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- preparation and the middle school look-ahead to the high school course once we know what the high school
- preparation and the middle school look ahead to the high school course once we know what the high school
- proceed to high school.
- School District.
- This certification involves specializing in school counseling, school social work, school psychology,
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- trips</c><00:06:33.479><c> then</c> school consents for school trips then school consents for school
- </c> school library I'm sorry in the school school library I'm sorry in the school library<01:31:01.719
- <c> the</c> high schools high schools across the high schools high schools across the state<01:51:37.239
- </c><02:37:06.000><c> school</c> just you know the school school just you know the school school conventional
- </c> conventional schools in the school conventional schools in the school district<02:37:08.359><c>
Committee:
Senate Education
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- or charter school.
- and school counselors.
- schools.
- For the 25-26 school year, three employers. financial impact on a school district.
- schools.
Committee:
House Education
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 5, 2025 - 03:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, I can't tell you, with 47 schools, 1,200 students is like a school.
- I don't care if you're a public school, private school, home school—if you're receiving state dollars
- I don't care if you're a public school, private school, home school, if you're receiving state dollars
- school?
- That charter school for the student coming back to public school.
Summary:
The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee met to review how Florida’s Education Finance Program (FEFP) works, receive an update from the Department of Education on the October 2024 FTE survey and third FEFP calculation, and hear from three county superintendents about forecasting enrollment and reconciling scholarship students. The chair explained that FEFP is funded by both state and local dollars, is recalculated multiple times during the year, and is now closely tied to school choice policy. Department staff said the third calculation was still being rerun but should be completed soon, and described the forecasting process as collaborative among districts, DOE, and the Education Estimating Conference.
Superintendents from Polk, St. Lucie, and Hendry counties said enrollment shifts, especially students moving to Family Empowerment Scholarships, homeschooling, or private schools, make budgeting and staffing difficult. They said districts often must hold back funds to protect against midyear losses, which affects collective bargaining, staffing, transportation, and classroom organization. Several members raised concerns about duplicate counting, transparency, and whether students receiving scholarship funds can also remain in district classrooms. DOE said districts can access scholarship information through a secure portal and that scholarship funding organizations are paid quarterly, with a new process requiring certification and possible future payment adjustments to reduce duplication.
The superintendents urged better real-time tracking of students through a statewide ID or student information system and suggested scholarship students should be funded separately from district FEFP calculations. Members also discussed whether more frequent or daily attendance-based calculations would improve accuracy, though some warned that daily attendance could create new problems for high-poverty districts. The committee also briefly discussed categoricals, including mental health and ESE funding, with DOE saying it evaluates programs through studies, reporting requirements, and legislative direction. No votes were taken; the meeting ended with a motion to rise and adjourn.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- and rural school districts, sometimes border communities may have smaller schools.
- school district would make during that time. ...that school board and the decisions that that school
- Many urban schools have school resource officers on them.
- eight school districts, three charter schools, and 6,750 students.
- other school district.
Committee:
House Education