Video & Transcript Research : 'community development'

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TX
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  • Is there a time frame to develop the return-to-class plan? I don't know.
  • There's no formal process to develop a plan or any of that stuff.
  • Before we develop the policy. Thank you, Senator West.
  • Some teach in high-income areas, and some teach in low-income communities.
  • My Ph.D. is in character education and social-emotional development.
Summary: The committee heard a series of school safety and discipline bills, beginning with SB 870, which would codify an attorney general opinion allowing local school boards to decide whether school marshals may openly carry, conceal carry, or store a firearm in a secure safe on campus. The bill was laid out with no public testimony and left pending. The chair then moved to a combined discussion of SB 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1924, all focused on school discipline, teacher authority, and student safety. Senators Perry and Creighton described the package as a response to rising classroom disruptions, assaults on teachers, and concerns that districts lack effective tools to maintain order. SB 1871 would expand teacher removal authority, require return-to-class plans before a student removed for certain conduct can return, make some serious offenses mandatory for placement in juvenile justice settings, and provide telehealth mental health services through a consortium. SB 1872 would require expulsion to a JJAEP for assaults on teachers or school volunteers and extend certain expulsion-eligible conduct to off-campus offenses. SB 1873 would restore the prior understanding that in-school suspension is not subject to a three-day limit. SB 1874 would grant teachers immunity from disciplinary action for reporting discipline violations or acting in compliance with Chapter 37. SB 1924 would restore authority for local police and school district police to issue Class C citations for school offenses and require criminal referrals for students posing an imminent threat or assaulting a teacher, with a substitute clarifying referral rules when a citation has already been issued. The committee adopted the substitutes for the bills and moved them forward. Invited witnesses from teacher and administrator groups largely supported the overall goal of stronger discipline and safer classrooms, while asking for refinements. The Texas Classroom Teachers Association testified that teachers need more autonomy to remove disruptive or violent students and that classroom removals should not mean removal from learning. Superintendents from San Angelo, Grandview, and Wiley ISDs supported the bills’ emphasis on safety, expanded ISS flexibility, mandatory placement for serious offenses, and telehealth mental health services, but asked for more local control, flexibility for Districts of Innovation, more than one campus behavior coordinator in large districts, clearer timelines for return-to-class plans, and more precise definitions for disruptive conduct. Several witnesses stressed that teacher retention and student learning are being harmed by current discipline problems, while some members raised concerns about vague standards and the risk of overuse or public humiliation through citations and removals.
TX
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  • There's no formal process to develop.
  • I think this particular case specifically, everyone in that community. ...community is threatened and
  • Some teach in high-income areas, and some teach in low-income communities.
  • Our community expects safe classrooms.
  • My Ph.D. is in character education and social emotional development.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

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  • And there's these things community.
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  • Kate's, and a passionate advocate for my foster community.
  • In a democracy, the ultimate community.
  • the community doing what they do best? the community doing what they do best?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 12th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

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  • I'm assuming that you guys have a two-way communication with the Fusion Center, in particular the one
  • Yeah, so to your point, we have excellent communication.
  • , providing community policing and building trust.
  • And they still want to serve their communities. This allows them to become.
  • Reinforcing community trust in these vital public services, law enforcement. In conclusion.
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  • Prote more now moves to the vote on the bill because they develop an emergency.
  • If you'll remember in committee, I asked you about tying this activity back to a local community, and
  • Are you aware of in our community where we take people that have struggled with addictions and we tried
  • This is trying to Intercept that communication and help them make a different decision.
  • And two, if you are having communications with people or collecting information about people, you're
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  • Passionate about improving access to quality care, she works with critical access communities to teach
  • teamwork, and sportsmanship, and serving as a lasting source of pride and inspiration for the school community
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 7th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Since 1938, Jack and Jill of America has been committed to stimulating the growth and development of
  • But what I wanted to talk about is some of the groups in the disability community are concerned.
  • We're renaming... ...the solutions out into the community. We're doing two major things.
  • And typically these are much smaller communities. Don't you agree? Well, I see what you mean.
  • Senate Bill 2815 by Creighton, relating to the diploma designation Developments, to Finance.
Summary: The Senate opened with a quorum call, invocation, approval of routine motions, and the reading of gubernatorial nominations and several honorary resolutions. The chamber adopted resolutions recognizing Jack and Jill of America Day and DJ Daniel Day at the Capitol, with multiple senators offering remarks praising youth leadership, perseverance, and public service. The Senate also introduced the Doctor of the Day and then proceeded to a long series of floor actions on bills. A major focus was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 568, which overhauls special education funding and services in public schools by moving from a placement-based model to an intensity-based system tied to student needs and IEPs. Senators Bettencourt, Creighton, and Menendez emphasized transparency, parent input, evaluation funding, dyslexia services, and better alignment of funding with actual services; Senator Hinojosa shared a personal story about dyslexia and the importance of early intervention. The bill was advanced on second and third reading and finally passed 30-0. The Senate also passed SB 1396 to prohibit national sex education standards in public schools, SB 2065 on the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System, SB 1664 requiring clearer public disclosure of transmission and distribution utility rate changes, SB 1029 on advertising certain used motor vehicles, SB 1120 expanding rights for family violence victims, SB 1036 regulating residential solar retail transactions, SB 464 creating school-proximity restrictions and penalties for tobacco and vaping sales, SB 1035 giving farmers and ranchers equitable relief from certain local agricultural regulations, SB 1610 addressing civil commitment facility safety and prosecution issues, SB 1197 extending drone restrictions to spaceports, and SB 1386 changing legislative witness immunity from transactional to testimonial immunity. Another major bill was Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1188, which updates electronic health record requirements. Senator Kolkhorst said the bill builds on Texas medical privacy law by requiring U.S.-based storage of EMR data, prohibiting recording of voter registration status and credit score information, requiring provider verification and disclosure for AI-assisted diagnosis or treatment recommendations, preserving parental access to minors’ records until age 18, and ensuring EMRs can capture metabolic health and biological sex information. A floor amendment clarified the bill’s scope and enforcement, and the bill passed 23-7. Several measures drew debate, especially SB 414 on bond ballot transparency, where Senators Eckhardt and Menendez questioned whether requiring estimated interest and total debt cost on ballots could be misleading or difficult to implement because interest rates and financing terms can change before issuance or over time. The transcript ends during that discussion, with no final action shown on SB 414.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 13th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

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  • We're developing the pellet process right now.
  • We’re a nonprofit organization that advocates for Southern communities.” “Please.”
  • “We’re a nonprofit organization that advocates for Southern communities and Southern forests.
  • “Our rural communities are not sacrificed zones, and they are the heart of our state.
  • I'm all for economic growth and development in communities that need jobs.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 3RD REVISED Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Education

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  • Just real quick, like, thank you for the response in our communication.
  • I do recognize early childhood developments as very important.
  • They have separate sets of professional development.
  • There are nonprofits that specialize in leadership development.
  • by community.
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  • Representatives, they're both related to economic development. Your point's not well taken.
  • That community stood up and.
  • That to happen in this community, said a protester.
  • In fact, there's a push by these regions for the desire for the development of it.
  • Peaker en ate Bill 1489 requires professional development for building principles for IDEA.
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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 20th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

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  • creates the early childhood task force to evaluate Oklahoma's current early childhood system and develop
  • definition of family resource centers with the addition of faith-based organizations and workforce development
  • Having this in statute would allow community organizations to access grant funding.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Apr 20th, 2026

Health and Human Services

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  • creates the Early Childhood Task Force to evaluate Oklahoma's current early childhood system and develop
  • definition of family resource centers with the addition of faith-based organizations and workforce development
  • Senator Stanley: Having this in statute would allow community organizations to access grant funding.
Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee first considered the nomination of Christy D. Fisher to the Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Senator Stanridge presented her as a lay member with legal and paralegal experience, and Fisher spoke about her family’s experience with speech therapy and autism-related speech needs. After brief questions, the committee advanced the nomination on an 8-2 vote. The committee then heard several bills, including measures creating an Early Childhood Task Force (HB 1979), clarifying that Oklahoma has always prohibited sex-to-gender-identity amendments on birth certificates (HB 1225), and establishing a process for correcting death certificates after one year (HB 3931). Members also advanced a bill restricting edible medical marijuana products from being attractive to children (HB 4454), updating the mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents (HB 3849), and allowing juvenile safety plans to take effect if not acted on within 24 hours (HB 1746). Other bills addressed local food sales thresholds (HB 3720), allowing case managers and peer support specialists to work for cities and counties (HB 4275), DHS background-check and email-notice updates for child care centers (HB 4300), and a clarification that raising a child consistent with biological sex is not child abuse and that adoption cannot be denied solely over refusal to support a gender transition (HB 3586). The committee also advanced bills on Medicaid reimbursement for dementia cognitive assessments and care planning (HB 2268), juvenile detention medication funding (HB 3755), family resource centers including faith-based and workforce organizations (HB 4117), epilepsy insurance coverage protections (HB 4294), extending the managed care rate floor to July 1, 2028 with a carve-out for multi-state contracts (HB 3650), and child care reforms raising subsidy co-pays and directing DHS to set more flexible master-teacher ratios for certain facilities (HB 4298). Several bills were amended or worked from committee substitutes, and most passed on unanimous or near-unanimous votes, with HB 1225, HB 3586, and HB 4294 drawing some opposition. The committee adjourned after noting it would likely meet again later for additional executive nominations.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Mar 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • are members of the Texas Small Business Development Center Network.
  • Today, it continues to foster financial growth and strengthen communities. communities through its philanthropic
  • of giving back to the communities that raised us.
  • and within the veteran community.
  • Have you spoken with anyone from the African-American community, the Asian community?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part III) Mar 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • don't agree with the children having to have only this one solution for their robust spiritual development
  • Our faith communities exist to help individuals and families live according to their beliefs. do not
  • , like my community in Houston.
  • It is bad policy to take resources away from our communities and libraries as a punishment.
  • By vilifying drag we are mischaracterizing the gay community and putting us at risk.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services Oversight REVISED: SB1304 - Added Apr 15th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Health and Human Services Oversight

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  • But right now, that model is via the internet or some kind of communication like that.
  • Would you agree that face-to face communication and support could have a more positive effect than dealing