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• In the district, I've had multiple parents come to me at Connor School District.
• They were told they cannot inform parents that their child comes to school under the name of Mark and
• Senate Bill 13, authored by Senator Angela Paxson, would remove sexually explicit books from our school
• libraries.
• Last session, we tried to ban drag shows targeted at children in public libraries.

Keywords: immigration, children's rights, E-Verify, social transitioning, election integrity, Texas GOP, legislative session, urgent legislation

Summary: The committee meeting was characterized by fervent discussions surrounding critical legislation, particularly regarding immigration, children's rights, and election integrity. Key bills such as HB2258, aiming to ban social transitioning for children, and E-Verify legislation were highlighted as urgent priorities. Several representatives expressed frustration over stalled bills and emphasized the necessity of decisive action to fulfill their commitments made during their campaigns. The urgency was marked by the approaching deadline for bill passage, with only days remaining in the legislative session. Members urged House leadership to prioritize these bills, warning that failure to act would undermine public trust in their capacity to fulfill the Republicans' campaign promises.

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• :31.039> those public schools graduates in those public schools graduates in those stadiums.<00
• District<01:53:44.400> and Our Anoka Henipin School District and Our Anoka Henipin School
• We've been recently uh public library.
• Library. Uh and that Southdale location Library.
• cities, counties, and school districts. cities, counties, and school districts.

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• biggest prison Braille program in the nation and has resulted in Arizona having the largest Braille library
• And that can be anywhere from a book in the library to a geography textbook or an algebra textbook, which
• year, usually under $5,000, so there is a huge savings to the state on materials for the kids in school

Bills: HB2207

Keywords: braille, disability access, education funding, state corrections, inclusion, 1182, all

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• schools.
• New schools and/or existing community schools? It will be for new schools, I believe. Okay.
• schools.
• school sites.
• schools.

Summary: The committee heard an overview of the May Revision’s Proposition 98 changes for K-12 and community colleges. The Department of Finance said the minimum guarantee rises by $6.4 billion over the Governor’s Budget across the three-year window, with higher guarantees in each year, full payment of the prior settle-up, and larger deposits into the school rainy-day fund. The LAO said the revenue and LCFF updates were reasonable, but urged caution about the settle-up approach and recommended using more of the available funding to protect ongoing programs and build budget resilience. Members focused heavily on the size of the proposed $3.9 billion settle-up, the $10.3 billion reserve deposit, declining K-12 enrollment, and how much of the new funding should be ongoing versus one-time. The committee then reviewed the community colleges portion of the budget. Finance described the May Revision’s higher SCFF COLA, additional funding for enrollment growth, a student support block grant, apprenticeship adjustments, and continued funding for deferred maintenance, Calbright, Common Cloud, and credit for prior learning. The Chancellor’s Office supported the core investments but asked for more funding for enrollment growth, changes to the growth formula, and a COLA for Student Equity and Achievement. The LAO recommended prioritizing the statutory COLA increase, noted that more than half of districts are already above current-year growth targets, and said the new adult learner demonstration project should be rejected because districts already have tools to support similar services. Members also discussed a $52 million current-year apportionment shortfall, which Finance said was discovered too late for the May Revision and would need to be addressed later. Finally, the committee took up the proposed implementation of the federal Workforce Pell program. Finance proposed one-time funding for the California Student Aid Commission and Cradle to Career to build eligibility and data systems, along with trailer bill changes to set up state approval processes. CSAC said the program is promising but highly complex, that California lacks the needed infrastructure, and that the state will need emergency regulations, data linkages, and ongoing funding beyond the one-time proposal. The LAO agreed that some initial funding is needed but warned that the amounts and ongoing costs remain uncertain and that the Legislature should carefully draft the trailer bill language. Members asked about timing, other states’ actions, and how the state would ensure the program is ready for students and institutions.

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• Uh, one school from schools from Kona.
• School.
• Her notable contributions include rebuilding the school library, creating the school garden, establishing
• <00:30:23.640> library, include rebuilding the school library, include rebuilding the school
• library, creating<00:30:24.960> the<00:30:25.200> school<00:30:25.440> garden,<

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• My mother worked in the school system, and so in the late 1960s, the schools were still segregated.
• as the schools integrated.
• as the schools integrated.
• as the schools integrated.
• the schools integrated.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 1012, house, all

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• Sure, so I teach at Boston University School of Law.
• events, school committees, and schools just in general for meetings over their curriculum and books,
• events, school committees, and schools just in general for meetings over their curriculum and books,
• The digital tools I've relied on since grade school—learning apps, test prep tools, even school Wi-Fi—have
• I'm a research assistant at Harvard Medical School studying youth mental health.

Keywords: 995, all

Summary: The committee hearing focused on a package of Massachusetts privacy and technology bills, especially measures to ban the sale of location data, establish a comprehensive consumer data privacy law, and regulate biometric recognition and surveillance pricing. Chairs and sponsors argued that self-regulation has failed, that data brokers and large tech companies routinely collect and monetize sensitive information, and that state action is needed because federal protections are weak or absent. Several speakers tied the bills to reproductive health, gender-affirming care, domestic violence, children’s data, and other sensitive uses of location and biometric information. Supporters included legislators and advocates who backed H. 86/S. 197 (Location Shield), H. 78/S. 45/H. 104/S. 29 (comprehensive privacy bills), H. 99/S. 47 (surveillance pricing in grocery stores), and H. 36/S. 36 (biometric recognition accountability). They emphasized data minimization, bans on selling sensitive data, consumer rights to access, delete, and opt out, and in some cases a private right of action. Several witnesses said Massachusetts should lead or align with other states, while others argued that stronger protections are needed because data can be weaponized by stalkers, anti-abortion actors, abusive partners, insurers, or law enforcement. Industry and coalition witnesses urged the committee to favor a more standardized, interoperable framework modeled on laws already adopted in other states, warning that novel definitions, data-minimization rules, and private rights of action could create compliance burdens, confusion, and costs for businesses, including small businesses. They argued that entity-level exemptions for sectors already covered by federal laws like HIPAA or GLBA promote consistency, and that Attorney General enforcement is preferable to private lawsuits. Committee members questioned witnesses on patchwork concerns, the scope of exemptions, and whether the proposed bills would harm or help consumers and small businesses. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing; written testimony was noted as due later, and the committee continued taking testimony from multiple panels and virtual witnesses.

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• We kept our libraries and rec centers open.
• We kept our libraries and rec centers open.
• We kept our libraries and rec centers open.
• They're hitting governments, hospitals, schools, and organizations around the world.
• , hitting governments, hospitals, schools, hitting governments, hospitals, schools, and<00:34:32.079

Keywords: 1183, house

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• We are in the old state library.
• We’ll get started in the state library. Thank you. Very good. Further announcements.
• board of trustees of the Colorado School board of trustees of the Colorado School of<00:27:59.120
• serve as a non-alumnist of the school serve as a non-alumnist of the school appointed.<00:28:15.279
• <00:28:19.120> Education school reappointed. Education school reappointed.

Keywords: 981, all

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• executive director for the school executive director for the school facilities<00:47:53.040>
• uncommon to other State uh other school uncommon to other State uh other school districts<00:48:
• district but there's still 264 schools district but there's still 264 schools split<00:48:51.880
• Our second swim lane is Central Maui schools, and again we have to build schools differently.
• We are one school district.

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The Committee on Finance held informational briefings first with the Department of Defense on its FY 2026 budget request, then with the Hawaii School Facilities Authority. Major General Steve Logan outlined the Department of Defense request for $40.5 million in state funds, which he said would leverage about $74 million in federal matching funds and support 411 open projects that could attract up to $2.3 billion in additional federal grant money. He said the budget focuses on sustainment, safety, and reorganization in light of lessons from the Maui wildfires. Key requests included $1.3 million to sustain IT systems, $2.7 million for 32 HEMA emergency management positions, three new Hawaii Army National Guard positions plus four upgrades, and $1.9 million for the Youth Challenge Program to cover state-mandated fringe costs and staffing needs. He also reviewed capital improvement projects, including Youth Challenge facility upgrades, siren modernization, ADA improvements, building retrofits for disaster resilience, Army facility upgrades, a third state veterans home on Maui, HEMA EOC improvements, and a maintenance/fuel building at Diamond Head. Members asked about the siren modernization timeline, and HEMA said roughly 26 to 31 sirens would be modernized this year, with 15 on Maui, eight on Oahu, and eight on the Big Island. Questions also focused on Youth Challenge and Job Challenge enrollment and vacancies, with the department saying the Hilo Job Challenge Academy is growing and that combining Youth Challenge recruiting statewide into one Kilauea program has helped enrollment. Logan also answered questions about the New Year’s Eve medical transport mission, explaining the Hawaii Air National Guard’s relationship with active-duty Air Force assets and saying the flight cost is about $20,000 per flight hour, though the final bill had not yet been determined. On the Maui veterans home, staff said the University of Hawaii site was no longer viable after faculty senate opposition, so the department is now focused on a 10-acre Puna District site; the project remains tied to a certified $35 million state match and August 2025 and August 2026 federal suspense dates. Logan said the veterans home remains one of the department’s highest priorities, but it could not be moved higher in the submitted CIP ranking. The department also discussed a Governor’s add-on for a fire marshal/Office of Recovery and Resiliency proposal. Logan said the fire marshal position was reestablished last session but has not yet been filled, and that if the function is transferred to the Department of Defense, the department wants funding ready to move quickly. Staff later said the request would include about $1.1 million for seven positions and about $2.2 million for operating costs, though details were still preliminary. The committee then reconvened for the School Facilities Authority briefing, where Executive Director Ricky Fujitani described the agency as a startup created in 2020 to improve school and workforce housing development through standardized designs, prefabrication, best-value procurement, and public-private partnerships. He said Hawaii’s single school district still functions like 15 different districts because of its 264 schools across 15 complex areas, and that the authority’s goal is to create more efficient, maintainable, and cost-effective facilities.

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• I'm the director for Great River Regional Library, one of 12 regional public library systems in Minnesota
• Library Service Agency, another one of the 12 regional public library systems in Minnesota.
• Library Service Agency, another one of the 12 regional public library systems in Minnesota.
• Library Service Agency, another one of the 12 regional public library systems in Minnesota.
• Good person, but the library is a huge supporter of libraries here.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• And we support schools,... ...an intersection of industry, higher ed, and public ed.
• And we support schools, but we also support the families and students directly.
• We also wanted to let you know we have a partnership with the Canyon School District.
• We did a pilot with 12 rural libraries, 45 schools, and four tribal partners, and we are expanding that
• Our goal is to get into more than 200 schools in the next year with hydroponics.

Keywords: 985, all

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• You know like our library brings in these dogs.
• You know like our library brings in these dogs.
• You know like our library brings in these dogs.
• You know like our library >> groups in.
• So, the library is brings in these dogs.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• I've brought multiple examples of school books in school libraries that have actual pictures of pornography
• pornography in books in school books. pornography in books in school books.
• <01:17:30.159> books<01:17:30.480> in<01:17:30.719> school<01:17:30.960> libraries
• <01:17:31.360> that school books in school libraries that school books in school libraries
• the whole entire process of my school the whole entire process of my school district<01:17:39.760

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So the ability to fund schools, train our workforce, invest in Minnesota's health and wellbeing, and
• So the ability to fund schools, train our workforce, invest in Minnesota's health and wellbeing, and
• So the ability to fund schools, train our workforce, invest in Minnesota's health and wellbeing, and
• So the ability to fund schools, train our workforce, invest in Minnesota's health and wellbeing, and
• So the ability to fund schools, train our workforce, invest in Minnesota's health and wellbeing, and

Keywords: 1183, house

Summary: House File 4, as amended, was heard in committee. The bill proposes a constitutional amendment to create a Minnesota tax relief account that would capture projected general fund revenues exceeding 105% of projected expenditures and return those funds to taxpayers, primarily through property tax relief or income tax relief. The committee adopted an amendment to put the bill in the author’s preferred shape, and later adopted a technical amendment from Representative Smith to insert the word “projected” before “expenditures” on line 2.2. Representative Johnson presented the bill as an affordability measure meant to return surplus money to the people rather than create new spending, arguing it would help homeowners and taxpayers if a surplus occurs. Ranna Lee of Americans for Prosperity supported the concept of returning surplus funds to taxpayers but also urged broader tax and budget reforms, including triggers for rate reductions and changes to budgeting practices. Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project and Eric Bernstein of We Make Minnesota opposed the proposal, warning that embedding budget and tax rules in the Constitution would reduce legislative flexibility, weaken public investment, shift costs to local governments, and make it harder to respond to recessions or emergencies. Members raised questions about how the formula would work, who would qualify for refunds, whether corporations with property tax liability could benefit, and how the proposal would handle forecast-based calculations and unexpected events such as pandemics or federal policy changes. House research and committee staff clarified that the bill would need to go to Ways and Means and then Rules to satisfy House requirements for constitutional amendments, and that a fiscal note had been requested and was in process. The committee did not take final action on the bill in the portion of the transcript provided, but the motion before it was to recommend passage and send House File 4 to Ways and Means.

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• I grew up in a small conservative town in California and went to a high school where I could count the
• As the only out trans person at my high school, I didn't have many friends.
• As the only outtrans person at my high school, I didn't have many friends.
• Targeted for protests at a library.
• Those needs in clinics, schools, or families.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We really don't have a multimodal connection on this project until we get to Library Square.
• We really don't have a multimodal connection on this project until we get to Library Square.
• We really don't have a multimodal connection on this project until we get to Library Square.
• We do a lot of programming in East Portland, walking school bus programs, getting kids walking to school
• We do a lot of programming in East Portland, walking school bus programs, getting kids walking to school

Keywords: 904, all

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• homes for their families, send their kids to school.
• And we've looked at some of the schools that need help.
• Withholding these funds creates uncertainty for schools and students.
• I'm Christina Dekaro, representing the California Library Association.
• And the gas I buy to transport the school-aged children to and from school while their parents work as

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• some authority to cut Parks libraries some authority to cut Parks libraries licensing<00:12:09.959
• Most attend school in seven K through 12 public school districts scattered throughout the county and
• a K through 12 tribal school located on the Fond du Lac Reservation.
• The pride in these schools and their students is clearly visible in each of the communities that support
• For some of these communities, the schools above all else make those communities vital.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• To recognize the Barton High School Bears boys basketball team as the 2006 Class 2A state champions.
• Whereas the Barton High School boys basketball team won the Class 2A State Championship held at Bank
• All those in favor of Senate Resolution 17 to recognize the Barton High School Bears boys basketball
• All those in favor of Senate Resolution 29 to congratulate Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences,
• Arkansas State Library appropriation for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

Keywords: 1204, all