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• Thank you, students, for joining.
• I think it's an improvement that will help us support students and ensure students get the kind of regents
• I'm currently a graduate student at NMSU and I've previously been very involved in the student government
• So to have someone representing the students, by the students, coming from the students, is absolutely
• our students.

Bills: HB40, HB100, HJR1, SB64, SB19, SB44, SB83

Keywords: educational retirement, annuity adjustments, cost of living, non-compounding payments, retirement benefits, STEM funding, education, innovation, public education, New Mexico, nominating committees, boards of regents, student representation, political party registration, New Mexico constitution, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• district students, to put it simply.
• 'Inmates of the department' has been changed to 'district students,' which was part of that update in
• And finally, 'students' has been changed to... ...students' has been changed to 'student' on line 6 of
• page 2 for the same reason, to comprise the board of one student rather than multiple students.
• Some things we ponder are: will this program lead to a certificate of value for the student?

Bills: HB1826, HB2854, HB3006, HB4614, HB5261, HB5639

Keywords: mental health, women's health, county jail, depression screening, criminal justice, HB 2854, Pokuaa-Flowers Act, parole, mandatory supervision, electronic monitoring, releasee, parole officer, hospital visit approval, general hospital, law enforcement notification, DSHS, Department of State Health Services, corrections, public safety, liability immunity

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• student-athletes.
• Allowing homeschool students access to UIL extracurricular activities integrates students from different
• Allowing homeschool students access to UIL extracurricular activities will mean giving students within
• Gain them back full-time as full-time students and building a relationship with those students.
• is for an enrolled student.

Bills: SB2920, SB2929, SB2398, SB865, SB401, SB2619, SB2927, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB1635, SB1581, SB2008

Keywords: steroids, student athletes, athletic competition, University Interscholastic League, medical purpose, gender transition, school athletics, spectator conduct, referees, ejection policy, extracurricular activities, concussion, brain injury, school policy, academic accommodations, student welfare, cardiac arrest, emergency response, CPR training, automated external defibrillators

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• Windstorm insurance alone costs $1,341 per student, even with our increased student enrollment this year
• our students while continuing to meet the state requirements.
• For students who can achieve certain scores on the PSAT.
• Of Texas students.
• of students that is traditionally more difficult to educate.

Bills: SB2920, SB2929, SB2398, SB865, SB401, SB2619, SB2927, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB1635, SB1581, SB2008

Keywords: steroids, student athletes, athletic competition, University Interscholastic League, medical purpose, gender transition, school athletics, spectator conduct, referees, ejection policy, extracurricular activities, concussion, brain injury, school policy, academic accommodations, student welfare, cardiac arrest, emergency response, CPR training, automated external defibrillators

Bills: SB49, SB60, SB365, SB685, SB895, SB1191, SB1400, SB1401, SB1786

Keywords: junior college funding, performance tier, credentials, education, workforce development, Texas education law, performance tier funding, junior college, Texas education, student success, performance funding, education policy, state finance program, public junior colleges, educational outcomes, SB 60, public junior college library, community college, library materials, book donation

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• Chair, if you're a student of history, you know that next month is the actual 50th anniversary of the
• Our servicemen, and I think that that's, as students of history, with Representative Olson and many of
• The senior members are committed to mentoring high school students and homeschool students, and through
• Interest in these opportunities is growing among our students.
• FFA students use art to celebrate and advocate for the future of agriculture.

Bills: HF2411, HF2471, HF1440, HF1393, HF1631, HF1259, HF280, HF1281, HF1459

Keywords: cultural heritage, funding, White Earth Nation, tribal community, construction, Delano, sesquicentennial, community events, fall of Saigon, Saigon anniversary, Vietnam War commemoration, Vietnamese Minnesotans, Cambodian Minnesotans, Lao Minnesotans, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American heritage, cultural heritage fund, Minnesota Humanities Center, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, equity funding

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• The senior members are committed to mentoring high school students and homeschool students.
• </c> school students and homeschool students. school students and homeschool students.
• First as a student, nearly 40 years.
• This bill will allow us to students.
• </c> bill to ensure that our FFA students bill to ensure that our FFA students continue<00:58:54.000>

Bills: HF2411, HF2471, HF1440, HF1393, HF1631, HF1259, HF280, HF1281, HF1459

Keywords: cultural heritage, funding, White Earth Nation, tribal community, construction, Delano, sesquicentennial, community events, fall of Saigon, Saigon anniversary, Vietnam War commemoration, Vietnamese Minnesotans, Cambodian Minnesotans, Lao Minnesotans, Southeast Asian refugees, Asian American heritage, cultural heritage fund, Minnesota Humanities Center, Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, equity funding

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• , about 750,000 students, more than that if you include the counties, despite those students facing the
• We agree that students need more funding, and we support additional funding for higher-need students.
• Students consistently host that diversity and advocate well beyond student issues.
• cost of attendance through housing and nonresident student tuition fees.
• The decision-making table is the sole student regent and their student regent designate.

Summary: The Senate Committee on Appropriations heard SCA 5, the Education Equalization Act, which would create an Equalization Reserve in the General Fund funded only in strong budget years with non-Prop 98 dollars. Senator Cortese and supporters argued it would provide a stable, ongoing stream of funding to reduce per-pupil disparities between basic-aid and non-basic-aid districts without reducing the Prop 98 minimum guarantee. Supporters included education foundation, school board, administrator, employee, and business representatives. Opponents, including the California Charter Schools Association, argued the measure unfairly excludes charter and county school students and could worsen inequities; some committee members also raised concerns about its fiscal effects and constitutional structure. The committee ultimately voted 4-0 to adopt SCA 5, with the measure kept on call for additional members. The committee then took up a series of Assembly bills, most of which were suspense-file candidates and were moved without objection after brief or waived presentations and no opposition testimony. AB 402, AB 708, AB 1080, AB 1126, AB 1235, AB 1555, AB 1641, ACA 7, AB 1672, AB 1943, AB 2565, and AB 2571 were all sent to suspense. AB 1204 drew testimony from school district leaders and coalition members who said it would worsen LCFF funding disparities by shifting future growth away from the base grant; the bill was opposed and moved to suspense. AB 1672 received support from CalPACE. The Department of Finance did not attend and had no comments on the measures. Finally, ACA 18 was presented as a constitutional amendment to double student voting seats on the UC Board of Regents, creating separate undergraduate and graduate student representation. The author and UC student witnesses said the change would strengthen student voice on issues such as tuition, housing, basic needs, and free speech, and would align UC with CSU and community college governance. There was no opposition testimony, but the committee treated ACA 18 as a suspense-file candidate and moved it to suspense without objection. The hearing then adjourned.

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• For the city of OIO, nearly 40% of all taxable sales in OIO comes from nonresidents, and 58% of the renters
• For the city of OIO, nearly 40% of all taxable sales in OIO comes from nonresidents, and 58% of the renters
• For the city of OIO, nearly 40% of all taxable sales in OIO comes from nonresidents, and 58% of the renters
• As a resident, I can rent it for $100 on a weekend, and nonresidents are $300 a weekend.
• As a resident, I can rent it for $100 on a weekend, and nonresidents are $300 a weekend.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Students and then require those students to return to that country within three years.
• students and then require those students to return to that country within three years.
• I'm going to shift a little bit to students and student IDs.
• As a student, I have personally helped students register to vote on campus.
• They know who that student is.

Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of bills, beginning with HB 4087, which authorizes the Highlands County Hospital District to evaluate options to sell, lease, or manage its hospital. An amendment adding fair market value as a consideration was adopted, and the bill then passed unanimously. HB 841, which eliminates the requirement for validation stickers on license plates and moves registration verification to electronic systems, also passed after questions about law enforcement procedures, pretextual stops, and consumer savings; a technical amendment was adopted first. HB 593, dealing with campaign fundraising while on official time, lobbying rules for water management districts, agency secretary travel reimbursement, and settlement conditions involving third parties, passed without opposition. CS for HB 1019, the PFAS-related bill phasing out aqueous film-forming foam and requiring testing of treated effluent and biosolids, passed after an amendment limiting local utility liability until EPA standards are set; speakers emphasized firefighter and water-quality concerns. Several local and administrative measures also advanced. HB 4089 conveyed the Trenton Train Depot to the City of Trenton, HB 6011 updated ethics disclosure procedures for Form 10 filings, and PCS for HB 1051 created a recall process for community development district board members while also addressing synthetic turf deed restrictions and landowner-control timelines. HB 1031 established a pilot callback system for state agency customer service lines, and CS for HB 961 removed a burdensome electronic signature requirement for salvaged titles. HB 1421, which requires land managers to consider cattle grazing on conservation lands, drew substantial debate over state parks, water quality, and land management; an amendment added ecological guardrails and the bill passed 20-3. CS for HB 253 expanded eligibility for the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program and passed unanimously, while HB 4039 required Broward County to study and hold a hearing before enlarging the Monarch Hill landfill landmark and passed despite opposition from the waste industry. CS for HB 755 eased Habitat for Humanity bond requirements in the Florida Keys and extended the Florida Keys Stewardship Act, and HB 1035 promoted nature-based coastal resiliency projects and permitting; both passed unanimously. The committee then considered major foreign influence and election integrity measures. CS for CS for HB 905, the FIRE Act, was substantially revised by strike-all to expand registration and disclosure requirements for foreign agents and foreign-supported political organizations, restrict gifts and contracts tied to foreign countries of concern, terminate sister city agreements with such countries, and strengthen penalties for transnational repression; members debated the treatment of Qatar, linkage institutes, and the broader impact on international students, and the bill passed 24-1. Finally, CS for HB 991 proposed sweeping election changes, including citizenship verification at registration, a citizenship oath, new voter ID rules, paper ballots except for disability accommodations, candidate party-affiliation timing rules, stronger foreign-money restrictions, and other enforcement provisions. Members raised extensive concerns about document submission, data retention, student IDs, seniors, disability access, and the burden of proof for citizenship, and the committee was still in the middle of that discussion when the transcript ended.

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• </c> indication than the students of today. indication than the students of today.
• </c> attracting u more students. attracting u more students.
• </c> needs of the students. needs of the students.
• It should be our students.
• It should be our students.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

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• Members with us today in the gallery are members of the TCU Student Government Association.
• The TCU Student Government Association represents collective voice for the student body while encompassing
• Student government impacts student life, and their work is certainly noticed on campus.
• Members of the TCU Student Government Association, please stand to be recognized.
• HB 3574 by Smithy relating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students permitted to pay

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• Well, the same kind of discussion goes over to trusts and whether it's a nonresident trust or resident
• The same kind of discussion goes over to trusts and whether it's a nonresident trust or resident trust
• be a revenue loss to the state of Minnesota because there would be more trusts that would claim nonresident
• It would be a nonresident trust.
• It would be a nonresident trust in Iowa if two of those three were made in Iowa.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I don't have any information on the numbers of students.
• student.
• Is there a correlation between days in school and student outcomes?
• It is in terms of getting information to families and students.
• This is to serve kids and create space for students to get instruction.

Bills: HB2210, HB2398, HB2959, HB3006, HB3026, HB3151, HB3315, HB3372, HB3467, HB3590, HB4268, HB4359, HB4427

Keywords: youth apprenticeship, career education, workforce development, high school programs, mentorship, vocational training, state oversight, credential of value, education, labor market, government reporting, school abuse reporting, child abuse, neglect, mandatory reporting, student safety, school employee misconduct, administrator reporting, superintendent, law enforcement notification

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• I don't have any information on the numbers of students.
• Between days in school and student outcomes.
• It is in terms of getting information to families and students.
• It is in terms of getting information to families and students.
• It is in terms of getting information to families and students.

Bills: HB2210, HB2398, HB2959, HB3006, HB3026, HB3151, HB3315, HB3372, HB3467, HB3590, HB4268, HB4359, HB4427

Keywords: youth apprenticeship, career education, workforce development, high school programs, mentorship, vocational training, state oversight, credential of value, education, labor market, government reporting, school abuse reporting, child abuse, neglect, mandatory reporting, student safety, school employee misconduct, administrator reporting, superintendent, law enforcement notification

Summary: The Senate Education Committee considered a long agenda of education-related bills, including school calendar changes, scholarship and tax credit cleanup, charter school facilities, apprenticeship expansion, testing windows, and teacher staffing rules. Several measures were framed as technical or clarifying changes, while others drew more substantial debate over accountability, eligibility, and funding. The committee also heard a bill to extend the sunset of the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education and another to allow certain military dependents to start kindergarten based on their home-country age rules. Among the more debated bills, House Bill 3590 updated the Opportunity Scholarship Fund Act by changing reporting and income-verification language; senators questioned whether the bill effectively expanded eligibility or added accountability, but the author said it was a cleanup measure and the title was struck before passage. House Bill 3151 would raise the minimum school year from 166 to 173 days beginning in 2027-28, contingent on an additional $175 million in common education funding; supporters argued Oklahoma students need more time in front of teachers, while opponents questioned the evidence and fiscal impact. House Bill 4359 moved statewide assessments to the last four weeks of the school year, with an amendment changing the window from three to four weeks, and House Bill 4427, as amended, continued limits on adjunct teachers in early grades while clarifying qualifications and timelines for existing adjuncts. The committee also advanced House Bill 2398, which would create “credentials of value” to help students and families evaluate postsecondary programs based on workforce demand and economic return, and House Bill 3372, which would create a charter school facilities fund and loan/collateral mechanisms; the latter passed on a narrower vote after questions about asset disposition and state control. Other bills passed with little or no opposition, including a 24-hour reporting requirement for school abuse to outside law enforcement, an expansion of youth apprenticeship eligibility, adoption-related maternity leave, and a pilot for teacher growth metrics and NBCT funding. Most measures were reported out favorably, with several title-stricken amendments adopted along the way.

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• He has an amazing group of students who are our teacher candidates from UCO.
• And with so many students, I graduated in '96. Was that your first or second?
• So please keep your prayers up for our schools and especially the 22 students who Are stable currently
• Students, can you tell us about Darnaby in a musical way?
• And yes, student safety is a top concern of mine.

Bills: SB514, SB346, SB1593, SB1782, SB1366, SB1497, SB366, SB1895, SB2048, SB2005, SB2006, SB710, SB1480

Keywords: SB514, school choice, charter school, virtual charter school, OSSAA, extracurricular activities, interscholastic activities, athletics, homeschool, other means of education, alternative education, student eligibility, student transfer, district policy, public school district, adjacent district, blended learning, virtual learning, school sports, academic eligibility

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• He has an amazing group of students who are our teacher candidates from UCO.
• So please keep your prayers up for our students.
• And yes, student safety is a top concern of mine.
• It's good for the universities, and it's good for students.
• They are catching students.

Bills: SB514, SB346, SB1593, SB1782, SB1366, SB1497, SB366, SB1895, SB2048, SB2005, SB2006, SB710, SB1480

Keywords: SB514, school choice, charter school, virtual charter school, OSSAA, extracurricular activities, interscholastic activities, athletics, homeschool, other means of education, alternative education, student eligibility, student transfer, district policy, public school district, adjacent district, blended learning, virtual learning, school sports, academic eligibility

Summary: The Senate Education Committee met for deadline week and first recognized guests and updates, including a report from Senator Devers on the Elgin school bus crash and recognition of 2025 Teacher of the Year Melissa Yvonne and visiting students from UCO and Darnaby Elementary. The committee then took up a series of education bills, with several authors explaining that some measures were work in progress and striking title on those bills to continue negotiations. Among the measures advanced were SB 514, clarifying alternative education programming through charter and virtual charter schools; SB 346, expanding school-to-school notification requirements about allegations or investigations involving teachers; SB 1593, updating outdated statutory references for the OSU-Tulsa board; SB 1366, using the Teacher Empowerment Fund to reward top teachers; SB 1497, correcting graduation standards to comply with IDEA and clarify alternate diplomas; SB 366, creating a process for charter schools to be notified about district facilities and lease or purchase opportunities; SB 1895, requiring districts to report whether they participate in the Community Eligibility Provision and why not; SB 2048, allowing the statewide charter school board to pay travel-related expenses for conferences and training; SB 710, allowing multiple grants under the Teach Forward teacher-prep program; and SB 1480, creating a pilot youth apprenticeship program. Most of these bills passed on bipartisan votes, often after questions about implementation, fiscal impact, or scope. Two of the more debated measures were SB 1782, which would end new tenure plans for higher education employees and move new hires to five-year contracts, and SB 2005, which would restructure the OSSAA board. SB 1782 passed 6-4 after extended debate over constitutional authority, academic freedom, recruitment, and litigation risk, with supporters arguing it would increase flexibility and accountability and opponents warning about legal and retention concerns. SB 2005 failed 4-6 after members split over whether the legislature should intervene in OSSAA governance; supporters said the association was not responsive enough to member schools and families, while opponents argued the issue should be left to the organization and that the bill risked government overreach.

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• founded in 2015, provides leadership development and civic education for high school and college students

Bills: SB1046, SB1317, SB1376, SB1416, SB1448, SB1471, SB1493, SB1498, SB1502, SB1504, SB1538, SB1544, SB1550, SB1579, SB1581, SB1584, SB1624, SB1673

Keywords: telecommunications, broadband, internet infrastructure, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security, foreign adversary, China, Chinese equipment, supply chain security, network equipment, microchips, Arizona Corporation Commission, telecommunications provider, communications infrastructure, Huawei, ZTE, state-owned enterprise, sanctions, infrastructure security

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• </c><00:04:39.199><c> aid</c> students with the negative student aid students with the negative student
• These same students were getting this negative student aid index money.
• These same students were getting this negative student aid index money.
• These same students were getting this negative student aid index money.
• These same students were getting this negative student aid index money.

Bills: HF2431, HF2438, HF2783, HF1943

Keywords: higher education, college affordability, student aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, financial aid, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, tuition relief, work-study, child care grants, hunger-free campus, food insecurity, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct, Title IX

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• The light blue states are those where staff located a nonresident, or so-called flyaway, tax exemption
• And the dark blue states are the states where staff found that states with nonresident or flyaway exemptions

Summary: The Citizen Commission for Performance Measurement of Tax Preferences met on August 4, 2026, with all five commissioners present. The commission approved the May 26 meeting minutes, welcomed new commissioner Diane Tabelius, noted Commissioner Orr’s reappointment, and elected Andy Knopfsiger Meadows as chair and Dr. Sharon Kiyoko as vice chair. JLARC staff also introduced two Evans School interns who are assisting with preliminary research for the 2027 review cycle. JLARC then presented preliminary findings on seven tax preferences, focusing most heavily on Main Street communities, equitable access to credit, and urban data centers. Staff recommended continuing the Main Street and equitable access to credit preferences because both appeared to meet legislative goals, while also suggesting DAHP collect more detailed and standardized business-count data for Main Street evaluations. For the urban data center exemption, staff concluded it had only been used for refurbishment projects, not new construction, and recommended allowing it to expire. Commissioners and Representative Pollitt discussed the limits of self-reported data, the need for more specific performance criteria, and whether future tax preference statements should measure cost per job, whether jobs would have occurred anyway, and energy-use impacts. Staff also reviewed preferences for airplane modifications, landfill biogas equipment, automotive adaptive equipment for veterans and service members, and housing for adults with developmental disabilities. JLARC recommended continuing the airplane modification, landfill biogas, and automotive adaptive equipment preferences, while suggesting the landfill biogas program improve reporting and noting the veterans’ preference use has declined. For the developmental disabilities housing exemption, staff found no use of the preference and recommended allowing it to expire, while suggesting the legislature and DSHS consider other ways to support housing continuity. The commission will take public testimony in September, adopt comments in October, and forward final comments in December.