Video & Transcript Research : 'student engagement'
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ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 7th, 2025 at 02:30 pm
Appropriations - Education and Environment Division
Transcript Highlights:
- School students, and we had the discussion: the way it was written, it would have been ongoing and general
- least two meetings, if not more, so we're trying to figure out how to get water topics a little more engaged
- or do not pass recommendation on that, so we can still get through the system, but we're trying to engage
- so fast on this, and that's why the intent is trying to get Water Topics to be a little bit more engaged
- meeting of the year that really amounts to nothing, and it's trying to get the whole process more engaged
Keywords:
ethics commission, immunity, conflict of interest, complaints, public officials, transparency, legislative action, criminal prosecution, complaint resolution, HB 1600, immigration law clinic, University of North Dakota, UND Law, law school clinic, legal aid, immigration attorney, student clinic, pro bono, immigration legal services, caseload limit
Summary:
The committee reconvened to continue work on water-related appropriations and related bills, with the chair emphasizing the need to move the water bill to conference committee soon because of differences with the House. Members reviewed project funding levels and carryover balances across several water projects, including NAWS, Southwest, Valley City, Cirrus River flood control, Hart River, Redder water supply, municipal and rural water, general water, and discretionary funding. The discussion focused on reduced revenue forecasts, the use of a $150 million line of credit as a working assumption, and concerns about large carryover amounts and piling up cash. No final changes were made to the water funding numbers, but the chair said the committee would revisit the bill after further cleanup of the draft language.
The committee then took up House Bill 1600, which would create an immigration law clinic at the University of North Dakota law school. Members agreed the program should be treated as a one-time pilot rather than ongoing general fund spending, so they adopted an amendment changing the $400,000 appropriation to one-time funding from the strategic investment fund. The amended bill passed unanimously, and Senator Meyer was assigned to carry it.
House Bill 1417, dealing with parole and probation-related policy, was also amended. The committee removed Section 8, which eliminated the bill’s appropriations language, based on testimony that the referenced funding was already included elsewhere in the budget. The amended bill then passed unanimously. The committee also discussed possible future amendments to water study language, including earlier reporting deadlines and a proposal to require larger new water project requests to go through the Water Topics Overview Committee before being introduced, but no final action was taken on those concepts. Several other bills, including the AI-related House Bill 1448 and law enforcement bonus bill 1193, were left for later consideration.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Efficient and Effective School District Governance Task Force (9-16-24)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNiyP7jGYM8, 2026-06-21T07:17:08+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, 00:00:00 Meeting Start / Roll Call
00:01:14 Approval of Minutes
00:01:40 Enrollment, Attendance, and Truancy Trends
00:42:29 Early Childhood Education
01:27:10 Student Discipline – District Perspectives
01:50:02 Student Discipline – Teacher Perspectives
02:34:40 – Announcements / Adjournment, 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We especially ask for compassion and healing for the students and families that were in the tragic school
- And whereas in 1958, Clara Luoper and students from the Oklahoma City NAAC youth council staged the nation's
- Look at them I had the honor of speaking to OU nursing students today. They are fabulous.
- Sanders, the director of the Department of Nursing for Eastern Oklahoma State College, along with 20 students
- So, members, please join me in giving these nursing students a warm Senate welcome.
Bills:
SB1534, SB1473, SB1379, SB1743, SB1769, SB1195, SB1245, SB1420, SB1945, SB514, SB346, SB1593, SB1782, SB1366, SB1497, SB366, SB1895, SB2048, SB2005, SB2006, SB710, SB1480, SB2135, SB2130, SCR16, SB1457, SB1732, SB1317, SB1533
Keywords:
charitable organization, charitable nonprofit corporation, nonprofit corporation, nonstock corporation, 501(c)(3), charitable solicitation, charitable contributions, fundraising, professional fundraiser, professional solicitor, professional fundraising counsel, Secretary of State registration, Form 990, Attorney General enforcement, district attorney, consent judgment, civil penalty, nonprofit governance, board of directors, fiduciary duty
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 3rd, 2026
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We especially ask for compassion and healing for the students and families that were in the tragic school
- And whereas in 1958, Clara Luper and students from the Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council staged the nation's
- I had the honor of speaking to OU nursing students today. They are fabulous.
- Sanders, the director of the Department of Nursing for Eastern Oklahoma State College, along with 20 students
- So members, please join me in giving these nursing students a warm Senate welcome.
Bills:
SB1534, SB1473, SB1379, SB1743, SB1769, SB1195, SB1245, SB1420, SB1945, SB514, SB346, SB1593, SB1782, SB1366, SB1497, SB366, SB1895, SB2048, SB2005, SB2006, SB710, SB1480, SB2135, SB2130, SCR16, SB1457, SB1732, SB1317, SB1533
Keywords:
charitable organization, charitable nonprofit corporation, nonprofit corporation, nonstock corporation, 501(c)(3), charitable solicitation, charitable contributions, fundraising, professional fundraiser, professional solicitor, professional fundraising counsel, Secretary of State registration, Form 990, Attorney General enforcement, district attorney, consent judgment, civil penalty, nonprofit governance, board of directors, fiduciary duty
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, received the day’s invocation, introduced the Doctor of the Day and a group of pages, and recognized several visitors in the gallery, including nursing students and Talakawa Day participants. The chamber then took up Senate Concurrent Resolution 16, which honors Oklahoma women and recognizes March as National Women’s History Month. The resolution highlighted figures such as Kate Barnard, Angie Debo, Clara Luper, and Shannon Lucid. It was moved directly to the calendar, read, adopted by voice vote, and the author offered brief closing remarks.
The Senate then considered several bills. Senate Bill 1457, extending the sunset of the Construction Industries Board to 2031, passed 40-3 and was also approved as an emergency measure. Senate Bill 1732, which updates fees and licensing fees for the Construction Industries Board to support expanded responsibilities and staffing, passed 35-9. Senate Bill 1317, allowing local school boards to decide whether to recognize a teacher’s earned career status when moving districts, passed 43-0 and was likewise approved as an emergency measure after questions about safeguards for potential bad actors. Senate Bill 1533, a cleanup measure for the Dignity and Burial Act requiring the veteran to have been an Oklahoma resident, passed 43-0.
At the end of the session, leaders announced upcoming committee meetings and a weekly devotional. The Senate then adjourned until Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Urban and Rural Development Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Urban and Rural Development
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> free and available, um, to our students free and available, um, to our students as<00:05:12.240>
- Third, students students students identified<00:26:37.360><c> as</c><00:26:37.679><c> having</c><00:26
- </c> those students on an individual basis. those students on an individual basis.
- </c> them more about how to teach students them more about how to teach students how<01:20:16.800><c>
- </c> students proficient or above. Only 36%. students proficient or above. Only 36%.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh so students must be charged the same.
- districts could just count those students and turn them in for the activities ADM.
- You any those non-traditional students.
- </c> are a lot of non-traditional students are a lot of non-traditional students that<00:34:48.000><c
- of all our students including profile of all our students including our<00:40:44.000><c> traditional
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- that um is is from a have a student that um is is from a private<00:20:19.919><c> school,</c><00:20:
- Would anything in this bill prevent, for example, a student making money from TikTok or other social
- and student athletes, uh, and to move forward.
- uh</c><00:26:12.000><c> and</c><00:26:12.240><c> to</c> students and student athletes uh and to students
- and student athletes uh and to move<00:26:12.559><c> forward.
HI
Keywords:
foreign influence, campaign finance, contributions, state elections, transparency, election integrity, criminal offense, natural resources, tree protection, state property, environment, land use, boundary amendment, administrative fines, Land Use Commission, infrastructure compliance, highway safety, driver's license, administrative revocation, alcohol-related offenses
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met in decision-making only session and considered several Senate bills, generally following recommendations to pass measures with or without amendments. SB 2981 would prohibit minimum off-street parking requirements for new development in urban districts and was adopted unamended, with Senator Awa voting no. SB 2982, which bars foreign entities and foreign-influence business entities from making election-related contributions or expenditures, was adopted with an amendment adopting Attorney General language for required advertisement statements.
The committee also advanced SB 2983, creating a misdemeanor offense for criminal destruction of a tree on state or county property; one member opposed it, suggesting a replanting requirement would be a better environmental remedy, but the bill was still adopted unamended. SB 2986, concerning Land Use Commission authority to amend or revise district boundary amendment decisions when conditions are not met, passed with an amendment addressing a defective effective date. SB 2991, on driver’s license revocations for certain alcohol-related offenses and re-examination requirements, passed with amendments clarifying revocation orders and re-examination procedures.
Members then approved SB 3001, which regulates conversational artificial intelligence services by requiring disclosures and protocols to prevent suicidal ideation, with amendments incorporating AG and OCP recommendations, including a personal data definition and broader data minimization language. SB 3010, allowing officials and in some cases private citizens to enter unattended vehicles to protect endangered pet animals, passed with amendments. The committee also adopted SB 3014 on higher fines for taking or harassing protected turtles, SB 3032 clarifying beach and marine deposit prohibitions, and SB 3033 allowing petitions to review beach structure integrity despite a bad effective date; Senator Awa again voted no on SB 3033. The meeting adjourned after the committee noted a later joint hearing with Ways and Means.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/12/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Because the comments portion of this, you know, on one hand you want the comments for more engagement
- and participation but on the engagement and participation but on the other<00:19:05.919><c> hand</c>
- At least 22 or more different practitioners that parents can be assigned to engage in their process.
- So you're charged for literally anytime you engage with that individual, you are charged very similar
- </c><00:46:17.599><c> with</c> for literally anytime you engage with for literally anytime you engage
Keywords:
electronic signatures, estate planning, uniform law, legal documents, Minnesota statutes, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, parenting consultant, parenting time, custody, family court, family law, neutral third party, alternative dispute resolution, child custody, visitation, parenting coordinator
TX
Keywords:
transportation, Farm-to-Market Road, highway designation, Texas Transportation Commission, state highway system, SCR 37, Senate Concurrent Resolution, Panama Canal, Texas ports, port infrastructure, maritime trade, shipping lanes, supply chain resilience, global commerce, exports, LNG, liquefied natural gas, crude oil, refined petroleum, agriculture
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Common Education REVISED: SB1614 - Added Apr 8th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Common Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1975 strengthens access to advanced placement opportunities for students across Oklahoma.
- Every student has access to a physical location to take their proctored AP exam.
- It also ensures that all students have access to Horizon, the state's online learning platform.
- performance results for better health outcomes for our students.
- results of benchmark assessments in grade K through 8 available to parents and guardians of those students
Bills:
SB1734, SB1630, SB1894, SB1975, SB1432, SB1437, SB1812, SB346, SB1250, SB710, SB1489, SB2045, SB1614
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, AI, schools, public school districts, education technology, edtech, student privacy, FERPA, data privacy, data security, emerging technologies, machine learning, generative AI, classroom technology, instructional technology, teacher oversight, human-in-the-loop, student data, parental consent, opt-out
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Common Education REVISED: SB1614 - Added Apr 8th, 2026
Common Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1975 strengthens access to advanced placement opportunities for students across Oklahoma
- by ensuring that every student has access to a physical location to take their proctored AP exam.
- It also ensures that all students have access to Horizons, the state's online learning platform.
- It also ensures that all students have access to Horizons, the state's online learning platform.
- performance results for better health outcomes for our students.
Bills:
SB1734, SB1630, SB1894, SB1975, SB1432, SB1437, SB1812, SB346, SB1250, SB710, SB1489, SB2045, SB1614
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, AI, schools, public school districts, education technology, edtech, student privacy, FERPA, data privacy, data security, emerging technologies, machine learning, generative AI, classroom technology, instructional technology, teacher oversight, human-in-the-loop, student data, parental consent, opt-out
Summary:
The committee took up a series of education-related Senate bills, first accepting untimely filed PCS amendments for SB 1614 and SB 1250 without objection. SB 1734, the Oklahoma Responsible Tech in Schools Act, would prohibit AI tools from being used for instruction in public districts except for educator-directed uses, and it passed 12-0. SB 1630 would allow a school district up to one day or six hours of virtual instruction when students are completing statewide assessments, and it also passed 12-0. SB 1894, using PCS language, caps teacher professional development requirements at 200 hours over five years for teachers with fewer than five years of experience and 150 hours for those with more experience; it passed 11-0. SB 1975 would expand access to AP testing locations and the state’s Horizons online learning platform, and it passed 11-0. SB 1432 removes pilot-program and sunset language from an alternative certification program, and SB 1437 creates the President’s Physical Fitness Act and directs districts to use student fitness results to improve health outcomes; both passed 11-0. SB 1812 requires districts to make K-8 benchmark assessment results available to parents and guardians, and SB 346 modifies the background check process for certain teachers moving to a new district; both passed 11-0. SB 710 would expand the Teach Forward education preparation program to additional providers if funds are available, and SB 1489 concerns special-needs students; both passed 10-0. The committee also approved SB 1614, which creates a teacher induction program for new and emergency-certified teachers, by an 11-0 vote.
The committee then considered SB 2045, a recess-related bill that would provide 30 minutes of recess and prohibit recess from being used as punishment. Members asked about possible compromise language with other PE/recess proposals, and the bill passed 11-0. Finally, the committee debated SB 1250, which was described as addressing school library materials and, through amendment, removing the definition of obscene in favor of sexually explicit language. Supporters said it would give districts and superintendents clearer guidance and require local library collection lists to be submitted to the Department of Education; opponents questioned whether the bill was necessary, whether it would require additional staff or create fiscal impacts, and whether stronger repeated-violations language was needed. After discussion, SB 1250 passed 8-2, and the chair noted it was the committee’s last meeting for the year.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 20th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- the courts to enforce an existing state law regarding workers' rights to organize, form unions, and engage
- the courts to enforce an existing state law regarding workers' rights to organize, form unions, and engage
- those rules is that workers who are laid off automatically receive benefits, but when an employer engages
- The Employment Security Department engaged in rulemaking to clarify that those employees are eligible
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:38:08.079><c> It</c> students. That time is not optional. It students.
- </c> elective staffing is reduced, students elective staffing is reduced, students will<00:38:13.680>
- sizes, which with this bill, those students will not receive the lower student-to-faculty ratio that
- </c><01:18:10.000><c> but</c> we're taking care of all students but we're taking care of all students
- A raise would indicate that I have an students. I would stand for any students.
WY
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:10:56.880><c> fully</c><00:10:57.200><c> engaging</c> appropriations committee fully engaging
- of Students in K12 schools.<00:21:07.760><c> Um,</c> schools.
- , all students, have an...
- Students—all students—have an opportunity to access public education.
- </c><00:26:23.360><c> Senator</c> students in K K12 schools. Senator students in K K12 schools.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- , and I was forced to stay there with that student.
- Bremerton case, where he was praying in public in front of students and with students.
- It does not say students cannot pray in school.
- The right to provide for the control of a student.
- Have you ever met an FFA student that didn't impress you?
Bills:
SB843, SB1733, SB1476, SB1237, SB1410, SB1894, SB1272, SB1204, SB1721, SB1725, SB1735, SB1337, SB1339, SB1461, SB1975
Keywords:
school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, child abuse, reporting requirements, sexual misconduct, law enforcement, school personnel, confidentiality, student safety, land office, land exchange, investment, education funding, real estate management, Teachers' Bill of Rights, education, teachers' rights
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- is currently no requirement for consistent publicly available guidance that clearly explains how students
- is currently no requirement for consistent publicly available guidance that clearly explains how students
- It is intended to protect good active coaches who are stepping up to support student-athletes, not to
- to be charged to any student who is not enrolled.
- to be charged to any student who is not enrolled.
Bills:
S0050, S0054, S0176, S0178, S0198, S0290, S0420, S0502, S0538, S0706, S0834, S0936, S0962, S1004, S1080, S7022
Keywords:
veterans, treatment court, nonviolent felony, probation, mental health, cognitive function, psychotropic drugs, violent offenders, autopsy procedures, medical records, school safety, campus safety, higher education, university safety, college safety, student safety, threat assessment, violence prevention, credible threat, campus security
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with CS for CS for SB 54, which requires district medical examiners to perform toxicology screenings for psychotropic drugs and intoxicating substances in autopsies of violent offenders and report findings to state agencies. It was reported favorably after brief discussion about how the data would be used. CS for SB 176 also passed, requiring public postsecondary institutions to make campus safety reporting and response procedures clearer and more accessible for students, faculty, and staff who receive threats. Both bills were approved without opposition in the meeting.
The committee then took up the large Florida Farm Bill, CS for CS for CS for SB 290, which drew extensive testimony and multiple amendments. The bill includes changes to fair associations, a preemption on local restrictions affecting gas- and diesel-powered farm equipment, surplus of certain state-owned lands for agricultural use, a food animal veterinary loan repayment program, permanent authorization for Farmers Feeding Florida, expanded Florida Forest Service training, a ban on signal jamming devices, tougher CDL English-proficiency penalties, protections for food safety inspectors, biosolids provisions, and contractor payment enforcement. Amendments expanded veterinary loan eligibility to equine veterinarians, merged citrus research entities, made technical corrections, and revised contractor payment language; a late-filed amendment removed the bill’s disparagement clause after significant First Amendment concerns and public testimony. A separate amendment delayed biosolids compliance deadlines. The bill was reported favorably as amended.
Also approved were CS for CS for SB 834, which repeals a restriction on health care sharing ministries partnering with licensed insurance agents, while adding a disclaimer requirement; SB 936, allowing temporary door locking devices at any height above the floor and directing the Building Commission to add standards to the code; and CS for SB 50, expanding veterans’ courts statewide. Later, CS for CS for SB 1004 advanced with a strike-all regulating dog and cat sales, requiring disclosure of medical records and financing terms, a three-day waiting period for financed purchases, and consumer protections against deceptive pet sales; an amendment removed an appropriation section. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 178, which directs the FHSAA to adopt rules allowing coaches to provide limited good-faith support to student-athletes, and CS for CS for SB 198, regulating virtual currency kiosks with registration, warnings, transaction limits, receipts, and refund protections. Each of these bills was reported favorably by recorded vote.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:04:24.000><c> whose</c> communities, including students whose communities, including students
- ,</c> amendment stating that students, amendment stating that students, resident<00:05:06.320><c> students
- </c> running up more student loans for running up more student loans for longer.<00:11:51.519><c> And
- The guardrails protect both students and taxpayers.
- The guardrails protect both students and taxpayers.