Bills: HF113 , HSB107 , HF120 , HSB108 , HF186 , HF136 , HF33 , HSB97 , HSB34 , HF80 , SF12 , SF14 , SF60 , SF61 , SF72 , SSB1066 , SSB1067 , SF141 , SSB1077

Committee: Joint Education

Keywords: HF 113, Iowa school finance, small school districts, budget enrollment, 200 students, physical plant and equipment levy, PPEL, public education and recreation levy, PERL, Secure an Advanced Vision for Education, SAVE fund, revenue purpose statement, general fund flexibility, school district levy, voter approval, 60 percent threshold, local option tax, unencumbered funds, unobligated funds, school district budgeting

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• Let's be clear, HB 200 is not a get out of jail free card.
• Thank you for the opportunity to speak today on House Bill 200.
• You see that fix in HB 200 today.
• leave House Bill 200 pending for now.
• And Kyle Carruth: I intend on testifying for HB 200 too.

Bills: HB285 , HB795 , HB1795 , HB1871 , HB2407 , HB2461 , HB2695 , HB3507 , HB4911 , HB200

Committee: House Criminal Jurisprudence

Keywords: animal cruelty, nonlivestock, prosecution, veterinary defense, animal welfare, aggravated assault, penal code, public servant, deadly weapon, mass shooting, Penal Code, penalties, felony, Texas Penal Code, felony enhancement, first-degree felony, second-degree felony, violent crime, assault punishment, serious bodily injury

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• and student athletes.
• One time a student was, it may endanger for other students.
• it's not okay, when a student is locked in a room and nobody can see the student.
• A student has been triggered by noise or music or other students acting up.
• But if a student is attacking another student, jumping another student, that would be a different reaction

Bills: HB111 , HB103 , HB60 , HB108 , HB120 , HB145 , HB154 , HB164 , HB291 , HJR6 , HR1 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50 , HB38 , HB47 , HB63 , HB64 , HB127 , HB165 , HB184 , HB200 , HM20 , HM51

Keywords: water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance

Bills: HSB146 , HF277 , HSB145 , HSB153 , HF200 , HF320 , HSB86 , HSB121 , HSB122 , HF137 , SSB1081 , SSB1082 , SSB1074

Committee: Joint Health and Human Services

Keywords: child welfare, foster care, relative placement, kinship care, fictive kin, child in need of assistance, CINA, juvenile court, dispositional hearing, best interests of the child, Department of Health and Human Services, HHS, child protective services, CPS, 30 days to family, family reunification, permanency planning, relative search, notice to relatives, licensed foster parent

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• Student complaint systems designed to protect students are increasingly being misused to harm faculty
• Why this matters for students: all students are impacted by these dynamics.
• These students are showing up.
• and student support services.
• , serving eligible students.

Bills: SB6090 , SB5931 , SB5963 , SB5978 , SB6082

Committee: Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development

Keywords: heritage orchard, agriculture, program, state funding, local agriculture, workforce education, accountability, oversight, administrative changes, investment, SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education, student aid, need-based aid, college affordability, postsecondary education, workforce development

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• This allows students to be identified by financial aid administrators when students enroll in college
• Most times, though, it goes directly to the student or it's used for student programming. Great.
• I can attest to what she shared: there are students, I don't know in this room today, but students that
• There are students, I don't know in this room today, but students that we work with at institutions of
• For those public institutions without a student health center, requires them to train current student

Bills: SB5826 , SB5828 , SB5909 , SB5931 , SB5954 , SB5963 , SB6082 , SB6090

Committee: Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development

Keywords: medication abortion, public education, access, healthcare rights, postsecondary institutions, college grant, scholarships, higher education, private institutions, Washington State, undergraduate programs, enrollment, program review, public institutions, workforce education, accountability, oversight, administrative changes, investment, veterans

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• </c> identity software, the ghost student identity software, the ghost student issue<00:07:55.480><c>
• And so, I think, frankly, this is just an opportunity for those students, the students at St.
• </c> and moderate income students. Thank you. and moderate income students. Thank you.
• </c> students. Thank you. students. Thank you. Thank<01:39:10.719><c> you.
• </c> those students are going to be impacted. those students are going to be impacted.

Bills: HF4252

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: higher education, student aid, financial aid, grant programs, scholarships, Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, community college, technical college, postsecondary institution, college affordability, student fees, athletic facilities, competitive athletics, developmental education, remedial courses, pregnant students, parenting students, priority registration

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• And so I'm glad to bring it forward and work with the students.
• financial aid programs are made available to eligible students.
• are excited and well prepared to streamline access to state financial aid for these students.
• This will help these students feel more secure in their financial ability to afford college.
• But we are hoping that students who are income eligible can automatically qualify for...

Bills: SB5963

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education, student aid, need-based aid, college affordability, postsecondary education, workforce development, apprenticeship, foster youth, homeless students, unaccompanied youth, low-income students, public assistance, state financial aid account, scholarships, Washington student grants, grant eligibility

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• Our student population is students.
• I'm here today representing over 200 students and 124 families who, as Minnesota residents, thank you
• We are a K-8 school serving 315 students. 97% of our students are students of color.
• Over 90% students are students of color.
• , students with disabilities, and students in rural areas.

Bills: HF1388

Committee: House Education Finance

Keywords: BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching

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• is under the 50% calculation on the underlying bill, and if you take it to 68%, then it's more like $200
• is under the 50% calculation on the underlying bill and if you take it to a 68% then it's more like 200
• This bill will make a tangible difference in those students' lives and for students across the state.
• When students can't afford a bus, they miss class. When they miss class, they fall behind.
• It is a data-driven approach about expanding access to students who look like me.

Bills: HB2588 , HB2722 , HB2727

Committee: House Transportation

Keywords: county ferry district, ferry district, passenger-only ferry, passenger ferry, Puget Sound, Vashon, Seattle, Southworth, county transportation, local taxing authority, property tax levy, general obligation bonds, municipal corporation, public transportation benefit area, WTSC, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, ferry terminal, wharf, shuttle service, marine transportation

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• Students aged 13 to 21 without a high school degree are eligible for concurrent enrollment.
• It allows an institution to charge a security fee to a student or student organization, but it prohibits
• So then it would be for all first-year students, transfer students, as well as all faculty, is that correct
• But again, we are relying on graduate Level instructors teaching our least experienced students.
• So this could Be a way to catch some of those students in those local programs. Thank you.

Bills: SB1477 , SB1480 , SB1593 , SB1633 , SB1670 , SB1725 , SB1726 , SB1735 , SB1632

Committee: House Postsecondary Education

Keywords: education, concurrent enrollment, students, age restrictions, academic access, apprenticeship, career education, youth programs, employment, technology centers, SB1593, OSU Tulsa, Oklahoma State University/Tulsa, Board of Trustees, higher education, university governance, A&M Board, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, presidential search, board rules

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• Members, as we started last year, trying to recognize students who are doing great.
• Things across the state, and we've got a group of students to my left, to your right, over here.
• These are high-achieving college students from around the state, representing probably Institutions that
• Really, my question is just around Students who would fall into that specialized category.
• I'm like, 'That's probably X amount of classrooms, X amount of students.'

Bills: SB1726 , SB1236 , SB1633 , SB1413 , SB1317 , SB1360 , SB1342 , SB1477 , SB1189 , SB1546 , SB1524 , SB1338 , SB1193 , SB1812 , SB1617

Committee: Senate Education

Keywords: higher education, graduate instructors, training program, academic integrity, First Amendment rights, administrative reporting, education, consolidation, board, public schools, resident tuition, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, state scholarships, financial aid, immigration status, undocumented students, noncitizen students, lawfully present, postsecondary education benefits, college tuition

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• She said 55% of students are students of color, 48% receive need-based financial aid in eligible programs
• The colleges employ over 10,500 faculty by headcount to teach these students.
• And job instability for contingent faculty does impact student success and retention.
• There are definite impacts in student success. And so I think we all can talk about that.
• There are definite impacts in student success. Well, thank you so much.

Bills: SB6258 , SB5963

Committee: House Postsecondary Education & Workforce

Keywords: Washington Medical Commission, medical license, license relinquishment, voluntary surrender, nondisciplinary pathway, physician regulation, health professional licensing, disciplinary database, National Practitioner Data Bank, license renewal, license reinstatement, medical board, professional discipline, credential surrender, healthcare regulation, SB 5963, passport to careers, Washington College Grant, financial aid, higher education

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• Line 13 is the student in the bill.
• </c><00:07:40.080><c> student</c><00:07:40.400><c> loan</c> 32, which is the student student loan 32,
• which is the student student loan counseling<00:07:41.039><c> appropriation.
• Thank you. supporting 82 students. Of those, 20 do supporting 82 students.
• </c> student response will be to the program. student response will be to the program.

Bills: HF2312

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct

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• Title VI is vital for our Indian students.
• Within my school district, there are 1,900 Indian students out of 25,754 total students enrolled in Edmond
• Public schools that serve Native American students and all students impacted by federal lands face significant
• , but also the non-native students within these schools.
• And when we did an evaluation of those students at the end of the year, we found that Native students

Committee: Senate Indian Affairs Committee

Keywords: Native education, Department of Education, federal funding, testimony, treaty obligations, public schools, educational policies, Indigenous students

Summary: The meeting focused on the responsibilities of the U.S. Department of Education towards Native students, highlighting the importance of federal education programs that satisfy treaty obligations to Native communities. Various witnesses testified about the impact of educational policies designed to support Native students who primarily attend public schools. Concerns were voiced over recent proposals that could potentially undermine these programs, citing the role of federal funding in ensuring successful educational outcomes for Native youth. The chair of the committee emphasized the need for continued federal support and attention to the unique educational challenges faced by Indigenous populations.

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• visited one in Hillsborough that’s tied to a hospital, and it’s phenomenal to see that they’re doing over 200

Bills: S0534 , S7020

Committee: Senate Agriculture

Keywords: food insecurity, hunger, college students, nutrition assistance, pilot program, open government, sunset review, aquaculture, public records, exemption

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• </c><00:07:45.440><c> than</c><00:07:45.599><c> the</c> students and students of color than the students
• :07:52.560><c> students.
• </c><00:07:55.840><c> in</c> students, like every student in students, like every student in Minnesota
• </c><00:26:21.679><c> are</c> students feel safe, that students are students feel safe, that students
• </c><00:38:23.040><c> student</c> fraud, strengthening our student student fraud, strengthening our student

Bills: HF4362 , HF4252 , HF4440

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: firearms, guns, gun rights, gun control, campus safety, public college, university, postsecondary institution, higher education, visitor carry, concealed carry, open carry, campus policy, Minnesota Statutes 624.714, petty misdemeanor, parking lot carry, firearm possession, public safety, college campus, student carry

Bills: HF2431

Committee: House Higher Education Finance and Policy

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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• Amendment Number One to House Bill 200?” “Opposition to adopting H.A.F.C.
• Amendment Number One to House Bill 200. Okay. We’ve adopted that.
• Is there anybody here who wishes to speak in opposition to House Bill 200 as amended?
• meet that threshold with student enrollment.
• This is why the substitute is... ...with student enrollment.

Bills: HB63 , HB64 , HB184 , HB200 , HB47 , HB48 , HB2 , HB9

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: water project fund, New Mexico Finance Authority, NMFA, Water Trust Board, water infrastructure, wastewater, drinking water, flood prevention, watershed restoration, water storage, conveyance, delivery, water treatment, recycling, reuse, municipal infrastructure, local government finance, capital outlay, grants, loans

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• And then you look at the 200 level for FTEs and they barred out of that to do something else.
• So page six, this is for—I'd highlight student financial aid—that if costs come in higher...
• I'd highlight student financial aid: if costs come in higher because of enrollment for the lottery, they

Bills: HB63 , HB64 , HB184 , HB200 , HB47 , HB48 , HB2 , HB9

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

Keywords: water project fund, New Mexico Finance Authority, NMFA, Water Trust Board, water infrastructure, wastewater, drinking water, flood prevention, watershed restoration, water storage, conveyance, delivery, water treatment, recycling, reuse, municipal infrastructure, local government finance, capital outlay, grants, loans