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• There is a CDA. Yes, sir, there is. If you want me to...

Bills: HB 1079, HB3651, HB4980

Keywords: Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps, Leadership Officer Training Corps, public school, career education, military readiness, public school accountability, funding allotments, healthcare, insurance, cost control, patient access, regulation, affordability, public health, JROTC, automobile maintenance, high school education, elective course, student skills, practical knowledge

Bills: HB483, HB3345, HB3643, HB3821, HB3849, HB4472, HB4523, HB4524, HB5346, HB5347, HB5376

Keywords: high-speed rail, Texas Department of Transportation, TxDOT, public-private partnership, comprehensive development agreement, CDA, Interstate 35, I-35 corridor, Dallas, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, intercity passenger rail, rail infrastructure, private entity, transportation infrastructure, rail corridor, passenger rail, infrastructure finance, vehicle registration

Bills: HB483, HB3345, HB3643, HB3821, HB3849, HB4472, HB4523, HB4524, HB5346, HB5347, HB5376

Keywords: high-speed rail, Texas Department of Transportation, TxDOT, public-private partnership, comprehensive development agreement, CDA, Interstate 35, I-35 corridor, Dallas, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, intercity passenger rail, rail infrastructure, private entity, transportation infrastructure, rail corridor, passenger rail, infrastructure finance, vehicle registration

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• I'm the executive director of the Washington County CDA and the legislative chair for Minnesota NARO,
• I just want to say that I used to work at Dakota County CDA and probably built his home, so I'm here
• The CDA owns and operates 990 locally controlled housing units in 10 different cities, in addition to
• I just want to say that I used to work at Dakota County CDA and probably built his home, so I'm here
• The CDA owns and operates 990 locally controlled housing units in 10 different cities, in addition to

Keywords: 1183, house

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• So that concludes my remarks, and I will turn it over to Sarah from CDA.
• CDA worked collaboratively with provider associations, including CADS, to develop the grant program,
• Under this program, CDA has awarded the full amount of the grant funding to 767 organizations.
• We lean into our CDA when things are so ambiguous.
• So for CDA, I...

Summary: The joint Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing focused first on long-term services and supports for older adults, especially the “forgotten/overlooked middle” who earn too much for Medi-Cal but cannot afford private long-term care. Administration witnesses from DHCS, the Department of Aging, and Social Services described Medicare’s limited long-term care coverage, Medi-Cal’s role, the elimination of the Medi-Cal asset test, and ongoing state studies and listening sessions on financing options. Testimony from advocates and researchers emphasized rising homelessness among older adults, the need for better navigation and coordination across health, aging, housing, and social service systems, and short-term policy steps such as share-of-cost reform, housing stability supports, and protecting home- and community-based services. Members highlighted the need for a coordinated, no-wrong-door approach and asked for the most impactful budget investments to address affordability and homelessness risk. The second major topic was the Community-Based Adult Services (CBAS) program. CDA reported that CBAS helps participants remain in the community, that 304 centers operate statewide serving about 42,000 people, and that demand is stable but access gaps remain in some regions. DHCS explained that a 2024 rate increase authorized by SB 159 became inoperative after Proposition 35, and that a separate 10% rate change on the fee schedule was the result of a DHCS system error; the department said it would not require recoupment, though managed care plans may act under their contracts. CBAS providers and advocates warned that reimbursement rates have not kept pace with costs, that several centers have closed, and that clawbacks could trigger more closures. They requested $74.8 million ongoing General Fund to close part of the rate gap and preserve the program, while members expressed concern about closures and the cost savings of keeping people out of more expensive institutional care. The hearing then moved to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) and statewide collective bargaining. CDSS reviewed provider recruitment and retention efforts, including electronic timesheets, direct deposit, and the now-completed IHSS Career Pathways program, which trained more than 59,000 providers. CDSS also summarized its AB 102 workgroup report on statewide versus regional bargaining, saying the final report would be sent to the Legislature soon and that statewide bargaining appeared more viable than regional bargaining, though it would require clear statutory scope and major fiscal changes. The department estimated that each $1 per hour statewide wage increase would cost at least $1.3 billion to $1.5 billion annually. Labor advocates argued that IHSS wages, benefits, and training are too inconsistent across counties and called for statewide bargaining, consumer participation, and ongoing state funding. County representatives supported stronger wages but cautioned that counties need protection from new costs and administrative burdens, and consumer advocates warned that moving bargaining to the state could weaken local consumer control and the program’s consumer-driven structure.

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• For many years, the CDA has invested in locally owned housing options for our county.
• For many years, the CDA has invested in locally owned housing options for our county.
• A loan, where we typically come in with our CDA portfolio, is when the city is asking us to look at a
• A lot of private developers won't touch drain fields, but the CDA, because we have a public purpose,
• A loan, where we typically come in with our CDA portfolio, is when the city is asking us to look at a

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Um, you can start by refusing to pass any more CDAs that authorize this nightmare to be unleashed on
• CDAs can return value to the state by minimizing public costs, mostly with just oversight.
• on the use of state money, why not see if there's an appetite from the private sector to advance the CDA
• We certainly don't want to end up guaranteeing the profits for this company through a CDA.
• We don't want any more CDAs in Texas, so we ask you to vote no on these crony contracts.

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• The CDA owns and operates 990 locally controlled housing units in 10 different cities, in addition to
• Uh, these rental communities are owned by the CDA and funded with a mix of funding sources, including
• The CDA owns and operates 990 locally controlled housing units in 10 different cities, in addition to
• Uh, these rental communities are owned by the CDA and funded with a mix of funding sources, including
• Uh, these rental communities are owned by the CDA and funded with a mix of funding sources, including

Keywords: 1183, house

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• with another 18 on track to graduate CDA with another 18 on track to graduate before<01:14:11.159>
• A few months after completing my CDA, I enrolled in college.
• The CDA gave me the confidence and motivation to keep going.
• A few months after completing my CDA, I enrolled in college.
• The CDA gave me the confidence and motivation to keep going.

Bills: HF2582, HF2266, HF2518, HF2039, HF1941

Keywords: child care, grants, appropriation, workforce development, families, YWCA Minneapolis, job training, child development, economic assistance, WomenVenture, economic development, entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurs, business training, financial support, youth programs, funding, employment, Minnesota, American Indian

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• We oppose CDAs, and we oppose extending a foreign-owned toll contract for another 20 years.
• significant pressure on our transportation network. traffic off of I-35 through Austin without this CDA
• The CDA went through the bankruptcy process.
• I have at times voted in favor of CDAs in the House.
• I don't, because I don't think that this project is ever going to be done as a CDA.

Bills: HJR58, HJR63, HB263, HB542, HB905, HB 1288, HB1402, HB2003, HB2262, HB2323, HB2429, HB2876, HB3019, HB263

Keywords: healthcare, insurance, elderly, retirement, benefits, transit-oriented projects, constitutional amendment, state highway fund, funding allocation, voter approval, highway fund, funding, public transportation, transit projects, transportation, local transit, fund allocation, voting rights, election integrity, ballot access

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• The Washington County CDA has invested in locally owned housing options for our county.
• The CDA owns and operates two 990 locally controlled housing units in 10 cities, in addition to the 60
• The Washington County CDA has invested in locally owned housing options for our county.
• The CDA owns and operates two 990 locally controlled housing units in 10 cities, in addition to the 60
• The CDA owns and operates two 990 locally controlled housing units in 10 cities, in addition to the 60

Bills: HF2148, HF2693, HF2542, HF1141, HF1770, HF1489, HF1709, HF244, HF1266, HF807, HF2619, HF1340

Keywords: affordable housing, local control, revolving loan fund, community partnerships, Minnesota housing policy, housing, locally controlled housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, housing infrastructure bonds, state bonds, bonding bill, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, homelessness, veterans housing, senior housing, manufactured home parks, community land trust, single-family housing, multifamily housing

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• Um, working in partnership with the Washington County CDA, MCCD, uses this program to help small business
• :02:42.160> the<00:02:42.400> Washington<00:02:42.800> County<00:02:43.599> CDA
• ,<00:02:44.480> MCCD, with the Washington County CDA, MCCD, with the Washington County CDA

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I'm the Executive Director of the Washington County CDA and also the Legislative Chair of the Minnesota
• One is for my agency, the Washington County CDA, which is a standalone HRA serving the 33 cities and
• In 2005, the CDA established. the Growth Fund to ensure affordable housing proposals in our community
• The CDA's Growth Fund leverages over ten dollars to every dollar the CDA has invested.
• The CDA has invested $7.7 million of our levy and $3 million of LAHA funds, which averages out to $8,700

Bills: HF1143, HF1548, HF1340, HF2549, HF2559, HF1673, HF2740, HF2507, HF2461, HF2381, HF2695

Keywords: education funding, unemployment aid, special education, Minnesota statutes, appropriations, housing, redevelopment, local government, trust funds, community development, HF1340, housing infrastructure bonds, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, MHFA, affordable housing, supportive housing, permanent housing, adaptive reuse, area median income, AMI

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• And publishing, for purposes of the CDA, includes reviewing and deciding whether to publish certain materials
• him on that to see if there's a way that we can frame it without running into this conflict with the CDA
• him on that to see if there's a way that we can frame it without running into this conflict with the CDA

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The Rules Committee considered a series of bills, with the Rules attorney flagging constitutional or preemption concerns on several measures. HB 2060 would prohibit public educational institutions and universities from encouraging or facilitating abortions; the attorney noted Prop. 139’s new abortion-rights language could create a state constitutional issue, but the committee still recommended the bill 5-3. HB 2085 would ban gender transition procedures and also restrict referrals; the attorney said the procedure ban is supported by recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent, but the referral restriction raises possible First Amendment issues in light of a Ninth Circuit case, and the bill was recommended 5-3. HB 2133 would impose age and consent verification requirements on commercial entities publishing sexual material online; the attorney warned it may be preempted by federal Section 230 law, but the committee recommended it 5-3. HB 2086, which would bar governmental entities from requiring masks or vaccinations, was flagged for Supremacy Clause and intergovernmental immunity concerns because it included the federal government, but was recommended 5-3 after the sponsor indicated an amendment was coming. HB 2279, dealing with liability limits for Grand Canyon river outfitters, raised anti-abrogation concerns because it would eliminate ordinary negligence claims; the sponsor said he would offer a floor amendment, and the bill was recommended 5-3. HB 2364 would add criminal penalties for mailing or delivering abortion-inducing drugs; the attorney said it likely conflicts with the new abortion-rights protections in Prop. 139, though the legal landscape is unsettled, and the committee recommended it 5-3. The committee then took a mass motion covering many additional bills, resolutions, and memorials. The Rules attorney said the listed measures were generally constitutional and in proper form, with one update on HCR 2003, which would place a measure before voters affecting school sports participation and facilities use based on biological sex. The attorney said the issue is actively being litigated nationally and that a pending U.S. Supreme Court decision in similar Idaho and West Virginia cases could affect the measure’s legal status. The mass motion was approved unanimously, 8-0. Throughout the meeting, members from the majority voted aye and minority members generally voted nay on the individual abortion-, gender-, and speech-related bills, often citing constitutional objections tied to Prop. 139, the First Amendment, or federal preemption. The meeting adjourned after the unanimous approval of the mass motion.

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• CDA, thank you.
• thank you we tra we train um uh uh CDA thank you we tra we train um uh uh staff<00:39:52.920> our
• staff our Head Start staff for um CDA staff our Head Start staff for um CDA certificates<00:39:56.240
• If you could say, like, what is CDA? President Shepard said, “I’m so sorry about that.
• CDA would be the Child Development Associate, so it’s a short-term program that you pretty much need

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I would also point out that Farmington in particular has worked with the Dakota County CDA for those
• that don't know what a CDA is.
• those<00:21:09.520> that<00:21:09.640> don't<00:21:09.880> know County CDA
• > CDA<00:21:10.680> is.
• what a CDA is. what a CDA is.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Uh, the max the city of Champlin will be into it is 18 million dollars, but our partners such as CDA
• Uh, so the max the city of Champlin will be into it is 18 million dollars, but our partners such as CDA
• feasibility study right now with all of our partners, including the Anoka-Hennepin School District, CDA
• c> others<00:28:47.400> then<00:28:47.600> would<00:28:47.800> be schools, CDA
• , and others then would be schools, CDA, and others then would be users<00:28:49.160> of<00:28

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Your spouse is part of a general class and this ruling will apply until CDA.
• general class and this ruling will apply general class and this ruling will apply until<00:45:58.720> CDA
• until CDA. until CDA.

Bills: HR11, HB1872, HB2171, HB2161, HB2416, HB2518, HB2617, HB2159, HB2606, HB2362, HB2385, HB2476, HB1923, HB2444, HB1608, HB1967, HB1968, HB2502, HB1782, HB2357, HB2445, HB1870, HB1838, HB2137, HB2208, HB2458, HB1972, HB2007, HB2160, HB2343, HB2315, HB2505, HB1857, HB469, HB1452, HB814, HB1621, HB1880, HB1831, HB1572, HB2119, HB2139, HB2459, HB2194, HB2561, HB2017, HB1931, HB1700, HB1719, HB1726, HB1737, HB1742, HB2049, HB2383, HB2116, HB2446, HB2249, HB2255, HB2320, HB2360, HB2581, HB2443, HB1531, HB2622, HB9, HB2290, HB2291, HB2235, HB2263, HB2498, HB1579, HB1728, HB1900

Keywords: 808 Elite, youth football, American Youth Football National Championships, AYF, Hawaii football, youth athletics, sports recognition, commendation, House resolution, student-athletes, sportsmanship, teamwork, state pride, Hawaii youth sports, national championship, early learning, apprenticeship, child care, education funding, workforce development

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• So far, we've agreed upon two courses for six credits for CDA holders that involve child safety, health
• <00:38:52.040> have<00:38:52.319> created<00:38:52.720> a<00:38:52.880> CDA
• <00:38:53.599> CDA date um we have created a CDA CDA date um we have created a CDA CDA Pathway
• /c><00:39:17.440> six<00:39:17.800> credits<00:39:18.160> for<00:39:18.440> CDA
• two courses for six credits for CDA two courses for six credits for CDA holders<00:39:20.040>

Keywords: 919, house, all

Summary: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities presented an overview of the system and several budget riders. Board Chair George Soul described the system’s structure, noting 26 colleges and seven universities governed by a 15-member board, and emphasized that Minnesota State serves about 270,000 students annually, including many students of color, adult learners, Pell-eligible students, first-generation students, and veterans. He highlighted the system’s workforce role, saying it offers more than 4,000 programs, extensive employer partnerships, and that 86% of graduates find jobs in their field or a related field. He then turned the presentation over to system staff to discuss specific funding requests. Associate Vice Chancellor Kim Lynch focused on the Z-degree textbook program, which supports zero-textbook-cost courses and degrees. She said prior legislative support has produced about $3.1 million in savings in academic year 2024 and more than $12.6 million in aggregate savings, with 10 colleges now offering Z degrees and 12 more on track or exploring implementation. She described the program’s use of open educational resources, instructional design support, and library resources to fill gaps where free materials are not available, and said students save roughly $7 to $10 for every $1 invested. Members praised the program and asked about its expansion. Associate Vice Chancellor Paul Shepard discussed student support funding, including a centralized basic needs resource hub, the Mantra Health mental health platform, and the emergency grant program. He said student surveys showed significant food, housing, and homelessness insecurity, and that the basic needs hub has served over 2,400 students with a 97% positive response rate. He said Mantra provides telecounseling, peer support, self-paced courses, and crisis support, and clarified in response to questions that it is not AI-driven and does not sell student data; general usage data is collected, and follow-up with campus counselors occurs only at the student’s request. He also said the emergency grant program has distributed over $3 million to more than 4,800 students, with grants averaging just under $700, and that campuses use application review and recordkeeping to manage repeat requests. Members asked about counselor staffing, data privacy, and grant safeguards. The final item addressed sexual assault reporting and prevention funding. System staff said the appropriation supports technology infrastructure for statutory reporting, case management for investigations, campus prevention training, and professional development for Title IX coordinators and related staff. They noted that the statutory student training requirement is funded by individual colleges and universities, not by this appropriation. No formal votes were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.

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• Do you think similarly that the test at the end of the CDA course, which is currently only offered in
• I think not just the CDA side of it, but also with our licensing side of it, those in-person tests have
• specialized I think it would transform our field do you think similarly that the the test at the end of the CDA
• I think not just the CDA side of it, but also with our licensing side of it, those in-person tests have

Summary: The Pre-K through 12 Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and focused on School Readiness, specifically the new provider reimbursement rates and the School Readiness Plus program. The chair gave an overview of how School Readiness is funded and administered, noting that the Legislature now sets county-based reimbursement rates using market and cost data, and that School Readiness Plus was created to help families who would otherwise fall off the subsidy “cliff” at 85% of state median income by extending assistance up to 100% of state median income. Panelists from the Children’s Forum, the Association of Early Learning Coalitions, and the Division of Early Learning described the programs as major workforce and family-support tools that help parents stay employed and help providers recruit and retain qualified staff. Testimony emphasized that higher reimbursement rates increase parental choice, help providers cover rising child care costs, and support better staffing and lower turnover. The panel also said School Readiness Plus is easing the pressure on families to turn down raises or promotions for fear of losing child care assistance, though uptake is still early because the program only began in late 2024 and is only available to current School Readiness families at redetermination. The Division of Early Learning reported about 275 children enrolled in School Readiness Plus as of March 10, with expenditures of about $161,420 through January 2025, and said participation is increasing. Members asked about the federal-state funding split, wait lists, reverted funds, coalition accountability, county-based rate differences, and whether the entrance eligibility threshold should be raised or shifted to state median income. The panel said roughly 70% of School Readiness funding is federal, about 4% has typically reverted in recent years, and the wait list is around 12,000 children, with reasons including income ineligibility, lack of available seats, and funding limits. They argued that raising the entrance threshold would expand access but would require additional funding, and they also discussed the need to reduce workforce barriers such as in-person testing and training requirements. The meeting ended with no formal action beyond the presentation and member discussion, and the subcommittee adjourned.