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• We did have to amend this language because there are some students that are on only two math and two

Bills: HB298, HB342, HB332, HB344

Keywords: athletic classification, public high schools, English language learners, state education policy, athletic associations, religious instruction, elective credit, released time, public education, school policy, educational intervention, State Superintendent, local boards of education, subpoena, accountability, state control, 1136, house, all

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• , in addition to any language other than English.
• English as a second language, but I would... yield to...
• into programs to help them get their English language skills, right?
• So in the home, they may speak another language other than English.
• in a language other than English.

Bills: HB295, HB824, HB1579, HB1581, HB2189, HB295

Keywords: bullying, antisemitism, school policies, school discipline, education, education policy, Texas Education Code, hate speech, student rights, civics education, high school curriculum, government, voting process, elected officials, Texas Seal of Biliteracy, biliteracy, bilingual education, multilingual, language proficiency, high school diploma

Bills: SB211, SB305, SB300, SB211, SB305, SB300

Keywords: school safety, local law enforcement, superintendent, complaints, school bus regulations, education funding, RAISE Act, student outcomes, public schools, local education agencies, accountability, weighted allocations, special education, English language learners, gifted students, tax exemption, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, business incentives, economic impact

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• The bill also includes language that would allow respiratory therapists to practice under the direction
• background<00:07:03.599> checks,<00:07:04.160> fingerprinting, The bill also includes language
• you'd like. >> The Medical Association of Alabama is seeking the amendment that would take out the language

Bills: HB299, HB533, HB299, HB533

Keywords: court costs, Choctaw County, jail funding, municipal court, criminal proceedings, education funding, student outcomes, K-12 education, RAISE Act, accountability, special education, English language learners, local education agency, respiratory therapy, respiratory therapist, respiratory care, licensure, licensing board, advanced practice provider, nurse practitioner

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• We also added $700,000 for the Woolly Institute for Spoken Language Education.
• separate code section to exempt the Health Care Sciences Foundation from state taxes and use the language

Bills: SB113, SB114, SB305, SB111, HB600, SB112, SB150, SB109, SB122

Keywords: education funding, appropriations, local education boards, school safety, workforce development, Alabama, technology, higher education, career technology centers, public institutions, grants, local education agencies, RAISE Act, student outcomes, public schools, accountability, weighted allocations, special education, English language learners, gifted students

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• We had the four buckets that the members were interested in, those being poverty, English language learners
• , to the Poverty, English language learners to the financing.
• And I want some language in there saying that is the time that people be considered.
• So, you'll find that with the EL component, the English language learners, and the gifted, there is a

Bills: SB305, SB109, SB122, SB111, SB114, SB113, SB150, SB112, SB289, SB303

Keywords: education funding, RAISE Act, student outcomes, public schools, local education agencies, accountability, weighted allocations, special education, English language learners, gifted students, Tuskegee University, Alabama Education Trust Fund, appropriation, agricultural research, Southern Preparatory Academy, fiscal responsibility, financial reporting, Education Savings Accounts, RAISE Fund, CHOOSE Act Fund

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• was the answer of it for myself and it was the answer of it for myself and it was about diversity language
• and all of about diversity language and all of about diversity language and all of that, but now understanding
• It was my understanding there were attempts to change the language in were attempts to change the language
• in were attempts to change the language in this tax.

Bills: HB258, HB324, HB333, SB270, HB258, HB324, HB333, SB270

Keywords: primary election, election calendar, off-presidential year, May primary, second Tuesday in May, fourth Tuesday in May, runoff primary, special primary, presidential primary, election administration, candidate filing, ballot access, political parties, county election officials, state election law, Alabama elections, sheriffs, term of office, Alabama law, local government

Bills: SCR173, SCR78, SCR114, SCR162, SCR48, SCR160, SCR87, SCR28, SCR74, SCR20, SCR32, SCR55, SCR69

Keywords: ticket scalping, task force, consumer protection, event accessibility, local economy, menstrual health, menstrual cycle, period education, period poverty, menstrual products, menstrual dignity, health education, sexual health curriculum, DOE, Department of Education, public schools, school health, reproductive health, puberty education, hygiene education

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• The House Education Committee inserted biliteracy for English language learners and students in bilingual
• Language programs to the overall literacy bill. These were amendments that I gladly accepted.
• It adds language to confirm that our charter schools are indeed also public schools and it adds a pathway
• able to know this or not, or whether you recall, but your Medical Malpractice Act also included new language
• It also clarifies some statutory language for our soil and water conservation districts.

Bills: SB273, SB37, SB100

Keywords: SB273, appropriations, general fund, hold harmless, local government finance, municipal revenue, county revenue, correctional facility, jail contract, private prison, detention facility, immigration detention, revenue bonds, clawback, child welfare, juvenile justice, protective services, school improvement, New MexiCare, aging services

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• That's just telling you where this language is found.
• I'd like to direct your attention to one bit of language.
• And then as far as the Opportunity Scholarship language, within the... ...Opportunity Scholarship language
• Chair, Representative Pettigrew, on the 500 category language, that language is just mainly providing
• language.

Bills: SB37, SB29

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach

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• So we're right now in that dramatic English. Five in five years.
• So we're right now in that dramatic English. five in five years.
• On page 11, we're looking at some reauthorizations in bar language.
• And then we're seeking some bar language authority that we used to have.
• That $508,000 was within our state lab because we had the inability to obtain that bar language.

Bills: SB37, SB29

Keywords: high-quality literacy instruction, science of reading, structured literacy, reading instruction, literacy assessment, dyslexia screening, phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, biliteracy, English language learner, ELL, bilingual education, dual language program, reading intervention, reading difficulty, reading improvement plan, literacy coach

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• It includes literacy instruction for English learners, such as bilingual and dual-language instructional
• models that help develop literacy in both English and the students' home language.
• language learner students.
• And this bill acknowledges that this is for New Mexico's bilingual or English language learner students
• learner students to ensure literacy instruction is inclusive, And English learner students to ensure

Bills: SB29, SB37

Keywords: SB29, math requirements for teaching license, teacher licensure, teacher endorsement, mathematics methods, elementary education, secondary education, special education, early childhood education, reciprocity, Public Education Department, Mathematics and Science Education Act, mathematics instructional leadership framework, professional learning plan, K-3 screening, mathematics screening assessment, mathematics difficulty, support plan, multilevel support, intervention

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• education methods with a focus on dual language immersion programs.
• If our kids can speak two languages, it strengthens all of us for them to be bilingual.
• Members, I'm laying out this new substitute language for Senator Nichols on his behalf.
• That's what we're trying to do with this language. I applaud what you're trying to do.
• I do think we need to tighten the language up.

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

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• I understand you have some substitutions. language to explain for the benefit of the committee.
• We really appreciate all of your testimony, just keep your language.
• And by the time it got to the police, do I need to alter my language on what they said?
• So that language is there in that. And that might be helpful. Thank you very much.
• I do think we need to tighten the language up.

Bills: SB604, SB843, SB1636, SB2395, SB571, SB1224, SB1832, SB2392, SB747, SB2623, SB2624, SB2185

Keywords: bonds, education funding, Texas Permanent School Fund, financial transparency, speculative rating, school funding, deferred maintenance, tax revenue, education budget, school districts, education, finance, Texas Education Code, misconduct, child abuse, educators, investigation, criminal offense, education law, suspension

Bills: HCR122

Keywords: Olelo Hawaii, micro-credentials, Hawaiian language, Niihau dialect, language revitalization, 912, senate, all

Summary: The joint Senate Committee on Education and Committee on Hawaiian Affairs first took up HCR 122, which requests the University of Hawaii to allow an ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi E Pathway under the Niʻihau dialect. Testimony was generally supportive, and the chair noted agreement with the House author to mirror amendments already made in the Senate version, including technical, non-substantive changes and a micro-credential reference. Both committees voted to pass HCR 122 with amendments. The committee then heard HCR 181, affirming the legislative intent of HRS 302A-1116 regarding the Department of Education’s authority to create temporary positions. DOE Superintendent Keith Hayashi testified that the department follows statutory requirements and consults with the Attorney General, while several members expressed concern that the department’s interpretation could allow repeated annual renewals and undermine the budget process. Members discussed the need to make the bill more explicit that temporary positions may not exceed one year. The committee ultimately adopted the proposed SD1 and passed HCR 181 with amendments. The committee also considered HCR 42 on recognizing cheerleading as a title sport, HCR 53 on a UH associate degree completion audit, HCR 110 on refining campus roles within the UH system, HCR 111 on clarifying UH system and campus responsibilities, and HCR 118 HD1 on strengthening menstrual health education and adopting a comprehensive menstrual cycle curriculum. HCR 42 and HCR 53 were passed with technical/non-substantive amendments, HCR 110 and HCR 111 were passed unamended, and HCR 118 HD1 was passed with amendments reflecting the Senate version. Testimony on HCR 118 strongly supported standardized menstrual health education, with speakers emphasizing student demand and existing school infrastructure.

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• We are going to have language that I will talk to as many of the education committee members as I can
• So that's why I came up with the language that I did. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr.
• And so I think you would have to deconflict the statutes if there is language.
• My student has deleted it,' you think that would suffice under the current language.
• I did not put in the current language that it had to be tangible or written.

Bills: HB1937, HB2210, HB2398, HB3021, HB3129, HB3312, HB3557, HB4358

Keywords: HB1937, Oklahoma schools, student communications, electronic communication, digital communication, parent notification, legal guardian, school personnel, teachers, coaches, administrators, charter schools, public schools, administrative leave, corroborated report, investigation, employee file, discipline, termination, school board

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• <00:02:55.120> language centered around the English language centered around the English language
• And I English language proficiency.
• > the English language proficiency using the English language proficiency using the established
• And so, we worked um, English language.
• asking<00:09:58.160> them English language that you're asking them English language that

Bills: HB0032

Keywords: English proficiency, commercial drivers, vehicle operation, traffic safety, penalties, 916, all

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• that expands availability to numerous people. language target that you only get language target that
• It seems to me this current language.
• So, the new language will be stricken.
• Association to come up with language Association to come up with language that<00:37:30.400>
• The amount language will be stricken.

Bills: HB0032

Keywords: English proficiency, commercial drivers, vehicle operation, traffic safety, penalties, 916, all

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• I promise, my students were super excited to actually see a play that was in their language. actually
• But anyway, in terms of House Bill 3460, in the 86th session, we added language that...
• Dual-language programming has countless benefits.
• Technology, intel, military, and economy— all of those have a language.
• What this bill does is create more opportunities for more Texans to learn a second language.

Bills: HB178, HB178, HB1551, HB1939, HB2040, HB2354, HB2674, HB3029, HB3460, HB3631, HB3662, HB5201, HB5381

Keywords: efficiency audit, political subdivision, tax rate, fiscal management, government accountability, Texas education, public schools, curriculum, social studies, high school graduation requirements, State Board of Education, Education Code, ethnic studies, world history, world geography, U.S. history, government, economics, personal financial literacy, free enterprise

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• Members, the committee substitute for House Bill 3627 removes language considering a person employed
• It simply means the student has taken certain language courses. Other than English classes.
• In addition, Language other than English.
• . electronic means or physical conduct that satisfies the language in the remainder of the statute.
• I think there's a way that you can work out language. I'm happy to be a part of that conversation.

Bills: HB178, HB1551, HB1939, HB2040, HB2354, HB2674, HB3029, HB3460, HB3631, HB3662, HB5201, HB5381, HB178

Keywords: Texas education, public schools, curriculum, social studies, high school graduation requirements, State Board of Education, Education Code, ethnic studies, world history, world geography, U.S. history, government, economics, personal financial literacy, free enterprise, religious literature, Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament, New Testament, ninth grade