Video & Transcript Research : 'back-to-school'
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- when they're going back to school.
- when they're going back to school.
- when they're going back to school.
- when they're going back to school.
- when they're going back to school.
Keywords:
school supplies, sales tax exemption, use tax, sales and use tax, back-to-school, classroom supplies, education tax relief, tax holiday, retail exemption, Minnesota sales tax, school materials, binders, calculators, notebooks, pencils, backpacks, book bags, local tax revenue, taxable sales base, income tax
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education (3-25-26) Upon Adjournment of House
Primary and Secondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- He said Senate Bill 1 tries to look at the governance of the school board.
- He said Senate Bill 1 tries to look at the governance of the school board.
- He said sometimes we need to make sure that we realize it’s difficult in schools, and in some school
- He said sometimes we need to make sure that we realize it’s difficult in schools, and in some school
- He said sometimes we need to make sure that we realize it’s difficult in schools, and in some school
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Make America Healthy Again Kentucky Task Force (10-15-25) - reupload
Transcript Highlights:
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and and get us back to be excellent and and and get us back to be excellent - I'm wanting to sell it to the school. I'm wanting to sell it to the school.
- <01:08:48.400>
of back to the previous conversation of back to the previous conversation of - preschool all the way up to high school. preschool all the way up to high school.
- we hope that you take back to uh um the we hope that you take back to uh um the mothership<01:30:54.320
Keywords:
This meeting was pulled from back ups and uploaded in it's entirety due to technical issues., 958, all
Summary:
The Make America Healthy Kentucky Task Force met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then heard a presentation on the state’s “food is medicine” work from Kentucky Hospital Association and Kentucky Department of Agriculture leaders, including Jim Muser, Holly Harris, and Commissioner Jonathan Shell. The chair framed the discussion around personal wellness, injury prevention, and the broader goal of improving health through better sleep, nutrition, and activity, then asked the presenters to describe current initiatives and any policy changes needed.
The witnesses described a partnership linking hospitals and Kentucky farmers to improve health outcomes while supporting rural agriculture. They said the effort has moved beyond the pilot stage and now includes more than 40 hospitals statewide, with programs such as healthier hospital cafeterias, grab-and-go options, farmers markets at hospital sites, subsidized CSA boxes for employees, and medically tailored meals or groceries for patients with chronic conditions. ARH was highlighted as a leading model, with local food procurement, employee wellness efforts, and measurable outcome pilots, including a Russell County Hospital project focused on diabetes, heart disease, and obesity.
They also emphasized barriers to scaling the model, including fragmented short-term funding, lack of reimbursement for food-as-medicine programs, and burdensome procurement and testing requirements that can make it difficult for small farmers to participate. The presenters said hospitals are using their own funds or temporary grants to sustain programs and argued that policy changes are needed to simplify sourcing, expand reimbursement pathways, and support clinical measurement of outcomes. No votes or formal actions beyond approving the minutes were taken during the portion provided.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 35 (2-26-26) - Reupload
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to yield back to the gentleman from like to yield back to the gentleman from Todd<00:36:14.320>
816 - to yield back to the gentleman I want to yield back to the gentleman from<00:38:14.400>
Todd <00 - to get their kids to school every day.
- And to get right back to far behind.
- money back to coal counties severance money back to coal counties alone?
Keywords:
Several minutes after the convene vote and before the introduction failed to properly steam.
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Summary:
The House convened with 97 members present, declared a quorum, approved excusing absent members, and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The journal for February 25, 2026 was approved. The clerk also reported that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 98 and 122 and requested concurrence. The House then received second-reading reports on a range of bills, including measures on prison educational programs, respiratory care, dietitians, wildlife depredation, temporary structures, military families, civil rights, local boards of education, light pollution, controlled-substance prescribing licenses, youth health services, class sizes for exceptional children, the athletic trainer compact, limited commercial driver’s licenses, and Senate Bill 145 relating to the Department of Agriculture and Alcohol Beverage Control.
Committee reports moved several bills forward, including the main budget bills House Bill 500 and House Bill 504, along with measures on workforce investment, data centers, domestic violence, guardians ad litem, domestic relations, health delivery and “food is medicine” initiatives, state personnel, open records, and fish and wildlife resources. House Bill 500 and House Bill 504 were taken from the Rules Committee and placed on the orders of the day. House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill, was then taken up for third reading and explanation.
Members presented extensive floor explanations of House Bill 500 and House Committee Substitute 1, describing it as a “good first draft” of the executive budget. Supporters said the proposal emphasizes restrained spending growth, base reductions with exemptions for key areas, employee salary increments, and deposits to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future one-time investments. They highlighted funding for K-12 education, postsecondary aid and workforce training, Medicaid and behavioral health, public health infrastructure, pensions, veterans, public safety, economic development, tourism, and state technology and facility maintenance. The budget substitute was adopted by voice vote, and the discussion continued with detailed descriptions of the bill’s provisions; no final passage vote was shown in the excerpt.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- He and I wrote the initial piece to add school supplies to the list.
- As a parent of two school-aged children, I know how excited and, at times, stressful back-to-school shopping
- As it gets closer to the 1st of August, my children's school supplies will be available to them.
- This doesn't leave much time to find necessary items before back-to-school night.
- With three days until back-to-school night, the family left with less than half of the items on their
Keywords:
taxing unit, bond database, local government, transparency, civil penalty, education reform, funding allocation, school infrastructure, teacher recruitment, student achievement, tax exemption, water conservation, graywater systems, rainwater harvesting, ad valorem taxation, county commissioners, HB 1587, Texas sales tax holiday, back-to-school tax holiday, clothing tax exemption
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (7-9-24) - Reupload
LA
Keywords:
sanctioned sports, athletics, youth sports, high school, LHSAA, self-defense, chemical spray, public safety, campus security, higher education, Teacher's Shield Act, student discipline, assault, battery, school employee protection, sick leave, expulsion procedures, Louisiana Commission on Civic Education, civic education, civic engagement
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- As we get to those, I'm going to give you as much time as you need to rebuttal or whatever there is to
- to... ...you're trying to give a health care option to people.
- Well, ...to have to do that under the law.
- You want to have that flexibility to give them that option, but then to take the notice out to these.
- We're now back to the bill with several amendments. Representative Shyrie.
Keywords:
emergency vehicles, off-road vehicles, public safety, liability, regulations, background check, criminal history, biometric identifiers, fingerprints, iris scan, palm print, photograph, rap back, NGI Rap Back, ALEA, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, AJIC, Alabama Justice Information Commission, employment screening, licensing
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Jan 29th, 2026 at 02:36 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- And it also reaches back. The FIR reaches back further than the bill would allow to reach back.
- For many immigrant families like mine, driving is essential to get to work, take our children to school
- How is this going to get us back to that common source that we accept as real?
- contribute to New Mexico to return those tax dollars back after 20 years of service.
- Our last bill of the night, **Senator Pope** [ID: member_14239], we have back-to-school tax holiday price
Keywords:
tax credits, municipality, county property, industrial revenue bonds, economic development, qualified expenditures, solar energy, tax credit, renewable energy, photovoltaic, solar thermal, New Mexico, economic incentive, energy independence, SB40, Driver Privacy and Safety Act, automated license plate reader, ALPR, license plate reader, vehicle surveillance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- to tell our schools to obey the law, to tell our schools to obey the law, both<00:03:23.120>
- So functionally we have no funding mechanism to harden a school to have a school resource officer, to
- So functionally we have no funding mechanism to harden a school to have a school resource officer, to
- to harden a school uh funding mechanism to harden a school to<01:07:19.039>
have <01:07:19.119 - 07:20.640>
to to have a school resource officer to to have a school resource officer to really
Keywords:
immigration status, undocumented students, immigrant rights, K-12 education, public school enrollment, Plyler v. Doe, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, law enforcement access, ICE, immigration enforcement, civil lawsuit, private right of action, injunctive relief, mandamus, student records, directory information, parental engagement, equal access to education
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm going to have a question.
- able to get it.
- And I'm going to say, you know, I'm going to say, I don't know how much.
- So, you know, we're going to be able to ask me, so we know what I'm going to ask me.
- And we're going to be able to be able to the first.
Keywords:
youth residential facilities, abuse prevention, law enforcement, video surveillance, civil penalties, record keeping, child rights, background check, criminal history, biometric identifiers, fingerprints, iris scan, palm print, photograph, rap back, NGI Rap Back, ALEA, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, AJIC, Alabama Justice Information Commission
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You are going to vote right now whether to give back pay to our great attorney. general after he was
- They're just going to be doing it in high school. going to operate at the high school or at the university
- On that fifth day, you would probably go back to your high school to continue. pleading the rest of the
- Didn't allow discretion to our school districts, to teachers and educators. to crack down on this.
- That even the school is willing to deal with.
Bills:
HB 120, HB20, HB150, HB6, HB 100, HB 124, HB210, HB215, HB1393, HB1587, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB142, HB451, HB39, HB 102, HB 126, HB290, HB300, HB2143, HJR2, HB147, HJR6, HB 120, HB20, HB150, HB6, HB 100, HB 124, HB210, HB215, HB1393, HB1587, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB142, HB451, SB1
Keywords:
career readiness, education reform, workforce training, public schools, financial aid, applied sciences, career education, high school diploma, certificate program, work-based learning, job placement, high-growth jobs, technical training, cybersecurity, state command, information resources, data protection, incident response, mental health, telehealth
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- leave their homes for groceries, or if they'll ever come back to school again.
- have to do is go to school and to our have to do is go to school and to our educators<01:26:32.080><
- to go to school.
- to go to school.
- to go to school.
Keywords:
school access, school site, school district, charter school, federal agents, DHS, Department of Homeland Security, ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, USCIS, immigration enforcement, judicial warrant, student privacy, school safety, sanctuary schools, warrant requirement, federal warrant, school grounds
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Commission (2-2-26) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- I need for Miss Whites and Representative Gber and Robert to step up to the table.
- Appearing to be none.
- Appearing<00:02:14.160>
to Appearing to Appearing to be<00:02:15.520>none. - We'll get back to you about the date for the next meeting.
- Uh motion to adjurnn. Uh motion to adjurnn.
Summary:
The commission reconvened in open session and announced it had reached a settlement that would avoid a full adjudicatory hearing. Counsel for Representative Gber waived the hearing and agreed to the settlement, and enforcement counsel recommended acceptance. The commission then voted unanimously to accept the agreed settlement.
The matter proceeded to an ethics charge involving a proposed finding of probable cause, an agreed order, and a public reprimand. Representative Gber was sworn in and confirmed that he had seen and agreed to the proposed order, waived the adjudicatory hearing, agreed to the findings of violations and penalties in the agreed order, and waived his right to appeal. The commission accepted the agreement and stated that the matter before it was concluded.
After the settlement, the chair noted that pending motions related to the case were dismissed and thanked the witnesses for attending, even though they did not have to testify. The chair and Representative Gber each made brief remarks about the long and difficult process, the complexity of the case, and the hope that it would serve as a learning experience. The commission said signed copies of the agreed order and public reprimand would be available, and then moved to adjourn.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Education (11-4-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, we may have to come back to the minutes. Do we have a quorum? schools.
- We don't to come back to the minutes.
schools collaborative effort to keep our schools collaborative effort to keep our schools safe- <01:57:28.560>
and <01:57:28.880>work go back to a school district and work go back - through the co-op in an effort to get them back into the school district at a later date.
Keywords:
Call to Order and Roll Call – 0:00:04
Approval of Minutes – 0:03:57
United Way of Southern Kentucky –0:04:30
Preschool Education – 0:36:46
School Safety Updates – 1:01:41
Kentucky Association of School Superintendents – 1:41:47
Educational Cooperatives – 1:55:18
Adjournment – 2:07:37, 958, all
Summary:
The committee opened its sixth meeting of the 2025 Interim Joint Committee on Education, confirmed a quorum, recorded attendance votes, and approved the minutes. Chair Lewis reminded presenters to keep remarks brief because of the full agenda and limited time. The first presentation was from United Way of Southern Kentucky, with Anne Puckett, Craig Browning, and Warren County Schools Superintendent Rob Clayton introducing a regional early childhood initiative.
The presenters argued that kindergarten readiness and early childhood support are critical to later academic and life outcomes. They cited research and statistics about brain development in the first five years, the effects of unprepared kindergarten entry, and links between low literacy, school discipline, dropout rates, and incarceration. They said their region’s readiness scores fell during COVID and after a tornado, and that the most effective response was in-home parent education to help families support children from birth to age five. They described the model as voluntary, community-based, and not requiring new buildings, and said similar programs have been successful in Missouri.
The group said it had already raised more than $1 million in private donations and committed three years of funding for four additional staff, expanding service in Allen, Logan, and Warren counties. They requested $600,000 per year for the next two-year budget cycle to add 12 more educators, serve about 360 families and 660 additional children, and build evidence for a possible statewide model. Members generally expressed support for the concept, with Representative Tipton and Representative Jackson discussing a prior home-based preschool pilot and the importance of starting early. Representative Calloway questioned whether increased family chaos and government involvement justified the approach; presenters responded that the program uses community educators, not a government-run organization, and is aimed at helping overwhelmed families. Representative Stalker asked about eligibility and early intervention, and presenters said the program serves children from birth to age five and can help identify needs early enough to connect families with services such as First Steps.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Commission (9-9-25) Part 2 - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- attention to this matter. attention to this matter.
- want to do.
- want to do.
- want to do.
- We want to... I'm going to make sure it's just like... I always try to do.
Summary:
The meeting began with a procedural motion to have the record reflect that the Government Contracts Review Committee had met earlier that morning, that the chairman had attended in person, and that the committee approved a retroactive contract for enforcement counsel in the case under consideration. The motion was seconded, clarified to include any future ratification or approval if needed, and then approved unanimously. The commission then took up a motion to deny a motion to dismiss in matters 24 LEC3 and 24 LEC6; after clarifying that it was denying the motion made on August 18 and not considering a new filing, the motion passed unanimously.
Staff then reported that the commission office was busy with required forms and that the budget remained in good standing and within parameters. The commission approved the financial report by motion. It was also noted that informal advisory opinions issued since the last meeting were included in the materials for review, with any questions to be handled in closed session if needed.
The chairman updated members on the search for a new executive director, saying Denita would serve as acting executive director in the interim. He reported that several strong applications had been received, that a committee was reviewing and ranking candidates, and that the formal application period had closed on August 15. Members were told they could forward recommendations to the personnel committee, but that the full commission would make the final hiring decision. In new business, a member offered a remembrance of Representative Jeff Greer, and the commission observed a moment of silence in his honor before adjourning.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- allows dual credit courses to be offered in high school.
- In 2022, they were finally able to get the support of a researcher from UTHealth Houston School of Public
- go home on her lunch break, which is not paid, and then come back to finish her shift.
- make it, even going to make it to the shade or to the water.
- Thank you to you all for giving us the opportunity to talk to you. The Chair calls Aloyda Cantu.
Keywords:
heat illness prevention, workplace safety, Texas Workforce Commission, advisory board, employee rights, administrative penalties, training requirements, employee training, occupational health, employer penalties, worker rights, heat illness, volunteer firefighter, volunteer emergency responder, emergency medical services volunteer, EMS volunteer, firefighter, fire department, emergency services, declared disaster
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Transportation (8-18-25) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- back to the um about 4 cents if you go back to the um June<00:09:18.080>
the <00:09:18.240> - Um, and I have to go all the way back to the year 2000 to really describe why we do what we do.
- Um, and it I have to go all the way back Um, and it I have to go all the way back to<00:25:44.000
- c> a<00:52:04.160>
15-year know, caught back up to a 15-year know, caught back up to a 15- - back to the page SDF airfield 180 million.
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Summary:
The committee received an update from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on the FY 2025 road fund. Officials reported road fund revenues came in $38.5 million above the enacted estimate, but were down about $11 million from FY 2024, largely because a motor fuels tax rate reduction took effect at the start of FY 2025. Motor vehicle usage tax receipts were stronger than expected, and the cabinet said the road fund ended the year with a $61.6 million surplus, which the budget bill directs to state highway construction. Members also discussed how the motor fuels decline affects formula distributions to cities, counties, and rural/secondary roads, with officials saying about $122.8 million had been planned for revenue sharing but was not distributed because receipts were lower than forecast.
Members asked about broader revenue trends, including fuel efficiency, electric vehicles, and the removal of a hybrid fee. Cabinet officials said improved fuel efficiency and CAFE standards reduce gasoline consumption and therefore fuel tax receipts, while EVs and plug-in hybrids are subject to a user fee. They also said toll revenues from the Louisville bridges are covering bills and commitments, though they did not have detailed figures at hand. On project delivery, officials said delays are often caused by right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, and the large volume of projects in the highway plan, and that much of the work happens behind the scenes before construction begins.
The committee also reviewed the cabinet’s cash management approach, which was adopted after 2000 to avoid setting aside full project costs all at once and to keep the road fund cash balance above a required minimum. Officials said the balance typically rises in winter and falls in summer as project bills come due, and that the current balance was about $166 million. They also reported that project awards for the year were nearing $998 million and expected to exceed last year’s total. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken beyond approving the prior meeting minutes.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- So, I just want to let you know that. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- Uh, any objection to the previous amendment? Any objection to the previous roll? All right.
- Uh, and this is to say that they are atomic veterans. Question? Yep.
- Any objection to using the previous roll? ...objection to using the previous roll? Hearing none.
- We're adjourned to the next one. On to the next. Rolling in. Yes, sir. Okay. Otherwise, I think so.
Keywords:
emergency vehicles, off-road vehicles, public safety, liability, regulations, foreign nationals, voter identification, driver licenses, immigration documentation, Alabama election law, law enforcement, retirement benefits, Alabama Peace Officers, agency-issued badge, agency-issued pistol, criminal enterprise, database, data privacy, criminal justice, background check
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- and then I went to a year of graduate school for special ed.
- and then I went to a year of graduate school for special ed.
- and then I went to a year of graduate school for special ed.
- Uh, charter schools, innovation, and school safety—these are areas that I think we can continue to work
- Uh, charter schools, innovation, and school safety—these are areas that I think we can continue to work
Keywords:
interchange, bond issuance, transportation, infrastructure funding, Sherburne County, paraprofessional, paraprofessional qualifications, education support staff, teacher aide, teacher assistant, special education, Title I, federal personnel qualifications, Minnesota Department of Education, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Read Act, reading instruction, math instruction