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• We're going to recommend today taking a $375 million appropriation out of our educational fund.
• Appropriation out of our educational opportunity fund.
• So, I the The budget was a little bit of a challenge with a lot of things going on in the educational
• So then you roll into higher education. Education. Um, not a lot here.
• Both chambers were concerned after we changed the salary matrix for educators.

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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• difference in moving afnr education difference in moving afnr education forward<00:21:23.559>
• in ag education.
• And then those are educational expenses, or that income is educational income.
• organizations and higher development organizations and higher education<01:35:55.040> we've<01

Bills: HF711, HF653

Keywords: agriculture, agricultural education, leadership development, Minnesota Agricultural Education and Leadership Council, MAELC, chapter 41D, grant funding, general fund appropriation, commissioner of agriculture, farm education, youth agriculture programs, ag literacy, workforce development, extension education, research funding, extension services, technology transfer, grant programs, 1183, house

Bills: HR175, HCR81, SB105, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB522

Keywords: TOPS, education funding, workforce development, postsecondary education, Louisiana Works, tech training, declining enrollment, public schools, school districts, Louisiana Department of Education, state superintendent, school closures, budget cuts, teacher layoffs, school consolidation, education policy, enrollment decline, birth rates, migration, private schools

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• > young develop to developing Minnesota's young develop to developing Minnesota's young Workforce
• success the Workforce Development success the Workforce Development programs<00:07:05.840> do
• It's an early morning. partner in developing Minnesota's next partner in developing Minnesota's next
• specifically about how higher education specifically about how higher education will<00:15:22.279
• <01:13:32.120> a risk assessment and then we develop a risk assessment and then we develop

Bills: HF1936, HF849, HF989, HF1130, HF1223, HF1907, HF1847, HF1957

Keywords: workforce development, youth employment, career guidance, education, job skills, Duluth Promise, education funding, career training, employment support, youth apprenticeship, economic development, minority support, internship program, Bloomington, funding, youth mentorship, job training, disadvantaged youth, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Youthprise

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• members, for allowing me to lay out House Bill 1876, the Country Centennial Career and Technical Education
• House Bill 1876 seeks to establish a career and technical education reporting grant program administered
• by the Texas Education Agency.
• They should receive credit for industry-based experience outside of education.
• So I work for the Texas Education Agency. I haven't been in contact with anyone from TRS. Okay.

Bills: HB 1057, HB1876

Keywords: teacher salary, retirement benefits, career education, work experience credit, Texas Education Code, technical training, workforce development, grants, education funding, 1184, house, all

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• The subcommittee on Academic and Career-Oriented Education will come to order.
• It's a bill that recognizes JROTC and LOTC programs as career and technology education options and as
• It aims to build a workforce. workforce pipeline in early childhood education.
• What is a Child Development Associate credential? I mean, what are we talking about there?
• OK, so currently, there's not a definition of a Child Development Associate? There is.

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

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• You will see higher education. I hope you all are going on to higher education.
• You will see higher education. I hope you all are going on to higher education.
• development.
• Let's take that talent that's being developed in our local schools, put them through the college education
• And so very proud of our workforce development programs, we have a fire of our workforce development

Bills: S0720, S1246

Keywords: tuition, resident status, incarceration, education, equal access, nursing shortage, health care, education funding, workforce development, LINE Fund, monetary contributions, nonmonetary contributions

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to consider one bill, a postponed bill, and a slate of trustee confirmations. The committee first took up CS/SB 1246, which expands the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) fund to support health science workforce shortages beyond nursing, including allied health programs. The bill also broadens eligible uses of funds, revises matching requirements and grant criteria, and updates reporting requirements. A strike-all amendment was adopted without objection, and the committee then reported the bill favorably after supportive testimony from Florida State College at Jacksonville, the Florida Hospital Association, the College of Central Florida, and the Florida Chamber of Commerce. Senator Davis also noted a favorable vote on the bill for the record. The committee then temporarily postponed SB 720 at the sponsor’s request. Chair Harrell explained that the bill had been incorporated into a larger committee measure and would likely be heard later in another form. Public witnesses who had come to speak on the bill were not heard because of the postponement. The remainder of the meeting focused on confirmations for trustees at several state colleges, including Chipola College, Tallahassee State College, Pensacola State College, Palm Beach State College, Pasco-Hernando State College, and St. Petersburg College. The appointees emphasized themes of affordability, workforce training, nursing and allied health success, dual enrollment, community partnerships, and local economic development. After hearing from the appointees, the committee approved a block motion to recommend confirmation of all appointees on tabs 2 through 25. The meeting then adjourned.

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• The subcommittee on Academic and Career-Oriented Education will come to order.
• Teachers and students pursuing career and technology education (CTE) certifications in Texas.
• It can apply to the Commissioner of Education for reimbursement.
• In addition, the Education Code is amended to reflect these broader reimbursement rights.

Bills: HB 1061, HB2800

Keywords: education, teacher certification, cost subsidies, public school funding, career and technology education, reimbursement, subsidy, education funding, student subsidies, cost reimbursements, public school finance, public school, examination fees, apprenticeship, workforce development, career education, high school students, technical education, employment, 1184

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• Without these certain "liberal arts" classes, my education and my peers' education will suffer.
• post higher education.
• They want students to further develop critical thinking skills, to be educated voters, and to be engaged
• It's bad for higher education.
• in higher education.

Bills: SB 37

Keywords: fetal development, education, public health curriculum, middle school, age-appropriate instruction

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• kind of now in a post-COVID era and during the interim, I, I heard concerns from leaders in higher education
• this attendance, SB 724 requires that each member of a governing board of an institution of higher education
• Which passed unanimously out of the Education Committee and passed out of the Senate with bipartisan
• aims to prevent espionage and intellectual property theft at Texas public institutions of higher education
• Granting rulemaking authority to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt rules necessary

Bills: SB 37

Keywords: fetal development, education, public health curriculum, middle school, age-appropriate instruction

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• The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development will now come to order

Bills: S0214, S0694, S1266

Keywords: special districts, funding, financial assistance, rural community, state agency, economic development, compensation, wrongful conviction, civil rights, historic injustice, reparation, cybersecurity, internships, workforce development, education, economic growth

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum present and considered three bills. First, SB 214 by Senator McLean, a rural access bill for special districts, was amended to allow independent special districts in rural areas to receive certain state and federal financial assistance payments directly for verified work rather than relying on reimbursement. Testimony in support came from representatives of water and sewer entities and the Florida Association of Special Districts. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 214 favorably. Next, the committee took up CS/SB 1266 by Senator Collada on cybersecurity internships and workforce readiness. The bill was amended to create a cybersecurity experiential learning opportunity and clearance readiness program within the Department of Commerce, working with Cyber Florida at USF. A proposed amendment to the amendment was withdrawn by Senator Bernard. With no opposition noted, the committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 1266 favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 694 by Senator Bracey Davis, which provides compensation to the descendants of the Groveland Four—Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepard, and Ernest Thomas—for wrongful convictions and related harms. The bill was presented as a justice and redress measure, with supportive testimony from Delatry Hollinger and comments from Senator Smith and the chair praising the effort. The committee reported CS/SB 694 favorably, and then adjourned without further business.

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• The Committee on Higher Education will come to order. The clerk will call the roll.
• Coordinating Board regarding health physics education in this state.
• Development is coming along.
• First, it enhances reporting requirements of the Education Code.
• Code than the other public higher education institutions.

Bills: SB800, SB1534, SB2055, SB2310, SB2431, SB2786, SB3039, SB1242

Keywords: sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, higher education, student safety, orientation policies, health physics, workforce development, nuclear energy, radiological safety, scholarship, education, Texas Leadership Scholars Program, student funding, transparency, degree requirements, certificate programs, student transfer, foreign language

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• This was a 72-unit development.
• We have ours that we've developed over the years, and the other agencies have what they've developed
• If the developers are out there and we've developed capacity over the years to get to where we are now
• Rules were developed, the policies were developed, and the application was then opened up by September
• To get developers in there, to actually attract the developers.

Bills: SB48, SB64, SB100

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• You know, one of my major swim lanes is economic development.
• Voting yes on the Special Education Act will provide all stakeholders with support of all special education
• Chairman, the Office of Special Education would be doing this.
• We have an office of special education. Because I think Mr.
• Special education is part, but it's a very important part of our education system, and it's also very

Bills: SB48, SB64, SB100

Keywords: State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance, special education, office of special education, deputy secretary, public education department, IEP

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• It is an education without barriers.
• Educational need.
• We talk a lot in this building about education and workforce development.
• Ninety percent of the brain develops by the age of five, and young children are developing a million
• Since we do come from a background of child development and education, we tend to see the differences

Bills: HB 117, HB2196, HB2689, HCR64, HB117

Keywords: early childhood education, task force, governance, Texas Education Agency, child care, education policy, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance, education technology, remote learning, education legislation, workforce development, adult education, high school diploma, industry certification, pilot program, gifted education, education support

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• So those are going to be key investments in education, economic development, workforce training types
• So New Mexico is really good at research and development.
• You'll see a lot of economic development related appropriations towards that.
• But You need to have an educated and much more highly educated workforce, everything from trades to PhD
• In one version, we're creating economic development. In another, we're destroying it.

Bills: HB2, SB48, SB64, SB100

Keywords: general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, State Fairgrounds District, fairgrounds bonds, public financing, bond authorization, gross receipts tax, gaming tax, tax-backed bonds, infrastructure funding, Albuquerque fairgrounds, State Fair Tid, economic development, municipal bonds, revenue pledge, capital projects, New Mexico finance

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• As a professor of human sexuality and development, I know firsthand how vital educator autonomy is.
• education in Texas.
• When we hire faculty and develop curriculum, that’s how higher education works best.
• than those who are educators or experts in their field in education.
• They want students to further develop critical thinking skills, to be educated voters, and to be engaged

Bills: SB 37

Keywords: fetal development, education, public health curriculum, middle school, age-appropriate instruction, 1184, house, all

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• One of TEAS's core strengths lies in its ability to deliver high-quality, hands-on, professional education
• Education to prepare Texas for success in these rapidly growing sectors.
• strength by amending the labor code to add TEAS to the list of eligible entities for the Skills Development
• You know, it stands to reason that, the way cancers and other serious diseases develop, you're not...
• Being a parent is a full-time job on top of education and a career. ...but these hard-working families

Bills: HB1654, HB1691, HB2545, HB2652, HB3799, HB4144, HB5008

Keywords: peace officers, firefighters, employment protection, worker's compensation, job security, maximum medical improvement, government employment, firefighter cancer benefits, emergency medical technicians, compensation claims, cancer exposures, firefighting hazards, workforce training, rural development, grant program, job-specific training, Texas Workforce Commission, child care, single-parent, subsidized

Bills: SB 913, SB 1086, SB 1087, SB 1143, SB 1534, SB 1553, SB 1718, SB 1754, SB 2004, SB 2322, SB 2448

Keywords: hotel occupancy tax, municipal revenue, tax code, local government funding, Texas legislation, county taxation, economic development, hotel industry, local government, counties, taxation, tourism, workforce development, youth programs, employment, education, technical training, health physics, higher education, nuclear energy

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• So we support access to quality and affordable child care as part of our commitment. ...education and
• of today while developing the workforce of tomorrow.
• Workforce development is one of the most important investments we can make in the future of our young
• get on an education or career pathway.
• Requiring local workforce development boards to develop strategies with clear goals, objectives, and

Bills: HB669, HB 1306, HB3173, HB3807

Keywords: healthcare, Medicare, insurance, financial assistance, families, wage theft, employers, penalties, Texas Workforce Commission, employee rights, employer database, worker rights, death investigation, emergency services, medical benefits, exposure claims, public safety, workforce development, TWC, youth workforce