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• So that's your very high-level summary. So that's your very high-level summary.
• We talk about quality of life.
• high field.
• The high school equivalency tests—who requires them?
• lot of great gains in literacy.

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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• The quality model, as you pointed out, is also based on volume.
• Again, that matches the demographics and the needs that let you get to being able to build high-quality
• And then on your high level, ...from the general fund from FY25.
• Page 3 gives you a very high-level look at the exact recommendation.
• They focus on large-group didactic instruction. There's hands-on practice with models.

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 this is the High-Quality Literacy Instruction Act.
• This bill focuses on what works: evidence-based literacy instruction, high-quality instructional materials
• Excel and Ed in Action supports the High Quality Literacy Instruction Act because it represents a comprehensive
• We're just getting better at focusing now on structured literacy, high-quality materials.
• Chair, and Senator Pope, the high-quality instructional materials is for core instructional materials

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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• barrier to student learning: a non-evidence-based method of instruction called three queuing. ...instruction
• faculty within the high school who have the credentials to teach that class.
• Every time I go into my high school, I'm asking, "Are you in dual enrollment?"
• . ...what high school they go to.
• schools. ... ...enrollment to share with high schools all across their region.

Bills: HB9, HB102, HB9

Keywords: three-cueing system, reading instruction, K-12 education, structured literacy, scientific strategies, dual enrollment, high school, community college, university, educational access, high school credit, 1136, house, all

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• Language programs to the overall literacy bill. These were amendments that I gladly accepted.
• The jury instruction on this case.
• try to figure out what that jury instruction might be.
• So the public high schools this year.
• So at this point, there are fees as high as 124.

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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• This bill would also require high schools to provide reasonable accommodations for those activities.
• Um, I just kind of go back to when I joined; I was 17 in high school.
• No smartphones before high school. No booing, please.
• You can have a flip phone but not a smartphone before high school.
• What we're talking about is for the instructional day for the...

Bills: SB92, HB9, HB9

Keywords: K-12 education, wireless communication devices, digital safety, social media education, classroom distraction, three-cueing system, reading instruction, structured literacy, scientific strategies, 1136, house, all

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• every student receives high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction.
• every student receives high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction.
• every student receives high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction.
• every student receives high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction.
• every student receives high-quality, evidence-based literacy instruction.

Bills: HF3421

Keywords: early literacy, reading instruction, teacher preparation, teacher candidates, teacher licensure, educator licensing, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, field experience, supervised practicum, evidence-based reading, science of reading, literacy methods, teacher training, preservice teachers, school-based experience, reading intervention, Minnesota education policy, 1183, house

Bills: SB1432, SB1338, SB1437, SB1812

Keywords: teacher certification, pilot program, education, state board, alternative pathways, education grants, competitive grants, revolving fund, State Department of Education, State Board of Education, Strong Readers Act, literacy instruction, reading intervention, dyslexia, science of reading, structured literacy, multisensory instruction, school districts, public education funding, education innovation

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• The bill also encourages high school computer science courses that include AI to provide instruction
• Instruction that addresses both capabilities and limitations helps reduce Instruction that addresses
• Without these structures, institutions will struggle to guarantee high-quality instruction across campuses
• Institutions will struggle to guarantee high-quality instruction across campuses.
• people who worked for me in my Miami office attended FIU, so I can guarantee you that FIU turns out high-quality

Bills: S1694

Keywords: technology education, digital literacy, artificial intelligence, computer science, high school graduation

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met with a quorum present and first took up CS for SB 1694, which would require technology-integrated postsecondary general education core courses to include digital literacy and competency instruction, including use of artificial intelligence tools, and encourage high school computer science courses with AI content to teach how AI systems use data, their benefits and limitations, and responsible use in academic and personal contexts. The bill drew support from several speakers who emphasized the need for students to understand AI’s capabilities, limitations, ethics, and risks, while one speaker raised concerns about overreliance on AI and the loss of skills. Senator Davis said the bill was a good step toward preparing the future workforce and suggested earlier instruction might be worth considering later. The bill was reported favorably, and Senator Leek asked to be recorded in the affirmative. The committee then heard a long series of confirmation presentations for trustees at multiple Florida colleges and universities, including Tallahassee State College, USF, UNF, Palm Beach State College, the College of the Florida Keys, Hillsborough College, Miami-Dade College, Florida A&M University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida International University, New College of Florida, Florida Polytechnic University, and the University of Florida. The appointees generally emphasized student success, workforce alignment, fiscal responsibility, access and affordability, and institutional growth; several members and senators offered supportive comments, with some asking about specific issues such as Tallahassee State’s NCLEX passage rates and the need for continued improvement. One appointee’s attendance was delayed or skipped for later consideration, but the committee ultimately took a block vote and reported the confirmations favorably to the Ethics and Elections Committee. Finally, Chair Harrell gave a brief overview of the higher education budget, describing a total of $11.9 billion and highlighting increases for workforce education, Florida College System operating funds, workforce development capitalization, the Rural Incentive for Professional Educators program, the USF Center for Nursing, preeminent research universities, UCF’s community school grant program, UF’s Lassinger Center on Learning, the Florida Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment, and campus security through a postsecondary guardian program. Senator Davis asked about a transfer related to the workforce development capitalization and incentive grant fund, and the chair explained it was a transfer of an existing program with new funds being added. There was no public comment on the budget, and the meeting adjourned after Senator Leek requested to be recorded in the affirmative on SB 1694.

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• Senate Bill 1338 just makes permanent the literacy teams. Be happy to answer any questions.
• My only question is does it add more literacy coaches or it just takes away the pilot aspect of the program

Bills: SB843, SB1410, SB1317, SB1338

Keywords: school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, SB1410, Oklahoma agriculture, Ag in the Classroom, agricultural education, K-12 curriculum, teacher incentives, rural schools, urban schools, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, State Department of Education, OSU Cooperative Extension Service, classroom grants, farm education, ag literacy, school outreach

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• MDE developed MAPES to identify high-quality authorizing practices and to promote excellence in authorizer
• the fulfillment of commissioner-approved authorizer applications and authorizing plans, promoting high-quality
• All districts and charters are required to put state standards into place so that students receive high-quality
• place uh so that students receive high place uh so that students receive high quality<00:24:27.600
• :24:29.279> then quality content and instruction and then quality content and instruction and

Bills: HF3487, HF3421

Keywords: anonymous reporting, school safety, education, crisis intervention, threat reporting, early literacy, reading instruction, teacher preparation, teacher candidates, teacher licensure, educator licensing, Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, PELSB, field experience, supervised practicum, evidence-based reading, science of reading, literacy methods, teacher training, preservice teachers

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• You should be enrolled in both high school and college at the same time, hence the name concurrent.
• And so we are limiting it to the original intent of the program, which is high school students.
• Limiting it to the original intent of the program, which is high school students.
• Senate Bill 1630 allows high schools to create a virtual day for ninth, tenth, and twelfth graders that

Bills: SB710, SB843, SB1317, SB1338, SB1410, SB1477, SB1489, SB1593, SB1614, SB1630, SB1632, SB1633, SB1670, SB1726, SB1734, SB1725, SB1735, SB1894, SB1975, SB346, SB2045

Keywords: teacher preparation, teacher education, teacher shortage, teacher workforce, educator pipeline, alternative certification, apprenticeship, residency program, paraprofessional pathway, high school to teacher pathway, nontraditional teacher candidates, Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability, TeachForwardOK, higher education, public school districts, workforce development, grant program, technical assistance provider, mastery-based assessment, emergency clause

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• The high school computer science course provision does not require such courses to include instruction
• The high school computer science course provision does not require such courses to include instruction
• school side of it with regards to the ethical use of artificial intelligence. ...on the high school
• It would just be greater optionality of where you can take a course as a high school student.
• "Course as a high school. Okay. Follow up, Mr. Chair.

Bills: S7038, S1694

Keywords: education, Florida College System, tuition waivers, vocational rehabilitation, state universities, accreditation, public safety, technology education, digital literacy, artificial intelligence, computer science, high school graduation

Summary: The Committee on Education Postsecondary heard and approved CS/SB 1694, which would revise general education core standards at public postsecondary institutions to incorporate technology-related instruction. The adopted amendment shifted the bill away from creating a sixth core course and instead required technology integration within existing core courses to include digital literacy, AI tool application, and related instruction in areas such as software engineering, networks, databases, and cybersecurity as applicable. For high school computer science courses, the amendment added guidance on critical evaluation of AI results, AI limitations, and ethical use of AI. The committee adopted the amendment and then voted the bill favorably. The committee also took up confirmation appointments on tabs 1 through 2 and, on one motion, recommended confirmation of all appointees favorably. In addition, it considered SPB 7038 on postsecondary education and workforce development, which addresses tuition and fee policies, consumer protections, career and technical education, student acceleration, and institutional operations. Members asked about dual enrollment expansion, CIE licensure exemptions, and the removal of the Classic Learning Test as a fee-waiver qualifier; staff said the dual enrollment change was intended to expand student options without necessarily increasing enrollment, the CLT removal was an error to be corrected, and a Florida Dental Association representative raised concern about preserving the long-standing exemption for dental assisting programs. The committee moved SPB 7038 as a committee bill and reported it favorably.

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• Strong literacy instruction matters at this time.
• Strong literacy instruction matters at this time.
• Strong literacy instruction matters at this time.
• about it at the high school level. about it at the high school level.
• No. off of a high the high school off of a high the high school experience,<00:23:45.360> yes,

Bills: SF0014, SF0053

Keywords: literacy, education, reading assessment, intervention program, public school funding, department of education, amateur status, high school athletics, student eligibility, sports regulation, monetary compensation, 916, all

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• And what is your literacy program.
• our special ed department at the high our special ed department at the high school,<00:58:17.200
• side. instruction for teachers. instruction for teachers.
• for high school students at all high for high school students at all high school<01:41:30.800>
• Um, I would say our high at today.

Bills: SF0059, SF0053

Keywords: language proficiency, literacy education, reading interventions, dyslexia support, Montessori methods, individualized reading plans, amateur status, high school athletics, student eligibility, sports regulation, monetary compensation, 916, all

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• It started off with high schools and worked its way to middle school. ...and then went down into even
• Prior to that, I spent 19 years as a high school principal at Hopeville High School, Wumpa High School
• , and Pratt High School.
• This bill also must be narrowed in scope to instructional material only.
• This bill must be narrowed in scope to instructional material only.

Bills: HB332, HB166, SB336, HB447, HB244

Keywords: computer science, K-12 education, public schools, graduation requirement, digital literacy, coding, programming, STEM, artificial intelligence, AI, computational thinking, technology education, computer literacy, high school credit, middle school, elementary school, teacher training, professional development, distance learning, virtual school

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• It started off as mandatory for our high schools, then for our junior highs, and then to our elementary
• and high school.
• , and at the high school level.
• , but because they value instructional time.
• We need more instruction time.

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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• Senate Bill 1998 will certainly help out smaller towns qualify for what is called quality events incentives
• we're doing with this bill is we're adding in a couple of things to allow smaller towns to define quality
• Senate Bill 1338 Removes the provision for what you all probably have heard of as the Heroes Literacy
• Instructional Team at the state department.
• receive calls from the philanthropic community who have offered to fund this effort, and there's a very high

Bills: SB1189, SB1295, SB1297, SB1330, SB1333, SB1338, SB1341, SB1344, SB1355, SB1377, SB1378, SB1546, SB1859, SB1946, SB1990, SB1998

Keywords: school security, funding, public schools, security enhancements, resource officers, domestic violence, fatality review, revolving fund, database, public safety, Oklahoma, census accuracy, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, federal census, grassroots outreach, marketing campaign, water infrastructure, Oklahoma Water Resources Board, grants, environmental compliance

Bills: HB28, HB50, HB196, HB268, HB271, HB285, HB316, HB649, HB807

Keywords: teacher certification, certification appeals, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Teacher Certification Appeals Council, educator licensure, teaching license, teacher licensure, appeals process, certification denial, administrative appeal, special meeting, board president, retroactive application, education board, Louisiana teachers, Department of Education, statutory entities, re-creation, termination date

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• They also noticed, obviously, more in-depth instructional time and more academic engagement.
• The bill would also require students to receive instructions on the risks and benefits of social media
• I got about 80 of them—89 or 90 of them counting all the small schools in elementary, middle, and high
• They're instructed when they arrive on campus to turn the cell phones off and pouch it before they even

Bills: SB92, HB9, HB9

Keywords: K-12 education, wireless communication devices, digital safety, social media education, classroom distraction, three-cueing system, reading instruction, structured literacy, scientific strategies, elder abuse, elder exploitation, financial exploitation, elderly person, senior abuse, probate, inheritance forfeiture, slayer statute, intestate succession, will contest, joint tenancy