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LA
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- Line three says no education agency shall knowingly contract with an education service provider or a
- that contracts with or sells goods and services or technology directly to an education agency.
- So Florida did legislation on education providers, but then they did, through their education agency,
- an education agency... ...or has a contract that is suspended pursuant to this part is entitled to avail
- And that is done through a district-level or local education agency opt-in process where they are signing
Keywords:
grading scale, education reform, students, public schools, academic policy, special education, due process, local education agency, burden of proof, IEP, education law, data sharing, student information, privacy, education, LA FIRST, foreign adversaries, terrorism, contracting, school funding
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 11th, 2026
Education Policy
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- And a part of what I'm concerned about as an educator is how do we educate our young people so that the
- </c> hey get an education hey get an education get<00:03:59.200><c> a</c><00:03:59.360><c> job</c><00
- </c><00:05:17.759><c> our</c> as an educator is how do we educate our as an educator is how do we educate
- ><c> or</c><00:08:50.080><c> local</c> so only churches or local so only churches or local community-based
- </c> local control over schedules and policy. local control over schedules and policy.
Keywords:
sales tax exemption, Consumer Price Index, local government, clothing, school supplies, emergency preparedness, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, APA, administrative law, judicial review, agency deference, Chevron deference, de novo review, contested case, state agency, regulatory power, individual liberty, statutory interpretation, rule interpretation, license revocation
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Ways and Means Education
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- Representative Brown, you're educating us on a lot of things this session, so we look forward to your
- They can set it up locally through the regional EMS council.
- If you do not go to the college, what qualifications do those individuals locally?
- regional set it up locally through the regional EMS<00:12:41.200><c> council.
- </c> individuals locally? individuals locally?
Keywords:
illegal alien, enhanced sentencing, criminal offenses, minor victims, felonies, Alabama legislature, HB116, Alabama Sunset Law, sunset bill, sunset review, Alabama Professional Bail Bonding Board, bail bonding, bail bonds, bail bond industry, professional bail bondsman, licensing board, state agency continuation, agency reauthorization, regulatory board, criminal justice
TX
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- The program for school district local accountability plans and actions challenging Texas Education Agency
- It also requires legislative updates from the Texas Education Agency on test development and the validity
- Similar to House Bill 4, This bill sets a deadline for the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to publish the
- Texas Education Agency testifying on the bill, is that correct? Yes, sir.
- And I'll show you right here's Mike Morath, a commissioner of the Texas Education Agency. the Education
Bills:
HB8
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So Good Reason Houston is an organization that focuses exclusively on public education. education and
- reviewing the local assessment grant.
- This proposal limits parent and educator input.
- HB 8 helps educators and families.
- accountability plans and actions challenging Texas education and agency decisions related to public
Bills:
HB8
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
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- accountability plans and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school
- OK, then I show you registered as Mike Marra, Commissioner of Education, Texas Education Agency, testifying
- And I show you registered as Mike Marra, a commissioner of the Texas Education Agency testifying on the
- commissioner of Texas Education Education Agency testifying on the bill. Is that correct?
- As long as educators, parents, and local leaders continue to have a seat at the table during implementation
Bills:
HB8
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
Summary:
The House Committee on Public Education met to hear House Bill 8, which would replace STAAR with a new assessment and accountability system beginning in the 2027-28 school year. The chair described the bill as reducing testing time, limiting benchmark tests, adding beginning-, middle-, and end-of-year assessments, requiring faster score turnaround, involving Texas teachers in test development, and tightening accountability timelines and transparency rules. Members also discussed provisions on A-F ratings, cut scores, CCMR, local accountability plans, and TEA reporting requirements.
Committee members and invited witnesses split sharply on the bill’s approach. Supporters, including the chair, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, and Ed Trust’s Nicholas Munyon Penny, argued the bill would reduce high-stakes pressure, provide quicker and more actionable data, limit over-testing, and better align assessments to Texas standards while preserving criterion-referenced accountability. They said the new system would help teachers and parents intervene sooner and would improve transparency, including parent access to student responses and automatic rescoring in some writing cases.
Opponents, including Rep. Hinojosa and student witness Ella Moran, argued the bill still increases testing and replaces one high-stakes test with multiple TEA-created tests. Moran testified that STAAR creates anxiety, disrupts instruction, and does not reflect real learning, while Hinojosa said the House had previously passed a better bill based on a nationally norm-referenced model and criticized the new proposal as a concession to the Senate. Questions also focused on AI scoring of writing, rescoring rates, and whether the bill’s new accountability rules would be reliable and fair. The committee did not take a final vote during the portion provided, but the chair said a vote on HB 8 would be called after public testimony later in the day.
TX
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- And a lot of professional, uh, field that require this continuing education. And what you propose.
- Recognizing the need for a formal organization to provide educational programs for county officials,
- to these local decision makers as they work to improve the lives of Texans.
- This legislative session we all value education and you guys are going to spend a lot of time talking
- about education, mainly about the education of kids, but I am here today to talk about the education
Keywords:
HB 148, Texas Education Code, Texas Education Agency, TEA, artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, automated scoring, constructed response, open-ended answers, student assessments, state testing, standardized tests, public schools, education policy, assessment instruments, school accountability, test scoring, 2026-2027 school year, ad valorem tax
TX
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- Okay, the Senate Committee on Local Government will come to order.
- Local rural communities. That's absolutely correct. Right?
- And we can educate people around tax rates as much as we educate them around appraisals.
- I urge all of you to listen to your local...
- agency is given the option to introduce to fund that bill.
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, tax rate calculation, Tax Code, local government finance, municipality, county, special taxing unit, sales and use tax, property tax cap, tax rollback, tax levy, maintenance and operations, debt rate, disaster relief rate, Texas Legislature, local taxing unit, school assessment
TX
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- Only when the president, governor, or local officials declare a disaster.
- Of the Career and Technical Education as well. Thank you, well done. Yeah, thank you.
- And now we need local government firefighters supporting the state and other local fire departments,
- never out of that local government's protection if they were to get injured in the line of duty.
- We've seen an alarming trend of local protections being stripped.
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
AL
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
TX
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- What we've noticed in the last couple of years is a little bit of confusion in the state agencies, and
- The state agency is then...
- The members who want to come to Texas have to contact that agency in North Carolina, get a letter of
- The agency to provide that.
- The questions at the agency level of, is it federal or is it state? I don't believe so.
Keywords:
military education, early registration, ROTC, corps of cadets, higher education, military academy, scholarship, military, Texas Armed Services, military spouses, occupational licensing, state agency, license requirements, reciprocity, training and education, debt obligation, voter information, ballot, elections, transparency
LA
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- million... ...items already included in the budget are $420 million in funding for early childhood education
- to aid in their additional... ...give those additional dollars to the local school districts to aid
- "And then I see a lot of higher education money increases, I guess you'd say.
- So with these amendments, we will remain at a standstill budget as was presented by the executive agency
- She knows how important education is and how transformative it is to society and to these young people
Keywords:
state budget, appropriations, education funding, public health, social services, government operations, state institutions, budget, funding, state general fund, local government, fiscal year, economic development, state treasury, emergency response, education, voting technology, sustainability, revenue sharing, fund distribution
TX
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- We are going to have to make a couple of amendments since we've had this discussion and back in education
- We've updated special education assessment language to provide alternative assistance to students with
- And then the bill also requires that the agency provide you what if ratings, which basically shows you
- If I could just take 30 seconds to thank, uh, the Chairman of Education, Brandon Creighton, and also
- Vice Chairman Campbell, who I see in the back and the other members of the Education Committee.
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 15th, 2025
Health & Human Services
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- The agency operates four clinics in South Texas and one mobile health unit.
- In short, this is specifically affecting our special education kids, right?
- Just in terms of the relationship with the Texas Education Agency.
- Obviously, HHSC is not an education organization.
- It also requires the agency to include its economic benefit in its yearly reports, and the agency already
Keywords:
pharmacist, vaccine administration, COVID-19, exclusive authority, healthcare, Medicaid, provider enrollment, credentialing, administrative burden, Texas Health and Human Services, senior retirement communities, emergency response, residential safety, contract provisions, health and safety regulations, medical staff privileges, hospital administration, healthcare regulation, Texas Health and Safety Code, consistency in privileges
TX
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- The Senate Committee on Education K-16 will come to order. The clerk will call the roll. Campbell.
- We will not send that to the local non-contested. Thank you members.
- House Bill 322 be recommended for the local and uncontested. Is there any objection?
- in public institutions of higher education.
- At 9:45 in the education room, E1.6.028, again at 9:45 in the morning.
Keywords:
JET Grant Program, career education, technical education, community colleges, technology solutions, high demand jobs, student athletes, name image likeness, compensation, intercollegiate athletics, representation, fentanyl prevention, drug poisoning awareness, higher education, mental health resources, substance abuse education, student policy, communication devices, school regulations, disciplinary measures
WA
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- The State Board of Education, the Washington Professional Educator Standards Board, the Financial Education
- The State Board of Education, the Washington Professional Educator Standards Board, and the Financial
- to do is to help train our educators to be able to effectively teach financial education skills and
- , because the four agencies, to our agencies, because the four agencies that are identified in this legislation
- agencies.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Press Conference: Testing & Accountability Aug 25th, 2025 at 09:08 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Hello, my name is Farrah, and I'm here today as a student who has lived throughout my life. our education
- Education should finally reflect that. Thank you. Thank you, Farah.
- At the end of the day, it's certainly not the students of the state who benefit from this education.
- bills before the Public Education Committee.
- Agency, which is never a good thing.
Keywords:
House Bill 8, standardized testing, student testimony, education policy, mental health, parent concerns, Texas Education Agency
Summary:
The committee meeting focused on the impacts of House Bill 8, which proposes increasing the frequency of state testing for students in Texas. During the meeting, various testimonies were provided by students, highlighting their concerns about the negative effects of standardized testing on their educational experience. Students expressed that the pressure of multiple assessments causes significant stress and detracts from the joy of learning. Some lawmakers voiced their opposition to the bill, emphasizing the need for a thorough review and consideration of alternative evaluation methods that prioritize student well-being over testing metrics.
TX
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- The legislature has updated the special education assessment language to provide alternative assistance
- , and strengthens indicators of... ...that there are indicators that don't provide educational quality
- And we've covered the military readiness in the first special session. and education in here.
- If I could just take 30 seconds to thank the Chairman of Education, Brandon Creighton, and also Vice
- Mack and the other members of the Education Committee for all the years of work on the prior versions
Keywords:
HB 8, Texas public school accountability, school accountability, public school transparency, STAAR, state assessments, instructionally supportive assessment program, Student Success Tool, Texas Education Agency, TEA, accountability ratings, A-F ratings, through-year assessment, benchmark testing, norm-referenced assessment, college career military readiness, CCMR, local accountability plan, school district performance, campus turnaround
TX
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- And now, when education is a.
- SB 451 strengthens the role of the State Board of Education in safeguarding educational quality.
- So this body, the work of this body, the State Board of Education. education.
- We've even asked the agency.
- Each public agency must ensure that the child's IEP is accessible to each regular education teacher,
Keywords:
instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools
TX
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- This could decrease local control and professional teacher agency over instructional design for our youngest
- Through this pathway we partner with local ISDs to recruit promising aspiring educators and then to provide
- Students and educators.
- There's no local.
- Each public agency must ensure that the child's IEP is accessible to each regular education teacher,
Keywords:
instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools