Video & Transcript Research : 'needs-based aid'

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/26/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • we need a few things straightened out. we need a few things straightened out.
  • its characteristics and needs.
  • HF 4161 corrects this by setting the base-year aid at that formula-derived amount so that the standard
  • when they don't necessarily need that. when they don't necessarily need that.
  • he's needed in taxes. he's needed in taxes.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-21

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The base amount compared to the previous base shows a $6,060,000 reduction in transfers.
  • So this reflects the new base amount based on the one-time funds. I appreciate it. You're welcome.
  • We need action, we need change, and we need it now.
  • greatest need.
  • We need physicians. We need to train more physicians.
Bills: HF2312
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/21/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It remains unchanged from the base. Line 125 is for supplemental aid to non-metro colleges.
  • But we also need more than that. We need action. We need change, and we need it now.
  • It's essential to ensuring financial aid reaches the students with the greatest need.
  • It's essential to ensuring financial aid reaches the students with the greatest need.
  • It's essential to ensuring financial aid reaches the students with the greatest need.
Bills: HF2312
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/24/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><00:10:37.120> to,<00:10:37.279> but testifiers if I need to, but testifiers if I need
  • <01:21:19.920> Every costs without direct aid. Every costs without direct aid.
  • schools are included in safety aid schools are included in safety aid funding.<01:21:39.520>
  • We need to close this gap.
  • <01:36:37.520> I a plan that is evidence-based. I a plan that is evidence-based.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Apr 28th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I think we need to have more information, not to go against this, but I need to have more information
  • But I think we need to have more information, not to go against this, but I need to have more information
  • Needs are changing, and our universities need to be a little more nimble as it relates to the pricing
  • Do you need a copy of it?
  • I agree that we need those answers.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10

Higher Education Finance and Policy

ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Apr 7th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So do we really need to remove that as an option, is what I'm kind of questioning? Senator, Mr.
  • Do non-publics need an accountability measure?
  • events that are not held— ...and replace it with: develop a plan for school-based events that are not
  • are not held, or do you think leave— ...for C, develop a plan for school-based athletic events that
  • I need a carrier. Senator Gerhardt. Thank you for volunteering. Senator Gerhardt.
Bills: HB1404
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met with six members present and first took up House Bill 1404, which would update North Dakota scholarship eligibility language by allowing the NDA Plus assessment to be used in place of ACT scores in certain pathways. The Department of Public Instruction explained that the bill does not eliminate the ACT entirely, but removes outdated references tied to ACT accountability testing that will no longer apply after this year’s seniors graduate. Members discussed how the change affects public and nonpublic schools, then voted 6-0 to give HB 1404 a do pass recommendation. The committee then returned to House Bill 1363, a bill dealing with school emergency response planning and automatic external defibrillators. Members adopted an amendment clarifying that the requirements apply to school-owned facilities and grounds, replacing language about school events and venues, and revising the planning language for school-based events not held on school-owned property. The committee also debated whether the bill should be mandatory or permissive; a motion to change “shall” to “may” failed, with members noting the bill’s liability protections. The committee then voted 5-1 to pass HB 1363 as amended, with Senator Gerhardt carrying the bill. Before recessing, the chair noted that House Bill 1533 would be taken up later in the day after additional information from DPI was received.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/4/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's based on the way that the non-public aid works.
  • The aid is simply based on the number of non-public schools that request the aid.
  • The aid is simply based on the number of non-public schools that request the aid.
  • The aid is simply based on the number of non-public schools that request the aid.
  • The aid is simply based on the number of non-public schools that request the aid.
Bills: HF984, HF921, HF922
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/27/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don’t need to eat up the time.
  • First, they say students need ethnic studies because they need to learn all American history, including
  • We need to address academic gaps.
  • We need to address academic gaps.
  • We need to think about what works, what we need to keep, and what we might need to change.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • based on that.
  • equalization aid was was based<00:10:14.920> on<00:10:15.080> that.
  • Our young people need support, and they need tools to protect and improve their mental health.
  • Our young people need support, and they need tools to protect and improve their mental health.
  • understand student mental health needs. understand student mental health needs.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Human Services Mar 18th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sometimes I need to make bank transactions, you know, as a business person, we need to take care of these
  • Not all of those individuals will need to utilize this program, but.
  • Um, they're so everyone's so unique in their needs.
  • Need to feel like and understand that they are collectively responsible for how community-based care
  • so they can receive the specialized care they desperately need.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Not only is Beltrami County limited in its tax base, but we also have disproportionate need for services
  • But we need to uh uh we need with that.
  • Both need to be added for accuracy. Both need to be added for accuracy.
  • It goes without saying that you saw a green-based, DOS-based screen.
  • Do we need to put in everything done. Do we need to put in legislation?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/17/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • She said she would imagine that if she were... uh need to begin paying taxes, sales uh need to begin
  • I'd rather send it to folks that uh need I'd rather send it to folks that uh need the<00:23:47.360
  • stewards of our tax dollars and we need stewards of our tax dollars and we need to<00:31:45.279>
  • Katina Taylor: Yes. school district budgets need to school district budgets need to understand<00:35:
  • We But first, we need to problem.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:18:19.360> aid navigate college and financial aid navigate college and financial aid systems
  • um getting the grants that we might need um getting the grants that we might need each<00:47:01.280
  • that need to be met locally.
  • when they need it.
  • <01:14:30.199> so that they need when they need it so that they need when they need it so
Bills: HF2090, HF982, HF2229
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • they get approved by the United States Department of Education to receive Title IV funds, which is need-based
  • aid.
  • The scholarship is based on students who have need-based aid.
  • some of the eligibility is related to the number who are need-based.
  • Who are need-based.
Bills: HB46, HB379, SB22, HB487, HB273, HB525
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG-WLA, EIG-HOU-WLA, EIG-HOU, EIG Public Hearings 03-19-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • If we really want to support agriculture, we need to preserve land, so there need to be guardrails if
  • But we're going to go against farmland and put a band-aid on what we really need to do.
  • band-aid on what we really need to do. band-aid on what we really need to do.
  • probably need to do something for it. probably need to do something for it.
  • the programs and the ID that they need. the programs and the ID that they need.
Bills: HB1700
Summary: The joint committees heard several housing, land use, and infrastructure bills. HB 6019 HD2 on electric vehicle infrastructure and HB 1728 HD1 on rainwater catchment systems both drew limited testimony and were advanced. For HB 1728, the chairs said they would designate the Department of Health as the regulator and incorporate suggested technical amendments from plumbing and rainwater industry groups. Both measures were reported out with recommendations to pass, with HB 6019 passed unamended and HB 1728 passed with amendments. HB 1844, which would have required the Land Use Commission to reclassify lands designated for urban growth, drew significant opposition from the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Sierra Club, who argued it would bypass land-use review and threaten agricultural land, water planning, and long-term resilience. Grassroot Institute supported the bill, and the Land Use Commission said the bill raised concerns. After discussion, the chairs deferred the measure in one committee and later the recommendation to pass it with amendments was not adopted in the other committee. HB 1990 on penalties and liens for unresolved residential zoning violations was advanced with amendments. The chairs adopted Grassroot Institute’s suggested changes requiring any county sale of such property to be at no less than fair market value and requiring excess proceeds to be returned to the owner. HB 2424, which would allow county planning agencies to petition for temporary reclassification of certain agricultural lands to rural, also drew mixed testimony; the Land Use Commission raised due process concerns, and agriculture interests opposed it. One committee advanced it with amendments, but in the other committee the recommendation failed after members cited lack of county support. The later portion of the hearing began on HB 1738 and HB 1739. HB 1738 would expand county authority to amend district boundaries for housing on parcels over 15 acres; OHA, Sierra Club, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau opposed it, while Grassroot Institute supported it. HB 1739 would require transit-supportive densities in county TOD areas and limit local restrictions; DPP raised concerns about timing, permitting, and conflicts with existing TOD frameworks, while OPSD and Grassroot supported it. The transcript cuts off before final action on these later bills.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG-HHS-HOU, HOU-HHS, HOU DEFER Public Hearings 03-19-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this is really a needed program, and we support the positions that are in this bill for HPHA so that
  • So this is really a needed program, and we support the positions that are in this bill for HPHA so that
  • So this is really a needed program, and we support the positions that are in this bill for HPHA so that
  • So this is really a needed program, and we support the positions that are in this bill for HPHA so that
Bills: HB1700
Summary: The joint committees on Housing and Health and Human Services, along with related committees, heard and later took action on three housing bills. HB 1700 HD1, relating to housing and expedited permitting, received support from disability advocates, including the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities and a self-advocate who said faster permitting would help people with disabilities access more independent living options. The chairs said they would add amendments to ensure expedited permitting would not compromise ADA or Fair Housing Act protections and to require reporting on the number, type, and geographic distribution of projects so the program could be evaluated over time. The measure was recommended and adopted with amendments by the participating committees. HB 1777 HD2, which would require tenant protections for residents displaced by HHFDC-supported redevelopment projects, drew support from HHFDC, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Parents and Children Together, and numerous other organizations. Testimony emphasized the need for a right of first offer, replacement housing payments, relocation information, and tracking procedures to reduce displacement harms, especially for Native Hawaiian and public housing residents. In decision-making, the committees amended the bill to incorporate the Senate companion measure, rename the working group as the tenant protection working group, broaden its duties, and include a $75,000 appropriation for working group expenses. The committees also noted concerns about unequal treatment between tenants in publicly supported projects and private redevelopments, and referenced the KPT low-rise redevelopment as an example where required relocation assistance still did not proceed smoothly. The bill was recommended and adopted with amendments. HB 1975 HD1, relating to kupuna housing, would repeal the sunset on the state rent supplement program for kupuna, appropriate funds to HPHA, and add positions to support the program. HPHA, the Executive Office on Aging, OHA, Catholic Charities Hawaii, AARP Hawaii, Aloha Independent Living Hawaii, and others testified in support, with Catholic Charities describing how the subsidy helped a senior remain housed through major medical issues. The committees later recommended passage with amendments, including a technical correction to the number of positions and a date fix, and the recommendation was adopted.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/25/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it still is, you know, it's still formula based like a lot of our local aids are.
  • And it still is, you know, it's still formula based like a lot of our local aids are.
  • And it still is, you know, it's still formula based like a lot of our local aids are.
  • And it still is, you know, it's still formula based like a lot of our local aids are.
  • It's still formula based like a lot of our local aids are.
Bills: HF4561, HF4343