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• identity software, the ghost student identity software, the ghost student issue<00:07:55.480>
• And so, I think, frankly, this is just an opportunity for those students, the students at St.
• and moderate income students. Thank you. and moderate income students. Thank you.
• students. Thank you. students. Thank you. Thank<01:39:10.719> you.
• those students are going to be impacted. those students are going to be impacted.

Bills: HF4252

Keywords: higher education, student aid, financial aid, grant programs, scholarships, Office of Higher Education, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, community college, technical college, postsecondary institution, college affordability, student fees, athletic facilities, competitive athletics, developmental education, remedial courses, pregnant students, parenting students, priority registration

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• Section 4 on page 27 deals with protections for pregnant and parenting students.
• Negative parental contributions and student contributions are being treated as zero.
• I want to give a shout out to the Student Parent Support Initiative program.
• Investing in student parents is actually a two-generation solution.
• Today, one in five students in Minnesota is also a parent. Most are women.

Bills: HF2312

Keywords: higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct

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• Line 39 is the student parent support initiative.
• Line 39 is the student parent bianiums.
• <00:30:27.279> parent delayed repealer for the student parent delayed repealer for the student
• This extends the parenting students.
• And today, one in five students in Minnesota is also a parent.

Bills: HF2312

Keywords: higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct

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• student?
• And because they found out who the parenting students are, they were able to get family-friendly spaces
• But I'm considering the student that only has a single parent because you become underneath the same
• It makes it harder on the student and on the parent.
• Yes, so any way we can support students, whether it's dual parents or single parents, any way we can

Bills: SB132, SM16, SM17

Keywords: SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation

Bills: HF2431

Keywords: higher education, college affordability, student aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, financial aid, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, tuition relief, work-study, child care grants, hunger-free campus, food insecurity, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct, Title IX

Bills: HF2431

Keywords: higher education, college affordability, student aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, financial aid, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, tuition relief, work-study, child care grants, hunger-free campus, food insecurity, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct, Title IX

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• And obviously there's many exceptions to the rule; parents and administrators and students communicating
• National studies find that nearly all students use... ...National studies find that nearly all students
• I had a lot of parents who would battle me as a teacher when I would tell the students they had to put
• therein, sometimes referred to as the McKinney-Vento students. ...students and vulnerable students therein
• I was a former foster parent.

Bills: SB23, SB73, SB210, SB234, SB243, SB244, SM16

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention

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• be a one-to-one teacher-student ratio.
• We cannot be certain that those students are indeed rural students that we are giving that rurality factor
• If those students are indeed rural students, to be given credit for their rural attendance.
• If you have a student, could you introduce a student today?
• Representative Lara, is your student still here? Did you have a student, Representative Lara?

Bills: SB23, SB73, SB210, SB234, SB243, SB244, SM16

Keywords: student use, wireless devices, public schools, policy implementation, education technology funding, driver education, driver's ed, driving school, motorcycle safety, traffic safety, vulnerable road users, pedestrian safety, bicycle safety, cyclist, bike lane, micromobility, scooter, moped, motorcycle training, DWI prevention

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• Chair, that UNM and Santa Fe Community College have already asked students if there are any parenting
• We know parenting students are more likely to leave college before they receive a degree, and we must
• Data identifying both who parenting students are and what barriers they are facing in higher education
• address those issues and better support our parenting students.
• I think on page 3, line 16, where you add a representative from the New Mexico Student Parent Alliance

Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8

Keywords: foster children, school transportation, education funding, public education, child welfare, New Mexico Highlands University, soccer field, women's sports, infrastructure improvement, funding allocation, student athletes, appropriation, New Mexico State University, nutrition, travel support, funding, education, university support, financial assistance, parenting students

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• Page 10, line 25: this was a good catch, ensuring that parents will receive written reports on the students
• So if you have that trigger, you know, teachers are contacting parents about the progress of their students
• parents on the status of their students.
• But if I make a targeted, I pull up my Google Voice, I pull up my students' parents' cell phone numbers
• students, all of our students, while honoring New Mexico's students, our bilingual students, all of

Bills: SB234, SB210, SB243, SB244, SM16, HB8

Keywords: foster children, school transportation, education funding, public education, child welfare, New Mexico Highlands University, soccer field, women's sports, infrastructure improvement, funding allocation, student athletes, appropriation, New Mexico State University, nutrition, travel support, funding, education, university support, financial assistance, parenting students

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• designed to address parenting disputes. designed to address parenting disputes.
• So, should a parent consultant handle uh a suggestion to the parenting the parents and they disagree
• <00:47:46.400> disagree parenting the parents and they disagree parenting the parents and
• are stuck in a parental parents who are stuck in a parental consultant<00:48:20.079> that<00:48
• So should a parent consultant handle a suggestion to the parenting parents and they disagree with it,

Bills: HF3560, HF3295, HF2937, HF3540

Keywords: electronic signatures, estate planning, uniform law, legal documents, Minnesota statutes, open meeting law, transparency, public engagement, social media, government accountability, parenting consultant, parenting time, custody, family court, family law, neutral third party, alternative dispute resolution, child custody, visitation, parenting coordinator

Bills: SB35

Keywords: child custody, criminal offense, law enforcement, penal code, parenting

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• <00:07:55.840> in students, like every student in students, like every student in Minnesota
• <00:26:21.679> are students feel safe, that students are students feel safe, that students
• And it's hard to understand, I think, for many, how infuriating it is for students, teachers, and parents
• You all may recall, um, there was the passage of protections for pregnant and parenting students, which
• <00:38:23.040> student fraud, strengthening our student student fraud, strengthening our student

Bills: HF4362, HF4252, HF4440

Keywords: firearms, guns, gun rights, gun control, campus safety, public college, university, postsecondary institution, higher education, visitor carry, concealed carry, open carry, campus policy, Minnesota Statutes 624.714, petty misdemeanor, parking lot carry, firearm possession, public safety, college campus, student carry

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• parenting time or legal decision-making if that parent has been awarded less than 35%. ...to award parenting
• time or legal decision-making if that parent has been awarded less than 35% parenting time or no legal
• or a co-parent.
• may have a majority of time, or that both parents are entitled to 50-50 co-parenting time.
• Instead, we have parents who spend... ...and parenting time.

Bills: SB1285, SB1289, SB1326, SB1328, SB1329, SB1330, SB1392, SB1402, SB1425, SCR1013, SCR1014

Keywords: sentencing, correctional facilities, multiple sentences, death penalty, aggravating circumstances, juvenile offenses, class 2 felony, foreign donations, election administration, certification, Arizona Revised Statutes, transparency, public disclosure, victims' rights, attorney fees, government accountability, right to counsel, legal representation, parents' rights, family law

Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then took up several election, family court, and criminal justice bills. SB 1425, the “big bill,” would move Arizona’s 2026 primary election date earlier and adjust related election administration timelines; the chair’s amendment moved the primary to July 21 and removed the shortened curing/ID deadlines. County officials testified in support, explaining the timing changes and the need to align dates, and the committee adopted the amendment and gave the bill a do-pass recommendation. SB 1289, dealing with certifications for entities providing money or resources for election administration and foreign funding disclosures, also received a do-pass recommendation after testimony from supporters arguing it would block foreign influence in election administration and ballot issue spending. The committee later heard SCR 1013, a related resolution that would more directly prohibit foreign-source money for election administration and ballot measures; the sponsor and supporters said it was similar to SB 1289 but broader, and testimony focused on foreign money flowing through nonprofit networks. The committee then considered SB 1326, which would allow courts to award attorney fees and costs to victims when a party violates or worsens a victim’s rights. A victim’s attorney testified that the bill would provide needed accountability and guidance, while opponents argued the term “exacerbates” was vague and that existing remedies already exist. The committee approved SB 1326 on a 4-3 vote. SB 1402, requiring courts to impose a fee on certain probationers to cover electronic monitoring costs, drew support from the sponsor and advocates who said offenders should pay for monitoring, and opposition from defense attorneys who warned it could burden indigent probationers and divert money from treatment; it also received a 4-3 do-pass recommendation. The most extensive debate was on SB 1330, which would allow a parent in certain custody cases to request a jury trial on parenting time or legal decision-making. Supporters, including several parents, described costly and traumatic family court experiences and argued a jury would provide a neutral check on judges and court-appointed professionals. County and court representatives opposed the bill, saying family cases require specialized judicial expertise, jury trials would delay urgent matters, increase costs, and risk confidentiality. Despite those concerns, the committee adopted the bill on a 4-3 vote. The committee also approved SB 1328, which declares state policy favoring parental rights and a child’s equal access to both co-parents, after adopting an amendment adding legislative intent language. Finally, SB 1329, which would let parents sue court-appointed professionals who deviate from professional ethics or standards in custody matters, passed 4-3 after testimony from parents and advocates who said court appointees lack accountability, while opponents said existing malpractice and licensing remedies already address misconduct.

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• Students aged 13 to 21 without a high school degree are eligible for concurrent enrollment.
• It allows an institution to charge a security fee to a student or student organization, but it prohibits
• So then it would be for all first-year students, transfer students, as well as all faculty, is that correct
• But again, we are relying on graduate Level instructors teaching our least experienced students.
• So this could Be a way to catch some of those students in those local programs. Thank you.

Bills: SB1477, SB1480, SB1593, SB1633, SB1670, SB1725, SB1726, SB1735, SB1632

Keywords: education, concurrent enrollment, students, age restrictions, academic access, apprenticeship, career education, youth programs, employment, technology centers, SB1593, OSU Tulsa, Oklahoma State University/Tulsa, Board of Trustees, higher education, university governance, A&M Board, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges, presidential search, board rules

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• Shared parenting deescalates backlog. Shared parenting deescalates the<00:37:31.839> war.
• parents.
• Uh please pass shared parenting parents.
• two parents.
• better off being raised by two parents. better off being raised by two parents.

Bills: SF0099, SF0116, SJ0006

Keywords: easement, electricity delivery, public utility, prescriptive easement, landowner rights, surface water, drainage utilities, municipality, elections, environmental management, shared parenting, family law, joint custody, child well-being, parental rights, 916, all

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• Students.
• I am a special education assistant, which is a paraprofessional, as well as a parent of a student who
• We are a K-8 school serving 350 students. students. 97% of our students are students of color.
• Many of our students are first and second-generation immigrants whose parents are sacrificing enormously
• , students with disabilities, and students in rural areas.

Bills: HF1388

Keywords: BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching

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• The students are responsible for the travel; the parents are responsible for all the travel.
• What Senator King is trying to do is to ensure that for those parents and those students who want to
• So, they will go into a school district that wants them, where parents or students have said, we want
• students.
• That is more than what some of these students can afford. Parents make a year. It would be $41,226.

Bills: SB1798, SB1835, SB1319, SB2942, SB2928, SB784, SB1049

Keywords: higher education, tuition rates, financial support, immigration status, Texas law, SB 1835, resident tuition, nonresident students, scholarship students, public higher education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Education Code Section 54.213, tuition waiver, in-state tuition, out-of-state students, higher education finance, enrollment cap, capacity limit, workforce development area, nonimmigrant visa

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• Um, I am a special education assistant, which is a para, um, as well as a parent of a student who received
• Our student population is students.
• We are a K-8 school serving 315 students. 97% of our students are students of color.
• Many of our students are first- and second-generation immigrants whose parents are sacrificing enormously
• Over 90% students are students of color.

Bills: HF1388

Keywords: BARR Center, Building Assets, Reducing Risks, education finance, school funding, grant appropriation, evidence-based program, student achievement, social and emotional learning, school climate, teacher effectiveness, high school graduation, students in poverty, students of color, BIPOC, equity in education, Minnesota Department of Education, urban schools, suburban schools, rural schools, school coaching

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• The cornerstone, it provides flexible community driven parent directed support for native students in
• Within my school district, there are 1,900 Indian students out of 25,754 total students enrolled in Edmond
• Public schools that serve Native American students and all students impacted by federal lands face significant
• And when we did an evaluation of those students at the end of the year, we found that Native students
• The students and parents are going to be affected with this change.

Keywords: Native education, Department of Education, federal funding, testimony, treaty obligations, public schools, educational policies, Indigenous students

Summary: The meeting focused on the responsibilities of the U.S. Department of Education towards Native students, highlighting the importance of federal education programs that satisfy treaty obligations to Native communities. Various witnesses testified about the impact of educational policies designed to support Native students who primarily attend public schools. Concerns were voiced over recent proposals that could potentially undermine these programs, citing the role of federal funding in ensuring successful educational outcomes for Native youth. The chair of the committee emphasized the need for continued federal support and attention to the unique educational challenges faced by Indigenous populations.