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• So, I guess I the safe schools revenue.
• All kids are safe. All kids should feel safe when they go to school.
• Uh, we support uh extending safe schools revenue or safety aid for public charter schools.
• to have safe schools funding for able to have safe schools funding for generations<01:15:04.960>
• schools are included in safety aid schools are included in safety aid funding.<01:21:39.520>

Bills: HF3492, HF3493, HF3494, HF3495, HF3602

Keywords: school safety, grants, education funding, Northern Lights Express, security improvements, rural schools, safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, safe schools aid, school security, mental health support, Tribal schools, cybersecurity, funding, mental health, evidence-based plans, public safety

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• <01:00:02.880> $36<01:00:03.839> per safe school funding of about $36 per safe school
• schools, deserve equal resources for safe school environments.
• Despite navigating paths to school that oftentimes don't feel safe, they choose to come to our school
• safe anywhere but especially in school safe anywhere but especially in school is<01:02:37.720>
• school that often times don't feel safe school that often times don't feel safe they<01:02:42.720

Bills: HF827, HF1258, HF2387, HF2388, HF2534, HF2016

Keywords: education, school funding, consolidation aid, financial support, Minnesota Statutes, education finance, ice arena, school districts, cooperation agreement, equal sports opportunities, school milk program, nutrition, food waste, kindergarten, public schools, supplemental revenue, charter schools, funding, state appropriations, general education funding

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• Student support aid funds this model as well as safe schools revenue.
• In 2019, the legislature passed a one-time safe school supplemental aid for all school districts in charter
• In 2019, the legislature passed a one-time safe school supplemental aid for all school districts in charter
• In 2019, the legislature passed a one-time safe school supplemental aid for all school districts in charter
• In 2019, the legislature passed a one-time safe school supplemental aid for all school districts in charter

Bills: HF3653, HF2717, HF3451, HF3857

Keywords: education finance, safe schools revenue, school safety, charter schools, funding, safe schools, school security, school levy, pupil units, safe schools aid, cooperative units, intermediate school district, school resource officer, peace officer liaison, sheriff liaison, drug abuse prevention, gang resistance education, violence prevention, suicide prevention, mental health services

Summary: The committee first adopted the March 3rd minutes by voice vote after Representative Lee moved them and there was no discussion. Members then reviewed hearing rules on decorum, safety, and participation before taking testimony from Dr. James Densley and Dr. Jillian Peterson of the Violence Prevention Project Research Center at Hamline University. The presenters summarized research on mass shootings and K-12 school shootings, drawing on a database of homicides in school settings from 2000 to 2025 and a smaller set of 15 K-12 mass shooting cases. They said school shooters are usually insiders, most often current or former students, and typically young males. They described common patterns including a noticeable crisis before attacks, perpetrators viewing the shooting as a final act, studying prior shooters online, and “leakage” in which most tell someone in advance. They also emphasized that many perpetrators use unsecured firearms from family members and argued that prevention should combine reporting systems, behavioral threat assessment, counseling, mentoring, secure storage, and other layered interventions rather than rely on a single solution. The presenters also discussed broader violence trends in the Twin Cities, saying much school violence is spillover from community violence and that pandemic-era disruptions and weakened trust in institutions contributed to serious violence. They cited a national survey finding that exposure to gun violence is associated with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and fear of public spaces, especially among young people. During member questions, Representative Wam asked for clarification on the data set and the rural/small-town share of the survey sample.

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• increase Safe Schools funding.
• increase Safe Schools funding.
• > but<00:15:43.360> it school safe supportive schools, but it school safe supportive schools
• House research indicates DE1 would allow that aid to be used for any safe schools purpose.
• safe in school. safe in school.

Bills: HF3493, HF4114

Keywords: safe schools, charter schools, nonpublic schools, Tribal education, funding increase, special education, funding, education finance, appropriations, budget, cross subsidy

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• It is my hope that we can find a way to retain unemployment aid for our school hourly workers.
• We made some reductions and reallocations in order to create the basic supplemental aid for our school
• The school can extend that job through the summer, tapping into their basic supplemental aid, and that
• Our student support professional aid was meant to bring more counselors, psychologists, school nurses
• For one, they drive our students safely to school.

Bills: HF1049

Keywords: school library aid, education finance, school districts, charter schools, funding eligibility

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• Uh, just clarifies that the uh library aid is for school districts that are independent or special school
• Uh, just clarifies that the uh library aid is for school districts that are independent or special school
• Uh, just clarifies that the uh library aid is for school districts that are independent or special school
• Uh, just clarifies that the uh library aid is for school districts that are independent or special school
• Uh, just clarifies that the uh library aid is for school districts that are independent or special school

Bills: HF1048, HF1049, HF745, HF2210

Keywords: charter schools, education funding, revenue calculation, general education revenue, special education, school library aid, education finance, school districts, funding eligibility, compensatory revenue, task force, free meals, school funding, education equity, HF2210, school unemployment aid, Minnesota Department of Education, general fund appropriation, unemployment insurance, unemployment claims

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• It is my hope that we can find a way to retain unemployment aid for our school hourly workers.
• aid for our school retain unemployment aid for our school hourly<00:04:48.320> workers.
• We made some reductions and reallocations in order to create the basic supplemental aid for our school
• aid for our school basic supplemental aid for our school district.<00:07:20.720> This<00:07:20.880
• For one, they drive our students safely to school.

Bills: HF1049

Keywords: school library aid, education finance, school districts, charter schools, funding eligibility, 1183, house

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• . schools. schools.
• insult to our schools. insult to our schools.
• outside of our schools. outside of our schools.
• previous school year. previous school year.
• school has control over. school has control over.

Bills: HF4213, HF4198, HF3930, HF3585, HF3451

Keywords: education finance, school funding, K-12, prekindergarten, pre-K, early childhood education, general education aid, special education, literacy aid, school meals, free school meals, school breakfast, school lunch, charter school lease aid, charter schools, nonpublic pupil aid, private school aid, transportation aid, desegregation aid, integration aid

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• be added into the safe schools uh formula<00:04:14.840> the<00:04:15.000> aid<00:04:15.280
• While Safe Schools Aid is an important stream focused on a safe teaching and learning environment for
• to Safe School Aid.
• <00:59:03.400> is that the safe school levy um money is that the safe school levy um money
• c> we funding for safe School revenue and we funding for safe School revenue and we need<01:03:32.760

Bills: HF56, HF780

Keywords: HF56, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Hutchinson Area Transportation Services, Hutchinson, McLeod County, transportation facility, vehicle storage, equipment storage, fueling facility, temperate storage, local infrastructure, public works, general obligation bonds, education finance, school funding, state aid, appropriations

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• /c> our non-public schools rely on aid for our non-public schools rely on aid for textbooks<00:18:53.840
• Aid schools student support Aid that Aid schools student support Aid that Aid stream<00:21:30.360
• 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

Keywords: education funding, nonpublic schools, counseling services, guidance services, transportation for students, HF921, tax increment financing, TIF, excess tax increment, school district aid, levy adjustment, property tax levy, education finance, Minnesota education aid, decertification, local government finance, school funding formula, state aid reduction, referendum equalization aid, debt service equalization

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• We rank 322nd out of 329 school districts in general education state aid.
• , not receiving school safety aid, and an inability to level levy funds from a local tax base.
• <01:36:38.080> an receiving school safety aid, and an receiving school safety aid, and an
• an equivalent aid for charter schools<01:37:30.239> of<01:37:30.480> just<01:37:30.719
• And I also encourage you to create an equivalent aid because charter school students, including NOVA's

Bills: HF3790, HF3654, HF3371, HF3470, HF1099

Keywords: education finance, lease levy authority, graduation ceremonies, school districts, Minnesota Statutes, local revenue, funding increase, education, state appropriation, local control, HF3371, local optional revenue, school finance, general education aid, school district funding, referendum revenue, referendum market value, equalization aid, state aid, property tax levy

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• Paul Public Schools.
• Paul School District.
• Paul schools for 21 years.
• We've heard from the schools.
• can<01:24:28.239> do<01:24:28.520> this schools and school districts can do this schools

Bills: HF29, HF921, HF922, HF1048, HF1049

Keywords: railroad, infrastructure, transportation funding, environmental remediation, capital investment, HF921, tax increment financing, TIF, excess tax increment, school district aid, levy adjustment, property tax levy, education finance, Minnesota education aid, decertification, local government finance, school funding formula, state aid reduction, referendum equalization aid, debt service equalization

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• It's just a public school requirement at this point. But are charter schools public schools?
• There's a perfectly good public education, public elementary school, middle school, whatever.
• If you have a charter school, which I have numerous charter schools that are under $5,000.
• That's not a requirement on public schools. We're not applying that to public schools.
• Aid among many, many, you know, that are just incredible across our 1,200 school districts.

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

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• If you ask them what they need, they will say they need students who come to school on time and safe.
• or a private school.
• The boundaries of my school district include 75 private schools.
• . school children.
• in those schools.

Bills: HB2

Keywords: public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, 1185, senate, all

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• It just enrollment to public schools.
• These decisions reflect school courses.
• They worked harder in school, and now that's become a program.
• They worked harder in school, and now that's become a program.
• Now that's harder in school and fun.

Bills: SF0018, SF0036, SF0047

Keywords: K-12 education, part-time attendance, public schools, student enrollment, education funding, scholarship, Hathaway, academic eligibility, financial aid, Hathaway scholarship, education, state funding, college access, 916, all

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• of newborn infants surrendered at safe haven providers.
• How is it different from the safe haven already?
• I am the director for the Arizona Safe Baby Haven Foundation.
• I am the director for the Arizona Safe Baby Haven Foundation.
• I also just retired from the national safe haven director position.

Bills: SB1017, SB1149, SB1162, SB1192, SB1249, SB1253, SB1331, SB1333, SB1334

Keywords: informed consent, surgical procedures, healthcare professionals, patient rights, regulatory compliance, child welfare, dependency hearings, foster care, court procedures, parental rights, healthcare compliance, behavioral health technicians, licensing, monitoring, administrative burdens, basic first aid, good samaritan, medical licensing exemption, Arizona medical board, A.R.S. 32-1421

Summary: The Senate Health and Human Services Committee opened with approval of the January 28 and 29 minutes and a welcome to Arizona Physical Therapy Day at the Capitol, including remarks from physical therapy advocates and students. The committee then took up several bills related to SNAP, health care oversight, child welfare, dementia planning, and safe haven newborn surrender. On SNAP, SB 1334 would bar DES from seeking or renewing federal waivers of work requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents unless authorized by law; it passed 4-1. SB 1333 would require DES to reduce the SNAP payment error rate to 3% by 2030, with regular reporting, corrective action plans, and possible funding penalties; an amendment changed the reporting to quarterly and required a special audit, and the bill passed 4-1 as amended. SB 1331 would require able-bodied adults under 60 receiving SNAP to participate in mandatory employment and training unless exempt; testimony split between supporters citing work incentives and opponents warning of administrative burden and impacts on families and food banks, and it passed 4-2. The committee also advanced SB 1162, which clarifies DHS as the lead licensing and monitoring agency for health care institutions and, as amended, requires DHS and AHCCCS/Access to coordinate to identify duplicative oversight and report back periodically; it passed unanimously. SB 1017, requiring signatures on emergency informed consent forms for surgical procedures, passed 4-2. SB 1149, dealing with DCS periodic review hearings and notice/reporting requirements, including for tribal parties, passed 5-1. SB 1249, which designates DHS as the lead agency on Alzheimer’s and dementia planning and creates a dementia services program funded through lottery monies under the adopted amendment, passed unanimously after emotional testimony from advocates and family members. Finally, SB 1253, clarifying that a parent may surrender a newborn at the hospital of birth without leaving and returning, passed 5-0. The committee then adjourned.

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• <00:40:59.880> index, the student aid index, the student aid index, what<00:41:01.160>
• zero and a negative 1,500 student aid zero and a negative 1,500 student aid index. index. index.
• aid awards they've already received. aid awards they've already received.
• Association of Student Financial Aid Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators,<01:30:
• peers who did not have their aid cut. peers who did not have their aid cut.

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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• Cities, schools, you know, organizations can be subscribers.
• Cities, schools, you know, organizations can be subscribers.
• Cities, schools, you know, organizations can be subscribers.
• Cities, schools, you know, organizations can be subscribers.
• , schools, you know, organizations<00:31:12.399> can<00:31:12.640> be<00:31:12.919>

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• That's why we oppose the proposed cuts in active transit, including safe routes to school.

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school

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• That's why we oppose the proposed cuts in active transit, including safe routes to school.
• That's why we oppose the proposed cuts in active transit, including safe routes to school.
• That's why we oppose the proposed cuts in active transit, including safe routes to school.
• That's why we oppose the proposed cuts in active transit, including safe routes to school.
• That's why we oppose the proposed cuts in active transit, including safe routes to school.

Bills: HF2438

Keywords: transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school