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• late Andrew Gibbs, a local businessman and the longtime president of Trinity Valley Community College Board
• of Trustees, was essential in establishing this hospital district and raising the funds to ensure its
• regular session of 1999, the legislature approved House Bill 3463 and created a process by which the board
• dissolution process was never executed and in the 25 years since, the district has been defunct and all board
• However, following the death or resignation of all the board members, no one is legally authorized to

Bills: HB318, HB198

Keywords: ERCOT, interconnection, electric utilities, power grid, transmission, election administration, school board elections, trustee terms, general election, Education Code

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• Thank you. to allowing the Board of Trustees of certain school districts to create a non-voting student
• trustee position on the board.
• The bill allows school districts to appoint in. non-voting student trustee to their board.
• , are we saying that the school board would determine in their policy on that student, board member,
• and this will definitely ensure that we have people trained to see how school board.

Bills: HB 1178, HB1411, HB1441, HB1773, HB1813, HB2107, HB2598, HB2911, HB2967, HB3672, HB5263, HB3797

Keywords: education, temporary certification, out-of-state educators, teacher shortage, military spouses, personal leave, school holidays, employee compensation, overtime provisions, school safety, peace officers, mental health, de-escalation techniques, trauma-informed care, student trustee, school board, student representation, education policy, nonvoting position, school governance

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• It is not under the Foundation School Program.
• school where I care for more than 560 students and over 70 staff.
• I'm a national certified school nurse, a member of the Texas School Nurses Organization, and a practicing
• school nurse for more than 20 years.
• I started teaching middle school kids in 1968, and the last 22 years of my career were spent as a school

Bills: HB 1178, HB1411, HB1441, HB1773, HB1813, HB2107, HB2598, HB2911, HB2967, HB3672, HB5263, HB3797

Keywords: education, temporary certification, out-of-state educators, teacher shortage, military spouses, personal leave, school holidays, employee compensation, overtime provisions, school safety, peace officers, mental health, de-escalation techniques, trauma-informed care, student trustee, school board, student representation, education policy, nonvoting position, school governance

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• of Trustees.
• The Spring Branch School Board has turned over several times since our case was brought, and most of
• middle school.
• use these in the schools.
• Members, this bill expands the Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation Board from 9 to 11 members, adding

Bills: SB205, SB582, SB625, SB1884, SB1903, SB2600, SB2617, SB2751, SB111, SB3061, SB1908

Keywords: fetal development, health curriculum, public schools, middle school health education, grade 7, grade 8, State Board of Education, school health advisory council, Texas Education Code, pregnancy, reproductive health, infertility, birth defects, prenatal development, unborn child, trimester, medically accurate instruction, age-appropriate instruction, drug and alcohol effects, lead exposure

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• She has been a very stable force in Elgin public schools.
• and virtual charter schools.
• board?
• Senate Bill 1593 modifies language regarding the board of trustees for Oklahoma State University at Tulsa
• the flexibility to award more than one grant to one of those three schools.

Bills: SB514, SB346, SB1593, SB1782, SB1366, SB1497, SB366, SB1895, SB2048, SB2005, SB2006, SB710, SB1480

Keywords: SB514, school choice, charter school, virtual charter school, OSSAA, extracurricular activities, interscholastic activities, athletics, homeschool, other means of education, alternative education, student eligibility, student transfer, district policy, public school district, adjacent district, blended learning, virtual learning, school sports, academic eligibility

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• late Andrew Gibbs, a local businessman and the longtime president of Trinity Valley Community College Board
• of Trustees was essential in establishing this hospital district and raising the funds. to ensure its
• maintained debt. 1999, the legislature approved House Bill 3463 and created a process by which the Board
• However, following the death, the resonation of all the board members, no one is legally authorized to
• Because the state provides no statutory process for dissolving a hospital district when no board members

Bills: HB467, HB318, HB503, HB198, HB318, HB198

Keywords: hospital district, Cedar Creek, scholarship, dissolution, county judges, healthcare funding, grant program, rural counties, law enforcement, sheriff's departments, funding, public safety, deputy shortages, sheriff, prosecutor, salary assistance, HB 198, Wade Cannon Act, firefighter cancer screening, occupational cancer screening

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• I'm sure many of the members, like me, have received messages from their school board members, principals
• Yes, local school boards determine which schools... ...school boards determine which schools participate
• HB459 addresses the University of South Alabama Board of Trustees.
• It makes it in compliance with other board of trustees at other universities.
• They got at-large people and y'all have state Senate districts written in your board of trustees.

Bills: SB278, HB459, HB61

Keywords: SB278, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama Released Time Credit Act, church-state separation, First Amendment, school choice, parental consent, elective course, off-campus instruction, private religious entity, State Board of Education, local board of education, attendance credit, core curriculum, religious education, Bible class

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• To address this issue, the bill creates a misdemeanor criminal offenses if a school board member, superintendent
• If a member of the school board of superintendent Superintendent uses funds or independent school district
• members, the board of trustees are political officers because they're elected.
• bonds that are on. on the ballots and the schools, either the board or the administrators or the teachers
• Muscog School of Law.

Bills: SB29, SB406, SB447, SB875, SB893, SB1033, SB1346, SB1362, SB1539, SCR22, SB 29

Keywords: business organization, internal management, corporate governance, partnerships, liability reduction, birth certificate, biological sex, gender identity, health and safety, sex assignment, SB 875, Texas, independent school district, ISD, school board trustee, superintendent, campus administrator, electioneering, political signs, early voting

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• And finally, this bill will allow the Board of Trustees to appoint a classroom teacher, school counselor
• written by the board and the school district's legal counsel.
• board members, and it impacts school districts.
• The bill prohibits a school district board of trustees from adopting or enforcing any rule, bylaw, or
• Additionally, with this legislation, if a school district's board of trustees declines to grant homeschool

Bills: SB2920, SB2929, SB2398, SB865, SB401, SB2619, SB2927, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB1635, SB1581, SB2008

Keywords: steroids, student athletes, athletic competition, University Interscholastic League, medical purpose, gender transition, school athletics, spectator conduct, referees, ejection policy, extracurricular activities, concussion, brain injury, school policy, academic accommodations, student welfare, cardiac arrest, emergency response, CPR training, automated external defibrillators

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• My name is Christy Littleton, and I..." serve as trustee on the Port Aransas ISD school board.
• I'm the school board president for Gregory Portland Independent School District, and on behalf of Gregory
• two years in a row or if it experiences a severe drop in performance, all sitting school board trustees
• Every school district must openly post information about who's serving on its school board so parents
• In many cases, if the school board can't meet without the superintendent present or the school... ...

Bills: SB2920, SB2929, SB2398, SB865, SB401, SB2619, SB2927, SB1395, SB1972, SB2540, SB1635, SB1581, SB2008

Keywords: steroids, student athletes, athletic competition, University Interscholastic League, medical purpose, gender transition, school athletics, spectator conduct, referees, ejection policy, extracurricular activities, concussion, brain injury, school policy, academic accommodations, student welfare, cardiac arrest, emergency response, CPR training, automated external defibrillators

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• We got calls from from schools and lit up on our board that they were calling from school.
• Have there been any convictions for electioneering by school board members?
• of Trustees of the school district.
• To not only inform parents but also board trustees all over the state of Texas.
• It oftentimes, though, local school districts and school boards get blamed for things that the state

Bills: SB204, SB570, SB735, SB784, SB1207, SB1396, SB1447, SB2392, SB2540, SB747, SB875

Keywords: parental rights, education, school trustees, training, handbook, truancy, attendance policy, chronic absenteeism, school attendance, student absence notifications, parent notification, home visit, attendance officer, truancy court, school district, open-enrollment charter school, student support services, school counselor, principal, administrator

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• This was a working with the superintendent, the state department of education, and school boards.
• And then also, it confirms the current practice that a local school board can be the authorizer for the
• All three conversion public charter schools here in Montgomery operate under one governing board, and
• , we would have to create a charter school or charter board for every school.
• This would mean 16 different school boards in Elmore County and 13... different school boards in Elmore

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

Bills: HB462, HB8, HB8

Keywords: emergency medical services, military training, licensure, public health, veterans, tobacco regulation, vaping, sales restrictions, youth protection, tobacco compliance, education programs, electronic nicotine delivery systems, campus chaplain, chaplain, school chaplain, volunteer, public K-12 schools, public schools, public charter schools, education policy

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• Board Johnson? I'm sorry, Board Johnson. Pardon me.
• It's important that schools Schools should be added because, as you know, the schools have a mental health
• It would also allow a school counselor to be eligible. eligible because they work in a school, and as
• relevant governing board.
• The takeover of school districts with unelected governing boards, the narrowing of the curriculum, and

Bills: HB2476, HB2893, HB4848, HB5062, SB37, SB60, HB2860, HB4930, SB646, SB 37

Keywords: living expenses, higher education, student support, homeless students, financial aid, grant program, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, workforce development, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, competency-based education, baccalaureate degree, cost of attendance, dual credit, computer science, course credit, foreign language requirement, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council

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• I don't believe that professional boards should be able to condemn property.
• The philosophy of boards is not the same as far as eminent domain.
• Every other agency or board does not have eminent domain.
• Okay, one last question: the boards that are impacted by this...
• The board may not acquire or purchase by...

Bills: SB45, SB61, SB222, HB385

Keywords: athlete agents, commission, state regulation, Alabama, higher education, athletics, membership diversity, school psychologist, school psychology, interstate compact, licensure compact, license reciprocity, portable license, equivalent license, professional licensing, psychology board, school mental health, student services, educational services, interstate practice

Bills: HCR47, HB628, HB737, HB1008, HB1062, HB1079, HB1112

Keywords: mandatory reporter, child abuse training, online training, Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Education, educator requirements, early childhood education, microcenter, school board, cooperative endeavor, economic disadvantage, vaccination, meningococcal disease, school entry, immunization requirements, public health, academic freedom, free speech, retaliation, faculty rights

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• With that, we're going to move on to the State Board of Investment for the Permanent School Fund Task
• Those revenues are then transferred to the Permanent School Fund at the State Board of Investment.
• Kirk Schneider, executive director for the Minnesota School Boards Association.
• School boards adopt annual budgets with an eye on the future, negotiate contracts, and make long-term
• the local school board to make the the local school board to make the determination<01:05:02.960

Bills: HF3900

Keywords: permanent school fund, school endowment fund, Minnesota constitutional amendment, school aid, public school funding, State Board of Investment, investment income, distributable amount, school districts, property taxes, income taxes, voter approval, ballot question, constitutional amendment 2026, education finance, fund perpetuity, purchasing power, trust lands, swamp lands, internal improvement land fund

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• Senator Rodriguez, I'm going to thank you on behalf of our former school board members.
• It is such a challenge when you're on the school board and you're caught between pay for performance
• The proposed bill updates the exemption to include district school boards and public schools, and the
• Senator Avila, I went and talked to my school board after I saw this bill, and I asked them what we do
• I do have concerns because of what I said about my school board.

Bills: S7022, S0178, S0430, S0464, S0538, S0920, S1036, S1136, S1216

Keywords: public records, open government, sunshine law, education assessments, testing materials, exam security, assessment instruments, test items, answer keys, scoring rubrics, item banks, developmental materials, workpapers, student testing, academic dishonesty, cheating, Florida Department of Education, State Board of Education, Board of Governors, Florida College System

Summary: The Education Pre-K through 12 Committee considered and reported favorably several bills. SB 1036 on school counselors was amended to clarify certification exemptions and passed, with support focused on addressing counselor shortages and student mental health needs. SB 1136 on dental screenings for K-12 students was converted by delete-all amendment to place the screening definition in the School Health Services Act and to require written parent notice and exemption procedures; it passed with support from PTA and other advocates. SB 920 on mathematics education passed after discussion of applied algebra courses tied to career pathways, while preserving Algebra I standards, end-of-course testing, graduation requirements, and university admission eligibility. SB 178 on athletics and public K-12 schools also passed after amendment adding a $15,000 annual cap on coach-provided personal support per team and discussion of guardrails to prevent recruiting abuses; members emphasized the role coaches play in supporting students. SB 1216 on public school personnel compensation passed with broad support for giving districts more flexibility on pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and advanced degree compensation. The committee also approved SPB 7022, a public records exemption bill extending protections for examination and assessment instruments to 2031 and clarifying coverage for district and school materials. SB 464 on observance of Veterans Day in K-12 schools passed after debate over whether schools should be closed or use the day for programs, with supporters arguing for statewide consistency and honoring veterans. Finally, SB 538 on physical education passed after a delete-all amendment establishing standardized extracurricular participation rules for public, private, virtual, and home education students, addressing coach compensation at the district level, and clarifying participation limits across schools. The committee recessed briefly for Senator Avila’s arrival, postponed SB 430, and adjourned after recording one additional favorable vote on SB 1036.

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• trustees of each school district can essentially opt out.
• ..move into the following year, and especially in the 26-27 school year, the State Board of Education
• For the 26-27 school year, then, right, so that's a whole school year they would have the option if it
• The State Board would then take on a responsibility. ...of the school districts.
• The school superintendents' NASS, Nevada Association of School Superintendents, are in support of the

Bills: AB386

Keywords: AB386, Washoe County School District, reading assessment, literacy, elementary school, pupil assessment, statewide assessment, alternative assessment, reading proficiency, standards-based testing, valid and reliable test, State Board of Education, Department of Education, pilot program, school testing, assessment equivalency, education grant, Nevada education, NRS 388.157, school accountability

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• Uh, yes, this is the Board of Equalization.
• Basically, a pay increase from $115 to $200, and the Board of Equalization is $200, and the Board of

Bills: HB236, HB236

Keywords: HB236, Baldwin County, Board of Equalization, per diem, supplemental compensation, county board, ad valorem tax, property tax appeal, tax assessment, mileage reimbursement, Consumer Price Index, CPI adjustment, local legislation, equalization board, taxpayer protests, property inspection, county revenue, education appropriations, supplemental appropriation, Education Trust Fund