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• Yeah, one a year.
• and everything, but I did also serve on the school board and was president of that for like 6 years.
• He's worked for me for 35 years.
• We had a company come through this past year.
• Um, I've been in this industry 26 years and for 26 years, we've been told there's gonna be a starting

Bills: HB206

Keywords: HB206, school district bonds, bond election, voter approval, Education Code, Chapter 45, Section 45.003, Section 45.0034, Texas schools, school finance, local tax election, bond referendum, school construction, capital improvements, election frequency, five-year waiting period, district bonds, public school funding

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• <00:03:09.920> year respectively um starting a school year respectively um starting a school
• in Day these two School par school years in Day these two School par school years in particular<
• > events from the school year for cultural events from the school year for cultural events I<00:42
• I actually attended an all-year-round school as a child, and so our school, my high school, did start
• I actually attended an all-year-round school as a child, and so our school, my high school, did start

Bills: HF1124, HF1457, HF1803

Keywords: school calendar, education, school year, Labor Day, state law, school construction, landfill, dump site, closed landfill, contaminated site, pollution control agency, school siting, public school, charter school, environmental health, student safety, brownfield, solid waste, waste disposal site, site contamination

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• The building was rented out at a whopping rate of $1 per year for a 20-year lease period.
• I was on a school board before I got to this elected office and was so what did so for 26 years.
• So unless you did it after school, it's possible you could do it during the school day, but sometimes
• I was 10 years old at the time.
• chaplains in public schools.

Bills: SB 6, SB 11, SB 33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• The building was rented out at a whopping rate of $1.5 million per year for a 20-year lease period.
• So it could be before school, it could be after school, it might be. ...maybe during lunch or recess,
• open enrollment charter schools.
• Last session in favor of Senate Bill 763 to allow school chaplains in public schools.
• the beginning of each school day.

Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• Large floats have been increasing significantly over the last few years.
• but we were going to start looking at it this calendar year.
• It's just a few hours of the year that we're tight.
• Our generation fleet last year ran at 53 percent capacity.
• It's going to take a year for them to even get the rules ready?"

Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33

Keywords: electric power, interconnection, utilities, ERCOT, large load customers, water supply, sewer service, demand management, school prayer, Bible reading, religious text, public schools, Texas Education Code, student prayer, silent prayer, meditation, religious liberty, First Amendment, Establishment Clause, church and state

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• Importantly on the current school year.
• Uh so until the end of the school year.
• the school year.
• When his the middle of the school year.
• /c><01:15:45.040> missped school years, my child has missped school years, my child has missped

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

Bills: HR201

Keywords: congratulatory resolution, education, principal, teacher of the year, school leadership, Hawaii National Distinguished Principal, Masayuki Tokioka Award, United States Senate Youth Program, student delegates, public schools, charter schools, Hawaiʻi Department of Education, Hawaiian language immersion, Native Hawaiian education, K-12, student leadership, civic engagement, Freshman Academy, teacher recognition, principal recognition

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• Bill 4359 would require, beginning with the 2627th school year, for each year thereafter, for schools
• And even before I filed this bill, I've sat on the school board for a number of years, so I have had
• We have community standards in our school that was passed. I think a couple of years ago.
• remain in the school.
• We've lost out on $118 million in our public schools just on those schools.

Bills: HB4359, HB4115, HB3467, HB2978, HB3026, HB3032

Keywords: statewide assessments, student testing, testing window, end-of-year testing, Oklahoma Academic Standards, Oklahoma School Testing Program, State Board of Education, grade 3-8, alternate assessment, students with disabilities, special education, cognitive disabilities, assessment calendar, school year calendar, education accountability, academic standards, math intervention, advanced mathematics, course placement, college and career readiness

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• Starting with the 2027-2028 school year, there would be a beginning of year (BOI), a middle of year (
• The testing windows require that the end-of-year testing happens later in the school year. and split
• So the next refresh would happen with the 2027-2028 school year, the same year that the new test goes
• how they end the next school year.
• That being said, if it were administered later in the school year, that would be better.

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

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• the school year, allowing educators and school systems to adapt to student needs.
• We give beginning of year, middle of year. When I first became a school board member...
• At Webb Middle School for the last three years.
• Fifty-six percent of its students will advance one academic... ...school year each year.
• There is still that test at the end of the school year, and now it just adds more.

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

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• House Bill 8 repeals the STAAR test effective in the 2027-2028 school year and replaces it with a series
• Starting with the 2027–28 school year, there would be a beginning-of-year, or BOY, a middle-of-year,
• The testing windows require the end-of-year testing to happen later in the school year, uh, and split
• school year, same year that the new test goes live.
• then how they end the next school year.

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.

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• I've been practicing here for over 35 years.
• ago, 1000 years ago, painting on the walls.
• Yes, and the cemetery has to be, had it been around at least 50 years. OK.
• And I know 20 years ago, a leaf passed 100.
• So we're not talking about, you know, facing 30 years in prison.

Bills: HB113

Keywords: HB 113, Texas, Government Code Chapter 1253, general obligation bonds, bond election, voter approval, political subdivision, local government, city bonds, county bonds, school district bonds, capital projects, public finance, bond referendum, ballot measure, five-year waiting period, rejected proposition, election law, municipal finance

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• School year, that yields to questions, urges adoption.
• You know last year, we were trying to run that, and we were told none of those schools want it.
• We're just simply suspending him on the third time within one school year, not the first, not the second
• And are you further aware that when we had this law 10 years ago, Oklahoma City Public Schools was sued
• school over the last two years have come to me with a suggestion of alternative schools down to the

Bills: HB2987, HB3026, HB3076, HB3288, HB3315, HB3467, HB3711, HB3885, HB4427, HB4359, HB4363

Keywords: kindergarten, military families, education policy, school districts, international military dependents, age eligibility, teacher certification, alternative teacher preparation, education reform, employment opportunities, teacher recruitment, physical education, elementary school, prekindergarten, recess, health and fitness, higher education, bachelor's degree, feasibility study, Oklahoma State Regents

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• That would begin in the 2027-28 school year. This only goes into effect if the.
• And the 10 years, have you ever asked for an extension of the school year?
• Have I asked for an extension of the school year? Yes.
• Like I said, a wife of 30 years who was a school teacher, all four of my kids were in public schools.
• It gives a little bit more time at the end of the school year.

Bills: HB2210, HB2398, HB2959, HB3006, HB3026, HB3151, HB3315, HB3372, HB3467, HB3590, HB4268, HB4359, HB4427

Keywords: youth apprenticeship, career education, workforce development, high school programs, mentorship, vocational training, state oversight, credential of value, education, labor market, government reporting, school abuse reporting, child abuse, neglect, mandatory reporting, student safety, school employee misconduct, administrator reporting, superintendent, law enforcement notification

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• Abigail attends Satsuma High School and is ...attends Satsuma High School and is paging for Senator Albritton
• This flag will be given to you all to take to schools that ...given to you all to take to schools that
• They can become a semi-centennial school or semi-quin school. ...centennial school or semi-quin school
• flag for the next year.
• Whereas, in the wake of Pearl Harbor, 18-year-old Stewart dropped out of high school and volunteered

Bills: SJR 2, SB 4, SJR 36, SJR 2, SB 4, SR 42, SR 74, SR 76, HCR 5, SB 710, SB 710

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

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• I am the aunt of nine-year-old Arlene Alvarez. on her way to dinner on Valentine's Day three years ago
• My daughter was murdered three years ago. She was 20 years old.
• Imagine, I've been a victim advocate for over 30 years.
• We've been working for 30 years.
• But we didn't have a conversation for two years. For two years, I've already had a meeting.

Bills: SJR2, SB4, SJR36, SJR2, SB4, SR42, SR74, SR76, HCR5, SB710, SB710

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

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• I lost school at Georgetown, I wanted to come back to Texas.
• Unfortunately, I had to move after a year there because my father got cancer, and I had to move back
• a world without blood cancers as each strives to earn the student visionary of the year title.
• I don't think so this year, but. So. All right, I got it. And I move adoption.
• Since it's on Google, how many years are you, you want to say?

Bills: SJR2, SB4, SJR36, SJR2, SB4, SR42, SR74, SR76, HCR5, SB710, SB710

Keywords: SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means

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• So it would be the assessment value can't go up more than 10% year over year.
• This year, just about a month ago, it was held again.
• She served many years on the Arlington school board and, uh, recent, well, within what the last couple
• During my 28-year career with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, which includes over 10 years as a
• I have to take a lot of training to drive a car as a school board trustee, the first year, my goodness

Bills: HB148, HB203, HJR30

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

Bills: HR202, HB2095, SB2657, SB2138, SB3110, SB3082, SB3109, HB1800

Keywords: Hawaii, Hawaiʻi, house resolution, congratulatory resolution, education, public schools, librarian of the year, middle school principal of the year, school counselor of the year, teacher of the year, library system, blind and print disabled, accessible learning, braille, audio technology, principal, school counselor, agriculture education, culinary arts, student recognition

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• That's five years away, allowing schools to incorporate it within their emergency school safety planning
• Ma, I don't want to put you on the spot or others, but of course, several years back, all the schools
• They also had no cell phones during the school year, which I think is contributing to some of the credit
• I work with Young Life; I've been with Young Life for 20 years and have always worked with high school
• So, I would like to go into the school year with that as something that all the schools and all the teachers

Bills: HB205, HB226, HB234

Keywords: sales tax, use tax, exemption, tax conformity, tangible personal property, Alabama Department of Revenue, retail tax, consumer use tax, nonresident, religious publications, church magazines, Bible class materials, Sunday school materials, tax administration, indirect tax, state revenue, HB226, homestead exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax