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Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • bank policy and uh the bill will also revise the duties of sick leave bank committees.
  • </c> model sick leave day policy. model sick leave day policy.
  • /c><00:05:01.680><c> policy</c> implement a sick leave uh a bank policy implement a sick leave uh a bank
  • </c><00:05:09.120><c> So</c> duties of sick leave bank committees.
  • So duties of sick leave bank committees.
Bills: SB211, SB305, SB300, SB211, SB305, SB300
Keywords: school safety, local law enforcement, superintendent, complaints, school bus regulations, education funding, RAISE Act, student outcomes, public schools, local education agencies, accountability, weighted allocations, special education, English language learners, gifted students, tax exemption, ad valorem tax, tangible personal property, business incentives, economic impact
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 24th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's only one bank in the western half of Coke County.
  • The statute says you have to do business with the bank in that district.
  • The chair moves to leave HB 2379 pending. Is there any objection?
  • You need to take it down or leave it up.
  • benefits for working mothers by creating a parental leave pool, similar to a vacation pool or a sick
Bills: HB334, HB583, HB605, HB1327, HB1646, HB2115, HB2379
Keywords: family leave, leave pool, county employee, sick leave, vacation leave, family care, pandemic, guardianship, fencing, reservoirs, local government, regulation, land use, conservation capacity, property regulation, fence regulation, reservoir safety, county authority, fencing regulations, counties
MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Service Apr 14th, 2026

Joint Committee on Public Service

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) May 8th, 2025

Local Government

KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Public Pension Oversight Board (1-27-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today I have a bill we talk about sick leave, and we've had discussions about sick leave in the past,
  • A review of the sick leave policy by TRS found that most school districts provide 10 days of sick leave
  • A review of the sick leave policy by TRS found that most school districts provide 10 days of sick leave
  • A review of the sick leave policy by TRS found that most school districts provide 10 days of sick leave
  • </c><00:34:45.159><c> leave</c> provide 10 10 days of sick leave provide 10 10 days of sick leave annually
Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:02 Attendance Roll Call: 00:49 Approval of Minutes: 01:55 CERS Retiree Health Subsidy Proposal: 02:14 SB 58: 24:05 TRS Sick/Annual Leave Proposal: 32:53 Adjournment: 48:00, 958, all
Summary: The committee first approved the prior month’s minutes after a roll call established a quorum. It then heard testimony on a draft proposal from Senator Robbie Mills to increase CERS retiree health subsidies for members retiring on or after July 1, 2003. The bill would raise the non-hazardous subsidy from $14.63 to $40 per month per year of service and the hazardous-duty subsidy from $21.94 to $50, with employee contribution rates adjusted based on the health trust’s funded status. Supporters from sheriffs, firefighters, police chiefs, and the Kentucky League of Cities said the change would improve recruitment and retention, better align the subsidy with the cost of a single health plan, and preserve the system’s financial footing through shared employer-employee costs and funding triggers. Committee members asked about the fiscal impact, the effect of funding levels above 150%, and how the subsidy would work for rehired retirees or employees who later take private-sector jobs. Mills and other witnesses said preliminary actuarial work was still forthcoming, that the bill was intended to be revenue-neutral or close to it, and that the subsidy would continue to be paid monthly; they also noted existing 2008 rules for rehired retirees and said the benefit would still be available even if a retiree later had other insurance. One member suggested looking at stable accounts as an additional option for special-needs planning in a later bill. The committee then heard Senate Bill 58 from Senator Robin Webb, which would allow state employees to designate a Special Needs Trust as a beneficiary for retirement benefits. Webb said the measure would help employees provide for disabled dependents without jeopardizing SSI or Medicaid eligibility, and that the bill follows federal special-needs trust rules. He said the proposal could be revenue neutral, but actuarial analysis was still pending and KPPA had asked for electronic rather than paper transfer provisions. Members questioned whether the authority already exists, how the trust would work, and whether stable accounts should also be considered; Webb said he would follow up with additional information.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Public Pension Oversight Board (1-16-26)

Transcript Highlights:
  • That it's still requiring a 15-day sick leave bank.
  • That it's still requiring a 15-day sick leave bank.
  • </c><00:21:22.720><c> You</c><00:21:22.960><c> can't</c> 15-day sick leave bank.
  • You can't 15-day sick leave bank.
  • Participate in the sick leave bank and contribute to others.
Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00 Attendance Roll Call: 00:11 Legislative Proposal: Representative Blanton: 01:12 • House Bill 220 Approval of Minutes: 10:07 Legislative Proposal: Senator Nunn: 10:24 • Sick Leave Flexibility for School District Employees Adjournment: 34:35, 958, all
Summary: The committee first took up Representative John Blanton’s bill on pension spiking and Kentucky Public Pension Authority administration. Blanton said the measure would make a prior court-related pension-spiking fix retroactive to July 1, 2022, so employees who retired between that date and the court ruling would be treated the same as those covered by the earlier legislation. KPPPA staff said they did not think the bill would go beyond the Court of Appeals ruling, but noted it could prompt requests from people who retired before July 1, 2022. Members asked about how many retirees might be affected, whether the language was narrow enough, and whether the bill could open the door to additional claims; Blanton estimated roughly 1,000 retirees would need review, with fewer actually impacted. No vote was taken on the bill in the excerpt. The committee then heard Senator Matt Nunn and Scott County Schools Superintendent Billy Parker present a proposal allowing school districts to offer teachers and other employees a voluntary payout for unused sick days. Supporters said the idea could improve attendance, reduce substitute costs and classroom disruptions, help retain younger teachers, and potentially lower long-term retirement-related costs because the payout would not count toward pension compensation. They emphasized the program would be optional for districts and employees, would require teachers to keep at least 15 sick days in reserve, and would be district-funded rather than a state cost. Members raised questions about budget impact, tax treatment, pension effects, and whether the incentive would actually change behavior; the bill sponsor and witnesses said the payout would be taxed like other compensation and would not affect TRS or CERS benefits. One member requested reporting on how the program would be used, and the sponsor said he would be open to adding that. The sponsor also noted a later committee-substitute change would allow use of accumulated sick leave for observance of religious holidays not otherwise on the school calendar, with a personal statement from the employee.
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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Mar 18th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I may be continuing along the same line here, but how do you have a bank or a But how do you have a bank
  • So, again, I would leave it to the school boards.
  • So HB 196, currently teachers are allowed to take two of their sick days and use them for personal leave
  • I've done a little research on this, and I think the average nationwide is 10 days of sick leave and
  • four days of personal leave throughout the country.
Bills: HB28, HB50, HB196, HB268, HB271, HB285, HB316, HB649, HB807
Keywords: teacher certification, certification appeals, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Teacher Certification Appeals Council, educator licensure, teaching license, teacher licensure, appeals process, certification denial, administrative appeal, special meeting, board president, retroactive application, education board, Louisiana teachers, Department of Education, statutory entities, re-creation, termination date
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Apr 6th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 1204 allows for three days of paid bereavement leave for our educators and support personnel
  • The state has made movements for paid maternity leave, but we should also be there for our teachers on
  • However, after conversations with SDE, they actually have carryover funds from the maternity leave, so
Bills: SB1360, SB1204, SB1989, SB1189, SB1481
Keywords: mathematics, student assessment, dyscalculia, intervention services, educational funding, professional development, state department of education, school employees, teachers, support personnel, support employees, public schools, school districts, bereavement leave, paid leave, grief leave, family leave, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, maternity leave
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 25th, 2026 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Mann, to explain Your amendment adds that the money for this paid leave will come from the public
  • school paid maternity leave revolving fund.
  • Senate Bill 1204 provides Oklahoma teachers and school employees 3 days of bereavement leave following
  • because the Department of Education believes that they have the money currently in the paid maternity leave
  • So if it's coming out of the maternity leave revolving fund, and I guess I need to understand it.
Bills: SB169, SB1991, SB1992, SB1204, SB1339, SB182, SB1847, SB1360, SB1346
Keywords: longevity pay, state employees, Oklahoma government, salary increase, emergency declaration, capital planning, funding allocation, state budget, infrastructure, emergency measures, income tax credit, qualified project, economic development, infrastructure funding, small population areas, school employees, teachers, support personnel, support employees, public schools
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 25th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • This amendment adds basically that the money for this paid leave will come from the public school paid
  • maternity leave revolving fund.
  • Senate Bill 1204 provides Oklahoma teachers and school employees three days of bereavement leave following
  • because the Department of Education believes that they have the money currently in the paid maternity leave
  • So if it's coming out of the maternity leave revolving fund, I guess I need to understand it: does it
Bills: SB169, SB1991, SB1992, SB1204, SB1339, SB182, SB1847, SB1360, SB1346
Keywords: longevity pay, state employees, Oklahoma government, salary increase, emergency declaration, capital planning, funding allocation, state budget, infrastructure, emergency measures, income tax credit, qualified project, economic development, infrastructure funding, small population areas, school employees, teachers, support personnel, support employees, public schools
Summary: The Senate Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and considered a series of bills, most of them receiving unanimous or near-unanimous support. Senate Bill 169 would increase the annual longevity payment award for state employees by 50% across all service years and passed 17-1. Senate Bill 1991, described as a cleanup bill for the Ocamp Fund, passed 19-0. Senate Bill 1992, which defines “strategic financing partner” under the SIDE Act for Department of Commerce projects, passed 20-0. The committee also approved Senate Bill 1204, as amended, to provide Oklahoma teachers and school employees three days of bereavement leave after the death of a spouse or child, including a miscarriage; the amendment specified funding from the public school paid maternity leave revolving fund. Senate Bill 1339 passed to codify continued funding for off-the-formula schools and allow the State Department of Education to access funds to cover the 2023 teacher pay raise for those schools. Senate Bill 182 passed to allow certain CLEET-certified law enforcement officers and resident care specialists to join the OPERS hazardous duty retirement plan. Additional measures approved included Senate Bill 1847, allowing certain Advantage Waiver Medicaid recipients diagnosed with cognitive impairment to remain in assisted living and age in place; Senate Bill 1360, creating a three-year pilot program placing math instructional teams in the lowest-performing districts; and Senate Bill 1346, as amended, directing the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to establish a water and wastewater infrastructure investment program after removing an appropriation section. Several questions focused on funding sources, eligibility, and population-based allocation formulas, but no bills were rejected. Senate Bills 1427 and 1566 were laid over to go directly to the floor with no fiscal impact, and the committee adjourned after announcing it would meet again the following Wednesday.
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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Labor & Workplace Standards Jan 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Labor & Workplace Standards

Transcript Highlights:
  • Second, the bill makes changes to paid sick leave.
  • Current law requires employers to provide employees with at least one hour of paid sick leave for every
  • House Bill 2611 reduces this threshold, requiring one hour of paid sick leave for every 32 hours worked
  • Second, the bill makes changes to paid sick leave.
  • House bill 2611 reduces this threshold requiring one hour of paid sick leave for every 32 hours worked
Bills: HB2513, HB2524, HB2611
Keywords: plumbing contractor, plumber, license suspension, credential suspension, administrative penalty, infractions, repeat violator, consumer protection, residential plumbing, construction licensing, Washington Department of Labor and Industries, advisory board of plumbers, plumbing certificate fund, code enforcement, professional licensing, trade regulation, security, regulation, employment standards, security guards
Summary: The Labor and Workplace Standards Committee held public hearings on three bills. House Bill 2524 would create a State Security Guards Industry Standards Board within L&I to set minimum standards for security guard compensation, leave, benefits, and training, funded in part by a $25 transfer from existing licensing fees. Supporters, including the sponsor, SEIU Local 6, and individual security guards, said the industry has high turnover, low wages, minimal training, and unsafe working conditions. Opponents from business and retail groups argued the bill is duplicative of existing licensing and training rules, would raise costs, and gives too much power to an unelected board. L&I said it was not taking a policy position but requested more time for implementation and a technical change to the fee deposit process. House Bill 2513 would change plumbing license suspension rules by keeping the current three-infractions-in-three-years standard for residential work, while creating a five-infractions-in-five-years standard for nonresidential work. The sponsor and supporters from mechanical contractors and union plumbers said repeat violators treat fines as a cost of doing business and that stronger enforcement is needed to protect public health, safety, and law-abiding contractors. Several plumbing contractor groups opposed the bill as written, focusing on an undefined subsection they said could create an open-ended administrative process and uncertainty; they asked that subsection be removed. L&I requested an effective date of January 1, 2027 to allow time for rulemaking. House Bill 2611 would reduce the standard workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours and lower the paid sick leave accrual threshold accordingly, effective January 1, 2028. The sponsor and labor supporters argued that shorter workweeks improve productivity, retention, morale, and work-life balance, citing examples from San Juan County and other workplaces. Business, hospitality, grocery, agriculture, and contractor representatives opposed the bill, saying it would raise labor costs, force schedule cuts or price increases, and be especially harmful in agriculture and other industries with tight margins and fixed operational demands. The committee heard extensive questions about how the proposal would affect hourly and salaried workers, overtime, staffing shortages, and whether employers could instead use remote work or existing bargaining processes; no votes were taken on any of the bills.
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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Military and Veterans Affairs

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KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Public Pension Oversight Board (12-12-25) - Part 2 Reupload

Transcript Highlights:
  • sick leave for the also use accumulated sick leave for the observance<00:27:16.080><c> of</c><00:27:
  • And secondly, teachers would need their aggregated sick leave in order to take off for maternity leave
  • leave to add accumulating their sick leave to add towards<00:30:12.720><c> their</c><00:30:12.960><c
  • :44.319><c> for</c><00:47:44.560><c> religious</c> file the sick leave for religious file the sick leave
  • If they had 240 days of annual leave, uh, yeah, well, 240 days of sick leave and annual leave, they could
Keywords: Reuploaded to restore a few minutes lost at the end of the meeting Representative Tackett-Lafferty: 00:22 • Line of Duty Disability Benefits Representative Grossberg: 26:32 • Loss of TRS Credit Due to Religious Holiday Observance Representative Blanton: 32:01 • Educational Contracts and Membership Dates in KERS Representative Tipton and Representative Blanton: 40:55 • Apply SB 10 Changes from 2025 to KERS/SPRS Senator Higdon: 46:08 • PPOB Reporting on Line of Duty Benefits • TRS Annual Leave Impact on TRS • PPOB Membership • Use of Sick Leave for Religious Holidays Adjournment: 56:03, 958, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony from Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty on a bill to extend minimum line-of-duty hazardous duty retirement benefits to certain CERS and KERS non-hazardous members who are injured in the line of duty and cannot return to that work. She used a video and examples from Eastern Kentucky first responders, including a deputy who lost a leg and an emergency management director who lost an eye, to argue that some injured officers and responders fall through the cracks because their employers did not elect hazardous-duty coverage. She said the proposal would provide 25% of pay to the disabled officer, plus 10% for dependent children and minimal health benefits, and noted estimated actuarial costs of about $2.9 million for CERS and $0.542 million for KERS, funded through small employer-rate increases. Members asked how far back the bill would reach, how many people might qualify, and whether the benefit would apply only to active employees or also to past injuries. Laferty said the bill would include a five-year window for recent situations and could potentially cover a total of 3,333 positions statewide that could be certified as hazardous, though benefits would only apply if the person was injured in the line of duty and disabled from returning to that work. Questions also focused on whether a non-hazardous employee could qualify if injured in a hazardous situation; Laferty said yes, if the position could be certified as hazardous, but only for the bill’s minimum benefits. Rep. Josh Calloway and others noted that local governments choose whether to pay the higher hazardous-duty contribution rates, which they said often drives the coverage decision. The committee then heard Rep. Daniel Gberg present a separate bill revising school leave rules so teachers and school employees may use accumulated sick leave to observe religious holidays not on the school calendar, with a required personal statement and advance notice. He said the change would address a longstanding inconsistency for teachers who observe non-Christian holidays and currently may have to choose between unpaid leave or improperly using sick days, and he said prior concerns about retirement service credit and maternity leave were reduced by other policy changes. The discussion ended without a vote, with members indicating they had the relevant materials and that the bill would be revisited later.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Public Pension Oversight Board (1-22-24)

OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Common Education REVISION 2: Link added - HB4359 Feb 4th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Common Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 3467 amends the state's maternity leave. A second, please.
  • House Bill 3467 amends the state's maternity leave statute for school teachers to include the adoption
  • Representative Sterling is sick and has been sick for several days.
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
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance (2-8-23)

OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Oversight Feb 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Education Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • talking to leadership, members of leadership, how to navigate this forward, this was the only way to leave
  • Chairman West, will this bill leave us in a position to be nimble the next time we have a regime change
  • There will be students being bullied when I leave the legislature.
  • There will be students being bullied when I leave the legislature.
Bills: HB2950, HB2978, HB3132, HB3242, HB3467, HB3700, HB3701, HB4115, HB4274
Keywords: postsecondary education, standardized test scores, educational equity, higher learning access, Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, HB2978, school libraries, library media center, library media program, community standards, sexually explicit conduct, obscene material, age-appropriate materials, school curriculum, book challenges, book banning, censorship, public schools, school board, education committee
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Oversight Feb 25th, 2026

Education Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • talking to leadership, members of leadership, on how to navigate this forward, this was the only way to leave
  • Chairman West, will this bill leave us in a position to be nimble the next time we have a regime change
  • There will be students being bullied when I leave the legislature.
Bills: HB2950, HB2978, HB3132, HB3242, HB3467, HB3700, HB3701, HB4115, HB4274
Keywords: postsecondary education, standardized test scores, educational equity, higher learning access, Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, HB2978, school libraries, library media center, library media program, community standards, sexually explicit conduct, obscene material, age-appropriate materials, school curriculum, book challenges, book banning, censorship, public schools, school board, education committee
Summary: The Education Oversight Committee heard several bills focused on higher education, school library materials, military student transfers, women’s privacy, academic grading standards, program review, and teacher professional development. HB 2950, by Rep. Woolley, would remove the ACT requirement for homeschool students seeking Oklahoma’s Promise and bar colleges from imposing extra homeschool-specific hurdles; supporters said it would treat homeschoolers the same as other students, while opponents raised concerns about oversight and taxpayer-funded aid. The committee also heard HB 3132, which would direct higher education institutions to seek accreditors that do not impose DEI mandates, and HB 3700, which would require colleges to grade students only on academic criteria rather than opinions or beliefs. HB 3701 would codify regents’ procedures for reviewing and acting on low-performing degree programs, and HB 4115 would cap required teacher professional development hours, with the sponsor emphasizing local control and that the bill is permissive rather than mandatory. The committee also considered HB 2978, which would prohibit public school library materials from including descriptions or depictions of sexually explicit conduct. Supporters framed it as protecting children and aligning library collections with community standards, while opponents worried the language could limit access to materials that help students understand abuse and safety. HB 4274, a cleanup bill on military student schooling and school choice, would restore omitted transfer language, clarify in-district enrollment timing, and align the six-month relocation requirement with the Open Transfer Act. HB 3242, dealing with privacy for women in schools, universities, and domestic violence shelters, drew questions about how gender would be verified and how the bill would affect transgender students and shelter access. Most bills advanced on motions for due pass after committee discussion. HB 2950, HB 2978, HB 3132, HB 4274, HB 3242, HB 3700, HB 3701, and HB 4115 all received due pass recommendations. HB 3467 was laid over until the next meeting, and the committee then adjourned.
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Why are teachers leaving the classroom?
  • Over or I'm assuming they are take it or leave it each year.
  • So it wouldn't be something that you would bank. It would be.
  • Number one, they're burning their own PTO time or their leave banking, or they may qualify for FMLA or
  • They several years ago adopted this policy when it came to paternity leave and maternity leave.
Bills: SB843, SB1733, SB1476, SB1237, SB1410, SB1894, SB1272, SB1204, SB1721, SB1725, SB1735, SB1337, SB1339, SB1461, SB1975
Keywords: school boards, educational governance, conflict of interest, employee relations, Oklahoma statutes, child abuse, reporting requirements, sexual misconduct, law enforcement, school personnel, confidentiality, student safety, land office, land exchange, investment, education funding, real estate management, Teachers' Bill of Rights, education, teachers' rights
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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education Oversight Mar 2nd, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Education Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • House 3467 amends the state's maternity leave statute for school teachers to include the adoption of
  • And so, I will just leave it at that. Thank you. I'd appreciate a yes vote.
  • And I think we are opening ourselves up for a lawsuit if we leave this language not quite tight enough
Bills: HB2987, HB3026, HB3076, HB3288, HB3315, HB3467, HB3711, HB3885, HB4427, HB4359, HB4363
Keywords: education, academic standards, subject matter standards, State Board of Education, legislative review, joint resolution, curriculum, school standards, Oklahoma Administrative Code, education oversight, common education, curriculum standards, state education policy, rulemaking, legislative veto, kindergarten, military families, education policy, school districts, international military dependents