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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/18/26

Education Policy

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  • The site-governed school law is already in statute.
  • The site-governed school law is already in statute.
  • The site-governed school law is already in statute.
  • I'm testifying in support of the site governance school bill. I'm Dr.
  • the site governance school bill. I'm Dr. the site governance school bill. I'm Dr.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 3/18/25

Education Policy

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  • schools near dump sites.
  • c><01:19:00.600> and an elementary school on a dumb site and an elementary school on a dumb site
  • continue and in site a school on there continue and in site a school on there noting<01:19:22.600
  • school that was placed on that dumb site school that was placed on that dumb site uh<01:19:58.480
  • for siting a school near a toxic site that exceeds residential limits.
Bills: HF1124, HF1457, HF1803
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 2/18/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It’s a school solution: cooperation between the federal, state, and local levels of government.
  • In our district, immigration enforcement activities on or near school sites has had deep impacts on our
  • <00:09:34.880> sites<00:09:35.200> has activities on our near school sites has activities
  • on our near school sites has had<00:09:36.240> deep<00:09:36.880> impacts<00:09:37.760
  • , to take legal recompense against any government agency that seeks to create terror near the schools
Bills: HF3435, HF3409
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/24/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • They have a different facility built in a different site. There, the tribes have schools.
  • So, these funds and this bill will go to make those school sites hardened and safe for our students,
  • <00:34:30.240> sites make those school sites make those school sites hardened<00:34:33.119
  • Nathan Flansberg and I'm the superintendent of PAC Charter Schools, a multi-site K-12 district serving
  • <01:27:47.840> school schools, where our schools our school schools, where our schools our
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Education Finance

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  • . schools. schools.
  • nurses, social workers, and chemical dependency counselors at school sites.
  • the school security and the school the school security and the school lockdown<00:51:56.360>
  • Continuing down this path increases the risk for schools to fail to meet federal government requirements
  • to fail to meet federal risk for schools to fail to meet federal government<01:19:34.840> requirements
Bills: HF3493, HF4114
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

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  • and I teach at Bard Christian School and I teach at Bard Christian School where<00:06:10.639>
  • Uh we are learning about right now we are learning about the functions of government.
  • I am a retired government economics teacher. >> So y'all be nice. Y'all be nice to him.
  • I am a retired government<00:09:33.279> economics<00:09:34.000> teacher.
  • government economics teacher. government economics teacher.
Bills: HB272, HB272
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2025-04-28

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Association Of independent schools, a group of independent schools from across the state.
  • We are the underpaid and underappreciated backbones of our schools. We make school happen.
  • school being 165 students.
  • . and public school.
  • Unemployment insurance allows us to return to our school sites in the fall and provide experienced, committed
Bills: HF1388
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 4/28/25

Education Finance

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  • of Independent Schools, a group of independent schools from across the state.
  • > on Schools.
  • Chartered public schools on Schools.
  • Unemployment insurance allows us to return to our school sites in the fall and provide experienced, committed
  • insurance for hourly school workers. insurance for hourly school workers.
Bills: HF1388
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/5/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Charter schools are public schools.
  • Charter schools are public schools.
  • Charter schools are public schools.
  • per-pupil funded and on the governing board of Zed Education District, which were multiple schools cooperating
  • > school retain school counselors, school retain school counselors, school psychologists,<01:35
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.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 03-18-2026

Education

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  • school psychologist? school psychologist?
  • . government. government.
  • >> Well, charter schools. Anybody from charter school? >> Nobody here is from charter schools.
  • possible school closures? possible school closures?
  • So schools.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/25/25

Education Finance

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  • chartered public schools Public Schools chartered public schools have<00:57:33.680> been<00:57
  • chartered Public Schools Public Schools chartered Public Schools need<00:57:42.559> funds<00:
  • schools, deserve equal resources for safe school environments.
  • schools.
  • schools.
KY
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  • <00:20:36.880> When school. So it's moving really fast. When school.
  • Teachers, when I went to school, or when we all went to school, we went to learn.
  • we all went to school we went to learn. we all went to school we went to learn.
  • school is to build our athletic center. school is to build our athletic center.
  • at the school? at the school?
Summary: The interim Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity met at Kentucky State University and heard a presentation from President Kofi Aapo and Vice President Michael Dorsy on the university’s role as an HBCU and its current priorities. They emphasized Kentucky State’s impact on Black student outcomes nationally, its focus on workforce development, civic leadership, innovation, and economic mobility, and its efforts to grow enrollment, expand dual-credit partnerships, and launch a prison education program. They also described House Bill 250’s role in prompting program review and the creation or expansion of market-aligned offerings, including manufacturing engineering, agricultural engineering, biological and agricultural engineering, social work, criminal justice, and expanded online programs through “Thoroughbred Global.” A major topic was Kentucky State’s move toward STEM and applied programs. President Aapo said the university is diversifying beyond liberal arts to meet workforce demand and cited plans for a PhD in agroecology, which he said would help farmers adapt to climate conditions and would be federally funded. He also discussed the nursing program as the fastest-growing on campus, partnerships with health systems that pay tuition and guarantee jobs, and the need for a new nursing facility. He said the current nursing space is inadequate and that a new building could double or triple enrollment in the program. He also described a mobile health initiative intended to bring preventive care and health education to underserved areas of the state. Members asked questions about the nursing building, STEM strategy, teacher preparation, dual credit, prison education, and student readiness. Senator Bledsoe asked about the shift toward STEM, and Aapo said the strategy is based on student demand and data from House Bill 250. Senator Berg requested a list of dual-credit partners and encouraged long-term tracking of prison education participants to study outcomes such as recidivism; Aapo said the university has not yet begun that research but intends to. Senator Tidner asked about remedial needs, and Aapo said KSU found more than 100 students with zero GPAs when he arrived and is using co-requisite support and tutoring to address English and math deficiencies. Representative Brown and others highlighted the historical and ongoing value of HBCUs, and no votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2025-04-29

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • School board rules in general allowed school workers to apply for UI before; however, they were denied
  • That's the school district, and I won't name all the alphabet soup that we have for school districts.
  • My school district, where I live, does the summer school for the school districts around it, so their
  • ESPs are in schools; they make up the fabric of our schools.
  • Talk to any school and ask them about their hourly school workers.
Bills: HF1049
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 18th, 2026

Education Policy

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  • middle schools, elementary schools, as well as curriculum directors, our affiliates here today from across
  • middle schools, elementary schools, as well as curriculum directors, our affiliates here today from across
  • <00:08:42.240> tag And that's how the helping schools tag And that's how the helping schools
  • <00:09:17.600> campaign called it the helping schools campaign called it the helping schools
  • buying not buying the helping schools buying not buying the helping schools tag<00:14:43.120>
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • and dismissal rules through the school improvement process, and updates epinephrine policies to include
  • And so there are several school districts that are operating and using those door locks.
  • It is also an opportunity for students to learn more about the government and see how it works.
  • Y'all know I can't ever stop being a school board member with our school districts, many of which are
  • Y'all know I can't ever stop being a school board member with our school districts, many of which are
Bills: S7036
Summary: The Senate Committee on Pre-K-12 Appropriations met with a quorum present and announced it would not be presenting its budget at this time, per a Senate memorandum. The sole bill on the agenda was SB 7036 by Senator Corey Simon, which was described as a broad education package strengthening school turnaround tools, early literacy supports, early learning policies, academic offerings, and educator pipeline provisions. Senator Simon explained that the bill addresses persistently low-performing schools, Title I use for STEM curricula, charter school renewal and dismissal rules, epinephrine device policies, VPK summer bridge eligibility, disability-aligned interventions, agriculture and Algebra 1 instruction, GATE access, and certification updates for teachers and computer science. An amendment was adopted that removed provisions on temporary door locks and DOE-developed instructional materials and added a GATE startup grant update. The committee heard numerous appearance forms, with many individuals and organizations waving against the bill, while one student, Ella Latimore, appeared and spoke briefly. Much of the exchange with her was lighthearted and unrelated to the bill, but Senator Simon used his closing to note that concerns from the prior stop had been addressed by removing the DOE materials and door-lock language, and he asked for favorable support. The committee then voted on the bill as amended, and CS for SB 7036 was reported favorably. After the vote, members made several informal statements, including remarks about a Valentine’s Day visit from students and appreciation for community member Misty Cash. Senator Osgood also raised a serious concern about declining immigrant student enrollment affecting district budgets, especially in Broward County, and urged the committee to address the issue proactively with school districts. The chair said staff were already working with districts on the matter and that more discussion would follow. The meeting then adjourned after additional light banter among members.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/29/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm from High School. We're the Scarto. I'm from High School.
  • Schools and school workers could apply to that before.
  • My one school district where I live does the summer school for the school districts around it.
  • <00:18:13.280> around school for the school districts around school for the school districts
  • schools. started out at the high school schools. started out at the high school way<00:31:20.799
Bills: HF1049
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Feb 10th, 2026

Education Pre-K - 12

Transcript Highlights:
  • Let's take up tab 1, SB 182 on school teacher training and mentoring programs by Senator Jones.
  • This strike-all aligns the bill with the House companion and refocuses the school teacher training and
  • mentoring program on campuses with the greatest need by limiting mentor placements to schools earning
  • a grade of D or F and expanding participation to allow both school districts and charter schools to
  • a grade of D or F and expanding participation to allow both school districts and charter schools to
Bills: S0182, S1318, S1690
Summary: The Senate Education Pre-K through 12 Committee considered three bills and reported all of them favorably. SB 1318 by Senator Rodriguez made a technical clarification to the Florida tax credit scholarship program so that when a scholarship account is closed, any remaining funds revert but do not revert to the state. The bill was taken up without debate and passed on a favorable roll call vote. The committee then heard CS for SB 1690 by Senator Calatayud on child care and early learning services. The bill updates child care laws, improves transparency and accountability, clarifies terminology, and aims to avoid over-regulating before- and after-school programs. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying rulemaking authority, shifting it to the State Board of Education. Senator Berman questioned a provision related to information on leaving children in vehicles, and Senator Calatayud said she would follow up. The committee then voted the bill favorably. Finally, the committee considered CS for SB 182 by Senator Jones on school teacher training and mentoring programs. A strike-all amendment aligned the bill with the House companion, limited mentor placements to D- and F-rated schools, expanded participation to districts and charter schools, tightened mentor qualifications, authorized stipends up to $3,000, and allowed use of educational enrichment funds. The amendment was adopted, supportive appearance forms were waived in, and the bill was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, members recognized committee staff and applauded Kathy Missouri for her last committee meeting, and senators later recorded additional affirmative votes before adjournment.