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From YouTube: COVID-19 Legislative Tracking and Legislative Sessions
Description
NCSL staff provide an overview of education related legislation since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. May 29, 2020.
A
Good
afternoon,
everyone
welcome
to
today's
virtual
meeting
on
kovat
19
education
legislation.
We
wanted
to
take
an
opportunity
to
update
you
on
what
we're,
seeing
as
far
as
legislative
trends
in
education
legislation
on
kovat
19,
and
also
to
provide
an
opportunity
for
all
of
you
to
share
about
the
work
that
you're
doing
in
your
state
and
perhaps
discuss
some
pieces
of
legislation
that
you
all
have
been
considering
in
your
state
or
maybe
have
enacted
before
we
get
started
today.
Just
a
few
reminders
about
protocol
for
the
meeting.
A
We
want
to
be
sure
that
you're
joined
by
video
and
please
show
your
video
screen
we'd
love
to
see
everyone
who
is
joining
us
today.
This
really
helps
it
feel
a
lot
more
like
an
in-person
meeting,
which
I
think
we're
all
missing
and
hoping
to
have
soon.
I'm,
also,
please
add
your
phone
line
to
your
tile
so
that
we
can
all
see
who's
joining
us
today.
Share
your
name
as
well
as
your
state
that
really
helps
us
to
identify
who
is
joining
us.
A
A
We
will
be
kicking
off
with
just
a
quick
review
of
the
activity
that
we're
seeing
right
now
in
legislative
sessions,
I'll
be
doing
that
review,
and
then
we
will
have
discussion
on
both
p12
legislation
as
well
as
post-secondary
legislation,
and
it
led
by
both
Andrew
and
Jorge
of
our
team,
who
do
the
bulk
of
that
tracking
and
then
we'll
have
plenty
of
times
for
both
questions
in
our
discussion
and
then
we'll
share
with
you,
the
resources
that
we
have
it
in
CSL.
That
can
help
help.
A
You
track
this
information
yourself,
so
just
a
quick
overview
of
what
we're
seeing
in
the
States
right
now.
As
you
know,
many
states
quickly
and
abruptly
ended
their
sessions
in
March
when
we
had
quarantines
in
most
states.
Other
sessions
ended
in
April
and
then,
as
you
can
see,
we've
continued
to
sort
of
snowball
with
that
action.
Some
states
are
actually
coming
back
into
special
session.
A
All
right,
so
we're
gonna
ask
you
to
type
in
the
chat
box.
Please
let
us
know
if
your
state
is
finished
with
our
legislative
session
for
the
year
and
will
you
be
resuming
regular
session?
Are
going
it's
a
special
session?
This
just
helps
us
give
us
an
idea
of
the
legislative
action
that's
going
on
in
your
particular
state.
B
Michelle,
hello,
everyone
thank
you
for
joining
us
today.
I
just
want
to
present
us
with
two
maps,
one
that
began
in
April
at
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic
and
one
taken
yesterday.
These
are
provided
by
quorum,
as
you
can
see
here.
This
stark
change
and
the
number
of
bills
introduced
throughout
the
u.s..
These
are
bills
related
over
19
in
general,
not
necessarily
education.
Only
this
speaks
volumes.
The
curious
nature
of
endemic
response
state
legislatures
and
the
ability
of
those
legislatures
to
respond
to
them
in
a
timely
fashion.
B
Executive
orders
and
state
education
agencies
have
produced
most
of
the
guidance,
but
I
want
to
point
out
that
there's
a
lot
of
activity
in
the
eat
on
the
east
coast
of
New
York
has
introduced
242
bills,
Massachusetts
216,
Ohio,
77
and
Minnesota
160.
As
an
example.
Next
slide,
please
yeah,
so
we've
been
able
to
identify.
Approximately
a
hundred.
Forty
bills
relates
to
education
during
the
COBE
19
pandemic.
Although
I
begin
drawing
attention
to
waivers
introduced
legislation
most
often
related
to
budget
area
issues,
legislators
across
the
u.s.
B
have
made
an
attempt
to
codify
some
decisions
by
state
education
agencies
and
governors,
but
and
waivers
are
one
form
of
that
states
have
provided
waivers
to
school
district
to
allow
them
to
be
able
to
shut
down
for
the
remainder
of
the
pandemic
remain
to
the
school
year
rather,
and
these
waivers
often
had
to
relate
to
often
related
to
instructional
hours,
promotional
requirements
and
testing
Ohio's
HB
585
is
an
example
of
one
of
those
bills.
On
next
slide.
Please
schools
I
mean
a
states
also
prioritized
a
school
employee
welfare.
B
An
example
of
that
is
New
Jersey's,
a
B
38:56,
which
appropriate
Sauk
Samaritan
for
the
Sanitation
of
health
care,
residential
and
other
facilities
and
Clea
schools
and
New
York's,
a
B
10
153,
which
also
ensures
that
school
schools
of
pay
out
up
to
14
days
of
sick
time
for
any
employee
next
slide.
Please
another
major
issue,
as
we
all
know,
is
remote
learning.
B
Many
schools
have
been
tasked
with
providing
resources
and
and
different
technology
to
the
further
students,
and
so
states
have
introduced
legislation
to
help
schools
bolster
those
technology
supplies
and
also
provide
those
online
resources
for
teachers,
as
well
as
for
students,
and
many
states
are
now
considering
infrastructure
building
out
the
infrastructure
for
the
next
school
year.
As
we
might
transition
to
feature
online
learning,
North
Carolina's,
SB
850
now
is
example
of
that
they
they
have
this
introduced
legislation.
B
B
One
back
please
and
I
wanted
to
point
out
a
couple
of
bills
that
were
interesting.
Obviously,
there
their
overhead
25
bills
related
to
k-12
education
exclusively.
These
two
bills
are
interesting
in
that
they
provide
different
pipelines
for
educator
development
and
also
a
bridge
year
to
plan
for
those
high
school
students
who
did
not
who
school
closed
during
the
pandemic
and
whose
school
year
was
gonna,
be
affected
by
the,
but
by
the
pandemic
next
year.
C
So
all
given
a
real
kind
of
the
higher
education
front.
So
really,
when
we're
talking
about
the
higher
ed
we're
dealing
with
sort
of
two
big
issues
in
that
we
had
both
the
abrupt
closure
of
campuses
in
the
middle
of
the
spring
semester
and
we're
dealing
with
uncertainty
about
what
the
fall
is.
Gonna
look
like
both
in
terms
of
reopening
campuses
and
enrollment
numbers,
so
we've
obviously
seen
a
lot
of
action
at
the
institutional
level
and
there's
major
higher
ed
provisions
in
the
cares
Act.
C
But
we've
also
seen
some
state
legislation
that
I'll
just
kind
of
go
over
real
quick
to
give
an
overview
of
what
we've
been
tracking.
So
the
first
area
that
we've
seen
is
dealing
with
kind
of
the
fallout
of
those
closures
in
the
spring
and
looking
at
refunds
and
reimbursements
for
student
housing
and
dining
plans,
room
and
board
fees.
Most
colleges
already
took
this
step
and
issued
either
refund
their
credits
for
the
spring
semester.
C
But
these
bills
would
look
at
kind
of
standardizing
that
process
statewide,
especially
as
it
applies
to
public
institutions,
and
this
is
kind
of
in
the
context
of
a
broader
push
by
students,
via
both
petitions
and
lawsuits,
to
try
and
get
tuition
refunds,
which
is
something
we've
not
seen
a
lot
of
in
the
legislation
that
we're
following,
but
will
be
something
to
watch,
certainly
as
we
move
into
the
fall
so
we'll
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please.
C
So
the
next
area
is
that
we've
been
following
legislation
about
is
really
the
student
loans
and
we
know
that
the
federal
cares.
Act
provided
relief
to
most
borrowers,
but
some
borrowers
with
older
loans
and
with
private
loans
might
not
be
receiving
those
same
benefits
of
relief,
and
so
the
these
bills
that
we've
been
following
at
the
state
level
would
expand
sort
of
that
umbrella
of
the
suspension
of
payments
or
interest
and
deferring
of
payments
to
sort
of
expand.
C
The
protections
for
borrowers
and
most
of
them
look
at
doing
it
through
the
same
time
frame
as
the
cares
Act,
which
is
the
end
September,
but
other
bills
have
looked
at
tying
this
sort
of
directly
to
disaster
or
emergency
declarations
in
states.
So
if
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide
kind
of
related
to
student
loans,
there's
also
a
broader
set
of
issues
around
state
financial
aid
programs-
and
this
is
kind
of
a
two
pronged
issue
here
in
that
we've
seen
a
lot
of
bills.
C
Looking
at
existing
state
financial
aid
programs
mainly
related
to
the
flexibility
of
those
programs,
because
you've
had
pretty
much
complete
disruption
of
the
high
school
completion
process
and
the
college
admissions
process.
So
you
may
not
have
testing
to
determine
eligibility.
You've
got
colleges
that
have
changed
their
deadlines
across
the
board,
so
many
states
have
needed
to
make
modifications
to
their
financial
aid
programs
to
their
scholarship
programs,
and
some
of
those
changes
can
be
done
in
some
states
by
state
agency,
and
some
governor's
have
done
some
work
on
this.
C
But
in
other
cases
there
needs
to
be
legislative
work
done
to
ensure
those
programs
have
flexibility,
and
then
the
other
prong
of
the
financial
aid
issue
is
actually
Bill's.
Looking
at
creating
new
forms
of
financial
aid,
new
scholarship
programs
or
loan
forgiveness,
and
mainly
what
these
bills
have
looked
at
doing
is
creating
these
kind
of
programs
for
first
responders
or
frontline
medical
personnel
or
essential
workers.
C
Things
like
that,
we'll
go
to
the
next
slide,
so
shifting
a
bit
out
of
the
financial
aid
realm
into
the
emergency
preparedness
side
of
the
equation,
the
decisions
about
reopening
campuses
and
how
operations
will
proceed
in
the
fall
are
going
to
be
handled
mainly
at
the
institutional
level.
But
we've
seen
some
interest
from
the
state
legislators
looking
at
requiring
schools
to
develop
emergency
preparedness
plans
and
how
schools
would
function
if
they
were
forced
to
be
from
primarily
or
completely
online
in
the
fall
doing
online
and
distance
education.
C
So
we've
seen
a
few
bills
looking
at
that
sort
of
issue
and
then
we'll
go
to
the
last
slide
of
the
higher
ed
component
is
sort
of
just
a
few
topic
areas,
the
first
being
a
discussion
and
the
discussion.
That's
probably
gonna,
be
larger
than
higher
ed
about
liability
for
institutions
as
they
reopen
both
having
students
on
the
campus
and
as
they,
some
of
them
provide
resources
in
terms
of
testing
or
personal
protective
equipment.
How
does
the
liability
issues
be
addressed?
C
There
we've
also
seen
we
know
a
lot
of
colleges
moved
to
a
pass/fail
grading
system
for
this
past
semester
and
that
could
potentially
create
challenges
for
the
transfer
and
articulation
of
credits,
both
within
a
college
or
applying
to
grad
school
things
like
that.
The
system
most
systems
aren't
really
built
for
a
large
number
of
paths
fail
grades
in
one
semester,
so
we've
seen
some
interest
about
States,
making
sure
that
those
credits
are
able
to
transfer
and
then
more
broadly.
C
A
Thank
you
both
for
that
great
update.
It's
been
really
fascinating
to
see
what
states
feel
like
they
need
to
tackle
through
legislation.
Aside
from
just
the
just
the
budget
piece,
we
know
the
budget
piece
is
probably
going
to
be
the
very
biggest
piece
for
most
of
you,
and
so
so
we
we
are
super
interested
in
seeing
what
other
types
of
things
you
feel
like
you
need
to
codify
or
other
concerns
that
you
can
and
feel
like.
You
should
be
addressing
through
legislation.
A
That's
gonna
stick
going
forward
as
you're
having
to
make
these
choices
about
what
continues
of
what
unfortunately
needs
to
be
cut,
and
do
you
have
a
bill
that
you
would
like
to
share
with
your
colleagues
that
you
think
has
been
really
important
in
the
wake
of
covered
so
go
ahead
and
open
up
your
lines,
we'd
love
to
have
you
participate
and
just
a
warning
that
I
am
not
afraid
to
call
on
people,
so
I
am
happy
to
do
that.
If
I
need
to
do
that.
A
A
D
Right
before
we
let
we
recess
for
a
while,
so
in
Arizona
we
finished
such
or
we
recess
about
mid-march
shortly
right
after
our
state
called
school
closures.
So
in
that
last
week
we
managed
to
put
together
some
legislation
that
allowed
a
lot
of
flexibilities
so
that
schools
could
continue
to
teach
students
at
home,
whether
it
be
through
distance
learning
or
packets,
sent
home.
They
can
use
bus
buses
and
other
transportation
to
get
both
food
and
assignments
and
thing
communications
between
the
home
and
it's
been
pretty
successful.
D
Obviously
more
successful
in
some
districts
than
others,
but
I
feel
like.
We
were
able
to
cover
most
of
those
major
concerns
and
uncertainty
that
everyone
was
facing
and
allows
students
to
finish
this
school
year
and
still
get
something
out
of
the
rest
of
the
school
year
and
even
though
they
were
at
home.
A
E
E
E
In
particular,
we
struggled
at
the
very
end
of
session
because
we
didn't
know
exactly
what
was
going
to
happen
post
session
and
so
actually
the
governor
on
March
12th
issued
a
proclamation
to
close
all
the
school
districts
in
the
three
largest
Western
Washington
counties,
which
was
quite
challenging
for
us
to
to
consider.
As
we
were
also
trying
to
adjourn
the
very
thought
next
day,
he
then
extended
the
proclamation
to
close
schools
throughout
the
walk
throughout
Washington
State.
So
there
was
just
complete
closure
and
we
were
gone
so,
as
I
indicated
in
my
chat.
E
But
as
we
look
back
to
what
we
accomplished,
I
certainly
have
to
say
that
we
focused
on
getting
a
major,
comprehensive
sexual
health
education
bill
passed
that
took
two
years,
but
it
does
include
affirmative
consent
as
a
part
of
the
curriculum,
and
it
no
longer
offers
this
as
an
option
to
school
district.
It
is
now
mandatory
throughout
all
of
our
school
districts
and
of
course,
there
was
a
lot
of
angst
about
that.
E
I
think
what
I'm
really
most
proud
of
and
I'm,
going
to
ask
representative
challenge
to
specifically
speak
to
her
efforts,
but
we
did
something
that
we
have
not
done
in
22
years
of
my
service
on
the
Washington
State
Education
Committee,
and
that
is
to
really
focus
in
on
some
of
the
most
neglected
children
in
our
schools
and
that
would
be
homeless
children
and
children
in
foster.
Care
and
representative
Callen
will
talk
about
her
efforts
to
dive
deeply
into
children
in
our
juvenile
rehabilitation
facilities.
I'm
really
proud
of
that.
E
Her
work
on
that
because,
as
I
say,
those
children
are
the
most
neglected
in
terms
of
their
educational
needs
and
if
we
don't
equip
them,
then
when
they
are
returned
to
community
they're,
not
only
behind
in
their
education
they're,
also,
then
not
equipped
to
interact
and
rejoin
society
in
a
productive
fashion.
So,
representative
calendar,
you
want
to
talk
more
about
what
you're
doing.
F
Great
bipartisan
culture
in
that
committee,
which
is
really
helpful
for
us
to
really
move
the
dial
as
I
think
most
of
us
that
are
in
here
and
involved
in
education,
know
that
education
is
is
a
non
partisan
issue
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
every
child
has
what
they
need
to
learn
and
thrive.
So
can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
I'm,
on
a
headset
and
I
can't
hear
myself?
F
Graduating
they're
graduating,
even
if
it's
a
delayed
a
year,
but
they
are
graduating
and
they're,
given
the
tools
they
need
for
post-secondary
success.
So
that's
what
the
bill
is
about
and
great,
you
know,
and
the
support
coming
out
start
working
on
that
have
our
first
meeting
I
think
in
a
couple
weeks.
E
There
is
no
doubt
that
the
efforts
that
are
putting
out
there
for
just
startup
work,
I'm,
not
I'll,
let
represent
McCallum,
speak
to
her
work,
but
the
work
with
foster
care
and
homeless
youth.
You
know
we
are
really
I
think
looking
at
trying
to
save
we're
looking
at
what
like
what
is
it
Lisa,
a
four
billion
dollar
shortfall,
so
we're
having
to
start
right
now,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
we're
saying
is
any
money
that
we
have
appropriated
but
have
not
yet
spent.
E
Let's
freeze
those
efforts
if
they
haven't
already
started,
that's
not
going
to
give
us
very
much
money,
I
think
with
the
other
efforts,
namely
the
sex
ad
bill,
because
we
actually
had
stepped
that
out.
You
know
it
was
phased
in
I.
Don't
think
that
that's
going
to
be
necessarily
challenged
very
much
in
the
near
future,
I
think
once
we
start
having
that
become
effective
in
the
lower
grades,
which
is
several
years
out
yeah,
we
may
have
to
see
some
delays
in
that.
A
G
G
G
We
are
this:
the
Senate
where
the
assembly,
which
is
what
I
serve
in
we
finished
up
business
back
in
February
and
sent
I
think
over
a
hundred
bills,
a
few
of
which
are
are
my
bills
over
to
the
Senate,
and
then
things
shut
down,
and
so
we're
still
waiting
on
the
Senate
to
finish
things
up,
and
there
are
a
couple
of
education
related
bills
in
there.
That
I
think
are
pretty
important.
G
G
We
were
using
a
private
company
to
establish
an
early
learning
pilot
program
that
is
going
to
be
focused
on
areas
where
we
have
the
largest
achievement
gap
and
in
Wisconsin
that
would
be
in
Milwaukee
and
Madison
and
I
guess,
possibly
Green
Bay
teamed
at
four
year
olds,
where
there
would
be
a
device
provided
to
the
company.
The
company
we
largely
were
working
with
as
a
company
called
upstart,
and
so
maybe
some
of
you
have
done
something
similar
to
this
in
your
states
as
well.
G
I
have
not
been
impressed
with
the
efforts
Markey
has
been
putting
forward
in
serving
at
students
during
this
period
of
time.
So
I'm
very
concerned
about
that,
and
hopefully
this
program
will
be
able
to
help
those
pre
kindergarteners
be
able
to
be
prepared
for
school
more
so
than
they
have
been
previously.
G
We
also,
although
it's
not
a
huge
deal,
I
think
it's
important.
Having
been
a
teacher
at
one
point
in
time,
a
lot
of
states
have
been
implementing
cursive
in
their
schools
once
again
after
it
having
kind
of
died
down
over
a
number
of
years,
we're
looking
to
get
that
back
into
Wisconsin
as
well,
and
probably
the
biggest
issue
that
we
fought.
G
A
G
A
H
Good
afternoon
everyone
it's
good
to
be
here
today
we
started
off
in
Kentucky
in
January
with
our
60-day
session.
This
is
about
our
budget
session
or
usually
prepare
a
two-year
budget.
We
started
off
the
year
a
lot
of
optimism
about.
Hopefully
we
were
going
to
be
able
to
do
some
things
and
we
had
not
been
able
to
do
in
quite
some
time.
H
Budget
wise
I
also
served
on
Appropriations
and
Revenue,
as
well
as
education.
On
the
house
side,
we
were
able
to
have
some
increased
funding
for
education
born
backer
schools
got
some
increased
funding
for
higher
ed
got
over
to
the
Senate,
of
course,
to
Senate
they've
always
got
do
things
a
little
different
than
the
house.
I
think
you
all
understand
how
that
works,
but
we
were
in
good
shape
and
then
this
coronavirus
here
and
reality
set
in.
H
Ultimately
it's
the
past
the
two-year
budget.
We
just
passed
a
one-year
budget
because
we
knew
there
was
no
way
that
we
could
actually
predict
what
our
financial
economic
situation
was
going
to
be
in
the
next
six
months,
12
months
so
we'll
come
back
next
year,
we
had
to
make
some
serious.
We
had
to
pull
back
a
lot
of
the
decisions
that
we
made.
We
were
good
we
had
pay
raises.
H
There
are
a
lot
of
bills
out
there
that
did
not
make
it
across
the
finish
line
because
of
the
situation
with
the
virus,
normally
only
met
53
days
out
of
the
60
days,
we
limited
our
business
to
the
end
of
the
year,
the
primary
budget
related
business.
We
did
some
unusual
things
we
actually
voted
remotely
from
our
office
instead
of
in
our
house
chambers.
That
was
a
little
bit
of
a
historic
advance,
but
we
got
through
that
couple
of
bills
that
we
did
get
through
last
year,
Senate
bill
one
with
their
school
safety
bill.
H
We
had
a
shooting
in
Kentucky,
Marshall
County
High
School
a
couple
of
years
ago,
a
lot
of
work
money
into
that
school
safety
bill,
senator
senator
wise,
represented
Kearney
I
will
mention
I,
don't
know,
some
of
you
may
know,
represent
BAM
Carney
he's
been
in
the
hospital
for
about
over
150
days
now
real
surreal.
He
was
in
intensive
care
for
over
100
days.
H
I
haven't
got
to
go,
see
him
in
quite
some
time,
but
he
last
report
I
had
he
is
back
in
the
rehab
facility
again,
so
he
certainly
needs
your
prayers,
so
he
certainly
has
been
going
through
a
lot.
But
they'd
worked
on
Senate
bill
when
we
made
some
updates
tweaks
to
our
school
safety
bill
Senate
bill
eight.
Also,
we
made
some
changes
to
our
accountability
system.
We
passed
a
law
bleeding
seventeen
made
some
big
changes
and
had
made
some.
We
made
some
more
changes,
so
hopefully
this
will
be
the
last.
A
Thank
you
for
that
update,
um-um
percent
of
Kearney
has
been
very
much
on
all
of
our
minds
and
thank
you
for
updating
us
on
his
health
to
you
and
please
give
him
our
best
wishes.
We
really
enjoyed
working
with
him,
and
especially
around
the
issue
of
school
safety.
He's
been
just
a
phenomenal
presence
in
that
space,
and
so
we
are
certainly
thinking
of
him.
I
would
be
curious
if
there's
any
other
legislators
or
legislative
staff
on
the
call
who
are
also
from
States,
who
have
shifted
to
the
remote
voting
experience.
I
know
this
was
this.
A
Is
that
we've
been
tracking
this
at
NCSL?
This
is
really
fascinating
issue
to
me
how
to
continue
to
provide
continuity
of
government
at
a
time
when
we
can't
be
physically
present,
and
so
some
states
did
go
ahead
and
move
forward.
I
know
Massachusetts
was
one
another.
Are
there
any
other
states
where
you
where
you
had
that
experience
where
you're
voting
remotely
and
if
so,
how
is
that.
A
A
I
Perfect
sorry,
I
don't
have
any
video
for
y'all
today,
I'm.
Actually
a
legislature
went
home
this
morning,
so
I'm,
actually
in
the
middle
of
my
pantry,
trying
to
get
everything
like
reorganized.
So
here,
I
am
and
kind
of
like
the
gentleman
from
Kentucky
just
mentioned.
Really
this
session
has
been
kind
of
wild
for
us.
It's
definitely
one.
That's
I
mean
I'm
almost
16
years
here
as
legislative
staff.
This
is
definitely
the
craziest
session
we've
ever
had
because
we
were
just
coming
off
an
election
year,
and
so
we
always
have
a
longer
legislative
session.
I
So
really
the
first
four
to
six
weeks
is
kind
of
the
meet
and
greet
get
back
into
the
swing
of
things,
get
everyone
acclimated
to
their
new
committee
appointments
and
things
of
that
nature
so
really
towards
the
end
of
February.
Everybody
was
kind
of
you
know,
happy
and
kumbaya
moments,
because
you
know
the
revenue
projections
were
up
for
Mississippi.
Everybody
was
in
a
really
good
position.
I
There
was
a
lot
of
talk
to
expand,
maybe
like
our
early
learning
collaborative
and
a
couple
other
education
initiatives
that
they'd
really
been
trying
to
expand
and
build
on
for
a
couple
years
now.
Education
is
always
kind
of
a
hot
topic
for
us
in
terms
of
equitable
funding.
We
have
something
called
the
Mississippi
adequate
education
program
formula
that
really
dictates
our
K
through
12,
and
so
there
was
a
lot
of
hope
that
was
going
to
get
fully
funded
this
year
as
well.
I
I
I
know,
there's
a
couple
of
our
african-american
institutions
at
the
higher
learning
levels
that
I
think
are
gonna,
be
level
funded
and
a
few
things
like
that,
but
as
a
whole,
pretty
much
everyone
in
Mississippi
is
gonna
have
to
look
on
how
they
can
absorb
a
six
point.
Five
percent
cut
we're
hoping
that
that
number
kind
of
goes
you
know
down
or
up
depending
on
how
you
want
to
look
at
it.
We
hope
it
improves,
but
we
just
came
back
this
week
and
so
I
know.
I
Education
on
the
house
side
is
meeting
I
think
at
the
beginning
of
next
week.
So
I
don't
really
have
a
whole
lot
of
specific
actions
to
report,
but
as
a
whole,
it's
kind
of
really
great
year
coming
up
for
the
next
fiscal
year
and
then
it
kind
of
just
all
got
you
know
bump
to
the
bag.
So
that's
kind
of
a
snapshot
as
a
whole.
Here
in
Mississippi.
A
And
myself
muted.
Thank
you
for
the
update.
We
really
appreciate
that
it's
so
interesting
to
hear
how
this
is
playing
out
in
all
the
other
states.
Is
there
anyone
else
who
wants
to
jump
in
and
just
share
a
little
bit
about
what
what
has
happened
or
you
think
may
be
coming
up
for
you
give
it
just
a
few
seconds
just
unmute
your
mic
and
jump
in.
A
So
at
this
point,
I
did
want
to
let
you
know
that
if
you
have
any
questions
at
all
for
either
Jorge
or
angel
or
me
about
legislative
sessions
or
about
the
legislation
or
about
anything
that
they
discussed,
we
are
happy
to
take
those
questions.
I
do
see
that
representative
theis
valve
mentioned
that
liability
protections
are
needed
for
businesses.
Yes,
we
are
definitely
hearing
quite
a
bit
about
that.
A
As
I
mentioned,
NCSL
has
a
pretty
robust
bill
tracking
effort
going
on
within
our
education
program
and
across
the
organization
we
created
both
an
interactive
bill
tracker
that
tracks
everything
from
from
pre-school
all
the
way
up
to
higher
education
within
within
our
website
it
in
CSL.
So
you
can
certainly
access
that
information
by
going
to
our
website
and
then
there's
also
a
bill
tracker
that
we
have
just
released.
That
includes
everything
with
regard
to
health,
employment
elections,
criminal
justice
and
education,
and
then
there's
some
other
topics
too.
A
So,
if
you're
just
curious
in
general,
how
legislators
are
responding
to
kovat
and
perhaps
even
to
give
you
some
ideas
of
some
things
you
might
need
to
be
thinking
about
in
your
state.
You
can
certainly
visit
both
of
those
bill
trackers
and
if
you
have
any
specific
questions
from
us,
just
be
sure
to
let
us
know:
okay,.
A
And
I
wanted
to
end
by
sharing
with
you
information
about
upcoming
meetings,
just
to
remind
everyone.
All
of
our
meetings
are
always
at
3:00
p.m.
Eastern
Time
on
Tuesday,
we'll
be
joined
by
Anthony
McKay.
He
and
Nathan
dress
go
from
the
National
Center
for
Education
in
the
economy.
They
will,
just
literally
earlier
that
day
have
been
with
representatives
from
about
20
countries
who
will
be
talking
about
how
their
countries
are
handling
the
impact
of
the
virus
and
what
has
worked
well
and
what
are
their
lessons
learned.
A
Who
will
be
talking
to
us
about
what
it's
been
like
on
the
ground
and
what
are
the
discussion,
points
or
decision
points
that
school
leaders
need
to
make
and
how
legislators
can
be
helping
them
right
now
and
then
we're
gonna
shift
our
focus
to
teachers
and
focus
over
a
couple
of
virtual
meetings
on
both
the
recruitment
and
preparation
piece
of
this,
as
well
as
classroom
supports
for
teachers
and
then
we're
gonna
have
a
session
with
a
couple
of
experts
on
reopening
schools.
This
fall.
A
You
know,
there's
been
guidance
coming
out
from
a
lot
of
the
education
organizations,
the
CDC
John,
Hopkins
and
others,
and
so
we're
gonna.
Have
experts
join
us
to
talk
about
the
guidance
that
they're
providing
for
schools?
We
opening
this
bomb,
we're
also
gonna
focus
on
the
impact
on
early
learning.
We
know
that
many
early
learning
opportunities
have
have
not
been
available
for
students,
certainly
while
we
shifted
to
distance
learning,
but
also
as
childcare
centers
are
struggling
to
reopen.