Ruth Ward

relative to on-premises licenses for licensed barbershops and salons.

establishing a developmental services oversight commission; relative to reporting requirements regarding the death of a child in residential care; and relative to the registry of founded reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults.

limiting hospital executive compensation in communities designated as distressed place-based economies under certain circumstances.

establishing a web-based occupational license application portal for veterans and military spouses.

making an appropriation to the department of natural and cultural resources for renovations to the Northwood Meadows Lake Dam.

relative to employee leasing companies, workers' compensation coverage options, and a minimum wage exemption for minor league baseball players.

relative to education financing.

consolidating school administrative units, making chief school administrator jobs an elected position, and defining education roles.

relative to the input-based accountability system requirements and enforcement.

relative to the intervention of the department of education into a school or school district during a financial emergency and requiring the state school board to establish rules governing the vetting of school district business administrator candidates.

requiring the department of education to establish an auditing process relative to teacher preparation programs at the post-secondary educational level.

holding state contracts with DEI provisions to be void as a matter of law and establishing a right of action for citizens where public entities or state agencies engage with contracts with DEI provisions.

relative to parental consent and age verification for digital application platforms.

repealing the refugee resettlement program in the department of health and human services and prohibiting expenditure of state funds on refugee resettlement.

permitting towns to unilaterally withdraw from a cooperative school district.

requiring charter schools to have uniform and transparent billing costs and practices for special education services.

amending the meaning of scholarship organization as it pertains to education freedom accounts.

relative to a flood resilience section in municipal master plans.

repealing the public school identification and accommodation of gifted and talented students reporting requirement.

relative to the reporting date for the annual complaint data.