House Keeping Migrate to current supported CI/CD Python Versions

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Describe the Task

• migrate away from python 3.7 and 3.8 in CI/CD as EoLed

Expected Solution (suggested)
remove python 3.7 and 3.8 test requirements from GHA and update to 3.9-3.12 range as needed

Related Documentation (optional)
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• find and add this info
  • Notice of Migration to Ubuntu 24 postponed
  • GitHub's migration to Ubuntu 24 Notes
  • Python Version Status
  • PEP-569 (Python 3.8 EOL notice)
  • PEP-537 (Python 3.7 EOL notice)

Additional context (optional)

• This is going to be needed in multiple repos (UPDATE this issue with know-how)