Video & Transcript Research : 'Senate Concurrent Resolution 22'

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VA

Virginia 2026 1st Special Session

April 23, 2026 - Special Session 1

Virginia House Floor Meeting

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  • Speaker, I move the adoption of the resolution. Shall the resolution be agreed to?
  • The resolution is agreed to.
  • The resolution is agreed to. The clerk will report a resolution. Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 252.
  • They will be in the block as well: House Resolution 2053, House Resolution 2054, House Resolution 255
  • , and House Resolution 260.
KY
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  • Senator Neal, Senator Tishner, Senator West, Representative Bantto. Representative Banta: Present.
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Summary: The subcommittee heard an Office of Education Accountability report on Kentucky’s early childhood regional training centers (RTCs). OEA said the centers provide valuable training, consultation, technical assistance, and materials for preschool personnel, especially for children with disabilities and at-risk students, and that the services align with state and federal requirements. However, the report found uneven student and teacher populations across regions, wide variation in per-student funding, some staffing data inaccuracies, and several fiscal oversight concerns, including inconsistent indirect cost rates, a building rental charge that may have been duplicative, and host districts recording RTC expenditures in a way that could blur them with district finances. OEA also said some documentation of progress toward goals was incomplete and that the technology lending library appeared underused. The report recommended stronger KDE oversight, uniform coding and accounting practices, review of budgets and expenditures, and an evaluation of whether the current five-center model remains the most efficient structure; OEA also suggested the General Assembly may wish to revisit KRS 157.318. Members asked about KDE’s response, whether the centers are required by federal law, how the centers operate, and whether changing the model would affect federal funding. OEA said KDE had only discussed the findings informally and had not issued a formal response, the centers are required by state law but not federal law, and changing the model would not jeopardize IDEA preschool funds. The committee accepted the report by motion. The subcommittee then approved the minutes from its July 14, 2025 meeting after initially delaying action because quorum was not yet present. After that, members turned to the Office of Education Accountability’s proposed 2026 study agenda. OEA said the three proposed topics are the annual district data profiles, facilities funding, and implementation of early literacy statutes. The district profiles would add an appendix showing the number and percentage of students moving to private school or homeschool by district and another appendix noting data-quality issues that affect comparability. OEA explained that district staffing data can undercount contract staff because those employees are not always entered into the system, and members expressed interest in tracking whether prior recommendations were implemented. One senator also raised a separate interest in reviewing whether KDE created and implemented regulations related to KFIX. The discussion remained informational, with no final vote on the study agenda shown in the transcript excerpt.
VA

Virginia 2026 1st Special Session

April 22, 2026 - Reconvened Session Part 2

Virginia House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Next bill is Senate Bill 81.
  • Next bill, Senate Bill 107.
  • Next bill, Senate Bill 107.
  • Now we come to Senate Bill 225. Senate Bill 225 on page 65.
  • Next up is Senate Bill 250.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator King? Here. Senator Blanco? Here. Senator Campbell? Here. Senator Creighton? Here.
  • Senator Johnson, Senator Kolkhorst, Senator Menendez, Senator Middleton, Senator- Deans Zaffirini there
  • Senator Johnson, Senator Cochorst, Senator Menendez, Senator Middleton.
  • Senator Blanco, Senator Campbell, Senator Creighton, Senator Johnson. Senator Kolkhorst? Aye.
  • This is Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8.