Annual Senate Finance Committee Retreat
on Fiscal Issues Facing the Commonwealth

November 2006 Annual Retreat, Staunton, VA

Thursday November 16, 2006

• Welcome and Opening Remarks (pdf)
  The Honorable John H. Chichester, Chairman
• State Finances: Looking Backward and Forward (pdf)
  Dr. John E. Petersen, School of Public Policy, George Mason University
• Virginia's Budget and Revenue Outlook
  Betsey Daley, Staff Director
  Becky Covey, Legislative Staff
• Overview of Capital Tour (Senator Chichester)
• Capital Outlay Planning (pdf)
  Bill Echelberger, Legislative Staff
• Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind (pdf)
  H. Douglas Cox, Asst. Superintendent for Special Education and Student Services, VDOE
  Richard F. Sliwoski, Director Dept. of General Services
• Western State Hospital (pdf)
  Dr. James Reinhard, Commissioner

Friday November 17, 2006

• Meeting Convened
  The Honorable John H. Chichester, Chairman
• Overview of Public Education Funding, 1996 to 2010 (pdf)
  Sarah Herzog, Legislative Staff
• Higher Education Funding Update (pdf)
  April Kees, Legislative Staff
• Health and Human Resources: Snapshot of Funding and Substance Abuse
  Joe Flores, Legislative Staff
• Corrections and Mental Health (pdf)
  Dick Hickman, Deputy Staff Director
• Rating the States: A Closer Look (pdf)
  Neal Menkes, Legislative Staff