VASS-VASBO 2019 WINTER CONFERENCE State and Local Budgets and Legislative Advocacy January 6-8, 2019 Hilton Richmond Downtown SUNDAY, JAN. 6 4:30 6:00 pm VASS Board of Directors Meeting River City Ballroom A/B 6:00 pm Dinner for VASS Board Members at a local restaurant sponsored by VACORP and Mark III Employee Benefits 6:00 8:00 pm VASBO Executive Team Dinner Meeting Amethyst Room MONDAY, JAN. 7 8:30 11:00 am Roundtable Discussion River City Ballroom C Forecast5 Analytics End User Group Session Tim Yetter, VASBO Vice President and Director of Financial Services, Loudoun Michael English, VASS Associate Partner/VASBO Diamond Partner and President and CEO, Forecast5 Analytics (confirmed) Kelly Jordan, VASS Associate Partner/VASBO Diamond Partner and Relationship Manager, Forecast5 Analytics (confirmed) 9:00 10:00 am VASS Professional Development Committee Meeting River City Ballroom A/B 10:00 11:30 am VASS Committee to Review the Blueprint for the Future of Public Education River City Ballroom A/B 10:00 10:45 am VASBO Management Team Meeting Amethyst Room 11:00 Noon Registration River City Prefunction Area Noon 1:30 pm Luncheon & Presentations MRG Ballroom Welcoming Remarks Ben Kiser, Executive Director, Virginia Association of School Superintendents Steve Bateson, Executive Director, Virginia Association of School Business Officials VASS Award for Outstanding Policy Leadership in Support of Public Education in Virginia The Honorable Gordon C. Helsel, Jr., Virginia House of Delegates (confirmed) 1
Presentation of Award: Jeffery O. Smith, VASS President and Division Superintendent, Hampton City Presentation of Horace Mann SFO Program Scholarships to School Business Officials Brook Thomas, VASBO President and Chief Financial Officer, Northampton John Edwards, Horace Mann, (confirmed) The State of the Commonwealth s Budget; the Governor s Budget Proposals; and the Implications of State Income and Internet Sales Taxes Tina Cropp, VASBO Secretary and Finance Director, Madison 1:30 1:45 pm Break/Vendor Visitation 1:45 2:15 pm Presentation Jim Regimbal, Co-Founder, Fiscal Analytics, Ltd. (confirmed) How to Talk with Legislators about Your Division s Funding Challenges Brian Ratliff, VASS Past President and Division Superintendent, Washington 2:15 2:45 pm Panel Discussion Jim Roberts, Retired Division Superintendent, Chesapeake City (confirmed) Examples of Compensating Teachers through Non-Traditional Pay Structures Doug Schuch, VASS President-elect and Division Superintendent, Bedford Bruce McDade, Division Superintendent, Manassas Park City Krista Kelly, Executive Director of Financial Services, Manassas Park City 2
2:45 3:30 pm Small Group Discussions What We Are Doing to Compensate Our Teachers Superintendents and School Business Officials discuss in groups according to whom they compete with for teachers 3:30 3:45 pm Break/Vendor Visitation 3:45 4:15 pm Presentation Regional Special Education Resources and Allocation Christina Berta, VASBO Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, Chesterfield 4:15 5:15 pm Panel Discussion Paul Raskopf, Special Education and Student Services, Virginia Department of Education (invited) The Future of Pre-school Funding and Delivery Amy Griffin, VASS Secretary/Treasurer and Division Superintendent, Cumberland Pamela Northam, The First Lady of the Commonwealth of Virginia (invited) James Lane, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Virginia (invited) Jenna Conway, Chief School Readiness Officer, Virginia Department of Education (invited) 5:30 7:00 pm Joint VASS and VASBO Reception in Hotel Lobby Bar TUESDAY. JAN. 8 5:30 6:15 am Fun Run-Walk Networking Activity Facilitator: John Broderick, VASBO Director and Director of Finance and Operations, Sussex 7:00 8:00 am Breakfast Meetings in Regional Groups MRG Ballroom 3
8:00 8:30 am Presentations MRG Ballroom 8:30 9:00 am Panel Discussion The Honorable Ralph Northam, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia 2019 Legislation with Budget Implications 9:00 9:45 am Panel Discussion Tom Smith, VASS Legislative Liaison Stacey Haney, Haney Phinyowattanachip (confirmed) Jeremy Bennett, Government Affairs, VACO (invited) General Assembly Members Perspectives on the State Budget David Sovine, VASS Legislative Chair and Division Superintendent, Frederick The Honorable Emmett W. Hanger, Jr., Senate of Virginia (invited) The Honorable Janet D. Howell, Senate of Virginia (to invite) The Honorable Louise Lucas, Senate of Virginia (to invite) The Honorable Thomas K. Norment, Jr., Senate of Virginia (to invite) The Honorable Richard L. Saslaw, Senate of Virginia (to invite) 9:45 10:00 am Break/Vendor Visitation 10:00 10:30 am Presentation Update on ESSA School Expenditure Reporting John Broderick, VASBO Director and Director of Finance and Operations, Sussex 10:30 11:00 am Presentation Kent Dickey, Deputy Superintendent of Finance, Virginia Department of Education (confirmed) Ed Lanza, Budget Director, Virginia Department of Education (confirmed) Virginia Retirement System Update Katie Miano, VASBO Director and Director of Finance, Montgomery Schools 4
11:00 11:45 am Presentation Patricia Bishop, Director, Virginia Retirement System (confirmed) The Status of School Safety and Security Funding Tracy Shaver, VASBO Director and Executive Director of Finance, Harrisonburg City Schools 11:45 12:15 pm Presentation Brian J. Moran Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security, Commonwealth of Virginia (to invite) Property and Casualty Insurance Pitfalls in the Wake of Natural Disasters Terry Arbogast, Region VII Chair and Division Superintendent, Giles Lee Brannon, School Specialist, VACORP (confirmed) 12:15 1:00 pm VASBO Membership Business Meeting, Luncheon & Recognitions MRG Ballroom VASBO Past President's Nominations Luncheon Meeting VASBO Closing Remarks 1:00 2:40 pm Break-out Sessions Deep Dive into Google Suite Montgomery Budgets for New Finance Directors VASBO Members TBD 5