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One senator asked the committee to fund maternal-health technology pilots and programs intended to address maternal mortality and morbidity, including remote monitoring apps and remote ultrasound components. The sponsor cited a Florida pilot that monitored pregnant people and reported a 50% drop in morbidity among participants.

Senator Pokarski presented amendment 288 #49 S seeking funding to cover the cost of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for Medicaid patients with drug-resistant epilepsy; she said current Medicaid payment does not cover the device and procedure and that the amendment would increase payment so eligible patients could access the therapy.

Senator Pokarski also presented a restorative-schools pilot program amendment (117 #8 S) for about $1,990,000 to hire specialists, provide stipends and training, and expand restorative behavioral practices statewide beyond an initial eight-school allocation.

Speakers emphasized program effectiveness and access gaps; the transcript does not record final committee action on these requests.

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Roan asked for $650,000 to modernize streetlights along Manassas Drive in Manassas Park, saying current illumination is uneven and inefficient and that the city would share costs. She also said the city seeks $2,000,000 to run a pilot alternative-education program so Manassas City Public Schools can operate its own program instead of relying on Prince William County slots.

On election administration, Roan described a $8,200,000 request for general registrar funding to provide additional staffing and avoid burnout in local offices.

Roan also used broader budget remarks to press for eliminating the data-center tax incentive, citing a JLARC report and arguing that the incentive is costly to taxpayers. \"The big ticket would give you money. It would give you a lot of money. $471,000,000 All you gotta do is 1 thing, which is eliminate the data center tax incentive,\" she said, adding the funds could be redirected to other priorities.

She closed with a request to assist Northern Virginia Food Rescue, a regional food-distribution nonprofit serving increasing demand since the pandemic.

No formal votes or committee actions were recorded in the transcript during this presentation.

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He described amendment 124 #29 S, a $5 million appropriation for planning, design and development of a special-education transition center for students ages 18 to 22 that would provide career and technical education and workplace integration supports. \"This transition center will serve students ages 18 to 22 through partnerships with local business and community organizations to establish job placement pipelines,\" Srinivasan said.

He also requested item 296 #8 S, $186,000 in FY26 to expand Spark (specially adapted resource clubs) into Loudoun County. Srinivasan said Spark provides day programs for adults with disabilities who have aged out of school-based services and that federal grant funding is set to expire in August 2025.

Finally, item 438 #7 S would appropriate $500,000 in FY26 toward a pedestrian bridge at a dangerous intersection; Srinivasan cited 10 accidents from 2016 to 2021 at the crossing, four causing injuries, including one incapacitating injury.

The transcript records presentation and rationale but no committee vote. Srinivasan asked for consideration and emphasized workforce and safety benefits for constituents.

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Senator Jennifer Baird highlighted amendment 125 #17 to cap Surry County's LCI at 0.65, saying Surry's LCI is currently 0.80 because a single Dominion power plant dominates the locality's property valuation while the county's population is just about 6,500. \"This is a unique situation because Surry County currently has the highest possible calculator for the LCI of 0.8, which is predominantly the result of the nuclear power facility as it relates to Surrey's low population of 6,500,\" Baird said.

Dr. Herbert T. Monroe III, superintendent of Surry County Public Schools, told the committee that the LCI rating understates local financial stress and reduces state aid despite very high student need. \"For Surry County Public Schools, a high local composite index of 0.80 presents significant funding challenges under the Virginia current school financing system,\" Monroe said. He added that 94.15% of Surry students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch while Surry's LCI implies strong local ability to pay.

Senator Janet Durant described a separate but related amendment, 125 #3 S, that would exclude the value of properties exempted under disabled veteran real property tax relief from the LCI calculation. Durant said Stafford County in 2024 forgave about $23 million in taxes under that program, roughly 10% of county real estate tax revenue, and that including exempted values in the LCI understates the county's true tax base available for schools.

Committee members followed with procedural questions; no formal vote was recorded in the transcript. Speakers repeatedly characterized the issue as a statewide problem affecting multiple localities and said they had gathered data from revenue commissioners to identify other high-stress areas.

The amendments presented would change LCI calculations (one by a localized cap for Surry and another by excluding exempted property values from LCI computations) but do not themselves appropriate funding. Committee staff and sponsors indicated additional technical work and coordination with local revenue officials would be needed for implementation.

What happened next: The presentation concluded with senators asking staff to follow up and with no recorded formal action on the amendments in the transcript.

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Senators outline maternal-health tech pilots, Medicaid coverage gaps, and restorative-schools expansion

Manassas senator urges infrastructure fixes and proposes eliminating data-center tax incentive

Loudoun senator seeks funding for special-education transition center, Spark expansion and pedestrian bridge

Senators press for Local Composite Index fixes after high LCI penalizes small, low-income divisions