It's beginning to look a lot like session...

Everywhere you go there are legislators milling, meeting and huddling. It's Assembly Days and lawmakers are here in Olympia for the first of three days of committee hearings and work sessions.

With the start of session just around the corner, legislators use this time to really start digging in to the work of updating the state's two-year operating budget.

One particular meeting of note is the joint Ways & Means, Education, Education Appropriations and Early Learning & Children's Services committee. The five committees are meeting jointly right now and getting an update on HB 2261, the big basic education bill passed last session.

Of particular interest might be the draft early learning plan presented by the Department of Early Learning. DEL spent months gathering input from a wide array of stakeholders, parents, providers and more to draft this proposed long-term plan to ensure all children enter kindergarten ready to succeed. You can also learn more about the recommendations coming from the funding formula work group, potential changes to the teacher certification process, and improvements to data collection in the K-12 system.

TVW is airing the meeting live right now.

Check out the full list of today's meetings here.