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SENATE JOURNAL
Sixty-second General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
Second Regular Session
64th Legislative Day Wednesday, March 8, 2000
Call to By the President at 9:00 a.m.
Order
Prayer By the chaplain, Reverend Glen Hamlyn, Rocky Mountain Cathedral, Denver.
Roll Call Present--Total, 26.
Absent/Excused--Chlouber, Hillman, Lacy, Perlmutter, Tanner, Tebedo, Thiebaut, Weddig, Wham--Total, 9.
Present later--Hillman, Lacy, Perlmutter, Tanner, Tebedo, Thiebaut, Weddig, Wham.
Quorum The President announced a quorum present.
Reading of On motion of Senator Sullivant, reading of the Journal of Tuesday, March 7th was
Journal dispensed with and the Journal stands approved as corrected by the Secretary.
SENATE SERVICES REPORT
Senate Correctly printed: SB 00-202, 203.
Services
THIRD READING OF BILLS--FINAL PASSAGE
On Third Reading, the titles of the following bills were publicly read, the reading at length having been dispensed with by unanimous consent:
HB 00-1029 by Rep. Tupa; Senator Pascoe--Eligibility For Child Care Assistance
The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the roll was called with the following result:
| YES 33 |  | NO 0 | | EXCUSED 2 | | ABSENT 0 | |
| Anderson | Y | Evans | Y | Musgrave | Y | Tanner | Y |
| Andrews | Y | Feeley | Y | Nichol | Y | Tebedo | Y |
| Arnold | Y | Hernandez | Y | Owen | Y | Teck | Y |
| Blickensderfer | Y | Hillman | Y | Pascoe | Y | Thiebaut | Y |
| Chlouber | E | Lacy | E | Perlmutter | Y | Wattenberg | Y |
| Congrove | Y | Lamborn | Y | Phillips | Y | Weddig | Y |
| Dennis | Y | Linkhart | Y | Reeves | Y | Wham | Y |
| Dyer | Y | Martinez | Y | Rupert | Y | Mr. President | Y |
| Epps | Y | Matsunaka | Y | Sullivant | Y | | |
A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the bill was declared PASSED.
HB 00-1048 by Rep. Mitchell; Sen. Arnold--Continue Checkoff For Special Olympics
The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the roll was called with the following result:
| YES 33 | | NO 0 | | EXCUSED 2 | | ABSENT 0 | |
| Anderson | Y | Evans | Y | Musgrave | Y | Tanner | Y |
| Andrews | Y | Feeley | Y | Nichol | Y | Tebedo | Y |
| Arnold | Y | Hernandez | Y | Owen | Y | Teck | Y |
| Blickensderfer | Y | Hillman | Y | Pascoe | Y | Thiebaut | Y |
| Chlouber | E | Lacy | E | Perlmutter | Y | Wattenberg | Y |
| Congrove | Y | Lamborn | Y | Phillips | Y | Weddig | Y |
| Dennis | Y | Linkhart | Y | Reeves | Y | Wham | Y |
| Dyer | Y | Martinez | Y | Rupert | Y | Mr. President | Y |
| Epps | Y | Matsunaka | Y | Sullivant | Y | | |
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HB 00-1048 A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the bill was declared PASSED.
Co-sponsors added: Hernandez, Linkhart, Martinez, Phillips, Powers, Reeves, Rupert.
HB 00-1283 by Rep. Sinclair; Sen. Wattenberg--Fire Management
The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the roll was called with the following result:
| YES 32 | | NO 1 | | EXCUSED 2 | | ABSENT 0 | |
| Anderson | Y | Evans | Y | Musgrave | Y | Tanner | Y |
| Andrews | Y | Feeley | Y | Nichol | Y | Tebedo | Y |
| Arnold | Y | Hernandez | Y | Owen | Y | Teck | Y |
| Blickensderfer | Y | Hillman | Y | Pascoe | Y | Thiebaut | Y |
| Chlouber | E | Lacy | E | Perlmutter | Y | Wattenberg | Y |
| Congrove | Y | Lamborn | Y | Phillips | Y | Weddig | Y |
| Dennis | Y | Linkhart | Y | Reeves | Y | Wham | N |
| Dyer | Y | Martinez | Y | Rupert | Y | Mr. President | Y |
| Epps | Y | Matsunaka | Y | Sullivant | Y | | |
A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the bill was declared PASSED.
HB 00-1251 by Rep. Allen; Senator Arnold--Magnet School Planning Board
The question being "Shall the bill pass?" the roll was called with the following result:
| YES 33 | | NO 0 | | EXCUSED 2 | | ABSENT 0 | |
| Anderson | Y | Evans | Y | Musgrave | Y | Tanner | Y |
| Andrews | Y | Feeley | Y | Nichol | Y | Tebedo | Y |
| Arnold | Y | Hernandez | Y | Owen | Y | Teck | Y |
| Blickensderfer | Y | Hillman | Y | Pascoe | Y | Thiebaut | Y |
| Chlouber | E | Lacy | E | Perlmutter | Y | Wattenberg | Y |
| Congrove | Y | Lamborn | Y | Phillips | Y | Weddig | Y |
| Dennis | Y | Linkhart | Y | Reeves | Y | Wham | Y |
| Dyer | Y | Martinez | Y | Rupert | Y | Mr. President | Y |
| Epps | Y | Matsunaka | Y | Sullivant | Y | | |
A majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the bill was declared PASSED.
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On motion of Senator Blickensderfer, and with a two-thirds majority of those elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, Senate Rule 15(c) was suspended for Consideration of Special Orders.
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On motion of Senator Blickensderfer, and with a two-thirds majority of those elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, SB00-186 was made Special Orders at 9:15 a.m.
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Committee The hour of 9:15 a.m. having arrived, Senator Wattenberg moved that the Senate resolve
of the itself into the Committee of the Whole for consideration of Special Orders and Senator
Whole Wattenberg was called to the Chair to act as Chairman.
SPECIAL ORDERS--SECOND READING OF BILL--9:15 A.M.
The Committee of the Whole having risen, the Chairman reported that the following bill, reading at length having been dispensed with by unanimous consent, had been considered and action taken thereon as follows:
SB 00-186 by Sen. Anderson; Rep. Allen--Education Reform
Amendment No. 1, Education Committee Amendment
(Printed in Senate Journal, February 21, pages 368-371.)
Amendment No. 2, Appropriations Committee Amendment
(Printed in Senate Journal, March 6, pages 481-482.)
Amendment No. 3, by Senator Anderson
Amend the Education Committee amendment, as printed in Senate Journal, February 21, page 369, line 6, strike "and";
line 7, strike "safety environment";
line 13, strike "both" and strike "and in providing a";
line 14, strike "safe learning environment";
line 22, strike "education." and substitute "education in a safe learning environment.";
line 29, strike "and safety environment";
line 30, strike "grades," and substitute "grade,".
Page 370, strike lines 8 through 46 and substitute the following:
"Page 24, strike lines 8 through 26.
Strike pages 25 through 29.
Page 30, strike lines 1 through 3;
Renumber succeeding C.R.S. sections accordingly.
Page 30, line 9, strike "grade and overall safety performance";
line 10, strike "sections" and substitute "section";
line 11, strike "and 22-7-605".
Page 33, strike lines 14 through 18.
Page 34, line 3, strike "and overall safety performance grade";
line 4, strike "sections 22-7-604 and 22-7-605." and substitute "section 22-7-604.";
line 5, strike "schools," and substitute "schools and";
strike lines 6 and 7 and substitute the following:
"grades shall form two columns, titled "School" and "Academic".".
Page 36, line 5, strike "section 22-7-605." and substitute "rules promulgated by the state board.".
Page 37, strike lines 18 through 26.
Page 38, strike lines 1 through 16.
Page 45, line 11, strike "two";
strike lines 12 through 14 and substitute the following:
"line: "Overall Academic Performance".";
line 19, strike "Performance," and "Overall safety" and substitute "Performance".";
line 20, strike "RECORD.".
Amendment No. 4, by Senator Anderson
Amend printed bill, page 15, line 12, strike "capabilities;" and substitute "capabilities, including but not limited to awarding schools and school districts grants to assist them in upgrading their transmittal capabilities and establishing rules for the awarding of such grants;".
Amendment No. 5, by Senator Anderson
Amend printed bill, page 16, line 24, strike "the" and substitute "maintaining the integrity and" and strike "all".
Amendment No. 6, by Senator Anderson
Amend printed bill, page 21, strike line 6 and substitute the following:
"weighted total scores are below the highest eight percent and above the lowest sixty-seven percent";
line 7, strike "percentile";
strike line 11 and substitute the following:
"weighted total scores are below the highest thirty-three percent and above the lowest twenty-seven percent";
line 12, strike "percentile";
strike line 16 and substitute the following:
"weighted total scores are below the highest seventy-three percent and above the lowest two percent";
line 17, strike "percentile".
Page 27, strike line 18 and substitute the following:
"weighted total scores are below the highest eight percent and above the lowest sixty-seven percent";
line 19, strike "percentile";
strike line 23 and substitute the following:
"weighted total scores are below the highest thirty-three percent and above the lowest twenty-seven percent";
line 24, strike "percentile".
Page 28, strike line 2 and substitute the following:
"weighted total scores are below the highest seventy-three percent and above the lowest two percent";
line 3, strike "percentile".
Amendment No. 7, by Senator Anderson
Amend printed bill, page 24, after line 4, insert the following:
"(b) Beginning with the 2001-02 school year, the department shall annually designate those schools that have an overall, weighted total score that has changed by ten percentage points or more from the immediately preceding school year. Schools with a positive gain of ten percentage points or more shall be designated as "Notable Academic Improvement". Schools with a negative change of ten percentage points or more shall be designated "Notable Academic Decline".".
Page 33, line 13, after "school.", insert "If a school receives a designation pursuant to section 22-7-604 (6) (b) for the year in which the school report card is being prepared, immediately below the words "Overall Academic Performance" shall appear "With Notable Academic Improvement" or "With Notable Academic Decline", whichever is appropriate.".
Page 45, after line 20, insert the following:
"(III) For any school that receives a designation pursuant to section 22-7-604 (6) (b) for the year in which the school report card is being prepared, the following additional line shall be appear directly below the chart described in this paragraph (b): "This school is being recognized for notable overall academic improvement by [number of percentage point improvement]% over last year." or "This school is being recognized for notable academic decline by [number of percentage point decline]% over last year.".".
Reletter succeeding subparagraphs accordingly.
Page 45, line 22, strike "(b)" and substitute "(b), or directly below the line added pursuant to subparagraph (III) of this paragraph (b) if applicable,".
Page 54, line 22, strike "year." and substitute "year or that had received an academic performance grade of "D" or "F" in the previous year and that improved its academic overall standardized, weighted total score by ten percentage points or more as compared to the immediately prior year.".
Page 74, line 13, strike "one-half" and substitute "one-third";
line 25, strike "one-half" and substitute "one-third".
Page 75, after line 7, insert the following:
"(4) Of the moneys available for awards pursuant to this part 3, one-third shall be awarded to public schools that in the previous school year received an academic performance grade of "D" or "F" pursuant to section 22-7-604 and whose academic overall standardized, weighted total score in the current school year improved by ten percentage points or more as compared to the previous school year. Awards issued pursuant to this subsection (4) shall be known as "Outstanding Educational Improvement Awards".".
Renumber succeeding paragraph accordingly.
Amendment No. 8, by Senator Teck
Amend printed bill, page 50, line 8, strike "site." and substitute "site - repeal.".
Page 51, after line 20, insert the following:
"(5) (a) During February, 2005, the state board shall report to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives on all aspects of the school report cards issued pursuant to this part 6. Such report shall include but not be limited to findings on whether:
(I) The scores of students have improved since the report cards were issued;
(II) Incidents involving student safety have decreased since the report cards were issued;
(III) Parental satisfaction with public schools has increased since the report cards were issued;
(IV) The format of the school report cards could be improved;
(V) The state board or department has been informed of problems with the report cards; and
(VI) The state board recommends that the school report cards should be continued.
(b) This subsection (5) is repealed, effective July 1, 2005.".
Amendment No. 9, by Senator Anderson
Amend printed bill, page 52, strike lines 10 through 18.
Renumber succeeding C.R.S. sections accordingly.
Page 66, line 19, strike "22-7-610" and substitute "22-7-609".
Amendment No. 10, by Senator Anderson
Amend printed bill, page 52, line 20, after ""D"" insert "or "F"".
Page 58, line 24, after "22-7-604,", insert "for two consecutive years,".
Amendment No. 11, by Senator Anderson
Amend printed bill, page 56, after line 13, insert the following:
"SECTION 5. 22-11-104 (2) (a), Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
22-11-104. Accreditation indicators. (2) Contents. The accreditation indicators shall include but shall not be limited to the following:
(a) (I) Results on statewide assessment instruments administered pursuant to section 22-7-409, including but not limited to the reading assessments implemented pursuant to part 5 of article 7 of this title, and the assessment administered pursuant to section 22-7-409 (1.5). All assessment results shall be aggregated by grade level and subject area.
(II) All accreditation indicators relating to the statewide assessments shall be consistent with the methodology for determining academic performance grades pursuant to section 22-7-604. The baseline year for the accreditation indicators shall be the 2000 - 2001 school year.".
Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
Amendment No. 12, by Senator Anderson
Amend printed bill, page 54, line 19, strike "that receives an" and substitute "whose overall standardized, weighted total score for academic performance is within the top eight percent of all public schools or is within the top eight percent of all public schools that improved their overall standardized, weighted total score for academic";
strike line 20.
Page 74, line 13, strike "that" and substitute "whose overall standardized, weighted total score for academic performance is within the top eight percent of all public schools pursuant to";
strike line 14.
Amendment No. 13, by Senator Anderson
Amend printed bill, page 57, line 24, after "3.", add "An "applicant" may include, but shall not be limited to, an individual, a group of individuals, a company, an existing public school, or a school district.".
Amendment No. 14, by Senator Anderson
Amend printed bill, page 82, strike lines 5 through 7 and substitute the following:
"(I) Any student who is eligible for the state's alternative assessment for students with disabilities as stated in the student's individual education program pursuant to section 22-20-108; except that the results of any alternative assessment taken shall be reported separately to the department;";
strike lines 12 and 13 and substitute the following:
"any public school of the state is defined as a student whose dominant language is not English pursuant to section 22-24-103 (4) (a) or (b); except that such student's scores".
Amendment No. 15, by Senator Anderson
Amend printed bill, page 54, after line 9, insert the following:
"22-7-611. School improvement plans. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "local board of education" means the board of education of the school district for a public school.
(2) On and after May 1, 2002, within forty-five days after the state board determines that a public school has received an academic performance grade of "F", pursuant to section 22-7-604, the state board shall notify the local board of education that it must submit a school improvement plan pursuant to this section or the state board shall recommend an independent charter school pursuant to part 3 of article 30.5 of this title. The local board of education shall have the option of developing and implementing a school improvement plan pursuant to this section or having the state board recommend an independent charter school.
(3) (a) If the local board of education chooses to develop and implement a school improvement plan, within ninety days after receiving the notification from the state board in subsection (2) of this section, the local board of education shall submit to the state board a school improvement plan. The plan must be adopted by the local board of education after a public hearing on the proposed plan.
(b) The state board shall adopt rules specifying the information required to be contained in a school improvement plan. Such information shall include but is not limited to:
(I) A determination of the causes for the public school’s low academic performance;
(II) Curriculum, managerial, or other practices that hinder student achievement at the public school;
(III) Proposed changes in staffing, curriculum, or district policies to improve student achievement at the public school; and
(IV) Proposed changes in resource allocations, including grants and federal title dollars, to target resources on improving student achievement at the public school.
(c) Within forty-five days after receipt of a school improvement plan under this section, the state board shall forward back to the local board of education comments and suggestions on the plan. During the first year of a school improvement plan, the comments and suggestions of the state board shall be advisory. If the local board of education adopts any of the suggestions and comments, the local board of education shall submit to the state board an amended school improvement plan adopted by the local board of education after a public hearing on the proposed amended plan.
(4) If a school improvement plan proposes the restructuring of federal title moneys, to the extent permissible under federal law, the state board shall automatically waive requirements for the use of such moneys.
(5) If during the first year after a school improvement plan is submitted to the state board, the public school does not improve its academic improvement performance score pursuant to section 22-7-604, by at least 10 percentage points, the comments and suggestions of the state board pursuant to paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of this section, shall be implemented by the local school board for the following school year.
(6) If during the second year after the submission of a school improvement plan, the public school receives an academic performance grade of "F" pursuant to section 22-7-604, the state board shall proceed with the recommendation of an independent charter school pursuant to the provisions of part 3 of article 30.5 of this title.".
Renumber succeeding C.R.S. section accordingly.
Page 58, line 22, after "that", insert "it is necessary to recommend an independent charter school to a local board of education because a local board of education has chosen not to submit an improvement plan pursuant to section 22-7-611 or because during the second year of a school improvement plan, pursuant to section 22-7-611,".
Amendment No. 16, by Senator Evans
Amend the Anderson floor amendment, as printed in Senate Journal, March 8, page 552, line 28, strike "10 percentage points," and substitute "ten percent,".
Amendment No. 17, by Senator Wattenberg
Amend printed bill, page 85, strike lines 4 through 26.
Strike pages 86 through 93.
Page 94, strike lines 1 through 22.
Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
As amended, laid over until Thursday, March 9, retaining its place on the calendar.
ADOPTION OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
On motion of Senator Wattenberg, the Report of the Committee of the Whole was adopted and, a majority of all members elected having voted in the affirmative, the following action was taken:
SB00-186, as amended, laid over until Thursday, March 9, retaining its place on the
calendar.
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On motion of Senator Blickensderfer, and with a majority of those elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative, the balance of the calendar of Wednesday, March 8, was laid over until Thursday, March 9, retaining its place on the calendar.
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COMMITTEE OF REFERENCE REPORTS
Local After consideration on the merits, the committee recommends that the following be
Government referred favorably to the Committee of the Whole: HB00-1112
Local After consideration on the merits, the committee recommends that the following be
Government postponed indefinitely: HB00-1281
Finance After consideration on the merits, the committee recommends that HB00-1103 be
amended as follows and, as so amended, be referred to the Committee on Appropriations with favorable recommendation:
Amend reengrossed bill, page 2, line 24, strike "thirty-eight" and substitute "forty-nine".
Education The Committee on Education has had under consideration and has had a hearing on the following appointment and recommends that the appointment be confirmed:
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
for a term expiring January 17, 2004:
Wesley A. Segelke of Englewood, Colorado, appointed.
TRIBUTES--A POINT OF INTEREST
Honoring Nathan Scott Tebedo by Senator Tebedo
Honoring Geoff Burrell by Senator Phillips
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On motion of Senator Blickensderfer, the Senate adjourned until 9:00 a.m., Thursday,
March 9, 2000.
Approved:
Ray Powers
President of the Senate
Patricia K. Dicks
Secretary of the Senate
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