Date: 04/30/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB09-256

COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt proposed conference committee report CLSB256
Moved a conceptual amendment to require the Genera
Moved amendment L.096. The motion failed on a 1-4
Moved amendment L.099. The motion failed on a 1-4
Moved amendment L.107. The motion passed without
Moved an amendment to the report to change the dat
Moved an amendment to the report to make reference		PASS
FAIL
FAIL
FAIL
Pass Without Objection
PASS
PASS


12:35 PM

Senator Romer, chair of the conference committee on Senate Bill 09-256, concerning the financing of public schools, called the meeting to order and made opening comments. He said he would recommend that the committee adopt the rerevised version of the bill with some small amendments.


12:37 PM

The committee was provided two handouts (Attachments A and B). Todd Herreid, Legislative Council Staff, came to the table to address the differences between the Legislative Council Staff and the Office of State Planning and Budgeting forecasts of the solvency of the State Education Fund (see Attachment A). Mr. Herreid responded to committee questions.

09ConfCommSB 256A.pdf 09ConfCommSB 256B.pdf


12:53 PM

Carolyn Kampman, Joint Budget Committee Staff, weighed in on committee questions about General Fund growth and the State Education Fund. The committee discussed these issues with Mr. Herreid and Ms. Kampman at length.



01:00 PM

Ms. Kampman spoke to the effect of different proposals to reduce total program funding in FY 2009-10 based on Legislative Council Staff forecasts (see Attachment B).


01:04 PM

Senator Romer talked about the draft report before the committee, which would adopt the House version of the bill with amendments. He described the amendments and committee discussion ensued.

01:08 PM

Nicole Myers and Julie Pelegrin, Office of Legislative Legal Services, came to the table to respond to committee questions about the proposed report. Committee members made comments to the report.

01:22 PM

The committee discussed the action that would be taken to conform with the language on the top of page two of the proposed report. Vody Herrmann, Colorado Department of Education, came to the table to speak to the committee discussion around the recision language in the proposed amendment.

01:47 PM

Committee members made final comments to the report. Ms. Pelegrin clarified that the language on pages five, six, and seven is conforming amendments that are new sections to the bill.



BILL:SB09-256
TIME: 01:18:43 PM
MOVED:King K.
MOTION:Moved a conceptual amendment to require the General Assembly, not the Joint Budget Committee to act on recisions. The motion failed on a 1-4-1 vote.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Bacon
No
Scanlan
No
King K.
Yes
Massey
Excused
Pommer
No
Romer
No
Not Final YES: 1 NO: 4 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL


BILL:SB09-256
TIME: 01:19:48 PM
MOVED:Romer
MOTION:Moved an amendment to the report to change the dates on pages 1 and 3. The motion passed on a 5-0-1 vote.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Bacon
Yes
Scanlan
Yes
King K.
Yes
Massey
Excused
Pommer
Yes
Romer
Yes
Not Final YES: 5 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

BILL:SB09-256
TIME: 01:31:12 PM
MOVED:King K.
MOTION:Moved amendment L.107. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Bacon
Scanlan
King K.
Massey
Pommer
Romer
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:SB09-256
TIME: 01:42:26 PM
MOVED:King K.
MOTION:Moved amendment L.099. The motion failed on a 1-4-1 vote.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Bacon
No
Scanlan
No
King K.
Yes
Massey
No
Pommer
Excused
Romer
No
Not Final YES: 1 NO: 4 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL


BILL:SB09-256
TIME: 01:43:54 PM
MOVED:King K.
MOTION:Moved amendment L.096. The motion failed on a 1-4-1 vote.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Bacon
No
Scanlan
No
King K.
Yes
Massey
No
Pommer
Excused
Romer
No
Not Final YES: 1 NO: 4 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL

BILL:SB09-256
TIME: 01:45:55 PM
MOVED:Pommer
MOTION:Moved an amendment to the report to make reference to the 1331 (BEST) process. The motion passed on a 6-0 vote.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Bacon
Yes
Scanlan
Yes
King K.
Yes
Massey
Yes
Pommer
Yes
Romer
Yes
Not Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


BILL:SB09-256
TIME: 01:49:06 PM
MOVED:Romer
MOTION:Adopt proposed conference committee report CLSB256.001, as amended, with permission for the drafters to make technical changes to the report.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Bacon
Yes
Scanlan
Yes
King K.
No
Massey
Yes
Pommer
Yes
Romer
Yes
Final YES: 5 NO: 1 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS












01:50 PM

The committee adjourned.