FIRST Conference Committee on SB09-256 (04/30/2009)

STAFF SUMMARY OF FIRST MEETING OF

FIRST CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SB09-256

Date:	04/30/2009	ATTENDANCE

Time:	12:34 PM to 01:50 PM	Bacon	X
		Scanlan	X
Place:	SCR 356	King K.	X
		Massey	X
This Meeting was called to order by		Pommer	X
Senator Romer		Romer	X
This Report was prepared by
Jennifer Thomsen

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.

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.