Date: 03/26/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1043

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt a conceptual amendment to Amendment L.016 (A
Adopt prepared Amendment L.016 (Attachment A), as
Refer House Bill 12-1043, as amended, to the House		Pass Without Objection
Pass Without Objection
PASS


01:59 PM -- House Bill 12-1043

Representative Todd took a moment to introduce students from Overland High School and Regis High School, stating that the students are visiting the capitol and shadowing her on their first day of spring break. Representative Massey invited Representative Conti to the table to present her bill. He stated that the hearing would be re-opened for House Bill 12-1043, which was returned to the House Education Committee after its hearing and referral to the House Committee of the Whole on January 25, 2012.

Representative Conti, sponsor of House Bill 12-1043, presented the bill. As introduced, the bill expands options for students wishing to enroll concurrently in high school and college courses. If, at the beginning of his or her senior year, a student needs less than full-time enrollment to complete graduation requirements, the school district must allow the student and his or her parents to decide if the student:

• completes the remaining requirements and graduates early;
• continues to enroll exclusively in high school courses; or
• concurrently enrolls at an institution of higher education.

Under current law, students in grades 9 through 12 who wish to concurrently enroll must get permission from their school district. A qualified student in his or her senior year as described in House Bill 12-1043 does not need approval from the school district.

The bill allows students to concurrently enroll for up to 15 credit hours per semester at an institution of their choice through their senior year, and requires every school district to enter into at least one cooperative agreement with an institution of higher education allowing concurrent enrollment. If a student chooses an institution for which the student's school district does not have a cooperative agreement, the student may choose another institution with which a cooperative agreement does exist. The cooperative agreement must specify that the district will pay a portion of the student's tuition. This portion may not exceed the student share of in-state tuition charged at community colleges.

Institutions of higher education may also receive College Opportunity Fund (COF) stipends on behalf of these students. The student is responsible for any additional tuition and student fees. For the purposes of the School Finance Act (SFA), the school district shall include the student in the district's funded pupil count. For COF purposes, the institution of higher education shall include the student in determining student FTE.

Julie Pelegrin, Office of Legislative Legal Services, came to the table to walk the committee through Amendment L.016 (Attachment A). She stated that the amendment is a total re-write of the bill.

The following persons testified:

02:10 PM -- Dr. Jane Urschel, Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB), testified in opposition to the bill. Dr. Urschel stated that CASB believes that current law already accommodates the provisions that are included in the bill. She stated that the real problem is that students and parents are not aware of the concurrent enrollment programs that exist.

02:11 PM -- Dr. Matt Gianneschi, Deputy Executive Director, Colorado Department of Higher Education (DHE), came to the table to respond to questions from the committee. He stated that DHE has no position on the bill. Committee discussion of the bill with Dr. Gianneschi ensued.


02:13 PM

Representative Massey moved a conceptual amendment to Amendment L.016 (Attachment A). The conceptual amendment to Amendment L.016, is: page 3, line 19, strike "shall" and substitute "may"; line 22, strike the semi-colon after "concurrently" and substitute a period; line 22, strike "except that the superintendent, the"; strike lines 23 through 26.

HseEd0326AttachA.pdf
BILL:HB12-1043
TIME: 02:17:09 PM
MOVED:Massey
MOTION:Adopt a conceptual amendment to Amendment L.016 (Attachment A). Amend prepared Amendment L.016, page 3, line 19, strike "shall" and substitute "may"; line 22, strike the semi-colon after "concurrently" and substitute a period; line 22, strike "except that the superintendent, the"; strike lines 23 through 26. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Holbert
VOTE
Hamner
Holbert
Joshi
Kerr A.
Murray
Peniston
Ramirez
Schafer S.
Excused
Solano
Summers
Todd
Beezley
Massey
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

BILL:HB12-1043
TIME: 02:20:09 PM
MOVED:Massey
MOTION:Adopt prepared Amendment L.016 (Attachment A), as amended. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Holbert
VOTE
Hamner
Holbert
Joshi
Kerr A.
Murray
Peniston
Ramirez
Schafer S.
Excused
Solano
Summers
Todd
Beezley
Massey
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

BILL:HB12-1043
TIME: 02:21:32 PM
MOVED:Holbert
MOTION:Refer House Bill 12-1043, as amended, to the House Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a roll call vote of 10-1.
SECONDED:Murray
VOTE
Hamner
Yes
Holbert
Yes
Joshi
Yes
Kerr A.
No
Murray
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Ramirez
Excused
Schafer S.
Excused
Solano
Yes
Summers
Yes
Todd
Yes
Beezley
Yes
Massey
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 1 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS