Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Date:05/05/2014
ATTENDANCE
Time:01:39 PM to 02:30 PM
Buckner
X
Court
X
Place:
Everett
*
Fields
X
This Meeting was called to order by
Holbert
X
Representative Hamner
McNulty
*
Murray
X
This Report was prepared by
Pettersen
X
Lisa Gezelter
Priola
*
Wilson
X
Young
X
Peniston
X
Hamner
X
X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call
Bills Addressed: Action Taken:
HB14-1147
HB14-1145
SB14-185
SB14-205
SB14-221		Postponed Indefinitely
Postponed Indefinitely
Postponed Indefinitely
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Postponed Indefinitely


01:40 PM -- HB14-1147

Representative Hamner, Chair, welcomed the audience and committee members. Representative Szabo, sponsor, asked the committee to lay over House Bill 14-1147 for 30 days. The bill concerns funding for the capital construction needs of charter schools.





















BILL:HB14-1147
TIME: 01:41:26 PM
MOVED:Holbert
MOTION:Lay over House Bill 14-1147 for 30 days. The effect of this motion is to postpone the bill indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0.
SECONDED:Young
VOTE
Buckner
Yes
Court
Yes
Everett
Yes
Fields
Yes
Holbert
Yes
McNulty
Absent
Murray
Yes
Pettersen
Yes
Priola
Excused
Wilson
Yes
Young
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Hamner
Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 1 FINAL ACTION: PASS































01:42 PM

Representative Wilson, sponsor, asked the committee to lay over House Bill 14-1145 for 30 days. The bill requires the Department of Education to compile budget information and create summaries of financial information for K-12 schools.
BILL:HB14-1145
TIME: 01:43:54 PM
MOVED:Wilson
MOTION:Lay over House Bill 14-1145 30 days. The effect of this motion is to postpone the bill indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0, with one member absent and two excused.
SECONDED:Court
VOTE
Buckner
Yes
Court
Yes
Everett
Yes
Fields
Yes
Holbert
Excused
McNulty
Absent
Murray
Yes
Pettersen
Yes
Priola
Excused
Wilson
Yes
Young
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Hamner
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 1 FINAL ACTION: PASS






















01:44 PM -- SB14-185

Representative Petterson, sponsor, asked the committee to postpone Senate Bill 14-185 indefinitely. The bill concerns Pay for Success contracts for early childhood education.
BILL:SB14-185
TIME: 01:45:28 PM
MOVED:Pettersen
MOTION:Postpone Senate Bill 14-185 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0, with one member absent and two excused.
SECONDED:Court
VOTE
Buckner
Yes
Court
Yes
Everett
Yes
Fields
Yes
Holbert
Yes
McNulty
Absent
Murray
Yes
Pettersen
Yes
Priola
Excused
Wilson
Excused
Young
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Hamner
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 1 FINAL ACTION: PASS


01:46 PM -- SB14-205

Representative Young, sponsor, introduced Senate Bill 14-205, which requires the State Workforce Development Council within the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) to work with the Colorado Department of Higher Education (DHE), the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), the CDLE, and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) to:








He distributed a handout (Attachment A). He discussed the need for the bill, and what it takes to be competitive for high paying, high skill jobs. Representative Young responded to questions from the committee. The following people testified:

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01:56 PM -- Sandra Solin, representing the Colorado Technology Association (CTA), testified in support of the bill. She read testimony for Wendy Nkomo, the Chief Operating Officer for CTA. She discussed the nature of the CTA and the needs of the information technology (IT) industry in Colorado. Ms. Solin responded to questions from the committee.


02:07 PM

Committee discussion ensued. Representative Young and Ms. Solin continued to respond to questions from the committee.

02:14 PM -- Leah Lindahl, representing the Colorado Bioscience Association, testified in support of the bill.


































02:16 PM

Representative Young offered closing comments.
BILL:SB14-205
TIME: 02:17:08 PM
MOVED:Young
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 14-205 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-3, with one member excused.
SECONDED:Buckner
VOTE
Buckner
Yes
Court
Yes
Everett
No
Fields
Yes
Holbert
No
McNulty
Excused
Murray
Yes
Pettersen
Yes
Priola
No
Wilson
Yes
Young
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Hamner
Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 3 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


02:18 PM -- SB14-221

The committee took a five minute recess.


02:21 PM

Representative Peniston, Vice-Chair, called the committee back to order. Representative Hamner, sponsor, presented Senate Bill 14-221, which allows high schools to opt out of next year's social studies assessment, then in following years uses a sampling methodology. Representative Hamner requested that the committee postpone the bill indefinitely.












BILL:SB14-221
TIME: 02:25:56 PM
MOVED:Young
MOTION:Postpone Senate Bill 14-221 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0.
SECONDED:Hamner
VOTE
Buckner
Yes
Court
Yes
Everett
Yes
Fields
Yes
Holbert
Yes
McNulty
Yes
Murray
Yes
Pettersen
Yes
Priola
Yes
Wilson
Yes
Young
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Hamner
Yes
Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS


02:28 PM

Representative Hamner thanked the committee members for their hard work.. Representative Peniston discussed serving on the committee for 8 years.


02:30 PM

The committee adjourned.