Date: 02/24/2014

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB14-1204

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment F), as amended.
Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment H). The motion p
Refer House Bill 14-1204, as amended, to the Commi		Pass Without Objection
Pass Without Objection
PASS



05:03 PM -- HB14-1204

Representative Wilson, sponsor, introduced House Bill 14-1204, which provides flexibility in reporting requirements for successful rural and small school districts. He discussed the need for the bill and introduced Amendment L.001 (Attachment F). He discussed the impact of Title I reporting and the ways in which the bill lessens the requirements for rural and small schools. He discussed the differences between large schools and small schools, charter schools, and school districts. Representative Wilson discussed the similarities between rural schools and charter schools and distributed testimony from Bret Miles (Attachment G), who was unable to attend the meeting.

14HseEd0224AttachF.pdf14HseEd0224AttachF.pdf 14HseEd0224AttachG.pdf14HseEd0224AttachG.pdf

The following people testified:

05:10 PM -- Paula Stephenson, Executive Director of the Colorado Rural Schools Caucus and also representing the Colorado BOCES Association, testified in support of the bill. Ms. Stephenson responded to questions from the committee.

05:15 PM -- Paul McCarty, Superintendent of Hanover School District #28, testified in support of the bill.


05:19 PM

Representative Wilson explained Amendment L.002 (Attachment H) and clarified that it strikes out the provisions of the bill relating to charter schools.

14HseEd0224AttachH.pdf14HseEd0224AttachH.pdf
BILL:HB14-1204
TIME: 05:19:12 PM
MOVED:Wilson
MOTION:Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment H). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:McNulty
VOTE
Buckner
Court
Everett
Fields
Holbert
McNulty
Murray
Pettersen
Priola
Wilson
Young
Peniston
Hamner
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


05:20 PM

Representative Wilson responded to questions from the committee regarding the enrollment breakdown document he provided (Attachment I).

14HseEd0224AttachI.pdf14HseEd0224AttachI.pdf
BILL:HB14-1204
TIME: 05:20:02 PM
MOVED:Wilson
MOTION:Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment F), as amended. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Court
VOTE
Buckner
Court
Everett
Fields
Holbert
McNulty
Murray
Pettersen
Priola
Wilson
Young
Peniston
Hamner
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


05:26 PM

Representative Wilson offered closing comments to the bill.
BILL:HB14-1204
TIME: 05:26:52 PM
MOVED:Wilson
MOTION:Refer House Bill 14-1204, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0, with one member excused.
SECONDED:Holbert
VOTE
Buckner
Yes
Court
Yes
Everett
Excused
Fields
Yes
Holbert
Yes
McNulty
Yes
Murray
Yes
Pettersen
Yes
Priola
Yes
Wilson
Yes
Young
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Hamner
Yes
Final YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



05:28 PM

The committee adjourned.