Date: 03/10/2014

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB14-149

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer Senate Bill 14-149 to the Committee of the WPASS



02:03 PM -- SB14-149

Representative Hamner, Chair, welcomed the committee members and audience. Representative Young, sponsor, introduced Senate Bill 14-149, which strikes a paragraph from state law that allows the Department of Higher Education (DHE) to exempt a school from licensure requirements based on accreditation. The bill, if passed, brings state law into compliance with federal law (34 CFR 600.9). He stated that not complying with federal law puts Title IV funding at risk. He discussed the fact sheet distributed to the committee (Attachment A).

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The following people testified:

02:05 PM -- Chad Marturano, representing DHE, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Marturano responded to questions from the committee. He discussed the department's correspondence with the U.S. Department of Education.

02:10 PM -- Steve Durham, representing the Colorado Association of Career Colleges and Schools, testified in support of the bill.


02:12 PM

Representative Young offered closing comments to the bill.
BILL:SB14-149
TIME: 02:12:38 PM
MOVED:Young
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 14-149 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 10-1, with two members excused.
SECONDED:Peniston
VOTE
Buckner
Yes
Court
Yes
Everett
No
Fields
Yes
Holbert
Excused
McNulty
Yes
Murray
Yes
Pettersen
Yes
Priola
Excused
Wilson
Yes
Young
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Hamner
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 1 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



02:13 PM

The committee adjourned.