Date: 04/21/2014

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB14-1139

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

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04:25 PM -- HB14-1139

Representative Priola, sponsor, distributed a handout to committee members (Attachment J). He declined to discuss House Bill 14-1139, which changes Colorado's method for counting school attendance from one count date per year to a multi-day system that counts students based on Average Daily Membership (ADM). He cited previous committee discussion on this issue during the hearing on House Bill 14-1292. Representative Priola responded to questions from the committee. The committee discussed methods of counting students.

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The following people testified:

04:27 PM -- Reilly Pharo, Vice President of Education Initiatives for the Colorado Children's Campaign, testified in support of the bill. She discussed the impact of changing the single count date system currently in place and explained that the current system does not account for students who enter after the count date. She stated that as of 2010, only 13 states use a single count date. Ms. Pharo responded to questions from the committee.

04:33 PM -- Luke Ragland, representing Colorado Succeeds, spoke in support of the bill. He spoke about school choice, Colorado's open enrollment policies, and stated that school choice is about empowering parents and creates healthy competition among schools. He stated that a single-day count system is out-of-date, and an ADM option will align well with school choice.


04:36 PM

There were no more witnesses and Representative Hamner laid the bill over for action only to a later date.