Date: 04/23/2014

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB14-1376

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 14-1376 to the Committee on ApproPASS



12:39 PM -- HB14-1376

Representative Buckner, co-sponsor, introduced House Bil l4-1376, which requires the Department of Education (CDE) to create a report for each school which analyzes which students are placed in differentiated courses, and how the students in those courses perform on standardized tests. He discussed the needs of students, and the goal of having schools and districts be more aware of disparities in placement and achievement. He explained that the bill does not mandate what districts should do to close the achievement gap, but does require that they take the information into account. Representative Buckner responded to questions from the committee.

12:44 PM -- Jill Hawley, Associate Commissioner, CDE, came to the table to respond to questions from the committee.


12:45 PM

Representative Moreno, co-sponsor, added his comments about the bill. He discussed his experience as a student at a school where more remedial classes were offered than honors classes. He described the socio-economics of his district, and why students at lower socio-economic levels have fewer high-level classes available to them.


12:47 PM

Jill Hawley responded to questions from the committee regarding information currently collected by the department. She explained that the department is currently collecting its first year of course-level data, and that the bill asks the department to connect course-level data with student proficiency. Ms. Hawley continued to respond to questions from the committee. Committee discussion ensued. Ms. Hawley and the co-sponsors continued to respond to questions from the committee.


01:08 PM

Ms. Hawley continued to respond to questions from the committee.


01:10 PM

Representative Buckner offered closing comments to the bill.
BILL:HB14-1376
TIME: 01:11:13 PM
MOVED:Buckner
MOTION:Refer House Bill 14-1376 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 7-5, with one member excused.
SECONDED:Fields
VOTE
Buckner
Yes
Court
Yes
Everett
No
Fields
Yes
Holbert
No
McNulty
Excused
Murray
No
Pettersen
Yes
Priola
No
Wilson
No
Young
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Hamner
Yes
Final YES: 7 NO: 5 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS