Date: 03/24/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1275

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 15-1275 to the Committee on ApproPASS



02:05 PM -- HB 15-1275

Representative Winter, sponsor, introduced House Bill 15-1275. The bill clarifies that a local education provider may include course work related to apprenticeship programs and internship programs in the programs that are available for concurrent enrollment. The bill directs the concurrent enrollment advisory board to collaborate with persons from the Department of Education, the Department of Labor and Employment, the community college system, the local district junior colleges, area vocational schools, and the Colorado Workforce Development Council to create recommendations to assist local education providers in creating cooperative agreements to include apprenticeship programs and internship programs in the available concurrent enrollment programs. The annual report that the Department of Education prepares concerning concurrent enrollment must include information concerning enrollment in courses related to apprenticeship programs and internship programs. The bill directs the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to create a tuition assistance program for students who meet the income eligibility requirements for a Pell grant, but do not qualify for the grant because the career and technical education certification program in which they are enrolled does not meet the Pell grant's minimum credit hour requirements.

02:08 PM -- Jeff Barratt, Emily Griffith Technical College, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Baratt responded to questions from the committee.

02:22 PM -- Mimi Leonard, Career and Technical Education, and Darrell Green, Career Association for Career and Technical Education, testified in support of the bill.

02:26 PM -- Dave Davia, Colorado Association of Mechanical and Plumbing Contractors, and also speaking on behalf of Associated General Contractors (AGC) and the Colorado Contractors Association, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Davia responded to questions from the committee.

02:31 PM -- Jerry Migler, Colorado Community College System, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Migler responded to questions from the committee.

02:35 PM -- Frank Waterous, Bell Policy Center, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Waterous provided a written copy of his testimony (Attachment B).

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02:38 PM -- Phil Hayes, Colorado AFL-CIO and the Colorado Building and Construction Trades Council, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Hayes responded to questions from the committee.


02:44 PM

Representative Winter provided closing remarks on the bill.
BILL:HB15-1275
TIME: 02:45:11 PM
MOVED:Kraft-Tharp
MOTION:Refer House Bill 15-1275 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 8-1.
SECONDED:Pabon
VOTE
Arndt
Yes
Garnett
Yes
Keyser
Excused
Navarro
Excused
Nordberg
Excused
Pabon
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Roupe
Yes
Tate
Excused
Thurlow
No
Winter
Yes
Kraft-Tharp
Yes
Williams
Yes
Final YES: 8 NO: 1 EXC: 4 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS