Date: 04/20/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB15-1125

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Postpone House Bill 15-1125 indefinitely. The moti
Refer House Bill 15-1125 to the Committee on Appro		PASS
FAIL



07:05 PM -- HB15-1125

Representatives Carver and Lundeen, co-sponsors, presented House Bill 15-1125, which makes significant changes to the Colorado Academic Standards, requiring the State Board of Education to review two content areas each year. The bill also repeals the requirement that Colorado participate as a governing member in a multi-state consortium and limits statewide testing. Representative Carver described the provisions of the bill. She spoke about the importance of norm-referenced tests and about the importance of restoring in-state authority over standards and assessments. Representative Lundeen spoke about the need to preserve accountability while maintaining Colorado's ability to serve as an educational leader. He spoke about varying models of education policy and the need for both accountability and local control. He spoke to the bill's responsiveness to the recommendations of the task force created by House Bill 14-1202. He described the public's frustration with the lack of oversight of the standardized tests. He described the bill as bringing back in-state authority. Representatives Carver and Lundeen responded to questions from the committee.


07:17 PM

Representatives Carver and Lundeen continued responding to questions from the committee.


07:27 PM

Julie Pelegrin, representing the Office of Legislative Legal Services, came to the table to respond to questions from the committee.


07:29 PM

Committee discussion ensued. Representatives Carver and Lundeen continued responding to questions from the committee and offered closing comments to the bill. Representative Carver spoke about maintaining in-state authority over standards and assessments. Representative Lundeen spoke about solutions to the problems in education policy and his concern that no movement will take place. He spoke about the benefits of the bill and discussed increasing public frustration. He spoke about how other bills leave in place the out-of-state ownership of assessments used in Colorado schools. He spoke about statewide support for the bill from former legislators and members of the State Board.
BILL:HB15-1125
TIME: 07:35:21 PM
MOVED:Lundeen
MOTION:Refer House Bill 15-1125 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion failed on a vote of 5-6.
SECONDED:Everett
VOTE
Everett
Yes
Fields
No
Garnett
No
Hamner
No
Lundeen
Yes
Moreno
No
Priola
Yes
Wilson
Yes
Windholz
Yes
Lee
No
Pettersen
No
YES: 5 NO: 6 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL
BILL:HB15-1125
TIME: 07:48:07 PM
MOVED:Lee
MOTION:Postpone House Bill 15-1125 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 6-5.
SECONDED:Garnett
VOTE
Everett
No
Fields
Yes
Garnett
Yes
Hamner
Yes
Lundeen
No
Moreno
Yes
Priola
No
Wilson
No
Windholz
No
Lee
Yes
Pettersen
Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



07:48 PM

Representative Lundeen thanked the committee and Representative Carver. Representative Pettersen thanked the committee. The committee adjourned.