Senate Committee on Education (03/25/2015)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Date:	03/25/2015	ATTENDANCE

Time:	10:13 AM to 10:28 AM	Holbert	X
		Johnston	X
Place:	SCR 356	Kerr	X
		Merrifield	X
This Meeting was called to order by		Neville T.	X
	Senator Hill	Todd	*
		Woods	X
This Report was prepared by		Marble	X
	Rachel Kurtz-Phelan	Hill	X
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
SB15-200 HB15-1224		Postponed Indefinitely Referred to the Committee of the Whole - Consent Calendar

10:14 AM -- SB15-200

Senator Hill, Chair, welcomed the committee members to the meeting. He invited Senator Kerr to come to the table to present Senate Bill 15-200 which was on the table for action only. Senator Kerr explained that the bill concerns increased consumer protections in student lending for educational loans. He talked about the differences between the loans regulated by the bill and highly regulated federal student loans.


BILL:	SB15-200
TIME:	10:19:17 AM
MOVED:	Kerr
MOTION:	Refer Senate Bill 15-200 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion failed on a vote of 4-5.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Holbert	No
	Johnston	Yes
	Kerr	Yes
	Merrifield	Yes
	Neville T.	No
	Todd	Yes
	Woods	No
	Marble	No
	Hill	No

YES: 4 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL


BILL:	SB15-200
TIME:	10:19:53 AM
MOVED:	Marble
MOTION:	Postpone Senate Bill 15-200 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 5-4.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Holbert	Yes
	Johnston	No
	Kerr	No
	Merrifield	No
	Neville T.	Yes
	Todd	No
	Woods	Yes
	Marble	Yes
	Hill	Yes

Final YES: 5 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

10:20 AM -- HB15-1224

Senator Marble took over as committee chair. Senators Hill and Todd, co-sponsors, presented House Bill 15-1224 which concerns accounting for state moneys received by public postsecondary institutions that do not participate in the College Opportunity Fund program. Senator Hill explained that the bill separates out the funding allocation in the long bill for two junior colleges: Aims Community College (Aims) and Colorado Mountain College (CMC). Senator Todd explained that the bill also clarifies that CMC is allowed to use all of its appropriated funds for both its two year and four years programs. Senator Hill stated that the bill makes clarifying accounting changes. Senators Todd and Hill answered questions from the committee.

The following person testified on the bill:

10:24 AM -- John Karakoulakis, representing CMC, came to the table to answer questions about the bill. He told the committee that there are only two local district junior colleges in the state, Aims and CMC. He said the majority of the community colleges in the state are members of the Colorado Community College System, and that Aims and CMC are separate from this system.

10:26 AM

There were no more witnesses and Senator Marble closed public testimony.


BILL:	HB15-1224
TIME:	10:26:40 AM
MOVED:	Hill
MOTION:	Refer House Bill 15-1224 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Holbert	Yes
	Johnston	Yes
	Kerr	Yes
	Merrifield	Yes
	Neville T.	Yes
	Todd	Yes
	Woods	Yes
	Marble	Yes
	Hill	Yes

YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

10:27 AM

The committee adjourned.