Senate Committee on Education (05/03/2005)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Date:	05/03/2005	ATTENDANCE

Time:	01:09 PM to 02:38 PM	Evans	X
		Jones	X
Place:	SCR 354	Spence	X
		Tupa	*
This Meeting was called to order by		Williams	*
	Senator Windels	Bacon	*
		Windels	X
This Report was prepared by
	Susan Liddle
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
HB05-1088 SCR05-007		Laid Over Postponed Indefinitely

01:09 PM -- House Bill 05-1088

Senator Groff explained HB 1088 concerning the education of children whose parents are incarcerated. He distributed a fact sheet about the bill (Attachment A) and responded to questions from the committee.

01:24 PM

Senator Groff continued to respond to questions from the committee about what the implications and need for this study are.

01:29 PM

The following individuals testified:

01:30 PM -- Bill Mahoney, representing himself as a mentor to a child whose father is in prison, spoke in support of the bill.

01:41 PM -- Bree Addison, Peer Assistance Services, spoke in support of the bill and distributed a handout (Attachment B). She responded to questions from the committee.

01:57 PM -- Montie Halley, representing herself as a child with an incarcerated parent, spoke in support of the bill and responded to questions.

02:14 PM -- Byron Pendley, Colorado Department of Education, testified and responded to questions from the committee. He stated that the State Board of Education does not have a position on HB 1088. He discussed the issue of gathering the data required by this bill, and the potential validity of the statistics that will be gathered from this study.

02:21 PM -- Ms. Addison returned to the table to respond to some of the questions raised in discussion.

02:24 PM

Representative McFadyen, the House sponsor of the bill, came to the table and discussed the need for HB 1088. She responded to questions from the committee.


BILL:	HB05-1088
TIME:	02:35:26 PM
MOVED:	Bacon
MOTION:	moved to refer HB 1088 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion failed 2-5.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Evans	No
	Jones	No
	Spence	No
	Tupa	No
	Williams	No
	Bacon	Yes
	Windels	Yes
Not Final YES: 2 NO: 5 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL

02:36 PM

Senator Windels took HB 1088 off the table.

02:37 PM -- Senate Concurrent Resolution 05-007

Senator Evans briefly refreshed the committee on the provisions of SCR 7 which authorizes independent school districts. This resolution was heard on April 28, and was before the committee today for action only.


BILL:	SCR05-007
TIME:	02:37:10 PM
MOVED:	Evans
MOTION:	moved to refer SCR 7 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion failed on a 3-4 roll call vote.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Evans	Yes
	Jones	Yes
	Spence	Yes
	Tupa	No
	Williams	No
	Bacon	No
	Windels	No
Not Final YES: 3 NO: 4 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: FAIL


BILL:	SCR05-007
TIME:	02:37:52 PM
MOVED:	Tupa
MOTION:	moved to postpone SCR 7 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to this, therefore SCR 7 was PI'd on a 4-3 roll call vote.
SECONDED:
		VOTE
	Evans	No
	Jones	No
	Spence	No
	Tupa	Yes
	Williams	Yes
	Bacon	Yes
	Windels	Yes
Final YES: 4 NO: 3 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

02:38 PM

The committee adjourned.