Bill Summary for Bill Number HB05-1088

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB05-1088

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes:

Action Taken:

moved to refer HB 1088 to the Committee on Appropr

FAIL

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.