House Committee on Education (03/21/2006)

Final
STAFF SUMMARY OF MEETING

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Date:	03/21/2006	ATTENDANCE

Time:	10:31 AM to 10:41 AM	Benefield	X
		King	X
Place:	HCR 0107	Larson	X
		Massey	X
This Meeting was called to order by		McKinley	X
	Representative Merrifield	Penry	E
		Pommer	*
This Report was prepared by		Rose	*
	Cathy Eslinger	Solano	X
		Todd	E
		White	X
		Paccione	X
		Merrifield	X
		X = Present, E = Excused, A = Absent, * = Present after roll call

Bills Addressed:		Action Taken:
SB06-137 SB06-176		Referred to the Committee of the Whole Referred to Appropriations

10:31 AM -- Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by the chairman, Representative Merrifield. Representative Merrifield encouraged committee members to attend the Joint Education Committee meeting the following morning, Wednesday, March 22, on closing the achievement gap.

10:31 AM -- Senate Bill 06-137

Representative Massey reviewed the provisions of Senate Bill 06-137, concerning the elimination of outdated provisions of law related to the elementary and secondary education system resulting from the law's obsolescence or infrequency of use. He distributed a hand-out describing each provision in the bill (Attachment A).


BILL:	SB06-137
TIME:	10:34:31 AM
MOVED:	White
MOTION:	Refer SB06-137 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a 9-0-4 roll call vote.
SECONDED:	Larson
		VOTE
	Benefield	Yes
	King	Yes
	Larson	Yes
	Massey	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	Penry	Excused
	Pommer	Excused
	Rose	Excused
	Solano	Yes
	Todd	Excused
	White	Yes
	Paccione	Yes
	Merrifield	Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 4 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

10:35 AM -- Senate Bill 06-176

Representative Massey, prime sponsor, reviewed the provisions of Senate Bill 06-176, concerning requirements for educators. He discussed the technical changes, as well as the requirement in the bill for the fingerprints of an applicant for an educator license, authorization, or endorsement, to be submitted directly to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI), rather than having the Colorado Department of Education forward them to the CBI.

10:37 AM

Representative Massey responded to committee questions regarding employment contracts and the circumstances of teachers who move to a position in a different school district within the first 30-day period as designated in the bill.

10:40 AM

Jeremiah Barry, Office of Legislative Legal Services, was asked to come to the table to respond to committee questions.


BILL:	SB06-176
TIME:	10:41:01 AM
MOVED:	Massey
MOTION:	Refer SB06-176 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on an 11-0-2 roll call vote.
SECONDED:	Paccione
		VOTE
	Benefield	Yes
	King	Yes
	Larson	Yes
	Massey	Yes
	McKinley	Yes
	Penry	Excused
	Pommer	Yes
	Rose	Yes
	Solano	Yes
	Todd	Excused
	White	Yes
	Paccione	Yes
	Merrifield	Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 0 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS

10:41 AM

The committee adjourned.