Date: 04/27/2006

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB06-046

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved a conceptual amendment, page 10, add to the
Refer SB06-046 to the Committee on Appropriations.		TIE
PASS



02:39 PM -- Senate Bill 06-046

Representative Merrifield, prime sponsor, reviewed the provisions of Senate Bill 06-046, concerning the study of an education system ranging from pre-kindergarten through higher education. He discussed the goals for the study and distributed two hand-outs (Attachments E and F).

02:45 PM

The committee discussed the goals for the study in comparison to the work and charge of the Governor's Alignment Council, which is currently meeting. Two additional hand-outs were distributed (Attachmens G and H).

02:46 PM

The following persons testified:

02:46 PM -- Janet Gullickson, representing the American Association of University Professors, testified in support of the bill. Dr. Gullickson testified about what a good education system requires beyond a solid curriculum.

02:50 PM -- Art Bogardus, representing the Colorado Association of Career and Technical Education, testified in support of the bill. He described the types of efforts that can be supported and the need for further study of the programs that work.
02:55 PM -- Spud Van de Water, representing himself as a consultant on P-16 education, testified in favor of the bill. He spoke to the importance of strong staffing for such a study, and updated the committee of the work on the Governor's Alignment Council.
03:01 PM -- Jane Urschel, representing the Colorado Association of School Boards (CASB), testified in support of the bill. She said that a P-16 Council has been identified as a high priority of CASB.
03:04 PM -- Bruce Atchison, representing the Colorado Children's Campaign, testified in favor of the bill.

BILL:SB06-046
TIME: 03:06:26 PM
MOVED:Penry
MOTION:Moved a conceptual amendment, page 10, add to the charge, to study whether the input of the House and Senate Education committees should be included. The motion was withdrawn.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Benefield
King
Larson
Massey
McKinley
Penry
Pommer
Rose
Solano
Todd
White
Paccione
Merrifield
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: TIE


BILL:SB06-046
TIME: 03:08:02 PM
MOVED:Merrifield
MOTION:Refer SB06-046 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a 10-1-2 roll call vote.
SECONDED:Benefield
VOTE
Benefield
Yes
King
Excused
Larson
Yes
Massey
Yes
McKinley
Yes
Penry
Yes
Pommer
Yes
Rose
No
Solano
Yes
Todd
Yes
White
Excused
Paccione
Yes
Merrifield
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 1 EXC: 2 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS




03:09 PM

The committee recessed.