Date: 02/06/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB12-1212

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 12-1212 to the House Committee ofPASS

01:33 PM -- House Bill 12-1212

Representative Massey, Chair, welcomed the members of the committee to the meeting and announced that House Bill 12-1218, which appears on the day's agenda, has been laid over until February 22.

Representative Becker, sponsor of House Bill 12-1212, presented his bill to the committee. The bill, which is recommended by the Joint Budget Committee, eliminates the authority for a board of cooperative educational services (BOCES) to authorize a single-district, online educational program. Under current law, a BOCES can authorize either a single-district or multi-district program.

The San Juan BOCES, which includes nine school districts, operates the Southwest Colorado e-School on-line educational program. Since this program is defined as a single-district program, each enrolled student is counted in their home school district and funded at that district’s per pupil funding level. In FY 2011-12, per pupil funding for districts in the San Juan BOCES ranges from $6,162 to $13,906. Under this bill, enrolled students would be funded at the $5,866 per pupil rate of other multi-district programs. This per pupil rate is based on passage of HB 12-1201, the supplemental school finance bill.

The following person testified:

01:36 PM -- Randy Boyer, Executive Director, San Juan BOCES, expressed opposition to the bill. He stated that the bill will create a disincentive to BOCES.
BILL:HB12-1212
TIME: 01:38:37 PM
MOVED:Beezley
MOTION:Refer House Bill 12-1212 to the House Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a 13-0 roll call vote.
SECONDED:Holbert
VOTE
Hamner
Yes
Holbert
Yes
Joshi
Yes
Kerr A.
Yes
Murray
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Ramirez
Yes
Schafer S.
Yes
Solano
Yes
Summers
Yes
Todd
Yes
Beezley
Yes
Massey
Yes
Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS