Date: 04/23/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB12-160

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Adopt prepared Amendment L.004 (Attachment C). The
Refer Senate Bill 12-160 to the House Committee of
PASS



04:23 PM -- Senate Bill 12-160

Representative Duran, sponsor of Senate Bill 12-160, presented the bill. The bill modifies the composition of the Colorado State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement in Education (CSACPIE), and specifies definitions impacting the composition of school and district accountability committees. Senate Bill 09-090 created the CSACPIE in the Colorado Department of Education. The council's composition includes parents of public school children, and representatives from federally funded parent centers, teachers, administrators, school boards, state agencies, and education associations. The council advises state agencies concerning best practices and strategies for increasing parent involvement in education and promoting family and school partnerships.

The following persons testified:

04:25 PM -- Tina House, Chair of CSACPIE, testified in support of the bill. Ms. House stated that there are too many people on the committee and that the membership is duplicative. She stated that there are 27 people on the committee currently.

04:27 PM -- Richard Garcia, founder of Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition, testified in support of the bill. Mr. Garcia stated that it has been difficult to get business done with such a large group and that it would be more workable with a smaller group.

Representative Beezley asked about the activities of the committee. Mr. Garcia responded that CSACPIE was founded to look at best practices around effective parental engagement and to disseminate that information to school districts, and to create a grant-making process to assist school districts in implementing some of the best practices that are identified.


04:31 PM

Representative Beezley distributed Amendment L.004 (Attachment C). Committee discussion ensued. Representative Beezley, at the urging of the committee, asked Representative Holbert to withdraw his second of the motion to adopt the amendment. Representative Holbert withdrew his second, and Representative Beezley withdrew the original motion to adopt the amendment.

HseEd0423AttachC.pdf
BILL:SB12-160
TIME: 04:34:56 PM
MOVED:Beezley
MOTION:Adopt prepared Amendment L.004 (Attachment C). The original motion and the second of the motion were withdrawn.
SECONDED:Holbert
VOTE
Court
Hamner
Holbert
Joshi
Kerr A.
Murray
Peniston
Ramirez
Solano
Summers
Todd
Beezley
Massey
YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: WITHDRAWN
BILL:SB12-160
TIME: 04:49:13 PM
MOVED:Todd
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 12-160 to the House Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a roll call vote of 11-2.
SECONDED:Solano
VOTE
Court
Yes
Hamner
Yes
Holbert
No
Joshi
No
Kerr A.
Yes
Murray
Yes
Peniston
Yes
Ramirez
Yes
Solano
Yes
Summers
Yes
Todd
Yes
Beezley
Yes
Massey
Yes
Final YES: 11 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS