Date: 04/20/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB09-090

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved amendment L.016 (Attachment C). The motion
Moved amendment L.017 (Attachment B). The motion
Moved amendment L.018 (Attachment D). The motion
Moved to refer Senate Bill 09-090, as amended, to
Pass Without Objection
Pass Without Objection
Pass Without Objection
PASS



01:41 PM -- Senate Bill 09-090

Representative Benefield, sponsor of Senate Bill 09-090, concerning parent involvement in education, presented her bill to the committee.


01:49 PM

The following people testified on the bill:


01:49 PM --
Frank Waterous, representing the Bell Policy Center, testified in support of the bill and shared a handout with committee members (Attachment A).

090420AttachA.pdf


01:51 PM

Mr. Waterous responded to questions from the committee. Representative Benefield also responded to concerns about how the bill will get parents more involved, and how the bill interacts with the school counselor corps.


01:58 PM --
Richard Garcia, representing the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition, testified in support of the bill.


02:04 PM --
Diana Noonan, representing the State World Language Advisory Council, testified in support of the bill.


02:10 PM --
Tracy Kraft-Tharp, representing the Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health, testified in support of the bill.


BILL:SB09-090
TIME: 02:11:06 PM
MOVED:Merrifield
MOTION:Moved amendment L.017 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Benefield
VOTE
Baumgardner
Benefield
Massey
Middleton
Murray
Peniston
Priola
Scanlan
Schafer S.
Summers
Todd
Solano
Merrifield
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

090420AttachB.pdf

BILL:SB09-090
TIME: 02:12:08 PM
MOVED:Benefield
MOTION:Moved amendment L.016 (Attachment C). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Merrifield
VOTE
Baumgardner
Benefield
Massey
Middleton
Murray
Peniston
Priola
Scanlan
Schafer S.
Summers
Todd
Solano
Merrifield
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

090420AttachC.pdf

BILL:SB09-090
TIME: 02:13:01 PM
MOVED:Benefield
MOTION:Moved amendment L.018 (Attachment D). The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:Merrifield
VOTE
Baumgardner
Benefield
Massey
Middleton
Murray
Peniston
Priola
Scanlan
Schafer S.
Summers
Todd
Solano
Merrifield
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection

090420AttachD.pdf

02:15 PM

Representative Benefield concluded her remarks on the bill and asked for the committee's support.


BILL:SB09-090
TIME: 02:20:07 PM
MOVED:Benefield
MOTION:Moved to refer Senate Bill 09-090, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a 10-2-1 vote.
SECONDED:Merrifield
VOTE
Baumgardner
No
Benefield
Yes
Massey
Yes
Middleton
Yes
Murray
No
Peniston
Yes
Priola
Yes
Scanlan
Excused
Schafer S.
Yes
Summers
Yes
Todd
Yes
Solano
Yes
Merrifield
Yes
Final YES: 10 NO: 2 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS




02:20 PM

The committee took a brief recess.