Bill Summary for Bill Number HB09-1225

Date: 02/23/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB09-1225

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View-->	Action Taken:
Moved to postpone House Bill 09-1225 indefinitely.	PASS

02:51 PM -- House Bill 09-1225

Representative Schafer, sponsor of House Bill 09-1225, concerning risk assessments, presented her bill to the committee and informed the committee that she will ask the committee to postpone the bill indefinitely at her request, and instead would bring a House Joint Resolution to create an interim committee to examine the issue further.

02:59 PM

The following people testified on the bill:

03:00 PM -- Kevin Tracy, representing Shiloh Home, testified against the bill, but noted that the new facility school board would be a good venue to further discuss this issue.

03:01 PM -- Skip Barber, representing the Colorado Association of Family and Children's Agencies, testified against the bill, but noted he wants to be a part of the continued dialogue on this issue.

03:02 PM -- Cindy Sovine-Miller, representing the Foster Care and Adoption Agencies of Colorado, testified against the bill because of the cost to implement the bill.

03:03 PM -- George Voorhis, representing CASE and RE-15 School District, testified in support of the bill, and shared his experience with an at-risk student in his district.

03:08 PM -- Terry Bishop, representing CASE and School District 11 in Colorado Springs, testified in support of the bill, and share his experience with an at-risk student in his district.


BILL:	HB09-1225
TIME:	03:11:49 PM
MOVED:	Schafer S.
MOTION:	Moved to postpone House Bill 09-1225 indefinitely. The motion passed on a 10-0-3 vote.
SECONDED:	Benefield
		VOTE
	Baumgardner	Yes
	Benefield	Yes
	Massey	Yes
	Middleton	Excused
	Murray	Yes
	Peniston	Yes
	Priola	Yes
	Scanlan	Excused
	Schafer S.	Yes
	Summers	Yes
	Todd	Yes
	Solano	Excused
	Merrifield	Yes

Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 3 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS