Here’s the calendar of education-related meetings in the legislature for March 5-9. Floor and committee agendas are subject to change during the week, and measures scheduled for the floor are frequently subject to delay.
MONDAY
10 a.m. – House final consideration
- House Bill 12-1146 – Continuation of dropout recovery programs
- House Bill 12-1150 – Changes in calculation of retirement benefits for future PERA members
House preliminary consideration
- Senate Bill 12-079 – Technical revisions to Safe2tell program
10 a.m. – Senate final consideration
- Senate Bill 12-015 – Tuition for undocumented students (expect to be delayed)
Senate preliminary consideration
- Senate Bill 12-130 – Consolidation of state early childhood programs
- House Bill 12-1124 – Digital learning study
Upon floor adjournment – Joint Budget Committee, JBC hearing room
- The committee has several unfinished figure-setting issues, including testing costs and other items related to the Department of Education. CDE issues have not been scheduled. The committee will meet daily this week.
1:30 p.m. – House Education Committee, Old Supreme Court Chambers
- House Bill 12-1225 – Creation of model charter school authorizer system
- House Bill 12-1238 – Improvement of early childhood literacy
TUESDAY
9 a.m. – House preliminary consideration
- House Bill 12-1118 – Transparency of school district contract negotiations
9 a.m. – Senate preliminary consideration
- House Bill 12-1072 – College credit for life experience
- House Bill 12-1061 – Information coordination of workforce needs and college programs
WEDNESDAY
7:30 a.m. – Joint education committees, room 0112
- Presentation on standards-based education
Upon floor adjournment – House Education Committee, room 0112
- House Bill 12-1080 – Adams State name change
- Senate Bill 12-148 – Metro State name change
- House Bill 12-1155 – Reforms in higher education remediation, changes in student funding
Upon floor adjournment – Senate Education Committee, room 354
- House Bill 12-1081 – Technical measure regarding Auraria
1:30 p.m. – House Finance Committee
- House Bill 12-1240 – Various changes in laws relating to CDE, including power of SBE to require parent notification of teacher arrests (second item)
THURSDAY
1:30 p.m. – Senate Education Committee, room 354
- House Bill 12-1144 – Multiple-year contracts for non-tenure track faculty
FRIDAY
7:30 a.m. – House Appropriations Committee, room LSB-A
- House Bill 12-1112 – Expansion of eligibility for PERA defined contribution plan
Use the Education Bill Tracker for links to bill texts and status information.