Here’s the calendar of education-related meetings in the legislature for April 9-13. 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
- Senate Bill 12-036 – Parent consent for school surveys
10 a.m. – Senate final consideration
- Senate Bill 12-015 – Tuition rates for undocumented students
Senate preliminary consideration
- Senate Bill 12-068 – Ban on use of trans fats in some Colorado schools
- House Bill 12-1146 – Dropout recovery program
- Senate Bill 12-160 – Membership of state parent advisory group
1:30 p.m. – House Education Committee, room 0112
- House Bill 12-1345 – School Finance Act for 2012-13
TUESDAY
7:30 a.m. – House Appropriations Committee, room LSB-A
- House Bill 12-1280 – Expansion of video gaming (fifth item)
8 a.m. – Senate Appropriations Committee, room 356
- Senate Bill 12-047 – Basic skills testing in high school (third item)
9 a.m. – House preliminary consideration
- House Bill 12-1335 – “Long” budget bill for 2012-13
- House bill 12-1338 – Transfer of surplus revenues to State Education Fund
9 a.m. – Senate preliminary consideration
- House Bill 12-1080 – Adams State name change
- House Bill 12-1081 – Administrative flexibility for Auraria Higher Education Center
2 p.m. – Senate Finance Committee, room 354
- House Bill 12-1150 – Change in calculation of retirement benefits for new PERA members (last item)
WEDNESDAY
Upon floor adjournment – Senate Education Committee, room 354
- House Bill 12-1303 – Certification of speech-language pathologists
- House Bill 12-1261 – Stipends for board-certified teachers
THURSDAY
7:30 a.m. – House Appropriations Committee, room LSB-A
- House Bill 12-1109 – Budget cuts elsewhere in state government to fund education (seventh item)
- House Bill 12-1218 – Continuation of legislative early childhood commission (10th item)
- House Bill 12-1252 – College and university transparency requirements (11th item)
- House Bill 12-1306 – End-of-year adjustment of student enrollment counts (13th item)
1:30 p.m. – Senate Education Committee, room 354
- Trustee nominations for CSU, UNC
- Senate Joint Resolution 12-023 – Teachers day
- Senate Bill 12-167 – Allowing colleges to establish student health insurance trusts
- House Bill 12-1240 – Education laws cleanup bill, including delay of some CAP4K requirements
Use the Education Bill Tracker for links to bill texts and status information.