Legislative calendar April 9-13

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.