s_ed_2017a_2017-04-20t13:34:24z2 Hearing Summary

Date: 04/20/2017

Location: SCR 352

02:21 PM -- HB17-1004



Senator Priola took over as committee chair. Senators Hill and Garcia, co-sponsors, presented House Bill 17-1004 which concerns a statewide policy for awarding college credit for military education and training. A handout was distributed to the committee (Attachment B), as well as amendment L.004 (Attachment C).



17SenateEd0420AttachB.pdf 17SenateEd0420AttachC.pdf



The following people testified on the bill:



02:25 PM -- Lance Bolton, President of Pikes Peak Community College and also representing the Colorado Community College System, spoke in support of the bill.



02:30 PM -- Danielle Forrest, representing Metropolitan State University of Denver, spoke in support of the bill.



02:33 PM -- Kristen Schuchman, representing the University of Colorado, spoke in support of the bill and amendment L.004 (Attachment C).



02:36 PM -- Alan Morse, representing himself as a student at the University of Colorado Boulder, spoke in support of the bill.



02:39 PM -- Matthew Oelrich, representing himself as a recently discharged veteran, spoke in support of the bill.



02:42 PM -- Karthik Venkatraj, representing the United Veterans Committee of Colorado, spoke in support of the bill.



02:48 PM -- David Ortiz, representing the United Veterans Committee of Colorado, spoke in support of the bill.



02:52 PM -- Bitsy Cohen, representing the United Veterans Committee of Colorado, spoke in support of the bill.





02:56 PM



The preceding three witnesses answered questions from the committee.





03:01 PM



There were no more witnesses and Senator Priola closed public testimony. Senator Hill explained amendment L.004 (Attachment C). The co-sponsors gave closing comments to the bill.