14FC1AE459449F8E872583830070F5C3 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2019A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For HB19-1008HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONDate Jan 15, 2019 Location HCR 0107 HB19-1008 - Amended, referred to the Committee of the Whole Attachment Tag File Name Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2019A/commsumm.nsf/0/08CC1C57A43E...$File/19HouseEd0115AttachB.pdf?OpenElement 19HouseEd0115AttachB.pdf Attachment A http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2019A/commsumm.nsf/0/DC0AF331584C...$File/19HouseEd0115AttachA.pdf?OpenElement 19HouseEd0115AttachA.pdf 01:33:52 PM Representative Kraft-Tharp and Representative Larson, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 19-1008, concerning the provision of grants for career and technical education capital constriction through the Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) Act. The bill allows the Public School Capital Construction Assistance Board to provide grants for equipment, new construction, or the retrofitting of public schools for career and technical education under the BEST Act. Representative Kraft-Tharp and Representative Larson responded to questions from the committee. 01:40:08 PM The following people testified on the bill: 01:40:33 PM Michael Gifford, Associated General Contractors of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. He also stated that the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce supports this bill. 01:44:05 PM Eric Ward, Colorado Association of Career Technical Educators, testified in support of the bill and distributed information regarding career and technical education in the state (Attachment A). 01:47:45 PM Tony Gagliardi, National Federation of Independant Business, testified in support of the bill. 01:50:44 PM The panel responded to questions from the committee. 01:58:40 PM Representative Kraft-Tharp responded to questions from the committee. 01:59:11 PM Representative Kraft-Tharp distributed Amendment L.002 (Attachment B), which clarifies that the board can consider other factors in awarding and denying career and technical education capital construction grants. 02:01:24 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.002 Moved Larson Seconded Wilson Baisley Bird Buckner Coleman Cutter Exum Geitner Larson Michaelson Jenet Ransom Excused Wilson Buentello McLachlan YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 02:01:26 PM Representative Kraft-Tharp and Representative Larson made concluding comments on the bill. Committee members also made comments regarding the bill. 02:07:30 PM Motion Refer House Bill 19-1008, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Moved Larson Seconded Wilson Baisley Yes Bird Yes Buckner Yes Coleman Yes Cutter Yes Exum Yes Geitner Yes Larson Yes Michaelson Jenet Yes Ransom Excused Wilson Yes Buentello Yes McLachlan Yes Final YES: 12 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS