Senator Bridges, sponsor, presented Senate Bill 19-216, which concerns incentives for local education providers to provide innovative learning opportunities for high school students.  Senator Bridges answered questions from the committee and distributed amendment L.001 (Attachment A).

The following people testified on the bill:

Kelly Caufield, representing Colorado Succeeds, spoke in support of the bill.

Sean Vanbershot, representing Colorado Succeeds, spoke in support of the bill.

Griff Wirth, representing himself as a former principal, spoke in support of the bill.

Lorena Zimmer, representing the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, spoke in support of the bill.

The sponsor and panel of witnesses answered questions from the committee.

The panel continued to answer questions from the committee.

Senator Todd laid the bill over until a later date.