Location: HCR 0112
Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB17-123
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
BILL SUMMARY for SB17-123
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
| Votes: View--> | Action Taken: |
| Refer Senate Bill 17-123 to the Committee of the W | PASS |
03:36 PM -- SB17-123
Representative Wilson and Representative Hamner, co-sponsors, presented and summarized Senate Bill 17-123 concerning a high school diploma endorsement for biliteracy. The co-sponsors provided a handout to the committee (Attachment F).
Representative Wilson answered questions from the committee regarding systems for testing students in biliteracy.
03:45 PM -- Jorge Garcia, Executive Director of the Colorado Association for Bilingual Education, testified in support of the bill. He answered a question from the committee regarding a body of evidence as proof for literacy in a language.
03:55 PM -- Becky Loftus, a teacher in Jefferson County Public Schools, testified in support of the bill.
03:57 PM -- Tomi Thelsen, representing the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers, testified in support of the bill.
04:01 PM -- Ella Wilden, a student in Jefferson County, testified in support of the bill.
04:04 PM -- Janine Erickson, representing the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers, testified in support of the bill.
04:08 PM
The co-sponsors provided closing comments on the bill.
The committee members provided closing comments on the bill.
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| BILL: | SB17-123 | |
| TIME: | 04:10:08 PM | |
| MOVED: | Wilson | |
| MOTION: | Refer Senate Bill 17-123 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-2. | |
| SECONDED: | Buckner | |
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VOTE |
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Bridges |
Yes |
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Everett |
No |
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Exum |
Yes |
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Garnett |
Yes |
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Lee |
Yes |
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Leonard |
No |
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Lundeen |
Yes |
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McLachlan |
Yes |
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Navarro |
Yes |
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Sias |
Yes |
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Wilson |
Yes |
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Buckner |
Yes |
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Pettersen |
Yes |
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Final YES: 11 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS
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04:11 PM
The committee adjourned.