S_ED_2023A 02/08/2023 01:35:00 PM Committee Summary

Dr. Terry Croy Lewis, Executive Director of the Colorado Charter School Institute (CSI), came to the table and introduced the appointees and reappointee to the CSI Board: Andrew Karow, Deborah Hendrix, and Jill Anschutz. A copy of the Governor's appointment letter can be found as Attachment B. The appointees told the committee about their backgrounds and why they would like to serve on the board.

The panel answered questions and committee members made comments.

Kallie Leyba, representing American Federation of Teachers Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Winston Berkman-Breen, representing the Student Borrower Protection Center, testified in support of the bill.

Dr. Rachel Sefton, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

Kathy Dorman read testimony into the record on behalf of Katy Byrd, Adjunct Professor at Front Range Community College, in support of the bill.

Justin DePaolis-Metz read testimony in support of the bill on behalf of Kristin Quadracci from the Colorado Community College System.

Dr. Richard Wagner, Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, testified in support of the bill.

Dr. Nathanial Bork, representing himself as a professor at Colorado State University, testified in support of the bill.

JoAnn McCarthy read into the record testimony in support of the bill from Andrea Troncosa, adjunct professor at the Community College of Denver.

Joi Lin, representing herself as an adjunct professor, testified in support of the bill.

David Chatfield, representing himself as an adjunct professor, testified in support of the bill.

Dr. Ellen Kress, representing the American Association of University Professors, read into the record testimony in support of the bill from Felicia Brown, adjunct professor at Community College of Denver and Community College of Aurora.

Justin Depaolis-Metz read into the record testimony in support of the bill from Charles von Tagen, representing himself as an adjunct professor.

Dr. Aaron Schneider, representing himself as a tenured professor at the University of Denver, testified in support of the bill.

Nik Arnold read into the record written testimony in support of the bill from Franklin Stickler, an adjunct professor at the Community College of Denver.

Kevin Vick, representing Colorado Education Association, testified in support of the bill.

Professor Rachael Lehman, adjunct professor at the Community of College of Denver, testified in support of the bill.

Senator Gonzales explained amendment L.001 (Attachment C).

Elizabeth Newman, representing the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault, testified in support of the bill.

Ms. Newman answered questions from the committee.

Valerie Simons, representing the University of Colorado, came to the table to answer questions from the committee.

Sarah Grobbel, representing Cherry Creek School District, testified in support of the bill.

Meaghan Sullivan, representing CareerWise Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Jonathan Finer, Vice President of Ready Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Mark Sass, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.

The prior panel of witnesses answered questions from the committee.

Bret Miles, representing the Colorado Association of School Executives and Rural Schools Alliance, testified in support of the bill.

Jeane Lakin, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.

Katie Zaback, representing Colorado Succeeds, testified in support of the bill.

The co-sponsors distributed and explained amendments L.002 and L.003 (Attachments E and F).

The co-sponsors provided closing comments on the bill.