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s_sa_2017a_2017-04-17t13:34:40z1 Hearing Summary

Date: 04/17/2017

Location: SCR 357

Final

BILL SUMMARY for HB17-1211



SENATE COMMITTEE ON STATE, VETERANS, & MILITARY AFFAIRS


Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer House Bill 17-1211 to the Committee on Educa PASS







03:34 PM -- HB17-1211



Senator Priola, sponsor, presented House Bill 17-1211 to the committee. The bill creates the Discipline Strategies Pilot Grant Program in the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). The program will provide funding for professional development for teachers and principals concerning culturally responsive methods of student discipline, and developmentally appropriate responses to the behavioral issues of students in early elementary grades. The State Board of Education must adopt rules for the new grant program. A local education provider may apply to the CDE for a grant. The department is required to review applications, and recommend the recipients and grant awards. The bill specifies the minimum criteria to be used when making grant awards. The pilot program is not eligible to receive state appropriations. The program must be funded exclusively through gifts, grants, and private donations.



Committee members discussed the bill with Senator Priola.



03:38 PM --
Evie Hudak, representing Colorado PTA, testified in support of the bill.

BILL: HB17-1211
TIME: 03:40:57 PM
MOVED: Hill
MOTION: Refer House Bill 17-1211 to the Committee on Education. The motion passed on a vote of 3-2.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Court
Yes
Fenberg
Yes
Hill
Yes
Sonnenberg
No
Marble
No
Final YES: 3 NO: 2 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS







03:42 PM



The committee recessed.