491F221710B4389B872583DE006B74B9 Hearing Summary

Representatives Cutter and Esgar presented House Bill 19-1277, concerning the creation of the computer science courses and clubs grant program in the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). The program provides grants to public schools to increase participation of traditionally under-represented students in computer science courses and clubs. The bill sponsors distributed Amendments L.001 and L.002 (Attachments A and B), and responded to questions from the committee regarding the bill.

The following people provided testimony:

Andrew Sannier, representing Girls Who Code, testified in support of the bill.

Bridget Roman, representing Girls Who Code, testified in support of the bill.

Giselle Cordero, representing Girls Who Code, testified in support of the bill.

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

The panel answered questions from the committee, and Representative Esgar returned to the table to answer questions from the committee.

Alexis Harrigan, representing Code.org, testified in support of the bill and responded to questions from the committee regarding data of students in computer science courses and clubs.

Representative Cutter explained Amendment L.001.

Representative Cutter explained Amendment L.002, and the bill sponsors responded to questions regarding the amendment.

The bill sponsors made concluding comments on the bill, and committee discussion ensued.