62113DFC3C9EA07B872586BF006F175D Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For SB21-236SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONDate Apr 22, 2021 Location SCR 357 SB21-236 - Amended, referred to Senate Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/5DDE25D64C89...$File/Attachment E.pdf?OpenElement Attachment E.pdf Attachment http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2021A/commsumm.nsf/0/B84E2514AD13...$File/Attachment F.pdf?OpenElement Attachment F.pdf 02:13:27 PM Senator Story and Senator Sonnenberg, co-sponsors, introduced Senate Bill 21-236, which concerns increasing the capacity of quality early childhood education through grant programs. The co-sponsors answered questions from the committee. Written testimony submitted can be found as Attachment E. 02:35:03 PM Nicole Riehl, representing Executives Partnering to Invest in Children, testified in support of the bill. 02:38:33 PM Roseanne Evans, representing Evans Early Childhood Center, testified in support of the bill. 02:42:39 PM Michelle Barnes, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Human Services, testified in support of the bill. 02:44:49 PM Mary Alice Cohen, Director of the Officer of Early Childhood in the Colorado Department of Human Services, testified in support of the bill. 02:47:27 PM Director Barnes and Director Cohen answered questions from the committee. 03:01:03 PM Suzanne Banning, President and CEO of Florence Crittenton Services, testified in support of the bill. 03:04:41 PM Alison Phillips, representing the Women's Foundation of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. 03:11:56 PM Senator Story and Senator Sonnenberg distributed and explained amendment L.002 (Attachment F). 03:14:32 PM The committee took a brief recess. 03:26:12 PM The committee came back to order. The committee continued to discuss amendment L.002. 03:27:00 PM The committee discussed amending the bill before the appropriations committee meets to include language stating that priority will be given to small early childhood care providers. 03:30:42 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.002 Moved Story Seconded Buckner Excused Kirkmeyer Liston Lundeen Pettersen Story Zenzinger YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 03:32:31 PM Motion Refer Senate Bill 21-236, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved Story Seconded Buckner Excused Kirkmeyer Yes Liston Yes Lundeen Yes Pettersen Yes Story Yes Zenzinger Yes Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS