880D586246E975158725839F00724A28 Hearing Summary CLICS/CLICS2019A/commsumm.nsf PUBLICBILL SUMMARY For HB19-1121HOUSE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONDate Feb 12, 2019 Location HCR 0107 HB19-1121 - Amended, referred to House Appropriations Attachment Tag File Name Attachment D http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2019A/commsumm.nsf/0/05AF9E4ADA2B...$File/19HouseEd0212AttachD.pdf?OpenElement 19HouseEd0212AttachD.pdf Attachment B http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2019A/commsumm.nsf/0/59EF93A879BE...$File/19HouseEd0212AttachB.pdf?OpenElement 19HouseEd0212AttachB.pdf Attachment C http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2019A/commsumm.nsf/0/C6F0E2894763...$File/19HouseEd0212AttachC.pdf?OpenElement 19HouseEd0212AttachC.pdf Attachment A http://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2019A/commsumm.nsf/0/D9FF6389DAEA...$File/19HouseEd0212AttachA.pdf?OpenElement 19HouseEd0212AttachA.pdf 01:48:24 PM Representatives McCluskie and Roberts, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 19-1121, concerning fifth-year high school and Accelerating Students through Concurrent Enrollmen (ASCENT) program students. The bill establishes priority criteria for allocating ASCENT program slots and extends the grandfather clause for early colleges that was established in Senate Bill 18-225 for one year. Representative McCluskie distributed Amendment L.002 (Attachment A) and a letter from Colorado Mountain College regarding the amendment (Attachment B). 01:59:58 PM The following people testified on the bill: 02:00:14 PM Matt Gianneschi, Colorado Mountain College, testified in support of the bill and answered committee questions about the ASCENT program and the bill. Dr. Gianneschi distributed an estimated direct cost comparison between traditional academic programming and early colleges in Colorado (Attachment C). 02:03:47 PM Kathryn Regjo, Colorado Mountain College, testified in support of the bill and distributed a concept map for integrated education for early college high school (Attachment D). 02:07:01 PM Carol Carlson, Colorado Mountain College Concurrent Enrollment Coordinator, testified in support of the bill. 02:09:06 PM Dr. Gianneschi answered questions from the committee regarding the fiscal impact of the bill and the cost of the ASCENT program. 02:11:55 PM Motion Adopt amendment L.002 Moved McCluskie Seconded Michaelson Jenet Baisley Buckner Catlin Coleman Cutter Exum Geitner Excused Larson McCluskie Michaelson Jenet Wilson Buentello McLachlan YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection 02:12:01 PM Representatives McCluskie and Roberts made concluding comments on the bill, and committee discussion ensued. 02:14:55 PM Motion Refer House Bill 19-1121, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. Moved McCluskie Seconded Exum Baisley Yes Buckner Yes Catlin Yes Coleman Yes Cutter Yes Exum Yes Geitner Yes Larson Yes McCluskie Yes Michaelson Jenet Yes Wilson Yes Buentello Yes McLachlan Yes Final YES: 13 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS