BC9C99B8EBCA69AA872583A60070F372 Hearing Summary

Representative Michaelson Jenet, sponsor, presented Senate Bill 19-039, concerning interdistrict transportation of students. The bill restores a portion of statute repealed in the 2018 legislative session by House Bill 18-1306. The restored section permits a school district to furnish transportation to a student in a geographically adjacent school district, or to reimburse a parent or guardian for the cost to transport that student, only if the adjacent school district consents to the transportation of students to the receiving school district.

The following people provided testimony:

Matt Cook, Colorado Association of School Boards, testified in support of the bill.

Wendy Rubin, Superintendent of Englewood School District and Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE), testified in support of the bill.

Brian Ewert, Superintendent of Littleton Schools and CASE, testified in support of the bill.

The panel responded to questions from the committee.

Brita Darling, Office of Legislative Legal Services, answered committee questions regarding the bill.

Representative Michaelson Jenet and the panel of witnesses continued to answer committee questions about the bill.

The witness panel continued to respond to questions regarding the bill and Section 7 of House Bill 18-1306.

Representative Michaelson Jenet made concluding comments on the bill, and committee discussion ensued.