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FB2044370202B3DC872583DF00627068 Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For HB19-1262

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Date Apr 17, 2019      
Location SCR 352



HB19-1262 - Referred to Senate Appropriations


11:55:14 AM  
Senator Bridges and Senator Fields, co-sponsors, presented House Bill 19-1262, which concerns state funding for full-day kindergarten educational programs.
11:57:48 AM  
Kiki McGough, representing the Save the Children Action Network, spoke in support of the bill.
12:03:03 PM  
Suzanne Banning, President and CEO of Florence Crittenton Services, and also representing the Colorado Teen Parent Collaborative, spoke in support of the bill.
12:06:19 PM  
Leilani Siens, representing herself as
mom, spoke in support of the bill.
12:08:38 PM  
Jeannie Nelson, representing the Stand
for Children Action Network, spoke in support of the bill.
12:12:38 PM  
Lynn Zimmerman, representing the Colorado Education Association, spoke in support of the bill.
12:20:41 PM  
Amie Baca-Oehlert, President of the Colorado Education Association, spoke in support of the bill.
12:24:13 PM  
Lisa Roy, Executive Director of Early Education for Denver Public Schools, spoke in support of the bill.
12:28:58 PM  
Benjamin Waters, representing Mile High United Way and the Opportunity Coalition, spoke in support of the bill.
12:31:40 PM  
Anna Jo Haynes, Founder of Mile High Early Learning and Chair of the Early Childhood Leadership Council, spoke in support of the bill.
12:41:09 PM  
The co-sponsors and committee members gave
closing comments on the bill.


12:48:38 PM
Motion Refer House Bill 19-1262 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Bridges
Seconded
Bridges Yes
Hill Yes
Lundeen Yes
Story Yes
Todd Yes
Final YES: 5   NO: 0   EXC: 0   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS






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