Here’s the calendar of education-related meetings in the legislature for March 5-9. Floor and committee agendas are subject to change during the week, and measures scheduled for the floor are frequently subject to delay.
MONDAY
10 a.m. – House final consideration
- House Bill 12-1220 – Technical measure on CSU governance
10 a.m. – Senate final consideration
- Senate Bill 12-015 – Tuition rates for undocumented students
Senate preliminary consideration
- Senate Bill 12-1013 – Recommended interventions for at-risk middle school students
Upon floor adjournment – Joint Budget Committee, JBC hearing room
- Higher education 2012-13 figure setting
- K-12 support figure setting
- Department of Education figure setting (including testing costs)
1:30 p.m. – House Education Committee, room 0112
- Briefing by Department of Education on various programs
- Briefing by legislature staff on status of State Education Fund
- House Bill 12-1306 – Adjustment of pupil enrollment counts
1:30 p.m. – House Local Government Committee, room 0111
- Senate Bill 12-079 – Technical revisions to Safe2tell program
1:30 p.m. – Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee, room 354
- House Bill 12-1217 – Data gathering to correlate workforce needs and higher education programs
TUESDAY
9 a.m. – House preliminary consideration
- House Bill 12-1146 – Dropout recovering program
- House Bill 12-1150 – Calculation of retirement benefits for future PERA members
9 a.m. – Senate preliminary consideration
- House Bill 12-1090 – Avoiding conflict between Oct. 1 enrollment county day and religious holidays
- Senate Bill 12-130 – Reorganization of state early childhood programs
WEDNESDAY
9 a.m. – Joint education committees, room 0112
- Briefing on charter school standards and authorization
- Upon floor adjournment – House Education Committee, room 0112
- House Bill 12-1261 – Hiring preferences for experienced teachers at low-performing schools
Upon floor adjournment – Senate Education Committee, room 0112
- House Bill 12-1124 – Commissioning study of digital learning
THURSDAY
Upon floor adjournment – House State Affairs Committee, room 0112
- House Bill 12-1118 – Transparency in school district collective bargaining (first item)
1:30 p.m. – Senate Education Committee, room 354
- House Bill 12-1072 – College credit for life and professional experience
Use the Education Bill Tracker for links to bill texts and status information.