s_sa_2017a_2017-04-17t13:34:40z0 Hearing Summary

Date: 04/17/2017

Location: SCR 357

01:34 PM -- HB17-1210



Senator Priola and Senator Fields, co-prime sponsors, presented House Bill 17-1210 to the committee. This bill prohibits a school district, board of cooperative services, or charter school from expelling a student in preschool, kindergarten, first grade, or second grade or imposing an out-of-school suspension, except as required by federal law, unless:



• the student commits an action on school grounds that endangers others;

• failure to remove the student from the school building would create a serious safety threat that cannot be reduced or eliminated by using reasonable modifications to manage the student's behavior; or

• the enrolling entity has exhausted the other appropriate and available behavioral and disciplinary interventions.



01:42 PM -- Dr. Grant Schmidt, representing Hanover School District and the Colorado Rural Alliance, testified against the bill. Discussion ensued between Dr. Schmidt and Senator Fields.



01:48 PM -- Rob Sanders, representing the Buffalo School District, testified against the bill.





01:51 PM



Dr. Schmidt and Mr. Sanders responded to committee member questions.



02:03 PM -- Carol Meredith, representing the Arc of Colorado, testified in support of the bill.



02:05 PM -- Rachel Judd, representing the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center, testified in support of the bill and responded to committee member questions.





02:12 PM



Committee discussion with Ms. Judd, Ms. Meredith, and the bill sponsors continued.



02:28 PM -- Bill Jaeger, representing the Colorado Children's Campaign, testified in support of the bill and responded to committee member questions.



02:32 PM -- Dalia Milford, representing herself, testified in support of the bill.





02:34 PM



Mr. Jaeger responded to additional committee member questions.



02:46 PM -- Dr. Phillip Strain, representing himself, testified in support of the bill.



02:50 PM -- Charlotte Brantley, representing Clayton Early Learning, testified in support of the bill.





02:53 PM



Dr. Strain responded to committee member questions.





02:55 PM



Senators Priola and Fields presented amendments L.002 and L.003 (Attachments A and B).



17SenateState0417AttachA.pdf 17SenateState0417AttachB.pdf

03:11 PM



Senator Priola presented amendment L.004 (Attachment C). Committee discussion ensued.



17SenateState0417AttachC.pdf

03:12 PM



Senator Fields presented amendment L.005 (Attachment D). Committee discussion ensued.



17SenateState0417AttachD.pdf



Mr. Jaeger returned to the table to answer additional committee member questions.

03:17 PM



Senators Priola and Fields wrapped up their presentation of the bill. Committee members commented on the bill.