S_ED_2020A 03/04/2020 11:04:00 AM Committee Summary

Senator Coram, sponsor, presented House Bill 20-1108, which concerns the composition of the board of trustees for Fort Lewis College.  Senator Coram provided opening comments on the bill, explaining that the bill will increase the board from seven to nine members and remove the cap on the number of members appointed from southwest Colorado.

The following people testified on the bill:

Dick Kaufman, Vice Chair of the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees, spoke in support of the bill.

Tom Stritikus, President of Fort Lewis College, spoke in support of the bill.

Senator Coram, sponsor, presented House Bill 20-1062, which concerns the Colorado Student Free Expression Law.

The following people testified on the bill:

Nicole Hunt, representing herself as an attorney, spoke in support of the bill.

Laura Sudik Varble, representing herself as a former newspaper advisor, spoke in support of the bill.

Patrick Moring, representing the Colorado Student Media Association, spoke in support of the bill.

The committee members made comments about the bill.

Lori Schafer, representing herself, spoke in support of the bill.

Marta Hedde, representing herself as a retired journalism and publications advisor, spoke in support of the bill.

Jack Kennedy, Executive Director of the Colorado Student Media Association, spoke in support of the bill.

The panel answered questions from the committee.

Kevin Vick, representing the Colorado Education Association, spoke in support of the bill.  He read prepared statements in support of the bill from two teachers.

Sheila Jones, representing the Colorado Student Media Association and the Journalism Education Association, spoke in support of the bill.

Senators Bridges and Tate, co-sponsors, presented Senate Bill 20-185, which concerns the Colorado Imagination Library Program.  The co-sponsors gave opening comments on the bill and distributed materials to the committee (Attachment A).

Kathryn Tower, representing herself as a speech language pathologist, spoke in support of the bill.

Matt Canella, representing himself, spoke in support of the bill.

Leah Charney, representing herself, spoke in support of the bill.

Zoe Shale, representing herself, spoke in support of the bill.

Gary Cooper, representing the Westminster 710 Rotary Club, spoke in support of the bill.

Roger Gudenkauf, representing the Westminster 710 Rotary Club, spoke in support of the bill.

Sara Randall, Director of Imagination Library Denver, spoke in support of the bill.

The panelists answered questions from the committee.

Donovan Cobbins, a member of the Imagination Library Denver board, spoke in support of the bill.

Senator Bridges answered questions from the committee on the bill's fiscal note.

Committee members gave closing comments on the bill.

Senator Bridges gave closing comments on the bill.