The Senate Education Committee passed the bill on April 23 on a 7-1 vote. The Senate Appropriations Committee passed it on April 26 on a 10-0 vote. The Senate approved the bill on April 30 on a 21-14 vote. The House Education Committee passed the bill on a 7-6 vote in the early morning hours of May 7 after many hours of testimony, debate, and amendments. On May 10, the House Appropriations Committee passed the bill on a 7-6 vote. The House passed the bill on second reading on Tuesday night, May 11, on a standing vote, and then passed the bill on third reading today. The Senate concurred with the House amendments this afternoon and then approved the bill on a final vote. See vote tallies below.

CEA's Summary of Senate Bill 191

SB 191 (signed into law May 20, 2010)

Senate Education Committee: Sen. Evie Hudak (D-Westminster), a former teacher and former State School Board member, voted against the bill in the Senate Education Committee. Other members of her party and the three Republicans on the committee voted to pass it: Sens. Bob Bacon (D-Ft. Collins), committee chairman; Pat Steadman (D-Denver); Rollie Heath (D-Boulder); Michael Johnston (D-Denver); Nancy Spence (R-Centennial); Keith King (R-Colorado Springs); and Mark Scheffel (R-Parker).

Thanks to Association members' hard work through testimony, email, and phone calls to legislators, the Senate Education Committee amended the bill by:  

• changing the requirement that 50 percent of an evaluation be based on CSAP scores to a requirement that 50 percent be based on multiple measures of student growth;
• strengthening the Governor's Council on Educator Effectiveness by ensuring that no future governor could modify or eliminate it without legislative action;
• extending the timelines to allow the council to do its work;
• extending the timelines for implementation of a new evaluation system to ensure that it is done right; and
• adding checks-and-balances to ensure that any rules set by the State Board of Education go to the Legislature before they are enacted.

Senate Appropriations Committee: On Monday, April 26, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed the bill on a 10-0 vote. Voting for the bill were Sens. Abel Tapia (D-Pueblo), committee chairman; Chris Romer (D-Denver); Bob Bacon (D-Ft. Collins); Rollie Heath (D-Boulder); Mary Hodge (D-Brighton); Moe Keller (D-Wheat Ridge); Ted Harvey (R-Highlands Ranch); Keith King (R-Colorado Springs); Mike Kopp (R-Littleton); and Al White (R-Hayden).

Senate: The Senate amended and passed the bill on second reading on April 29, and passed the bill on third and final reading on April 30 on a 21-14 roll-call vote. Voting against the bill and supporting our position were Sens. Bob Bacon (D-Ft. Collins); Betty Boyd (D-Lakewood); Morgan Carroll (D-Aurora); Evie Hudak (D-Westminster); Moe Keller (D-Wheat Ridge); John Morse (D-Colorado Springs); Paula Sandoval (D-Denver); Gail Schwartz (D-Snowmass); Pat Steadman (D-Denver); Abel Tapia (D-Pueblo); Lois Tochtrop (D-Thornton); Bruce Whitehead (D-Hesperus); Suzanne Williams (D-Aurora); and Brandon Shaffer (D-Longmont), president of the Senate.

Voting to pass the bill out of the Senate were Sens. Greg Brophy (R-Wray); Ken Kester (R-Las Animas); Mark Scheffel (R-Parker); Josh Penry (R-Fruita); Al White (R-Hayden); David Schultheis (R-Colorado Springs); Bill Cadman (R-Colorado Springs); Keith King (R-Colorado Springs); Scott Renfroe (R-Greeley); Kevin Lundberg (R-Berthoud); Dan Gibbs (D-Silverthorne); Rollie Heath (D-Boulder); Mike Kopp (R-Littleton); Shawn Mitchell (R-Broomfield); Mary Hodge (D-Brighton); Linda Newell (R-Littleton); Nancy Spence (R-Centennial); Ted Harvey (R-Highlands Ranch); Chris Romer (D-Denver); Michael Johnston (D-Denver); Joyce Foster (D-Denver).

House Education Committee: The House Education Committee passed the bill on a 7-6 vote. Voting against the bill and supporting our position were Reps. Debbie Benefield (D-Arvada); Michael Merrifield (D-Colorado Springs); Cherylin Peniston (D-Westminster); Sue Schafer (D-Wheat Ridge); Judy Solano (D-Brighton); and Nancy Todd (D-Aurora). Voting to pass the bill were Reps. Tom Massey (R-Poncha Springs); Frank McNulty (R-Highlands Ranch); Carole Murray (R-Castle Rock); Christine Scanlan (D-Dillon); Ken Summers (R-Lakewood); and Scott Tipton (R-Cortez).

House Appropriations Committee: The House Appropriations Committee passed the bill on May 10 on a 7-6 vote: Voting against the bill and supporting our position were Reps. Randy Fischer (D-Ft. Collins); Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (D-Longmont); Joel Judd (D-Denver)l; John Kefalas (D-Ft. Collins); Sal Pace (D-Pueblo); and Jack Pommer (D-Boulder). Voting to pass the bill were Reps. Mark Ferrandino (D-Denver); Bob Gardner (R-Colorado Springs); Kent Lambert (R-Colorado Springs); Jim Kerr (R-Littleton); Jim Riesberg (D-Greeley); Jerry Sonnenberg (R-Sterling); and Glenn Vaad (R-Mead).

House Second and Third Readings: Late the evening of May 11, the House passed the bill on a standing vote with no roll call and then approved the bill on third reading on May 12.

Senate Final Vote: The Senate approved the bill on a 27-8 vote on May 12 after accepting House amendments. This was the final vote on the bill. It will now go to the Governor.