Senate Education
The Senate Education Committee took up a single measure, SB26-069, the Colorado Domestic Exchange Program, hearing emotional student testimony about crossing political and geographic divides alongside sharp questions from members about how much of the program's cost is actually funded and why it needs a home inside the Department of Education.
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“Celestial's intrusive thoughts got the best of her and asked our friend Brody if he was a Trump supporter. After the very long and awkward silence, Brody shared that he supported the Republican Party. The words that followed were do you guys Hate me or view me differently. It's okay if you don't want to be my friend.”
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Sign in to subscribeSenate Education Committee will come to order. Ms. Kurtzfelden, please call the roll. Senators Bright. Here. Kip. Here. Liston. Excused. Rich. Here. Benavidez. Here. Marchman. Excused. Mr. Chair. Here. And we do have a quorum, so we'll begin our business. We have one bill Today, Senate Bill 69. Looks like we have our own Senator Bright and Senator Daugherty, who is remote. Who would like to begin? Senator Daugherty, thank you, and thank you, Committee. Proud to be here on Senate Bill 69. As far as this bill goes, I wanted to mention first of all, I met with a lot of the students. Some of the students have gone through this program in my district, and it was really wonderful to meet with them. And you're going to hear good testimony later. So a little bit about this bill. For too long, many of our young people have graduated high school without ever leaving their community, without ever sitting across from a classmate from a different town, a different background, or a different way of life. We know what this costs us, and we've seen it recently. It costs us empathy, it costs us curiosity, and it costs us…
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