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The House Education Committee spent an hour-plus on a single measure, Senate Bill 80's Cradle to Career Grant Program, before sponsors asked to lay it over with the amendment phase open rather than call a vote — after pointed questions about duplication, missing education agencies and how a gifts-and-grants-funded program would actually work.
Key Actions
·Cradle to Career Grant Program CreationNo vote
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“the more we stand up bureaucracy, there's a cost that goes to that versus just funding existing programs to streamline and achieve what we're trying to do here.”
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The Education Committee will come to order. Mr. Beck, will you please call the roll? Representatives Bacon. Here. Bradfield. Here. Flinell. Here. Garcia. Sander. Present. Gilchrist. Here. Hamrick. Excused. Hartsuk. Here. Johnson. Here. Phillips. Here. Yes. Stuart. Kay? Here. Story. Yes. Lukens. Here. Mr. Chair. Here. All right. We have one bill on the agenda today. Senate Bill 80. We have both of our bill sponsors at the table. Madam Chair. Thank you. Mr. Chair. Thank you. Members of the Education Committee. Today we are excited to bring before you Senate Bill 80, which is in relation to the Cradle and Cradle to Career grant program, which is designed to help communities build stronger systems of support for children and families while creating pathways to long term economic mobility. This bill recognizes that when we invest in education, health and community partnerships, we create better outcomes not only for children, but for entire communities. What this bill DOES this bill creates the Cradle to Career Grant program within the Colorado Department of Human Services. It provides grants to supported, coordinated to support coordinated community based services that help families move toward economic mobility and reduce poverty. It focuses on connecting…
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