Review and Comment Hearing for Initiative #229, 230, 231
In a statutory review-and-comment hearing, Legislative Council and legal-services staff walked proponents' counsel through three related public-school-choice initiatives — #229, #230 and #231 — pressing on vague terms like 'excessive' fees and 'opportunity to access,' and flagging that no federal fundamental right to education exists under the U.S. Supreme Court's Rodriguez decision. No votes were taken.
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“In San Antonio Independent School District vs Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1st 1973, the United States Supreme Court held that there is no fundamental right to education in the U.S. constitution.”
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Sign in to subscribeOkay, I think I've got everything on, right. This is my first one of these this year. So just making sure the audio, it's green, right? Everything's green. I've got someone listening to make sure it's working. I'm kind of just riffing for a few seconds here so they can say they hear me. Close the door real quick if someone can hear me. Okay, I got the confirmation that I can be heard. So let's get into this. All right. This is the hearing for proposed initiative measures 229, 230 and 231 concerning public school choice for 2025, 2026. It is 10:02am on February 20th. We are in room 109. We will go around and introduce ourselves. For the purpose of the record, my name is Matthew Beck and I am with Legislative Council staff. We'll just go to my right in the round. Jacob Bous, Legislative Legal Services. Terrence Carroll. I'm a designated representative. Dina Puente, I'm also a designated representative. Ben Larson from Ireland, Stapleton, Prior and Pasco, counsel for the proponents. And with me, go ahead and introduce John Miller from Ireland, Stapleton, Prior and Pasco. All right. Section 1 40, 105 1. Colorado Revised Statutes…
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