House Education

Thursday, February 26, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

Colorado's House Education Committee opened with a Department of Education briefing on statewide assessments that turned into a turnaround-time grilling from the panel's many former teachers, then killed HB26-1094 on proposed CDE guidance policies and advanced HB26-1141 on discriminatory practices in schools over Republican objections.

Key Actions

·Proposed Guidance Policies Developed by Colorado Department of EducationKilled

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Notable Quotes

“Madam Chair. I was a teacher forever 32 years. Has there ever been any discussion about getting more immediate results from cmas? Because we give it in April, two week window. A lot of times it's after the time change that's super. And then we don't get the results until August. And so the kids that I had, they're gone.”
Eliza Hamrick — A former teacher on the committee crystallized the central complaint — that results arrive too late to help the students actually tested.

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Votes

Postponed indefinitely — bill killedAction

Yes (11)Jennifer Bacon, Mary Bradfield, Ava Flanell, Lori Garcia Sander, Lindsay Gilchrist, Jacque Phillips, Katie Stewart, Ron Weinberg, Ty Winter, Matthew Martinez, Meghan Lukens

No (2)Eliza Hamrick, Tammy Story

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (9)Jennifer Bacon, Mary Bradfield, Lindsay Gilchrist, Eliza Hamrick, Jacque Phillips, Katie Stewart, Tammy Story, Matthew Martinez, Meghan Lukens

No (3)Ava Flanell, Lori Garcia Sander, Ron Weinberg

Excused (1)Ty Winter

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TranscriptPreview

Representatives Bacon. Excused. Bradfield. Here. Flannel. Here. Garcia. Sander. Present. Gilchrist. Here. Hamrick. Here. Phillips. Present. Stuart K. Here. Story. Excused. Weinberg. Good afternoon. Winter T. Present. Martinez. Presente. Madam Chair. Okay. Welcome to the Education Committee. We are starting today's committee with a presentation on assessments from our friends from the Colorado Department of Education. I would like to start by apologizing for our tardiness. It was not our fault. Unfortunately, we're not able to start afternoon committees until our morning committees wrap up. And obviously, we had a lot of work that we had to do in our morning committees. So I understand that you have a PowerPoint presentation. Do you want to get that pulled up before we start? That would be great. Okay. Okay. We'll go ahead and wait. Okay. Welcome to the Education Committee. Oh, we, of course, know who you are. But for folks listening online, if you don't mind, starting by stating your name and your title for the record. And Commissioner Cordova. Thank you, Madam Chair, Mr. Vice Chair, members of the committee, I'm Susanna Cordova, and I'm honored to serve as the Commissioner of Education at the Department of Ed. And…

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