House Education

The Education committee will come to order. Mr. Beck, please call the roll. Representatives Bacon. Excused. Bradfield. Here. Flinell. Here. Garcia. Sanders. Present. Gilchrist. Here. Amrick. Here. Hartsuk. Here. Johnson. Here. Phillips. Yes. Stuart Kay. Here. So Story? Here. Martinez. Here. Madam Chair. Here. Okay. We are hearing two bills today. We will start with House Bill 1282. Representative Phillips? Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, members of the committee. This bill, HB 2612 82, it addresses duplicative and contradicting regulations for school based before and after school programs. So currently, the programs are not only regulated by Colorado Department of Education, which oversees school district operations, facilities and staff training, but they are also regulated by the Department of Early Childhood under child care licensing rules. So this has created situations where districts have to navigate two separate regulatory systems, often with conflicting requirements for things like playground equipment and staff training. So my school, one of my school districts, Adams 12, they came to me last early in the fall to talk about the issues that they were facing. And they're looking for a resolution where they can still maintain health, life, safety, of course, while still acknowledging…