“Schools and parents are going to love what this bill does … Other states are watching what we do on this and I think we’ll be on the leading edge of this issue.”
“… when victims and offenders meet face to face, offenders learn about the impact of their crime from the victims”
“It can be just as detrimental to over-discipline as it is to under-discipline. There are just too many instances where kids are caught up in this policy unjustifiably.”
House Speaker Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, today named Reps. B.J. Nikkel, R-Loveland, and Libby Szabo, R-Arvada, to the Legislative Task Force to Study School Discipline, created by Senate Bill 133, sponsored by Sens. Evie Hudak, D-Arvada, and Linda Newell, D-Littleton, as well as Nikkel. The measure was signed into law last month by Gov. John [...]
“We need to look at discipline options so that kids don’t end up being criminalized in their own schools.”
“Colorado should be leading in innovation and solutions to encourage new business, not … tax laws that shutter the doors for new business.”
At least one business group is hopeful that employers and Hickenlooper’s labor chief can get along.
“How many kids have to die before we take action?”
“School is not the place to talk about a religious holiday.”
“It is going to affect our business climate. It is going to be to the detriment of jobs.”
