Bills move, shrink, die
Mandatory physical activity in schools, charter school facilities, energy efficient schools and PERA were all in play at the Capitol Wednesday.
Posts tagged as: Pensions
“Felon-free” bill gets panel endorsement
It was a big day for major amendments and killed bills at the legislature on Monday. Education roundup
Tax credit bill back in the shop
A committee chair has asked the sponsor of a private school tax credit bill to do more work on the measure.
DREAM bill introduced
Bills to help undocumented college students, create yet another education study panel and transform PERA were introduced Monday. Roundup
Dems plan to save breakfast funding
The debate over the level of state funding for school breakfast programs that erupted last week took a new turn Monday.
Lawmakers spar over unions
Partisan differences about public employee unions surfaced Thursday during a House committee hearing on House Bill 11-1007, which would allow classified employees at Mesa State College in Grand Junction to opt out of the state personnel system.
Teacher pension bite could rise
School boards would be allowed to lower their pension contributions while raising those of employees under a bill introduced in the legislature Wednesday.
Session opens with K-12 funding bill
The first education bill of the 2011 legislative session proposes corralling “excess” state revenues and using them to offset K-12 cuts.
PERA bounced back in 2009
The investments of the Public Employees’ Retirement Association rebounded in 2009, rising 17.4 percent in value after a plunge of 26 percent in 2008.
PERA responds to retiree lawsuit
The Public Employees’ Retirement Association has filed its first formal response to the lawsuit challenging this year’s pension reform law, asking a Denver judge to dismiss six of the plaintiffs’ eight claims.
