The House today delayed a vote on Senate Bill 191, scheduling consideration of the controversial teacher reform bill for Tuesday.
Earlier today, the House Appropriations Committee passed the bill on a 7-6 vote, with the panel's five Republicans and Democrats Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, and Jim Reisberg, D-Greeley, casting ballots in favor of Senate Bill 191.
SB 191 — offered by Sen. Michael Johnston, D-Denver — seeks to tie student academic growth to teacher evaluations and change the way teachers obtain and keep tenure.
To survive the bill will have to gather 33 votes on the House floor. Bill sponsors say they appear to have the support of all 27 House Republicans, plus bill sponsors Terrance Carroll, D-Denver, Joe Rice, D-Littleton, and Christine Scanlan, D-Dillon, and Karen Middleton, D-Aurora, who