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Trigger bill gets more guardrails | EdNewsColorado

Trigger bill gets more guardrails | EdNewsColorado:

Trigger bill gets more guardrails

A significantly amended version of House Bill 12-1149, this year’s milder “parent trigger” bill, got preliminary House approval Wednesday despite Democrats’ energetic efforts to amend or stop it.

Photo of literacy rally

Two familiar sports team mascots joined the governor and lieutenant governor Feb. 29, 2012, at a rally promoting early childhood literacy.

The vote was just one development in a busy day that also saw the proposed testing reduction bill die in committee, the defeat of a bill that would have set energy efficiency standards for new school buildings and an