Cross-party appointments on summer ed committee stand
5/28/2009 - 9:53am
Sen. Evie Hudak, D-Westminster, says she's not bumping a Republican appointee off an interim legislative committee to study new ways to fund public education.
As former Sen. President Peter Groff, D-Denver, left the legislature in May, he surprised Democratic colleagues by appointing Republican Sen. Nancy Spence of Centennial to the interim education committee.
Returning the favor, Minority Leader Josh Penry, R-Grand Junction, chose newly appointed Michael Johnston, D-Denver, as his appointee.
Both Spence and Johnston are seen as education reformers more likely to support less traditional forms of education funding.
But when Senate Presisent Brandon Shaffer, D-Longmont, took power, he said he was considering undoing the cross-party appointment and bumping Spence for Hudak, a former state Board of Education member.
Hudak said that, in the interest of bi-partisan harmony and balance on the committee, she told Shaffer she would not seek a committee position, though she will remained involved in education finance discussions over the summer.
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I think the focus for Spence
I think the focus for Spence and Johnston as to be the education reformers to less traditional forms of education funding.
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