Jesse Paul / Colorado Sun
When she was a brand-new legislator besieged by lobbyists at the entrance to the Senate floor, state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger felt a tap on the shoulder from a man telling her she was late for her next committee. She rushed to the elevator, and the man accompanied her all the way to the committee room, securing several minutes of one-on-one time to make the case for his client’s bill.
When Zenzinger pushed open the door to the committee hearing room, there was no one else there. The meeting wasn’t even close to starting.
Now that Zenzinger serves as chair of the Senate Education Committee, education lobbyists don’t have to use creative tactics to get her attention. She meets weekly with key players ranging from the Colorado Education Association to Democrats for Education Reform to go over upcoming bills and hear their concerns.
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Who should keep our children safe? Plan for school-safety changes ignites storm on both sides
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A bill in the City Council is calling for changes to school safety agents. (Staten Island Advance)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. New York City Council legislation aimed at fundamentally changing the role of school safety agents is drawing a spectrum of wide-ranging opinions that on one end criticize the proposals as being short sighted, and on the other say fall short of true reform.
Interviews with schools safety agents, a union president, a school administrator, parents and advocates for school-safety reform reveal two sides embroiled in a debate that sees the current action taken in the city’s legislative body as being inconsistent with the needs of students.