Essential workers who lost income to forced quarantines are looking to be retroactively compensated for some of that time. The bill's in limbo at the State Capitol.
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Gateway Community College Professor Colena Sesanker said consolidations over the years have had an impact.
“Costs are adding up, our students are paying for those costs, not just in the actual dollars, but in the reduced services,” Sesanker said.
“The money isn’t getting to the classrooms. The money isn’t getting to the students,” she added.
She said when teaching positions are vacant they go unfilled but they are hiring administrators.
“That means our students aren’t getting services required, but we have lots of people doing fancy things in offices,” Sesanker said.
Chikwon Loyd, a senior at Capital Community College, who is the first in his family to go to college, said the state should prioritize education funding.
Medical professionals in white coats were seen all over the state Capitol Friday, on hand to testify both for and against the Colorado Option Health Benefit Plan Act.
On the third try, House Bill 1232 got in front of the House Health & Insurance Committee Friday in a 10-hour hearing that drew more than 100 witnesses to the Capitol or to testify remotely.
But negotiations between bill sponsors and the healthcare industry that went on all day Friday meant that the bill was not ready for action, including amendments. That s now delayed until Tuesday.
The bill has been a battle royal between the Polis administration and the healthcare industry.