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Minutes for HB2515 - Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Short Title
Creating the Kansas promise scholarship program.
Minutes Content for Thu, Jan 30, 2020
Chairperson Tarwater opened the hearing on HB2515 and recognized Revisor Reimer. Revisor Reimer gave an overview of the bill and answered questions from Committee members.
Proponents for HB2515 were:
Heather Morgan, Executive Director of the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees (Attachment 12)
Jessica Lucas, Cowley College Government Affairs Liaison (Attachment 13)
Kate Allen oversees Advancement and Government Affairs at Johnson County Community College (Attachment 14)
Blake Flanders, Ph.D., President & CEO, Kansas Board of Regents (Attachment 15)
Jim Genandt, President, Kansas Technical Colleges (Attachment 16)
John Jenks, Director, Public Policy, The Great Kansas City Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 17)
Written-only proponent testimony was provided by:
Jerry B. Farley, President, Washburn University (Attachment 18)
Kevin Walker, Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy, Overland Park Chamber of Commerce (Attachment 19)
Kristi Brown, Sr. Director of Government Affairs, Kansas Chamber (Attachment 20)
There was no opponent testimony on this bill.
Oral neutral testimony was given by:
Matt Lindsey, President, Kansas Independent College Association (Attachment 21)
All conferees stood for questions from Committee members.
Chairperson Tarwater closed the hearing on HB2515 and thanked all the conferees for their testimony.
The meeting adjourned at 3:10 p.m.
The next meeting will be a joint meeting with the Senate Commerce Committee at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, February 3, 2020.
