May 12, 2010 07:10 PM UTC

Fate of Teacher Tenure Bill Today

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• by: Colorado Pols

As The Denver Post reports:

With a midnight deadline bearing down on Colorado lawmakers, the controversial teacher-reform bill passed second reading, with eight Democrats crossing party lines to vote for Senate Bill 191.

More than 33 lawmakers rose in support of the bill at about 11:15 p.m., allowing its return to the House for third reading today, when a roll-call vote will be taken.

The House needed to pass the bill by midnight to conform to a state constitutional requirement that no bill receive second and third reading on the same day. Today is the last day of the 2010 session…

…But the bill’s fate is not yet sealed. It will return to the Senate after its third reading, where lawmakers must decide whether the amendments made by the House are acceptable.

More than 200 amendments to the bill have been considered since it was introduced April 12 by Sen. Michael Johnston.