Please reach out TODAY with your support for this bill! The Appropriations committee meets tomorrow to discuss it. The Woodland Park school board is a great example of why this ethics commission is needed in Colorado!

UPDATE – if you want some help drafting an email, check out THIS DOCUMENT.

Under current law, the independent ethics commission created in article XXIX of the state constitution does not have jurisdiction over officials or employees of special districts or school districts. The bill gives the independent ethics commission jurisdiction to hear complaints, issue findings, assess penalties, and issue advisory opinions on ethics issues concerning a local government official or local government employee. 

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Please email all the members of the Appropriations committee asking them to support this bill. Include your own personal stories of how you feel our school board has acted unethically. Committee members are:

• Emily Sirota – emily.sirota.house@coleg.gov
• Shannon Bird – shannon.bird.house@coleg.gov
• Judy Amabile – judy.amabile.house@coleg.gov
• Rod Bockenfeld – rod.bockenfeld.house@coleg.gov
• Andrew Boesenecker – andrew.boesenecker.house@coleg.gov
• Scott Bottoms – scott.bottoms.house@coleg.gov
• Brandi Bradley – brandi.bradley.house@coleg.gov
• Lisa Frizell – lisa.frizell.house@coleg.gov
• Leslie Herod – leslie.herod.house@coleg.gov
• Iman Jodeh – Iman.Jodeh.house@coleg.gov
• Elizabeth Velasco – elizabeth.velasco.house@coleg.gov