skills for jobs act

New law seeks to match Colorado workforce needs, skills

Type: Press Coverage
Published Date: April 2, 2012
Author: Sealover, Ed

(Photo with story shows Rich Jones at governor's signing ceremony.)

By Ed Sealover
Denver Business Journal

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a law Monday that requires several state departments to work together to try to match workforce needs with the types of graduates that the state's colleges are producing.

Success from the session: Skills for Jobs Act will boost Colorado's workforce, economy

Type: Email Communications
Published Date: April 3, 2012
Author: Waterous, Frank

Skills for jobs

The Bell's Frank Waterous, fifth from left, and Rich Jones, second from right, join a group of supporters as Gov. John Hickenlooper signs the Skills for Jobs Act. Sen. Linda Newell and Rep. Daniel Kagan, flanking the governor, sponsored the bill.

HB 12-1061: The Skills for Jobs Act (Senate BLT version)

Type: Testimony
Published Date: March 5, 2012
Author: Waterous, Frank

The Skills for Jobs Act

House Bill 12-1061

Testimony to the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee
Frank Waterous, Senior Policy Analyst
March 5, 2012

My name is Frank Waterous, and I am a senior policy analyst with the Bell Policy Center. The Bell is a non-partisan, non-profit research and policy organization, founded on progressive values and dedicated to expanding opportunity for all Coloradans.

House Education Committee unanimous in passing Skills for Jobs Act

Type: Email Communications
Published Date: January 25, 2012
Author: Waterous, Frank

The Skills for Jobs Act is good public policy that will help match the needs of Colorado's businesses with the training and skills provided by the state's post-secondary education and workforce-development programs.

Policy analyst Frank Waterous testified in favor of the legislation (HB 12-1061), which also was supported by the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, the National Federation of Independent Businesses, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Interwest Energy Alliance, among others. CACI said HB 1061 is a "common-sense bill."

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