DENVER - With little fanfare, Gov. Bill Ritter signed two bills and an executive order Friday in his hospital room at Denver Health Medical Center, where he continues to rest and recover from the six broken ribs he suffered in an early morning bicycle accident on Tuesday.
Ritter signed Senate Bill 49, which increases the amounts that Colorado Life and Health Insurance Protection Association can pay if an insurer becomes insolvent.
He also signed House Bill 1046, concerning the receipt of tax payments by county treasurers.
Additionally, Ritter signed an executive order appointing 15 people to the Council for Educator Effectiveness, which will "establish definitions for teacher and principal effectiveness, link those definitions to educator evaluation systems, and make recommendations on how best to toe evaluations to compensation, promotion, retention and removal decisions."
The council is viewed as a crucial component of Colorado's application to receive up to $377 million in the competitive "Race to the Top" federal stimulus grants. Even though Colorado was named as one of 16 finalists for the grant money on Thursday, a Denver Post editorial lambasted Ritter for not having appointed the council sooner and possibly hurting the state's chances at winning the grants that will help fast-track proposed education reforms in the state.
Ritter signed Senate Bill 49, which increases the amounts that Colorado Life and Health Insurance Protection Association can pay if an insurer becomes insolvent.
He also signed House Bill 1046, concerning the receipt of tax payments by county treasurers.
Additionally, Ritter signed an executive order appointing 15 people to the Council for Educator Effectiveness, which will "establish definitions for teacher and principal effectiveness, link those definitions to educator evaluation systems, and make recommendations on how best to toe evaluations to compensation, promotion, retention and removal decisions."
The council is viewed as a crucial component of Colorado's application to receive up to $377 million in the competitive "Race to the Top" federal stimulus grants. Even though Colorado was named as one of 16 finalists for the grant money on Thursday, a Denver Post editorial lambasted Ritter for not having appointed the council sooner and possibly hurting the state's chances at winning the grants that will help fast-track proposed education reforms in the state.
