RITTER TO SIGN EDUCATION BILL IN PUEBLO TODAY

Gov. Bill Ritter will sign Senate Bill 16 into law in Pueblo this afternoon. The bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Abel Tapia and Rep. Dorothy Butcher, lowers the minimum age of compulsory school attendance from 7 years old to 6.

 

WHEN: 4 p.m. today (Friday, March 16, 2007)

 

WHERE: Spann Elementary School, 2300 E. 10^th St., Pueblo.

 

This is the second bill-signing in Pueblo this week. The governor signed House Bill 1132, a water-quality measure co-sponsored by Rep. Buffie McFadyen and Sen. Gail Schwartz, at the El Pueblo Museum on Monday.