{"id":32722,"date":"2023-07-25T15:43:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T21:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sens-hickenlooper-and-romney-introduce-bill-to-promote-competency-based-education\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:02:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:02:19","slug":"sens-hickenlooper-and-romney-introduce-bill-to-promote-competency-based-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sens-hickenlooper-and-romney-introduce-bill-to-promote-competency-based-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens. Hickenlooper and Romney introduce bill to promote competency-based education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=755ed805-f254-591f-bcca-d1e050d8d391&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Senators John Hickenlooper and Mitt Romney discussed competency-based education and the impact it would have on students\u2019 future on Wednesday. (Kaitlin Hooker\/Courtesy Photo)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Senators John Hickenlooper and Mitt Romney discussed competency-based education and the impact it would have on students\u2019 future on Wednesday. (Kaitlin Hooker\/Courtesy Photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., and Mitt Romney, R-Utah, introduced the Competency-Based Education Act of 2023, a bill which would codify the Department of Education\u2019s regulations governing the eligibility of programs that emphasize competency-based education.<\/p>\n<p>According to the news release, CBE is a \u201cpedagogical model that focuses on a student\u2019s mastery of a subject through demonstrated skills and real-world performance, rather than by time in a classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This legislation, which was written with bipartisan support, would make CBE federal law, fully highlighting the importance of CBE programs as \u201crecognized, viable alternatives to other traditional higher education programs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA \u2018one size fits all\u2019 approach to education leaves too many behind. Our bill helps higher education institutions meet students where they are. Treating them as individuals ensures more of them will graduate,\u201d Hickenlooper said.<\/p>\n<p>Romney noted the importance of having legislation that helps prepare students for their future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a society, we must ensure that people from all walks of life have the skills and training necessary for the jobs of the future,\u201d Romney said. \u201cThis legislation is one way Congress can take to make it easier for Americans to learn specific skills and get well-paying jobs without accruing mountains of debt. Importantly, it also affirms Utah\u2019s own Western Governors University as a model for competency-based education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, both senators hosted a panel discussing the impacts of higher education on the workforce. They discussed the roles of innovation and technology in education, workforce shortages and skill gaps as well as bipartisan collaboration on workforce development legislation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican and Democrat team up on legislation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[155,28,3628,29,1651],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-32722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-education","tag-headlines","tag-mitt-romney","tag-newsletter","tag-sen-john-hickenlooper"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81903,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32722\/revisions\/81903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32722"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=32722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}