Colorado Public Radio: CU Boulder can pay football players and keep the individual dollar amounts secret, under a bill that passed a key committee vote yesterday in the State House of Representatives.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Education Committee continue to express concern about a provision of the bill exempting the contracts between players from public disclosure through CORA, the Colorado Open Records Act.

“CORA is a really important tool, along with public procurement law, to help the public understand how money is being spent from its public institutions,” Rep. Jennifer Bacon, D-Denver, said before casting a ‘no’ vote on the bill, which passed 9-4 late on Thursday evening.

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