Scott Groginsky
Office of Congressman Jared Polis
Legislative Assistant
I have 20 years of early education and K-12 education policy experience at the federal, state and local levels. I have served as Congressman Jared Polis' (D-CO) legislative aide on education and early education in Washington, D.C. for the past year. Prior to that, I was the Senior Policy Director of the Colorado Children's Campaign (2007-2010), handling K-12 education legislative and policy issues for four years and supervising the early childhood policy director for the last year and a half. Prior to that, I was the Policy Director for Jared Polis for most of his six-year term on the Colorado State Board of Education (2002-2007), which has general supervision of the state's public education system, including publicly-funded early childhood education programs. During my 12-year tenure at the National Conference of State Legislatures (1991-2002), I led the organization's state early childhood policy work as the Program Manager for the early childhood program for over 8 years and was a research analyst on that program there for over 3 years prior to then. I also have been a campaign staff person for state and municipal elections, including serving as the Research Director for the Colorado Democratic Party during the 1990 election. I was elected twice to the Gilpin County (CO) School Board, serving 7 years, including 3 as President (2003-2010), overseeing all K-12 and preschool policies and budgets.
Working Group
Early Childhood Interventions (ECI)