Official Colorado Secretary of State lobbying records add a state-policy layer to the D11 HopSkipDrive transportation lead. In the retained extract, HopSkipDrive is not only a later D11 transportation vendor; it appears as a Colorado lobbying client through the same Nexus Policy Group / Patrick Boyle layer that also handled Ready Colorado, CLCS Action, Colorado League of Charter Schools, and Curriculum Associates.
The most important record is SB23-094 - School Transportation Task Force. The retained bill-position extract shows HopSkipDrive, Ready Colorado, and CLCS Action all supporting that school-transportation bill during the 2022-2023 fiscal year. That does not prove coordination or D11 procurement influence, but it changes the next records target: HopSkipDrive should be investigated as both a district transportation vendor and a participant in the state school-transportation policy lane.
HOPSKIPDRIVE, INC. in fiscal years 2020-2021 through 2025-2026, with BOYLE, PATRICK C (Nexus Policy Group) as the retained lobbyist row and a 01/11/2021 client-begin date.READY COLORADO, CLCS Action, Inc., COLORADO LEAGUE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS, Curriculum Associates, LLC, and HOPSKIPDRIVE, INC..$260,231.24 from HopSkipDrive, $318,264.83 from Ready Colorado, $569,264.23 from CLCS Action, $74,500.00 from Colorado League of Charter Schools, and $245,687.19 from Curriculum Associates.SB23-094 - School Transportation Task Force from 01/31/2023 to 06/30/2023; Ready Colorado supporting the same bill from 01/31/2023 to 06/30/2023; and CLCS Action supporting the same bill from 02/06/2023 to 06/30/2023.HB25-1291, HB26-1043, and HB26-1273.HB26-1292 - Scholarship Granting Organizations position as Opposing 03/19/2026 to Ongoing; this is relevant to the Colorado SGO watchlist but separate from the HopSkipDrive transportation mechanism.| Source | Target | Mechanism | Flow | Evidence strength | Source basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HopSkipDrive | Colorado state policy process | Nexus Policy Group / Patrick Boyle lobbying registration and bill-position reporting | State-policy access and disclosed lobbying activity | direct evidence | Colorado SOS lobbying client and bill-position extracts |
| Ready Colorado | Colorado state policy process | Nexus Policy Group / Patrick Boyle lobbying registration and bill-position reporting | Education-policy advocacy | direct evidence | Colorado SOS lobbying client and bill-position extracts |
| CLCS Action | Colorado state policy process | Nexus Policy Group / Patrick Boyle lobbying registration and bill-position reporting | Charter / education-policy advocacy | direct evidence | Colorado SOS lobbying client and bill-position extracts |
| HopSkipDrive, Ready Colorado, and CLCS Action | SB23-094 - School Transportation Task Force |
Disclosed support positions on the same school-transportation bill | Policy-position convergence around transportation task-force legislation | direct evidence for positions; unresolved for coordination | Colorado SOS bill-position extract |
| HopSkipDrive | D11 transportation operations | Board-material and contract-award record layer | Student transportation services, routing tools, and vendor records | direct evidence in D11 records; separate from SOS lobbying | D11 HopSkipDrive transportation source cluster, 2023-2025 |
This source cluster strengthens the earlier D11 transportation finding by adding a state-policy records lane. The next D11 pass should not ask only whether D11 used a rideshare vendor. It should ask how D11's HopSkipDrive procurement, RideIQ pilot, McKinney-Vento ride management, contract terms, student-data provisions, and invoices fit alongside state school-transportation legislation and task-force records.
The strongest next source targets are:
SB23-094 bill file, amendments, testimony, fiscal notes, stakeholder records, and task-force output.C2024-1029, RFP scoring, invoices, purchase orders, and check-register rows.Treat this page as a source-grounded summary of official lobbying records. It supports a shared lobbying and policy-interface mechanism, not a claim of shared intent or coordination. Repeated client appearance in a firm portfolio is not enough to infer causality, sponsorship, control, influence, or procurement effects.