▁The ▁disag re ement ▁was ▁over ▁Sch af fer ' s ▁inv iting ▁William ▁Mal oney , ▁Colorado ▁education ▁commission er ▁under ▁both ▁parties ▁from ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁who ▁spoke ▁on ▁“ three ▁in cont est able ▁real ities ▁concerning ▁which ▁America ▁has ▁been ▁in ▁den ial ▁for ▁dec ades ,” ▁regarding ▁America ' s ▁education ▁performance ▁on ▁a ▁global ▁scale , ▁the ▁uns ust ain able ▁costs ▁of ▁education , ▁and ▁the ▁avail ability ▁of ▁better ▁models ▁for ▁the ▁path ▁forward . ▁ ▁Under ▁Sch af fer ' s ▁chair mans hip ▁ten ure , ▁un anim ous ▁char ter ▁school ▁gu idel ines ▁were ▁adopted . ▁The ▁new ▁concrete ▁rules ▁adopted ▁best ▁practices ▁for ▁char ter ▁school ▁authorization . ▁ ▁Other ▁He ▁is ▁the ▁Colorado ▁Chair man ▁of ▁the ▁Jud icial ▁Conf irm ation ▁Network . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Sch af fer ▁founded ▁Dream soft ▁Colorado , ▁L LC , ▁a ▁firm ▁that ▁creates ▁high - end ▁interactive ▁websites ▁for ▁business ▁and ▁political ▁clients . ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁President ▁of ▁A MD G ▁L LC . ▁As ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Fort ▁Collins , ▁Colorado ▁community , ▁he ▁owned ▁a ▁small ▁business . ▁▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁U . S . ▁Senate ▁race ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Sch af fer ▁cont ended ▁for ▁the ▁Republican ▁nom ination ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Senate ▁after ▁inc umb ent ▁Republican ▁Ben ▁N ighth or