HB23-1001 | Expanding Assistance For Educator Programs |
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Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Expanding Assistance For Educator Programs |
Sponsors: | C. Kipp (D) | B. McLachlan (D) / R. Zenzinger (D) |
Summary: | For educator preparation stipend programs, current law defines "eligible student" to mean a student who is eligible for financial assistance because the student's expected family contribution does not exceed 200% of the maximum federal Pell-eligible expected family contribution. The bill amends the definition of "eligible student" to mean a student who is eligible for financial assistance because the student's expected family contribution does not exceed 250% of the maximum federal Pell-eligible expected family contribution. Current law requires that a student eligible for the student educator stipend program must be placed as a student educator in a school- or community-based setting in Colorado. The bill allows a student to be placed as a student educator in a school- or community-based setting in Colorado or within 100 miles of the Colorado state border. The bill creates an exception to the student educator stipend program and the educator test stipend program for funds appropriated to the department of higher education from the economic recovery and relief cash fund. The Colorado commission on higher education (commission) is authorized to approve criteria for students who qualify for the student educator stipend program and the educator test stipend program. For the student educator stipend program, the commission is required, first, to consider students with an expected family contribution that does not exceed 300% of the maximum federal Pell-eligible expected family contribution. For the educator test stipend program, the commission is required, first, to consider students with an expected family contribution that does not exceed 300% of the maximum federal Pell-eligible expected family contribution and, second, to consider graduates of an approved program of preparation who were placed as student educators before passing the assessment of professional competencies in state fiscal years 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22. Current law requires eligible applicants for the temporary educator loan forgiveness program (forgiveness program) to be educators licensed as teachers or school counselors. The bill broadens the program requirements to allow eligible applicants to be educators licensed as principals or special service providers. The bill broadens the requirements of the forgiveness program. The commission is required, first, to consider applicants who hold educator licenses and prioritize the approval of those applications based on the length of time each applicant has been employed under the license, beginning with those who have been employed the shortest length of time. The bill removes the forgiveness program requirement that the commission approves applicants who have contracted for a qualified position in a rural school or a rural school district or in a content shortage area whose percentage of at-risk pupils exceeded 60% in the 2021-22 budget year.
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Status: | 3/20/2023 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass |
HB23-1003 | School Mental Health Assessment |
Comment: | |
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Calendar Notification: | Thursday, April 6 2023 SENATE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE 1:30 PM SCR 357 (1) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | School Mental Health Assessment |
Sponsors: | D. Michaelson Jenet (D) / L. Cutter (D) |
Summary: | The bill creates the sixth through twelfth grade mental health The bill allows any public school that serves any of grades 6 through 12 and meets certain requirements to participate in the program and requires a public school that wants to participate in the program to notify the department. The bill requires participating schools to provide written notice to the parents of students within the first 2 weeks of the start of the school year in order to allow parents to opt their child out of participating in the mental health The bill specifies that a student 12 years of age or older may consent to participate in the mental health Mental health The bill requires a The bill authorizes the department to promulgate rules as necessary to implement and administer the program. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/22/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services |
HB23-1006 | Employer Notice Of Income Tax Credits |
Comment: | |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Employer Notice Of Income Tax Credits |
Sponsors: | M. Young (D) | L. Daugherty (D) / T. Exum (D) |
Summary: | Current law requires an employer to provide its employees with an annual statement showing the total compensation paid and the income tax withheld for the preceding calendar year. The bill requires an employer to also provide (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/23/2023 Sent to the Governor |
HB23-1009 | Secondary School Student Substance Use |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Secondary School Student Substance Use |
Sponsors: | M. Lindsay (D) / D. Moreno (D) |
Summary: | The department is required to publicly publish a report of the committee's findings and submit the report to the superintendent of every school district and chief administrator of every institute charter school that is a secondary school.
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Status: | 3/22/2023 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
HB23-1016 | Temp Tax Credit For Public Service Retirees |
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Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Temp Tax Credit For Public Service Retirees |
Sponsors: | S. Bird (D) | E. Sirota (D) / C. Kolker (D) | C. Hansen (D) |
Summary: |
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Status: | 1/30/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations |
HB23-1020 | Social Equity Licenses In Regulated Marijuana |
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Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | Monday, April 3 2023 Finance 1:30 p.m. Room 0112 (3) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Social Equity Licenses In Regulated Marijuana |
Sponsors: | N. Ricks (D) |
Summary: | The bill creates an accelerator hospitality business license, accelerator transporter license, and accelerator retail deliverer permittee for social equity licensees qualified to participate in the accelerator program. The bill requires the department of revenue to provide an annual report to the finance committees of the house of representatives and the senate concerning active social equity licenses, any recommendations for new social equity licenses and permits, and any recommendations for new or innovating funding sources for the social equity licensees or permittees. Effective January 2, 2024, the bill amends the eligibility requirements for a person to qualify as a social equity licensee. The bill clarifies that the new eligibility requirements only apply to social equity licensee applications received on or after January 2, 2024, or to the reinstatement or reactivation of social equity licenses originally issued before January 2, 2024. The new eligibility requirements do not apply to the renewal of social equity licenses applied for or issued before January 2, 2024. The bill authorizes a social equity licensee who satisfies the eligibility requirements effective January 2, 2024, with a retail marijuana transporter licensee and a retail marijuana delivery permit or an accelerator retail deliverer permit, to exercise the privileges of a retail marijuana store license without needing to obtain a retail marijuana store license or accelerator store license. The bill requires the department of revenue to create incentives for social equity licensees and accelerator-endorsed licensees, including reducing or waiving fees. The bill creates, in the office of economic development, a grant committee that is responsible for reviewing grant applications, selecting grant recipients, and determining grant awards that are issued pursuant to an existing grant program for supporting entrepreneurs in the marijuana industry.
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Status: | 2/23/2023 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to Finance |
HB23-1023 | Special District Construction Contracts |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Special District Construction Contracts |
Sponsors: | W. Lindstedt (D) | D. Wilson (R) / D. Roberts (D) | B. Gardner (R) |
Summary: | Public notice for bids on special district construction contracts is currently required when the contract cost is $60,000 or more. The bill increases the notice threshold to $120,000 or more, and requires the amount to be adjusted for inflation every 5 years.
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Status: | 3/17/2023 Governor Signed |
HB23-1025 | Charter School Application Timelines |
Comment: | |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | Tuesday, March 28 2023 GENERAL ORDERS - SECOND READING OF BILLS (1) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | Charter School Application Timelines |
Sponsors: | R. Taggart (R) | D. Michaelson Jenet (D) / J. Rich (R) |
Summary: | The bill extends the timeline from 12 months to 18 months for prospective charter schools to submit applications to become charter schools to the local board of education. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/23/2023 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments |
HB23-1029 | Prohibit COVID-19 Vaccine To Minor Without Consent |
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Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Prohibit COVID-19 Vaccine To Minor Without Consent |
Sponsors: | B. Bradley (R) / M. Baisley (R) |
Summary: | The bill prohibits:
The bill allows an aggrieved person to file a civil action and waives sovereign immunity if the violator is a public entity.
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Status: | 2/7/2023 House Committee on Health & Insurance Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1032 | Remedies Persons With Disabilities |
Comment: | |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | Tuesday, March 28 2023 GENERAL ORDERS - SECOND READING OF BILLS (1) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Remedies Persons With Disabilities |
Sponsors: | D. Ortiz (D) |
Summary: | The bill makes 3 primary clarifications about the remedies a person with a disability is entitled to under current Colorado law related to protections against discrimination on the basis of disability for persons with disabilities:
The bill also allows a court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing plaintiff for any action commenced pursuant to certain Colorado law related to protections against discrimination on the basis of disability for persons with disabilities. Lastly, the bill specifies that certain types of relief do not require exhaustion of potential administrative remedies.
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Status: | 3/17/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments |
HB23-1057 | Amenities For All Genders In Public Buildings |
Comment: | |
Position: | No Effect |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Amenities For All Genders In Public Buildings |
Sponsors: | K. McCormick (D) | S. Vigil (D) / S. Jaquez Lewis (D) |
Summary: | Effective January 1, 2024, the bill requires each newly constructed public building and each public building in which restroom renovations are estimated to cost $10,000 or more that is wholly or partly owned by the state, a county, or a local municipality to:
The bill also requires each newly constructed public building and each public building in which restroom renovations are estimated to cost $10,000 or more that is wholly or partly owned by the state, a county, or a local municipality to include signage indicating the presence of a baby diaper changing station with a pictogram that is void of gender in all restrooms with baby diaper changing stations, in all non-gendered restrooms, and in all single-stalled restrooms. The bill also requires each newly constructed public building and each public building in which restroom renovations are estimated to cost $10,000 or more that is wholly or partly owned by the state, a county, or a local municipalitiy to indicate in the central building directory, if such a directory exists, the location of any baby diaper changing station and of any non-gendered restroom. The bill exempts the requirements of including a baby diaper changing station in any restroom and any construction necessary to comply with providing an accessible non-gendered restroom if the requirement would result in failure to comply with applicable building standards governing the right of access for individuals with disabilities. The bill clarifies that an employee with a designated workplace in a public building may undertake the complaint process for alleged discriminatory or unfair practices including the failure to comply with providing the required amenities to all genders, as required, with the Colorado civil rights division charged with the enforcement of the Colorado anti-discrimination act.
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Status: | 2/13/2023 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations |
HB23-1058 | Child-occupied Facility Lead-based Paint Abatement |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Child-occupied Facility Lead-based Paint Abatement |
Sponsors: | R. Dickson (D) / J. Buckner (D) |
Summary: | Current law defines "child-occupied facility" for the purposes of lead-based paint abatement as a building or portion of a building that is visited by a child on 2 or more days within any week, with each visit totaling 6 or more hours. The bill reduces the total daily visit time to 3 or more hours.
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Status: | 3/23/2023 Sent to the Governor |
HB23-1063 | Reduction Of State Income Tax Rate |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Reduction Of State Income Tax Rate |
Sponsors: | S. Bottoms (R) |
Summary: | For income tax years commencing on and after January 1, 2024, the bill reduces both the individual and the corporate state income tax rates from 4.40% to 3.5%. The bill also exempts the rate reductions from the existing statutory requirements that tax expenditure legislation include a tax preference performance statement in a statutory legislative declaration and a repeal after a specified period of tax years.
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Status: | 2/9/2023 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1064 | Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact |
Comment: | |
Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact |
Sponsors: | M. Lukens (D) | M. Young (D) / J. Marchman | C. Kolker (D) |
Summary: | The bill enacts the "Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact" (compact). The compact is designed to make it easier for teachers, especially active military members and eligible military spouses, from one member state to receive a teacher's license from another member state.
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Status: | 3/10/2023 Governor Signed |
HB23-1065 | Local Government Independent Ethics Commission |
Comment: | |
Position: | Monitor |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Local Government Independent Ethics Commission |
Sponsors: | T. Story (D) | J. Parenti (D) / J. Marchman |
Summary: | Under current law, the independent ethics commission created in article XXIX of the state constitution does not have jurisdiction over officials or employees of special districts or school districts. The bill gives the independent ethics commission jurisdiction to hear complaints, issue findings, assess penalties, and issue advisory opinions on ethics issues concerning a local government official or local government employee. "Local government" is defined to include a county, municipality, special district, or school district. Existing ethical standards apply to a local government official and a local government employee. The bill applies those standards to a local government official or local government employee through the independent ethics commission. |
Status: | 2/7/2023 House Committee on Transportation, Housing & Local Government Refer Amended to Appropriations |
HB23-1079 | Income Tax Credits For Nonpublic Education |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Income Tax Credits For Nonpublic Education |
Sponsors: | K. DeGraaf (R) |
Summary: | The bill establishes a private school tuition income tax credit for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2024, that allows any taxpayer to claim a credit when the taxpayer enrolls a qualified child in a private school or the taxpayer provides a scholarship to a qualified child for enrollment in a private school. The private school issues the taxpayer a credit certificate and the amount of the credit is:
The bill also establishes an income tax credit for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2024, that allows any taxpayer who uses home-based education for a qualified child to claim an income tax credit in an amount equal to:
Both credits may be carried forward for 3 years but may not be refunded. In addition, the credits may be transferred, subject to certain limitations.
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Status: | 2/16/2023 House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1085 | Rural County and Municipality Energy Efficient Building Codes |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Rural County and Municipality Energy Efficient Building Codes |
Sponsors: | M. Martinez (D) / C. Simpson (R) |
Summary: | Counties and municipalities are currently required to adopt and enforce certain energy efficient building codes concurrently with the updating of their existing building codes or, before July 1, 2023 only, concurrently with either the adoption or updating of their building codes. Counties and municipalities must adopt and enforce these specified model energy codes within particular time frames. A rural county, which is defined as a county with a population of less than 30,000 people, is permitted to adopt a less current model code if it has applied for and not been awarded a grant that significantly assists with energy code adoption and enforcement training.
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Status: | 2/23/2023 House Committee on Energy & Environment Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1089 | Special Education Services For Students In Foster Care |
Comment: | |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, April 5 2023 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1:30 PM SCR 357 (1) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | Special Education Services For Students In Foster Care |
Sponsors: | M. Young (D) / R. Zenzinger (D) |
Summary: | Current law designates that a student in an out-of-home placement is a resident of the school district where the placement is located, even if that student continues to attend a school in another school district. The bill designates students in out-of-home placements as residents of the school district of their school of origin as long as the student attends the school of origin, other than an approved facility school, as defined in section 22-2-402, Colorado Revised Statutes, or a state-licensed day treatment facility. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/22/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education |
HB23-1092 | Limitating Use Of State Money |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Limitating Use Of State Money |
Sponsors: | R. Bockenfeld (R) |
Summary: | The bill prohibits state money from being used to further certain social, political, or ideological interests beyond what controlling state and federal law require. Sections 1 to 3 of the bill apply this prohibition to the public employees' retirement association (PERA) by requiring PERA to make investments solely on financial factors and prohibiting PERA from investing in an entity with a stated purpose to further certain social, political, or ideological interests beyond what federal and state law require (nonfinancial commitment). Section 1 also:
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Status: | 2/6/2023 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1098 | Women's Rights In Athletics |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Women's Rights In Athletics |
Sponsors: | L. Frizell (R) | B. Bradley (R) / B. Pelton (R) |
Summary: | The bill requires any intercollegiate, interscholastic, intramural, or club athletic team, sport, or athletic event to be designated as one of the following, based on the biological sex at birth of the participating students: Male, female, or coeducational. Male and female athletes may only participate on teams designated to their respective sexes. The bill prohibits a governmental entity from investigating a complaint or taking any adverse action against a public school, school district, activities association or organization, institution of higher education, or any employee or governing board member for complying with the bill. The bill creates a cause of action for a student, school, or institution that suffers harm as a result of noncompliance with the bill. There is also a cause of action for a student who suffers retaliation for reporting violations of the bill. The statutes of limitations for the causes of action are 2 years and a prevailing party is entitled to reasonable attorney fees. The attorney general is required to provide legal representation to a school, school district, association, or institution of higher education that is sued for complying with the bill.
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Status: | 2/13/2023 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1103 | Severance Tax Revenue Distribution |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Severance Tax Revenue Distribution |
Sponsors: | T. Winter (R) / R. Pelton (R) |
Summary: | The bill requires the state treasurer to transfer 60% of the severance taxes paid by an entity that are attributable to the developing, processing, or energy conversion of minerals and mineral fuels subject to taxation in a county in a given tax year to that same county. A county that receives a transfer in accordance with the bill shall use the transferred funds for building or improving roads, schools, or local infrastructure. |
Status: | 2/13/2023 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1109 | School Policies And Student Conduct |
Comment: | |
Position: | Oppose |
Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, March 29 2023 House Education Upon Adjournment Room 0107 (3) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | School Policies And Student Conduct |
Sponsors: | S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) | J. Joseph (D) / F. Winter (D) |
Summary: | The bill requires a school district to implement additional procedural safeguards for an expulsion hearing (hearing). A school district is required to provide all records that the school district intends to use as supporting evidence in a hearing to the student or the student's parent, guardian, or legal custodian at least 5 business days prior to the hearing. If a school district intends to present written statements or oral testimony from witnesses during the hearing, the student and the student's parent, guardian, or legal custodian must be notified at least 5 business days prior to the hearing of the contents of the written statement or oral testimony provided to the school district. The student and the student's parent, guardian, or legal custodian have the right to cross-examine adverse witnesses who provide a written statement or oral testimony to the school district. During the hearing, the school district has the burden of presenting clear and convincing evidence to demonstrate that the student violated state law and the school district's policy, and that excluding the student from the learning environment through expulsion or denial of admission is necessary. Following the hearing, the executive officer or designee acting as a hearing officer is required to report findings of fact, findings regarding mitigating factors, and recommendations. Current law permits a student to be suspended, expelled, or denied admission for behavior on or off school property that is detrimental to the welfare or safety of other students or school personnel. The bill requires a school district or enrolling school district to demonstrate that a student's behavior off school grounds poses an imminent threat to other students or school personnel by establishing a direct and substantial nexus between the student's alleged conduct committed off school grounds and the risk of physical harm to other students or school personnel. Behavior that occurs off school grounds that results in delinquency or criminal charges and is unrelated to a school-sponsored event is not automatic grounds for suspension, expulsion, or denial of admission. For a hearing concerning a student whose alleged conduct occurred off school grounds, the executive officer or designee acting as a hearing officer is required to report findings of fact that establish a direct and substantial nexus between the student's behavior and the risk of physical harm to other students and school personnel. Current law allows a school district board of education (board) to delegate its power to its executive officer or to a designee who serves as a hearing officer to expel or deny admission to a student. The bill requires the individual who serves as the board's hearing officer to agree to recusal if a conflict of interest occurs that interferes with the individual's duty to act as an impartial hearing officer. An executive officer, a designee, or any individual acting as a hearing officer is also required to participate in an annual training on state and federal school discipline laws.
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Status: | 1/23/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
HB23-1118 | Fair Workweek Employment Standards |
Comment: | |
Position: | No Effect |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Fair Workweek Employment Standards |
Sponsors: | E. Sirota (D) | S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) / J. Gonzales (D) | F. Winter (D) |
Summary: | The bill imposes requirements for certain types of employers with regard to:
In addition to pay for hours worked by the employee, the bill requires certain types of employers to pay employees:
The bill prohibits employers from discriminating or taking any adverse action against an employee based on the hours an employee is scheduled or actually works, the expected duration of employment, or the employee's desired work schedule. The bill also prohibits retaliation against an employee for attempting to exercise any right created in the bill. Employers are required to retain records demonstrating their compliance with the requirements of the bill. A person who is aggrieved by a violation of the requirements of the bill may file a complaint with the division of labor standards and statistics (division) in the department of labor and employment or bring a civil action in district court. The division is authorized to investigate complaints and, upon determining that a violation occurred, to impose fines, penalties, or damages and award attorney fees and costs. The division is also authorized to bring a civil action to enforce the requirements of the bill. The bill includes protections for whistleblowers and establishes penalties for violations. The director of the division is required to promulgate rules to implement the bill.
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Status: | 3/2/2023 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1142 | Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse |
Comment: | |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | Tuesday, March 28 2023 GENERAL ORDERS - SECOND READING OF BILLS (2) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Information Of Person Reporting Child Abuse |
Sponsors: | R. Pugliese (R) / B. Kirkmeyer (R) |
Summary: | Current law requires reports of known or suspected child abuse or neglect to include the source of the report and the name, address, and occupation of the person making the report whenever possible. The bill requires a report of this information in all circumstances.
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Status: | 3/17/2023 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments |
HB23-1144 | Public Employees' Retirement Association Defined Benefit Plan Payments To Ex-spouse |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Public Employees' Retirement Association Defined Benefit Plan Payments To Ex-spouse |
Sponsors: | R. English (D) |
Summary: | Currently, a member of any public employee retirement association (member) and the member's ex-spouse can agree to divide the member's monthly retirement benefits under a defined benefit plan pursuant to a divorce. If the member and the ex-spouse agree to divide the monthly benefit payment between them, the ex-spouse is entitled to receive a share of the monthly benefits until the ex-spouse dies. For a member who receives a defined benefit administered by the public employees' retirement association (PERA) on and after specified dates, the bill requires the PERA member and the ex-spouse to agree to terminate the ex-spouse's monthly PERA benefits if the ex-spouse remarries. The bill specifies certain information that must be included in the written agreement dividing the PERA member's benefits and specifies that the terminated monthly benefit will accrue to the retired PERA member.
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Status: | 2/23/2023 House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1148 | Temporary Prohibition On Rule-making After Rule Adopted |
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Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Temporary Prohibition On Rule-making After Rule Adopted |
Sponsors: | G. Evans (R) / B. Pelton (R) |
Summary: | The bill prohibits an executive rule-making agency, on or after September 1, 2023, from amending an existing rule or adopting a new rule concerning the same subject matter as the existing rule for the 3 years following the existing rule's adoption. The following rules are exempt from the 3-year prohibition period:
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Status: | 2/27/2023 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1168 | Legal Representation And Students With Disabilities |
Comment: | |
Position: | Monitor |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Legal Representation And Students With Disabilities |
Sponsors: | S. Sharbini (D) | J. Joseph (D) / F. Winter (D) |
Summary: | Current law entitles a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of, or entity with educational decision-making authority for, a student with a disability, or a student who may be eligible for special education services (parent), to file a state complaint in the event of a dispute with an administrative unit or a state-operated program (education provider). If the parent prevails in a state complaint decision, the education provider may file a due process complaint against the parent regarding the issues disputed in the state complaint. The bill requires the department to include information on attorney appointments in the procedural safeguard notice and in materials distributed to parents describing due process complaint procedures. The bill (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/20/2023 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
HB23-1176 | PERA Defined Contribution Plan School Personnel |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | PERA Defined Contribution Plan School Personnel |
Sponsors: | D. Wilson (R) |
Summary: | Current law allows only specified employees to participate in the public employees' retirement association's (PERA) defined contribution plan. Employer and member contribution rates for PERA's defined contribution plan are fixed in statute and vary per division. Members of the school division or the Denver public schools (DPS) division of PERA are not able to enroll in the defined contribution plan and are enrolled in the defined benefit plan administered by PERA. The bill requires the PERA board to establish and administer a flexible defined contribution plan and gives PERA members who are hired on or after January 1, 2024, and who are members of the school division or DPS division (eligible employees), the option to participate in the flexible defined contribution plan. If an eligible employee opts to participate in the flexible defined contribution plan, the eligible employee may determine the employee's contribution rate. Employers of eligible employees who opt into the flexible defined contribution plan are required to contribute an amount equal to 6.5% of the member's salary toward the member's account, and contribute an amount equal to 15% of the member's salary to the defined benefit plan.
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Status: | 3/15/2023 House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1177 | Cameras On School Buses For Student Safety |
Comment: | |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Cameras On School Buses For Student Safety |
Sponsors: | B. McLachlan (D) |
Summary: | The bill requires every route school bus used for the transportation of schoolchildren to have an automated vehicle identification system (system) installed on the route school bus on or before July 1, 2028, to record motor vehicles that unlawfully pass a stopped route school bus. The bill creates the route school bus camera matching grant program (grant program). The purpose of the grant program is to provide grants to eligible applicants to install a system on every route school bus to record motor vehicles that unlawfully pass a stopped route school bus. The department of education shall administer the grant program pursuant to rules promulgated by the state board of education. |
Status: | 3/23/2023 House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely |
HB23-1188 | Individualized Learning Schools And Programs |
Comment: | |
Position: | Monitor |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Individualized Learning Schools And Programs |
Sponsors: | M. Soper (R) / J. Rich (R) |
Summary: | The bill authorizes a public school or a charter school that is permitted by its charter authorizer to offer an individualized learning program or become an individualized learning school. Individualized learning includes a course of instruction or grade-level course work that is:
The bill requires each charter school application to identify whether the proposed charter school will offer an individualized learning program or become an individualized learning school. The bill authorizes an existing charter school to request to amend the charter contract to allow the charter school to offer an individualized learning program or propose to become an individualized learning school either in connection with the charter-renewal process or pursuant to an agreement with the charter authorizer that the charter school will submit a written plan for becoming an individualized learning school. The bill requires an individualized learning school to operate as part of, or within reasonable proximity to, a public school that serves students enrolled in the individualized learning program. The bill requires an individualized learning school or an individualized learning program to be open for enrollment to any student whose residence is within reasonable distance of the school or program that will permit the student to attend the school in person on a daily basis, if needed. The bill requires each student enrolled in an individualized learning school or individualized learning program to have a written learning plan that is designed to meet the student's individual educational needs. The bill requires direct personal contact between a teacher and each student to take place at least once per school week. The bill requires a teacher to evaluate the educational progress of each student enrolled in an individualized learning school or individualized learning program at least once a month during the student's enrollment. If the teacher determines the student failed to make satisfactory progress or failed to follow the student's written learning plan, the bill requires the teacher to develop an intervention plan for the student. If the student continues to make less-than-satisfactory progress after 3 consecutive months despite an intervention plan, the bill requires the teacher to develop and implement an amended written learning plan that includes a course of study designed to meet the student's needs more appropriately. The bill requires individualized learning to be overseen by a chief academic officer who is appointed by the individualized learning school or public school that offers an individualized learning program. For the 2023-24 and 2024-25 state fiscal years, the bill requires an individualized learning entity to receive public school funding if a student is enrolled in an individualized learning entity that was operating on or before the effective date of this act; was enrolled in a public school the preceding academic school year; was not enrolled in a private school or participating in a nonpublic home-based education program the preceding school year; or is enrolling for the first time as a kindergarten or first-grade student or has recently moved to Colorado and is enrolling for the first time as a Colorado resident in any grade level. Beginning with the 2025-26 state fiscal year, the bill requires an individualized learning school to receive public school funding in the manner and to the degree that applies to any student enrolled in a public school.
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Status: | 3/23/2023 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
HB23-1191 | Prohibit Corporal Punishment Of Children |
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Calendar Notification: | Tuesday, March 28 2023 THIRD READING OF BILLS - FINAL PASSAGE - CONSENT CALENDAR (1) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | Prohibit Corporal Punishment Of Children |
Sponsors: | R. English (D) / R. Fields (D) |
Summary: | The bill prohibits a person employed by or volunteering in a public school, a state-licensed child care center, a family child care home, or a specialized group facility from imposing corporal punishment on a child. The bill defines "corporal punishment" as the willful infliction of, or willfully causing the infliction of, physical pain on a child.
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Status: | 3/27/2023 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments |
HB23-1198 | Teacher Externship Program For Science Technology Engineering And Math Disciplines |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Teacher Externship Program For Science Technology Engineering And Math Disciplines |
Sponsors: | B. Titone (D) |
Summary: | The bill requires the department of labor and employment (department) to establish a teacher externship program to allow kindergarten through twelfth grade public school teachers (K-12 teachers) to participate in experiential learning opportunities with employers, outside of the school environment, to gain knowledge and expand their curriculum in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines and other disciplines that may be of value to a particular school district. The department is required to work with the department of education to select appropriate employers to participate in the externship program. Employers may be eligible for a tax credit for participation in the externship program. A K-12 teacher who participates in the externship program may receive compensation from the applicable school district or from the employer providing the externship and may apply for professional development credit and graduate school credits as part of the teacher license renewal requirements. The director of the division of employment and training in the department is authorized to seek and accept gifts, grants, and donations for allocation to school districts for compensation for teachers who participate in an externship. The bill requires the department to compile and report data on the externship program on an annual basis. The bill creates a tax credit for employers that participate in the externship program.
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Status: | 3/16/2023 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations |
HB23-1207 | Stipends For National Board-certified Educators |
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Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Stipends For National Board-certified Educators |
Sponsors: | R. Weinberg | E. Hamrick (D) |
Summary: | Current law requires the department of education (department) to award an annual stipend of $1,600 to teachers, school counselors, principals, and school psychologists who hold national board certification and who are employed by a school district, board of cooperative services, charter school of a school district, or an institute charter school (local education provider). The bill extends the $1,600 stipend to qualified librarians and school social workers who hold national board certification and who are employed by a local education provider. Current law allows the department to award an additional $3,200 annual stipend to teachers, principals, school counselors, and school psychologists who are employed in a low-performing, high-needs school. The bill allows the department to also extend an additional $3,200 stipend to librarians or school social workers who are employed in a low-performing, high-needs school. The additional $3,200 stipend is also extended to teachers, librarians, school counselors, school psychologists, or school social workers (national board-certified educators) who are employed in a rural school district. The bill allows the department to extend an additional $3,200 stipend to national board-certified educators who are employed as math teachers in any school. If a national board-certified educator transfers employment from one low-performing, high-needs school or rural school district to another low-performing, high-needs school or rural school district, the educator remains eligible for the additional stipend. However, if a national board-certified educator leaves employment with a low-performing, high-needs school or rural school district, the educator is no longer eligible for the additional stipend. If a national board-certified math teacher transfers schools as a math teacher, the educator remains eligible for the additional stipend. However, if a national board-certified educator who is a math teacher stops teaching math, the educator is no longer eligible for the additional stipend. If there are insufficient funds, the department shall reduce the amount of each stipend by the same percentage that the deficit bears to the amount required to fully fund the total number of national board-certified educators who qualify for the stipend. A national board-certified educator who is employed as a principal or an administrator in a school and maintains a national certification is eligible for a stipend.
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Status: | 3/8/2023 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
HB23-1208 | Income Tax Credit For Eligible Teachers |
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Calendar Notification: | Monday, April 3 2023 Finance 1:30 p.m. Room 0112 (5) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Income Tax Credit For Eligible Teachers |
Sponsors: | B. Marshall (D) | M. Soper (R) / J. Rich (R) |
Summary: | For income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2023, but before January 1, 2027, the bill allows a refundable state income tax credit, which is intended to offset the various expenses that licensed teachers often incur throughout an academic year for classroom supplies, professional development costs, supplemental educational materials, field trips, and other items that improve the quality of the educational services that they provide, to a licensed teacher who is employed as a teacher in a public school on a full-time basis for at least one-half of an academic year (eligible teacher) during the income tax year for which the credit is claimed. The amount of the credit is $1,000 for an eligible teacher who is employed for the equivalent of an entire academic year and $500 for a teacher who is employed for one-half of an academic year. Two eligible teachers who file a joint income tax return may each claim the credit. |
Status: | 3/23/2023 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Finance |
HB23-1212 | Promotion Of Apprenticeships |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Promotion Of Apprenticeships |
Sponsors: | E. Hamrick (D) | S. Lieder (D) / C. Kolker (D) | J. Danielson (D) |
Summary: | The bill directs the office of future of work (office) in the department of labor and employment to create an apprenticeship navigator pilot program (program) with 2 full-time apprenticeship navigators, with each apprenticeship navigator assigned to a different school district selected by the office. The purpose of the program is to increase awareness of registered apprenticeship programs among graduating high school students in the selected school districts. The bill also directs the office to promote apprenticeship programs to high school students by creating and maintaining a web-based job board of apprenticeships and incorporating apprenticeships in the state's career planning tools.
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Status: | 3/23/2023 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
HB23-1213 | Stop The Bleed School Training And Kits |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Stop The Bleed School Training And Kits |
Sponsors: | M. Young (D) | M. Bradfield (R) / K. Mullica (D) |
Summary: | The bill requires the Colorado department of public health and environment (department) to distribute stop the bleed training materials and bleed control kits to K-12 schools that opt into receiving them. The bill also requires the department, in collaboration with the American college of surgeons' committee on trauma, to report the number of schools that opt in, the number of people who have been trained in stop the bleed procedures in schools, the total number of stop the bleed control kits sent to schools, and the total cost of the program for each school year. |
Status: | 3/22/2023 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
HB23-1223 | Task Force To Prioritize Grants Target Population |
Comment: | Reviewing. There is no rural representation in the language. |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Task Force To Prioritize Grants Target Population |
Sponsors: | J. Bacon (D) | R. English (D) |
Summary: | The bill creates a task force (task force) to establish shared goals, objectives, and guidelines for entities to utilize in prioritizing new and existing grant money to achieve maximum impact to reduce youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk factors. The task force shall identify target communities with the highest rates of youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk factors. The task force shall create shared goals, objectives, and guidelines for governmental and community-based organizations to prioritize the use of new and existing grant money, as well as help community-based organizations reduce youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk factors in the target communities by using the shared goals, objectives, and guidelines when working in intervention, prevention, and tracking statistics. Membership in the task force is outlined. The task force shall make a preliminary "SMART Act" report in January 2024 followed by a final report in January 2025.
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Status: | 3/21/2023 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations |
HB23-1231 | Math In Pre-kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Math In Pre-kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade |
Sponsors: | B. McLachlan (D) | R. Pugliese (R) / J. Marchman | P. Lundeen (R) |
Summary: | The bill requires the department of education (department), by January 2024, to make available free optional trainings in evidence-based practices in mathematics, including a training specifically designed for elementary school educators and a training specifically designed for secondary school mathematics educators. Each training must include interventions to help students who are below grade level or struggling in mathematics, children with disabilities, and students who are English language learners. The training is available to relevant staff of school districts, related administrative units, district charter schools, institute charter schools, boards of cooperative services, and community-based organizations. School district boards of education and institute charter schools are strongly encouraged to adopt procedures for schools to provide support to students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade and students' families to improve mathematics outcomes. Procedures may include:
The bill creates the Colorado academic accelerator grant program (grant program). The purpose of the grant program is to create community learning centers that:
Eligible entities that apply to the grant program are selected for a grant that runs for a period of 3 years. The department shall prioritize eligible entities that:
The bill requires school districts, public schools, the state charter school institute, and institute charter schools that are on an improvement plan, priority improvement plan, or a turnaround plan to identify strategies to address the needs of students who are below grade level or struggling in mathematics and set or revise, as appropriate, ambitious but attainable targets that the public school shall attain in reducing the number of students who are below grade level or struggling in mathematics to increase the number of students who achieve grade-level expectations in mathematics. The bill amends the ninth-grade success grant program and requires the department to prioritize applicants that propose programming focused on evidence-based mathematics skills and intervention strategies, including a focus on students who are below grade level or struggling in mathematics and have academic achievement levels in mathematics that are consistently ranked the lowest for public high schools in the state, as determined by the department. The bill includes a requirement that elementary and secondary school mathematics teacher candidates of educator preparation programs be trained in evidence-based practices in mathematics, including interventions to help students who are below grade level or struggling in mathematics, children with disabilities, and students who are English language learners. The bill includes early numeracy as part of the continuing professional development requirements for teachers employed by a preschool provider. The department of early childhood shall include early numeracy as a subject matter area in the resource bank of preschool curricula for use by preschool providers.
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Status: | 3/16/2023 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
HB23-1235 | Technical Modification To Department Of Early Childhood |
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Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, March 29 2023 House Education Upon Adjournment Room 0107 (1) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Technical Modification To Department Of Early Childhood |
Sponsors: | E. Sirota (D) / J. Buckner (D) |
Summary: | Title 26.5 of the Colorado Revised Statutes relates primarily to early childhood programs and services. In 2022, the general assembly enacted House Bill 22-1295, which established the duties of the department of early childhood (department), relocated early childhood programs from the departments of human services and education to the department, and created the Colorado universal preschool program in the department. The bill makes technical changes to title 26.5 and related statutes, including:
The bill makes conforming amendments.
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Status: | 3/8/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
HB23-1239 | Local Innovation For Education Assessments |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Local Innovation For Education Assessments |
Sponsors: | E. Hamrick (D) | J. Bacon (D) / J. Marchman | C. Kolker (D) |
Summary: | The bill requires the department of education (department) to cap standardized summative assessments administered to the minimum extent possible, if requested by the local education provider. The bill requires the department to apply for a federal waiver for federal assessment requirements. The bill requires the department to support, through various means, local education providers and schools to innovate new assessments. |
Status: | 3/8/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
HB23-1241 | Task Force To Study K-12 Accountability System |
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Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, March 29 2023 House Education Upon Adjournment Room 0107 (2) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Task Force To Study K-12 Accountability System |
Sponsors: | S. Bird (D) / R. Zenzinger (D) |
Summary: | The bill creates the accountability, accreditation, student performance, and resource inequity task force (task force) to study academic opportunities, inequities, promising practices in schools, and improvements to the accountability and accreditation system. The bill requires the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives, the president and minority leader of the senate, the governor, and the department of education (department) to appoint members to the task force no later than July 1, 2023. The task force consists of 25 members, including members who represent statewide education organizations, the department, the state board of education (state board), school district board of education members, superintendents, principals, and teachers. The bill requires the department to enter into a contract with a facilitator to guide the work of the task force no later than August 15, 2023. The facilitator shall draft an interim report and final report. The task force is required to submit an interim report by March 1, 2024, and a final report by November 15, 2024, reflecting its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the house of representatives and senate, the governor, the state board, the commissioner of education, and the department.
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Status: | 3/11/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
HB23-1249 | Reduce Justice-involvement For Young Children |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Reduce Justice-involvement For Young Children |
Sponsors: | R. Armagost (R) | S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) / C. Simpson (R) | J. Coleman (D) |
Summary: | Under current law, counties are permitted to form a local collaborative management program to provide services to youth. The bill requires every county to participate in a local collaborative management program and requires the local collaborative management program to serve children 10 to 12 years of age and to form a service and support team to create service and support plans for children 10 to 12 years of age. The bill provides an appropriation for local collaborative management programs and requires the department of human services to provide technical assistance to the programs. The bill changes the minimum age of a child who is subject to the juvenile court's jurisdiction. Under current law, children who are 10 years of age or older can be prosecuted in juvenile court. The bill removes children who are 10 to 12 years of age from the juvenile court's jurisdiction and increases the age for prosecution in juvenile court to 13 years of age; except in the case of a homicide, then the juvenile court's jurisdiction extends to children who are 10 to 12 years of age. The bill clarifies that children who are 10 to12 years of age may be taken into temporary custody by law enforcement for safety. The bill provides that when children who are 10 to 12 years of age have contact with law enforcement, law enforcement will complete a form to refer the child to the local collaborative management program. The local collaborative management program's individualized service and support team is required to complete an initial plan for every child who is referred, which may find that no services are needed, that one or more specific services are needed and can be provided without an individualized service and support team meeting, or that an individualized service and support team meeting is required to develop a service and support plan for the child and family. Victims have the right to be informed and provide input to the plan. The individualized service and support team is required to hold a meeting and develop an individualized service and support plan for every child who is 10 to 12 years of age who allegedly engaged in behavior that would constitute a crime of violence or felony sex offense. The county department of human or social services is required to attend the meeting if the behavior would constitute a felony sex offense. The county department of human or social services is required to make a determination as to whether the department of human services will provide prevention and intervention services or conduct a formal assessment, investigate, provide services, or open a case. The bill clarifies that victims of actions by children who are 10 to 12 years of age are still able to access existing victim services and compensation. The bill provides that victims shall receive a free copy of the form completed by law enforcement, which can be used to request victim's compensation. The bill provides that a minor child, or a parent or guardian seeking relief on behalf of a minor child, shall not pay a fee to seek a protection order. Courts that issue protection orders shall provide assistance to individuals in completing judicial forms to obtain a protection order. The bill changes the minimum age that a person can be held in custody for contempt of court for failing to comply with a protection order to a person who is 13 years of age. A child who is 10 to 12 years of age who fails to comply with a protection order may be court ordered to participate in a collaborative management program. The bill changes the minimum age of a county court's concurrent original jurisdiction with the district court in criminal actions that constitute misdemeanors or petty offenses to 13 years of age. The bill changes the minimum age to be charged by a municipal court for a municipal offense to 13 years of age. Under current law, a juvenile court may transfer a child to district court for adult criminal proceedings under certain conditions. The bill eliminates the ability for the juvenile court to transfer children who are 12 or 13 years of age to the district court. For a child who is 14 years of age or older, the bill changes the current authority of the juvenile court to transfer the child's case for any delinquent act that constitutes any felony to only any delinquent act that constitutes a class 1 or class 2 felony or a crime of violence. The bill extends certain sentencing protections that are currently provided to children who are 10 or 11 years of age to children who are 13 or 14 years of age.
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Status: | 3/20/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary |
SB23-001 | Authority Of Public-private Collaboration Unit For Housing |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Authority Of Public-private Collaboration Unit For Housing |
Sponsors: | D. Roberts (D) | R. Zenzinger (D) / S. Bird (D) | M. Lukens (D) |
Summary: | The public-private collaboration unit (unit) in the department of personnel (department) promotes the use of public-private partnerships between state public entities such as departments, agencies, or subdivisions of the executive branch of state government, and private partners as a tool for time and cost-efficient completion of public projects. The bill authorizes the unit to undertake additional functions in connection with public projects that provide housing including:
The bill also allows the department and the unit to use money from the fund to facilitate these additional functions by the unit in connection with public projects that provide housing and for the standard operating expenses of the unit.
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Status: | 1/24/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations |
SB23-003 | Colorado Adult High School Program |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Colorado Adult High School Program |
Sponsors: | J. Buckner (D) | B. Gardner (R) / M. Weissman (D) |
Summary: | The bill creates the Colorado adult high school program (program) in the office responsible for adult education within the department of education (department). The purpose of the program is to create a pathway for Coloradans who are 21 years of age or older and do not have a high school diploma to attend high school and earn a diploma at no cost. Students may also earn industry-recognized certificates or college credits at no cost. The bill requires the department to partner with a Colorado community-based nonprofit organization (organization) to operate the program. The department is required to select an organization to act as the education provider for the program. The education provider is required to:
The department is required to establish a fair and transparent request for proposal process in order to select an organization to operate the program. The request for proposal process must include input from the office within the department responsible for adult education. The request for proposals must include:
On or before July 31, 2025, and every July 31 thereafter, an education provider is required to report to the department on the status of the program. On or before November 30, 2025, and every November 30 thereafter, the department is required to report the status of the program to the house of representatives education committee and the senate education committee, or their successor committees, including but not limited to:
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Status: | 1/25/2023 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
SB23-004 | Employment Of School Mental Health Professionals |
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Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | Thursday, April 6 2023 House Education 1:30 p.m. Room 0107 (3) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Employment Of School Mental Health Professionals |
Sponsors: | J. Marchman | S. Jaquez Lewis (D) / D. Michaelson Jenet (D) | M. Young (D) |
Summary: | Under current law, a mental health professional must be licensed by the department of education (department) in order to work in a school. The bill authorizes a school or a school district, the state charter school institute, (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 2/21/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
SB23-006 | Creation Of The Rural Opportunity Office |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Creation Of The Rural Opportunity Office |
Sponsors: | D. Roberts (D) | J. Rich (R) / B. McLachlan (D) | M. Catlin (R) |
Summary: | In 2019, the rural opportunity office (office) began its work in the office of economic development. The bill codifies the office. The director of the office is designated by and reports to the director of the office of economic development. The office is required to serve as Colorado's central coordinator of rural economic development matters with certain staff physically located in rural communities across Colorado, work with coal transitioning communities to explore unique business and economic development opportunities, make recommendations that inform the governor's policy on rural economic development matters, and measure the success of program outreach and determine whether Colorado's rural communities receive more statewide funding as a result of the efforts of the office. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/27/2023 House Committee on Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
SB23-007 | Adult Education |
Comment: | |
Position: | Monitor |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Adult Education |
Sponsors: | R. Zenzinger (D) | B. Kirkmeyer (R) / C. Kipp (D) | M. Catlin (R) |
Summary: | Current law requires adult education providers (providers) that participate in the department of education's (department) adult education and literacy grant program (program) to offer eligible adults basic education in literacy and numeracy. The bill adds "digital literacy" to the basic education offered to eligible adults. The bill describes services that providers may offer to eligible adults. The bill amends the reporting requirements for providers of the program. The bill allows community colleges, area technical colleges, and local district colleges (colleges) to develop minimum graduation requirements for a high school diploma based on the minimum high school graduation guidelines adopted by the state board of education. Colleges are authorized to award high school diplomas to students who successfully complete the colleges' minimum high school graduation requirements.
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Status: | 1/23/2023 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
SB23-008 | Youth Involvement Education Standards Review |
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Calendar Notification: | Thursday, March 30 2023 State Library Appropriations 8:00 a.m. Room Old (4) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Youth Involvement Education Standards Review |
Sponsors: | D. Moreno (D) / M. Lindsay (D) |
Summary: | The bill creates several opportunities for youth, defined as the age of eligibility for membership in the Colorado youth advisory council, to be involved in the review of the state's education standards. Youth representatives shall be appointed as follows:
In each instance, the appointing authority shall select the youth representatives from nominations submitted by schools throughout the state, and, Youth representatives The department shall promote the opportunities for youth involvement and request schools nominate youth to participate. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/2/2023 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
SB23-017 | Additional Uses Paid Sick Leave |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Additional Uses Paid Sick Leave |
Sponsors: | F. Winter (D) / J. Willford (D) | J. Joseph (D) |
Summary: | The bill allows an employee to use accrued paid sick leave when the employee needs to:
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/23/2023 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
SB23-023 | CPR Training In High Schools |
Comment: | |
Position: | Monitor |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | CPR Training In High Schools |
Sponsors: | J. Rich (R) | J. Marchman / R. Holtorf (R) | E. Hamrick (D) |
Summary: | The bill encourages each public school in the state to provide instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator to students in grades 9 through 12. The bill requires the instruction to meet certain requirements. The bill requires the instruction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator to be included in the curriculum for a high school that participates in the Colorado comprehensive health education program.
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Status: | 3/23/2023 Governor Signed |
SB23-029 | Disproportionate Discipline In Public Schools |
Comment: | |
Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Disproportionate Discipline In Public Schools |
Sponsors: | D. Moreno (D) / M. Lindsay (D) |
Summary: | Current law encourages school districts to consider certain factors before suspending or expelling a student. The bill requires school districts to consider those factors before suspending or expelling a student. The bill requires school districts to document in a student's record and compile in the safe school report any alternative disciplinary attempts before suspending or expelling a student.
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Status: | 3/22/2023 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
SB23-030 | Eligible Educator Classroom Expenses Tax Credit |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Eligible Educator Classroom Expenses Tax Credit |
Sponsors: | J. Rich (R) / M. Soper (R) |
Summary: | For 5 income tax years beginning in 2023, the bill creates a refundable state income tax credit for a Colorado teacher or classroom paraprofessional (eligible educator) for their classroom expenses. An eligible educator cannot claim the credit for an expense that the educator claims as a federal educator expense deduction for purposes of the educator's federal income tax, and the maximum amount of the credit per income tax year is $500. |
Status: | 1/26/2023 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely |
SB23-035 | Middle-income Housing Authority Act |
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Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, March 29 2023 Transportation, Housing & Local Government 1:30 p.m. Room LSB-A (1) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Middle-income Housing Authority Act |
Sponsors: | J. Bridges (D) | D. Moreno (D) / L. Herod (D) |
Summary: | Under current law, the middle-income housing authority (authority) has the power to make and enter into contracts or agreements with public or private entities to facilitate public-private partnerships. The bill clarifies this power of the authority to enter into public-private partnerships by specifying that:
Additionally, the bill expands the board of directors of the authority from 14 to 16 by adding 2 nonvoting members. The senate majority leader and the house majority leader will each appoint a member of the general assembly from their respective chambers to serve as the 2 new nonvoting members, unless the senate majority leader and the house majority leader are from the same political party in which case the house minority leader will appoint the member to the board of directors from the house.
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Status: | 2/27/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Transportation, Housing & Local Government |
SB23-043 | Continue School Access For Emergency Response Grant Program |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Continue School Access For Emergency Response Grant Program |
Sponsors: | K. Van Winkle (R) | C. Kolker (D) / D. Michaelson Jenet (D) | M. Catlin (R) |
Summary: | The school access for emergency response (SAFER) grant program is scheduled to repeal on July 1, 2024. The bill extends the SAFER grant program for 5 years, until July 1, 2029, and clarifies when the state treasurer is required to transfer unexpended money from the SAFER grant program's cash fund when the grant program is repealed.
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Status: | 1/25/2023 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
SB23-046 | Average Weekly Wage Paid Leave Benefits |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Average Weekly Wage Paid Leave Benefits |
Sponsors: | F. Winter (D) / M. Duran (D) |
Summary: | Current law specifies that a covered individual's weekly paid family and medical leave benefit is determined based on the individual's average weekly wage earned during the covered individual's base period or alternative base period from the job or jobs from which the covered individual is taking paid family and medical leave, which excludes from the calculation recent wages from previous jobs. The bill eliminates the limit on calculating the benefit based on the average weekly wage earned only from the job or jobs from which the individual is taking paid family and medical leave. |
Status: | 3/23/2023 Governor Signed |
SB23-051 | Conforming Workforce Development Statutes |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Conforming Workforce Development Statutes |
Sponsors: | N. Hinrichsen (D) | T. Sullivan (D) / D. Ortiz (D) | M. Lukens (D) |
Summary: | The office of future of work (OFW) was created in the department of labor and employment (department) by executive order of the governor in 2019 for the purpose of studying unemployment assistance. The bill creates the OFW in statute and expands the duties of the OFW. The purpose of the OFW is to:
The executive director of the department is required to submit a report to the governor, at least once per calendar year, that includes recommendations for potential policy initiatives. In 2021, House Bill 21-1007 created the state apprenticeship agency (SAA) in the department. The bill amends Colorado statutes to enable the United States department of labor's office of apprenticeship to recognize Colorado's state apprenticeship agency and authorize the SAA to register and oversee apprenticeship programs. To conform with regulations promulgated by the United States secretary of labor under the federal "National Apprenticeship Act", the bill:
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Status: | 3/23/2023 Governor Signed |
SB23-053 | Restrict Governmental Nondisclosure Agreements |
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Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Restrict Governmental Nondisclosure Agreements |
Sponsors: | B. Kirkmeyer (R) | R. Rodriguez (D) / S. Woodrow (D) | G. Evans (R) |
Summary: | The bill prohibits the state, counties, cities and counties, municipalities, school districts, and any of their departments, institutions, or agencies from making it a condition of employment that an applicant for employment or current or past employee
The bill prohibits nondisclosure agreements that prohibit employees of the state, counties, city and counties, municipalities, school districts, or any of their departments, institutions, or agencies from disclosing factual circumstances concerning their employment. To the extent that an employer includes any such provision in any employment contract or agreement, the provision is deemed to be against public policy and unenforceable against
The bill prohibits the state, counties, city and counties, municipalities, and school districts, or any of their departments, institutions, or agencies from taking any (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/26/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs |
SB23-056 | Compensatory Direct Distribution To PERA |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Compensatory Direct Distribution To PERA |
Sponsors: | C. Kolker (D) / S. Bird (D) |
Summary: | To recompense the public employees' retirement association (PERA) for the cancellation of a previously scheduled July 1, 2020, direct distribution of $225 million, House Bill 22-1029 required an additional direct distribution to PERA. However, the additional direct distribution did not fully recompense PERA for the cancellation of the previously scheduled direct distribution. To fully recompense PERA, the bill requires the state treasurer to issue a warrant to PERA in an amount equal to $35,050,000. The bill requires the warrant to consist of the balance of the PERA payment cash fund, and any remaining amount must be paid from the general fund. |
Status: | 2/7/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
SB23-058 | Job Application Fairness Act |
Comment: | |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, March 29 2023 Business Affairs & Labor Upon Adjournment Room 0112 (1) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Job Application Fairness Act |
Sponsors: | J. Danielson (D) | S. Jaquez Lewis (D) / J. Willford (D) | M. Young (D) |
Summary: | Starting July 1, 2024, the bill prohibits employers from inquiring about a prospective employee's age, date of birth, and dates of attendance at or date of graduation from an educational institution on an initial employment application. An employer may request an individual to verify compliance with age requirements imposed pursuant to or required by:
The department of labor and employment (department) is charged with enforcing the requirements of the bill and may issue warnings and orders of compliance for violations and, for second or subsequent violations, impose civil penalties. A violation of the restrictions does not create a private cause of action. The department is directed to adopt rules regarding procedures for handling complaints against employers. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/15/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor |
SB23-061 | Eliminate State Assessment In Social Studies |
Comment: | |
Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | Thursday, April 6 2023 House Education 1:30 p.m. Room 0107 (1) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Eliminate State Assessment In Social Studies |
Sponsors: | J. Marchman | C. Kolker (D) / C. Kipp (D) | M. Lukens (D) |
Summary: | The bill eliminates the requirement that the department of education administer a state assessment in social studies to elementary and secondary students.
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Status: | 2/28/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
SB23-065 | Career Development Success Program |
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Position: | Monitor |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Career Development Success Program |
Sponsors: | P. Lundeen (R) | J. Bridges (D) |
Summary: | For the career development success program (program), the bill removes the requirement for successful completion of a qualified industry pre-apprenticeship program and the requirement for successful completion of a qualified industry apprenticeship. Current law requires the general assembly to annually appropriate $1 million to the department of education for the program. Beginning in the 2023-24 budget year, and each budget year thereafter, the bill increase the appropriation to $10 million. The bill requires a school district or charter school participating in the program to receive 120% of the per-pupil amount for each pupil who is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch and who successfully earned an industry certificate by completing a qualified industry-credential program, a qualified workplace training program, or a qualified advanced placement course. The bill authorizes a participating school district or participating charter school to contract with a third party to provide specified services under the program. The bill extends the repeal date from September 1, 2024, to September 1, 2034.
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Status: | 2/14/2023 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations |
SB23-066 | Advanced Industry Acceleration Programs |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Advanced Industry Acceleration Programs |
Sponsors: | C. Simpson (R) | C. Hansen (D) / S. Bird (D) | M. Lynch (R) |
Summary: | Currently, the advanced industry export acceleration program ends on January 1, 2025, and the advanced industries acceleration grant program ends on July 1, 2024. The bill extends both programs by 10 years. Additionally, the advanced industry export acceleration program allows a qualifying business to receive an international export development expense reimbursement. To be eligible for the expense reimbursement under current law, a qualifying business must meet certain eligibility criteria. The bill removes the eligibility criterion that requires a qualifying business to show a profit during the last fiscal year. |
Status: | 2/21/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
SB23-070 | Mandatory School Resource Officer Training |
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Calendar Notification: | Thursday, April 6 2023 House Education 1:30 p.m. Room 0107 (2) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Mandatory School Resource Officer Training |
Sponsors: | C. Kolker (D) | B. Kirkmeyer (R) / M. Young (D) | R. Armagost (R) |
Summary: |
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/11/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
SB23-071 | Education Accountability Act |
Comment: | |
Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Education Accountability Act |
Sponsors: | J. Danielson (D) / L. Garcia (D) |
Summary: | Current law does not expressly provide a school district or the state charter school institute (institute) with legal standing to bring lawsuits against rules, regulations, or final orders of the state board of education (state board) issued pursuant to the Colorado "Education Accountability Act of 2009" (act). The bill allows a school district or the institute to seek judicial review or file a civil action for declaratory relief against rules, regulations, or final orders of the state board issued pursuant to the act. |
Status: | 3/1/2023 Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely |
SB23-076 | Sunset Continue CO Youth Advisory Council |
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Calendar Notification: | Monday, April 3 2023 House Education 1:30 p.m. Room 0107 (4) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Sunset Continue CO Youth Advisory Council |
Sponsors: | J. Coleman (D) | J. Marchman / B. McLachlan (D) | S. Vigil (D) |
Summary: |
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 2/27/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
SB23-080 | Tax Credit Parental Engagement In Schools |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Tax Credit Parental Engagement In Schools |
Sponsors: | P. Lundeen (R) |
Summary: | The bill establishes a parental engagement in schools income tax credit for income tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2024, that allows a taxpayer who is a parent (taxpayer) to claim a credit when the taxpayer volunteers in the school of the taxpayer's child. Taxpayers are allowed a credit of $20 for each volunteer hour, up to $500. Eligible schools include a school of a school district, a district charter school, an institute charter school, or a board of cooperative services. An eligible school shall issue a credit certificate to any taxpayer who volunteers in the school. The credit certificate allows the taxpayer to claim a credit with respect to the income taxes imposed by the state. To claim a credit, the taxpayer must submit the credit certificate to the department of revenue (department) with the taxpayer's income tax return for the income tax year for which a credit is claimed. The amount of the credit that exceeds the taxpayer's income taxes due is refunded to the taxpayer. The bill encourages eligible schools to promote the credit to parents at the start of each school year and to provide volunteer opportunities throughout the year to accommodate parent schedules and interests. The bill requires the Colorado state advisory council for parent involvement in education (council) to develop marketing materials to promote the credit to parents. The council shall conduct training sessions to instruct eligible schools on how to implement and manage a volunteer program to align with the credit. The training sessions must use best practices for parental engagement. On or before May 1, 2025, the council shall create and distribute a statewide parental engagement feedback survey (survey) to solicit and collect parental engagement feedback from parents. The purpose of the survey is to measure parental engagement participation and to determine whether parental engagement provides support to eligible schools. At the end of each school year through 2029, eligible schools are required to solicit feedback, using the council's survey, from parents concerning volunteer experiences. On or before July 1, 2025, and each July 1 thereafter through July 1, 2029, eligible schools shall submit the survey data to the school districts. On or before October 1, 2025, and each October 1 thereafter through October 1, 2029, school districts shall report the survey data to the department of education. The bill requires the department of education to submit an annual report summarizing the survey data reported by the school districts to the department on February 15, 2026, and each February 15 thereafter through February 15, 2030, to the state auditor, the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees, and the finance committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or their successor committees. The bill repeals the income tax credit, effective July 1, 2032.
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Status: | 2/14/2023 Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely |
SB23-086 | Student Leaders Institute |
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Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Student Leaders Institute |
Sponsors: | C. Hansen (D) / E. Hamrick (D) | M. Soper (R) |
Summary: | The bill continues the Colorado student leaders institute program and changes responsibility for the program from the department of higher education to the department of education. The change shifts oversight of the program from a governor-appointed executive board to the state board of education.
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Status: | 3/15/2023 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
SB23-087 | Teacher Degree Apprenticeship Program |
Comment: | |
Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | Monday, April 3 2023 House Education 1:30 p.m. Room 0107 (2) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | Teacher Degree Apprenticeship Program |
Sponsors: | J. Marchman | M. Baisley (R) / C. Kipp (D) | D. Wilson (R) |
Summary: | As an alternative route to teacher licensure, the bill creates a teacher degree apprenticeship program (apprenticeship program), which builds on elements of current alternative teacher licensure programs, including a bachelor's degree requirement, training programs approved by the state department of education (CDE), and structured on-the-job training. The apprenticeship program is run collaboratively with the United States department of labor The bill allows CDE to issue a teacher apprenticeship authorization (authorization) to a person (apprentice) who is employed by a school district, board of cooperative services, charter school, or institute charter school (school) who is actively registered in an apprenticeship program, and who is actively enrolled in an affiliated bachelor's degree program from an accredited institution. The authorization is valid for 4 years while the apprentice completes the bachelor's degree requirement of the program. CDE may renew the authorization for Upon application from an entity with expertise in apprenticeship or teacher preparation, CDE shall authorize the entity to serve as a teacher apprenticeship program sponsor (sponsor). Applications to serve as a sponsor must include a proposed work process schedule and related instruction required by the DOL office and state office . CDE shall review each application and approve or disapprove the sponsor. If approved, the sponsor may apply to CDE for approval of an apprenticeship program. An apprenticeship program must meet the following criteria:
Every 5 years after apprenticeship program approval, CDE shall consult with the DOL office concerning the federally required audit of the apprenticeship program to ensure the apprenticeship program continues to meet requirements. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
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Status: | 3/15/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
SB23-094 | School Transportation Task Force |
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Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | Monday, April 3 2023 House Education 1:30 p.m. Room 0107 (3) in house calendar. |
Short Title: | School Transportation Task Force |
Sponsors: | P. Lundeen (R) | R. Zenzinger (D) / D. Wilson (R) | M. Lukens (D) |
Summary: | The bill creates a Colorado school transportation modernization task force (task force) to create a report containing findings and recommendations to improve public school transportation services for students. The task force specifies task force membership, including the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee, and members appointed by the commissioner. The task force must prepare, publish, and share the findings of its the report by January 31, 2024, with the education committees of the general assembly, the state board of education, and the governor.
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Status: | 3/15/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
SB23-099 | Special Education Funding |
Comment: | |
Position: | Support |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Special Education Funding |
Sponsors: | R. Zenzinger (D) | B. Kirkmeyer (R) / C. Kipp (D) | L. Frizell (R) |
Summary: |
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Status: | 2/6/2023 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations |
SB23-104 | Public Employees' Retirement Association True-up Of Denver Public Schools Division Employer Contribution |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Public Employees' Retirement Association True-up Of Denver Public Schools Division Employer Contribution |
Sponsors: | J. Coleman (D) | C. Hansen (D) / J. Bacon (D) |
Summary: | In 2009, the general assembly enacted legislation to merge the Denver public schools retirement system into the public employees' retirement association (PERA), effective January 1, 2010. The merger legislation created a Denver public schools (DPS) division within PERA and set the employer and member contribution rates for that division. The merger legislation also required PERA to calculate a true-up beginning January 1, 2015, and every fifth year thereafter, to determine whether the DPS employer contribution rate must be adjusted to assure the equalization of the DPS division's ratio of unfunded actuarial accrued liability over payroll to the PERA school division's ratio of unfunded actuarial accrued liability over payroll at the end of the 30-year period that began on January 1, 2010 (equalization of the 2 divisions). If necessary, the PERA board is required to recommend that the general assembly adjust the DPS total employer rate to assure the equalization of the 2 divisions. The general assembly enacted the last true-up for the equalization of the 2 divisions in 2015. In furtherance of the true-up for the equalization of the 2 divisions, beginning on July 1, 2023, the bill reduces the total employer contribution rate for the DPS division from 10.4% to 7.15% of salary. The bill does not alter the employer or member contribution rate for any other division of PERA.
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Status: | 2/28/2023 Senate Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely |
SB23-111 | Public Employees' Workplace Protection |
Comment: | |
Position: | Amend |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Public Employees' Workplace Protection |
Sponsors: | R. Rodriguez (D) / S. Woodrow (D) |
Summary: | The "National Labor Relations Act" does not apply to federal, state, or local governments and the "Colorado Labor Peace Act" excludes governmental entities, with an exception for mass transportation systems, leaving public employees without the protection afforded by these labor laws. The bill grants certain public employees, including individuals employed by counties, municipalities, fire authorities, school districts, public colleges and universities, library districts, special districts, public defender's offices, the university of Colorado hospital authority, the Denver health and hospital authority, the general assembly, and a board of cooperative services, the right to:
The bill also prohibits certain public employers from discriminating against, coercing, intimidating, interfering with, or imposing reprisals against a public employee for engaging in any of the rights granted. The Colorado department of labor and employment (department) is charged with enforcing any alleged violation of these rights and is granted rule-making authority. A party may appeal the department's final decision to the Colorado court of appeals. The bill requires the court of appeals to give deference to the department.
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Status: | 2/28/2023 Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Refer Amended to Appropriations |
SB23-114 | Department of Early Childhood Supplemental |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Department of Early Childhood Supplemental |
Sponsors: | R. Zenzinger (D) / S. Bird (D) |
Summary: | Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of early childhood.
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Status: | 2/28/2023 Governor Signed |
SB23-115 | Department of Education Supplemental |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Department of Education Supplemental |
Sponsors: | R. Zenzinger (D) / S. Bird (D) |
Summary: | Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of education.
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Status: | 2/28/2023 Governor Signed |
SB23-136 | Adjustments To School Funding Fiscal Year 2022-23 |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Adjustments To School Funding Fiscal Year 2022-23 |
Sponsors: | R. Zenzinger (D) | B. Kirkmeyer (R) / E. Sirota (D) | R. Bockenfeld (R) |
Summary: | In addition, the local property tax revenue and specific ownership tax revenue are higher than anticipated, resulting in an increase in the local share of total program funding. The bill declares the general assembly's intent to maintain the budget stabilization factor at the amount of the original appropriation for the 2022-23 budget year. The bill decreases the appropriation for the state share of total program funding by $76,383,372 in cash funds from the state education fund and adjusts the 2022-23 state fiscal year long bill accordingly.
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Status: | 3/3/2023 Governor Signed |
SB23-149 | Higher Education Student Financial Aid For Youth Mentors |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Higher Education Student Financial Aid For Youth Mentors |
Sponsors: | J. Coleman (D) | T. Exum (D) / J. Bacon (D) |
Summary: | The bill creates the youth mentorship stipend pilot program in the department of higher education. The program provides money for higher education tuition and fees to students who provide mentorship services to an approved youth mentorship organization.
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Status: | 3/26/2023 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education |
SB23-170 | Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | Tuesday, March 28 2023 CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILLS (1) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | Extreme Risk Protection Order Petitions |
Sponsors: | T. Sullivan (D) | S. Fenberg (D) / J. Bacon (D) | M. Weissman (D) |
Summary: | The bill repeals and reenacts the statutory article related to extreme risk protection orders. Under current law a family or household member and a law enforcement officer or agency can petition for an extreme risk protection order. The bill expands the list of who can petition for an extreme risk protection order to include licensed medical care providers, licensed mental health-care providers, licensed educators, and district attorneys. The bill requires the office of gun violence prevention to expend funds annually on a public education campaign regarding the availability of, and the process for requesting, an extreme risk protection order. |
Status: | 3/26/2023 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
SB23-172 | Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | Wednesday, April 5 2023 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 1:30 PM Old Supreme Court (6) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | Protecting Opportunities And Workers' Rights Act |
Sponsors: | F. Winter (D) | J. Gonzales (D) / M. Weissman (D) | J. Bacon (D) |
Summary: | For purposes of addressing discriminatory or unfair employment practices pursuant to Colorado's anti-discrimination laws, the bill enacts the "Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights (POWR) Act", which:
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Status: | 2/27/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary |
SB23-181 | Dyslexia Screening In Schools |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Dyslexia Screening In Schools |
Sponsors: | F. Winter (D) | K. Mullica (D) |
Summary: | The bill implements recommendations from the dyslexia working group. The bill:
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Status: | 3/20/2023 Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely |
SB23-202 | Wearing Of Native American Traditional Regalia |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | Monday, April 3 2023 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1:30 PM SCR 357 (1) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | Wearing Of Native American Traditional Regalia |
Sponsors: | J. Danielson (D) | S. Jaquez Lewis (D) |
Summary: | The bill requires a school or school district to allow a qualified student to wear and display traditional Native American regalia at a school graduation ceremony. The bill requires public colleges and universities to allow a qualified student to wear and display traditional Native American regalia at a college graduation ceremony.
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Status: | 3/20/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education |
SB23-205 | Universal High School Scholarship Program |
Comment: | |
Position: | |
Calendar Notification: | Monday, April 3 2023 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1:30 PM SCR 357 (2) in senate calendar. |
Short Title: | Universal High School Scholarship Program |
Sponsors: | J. Bridges (D) | P. Lundeen (R) / M. Martinez (D) | D. Wilson (R) |
Summary: | The bill establishes the universal high school scholarship program (program) in the office of economic development (office) to provide scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year to students who pursue an in-demand or high-priority postsecondary pathway, including degrees, certificates, and registered apprenticeships, with a provider on the eligible training provider lists disseminated by the department of labor and employment, a provider in the Colorado state apprenticeship resource directory, a public or private institution of higher education operating in Colorado, or an organization approved by the office (service providers). The office, or a vendor contracted by the office, administers the program. The office shall develop policies and procedures necessary to administer the program. A student is eligible for the program if the student graduated from a Colorado high school or was awarded a high school equivalency credential during the 2023-24 academic year; completes the free application for federal student aid or the Colorado application for state financial aid; and did not receive a grant from the Colorado opportunity scholarship initiative. Scholarships are awarded in the following priority: To all eligible students who intend to enroll at a service provider to pursue an in-demand or high-priority postsecondary pathway, then to other eligible students who intend to enroll at a service provider. Each scholarship award is for up to $1,500. Scholarship money is distributed to the service provider for use by the student for tuition, fees, and books. The bill requires the office to contract with vendors to provide postsecondary and career advising at schools identified by the office. The bill requires the general assembly to appropriate $25 million for the program.
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Status: | 3/20/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education |
SB23-213 | Land Use |
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Calendar Notification: | NOT ON CALENDAR |
Short Title: | Land Use |
Sponsors: | D. Moreno (D) / I. Jodeh (D) | S. Woodrow (D) |
Summary: | The director shall, no later than December 31, 2024, issue guidance on creating a housing needs plan for both a rural resort job center municipality and an urban municipality. Following this guidance, no later than December 31, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, a rural resort job center municipality and an urban municipality shall develop a housing needs plan and submit that plan to the department of local affairs (department). A housing needs plan must include, among other things, descriptions of how the plan was created, how the municipality will address the housing needs it was assigned in the local housing needs assessment, affordability strategies the municipality has selected to address its local housing needs assessment, an assessment of displacement risk and any strategies selected to address identified risks, and how the locality will comply with other housing requirements in this bill. The director shall, no later than December 31, 2024, develop and publish a menu of affordability strategies to address housing production, preservation, and affordability. Rural resort job center municipalities and urban municipalities shall identify at least 2 of these strategies that they intend to implement in their housing plan, and urban municipalities with a transit-oriented area must identify at least 3. The director shall, no later than December 31, 2024, develop and publish a menu of displacement mitigation measures. This menu must, among other things, provide guidance for how to identify areas at the highest risk for displacement and identify displacement mitigation measures that a locality may adopt. An urban municipality must identify which of these measures it intends to implement in its housing plan to address any areas it identifies as at an elevated risk for displacement. The director shall, no later than March 31, 2024, publish a report that identifies strategic growth objectives that will incentivize growth in transit-oriented areas and infill areas and guide growth at the edges of urban areas. The multi-agency advisory committee shall, no later than March 31, 2024, submit a report to the general assembly concerning the strategic growth objectives. The bill establishes a multi-agency advisory committee and requires that committee to conduct a public comment and hearing process on and provide recommendations to the director on:
A county or municipality within a rural resort region shall participate in a regional housing needs planning process. This process must encourage participating counties and municipalities to identify strategies that, either individually or through intergovernmental agreements, address the housing needs assigned to them. A report on this process must be submitted to the department. Further, within 6 months of completing this process, a rural resort job center municipality shall submit a local housing needs plan to the department. Once a year, both rural resort job centers and urban municipalities shall report to the department on certain housing data. A multi-agency group created in the bill and the division of local government within the department shall provide assistance to localities in complying with the requirements of this bill. This assistance must include technical assistance and a grant program. Even if a municipality does not adopt the accessory dwelling unit model code, the municipality shall adhere to accessory dwelling unit minimum standards established in the bill and by the department. These minimum standards, among other things, must require a municipality to:
Even if a rural resort job center municipality or a tier one urban municipality does not adopt the middle housing model code, the municipality shall adhere to middle housing minimum standards established in the bill and by the department. These minimum standards, among other things, must require a municipality to:
Even if a tier one urban municipality does not adopt the transit-oriented model code, the municipality shall adhere to middle housing minimum standards established in the bill and by the department. These minimum standards, among other things, must require a municipality to:
The committee shall provide recommendations to the director for promulgating this model code. In developing these recommendations, the committee shall conduct a public comment and hearing process. Even if a rural resort job center municipality or a tier one urban municipality does not adopt the key corridor model code, the municipality shall adhere to key corridor minimum standards promulgated by the director and developed by the department. These minimum standards, among other things, must identify a net residential zoning capacity for a municipality and must require a municipality to:
The committee shall provide recommendations to the director on promulgating these minimum standards. In developing these recommendations, the committee shall conduct a public comment and hearing process.
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Status: | 3/22/2023 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government & Housing |