Amendments for SB23-287
Senate Journal, April 19
Amend printed bill, page 5, strike lines 7 and 8 and substitute:
"SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-54-104, amend
(5)(g)(I) introductory portion, (5)(g)(II) introductory portion, (5)(g)(III)
introductory portion, (5)(g)(IV), and (5)(g)(V); and add (5)(a)(XXX),
(5)(g)(I)(N), (5)(g)(II.7), and (5)(g)(VIII) as follows:".
Page 5, line 9, strike "- definitions." and substitute "- definitions - repeal.".
Page 5, lines 14 and 15, strike "and each budget year thereafter," and substitute
"and each budget year thereafter THROUGH THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR,".
Page 5, line 21, strike "and each budget year thereafter," and substitute "and
each budget year thereafter THROUGH THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR,".
Page 6, lines 1 through 3, strike "NINE BILLION SEVENTY MILLION NINE
HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS
($9,070,933,129);" and substitute "NINE BILLION ONE HUNDRED ONE MILLION
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS
($9,101,600,922);".
Page 6, after line 16 insert:
"(II) For the 2010-11 budget year and each budget year thereafter
THROUGH THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR, the department of education shall:
(II.7) FOR THE 2024-25 BUDGET YEAR AND EACH BUDGET YEAR
THEREAFTER, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL NOT REDUCE TOTAL
PROGRAM FUNDING THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF A BUDGET STABILIZATION
FACTOR.
(III) For the 2010-11 budget year and each budget year thereafter
THROUGH THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR, except as otherwise provided in
subparagraphs (IV) and (V) of this paragraph (g) SUBSECTIONS (5)(g)(IV) AND
(5)(g)(V) OF THIS SECTION, a district's total program shall be IS the greater of:
(IV) For the 2010-11 budget year and each budget year thereafter
THROUGH THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR, the total program funding for a district
that levies the number of mills calculated pursuant to section 22-54-106
(2)(a)(II), (2.1)(b)(I)(C), or (2.1)(c)(I), whichever is applicable, is the amount
calculated pursuant to subsection (2) of this section for the applicable budget
year. Any such district shall use the revenues generated by the number of mills
that the district levies pursuant to section 22-54-106 (2)(a)(II), (2.1)(b)(I)(C),
or (2.1)(c)(I), whichever is applicable, to replace any categorical program
support funds that the district would otherwise be eligible to receive from the
state; except that the amount of categorical program support funds that the
district is required to replace must not exceed an amount equal to the district's
reduction amount. The department shall use the amount of categorical program
support funds replaced by property tax revenue pursuant to this subsection
(5)(g)(IV) to make payments of categorical program support funds to eligible
districts as specified in section 22-54-107 (4).
(V) For the 2010-11 budget year and each budget year thereafter
THROUGH THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR, if a district levies the number of mills
calculated pursuant to section 22-54-106 (2)(a)(I), (2.1)(b)(I)(A), (2.1)(b)(I)(B),
or (2.1)(b)(II), or (2.1)(c)(II), (2.1)(c)(III),or (2.1)(c)(IV), whichever is
applicable, and the district's reduction amount exceeds the district's state share
of total program funding, such district's total program funding is the amount
calculated pursuant to subsection (2) of this section for the applicable budget
year, minus the district's state aid. Any such district shall use the revenues
generated by the number of mills that the district levies pursuant to section
22-54-106 (2)(a)(I), (2.1)(b)(I)(A), (2.1)(b)(I)(B), or (2.1)(b)(II), or (2.1)(c)(II),
(2.1)(c)(III), or (2.1)(c)(IV), whichever is applicable, to replace any categorical
program support funds that the district would otherwise be eligible to receive
from the state; except that the amount of categorical program support funds that
the district is required to replace must not exceed an amount equal to the
remainder of the district's reduction amount after the reduction to the district's
total program has been applied pursuant to this subsection (5)(g)(V). The
department of education shall use the amount of categorical program support
funds replaced by property tax revenue pursuant to this subsection (5)(g)(V) to
make payments of categorical program support funds to eligible districts as
specified in section 22-54-107 (4).
(VIII) THIS SUBSECTION (5)(g) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024.".
Page 15, line 2, strike "PLAN." and substitute "PLAN, AND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL
NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE SCREENINGS.".
Page 15, line 9, strike "PLAN" and substitute "PLAN, AND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL
NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THE SCREENINGS,".
Page 16, strike lines 6 through 11.
Page 16, strike lines 18 and 19, and substitute:
"(b) BOARD DIRECTORS AND SCHOOL LEADERS, BY VIRTUE OF THEIR
ROLES WITHIN A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, ARE DEEMED PUBLIC SERVANTS;".
Page 16, strike lines 21 and 22, and substitute:
"(c) A SCHOOL LEADER OF A CHARTER SCHOOL HAS THE SAME OR
SIMILAR AUTHORITY AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT.".
Page 17, strike lines 17 and 18, and substitute "PROVISION IN ARTICLES 30 OR
121 THROUGH 137 OF TITLE 7, AND ANY STATUTE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
THEREIN, THE LAW THAT IS SPECIFICALLY APPLICABLE TO CHARTER SCHOOLS
CONTROLS.".
Page 18, line 27, strike "(11.3) and".
Page 19, line 1, strike "(11.5)" and substitute "(11.3), (11.5), and (11.7)".
Page 20, lines 3 and 4, strike "MEASURE USING ACTUAL STUDENT DATA FOR
EACH DISTRICT AND CHARTER SCHOOL." and substitute "MEASURE.".
Page 20, after line 21, add:
"(11.7) PURSUANT TO HOUSE BILL 22-1202, FOR THE 2022-23 BUDGET
YEAR, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATED ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT DOLLARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION. ANY UNEXPENDED MONEY REMAINING AT
THE END OF THE END OF THE 2022-23 BUDGET YEAR FROM THIS APPROPRIATION
MAY BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR WITHOUT
FURTHER APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.".
Page 21, strike lines 22 through 26 and substitute:
"(B) ONE MEMBER WHO IS A SCHOOL LEADER OF A CHARTER SCHOOL
WHOSE PERCENTAGE OF AT-RISK PUPILS IS GREATER THAN THE STATEWIDE
AVERAGE PERCENTAGE OF AT-RISK PUPILS;".
Page 29, line 7, strike "CHARTER SCHOOL," and substitute "INCLUDING A
CHARTER SCHOOL".
Page 29, line 13, strike "EDUCATION" and substitute "LOCAL AFFAIRS".
Page 29, after line 25 insert:
"SECTION 19. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-30.5-513.1, amend
(2) as follows:
22-30.5-513.1. Mill levy equalization - fund created - legislative
declaration - definitions. (2) (a) The mill levy equalization fund, referred to
in this section as the "fund", is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund
consists of any amount that the general assembly may appropriate
APPROPRIATES TO THE FUND PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (2)(a.5) OF THIS
SECTION OR MAY ADDITIONALLY APPROPRIATE or transfer to the fund. The state
treasurer shall credit to the fund all interest and income derived from the deposit
and investment of money in the fund.
(a.5) (I) BEGINNING IN THE 2024-25 BUDGET YEAR AND EACH BUDGET
YEAR THEREAFTER, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL APPROPRIATE FROM THE
GENERAL FUND THE AMOUNT NECESSARY EACH BUDGET YEAR TO FUND FULL
MILL LEVY EQUALIZATION FOR ALL INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOLS FOR THE
APPLICABLE BUDGET YEAR.
(II) THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO FUND MILL LEVY EQUALIZATION FOR
ALL INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOLS IS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
FOLLOWING FORMULA:
(THE ACCOUNTING DISTRICT'S TOTAL ADDITIONAL MILL LEVY
REVENUE / THE ACCOUNTING DISTRICT'S FUNDED PUPIL COUNT) X
EACH INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL'S FUNDED PUPIL COUNT
(III) AS USED IN THIS SUBSECTION (2)(a.5), UNLESS THE CONTEXT
OTHERWISE REQUIRES:
(A) "ACCOUNTING DISTRICT'S FUNDED PUPIL COUNT" HAS THE SAME
MEANING SET FORTH IN SECTION 22-30.5-513 (1)(e).
(B) "ADDITIONAL MILL LEVY REVENUE" HAS THE SAME MEANING SET
FORTH IN SECTION 22-32-108.5 (2)(a).
(b) Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly The
institute shall annually distribute the money appropriated or transferred to the
fund to the institute charter schools on an equal per-pupil basis; except that, in
any budget year, an institute charter school shall not receive a per pupil amount
that is greater than the total amount of additional mill levy revenue, as defined
in section 22-32-108.5, that the accounting district for the institute charter
school is authorized to collect, divided by the funded pupil count, as defined in
section 22-54-103, of the accounting district for the applicable budget year. The
money distributed pursuant to this section is in addition to money distributed
to institute charter schools pursuant to section 22-30.5-513. THE INSTITUTE HAS
CONTINUOUS SPENDING AUTHORITY OF ALL INTEREST AND INCOME IN THE FUND.
SECTION 20. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 22-54-102.5 as
follows:
22-54-102.5. Annual school finance bill. BEGINNING WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE SESSION CONVENING AFTER JANUARY 1, 2024, FOR THE 2024-25
BUDGET YEAR AND EACH BUDGET YEAR THEREAFTER, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SHALL INTRODUCE A BILL PRESCRIBING ALL OR A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE
TOTAL FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE 54 PRIOR TO
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.".
Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
Page 30, line 15, strike "20" and substitute "22".
Senate Journal, April 24
Amend printed bill, page 11, after line 12 insert:
"SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 22-54-146 as
follows:
22-54-146. Hold-harmless at-risk funding - 2023-24 budget year -
repeal. (1) FOR THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR, A DISTRICT'S AT-RISK FUNDING, AS
DETERMINED PURSUANT TO SECTION 22-54-104 (4), IS THE GREATER OF THE
DISTRICT'S AT-RISK FUNDING AMOUNT FOR THE 2022-23 BUDGET YEAR OR THE
DISTRICT'S AT-RISK FUNDING AMOUNT FOR THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR.
(2) IF, PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION, A DISTRICT'S
AT-RISK FUNDING AMOUNT FOR THE 2022-23 BUDGET YEAR WAS GREATER THAN
THE DISTRICT'S AT-RISK FUNDING AMOUNT FOR THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR, ANY
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OWED TO THAT DISTRICT FOR AT-RISK FUNDING FOR THE
2023-24 BUDGET YEAR MUST BE PAID AFTER MID-YEAR REVISIONS ARE MADE TO
REPLACE PROJECTIONS WITH ACTUAL FIGURES.
(3) THIS SECTION IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025.".
Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
Page 14 of the bill, after line 19 insert:
"SECTION 9. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-20-114, add (8) as
follows:
22-20-114. Funding of programs - legislative declaration - repeal.
(8) (a) FOR THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL
APPROPRIATE TEN MILLION DOLLARS TO THE DEPARTMENT FROM THE STATE
EDUCATION FUND CREATED IN SECTION 17 (4) OF ARTICLE IX OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET
FORTH IN SUBSECTION (8)(b) OF THIS SECTION TO PRESCHOOL PROVIDERS THAT
ARE A SCHOOL OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT, DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOL, OR AN
INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL.
(b) A PRESCHOOL PROVIDER THAT IS A SCHOOL OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT,
DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOL, OR AN INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL MUST ONLY
RECEIVE FUNDING PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (8) IF THE DEPARTMENT
DETERMINES THAT, EVEN WITH THE FUNDING RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SECTION
26.5-4-208, THE ELIGIBLE PRESCHOOL PROVIDER IS PROJECTED, BASED ON
ELIGIBLE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
CREATED IN SECTION 26.5-4-204, TO RECEIVE LESS THAN THE PRESCHOOL
PROVIDER'S TOTAL PRESCHOOL FUNDING FOR ALL PRESCHOOL POSITIONS IN THE
2022-23 FISCAL YEAR. THIS FUNDING IS INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT
ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS CAN MEET THE FEDERAL MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT
REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO THE IDEA. IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING
DISTRIBUTED TO ELIGIBLE PRESCHOOL PROVIDERS IS LESS THAN TEN MILLION
DOLLARS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL TRANSFER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
DISTRIBUTED AMOUNT AND THE TEN MILLION DOLLARS TO THE STATE
TREASURER WHO SHALL CREDIT THE MONEY RECEIVED TO THE STATE
EDUCATION FUND.
(c) THIS SUBSECTION (8) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024.".
Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
Page 20 of the bill, line 27, strike "NO LATER THAN JULY 1, 2023".
Page 21 of the bill, line 1, strike "THE COMMISSIONER" and substitute "THE
COMMISSIONER".
Page 21 of the bill, line 2, after "FORCE." insert "THE PURPOSE OF THE TASK
FORCE IS TO EXAMINE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING MAKING
THE SCHOOL FINANCE FORMULA SIMPLER, LESS REGRESSIVE, AND MORE
ADEQUATE, UNDERSTANDABLE, TRANSPARENT, EQUITABLE, AND
STUDENT-CENTERED.".
Page 23 of the bill, strike lines 5 through 10 and substitute:
(3) THE TASK FORCE SHALL MEET AT THE CALL OF".
Page 23 of the bill, line 11, strike "AT LEAST SIX TIMES" and substitute "NOT
MORE THAN EIGHT TIMES".
Page 23 of the bill, line 12, after "2023." insert "MEETINGS MAY BE HELD IN
PERSON, THROUGH THE USE OF AUDIO-VISUAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY,
OR BOTH.".
Page 23 of the bill, line 27, strike "TASK FORCE FACILITATION, STAKEHOLDER"
and substitute "TASK FORCE FACILITATION AND STAKEHOLDER".
Page 24 of the bill, line 1, strike "INPUT, AND SCHOOL FINANCE POLICY" and
substitute "INPUT".
Page 24 of the bill, strike lines 4 through 9 and substitute:
"(6) THE TASK FORCE SHALL MAKE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
REGARDING THE FOLLOWING CHANGES TO THE SCHOOL FINANCE FORMULA TO
OCCUR FOR THE 2024-25 BUDGET YEAR:".
Page 24 of the bill, lines 10 and 11, strike "MAKING THE FORMULA SIMPLER AND
MORE UNDERSTANDABLE AND TRANSPARENT, INCLUDING ELIMINATING" and
substitute "ELIMINATING".
Page 24 of the bill, lines 14 and 15, strike "REDUCING THE REGRESSIVE IMPACT
OF THE FORMULA, INCLUDING RECALIBRATING" and substitute
"RECALIBRATING".
Page 25 of the bill, line 10, strike "DECEMBER 15, 2023," and substitute
"JANUARY 31, 2024,".
Page 25 of the bill, line 18, strike "NOT LATER THAN DECEMBER 15, 2023, THE"
and substitute "THE".
Page 25 of the bill, line 23, strike "NOT LATER THAN FEBRUARY 1, 2024, THE"
and substitute "THE".
Page 26 of the bill, line 8, strike "JANUARY 1, 2025," and substitute "JANUARY
3, 2025,".
Page 26 of the bill, after line 13 insert:
"(9) ANY MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR THE 2023-24 BUDGET YEAR BY
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION THAT REMAINS UNSPENT AT THE END OF THE
2023-24 BUDGET YEAR MAY BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
THROUGH THE 2024-25 BUDGET YEAR WITHOUT FURTHER APPROPRIATION AND
MUST NOT BE USED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAN THE PURPOSES SET FORTH
IN THIS SECTION.".
Renumber succeeding subsections accordingly.
Page 27 of the bill, after line 6, add:
"SECTION 15. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-43.7-109, amend
(9)(c) as follows:
22-43.7-109. Financial assistance for public school capital
construction - application requirements - evaluation criteria - local match
requirements - technology grants - career and technical education capital
construction grants - rules - definitions - repeal. (9) Except as otherwise
provided in subsections (10) and (15) of this section, the board may recommend
and the state board may approve financial assistance that does not involve a
financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement for or
recommend to the capital development committee the approval of financial
assistance that involves a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of
participation agreement for a public school facility capital construction project
only if the applicant provides matching money in an amount equal to a
percentage of the total financing for the project determined by the board after
consideration of the applicant's financial capacity, as determined by the
following factors:
(c) (I) With respect to a charter school's application for financial
assistance, AND SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT PURSUANT TO SUBSECTIONS (II)
THROUGH (V) OF THIS SUBSECTION:
(I) The weighted average of the match percentages for the school
districts of residence for the students enrolled in a district charter school or fifty
percent of the average of the match percentages for all school districts in the
state for an institute charter school;
(A) FOR A DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOL THAT IS OCCUPYING A DISTRICT
FACILITY AND PAYING ONLY THE DIRECT COSTS OF OCCUPANCY FOR ITS
FACILITY PURSUANT TO SECTION 22-30.5-104 (7)(c), THE MATCH PERCENTAGE
OF THE DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOL'S AUTHORIZING DISTRICT;
(B) FOR DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN
SUBSECTION (9)(c)(I)(A) OF THIS SECTION, SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE
MATCH PERCENTAGE OF THE DISTRICT CHARTER SCHOOL'S AUTHORIZING
SCHOOL DISTRICT; OR
(C) FIFTY PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE MATCH PERCENTAGES FOR ALL
SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE FOR AN INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL;
(II) Whether the A DISTRICT charter school's authorizer retains no more than ten
percent of its capacity to issue bonds pursuant to article 42 of this title;
(III) Whether the charter school is operating in a district-owned facility
at the time it submits its application;
(IV) (III) In the ten years preceding the year in which the charter school
submits the application, the number of times the charter school has attempted
to obtain or has obtained SOUGHT OR BEEN AFFORDED:
(A) Bond proceeds pursuant to section 22-30.5-404 through inclusion
in a ballot measure submitted by the charter school's authorizer to the registered
electors of the school district;
(B) Proceeds from a special mill levy for capital needs pursuant to
section 22-30.5-405;
(C) (A) Grant funding for capital needs from a source other than the
assistance fund; and
(D) (B) Funding, INCLUDING FINANCING, for capital construction,
OTHER THAN STATE AID PURSUANT TO SECTION 22-54-124 from bonds issued
on its behalf by the Colorado educational and cultural facilities authority created
and existing pursuant to section 23-15-104 (1)(a), C.R.S., or from some ANY
other source of financing;
(V) (IV) If the charter school is a district charter school, the student
enrollment of the DISTRICT charter school as a percentage of the student
enrollment of the charter school's authorizing school district; AND
(VI) (V) The percentage of students enrolled in the charter school who
are eligible for the federal free and reduced-cost lunch program in relation to the
overall percentage of students enrolled in the public schools in the state who are
eligible for the federal free and reduced-cost lunch program.
(VII) The percentage of the per pupil revenue received by the charter
school that the charter school spends on facility costs other than facilities
operation and maintenance; and
(VIII) The charter school's unreserved fund balance as a percentage of
its annual budget.".
Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
Amend the Education Committee Report, dated April 19, 2023, page 5, strike
lines 13 through 21.
Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
Page 30 of the bill, after line 8 add:
"SECTION 24. Appropriation. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year,
$10,000,000 is appropriated to the department of education. This appropriation
is from the state education fund created in section 17 (4) of article IX of the
state constitution. To implement this act, the department may use this
appropriation for state aid for charter school facilities.".
Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
Page 30 of the bill, strike lines 9 through 12 and substitute:
"SECTION 25. Appropriation. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year,
$500,000 is appropriated to the department of education. This appropriation is
from the state education fund created in section 17 (4)(a) of article IX of the
state constitution. To implement this act, the department may use this
appropriation for special education programs for children with disabilities for
the implementation of section 22-20-108 (4.8), C.R.S.
SECTION 26. Appropriation. (1) For the 2023-24 state fiscal year,
$220,256,759 is appropriated to the department of education. This appropriation
is from the state education fund created in section 17 (4)(a) of article IX of the
state constitution. To implement this act, the department may use this
appropriation as follows:
(a) $188,490,019 for the state share of districts' total program funding;
(b) $30,000,000 for additional funding for rural districts and institute
charter schools;
(c) $1,058,115 for special education programs for gifted and talented
children to support universal screening pursuant to section 22-20-205 (5)(a),
C.R.S.;
(d) $408,625 for administration related to public school finance for the
implementation of section 22-54-104.7, C.R.S., which amount is based on an
assumption that the department will require an additional 0.7 FTE; and
(e) $300,000 for distributions to eligible schools pursuant to section 22-
1-133 (7)(b)(II), C.R.S.
(2) Any money appropriated in subsection (1)(d) not expended prior to
July 1, 2024, is further appropriated to the department for the 2024-25 state
fiscal year for the same purpose.
SECTION 27. Appropriation. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year,
$23,376,536 is appropriated to the department of education. This appropriation
is from the mill levy override match fund created in section 22-54-107.9 (6),
C.R.S. To implement this act, the department may use this appropriation for
mill levy override matching pursuant to section 22-54-107.9, C.R.S.
SECTION 28. Appropriation to the department of education for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023. Section 2 of SB 23-214, amend Part
IV (3)(A) Footnote 10, as follows:
Section 2. Appropriation.
10 Department of Education, School District Operations, Public School
Finance, State Share of Districts' Total Program Funding -- Pursuant to Section
22-35-108.5 (2)(b)(II), C.R.S., the purpose of this footnote is to specify what
portion of this appropriation is intended to be available for the Teacher
Recruitment Education and Preparation (TREP) Program for FY 2023-24. It is
the General Assembly's intent that the Department of Education be authorized
to utilize up to $2,348,000 $2,396,500 of this appropriation to fund qualified
students designated as TREP Program participants. This amount is calculated
based on an estimated 250 FTE TREP Program participants funded at a rate of
$8,686 $9,586 per FTE pursuant to Section 22-54-104 (4.7), C.R.S.
SECTION 29. Appropriation. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year,
$10,000,000 is appropriated to the department of education. This appropriation
is from the state education fund created in section 17 (4)(a) of article IX of the
state constitution. To implement this act, the department may use this
appropriation for distributions to eligible preschool providers pursuant to
section 22-20-114 (8)(b), C.R.S.".
Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.
Page 5 of the committee report, line 23, strike ""22"." and substitute ""25".".
Senate Journal, April 25
SB23-287 by Senator(s) Zenzinger and Lundeen; also Representative(s) McLachlan and Kipp--
Concerning the financing of public schools, and, in connection therewith, making an
appropriation.
Senator Kirkmeyer moved to amend the Report of the Committee of the Whole to show
that the following Kirkmeyer floor amendment, (L.041) to SB 23-287, did pass.
Amend the Education Committee Report, dated April 19, 2023, page 1, strike
lines 13 through 17 and substitute:
"Page 6 of the printed bill, lines 1 through 3, strike "NINE BILLION SEVENTY
MILLION NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED
TWENTY-NINE DOLLARS ($9,070,933,129);" and substitute "NINE BILLION TWO
HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR MILLION SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY
DOLLARS ($9,254,065,940);".
Page 29 of the printed bill, line 27, strike "$2,500,000" and substitute
"$24,293,804".
Page 30 of the printed bill, line 4, strike "$2,500,000" and substitute
"$24,293,804".
Page 6 of the Appropriations Committee Report, dated April 24, 2023, line 13,
strike "$220,256,759" and substitute "$361,500,243".
Page 6 of the Appropriations Committee Report, line 17, strike
"$188,490,019" and substitute "$329,733,503".
Page 7 of the Appropriations Committee Report, line 12, strike "$2,396,500"
and substitute "$2,434,500".
Page 7 of the Appropriations Committee Report, line 15, strike "$9,586" and
substitute "$9,738".
Less than a majority of all members elected to the Senate having voted in the affirmative,
the amendment to the report of the Committee of the Whole was lost on the following roll
call vote:
YES 13 NO 22 EXCUSED 0 ABSENT 0
Baisley Y Ginal N Marchman N Simpson Y
Bridges N Gonzales N Moreno N Smallwood Y
Buckner N Hansen N Mullica N Sullivan N
Coleman N Hinrichsen N Pelton B. Y Van Winkle Y
Cutter N Jaquez N Pelton R. Y Will Y
Danielson N Kirkmeyer Y Priola N Winter F. N
Exum N Kolker Y Rich Y Zenzinger N
Fields N Liston Y Roberts N President N
Gardner Y Lundeen Y Rodriguez N