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| Bill:
HB14-1039
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| Title: |
Linking Student Data Preschool To Kindergarten |
| Custom Summary | Proposed by the Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission, the bill would direct various state agencies, including the Department of Education, to establish procedures to link the student data collected by publicly funded early childhood education programs with the student data collected by school districts. The bill would allow use of State Education Fund money to pay for the program. | | Position | Oppose | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | L. Newell (D) | | House Sponsors | S. Schafer (D) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/14/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (03/31/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by House Committee on Education 3/31/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1041
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| Title: |
Concealed Handgun Carry Without Permit |
| Custom Summary | The bill allows a person who legally possesses a handgun under
state and federal law to carry a concealed handgun in Colorado. A person
who carries a concealed handgun under the authority created in the bill
has the same carrying rights and is subject to the same limitations that
apply to a person who holds a permit to carry a concealed handgun under
current law, including the prohibition on the carrying of a concealed
handgun on the grounds of a public elementary, middle, junior high, or
high school. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | K. Grantham (R) | | House Sponsors | J. Wright (R)
C. Holbert (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (02/04/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | House Committee on Judiciary Postponed Indefinitely 2/4/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1062
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| Title: |
Optional Approval Voting In Nonpartisan Elections |
| Custom Summary | The bill authorizes cities, towns, counties, cities and counties, school districts, and special districts (collectively, local governments)
to conduct nonpartisan elections using approval voting methods on and
after November 1, 2014. The secretary of state is directed to adopt rules
and provide advice to local governments regarding approval voting. County clerk and recorders may decline to coordinate an election
if a local government elects to employ approval voting in the election.
The bill makes necessary modifications to current law occasioned
by the use of approval voting, such as excluding approval voting from the
definition of over vote and adjusting provisions prescribing the form of
ballots and automatic recount triggers. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | D. Balmer (R) | | House Sponsors | J. Singer (D) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/12/2014) | | Status | House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/12/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed indefinitely by House Committee on Judiciary 2/4/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1076
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| Title: |
Early Childhood Quality Incentive Program |
| Custom Summary | The bill would create an early childhood quality incentive grant program in the Department of Education. A school district could apply for a grant to cover the cost of a school-readiness quality rating for the its preschool program and, based on the quality rating received, receive an improvement grant to enhance the program's quality. | | Position | Oppose | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Peniston (D)
C. Duran (D) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/02/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely (04/11/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by House Committee on Appropriations 4/11/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1078
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| Title: |
Changes To Resolve Education Rule Conflicts |
| Custom Summary | The bill proposes clarification in state laws relating to online schools, online programs and accreditation. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 3/26/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Johnston (D) | | House Sponsors | B. Pettersen (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/03/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (02/27/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1085
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| Title: |
Adult Education And Literacy Programs |
| Custom Summary | Called the "Adult Education and Literacy Act of 2014," this bill would create a grant program in the Department of Education to administer a grant program that would provide state funding to adult education and literacy programs that are members of workforce development partnerships. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) | | House Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/24/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/05/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1088
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| Title: |
Reapportionment Commn Appointees From Rural Areas |
| Custom Summary | The Colorado reapportionment commission (commission) is
constituted decennially for the purpose of establishing the senatorial and
representative districts of the state legislature. The bill requires at least 7
of the 11 appointees to the commission reside in counties of 25,000 or
fewer persons, according to the most recent federal census. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | E. Roberts (R) | | House Sponsors | T. Dore (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/16/2014) | | Status | House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/03/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 2/3/14 by House Committee on State Affairs. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1090
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| Title: |
Supermajority For A New Or Increased Fee |
| Custom Summary | The bill requires at least 60% of both houses of the general
assembly to approve any law that creates a new fee or increases an
existing fee. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | | | House Sponsors | D. Nordberg (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/14/2014) | | Status | House Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (01/27/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 1/28/14 by House Committee on State Affairs. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1094
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| Title: |
Sales & Use Tax Holiday For Back-to-school Items |
| Custom Summary | The bill creates a state sales and use tax exemption for back-to-school items. The exemption applies for 3 days in the beginning of August for a “back-to-school item”, which is defined to mean clothing (less than $75), shoes (less than $75), or school supplies (less than $50). Clothing includes sport and recreational equipment, but does not include clothing accessories. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | C. Jahn (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Pabon (D) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Finance | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (08/12/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely (04/04/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed indefinitely by House Committee on Finance 2/19/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1102
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| Title: |
Gifted Education Programs |
| Custom Summary | The bill clarifies that an administrative unit must identify gifted children and provide a gifted education program to the extent possible within the administrative unit’s available moneys and resources. No later than August 1, 2017, each administrative unit must employ at least one qualified person, as defined in the bill, to administer its gifted education program | | Position | Oppose | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Peniston (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/28/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/05/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1104
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| Title: |
Revenge Internet Posting Intimate Photos |
| Custom Summary | The bill The bill makes it a crime for a person to: Post or publish an intimate photograph of a person who was under 18
years of age at the time of the photograph; Obtain the photograph during a relationship or sexual
encounter with the victim; and
Intend to embarrass, coerce, bully, annoy, harm, or cause
emotional distress to the victim.
The crime is a class 5 felony with a mandatory minimum fine of $10,000,
and, upon conviction, the court must order the defendant or the entity
where the photos are posted or published to remove the photographs from
the Internet. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | | | House Sponsors | A. Stephens (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/15/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (02/27/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by House Judiciary Committee 2/27/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1110
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| Title: |
School Boards & Executive Session |
| Custom Summary | Current law requires minutes of executive sessions held by local government boards to reflect the topics of the discussion. This bill would require that school board executive session minutes also include the amount of time spent on each topic. The measure also requires that recordings of school board executive sessions include attorney-client discussions. Boards would have to keep a log of such legal discussions, including general descriptions, so that "other parties are enabled to assess the applicability of the privilege or right to protection." | | Position | Oppose | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Hodge (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Peniston (D) | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/02/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (03/12/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1116
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| Title: |
Compensation Officers Local Boards Of Education |
| Custom Summary | The proposal would allow local school boards to provide compensation to board presidents and vice presidents. (Current law allows compensation for board secretaries, assistant secretaries, treasurers and assistant treasurers but bars pay for presidents and vice presidents). | | Position | Support | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | | | House Sponsors | P. Rosenthal (D) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Local Government | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/15/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Local Government Postpone Indefinitely (02/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by House Committee on Local Government 2/6/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1118
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| Title: |
Advanced Placement Incentives Pilot Program |
| Custom Summary | The measure would establish a four-year Advanced Placement incentives pilot program in the Department of Education under which small rural districts would be eligible to receive bonuses for the number of students who successfully complete AP classes and for students who take AP exams. The pilot program is repealed after 4 years. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | N. Todd (D) | | House Sponsors | J. Wilson (R) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/25/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/05/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1120
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| Title: |
Tax Increase Approval By 2014 For School Finance |
| Custom Summary | For School Finance This bill would set a 2014 deadline for passage of a statewide tax increase to fund Senate Bill 13-213, the school finance plan passed by lawmakers a year ago. That law remains on the shelf because voters rejected Amendment 66 in November, but current law gives supporters until 2017 to try again. This Republican-sponsored bill would change that. | | Position | Support | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | G. Brophy (R) | | House Sponsors | C. Holbert (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/19/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (02/12/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by House Education Committee 2/12/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1131
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| Title: |
Cyber Bullying |
| Custom Summary | The misdemeanor crime of harassment would be expanded to include use of interactive computer services to engage in conduct that inflicts serious emotional distress on a minor or places the minor in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | J. Kefalas (D)
L. Newell (D) | | House Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/19/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (04/09/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by House Committee on Appropriations 4/9/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1139
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| Title: |
Average Daily Membership For School Finance |
| Custom Summary | The state's current single-day method of counting school enrollment would be switched to a system called average daily membership by this bill, starting with the 2017-18 school year. District funding would be based on the new counts. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | L. Tochtrop (D) | | House Sponsors | K. Priola (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/29/2014) | | Status | House Second Reading Special Order - Lost - No Amendments (05/02/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1145
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| Title: |
Summary Financial Expenditures Info K-12 Schools |
| Custom Summary | The bill would require the Department of Education to create a summary and visual representation of the revenue and primary expenditures of each school district, charter school, board of cooperative services and the Charter School Institute, broken out by elementary, middle, and secondary school levels. CDE would have to put the information online, and local districts would have to post summary and visual representations on their websites and include a link to the CDE site. | | Position | Support | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | | | House Sponsors | J. Wilson (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/30/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (05/05/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by House Education Committee 5/5/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1147
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| Title: |
Charter School Capital Construction Funding |
| Custom Summary | Representative Szabo (R) and Senator Renfroe (R). Starting with the 2014-15 budget year, the bill sets $25 million as the amount of State Education Fund money distributed to charter schools to offset facilities costs. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | S. Renfroe (R) | | House Sponsors | L. Szabo (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/30/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (05/05/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by House Education Committee 5/5/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1152
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| Title: |
Passive Surveillance Records |
| Custom Summary | The bill requires that video or still images obtained by passive
surveillance by governmental entities, such as images from monitoring
cameras, must be destroyed within 6 months after the recording of the
images. Exceptions are made for passive surveillance records of a criminal
justice agency where the agency obtains a court order allowing retention
of a passive surveillance record because it is necessary for the effective
operations and activities of the criminal justice agency and passive
surveillance records of any correctional facility, local jail, or private
contract prison. The bill also includes a definition of passive
surveillance. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 3/26/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Scheffel (R) | | House Sponsors | P. Lawrence (R) | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | House Committee | Judiciary | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/22/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (04/04/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1156
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| Title: |
Eligibility Age School Lunch Protection Program |
| Custom Summary | This measure would expand existing law that provides free lunches to early-grades students, regardless of whether they're eligible for free- or reduced-price lunch. Current law creates an annual appropriation to provide free lunches at no charge to children in state-subsidized early childhood education programs and students up to the second grade. The bill would extend the age of eligibility to 12th grade and increase the annual appropriation to not more than $3.5 million. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | J. Ulibarri (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Moreno (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/11/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1157
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| Title: |
Policies Allowing Concealed Carry In Public School |
| Custom Summary | The bill would allow school boards and charter school boards to adopt policies allowing employees to carry concealed handguns on school grounds if those employees hold valid permits to carry concealed handguns. | | Position | Support | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | S. Renfroe (R) | | House Sponsors | S. Humphrey (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Judiciary | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (02/13/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 2/13/14 by House Judiciary Committee. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1164
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| Title: |
Nonpartisan Elections Not Coordinated Cnty Clerks |
| Custom Summary | Concerning non-partisan elections not coordinated by a county clerk and recorder and for the conduct of such elections by special districts harmonizing residency requirements for voter registration and clarifying when elections are coordinated by county clerk and recorders.
Signed by Governor 2/18/14. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 2/18/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | J. Ulibarri (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Hullinghorst (D) | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/30/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (02/18/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1167
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| Title: |
English Language Proficiency Programs |
| Custom Summary | The bill would repeal and reenact the existing English Language Proficiency Act (ELPA). Under the new ELPA, the time allowed for for extra funding of an eligible student would expand to five years, and each ELL would be funded at the same level. The funding allocation would be based on certification of the number of ELLs that a local education provider enrolls. The bill also would set detailed program, financial and data reporting requirements for districts, charter schools and other providers and also would establish oversight duties for the Department of Education and State Board of Education. The bill also would create a system of awards for outstanding programs and contains professional development provisions. This is another bill that would tap the State Education Fund. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | | | House Sponsors | C. Navarro-Ratzlaff (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/30/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (04/30/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by House Education Committee 4/30/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1175
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| Title: |
Minority K-12 Teachers Study Strategy Report |
| Custom Summary | The bill directs the department of education (department) to study and develop strategies to increase and improve the recruitment, preparation, development, and retention of high-quality minority teachers in elementary and secondary schools in Colorado. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Johnston (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Pabon (D)
R. Fields (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/10/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1182
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| Title: |
Public Ed Accountability 2015-16 School Year |
| Custom Summary | The proposal would allow school and district performance ratings earned in the 2014-15 school year to be carried over into the following year. The change is intended to bridge a data gap that will be created when the state moves from the current TCAP testing system to the new CMAS system. The change wouldn't affect the five-year accountability clock for low-rated districts and schools. | | Position | Support | | Comment | Signed by Governor 4/4/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D) | | House Sponsors | M. Hamner (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/03/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (04/04/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1190
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| Title: |
School Dist Financial Capacity Cap Constr Grants |
| Custom Summary | This bill, sponsored by the Legislative Audit Committee, would add two additional factors to those considered by the Capital Construction Assistance Board when determining local district matches for Building Excellent Schools Today grants. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 3/14/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | S. King (R) | | House Sponsors | S. Ryden (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/03/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (03/14/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1193
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| Title: |
Research Retrieval Fees Public Records Under CORA |
| Custom Summary | Concerning requirements governing the imposition of a fee for the research and retrieval of public records under the "Colorado Open Records Act". | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 4/4/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | J. Kefalas (D) | | House Sponsors | J. Salazar (D) | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | Local Government | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/01/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/02/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1201
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| Title: |
Align PERA Highest Avg Salary With Other States |
| Custom Summary | The measure would require that PERA retirement benefits be based on the average of an employee's five highest-paid years of work. The bill would apply to future PERA members. All Colorado teachers are covered by PERA, and the system currently uses a three-year average for benefit calculations. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | K. Lambert (R) | | House Sponsors | K. Priola (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Finance | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/15/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely (02/26/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by the House Finance Committee 2/26/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1202
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| Title: |
Local Accountability Reqmts For School Districts |
| Custom Summary | As amended, this bill creates the Standards and Assessment Task Force, a 15 member group tasked with studying and reporting on a long list of issues related to state tests, including how tests are given, how test data is used, the impact of state tests on local assessments, assessment costs and the amount of classroom and administrative time consumed by testing. The task force also is to study the interaction of the testing system with educator evaluations, the performance rating system for schools and districts, the ability of districts to implement new tests and related new academic standards and the feasibility and effects of allowing districts – and parents – to opt out of state tests. Members of the task force would have to be named by July 1 and the first meeting convened by July 15. The group’s report (or reports) would have to be presented to the legislature’s two education committees by Jan. 31, 2015. | | Position | Support | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | N. Todd (D)
M. Scheffel (R) | | House Sponsors | R. Scott (R) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/25/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1204
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| Title: |
Flexibility For Rural School Districts |
| Custom Summary | As amended, the bill allows small rural districts with less than 1,000 students that are rated as accredited or accredited with distinction to submit performance plans every two years. The bill also allows such districts to work with BOCES to obtain the services of literacy specialists for implementation of the READ Act. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | K. Grantham (R) | | House Sponsors | J. Wilson (R) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/10/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/31/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1208
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| Title: |
Authorizing Multi-district Administrative Units |
| Custom Summary | This technical bill expands the definition of "administrative unit" to include more types of districts that cooperate to offer special education services. | | Position | Support | | Comment | Signed by Governor 3/27/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D)
S. King (R) | | House Sponsors | J. Wright (R)
M. Hamner (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/29/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (03/27/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1212
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| Title: |
Full-day Kindergarten Funding For Districts |
| Custom Summary | This bill would increase state financial support for districts that offer full-day kindergarten to all families that choose it. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | | | House Sponsors | J. Wilson (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/30/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (04/21/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by House Education Committee 4/21/14. |
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| Bill:
HB14-1234
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| Title: |
Suppl Approp Dept Of Education |
| Custom Summary | Mid-year budget adjustments for the Department of Education.
Governor signed 2/27/14. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 2/27/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | P. Steadman (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Duran (D) | | Senate Committee | Appropriations | | House Committee | Appropriations | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | | | Status | Governor Signed (02/27/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
HB14-1250
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| Title: |
School Dist Payments For Floods & Total Program |
| Custom Summary | Funding increases for districts affected by 2013 floods and to compensate the DeBeque, Meeker and Pawnee districts for losses in local revenue.
Governor signed 2/27/14. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 2/27/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | P. Steadman (D) | | House Sponsors | J. May (D) | | Senate Committee | Appropriations | | House Committee | Appropriations | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/05/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (02/27/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1251
|
| Title: |
School Finance FY 2013-14 Adjustments |
| Custom Summary | Mid-year funding increases for school districts based on enrollment changes.
Governor signed 2/27/14. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 2/27/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | P. Steadman (D) | | House Sponsors | J. May (D) | | Senate Committee | Appropriations | | House Committee | Appropriations | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/05/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (02/27/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1262
|
| Title: |
Highly Effective Teachers & Low-performing Schools |
| Custom Summary | The bill would create the Highly Effective Teacher Incentives Program to enable districts, BOCES and and charter schools to offer salary bonuses to attract highly effective teachers to teach in schools that are implementing priority improvement or turnaround plans. Each local education provider that applies to the Department of Education and meets the requirements for a grant will receive a grant, subject to available appropriations. A local education provider may use the grant only to pay non base-building salary bonuses to eligible highly effective teachers. The bill would create an incentives fund that would consist of a one-time appropriation of $4 million from the State Education Fund. | | Position | Oppose | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | L. Newell (D) | | House Sponsors | K. Priola (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/29/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (02/24/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 2/24/14 by House Education Committee. |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1268
|
| Title: |
Nonprobationary Teacher No Indefinite Unpaid Leave |
| Custom Summary | The bill would provide that, if a teacher held nonprobationary status as of May 20, 2010, a school district cannot place the teacher on unpaid leave, but must either assign the teacher to a position that has the same level of salary and benefits as the teacher would have earned if he or she had not been removed or dismiss the teacher in compliance with legal due process requirements. | | Position | Oppose | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | N. Todd (D) | | House Sponsors | J. Salazar (D) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/29/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (04/07/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by House Committee on Education 4/7/14. |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1276
|
| Title: |
Grant Program To Train High School Students In CPR |
| Custom Summary | The bill allows school districts, charter schools, institute charter schools and boards of cooperative services to apply for grants to train high school students on cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Grants would be financed through the General Fund and administered by the Department of Education. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Hodge (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Primavera (D) | | Senate Committee | Health & Human Services | | House Committee | Public Health Care & Human Services | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/25/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/16/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1287
|
| Title: |
BEST Moneys For Disaster Damaged Public Schools |
| Custom Summary | The bill directs the state treasurer, for each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2014, to credit to the public school capital construction assistance fund (fund) the first $40 million collected from the excise tax on retail marijuana. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | J. Nicholson (D)
K. Lambert (R) | | House Sponsors | D. Young (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/11/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/17/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1288
|
| Title: |
Student Immunizations Prior To School Attendance |
| Custom Summary | This bill would require that parents who refuse to have their children immunized before enrolling in school demonstrate that they have received reliable medical information about the benefits and risks of immunizations. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | I. Aguilar (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Pabon (D) | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | Health, Insurance, & Environment | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/28/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/21/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1291
|
| Title: |
Permit Charter Schools Hire Armed School Security |
| Custom Summary | Under current law, a school district may employ a school security officer who may carry a concealed handgun in the school and on its grounds if the person has a valid concealed carry permit. The bill would grant this authority to a charter school. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | S. Renfroe (R)
L. Tochtrop (D) | | House Sponsors | S. Humphrey (R)
M. McLachlan (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/10/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/09/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1292
|
| Title: |
The Student Success Act |
| Custom Summary | Concerning moneys allocated to the state elementary and secondary public school system, and, in connection therewith, creating the implementation fund, implementing average daily membership as the method for counting enrolled students, requiring increased reporting of the use of public moneys by public schools, increasing the funding for public school capital construction, increasing the funding and expectations for English Language Learner programs, increasing the funding for the “Colorado READ Act,” and making appropriation. | | Position | Amend | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Johnston (D)
J. Ulibarri (D) | | House Sponsors | M. Hamner (D)
C. Murray (R) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/29/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/21/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1294
|
| Title: |
Student Data Privacy Act |
| Custom Summary | The bill would require the State Board of Education to publish an inventory and dictionary or index of the individual student-level data that currently is required to be reported by state and federal education mandates and any student data proposed for inclusion in the student data system. The board must develop policies to comply with the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974" and other relevant privacy laws and policies. The Department of Education would be barred from providing individual student data to other organizations or agencies outside the state except under specified circumstances. The department could only use aggregate data in public reports and must develop a detailed data security plan. The department would also have to develop a data security template for districts to use. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | P. Steadman (D)
C. Jahn (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Murray (R) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/10/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1298
|
| Title: |
Financing Of Public Schools |
| Custom Summary | The bill sets the statewide base per pupil funding amount for the 2014-15 budget year at $6,121, which is an inflationary increase of 2.8%. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D)
P. Steadman (D) | | House Sponsors | M. Hamner (D)
J. Buckner (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/30/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/21/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1301
|
| Title: |
Safe Routes To School Program State Funding |
| Custom Summary | Beginning in fiscal year 2014-15, the Colorado Department of Transportation will receive no federal moneys for the safe routes to school grant programs. The bill authorizes the appropriation of state money to the program and requires that at least 20 percent but not more than 30 percent of the state money be used for noninfrastructure projects. The bill appropriates $3 million of general fund money for the program. | | Position | Support | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Mitsch Bush (D) | | Senate Committee | Transportation | | House Committee | Transportation & Energy | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/08/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/03/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1303
|
| Title: |
Legislature Take Public Testimony Remote Locations |
| Custom Summary | The bill vests the executive committee of the legislative council
with the power and duty to consider, recommend, and establish policies
regarding legislative committees taking public testimony from remote
locations around the state. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | G. Schwartz (D) | | House Sponsors | R. Scott (R)
M. Ferrandino (D) | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/08/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/31/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1314
|
| Title: |
School Dist & Charter School Mill Levy Overrides |
| Custom Summary | The bill requires a school district that authorizes a charter school
to include the charter school in the planning process to seek voter
approval for additional local revenues to meet operating expenses. If the
school district has a planning committee to address additional local
revenues, it must include at least one representative of all the district
charter schools on the planning committee, and if the school district is
considering submitting, or is required by a petition to submit, a ballot
question for additional local revenues, it must include the charter school
in the discussions.
A charter school may ask its authorizing school district to include
the charter school in a ballot question for the school district to authorize
additional local revenues or to submit a ballot question solely for the
charter school. The charter school must submit to the school district an
operating revenues plan that explains the charter school's operating
revenues needs. The school district will decide whether to prioritize the
charter school's needs and include the charter school in a ballot question.
If it does not include the charter school in a ballot question, the school
district must give the charter school a written statement of the reasons for
its decision. If the school district includes the charter school in a district
ballot question, the school district and the charter school must agree on
how to apportion the additional local revenues and the costs of submitting
the question. If the school district submits a ballot question for the sole
benefit of the charter school, the charter school must pay the costs of
submitting the question and will receive all of the additional local
revenues that are approved.
The bill specifically authorizes a school district to submit a ballot
question on behalf of a charter school to authorize additional local
revenues. The amount of additional local revenues received is subject to
the statutory limitations for other ballot questions to authorize additional
local revenues. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D) | | House Sponsors | B. Pettersen (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/10/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/15/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1326
|
| Title: |
Tax Incentives For Alternative Fuel Trucks |
| Custom Summary | The bill allows an income tax credit for the purchase or conversion of an electric or plug-in electric truck over 8500 pounds at a percentage of the actual cost incurred and caps the total amount a taxpayer may claim in a year. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Hodge (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Primavera (D)
R. Scott (R) | | Senate Committee | Finance | | House Committee | Transportation & Energy | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/16/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1328
|
| Title: |
Connect Colorado Broadband Act |
| Custom Summary | The high cost support mechanism (HCSM) reimburses telecommunications service providers for some of the cost of providing telephone services to rural areas. The bill adds broadband service in unserved areas to the services that are reimbursable. | | Position | Support | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | J. Nicholson (D)
L. Crowder (R) | | House Sponsors | A. Williams (D)
D. Coram (R) | | Senate Committee | | | House Committee | Business, Labor, Economic, & Workforce Development | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/26/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/10/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1349
|
| Title: |
Prop Tax Exempt Nonprofit Entity Fed Tax Credits |
| Custom Summary | This bill concerns creation of an exemption from property taxes for qualifying business entities controlled by nonprofit organizations that are formed for the purpose of qualifying for federal tax credits. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | R. Heath (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Hullinghorst (D)
B. DelGrosso (R) | | Senate Committee | Finance | | House Committee | Finance | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/16/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/17/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1375
|
| Title: |
Urban Redevelopment Fairness Act |
| Custom Summary | The bill concerns modifications to statutory provisions governing urban redevelopment to promote the equitable financial contribution among affected public bodies in connection with the tax increment financing of urban redevelopment projects. | | Position | Support | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | L. Tochtrop (D)
S. King (R) | | House Sponsors | B. DelGrosso (R) | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | House Committee | Finance | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/25/2014) | | Status | Governor Vetoed (06/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1376
|
| Title: |
Analysis Of Student Opportunity Gaps |
| Custom Summary | The bill would require the Department of Education produce an annual report on course level participation and performance for each school and district that includes, at minimum, information concerning student participation in each core course level and student proficiency on statewide assessments, broken out by student groups, including sex, race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, English language proficiency, disability, gifted and talented status and other groups. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | J. Ulibarri (D) | | House Sponsors | J. Buckner (D)
D. Moreno (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/10/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/31/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1381
|
| Title: |
Requirements For A School Closure Plan |
| Custom Summary | The bill would require a school district or the state Charter School Institute, if it decides to or is directed by the State Board of Education to close a school because of low performance, to adopt a closure plan that addresses communications, the timeline for the closure and the reassignment of students to other public schools. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | N. Todd (D) | | House Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/22/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1382
|
| Title: |
K-12 On-line Education |
| Custom Summary | The bill would clarify and update the definitions of "online program" and "online school" and clarify the requirements for documenting online student attendance and participation. The bill also would remove the ability of a group of school districts that have not formed a board of cooperative services to authorize an online program or an online school. The bill would reduces the time for transmitting student records to 14 days. The bill also would remove the State Board of Education's authority to certify multi-district online schools and instead give SBE authority to certify authorizers that create or oversee multi-district online schools. The bill also sets standards for that transition in authorization. The bill also would create pilot programs related to specific issues in online education. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D)
E. Roberts (R) | | House Sponsors | D. Young (D)
J. Wilson (R) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/25/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/05/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1385
|
| Title: |
Academic Growth Awards To Mirror Athletic Awards |
| Custom Summary | The measure would create an academic growth award to annually recognize high schools that achieve the highest levels of student academic growth. One school would be recognized in each of the school groupings for football as created by the statewide association for high school activities. The awards would be trophies designed to resemble athletic trophies. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Johnston (D)
G. Rivera (R) | | House Sponsors | K. Priola (R)
C. Peniston (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/28/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/29/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1390
|
| Title: |
Legal Standing Of Public Open Meetings Law |
| Custom Summary | The bill clarifies the open meetings law (OML) to explicitly state
that any person denied or threatened with denial of any of the rights that
are conferred on the public by the OML has suffered an injury in fact, and
therefore, has standing to challenge the violation of the OML.
| | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | G. Brophy (R)
R. Zenzinger (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Duran (D)
B. Gardner (R) | | Senate Committee | Local Government | | House Committee | Judiciary | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/17/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
HB14-1393
|
| Title: |
Clarify Treatment Of Fed Funds For TABOR Purposes |
| Custom Summary | Section 20 of article X of the state
constitution, the taxpayer's bill of rights (TABOR), excludes federal funds
from the definition of a district's fiscal year spending. However, the
historic flooding in Colorado in the fall of 2013 as well as previous
disaster emergencies in the state have highlighted confusion on the part
of some local governments and enterprises regarding the TABOR
implications in connection with federal emergency grant moneys that pass
through the state before receipt by the local government or enterprise.
Without modifying any provisions of TABOR, the bill clarifies the
following for TABOR purposes:
• Any federal funds that a local government receives,
regardless of whether such federal funds pass through the
state prior to receipt by the local government, shall not be
included in the local government's calculation of its fiscal
year spending.
• Any grant of federal funds that an enterprise receives,
regardless of whether such federal funds pass through the
state or any local government in the state prior to receipt by
the enterprise, shall not be included in the enterprise's
calculation of the total percentage of annual revenues that
it receives in grants from the state and local governments. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Hodge (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Gerou (R) | | Senate Committee | Appropriations | | House Committee | Finance | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/27/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/31/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
SB14-002
|
| Title: |
Safe2tell Program In Department Of Law |
| Custom Summary | The bill would repeals the current Safe2Tell program and recreates it in the attorney general's office. The program provides a system students can use to anonymously report bullying and other threats of violence. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Carroll (D)
B. Cadman (R) | | House Sponsors | B. DelGrosso (R)
M. Ferrandino (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Judiciary | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/23/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/21/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
SB14-006
|
| Title: |
Early Childhood Educator Development Scholarship |
| Custom Summary | The early childhood educator development scholarship
program (scholarship program) exists in current law to provide stipends
to offset the costs of obtaining associate degrees for persons who are
employed in early childhood education. The scholarship program is
funded solely through federal grants and other gifts, grants, and
donations. The bill expands the scholarship program to provide stipends to
offset the costs of obtaining any postsecondary degree or certificate in
early childhood education for a person employed in early childhood
education. The criteria for awarding stipends are expanded to include
consideration of the diversity of applicants and to allow the state board of
education to choose to award stipends only to applicants who serve
high-needs children. The bill authorizes the appropriation of state moneys, including state education fund moneys, to fund the scholarship program. The bill
repeals the provision that repeals the scholarship program if the
department of education does not receive grants or donations for the
scholarship program. | | Position | Oppose | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | L. Newell (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Peniston (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/15/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (02/12/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 2/12/14 by Senate Education Committee. |
|
| Bill:
SB14-015
|
| Title: |
Hospitality Career Ed Grant Program |
| Custom Summary | The bill would create a hospitality career secondary education grant program. Such programs could apply for grants from the Department of Labor and Employment. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Young (D)
J. Melton (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/24/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/05/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
SB14-033
|
| Title: |
Tax Credits For Nonpublic Education |
| Custom Summary | The bill would establish a private school tuition income tax credit that allows any taxpayer to claim a credit when he or she enrolls a child in a private school or provides a scholarship to a child enrolled in a private school and the private school. The amount of the credit for a full-time student is the amount of tuition, or half of the previous year's state average per pupil revenue, whichever is less. There would be prorated credit for halftime students and a $1,000 credit for a child who is home schooled full time. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | K. Lundberg (R) | | House Sponsors | | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (01/22/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 1/22/14 by Senate Committee on State Affairs . |
|
| Bill:
SB14-058
|
| Title: |
GED Or High School Equivalency Examinations |
| Custom Summary | Technical measure changing language on high school equivalency exams in state law. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 4/7/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | N. Todd (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Murray (R) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/29/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (04/07/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
SB14-068
|
| Title: |
Retirement Age For PERA Members |
| Custom Summary | The bill would modify the retirement age for future PERA members by requiring 30 years of service and reaching age 65 in order to retire with a full benefit. Current law requires 30 years of work and reaching age 58 or 60, depending on type of employment. All teachers are covered by PERA. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | K. Lambert (R) | | House Sponsors | K. Priola (R) | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/13/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/05/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 2/5/14 by Senate Committee on State Affairs. |
|
| Bill:
SB14-070
|
| Title: |
Application CORA Assns Elected Officials |
| Custom Summary | Modifies the definition of “public records” under the CORA to include all writings made, maintained, or kept by a private association whose membership consists primarily of elected officials of one or more political subdivisions of the state or individuals holding a covered state office, as applicable, and that receives at least 10% of its revenues on an annual basis from public moneys | | Position | Oppose | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | K. Lundberg (R) | | House Sponsors | | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/12/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (01/27/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 1/27/14 by Senate Judiciary Committee . |
|
| Bill:
SB14-081
|
| Title: |
School Building Inspections Plumbing & Electrical |
| Custom Summary | Under this bill schools would be allowed to use local building inspectors for plumbing and electrical inspections that currently have to be done by state inspectors. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | B. Herpin (R) | | House Sponsors | B. Gardner (R) | | Senate Committee | Business, Labor, & Technology | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/17/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Postpone Indefinitely (01/29/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Senate Committee on Business, Labor & Technology Postponed Indefinitely 1/29/14.
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|
| Bill:
SB14-085
|
| Title: |
One Percent Reduction In The State Budget |
| Custom Summary | For the state fiscal year 2014-15, the bill requires there to be at least a 1% reduction from the state fiscal year 2013-14 for the general assembly’s total appropriations to the legislative branch, the judicial branch, and each executive department. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | O. Hill (R) | | House Sponsors | | | Senate Committee | Appropriations | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/11/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely (04/11/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by Senate Committee on Appropriations 4/11/14. |
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| Bill:
SB14-086
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| Title: |
Charter School Cap Constr Revolving Loan Program |
| Custom Summary | Creates the charter school capital construction revolving loan program to provide loans for charter schools and institute charter schools that have charter contracts and have been in existence for 4 or fewer years. The treasure department will administer the loan program and take into account several criteria. | | Position | Oppose | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | E. Roberts (R) | | House Sponsors | P. Rosenthal (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (02/19/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (02/19/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 2/19/14 by Senate Education Committee. |
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| Bill:
SB14-112
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| Title: |
Pub School Cap Constr Assistance Fund Approp |
| Custom Summary | Sponsored by the Joint Budget Committee, this bill would require the legislature to annually set the amount of spending for Building Excellent Schools Today cash grants. Those grants currently are made at the discretion of the Capital Construction Assistance Board, depending on available revenues. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 3/20/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | P. Steadman (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Duran (D)
C. Gerou (R) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/29/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (03/20/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-116
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| Title: |
Init Petition Signature Line-by-line Verification |
| Custom Summary | The bill reduces the range that prompts the line-by-line verification
by the secretary of state to 95% to 105% of the required total and makes corresponding changes
to the percentage needed to be deemed sufficient or insufficient by
random sampling alone. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | P. Steadman (D) | | House Sponsors | J. May (D) | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/30/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/17/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 2/17/14 by Senate Committee on State Affairs. |
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| Bill:
SB14-118
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| Title: |
Protections For Individuals With Disabilities |
| Custom Summary | The bill conforms several definitions related to discrimination
based on a disability (discrimination) to the federal Americans With
Disabilities Act of 1990, including changing the term assistance dog
to service animal. The fine for discrimination in places of public
accommodation, housing, and or violations of the rights of an individual
with a disability who uses a service animal or a trainer of a service animal
is increased to $3,500. Penalties are added for a person who causes harm
to a service animal or service animal in training or a person who owns an
animal that causes harm to a service animal or service animal in training.
The bill makes conforming amendments. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | P. Steadman (D) | | House Sponsors | J. Melton (D) | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (04/22/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/22/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-119
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| Title: |
Decriminalize Prohibited Practices For Lobbyists |
| Custom Summary | Under current law, any person engaging in lobbying who commits
any one of a list of prohibited practices is guilty of a misdemeanor and
subject, upon conviction, to a criminal fine and imprisonment. The bill
repeals the criminal liability and penalties associated with the commission
of some of these practices. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 4/7/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | R. Heath (D)
B. Cadman (R) | | House Sponsors | D. Hullinghorst (D)
B. DelGrosso (R) | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/24/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (04/07/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-121
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| Title: |
Assistance To Loc Gov After A Disaster Emergency |
| Custom Summary | In the event of a declared disaster emergency, the bill authorizes
the governor to determine the percentage at which the state and a local
government will contribute moneys to cover the nonfederal cost share
required by federal law when the disaster emergency triggers federal
assistance to the local government through the federal emergency
management agency. As soon as practicable after making such a
determination, the governor is required to notify the joint budget
committee of the source and amount of state moneys that will be
contributed to cover the nonfederal cost share. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | Signed by Governor 3/21/14. | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | K. Lambert (R) | | House Sponsors | D. Young (D) | | Senate Committee | Local Government | | House Committee | Local Government | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/22/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (03/21/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-124
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| Title: |
School Turnaround Leaders Development Program |
| Custom Summary | The bill would repeal the Department of Education's current school leadership program and create a School Turnaround Leaders Development Program that would contract with outside providers to develop training programs for school turnaround leaders. The bill also would create a grant program for use by districts and schools that wanted to use the training. | | Position | Support | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) | | House Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/24/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/05/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
|
| Bill:
SB14-136
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| Title: |
Delay Statewide Testing Study Academic Standards |
| Custom Summary | The bill would delay by one year rollout of the new statewide assessments in English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies. The bill also would create a Colorado Academic Standards Task Force to study implementation of the Colorado academic standards, including the Common Core. The task force, including legislators and public members appointed by chair of the State Board of Education, would have to issue recommendations by Dec. 15, 2015, which would be considered by the legislature and the state board. The bill also would require the Department of Education to hire an outside entity to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of implementing the new standards and new tests. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | V. Marble (R) | | House Sponsors | L. Saine (R) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/04/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (02/13/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 2/13/14 by House Education Committee. |
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| Bill:
SB14-139
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| Title: |
Enhance Charter School Capital Constr Financing |
| Custom Summary | The state currently provides a charter school debt reserve fund and a "moral obligation" program that creates an obligation of the state to pay bonds issued by the Colorado Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority on behalf of charter schools that would not otherwise be paid and that help charter schools finance construction on more favorable terms than they would otherwise be able to. The bill would allow increased use of these mechanisms by raising the balance of the debt reserve fund by $3 million from the State Education Funding and by increasing the limit of the state's "moral obligation" from $400 million to $500 million. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Scheffel (R) | | House Sponsors | P. Rosenthal (D) | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/04/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (03/12/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by Senate Committee on State Affairs 3/12/14. |
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| Bill:
SB14-141
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| Title: |
Suspend Until 2016 House Bill 13-1303 Provisions |
| Custom Summary | The bill suspends, until January 1, 2016, the provisions of House
Bill 13-1303. Until that date, elections laws, as they would have existed
absent passage of House Bill 13-1303, are in full force and effect. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | K. Grantham (R)
K. Lundberg (R) | | House Sponsors | C. Murray (R)
L. Szabo (R) | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/11/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/24/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely 2/24/14 by Senate Committee on State Affairs. |
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| Bill:
SB14-150
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| Title: |
School Counselor Corps Grant Program |
| Custom Summary | The bill would increase annual funding for the Colorado Counselor Corps program to $10 million from $5 million, expand eligibility to all middle and high schools and extend the length of grants to four from three years. The measure also would expand program requirements and specifies characteristics of schools that should be taken into consideration when grants are made. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | N. Todd (D)
R. Zenzinger (D) | | House Sponsors | M. Hamner (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (09/04/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/16/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-158
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| Title: |
Recall Elections How Conducted & Align Article XXI |
| Custom Summary | The bill makes changes to the recall election laws, including requiring a mail in ballot process. It states that no election official may suspend or avoid mail in ballots. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | P. Steadman (D)
M. Jones (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Hullinghorst (D) | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/22/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/09/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-165
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| Title: |
K-12 Academic Growth Performance Eval 2014-15 |
| Custom Summary | This bill would give districts flexibility in how much, if any, to base teacher evaluations on student growth during the 2014-15 school year. Teachers would continue to be evaluated on professional practice, and low evaluations would count toward possible loss of non-probationary status. | | Position | Support | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Johnston (D)
A. Kerr (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Murray (R)
C. Peniston (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/18/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/09/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-167
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| Title: |
Opportunity Schools Pilot Initiative |
| Custom Summary | This bill would create a pilot program under which two small groups of alternative education campuses would receive additional per-pupil funding in order to pilot test programs intended to improve achievement for the at-risk students that attend such schools. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | R. Zenzinger (D) | | House Sponsors | R. Fields (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/04/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely (05/02/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by the House Committee on Appropriations 5/2/14. |
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| Bill:
SB14-168
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| Title: |
Teacher Salaries At CO Sch For Deaf & Blind |
| Custom Summary | Technical measure relating to setting of salaries for teachers at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | K. Lambert (R) | | House Sponsors | J. May (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/18/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/15/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-177
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| Title: |
Definition Drug-endangered Child Children's Code |
| Custom Summary | The bill establishes a definition for a drug-endangered child for
purposes of cases of child abuse or neglect in the children's code. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D)
L. Newell (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Young (D) | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/27/2014) | | Status | Senate Second Reading Lost with Amendments - Committee, Floor (04/29/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-178
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| Title: |
Drug-endangered Child Criminal Code |
| Custom Summary | The bill establishes a definition, as formulated by the state
substance abuse trend and response task force, for a drug-endangered
child for purposes of cases of child abuse or neglect in the criminal code.
The bill creates the crime of child abuse for a person who is responsible
for creating a situation or unreasonably permitting a child to be placed in
a situation in which a child is drug-endangered and establishes penalties. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D)
L. Newell (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Young (D) | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (05/27/2014) | | Status | Senate Second Reading Lost with Amendments - Committee, Floor (04/29/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-182
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| Title: |
School Boards Meeting In Executive Session |
| Custom Summary | The minutes of a meeting of a local public body during which an executive session is held are required to reflect the topic of the discussion at the executive session. In the case of a meeting of a local board of education (board) during which an executive session is held, the bill additionally requires the minutes to reflect the amount of time each topic was discussed while the board was meeting in executive session. | | Position | Oppose | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Hodge (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Peniston (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/28/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-185
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| Title: |
Pay For Success Contracts For Early Childhood Ed |
| Custom Summary | The bill would establish a pay for success contracts for early childhood education services program for the purpose of authorizing the Office of State Planning and Budgeting to enter into state pay-for-success contracts with one or more lead contractors for the provision of early childhood education services that will reduce the need for the state to provide subsequent education support and other social services. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Johnston (D)
R. Zenzinger (D) | | House Sponsors | B. Pettersen (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Public Health Care & Human Services | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/04/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (05/05/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by the House Education Committee 5/5/14. |
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| Bill:
SB14-186
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| Title: |
Efficient School & Community Performance Contract |
| Custom Summary | The bill specifies that the Colorado energy office may, within existing resources and without creating a financial obligation to the state, ascertain efficiency projects that can be aggregated to create a larger portfolio of diverse efficiency projects with costs totaling an amount that in a favorable financial market will attract the investment of private sector banks or investors. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | G. Schwartz (D)
A. Kerr (D) | | House Sponsors | M. Tyler (D)
M. Hamner (D) | | Senate Committee | Local Government | | House Committee | Transportation & Energy | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/02/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-202
|
| Title: |
Funding For Energy Efficiency In Schools |
| Custom Summary | The bill would increase the availability of funds for school districts to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements by changing various requirements currently in state law. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D) | | House Sponsors | M. Tyler (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Business, Labor, Economic, & Workforce Development | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/16/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/15/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-204
|
| Title: |
Education Data Privacy And Security Act |
| Custom Summary | This comprehensive bill would set requirements for collection and storage of education data, including requirements for written consent for collection of some data, limitations on disclosures to third parties, a ban on commercial use of data, limits on tests that collect psychological information, requirements for data destruction and penalties for violation of the bill. The measure would cover school districts and higher education institutions as well as the Department of Education. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | V. Marble (R) | | House Sponsors | J. Everett (R) | | Senate Committee | Judiciary | | House Committee | | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/04/2014) | | Status | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely (04/28/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by Senate Committee on Judiciary 4/28/14. |
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| Bill:
SB14-205
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| Title: |
Talent Pipeline Working Group |
| Custom Summary | The bill requires the state work force development council (state
council), the department of higher education, the department of education,
the department of labor and employment, and the Colorado office of
economic development to work collaboratively to:
• Discuss and determine needs across key industries and
occupations including challenges and opportunities in
developing and growing relevant talent pipelines;
• Ensure that the talent pipeline development infrastructure
includes certain elements;
• Utilize sector partnerships to advise the development of
career pathway programs for critical occupations in key
industries and to ensure the coordination of education and
workforce initiatives to develop a strong talent pipeline;
and
• Utilize existing measures and data systems to improve
systems alignment and inter-agency communication.
In working collaboratively, the state council, in partnership with
the department of higher education, the department of education, the
department of labor and employment, and the Colorado office of
economic development shall coordinate the production of an annual
Colorado talent report to include specified information and
recommendations. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | L. Newell (D) | | House Sponsors | D. Young (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/25/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (05/21/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-214
|
| Title: |
PERA Studies Conducted By Actuarial Firm |
| Custom Summary | This bill would commission three different studies of the finances of the Public Employees' Retirement Association, which covers all teachers and many other civil servants. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | K. Lambert (R)
P. Steadman (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Gerou (R)
J. May (D) | | Senate Committee | Appropriations | | House Committee | Appropriations | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/30/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/04/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-215
|
| Title: |
Disposition Of Legal Marijuana Related Revenue |
| Custom Summary | The bill specifies the cash fund into
which the moneys collected by the state in connection with the retail
marijuana industry will be deposited and determines the disposition of
such moneys received by the state during the 2013-14 state fiscal year. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | P. Steadman (D) | | House Sponsors | C. Duran (D)
C. Gerou (R) | | Senate Committee | Health & Human Services | | House Committee | Health, Insurance, & Environment | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (09/02/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-217
|
| Title: |
Increased Transparency Lobbyist Disclosure |
| Custom Summary | The bill makes modifications to existing statutory
provisions governing lobbying. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | M. Carroll (D)
B. Cadman (R) | | House Sponsors | D. Hullinghorst (D)
B. DelGrosso (R) | | Senate Committee | State, Veterans, & Military Affairs | | House Committee | Business, Labor, Economic, & Workforce Development | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (07/21/2014) | | Status | Governor Signed (06/06/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | |
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| Bill:
SB14-221
|
| Title: |
Statewide Social Studies Test Administration |
| Custom Summary | The bill proposes reductions in the schedule for administering the state social studies exams. | | Position | Monitor | | Comment | | | Full Text | Full Text of Bill | | Senate Sponsors | A. Kerr (D)
R. Zenzinger (D) | | House Sponsors | M. Hamner (D)
D. Young (D) | | Senate Committee | Education | | House Committee | Education | | Hearing Date | | | Hearing Time | | | Hearing Room | | | Fiscal Notes | Fiscal Notes (06/03/2014) | | Status | House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely (05/05/2014) | | Postponed Indefinitely | Postponed Indefinitely by the House Education Committee 5/5/14, |
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