HB 21-1234 CO

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The act creates the Colorado high-impact tutoring program (program) to provide grant funding to local education providers, as defined in the act to include school districts and charter schools and others, to create high-impact tutoring programs (tutoring programs) to address student learning loss and unfinished learning due to the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colorado.A local education provider or group of providers may apply to the department of education (department) for a grant. To receive a grant, a local education provider shall apply to the department and shall demonstrate need, as determined by the department, which may include serving low-income or underserved students. The application must also include the local education provider's plan for its tutoring program (program plan), which must include the elements of a tutoring program and must detail how the local education provider will implement the program plan. The department shall review grant applications, and the commissioner of education (commissioner) shall award grants. In awarding grants, the commissioner shall consider the alignment of the local education provider's program plan with the requirements of the tutoring program, the number of students projected to be served, the needs of a rural local education provider for financial or technical support to implement a tutoring program, the cost of implementing the local education provider's tutoring program, the amount of available money for program grants, and any other criteria determined by the commissioner. The state board of education may promulgate rules necessary to implement the program.Each year in which a grant is awarded, the act requires a local education provider receiving a grant to report to the department information concerning the implementation of the tutoring program, including student outcomes. The department shall also report annually to the education committees of the general assembly summarizing local education providers' tutoring programs and student outcomes. The department is not required to implement the program if there is insufficient money to award program grants. The act is repealed July 1, 2026.The act appropriates $4,981,720 and 1.1 FTE to the department of education to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Kerry Tipper · primary
• Mary Bradfield Republican · primary
• Dominick Moreno · primary
• Bob Rankin · primary

1. Jun 16, 2021 Governor Signed · executive
2. Jun 11, 2021 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. Jun 11, 2021 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
4. Jun 11, 2021 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
5. Jun 3, 2021 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
6. Jun 2, 2021 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · upper
7. Jun 2, 2021 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
8. May 13, 2021 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations · upper
9. May 6, 2021 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education · upper
10. May 5, 2021 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
11. May 4, 2021 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
12. May 4, 2021 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
13. Apr 8, 2021 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
14. Mar 19, 2021 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Signed Act (06/16/2021) · PDF
• Final Act (06/09/2021) · PDF
• Rerevised (06/03/2021) · PDF
• Revised (06/02/2021) · PDF
• Reengrossed (05/05/2021) · PDF
• Engrossed (05/04/2021) · PDF
• Introduced (03/19/2021) · PDF
• PA2 (05/04/2021) · PDF
• PA1 (04/09/2021) · PDF
• Committee Amendment · PDF