SB 25-063 CO

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Each school district, board of cooperative services that operates a school, district charter school, and institute charter school (local education provider) is required to establish written policies for the acquisition, retention, display, and use of library resources and for the reconsideration of a library resource (policies). A local education provider is required to comply with specified standards in establishing the policies and is required to establish the policies by September 1, 2025. If a local education provider has already established policies that comply with the requirements of the act, the local education provider is not required to establish new policies. A public school library may remove a library resource from its permanent collection only if the library resource has been reviewed in accordance with an established policy for the reconsideration of library resources that complies with the standards established in the act. These requirements do not apply to routine collection maintenance and deaccession in accordance with a public school library's established collection development and maintenance policy. Before a local education provider reconsiders a library resource, the local education provider is required to make its policies available to the public. After reviewing a library resource that is the subject of a request for reconsideration and making a final determination regarding the library resource, the local education provider is required to make the determination available to the public. A written request for reconsideration of a library resource in a public school library is an open record under the "Colorado Open Records Act". A public school library staff member is not subject to termination, demotion, discipline, or retaliation for refusing to remove a library resource before it has been reviewed in accordance with the local education provider's policy for the reconsideration of library resources or for making decisions that the public school library staff member believes, in good faith, are in accordance with the policies of the local education provider. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Lisa Cutter Democratic · primary
• Dafna Michaelson Jenet · primary
• Lorena García Democratic · primary
• Jenny Willford Democratic · primary

1. May 1, 2025 Governor Signed · executive
2. Apr 25, 2025 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. Apr 25, 2025 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
4. Apr 24, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
5. Apr 16, 2025 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · upper
6. Apr 14, 2025 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
7. Apr 6, 2025 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
8. Apr 4, 2025 House Third Reading Laid Over to 04/06/2025 - No Amendments · lower
9. Apr 3, 2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor · lower
10. Apr 1, 2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
11. Mar 28, 2025 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
12. Mar 26, 2025 House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
13. Feb 19, 2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education · lower
14. Feb 19, 2025 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
15. Feb 18, 2025 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · upper
16. Feb 14, 2025 Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/18/2025 - No Amendments · upper
17. Feb 13, 2025 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · upper
18. Feb 10, 2025 Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
19. Jan 21, 2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education · upper