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Second Language Educational Program for High School Students

CO · session 2026A · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2026

Latest action (Jun 2, 2026) Introduced In House - Assigned to Education

Summary

This bill modifies Colorado's second language diploma endorsement programs for high school students. It changes the requirements for the existing biliteracy endorsement and creates a new bilingualism diploma endorsement. The bill allows students in districts without these programs to access them through other school districts or state colleges, with the student's home district paying any fees charged by the provider. This expands access to multilingual diploma endorsements across Colorado.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

Current law provides for a diploma endorsement of biliteracy by completing certain educational requirements in English in addition to a second language. The act changes the educational requirements for the biliteracy program and creates a diploma endorsement for bilingualism for graduating high school students.     The act allows high school students in local education providers that do not offer the biliteracy or the bilingualism program to access the program through other local education providers or a state institution of higher education. If the student's local education provider does not offer and chooses not to establish a program that offers the endorsement that the student is seeking, the student's local education provider may enter into an agreement with another local education provider or state institution of higher education that offers the endorsement that the student is seeking.     A local education provider or state institution of higher education may charge a fee to provide the diploma endorsement program. The fee must reflect the actual and indirect costs of running the diploma endorsement program. The enrolled student's local education provider must pay the fee on behalf of the student.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors (3)
44 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (14)
  1. Jun 2, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
  2. Jun 1, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
  3. Jun 1, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  4. Jun 1, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
  5. May 7, 2026 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
  6. May 6, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor · upper
  7. May 5, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · upper
  8. May 4, 2026 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
  9. Apr 24, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education · upper
  10. Apr 22, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
  11. Apr 21, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
  12. Apr 17, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
  13. Feb 5, 2026 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
  14. Jan 14, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education · lower
Subjects
Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

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