HB 1141 CO Became Law
Discriminatory Practices in Public Schools
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Summary
This bill would clarify Colorado anti-discrimination protections in schools by defining when educational institutions deny equal access based on protected class status, including through discriminatory treatment, differential denial of benefits, or failure to address hostile environments. The bill would add pregnancy and parental status as protected characteristics under harassment and discrimination provisions at elementary and secondary schools. The bill would require public higher education institutions to designate a Title VI coordinator responsible for ensuring federal Civil Rights Act compliance, enforcing grievance procedures, identifying compliance issues, and publishing data on alleged Title VI violations at the institution.
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Official abstract
The act clarifies that an educational institution denies a person the full and equal enjoyment of a place of public accommodation when the educational institution:On the basis of a protected class, excludes a student from participation in, denies a student the benefits of, or otherwise subjects a student to discrimination in any of the educational institution's programs or activities;Denies educational services, benefits, or opportunities to a student or group of students by treating them differently from a similarly situated student who is, or group of students who are, part of a different subgroup of students within the same protected class; orHas actual notice that a hostile environment based on a protected class exists at the educational institution but fails to take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to eliminate the hostile environment, end the harassment that gave rise to the hostile environment, and prevent the harassment from recurring. The act adds pregnancy and parental status as characteristics that may constitute a protected class for the purpose of 'harassment or discrimination' at an elementary or secondary public school. The act requires each public institution of higher education (institution) to designate an individual to serve as the Title VI coordinator for the institution. The Title VI coordinator is responsible for ensuring the institution's compliance with the requirements of Title VI of the federal 'Civil Rights Act of 1964', enforcing the institution's Title VI grievance procedures, identifying institutional issues related to Title VI compliance, and aggregating and making publicly available data about alleged violations of Title VI at the institution.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (3)
- J. Bacon Democratic · sponsor
- C. Kolker Democratic · sponsor
- J. Marchman Democratic · sponsor
30 coauthors / cosponsors
- A. Boesenecker Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Brown Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Carter Democratic · cosponsor
- R. English Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Froelich Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Goldstein Democratic · cosponsor
- E. Hamrick Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Jackson Democratic · cosponsor
- S. Lieder Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Lindsay Democratic · cosponsor
- J. McCluskie Democratic · cosponsor
- K. McCormick Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Nguyen Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Phillips Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Rutinel Democratic · cosponsor
- G. Rydin Democratic · cosponsor
- E. Sirota Democratic · cosponsor
- T. Story Democratic · cosponsor
- B. Titone Democratic · cosponsor
- Y. Zokaie Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Benavidez Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Cutter Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Danielson Democratic · cosponsor
- T. Exum Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Gonzales Democratic · cosponsor
- I. Jodeh Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Kipp Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Mullica Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Wallace Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (15)
- Jun 1, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- May 29, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- May 29, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- May 29, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- May 13, 2026 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
- May 13, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- May 13, 2026 Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · upper
- May 11, 2026 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor · upper
- May 11, 2026 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- May 8, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs · upper
- May 7, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- May 6, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
- May 6, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Feb 26, 2026 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
- Feb 4, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Education · lower
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