HB 21-1294 CO

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The act directs the state auditor to contract with a public or private entity (contractor) to conduct a performance audit of the statewide system of standards and assessments and the statewide education accountability system. The act specifies the issues that the performance audit must address. By November 15, 2022, and following release by the legislative audit committee, the final report of the performance audit must be submitted to the commissioner of education, the state board of education, and the education committees of the general assembly.The act specifies the authority of the state auditor and the contractor to access nonfinancial records and information held by the department of education or held by public schools, school districts, boards of cooperative services, and the state charter school institute, if the records and information are not available from the department or from other sources.For the 2021-22 fiscal year, the act appropriates $300,000 from the general fund to the legislative department for use by the office of the state auditor and appropriates $52,000 from the general fund to the department of education to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

• Shannon Bird · primary
• Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez · primary
• Robert Rodriguez Democratic · primary

1. Jul 2, 2021 Governor Signed · executive
2. Jun 22, 2021 Sent to the Governor · executive
3. Jun 22, 2021 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
4. Jun 22, 2021 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
5. Jun 8, 2021 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
6. Jun 7, 2021 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily · lower
7. Jun 4, 2021 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
8. Jun 4, 2021 Senate Third Reading Reconsidered - No Amendments · upper
9. Jun 4, 2021 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
10. Jun 3, 2021 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor · upper
11. Jun 3, 2021 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
12. May 25, 2021 Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Appropriations · upper
13. May 24, 2021 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education · upper
14. May 24, 2021 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
15. May 22, 2021 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments · lower
16. May 21, 2021 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee · lower
17. May 21, 2021 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
18. May 6, 2021 House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
19. Apr 22, 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 (07/02/2021) · PDF
• Final Act (06/22/2021) · PDF
• Rerevised (06/04/2021) · PDF
• Revised (06/03/2021) · PDF
• Reengrossed (05/24/2021) · PDF
• Engrossed (05/21/2021) · PDF
• Introduced (04/22/2021) · PDF
• PA2 (05/21/2021) · PDF
• PA1 (05/13/2021) · PDF
• Committee Amendment · PDF