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-HOUSE BILL 26-1299
-BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Garcia Sander and Lukens, Barron, Camacho,
-Clifford, Duran, Goldstein, Gonzalez R., Jackson, Keltie, Lieder, Lindsay,
-Marshall, Nguyen, Phillips, Richardson, Rydin, Smith, Stewart K.,
-Weinberg, Woog, McCluskie;
-also SENATOR(S) Pelton B. and Bridges, Kipp, Coleman.
-CONCERNING REDUCTION OF REGULATORY BURDENS ON LOCAL EDUCATION
-PROVIDERS.
-Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
-SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly
-finds and declares that:
-(a) Colorado's commitment to public education is rooted in the
-belief that every student deserves access to high-quality instruction and the
-supports necessary to thrive from preschool through graduation;
-(b) Honoring this commitment requires state law to prioritize student
-learning and well-being, safeguard student privacy and safety, and promote
-accountability and continuous improvement while avoiding administrative
-requirements that no longer reflect current educational practice;
-Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
-through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
-the act.
-( c) Statutory and regulatory reporting, planning assessment, and data
-collection obligations have accumulated in ways that are often duplicative,
-misaligned, or outdated, resulting in an administrative workload that
-reduces the time, flexibility, and capacity educators can devote to direct
-instruction and student support;
-( d) Feedback collected through surveys and stakeholder engagement
-conducted by the education data advisory committee demonstrates that
-many local education providers experience data reporting and planning
-requirements that lack a straightforward statutory requirement, overlap with
-other mandated submissions, or provide limited instructional or
-accountability value; and
-( e) The general assembly therefore determines that strengthening
-transparency, statutory alignment, and modernization of these requirements
-will improve the usefulness and integrity of collected data, reduce
-unnecessary burden, and better support educators, students, and families
-across Colorado.
-SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-33.5-415.1, amend
-(5) as follows:
-24-33.5-415.1. List of missing children.
-(5) A timely THE BUREAU SHALL DISTRIBUTE A list of missing
-children shall be dist1 ibuted on a regular basis to all school dist1 icts in this
-state, except those school dist1 icts which have elected to pt o v ide the names
-of all new 01 transfer students to the bureau, and each school district shall
-distribute such information to the individual schools within the district in
-whatever manner deemed apprnptiate THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF
-EDUCATION FOR CROSS-REFERENCE AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT'S STUDENT
-RECORDS. The list shalt MUST include the names of missing children
-together with whatever information the bureau determines would be helpful
-in making identification. A school distI ict THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF
-EDUCATION SHALL COMPARE THE BUREAU'S MISSING CHILDREN LIST TO THE
-DEPARTMENT'S COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN COLORADO
-PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND shall either immediately notify the bureau if it comes
-in contact with a child whose name appears on the list of missing children
-01 send the names of all new 01 transfer students to the bm eau on a I egula1
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-basis, ITS COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN COLORADO
-PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCLUDES A MISSING STUDENT OR INFORMATION ON THE
-LAST-KNOWN SCHOOL OF ENROLLMENT OF A MISSING STUDENT, and, if a
-missing child is identified, the bureau shall, in turn, notify the law
-enforcement agency that submitted the missing child report. All information
-received or transmitted pursuant to this subsection (5) shall be IS
-confidential and shall only be used for law enforcement purposes.
-SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-7-1013, repeal (6)
-as follows:
-22-7-1013. Local education provider - preschool through
-elementary and secondary education standards - adoption - academic
-acceleration - definition.
-(6) Each local education provider shall adopt and implement a
-w I ittcn policy by w hieh the local education prov idcr will decide w hcthcr the
-students cm oiled by the local education prov idcr will use pencil and paper
-to complete any portion of a state assessment administer cd put suant to
-section 22-7-1006.3 ( 1 )(a) that the students would other wise complete using
-a computer. The policy must cnsur c that the local education prov idcr makes
-the decision in consultation with par cnts and, if the local education prov idcr
-is a school district or board of cooperative set vices, the public schools that
-the local education provider operates. The local education provider may
-decide that the students in one or mot c of the public schools, or in one or
-more of the classrooms of the public schools, operated by the local
-education pt o v idcr will use pencil and paper to complete the computer izcd
-portions of a state assessment. Each year before the start of fall semester
-classes, the local education provider shall distribute copies of the policy to
-the parents of students enr oiled in the local education provider and post a
-copy of the policy on the local education provider's website.
-SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-11-208, amend
-(l)(d) as follows:
-22-11-208. Accreditation - annual review - supports and
-interventions - rules.
-(1) (d) The state board by rule shall establish the time frames in
-which the department shall MUST review school district and institute
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-performance and determine and report each school district's and the
-institute's appropriate accreditation category, and the time frames in which
-the school districts and the institute shall MUST adopt their respective plans
-and submit them for review and publication on the data portal. A school
-district with one thousand TWO HUNDRED students or fewer shall only be
-1 equiI ed to MAY submit a single plan to satisfy the school district and school
-plan requirements. A CHARTER SCHOOL NETWORK WITH ONE THOUSAND TWO
-HUNDRED STUDENTS OR FEWER AND AUTHORIZED BY A SINGLE AUTHORIZER
-MAY SUBMIT A SINGLE PLAN TO SATISFY THE SCHOOL PLAN REQUIREMENTS
-OF ITS SCHOOLS.
-SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-2-307, add (4) as
-follows:
-22-2-307. Data reporting requirements - interpretation of
-federal law - suspension - information on required data.
-(4) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT REPRESENT A VOLUNTARY DATA
-COLLECTION REQUEST AS MANDATORY TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE STATE
-CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE, OR A PUBLIC SCHOOL AND SHALL NOT
-CONDITION ANY BENEFIT TO A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE STATE CHARTER
-SCHOOL INSTITUTE, ORA PUBLIC SCHOOL, UNRELATED TO A SPECIFIC GRANT,
-ON THE COMPLETION OF A VOLUNTARY DATA COLLECTION REQUEST.
-SECTION 6. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
-takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
-ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
-12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a
-referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state
-constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within
-such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless
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-approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2026
-and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of
-the vote thereon by the governor.
-~
-SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
-OF REPRESENTATIVES
-v~~
-Vanessa Reilly
-CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
-OF REPRESENTATIVES
-James Rashad Coleman, Sr.
-PRESIDENT OF
-THE SENATE
-Esther van Mourik
-SECRETARY OF
-THE SENATE
-APPROVED c)V} YboYlJt'l (fv-u., l,t 2°~ ~-t- \2-:39~yv,
-(Date and Time)
-Jared S.
-GOVE
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+House Committee of Reference Report
+
+Committee on Education
+
+All text that will be removed from the bill will be indicated by strikethrough as follows:
+
+  This is text that is removed from law.
+
+Text that is added to a bill will be indicated by either all capitals or bold & italic as follows:
+
+      This all capitals text would be added to law.
+
+        This is bold & italic text that would be added to law.
+
+March 11, 2026
+
+After consideration on the merits, the Committee recommends the following:
+
+HB26-1299   be amended as follows, and as so amended, be referred to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation:
+
+Page 1, Line 1Amend printed bill, page 5, strike line 21 through 27.
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+Page 1, Line 2Page 6, strike line 1 through 7.
+
+Page 1, Line 3Renumber succeeding sections accordingly.