---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding Concurrent Enrollment Opportunities"
description: "Concurrent enrollment - transfer of credits - website - concurrent enrollment expansion and innovation grant program - appropriations. The act clarifies the differences between concurrent enrollment, dual enrollment, and other programs that enable a student to earn postsecondary credits while the student is enrolled in high school. Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, each school district, charter school, and public school operated by a board of cooperative services (local education provider) that enrolls students in grades 9 through 12 is required to provide the opportunity for concurrent enrollment. A local education provider cannot unreasonably deny approval for concurrent enrollment or limit the number of postsecondary courses in which a qualified student may enroll unless the local education provider is unable to provide access due to technological capacity. A local education provider may determine the manner in which it provides opportunities for concurrent enrollment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-176"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-176 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Bridges", "Julie McCluskie", "Paul Lundeen", "Tim Geitner"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/570369c9-cdc8-42b3-beb0-fddab528067d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-176"
source_hash: "af15971aac2eee684af31642c8674b637093b4d3955f69d4b26cce20f8a2d473"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 19-176 (2019A) — Expanding Concurrent Enrollment Opportunities

Concurrent enrollment - transfer of credits - website - concurrent enrollment expansion and innovation grant program - appropriations. The act clarifies the differences between concurrent enrollment, dual enrollment, and other programs that enable a student to earn postsecondary credits while the student is enrolled in high school. Beginning in the 2020-21 school year, each school district, charter school, and public school operated by a board of cooperative services (local education provider) that enrolls students in grades 9 through 12 is required to provide the opportunity for concurrent enrollment. A local education provider cannot unreasonably deny approval for concurrent enrollment or limit the number of postsecondary courses in which a qualified student may enroll unless the local education provider is unable to provide access due to technological capacity. A local education provider may determine the manner in which it provides opportunities for concurrent enrollment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_sb176_h_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_176_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_176_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_176_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_176sedu_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_176seduapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_176ed_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_176app.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_176_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (05/02/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_176_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (05/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_176_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/20/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_176_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Paul Lundeen — primary (person)
- Tim Geitner — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/570369c9-cdc8-42b3-beb0-fddab528067d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).