---
type: "Bill"
title: "Compensation For School District Board Members"
description: "The act removes the restriction on compensation for a president or vice-president of a school district board of education (board) and allows for the compensation of members of a board. The act also clarifies that any increase to compensation cannot occur during an officer's or member's term in office. The act also requires that a board set compensation rates for officers and members by written resolution in a public meeting. The act also allows members of a board to be reimbursed for necessary expenses in amounts approved by a majority vote of the board in a public meeting.The act also requires that any compensation provided to officers or members of a board is not higher than $150 per day for not more than 5 days per week. The act also provides that board members may only receive compensation for days when official board duties are performed. The act also allows a board to adjust compensation for inflation after January 1, 2022.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1055"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1055 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Faith Winter", "Steven Woodrow"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfc6d290-080d-475c-8960-5b2446e035b5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1055"
source_hash: "0d71c29142950e01cd5d4aed8d0dc29b760c164781dd264647d8715683dc2341"
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 HB 21-1055 (2021A) — Compensation For School District Board Members

The act removes the restriction on compensation for a president or vice-president of a school district board of education (board) and allows for the compensation of members of a board. The act also clarifies that any increase to compensation cannot occur during an officer's or member's term in office. The act also requires that a board set compensation rates for officers and members by written resolution in a public meeting. The act also allows members of a board to be reimbursed for necessary expenses in amounts approved by a majority vote of the board in a public meeting.The act also requires that any compensation provided to officers or members of a board is not higher than $150 per day for not more than 5 days per week. The act also provides that board members may only receive compensation for days when official board duties are performed. The act also allows a board to adjust compensation for inflation after January 1, 2022.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## 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/2021a_hb1055_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1055_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1055_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1055_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1055sedu_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/22/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1055_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1055_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1055_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1055_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **39–23** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **31–30** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **53–9** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **23–37** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **27–33** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **40–23** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **22–38** (fail) · lower
- BILL — **20–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Steven Woodrow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/dfc6d290-080d-475c-8960-5b2446e035b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).