---
type: "Bill"
title: "School District Scholarship Programs"
description: "The act authorizes a school district board of education to establish a scholarship program for graduates of the school district. The scholarships must be paid from additional mill levy revenue that the school district is authorized to collect; gifts, grants, and donations; or both. A school district board of education that establishes a scholarship program is encouraged to prioritize low-income and first-generation students and limit the allowable uses of scholarship money.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1112"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1112 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Hisey", "Marc Snyder", "Mary Bradfield", "Pete Lee"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9ae5cca-dfb8-4414-865c-85d59ec09a0b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1112"
source_hash: "595bb070bbe812612695fa1a83e4135a6ca02bd28a0a9c1cd0aec19a6445b4b1"
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 21-1112 (2021A) — School District Scholarship Programs

The act authorizes a school district board of education to establish a scholarship program for graduates of the school district. The scholarships must be paid from additional mill levy revenue that the school district is authorized to collect; gifts, grants, and donations; or both. A school district board of education that establishes a scholarship program is encouraged to prioritize low-income and first-generation students and limit the allowable uses of scholarship money.(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_hb1112_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1112_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1112_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1112_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1112ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1112_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1112_rr2.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1112_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1112_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **53–10** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dennis Hisey — primary (person)
- Marc Snyder — primary (person)
- Mary Bradfield — primary (person)
- Pete Lee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+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
- **2021-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2021-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended 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/f9ae5cca-dfb8-4414-865c-85d59ec09a0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).