---
type: "Bill"
title: "Special Education Services For Students In Foster Care"
description: "Current law designates that a student in an out-of-home placement is a resident of the school district where the placement is located, even if that student continues to attend a school in another school district. The act designates students in out-of-home placements as residents of the school district of their school of origin as long as the student attends the school of origin, other than an approved facility school, or a state-licensed day treatment facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1089"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1089 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Young", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7965b3de-86b2-4758-ad63-908f711c45e6"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1089"
source_hash: "c489ff0f5d903c3ce2f0461bd7122e4ddf9e3805ea0f3fb36a14f052671c76c2"
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 23-1089 (2023A) — Special Education Services For Students In Foster Care

Current law designates that a student in an out-of-home placement is a resident of the school district where the placement is located, even if that student continues to attend a school in another school district. The act designates students in out-of-home placements as residents of the school district of their school of origin as long as the student attends the school of origin, other than an approved facility school, or a state-licensed day treatment facility.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_hb1089_s_ed_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1089_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/20/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1089_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/19/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1089_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1089_h_ed_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1089_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/12/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1089_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/11/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1089_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1089_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–2** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mary Young — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Education Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Education `introduction`
- **2023-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Education Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T07:00:00+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/7965b3de-86b2-4758-ad63-908f711c45e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).